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Settlers Uproot 41 Olive Trees Near Nablus
IMEMC – A group of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted, on Wednesday morning, 41 Olive trees that belong to a resident of Tal village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. …
PA Agrees to Exhume Body of Yasser Arafat After Evidence of Radiation Poisoning Alleged
IMEMC – Following a report Tuesday by Al-Jazeera, and a request by President Yasser Arafat’s widow Suha, the Palestinian Authority announced its support Wednesday for an international investigation into the president’s death which would include the exhumation of his body. …
Palestinian Recognition Set Back by Israeli-American Roadblock
IMEMC – The Palestinian delegation to the United Nations has reaffirmed its demand to have voting rights in international conferences and meetings, according to multiple sources. …
Egypt demands Palestine upgrade at UN arms control talks
7/4/2012 – UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — Delegates from around the world gathered in New York on Monday for the start of month-long UN-hosted negotiations to hammer out the first binding treaty to regulate the global weapons market, valued at more than $60 billion a year. But in a foreshadowing of the kinds of difficulties that may dog the…. Related: UN arms talks resume after Palestine compromise
PA: Israel agrees to register 216 Gazans in West Bank
7/5/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israel has agreed to register 216 Palestinians originally from the Gaza Strip as residents of the West Bank, a Palestinian Authority liaison department said Wednesday. The Civil Affairs department, tasked with coordinating the population registry with Israel, released the names of Palestinians who will now be able to reside in the….
Center: Israeli detention of Palestinians rising
7/4/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Gaza-based prisoners studies center said Wednesday that Israeli authorities have stepped up detention of Palestinians in recent weeks. Center director Rafat Hamdoneh highlighted the detention of fishermen off the Gaza coast, and detention of Palestinians at checkpoints throughout the West Bank, as fueling the increase….
Official denies agreement with Israel on Dead Sea project
7/5/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian official on Tuesday contradicted an Israeli minister who claimed the Palestinian Authority and Jordan had retracted its opposition to a project to replenish the Dead Sea. Israeli vice premier and minister of regional development Silvan Shalom told Israeli newspaper Maariv on Monday that the PA and Jordan had removed….
A Post ‘Arab Spring’ Palestine
7/5/2012 – By Ramzy Baroud – “Will the Arab Spring serve the cause of Palestine? “is a question that has been repeatedly asked, in various ways, over the last year and a half. Many media discussions have been formulated around this very inquiry, although the answer is far from a simple yes or no. Why should the question….
Report: Former Israel envoy says Mursi to keep peace
7/4/2012 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Egypt‘s new president Muhammad Mursi is likely to seek to review the country’s peace treaty with Israel, but not revoke it, a former Israeli envoy to Cairo said Monday. Yitzhak Levanon, who left Cairo when the embassy was attacked by protesters last September, said Mursi is expected….
UN arms talks resume after Palestine compromise
7/4/2012 – UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — UN arms controls talks resumed late Tuesday after Palestine and the Vatican accepted a compromise to their demand to participate as state parties in the summit. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pleaded the summit for a binding pact to regulate the more than $60 billion global weapons market.” We do not have a…. Related: Egypt demands Palestine upgrade at UN arms control talks
PNI chief meets Australia parliament speaker
7/4/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The head of political party the Palestinian National Initiative Mustafa Barghouthi met Tuesday with the head of the Australian parliament in Ramallah to brief him on situation in Palestine. Barghouti told parliamentary speaker Peter Slipper that Israeli policies were destroying any possibility of establishing a Palestinian state, and called for the….
Erekat: Abbas to meet Clinton, Hollande in Paris
7/4/2012 – JERICHO (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and the French President Francois Hollande this week to discuss the release of Palestinian prisoners, a PLO official said Wednesday. Saeb Erekat said Abbas will also meet EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton, and the British, German and Norwegian….
World Bank pays $22.3 million to PA budget
7/4/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) –The World Bank on Tuesday said it paid $22. 3 million to the Palestinian Authority to help with a budget crisis. The funds are from a trust paid into by the governments of Australia, France, Kuwait, Norway, and the UK, the World Bank said in a statement. It noted that the….
Union chief: Delays in PA salaries ‘unacceptable’
7/5/2012 – RAMALAH (Ma’an) — Delays in Palestinian Authority employees salaries are unacceptable and government workers’ concerns must not be ignored, a union chief said Tuesday. Government employees union director Bassam Zakarneh called on the Palestinian Authority to update workers on the situation and ensure banks, electricity and water companies made concessions for late payments….
Hamas welcomes probe into Arafat’s death
7/5/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas on Wednesday welcomed the Palestinian Authority’s announcement that it would investigate the death of Yasser Arafat, after new reports suggested the president was murdered. A Swiss institute which examined clothing provided by Arafat’s widow Suha for a documentary by Qatar-based Al Jazeera television said its….
Islamic Jihad calls reconciliation meeting
7/5/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Palestinian factions will meet Thursday for reconciliation talks in Gaza City, an Islamic Jihad leader told Ma’an. Khalid al-Batsch told Ma’an that Islamic Jihad invited parties to meet at its offices since the scheduled talks in Cairo were delayed and because of Hamas’ decision to….
