23 June 2012 — VTJP
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16 Palestinians, Including 4 Children, Killed In One Week
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that one resident was killed, and ten others were wounded, when the Israeli army bombarded, on Saturday evening, an area West of Gaza City. The latest attack brings the death toll to 16, including ten children, in one week; at least 73 Palestinians, including children and women, were wounded in more than 40 strikes carried out by the Israeli military. …
19 Palestinians Injured In New Wave Of Airstrikes Targeting Gaza
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that 19 Palestinians were wounded in a series of renewed Israeli air strikes targeting the Gaza Strip. The attacks come after two Palestinians were killed on Friday, and several other residents were wounded. …
Ministry: 2 killed by Israeli air raids
6/23/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A four-year-old boy and a Gaza militant were killed on Saturday as Israeli forces targeted areas in southern and northern Gaza, medical officials said. Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said Ali Muatazz al-Shawwaf, 4, was killed and three others injured, one seriously, by an Israeli air strike in the….
Israel bombs Hamas security targets in Gaza
6/23/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Two people were killed and 21 injured as Israeli airstrikes continued to target the Gaza Strip overnight Friday and early Saturday, medics said. Humam Jamal Abu Qadoos, 20, was killed in northern Gaza late Friday in the second Israeli airstrike that day, medical sources in Gaza said. Earlier, Qassem Abdullah….
Medics: 1 killed, 10 injured as Israel strikes Gaza Strip
6/23/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man was killed, and ten others wounded on Saturday afternoon as Israel continued airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, medical officials said. Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said an airstrike on a motorcycle west of Gaza City killed one person, and ten others were brought to Shifa hospital….
In photos: Hundreds protest Susiya demolition threat
6/23/2012 – MaanImages – Hundreds of people took part in a demonstration on Friday in the Hebron village of Susiya to protest Israeli plans to undertake mass demolitions in the area, and were met with Israeli forces who fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters. Last week, Israeli forces issued demolition orders for each of the village…. Related: Susya: Entire village under threat of demolition, several hundred protest
Officials say in talks for new Gaza truce
6/23/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Senior Fatah official Jamal Muheisen said Saturday that West Bank authorities are in touch with Egypt and other nations to reach a truce between Israel and Gaza militants. While Hamas‘ military wing signed up to a truce mediated by Egypt on Wednesday night — after Israeli airstrikes killed eight Palestinians in….
Egyptian forces arrest 3 Palestinians in Sinai
6/23/2012 – EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Three Palestinians were arrested in the Egyptian Sinai on Saturday after entering the country illegally through underground smuggling tunnels, Ma’an’s correspondent said. The men told Egyptian security forces that they were on route to Cairo to undertake business deals. All three had fake passports and between….
Iranian general: Military strike would be the end of Israel
6/23/2012 – DUBAI (Reuters) — A high-ranking Iranian general said on Saturday Israeli military action against Iran’s nuclear program would lead to Israel’s collapse, Fars news agency reported. Last week’s round of nuclear talks between Iran and world powers in Moscow failed to secure a breakthrough, heightening fears Israel might take unilateral….
Fatah official: No date for reconciliation meeting
6/23/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A senior Fatah official said Friday that his party has not met with rivals Hamas for more than two weeks, and no date has been set for further meetings. Sakhr Bseiso told Ma’an the calls for Islamic rule by Hamas leaders on June 13 had “negatively affected Fatah, and….
Fatah leader in Gaza resigns over new appointments
6/23/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A top Fatah leader and several other officials in the Gaza Strip submitted their resignations on Friday following the appointment of new officials within the party, Fatah sources said. Yazid al-Huweihi tendered his resignation because he objected to changes within the Fatah movement in Gaza, sources said.” The resignation of….
Fatah Revolutionary Council to convene Saturday
6/23/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) –Fatah’s Revolutionary Council is scheduled to convene on Saturday evening in the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, an official said. Secretary-general of Fatah’s Revolutionary Council Amin Maqboul told Voice of Palestine radio that President Abbas would deliver an opening speech and inform members about the latest reconciliation efforts….
Farmer says lost 3,500 chickens due to ministry negligence
6/23/2012 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — A Palestinian farmer in the northern West Bank says that 3,500 of his chickens have died after Palestinian Authority Ministry of Agriculture officials failed to send samples for disease-testing despite committing to do so. Khalid al-Sayfi, who owns a poultry farm of 9,000 chickens in the Nablus governorate, told Ma’….
