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Clashes Reported In Hebron After Soldiers Kidnapped A Child
IMEMC – Israeli soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, the town of Beit Ummar, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnaped one child after invading his home and searching it; clashes were reported after the army abducted the child. …
Major US retirement fund divests from Caterpillar
IMEMC – After a long campaign by human rights activists urging divestment from Israel, the US retirement fund TIAA-CREF has removed the Caterpillar corporation from its socially responsible investment fund, which means a divestment of $72 million from Caterpillar. …
Gaza ‘truce’ takes hold overnight
6/24/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A truce reportedly brokered by Egypt between Israel and Gaza militants seemed to have taken effect overnight Saturday, as airstrikes and rocket fire held off after a week of deadly fighting. An Israeli military spokeswoman said no rockets fired from the Gaza Strip had landed in Israel overnight, nor had the….
PCBS: Imports to Palestine fall 16.8 percent
6/24/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Imports to the Palestinian territory decreased by some 16. 8 percent in April 2012 compared to a year earlier, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said Sunday. Exports also declined, but much less at just 1. 6 percent during the same period, PCBS said. The value of imports exceeded exported goods….
Report: 85 arrested at Tel Aviv rally
6/24/2012 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israeli police arrested 85 Israelis in Tel Aviv on Saturday night as a rally against police violence descended into clashes, Israeli media reported. Around 2,000 protesters gathered in the city center to protest excessive use of a force at a social justice rally in Tel Aviv a day earlier….
Official: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon not taking sides
6/24/2012 – BEIRUT (Ma’an) — Senior Fatah leader Azzam al-Ahmad said Sunday that he was working with Lebanese political and security officials to defuse the situation in a Palestinian refugee camp, where fighting had recently erupted. Al-Ahmad told official PA radio station Voice of Palestine that he agreed with Lebanese officials that Palestinian refugees were not….
Fire damages 3 shops in East Jerusalem
6/24/2012 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Large fires broke out on Saturday evening in shops near the Old City of Jerusalem, witnesses told Ma’an. Three shops were entirely burnt in East Jerusalem, near the entrance to the Old City’s Damascus Gate, they said. Flames caused minor damage to a number of surrounding shops….
Man killed by celebratory gunfire in Gaza
6/24/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A 25-year-old man was killed Sunday by shots fired to celebrate the victory of Muslim Brother Muhammad Mursi in Egypt‘s presidential elections. Mohammad Qishta was killed and five others were injured by the celebratory gunfire, including two girls who sustained serious injuries, Gaza’s Health Ministry…. Related: Brotherhood’s Mursi wins Egyptian presidency
Egypt closes Gaza’s Rafah crossing
6/24/2012 – EL-ARISH (Ma’an) — Egyptian authorities on Sunday closed the Rafah crossing on the Gaza border, as Egypt awaits the results of its presidential election. Egyptian security sources told Ma’an the crossing may reopen Monday, depending on the security situation in Sinai after the results of Egypt‘s presidential election are announced….
Abbas, Haniyeh congratulate Mursi
6/24/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas premier Ismail Haniyeh and President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated Muhammad Mursi on his victory in Egypt‘s presidential electionson Sunday. Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mursi was declared Egypt‘s first democratic president by the state election committee, which said he had defeated former general Ahmed Shafik with 51. 7…. Related: Egypt’s Mursi goes from prisoner to president
Israel respects Mursi’s Egypt win, seeks cooperation
6/24/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel voiced respect on Sunday for the victory of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt‘s presidential election, calling on the new administration in Cairo to maintain the countries’ landmark peace accord.” Israel appreciates the democratic process in Egypt and respects its outcome,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in…. Related: Abbas, Haniyeh congratulate Mursi and Brotherhood’s Mursi wins Egyptian presidency
US congratulates Egypt’s Mursi on ‘milestone’ vote
6/24/2012 – WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States congratulated Egyptian President-elect Mohamed Mursi on Sunday for his “milestone” victory and urged the Muslim Brotherhood leader to form his government carefully and respect the right of all Egyptians as he takes power.” We congratulate the Egyptian people for this milestone in their transition to democracy,” White House spokesman Jay…. Related: Brotherhood’s Mursi wins Egyptian presidency
Fatah delays Gaza reshuffle after resignations
6/24/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fatah officials said on Saturday that they will postpone scheduled amendments to the party leadership in the Gaza Strip after officials tried to resign in protest. Fatah’s Revolutionary Council is meeting on Saturday and Sunday in Ramallah, and will address the issue of replacing officials, party recruitment commissioner Nabil…. Related: Hamas: Abbas changing requirements of reconciliation
Hamas: Abbas changing requirements of reconciliation
6/24/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas on Sunday accused President Mahmoud Abbas of changing the requirements of reconciliation by insisting for an election date before forming a unity government. On Saturday, Abbas told Fatah’s Revolutionary Council that a unity government would not be formed until a date for elections was set, although a…. Related: Fatah delays Gaza reshuffle after resignations
Medics: 15 injured in road accident near Bethlehem
6/24/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fifteen people were injured Sunday in a car accident west of Bethlehem, medical officials said. Abdul Halim al-Jaafra, head of emergency services in Bethlehem, told Ma’an that 15 workers were injured when a minibus flipped over near the Bitar crossing. He said Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency….