Netanyahu ally threatens walkout in draft dispute
7/5/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s largest coalition partner issued a veiled threat on Wednesday to quit the government over a dispute about a bid to amend Israel‘s compulsory draft policy opposed by the powerful ultra-Orthodox community. The controversy over a highly emotive issue in a country where most 18….
PA to set local elections date
7/4/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority cabinet on Tuesday tasked the local government minister with preparing for local elections, with a view to announcing the date for the poll next week. Meeting in Ramallah, cabinet ministers said the decision was taken after Hamas suspended the work of the Central Elections Commission in the Gaza….
Report: Rabin assassin moved from isolation after 17 years
7/4/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The convicted assassin of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will be moved out of solitary confinement for the first time since his arrest 17 years ago, Israeli media reported Wednesday. Yigal Amir is serving a life sentence for the 1995 assassination at a peace rally, and was kept in isolation….
PA says ready to help uncover cause of Arafat’s death
7/4/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fatah’s governing body said Tuesday that the Palestinian leadership is ready to cooperate with all sides to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of President Yasser Arafat, after new revelations prompted his widow to call for his body to be exhumed. Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, called on….
PA agrees to exhume Arafat, form international probe
7/4/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority has agreed to set up an international investigation into the death of President Yasser Arafat, and has no problem exhuming his body from a Ramallah grave, officials said Wednesday. Arafat’s widow Suha called on Tuesday for the Palestinian leader’s body to be examined after….
Committee ‘ready to conduct autopsy’ on Arafat after poison report
7/4/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The committee to investigate the death of Yasser Arafat is ready to take samples from the the president’s body but is waiting for his family’s approval, committee head Tawfiq Tirawi said Wednesday. Arafat’s widow Suha called for an autopsy after a Swiss Institute found”surprisingly….
Ramallah high life masks deepening economic crisis
7/4/2012 – RAMALLAH (Reuters) — Past the Israeli sentry towers blackened by firebombs and the entrance to a refugee camp emblazoned with posters of rifle-clenching militants, downtown Ramallah sparkles. The scars of an intractable conflict and occupation melt away: cafes bustle with smartly dressed patrons, water-pipe smoke perfumes the air and basslines from trendy clubs shake the night….
Palestinian Judo contender wins Olympic place
7/4/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) — When Maher Abu Rmeileh makes his bow on the Olympic judo mat in London this month, he will become the first Palestinian to compete at a Games on merit. The 28-year-old father of two ensured his participation in the Olympic judo competition in the under-73 kilo division at a recent qualifying….
Analysis: President Abbas, if you don’t want to fight, negotiate
7/4/2012 – By Nasser Laham – I cannot work out an explanation for the state of “no peace, but no war” which has prevailed in Palestine in the last two years. We Palestinians neither want to fight the Israeli occupation, nor to negotiate with them. We use the term “steadfastness” to describe this stalemate, as if doing nothing….
Convicted rapist given reduced sentence
7/4/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A Ramallah court on Wednesday sentenced a convicted rapist to 10 years hard labor, but accepted a plea for clemency and reduced the sentence. The 38-year-old man, identified as M. SH, appealed for clemency because he has a family and a disabled child, and his sentence was cut to five….
Rights group: Syria running 27 torture centers
7/4/2012 – NEW YORK (Reuters) — Syrian intelligence agencies are running torture centers across the country where detainees are beaten with batons and cables, burned with acid, sexually assaulted, and their fingernails torn out, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Tuesday. The New York-based rights group identified 27 detention centers that it says intelligence agencies….
Paper: Assad says Turkey party to bloodshed in Syria
7/4/2012 – ANKARA (Reuters) — Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has made Turkey a party to Syria’s bloodshed by interfering in Damascus’s internal affairs and by giving logistical support to the rebels, Syrian President Bashar Assad told a Turkish newspaper. Assad also accused the Turkish leader of being “two-faced” by pursuing a sectarian agenda….
Syria conflict provokes fatal stabbing in Beirut
7/4/2012 – BEIRUT (Reuters) — A Syrian loyal to President Bashar Assad was stabbed to death by a Syrian dissident in Beirut on Wednesday, Lebanese security sources said. The killing tinged the Lebanese capital with violence from the conflict in neighboring Syria for the first time since the uprising against Assad began 16 months ago. Lebanese security said….
Syrian general defects to rebels, flees to Turkey
7/4/2012 – YAYLADAGI, Turkey (Reuters) — A Syrian general from an engineering division defected to the opposition rebels and fled to Turkey on Wednesday, bringing the number of such top ranking officers given refuge on Turkish soil to 16, Free Syrian Army officials said. Turkey now hosts some 250 officers who have defected to the FSA in its….
Iran’s Ahmadinejad calls Egypt’s Mursi
7/4/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called his Egyptian counterpart Muhammad Mursi on Wednesday to wish the Muslim Brotherhood politician success, the Egyptian state news agency reported. The call appeared to be the first contact between the two leaders since Mursi was sworn in as president of Egypt, a country which has not had diplomatic….