Abbas meets PA security commanders
6/23/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday met commanders of the Palestinian Authority security services for a briefing on their crackdown in the West Bank. The commanders briefed Abbas in Ramallah on the security situation in the West Bank and their efforts to reign in disruptions of public order, official PA news site….
Syria downs Turkish jet, Ankara to act decisively
6/23/2012 – ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) — Syria shot down a Turkish warplane over the Mediterranean on Friday and Ankara warned it would respond decisively to the incident that threatened to open a new international dimension in the 16-month revolt against Syrian President Bashar Assad. Syria said the Turkish aircraft was flying low, well inside Syrian territorial waters….
European ministers in Lebanon to tackle Syria spillover
6/23/2012 – BEIRUT (Reuters) — Swedish, Bulgarian and Polish foreign ministers met politicians in Beirut on Friday in an EU-backed attempt to urge Lebanese political blocks to cooperate in preventing violence in neighboring Syria spilling over the border.” There is a clear worry (of a spillover). The worry is probably greater than we want to say it is….
Egyptian security removes 12 shells found in Sinai
6/23/2012 – EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Egyptian security forces on Saturday seized 12 artillery shells near the Israeli border in the Sinai peninsula, a Ma’an correspondent said. Bomb disposal experts removed the shells to a safe location. They are believed to be remnants from past wars….
Egypt election result to be announced Sunday
6/23/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — Egyptians find out on Sunday whether their next president will be a former military officer or an Islamist from the army’s old adversary, the Muslim Brotherhood, after a long week’s wait since a vote to pick a successor to the deposed Hosni Mubarak. Impatient Brotherhood supporters have been out….
Syria forms new government, keeps top ministers
6/23/2012 – BEIRUT (Reuters) — Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree to form a new government on Saturday, shaking up many cabinet posts but keeping the heads of the interior, defense and foreign ministries, state television reported. The reappointment of Defense Minister Daoud Rajha will quash widespread rumors, previously denied by the government, that he had been….
Turkish, Syrian forces seek downed Turkish jet
6/23/2012 – ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) — The Turkish and Syrian navies conducted a joint search on Saturday for Turkish airmen shot down by Syria over the Mediterranean, only a short distance from a Turkish province hosting thousands of rebels fighting President Bashar Assad. Signals from both sides suggested neither wanted a military confrontation over Friday’s shooting….
Sinai fuel smuggler wounded in army clash
6/23/2012 – SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Ma’an) — A young fuel smuggler was wounded in an exchange of fire with Egyptian security forces in the southern Sinai peninsula on Saturday, security officials said. An armed 19-year-old opened fire on security officials after they ambushed his vehicle in Abu Rudeis, and officers returned fire, security officials told….
Fourth Syrian red crescent worker shot dead
6/23/2012 – BEIRUT (Reuters) — A Red Crescent volunteer was shot dead on first aid duty in Syria, his organization said on Saturday, the fourth local aid worker to be killed as unrest grows increasingly bloody. Bashar al-Youssef, 23, was shot in the head on Friday while wearing a uniform clearly marked with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent….
Hamas ‘agrees to new ceasefire’ with Israel
AlJazeera 23 Jun 2012 – Pledge comes after another day of deadly Israeli air raids, killing three people and wounding dozens in Gaza Strip.
Hadeel to Triumph
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The Return Of The PLO
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MADA: HRC Reports on Media Freedoms Raise Familiar Issues For Many Palestinian Journalists
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International Solidarity Movement
Remembering Mamoun, killed by an Israeli missile as he played football
6/23/2012 – International Solidarity Movement – By Rami Almeghari, 22 June 2012, The Electronic Intifada, Gaza City – “I can never forget his image with blood all over his little body and both his legs badly injured,” Umm Mamoun Hassouna told The Electronic Intifada as she sat at a relative’s house in Gaza City.”I am a preacher [for women…. Related: The Electronic Intifada
Susya: Entire village under threat of demolition, several hundred protest
6/23/2012 – International Solidarity Movement – By Nina Larsson, 22 June 2012, International Solidarity Movement, West Bank – On Friday, June 22, several hundred Palestinians and solidarity activists gathered in Susya to demonstrate against the demolition orders imposed on them. Earlier this week, Israel issued orders threatening to demolish the entire the southern West Bank village of Susya. At least 5 full…. Related: In photos: Hundreds protest Susiya demolition threat
Russian immigrants have pushed Israel to the right
The National 23 Jun 2012 – Russian immigrants are criticised for bringing with them right-wing sentiments that have fuelled the rise of parties espousing pro-settler, xenophobic and anti-democratic agendas.