Philippines says Jordanian journalist held captive in south
7/24/2012 – MANILA (Reuters) — A Jordanian journalist and two Filipinos hired to help him with reporting are being held captive on an island in the southern Philippines by a one-armed leader of the Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf, the interior secretary said on Sunday. Jesse Robredo said that Baker Atyani, an Islamabad-based journalist for Middle East broadcast….
Iran urges restraint over downing of Turkish plane
6/24/2012 – DUBAI (Reuters) — Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi urged Turkey and Syria late on Saturday to show restraint following Syria’s downing of a Turkish warplane, his ministry said. In a telephone conversation with Turkish foreign minister Ahmed Davutoglu, Salehi said he hoped the two sides would “settle the issue peacefully to maintain regional….
Turkey says to consult NATO allies over downed jet
6/24/2012 – ANKARA (Reuters) — Turkey said on Sunday Syria had shot down its military aircraft in international waters on Friday without warning and declared it would formally consult with NATO allies on a reaction. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking some 48 hours after the plane was shot down near the sea borders of both countries, told….
Syria says it kills ‘terrorists’ crossing from Turkey
6/24/2012 – AMMAN (Reuters) — Syrian border forces on Sunday confronted “terrorists” who had infiltrated from Turkey and killed several of them, the official Syrian state news agency said. The agency said the incident occurred near a Syrian border post in the province of Latakia. It did not give further details. The two countries share a border around….
North Sinai on security alert ahead of election results
6/24/2012 – EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Northern Sinai has been placed under a security alert on Sunday as Egypt awaits the release of official results from its presidential election, security officials said. All security stations and border posts with the Gaza Strip are on high alert for fear of protests after the president poll is called…. Related: Brotherhood’s Mursi wins Egyptian presidency
Brotherhood’s Mursi wins Egyptian presidency
6/24/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — Muhammad Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood was declared Egypt‘s first democratic president on Sunday by the state election committee, which said he had defeated former general Ahmed Shafik with 51. 7 percent of last weekend’s run-off vote. He succeeds Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown 16 months ago after a…. Related: Abbas, Haniyeh congratulate Mursi andEgypt’s Mursi goes from prisoner to president
Egypt’s Mursi goes from prisoner to president
6/24/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — In a reversal of fortunes unthinkable a year and a half ago, an Islamist jailed by Hosni Mubarak has succeeded him as president of the biggest Arab nation in a victory at the ballot box which has historic consequences for Egypt and the Middle East. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Muhammad Mursi will…. Related: Brotherhood’s Mursi wins Egyptian presidency and Abbas, Haniyeh congratulate Mursi
Hamas Heartened By Apparent Mursi Victory
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End the Assault on Gaza: joint statement Gazan civil groups
6/24/2012 – International Solidarity Movement – 23 June 2012, Besieged Gaza, Occupied Palestine – We condemn in the strongest possible terms the latest Israeli war crimes committed against our people in the Gaza Strip. We call on the international community and the Arab and Islamic worlds, to take up their responsibility to protect the Palestinian people from this heinous aggression and immediately….
Economic malaise the challenge for women in Arab Spring-swept countries
The National 24 Jun 2012 – Gallup Poll finds that stability and security issues, and not the rise of Islamist parties, represent the main concerns for women.
Mohammed Morsi: Egypt’s accidental president
The National 24 Jun 2012 – Mohammed Morsi has been mocked as graceless by the Cairene elite and has played second fiddle even within his own political movement. Yet the former rocket scientist is the next president of Egypt and, evidently, not a man to be underestimated.
President Morsi hailed in Tahrir Square
The National 24 Jun 2012 – The first truly democratically elected leader of the Arab world’s most populous country quits the Muslim Brotherhood in a pledge to serve all of Egypt.
Egypt’s historic announcement preceded by dread
The National 24 Jun 2012 – Most of Cairo was a virtual ghost town, with businesses and banks shuttered or closing early and many residents staying indoors for fear of violence.
Mohammed Morsi wins Egypt’s presidential race
The National 24 Jun 2012 – Mohammed Morsi is to become Egypt‘s new president, the country’s electoral commission has announced.
Nato envoys to meet over Turkish jet downed by Syria
The National 24 Jun 2012 – Envoys from Nato member states will meet on Tuesday after Turkey requested consultations over the downing of its military jet by Syria, a Nato spokeswoman said today.