Random, Unjustified Arrests of Palestinians
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Beyond Tribal Loyalties – Overview and Reflection
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New Documentary Sheds Light on Arafat’s Mysterious Death
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British Website: Netanyahu Claims the PA Incites against Israel to Delay Negotiations
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Netanyahu, Mofaz to Resolve Differences in Meeting Today
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Exclusive Interview with Norwegian Political Activist Ms. Leraand about the Issue of South Yemen
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Discussion of Israeli Colonial Uses of Medicine and Medical Situation in the OPT
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Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Occupied Lives: She might never walk again
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International Solidarity Movement
Israel treats every Palestinian child as ‘potential terrorist’: government-backed UK study
7/4/2012 – International Solidarity Movement – By Asa Winstanley, 28 June 2012, Electronic Intifada – London – A new report funded and supported by the UK government that accuses Israel of violating international law with its treatment of Palestinian child detainees was launched in London by a high-profile group of human rights lawyers on Tuesday. The report says Israel is in violation of…. Related:Source and UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
On the sixth day of Israeli attacks on Gaza
7/4/2012 – International Solidarity Movement – Rosa Schiano, 23 June 2012, il Blog di Olivia, Gaza – The sixth day of Israeli attacks on Gaza. Today we have arrived at 16 deaths, including a child of 5 and a half years, and over 60 injured individuals. This morning in Khan Younis of the southern Gaza Strip an Israeli tank fired an artillery….
Syria’s opposition factions engage in fist fight in Arab League meeting
The National 4 Jul 2012 – A brawl at a meeting of the Syrian opposition this week in Cairo put on display the divisions among those struggling to oust president Bashar Al Assad.
UN urges Jordan to open camp for Syrian refugees
The National 4 Jul 2012 – Another 1,000 Syrian refugees have just crossed the Jordanian border, adding to 140,000 Syrians already in the country.
Turkey locates bodies of pilots of downed jet
The National 4 Jul 2012 – Bodies of both pilots of an F-4 jet shot down by Syria last month have been found and are being retrieved.
Arafat’s body should be exhumed if family agrees: Palestinians
The National 4 Jul 2012 – A medical examination should be conducted if Arafat’s family agrees, Palestinian official says.
As PA prepares to exhume body, Israel calls Arafat poisoning claim ‘baseless’
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
Data discrepancy between ministries leaves thousands of elderly immigrants without assistance
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
African migrant family: Tel Aviv hospital locked us in isolated room for four hours
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
New state comptroller: Social protests prove Israelis aren’t apathetic
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
Netanyahu trying to forge compromise over Plesner’s draft recommendations
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
Be’er Sheva police made protesters promise not to denigrate the state
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
Israeli researchers identify protein that protects brain cells from Parkinson’s disease
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
Netanyahu scrambles to keep Kadima from bolting governing coalition
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
Netanyahu to propose compromise bill on national service for ultra-Orthodox, Arabs
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
U.S. pro-Israel groups urge Presbyterian Church to abandon Israel divestment
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
Ariel academic center in West Bank won’t become a university, committee rules
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
Iran threatens swift retaliation on U.S. and Israel
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
Olmert drops libel suit after state prosecutor apologizes
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
Remembering Yitzhak Shamir: Analysis and opinions from Haaretz’s top writers
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
The young Kadima MK, the Haredi draft, and the missed opportunity
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
Palestinian Authority agrees to exhume Arafat’s body over new poison claims
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
Mofaz delivers ultimatum to Netanyahu over enlistment law
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2012
Justice Ministry lets off cops who use violence in East Jerusalem
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2012
Rabin assassin moved from solitary confinement for first time since arrest
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2012
Suspect in Yad Vashem graffiti indicted
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2012
State’s witness spins tale of bribes
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2012
Israeli ministry says ‘do not disturb’ aprons for nurses would cut medication errors
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2012
Teachers blast Education Ministry for replacing them with ‘babysitters’
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2012
Study finds more infections, fewer beds in hospitals
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2012
Israel’s National student union joins ‘draft the Haredim’ movement
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2012
Celebrating independence with an ‘Old Glory’ that lives up to its name
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2012
Phone stalker who ‘harassed widow’ arrested
Jerusalem Post 5 Jul 2012 – Detectives acted on a number of complaints from women before homing in on a married father who works as a driver.
More arrests don’t stop spate of arson around J’lem
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Teen admits to being inspired by TV show to set fires.
Arafat’s death
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – There have been renewed insinuations about the cause of Yasser Arafat’s death eight years ago, at the age of 75.
Anti-Semitism on the Temple Mount
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Fundamentally Freund: There has been string of recent incidents that should have sparked Jewish outrage, but were met with silence.
The circumcision dilemma
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – There is a new awareness of the ideals that underlie Europe’s libertarian societies and the need to defend them.
Mofaz disappointed at PM reaction to Keshev C’tee
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Netanyahu to begin “shuttle diplomacy” between heads of coalition parties in hopes of saving national-unity gov’t.
