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Miles of Smiles 4 Heading To Gaza Soon
IMEMC – Wednesday July 27, 2011 – 04:01, The Miles of Smiles 4 humanitarian convoy will be heading to the Gaza Strip in the coming few days carrying medical and humanitarian supplies to the besieged residents on the coastal region.
Patient Dies In Gaza after Being Denied Exit For Treatment
IMEMC – Wednesday July 27, 2011 – 03:37, Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a 33-year-old patient died on Sunday in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli Authorities denied him permit to be moved into the West Bank for urgent medical treatment.
Jewish American challenges denial of entry to Israel for ‘suspected conversion to Islam’
IMEMC – Tuesday July 26, 2011 – 20:23, Last year, Israeli security forces at Ben Gurion Airport denied entry to 30-year old Jewish American Harold Fuller-Bennett because they claim he was “suspected of conversion to Islam”. Fuller-Bennett hired Israeli lawyers to challenge the claim, which he says is bizarre and completely unfounded, and just won his case in Israeli court.
Israeli Bulldozers Uproot Olive Trees In Al-walaja Near Bethlehem
IMEMC – Tuesday July 26, 2011 – 18:31, Israeli troops detained, kidnapped two Palestinians from the village of Al-Walaja near Bethlehem Tuesday morning.
Palestinian Authority Appeals To Arab League For Additional Aid
IMEMC – Tuesday July 26, 2011 – 11:46, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, requested a meeting of the Arab League to discuss additional financial aid for the Palestinians. Arab League Secretary General Nabil Al-Arabi agreed to the meeting, which will take place Tuesday.
Former Israeli Soldiers and Diplomats to the U.S. Government: The 1967 Border is Defensible
IMEMC – Tuesday July 26, 2011 – 11:45, A group of former Israeli army officials and diplomats have told the U.S. National Security Council that Israel’s 1967 borders are defensible and that a peace agreement with the Palestinians must be made soon.
Netanyahu’s Office Denies Reports Regarding Voiding Oslo Deals
IMEMC – Tuesday July 26, 2011 – 10:03, Sources at the office of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, denied media reports claiming that Netanyahu instructed his National Security advisor to weigh the possibility of voiding the Oslo peace agreements should the Palestinian Authority succeed in gaining international recognition of an independent state at the United Nations this September.
Israel Extends Family Unification Ban For A Year
IMEMC – Tuesday July 26, 2011 – 06:12, The Israeli Knesset approved a request by the government of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to extend the ban on family reunification for an additional year prohibiting granting Israeli citizenship, or even residency, to Palestinians, Lebanese, Iraqis or Syrians married to Israeli citizens.
Report: Settlers attack 3 Palestinian women
7/26/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Armed Israeli settlers attacked three Palestinian women driving near Ramallah on Monday evening, the Palestinian Authority news agency Wafa reported Tuesday. The women were driving to their home in Beit Rima, south of Ramallah, when residents of the illegal Hallamish settlement attacked the vehicle, eyewitness Awad Mashal told Wafa. The settlers….
Former Israeli army officials: 1967 borders defensible
7/26/2011 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — A group of former Israeli army officials said Monday that the 1967 borders are defensible and that a viable Palestinian state is in Israel’s interests. The former Israeli officials discussed a variety of security and defense issues in a meeting at the United States National Security Council….
UN: Palestinians ready for statehood
7/26/2011 – UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — The Palestinian Authority is ready to govern a nation but deadlock with Israel has made a two-state solution far from certain, the UN special envoy for the Middle East peace process said Tuesday. Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians have been on hold for 10 months. They broke down shortly after….
Growing number of children with anxiety disorders
7/26/2011 – RAMALLAH (IRIN) — The number of children with post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders including depression has increased in the occupied Palestinian territory where conflict continues with Israel, according to M?ɬ©decins Sans Fronti?ɬ®res and Palestinian NGOs specializing in mental health. Violations against Palestinian children related to the armed conflict between Israelis and Palestinians….
In Congress, Palestinian students call for state
7/26/2011 – WASHINGTON (Ma’an) — Two Palestinian students spoke Monday in the US Congress urging lawmakers to support the campaign for recognition of an independent state on the 1967 borders. Journalism student Baha Milhim, 22, from Duheisha refugee camp near Bethlehem, and Samir Anabtawi, 21, a student of political science from Jenin, are interning in the….
Abbas requests session at Arab League to discuss financial crisis
7/26/2011 – CAIRO (Ma’an) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas requested Monday that Arab League Secretary General Nabil Al-Arabi hold an additional session at the level of delegates to discuss the severe financial crisis affecting the Palestinian Authority. AL-Arabi and Abbas agreed to hold a session Tuesday together with Ramallah PM Salam Fayyad who will brief the…. Related: Fayyad to address Arab League
2 convicted collaborators executed in Gaza
7/26/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The government in the Gaza Strip announced Tuesday that two residents accused of collaborating with the Israeli occupation have been executed. Gaza’s Interior Ministry told Ma’an that execution orders were issued in 2004 and were postponed several times until the crimes of the accused could be…. Related: Rights group condemns Gaza executions
Egypt allows 30 tons of medical aid into Gaza
7/26/2011 – EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Egyptian authorities allowed 30 tons of medical aid into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing, Egyptian Red Crescent director Jaber Al-Arabi said. The aid was donated by the Egyptian doctors’ syndicate. Al-Arabi told Ma’an that 60 tons of meat donated by New Zealand’s Islamic….
Fatah says party official blocked from leaving Gaza
7/26/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Fatah on Tuesday said Hamas officials refused to allow Fatah revolutionary council member Amal Hamad to leave the coastal enclave for a PLO central council meeting in the West Bank. However Hamas did allow 18 PLO central council members to leave through the Erez crossing ahead of Wednesday’s…. Related: Dweik: Hamas will not attend PLO meeting
Dweik: Hamas will not attend PLO meeting
7/26/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Hamas leader Aziz Dweik said Tuesday that the party would not attend the PLO central council meeting in Ramallah on Wednesday. Dweik told Ma’an he had sent a letter of thanks to council chairman Salim Az-Zanoun in which he apologized for Hamas’ absence. He said Hamas would not…. Related: Fatah says party official blocked from leaving Gaza
Fayyad seeks $300 million to ease cash crisis
7/26/2011 – CAIRO (AFP) – Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad said Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority needed $300 million “urgently” to help ease a financial crisis. The PA “urgently needs $300 million to overcome the bottleneck and deal with the financial crisis,” he told reporters in Cairo after an extraordinary meeting of Arab League representatives. The crisis stems….
Rights group condemns Gaza executions
7/26/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Center for Human Rights has strongly condemned the implementation of death sentences against two Palestinians early Tuesday, saying they violated Palestinian law. The rights group said the ratification of death sentences is an exclusive power of the president of the Palestinian Authority and doing so without his approval…. Related: 2 convicted collaborators executed in Gaza
Witnesses: Army injures Palestinian in night raid
7/26/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli forces injured a 19-year-old during a raid on a village near Ramallah overnight Monday, witnesses said. Troops entered Deir Abu Mash’al at around 2 a. m. and stormed several homes, locals said, adding that Palestinian youth threw empty bottles at the forces in protest. Villagers said soldiers….
Fatah urges European supporters to mobilize for UN bid
7/26/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fatah on Monday urged supporters in Europe to focus solidarity efforts on civil society as parliaments across the continent closed for the summer. The party issued a statement urging European supporters to undertake individual and collective initiatives to mobilize support for Palestinians’ bid for UN membership in September. Fatah spokesman….
DFLP holds rally in Gaza City to support UN bid
7/26/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine on Tuesday organized a rally at UN headquarters in Gaza City in support of Palestine’s bid for membership of the world body. DFLP leader Talal Abu Tharefa said the demonstration was held ahead of the Palestinian Central Committees meeting on….
Turkey mulls harder line if Israel refuses to apologize
7/26/2011 – ANKARA (AFP) — Turkey is preparing to harden its attitude towards Israel for its refusal to apologize over last year’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, official sources said on Tuesday. The Israeli government has to date failed to either say sorry or compensate families of the nine activists who were killed in….