A new front line in Syria’s conflict
The National 23 Jun 2012 – Tripoli’s mayor is among those who have been pushing for the community to speak out against the sectarian violence in the city and find solutions beyond just sending in troops to keep the fighters at bay.
Turkey: our jet may have violated Syria airspace
The National 23 Jun 2012 – Analysts say a military confrontation between Syria and Turkey over the downed fighter jet is unlikely.
Israel uneasy over possible Brotherhood victory
The National 23 Jun 2012 – Former Israeli diplomats and analysts warn that relations between Israel and Egypt could suffer if the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi wins the presidential run-off.
Despite rocket attacks and retaliations, no one wants an escalation in Israel’s south and in Gaza
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
U.S. consulate claims diplomatic immunity, ignores labor court ruling
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
Kadima backs bill that sets migrant visa numbers, fewer restrictions for kids
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
Reporter posts audio to back up interview with famed historian
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
Ten injured in train-bus collision near Kibbutz Nitzanim
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
Mayors call for Arab Israelis to do national service with municipalities
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
Israel power stations get nod to use heavier-polluting fuels
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
Thousands of Israeli protesters block streets in Tel Aviv, clash with police
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
Israel Police deploys large forces in central Tel Aviv as protesters gather for mass rally
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
U.S. blog Business Insider: U.S., Israel continue preparations for strike on Iran nuclear facilities
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
Police violence against Tel Aviv protesters should raise the alarm with Israel’s authorities
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
As rocket fire continues, Gaza militant killed in IAF strike
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
Any attack will cause end of Israel, warns Iranian general
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
Volley of Gaza rockets strike southern Israel, one wounded
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
Israel strikes three Hamas security targets in Gaza, officials say
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
Not only Greece
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – This is the time for us to gear up for big, bad trouble. We cannot afford to be complacent spectators.
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Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Four more months and this campaign will be unhinged.
My Word: Good times, bad times
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – There is a fun side to Israel that those of us who live here take for granted and those who don’t live here can barely imagine.
Austrian-born Jews in Israel want increase in Shoah payment
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Between 12,000 and 14,000 Austrian victims of the Holocaust across the world are living in poverty
European Islamic group praises Holocaust-denier
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Brussels-based Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE) mourned death of French Holocaust-denier Roger Garaudy.
Bill would allow hospital doctors to work until age 70
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Doctors in management positions such would have to forgo that position and be regular working physicians.
Diabetes drug may fight traumatic brain injury
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Health Scan: Promising discovery can help researchers find best combination of meds to minimize the lasting impact.
Yearning to breathe free
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Life without the stench and filth of tobacco is coming, said experts at the first-ever academic conference on smoking at TAU.
‘Leftists, not neo-Nazis, helped in Munich massacre’
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Dr. Wolfgang Kraushaar sharply disputes ‘Der Spiegel’ article’s emphasis on the role of neo-Nazis in the attack.
B’nai B’rith president: Don’t ignore anti-Semitism
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Allan J. Jacobs tells ‘Post’ that Jewish organizations must fight anti-Jewish or anti-Israel manifestation in media.
Analysis: Is Hamas losing control?
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – In the past, Hamas has shown that its security forces are capable of implementing cease-fires with Israel.
Gov’t launches environmental ad campaign on CNN
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – New 10-second ads on CNN International aim to help Israel brand itself as a “green country.”
Analysis: No one really wants this fight
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – While on the surface, the continued violence in the Gaza Strip looks serious, it could be a great deal worse.
Incitement or peace education?
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – PA report claims that “Israeli textbooks foster hate” and that “Israeli schools teach [from] racist textbooks.”
More than a Guns & Roses ‘replacement’
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Tommy Stinson anchors Guns & Roses with decades of experience, an endless supply of enthusiasm and a big rock & roll heart.
Police arrest 85 during Tel Aviv demonstrations
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Protesters break windows at three bank branches, manage to block Ayalon Freeway; police vow to bring indictments against all those arrested, say they don’t represent the social justice movement.
Social justice movement protests police violence
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Scuffles with police break out at protest; demonstrators bang on, shatter bank window, block roads to traffic.
Egypt’s nervous wait for president nears end
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Brotherhood candidate Morsy’s supporters camp out in Tahrir Square; official presidential election results set to be announced.
Iron Dome intercepts five Gazan Grad rockets
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Latest launches follow Hamas announcement of ceasefire; IDF says quiet will be answered with quiet, fire with fire.
Turkish, Syrian forces seek downed Turkish jet
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Joint search and rescue continues; Erdogan: Ankara will do “whatever necessary” after Syria shoots down Turkish jet.
