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Fighter Assassinated In Rafah
IMEMC – Wednesday August 24, 2011 – 05:48, Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a resistance fighter was killed and another resident was injured when the Israeli Air Force fired missiles at a car driving in Tal Al Sultan area, west of Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Cabinet Decides To Refrain From Large-Scale Offensive On Gaza
IMEMC – Tuesday August 23, 2011 – 08:55, The Israeli cabinet voted in majority against conducting a large-scale military offensive against the Gaza Strip, and decided to indirectly maintain the truce declared by the Hamas movement in Gaza, on Sunday.
EU Commission Grants P.A €115 Million
IMEMC РTuesday August 23, 2011 Р04:37, The European Commission announced Monday that it granted the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank additional €115 Million ($165.11M) to help in development projects in the Palestinian territories.
Israel Plans Expulsion of 384 Palestinian Activists From Jerusalem
IMEMC – Tuesday August 23, 2011 – 03:42, The Israeli government is planning to expel 384 Palestinian activists from occupied East Jerusalem for their political activities in the city.
Egypt Identifies Three Believed To Be Behind Eilat Attack, Ceasefire With Gaza Initiated
IMEMC – Tuesday August 23, 2011 – 03:04, The Egyptian Authorities stated that three of the men believed to be behind the Thursday attack in Eilat coastal city have been identified, and that one of them is a fugitive who owns an ammunition factory in Sinai, the Qatar-based Al Jazeera reported. Egyptian-mediated ceasefire took effect on Monday.
Court rejects Palestinian bid on Jerusalem barrier
8/24/2011 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — An Israeli rights group criticized Tuesday a court decision upholding the route of Israel’s West Bank barrier, which cuts off a Palestinian village from its land in an area between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Residents of Al-Walaja had appealed to Israel’s Supreme Court to reroute a portion of the barrier….
Medics: 1 dead in strike on south Gaza
8/24/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli aircraft opened fire on the southern Gaza Strip late Tuesday killing a member of Islamic Jihad’s military wing, medical and security officials said. The strike in the Tal As-Sultan area killed Ismail Al-Asmar, a field commander in the Al-Quds Brigades, and injured one other person, said Gaza….
Palestinians ‘to march on Jerusalem’
8/23/2011 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Palestinians will march on Jerusalem from four directions in a coordinated protest organized by the “Olive-Revolution” movement on the last Friday of Ramadan, activists said Tuesday. Activists accompanied by Israeli and international supporters will convene to launch the campaign by marching on Jerusalem from north, west, south and east, the Popular….
Calm prevails along Gaza border as truce holds
8/23/2011 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — An Egyptian-brokered halt to Palestinian rocket fire from the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding on Tuesday, with the Israeli military saying that calm had prevailed along the border overnight. The truce was announced Sunday evening following four days of violence sparked by a series of shooting ambushes near Eilat in southern Israel…. Related: Medics: 1 dead in strike on south Gaza
UNRWA to resume operations in Jenin
8/23/2011 – JENIN (Ma’an) — UNRWA announced Monday that it would resume operations in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, a statement said.” UNRWA is pleased to announce the resumption of its full services in Jenin city and Jenin camp, as of today, 22 August 2011.” This follows positive interventions by the notables, heads of….
PFLP military wing not part of Gaza ceasefire
8/23/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – The military wing of the PFLP, the Abu Ali Mustafa brigades, said Monday that they were not part of the ceasefire agreement between Palestinian factions and Israel. The group claimed responsibility for firing two projectiles at southern Israel on Monday night, a statement from the group said.” We will continue….
PA: EU offers aid package to financial sector
8/23/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The European Commission has announced additional financial support to the Palestinians for state-building, water-management and sanitation, state media reported Tuesday. A ‚Ǩ115-million package will offer education and health services for refugees and assistance to West Bank businesses, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency WAFA reported. UNRWA is….
DFLP official: Elections delay ‘illegal’
8/24/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The decision to postpone local West Bank elections scheduled for October 2011 is illegal, Palestinian lawmaker Qays Abdul-Karim said Tuesday. Abdul-Karim, a member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said the president had the right to amend local elections’ law. But, “in such case, the president will….
Remainder of June salaries by end of Ramadan
8/24/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Public sector workers union head Bassam Zakarneh announced Tuesday that the Palestinian authority would pay workers the other half of June’s salaries before the end of Ramadan. Zakarneh told Ma’an that he hoped the salaries would be paid before the last Thursday of the holy month, as….
Fatah chief in Gaza: Police abusing prisoners
8/23/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Fatah’s leadership in Gaza on Tuesday accused the territory’s Hamas-dominated police force of attacking Fatah prisoners in its jails, the party’s local secretary said. Abdullah Abu Samhadana said the police’s actions, which he did not specify, were akin to Israel’s…. Related: HRW: Hamas should end harassment of activist
Haniyeh urged to allow students out of Gaza
8/24/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian human rights official is urging the leadership in Gaza to reverse a decision blocking eight students from traveling to the United States for university. Rawyeh Ash-Shawwa, member of the legislative council and head of the Independent Commission for Human Rights, called on Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh….
HRW: Hamas should end harassment of activist
8/24/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Authorities in Gaza should halt interrogations, detentions, and harassment apparently aimed at intimidating civil society activists, Human Rights Watch said Monday.”Hamas should respect their rights to freedom of expression and assembly,” the group said in a report noting the arrest of youth activist Abu Yazan, who campaigned for Palestinian unity…. Related: Fatah chief in Gaza: Police abusing prisoners
Gaza woman urges Saudi king to release her son
8/23/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian woman in Gaza has written to King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz urging him to release her son, who has been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for over 18 months. Maria Nasrallah Abu Khater, 90, said her son Muhammad was not given a reason for his detention. Muhammad was a….
Abbas ‘to meet top US official in Doha’
8/23/2011 – DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Tuesday the US assistant secretary for Near East affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, in Doha as Washington presses the Palestinians to abandon plans to seek UN membership next month, an Arab diplomat says. The meeting will take place as several Arab foreign ministers convene after a request by the….
Rafah crossing to open Wednesday
8/23/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt will reopen Wednesday, the interior ministry in Gaza announced. The ministry said Tuesday the terminal would be open Wednesday for students, foreign nationals and patients needing medical treatment abroad who registered to travel on Aug. 15 and 20. Travelers should proceed to the….
Man stabbed to death in Khan Younis
8/23/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man was killed Monday evening during a brawl in the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza. The man, 19, was stabbed to death in Abasan Al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, police said. Officers arrived at the scene and arrested a man, also 19, on suspicion of murder. A….
Peres visits Acre mosque for Ramadan
8/24/2011 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) —Sheikh Samir Assi, imam of Al-Jazaar mosque, hosted Israeli president Shimon Peres in Acre, northern Israel on Tuesday, local media reported. Sheikh Samir welcomed Peres at the mosque after Peres hosted Muslim leaders for an iftar dinner in Jerusalem on Sunday night, according to The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli daily.”We….
Qalqiliya police arrest 3 for public disorder violations
8/23/2011 – QALQILIYA (Ma’an) — Police arrested three people accused of public disorder violations on Monday in Qalqiliya. The suspects were arrested for speeding and listening to loud music and two cars were impounded, police said. Head of Qalqiliya district police Musa Yadik said the suspects would face legal proceedings….
PA holds Iftar for elderly and vulnerable
8/23/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Directorate of Social Affairs on Monday held a fast-breaking Iftar meal in Ramallah for elderly and vulnerable residents. Some 500 attended the dinner, breaking the daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, funded by the United Arab Emirates Red Crescent. Deputy minister of social affairs Mohammad Abu Hamied….
Ambassador to US: Gadhafi son Mohammed escapes
8/24/2011 – BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) — Mohammed Gadhafi, a son of Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi, has escaped after having been arrested by rebels in Tripoli, Libya’s US ambassador said Monday. Mohammed Gadhafi, Gadhafi’s eldest son, and brother Seif Al-Islam, who was regarded as the veteran leader’s intended successor, were arrested on Sunday….