Terra Incognita: The orientalist shield
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Originally “orientalism” referred to the numerous applications of art, humanities that imitated, illustrated the “Orient.”
Candidly speaking: The Putin visit in retrospect
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Putin’s presence in the Jewish state revived memories of my involvement in the Soviet Jewry struggle.
Media comment: Swiss media ethics
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – The right of response is arguably one of the most important elements in journalism codes worldwide.
In defense of Plesner
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Rest of haredi men – majority – will be drawn out of hiding in unexceptional yeshivot to working world.
Israelis rejoice over discovery of ‘God particle’
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Scientists revel with colleagues around world over discovery in Geneva of new sub-atomic particle.
We’re not racist, we just hate Jews
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Anti-Semitism in pro-Palestinian discourse is being promoted without proper condemnation.
Why publicize what Arabs say in Arabic?
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – We witnessed generation of mellifluous words of peace that emanated from nascent Palestinian Authority in foreign languages.
C’tee rules against making Ariel school a university
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Educational institution in West Bank settlement will not receive funding boost full-fledged university status would have entailed.
Friedman: Mursi can bring ‘real’ Israel-Egypt peace
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – ‘NY Times’ columnist says Islamist president gives opportunity to make peace with 80m. Egyptians rather than with single dictator.
Health Eating: 6 deceiving ‘health’ foods
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Think these foods are good for you? Find out which foods and drinks have more calories, fat and sugar than you counted on.
‘Jordan rejecting Palestinian refugees from Syria’
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – HRW report finds that Jordan has been singling out Syrians of Palestinian origin, sending them to holding facilities.
Palestinian protests could signal anti-Oslo movement
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Concern exists that the 1993 pact could become target of street angst.
Fire victims’ families petition for dismissals
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Former police cmdr. asks High Court to fire Yishai, Steinitz, other officials over Carmel Forest fire failures.
Turkey finds pilots’ bodies from jet downed by Syria
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Ankara has scrambled F-16 fighter jets on three consecutive days in the past week after it spotted Syrian transport helicopters.
J’lem: Police make two arrests in arson cases
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – One of the two minors arrested says he set multiple fires and was inspired by a Sopranos-style television show.
Lador apologizes to Olmert, ending defamation suit
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – In letter filed to TA court, state attorney says he never intended to harm Olmert in a 2011 ‘Ha’aretz’ interview.
Yigal Amir to leave solitary confinement within days
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Prison Service says Rabin assassin will be moved to a cell with two to four carefully selected prisoners.
Iran: We can destroy US bases ‘minutes after attack’
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Following ballistic missile tests, Revolutionary Guards commander says Israel, all US regional bases are within its range.
PA: Arafat’s body can be exhumed over poison claim
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Announcement follows Al Jazeera report on new evidence that the late PLO chairman was poisoned with a radioactive element.
Serving in the IDF – the haredi way
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Currently, there are two specially-designed tracks for ultra-Orthodox youth in the IDF: Nachal Haredi and “Shahar” tech program.
Gafni: Plesner recommendations ‘evil and malicious’
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef reportedly says Shas will quit coalition if personal sanctions are imposed.
J’lem must reexamine plaza named after living oligarch
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Naming rights for streets in Old City reserved for people who died before year 1500.
Migrant detention facility moves towards approval
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Public will have 30 days to appeal plan once it’s made public; PIBA: ‘Infiltrators Law’ can be applied to migrants already being held.
Jewish Agency to raise funds for Diaspora security
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Sharansky says newly formed fund will help pay for increased security in wake of attacks such as one at Jewish school in Toulouse.
Grants approved for plants switching to natural gas
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Energy and Water Ministry approves grants worth NIS 1 million to provide four factories switching to natural gas operation.
Shamir’s daughter’s home robbed during funeral
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Thieves snatch valuable jewelry from north TA home of late prime minister’s daughter as she attends father’s funeral in J’lem.
Expert insists world must adapt to water crisis
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Booky Oren tells Tel Aviv conference: More must be done internationally to increase efficiency, technology.
Experts weigh in on ‘Tal’ alternatives
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Prof. Stern tells ‘Post’ that sanctions would be effective in significantly increasing numbers of haredi enlisting in army.
‘Camp Sucker’ vows to push on for equal service
Jerusalem Post 4 Jul 2012 – Anger prevails after PM announces he’s dismantling c’tee tasked with finding way to more equally spread national burden.
Student association heads slam Ariel boycott calls
Jerusalem Post 3 Jul 2012 – Association heads: “Students are shocked, scared by clear danger being posed to Israel’s democracy and academia.”
Want to help defend Israel? Become a virtual soldier
Jerusalem Post 3 Jul 2012 – New digital IDF initiative takes army’s “hasbara” battle into the online world.
Knesset conference backs geriatric nursing reform
Jerusalem Post 3 Jul 2012 – Main opponent, Treasury, was not present at a conference in the Knesset that discussed issue.
