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Abbas- Livni Met In Amman
IMEMC – The Israeli Radio reported that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, held a meeting in Amman on Wednesday with Israeli opposition leader of the Kadima Party, Tzipi Livni. …
40 Disabled Palestinians Are Imprisoned By Israel
IMEMC – Palestinian researcher, former detainee specialized in detainees affairs, Abdul-Nasser Farwana, stated that the Israeli occupation is still holding captive more than 40 disabled Palestinians. …
Israel To Release Palestinian Tax Money
IMEMC – The Israeli government announced Wednesday that it will be releasing $100 Million of Palestinian Tax and Customs revenue. The decision came amidst international pressure from the United States, the European Union and the United Nations. …
Yousef: “Adopting Nonviolent Resistance, A Wise Move”
IMEMC – Dr. Ahmad Yousef, one of the senior political leaders of the Hamas movement, stated Thursday that the recent meeting between President Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas Political Bureau Chief, Khaled Mashal, set the vision of a unified strategy for the struggle against the occupation, adding that the movement adopts nonviolent resistance as a strategy. …
Army Uproots Farmlands In Salfit
IMEMC – Israeli army bulldozers uprooted on Wednesday Palestinian farmlands that belong to resident of Mas-ha town, in the Salfit District in the central West Bank. The soldiers also demolished stables in the area. …
Death Threats Continue Against Peace Now In Israel
IMEMC – The Israeli Peace Now Organisation reported that one of its activists recently received a death threat via text message as she was picking up her children from school. The incident is part of several attacks targeting Peace Now activists, homes and offices. …
Troops Arrest Three Palestinians In Hebron
IMEMC – Israeli soldiers arrested, on Wednesday at dawn, three Palestinian youths in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, and took them to the Etzion detention center. …
Israeli Authorities Prevent Reparation of Major Electricity Lines
IMEMC – The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli authorities from preventing technical crews from repairing one of the major lines that carries electricity from Israel to the Gaza Strip. The line has been disrupted for 13 days which has resulted in aggravating the electricity crisis affecting the Gaza strip, and increasing the power shortage by 37.3%. …
Main power line to Gaza down for 13 days
12/1/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israel is refusing to allow technicians to repair a main power line supplying the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for Gaza’s electricity company said Wednesday. Jamal Dardasawi said the line has been down for 13 days, exacerbating the electricity crisis in the coastal enclave. The Israeli government has not….
Israel frees Gaza fishermen but keeps boats
12/1/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israel has freed 10 fishermen detained off the Gaza coast but has not released their boats, a Palestinian official said Wednesday. Mahfouz al-Kabarety, head of the Palestinian society for fishing and marine sports, said eight of the men had been detained on Tuesday and were released Wednesday. Two fishermen detained…. Related: Israeli navy shoots Palestinian fisherman who sued Israel, kidnaps at least nine others in Gazan waters and 40 fishermen arrested in 2011, group says
Israel releases frozen Palestinian tax funds
11/30/2011 – JERUSALEM, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Israel announced on Wednesday it was releasing millions of dollars in tax revenues it owes the Palestinian Authority, lifting a month-old freeze that had threatened to undermine the West Bank government. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had come under international pressure to hand over the funds, about $100 million a month that….
Witnesses: Israeli army vehicles enter Gaza
11/30/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli army vehicles entered the Gaza Strip early Wednesday as soldiers fired from military towers by the border, witnesses said. Four bulldozers, three tanks and several other military vehicles were seen leveling farm land in the Juhor al-Dik and Maqbola neighborhoods near al-Bureij refugee camp, onlookers told Ma’an….
Gaza faces ‘waste crisis’ due to ban on trucks
12/1/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — An environmental researcher warned Wednesday that a waste crisis is worsening in the Gaza Strip, as imports of trucks are being prevented as part of Israel’s siege. Wael Safi said increases in population and a difficult economic situation was complicating efforts to collect waste, while Israel is preventing…. Related: Gaza farmers keep working despite export ban
US uncertain Israel would advise before Iran strike
11/30/2011 – ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) — The top US military officer said Wednesday he did not know whether Israel would alert the United States ahead of time if it decided to take military action against Iran. Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also acknowledged differences in perspective between the United….
Israeli troops detain 3 in Beit Ummar raid
12/1/2011 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained three men on Wednesday during a raid on the southern West Bank town of Beit Ummar, local officials and the army said. Soldiers ransacked several homes in the town before detaining Rahsi Muhammad Awad, 17, Yasser Fayiz Abu Fanous, 17, and Muhammad Mahmoud Ikhlayyil, 22, a statement from….
Abbas, Livni meet in Jordan
11/30/2011 – AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni met in the Jordanian capital on Wednesday for talks about the peace process, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. A statement from Abbas’s office carried by state news agency WAFA confirmed the meeting in Amman and said the Palestinian leader used the….
Gaza farmers keep working despite export ban
12/1/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Farmers continue to grow produce in the Gaza Strip despite Israel’s ban on exports, but productivity has plummeted. Israel bans all exports from Gaza aside from a few trucks of berries and flowers each day during winter under an agreement with the Dutch government. Farmers are denied access…. Related: Gaza faces ‘waste crisis’ due to ban on trucks
40 fishermen arrested in 2011, group says
12/1/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israel has detained 40 fishermen, injured five others and seized nine boats since the start of the year, according to findings released Wednesday by a local human rights group. The Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights said the statistics showed an increase in Israeli violations against fishermen, highlighted by an incident….
Israeli forces ‘ransack office in Nablus’
11/30/2011 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces ransacked the office of a car rental company in Nablus early Wednesday, the company director said. Wael Fattouh said soldiers raided his office around 3 a. m. and confiscated documents, checks and computer equipment. He said the raid lasted around two hours. An Israeli military spokeswoman said the army….
Israel ‘bars lawmaker from travel’
11/30/2011 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A Palestinian lawmaker says Israeli authorities barred him from leaving the West Bank on Tuesday evening. Qays Abdul-Karim, a senior member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, told Ma’an he was at the Allenby Bridge crossing to Jordan with a delegation of parliamentarians heading to a….
Lawmaker: Israel in ‘most dangerous’ situation
11/30/2011 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — An Israeli lawmaker on Wednesday described Israel’s security situation as the “most dangerous”, in remarks during a meeting of the foreign and security ministries. Benjamin Ben-Eliezer told lawmakers at the meeting that “Israel has never been in more dangerous situation than the current one”, according to Hebrew-language….
Report: Israel army investigates classified video
12/1/2011 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — A video uploaded to the Internet by Israeli soldiers has been removed after it was reported to the army by local media, an Israeli news site reported Wednesday. The video, uploaded to YouTube, documented confidential maps and “highly advanced command-and-control systems,” the Ynet news website reported. It was removed….
Invitations received for next Cairo talks
11/30/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Egypt has sent invitations to several factions to attend bilateral meetings with officials in Cairo ahead of general reconciliation talks on Dec. 20, two of the factions confirmed Wednesday. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian Liberation Front confirmed receiving the invitations to send a delegation….
Palestine entry wins Intel engineering award
12/1/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestine won two engineering awards Wednesday in the United Arab Emirates. The district of Sharjah hosted Palestine for the 2011 Intel Science and Engineering Fair Award, selecting two titles in the electronics-communications and energy-transporation categories. Palestine’s winning entries were a project on gas by Iman Qaraqe, a student from….
Customs agents seize expired, illegal products
11/30/2011 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Customs agents have destroyed expired cleaning agents and cigarettes in the southern West Bank, the director of the customs authority said Wednesday. Fadi Abu al-Qarn listed the goods as 2,000 boxes, 48 expired cleaning products, 16 sacks of foreign cigarettes, and 220 plastic toy guns which have been deemed dangerous. Authorities….