Fayyad to address Arab League
7/26/2011 – RAMALLAH (AFP) — Prime Minister in Ramallah Salam Fayyad will urge Arab nations to deliver pledged aid at a meeting of the Arab League on Tuesday to discuss the Palestinian Authority’s financial crisis. Fayyad’s foreign minister Riyad Al-Maliki says the meeting at the Arab League’s Cairo headquarters had been convened…. Related: Abbas requests session at Arab League to discuss financial crisis
Israel PM in hot seat over housing crisis
7/26/2011 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday unveiled reforms to address a massive housing crisis which has sparked the biggest social protests seen in Israel since the 1970s. But activists rejected his proposals and vowed to carry on demonstrating. Over the past 12 days, tens of thousands of Israelis have camped out on….
Poll shows majority of Palestinians support UN bid
7/26/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A public opinion poll released Tuesday has found that a majority of Palestinians support going to the United Nations in September to ask for recognition of a state. The results of the poll showed that 65. 4 percent of people supported going to the UN in September to obtain recognition for….
PA signs deal with UK to support public sector
7/26/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority and the UK signed Sunday a deal to support reforming and developing the public sector. This agreement is worth some $2 million to be distributed over a three-year period. The minister of planning and Giles Lever, the British official in charge of Middle East and North Africa in….
Fireworks seized in Qalqiliya
7/26/2011 – QALQILIYA (Ma’an) — Police seized 175 boxes of fireworks on Monday in the town of Habla, south of Qalqiliya. The fireworks were found in a shop in the town and the owner was arrested, a police statement said. It is likely that the man will be prosecuted. The sale of fireworks is prohibited in….
Libya accuses NATO of bombing clinic, killing 7
7/26/2011 – ZLITEN, Libya (AFP) — Libya accused NATO of a deadly raid on a medical clinic as Britain joined France in saying strongman Moamer Gadhafi may be allowed to remain in his oil-rich country if he gives up power. The top US military officer Admiral Michael Mullen meanwhile spoke of “stalemate” in NATO’s Libya campaign….
More deaths, arrests as Syria presses with crackdown
7/26/2011 – NICOSIA (AFP) — Security forces have killed another three people and arrested so many that Syria has become a “huge prison,” activists said on Tuesday, as the crackdown on dissent shows no signs of easing. Two men and a woman were shot dead on Monday in separate incidents in and around the flashpoint central city of….
Syria protest leaders ‘to meet in Istanbul’
7/26/2011 – NICOSIA (AFP) — Representatives of Syrian anti-regime protesters are to meet on Wednesday in Turkey to discuss coordination and strategy, a Syrian activist said. Bahiya Mardini, who heads the Cairo-based Arab Free Speech Committee, told AFP in Nicosia on Tuesday that the meeting would be the first of its kind since dissent against the regime of….
Egypt women demand equal rights in new charter
7/26/2011 – CAIRO (AFP) — Fifteen Egyptian groups called on Tuesday for women’s rights to be guaranteed in the new constitution, after a popular uprising that toppled the regime paved the way for a new charter.” We are not proposing a new constitution, but we want women’s rights to be included,” Amina ElBendary, a….
Wadi Fukin, a Valley of Hope and Despair
Palestine Note 26 Jul 2011 – Filmmaker Joshka Wessels probes Israeli-Palestinian efforts at environmental cooperation to save threatened West Bank village Joshka Wessels – Fahmi Manasra walks to the spring he remembers from his childhood. He was a young boy when he moved from Dheisheh refugee…
US to oppose Palestine’s UN bid
AlJazeera 26 Jul 2011 – Palestinian campaign for full membership at UN will not be supported by US, despite over 120 countries recognising it.
Libya PM says no talks until bombs stop
AlJazeera 26 Jul 2011 – UN envoy’s visit yielded little in Tripoli where government loyalists stuck to demands that Gaddafi remain in power.
Saudi Arabia donates $1bn to boost Jordan economy
AlJazeera 26 Jul 2011 – Donation will include oil grants to the resource-poor nation.
French UN troops wounded in Lebanon blast
AlJazeera 26 Jul 2011 – Five soldiers wounded in roadside bomb attack in southern city of Sidon.
Egypt’s Mubarak ‘weak after refusing to eat’
AlJazeera 26 Jul 2011 – Former president, who is due to stand trial next week, is weakened ‘because he has been only taking liquids’.
Iraq debates fate of ‘al-Qaeda wives’
AlJazeera 26 Jul 2011 – Women who married into al-Qaeda in Iraq say they had little choices in life; some speak of forced marriages and rape.
Press Release: UK Foreign Secretary will Hold Conference on Cyberspace Security
PNN – London- PNN- William Hague, UK Foreign Secretary, announced that an international conference will be held in London to discuss “norms of acceptable behavior in cyberspace”. The conference will serve as a forum…
Holy Land Trust Releases Briefing Paper on ?¢‚Ǩ?ìTrends in Community Project Development?¢‚Ǩ¬ù
PNN – Bethlehem – PNN – A briefing paper published by local NGO Holy Land Trust and authored by Michael Schmautz provides a glimpse into the successes and failures of local community development projects….
Community Organizer to PNN: New Tunnel Under Silwan to the Western Wall
PNN – Jerusalem – PNN Exclusive/Maysa Abu Ghazaleh – On Tuesday, Fakhri Abu Diyab from the committee to defend the Silwan neighborhood in East Jerusalem told PNN that the Jerusalem municipality had dug a…
Brazil Negotiates Palestine UN Recognition Endorsement within the Group of 77
PNN – Ramallah – PNN – Former president Luiz In?°cio Lula da Silva is Brazil’s special envoy to negotiate the official recognition of Palestine at UN within the developing and emerging countries of the…
Israeli Supermarket in West Bank to Segregate Jewish Workers from Non-Jews
PNN – Bethlehem – PNN – An Israeli grocery store built in Area C outside of Gush Etzion settlement has decided to separate the Palestinian and Jewish workers. According to a report in Israeli…
Yes Men!
PNN – By Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh – It is amazing how the spin media continues to spin. After the atrocity in Norway, they were quick to blame Muslim terrorists . Then suddenly silence when it…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Two Palestinians Executed in Gaza; PCHR Condemns Continued Application of Death Penalty in Violation of the Law
Palestinian Center for Human Rights Tuesday, 26 July 2011
UN envoy warns of profound deadlock in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
Relief Web 26 Jul 2011 – Source: UN News Service Country: occupied Palestinian territory , Israel Watch the Webcast 26 July 2011 – The political process to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in “profound and persistent” deadlock, a senior United Nations envoy warned today, calling on the…
OPT: Growing number of children with anxiety disorders
Relief Web 26 Jul 2011 – Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks Country: occupied Palestinian territory RAMALLAH, 26 July 2011 (IRIN) – The number of children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other anxiety disorders including depression has increased in the occupied Palestinian territory where conflict continues…
Al-Arakib – Sixty Years, and the Struggle is Just Beginning
26 Jul 2011 – Gaza, (Pal Telegraph) – By Adam Keller/Gush Shalom – Al-Arakib is a village in Israel, northeast of Beersheba. A village which does not appear on any map published in this country, a village whose existence the Government of Israel does not recognize and does all in its power to make sure that it would indeed no longer be there -…
Conflict arises within Fatah over Key leader, Dahlan
26 Jul 2011 – London, (Pal Telegraph) – The court case against ousted Fatah figure Mohammed Dahlan spurred “regional sensitivity” inside Fatah because Dahlan was one of the main representatives of Fatah in Gaza.
Israeli forces open fire on southern Gaza
26 Jul 2011 – Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli military forces invaded Tuesday the east of al-Qarara town in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.
Ashkelon prisoners denied access to education
26 Jul 2011 – Palestinian, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli government decided to deny Ashkelon prisoners their right to education as part of Israeli’s collective punishment policy prohibited by the international law.
Israeli soldiers and settlers attack Nabi Saleh village
26 Jul 2011 – West Bank, (Pal Telegraph) –Violent clashes broke out yesterday between extremist settlers and Palestinian youths in the village of al-Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah.