Iran ‘ready to fire missiles at US bases’
The Guardian 4 Jul 2012 – Revolutionary Guards commander says Iran could strike back at US bases in the Gulf and Israeli targets minutes after attack Iran is prepared to launch missiles at US bases throughout the Gulf within minutes of an…
Iran tests missiles capable of hitting Israel – video
The Guardian 4 Jul 2012 – Footage from Iranian state television shows a successful medium-range missile test
Palestinian Authority to exhume Arafat remains
The Guardian 4 Jul 2012 – Al-Jazeera investigation revives claim that Yasser Arafat might have been poisoned with polonium The Palestinian Authority has said it will exhume the remains of its late leader, Yasser Arafat, to investigate new claims that he was “…
The Battle for Federalism in Libya’s East
IPS With Libya’s first election in more than four decades looming, a vocal group of people in the east of the country is far less enthusiastic about this democratic milestone than those in the west. The Jul. 7 vote for a General National Congress is supposed to create a new and…
Tests Point to Possible Arafat Poisoning
IPS It was a scene that riveted the world for weeks: The ailing Yasser Arafat, first besieged by Israeli tanks in his Ramallah compound, then shuttled to Paris, where he spent his final days undergoing a barrage of medical tests in a French military hospital. Eight years after his death, it…
Settlers Attack Child In Jerusalem
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The village called ‘Demolished Al Aqaba’
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Criminal Bankers Are Not Above the Law
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Gaza – Occupied Lives: She might never walk again (Video)
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Terror of ‘incorruptible’ Afghan who turned his gun on British troops
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Military Resistance 10G4: Remembering
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Egypt: Interpreting the Coup
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Lynne Stewart Loses Appeal
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Violence rages in Homs, 19 killed across syria: activists
Daily Star 4 Jul 2012 Syrian troops pounded several districts of the central city of Homs Wednesday and clashed with rebels as at least 19 people were killed in violence across the country, activists said.
Mood criticizes empty talk on Syria in ‘nice hotels’
Daily Star 4 Jul 2012 The chief U.N. observer in Syria criticized the international community on Wednesday for talking too much in luxurious settings.
No point Russia siding with Assad: U.K.’s Hague
Daily Star 4 Jul 2012 British Foreign Secretary Hague said that Russia needed to understand that siding with Syrian President Assad was futile.
‘Open door’ draws aggrieved to Egypt presidential palace
Daily Star 4 Jul 2012 Hundreds of Egyptians have been making their way to the presidential palace in Cairo to air their grievances and demand solutions directly from President Mohammed Mursi.
Turkey recovers bodies of downed jet’s pilots: army
Daily Star 4 Jul 2012 The bodies of the two pilots of a Turkish jet that was downed by Syria have been recovered at the bottom of the eastern Mediterranean sea.
Tunisia media authority shuts down, citing censorship
Daily Star 4 Jul 2012 The independent Tunisian authority shuts down after failing to achieve its objective, accusing the Islamist-dominated government of censorship.
Iran state TV accuses BBC of hacking website
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Livnat slams decision on Ariel Center
YNet News, 4 Jul 2012 – Minister questions motives of Higher Education Council who decided to not to grant Ariel center university status. Ariel University Center president: This isn’t end of story ….
Britain bans Indian Islamic extremist group
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Rewriting the Arafat story
YNet News, 4 Jul 2012 – Op-ed: Latest Arafat conspiracy theory merely an effort to arrange a more dignified death ….
Beit Shemesh ‘helpless’ fighting women’s exclusion
YNet News, 4 Jul 2012 – Municipality admits cannot handle ‘complex issue’ by itself after woman files police complaint over sign ordering women to avoid sidewalk frequented by synagogue goers ….
Report: Egyptian president speaks to Ahmadinejad
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Bus crash kills at least 11 in Chile, hurts 15
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Netanyahu promises universal draft
YNet News, 4 Jul 2012 – Prime minister announces his determination ‘to achieve dramatic increase in percentage of Arab and haredi participation in service’ ….
Al-Qaeda-inspired group claim dozens of attacks across Syria
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Pakistanis kill man accused of insulting Koran
YNet News, 4 Jul 2012 – Thousands drag man who threw pages of Koran into street from police station, beat him to death and set his body on fire ….
Doctors blast hospital’s African refugee isolation policy
YNet News, 4 Jul 2012 – Health Ministry, doctors slam Sourasky Medical Center’s decision to restrict admissions of African refugees, isolating them from general population in move they call ‘patient care apartheid’ ….
Ariel Center won’t be granted university status
YNet News, 4 Jul 2012 – Higher Education Council recommends deferring decision on status of Ariel University Center until 2013 and subject to a comprehensive examination ….
The Arafat mystery grows
YNet News, 4 Jul 2012 – Analysis: How did Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat die? Only few people know the real answer ….
‘No one will win universal draft war’
YNet News, 4 Jul 2012 – Knesset members across political spectrum blast Plesner Committee’s report on haredi, Arab‘s service alternatives. Religious MKs say it’s ‘evil’; Meretz chair deems it ‘Kadima’s swan song’ ….
The answer is Zionism
YNet News, 4 Jul 2012 – Op-ed: American Jews should be offered more Zionism, not Judaism, to keep them Jewish ….