Turkey slaps sanctions on Syria
12/1/2011 – ANKARA, Turkey (Reuters) — Turkeywill suspend all financial dealings with Syriaand freeze Syrian government assets as part of sanctions against President Bashar Assad’s government, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Wednesday. Davutoglu also told a news conference that Turkey, once a close friend of Damascus, would block the delivery of all weapons and military….
7 soldiers, 6 civilians killed in Syria
12/1/2011 – BEIRUT (Reuters) — Seven Syrian soldiers were killed by army renegades and six civilians were shot dead on Wednesday as regional pressure tightened on President Bashar Assad with Turkey imposing tough economic sanctions on Damascus. The conflict, which began in spring as a one-sided crackdown on peaceful anti-government protests, is now sliding towards civil war. Soldiers….
Egypt’s Brotherhood feels its time has come
12/1/2011 – CAIRO (Reuters) — After waiting 83 years, the Muslim Brotherhood finally senses a chance to be at the center of how Egypt is governed and the Islamists hope to lead the renaissance of a nation which has suffered a steep economic and political decline. That ambition above all else will define the next steps of a….
UK expels Iran diplomats after embassy attack
11/30/2011 – TEHRAN (Reuters) — Britain shut down the Iranian embassy in London and expelled all its staff on Wednesday, saying the storming of the British diplomatic mission in Tehran could not have taken place without some degree of consent from Iranian authorities. Foreign Secretary William Hague also said the British Embassy in Tehran had been closed and….
Israel to release frozen Palestinian funds
AlJazeera 30 Nov 2011 – PM says money owed to PA to be freed as Palestinians appeared to have suspended “unilateral moves” for UN recognition.
Palestinian Consulate Opens in Iraqi Kurdistan
PNN – PNNOn Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority (PA) opened its consulate in Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital city of Erbil. Kurdistan President Massoud Barazani and Prime Minister Barham Saliha were among numerous officials who attended the…
More Israeli Raids and Arrests near Hebron, Farmers Given 45 Days to Uproot Own Trees
PNN – PNNOn Wednesday, Israeli forces raided Beit Omar village, northwest of Hebron, and arrested three citizens. Israel has increased its encroachments into Beit Omar, often targeting children. Out of the 16 people arrested…
Iceland Votes to Recognize Palestine
PNN – PNNIn the first move of its kind by a western European state, the parliament of Iceland on Tuesday voted in favor of recognition of an independent state of Palestine on the 1967…
Israel Bulldozes Land in Salfit, Demolishes Homes in Jordan Valley, Seize Computers, Cash in Nablus
PNN – PNNOn Wednesday morning, Israeli forces demolished tents belonging to Palestinians in the northern Jordan Valley, bulldozed land in the central West Bank governorate of Salfit, and seized computers and $20,000 in cash…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
On 19th International Day of Disabled Persons, Conditions of Palestinian Disabled Persons Continue to Deteriorate
Palestinian Center for Human Rights Wednesday, 30 November 2011
International Solidarity Movement
Israeli navy shoots Palestinian fisherman who sued Israel, kidnaps at least nine others in Gazan waters
11/30/2011 – International Solidarity Movement – By Radhika Sainath, 30 November 2011, Notes from Behind the Blockade – The Israeli navy violently seized two Palestinian trawlers in Gazan waters yesterday, shooting one fisherman in the arm, and ultimately forcing at least ten men to Ashod, Israel, where they were interrogated for several hours. Israel released all of the fishermen at 2 a…. Related: Source: Notes from Behind the Blockade and Israel frees Gaza fishermen but keeps boats
Alternative Information Center
Palestinians and Jews protest the death of public housing
Alternative Information Center – Yesterday, dozens of Palestinian citizens of Israel and Jewish Israelis staged a mock funeral for the death of Israel’s public housing in protest of the evictions that threaten to leave both Palestinian and Jewish families homeless…
Sparking an international conversation about the Palestinian right of return
Alternative Information Center – The Palestinan right of return—guaranteed by UN resolution 194 and considered sacred by most Palestinians—is markedly absent from the international discourse regarding Israel and Palestine. Unless it enters the conversation, there can be little hope for…
World: New issue of ‘Intervention Journal’
Relief Web 30 Nov 2011 – Source: War Trauma Foundation Country: World , Burundi , Chad , Equatorial Guinea , Haiti , Iraq , Lebanon , occupied Palestinian territory , Peru , Sri Lanka , Syrian Arab Republic (the) , Uganda On November 23rd 2011 a special issue of Intervention, ‘the International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial…
Kuwait’s ruler appoints new prime minister
The National 30 Nov 2011 – Defence Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah is appointed as the country’s new prime minister, state-run Kuwait Television announce.
Israel agrees to pay Palestinian tax cash
The National 30 Nov 2011 – International pressure leads to the move, though Palestinian Authority prime minister says non-payment has caused economic damage.
Turkey follows Arab League by imposing sanctions against Syria
The National 30 Nov 2011 – Sanctions are designed to hurt regime, not people, Ankara says, as officials linked to violence will be barred and Syrian central bank relations frozen.
Elections take spark out of Tahrir Square protests
The National 30 Nov 2011 – For now elections claim attention as critics say demonstrations are prolonging instability in Egypt and hurting the poor.
Britain hits back after mob attacks embassy in Iran
The National 30 Nov 2011 – Britain orders the immediate closure of the Iranian Embassy in London in retaliation for mobs storming the UK’s two sprawling diplomatic compounds in Tehran on Tuesday.
U.S. military chief: Unclear if Israel would alert U.S. ahead of attack on Iran
Ha’aretz – General Martin Dempsey says he acknowledges differences in perspective between the United States and Israel over the best way to handle Iran and its nuclear program.
Haaretz poll: 73% of Israelis oppose choosing Mizrahi judges based on ethnicity
Ha’aretz – The court has been without a Mizrahi justice – of Middle Eastern descent – since Justice Edmond Levy’s recent retirement.
Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu draft new bill to limit foreign funding to Israeli NGOs
Ha’aretz – New proposal replaces previous bills that have been frozen by Netanyahu; bill aims to impose 45% tax on foreign funding to Israeli human rights groups.
Iran says will be forced to reciprocate British expulsion of its diplomats
Ha’aretz – Foreign Ministry spokesman tells Iran media that British decision to close Iran embassy was ‘hasty,’ says raid of British embassy in Tehran ‘unpredictable’ and ‘made by some angry protesters.’
‘Germany approves subsidized sale of military submarine to Israel’
Ha’aretz – German official, speaking on condition of anonymity, says his country set aside $180 million to fund about a third of another Dolphin-type submarine.
Muslim Brotherhood takes lead in Egypt vote count
Ha’aretz – Anshel Pfeffer reports from Cairo / Muslim Brotherhood party leads after 90 percent of votes counted in first stage of Egypt’s three stage elections, due to end in January.
Israeli city bans religious-friendly Italian circus
Ha’aretz – Hearing half of the performances were adapted for religious audiences – meaning male performers only, Givat Shmuel refused to grant the Circus permits.
Pollution plays a role in autism and dyslexia, say Israeli and foreign scientists
Ha’aretz – Conclusions emerge from presentations by Israeli and foreign scientists at a conference on the relationship between pollution and children’s health problems.
U.S. congratulates Egypt on ‘successful’ start to election
Ha’aretz – Secretary of State Clinton issues statement calling for Egypt’s transition to democracy to continue in a ‘just, transparent and inclusive manner’; says U.S. will continue to stand by Egypt.
Britain to support oil embargo on Iran, say diplomatic sources
Ha’aretz – After Britain shut down Iran embassy in London, U.K. official says his country will support increased sanctions on Iran such as the French proposal for embargo.