Iran general: Military strike would be end of Israel
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – If Israel wants to act illogically, “it is they who will be destroyed,” Iran’s deputy chief of staff says.
‘Syrian army shells city near Iraq, kills 28’
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – According to opposition activists, Syrian forces battle rebels, shell neighborhoods in eastern city of Deir al-Zor.
Assad forms new government, keeps top ministers
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Reappointment of Syrian defense minister Rajha quashes rumors he was assassinated by rebels.
Gul: Turkey can’t ignore that Syria shot down jet
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – “It is not possible to cover over a thing like this, whatever is necessary will no doubt be done,” says Turkish president,
Poll: Arab majorities in Mideast want Assad ousted
Jerusalem Post 23 Jun 2012 – Pew data shows Lebanon sole Arab country in ME that does not strongly endorse Syrian president’s departure.
Still No Accountability for Torture
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Film explores striking parallels between South African, Israeli apartheid
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Palestinian minister calls for UN boycott of Israel over torture claims
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New “Green Israel” ads on CNN greenwash sewage of occupation and apartheid
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Beirut Honors Friend of Israel, Again
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Citigroup’s Role in the Rape of Haiti
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World Refugee Week: A community deported, in pictures
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012 : A Video Roundup
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Huge Iranian resistance rally in Paris
Daily Star 23 Jun 2012 Thousands of Iranian exiles have led a Paris rally to demand democratic change in Iran and help for Iranian resistance members in Iraq’s refugee camps.
Fourth Syrian red crescent worker shot dead
Daily Star 23 Jun 2012 A Red Crescent volunteer is shot dead on first aid duty in Syria, his organization says, the fourth local aid worker to be killed as unrest grows increasingly bloody.
Iranian general: military strike would be the end of Israel
Daily Star 23 Jun 2012 A high-ranking Iranian general said on Saturday Israeli military action against Iran’s nuclear programme would lead to the collapse of the Jewish state, Fars news agency reported.
SSNP names candidate for north Lebanon district by-elections
Daily Star 23 Jun 2012 The Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party said Saturday it would run Walid Azar as its candidate for by-elections in the north Lebanon district of Koura.
Syrian man found shot dead in north Lebanon apartment
Daily Star 23 Jun 2012 A Syrian man is found shot to death at his apartment in the north Lebanon village of Koura, the National News Agency reported.
Flooding in northern Afghanistan kills at least 37
Daily Star 23 Jun 2012 Afghan and U.N. authorities say flash flooding in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 37 people.
Syria’s downing of Turkish jet an “escalation”: Iraq
Daily Star 23 Jun 2012 Syria’s downing of a Turkish plane marks a serious escalation of the Syrian conflict, Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Saturday.
Probe indicates Imam Sadr never left Libya to Italy: Abdul-Jalil
Daily Star 23 Jun 2012 Lebanese Imam Musa Sadr who went missing in Libya in the 1970s never left the North African country to Italy, the head of Libya’s National Transitional Council Mustafa Abdul-Jalil said, citing results from investigations by local…
Egypt to announce election results Sunday
Daily Star 23 Jun 2012 The head of Egypt’s election commission says official results from the disputed presidential runoff vote will be released Sunday.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar funding Syrian rebels
Daily Star 23 Jun 2012 Saudi Arabia and Qatar are paying salaries to rebel forces fighting in the Syrian revolt against President Bashar Assad, an Arab diplomat said on Saturday.
Police on TA riots: All red lines were crossed
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Police: At least 5 banks vandalized in Tel Aviv
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Tel Aviv riots: More than 20 protestors detained
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Vatican hires US journalist to help media relations
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Tel Aviv riots: Ibn Gvirol Street re-opened for traffic
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Violent protests in Tel Aviv; banks vandalized
YNet News, 23 Jun 2012 – Social protest turns violent: Demonstrators shatter windows in Tel Aviv, charge into banks; clashes between activists, police reported at several sites. Riots follow rally against police violence ….
Tel Aviv protest: Stop anti-gay incitement
YNet News, 23 Jun 2012 – Protestors decry statements by politicians, urge ‘stinking homophobes to get out of our lives’ ….
Iron Dome shoots down 5 Gaza rockets
YNet News, 23 Jun 2012 – No truce yet: Shortly after Hamas announces Gaza truce, anti-missile system intercepts five Grads fired at city of Ashkelon; more than 150 rockets explode in Israel in recent days ….
1 dead in IDF strike; Hamas threatens Israel
YNet News, 23 Jun 2012 – Army targets terror cell in Gaza Saturday, as southern Israel communities continue to face rocket barrages. Hamas says ‘ready to crush enemy’ ….