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Settlers attack a Jerusalemite girl and young man from Jenin
PIC – The Information center of “Wadi Helwa” revealed on Tuesday, that a Jerusalemite young girl was subjected to a racist attack last Thursday in the town of Silwan in Jerusalem.
Nazzal: Mishaal did not deliver statements on Jordanian Brotherhood
PIC – Mohammed Nazzal, political bureau member of Hamas, has said that bureau chief Khaled Mishaal did not give any statement on the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan’s participation in the general elections.
IOF confiscates Palestinian land to establish military position
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) informed citizens near Dhaheria village, south of Al-Khalil, that the army intends to confiscate two dunums of land to establish a military outpost.
Al Jazeera Report: Yasser Arafat has been poisoned by polonium
PIC – A scientific investigation by top forensic pathologist in Switzerland, sponsored by Al-Jazeera, found abnormal levels of polonium on Arafat’s personal belongings which he had in hospital.
IOA blocks travel of Awkaf official
PIC – The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Wednesday blocked the travel of Mohammed Zeid, in charge of property at the Awkaf office in Jenin, to Jordan.
Israeli undercover soldiers kidnap two Palestinian youths
PIC – A special Israeli force disguised in plain clothes sneaked into Doheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem and kidnapped two young men on Wednesday, local sources said.
Gaza health ministry renews warning of unprecedented pharmaceutical crisis
PIC – The Palestinian ministry of health has warned that the health situation in the besieged Gaza Strip is getting worse as hundreds of medicines and medical consumables are gradually running out.
Haneyya visits freed detainee Abu Libdeh, pledges special medical care to him
PIC – Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya on Tuesday visited newly-released prisoner Mohamed Abu Libdeh in his house in Gaza and pledged to provide him with appropriate medical care.
Hamas urges Arab League, OIC to act against Israeli theft of Palestinian land
PIC – Hamas called on the Arab League and the organization of Islamic cooperation to intervene to curb the Israeli regime and its settlers from appropriating more Palestinian property and lands.
Political detainee Natshe transferred to hospital for fourth time
PIC – Political detainee Mutasem Al-Natshe was transferred to hospital for the fourth time from his PA jail in Bethlehem on Tuesday night due to deterioration of his health condition.
Israel Issues Eviction Orders to Palestinians near Bethlehem
WAFA – 4 Jul 2012
Newspapers Review: Arafat Poisoned, Headlined the Dailies
WAFA – 4 Jul 2012
Abbas Orders Committee to Investigate Arafat’s Death
WAFA – 4 Jul 2012
Settlers Seize Land in Northern Jordan Valley
WAFA – 4 Jul 2012
Cabinet to soon Set Date for Local Elections
WAFA – 4 Jul 2012
World Bank Funds PA with $22.3M in Budget Support
WAFA – 4 Jul 2012
PEX Report: Al-Quds Index Up
WAFA – 3 Jul 2012
Tests ordered by Yasser Arafat’s widow show polonium traces
LA Times 4 Jul 2012 – Traces of radioactive polonium-210 are found on clothing reportedly worn by Yasser Arafat, reigniting conspiracy theories about the Palestinian leader’s death. JERUSALEM — The discovery of traces of a radioactive element on clothing reportedly worn by Yasser Arafat in his final days reignited a caldron…
Oil Embargo Leads Iran to Disguise Tankers
New York Times 4 Jul 2012 – As its oil inventory grows because of the embargo, Iran has taken to repainting and renaming its tankers, concealing their origins in a bid to find buyers.
Downed Turkish Plane and Dead Pilots Found
New York Times 4 Jul 2012 – The effort to locate the wreckage of the plane and the pilots was aided at Turkey’s request by the American oceanographer who discovered the Titanic.
Memo From Russia: Putin Tested on Principles and Practicality in Syria
New York Times 4 Jul 2012 – President Vladimir V. Putin’s support of President Bashar al-Assad has reflected his wariness of Western intervention but perhaps also an underestimation of the uprising in Syria.
Palestinians May Exhume Arafat After Report of Poisoning
New York Times 4 Jul 2012 – Yasir Arafat’s widow called for the exhumation after Al-Jazeera reported that Mr. Arafat might have been poisoned with polonium, a radioactive element linked with KGB-style assassinations.
Iran Nuclear Talks Are to Continue as Their Tone Heats Up
New York Times 4 Jul 2012 – Discussions in Istanbul ended with no word of progress, but both sides said another meeting was planned.
Jordan Treads Softly Amid Rising Protest
New York Times 4 Jul 2012 – The country is facing a crucial test of whether a new electoral law can quell the rising clamor for meaningful political changes.
Poor but Proud Istanbul Neighborhood Faces Gentrification
New York Times 4 Jul 2012 – Tarlabasi, a low-income neighborhood that also serves as a sanctuary for Turkey’s marginalized populations, is being cleared for shopping malls and upscale housing.
