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Palestinian Farmer Injured Near Bethlehem
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources reported Friday that a Palestinian farmer was injured when Israeli soldiers attacked several farmers, and fired concussion grenades at them, while working in their lands in “Roman area”, east of Tiqoua in Bethlehem district. …
Five Palestinians Injured In Khan Younis
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources reported Friday that five Palestinians were wounded when the Israeli air force missiles targeting Abasan Al-Kabeera town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. …
Soldier, Fighter, Killed Near Southern Gaza Border
IMEMC – Israeli sources reported that one soldier, and one Palestinian fighter, were killed on Friday at dawn, during armed clashes, south of the Gaza border with Israel; the incident took place around 4 at dawn. …
PCHR Weekly Report: 10 Civilians Wounded in 50 Incursions by Israeli Forces this Week
IMEMC – In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 24– 30 May 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that 10 Palestinian civilians, including two children, were wounded by Israeli forces this week and there were 50 separate incursions into Palestinian areas. …
Remains Of Slain West Bank Palestinian, Killed 36 Years Ago, Sent To Gaza
IMEMC – On Thursday, Israel released the remains of 91 Palestinians, killed in prison, in bombings, and while resisting the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories, but the remains of one Palestinian man, whose family lives in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, was not handed to his family, but was sent instead to the Gaza Strip. …
Army: Israeli soldier, Palestinian killed in south Gaza
6/1/2012 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli soldier and Palestinian gunman were killed in an exchange of fire in the southern Gaza strip on Friday morning, the Israeli army said. Israel‘s Ynet news reported that a clash took place around 4 a. m. after a gunman crossed the border into Israel under cover of….
Medics: Israel bombs Gaza injuring 4
6/1/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli airstrikes wounded four Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip early Friday, hours after an Israeli soldier and Palestinian militant were killed in an exchange of fire along the border. Witnesses said Israeli aircraft bombed an auto rickshaw east of Khan Younis. Medical spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said four people….
Campaign: Israel still holds remains of 379 Palestinians
6/1/2012 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — After the remains of 91 Palestinians were repatriated by Israel on Thursday, the national campaign to recover all bodies held by Israel said at least 379 others still remain in Israeli custody. Since the 1960s, Israel has withheld the bodies of hundreds of Palestinians, interred in numbered, rather than named, graves….
Report: Israeli officials propose moving outpost to confiscated lands
6/1/2012 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israeli defense officials are studying a proposal to move residents of a settler outpost to a nearby area confiscated by the Israeli military for an army base, Israeli media reported Friday. Israel‘s high court ruled in May that the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El settlement, near al-Bireh….
Medics: Hebron man dies of gunshot wound
6/1/2012 – HEBRON (Ma’an) –A 43-year-old man from Hebron died on Friday morning after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest, medics said. Red Crescent official Nasser Kabbajeh identified the shooting victim as Omar Abu Al Jeraich from the town of Kharas in the southern West Bank. Doctors at Al Ahli Hospital in Hebron….
Report: Obama ordered cyber attacks against Iran
6/1/2012 – NEW YORK (Ma’an) — US President Barack Obama secretly ordered sophisticated attacks against Iranian computer systems during his first months in office, an American newspaper reported Friday. The New York Times reported that the so-called Stuxnet worm, which is said to have caused widespread damage to Iran‘s main nuclear enrichment facilities, was….
Abbas: Israel shifting terms of reference for talks
6/1/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that Israel‘s insistence on shifting the terms of reference for negotiations was responsible for the deadlock in the peace process. Speaking after a meeting with his German counterpart Joachim Gauck, the president said Israeli violations of international resolutions were also hindering talks, the official….
Foreign minister meets China counterpart in Tunisia
6/1/2012 – TUNISIA (Ma’an) — Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki met his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of a conference in Tunisia, al-Malki’s office said Friday. Al-Malki and Yang Jiechi agreed to form a Chinese committee to visit Palestine to examine ways to expand bilateral cooperation, including investment in the Palestinian economy, a statement from….
Security source: US tourists freed unharmed in Sinai
6/1/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — Two US tourists were released unharmed by Bedouin kidnappers in the Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, security sources said, a day after they had been abducted by tribesmen seeking the release of one of their kinsmen held by the Egyptian authorities.” The tourists are with Egyptian security now,” a security source told Reuters.”They….