Right-wing Israelis find little sympathy for Norway after tragedy
The National 25 Jul 2011 – Web posts criticise Norway’s position on Middle East peace as Friday’s attacks reawaken hostility among some Israelis towards what they view as Norway’s pro-Palestinian approach.
US move to delist MEK as terror group worries Iran’s opposition
The National 25 Jul 2011 – Iran’s domestic opposition says lifting the Mujahedin-e Khalq’s terrorist designation would spell disaster for the home-grown drive for democracy, which has, widespread support, wile the MEK is widely hated for supporting Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq war.
Holiday season in Oman sees record road deaths
The National 25 Jul 2011 – In the first 24 days of this month, 62 people have died on Omani roads, the highest death toll in any month since records began in 1978, with a third of those who died killed driving to Salalah on holiday.
Law allowing Syrian political parties not enough, activists say
The National 25 Jul 2011 – The Baathists’ 50-year stranglehold on power in Syria will not end unless sweeping changes are also made to the constitution, legal experts and civil-rights campaigners said yesterday.
Israeli, Palestinian envoys square off over UN recognition
Ha’aretz – Palestinian envoy says UN recognition of Palestinian statehood would not harm the peace process, while Israeli ambassador says unilateral move would not lead to peace.
Israel sues Bedouins for costs of repeated demolitions of their homes
Ha’aretz – Unprecedented law suit seeks NIS 1.8 million in damages from 34 Negev Bedouin; Israel Lands Administration says defendants built homes on land belonging to the state.
Israel’s nutritionists ask doctor protest leader to end hunger strike
Ha’aretz – Israeli Society for Clinical Nutrition sends letter to Leonid Eidelman urging him to ‘demonstrate responsibility and stop the hunger strike’; group says hunger strike could affect negotiations to settle doctors’ labor dispute.
So far, most religious Israelis stay away from housing protests
Ha’aretz – Religious Jewish sector is wary of political direction the protests are taking; Ultra-Orthodox on defensive against accusations that they are ‘stealing state land.’
Glenn Beck compares victims of Norway attack to Hitler Youth
Ha’aretz – Former Norway press secretary calls Beck’s comments ‘a new low’, saying the political camp where at least 85 were killed stands for ‘the very opposite of what the Hitler Youth was about’.
Son of Israeli gun inventor arrested for possession of huge weapons cache
Ha’aretz – Kfar Sava police confiscate weapons collection of Galil rifle inventor, Israel Prize laureate Yisrael Galili; Galili’s son, who inherited the collection, questioned by police on suspicion of arms dealing.
Muslim athletes pay the price for their leaders’ anti-Israel politics
Ha’aretz – Muslim and Arab athletes who don’t show up against Israelis put on a brave face but suffer inside, say their Israeli rivals.
Report: Former president Khatami barred from leaving Iran
Ha’aretz – Mohammad Khatami is a fierce opponent of President Ahmadinejad, and has not yet acknowledged his re-election.
Activist: Syria boosts troops in Damascus suburbs
Ha’aretz – Rami Abdul-Rahman of Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says hundreds of soldiers and plainclothes policemen sent to areas of Zabadani and Moaddamiyeh.
UN: Israeli-Palestinian conflict in ‘profound and persistent deadlock’
Ha’aretz – UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process tells Security Council efforts to resume negotiations have become ‘extremely difficult’ due to lack of framework and settlement construction.
Israeli ambassador to UN: Palestinian bid for statehood will not bring peace
Ha’aretz – Speaking at the General Assembly, ambassador Ron Prosor said ‘there are no shortcuts to statehood’ and that the Palestinians should return to the negotiating table.
Barak outlaws Israeli-Arab group over terror ties
Ha’aretz – According to Barak, the organization was directly involved in the November 2009 murder of a taxi driver, has been involved in several attacks on Jews and Arabs in the Nazareth area.
Thousands of housing activists march in Haifa; protests held in cities across Israel
Ha’aretz – Housing activists, who reject Netanyahu’s plan to solve the housing crisis, rally in Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Ashdod and Be’er Sheva, chanting “Bibi go home” and “we want justice.”
Israeli Minister admits state subsidizes public transportation for settlers
Ha’aretz – As Israelis protest high cost of living, Transportation Minister admits settlers enjoy reduced bus fares to encourage use of armored buses.
Israeli orchestra breaks taboo, performs Wagner in Germany
Ha’aretz – Some 700 spectators in Wagner’s hometown loudly applaud the Israel Chamber Orchestra as it concludes its concert with the Siegfried Idyll, becoming the first Israeli ensemble to perform a Wagner piece in Germany.
Capital Market / Shari Arison puts up NIS 500m bond guarantees, boosting rating
Ha’aretz – The improved rating will lower interest paid on the NIS 1.5 billion private bond placement from a consumer-price-index linked 6.89% to a CPI-linked 4.9%, saving the company an annual NIS 29 million in interest costs.
Tshuva postpones the inevitable by six months
Ha’aretz – Delek Real Estate offers higher interest, in exchange for breathing time to repay bondholders.
Dairy farmers protest reform
Ha’aretz – They will suffer but consumer prices won’t change, they charge.
State Prosecution wants Katsav rape sentence appeal to be held behind closed doors
Ha’aretz – Katsav’s lawyers oppose state prosecution’s request, saying the time has come to shed the ‘light of justice’ on the secrets of the case.
Housing activists: Netanyahu’s plan is bribery and bid to divide us
Ha’aretz – Organizers of demonstration say PM is trying to split protesters by offering benefits only to students; Students’ Union: We’ll keep fighting.
Netanyahu’s plan: Affordable housing for students and young couples in Israel
Ha’aretz – PM says housing crisis in Israel is ‘real problem,’ blames high property prices on lack of housing units; Netanyahu promises benefits to young people, says government to lower rates of public transportation.
Facebook campaign calls for general strike in Israel on August 1
Ha’aretz – Formed on Sunday, the group already has 4,200 members pledging to participate.
Jerusalem Rabbinical Court wants woman jailed for refusing to accept divorce
Ha’aretz – Wife refuses divorce because of financial dispute threatened with prison sentence if won’t agree to divorce, in unusual rabbinical court case.
Rabbinical group seeks to fortify communal ties in Europe
Jerusalem Post 27 Jul 2011 – Federation of Jewish religious leaders in Europe announces plan to fund chain of Jewish kindergartens in communities which do not already have such facilities.
American youth here to work with young leaders
Jerusalem Post 27 Jul 2011 – Exceptional 10th- and 11th- graders part of the 3-week Diller Fellow Teen program, which partners the Americans with Israeli counterparts to work on initiatives within their respective communities.
Knesset (finally) fetes Ghetto heroes
Jerusalem Post 27 Jul 2011 – 26 certificates distributed to fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the families of their comrades who have died.
Rami Levy to lower prices of healthy foods
Jerusalem Post 27 Jul 2011 – Move will allow even the economically disadvantaged to buy healthy foods.
Knesset panel vows to examine Highway 1 expansion
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – If talks between area residents and National Roads Company fall through, State Control Committee may look into the residents’ claims.
Main points of PM’s ‘affordable housing’
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – A list of the initiatives put forward by Netanyahu to alleviate the housing crisis.
Green groups slam PM’s reforms: They eliminate open space
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – Housing plan will deteriorate the quality of life for all citizens, nature protection society says.
Hamas official denies there’s a money crisis
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – Fayyad attends Arab League emergency meeting in Cairo, asks for immediate assistance.
High Court may determine Migron’s fate within days
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – State requests March deadline in order to consider whether there will be a voluntary evacuation of West Bank outpost.
Analysis: Winds of change?
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – The tent camp is already influencing policy – and maybe, if it continues, can succeed in creating real change.
Comment: They just don’t get it
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – The protests are about a whole lot more than housing; Netanyahu has failed to fully understand and internalize this fact.
Hezbollah, Taliban operatives face drug charges in US
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – Charges unsealed in Manhanttan court highlight “the growing nexus between drug trafficking and terrorism,” US attorney says.