Britain orders expulsion of all Iran diplomatic staff within 48 hours
Ha’aretz – Following attack on U.K. embassy in Tehran, British Foreign Secretary Hague Iran to immediately close its embassy in London; Germany, France also decide to recall ambassadors to Iran.
Lieberman denounces ‘mistaken decision’ to hand over Palestinian tax money
Ha’aretz – FM votes against the decision by Prime Minister Netanyahu’s top cabinet ministers to transfer $100 million to PA, says handover made as a result of international pressure.
Israel opposition leader to Abbas: Unilateral moves at UN won’t aid statehood bid
Ha’aretz – Tzipi Livni, in Jordan meeting, urges Palestinian President to engage in direct talks with Israel; Hamas: Abbas not serious about achieving unity cabinet.
Hamas: Abbas not serious about achieving Palestinian unity cabinet
Ha’aretz – In interview to London-based Asharq al-Awsat, Gaza strongman Mahmoud Zahar cites Israel, U.S. pressure as cause for apparent stall in reconciliation talks.
‘Talkback law’ passes first reading in Knesset
Ha’aretz – Under the bill, Internet service providers could be forced to reveal the identity of the author of the offending content.
Israel okays handover of Palestinian tax money to PA
Ha’aretz – Following cabinet decision, top official tells Haaretz that Israel would consider future fund freezes if Palestinians continue UN statehood bid, form government with Hamas.
Report: Mysterious blast in Iran’s Isfahan damaged key nuclear site
Ha’aretz – London Times quotes Israel intelligence officials as saying that satellite images show this week’s reported blast in Isfahan was ‘no accident.’
Errant projectiles explode near top IDF officer during army drill
Ha’aretz – IDF chief abruptly stops large maneuver in Israel’s south after accident took place; initial reports claim no injuries or damages.
Israel must bolster PA in wake of Arab Spring, NY Times column says
Ha’aretz – In op-ed, leading columnist Thomas L. Friedman urges PM Netanyahu to release Palestinian tax money, bolster PA’s Salam Fayyad’s moderate regime.
IDF freezes implementation of report calling for gender equality
Ha’aretz – Publicly, the IDF announced support for recommendations drafted by special military committee, but in practice it has done very little to implement them.
Analysis: Islamists jump gun in claiming poll win
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – “All parties can agree on dislike for Israel,” expert says from Cairo.
A-G: State to annul ILA deal with Dankners
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Eilat, Atlit salt-drying flats won’t be rezoned for private construction.
Egged to return lines 1 and 2 to Mea She’arim
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Service was halted last year after attacks on mixed-gender buses.
German foundation dismisses Iranian deputy FM
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Mostafa Dolatyar allegedly called for fulfillment of Ayatollah Khomeini prophecy of the destruction of Israel.
Kinneret resort to offer public beach access
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Compromise approved by district court between Adam Teva V’Din – Israel Union for Environmental Defense and vacation village developers.
Eilat relaunches itself as upmarket destination
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Tourism Ministry and Eilat Municipality declare their aim to make Eilat “capital of the Red Sea.”
US uncertain Israel would advise before Iran strike
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – US still convinced sanctions, diplomacy right path to take take on Iran, Israel may not share that perspective, top US military officer says; US fears fallout on world economy if Israel strikes Iran.
Hamas supporters still targeted by Fatah
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Despite agreement in Cairo by Abbas and Mashaal to release political detainees, Hamas says PA arresting its supporters.
Arab Spring takes toll on expats’ quality of life
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Some cities plunge in global ranking while others hold up better.
An intellectual pursuit and a love story
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Israel education has to focus on emotional and intellectual vibrancy. It is the combination of the two that leads young people to develop a strong connection to this country.
The resurgence of the Zionist Organization of America
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – In a hostile climate, when many of the Jewish establishment leaders remain silent, I pay tribute and commend Morton Klein and ZOA for acting as spirited and courageous Israel advocates.
PM, Lieberman join to revive NGO-funding bill
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Newest draft, written at PM’s request, divides organizations into 3 categories for potential foreign gov’t funding.
Washington Watch: Weakening Abbas only strengthens Hamas
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – The biggest danger facing Netanyahu and Abbas is that they may get carried away with their own rhetoric and step off the proverbial cliff.
Fundamentally Freund: Welfare for the wealthy
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Why is the state subsidizing the arts instead of providing real assistance for people in need?
Berlin to provide Israel with 6th submarine
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Germany to build and pay one-third of cost of Dolphin-type submarine, Israel’s sixth in its fleet.
Inside Out: Back to unilateralism
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Dismantling outlying settlements would have few drawbacks, but would lead to one very big plus: international legitimacy.
Zahar: Abbas is not serious about reconciliation
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Hamas leader says Abbas’s reliance on “US-Israeli axis” prevents unity government with Hamas.
Judaism – The art of bold ideas
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – In Judaism one does not inherit faith, one struggles and fights to earn the Torah. The second installment of a two-part essay.
Egypt’s revolution was stolen from the women
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – The female voices that triggered the dawn of the revolution are being pushed out of Tahrir Square through violent repression.
Northern border: Rocket attacks are a sign of the times
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – The recent flare-up on the Lebanese border was an example of the volatile manner in which Israel and its enemies communicate.
The Tsanani show
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – The entrenched culture of leaks is wrong on every possible level.
The way they were
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – A photo exhibition of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles in their earliest days shows a side of them viewers will be interested to see.
Exercise tests emergency response to biological attack
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Home Front Command’s “Orange Flame 6” exercise not connected to recent threat of war with Iran, Colonel Avi Aberjil tells ‘Post’.
Saudis to let woman compete in Olympics
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Kingdom hopes one female athlete will assuage demands for gender equality.
Bet Shemesh man on annual Hanukka-donut binge for charity
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Elie Klein is putting his gluttony to good use by rasing Hanukka gelt for charity in 3rd annual sufganiya binge.
Israel releases PA tax funds
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Lieberman slams gov’t decision to renew transfer of tax revenues frozen since PA joined UNESCO; Blair praises move.
Human error likely behind artillery near-disaster
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Initial IDF inquiry discovers that two 155 mm artillery shells accidentally diverted from their planned target.
Iran says to take further action against UK
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Majlis speaker says Iranians antipathetic towards UK after decades of hostile diplomacy from London.
Not all sunshine and light in Beit Shemesh
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Secular residents are worried over what they see as a haredi takeover of their city.
UK orders closure of Iranian embassy in London
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – British FM Hague tells parliament UK has closed embassy in Tehran after storming by student protesters.
After 3 decades, WHO has good news about AIDS
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Improved access to condoms, medical services and treatment have reduced by 15 percent the number of new infections.
As woes mount, Sudan’s leader acts to ensure rule
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Bashir makes deal with opposition but his situation remains precarious.
UK weighs tough response to Iran embassy attack
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Cameron describes breach as “completely appalling and disgraceful”; UK withdraws recalls from Iran.
Beirut to finance its portion of ‘Hariri’ tribunal
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Lebanese PM Mikati says he has already sent his country’s portion of the funding for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
Turkey slaps sanctions on Syria
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Ankara will freeze all financial dealings, block delivery of weapons; UAE announces suspension of flights to Syria.
Britain says withdrawing ‘some’ staff from Tehran
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Iran slams UNSC condemnation of embassy attack, says it “put global security at risk”; West demands missions be protected.
‘Britain evacuates all diplomatic staff from Iran’
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Iranian Foreign Ministry “regrets” the protests; Cameron: “there will be serious consequences for failing to protect our staff.”