UN body urges Syria to halt deadly crackdown
8/24/2011 – DAMASCUS (AFP) — The UN rights body on Monday urged Syria to halt a deadly crackdown on dissent that has cost more than 2,200 lives, after its defiant President Bashar Al-Assad scoffed at Western calls to step down. Activists, meanwhile, said at least another 10 people were killed, as French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe predicted Assad….
Rebels capture Gadhafi compound in Tripoli
8/24/2011 – TRIPOLI (AFP) — Rebel fighters captured Moammar Gadhafi’s heavily defended Bab al-Aziziya compound and headquarters in Tripoli on Tuesday after a day of heavy fighting, reporters witnessed. The defenders had fled, and there was no immediate word on the whereabouts of Gadhafi or his family after the insurgents breached the defenses as part of….
UN rights council orders probe into Syria violations
8/23/2011 – GENEVA (AFP) — The UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday ordered a probe into violations committed by the Syrian regime during its crackdown on popular protests. By 33 votes in favor to four against and nine abstentions, the council passed a resolution to “urgently dispatch an independent international commission of inquiry. . . to investigate violations of international….
Fierce fighting outside Gadhafi’s compound
8/23/2011 – TRIPOLI (AFP) — Fierce fighting broke out Tuesday between Moamer Gadhafi’s forces and rebel fighters near the Libyan strongman’s sprawling Bab Al-Azizya residence in Tripoli, an AFP reporter said. Journalists at the nearby Rixos hotel were shaken by a loud explosion at around 9. 00 am followed by the sound of rocket….
US ambassador visits southern Syria
8/23/2011 – DAMASCUS (AFP) — The US ambassador to Syria on Tuesday visited a town in the south of the country where 15 people were killed last week, an embassy spokesman said.” Ambassador Robert Ford went this morning to Jassem, 65 kilometers south of Damascus as part of his routine diplomatic duties,” the spokesman, who declined to be….
‘Gadhafi’ the croc eyes new name
8/23/2011 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — A crocodile named “Moammar Gadhafi” may be given a new name to spare his life after Libyan rebels stormed Tripoli, in a move likely to spell the end for the country’s autocratic leader. News out of Libya has worried keepers at the Hamat Gader crocodile farm on the occupied Golan Heights….
Turkish army ‘kills 100 Kurdish rebels in Iraq’
8/23/2011 – ANKARA (AFP) — Turkish air attacks on northern Iraq have killed between 90 and 100 Kurdish rebels and injured another 80, the army said on its website on Tuesday. The toll was the first issued by the army since it resumed a bombing campaign against bases of the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party in the Iraqi….
Egypt moves to tackle iron deficiency anaemia
8/23/2011 – CAIRO (IRIN) — Manar Youssef from the poor southern Cairo district of Basateen in Egypt was not sure what was wrong with her daughter Basmalah until she took her to a specialist who found that she had iron deficiency anaemia.”The girl was pale all the time and would become exhausted at the smallest effort,” Youssef….
A small step toward literacy in Lebanon
8/23/2011 – WADI AL-JAMOUS (IRIN) — Seven years ago, Khadija Assaad began teaching the Koran to girls in the remote Lebanese village of Wadi al-Jamous but had no idea how much impact the initiative would eventually have on her poor community.” I used to do this at home. Then illiterate women in Wadi al-Jamous came up to me….
UN: Syria death toll tops 2,200
AlJazeera 24 Aug 2011 – Human Rights Council holds emergency talks on government crackdown on protests as activists report more deaths in Homs.
Iran moves nuclear technology underground
AlJazeera 24 Aug 2011 – US says transfer of centrifuges to an underground uranium enrichment site raises suspicions.
UN orders probe into Syria rights violations
AlJazeera 24 Aug 2011 – Rights council launches inquiry into crackdown amid Western efforts to slap sanctions against al-Assad and 22 others., Air strike on car kills Ismael al-Asmar in the Gaza border town of Rafah.
Yemen PM returns to Sanaa after treatment
AlJazeera 24 Aug 2011 – Ali Mohammad Mujawer returns from Riyadh following treatment for wounds sustained in June attack on president.
Obituary: Archbishop Pietro Sambi
PNN – The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF) released this statement today concerning the passing away of Archibishop Pietro Sambi: ‘HCEF is deeply saddened by the death of His Excellency Archbishop Pietro Sambi,…
Bethlehem Mayor: New checkpoints show Israeli ‘contempt’
PNN – A new checkpoint at Ma’ale Adumim on the road to Ramallah forced Palestinians to wait for up to four hours on Sunday. The move comes during the holy month of Ramadan, when…
UFree ‘confident’ of Salah acquittal
PNN – UFree, a EU-based charity representing political prisoners, claims it is ‘confident’ that Sheikh Raed Salah will not be deported from the UK. The comments come as British courts prepare to deport Salah…
Injured CodePink activist Rae Abileah to file suit against Netanyahu supporters
PNN – New York – PNN – Rae Abileah, campaigner in the American organization for peace and social justice CodePink, has decided to file a law suit against unidentified Benyamin Netanyahu supporters who caused…
Netanyahu: Escalation of Violence Must be Avoided
PNN – Jerusalem — PNN — The Israeli Cabinet voted to take steps to reduce the possibility of an escalation in violence this week, reported Haaretz. The cabinet voted on Monday to abide by…
Prisoners?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ Rights Group UFree Calls on UN to Stop Israeli Mass Arrests
PNN – Oslo — PNN — UFree, the Oslo-based European network to support the rights of Palestinian prisoners, has called on the United Nations and all other human rights supporters to speak out against…
Alternative Information Center
Weekend Israeli Attacks on Gaza: Chronicle of Events
Alternative Information Center – Thursday 18 August The triple attack in southern Israel, which caused the death of 14 people, is answered with bombs by the Israeli authorities.
PA Negotiator: Israeli Attacks on Gaza Reinforce PA September Initiative
Alternative Information Center – “The attacks in Gaza don’t change our message for September, they enforced it: we cannot continue to accept the current situation”, pronounced a very serious and committed Xavier Abu Eid, member of the Palestinian Authority negotiations…
An Exercise in Persistence: Palestinian and Israeli Activists Not Going Anywhere
Alternative Information Center – Standing on the hilltop we hear the goat herder before we see him. The voice of a young boy, 11 or 12 perhaps, whooping and hollering to urge his goats forward and onto the grazing land…
Al Mezan Petitions UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings in Rafah; Airstrike Amounts to Indiscriminate and Extra-Legal Killing
Relief Web 23 Aug 2011 – Source: Al Mezan Center for Human Rights Country: occupied Palestinian territory Reference: 38/2011 Date: 23 August 2011 The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights today submitted a letter of allegation to the UN’s Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary…
New tremors in Egypt-Israel relations
Relief Web 23 Aug 2011 – Source: Council on Foreign Relations Country: Israel , Egypt , occupied Palestinian territory Interviewee: David Makovsky, Ziegler Distinguished Fellow and Director, Project on the Middle East Peace Process, Washington Institute for Near East Policy Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor, CFR.org August 23,…
Palestinian Authority and UNRWA sign note on UNRWA privileges, immunities and responsibilities
Relief Web 22 Aug 2011 – Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Country: occupied Palestinian territory Ramallah UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi and the Palestinian Authority Minister of Foreign Affairs Reyad Al-Malki signed an explanatory note dealing with the issues…
Al-Mat’haf- Gaza’s first and only archeological Museum
23 Aug 2011 – Gaza, (Pal Telegraph) – Al-Mat’haf, Arabic for museum, is the first archaeological museum in Gaza, and one of the few in Palestine. It is also the realisation of a 26-year-old dream by Jawdat Khoudary, the creator of the museum, who was inspired by the love and appreciation of history when he accidently found an Islamic glass coin in Gaza in…
Gaza: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
23 Aug 2011 – Gaza, (Pal Telegraph) – The mini war that Israel waged on Gaza following the turmoil in South Israel is just another perfect example of how Gaza is the Middle East’s “Biggest Loser.” Caught in a thorny network composed of selfish interests and different agendas, the 1.5 million people of Gaza are indeed the biggest losers when it comes to just…
Egypt’s ‘Oprah’ returns to television
The National 23 Aug 2011 – Hala Sarhan’s returns to Cairo from exile to launch a popular new political show discussing Egypt’s future.