Nasrallah warns against ‘stealing Lebanon’s resources’
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – In speech commemorating fifth anniversary of Second Lebanon War, Hezbollah leader vows to protect Lebanon’s natural resources against Israeli claims on disputed area of Mediterranean.
The politics of housing
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – If government’s many detractors think they can do better job, they should offer real alternatives instead of resorting to empty populist slogans.
On My Mind: Why Assad’s reign of terror continues
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – Syrian protesters deserve wider and more vocal international support
In My Own Write: Sizing things up
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – Why small is beautiful, much of the time. In myself, however, such feelings extend beyond the living to the inanimate.
Pollard to Oren: Tell Obama to act before it’s too late
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – Israeli envoy’s visit nearly canceled due to Jonathan’s poor health; Esther Pollard on husband: “I don’t know how much longer he will manage.”
Holding participatory Zionist criticism to account
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – Terra Incognita: Some in the Israeli Left have selective amnesia when it comes to their own past actions.
Yalla Peace: Palestine and Israel 10 years from today
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – It doesn’t take a prophet to predict where things will go in the region, barring major changes.
Israel and the refugees
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – The Jewish state must be more compassionate in its policies towards asylum seekers.
Grapevine: Cielito Linda
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – ‘Post’ staff bids farewell to Linda Amar, Peres inks Torah scroll letter, Hatzalah volunteer Gavy Friedson gets municipal award in absentia.
‘US paying salaries for jailed Palestinian terrorists’
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – Media watchdog tells congressmen PA spends over $5 million a month from US-provided budget in salaries to terrorists in Israeli prisons.
Norway Muslims share nation’s grief, hope for unity
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – Muslim immigrants grieve for Breivik’s victims, express relief that killer was not Muslim, hope massacre can bring greater national unity.
‘Sarah’s Key’ looks at Holocaust’s lasting impact
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – French film looks at notion of national remorse and its impact on family, offspring, of those who lived through it.
‘Turkey threats show lack of will to end Marmara crisis’
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – Officials: Turkish ultimatums, demands for apology show Ankara wants crisis to remain an “open sore” to be used as leverage against Israel.
Five UN peacekeepers wounded in south Lebanon blast
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – Roadside bomb hits UN troop carrier on bridge in Sidon; wounded come from French contingency; circumstance behind blast still unknown.
Bottle of white wine sets world record price
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – Sale of 200-year-old bottle for $121,000 breaks Guiness record; buyer of 1811 Ch?¢teau d’Yquem ex-head Sommelier at La Tour d’Argent in France.
Palestinians to UN: We are ready to govern ourselves
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – PA envoy says “We can’t keep waiting for Israel to negotiate”; Israeli envoy: “Palestinians are not united and are far from united for peace.”
Hamas also faces financial crunch, hasn’t paid salaries
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – PA prime minister Fayyad arrives in Cairo for emergency Arab League meeting over PA’s own financial issues.
‘Fears of Brotherhood threat to democracy are inflated’
Jerusalem Post 26 Jul 2011 – “They are not seeking a religious country,” general from Egypt’s ruling military council insists, despite evidence to the contrary.
Israeli protesters reject government’s emergency housing package
The Guardian 26 Jul 2011 – Binyamin Netanyahu’s proposal receives cool response in tent cities as students and rights groups say it must go further Israel’s legion of tent protesters swiftly rejected an emergency package unveiled by the government on Tuesday that…
Israel president Shimon Peres calls on Syria’s Bashar al-Assad to resign
The Guardian 26 Jul 2011 – In news conference for Arab media, Peres voices respect for Syrian demonstrators ‘fighting for peace’ The president of Israel called on Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to resign in a message directed towards to the Arab world…
Hamas executes two Palestinians in Gaza for ‘spying’
The Guardian 26 Jul 2011 – Spokesman of governing party says two men were hanged at dawn for espionage on behalf of Israel Gaza’s Hamas government says it has executed two Palestinians convicted of spying for Israel. An interior ministry spokesman, Ihab…
Dance with the devil: an Israeli orchestra in Bayreuth
The Guardian 26 Jul 2011 – Today, an Israeli orchestra will be the first ever to perform at Bayreuth. Stephen Moss talks to the musicians risking controversy The hot ticket in Bayreuth on Tuesday will not be Die Meistersinger in the Festspielhaus ,…
Germany Arms Saudis Against Iran
IPS Germany’s delivery of armoured tanks to Saudi Arabia is not aimed at repressing local or regional popular uprisings, but to improve Saudi military capabilities in a likely war against Iran, diplomatic and military experts say.
Syrians to march in Cairo to demand international support of protests
Uruknet July 26, 2011 – Syrians based in Cairo plan to march for two days starting Wednesday to denounce what the call international silence on events in Syria. The march will start from the Arab League in downtown Cairo. It also aims to drum up support for protesters in Syria. Mohamed al-Hemsy, a former Syrian MP, said the march…
‘Paradise until the war’: foreign medics tell of the Libya they lost
Uruknet July 26, 2011 – In a hospital high in Libya’s western mountains, doctors and nurses on their day off are clustered around a row of computers, speaking in Ukrainian, Korean and Bengali. They came to Libya for the higher salaries and better life to be had in this oil-rich Arab state – but now they are trapped, their…
Sick Palestinian Dies Due to Israeli Measures
Uruknet July 26, 2011 (WAFA)- Sick Palestinian, Raed Al-Maghari, 33, from Gaza died on Tuesday due to the Israeli authorities’ refusal to grant him a permission to pass through Beit Hanoun crossing in order to be treated at a hospital in the West Bank. Witnesses said that Al-Magharabi, who lived in Buriej, a refugee camp in central Gaza, suffered…
Iraq’s Secret War Files : What really happened in Iraq
Uruknet July 26, 2011 – …Dispatches, Channel 4’s flagship current affairs strand, exposes the full and unreported horror of the Iraqi conflict and its aftermath, revealing the true scale of civilian casualties; and allegations that after the scandal of Abu Ghraib, American soldiers continued to abuse prisoners; and that US forces did not systematically intervene in the torture and…
Libyan rebels have conceded ground since bombing began
Uruknet July 26, 2011 – Fresh diplomatic efforts are under way to try to end Libya’s bloody civil war, with the UN special envoy flying to Tripoli to hold talks after Britain followed France in accepting that Muammar Gaddafi cannot be bombed into exile. The change of stance by the two most active countries in the international coalition is…
Statement by Free Doctors in the University Hospitals of Halab and Kindy Hospital in Aleppo
Uruknet July 26, 2011 – In support to the strike started by our colleagues in Razi state-run hospital Tuesday morning 26-July-2011 which came after detaining our colleague dentist Ayman Hinnawy, savagely beaten on Sunday 24-July, we reaffirm our colleagues demands to release Ayman and all of our colleagues and doctor friends who are detained in the Syrian security prisons,…
Israeli Bulldozers Uproot Olive Trees In Al-walaja Near Bethlehem
Uruknet July 26, 2011 – Israeli troops detained, kidnapped two Palestinians from the village of Al-Walaja near Bethlehem Tuesday morning. Shireen al-Araj and another local youth were kidnapped when they, together with a number of villagers and international peace activists attempted to stop Israeli bulldozers from uprooting olive trees in the village to build the wall. Al-Araj was released…
Palestinian children endure systematic abuse from Israel’s military courts, say reports
Uruknet July 26, 2011 – Military justice came to Sami on March 8 when two-dozen Israeli commandos raided his home shortly after midnight. The 15-year-old Palestinian’s family watched as soldiers bound his hands, slipped over a blindfold and arrested him without offering an explanation. Sami recounted in an interview how he was forced to walk three kilometres beyond his…
Glenn Greenwald: Norway Attacks Expose U.S. Media’s Double Standard on “Terrorism”
Uruknet July 26, 2011 – Numerous news outlets and commentators initially blamed the attacks in Norway on Islamic militants. Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper, The Sun, ran a front-page headline that read, “‘Al-Qaeda’ Massacre: Norway’s 9/11.” In the United States, Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal also initially blamed “jihadists,” reporting that “Norway is targeted for being true to Western norms.” Meanwhile,…
UN Commission Flotilla Massacre Report
Uruknet July 26, 2011 – Despite irrefutable evidence, including the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) concluding last September that Israel committed serious “violations of international law, including international humanitarian law” by massacring nine Gaza Flotilla activists, injuring dozens more, in international waters, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appeased Israel by appointing his own commission. On July 25, Haaretz writer Barak…