Join IDF’s Virtual Hasbara Army
Tikun Olam – IDF Ranks-Join Hasbara Brigade! Every once in a while (all too often I’m afraid) articles come along like this one from today’s Jerusalem Post . While reading them you stare at the page in a cross between utter disbelief and hilarity that someone in a position…
Former DNC member got in hot water by forwarding Code Pink email blasting AIPAC
Mondoweiss – MoveOverheader3 Earlier today we did a post on the resignation from the Democratic National Committee in Palm Beach County, FL, of Evelyn Garcia after leaked emails showed her expressing criticism of Israel. Well the emails have been published, and they are honest, straightforward and demonstrate a…
Introducing ‘Exile and the Prophetic’: a new feature from Marc Ellis
Mondoweiss – [ Editor’s Note: We are incredibly excited to introduce “Exile and the Prophetic,” a new daily feature from noted theologian Marc H. Ellis. Ellis has been a leading thinker on Israel/Palestine and his work challenging the Jewish community “in an age where Empire Judaism seems triumphant” has…
In Hebron Hills, Shulman sees that social justice is not at the core of Jewish identity
Mondoweiss – I missed David Shulman’s blogpost in the New York Review of Books last week on the expulsions in Susya, a Palestinian village surrounded by illegal settlements in the Hebron Hills. Shulman’s reporting focuses on a large Israeli protest of the action, but it seems most significant…
The therapist blurts
Mondoweiss – Writes a friend: Hope you don’t mind disclosure, but an interesting experience: Just went for first consultation with psychotherapist I have been referred to and towards end of emotionally painful session, having made number of allusions to Israel/Palestine given my work and experiences, I emphasized by…
The village called ‘Demolished Al Aqaba’
Mondoweiss – Al-Aqaba village in the Jordan Valley after two homes, animal shelters and roads were demolished, 2011. (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org) On the Fourth of July, as Americans celebrate Independence Day, Israeli High Court Justice Esther Hayut will decide whether or not to demolish a Palestinian family’s home,…
Exploiting Jewish Fear on Iran
The Forward Leonard Fein 2 Jul 2012 –
Africans Locked Up in Hospital Waiting Room
The Foward Breaking News 4 Jul 2012 – A Ghanaian man who has lived in Israel for 14 years reported on Wednesday that he was forced to wait for a doctor for his sick baby while locked in a room at Dana Children’s Hospital in Tel Aviv. Click here for the rest of the…
Netanyahu Struggles To Keep Coalition Together
The Foward Breaking News 4 Jul 2012 – As Kadima MK Yohanan Plesner announced on Wednesday the recommendations of the committee he headed which examined alternatives for mandatory military or civilian service for ultra-Orthodox men and Israeli Arabs, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrambled to find a formula that would keep his coalition together. Click…
Dovish Groups Say No to Divestment Push
The Foward Breaking News 4 Jul 2012 – Left-leaning pro-Israel groups have called on the country’s largest Presbyterian Church to abandon plans to divest from three companies that it is says have resisted the request to stop providing services that aid Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. Click here for the rest of the…
American College Heads Explore Israel Links
The Foward Breaking News 4 Jul 2012 – A delegation of U.S. university presidents is in Israel to explore opportunities for academic and research collaboration. Click here for the rest of the article…
Egypt: Morsy Receives Written Messages From Kuwaiti Emir, Iraqi President
allAfrica.com 4 Jul 2012 – [Egypt Online] President Morsy yesterday 2/7/2012 received Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah. During the meeting, the Kuwaiti Minister Congratulated president Morsy and conveyed to him a message from Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah. The meeting touched…
Palestinian Hunger Striker Thaer Halahleh Released From Prison
Palestine Solidarity Project 4 Jul 2012 – On June 5th, 2012, Palestinian activist Thaer Halahleh was released from prison after completing his 77th day of a hunger strike. Thaer began his strike on March 9th, along with fellow inmate Bilal Thiab, to protest their imprisonment for almost three years without charge or trial…
Crew of downed Turkish jet found
BBC 4 Jul 2012 – The bodies of the crew members of a Turkish jet shot down by Syria last month are found.
Syria opposition divided in Cairo
BBC 4 Jul 2012 – Syrian opposition groups agree on a general plan for the way forward in the country at a meeting in Cairo that exposes their deep divisions.
New call for Arafat death inquiry
BBC 4 Jul 2012 – Palestinian officials call for an international inquiry into former leader Yasser Arafat’s death, over claims he was poisoned by polonium.
Kenya cancels Iran oil imports
BBC 4 Jul 2012 – Kenya cancels plans to import crude oil from Iran following threats of sanctions, an official at the Kenyan energy ministry says.