Reporter finds Tripoli a city in limbo, ruled by fear
The National 23 Aug 2011 – Images of Tripoli change from joy and celebration to fearful and tense as reporter moves toward centre of city under attack.
Calls grow for international policing of Libya’s peace
The National 23 Aug 2011 – Concerns about Libya’s political future give rise to calls for international assistance on the ground to assist the war-torn country.
Assad warns West to keep out of Syria
The National 21 Aug 2011 – Syrian president Bashar Al Assad rejects calls from the United States and Europe to step down and warns that military intervention would have ‘huge consequences’.
Rebel spokesman to Haaretz: Libya needs help, including Israel
Ha’aretz – “We are asking Israel to use its influence in the international community to end the tyrannical regime of Gadhafi and his family,” says Ahmad Shabani.
Report: Three Egyptians took part in terrorist attacks on southern Israel
Ha’aretz – Report, based on probe by security forces in Cairo, says escaped prisoner was among the perpetrators.
Zvi Bar’el / Egypt careful not to blame Sinai Bedouin for Israel terror attacks
Ha’aretz – Bedouin in the peninsula, long regarded suspiciously by Cairo, may finally be getting some respect and rights from the country’s new military junta, who see the tribes as a strategic asset.
Rebels seize Gadhafi compound; UN envoy says Libya to be liberated in 72 hours
Ha’aretz – Rebels raise flag in Gadhafi’s Tripoli compound; Pentagon says rebels in control of majority of Tripoli, Gadhafi forces’ capabilities diminished.
State to indict company officer for shooting Palestinian in back
Ha’aretz – The commander, a well-known religious Zionist educator, says that he didn’t intended to kill the Palestinian in a incident that occurred in December 2007.
Jerusalem’s tent protest leader indicted on assault suspicions
Ha’aretz – A confrontation allegedly broke out with Knesset guards and local police in which Planker and another individual were arrested.
Left and right join forces against Glenn Beck’s Western Wall rally
Ha’aretz – The rally, entitled “Restoring Courage,” is expected to include nationalistic Israeli sentiments as well as Christian content.
Israel rejects Palestinian demands to reroute section of West Bank barrier
Ha’aretz – Walajeh village residents claim barrier will cut them off from farmlands, water source; Israel Supreme Court promises access points for farmers to reach lands.
Israeli police evict housing protesters from abandoned building in Tel Aviv
Ha’aretz – The protesters, part of a mass-movement demonstrating against the high cost of living in Israel, had taken over the vacant structure Monday night, declaring it a ‘liberated building.’
Glenn Beck in Caesarea: Singing, praying, love for Israel and more than a few tears
Ha’aretz – U.S. commentator attracts crowd of some 3,000 people at Caesarea amphitheater; show includes guest speakers historian David Barton, Efrat founder Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and author Mike Evans.
Egypt diplomat: Cairo will not withdraw ambassador to Israel
Ha’aretz – Cairo withdraws threat to bring home envoy in protest of the killing of five Egyptian security personnel, placing the blame on Israel.
Two Israeli pilots freed after being held in Eritrea for arms smuggling
Ha’aretz – Pilots detained on suspicion of smuggling spare weapons parts, return to Israel after one month detention in Eritrean capital Asmara.
‘Iranian confesses to aiding Mossad in assassination of nuclear scientist’
Ha’aretz – Majid Jamali-Fashi pleads guilty to charges that he killed an Iranian physicist in 2010, in what Tehran said was an attempt by Israel and the U.S. to derail its nuclear program, according to state television.
Iran shows off new cruise missile with 200 km range
Ha’aretz – Ahmadinejad attends ceremony revealing cruise missile designed for sea-based targets.
Resentment toward Hamas grows among Gaza’s budding middle class
Ha’aretz – While two-thirds of Gaza’s 1.6 million people live in poverty and rely on UN food aid, a growing middle class fuels grass roots opposition to Hamas rule.
Jerusalem nature museum struggles to stay open
Jerusalem Post 24 Aug 2011 – Community garden that provides activities for 12,000 people a month to appeal to stay open in its current location.
Top court turns down Palestinian case on barrier
Jerusalem Post 24 Aug 2011 – Justices call structure “one of the last obstacles standing in the way of terrorists on their way into J’lem to carry out their murderous plans.”
Beck moves up Jerusalem event due to Ramadan
Jerusalem Post 24 Aug 2011 – Peace Now to hold demonstration outside Restoring Courage event; Beck: “Important that we go to throne of God and no place else.”
Gaddafi: Withdrawal from Tripoli HQ a ‘tactical move’
Jerusalem Post 24 Aug 2011 – Libyan leader vows “martyrdom” or victory in his fight against NATO as his Bab al-Aziziya compound leveled by 64 air strikes; UN envoy: Country will be liberated within 72 hours.
Tzanani ‘central player’ in extortion case, say police
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Cops say they’ve learned new details, reports say TV presenter questioned over affair.
UN Syria sanctions draft targets Assad, family
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Western nations circulate draft UN resolution; Russia says it does not think sanctioning Damascus is right approach at the moment.
MDA: Red Star of David logo to remain on W. Bank ambulances
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Magen David Adom defends itself against accusations by settlers that it had politicized medical service by removing its classic logo.
Darfur refugee claims sister being held ransom in Sinai
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Volunteer who helps impoverished Holocaust survivors in Israel says Beduin holding his sister has threatened to kill her.
Libya rebels: We’re moving HQ to Tripoli within the week
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Rebels take over Gaddafi compound Bab al-Aziziya, celebrating; Pentagon says Gaddafi still in Libya; Ras Lanuf oil port under rebel control, no damages reported.
No Holds Barred: Down with the tyrant (and his supporters)!
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – For decades, the world tolerated the crazed Libyan leader for one reason: He had oil.
China enters the Middle East
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Does a visit here by a top defense official spell a shift in China’s positions?
US defense cuts
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – As spending on defense, diplomacy, foreign aid declines in years ahead, we can expect new limits on projection of American power.
Angela Merkel, stand strong against Euro-bonds!
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Europe’s stronger economies must keep the financial barbarians at bay.
Yalla Peace: The rarity of ‘common’ sense
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Wouldn’t it be nice to wake up, read in a paper that Israeli, Palestinian leaders set aside political goals, agreed to real peace?
A Zionist advocacy timetable for the next five weeks
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – We can turn the UN’s “Palestine Season” into another empty victory for the Palestinians. We should stop dreading this fall.
Abstention on Palestinian state is wrong move for Aussies
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Canberra should not sacrifice Israel in order to gain a seat on the Security Council.
Strong earthquake rattles US East Coast
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – The Pentagon and US Capitol Building in Washington were evacuated, as were courthouses in New York City.
Dangerous building or police training facility?
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Abandoned building evacuated by police for safety reasons has been used for years as a YASSAM training facility.
TA boots housing protesters from building over ‘safety’
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Former city engineer disagrees: Derelict structure a training facility for police and not dangerous.
Tripoli compound was center of Gaddafi power
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – “This is Gaddafi’s Pentagon” former Libyan Islamist opposition commander says.
Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case dismissed, appealed
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – New york judge drops all criminal sexual assault charges against ex-IMF chief; Strauss Kahn not yet free to return to France.
Gallery: Libyan rebels attack Tripoli, hunt Gaddafi
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Rebels say whole city is under their control except Gaddafi’s Bab Al-Aziziya-Jazeera stronghold, according to Al Jazeera Television.
Prosor sends protests to UN over Gaza rocket attacks
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – UN ambassador criticizes Security Council for lack of statement following attacks near Eilat, says Gaza has become home to Hamas terrorism.
Iran’s suicide rate soars, averaging 10 per day
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Observers cite government oppression, financial hardship for widespread depression; more than 70% of suicides are men.
Painkiller tested in Israel may help Ramadan headaches
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Medical drug, called Arcoxia, stays in system longer than regular painkillers, rendering it more effective for those fasting.
Is Facebook ‘required reading?’
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Getting children to read, helping them to love reading is way to turn their lives around, give them new opportunities, aspirations.