Annan says frustrated over slow progress in Syria
6/1/2012 – BEIRUT (Reuters) — International mediator Kofi Annan said on Friday he was “frustrated and impatient” over the continued violence and killing in Syria, and said he wanted to see faster progress towards resolving the crisis.” I think perhaps I am more frustrated than most of you because I am in the thick of this,” he told….
Putin: Russia not supplying arms for Syria civil war
6/1/2012 – BERLIN (Reuters) — President Vladimir Putin denied on Friday that Russia was supplying arms to the Syrian government to crush rebels, brushing off US criticism of a “reprehensible” arms shipment to Damascus. Putin, speaking after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, also reiterated that Moscow does not back any side in what he called an “extremely….
Turkish pianist charged with insulting Muslim values
6/1/2012 – ISTANBUL (Reuters) — An internationally acclaimed Turkish classical pianist is to stand trial on charges of insulting Muslim religious values in comments posted on Twitter, an Istanbul court ruled on Friday. Fazil Say has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Berliner Symphoniker, Israel Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France and Tokyo Symphony Orchetra and has served as….
UN: Syrian forces face prosecution for Houla
6/1/2012 – GENEVA (Reuters) — Syrian forces and pro-government militia accused of committing a massacre in Houla could face prosecution for crimes against humanity, the United Nations said Friday as rights experts said Syrian authorities had directly ordered torture. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called again for the Security Council to refer Syria to the….
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PRCS provides relief assistance to Palestinians in Fasayel
Relief Web 31 May 2012 – Source: Palestine Red Crescent Society Country: occupied Palestinian territory Fasayel – 29 May 2012( : PRCS provided relief assistance to Palestinians in Fasayel, a Palestinian village in the Aghwar region, after Israeli occupation forces demolished several facilities including shacks and tents…
Paris meeting stresses importance of information technology, protection of right to education for Palestinian state-building
Relief Web 31 May 2012 – Source: UN General Assembly Country: occupied Palestinian territory , Lebanon GA/PAL/1235 Speakers Outraged at Attacks on Palestinian Civilians, Insist On Implementation of Security Council Civilian Protection Resolutions (Received from a UN Information Officer.) PARIS, 31 May — The role of information…
Sixth Annual Report on the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) at the Level of Arab States for the years 2010 – 2011
Relief Web 31 May 2012 – Source: ICRC Country: World , Algeria , Bahrain , Egypt , Iraq , Jordan , Kuwait , Lebanon , Libya , Mauritania , Morocco , occupied Palestinian territory , Oman , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Sudan (the) , Syrian Arab Republic (the) , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates (the) , Yemen Since 2003, the International Committee of the…
Fate Unites, Israel Separates
Relief Web 30 May 2012 – Source: Inter Press Service Country: occupied Palestinian territory , Eritrea , Israel By Mya Guarnieri TEL AVIV, May 30, 2012 (IPS) – Hundreds of thousands of families – from Palestinians to Southeast Asian migrant workers to African refugees – struggle under Israeli…
Turkey offers scholarships to Palestinian students
Relief Web 30 May 2012 – Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Country: occupied Palestinian territory , Jordan , Lebanon , Syrian Arab Republic (the) , Turkey 29 May 2012 Jerusalem Young Palestinians will have a chance to study at a Turkish university…
Impact of Israeli Occupation on Housing, Health Care, Employment for Palestinian Women, Youth Examined at Paris Meeting
Relief Web 30 May 2012 – Source: UN General Assembly Country: occupied Palestinian territory GA/PAL/1234 Speakers Discuss Challenges, International, Grassroots Efforts (Received from a UN Information Officer.) PARIS, 30 May — The Israeli occupation’s harsh socio-economic impact on Palestinian youth and women and the subsequent challenges…
Role of Women, Youth in Peaceful Settlement of Question of Palestine at Heart of United Nations Meeting in Paris
Relief Web 30 May 2012 – Source: UN General Assembly Country: occupied Palestinian territory GA/PAL/1232 ‘Women and Youth Have Much to Contribute to Secure A Lasting Israeli-Palestinian Peace,’ says Ban Ki-moon (Received from a UN Information Officer.) PARIS, 30 May — Stressing the important role of…
World leaders agree Syria is on brink of war, remain divided on action
The National 1 Jun 2012 – Talks in Berlin between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin exposed the sharp differences between Arab and Western governments and Damascus allies Beijing and Moscow on the way forward.
Factions celebrate return of remains of 91 Palestinian fighters
The National 31 May 2012 – Israel returns the remains of 91 Palestinian fighters to the Palestinian territories in what the Israeli government calls a goodwill gesture aimed at reviving stalled peace talks.