Police foil breast enlargement plot
YNet News, 23 Jun 2012 – Two women blackmail elderly man in bid to pay for breast enlargement; police foil plot ….
Paraglider crashes, dies in north
YNet News, 23 Jun 2012 – Paraglider spun out of control, failed to open his spare parachute when he crashed, his friends say ….
Tel Aviv ‘in,’ Israel ‘out’
YNet News, 23 Jun 2012 – Op-ed: Global media is in love with Tel Aviv while completely turning its back on the host country, Israel ….
Rocket barrage from Gaza injures 1
YNet News, 23 Jun 2012 – More than 20 rockets hit Israel’s south; man sustains moderate wounds in Qassam blast. IAF reportedly strikes Gaza target, killing boy ….
Palestinian Information Center
Barhoum blasts European silence, American collusion in the Israel aggression
PIC – Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, has blasted the European silence and the American collusion in the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip that killed 16 Palestinian citizens including four children.
OIC: Gaza suffers acute shortage in drinking water
PIC – The OIC stated that the Gaza Strip is suffering an acute shortage in potable water, because of its reliance on groundwater, which is plagued by pollution and high salinity.
Israeli airstrike kills another Palestinian in Gaza
PIC – An Israeli airstrike afternoon Saturday killed a Palestinian man in Nasr suburb to the west of Gaza city, medical sources said.
Abu Zuhri: Resistance entitled to retaliate to Israeli aggression
PIC – Palestinian resistance factions are entitled to retaliate to the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip that are tantamount to war crimes, Hamas spokesman Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri said.
Captive Safadi resumes his hunger strike
PIC – Palestinian detainee Hassan Safadi resumed his hunger strike protesting the renewal of his administrative detention and the IOA violation of its agreement with him.
Two foreigners arrested in Al-Khalil village
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently quelled the weekly peaceful march in Beit Ummar to the north of Al-Khalil on Saturday and arrested three citizens including two foreigners.
IOF soldiers arrest civilians including two children
PIC – The Israeli occupation forces arrested three Palestinians including two children after raiding a number of towns and neighborhoods in Al-Khalil and set up military checkpoints on main crossroads.
Five-year-old child killed in Israeli artillery shelling
PIC – A five-year-old Palestinian child was killed in an Israeli artillery shelling of Abassan to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Saturday.
Human rights organization: Rikhawi’s life in danger
PIC – An Israeli human rights organization has warned that the life of Palestinian prisoner Akram al-Rikhawi, who has been on hunger strike for 71 days, was in danger due to medical neglect.
ADU sends milk shipment to Gaza children
PIC – The Emergency Relief Committee of the Arab Doctors Union has sent a new shipment of children’s therapeutic milk, needed for feeding and treating children, to the Gaza Strip on Friday.
Child Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Gaza
WAFA – 23 Jun 2012
Gazan Injured in Airstrike Dies of Wounds
WAFA – 23 Jun 2012
Jerusalem Arab Libraries Get Together Online
WAFA – 23 Jun 2012
EU Supports Impoverished Families in West Bank, Gaza
WAFA – 23 Jun 2012
Syria shoots down warplane from Turkey
LA Times 22 Jun 2012 – Syria says the Turkish aircraft violated its airspace over the Mediterranean. The fate of two pilots is unknown. Turkey’s leader says his nation will act ‘decisively’ after details emerge. BEIRUT — Syria shot down a warplane from Turkey on Friday that it said had violated…
The New Islamists: Libya Jihadis Offer 2 Paths: Democracy or Militancy
New York Times 23 Jun 2012 – Two jihadis in Libya represent opposing directions for Islamists, democracy or militancy with Taliban-style rule, and for the moment, democracy appears to have the upper hand.
In Egypt, Declaration of Winner in Presidential Contest Is Said to Be Near
New York Times 23 Jun 2012 – The panel overseeing Egypt’s presidential election said it will declare an official winner on Sunday, though the announcement itself may be part of a negotiation for power.
Turkey Vows Action After Downing of Jet by Syria
New York Times 23 Jun 2012 – Turkey’s president said his country would do “whatever is necessary,” complicating a tense relationship.
3 Palestinians Die as Violence Escalates on Gaza Border
New York Times 23 Jun 2012 – Despite a pledged cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel, strikes continued on Saturday on both sides of the Gaza border.
As Hopes for Reform Fade in Bahrain, Protesters Turn Anger on United States
New York Times 23 Jun 2012 – With the Obama administration’s resumption of arms sales to the ruling monarchy, Bahrainis demanding political liberties and social equality have become critical of the United States.