Two pilots return to Israel after arrest in Eritrea
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Eritrean authorities held pilots after they were found trying to take a suspicious mechanical piece through the airport in Asmara.
Australian PM: We won’t attend Durban III conference
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Gillard says Australia hasn’t been convinced that UN-backed meeting will avoid unbalanced criticism of Israel, airing of anti-Semitic views.
‘German pervert kept soundproof torture chamber’
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Witness describes Thomas F. as cold, heartless; Police were alerted to the compound after a woman he snatched escaped through the window.
Iranian man pleads guilty to murder of nuclear scientist
Jerusalem Post 23 Aug 2011 – Prosecution says man paid, trained by Mossad; minister claims victory over Israeli intelligence; Iran opposition says victim one of theirs.
Man pleads guilty to assassinating Iranian nuclear scientist
The Guardian 23 Aug 2011 – Iran accused Majid Jamali-Fashi in suspected show trial of ‘Israeli sponsored’ murder of Masoud Ali-Mohammad A man accused by Iran of carrying out an assassination “sponsored and designed by Israel” has pleaded guilty to the murder…
Featured photojournalist: Oded Balilty
The Guardian 23 Aug 2011 – Oded Balilty was born in Jerusalem, Israel. He joined AP in 2002, working in China, then Israel. Here he documents the Tel Aviv protests against the country’s high cost of living
Rebel spokesman to Haaretz: Libya needs help, including Israel
Uruknet August 23, 2011 – Libya needs any help it can get from the international community, including from Israel, a spokesman for the opposition to Muammar Gadhafi’s regime told Haaretz Wednesday by phone from London. When asked what sort of assistance Libya required, Ahmad Shabani, the founder of Libya’s Democratic Party, said: “We are asking Israel to use its…
Mousa Ibrahim’s speech on al-Orouba TV (Full Translation)
Uruknet August 23, 2011 – Libya will be turned into a volcano with raging fire, I tell you now , Volunteers still coming to Tripoli , I tell you that 6000 Volunteers just come now at this hours and they are inside the city . The rats entered Tripoli under the cover of NATO Helicopters . More than 80% of Tripoli is free ….
The story of Yazen abbasi being tortured by the Israeli Forces
Uruknet August 23, 2011 – Silwanic published the news about kidnapping the kid Yazan Reyad al Abbasi 16 y.o one resident of Ras Al Amoud Neighborhood Silwan ,So far it isn’t known if his eye is functioning or not ,especially after the brutal assault that he faced from the Israeli forces.Yazen said to Silwanic site that he went out…
Arms industry promoter latest recruit for UK Israel lobby
Uruknet August 23, 2011 – What is the next career move for a promoter of the arms industry? Join the Israel lobby, it seems. Over the past few days, I have been writing about how the Britain Israel Communications and Research Center (BICOM) has indicted war criminal Michael Herzog on its staff. Herzog’s newest colleague at the center is…
Video: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi: ‘Things are fine in Libya’
Uruknet August 23, 2011 – After reports of his capture, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi tells reporters that troops had “broken the back” of the rebels…
“Bombing His Own People.” Really? Evidence and Over-Acitivist Imagination
Uruknet August 22, 2011 – …August 22, 2011 – …It’s the earlier reports of bombing simple protesters that had the shocking effect on world conscience driving intervention, especially in the skies NATO would seize to bomb Libya. These came in quick, in a rapid burst from Feb. 21-23, and then stopped. Supporting evidence beyond the flimsy early reports never…
55 Palestinians Injured As Army Invades Hebron
Uruknet August 22, 2011 – Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that 55 residents were injured following clashes that took place between local residents and Israeli soldiers who invaded the city. The sources stated that some of the wounded residents were hit by rubber-coated metal bullets fired by the soldiers; others…
So If They DIDN’T Capture Seif…
Uruknet August 23, 2011 – Okay, so the rebels did NOT capture Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son and hier apparent to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The invasion of Tripoli, the claims to hold at least 4/5 of it, and the other triumphalist “we took Tripoli in a day, it’s over in a week tops” pronouncements. It was reported as…
Battle for Libya: news 23. August 2011.
Uruknet August 23, 2011 – Speech of Dr Mousa Ibrahim to the press. 23-8-2011 Key points of speech. 1. As you saw Libyan people resist and fight for they beloved Tripoli , the capital of Libya. 2. Libyan channel broadcasting equipement was bombedand also the radio broadcasting equipment. 3. Leader is safe and his sons are safe and all the…
Libya rebels lose territory as battle for Tripoli deepens
Uruknet August 23, 2011 – Two days after rebels exulted in their swift takeover of Tripoli, signaling the endgame for Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, the capital has become a stage for a potentially protracted battle between rebels and loyalists. The rebels expected a decisive victory after entering the city easily this weekend, Bloomberg reports, but they are still locked…
If Pictures Were Arguments…
Uruknet August 22, 2011 – …Watch for the festival of meaningless distinctions. “Oh, but we didn’t invade Libya! We just bombed strategically so that the Libyans could reclaim their country for themselves!” The common feature — the feature that matters above all others when evaluating what the Western powers did — is that the West utilized military aggression in…
Iraq snapshot – August 22, 2011
Uruknet Monday August 22, 2011. Chaos and violence continue, confirmation in the words of Nouri’s spokesperson that Leon Panetta told the truth last Friday, Turkish warplanes continue bombing northern Iraq and terrorizing and killing civilians in the region, Camp Ashraf, and more….Meanwhile Al Mada reports the Parliament’s Human Rights Commission is calling for the issue of “confidential informants” to…
Egyptian Hacker Hacks Into Netanyahu’s Website
Uruknet August 22, 2011 – An Egyptian hacker managed on Sunday to hack into the website of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and placed a picture of Egyptian soldiers raising the Egyptian flag in Sinai during the October, 6, 1973, on the sites’ homepage. The hack came a few days after the Israeli army shot and killed five Egyptian…
Syria News – August 22, 2011 (Warning: Graphic Videos)
Uruknet August 22, 2011 – …After the statement of Assad that he will withdraw the military from all cities, which did not happen, he backpedaled and justified the solution involving the military and security forces during his latest interview. He left announcement of political change very vague, clinging to his stubborn ignorance of what is happening on the street….
Israel doesn’t respond to violence, it foments violence
Uruknet August 22, 2011 – Yet more tragic loss of life, this time in Eilat and Gaza, and yet again Israel “responds” with “full force”; the bombs dropped on overcrowded Gaza City, and the resultant deaths, are testimony to that. However, this is nothing new for the Palestinians. The violence being unleashed on them by Israel now is not…
Palestinian Right of Self-Defense
Uruknet August 22, 2011 – ….America and Israel are serial offenders. In response, Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis, Libyans, Somalis, Yemenis, and Palestinians may legally respond defensively to preemptive armed aggression. When done, however, it’s called terrorism. Aggressors make their own rules. Targeted states are doubly victimized, suffering armed attack effects, then vilified for defending themselves. It amounts to a shocking…
Bibi and Barak’s Terror Fraud: Egyptian News Reports Attackers Were Egyptian, Not Gazan
Uruknet August 22, 2011 – Al Masry Al Youm reports that Egypt has identified at least three of the Eilat attackers and that they are Egyptian, and not Gazan as Israel has claimed: Egyptian authorities have identified three of the people responsible for carrying out a terrorist attack in Israel, just north of Eilat, on Thursday, in which seven…
Guilty until proven innocent
Uruknet August 22, 2011 – The mini war that Israel waged on Gaza following the turmoil in South Israel is just another perfect example of how Gaza is the Middle East’s “Biggest Loser.” Caught in a thorny network composed of selfish interests and different agendas, the 1.5 million people of Gaza are indeed the biggest losers when it comes…
The Opposite of Silence
Uruknet August 22, 2011 – …but before the end, a few words about the beginning, the fifteen young children from Daraa, our brave Bouazizis, who dared dream a bigger dream for all of Syria when in March, they wrote on their school walls, “the people want to topple the regime.” Possibly the truest words any Syrian child has written…
The Strange Calm Over Tripoli Whither Gaddafi and Libya?