Violence in Cairo, ElBaradei blames ‘thugs’
Jerusalem Post 30 Nov 2011 – Nearly 80 people wounded from petrol bombs thrown in Tahrir square; protesters organize “security groups.”
HU students to represent Israel in humanitarian law contest
Jerusalem Post 29 Nov 2011 – Team chosen after winning Red Cross contest in Jerusalem.
Number of doctors, dentists and nurses declines
Jerusalem Post 29 Nov 2011 – Percentage of psychologists, health professionals relative to general population drops, still higher than most OECD countries.
Mea She’arim shop accedes to vandalist demands
Jerusalem Post 29 Nov 2011 – Manny’s suffered NIS 250,000 in property damage after refusing to adhere to ‘modesty standards.’
JNF to host afforestation event at Durban
Jerusalem Post 29 Nov 2011 – Jewish National Fund event to focus on adapting forest practices to the effects of climate change in climate summit.
‘No new laws expected’ at UN climate convention
Jerusalem Post 29 Nov 2011 – International agreements stuck in a ‘rut,’ says member of Israeli delegation to conference now underway in Durban.
Game on
Jerusalem Post 29 Nov 2011 – Actor Danny Huston sits down with ‘The Jerusalem Post’ to discuss his iconic role in Eran Riklis’s new film, ‘Playoff’.
Israeli opposition leader urges Palestinian president to renew peace negotiations – video
The Guardian 30 Nov 2011 – Tzipi Livni calls on Mahmoud Abbas to return to the negotiation table ‘before it’s too late’, pointing to rising Islamist influence across the Middle East in the aftermath of the Arab spring
Israel unfreezes Palestinian Authority tax millions
The Guardian 30 Nov 2011 – West warned against punitive measure for Unesco vote to admit Palestinian Territories as a member Israel is to release millions of dollars in Palestinian tax revenues it had frozen as a punitive sanction for the past…
Iceland recognises Palestinian state
The Guardian 30 Nov 2011 – Icelandic parliament passes resolution making country the first in western Europe to accept Palestine as an independent state Iceland has become the first western european country to recognise Palestine as an independent state. The Icelandic parliament…
Syrian Leader Survives on Unrelenting Russian-Chinese Support
IPS Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s beleaguered president, has openly defied the Western world, succeeded in splitting the United Nations Security Council and fractured the League of Arab States – even as it imposed unprecedented economic sanctions against his embattled country.
EGYPT: ‘Army On Its Way Out’
IPS Egyptians in Cairo and Alexandria went to the polls on Monday in the first parliamentary elections since the January 25 protest movement drove former president Hosni Mubarak from a 30-year grip on power.
ISRAEL: Eritreans Flee From Dictatorship to Detention
IPS Standing across the street from the American embassy in Tel Aviv, more than 200 Eritrean asylum seekers chanted “Yes to justice! Yes to humanity!”, and demanded international intervention to stop torture camps in the Egyptian Sinai. Protests by African asylum seekers in Israel are growing, in the face of increasingly…
ISRAEL: Eritreans Flee From Dictatorship to Detention
Uruknet November 30, 2011 – Standing across the street from the American embassy in Tel Aviv, more than 200 Eritrean asylum seekers chanted “Yes to justice! Yes to humanity!”, and demanded international intervention to stop torture camps in the Egyptian Sinai. Protests by African asylum seekers in Israel are growing, in the face of increasingly tough policies…
US Senate Considers Bill Authorizing More Torture
Uruknet November 30, 2011 – The same Senate which today passed a bill allowing indefinite detention of American citizens on American soil for suspicion of being terrorists is now considering a bill to repeal the prohibitions against torture: The ACLU and over 30 other organizations sent a letter to the Senate asking them to oppose an effort…
The ridiculous burdens borne by Gaza medical patients
Uruknet November 30, 2011 – My family’s lengthy journey to seek medical treatment for my wife began in 2007 as infighting broke out between Fatah and Hamas. We joined the ranks of hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza heading for hospitals in Egypt. My wife, who is also the mother of our four children, had to wait a…
Boycott Israel campaign grows among UK unions, despite Zionist backlash
Uruknet November 30, 2011 – Over the last few years, UK trade unions have expressed solidarity with Palestine more and more explicitly. Union after union has overturned a previous orthodoxy of balance between “two sides” when it comes to policy on Israel and the Palestinians. So many unions have now passed motions in support of the Palestinian…
Main power line to Gaza down for 13 days
Uruknet November 30, 2011 — Israel is refusing to allow technicians to repair a main power line supplying the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for Gaza’s electricity company said Wednesday. Jamal Dardasawi said the line has been down for 13 days, exacerbating the electricity crisis in the coastal enclave. The Israeli government has not allowed technicians from the…
Syria News – November 29, 2011 (Warning: Graphic Videos)
Uruknet November 29, 2011 – Martyrs of today in Syria raised to 16 including 2 girls kids, 5 in Damascus suburbs: 3 in Rankous; 2 in Qalamon, 5 in Homs, 2 in Hama 1 in Saraqeb, and 3 dead bodies for unknown persons found in Latamneh in Hama suburbs…Homs: Martyrdom of child Khaldiyeh Soltan Al-Hawash after she…
Gaddafi’s daughter urges rebellion
Uruknet November 29, 2011 – Muammar Gaddafi’s daughter has urged Libyans to overthrow their new rulers, possibly violating the terms of her exile in Algeria. In an audio message broadcast on Syria’s al-Rai television station, Aisha Gaddafi called for a revolt against the men who overthrew her father – the government she said “arrived with the planes…
“Present-absentees” or internally displaced Palestinians in search of international protection
Uruknet November 29, 2011 – The Zionist state Israel considers the present and the absent at the same time in the country, yet the absent are deprived their rights to return to their land and regain their property, confiscated by the colonial state. These absentees are refugees or internally displaced, a group of Palestinians whom are at…
War Criminals
Uruknet November 29, 2011 – While the United Nations toadies for NATO and the International Criminal Court behaves like an apartheid “Africans Only” prosecutor, a venue in Malaysia dares to put the real international criminals in the dock. “The Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War, found Blair and Bush guilty of ‘crimes against peace’ as a result…
Amos Schocken: Israel Apartheid Regime,’ Jewish Lobby Addicted’ to Settlement Ideology
Uruknet November 29, 2011 – Amos Schocken published an eye-opening, remarkably candid op-ed (and Hebrew) in Haaretz about the extent of the catastrophe that Israel currently faces, which includes a raft of repressive bills and laws threatening everything from freedom of speech to freedom of the press to academic freedom to minority Arab rights. We’re used to…
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People On the 64th Anniversary of UN Resolution 181 Lebanon’s Palestinians Continue Their Descent
Uruknet November 29, 2011 – Every year on November 29, approximately a quarter million Palestinian refugees who were forced into Lebanon, along with those in more than 130 countries where they have sought refuge following their ethnic cleansing from their land, commemorate the infamous United Nations Resolution 181. Between Nov. 29, 1947, and Jan. 1, 1949, Zionist…
Palestinian Unity: A Threat, Says Israel
Uruknet November 29, 2011 – Palestine is sovereign territory. In 1987, Law Professor Francis Boyle drafted its Declaration of Independence. On November 15, 1988, the Palestine National Council (PNC) adopted it, affirming Palestinian statehood. Nonetheless, Israel’s illegal occupation continues. Gaza’s under siege. Israeli forces attack repeatedly. Deaths and injuries result. Dozens of weekly West Bank incursions harass…
Iraq snapshot – November 29, 2011
Uruknet November 29, 2011 – November 29, 2011. Chaos and violence continue, Joe Biden arrives in Baghdad, Iraq’s minorities get some attention, the Bradley Manning Support Network is linking to the publication that has misled on Bradley from the beginning, and more… Only AFP notes, “Biden’s visit comes after a bloody seven days for Iraq, during which…
November 29, 1947: War, Ethnic Cleaning Unleashed
Uruknet November 29, 2011 – November 29, 1947 was the date the UN passed the Partition Resolution partitioning Palestine, more or less equally, into a Jewish and an Arab state. In fact, the ethnic cleansing commenced the very next morning when the 75,000 Arab citizens of Haifa were subjected to a campaign of terror jointly by the…
Syria uses Lebanon lynching footage to prove “terrorists” in the country
Uruknet November 29, 2011 – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Monday accused the Arab League of ignoring the presence of “terrorists” during a news conference at which gruesome video footage was shown in an effort to prove “armed groups” are killing Syrian troops in various parts of the country. “I apologize for these horrific images, but…
Bradley Manning treatment in custody concerns MEPs
Uruknet November 29, 2011 – More than 50 members of the European parliament have signed an open letter to the US government raising concerns about the treatment of Bradley Manning, the US soldier in military detention for allegedly leaking classified US documents to the whistleblowing site WikiLeaks. The call on the US government comes before a pre-trial…
Israel’s war of attrition on non-Jews
Uruknet November 29, 2011 – According to Haaretz, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) has delayed the eviction of the Sumarins, a Palestinian family who lives in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan and who were slated to be evacuated from their home on Monday. The JNF has been trying to evict the Sumarin family for 20 years….