Turkey to be ‘firm but legal’ after Syria shoots down unarmed jet
The National 24 Jun 2012 – Emergency meeting of Nato after Syria downs unarmed jet.
Facts about Egypt
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Ivorian migrants lose appeal against deportation orders
Ha’aretz – 24 Jun 2012
Mixed messages from Israel as Islamist wins Egypt presidency
Ha’aretz – 24 Jun 2012
Israeli court releases social protesters, criticizes police’s request to keep them in custody
Ha’aretz – 24 Jun 2012
Israeli author Amoz Oz wins Italian literary prize
Ha’aretz – 24 Jun 2012
Yisrael Hofesh, Israel’s oldest kibbutz member, dies at age 107
Ha’aretz – 24 Jun 2012
Israel Police may have been ill-prepared ahead of violent protest, officials say
Ha’aretz – 24 Jun 2012
No-one wants escalation in Israel’s south and in Gaza, despite rocket attacks and retaliations
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
Israel Hayom reporter posts audio to back up interview with famed historian
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
Council of Arab mayors urges Israeli Arabs to do national service with municipalities
Ha’aretz – 23 Jun 2012
IDF field commanders to learn about cyber warfare
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Course aimed at teaching senior officers, mainly infantry, armor and artillery brigade commanders, about cyber warfare and its effects on ground ops.
New Egyptian President Morsy vows to preserve int’l accords
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Victorious Muslim Brotherhood candidate speaks for first time since defeating Ahmed Shafik, attempts to ease fears that he will break peace treaty with Israel or act to immediately Islamize Egypt.
Jerusalem social protest turns violent
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Two demonstrators arrested as the social justice protests take a violent turn, a day after violent protests in Tel Aviv.
Reporter’s Notebook: The start of a long, hot summer
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – It’s remarkable what a little bit of vandalism and police violence can do.
State must add at least NIS 1.5b. to health basket
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Health Ministry welcomes High Court of Justice decision instructing state to update the subsidies money for health services.
Competition to mark birthday of Alan Turing
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – “Father” of the modern computer and artificial intelligence Turing was born 100 years ago on June 23, 1912.
Jewish Agency vows to expand despite budget woes
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Sharansky: Fostering Jewish identity best way to encourage aliya.
Ministry to give grants in earth sciences studies
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Energy and Water Ministry will provide grants of up to NIS 60,000 per year in effort to incentivize fields.
Israel hopes for continued cooperation with Cairo
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Prime Minister’s Office says J’lem “respects the results of the presidential elections,” after Islamist Morsy wins in Egypt.
Archeology Quarter construction begins
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Antiquities Authority moving its HQ near Israel and Bible Lands museums.
Israelis train Africans to circumcise against AIDS
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – The effort is part of the Operation Abraham project headed by Dr. Inon Schenker.
Killing Rathenau
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Walther Rathenau was neither a typical German Jew nor a traditional German statesman.
Putin’s visit
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – It is impossible to ignore the many points of dispute between Israel, Russia; Moscow supports antagonistic countries like Syria, Iran.
What Obama could learn from Herbert Hoover
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Mitt Romney is not the first presidential candidate whose religious faith has become the target of prejudice and suspicion.
The Dream Act and American Jews
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – As American Jews, we have a special responsibility to support efforts to give people a decent chance to enjoy what we now do.
Good news for Hamas, bad news for Fatah
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Hamas was quick to welcome the election of Egypt‘s Morsy, while Fatah in the West Bank appeared to be less enthusiastic.
The Region: Obama, his rabbi and political Islam
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Obama’s view of Judaism, Zionism and Israel was very much shaped by his liberal and left-wing Jewish contacts in Chicago.
Think About It: The futile comptroller’s report
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Report does not only deal with the sad state of the firefighting system, but alludes to much broader governance problems.
Food for thought… and concern
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Last week, dietitians marked the 10th anniversary of Israeli Nutrition Week with a conference in Tel Aviv.
Analysis: Security on the Sinai front
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – The question that bothers Israel is what will happen several months or a year from now after Morsy settles in to the presidential palace in Cairo.
Will Egypt’s new leader Islamize largest Arab state?
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Experts are divided on whether Morsy’s election will mean danger for Israel.
012 Israel Defense Prize
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Ehud Barak gives final approval for award to be conferred upon 8 engineers from defense ministry, Rafael, Impress.
Peres conference provides platform for Farrakhan fan
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Candidly Speaking: Rabbi Marc Schneier should be considered persona non grata by his fellow Jewish leaders.
Meretz: PM is intentionally silencing dissent
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Gal-On says left-wing party reconsidering partnership with Huldai in Tel Aviv City Council.
Downing of Turkish jet reveals Syria’s lethality
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Strike at Israel-upgraded RF-4E Phantom aimed at restoring confidence in Syrian army after pilot defects with jet.
Putin to inaugurate Israel’s Red Army monument
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Netanya is making hurried preparations for Russian president’s visit to inaugurate a World War II memorial.