Uruknet August 22, 2011 – The large gold framed portrait of Colonel Muammar Qaddafi that adorned the wall behind the reception desk of my hotel since it opened many years ago has vanished. Also gone are the 72 green flags that flew on the white poles have also been removed. It’s not polite to inquire of the skeleton staff…
Jenin: The Freedom Theatre raided for the third time this month, “This is systematic harrassment”
Uruknet August 22, 2011 – Early Monday morning, 22 August, at 2:00 am, the Israeli army conducted its third raid on Jenin’s Freedom Theatre this month. The army has alleged that these raids are part of an ongoing investigation into the murder of the theater’s late co-founder and director, Juliano Mer Khamis. But according to Jacob Gough, the Acting…
U.S. has nearly doubled air attacks on Libya in past 12 days
Uruknet August 22, 2011 – New numbers released by the Pentagon on Monday show that the number of U.S. air attacks on Libyan air defenses, ground forces and other targets has nearly doubled over the past 12 days, compared with air attacks in the first 132 days of the NATO mission. There was an average of 1.7 strike sorties…
Syria opposition tries to unite, divisions remain
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Syria’s fragmented opposition took steps toward forming a national council Tuesday…
Gadhafi’s pomp trampled on
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Joyful Libyan rebels overran Moammar Gadhafi’s Tripoli bastion Tuesday…
Hezbollah says indictment was drafted by the U.S. and Israel
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Hezbollah accused Israel and the U.S. of drafting the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s indictment against four of its members Tuesday, saying that Hezbollah alone would decide how it deals with the tribunal.
FPM to boycott Cabinet sessions unless electricity plan endorsed
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Ministers affiliated with the Free Patriotic Movement will start boycotting Cabinet sessions from now on if Wednesday’s session fails to endorse an electricity plan…
Autism now a priority matter, says social affairs minister
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Autism will now be dealt with as a priority matter, a special case and separated from other mental disabilities, Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour announced during a news conference at the ministry Tuesday.
Soueid says Lassa assailant roaming free
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 A person who assaulted a deacon last week in the Jbeil village of Lassa is freely wandering the area rather than being apprehended by authorities, said Fares Soueid, the general coordinator of the March 14 General…
Shepherd finds suspicious box in Kfar Qouq
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 A Lebanese shepherd found a suspicious box in the town of Kfar Qouq in the district of Rashaya prompting the Lebanese Army and peacekeepers to survey the area, the National News Agency said Tuesday.
Driving school unions chief calls for road safety protest
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 After two men were killed Tuesday in separate traffic accidents on the Deir Zahrani road, the head of the Union of Driving Schools…
ISF reports over 285,000 speeding violations
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 A total of 285,632 speeding violations have been recorded since radars were installed last year, according to a statement issued by the Directorate General of Internal Security Forces issued Tuesday.
Police arrest 5 people on charges of prostitution
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Police arrested Tuesday four women and a man on charges of prostitution and aiding and abetting prostitution, according to the National News Agency.
Diverse indictment views in capital
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Future Movement supporters in the Beirut neighborhood of al-Tariq al-Jadideh have full confidence in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and urge Hezbollah to hand over members indicted…
Empty hard labor sentences hinder Lebanon internationally
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 The hard labor sentence is often handed down in Lebanon, especially for those found guilty of collaborating with Israel, but in reality the term is not implemented and there are calls for it to be removed…
Officials join calls to uncover Musa Sadr’s fate
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Lebanese officials added their voices to those calling for uncovering the fate of Imam Musa Sadr Tuesday, particularly given the dramatic events in Libya, where the preacher was last seen more than 30 years ago.
TIME piece echoes Nasrallah rhetoric: Future
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 The Future Movement said Tuesday that the opinions voiced in TIME’s interview, purporting to be with one of the four indicted Hezbollah members, bear similarities to statements made by party leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah.
Christian groups to mull electoral law ahead of elections in 2013
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Christian political leaders will meet Sep. 23 to mull the electoral law ahead of the 2013 parliamentary elections, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai said Tuesday.
Is Jumblatt sidling up to March 14 once again?
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 These days, Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Progressive Socialist Party is awaiting the fate of the Arab popular uprisings against injustice and oppression.
Bellemare hails inclusion of 3 similar cases into STL’s jurisdiction
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 The prosecutor in the U.N.-backed court investigating the 2005 assassination of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri hailed Tuesday the inclusion of three similar cases into his jurisdiction as a new chapter in the life of the international…
Ghosn hits back at Daher comments, defends military
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn indirectly hit back Tuesday at Future bloc MP Khaled Daher after the latter smeared the army and its commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi, following an iftar shooting that took place in Akkar last…
Analysis: Abbas’ call for arms-free camps unlikely to yield tangible results
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ repeated calls in Beirut last week for removing arms from the refugee camps in Lebanon…
PM returns to Yemen after treatment
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Yemen’s prime minister became the first senior politician wounded in a June assassination attempt on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to return home from Saudi Arabia, a government official said Tuesday.
Ahmadinejad unveils new marine missile, torpedo system
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled a short range marine missile and a torpedo system Tuesday as the Islamic Republic marked its annual Defense Industry Day, state media reported.
Up to 100 PKK killed in airstrikes: Turkey
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Turkey’s military said Tuesday airstrikes on suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq this week have killed some 90 to 100 guerrillas and warned it would press ahead with offensives against the group both inside Turkey…
Iranian ‘spy’ pleads guilty to murder of scientist
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 An Iranian man pleaded guilty Tuesday to the murder of a scientist that prosecutors said was an assassination ordered by Israel to halt Tehran’s race for nuclear technology.
Capital compound center of Gadhafi power
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 The fortified Tripoli compound attacked by Libyan rebels Tuesday is the seat of Moammar Gadhafi’s political power and the principal base of loyalist fighters trying to rescue his 42-year-old rule.
American politicians want Lockerbie bomber extradited
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 U.S. politicians are calling for the new Libyan authorities to extradite the only man convicted for the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet, which killed 270 people when it blew up over the Scottish town…
Aid poised to flow as fog of war lifts in Tripoli
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Humanitarian aid workers said Tuesday a rapid resolution to the Libyan conflict would help them bring urgent help to the residents of Tripoli, where medicine and fuel supplies have run low and many foreigners have fled.
Who’s who on Libya’s National Transitional Council?
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 HOW WAS IT FORMED? Leaders of the February 17th Coalition, a Benghazi-based rebel movement formed as an uprising spread against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi
Egypt will not withdraw Israeli ambassador, says diplomat
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Egypt is not preparing to withdraw its ambassador to Israel, an Egyptian diplomat said Tuesday, playing down an earlier threat to bring home the envoy in protest at the killing of five Egyptian security personnel near…
Gaza’s burgeoning middle class fans resentment
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 A budding middle class in the impoverished Gaza Strip is flaunting its wealth, sipping coffee at gleaming new cafes, shopping for shoes at the new tiny shopping malls…
Israeli court refuses to reroute separation barrier
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 The Israeli Supreme Court has rejected a Palestinian village’s appeal to reroute a section of Israel’s West Bank separation barrier straddling the Jerusalem municipal border, saying the petitioners didn’t prove the barrier would smother the village.
Aoun repeats withdrawal threat as Cabinet fails to agree on electricity bill
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Free Patriotic Movement MP Michel Aoun reiterated Tuesday an earlier warning that he would withdraw his ministers from Cabinet if an electricity plan he proposed was not endorsed by the government.
Lebanon recognizes Libya’s National Transitional Council
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Lebanon recognized Libya’s National Transition Council during its cabinet session Tuesday.
Mikati should persuade Hezbollah to surrender suspects or quit: Ahmad Hariri
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Prime Minister Najib Mikati should persuade Hezbollah to hand over suspects wanted by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon or quit, MP Ahmad Hariri said late Monday.
Libya rebels enter Gadhafi house: Al-Jazeera
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Libyan rebels have entered Moammar Gadhafi’s house after breaking into his vast Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli Tuesday, Al-Jazeera television reported, citing sources.
Libyan rebels storm Gahdafi’s Tripoli compound
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Rebels storm Moammar Gadhafi’s fortress-like compound in Tripoli after an all-day battle against forces loyal to the longtime leader.