‘NYT’ op-ed says denial of statehood makes militant Palestinian confrontation inevitable
Mondoweiss – There is a very smart piece in the New York Times by Nathan Thrall of the International Crisis Group explaining how bleak the status quo is. Israel’s golden opportunity to make a deal with Abbas has passed, Israelis could care less, Palestinians have lost hope of…
Latest demographic threat: 43 million Arabs on Facebook
Mondoweiss – In the Jerusalem Post, Ruth Eglash concedes that Israel is “losing the fight” in public relations and that traditional hasbara no longer works. One reason is the demographic threat of the internet. This is very similar to what former State Department director of policy Anne-Marie Slaughter…
Hundreds protest demolition orders in southern West Bank village
Mondoweiss – link to stopthewall.org link to 972mag.com link to ca.news.yahoo.com link to palestinesolidarityproject.org link towww.palestine-info.co.uk link to www.jordanvalleysolidarity.org link to www.ynetnews.com link to www.haaretz.com link towww.foxnews.com link to www.haaretz.com link to alternativenews.org link to www.imemc.org link to www.palestine-info.co.uk link towww.palestine-info.co.uk link to www.arabnews.com link…
Two more signs that US consensus on the issue is starting to crumble
Mondoweiss – Here are two more straws in the wind showing that the discourse about the issue in the U.S. is changing. 1, North Carolina Democratic Party considers a resolution blasting Israel for “illegal occupation” — no, that didn’t happen in New York– and 2, there is a…
Jewish Democrat org positions Obama to right of Romney on Israel
Mondoweiss – Romney is anti-Israel, NJDC ad says The National Jewish Democratic Council has slammed Romney for his statement a week ago that when it comes to Israel, he would “do the opposite” of Obama as president. You can see from the ad above and from the statement…
Fayyad Suggests He May Run Against Abbas
The Foward Breaking News 23 Jun 2012 – Tension between the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is expected to reach new heights following an interview Fayyad gave Washington Post, and that was published over the weekend. Click here for the rest of the article…
Tel Aviv Eyes Long, Hot Summer of Protest
The Foward Breaking News 23 Jun 2012 – Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch should not be allowed to forget these pictures, nor should Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino or Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai (a retired brigadier general): Five police special unit officers – maybe six – drag protest leader Daphne Leef out of a…
Kenya: 15kg Explosives Powder Recovered in Mombasa
allAfrica.com 23 Jun 2012 – [The Star] Police in Mombasa yesterday recovered a powdered substance suspected to be used in the manufacturing of explosives. An Iranian terror suspect arrested at a hotel in Nairobi early this week led police officers to unearth the powder along Mama Ngina drive next Nyali Golf…
Egypt: Minister of Awqaf Warns Preachers of Accepting Iranian Invitations
allAfrica.com 23 Jun 2012 – [Egypt Online] Ministry of Awqaf warned mosque preachers and clerics of accepting suspicious invitations to visit Iran, which mainly aim to sow sedition.
Egypt: Tantawi Attends Graduation of New Commanders, Staff Commanders College Batch
allAfrica.com 23 Jun 2012 – [Egypt Online] Head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi attended on Wednesday 20/6/2012 the graduation ceremony of a new batch of the Commanders and Staff Commanders College.
15-year-old Mohamad Abu Hashem released from prison
Palestine Solidarity Project 23 Jun 2012 – Hamouda Abu Hashem On April 23, Mohamad (Hamouda) Jamal Abu Hashem was woken up in the middle of a night raid by his brother, who told him that soldiers had broken into the house and were there to arrest him. Soldiers took 15-year-old Hamouda, charged with…
Hundreds Protest Susiya House Demolitions
Palestine Solidarity Project 23 Jun 2012 – On Friday June 22, 2012, Palestinian residents of the village of Susiya were joined by hundreds of activists in a demonstration against demolition orders which have recently been issued by the Israeli Occupation Civil Administration in the South Hebron Hills area. An urgent call for action…
Israel cited in Caterpillar’s delisting from influential investment index
Global BDS 22 Jun 2012 – WASHINGTON (JTA) – The sale of Caterpillar tractors to Israel was a factor, but not the determining one, in the delisting of the company from an influential index that prioritizes good governance and human rights.The move, however, is poised to further complicate the difficult ongoing conversation…
Turkish jet ‘may have strayed’
BBC 23 Jun 2012 – Turkey’s President, Abdullah Gul, says the Turkish fighter jet shot down by Syria’s air defence forces on Friday may have violated Syrian airspace.