Report: Obama secretly ordered cyber attacks on Iran’s nuclear program
Ha’aretz – 1 Jun 2012
Body of 10-year-old boy found near his home in the Israeli town of Kafr Qasem
Ha’aretz – 1 Jun 2012
IDF soldier, Palestinian militant killed in exchange of fire on Gaza border
Ha’aretz – 1 Jun 2012
Israel’s future preschool teachers warn they will boycott free education program
Ha’aretz – 31 May 2012
US posts image of ‘probable mass burial’ in Syria’s Houla
Jerusalem Post 1 Jun 2012 – Robert Ford, the US ambassador to Syria, posts Facebook message calling Houla massacre “the most unambiguous indictment of the regime to date”; singles out Iran for supporting Assad through lethal, non-lethal means.
UN: Syria may face prosecution over massacre
Jerusalem Post 1 Jun 2012 – Navi Pillay calls for UNSC to refer Syria to International Criminal Court following Houla massacre, reports of torture.
Iran’s grain trade seen ready to help Syria
Jerusalem Post 1 Jun 2012 – Iran‘s oil revenues boosting its buying clout; Syria faces growing trade isolation.
‘A-G presented distorted version of events’
Jerusalem Post 1 Jun 2012 – State Comptroller lashes out at Weinstein for accusing him of misleading public with statements over the Harpaz Affair.
‘Obama secretly ordered cyber attacks on Iran’
Jerusalem Post 1 Jun 2012 – According to ‘New York Times’ report, experts are skeptical of the extent to which the Stuxnet virus held back Iran‘s nuclear program.
Kfar Kassem: 10-year-old boy found dead in woods
Jerusalem Post 1 Jun 2012 – Two residents of the village east of TA find boy 20 meters from home with signs of violence on his body; police suspect murder.
IDF soldier, terrorist killed in exchange of fire near Gaza
Jerusalem Post 1 Jun 2012 – Golani Brigade scrambled to scene when Gazan terrorist infiltrates into Israel; Palestinian opens fire on IDF soldiers who respond with tank fire; IDF soldier and terrorist killed in gun fight.
Lord Rothschild reveals vast charity work
Jerusalem Post 1 Jun 2012 – “I have a lot of sympathy with people who protested about some of the excesses in the world of finance,” philanthropist tells ‘Report’.
Arava desert to be storage site for aircraft
Jerusalem Post 1 Jun 2012 – Service station will be an economic stimulus for the region, providing 800 jobs, Interior Ministry says.
Man seeking bone marrow match dies
Jerusalem Post 1 Jun 2012 – Shortage of bone marrow available from Jews of Iraqi, Georgian, Bukharan, Yemenite, Caucasus, Kurd and Ethiopian origin.
Hebrew U scientist helps ‘decode’ tomato genome
Jerusalem Post 1 Jun 2012 – 300-memeber team of scientists from around the world makes breakthrough that will further development of tomato production.
Madonna offers fans a little prayer of peace
Jerusalem Post 1 Jun 2012 – Pop icon launches world tour in Ramat Gan, making reference to Israel, Palestine and giving away land, midway through concert.
Green Movement: Declare Haifa air pollution region
Jerusalem Post 1 Jun 2012 – Environmentalist group calls on Erdan to make declaration, forcing cities in Haifa Bay region to take action.
In Obama we trust?
Jerusalem Post 31 May 2012 – US says it will prevent Tehran from getting nuclear weapons; whether Israel believes this will ultimately decide how J’lem acts.
Security and Defense: Israel’s Cyber Ambiguity
Jerusalem Post 31 May 2012 – Statements by Binyamin Netanyahu and his vice premier, Moshe Ya’alon, this week regarding the latest malware attack on Iran suggest that on cyber warfare, Jerusalem has adopted its wink-and-smile nuclear policy.
Richard Beinart and Peter Goldstone – Part I
Jerusalem Post 31 May 2012 – Into The Fray: Peter Beinart has placed himself in precisely the same category as Richard Goldstone. He should be treated in precisely the same manner.
Another Tack: Preempting Piggy’s end
Jerusalem Post 31 May 2012 – It’s time for this world’s non-fictional Piggy to overcome his awe of remorseless choirboys who presume to pass judgment on him.
Column One: The reign of the fantasists
Jerusalem Post 31 May 2012 – The Obama administration insists on clinging to the fantasy that it can convince the Iranians to give up their nuclear weapons program.