As Judges Kill Off Habeas Corpus for the Guantánamo Prisoners, Will the Supreme Court Act?
Uruknet November 29, 2011 – When it comes to Guantánamo, the prisoners held in the Bush administration’s experimental prison have mostly been abandoned by those who should have acted on their behalf in all three branches of government – the executive branch, Congress and the judiciary. In June 2004, for a brief moment, George W. Bush’s excesses…
LIBYA: Uncertain future for returnees in Qaddafi’s hometown
Uruknet November 29, 2011 – More than a month after the fighting ended in this coastal town – Qaddafi’s birthplace and the last to be liberated from his rule, or defeated, as the people here see it – many of its streets are no more than piles of rubble and burned buildings sprayed with bullet and rocket…
Israeli military courts ‘have 99 percent conviction rate’
Uruknet November 29, 2011 — Israeli military courts in the West Bank have a 99.74 percent conviction rate for Palestinians brought before them, according to data published by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Tuesday. The newspaper, citing data from an annual military courts report, said military courts in the West Bank heard 9,542 cases in 2010, including…
U.K. shuts embassy in Iran, expels diplomats
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Britain expelled all Iranian diplomats and shut its embassy in Tehran after the mission was attacked by protesters Tuesday angry at fresh sanctions against the Islamic republic’s nuclear program.
Turkey follows through on Syria sanctions threat
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Turkey said Wednesday it had suspended all financial credit dealings with Syria and frozen Syrian government assets.
STL funding: curtains without applause
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Political leaders and the international community expressed relief at Lebanon’s payment of its $32.6 million share of the annual funding for the STL, which averted the possible collapse of the government.
Bishop dismisses reports that Christians fear Muslims
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Sidon’s Greek Catholic Bishop Elie Haddad dismissed Wednesday reports that have emerged in the course of the region’s upheavals that Christians in the Levant are afraid of Muslims.
Impromptu acts give Israel pretext to bomb south: Hoss
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Resisting Israel shouldn’t take place through freelance military actions on the border, according to former Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss.
Franjieh praises Rai following Bkirki visit
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh expressed his support for Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai and endorsed a system of proportional representation in parliamentary elections.
Timeline of STL events
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 The following is a timeline of significant events in the life of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Feb. 14, 2005: A car bomb explodes in Downtown Beirut, killing statesman Rafik Hariri and 22 others.
Rival camps put their spins on STL funding breakthrough
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 While the surprise move by Prime Minister Najib Mikati to fund the Special Tribunal for Lebanon was welcomed publicly by a politicians in the March 14 coalition Wednesday.
Cabinet survival trumps objections to tribunal
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 The zero-hour deal reached this week to pay Lebanon’s share of 2011 funding for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
Monk impersonator charged with pulling cons
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 A man was charged Wednesday with impersonating a monk to pull off a number of con jobs.
Baalbek man shoots cousin dead after clan dispute
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 A man was shot in the neck by his cousin Wednesday in the Baalbek neighborhood of Sharawneh, the National News Agency reported.
Biker dies in crash, jailed man, 71, dies of heart attack
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 A 23-year-old man was killed Wednesday on the airport road, south of Beirut when his motorcycle struck a car, whose driver then fled the scene.
Bekaa residents block highway over fuel prices
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Residents in north Bekaa blocked the Baalbek-Homs highway early Wednesday morning to protest rising fuel prices, the National News Agency reported.
Security, army officials suspect arson in Sidon school-bus and store blazes
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Arson is suspected in two fires, in a school bus and store, in Sidon Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
Syrian man found shot to death in western Bekaa
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 A Syrian national was found dead in Hawsh al-Harimeh in the western Bekaa Wednesday.
Prosecutor charges 9 people over archdiocese heist
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 A total of nine people, including three men who were taken into custody last week, were formally charged with robbing and vandalizing the Greek Orthodox archdiocese two weeks ago.
World AIDS Day sees campaigners battle stigma
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 On the occasion of World AIDS Day Thursday, campaigners across Lebanon are working to combat the stigma and discrimination often experienced by those living with HIV or AIDS.
New tree-cultivation guide to aid reforestation
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 A guide to the cultivation of 30 native tree species in Lebanon was launched Wednesday at the Lebanese University’s Department of Agronomy as part of a major reforestation effort in the country.
Italy funds launch of first journalism training course for visually impaired
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 A journalism program for visually impaired persons was launched for the first time in the country Wednesday.
Sayyed defends himself against slander as court orders journalists to pay fines
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 The Publications Court heard the testimony of retired Gen. Jamil Sayyed Wednesday as he defended himself against a slander and defamation lawsuit brought by former Justice Minister Charles Rizk.
Biden meets Maliki in Iraq, hails ‘new beginning’ in relations
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that his trip to Baghdad ahead of the U.S. military pullout marks a new beginning between Iraq and the United States.
Kuwait’s emir names new prime minister, calls for Cabinet formation
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Kuwait’s emir named outgoing Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah as the new prime minister Wednesday.
Newly liberated Libyans draw battle lines over approach to Islam
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 When night falls on the street outside Tripoli’s Abdullah Eshaab Mosque, theological discussions often break out. Lately, they have taken place at the point of a gun.
Suicide bomber kills 4 troops at Somali army headquarters
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 A suicide bomber in a military uniform triggered his explosives at Somalia’s army headquarters Wednesday, killing four soldiers, officials said.
Sunni-Shiite violence flares in Yemen
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Fighting between Shiite rebels and Sunni Islamists wounded at least 26 people in north Yemen Wednesday.
Istanbul gunman wounds 2, shot dead by sniper
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 A heavily armed man opened fire at one of Istanbul’s main tourist attractions, wounding a Turkish soldier and a security guard before police snipers killed the attacker, officials said.
Synopsis of Turkish, Arab League, EU and U.S. sanctions on Syria
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Turkey joined the Arab League and Western powers Wednesday and imposed economic sanctions against President Bashar Assad’s government.
Israel to release millions in withheld Palestinian tax money
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Israel announced it was releasing millions of dollars in tax revenues it owes the Palestinians, lifting a month-old freeze that had threatened to undermine the pro-Western Palestinian Authority.
Egypt’s Islamists claim lead in first phase of polls
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Egypt’s Islamists claimed they were headed for victory in the opening phase of the country’s first post-revolution election after two days of peaceful polling that won international plaudits.