Two killed in fresh Gaza strikes
BBC 23 Jun 2012 – Two Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, medics say, while an Israeli has been hurt by a rocket fired by militants.
ICC promises Libya staff probe
BBC 23 Jun 2012 – The International Criminal Court promises to investigate allegations against staff members detained in Libya, but only after their release.
Letter From a Camp Resident: The Reality of Nahr al-Bared
Al-Akhbar Opinion 23 Jun 2012 – Graffiti that reads in Arabic “Smile, we returned to you Nahr al-Bared” is seen as construction labourers renovate a building in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared on the outskirts of the Lebanese northern city of Tripoli on 30 May 2011. (Photo: AFP – Joseph…
UN calls for calm over downed Turkish jet
Al-Akhbar News 23 Jun 2012 – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hopes Turkey and Syria will exercise restraint over Syria’s downing of a Turkish jet fighter over the Mediterranean, his spokesman said on Saturday. “The secretary-general is following the situation closely. He hopes this serious incident can be handled with restraint by both…
Egyptian president “to be confirmed Sunday”
Al-Akhbar News 23 Jun 2012 – Egyptians find out on Sunday whether their next president will be a former military officer or an Islamist from the army’s old adversary, the Muslim Brotherhood, after a long week’s wait since a vote to pick a successor to the deposed Hosni Mubarak. Impatient Brotherhood supporters…
Yemeni forces seize southern town
Al-Akhbar News 23 Jun 2012 – Yemeni troops took control on Saturday of the southeastern town of Azzan, a known Al-Qaeda bastion, after the group’s fighters left it a week ago, an official said. Thirty-five people, meanwhile, were killed in the southern Abyan province over the past 10 days in explosions from…
Syria’s Suffocating Gas Crisis
Al-Akhbar News 23 Jun 2012 – Syrian men push their vehicle to a pump at a gas station as other vehicles wait to fill-up in the capital in Damascus on 28 February 2012. (Photo: AFP – Anwar Amro) Syrian men push their vehicle to a pump at a gas station as other…
The Illustrious Past of Tripoli’s “Frontline”
Al-Akhbar News 23 Jun 2012 – Pro-Syrian militiamen from Lebanese Arab Democratic Party fight 1 October 1985 in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, against the pro-Arafat Fundamentalist of al-Tawheed Islamic Unification Movement for the control of the city and its port. (Photo: AFP – Archive) Pro-Syrian militiamen from Lebanese Arab Democratic Party fight 1…
Assad announces new Syrian cabinet
Al-Akhbar News 23 Jun 2012 – Syrian President Bashar Assad formed a new government on Saturday, but kept on the heads of its interior, defense and foreign ministries, state television reported. The reappointment of Defense Minister Daoud Rajha will quash widespread rumors previously denied by the government that Rajha had been assassinated…
Lebanon’s Vanishing Juniper Trees
Al-Akhbar Series and Features 22 Jun 2012 – Trees in the juniper forests and nature reserves which are spread over large areas of the mountains and ravines are being cut down by residents of villages and towns along Lebanon’s western mountain range. (Photo: Al-Akhbar) Trees in the juniper forests and nature reserves which are…
The Gulf Union: Building Castles Out of Fear
Al-Akhbar Politics 22 Jun 2012 – Saudi men in traditional outfits wait for the arrival of Gulf leaders during a welcoming ceremony ahead of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit meeting in Riyadh. (Photo: AFP – Fayez Nureldine) Saudi men in traditional outfits wait for the arrival of Gulf leaders during a…
Articles
Israel’s ‘price tag’ terrorism has tactical political goals
Jonathan Cook, The National, Israeli Occupation Archive 6/22/2012
Violent, so-called “price tag” attacks by Jewish settlers have become a staple of life for Palestinian communities over the past few months. The latest is the torching this week of a mosque in the village of Jaba, close to the city of Ramallah.
Palestinians in areas of the West Bank under Israeli control live with settler neighbours who beat and shoot them, set alight fields, poison wells, kill livestock and steal crops. These acts of terror have begun to spread elsewhere: homes, cars, cemeteries, mosques and churches are now targets in East Jerusalem and Israel too. Earlier this month a school and several cars were vandalised in Neve Shalom, the only genuinely mixed Jewish-Arab community in Israel.
Invariably the “price” invoked by the settlers is unrelated to any Palestinian action. Instead Palestinians are punished indiscriminately for the smallest concession the settlers fear Israel might make in the diplomatic arena.
Superficially, the settlers’ behaviour looks like a particularly vicious form of tantrum-throwing, but there are tangible benefits to be gained from the trail of destruction they leave behind.