Profile: Morsy goes from prisoner to president
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Muslim Brotherhood candidate succeeds Mubarak as president of biggest Arab nation, breaking tradition of domination by armed forces.
Arsonists once again target Jerusalem for attacks
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Largest fire erupts near Ora and Aminaday suburbs; authorities attribute over 200 Jerusalem fires in past 2 weeks to arson.
French chief rabbi receives death threats
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Police search for suspects connected to pictures disseminated on Facebook showing Rabbi Berhneim with gun to head.
Court releases final 14 social justice protesters
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Amnesty raps police for “indiscriminate” use of force against protesters; source: Activists can submit complaints if they want.
Rivlin retracts invite for Hungarian counterpart
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – László Kövér, who was meant to attend Knesset’s Wallenberg memorial, participated in ceremony honoring a Nazi collaborator.
This Week in History: Operation Thunderbolt
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – German and Palestinian terrorists hijack Air France Flight 139, holding only Israeli and Jewish passengers hostage in Entebbe; Yonatan Netanyahu leads historic rescue raid.
Wandering Jew: London calling
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – In this new column, Tanya Powell-Jones gives her insight and tips to the global traveler in pursuit of Jewish heritage trails.
Turkey to consult NATO over jet downed by Syria
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Jet unarmed, flying solo on test mission, Turkey says; Syria news agency reports border forces confronted ‘terrorists’ from Turkey.
The Israel Trail – a hiker’s dream
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Instead of seeing the holy land through bus windows and tour guide books, why not take a path less traveled?
Delightful summer dishes
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Here are some easy, yet delicious suggestions to help your dinner keep up with the summer heat.
PM: Israel will take ‘stronger action’ to stop rockets
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Netanyahu says at cabinet meeting that policy is to “use force in order to restore security and quiet to the residents of the South.”
Protest leader blames gov’t for protester violence
Jerusalem Post 24 Jun 2012 – Stav Shaffir accuses gov’t of trying to discredit protest movement; police arrest 85 protesters in TA for breaking bank windows.
Austrian Israelis 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
Hideously diverse Britain: a mother’s plea
The Guardian 24 Jun 2012 – A group that supports bereaved people from Israel and Palestine has a simple message for the UK: help, listen, but don’t take sides The splendour of the Speaker’s House at the House of Commons. All plush…
Israel’s historic city of Acre faces tourist and settler tensions
The Guardian 24 Jun 2012 – Mixed Arab-Jewish ‘sleeping beauty’ city awakes to gentrification and influx of nationalist-religious Jews Amid narrow winding alleys, crumbling courtyards and dark doorways of neglected buildings, a work of art gleams within the walls of Israel’s ancient…
Egypt’s secular forces condemn US support for Muslim Brotherhood candidate
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Medics: 1 killed, 10 injured as Israel strikes Gaza Strip
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Still No Accountability for Torture
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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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Tunisian election should be held earlier than March: PM
Daily Star 24 Jun 2012 General elections in Tunisia should be held as soon as possible, “maybe before March” as currently planned, Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said Sunday.
Islamist Morsi says will be leader for all Egyptians
Daily Star 24 Jun 2012 Egypt‘s Mohamed Morsi, the first Islamist to be elected president of the Arab world’s most populous nation, said Sunday he will be a leader “for all Egyptians” and called for national unity after a polarising race.
Hamas hopes Morsy’s Egypt will focus on Palestine
Daily Star 24 Jun 2012 The Gaza Strip’s governing Hamas welcomed the victory of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt‘s presidential vote, saying its ideological ally’s success would help the Palestinian cause.
Jet incident shows Syria’s defences capable, jumpy
Daily Star 24 Jun 2012 While the exact circumstances remain far from clear, the shooting down of a Turkish warplane shows Syria’s military to be capable, extremely jumpy and increasingly drawn into confrontation with its most powerful neighbour.
J’lem: Social justice protesters try to block light rail’s path
YNet News, 24 Jun 2012 – Day after Tel Aviv demonstration turns violent, dozens protesting in capital against socioeconomic inequality try to block train’s path; claim police removed them violently ….
At least 32 killed in bus accident in Mexico
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Australia announces new Syria sanctions
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Iraq’s Sadr demands reforms for support of PM
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Egypt’s Morsi: We’ll uphold int’l agreements
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Egypt’s Morsi thanks ‘revolution casualties’
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Islamist Spring is upon us
YNet News, 24 Jun 2012 – Op-ed: Egypt vote marks culmination of Islamist revolution, which many in West failed to recognize ….
Jerusalem firefighters battle 15 blazes in one day
YNet News, 24 Jun 2012 – Firefighters in the capital ran from blaze to blaze throughout the day, starting at 7:20 am. ‘Evidence shows that some of the fires were set on purpose’ ….