More deaths, arrests as Syria presses crackdown (Videos)
Uruknet July 26, 2011 – Security forces in Syria have arrested so many people that the country has become a “huge prison,” activists said on Tuesday, as the crackdown on dissent showed no signs of easing. Representatives of the protesters who have been waging an unrelenting war of dissent against the regime of embattled President Bashar al-Assad prepared to…
OPT: Growing number of children with anxiety disorders
Uruknet July 26, 2011 – The number of children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other anxiety disorders including depression has increased in the occupied Palestinian territory where conflict continues with Israel, according to Me’decins Sans Frontie’res (MSF) and Palestinian NGOs specializing in mental health. Violations against Palestinian children related to the armed conflict between Israelis and Palestinians have…
Egypt groups to sue government for defamation
Uruknet July 26, 2011 – Two leading movements announced this week that they would sue the military government over inciting violence against citizens. Kefaya, or “Enough”, and the 6th of April youth movement, have accused generals of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) of inciting violence against citizens, which was seen in the “citizen’s arrest” of…
UN flotilla report delayed again
Uruknet July 25, 2011 — A UN report into Israel’s deadly 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, which was to have been published later this week, has been delayed once again, an Israeli official said on Monday. “The secretary-general asked to delay the publication of the report,” foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said, referring to the UN chief,…
A little ditty ’bout Iraq and Iran
Uruknet July 25, 2011 – AP reports Sidkan Mayor Ahmed Qadir states 2 Iraqis were killed last night with another three left injured from Iran shelling the area in their continued assaults on PJAK (Kurdish group). Over the weekend, AFP quoted the International Committee of the Red Cross, “The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has provided humanitarian…
Palestine, Palestinians and Our Way Forward
Uruknet July 25, 2011 – …The point of my essay is to propose an initiative to my fellow Palestinians throughout the world: one that is not to create division between us as a people and our political representatives, but rather looks at the reality we are faced with and to take a pragmatic approach to achieving our goals. By…
Puppets in Revolt
Uruknet July 25, 2011 – …. The puppet ‘revolts’ neither influence the colonial master nor attract the anti-colonial masses. They signal the demise of a US attempt at colonial revivalism. It spells the end of the illusion of the neo-conservative and neo-liberal ideologists who fervently believed that US military power was capably of invading, occupying and ruling the Islamic world…
Military Resistance 9G18: Shattered
Uruknet July 25, 2011 – … Shortly after the call to prayer resounded over the harvested poppy fields near Salaam Bazaar, two Taliban commanders were heard on their radios asking how their forces are doing. The number of Taliban fighters who respond varies, but in the last month a squad of U.S. Marines at a small patrol base here in…
IRAQ: Hundreds displaced by Iranian shelling
Uruknet July 25, 2011 – Nearly 200 families have been displaced in Iraq’s self-ruled northern Kurdish region due to Iranian shelling since mid-July of Iranian Kurdish rebels based inside Iraq, say officials. “Since 16 July, Iranian forces have been shelling Iraqi villages near the borders and that has forced some 196 families out of their houses to safe areas,”…
Power plants become part Iraq’s sectarian and factional strife
Uruknet July 25, 2011 – Hundreds of villagers from the restive Province of Diyala are protesting a decision by the Ministry of Electricity to relocate a power plant that feeds their villages with electricity. The ministry, provincial officials say, has decided to remove the plant and have it re-installed in the Province of Najaf, denying a string of villages…
Gaza: words i heard
Uruknet July 25, 2011 – Speaking with lifeguards on their work. One laments having a scuba license but being forbidden from scuba diving in Gaza: It’s like having a drivers license but no car. The power is with the Israelis. We have to abide by the Oslo agreements, but they can change what rules they want, like the fishing…
Former Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor: David Hicks’ War Crimes Charge Was a “Favor” for Australia
Uruknet July 25, 2011 – Last week, the Australian government announced that it would initiate legal proceedings to try and seize royalty payments David Hicks has received following the publication of his memoir, “Guantanamo: My Journey,” about the five years he spent at the prison facility, charging that he has violated the country’s laws by profiting from a crime….
Libya: Rebel Atrocity Videos
Uruknet July 25, 2011 – The following post will discuss a disturbing trend among Libya’s rebel fighters, revealed in videos they themselves recorded and shared on social media sites, especially Youtube and Facebook. These have persisted despite a general ban on violent and gory images, perhaps for the posters’ stated aims of supporting the rebel cause and freedom. Consider…
Syria permits opposition parties on restrictive terms
Uruknet July 25, 2011 – Syria’s government on Monday announced details of a new law permitting the formation of opposition parties for the first time in 48 years, but the terms were so restrictive the move seems unlikely to defuse the four-month-old uprising against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. According to the official news agency SANA, the law…
Palestinians to UN and UNESCO: Stop destruction of Mamilla cemetery for “Museum of Tolerance”
Uruknet July 25, 2011 – Palestinians from Jerusalem and those with Israeli citizenship once again urged the United Nations and UNESCO to take action to stop the destruction of the Mamilla cemetery in Jerusalem. Mamilla is an ancient cemetery which holds the remains of generations of prominent Jerusalem Palestinians, and apparently even those of some anti-Crusader fighters in Salah…
Good luck Syrians, you’re on your own!
Uruknet July 25, 2011 – What’s happening in Syria is no longer a brutal crackdown on protests. It has gone beyond that stage months ago and turned into a ferocious war waged by the regime’s military apparatus against its own unarmed population. I’m struggling to find a historical precedent for this heart-wrenching tragedy. …My dear Syrian brothers and sisters,…
Syria activists allege political assassinations
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Syrian opposition groups say targeted assassinations of protest leaders and mass arrests signal a tactic change by the Syrian state…
Youth government makes its expectations clear
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 The Youth Shadow Government called Tuesday on the Lebanese government to implement the decisions of national dialogue and disarm all armed organizations at home in order to prevent incidents that might threaten civil peace…
Old school printer exploits his passion for languages to the last letter
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 There is a place where the walls are lined with letters. Slim wooden drawers open to reveal metal members of various alphabets – Arabic, English, Armenian and even Syriac.
Activist questionedfor second consecutive day
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Lebanon-based human rights activist Saadeddine Shatila was questioned by military judge Saqr Saqr Tuesday, in his second consecutive day of interrogation.
Post of Higher Judicial Council chief likely to be filled swiftly
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 The government will step up its efforts to reach an agreement over the appointment of a new head of the Higher Judicial Council to replace former Judge Ghaleb Ghanem…
Ariss: Shame all food safety violators
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 The head of the restaurant owners association has called for the government to close down all unlicensed institutions and publically discredit those not respecting food standards…
No survivors on Moroccomilitary plane crash
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 A military transport plane slammed into a mountainside in bad weather in southern Morocco Tuesday, killing all 80 people on board, hospital and military sources said.
Latest Iranian scientist assassination the work of the West: analysts
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Western security agencies were most likely behind the killing of an Iranian scientist in an operation that underlines the myriad complications in the conflict over Iran’s nuclear program, analysts say.
Israeli reform package seeks to ease discontent
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Israel’s prime minister offered a crash program to speed up housing construction Tuesday in an effort to defuse a growing wave of protests that has brought about a sharp drop in his approval ratings.
Yemen Al-Qaeda pledges allegianceto Zawahiri
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Yemeni forces said Tuesday they killed 10 Al-Qaeda militants who attacked their camp outside the southern town of Zinjibar, and the Islamist group vowed in an audio message to keep fighting.
Hamas hangs 2 Palestinians accused of spying for Israel
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Gaza’s Hamas rulers Tuesday hanged two Palestinians who were convicted of collaborating with Israel, an Interior Ministry statement said.