They provided a clue to their reasoning, as they always do in “price-tag” attacks, on the walls of Jaba’s mosque. In black spray-paint, they spelt out their grievance: “Ulpana”.
Ulpana, also near Ramallah and home to 30 Jewish families, is a settler “outpost” – one of more than 100 such settlements-in-the-making that are scattered across the West Bank. Unlike a similar number of much larger and more established settlements, which are illegal under international law, the outposts violate Israeli law too.
After years of petitions from human-rights groups, Israel’s Supreme Court has reluctantly ruled recently that Ulpana must be removed. D-Day for the settlers, July 1, is rapidly approaching. more.. e-mail
Pro-Israel Activists Break New Ground: An Anti-Arab Hate Video
M J Rosenberg, mjayrosenberg.com 6/21/2012
This video has to be seen to be believed. Although it has long been known that AIPAC, the American Jewish Committee and other pro-Netanyahu groups have ties to groups promoting anti-Arab and anti-Muslim hate, this video represents a new low.
The ad encourages Americans who have emigrated to Israel from the United States to work from Israel to counter the effects of voting by Americans who live here, Arab-Americans.
The ad is the logical extension of what the American Jewish Committee’s president, David Harris has done for years, trying to limit the influence of the growing Arab-American population.
Under his leadership, the American Jewish Committee issued a study “proving” that, contrary to the commonly used estimate of six million American Muslims, the correct number is 2.8 million.
And why is Harris worried about Muslim population estimates?
“Six million has a special resonance,” Harris wrote in a May 21, 2010 article in Jerusalem Report magazine. ”It would mean that Muslims outnumber Jews in the U.S. and it would buttress calls for a redefinition of America’s heritage as ‘Judeo-Christian-Muslim,’ a stated goal of some Muslim leaders.”
That is some scary “stated goal.”
Even more, Harris is worried that the perception that there are as many Muslims as Jews would give Muslims additional political clout, leading Congress to occasionally actually pay attention to them. (Unfortunately, that is not how it works.) more.. e-mail
Why won’t Israel prevent settler violence?
Yousef Munayyer, Al Jazeera.com 6/22/2012
Removing settlers from illegally constructed housing inevitably leads to attacks against nearby Palestinian villages.
Washington, DC – The recent drama in Israeli politics surrounding the fate of the Ulpana neighbourhood of the illegal Beit El settlement in the occupied West Bank includes a great degree of political theatre, but the climax of this particular play is yet to be seen.
Yes, a decision has been made to remove a very small number of houses from one settlement (and build 850 more in other areas), and the “evacuation” that will take place will likely be a contentious event. Still, it is the theatrics that follow the evacuation that I will be focused on – which might tell us everything we need to know about the Israeli government. At that moment, it will be Israeli settler violence that is at centre stage, along with the Israeli government’s non-response.
For several years I have been studying Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and their property throughout the occupied territories. The upcoming moment of evacuation from Ulpana sets an all-too-familiar sequence of events into motion. Israeli settlers who sought to deter government actions that limit settler objectives, such as demolitions or evacuations, have maintained a “price tag” policy. This is the use of violence, overwhelmingly against Palestinians, to “exact a price” for any settlement homes from which occupants have been removed.
Over the course of studying settler violence and amassing a database of violent settler incidents, my colleagues and I have been able to study several trends and factors which lead to settler violence, including the nature of “price tag” attacks. We parsed Israeli government announcements from Israeli government actions; the former being announcements by state organs of decisions to evacuate settlement homes, for example, and the latter being the actual carrying out of those orders. It is important to note that actual dismantlement of settlements by the Israeli state are extremely rare…. more.. e-mail
A Tale From a Time of Heroes: Leila Khaled and the Palestinian Struggle
Dissident Voice: 23 Jun 2012 – There was once a time not so long ago when the world seemed to be full of revolutionary heroes. These heroes were both men and women. The actions and accompanying commitment of these individuals inspired millions of others to join movements and organizations dedicated to a vision of social justice and freedom that understood colonialism and racism to be their primary opposition. From Martin Luther King, Jr. to Rosa Parks; from Huey Newton to Assata Shakur; and Che Guevara to Leila Khaled, the list of such individuals is too great to recount here. Their enemies included secret and not-so-secret police, intelligence agencies dedicated to their murder, and governments both liberal and reactionary whose lot lay with the imperial powers in Washington, London and elsewhere in the North. The presence of such men and women made them targets for those opposed to their vision. Simultaneously, the fact of their stature provided…more
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