Flood of sanctions fails to halt Syrian bloodshed
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 The embattled regime of syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday pressed on with a deadly crackdown on dissent even as a flood of fresh sanctions further isolated Damascus.
Thousands rally in south Yemen for renewed independence
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Thousands of Yemenis rally in the main southern city of Aden to call for secession from the north as they commemorate the day the formerly independent south won freedom from Britain.
Germany recalls Iran ambassador for ‘consultations’
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Germany on Wednesday temporarily recalled its ambassador to Iran, over what it called the “unacceptable” storming of the British embassy in Tehran by protesters.
Churchill’s check mate: why Iranians hit UK embassy
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 The hardline protesters who stormed the British embassy in Tehran hope the British never return so they can turn the compound into a “Museum of the Old Fox” — a monument to what they see as…
Relations between Britain and Iran: Timeline
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Britain ordered the immediate closure of Iran’s embassy in London on Wednesday and closed its own embassy in Tehran after it was stormed by protesters.
Islamic body concerned about reaction to Syria
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 The world’s largest Muslim body on Wednesday raised concerns about the international response to the crisis in Syria, while expressing frustration at the unending bloodshed.
Future Movement: funding is recognition of tribunal
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Washington also welcomed the government’s decision to fund the court, with U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly saying that Lebanon’s commitments to the court extend beyond the funding.
Britain expels Iranian diplomats after embassy attack
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Britain expelled all Iranian diplomats and shut its embassy in Tehran after the mission was attacked by protesters angry at fresh sanctions against the Islamic republic’s nuclear program.
Autopsy reveals prisoner died of heart attack
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Autopsy reveals 71-year-old prisoner who died in his cell at Baabda Justice Palace suffered a heart attack.
Man dies in car crash, two cars stolen
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 Man, 23, killed south of Beirut when his motorcycle crashes into another car.
Tunis court finds former leaders guilty of torture
Daily Star 30 Nov 2011 A Tunisian military court on Wednesday found ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and several of his senior officials guilty of torture in the first trial of Ben Ali’s old guard since this year’s revolution.
EU planning new sanctions on Iran
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – The storming of the British embassy compound in Tehran provides extra ammunition to European governments pushing for stronger sanctions against Iran, in particular a … ….
Iran: UK will suffer consequences of envoy’s expulsion
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – Europe is turning on the pressure on Iran, as the Islamic Republic strikes back: Iranian parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Aladdin Burucerdi … ….
Muslim Brotherhood claims lead in Egypt elections
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – The Muslim Brotherhood’s party said on Wednesday its alliance was leading in Egypt’s election, which would give the nation’s oldest Islamist group a powerful … ….
FM: No such thing as ‘kosher’ terror funds
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman expressed his discontent of Israel’s decision to transfer withheld tax funds to the Palestinian Authority, saying the PA was sure to … ….
UK expels Iranian ambassador
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – Britain will expel all Iranian diplomats stationed in London following the storming of its embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced … ….
Barak takes to Facebook on Iranian blast
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – Defense Minister Ehud Barak took to the Independent Party’s Facebook page on Wednesday to praise the second mysterious blast on Iran’s nuclear facilities. On the … ….
Germany OKs subsidized submarine sale to Israel
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – A senior German official says the government has approved the subsidized sale of another Dolphin-type military submarine to Israel. The official says Germany has set … ….
Soldiers’ online clip reveals classified data
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – Six-minute Youtube video showing confidential maps, command-and-control systems….
‘Tzeelim misfire could have ended in disaster’
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – Initial analysis of artillery misfire during IDF drill in south reveals grave….
In Jordan, Livni urges Abbas to resume peace talks
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – Opposition leader tells Palestinian president ‘Middle East is changing, and….
Blow to Hezbollah: Lebanese PM funds Hariri court
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – After sending Lebanon’s portion of funding for court investigating former….
Israel releases frozen PA tax funds
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – Inner cabinet votes to unfreeze funds amounting to $100 million a month, says….
Ben-Eliezer: Nothing will change without protests
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – Former defense minister criticizes government for its complete ‘blindness’ in….
Report: Blast at Isfahan damaged nuclear facility
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – Based on satellite images of Iranian city, British paper The Times says Monday’s….
Source: Egypt’s Brotherhood leading in vote count
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – Following first round of voting, member of Freedom and Justice Party says it is….
Thomas Friedman: Freezing PA funds ‘crazy’
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – NYT columnist says Israel’s best defense amid Arab uprisings is to bolster….
Tammuz missile gets major upgrade
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – Greater accuracy, greater sense of control and ability to shift missile….
IDF chief halts drill due to dangerous artillery fire
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – Two shells land outside safety zone, endanger soldiers; Gantz orders….
Britain pulls some embassy staff out of Iran
YNet News, 30 Nov 2011 – Foreign Office confirms embassy employees leaving Tehran after Iranian….
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IOF soldiers raid central Gaza amidst intensive shooting
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced a few hundred meters to the east of Breij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday amidst intensive shooting at residential quarters.
Israel must come to terms with Islamist reality in Arab world
PIC – There is no doubt that Israel, the apartheid state that is seeking the extirpation of the Palestinian people from their ancestral homeland, is one of the main losers of the Arab Spring.
IOF soldiers detain three Palestinians in Al-Khalil, steal money in Nablus
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the village of Beit Ummar in Al-Khalil at dawn Wednesday and detained three Palestinian youths including two teenagers, local sources said.
Israeli forces uproot 100 olives trees in Salfit
PIC – The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) destroyed 100 olive trees in the Salfit village of Masha to make way for building a section of the separation wall, local sources said on Wednesday.
Israel: The Arab spring detrimental to our national security
PIC – Israeli political sources have voiced lately deep concern over the changes taking place in the Arab region and their unfavorable reflections on Israel’s national security.
Palestinian company, for first time, exports Gaza strawberries to Europe
PIC – A Palestinian agricultural company named Harvest, for the first time in decades, has started to export shipments of strawberries from Gaza farms to the European markets.
Israeli Decision to Release PA Funds is Important, Says Blair
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Israel to Release Palestinian Tax Money
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Abbas to Livni: Negotiations Only Way to Achieve Two-State Solution
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Imports from Israel in September 71.8% of Total Palestinian Imports, says PCBS
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Israel Prevents Palestinian Lawmakers from Travelling
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Israeli Bulldozers Raze Land in Salfit to Expand Apartheid Wall
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Israeli Army Bulldozers Destroy Palestinian Property in Jordon Valley
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Israeli Forces Storm Nablus Company, Seize Money
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UNESCO Marks International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
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SYRIA: Unknown Snipers and Western-Backed Regime Change
Intifada-Palestine: 30 Nov 2011 – 10 years old Boy Killed by terrorists in HOMS-SYRIA in front of his mom then kidnapped to uknown place to be filmed and the movies were sent to Al-Arabia TV and Al-jazeera TV to be shown immidiately as the Syrian Army… more
Iran protesters storm British Embassy in Tehran
LA Times 29 Nov 2011 – Attacks on two diplomatic compounds follow Iran’s decision to expel Britain’s ambassador and mark an escalation of tension over Tehran’s nuclear program. In scenes that evoked the seizing of the U.S. Embassy in 1979, hundreds of demonstrators stormed two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran on…
Britain Shuts Vandalized Embassy in Tehran and Expels Iranian Diplomats
New York Times 30 Nov 2011 – Britain said Wednesday it was flying diplomats out of Tehran a day after Iranian protesters shouting “Death to England” stormed the British Embassy compound.