‘Vandalism must meet harsh response’
YNet News, 24 Jun 2012 – Opposition chair attacks violence by demonstrators, but warns that ‘it’s dangerous to stifle every hint of legitimate protest.’ Why didn’t the organizers ask for a permit? ‘It was spontaneous, put together in less than 24 hours’ ….
Rights groups: State practices ‘zoning Apartheid’
YNet News, 24 Jun 2012 – Left-leaning groups accuse Civil Administration of grossly discriminating against Palestinians seeking to build in West Bank ….
‘Rioters crossed every possible red line’
YNet News, 24 Jun 2012 – Morning after unprecedented socioeconomic riots in Tel Aviv, police gear to file charges against 20 protesters; say violence planned ‘to get media attention’ ….
Israel, say no to anarchy
YNet News, 24 Jun 2012 – Op-ed: Reckless abandon we saw in Saturday night’s protest in Tel Aviv unjustified and dangerous ….
New com system to link all emergency services
YNet News, 24 Jun 2012 – Ministerial Committee for Home Front Defense votes in favor of a new system that would link police, MDA, Fire Department and hazmat unit ….
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 ….
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Ala Joba is subjected to an attack in Hasharon prison
PIC – An Israeli female prisoner held on criminal charges at Hasharon prison assaulted an 18-year-old Palestinian girl detained at the prison, beating her up and trying to strangle her.
Abu Zuhri: Morsi victory ushers in new era
PIC – Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, said that the victory of Mohammed Morsi in Egyptian presidential election is a historic turning point for Egypt, the Palestine cause, and the Islamic Nation.
Morsi president of Egypt
PIC – The higher elections committee in Egypt announced on Sunday that Mohammed Morsi is the new president of Egypt after winning 51.73% of the votes.
Mansour: Safadi’s administrative detention renewal is a violation of agreement
PIC – MP Yasser Mansur called for more popular events and official support for the prisoners in the Israeli prisons till the release of the remaining detainees..
Clashes in Al-Khalil after arresting a child
PIC – Violent clashes erupted in the town of Beit Omar, northern Al-Khalil in the early hours of Sunday, after IOF troops raided Palestinian homes in the town and arrested a child.
IOF troops storm Arub refugee camp
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Arub refugee camp after claiming stones were thrown from the camp at passing Israeli vehicles.
Netanyahu threatens to use deadlier force against Gaza
PIC – Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to use greater deadly force than the latest attacks on Gaza civilians if necessary.
Muslim Brotherhood’s Mursi Declared President of Egypt
WAFA – 24 Jun 2012
Russian President’s Visit to Palestine “Historical”
WAFA – 24 Jun 2012
PLO, Vatican to Fast-Forward Concluding Agreement
WAFA – 24 Jun 2012
Italian-Funded Community Centre Inaugurated in Hebron
WAFA – 24 Jun 2012
Fayyad Condemns Israel’s Decision to Demolish Village near Hebron
WAFA – 24 Jun 2012
Report: 100% of Palestinian Prisoners Tortured in Israeli Jails
WAFA – 24 Jun 2012
Newspapers Review: Ongoing Israeli Airstrikes against Gaza Dominate Dailies
WAFA – 24 Jun 2012
Israeli Forces Shut Down Agriculturally Used Water Spring
WAFA – 24 Jun 2012
Palestinian Farmer Wins Legal Precedent against Israel
WAFA – 24 Jun 2012
Settlers Storm Land in Jeninþ
WAFA – 24 Jun 2012
Israeli Forces Issue Demolishing Orders near Tubas
WAFA – 24 Jun 2012
Israeli Forces Storm School, Take Down Palestinian Flag
WAFA – 24 Jun 2012
Syria, Turkey mount joint rescue for downed jet’s pilots
LA Times 24 Jun 2012 – Turkey says its F-4 Phantom aircraft downed off the Syrian coast may have wandered into Syrian airspace unintentionally. Both sides avoid bellicose rhetoric. BEIRUT — A day after Syria shot down a Turkish jet, officials from the neighboring countries moved to tamp down tensions Saturday…
Mohamed Morsi of Muslim Brotherhood Declared as Egypt’s President
New York Times 24 Jun 2012 – Mohamed Morsi’s recognition as president handed the Muslim Brotherhood a new weapon in its struggle for power with Egypt’s ruling military council.
Turkey Calls Emergency NATO Talks Over Syria
New York Times 24 Jun 2012 – Turkey has admitted the plane strayed into Syrian territory but said Sunday that the jet was in international airspace when it was shot down.
Menorah on Arch of Titus in Roman Forum Was Rich Yellow
New York Times 24 Jun 2012 – Spectrometry shows that a bas-relief of the menorah looted by Romans from the Second Temple in Jerusalem, on the Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum, was originally a rich yellow.