Fiery and Seductive
Jerusalem Post 31 May 2012 – This week it is the turn of Carmen by Georges Bizet, one of the most popular operas of all times.
Honoring altruism
Jerusalem Post 31 May 2012 – Social activism group believes students can learn from Righteous Gentiles who saved Jews during World War II.
Constituency Elections: A threat to Israeli democracy
Jerusalem Post 31 May 2012 – MK Katz’s proposal of a constituency-based system is perilous for Israel‘s political climate.
Tradition Today: Honoring those with special needs
Jerusalem Post 31 May 2012 – The rabbis taught: “Everyone must say, ‘For my sake was the world created!’”
May a Jew enter a non-Jewish house of worship?
Jerusalem Post 31 May 2012 – In its advocacy for monotheism, the Torah warns of the spiritual perils of idolatry.
The Human Spirit: Ya’ala Yali
Jerusalem Post 31 May 2012 – “I was finally hit by that school bus, and I’m doing just fine,” Yali Derman says.
The legacy of Vidal Sassoon
Jerusalem Post 31 May 2012 – He was the man who first wedded hair and clothing design.
Grasping at straws to defend haredi isolationism
Jerusalem Post 31 May 2012 – The notion that 60,000 young men need to focus exclusively on Torah study without receiving a general education, going to work or serving in the army, in order to maintain the Torah’s protection of Israel is ludicrous.
Madonna tour: first night – in pictures
The Guardian 1 Jun 2012 – Madonna kicked off her 83-date MDNA tour at the Ramat Gan stadium in Tel Aviv on 31 May. The singer told her audience she had chosen Israel for the first show because: ‘You can’t be a…
Israeli soldier killed by Palestinian gunman on Gaza border
The Guardian 1 Jun 2012 – Israel blames Hamas after soldier killed by gunman who broke through border from Gaza in possible kidnap attempt An Israeli soldier has been killed in an exchange of fire with a Palestinian gunman who broke through…
Israeli Army Invades Gaza, Opens Fire At Farmers
Uruknet May 31, 2012 – A number of armoured Israeli military vehicles invaded an area east of az-Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, and opened fire at a number of farmers working their lands on Wednesday afternoon.The farmers had to run for their lives as the army advanced opening fire at random; no injuries were reported. Palestinian…
Looming Economic Realities
Uruknet May 31, 2012 – …Europe and America exacerbate each other’s problems. Policy measures followed are similar. So are hard times getting harder.Instead of nationalizing insolvent banks worth saving, letting others fail, and restructuring responsibly, past errors repeat with predictable results. At best they buy time. Eventually it runs out. The moment of truth may hit harder…
Calls for Intervention in Arrests of Fishermen in Gaza
Uruknet May 31, 2012 – The General Union of Palestinian Workers in Gaza demanded that human rights organizations intervene immediately to stop attacks on Palestinian fishermen that occur every fishing season. The Union condemned the Israeli occupation’s policy of arresting fishermen and confiscating their belongings as well as interrogating them. The Union claimed that this policy was…
An Offering…
Uruknet May 31, 2012 – I am not in the habit of sharing my poetry on this blog.Somehow in my mind Arab Woman Blues, the mother blog is dedicated only for Iraq, and poetry is a personal matter, a private realm where analysis fails to capture Truth. Poetry, a garden, where one can stroll and occasionally play,…
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Uruknet May 31, 2012. Chaos and violence continue, Moqtada says he can bring 40 votes to a no-confidence vote on Nouri, Baghdad is slammed with bombings, Iraq’s energy auction is a bust, the US House Veterans Affairs Committee reviews the progress on the VOW to Hire Heroes Act, and more… Today, Baghdad was yet again slammed with…
1,456 Palestinian children shot dead by Israel since 2000
Uruknet May 31, 2012 – 1,456 Palestinian children shot dead by Israel since 2000Coinciding with International Children’s Day on 1 June, figures released by the Palestinian Ministry of Information show that 1,456 Palestinian children have been shot dead by Israelis since the Aqsa Uprising started in late 2000. The ministry pointed out that all Palestinian children are…
Killed by Syrian government – but young filmmaker had focused on Israel
Uruknet May 31, 2012 – …Shahade had the best of the west. He was a Fulbright scholar at Syracuse University, studying film. But he left because he needed to see the Syrian liberation. McEvers: friends say he just couldn’t deal with the guilt that nearly everyone he knew was back in Syria, fighting and sometimes dying for…
Dennis Ross: Saudi king vowed to obtain nuclear bomb after Iran
Uruknet May 31 , 2012 – Former senior U.S. diplomat Dennis Ross confirmed for the first time on Tuesday night that Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has explicitly warned the U.S. that if Iran obtains nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia will seek to do so as well. “If they get nuclear weapons, we will get nuclear weapons,” Abdullah told Ross…