Briton arrested in Bahrain explosives air scare said to have been drunk
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Bahrain security forces arrested a British man on suspicion of carrying explosives aboard a plane, but a search of the aircraft failed to find any, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday.
After 8 long years, U.S. troops packing up and leaving Iraq
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 From flyers warning troops the post office will shut soon to disused housing units waiting to be dispatched to their new destination, the signs are everywhere: U.S. forces are packing up to leave Iraq more than…
Iran claims to have killed more PJAK rebels in west of country
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Iran’s Revolutionary Guards continued their offensive against rebels from the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), killing an unknown number of fighters, the Guards ground forces said Tuesday.
Tunisia puts 23 associates of former prime minister on trial
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Allies and members of ousted Tunisian leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali’s clan appeared in a Tunis court Tuesday, charged with trying to flee the country in January, in illegal possession of foreign currency.
Mubarak refuses to eat ahead of murder trial
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Egypt’s hospitalized former President Hosni Mubarak, who is due to stand trial next week over the killing of protesters, is weak and refusing solid food, the official news agency MENA reported Tuesday.
UNHCR: 40,000 famine-hit Somalis flee to Mogadishu
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Some 40,000 famine-hit people have fled to the Somali capital Mogadishu over the past month in search of food and water, the U.N. refugees agency said Tuesday.
Media wars in full swing as Egypt protesters, military clash
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Egypt’s ruling military and protesters seeking greater and faster change are moving into an outright collision, as the generals try to strip away public support for the movement while cozying up to the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood.
Britain denies strategy shift in Libya
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Britain denied Tuesday any change to its strategy on Libya after Foreign Secretary William Hague suggested Moammar Gadhafi could be allowed to stay in the country if he quit power.
Drawing of maritime borders responsibility of state: Hezbollah
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said Tuesday the issue of drawing Lebanon’s maritime borders was the responsibility of the state.
Hezbollah will be victorious in any future war with Israel: Nasrallah
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said Tuesday that his group would be victorious in any future war with the Jewish state.
Hezbollah warns Israel not to exploit Lebanon’s maritime resources
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah warned Israel Tuesday against any attempt to encroach on Lebanon’s resource-rich territorial waters.
Syria faces slide into sectarian mayhem
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 The popular upheaval in Syria is growing bolder and the cracks in the establishment are getting deeper – yet there is a long and bloody road ahead if protesters are to unseat President Bashar Assad and…
Hezbollah on edge in face of Syria revolt
Daily Star 26 Jul 2011 The unprecedented revolt threatening the government in Syria has placed key ally Hezbollah in a tight spot and prompted the group to adopt a more measured attitude.
At least 10 arrested over violence at rallies for Syria
Daily Star 24 Jul 2011 The Lebanese Army arrested at least 10 people after violence broke out in Beirut late Sunday between pro- and anti-Syrian government protesters, a security source said Monday.
Qabbani calls for unity to liberate Palestine
Daily Star 24 Jul 2011 Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani urged the Arab and Muslim communities Monday to work together to confront Israel and liberate occupied Palestine.
Fires eruptin an olive grove and 2 forests
Daily Star 24 Jul 2011 A Lebanese Army helicopter doused a fire Monday that erupted in an olive grove. The fire in the southern town of Maamarieh in the Zahrani region had trapped several Civil Defense personnel.
U.S. general lauds strong partnership with army
Daily Star 24 Jul 2011 Commanding General of U.S. Army Central Command Lieutenant General Vincent Brooks expressed Monday his country’s appreciation of the strong partnership between the Lebanese Army and the U.S…
Seizing on Agrexco’s financial woes, campaigners vow to eject Israeli exporter from Europe
Stop The Wall – (Jul 25, 2011)
Ambassador Oren meets Pollard in jail
YNet News, 26 Jul 2011 – WASHINGTON – Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard met with Israel’s Ambassador to the US Michael Oren in his North Carolina prison on Tuesday. Pollard told Oren he feels … ….
Housing protests continue unabated
YNet News, 26 Jul 2011 – Some 700 protesters gathered in Park Haim in Haifa Tuesday night to protest against the rising housing prices. After the rally a few demonstrators attempted to block … ….
Hezbollah warns Israel against ‘stealing’ gas
YNet News, 26 Jul 2011 – Hezbollah’s leader is warning Israel against “stealing” Lebanon’s natural oil and gas resources. A dispute is building between the two arch enemies over their … ….
Lebanon: Bomb wounds 5 UN peacekeepers
YNet News, 26 Jul 2011 – A roadside bomb blew up next to a United Nations convoy carrying French peacekeepers in south Lebanon on Tuesday, wounding five of them, the UN force said. The bomb … ….
PA observer breaks down during UN debate
YNet News, 26 Jul 2011 – WASHINGTON – A routine Security Council debate on the Middle East and Palestine became Israel’s and the Palestinian Authority’s dress rehearsal for September’s General … ….
Hamas hangs 2 convicted of spying for Israel
YNet News, 26 Jul 2011 – The Hamas government in the Gaza Strip hanged a father and son at dawn Tuesday for collaborating with Israel, a government spokesman said. The two were found guilty … ….
State sues Bedouins for NIS 1.8M
YNet News, 26 Jul 2011 – The state filed a law suit on Tuesday against the residents of the Bedouin village Al-Arakib, claiming that razing the illegal outpost multiple times has cost it NIS … ….
Pliner’s murderer gets 18 year sentence
YNet News, 26 Jul 2011 – T. convicted of murder, robbery after breaking in to Anat Pliner’s home,….
‘Netanyahu trying to spin protest’
YNet News, 26 Jul 2011 – Affordable housing protest activists say prime minister’s new housing plan must….
PM announces new housing plan
YNet News, 26 Jul 2011 – Netanyahu hopes new measures will solve affordable housing crisis, end ‘tent….
Arab sector apathetic over housing crisis
YNet News, 26 Jul 2011 – In spite of suffering from same housing shortage as rest of country, Israeli….
Doctors’ strike: Residents stage mass resignation
YNet News, 26 Jul 2011 – Residents deposit letters of resignation with third party, say will use them if….
Glenn Beck compares Norway victims to Hitler Youth
YNet News, 26 Jul 2011 – Rightwing US broadcaster hits new low, compares of political activities on….
Pentagon: US funds end up with Taliban
YNet News, 25 Jul 2011 – Report says firms that have trucking contract for transport of supplies to US….
Palestinian Information Center
Advisor to late Palestinian president taken from his cell to hospital
PIC – 26/07/2011 – 07:46 AM
Mishaal attends Egyptian embassy reception
PIC – 26/07/2011 – 08:08 AM
Hamdan: ‘Israel’ no longer in our lexicon
PIC – 26/07/2011 – 08:24 AM
Knesset right-winger urges her gov’t to steal more Palestinian lands
PIC – 26/07/2011 – 08:54 AM
IOF nabs two men including minor in continued West Bank arrest sweep
PIC – Israeli occupation forces arrested Tuesday morning at least two men in a continued arrest sweep targeting Palestinians in the West Bank.
Tens injured in Settlers’ attack on village
PIC – Jewish settlers attacked the village of Nabi Saleh on Monday night under protection of the Israeli occupation forces and engaged in confrontations with young men.
UNRWA decides to retain its name
PIC – The UNRWA said it decided to keep its name without any change after it modified it into the UN agency for Palestinian refugees which sparked protests in the Gaza Strip.
MP Fuqaha: Oslo Accords ”unjust to the Palestinians”
PIC – PLC member Abdul-Jabir Fuqaha has said that Israel’s threats to rescind the Oslo Accords reflects Israel’s degradation of the Palestinians who negotiated with it and signed the accords.
IOF troops advance in southern Gaza, bulldoze land
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in army tanks and bulldozers advanced into southern Gaza Strip areas to the east of Khan Younis on Tuesday, eyewitnesses said.
Masri slams weak int’l moves against Israel’s detention of Palestinian MPs
PIC – Palestinian lawmaker Mushir Al-Masri strongly denounced the international community for its weak action against the violations happening to Palestinian MPs in the occupied territories.