Decision on connected cases marks ‘new chapter’: STL
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 The prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon said Tuesday that the court’s recent decision that it will investigate attacks on three other Lebanese figures marked a new chapter in its work.
Syrian dissidents declare ‘national council’
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Syrian dissidents opposed to President Bashar al-Assad have founded a “national council” in a gathering in Istanbul, activists says.
Rai: Christian leaders to meet over draft electoral law
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Christian political leaders will meet on Sep. 23 to draft an electoral law ahead of the 2013 parliamentary elections, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai revealed Tuesday.
More calls for uncovering fate of Imam Sadr
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 Lebanese officials added their voices to those calling for uncovering the fate of Imam Musa al-Sadr Tuesday, particularly given the dramatic events in Libya, where the influential figure was last seen more than 30 years ago.
Sources: Aoun threatens to quit over electricity plan, Mikati to cave in
Daily Star 23 Aug 2011 PM Mikati is expected to back down in the row over the electricity plan proposed by Energy Minister Jibran Bassil after MP Michel Aoun threatened to quit from Cabinet, sources close to Aoun told The Daily…
Rebels storm Gaddafi compound
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – Triumphant rebels seized Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli on Tuesday after a fierce battle with a loyalist rearguard but there was no word on the fate of the Libyan … ….
Police officer suspended over terror attack photos on Facebook
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – An Eilat Policeman was suspended from duty on Tuesday after it was revealed that he had uploaded photos depicting the horrific events of last week’s terror attack near … ….
West anxious over Libya’s chemical weapons cashes
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – WASHINGTON — As the world watches deposed Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi’s forces take their last stand in Tripoli, western intelligence officials are trying to follow the … ….
Hundreds march in TA against HR contractors
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – Hundreds of protesters marched in Tel Aviv on Tuesday night, against the working conditions of HR contractors’ employees. The protesters marched under the banner of … ….
Dershowitz supports Beck rally
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – “At a time when old friends and allies who should be supporting the Jewish state are abandoning it in droves, (Glen) Beck’s willingness to stand up for Israel must be … ….
Strong earthquake rattles East Coast
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the US East Coast and Canada from Virginia to Toronto on Tuesday, shaking buildings and forcing evacuation of the Pentagon and US … ….
Soldier who opposed outpost’s razing jailed
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – A solider with the Kfir Brigade, who refused orders pertaining to the razing of buildings in the illegal West Bank outpost of Migron, was sentenced to 20 days in jail on … ….
Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case dismissed
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – Judge dismisses all charges against former IMF chief but case still awaiting….
Iran: Man admits killing scientist
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – Iranian man confesses to killing nuclear physicist, but Tehran insists he was….
Phone booth was to be Israeli’s jail
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – German police recover phone booth from Thomas F’s apartment, where he kept….
Deri, Rabin and Lincoln: Welcome to new civics curriculum
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – Education Ministry’s new civics curriculum to include lessons on political….
Eritrea releases 2 Israeli pilots held on arms charges
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – Eritrean authorities detain two civilian pilots suspected of arms smuggling;….
Report: Al-Qaeda group behind attack
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – Washington Times says new terror group emerging in Sinai perpetrated attack….
Court OK’s new section of separation fence
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – Supreme Court rejects Palestinian villagers’ appeal, but promises to allow….
Rabbi Abuchatzeira’s suspected murderer indicted
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – Asher Dahan charged with stabbing Baba Sali’s grandson to death, two weeks after….
Livni calls on Barak to quit
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – Special Knesset plenum debate finds defense minister under attack over Israel’s….
Iran shows off new cruise missile
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – Ahmadinejad unveils Ghader missile capable of destroying warships, with range of….
Egypt: Recalling our envoy was never an option
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – FM Mohammed Amr says having Egyptian ambassador in Israel was in Cairo’s….
Gaddafi son resurfaces, free and vowing to fight
YNet News, 23 Aug 2011 – Defying reports of his capture, Seif al-Islam arrives at Tripoli hotel to meet….
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Israel strikes in Gaza despite cease-fire
PIC – Israeli warplanes carried out an air strike in central Gaza city Tuesday morning a day after Israel and the government in Gaza agreed to a cease-fire.
PA security agencies kidnap many Hamas members from their homes
PIC – The PA security apparatuses stepped up its political arrest campaign in the West Bank detaining 12 Palestinians affiliated with Hamas Movement and summoning dozens for interrogation.
Nunu: Palestinian factions abide by calm as long as IOF abides by it
PIC – The Palestinian government in Gaza announced that a calm agreement was reached between the Palestinian factions and the Israeli occupation authority.
Israeli court imprisons wife of detainee
PIC – The Israeli Ofer military court issued a harsh sentence against the wife of a Palestinian prisoner who was detained while en route to visit her husband along with her baby.
Jewish settler runs over Palestinian girl
PIC – A Jewish settler ran over a 12-year-old Palestinian child in the Old City of Al-Khalil on Monday night, local sources reported.
Israel digging new tunnels in Muslim Quarter of J’lem’s Old City
PIC – Israel has recently begun digging new tunnels in the depths of Migharat al-Kitan (the Cotton Cave), a quarry in the Old City of Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa Foundation reported.
Report: Israel used excessive force against worshipers in OJ
PIC – The Quds center for social and economic rights accused Israel of using excessive force against thousands of worshipers while heading to attend the Friday congregation in the Aqsa Mosque.
IOF troops arrest Palestinian shepherd, beat merchant
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) beat up a Palestinian merchant and detained his Mercedes car to the east of Tobas on Tuesday, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter.
OCHA: Israeli air strikes killed 14 Palestinians, caused major damages
PIC – OCHA said that Israel carried out some 30 air strikes that claimed the lives of 14 Palestinians, injured 41 others, and caused significant damages in its latest escalation against Gaza.
Arab Peace Follow-Up Committee Decides to Make Palestinian Move Success
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Israeli Police Arrests Five Worshipers, Another Protsting at Checkpoint in East Jerusalem
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Wadi Helwa Information Center Warns of Israeli Plan to Expand Settlements in Jerusalem
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Canadian Boat to Gaza Condemns Latest Attacks on Gaza
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PPC: Howara Detainees Suffer from Intolerable Health, living Conditions
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Fayyad Receives Monitoring Authority Report for First Quarter 2011
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Fatah Supports, Others Object to Postponement of Local Elections
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EU Supports Palestinian Projects with €115 Million
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Israel’s High Court Rejects Appeal to Change Path of Wall in Walaja
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Abbas Receives US Official in Doha
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In Kadafi compound, looters take place of loyalists
LA Times 23 Aug 2011 – Inside Moammar Kadafi’s Bab Azizia compound in Tripoli, rebels and ordinary Libyans pillage and plunder, making off with valuables and weapons. The looting appears to be limited to the compound. A large, half-packed suitcase on the floor of Salem Farhani’s house showed just how fast…
Covering Libya’s conflict by way of ‘Planet Rixos’
LA Times 23 Aug 2011 – In the waning days of Moammar Kadafi’s rule, Tripoli’s Rixos Hotel, home to the foreign press, was the surreal stage for a daily drama pitting edgy journalists against regime information managers. Behind his aviator shades, the driver of the silver sedan had that hired-killer stare…
Search on for Kadafi as Libyan rebels overrun Tripoli compound
LA Times 23 Aug 2011 – Libyan rebels enter Moammar Kadafi’s vast fortress after hours of fierce battle. ‘The end is near,’ a NATO spokeswoman says, though pockets of fighting persist. Rebels stormed Moammar Kadafi’s central compound Tuesday, detaining his supporters and searching for the aging leader as gunfire sounded and…
Syria crackdown condemned by U.N. human rights panel
LA Times 23 Aug 2011 – The U.N. Human Rights Council, citing ‘grave and systematic’ violations in Syria by Bashar Assad’s regime, orders probe of possible crimes against humanity as activists report five more civilian deaths. The top U.N. human rights panel ordered its investigators Tuesday to begin looking into possible…
Libyan rebels’ advance emboldens Syrian activists
LA Times 22 Aug 2011 – Protesters say uprisings in the region are connected and that they will continue their peaceful movement against President Bashar Assad. Syrians opposed to the regime of President Bashar Assad on Monday found inspiration in Libyan rebels’ advance into their nation’s capital as they battle Moammar…
Obama administration works to be sure Libya doesn’t turn into Iraq
LA Times 22 Aug 2011 – U.S. officials and allies urge rebels to prevent the looting and revenge attacks that swept Baghdad after Hussein was overthrown, and to safeguard arms depots to keep weaponry secure from terrorists. The Obama administration scrambled Monday to ensure that the U.S.-backed rebels who appear on…
Libyan rebels tighten grip on Tripoli
LA Times 22 Aug 2011 – Moammar Kadafi’s whereabouts remain a mystery, but his forces are still in areas of the capital. His son Seif Islam appears at a hotel held by Kadafi’s forces. Rebels had said he had been captured. Rebels pouring in from the countryside strengthened their grip on…
Qaddafi Defiant After Rebel Takeover
New York Times 23 Aug 2011 – Fighting continued, with Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi nowhere in sight.