White House Relieved Over Egypt Announcement
New York Times 24 Jun 2012 – The election results dissipated mounting fears inside the Obama administration that Egypt’s election commission would invalidate the recent presidential runoff.
Sousiya May Soon Disappear
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Iran Should Get the Bomb: a Contrarian’s Delight
Tikun Olam – Tweet All of us who are trying to make the world see reason about Iran’s alleged nuclear threat and the likelihood of war, pussyfoot around the idea of Iran actually getting a nuclear weapon. What I love about this Foreign Affairs article by noted Columbia University…
Los Angeles Jewish Federation Hosts, Endorses Pam Geller’s Islamophobia
Tikun Olam – Tweet Well, now I’ve seen everything. In the course of writing this blog, at various points I’ve made similar statements. But invariably an even greater outrage occurs and I have to amend myself. Tonight is such a time. Mainstreaming hate in Los Angeles Jewish community (Robert…
Tell the State Department to oppose racial and ethnic profiling
Jewish Voice for Peace – Imagine a US government employee asking your religion or ethnicity before deciding whether or not they can help you. Please help us get 18,000 signatures on a petition to the US State Department, opposing racial and ethnic profiling. Read more and take action.
Jewish Federation branch cancels Pamela Geller event after interfaith outcry
Mondoweiss – Screenshot of the Jewish Federations site advertising the Pamela Geller event. The page has apparently been scrubbed. The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles has canceled an event this afternoon that was set to feature anti-Muslim activist and blogger Pamela Geller. The event attracted attention last night…
Military dictatorships are good for Israel
Mondoweiss – That’s what the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), an international news agency serving Jewish community newspaper and media around the world seem to be promoting. The headline was clear: “Egyptian military’s anti-democratic moves may benefit Israel” The article by JTA staffer Uriel Heilman went on to say “Egypt’s military coup is now nearly…
Rally ’round the flag
Mondoweiss – Great Neck I got this photo from a friend. It is of a private Jewish day school in Great Neck, N.Y. He wrote to me: What kind of message does this send to the kids, and outsiders for that matter? As an answer, let me quote…
NYT dares to answer a vital question: ‘What does Adelson want?’
Mondoweiss – There is a beautiful editorial in the New York Times today called, “What Sheldon Adelson Wants.” It is beautiful because this has been a crushing political issue for our country since 2000 at the very least, when Adelson, one of the richest men in the world,…
Why did the Israeli military kill 13-year-old Ma’moun al-Dam?
Mondoweiss – Blood-stained pieces of Ma’moun’s clothes were splayed across the olive grove (Photo: Hama Waqum) Shreds of black and blue cloth stained in red lay scattered across an olive grove on the outskirts of Gaza City. The remains of 13-year-old Ma’moun al-Dam’s t-shirt lay hooked into an olive…
West Africans Lose Appeal To Stay in Israel
The Foward Breaking News 24 Jun 2012 – The Jerusalem District Court on Sunday denied a petition by 132 migrants from the Ivory Coast to retain the group immunity from deportation they had enjoyed until last December. Click here for the rest of the article…
Egypt’s Morsi May Have Hands Tied
The Foward Breaking News 24 Jun 2012 – The commotion was expected. As soon as Farouk Sultan, the chairman of Egypt’s election committee, began reading out loud on live television the number of votes received by Mohammed Morsi, the country’s first Islamist president ?(more than 13 million?), the crowd stopped him with their loud…
Suspected Arson Fires Set in Jerusalem
The Foward Breaking News 24 Jun 2012 – At least 15 fires broke out in a day in Jerusalem, and most reportedly are believed to be the result of arson. Click here for the rest of the article…
Muslim Brotherhood Wins Egypt Presidency
The Foward Breaking News 24 Jun 2012 – Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was declared the winner of Egypt’s presidential race in its first democratic elections. Click here for the rest of the article…
Ordeal Over, Shalits Move On
The Forward New 24 Jun 2012 – Gilad Shalit was gone again. But instead of languishing in a Hamas dungeon, he was covering the NBA Finals. And his father, Noam, is running for a seat in the Knesset. Click here for the rest of the article…
Rwanda: Rwanda Destination – Israeli Agriculture Centre to Be Established
allAfrica.com 24 Jun 2012 – [Rwanda Express] Agriculture being one of the major pillars the country’s economy leans on, the government has over the years displayed steadfast commitment to boosting this sector by any and all means possible.
Egypt: FM- Attracting Investments, Recovering Smuggled Money Most Important Internal Issues
allAfrica.com 24 Jun 2012 – [Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said that the most important file, which imposes itself on the Egyptian foreign policy currently, is the Syrian crisis that reached a very dangerous level, warning against a humanitarian and political catastrophe. He pointed out to the Arab and…
Egypt’s Mursi makes unity call
BBC 24 Jun 2012 – The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi calls for national unity amid scenes of celebration following his victory in Egypt‘s presidential elections.