Israeli Supreme Court convenes without issuing verdict on Jerusalem politicians
PIC – The latest hearing on the banishment of three Jerusalem politicians has ended in the Israeli Supreme Court without a ruling being made.
New tunnel from Silwan to Aqsa Mosque unveiled
PIC – The Palestinian committee for the defense of Silwan revealed a new tunnel, the seventh of its kind in the area, extending from Ein Silwan compound to the southern wall of the Aqsa Mosque.
Israel plows farms paving way for apartheid wall extension in Bethlehem village
PIC – Israeli bulldozers began Tuesday plowing through ”vast” Palestinian farmlands and uprooting olive trees to pave the way for an extension of the apartheid wall in Al-Walaja village.
Resheq: Convening PNC session not the required step
PIC – Ezzet Al-Resheq said that the invitation extended to speaker of the PLC Dr. Aziz Dweik to attend the Palestinian national council session was not the required step at the current stage.
Mansour Calls on International Community to Uphold Its Responsibilities towards Palestine
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Serry Warns of Profound Deadlock in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
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Israeli Settlers Attack Young Palestinian Causing her Loss of Ability to Speak
WAFA
Sick Palestinian Dies Due to Israeli Measures
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Hamas Refuses to Participate in PNC Meeting Tomorrow
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Fatah: Israel’s Refusal of Peace Escalates Conflict in the Region
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Abbas Discusses PA’s Financial Crisis with Ashton
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PLO Discusses UN Recognition, Reconciliation, Financial Situation
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PEX Daily Report: Slight Rise in Al-Quds Index
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Israeli Bulldozers Raze Agriculture Land in Bethlehem Area Village
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Dozens of Iraqis pardoned at Sadr movement’s behest
LA Times 26 Jul 2011 – At least 50 prisoners have been freed. The amnesties requested by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki have angered some Iraqi officials, who say the law is being bent to fit a political agenda. In an illustration of its growing muscle in Iraq as U.S. influence wanes,…
Upcoming Mubarak trial a prism for Egypt’s contending passions
LA Times 26 Jul 2011 – Most Egyptians regard toppled President Hosni Mubarak, 83, as a patriot turned tyrant. Others see an ill man overwhelmed in later years by the country’s rising problems. It’s a dangerous time to bring Hosni Mubarak to justice.
Where Politics Are Complex, Simple Joys at the Beach
New York Times 26 Jul 2011 – A group of Israeli women risked criminal prosecution by taking Palestinians from the West Bank to swim in the sea – most of whom had never seen the ocean before.
In Shift, Britain Says Qaddafi Could Remain in Libya
New York Times 26 Jul 2011 – Previously, Britain had insisted that Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi must leave the country as part of a settlement.
Security Council Debate Offers Preview of Palestinian Bid
New York Times 26 Jul 2011 – A preview of the expected showdown over whether to admit a Palestinian state as a full member of the United Nations in September played out in the Security Council on Tuesday.
With Trial Looming, Hospitalized Mubarak Refusing to Eat
New York Times 26 Jul 2011 – The deposed president of Egypt is refusing to eat solid food and is suffering “weakness and severe infirmity,” the official Egyptian news agency MENA reported Tuesday.
Netanyahu Moves to Quell Tent Protests
New York Times 26 Jul 2011 – The Israeli leader announced plans that include accelerating bureaucratic reforms and adding construction incentives in a bid to end nearly two weeks of popular protests.
Weiner’s Exit Sets Off a Race to Be Israel’s Better Friend
New York Times 26 Jul 2011 – The September election, in which Democratic Assemblyman David I. Weprin is seeking to replace former Representative Anthony D. Weiner, is a potential referendum on President Obama’s proposals.
Hundreds wounded in crackdown against antigovernment protests in Egypt
WSWS – Thousands of protesters opposed to the US-backed military regime of General Mohammed Hussein Tantawi in Egypt clashed with pro-government thugs during demonstrations on Saturday.
TruthOut: Film Chronicles American Jews Caught Between Two Worlds
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Israeli efforts to thwart interracial dating are throwback to Mississippi Sen. Bilbo railing against ‘mongrelization of white race’ (And Zionism?)
Mondoweiss – How much more information about how Zionism worked out do you need before you get off the bus, homey? From Haaretz : Palestinians are no longer bagging groceries most days at the Rami Levi supermarket at the Gush Etzion junction, after a romance between a Palestinian bagger…
IAI Heron UAV to deploy against adivasis in India
Neged Neshek – Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Heron unmanned aerial vehicle ( UAV ) is set to add another to its list of targeted victims, adivasi (tribal) militants in central and eastern Indian states. The Daily News & Analysis of Mumbai notes that the national government will undertake “a first-of-its-kind effort…
Anti-Muslim law enforcement trainer cited by Norway killer rakes in U.S. taxpayer cash
Mondoweiss – The U.S. government has strongly denounced the recent massacre by a right-wing extremist in Norway, which killed at least 76 people . But at the same time, sectors of the U.S. government have paid an anti-Muslim activist who helped fuel Anders Behring Breivik’s twisted ideology. Breivik has…
Thanks for making our fund-drive successful!
Mondoweiss – What a day! Our fundraising drive is over and successful, and we want to offer deep gratitude to our readers. We reached our goal of $40,000 (including a matching grant of $10,000 from an anonymous friend) in just under a month. The response has been a…
Right wing seeks to paint Breivik as neo-Nazi so as to disguise the truth, of shared beliefs
Mondoweiss – The online edition of the Murdoch tabloid The Sun is still using the ‘Nazi’ tag for Anders Behring Breivik. In today’s print edition ‘Nazi’ has been replaced by ‘Devil’.Breivik had his own label for the leader of Nazi Germany: Hitler was’The great Satan’. From his compendium,…
Norwegian victims ‘got what they deserved,’ say some Israeli commenters
Mondoweiss – Remember when they kept saying that some Palestinians cheered the 9/11 attacks? Well, JJ Goldberg has a thorough report in the Forward on nasty sentiment throughout Hebrew websites in Israel, Israelis saying Norway got what it deserved because of its pro-Palestinian positions. This is true self-isolation….
Iranian Assassination: Israeli TV Report Hints of Mossad Culpability
Tikun Olam – Israeli TV implies Iranian scientist, Darioush Rezaeinejad, murdered by Mossad Several days ago, yet another Iranian scientist was assassinated in the streets of Teheran, making this the third such killing or attempted killing in a year and at least five overall if my count is correct….
Links for 2011-07-23 [Digg]
Tikun Olam – Breivik, Rightist Mass Murderer, ‘Atlas Shrugged’ Contributor ¬´ Tikun Olam-?™?ô?ß?ï?ü ?¢?ï?ú?ù: Make the World a Better Place Norwegian mass murderer hated Muslims, loved Israel
The Old/New Clash of Civilizations
The Magnes Zionist 26 Jul 2011 – In the Norwegian massacres we saw the latest salvo in the clash of civilizations– not between a “Judaeo-Christian” West, and an Islamism bent on taking over the world, but between a totalitarian vision built on fear of the other and feelings of religio/ethnic/cultural superiority, and a…
Week 18: Haza’a Al Sa’adi Palestinian political prisoner
Middle East Monitor 26 Jul 2011 – Haza’a Mohammed Haza’a Al Sa’adi, 44, is the second oldest prisoner from the province of Jenin. He was arrested on 28th July 1985 at the age of 17. He is the only son of his parents and has three sisters. He was an active participant in…
Israeli’s Supreme Court to discuss case of Jerusalemite deputies threatened with expulsion
Middle East Monitor 26 Jul 2011 – Israel’s Supreme Court is scheduled to hold a special session this week to examine the case of the Jerusalemite parliamentarians and former minister threatened with expulsion from the city. The Jerusalemite parliamentarians who have taken refuge in the Red Cross compound in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, called…
Erekat: We are not fond of political battles with the US
Middle East Monitor 26 Jul 2011 – Saeb Erekat, former Palestinian chief negotiator and member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s Central Committee, has said that in seeking UN recognition of an independent Palestinian state along the pre-1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital, the Palestinian Authority’s objective is not to ‘de-legitimize Israel’. Speaking…
As Ramadan approaches, 63 prisoners are released in Gaza
Middle East Monitor 26 Jul 2011 – The Palestinian government in Gaza has released 63 prisoners in the run-up to the blessed month of Ramadan. A spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior, Ehab Al Ghossein, said that those released on the instructions of the Minister are prisoners who have served at least…
Egypt’s Mubarak ‘refusing food’
BBC 26 Jul 2011 – Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak is weak, depressed and refusing solid food, say officials at the hospital where he is being held pending trial.