Libyans Rejoice in a Castle Filled With Guns and the Trappings of Power
New York Times 23 Aug 2011 – After a pitched six-hour battle at Bab al-Aziziya, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s residence and a military barracks, hundreds of people rushed in to savor the moment.
Airstrikes More Difficult as War Moves to Tripoli
New York Times 23 Aug 2011 – With the war in Libya now mostly confined to a densely populated area with rapidly shifting battle lines, a change in tactics is needed, military officials said.
News Analysis: Waves of Disinformation and Confusion Swamp the Truth in Libya
New York Times 23 Aug 2011 – In Libya, with so many competing factions and overlapping agendas, truthful information is often difficult to come by.
News Analysis: After the Revolution, Hurdles in Reviving the Oil Sector
New York Times 23 Aug 2011 – The rebels promise to restore full oil production to Libya within months, but international experts say it could take at least a year and perhaps several more.
Rebels’ Assault on Tripoli Began With Careful Work Inside
New York Times 23 Aug 2011 – In recent weeks, rebel leaders smuggled weapons into Tripoli and spread the word among local revolutionaries that widespread protests would begin after evening prayers on Aug. 20.
After Uprising, Rebels Face a Struggle for Unity
New York Times 23 Aug 2011 – The character of the anti-Qaddafi movement is facing its first real test: Can they build a new government of unity, or will their own internal rivalries mean divisions in the new Libya?
5 Deaths Reported in Syria as U.N. Investigates Violence
New York Times 23 Aug 2011 – The United Nations sent a human rights team to investigate the violence in Syria, where more than 2,200 people have been killed since March.
NATO-backed forces move into Tripoli
WSWS – The Gaddafi regime is on the brink of collapse after stepped-up air attacks, including the use of helicopter gunships to back the ground forces of the Benghazi-based Transitional National Council.
Fierce fighting continues in Tripoli
WSWS – Fierce fighting raged into the night in Tripoli Monday, even as leaders of the major Western powers proclaimed the end of the Gaddafi regime and maneuvered for position in the scramble for Libya’s oil wealth.
Huffington Post: What Congress Won’t See on Its Trip to Israel This Month
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National Radio Project: Not My Zion: American Jews Divided on Israel and Palestine
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Reading Anne Frank in Gaza
Mondoweiss – I always believed to write is to “make less the depth of grief.” But it’s been long since I wrote down anything, and indeed I spent long and hard time attempting to convince myself that this latest recurring experience of mine isn’t any different and, like…
‘Olive Revolution’ plans to march on Jerusalem from four directions this Friday
Mondoweiss – The following press release was sent out by a group called the Olive Revolution , which describes itself as an “unarmed, popular, patriotic, and human revolution against Israeli occupation.” The release announces a day of action to “knock on Jerusalem’s gates” by marching on the city from…
The empty pieties of David Grossman
Mondoweiss – Haaretz has reported on the publication of a long interview with the Israeli author David Grossman in the French newspaper, Lib?©ration , last month (the original article in French is here ). The article’s headline, David Grossman doubts Arab states’ good intentions , is liberal Zionist speak for ‘he…
Israel’s latest global weapon to hold occupied territories is SodaStream seltzer-maker
Mondoweiss – Did you see the countertop SodaStream seltzer-maker on sale at the Park Slope coop in Kiera Feldman’s report yesterday? It’s made in a settlement in the West Bank. Well here’s that Sodastream at Saveur magazine! “instant thirst-quenching with no landfill guilt” spritzes Ganda Suthivarakom. How does…
Assad regime rushes to cover up bloodshed in Palestinian refugee camp
Mondoweiss – Ma’an News reports as a UN delegation arrives inDamascus, Syrian forces are scurrying to erase bloody evidence from their ‘crackdown’ in Latakia prior to the delegate’s inspections. Security forces were seen scrubbing blood off the streets and walls of al-Ramel refugee camp ahead of the cross-agency…
Bibi and Barak’s Terror Fraud: Egyptian News Reports Attackers Were Egyptian, Not Gazan
Tikun Olam – Al Masry Al Youm, an independent liberal Egyptian newspaper, reports that Egypt has identified at least three of the Eilat attackers and that they are Egyptian, and not Gazan as Israel has claimed: Egyptian authorities have identified three of the people responsible for carrying out a…
As Gaddafi Falls, What Next?
Tikun Olam – As the Gaddafi regime slowly crumbles there are many questions to ask about what comes next both there and in the broader region. What will be the nature of the government which takes over from the former dictator? Will it be a tolerant one? Will it…
Tripoli: Latest news from Thierry Meyssan
Voltaire Network 23 Aug 2011 – The president of Voltaire Network has established contact with us on Tuesday, 23 August, at 10:30 p.m. via satellite phone from the Hotel Rixos. All Internet and telephone connections have been down for over 24 hours. During the very brief conversation, Thierry Meyssan only had time…
Gaddafi’s second son Saif al-Islam not captured but free in Tripoli
Voltaire Network 23 Aug 2011 – Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam has not been arrested by rebels – despite earlier reports – and is still in Tripoli. Several journalists, including an AFP and BBC correspondent, saw Saif al-Islam in Gaddafi’s residential complex in the capital. When asked if his father was still…
Tripoli: Voltaire Network concerned about the death threats hanging over Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya and Thierry Meyssan
Voltaire Network 22 Aug 2011 – Voltaire Network expresses concern about the death threats hanging over Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya and Thierry Meyssan in Tripoli Voltaire Network, Monday, August 22, 2011, 13:20 GMT – Voltaire Network is concerned about the threats targeting two of its team members in Tripoli. Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Research…
Thierry Meyssan and Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya under death threat in Tripoli
Voltaire Network 22 Aug 2011 – In Tripoli, the bombings resumed around 10:20 this morning. They are directed against certain objectives, under relentless NATO pounding. The fighting also resumed around the Rixos Hotel where certain Libyan leaders and foreign journalists are still entrenched. From the Rixos, the order was given by so-called “…
South Africa: IBSA Opposes Measures Against Syria
allAfrica.com 23 Aug 2011 – Members of the emerging economy grouping known as IBSA – India, Brazil and South Africa – have joined China and Russia in opposing measures against Syria.
Egypt: Visiting Egypt, UN Envoy Urges Calm After Violence on Israeli Border
allAfrica.com 23 Aug 2011 – A senior United Nations envoy has voiced deep concern over the death of Egyptian security personnel during the incident that occurred near the country’s border with Israel last week and stressed the need to restore calm.
Beit Ommar Teacher Remains in Prison as Trial is Delayed
Palestine Solidarity Project 23 Aug 2011 – 23 August: Beit Ommar resident Majde Za’aqiq — a 38 year old elementary school teacher — today remains imprisoned in an Israeli jail, after an Israeli military court yesterday took the decision to extend his detention without any charge or trial date. Majde was arrested on…
Countdown: Vol. 10, No. 11
Arab American Institute 23 Aug 2011 – When the House Ethics Committee barred members of Congress from attending Glenn Beck’s nutty rally in Jerusalem (wouldn’t that make for a nice official title?), Beck was furious with John Boehner and the Republican party…
Where’s Gaddafi?