Israeli troops, settlers force village to recite ‘I love Israel’
Uruknet May 31, 2012 — Israeli forces and settlers raided a village northwest of Jerusalem earlier this week, and humiliated and abused its residents, a local official said. Residents of al-Nabi Samwil were working on their land on Monday when Israeli forces, accompanied by settlers, arrived and demanded to see villagers’ ID cards, head of the local…
Fate Unites, Israel Separates
Uruknet May 31, 2012 – Hundreds of thousands of families – from Palestinians to Southeast Asian migrant workers to African refugees – struggle under Israeli policies that seek to limit the number of non-Jews within Israel and in the areas it occupies. Sitting in the salon of her home in East Amman, Sabah Othman flips through the…
A Drone-Eat-Drone World With Its “Roadmap” in Tatters, The Pentagon Detours to Terminator Planet
Uruknet May 31, 2012 – It’s now commonly estimated that more than 50 nations have drones, are making plans to develop them, or are at least planning to buy them from those who do produce them. In other words, the future global skies are going to be a busy — and increasingly dangerous — place. They will…
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Uruknet May 31, 2012 – Summary: Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (24 – 30 May 2012): Shooting: During the reporting period, 8 Palestinian civilians, including two children, were wounded by IOF and a 9th one was wounded by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. A 10th…
Israeli Activist Imprisoned For Trying to Become Palestinian
Uruknet May 31, 2012 – Andrew Pshenichnikov, 23, has been in an Israeli prison for one week for trying to become a Palestinian citizen and give up his Israeli citizenship. Two months ago Pshenichnikov moved to Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem. The Israeli government was able to arrest him as Dheisheh is in Area A of the…
Taliban statement Declaration of the Islamic Emirate regarding the schools burning and poisoning of the female studen
Uruknet May 31, 2012 – According to the media reports recently in Takhar province some female students of a school were poisoned. Earlier reports were given about Khost province and some other parts of the country. Some pro-colonial and anti-jihadi media which normally reports these incidents prior to anyone else, abruptly blamed the Islamic Emirate and did…
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Uruknet May 30, 2012 – 46 martyrs have been reported thus far today, among them 3 children and 2 Free Syrian Army soldiers. 14 martyrs were reported in Homs, 10 in Daraa (Tayba, Nawa, Inkhel), 12 in the Damascus Suburbs (Douma, Daraya, Thayabiya), 5 in Aleppo (Izaz and Atareb), 2 in Idlib and 2 martyrs in Kafr…
Open Letter from Khan Sheikhon Residents to UN Monitors
Uruknet May 30, 2012 – We, the residents of Khan Sheikhon, are outraged at what we found written in the latest UNSMIS report about the events that transpired in our town on May 15, 2011. We view the text as deeply insulting to the many people who have lost their lives on that horrible day. On May…
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Uruknet May 30, 2012. Chaos and violence continue, empire gets discussed, Marcy Winograd has an announcement, Talabani doesn’t want Nouri to face a vote of no confidence, Tareq al-Hashemi feels the continued drama surrounding him is about to wrap up… and more… Alsumaria reports Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi states he will return to Iraq soon and…
Nasrallah asks captors of Lebanese to separate politics from the issue
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah addressed Friday the Syrian rebel group that kidnapped Lebanese Shiite pilgrims, urging them to separate the issue of the “innocent captives” from any political disagreements they may have with him personally…
Nasrallah calls for national conference on state-building
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah calls for national conference on state-building.
Nasrallah urges captors of Lebanese pilgrims to set them free
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah urges the captors of Lebanese hostages to separate the humanitarian aspect of the case from political disagreements they may have with him or Hezbollah.
Future Movement hands U.N. memo condemning Syrian violations
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 The Future Movement parliamentary bloc hands a memo to U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly documenting breaches of national sovereignty by the Syrian army.
Attack on U.S. base kills 14 in Afghanistan: NATO
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 A suicide truck bomber attacks a U.S.-run base on Friday, sparking clashes that killed up to 15 people in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border.