Turkey calls Nato meeting on jet
BBC 24 Jun 2012 – Turkey’s government calls a meeting of Nato member states to discuss its response to the shooting down of one of its warplanes by Syria.
Saudi women allowed into Olympics
BBC 24 Jun 2012 – Saudi Arabia is to allow its women athletes to compete in the Olympics for the first time ever, a statement by the country’s London embassy says.
Tunisia extradites Libya ex-PM
BBC 24 Jun 2012 – Libyan ex-PM al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi is extradited by Tunisia, where he fled during the uprising against Col Gaddafi last year.
Israel, Occupy Tel Aviv, In protest of the previous day police brutality, Thousands block highway, attack banks, 89 arrested
A-infos 24 Jun 2012 – Some 4,000 demonstrators clashed with police for more than four hours last night in the streets of Tel Aviv, blocking roads, smashing a few bank windows and besieging the local municipality. More than 80 were arrested in the most energetic and enraged J14 (Occupy movement) protest…
Mountains Will Crumble
Al-Akhbar Opinion 24 Jun 2012 – There is a real catastrophe hitting mountain terraces, some of which are more than 2,000 years old, built by farmers by hand to reclaim land and cultivate it. (Photo: Al-Akhbar) There is a real catastrophe hitting mountain terraces, some of which are more than 2,000 years…
Tunisia hands over former Gaddafi stooge
Al-Akhbar News 24 Jun 2012 – Tunisia has extradited former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s prime minister to Libya, a Libyan security official said on Sunday, making him the first senior official to be sent back for trial under the country’s transitional leadership. Defense ministry official Mohammed al-Ahwal told Reuters that a helicopter…
Dozens arrested as Israel attacks social justice campaigners
Al-Akhbar News 24 Jun 2012 – Eighty-five people were arrested in Tel Aviv overnight after security forces cracked down on protests following the detention of a social justice campaigner, police said on Sunday. The unrest broke out in reaction to incidents during a small rally on Friday, when police arrested Dafni Leef,…
Susya: Standing up to the Bulldozers
Al-Akhbar News 24 Jun 2012 – Photo Blog by Lazar Simeonov More than 400 Palestinian, foreign and Israeli activists gathered on Friday 22 June 2012 in Susya, a small village in the south of the West Bank, to protest against Israel’s plan to demolish 50 of the village’s structures, including 20 residential…
Israeli Espionage: Nostalgia for the Better Days
Al-Akhbar News 24 Jun 2012 – The Israeli agent Mustafa Taleb in a photograph published in Yediot Ahronot on Friday. The Israeli agent Mustafa Taleb in a photograph published in Yediot Ahronot on Friday. Israeli spy operations in Lebanon are nothing new. They go back several decades, to the times of the…
Leading Afghan lawyer arrested on rape charge
Al-Akhbar News 24 Jun 2012 – A prominent Afghan lawyer close to a possible presidential candidate has been arrested on charges of kidnapping and raping a woman, prosecutors said Sunday. Kabir Ranjbar, the president of the Afghan Lawyers’ Union and a former member of parliament, was detained on Saturday, deputy attorney general…
Bahaa Taher: Asking Unanswerable Questions
Al-Akhbar News 24 Jun 2012 – At 16, Bahaa Taher read Mahatma Gandhi’s biography and decided to become a vegetarian just like his newfound idol. (Photo: Al-Akhbar) At 16, Bahaa Taher read Mahatma Gandhi’s biography and decided to become a vegetarian just like his newfound idol. (Photo: Al-Akhbar) Egyptian writer Bahaa Taher,…
Sousiya May Soon Disappear
Al-Haq 23 Jun 2012 –
Articles
Israel murders more Palestinians
Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank, Al-Ahram Weekly 6/21/2012
A two-year-old is among the victims of a barrage of violence Israel this week thrust on the Palestinians.
The Israeli occupation army and paramilitary Jewish settlers killed more than 10 Palestinians this week, including a two-year-old toddler who died after her Gaza home was hit by a missile fired from an Israeli military drone.
Israeli sources claimed some of the victims were involved in attempts to attack Israeli targets or trying to lay landmines along the Israel-Gaza borders, which is disputed by Palestinians who argue that Israel is killing Palestinians for the sake of it.
On Monday, 18 June, Israeli aircraft killed four Palestinians in two separate attacks in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun. Five other Palestinians were also injured.
The killing in northern Gaza came after suspected resistance fighters killed a Jewish settler along Israel’s border with Egypt. Two of the fighters were subsequently killed by Israeli troops.
In addition to the toddler, Hadil Al-Hadad, the Israeli army targeted two people riding a motorcycle in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza as well as two other people affiliated with the military wing of Hamas. The Israeli air force also targeted metal workshops and foundries Israel claimed were involved in manufacturing rockets. The Israeli army has targeted dozens of these workshops, exacerbating the already shocking state of poverty in the Strip.