Hamas executes two Palestinians
BBC 26 Jul 2011 – The Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip execute two men who were convicted of collaboration with Israel.
Israel announces housing reforms
BBC 26 Jul 2011 – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu promises a series of reforms to address the country’s housing crisis as protests continue.
Israel-Palestine, the Geeni is out of the bottle, there is no return after the Arabic Spring
A-infos 26 Jul 2011 – It seems the regional uprising of the people in the Arab countries injected rebellion energy all over the world. It is felt in the villages struggling against the separation fence, robbery of lands by colonialist settlers and the occupation. It ignited within Israel a successful consumer…
Articles
‘Well…it is an occupation’
Bill Fletcher, Jr, Black Commentator7/21/2011
What is going on in the occupied Palestinian territories is not really an occupation; it is an annexation-in-progress.
I recently returned from North Africa and Palestine. I found myself giving a talk to a group in the USA where I mentioned my trip as a way of discussing the manner in which events can unfold very rapidly. I mentioned that I had been to North Africa and the occupied Palestinian territories.
Barely had I finished speaking than an individual rose from their chair and moved toward the front of the room. When the session broke the individual approached me and challenged my use of the term “occupied Palestinian territories,” claiming that that terminology is inflammatory and that I should have used a more neutral term like “West Bank” or “the disputed territories.”
I looked at the individual and listened to what they said. I then responded: “Well…it IS an occupation!”
It is difficult to describe the Occupied Territories. I have followed the Israeli/Palestinian conflict since the June 1967 War and I have been an advocate for peace and justice for the Palestinians since the spring of 1969. I have studied countless documents, articles, speeches, etc. I have seen pictures of the so-called settlements and the apartheid separation Wall. Yet, to be honest, I still was not prepared for what I actually experienced.
I was part of a labor delegation. When we crossed from Jordan into the Occupied Territories we immediately experienced the arrogance of the Israeli occupiers…. more.. e-mail
The Palestinian Battle for Statehood
Patrick Seale, Agence Global7/26/2011
This September, the United Nations in New York will be the scene of a great political battle when Mahmud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, submits a formal request to the Security Council for UN recognition and membership for the State of Palestine.
The Palestinian move has full Arab backing. On 14 July, the Arab League pledged to “take all necessary measures” to secure recognition of a Palestinian state via the Security Council.
Israel is mobilising all its friends and its own formidable energies to counter the Palestinian move, while U.S. President Barack Obama has already indicated that he will use the U.S. veto to block it. Why then are the Palestinians taking the grave risk of alienating the United States by doing battle with Israel on the international stage?
The reasons are clear: Israel’s relentless land-grab on the West Bank and in East Jerusalem; the total deadlock in Israeli-Palestinians negotiations; and the Palestinian sense that, with the Arab world rocked by revolution, it is time for them, too, to make some international headlines.
Another reason why the Palestinians are going to the UN — and perhaps the main one — is their utter disillusion with America, now seen as a dishonest broker in the iron grip of Zionist lobbies, a pro-Israel Congress and right-wing Jewish and Christian-Zionist forces. Obama’s defeat by Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and America’s blatant pro-Israeli bias have driven the Palestinians to try to leap over the US-Israeli roadblock and seek a multilateral approach at the UN, now seen as the centre of international decision-making. more.. e-mail
Christian Pro-Israel Group Stakes Claim on Right
Nathan Guttman, Forward7/25/2011
Washington – Once a novelty, the shofar-blowing, hora-dancing Christian evangelicals are now an integral part of the pro-Israel advocacy scene.
At its 5,000-strong national conference in Washington, Christians United for Israel, the large Christian-Zionist movement, made clear it is stepping up its activity on the two issues that now top the pro-Israel agenda: fighting efforts to delegitimize Israel, and working on college campuses to counter anti-Israel activity.
With 700,000 supporters, CUFI is the largest pro-Israel organization in America. And while the views expressed by its leaders in their Washington gathering indicate that CUFI is still distinctly apart from the mainstream pro-Israel community, it is being warmly embraced by Israeli and American Jewish leaders alike.
CUFI’s acceptance as an essential part of the pro-Israel community was palpable in its three-day conference, which ended on July 20. The signs were abundant, ranging from the live satellite greeting by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a gesture many Jewish groups still fight to obtain, to the noted presence of top officials from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, offered enthusiastic support for the group and its leader, the Rev. John Hagee.
Hoenlein spoke of the Jewish community’s efforts to counter delegitimization of Israel by setting up a leadership action network that has enrolled 750,000 participants in the past few months. The members of CUFI, he added, now double the number of activists taking a stand on Israel’s behalf…. more.. e-mail
France honors educator of Gaza’s children
Electronic Intifada: 26 Jul 2011 – Rami Almeghari The Electronic Intifada Gaza In a special ceremony at the French Cultural Center in Gaza City earlier this month, a representative of the French consulate in Jerusalem presented the highest award bestowed on non-French citizens to Reem Abu Jaber, head of the Qattan Centre for the Child in Gaza.more
Picasso in Palestine, Israel and United States
Palestine Chronicle: 26 Jul 2011 – By Dallas Darling When it was reported that Picasso’s Buste de Femme arrived in occupied Ramallah, after crossing a number of heavily guarded Israeli checkpoints and road blocks, including concrete barriers armed with soldiers and fortified by tanks, another one of Picasso’s paintings should be viewed too. The other painting, of course, is the legendary Guernica, one that should not be seen by Palestinians but by those living in Israel and United States. In 1937, while Palestine was under a British mandate and Israel was not yet a new nation, Adolf Hitler’s Condor Legion, using the Spanish Civil War as a testing ground, experimented with its new weaponry and blitzkrieg techniques on the residents of the historic Basque town of Guernica. For German military forces, it was a tremendous victory. But for Guernica, its population of 7,000 civilians was utterly decimated. New fighter planes, like Heinkel 111’s, flew over in…more
Palestine, Israel, Germany: The Boundaries of Open Discussion
Palestine Chronicle: 26 Jul 2011 – Press Release Freiburg, Germany – Freedom of speech and expression are recognised by many as primary human rights. However, when it comes to discussion on topics concerning Palestine, Israel and Germany we often face rigid and concrete boundaries that clearly suppress free and creative discourse. We somehow grasp what we are allowed to say but are also conscious of a variety of thoughts we better keep unsaid. Yearning for humanism and willing to bring a change about, a conference in Freiburg, Germany (September 10-11, 2011) seeks to liberate the contemporary ideological, spiritual, cultural and political discourse. We will try to identify the mechanisms that stifle freedom of speech, with the hope that sometime soon, we will be able to say what we think and to mean what we say. The conference ‘Palestine, Israel and Germany – Boundaries of Open Discussion’ will elaborate on some ‘contentious’ topics such as suppression of…more
Norway’s Monster and the Question
Dissident Voice: 26 Jul 2011 – How much was the mind of Anders Behring Breivik conditioned and warped by Zionist propaganda as peddled with the assistance of Christian fundamentalism by much of the Western mainstream media and many web sites? In his summary of what the monster had stated behind closed doors in court, Judge Heger said he had argued that he wanted to create “the greatest loss possible to Norway’s governing Labour Party”, which he accused of failing the country on immigration and opening the door to the “Muslim colonization” of Norway and all of Europe. There could not have been a more effective way of inflicting at a single stroke a great loss than gunning down many members of the Norwegian Labour Party’s youth wing, the Workers Youth League (AUF), which was assembled on Utoya Island. Two days before the massacre there, and as Gilad Atzmon has researched and noted, the AUF’s leader, Eskil…more
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