Tunisians demonstrate against ‘corrupt’ judges
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 Several hundred people congregate in front of Tunisia’s central court buildings to protest against what they say are corrupt judges and to call for an overhaul of the judiciary.
Merkel says she and Putin want political solution in Syria
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that she and Russian President Vladimir Putin both favored a political solution in Syria.
U.S. ambassador hopes Russia will cooperate on Syria
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 U.S. Ambassador to the UNHCR Donahoe hopes Russia and the United States are close to agreeing to work together to stem the violence in Syria.
Annan frustrated over slow progress in Syria
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 U.N.-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan voices frustration over the lack of progress in implementing his plan to end the crisis in Syria, and notes separately that measures are being taken to combat the smuggling of…
Jumblatt’s life at risk due to stance on Assad: sources
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt’s life is in danger due to the Druze MP’s harsh criticism of Syria’s Assad, sources say.
Mubarak Egypt trial verdict to be aired live: MENA
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 Egyptian state television will broadcast live the verdict and sentencing on Saturday of ex-president Hosni Mubarak.
Obama stepped up cyberattacks on Iran: report
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 U.S. President Obama accelerated cyber attacks on Iran‘s nuclear program, begun under Bush, and expanded the assault even after the Stuxnet virus accidentally escaped in 2010.
Tunisian officials ban weekend demo against extremism
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 Officials in Tunisia’s interior ministry say they had banned a demonstration against Salafist extremism planned for this weekend.
Syrian workers shot dead, rebels blame Assad forces
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 Twelve workers are killed near Syria‘s western town of al-Qusair when gunmen loyal to President Bashar Assad order them off a bus and shoot them, activists say.
Syria, region in danger if full conflict erupts: U.N.
Daily Star 1 Jun 2012 Syria and the entire region are in danger if a full-fledged conflict erupts in the country, U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay warns.
Hezbollah urges Syrian kidnappers to free Lebanese hostages
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German soccer delegation visits Auschwitz death camp
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Chess championship runner-up Gelfand lands in Israel
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Annan ‘impatient and frustrated’ over Syria
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Report: Arab Spring increases migration to EU
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Lebanon war and peace
YNet News, 1 Jun 2012 – Op-ed: As Israel marks Lebanon War’s 30th anniversary, Yoaz Hendel analyzes Peace Now’s rise ….
10-year-old boy found murdered in Kfar Qassem
YNet News, 1 Jun 2012 – Annas Sarsur’s body found in olive grove; police say signs of extreme violence were evident ….
PM’s recommendations for donations
YNet News, 1 Jun 2012 – Netanyahu’s political practices come into question as report alleges fiscal improprieties ….
Soldier killed in Gaza clash; IDF takes out Jihad terrorist
YNet News, 1 Jun 2012 – Golani force engages terrorist who cut security fence near Kissufim. IAF strikes Gaza targets; Palestinians report of casualties ….
Luck of a major general
YNet News, 1 Jun 2012 – GOC Army Headquarters comes out of chopper crash unscathed in fourth close-call incident involving him in last few years ….
PEX Report: Al-Quds Index Down Again
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German President Arrives in Ramallah
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Dystopia revisited
Intifada-Palestine: 1 Jun 2012 – Paul Balles Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious. –George Orwell, 1984 Many people have been shocked by the distortion, propaganda and downright lies appearing in the Western media over… more
U.S.-Russia dispute over Syria grows louder
LA Times 1 Jun 2012 – Hillary Rodham Clinton accuses Russia of contributing to a Syria civil war and U.N. envoy Susan Rice decries reported Moscow arms shipments to Syria. BEIRUT — The war of words between the United States and Russia over Syria escalated Thursday as Secretary of State Hillary…
Obama Ordered Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran
New York Times 1 Jun 2012 – Even after the Stuxnet computer worm became public, President Obama accelerated cyberattacks against Iran that had begun in the Bush administration, temporarily disabling 1,000 centrifuges.
Egypt Awaits Mubarak Verdict and Its Aftermath
New York Times 1 Jun 2012 – The verdict in the police shootings could inject a powerful new variable into the race to elect Hosni Mubarak’s successor.
Russian Church Opposes Syrian Intervention
New York Times 1 Jun 2012 – Leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church say protecting Syria’s Christians means supporting the rule of Bashar al-Assad. It’s a position the government cannot ignore.