Turkey Intensifies Sanctions Against Syria
New York Times 30 Nov 2011 – Turkey on Wednesday froze Syria’s financial assets, imposed a travel ban on regime officials and cut off the country’s central bank in response to violence against civilians.
Premier Signals That Iraq Would Accept U.S. Soldiers as Trainers
New York Times 30 Nov 2011 – The Iraqi prime minister’s comments underscore that the United States is likely to remain involved in Iraq’s security even after the last soldiers depart.
Israel Releases Funds to Palestinian Authority
New York Times 30 Nov 2011 – The Israeli government had withheld some $100 million in tax and customs payments for four weeks in protest over the Palestinians’ membership efforts at the United Nations.
Doha Journal: Doha, Qatar, Glitters Like a World City, but Few Feel at Home
New York Times 30 Nov 2011 – Doha, home to ambitious skyscrapers and the seat of an emir determined to put his country on the map with brash foreign policy, is also a city in search of an identity.
Egypt’s Christians Prepare for New Political Climate
New York Times 30 Nov 2011 – Coptic leaders in Cairo backed secular moderates in this week’s parliamentary elections, hoping to limit an expected win by the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party.
Syrian Uprising Spills Over Into Lebanon’s Raucous Political Scene
New York Times 30 Nov 2011 – The various blocs fighting for power in Beirut fortify their positions on the conflict in Damascus, while some groups are forced to the extremes.
First round of Egyptian parliamentary elections begins
WSWS – Voting in parliamentary elections began Monday and continued yesterday in nine of Egypt’s 27 governorates.
The Occupy movement seeks to change U.S. foreign policy–will Palestine be included?
Mondoweiss – Occupy activists joined a protest in solidarity with Egyptian protesters on November 25 ( Photo: OccupyWallSt.org ) One of the main objections raised to the Occupy movement allying itself with the cause of Palestine solidarity is that it would distract from the economic message and allow opponents to…
Alhamdulillah Thanksgiving
Mondoweiss – Mack with Gaza children I have never celebrated Thanksgiving, nor have I given its concept much thought, for I, being a Muslim, need not a special day to give my thanks to Allah to Whom I am eternally and immensely grateful for His countless blessings and…
A brief story of dispossession, American-style – and what you can do about it
Mondoweiss – Signs of oil company encroachment: a bayou in the midst of tribal lands, 2008. (Photo: Lizzy Ratner) On this site we talk a lot about dispossession – geographic, political, social, psychic. Mostly, and with good reason, we talk about Palestinian dispossession. But in this post I…
Why is Charlie Rose hugging Seth Klarman?
Mondoweiss – An Interview with Seth Klarman and Charlie Rose from Facing History and Ourselves on Vimeo . Check out this video from November 1 in New York. Seth Klarman is a big hedge fund manager and philanthropist. He’s never been on the actual Charlie Rose show, but Rose…
A documentary guide to ‘Brand Israel’ and the art of pinkwashing
Mondoweiss – (Image: prettyqueer ) On Wednesday, November 23, 2011 I published an op-ed in the NY Times, ( Israel and ‘Pinkwashing’ ). This 900 word piece attempted to contextualize Pinkwashing. Here is a more detailed documentary history of Brand Israel, Israel’s campaign to re-brand itself in the minds of the world,…
Israeli Intelligence All But Takes Credit for Isfahan Blast, Black Ops as Route to War
Tikun Olam – Sheera Frenkel, reporting in the Times of London has gotten several high-level Israeli intelligence officials to go on record confirming yesterday’s explosion at Isfahan’s uranium enrichment facility was sabotage, and not an accident as Iran initially reported (later it withdrew this claim and said no accident…
A “Limited” NATO Operation in Preparation in Syria
Voltaire Network 30 Nov 2011 – The French satirical weekly Canard Enchaîné unveiled all the NATO secret service operations going on for several months, aimed at setting up a back base in Turkey for a military operation against Syria. “Aid to the civilian and military rebellion, resolution to the UN Security Council…
US sending tons of tear gas to Egypt
Voltaire Network 30 Nov 2011 – The US government continues exporting tons of tear gas to Egypt, which is being used by the military junta to crack down on protesters across the North African country. Egyptian news sites published documents on Tuesday showing that seven and a half tons of tear gas…
Nigeria: The Syria Uprising
allAfrica.com 30 Nov 2011 – Finance Ministers of Arab League countries met last week to deliberate on the ongoing spate of violence in Syria that some observers have likened to a civil war. At the end of their meeting on Sunday, nineteen of twenty two members of the organisation voted to…
The long road ahead for Palestine’s statehood aspiration
Joseph Dana 30 Nov 2011 – On September 23, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) chairman and PA president, officially submitted Palestine’s application for full membership in the United Nations, with a bold speech delivered to the General Assembly. During the address, cities throughout the West Bank were alight with excitement….
Replacing the peace narrative with discussion of rights
Joseph Dana 30 Nov 2011 – Non-violent methods being used by Palestinians and their international supporters are helping to reframe the conflict from a discussion of peace vs. violence, into a struggle for rights under Israeli occupation. Next week, a group of young Palestinians will board Israeli settler buses in the West…
Readers engage with liberal Zionism
Joseph Dana 30 Nov 2011 – A critique of an article by a noted liberal Zionist leads to an interesting debate about Zionism. In the polarized world of debate about Israel/Palestine, certain terms have acquired such strong connotations that an honest and factual discussion of important issues is almost at a standstill….
UK to expel all Iranian diplomats
BBC 30 Nov 2011 – The UK is to expel all Iranian diplomats following the storming of its embassy in Tehran by protesters, Foreign Secretary William Hague announces.
LSE criticised for Gaddafi links
BBC 30 Nov 2011 – The London School of Economics is criticised for a “chapter of failures” in its links with the Gaddafi regime in Libya.
Turkey imposes sanctions on Syria
BBC 30 Nov 2011 – Turkey’s foreign minister announces sanctions on Syria over its crackdown on protests, saying Syrian leaders have reached “the end of the road”.
Israel to free Palestinian taxes
BBC 30 Nov 2011 – Israel says it will release tens of millions of dollars of tax money that it has withheld from the Palestinian Authority over the past month.
Anarkismo.net: Rigged elections will only encourage the mass rebellion in Egypt
A-infos 30 Nov 2011 – Friday saw millions of people come out once again to protest against the Military Council ruling Egypt since the fall of Mubarak (the SCAF), while they insisted the elections would go ahead. This, in spite of the fact that many liberals and progressive political parties were…
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On the 64th Anniversary of UN Resolution 181 Lebanon’s Palestinians Continue Their Descent
Franklin Lamb, Intifada-Palestine 11/29/2011
Embassy of Palestine, Tripoli, Libya
Every year on November 29, as part of International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Palestinians in Libya as well as approximately a quarter million Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, the descendants of more than 129,000 who were forced into Lebanon during the 1947-48 Nakba, commemorate the infamous United Nations Resolution 181.
Between Nov. 29, 1947, and Jan. 1, 1949, Zionist terrorists depopulated and destroyed more than 530 Palestinian villages and towns, killing more than 13,000 Palestinians and expelling 750,000, approximately half the population.
UN General Assembly resolution 181, adopted on November 29, 1947, purported to divide Palestine between the indigenous inhabitants and European colonists who arrived seeking to occupy and exploit Palestine and create an exclusive Jewish homeland.
Under the UN plan, European Jews were granted more than fifty six per cent of historical Palestine while the native Palestinians, who owned ninety three per cent of the territory, were offered less than forty four percent of their own land.