Arab American Institute 22 Aug 2011 – It looks like Gaddafi’s rule over Libya has ended, after rebel forces captured downtown Tripoli and arrested or killed as many as five of Gaddafi’s sons. Saif al-Islam, who was speculated to be Gaddafi’s successor and who is wanted by the International Criminal Court). What remains…
Israel files legal case against Egyptian who tore down flag from Cairo embassy
Middle East Monitor 23 Aug 2011 – The state of Israel has filed a legal case against a young Egyptian who tore down the Israeli flag from the embassy in Cairo. According to an Egyptian Foreign Ministry official, Ahmed Al Shahat has been accused of a “blatant affront to the state of Israel”…
Libyan scholar downplays fears over extremism
Middle East Monitor 23 Aug 2011 – A Libyan scholar has played down fears over Islamist extremism in the country post-Gaddafi. Dr Ali Al Salabi, the Libyan member of the Secretariat of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, stressed that the people of Libya are moderate and reject all kinds of extremism. In…
Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan calls on tyrants to learn from Libya example
Middle East Monitor 23 Aug 2011 – The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan has congratulated the people of Libya for their revolutionary victory in gaining control over large areas of the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Hammam Said, the Brotherhood’s General Supervisor, issued a statement saying, “We congratulate the great Libyan people and the Arab and…
Defiant Gaddafi ‘vows to fight’
BBC 23 Aug 2011 – Col Gaddafi vows “martyrdom or victory”, reports say, after scenes of celebration following Libyan rebels’ seizure of his Tripoli compound.
UN orders Syria crackdown probe
BBC 23 Aug 2011 – The UN Human Rights Council orders an international inquiry to look into alleged violations by the Syrian regime during its crackdown on anti-regime protests.
Iran puts ‘Israeli spy’ on trial
BBC 23 Aug 2011 – An Iranian man goes on trial, charged with killing one of the country’s nuclear scientists and having links to Israel’s Mossad spy agency.
Analysis: renewed hostilities between Gaza and Israel
Sabbah report 23 Aug 2011 – Richard Lightbown analyses the media reports on the background to current hostilities between Gaza and Israel and sees little cause for optimism.
Gaddafi Leaves Libya?
Sabbah report 21 Aug 2011 – As rebels surround Libya”s capital city of Tripoli, widespread tweets are claiming Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Al-Gaddafi has left the country.
High Court: Army must investigate every killing of Palestinian if breach of law suspected
B’tselem 22 Aug 2011 – On 21 Aug. ’11, the High Court rejected a 2003 petition by B’Tselem and ACRI that an investigation be opened into every case in which soldiers killed a Palestinian civilian who was not participating in fighting. The judges ruled the petition redundant due to the army’s…
Articles
Rallying for freedom
Abdullah Abu Rahme, Bitterlemons8/22/2011
We in the West Bank village of Bilin are just one part of a coordinated plan for September, when Palestinians will seek statehood from the United Nations. I have been named coordinator of activities for the Palestinian Campaign for the 140th State. This means I will be coordinating between all the governorates and the various committees that have been established to rally around this cause. There is also a committee that is trying to raise the funds that are needed for the media effort, and a committee that coordinates between the governorates and is in contact with the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Central Committee.
We have one program: to carry out marches and activities in September, and to hold one major demonstration on September 21, the opening of the United Nations session in New York.
These steps are intended to show that the public stands with the PLO in its United Nations bid, and that we as a people support complete recognition of Palestine at the UN. It is true that after September 21 and the UN session, we are not going to see the state of Palestine magically appear. But this is a first step to freedom, and very important at this stage. This is what will allow us to reach independence and freedom in the future and rid ourselves of all aspects of Israel’s occupation.
We hope that there is no veto of the resolution when it is put before the Security Council, and instead, countries are willing to stand up and say that we also have rights to statehood. We are asking the international community to rid us of this occupation, perhaps through the wielding of sanctions, preventing investment or boycotting the occupation.
If there is a veto, however, we will not abandon everything. We will seek to become an observer country. This will give us access to numerous organizations, such as the International Criminal Court at The Hague, UNESCO and others. This way we can fight the occupation and its settlements in court. Either way, this step has positive outcomes for the Palestinian people. more.. e-mail
Palestinian Mosaic: Stories of Unfinished Struggle
Atef AlShaer, Jerusalem Quarterly File8/23/2011
Book Review, Summer
Dina Matar’s book, What it Means to be Palestinian: Stories of Palestinian Peoplehood, could not be more timely, revealing in the diversity of its themes and its political content, and rewarding in the light it sheds on Palestinian history and lives. Matar’s book does not claim to close any gaps or give a definitive answer to the question of who is a Palestinian. Instead, the book is both modest and competent, grounded in the narratives of its subjects, who are given agency to tell their own stories. Through these accounts, we as readers explore divergent experiences, particular turning points with collective and individual consequences, and much else framed within the history of Palestinian eviction at the hands of Zionist forces in 1948. But Palestinians have not entirely been hostage to that momentous experience; they are also active in the making of their broader history and the formation of their future. At the outset of the book, Matar explains the overarching trajectory of the book, answering those who might take issue with its title:
As the stories included in this narrative suggest, “what it means to be Palestinian” is about lived experiences and conditions “of being” which change and shift as a result of evolving circumstances and conditions. In different and complex ways, these circumstances are linked to the Nakba, the catastrophe of 1948, when the state of Israel was created and the Palestinians were denied their land and, most importantly, their commonality with other human beings. (pp.xi-xii) This statement summarizes the rationale for oral history. It also follows in the steps of ethnographers of Palestinian lives such as Rosemary Sayigh, who in her studies of the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon highlighted their conditions and yearnings with much sensitivity and acuteness….2 more.. e-mail
Palestine and Statehood: An historical overview
Abdullah Abueid, Ma’an News Agency8/23/2011
Until 1923, Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire. In December 1917, British troops entered Jerusalem and ended 400 years of Ottoman rule. In 1922, the League of Nations issued the Mandate of Palestine which authorized the United Kingdom to become the Mandatory Power in Palestine.
The Mandate Document, however, included several paradoxical stipulations contrary to the Mandate System as set forth in Article 22 of the League’s Charter.
Major stipulations
The Mandate Document included several paragraphs, which were considered by many historians and international lawyers as flagrant breaches of the word and spirit of the Mandate system. The system was intended to protect the territories occupied by the British and French from the axis enemy (Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire), and to develop these territories to independence and freedom for their populations.
The MD, contrary to that system, stipulated that the UK must develop the territory of Palestine in cooperation with the Jewish Agency in order to achieve a national home for the Jewish people, ignoring the real interests of the vast majority of Palestinian Arabs or Palestine.
In 1922 Palestine was still considered as a part of the sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire, which became Turkey after that date. It wasn’t until Turkey signed the Lausanne Treaty in 1932 that Turkey relinquished her claim to sovereignty on Palestine. Thus, the MD was in clear breach of the rules of international law. more.. e-mail
Barren tables at Ramadan as PA loses $35 million in aid each month
Electronic Intifada: 23 Aug 2011 – The Electronic Intifada Ramallah Palestinian families are facing increasing financial woes this Ramadan, as the Palestinian Authority juggles with its dwindling budget.more
Gaza, West Bank governments urged to abolish death penalty
Electronic Intifada: 23 Aug 2011 – Mel Frykberg The Electronic Intifada Ramallah Judicial sentencing procedures differ between courts in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, especially in death penalty cases.more
Libya: Too Early for Victory Parades
Palestine Chronicle: 23 Aug 2011 – By Ali Younes In their stealthy and coordinated advance on the Libyan capital Tripoli last Sunday, the Libyan rebels transformed their 8 months uprising from indecisive low-intensity war into the possibility of an imminent victory over the Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi. But according to news reports it is still too early for the rebels to claim complete control of the capital and to hold the victory parades and rallies in the streets of Tripoli. Amid wide spread chaos and confusion that ensued after they converged on the capital last Sunday makes it very difficult to know who is in control of the capital. Qaddafi and his sons, meanwhile, are unlikely to give up their powers and abandon the fight just yet. What helps Qaddafi surviving at this point, and possibly dragging this fight for many months to come is the rebels’ ragtag army where it lacks military experience and is…more
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