New Massacre Reported in Syria
New York Times 1 Jun 2012 – As the United Nations Human Rights Council prepared to call for an inquiry into the massacre in Houla, activists reported the execution-style killing of 11 factory workers.
Gaza’s unemployment rate reaches 31.5%
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Activists fume as NJ attorney general finds NYPD broke no laws in spying on Muslims
Mondoweiss – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on the right, with Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa When the Associated Press revealed that the New York Police Department (NYPD) spied on Muslim residents of Newark and mapped out where they eat, pray and work, the reaction from New Jersey officials…
US Embassy to American in trouble in Israel: ‘You’re not Jewish? Then we can’t do anything to help you’
Mondoweiss – Sandra Tamari, right, at the 2012 United Methodist General Conference, alongside Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb Sandra Tamari is a Palestinian-American Quaker who lives outside St. Louis. She has worked on divestment, as you can see in the picture above. Last week she was deported from Israel and…
Another op-ed headline you won’t be reading any time soon in the US press
Mondoweiss – “Israel is the most naive and racist country in the West .” Gideon Levy, in Haaretz: Israel is both the most racist and most naive country in the West. Racist, because in no other country can politicians make remarks about migrants as they do here and still…
Once she joined ‘Women in Black’ and opposed aid to Israel. And then– she ran for Congress and went to AIPAC
Mondoweiss – Kyrsten Sinema The American political tragedy. Kyrsten Sinema is an Arizona state senator with a leftwing back story. She was involved in global justice issues and the Green Party. But now she’s running for the Democratic nomination for Congress in Arizona and is up against an…
‘War should be the last resort’ –Donald Rumsfeld
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Thousands in Istanbul Rally Against Israel
The Foward Breaking News 1 Jun 2012 – Thousands of Turks in Istanbul rallied against Israel Thursday, marking the second anniversary of an Israel Defense Forces raid on the Mavi Marmara ship that was part of a flotilla that claimed to be carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. Click here for the rest of the…
Obama Ordered Cyber Attacks on Iran’s Nuclear Program
The Foward Breaking News 1 Jun 2012 – Shortly after taking office in 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama secretly ordered sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that control Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, the New York Times reported. Click here for the rest of the article…
Madonna Appeals for Mideast Peace at Concert
The Foward Breaking News 1 Jun 2012 – Madonna appealed for Middle East and world peace at the launch of her world tour in Israel. Click here for the rest of the article…
Congress Wants Report on Iran Strike Consequences
The Foward Breaking News 1 Jun 2012 – The U.S. House of Representatives approved a measure requiring a report on the consequences of a military strike on Iran. Click here for the rest of the article…
U.S. Report Slams Rights Abuses
The Forward New 1 Jun 2012 – The U.S. State Department has issued its annual human rights report. It details alleged abuses carried out by both Israeli and Palestinian authorities. Click here for the rest of the article…
Africa: What Israel’s Anti-African Pogroms Tell Us About Zionism
allAfrica.com 1 Jun 2012 – [Fahamu] A week ago, Tel Aviv’s African migrant community came under a sustained mob attack, including vandalism, looting and firebombing. These events, and their aftermath, provide further evidence of the inherently racist nature of political Zionism.
Syrian exiles turn to internet radio to spread news from the ground
Joseph Dana 1 Jun 2012 – As news from Syria dominates international news headlines, one internet radio station in Amman is broadcasting news and commentary directly from citizen journalists on the ground. Run by Syrian refugees who have escaped to Jordan, New Start radio boardcasts news generally missed but the international press…
UN calls for Houla investigation
BBC 1 Jun 2012 – The UN Human Rights Council calls for an investigation into the killing of more than 100 civilians at Houla, and condemns Syria for the massacre.
Two killed in Gaza border clash
BBC 1 Jun 2012 – An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian have been killed during an exchange of fire along the Gaza border, which has been relatively calm recently.
45 Years of Occupation
US Campaign to End the Occupation 1 Jun 2012 – June 5, 2012 marks the 45th anniversary of the start of the 1967 War, when Israel launched a surprise attack against Egypt and Syria and began its military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and Syrian Golan Heights. The Institute for Middle…
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Israeli Mustard
Uri Avnery, CounterPunch 6/1/2012
The Orthodox and the Others
IT’S A true story. I have told it once, and I shall tell it again.
A friend of mine in Warsaw, who is half Jewish, advised a well-known Polish journalist to visit Israel, to see for himself.
When the journalist came back, he called my friend and reported breathlessly: “Do you know what I have discovered? There are Jews in Israel too!”