The partition vote was based on a UN Special Committee (UNSCOP) recommendation to divide the country into three parts: a Palestinian state with a population of 735,000, of which 725,000 were Palestinians and 10,000 Jews; a new Jewish state comprised of 499,000 Jews and 407,000 Palestinians, creating a new state with roughly less than sixty per cent Jewish majority. more.. e-mail
First guide to Palestine on both sides of the wall
Ma’an News Agency 11/29/2011
Ma’an interviews author Sarah Irving.
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The first internationally published guide book to Palestine covering the West Bank, Gaza and Palestinian communities in Israel appears on book shelves in the UK this month.
British publisher Bradt released the glossy guide to Palestine “for independent travelers who want to see beyond the conflict-focused reporting of the area and ethnic and religious stereotypes,” a statement from the company said.
Ma’an spoke to the guide’s author Sarah Irving, a human rights observer, tour guide and independent writer.
Why did you decide to write the book about Palestinian communities in Israel as well as West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem?
There were two reasons for this. Firstly, after long discussions with various Palestinian friends, I felt it was important to include Palestinian communities in Israel because it’s important to highlight their continued existence and cultural resilience within the state of Israel. They and their culture are often sidelined or represented as marginal, dangerous and unattractive by many conventional guidebooks to Israel.
I felt it was important to emphasize that they are there and their culture is immensely rich as valuable, and that seeing something of how they are treated within Israel is important to understanding the Israeli state’s attitudes to Palestinians within its current borders as well as those in the Occupied territories. more.. e-mail
Arab spring and the intellectual divide
Ramzy Baroud, Ma’an News Agency 12/1/2011
The so-called ‘Arab Spring’ is creating an intellectual divide that threatens any sensible understanding of the turmoil engulfing several Arab countries.
While it is widely understood that revolutions endeavor to overthrow political structures and aim to change the social order and power paradigm within any given society, there is still no single, inclusive understanding of what actually constitutes a revolution. Nor is there any consensus as to exactly what a revolution is supposed to achieve.
An ordinary Egyptian is likely to determine his/her take on revolution from various angles: measurable economic advancement – or lack thereof; the ability to voice an opinion without fear of censorship or retaliation; the right to participate in collective action, and influence the overall direction of his/her country.
A revolution can also delve into the realm of self-definition. Some Arab collectives have redefined themselves along religious, nationalistic or ideological lines – by re-coloring a flag or rewording a national anthem – in the hope that this would allow them to cement political change through a collective psychological departure from one era into another.
While conceptual depictions of major phenomena may be achievable, their practical application can be elusive. On January 14, just days after the ousting of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, I warned of the failure to appreciate the unique circumstances of the Tunisian revolution, and the distinctiveness of Tunisian society as a whole:
“There is no harm in expanding a popular experience to understand the world at large and its conflicts. But in the case of Tunisia, it seems that the country is largely understood within a multilayer of contexts, thus becoming devoid of any political, cultural or socio-economic uniqueness….” more.. e-mail
The ridiculous burdens borne by Gaza medical patients
Electronic Intifada: 30 Nov 2011 – Rami Almeghari The Electronic Intifada Cairo Though The Electronic Intifada correspondent Rami Almeghari’s family has finally accessed medical treatment for his ailing wife, unlike other less lucky families in Gaza, the obstacles they have encountered are absurd.more
Boycott Israel campaign grows among UK unions, despite Zionist backlash
Electronic Intifada: 29 Nov 2011 – Asa Winstanley The Electronic Intifada London So many UK trade unions have now passed motions in support of the Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions movement that even the often conservative Trades Union Congress has been compelled to change policy.more
Arab Spring and the Intellectual Divide
Palestine Chronicle: 30 Nov 2011 – By Ramzy Baroud The so-called ‘Arab Spring’ is creating an intellectual divide that threatens any sensible understanding of the turmoil engulfing several Arab countries. While it is widely understood that revolutions endeavor to overthrow political structures and aim to change the social order and power paradigm within any given society, there is still no single, inclusive understanding of what actually constitutes a revolution. Nor is there any consensus as to exactly what a revolution is supposed to achieve. An ordinary Egyptian is likely to determine his/her take on revolution from various angles: measurable economic advancement – or lack thereof; the ability to voice an opinion without fear of censorship or retaliation; the right to participate in collective action, and influence the overall direction of his/her country. A revolution can also delve into the realm of self-definition. Some Arab collectives have redefined themselves along religious, nationalistic or ideological lines – by…more
‘Palestine-Israel Peace Long Overdue’
Palestine Chronicle: 30 Nov 2011 – By Jaya Ramachandran – Geneva Some two months after the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas transmitted Palestine’s application for membership to the United Nations to the Secretary-General, high-ranking UN officials have reiterated the need for a just and lasting solution to the question of Palestine, which also ensures the rights of Palestinian Bedouin people. Recalling that sixty-four years ago on November 29, the General Assembly adopted a resolution, dividing the territory known as “mandatory Palestine” into two States; one Jewish, one Arab, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a message, “the establishment of a ?Palestinian State, living in peace next to a secure Israel, is long overdue”.? Ban led a chorus of UN officials on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which has been observed annually on November 29 since 1977, marking 30 years of the partition of the Palestinian state in 1947. “The need to resolve this…more
Lebanon’s Palestinians Continue Their Descent
Palestine Chronicle: 30 Nov 2011 – By Franklin Lamb – Embassy of Palestine, Tripoli, Libya Every year on November 29, approximately a quarter million Palestinian refugees who were forced into Lebanon, along with those in more than 130 countries where they have sought refuge following their ethnic cleansing from their land, commemorate the infamous United Nations Resolution 181. Between Nov. 29, 1947, and Jan. 1, 1949, Zionist terrorists depopulated and destroyed more than 530 Palestinian villages and towns, killing more than 13,000 Palestinians and expelling 750,000, approximately half the population. UN General Assembly resolution 181, adopted on November 29, 1947, purported to divide Palestine between the indigenous inhabitants and European colonists who arrived seeking to occupy and exploit Palestine and create an exclusive Jewish homeland. Under the UN plan, European Jews were granted more than fifty six per cent of historical Palestine while the native Palestinians, who owned ninety three per cent of the territory, were…more
Morocco Gets Muslim Brotherhood PM
Palestine Chronicle: 30 Nov 2011 – By Eric Walberg – Cairo Morocco, with its 35 million people, where 1 in 3 are unemployed and poverty is widespread, has had multi-party elections since independence in 1956 without anyone taking much notice. Even Western Saharans get a taste of democracy from Rabat, however bitter. The Arab Spring and public protests, organized by the 20 February youth movement and the Islamist Al-Adl wa Al-Ihssane, suddenly made genuine elections an important weapon in the king’s arsenal. King Mohammed VI immediately announced a process of constitutional reform and a promise to relinquish some of his administrative powers. Following a referendum in July with 70 per cent turnout and (a suspicious) 98 per cent approval, the new constitution was ratified in September, and parliamentary elections held last week. In the new constitution, the king gives up his power to appoint the prime minister, agreeing to appoint the leader of the party winning…more
November 29, 1947
Dissident Voice: 30 Nov 2011 – November 29, 1947 was the date the UN passed the Partition Resolution partitioning Palestine, more or less equally, into a Jewish and an Arab state. In fact, the ethnic cleansing commenced the very next morning when the 75,000 Arab citizens of Haifa were subjected to a campaign of terror jointly by the terrorist group, the Irgun, under Manachem Begin, and the Haganah, the regular militia under David Ben Gurion. The Jewish settlers who had arrived during the previous decade had built their homes higher up the mountain and thus occupied a higher topographical space. From the superior height, they could snipe at the villagers at will. They began doing this while the Jewish troops rolled barrels of burning oil down their roads and then ignited them. When the terrified residents came out to try to extinguish the rivers of fire, they were sprayed with machine gun fire. Another technique was…more
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