Earlier in the week, fanatical Jewish settlers chased and killed two unarmed Palestinians near the town of Yatta in the southern West Bank. Palestinian eyewitnesses described the killing as amounting to an execution. — See also: End the Assault on Gaza: joint statement Gazan civil groups more.. e-mail
Israel: promised land for Jews … as long as they’re not black?
Dr. Hanan Chehata, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) 6/24/2012
Racism in Israel towards non-white Jews is not subtle.
Abstract: While the subjugation and abuse of Palestinians living within Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are well documented, what is less well known is how ingrained racism is in Israel, in that it not only extends to Palestinian Christians and Muslims, but also to Jews who come from ethnic minority backgrounds. This article documents how the Falasha, Ethiopian Jews who have been brought into Israel in several mass transfer operations, have found themselves relegated to an underclass. They are not only racially discriminated against in housing, employment, education, the army and even in the practice of their religion, but have also been unwittingly used to bolster illegal settlements.
Last year, 2011, marked the twentieth anniversary of the largest mass transfer of Ethiopian Jews from Africa to Israel. In a series of covert operations in the late 1980s and early 1990s, thousands of Ethiopian Jews – also known as Beta Israel (House of Israel) or Falasha (literally ‘immigrant’ in Hebrew) – were airlifted secretly out of famine-stricken and war-torn Ethiopia and neighbouring Sudan and taken to the Holy Land. At the time, these ‘rescue’ missions were mired in controversy. Hailed by some Zionists as the inevitable homecoming of African Jews to the ‘birthplace’ of Judaism, to others it was a cynical ploy by the Israeli government to alter the demographics of Palestine. The airlifts were, literally, a means of importing Jews to the contested land en masse, no matter where they were from, in an effort to ‘improve’ the ratio of immigrant Israelis to native Palestinians. But now, twenty years on, how well have Ethiopian Jews assimilated into Israeli society? Has their communal story been one of success and full integration or have they been used primarily to boost Israel’s policy of colonising more of Palestine; to provide a ready pool of conscripts for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF); to provide a workforce for low-status manual labour; and to be treated like relative outcasts in the principally white Jewish community of Israel? The latter seems to have been the predominant outcome, with the promises of brotherhood and unity failing to materialise.
Although there are undoubtedly some individual success stories, the picture is pretty grim for many, if not most, Falasha in Israel. According to a report in Newsweek…. more.. e-mail
Morsi is no revolutionary and not much of a nationalist. The army elite has already laid traps for him
Robert Fisk, The Independent 6/24/2012
Zaghloul might be missed today, after an election in which the words ‘Islam’and ‘security’ seemed like interchangeable platitudes.
While 50 million Egyptians were waiting yesterday to hear that they had elected a Muslim Brotherhood mediocrity over a Mubarak bag-carrier, I paid a visit to the home of Saad Zaghloul. Not for an interview, you understand (Zaghloul died 85 years ago and is buried opposite his house in a mausoleum styled like a pharaonic temple) but as a pilgrimage to a man who might have served Egypt well today, a revolutionary and a nationalist whose Wafd party stood up to the British empire and whose wife, Safeya, was one of the country’s great feminists.
Mohamed Morsi is no revolutionary. No feminist. Not much of a nationalist. And the army elite has already laid its traps for him. But the “deep state” represented by his opponent, Ahmed Shafik, receded yesterday. Up to a point – and only up to a point – Zaghloul would have approved.
My shoes squeak on the wonderful, polished old wooden floor of his two-storey home, a reassuring memento of an age before Cairo became a canyon of traffic. Zaghloul’s photograph hangs on almost every wall – there, at least, he has something in common with Egypt‘s dictators – and at the top of the stairs sit the remains of his two pet parrots, tied (not nailed) to their perches. There is even a canary in a cage that went to meet its maker in the 1920s.
I am shown into a room with a vast, pink-covered bed and shuttered windows. “10pm, 23 August 1927”, it says in the corner. “This is the bed where he passed away,” a lady in a black veil says softly, as if the old boy is still lying there. more.. e-mail
END THE ASSAULT ON GAZA
In Gaza: 24 Jun 2012 – latest from Gaza: The body of six-year-old Palestinian, Ali al-Shwaf is seen at the Nasser hospital morgue in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on June 23, 2012 after he was killed during Israeli air strikes in Gaza. Two others were wounded in the shelling, but the Israeli military denied it was responsible. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB NY Times : Despite a pledged cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel, attacks escalated on both sides of the Gaza border on Saturday, killing at least three Palestinian men and a 6-year-old boy in Gaza, and wounding an Israeli man in Sderot, officials said. Saturday morning in the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis, witnesses said, an Israeli artillery shell killed Ali al-Shawaf, 6, and wounded his father, who died later in the day. “The boy and his father were sitting on the street outside a soccer court when the shells landed,”…more
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