He meant, of course, the Orthodox, with their black clothes and large, black hats, who look like the Jews imprinted in Polish memory. They can be seen in any Polish souvenir shop, side by side with other figures from Polish folklore: the king, the nobleman, the soldier etc.
As this foreigner noticed immediately, these Jews bear no resemblance whatsoever to ordinary Israelis, who resemble ordinary Frenchmen, Germans and, well, Poles.
THE ORTHODOX (called in Hebrew “Haredim”, the “fearful”, those who fear God) are not part of the Israeli state. They don’t want to be.
Most of them live in isolated ghettos, which fill large parts of Jerusalem, the town of Bnei Brak and several huge settlements in the occupied territories.
When one thinks of a ghetto (originally the name of a Venice neighborhood), one thinks of the humiliating isolation once imposed by Christian rulers. But originally it was a self-imposed isolation. Orthodox Jews wanted to live together, separate from the general population, not only because it gave them a sense of security, but also – and mainly – because of their faith…. more.. e-mail
Israel fans a virtual Flame against Iran
Pierre Klochendler, Asia Times 6/1/2012
JERUSALEM – A new super-weapon has entered the Middle East cyber-arena. First detected on Monday by a Moscow-based security company, Worm.Win32.Flame – just call it Flame – might be “the most sophisticated cyber-weapon yet unleashed” on Iran‘s secret nuclear networks.
“Flame can easily be described as one of the most complex threats ever discovered. Big and incredibly sophisticated, it redefines the notion of cyber-war and cyber-espionage,” Alexander Gostev posted on the Securelist blog of Kaspersky Labs, the company that uncovered the worm. Gostev is head of the firm’s Global Research and Analysis Team.
The newly-discovered multi-task device sniffs network traffic, takes screenshots when certain applications of interest are run, records audio conversations, intercepts keyboard strokes – the web seems to be the limit.
From an initial analysis performed by Kaspersky Labs, the Flame creators gather intelligence on highly sensitive operations of states, principally in the Middle East – e-mails, documents, messages or discussions inside sensitive locations – and can “target SCADA [supervisory control and data acquisition] devices, ICS [industrial control systems], critical infrastructure and so on”.
The hijacked data is then retrieved by operators through links to command-and-control (C&C) servers. “Key here is Flame’s completeness – the ability to steal data in so many different ways,” Gostev notes.
Kaspersky Labs discovered Flame following a request from the United Nations. The world body’s International Telecommunication Union suspected the existence of an unknown malware – codenamed Wiper – whose task would be to delete sensitive information across the Middle East. more.. e-mail
Got war if you want it
Pepe Escobar, Asia Times 5/31/2012
Pentagon head Leon Panetta told ABC News that the US is “ready” to attack Iran. It depends on US President Barack Obama giving it a go. Will he or won’t he?
Nobel Prize winner and Drone Godfather Obama has been busy “justifying the ‘just war’ theories of Christian philosophers”, as Ray McGovern graphically put it – and as attested by the New York Times orgasmically promoting its piece “Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama‘s Principles and Will’.
Apparently there’s no Iranian “kill list’ so far – apart from scientists being whacked by the unsavory association of the Israeli Mossad and the Iranian Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) terrorist outfit. And there’s no evidence – yet – Obama considers attacking Iran a “just war”. On the contrary; Obama might flaunt a nuclear deal with Iran as a major foreign policy victory on the way to re-election. But – just in case – the Pentagon is keeping up the pressure.
Enrich, and you’re history Panetta regurgitated the same old fallacy perpetrated ad infinitum, since at least 2006, by the neo-cons, the Israel lobby and US corporate media, according to which Iran is about to build a nuclear bomb like … tomorrow. “We will do everything we can to prevent Iran from developing a weapon”, Panetta said. Once again, it doesn’t matter that the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN‘s nuclear watchdog, plus 17 US intelligence agencies have stressed this is not the case.
Panetta’s move must be seen as the Pentagon preemptively bombarding the P5 + 1 talks about the Iranian nuclear program – now scheduled for a third round in Moscow on June 18. As Gareth Porter has shown, there can be no deal as long as Washington insists on absolutely ditching the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), to which Iran subscribes (See US hard line in Iran talks driven by Israel, Asia Times Online, May 29, 2012). The US position amounts to never allowing Iran to even enrich uranium for civilian purposes. — See also: US hard line in Iran talks driven by Israel more..e-mail
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