Lebanon’s State of Paralysis
Al-Akhbar Opinion 4 Jul 2012 – It is also a first test for the remarkable agreement that broke the traditional pattern of sectarian alignment in Lebanon, namely the understanding between Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) It is also a first test for the remarkable agreement that broke the…
Egypt: the End of the Old Order
Al-Akhbar Opinion 4 Jul 2012 – Egypt‘s Islamist President-elect Mohamed Mursi waves to his supporters while surrounded by his members of the presidential guard in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, 29 June 2012. (Photo: Reuters – Amr Abdallah Dalsh) Egypt‘s Islamist President-elect Mohamed Mursi waves to his supporters while surrounded by his members of…
Egypt: The Brotherhood Seeps into the State
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2012 – Supporters of Egypt‘s Islamist President-elect Mohamed Mursi cheer during his speech in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, 29 June 2012. (Photo: Reuters – Amr Abdallah Dalsh) Supporters of Egypt‘s Islamist President-elect Mohamed Mursi cheer during his speech in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, 29 June 2012. (Photo: Reuters – Amr…
Egyptian TV Goes Dynastic
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2012 – Megastar Nour al-Sharif’s daughter Muna has rarely ever appeared in productions not involving hers. Megastar Nour al-Sharif’s daughter Muna has rarely ever appeared in productions not involving hers. Cairo – A key cause of the January 25 revolution was that Egyptians wanted to thwart the inheritance…
Libya PM in Mauritania to urge Gaddafi spy chief extradition
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2012 – Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib arrived Wednesday in Mauritania, where he is expected to push for the extradition of Muammar Gaddafi’s ex-spy chief, the official AMI agency reported. Abdullah al-Senussi, feared former right hand man of the slain Libyan leader, was arrested in March in…
Ramallah: Three Days of Dignity
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2012 – Photo Blog by Lazar Simeonov Text by Omar Rahman 1 July 2012 (Photo: Lazar Simeonov) 30 June 2012 (Photo: Lazar Simeonov) 30 June 2012 (Photo: Lazar Simeonov) 30 June 2012 (Photo: Lazar Simeonov) 30 June 2012 (Photo: Lazar Simeonov) 30 June 2012 (Photo: Lazar Simeonov) 30…
Lebanese Bees: Robbed of Their Nectar
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2012 – The beekeepers are now trying to protect their hives until it is time for the summer collection at the end of this current season. (Photo: Al-Akhbar) The beekeepers are now trying to protect their hives until it is time for the summer collection at the end…
Netanyahu coalition partner threatens walkout
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2012 – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s largest coalition partner issued a veiled threat on Wednesday to quit the government over a dispute about amending Israel‘s compulsory draft policy. The changes would include forcing more Palestinian citizens of Israel to enter the Jewish state’s military and ending exemptions for…
Syrian Fighters and the Lebanese Coffee Break
Al-Akhbar Politics 4 Jul 2012 – Syrian fighters have reached the capital, Beirut. This should not come as a surprise, given the way the presence of Syrian opposition activists in Lebanon has spread. (Photo: Al-Akhbar – Simon Mitchel) Syrian fighters have reached the capital, Beirut. This should not come as a surprise,…
Homs: Making Sense of the Tragedy
Al-Akhbar Politics 3 Jul 2012 – Members of rebel group take position at the frontline as they fight against Syrian Army forces at Hamidiyeh district in the central city of Homs 1 July 2012. (Photo: Reuters – Yazen Homsy) Members of rebel group take position at the frontline as they fight against…
Libya Elections: Mystery Funding Holds Much Sway
Al-Akhbar Politics 3 Jul 2012 – A Libyan man living in Jordan shows his right index finger stained with blue ink after casting his vote at a polling station in Amman 3 July 2012. (Photo: Reuters – Ali Jarekji) A Libyan man living in Jordan shows his right index finger stained with…
Articles
A Post ’Arab Spring’ Palestine
Ramzy Baroud, Ma’an News Agency 7/5/2012
“Will the Arab Spring serve the cause of Palestine?” is a question that has been repeatedly asked, in various ways, over the last year and a half. Many media discussions have been formulated around this very inquiry, although the answer is far from a simple yes or no.
Why should the question be asked in the first place? Hasn’t the Arab link to the Palestinian struggle been consistently strong, regardless of the prevalent form of government in any single Arab country?
Rhetorically, at least, the Arab bond to Palestine remained incessantly strong at every significant historical turn.
True, disparity between rhetoric and reality are as old as the Arab-Israeli conflict. But the relatively small divide between words and actions widened enormously following the Arab defeat in the 1967 war, which cemented US-Israeli ties like never before.
The war brought an end to the dilemma of independent Palestinian action. It shifted the focus to the West Bank and Gaza, and allowed the still dominant Fatah party to fortify its position in light of Arab defeat and subsequent division.
The division was highlighted most starkly in the August 1967 Khartoum summit in Sudan, where Arab leaders clashed over priorities and definitions. Should Israel’s territorial gains redefine the status quo? Should Arabs focus on returning to a pre-1948 or pre-1967 situation?
The PLO insisted that the 1967 defeat should not compromise the integrity of the struggle. It also stressed that Palestine — all of Palestine — was still the pressing issue. more.. e-mail
Israel treats every Palestinian child as ‘potential terrorist’: government-backed UK study
Asa Winstanley, Electronic Intifada 6/28/2012
A new report funded and supported by the UK government that accuses Israel of violating international law with its treatment of Palestinian child detainees was launched in London by a high-profile group of human rights lawyers on Tuesday.
The report says Israel is in violation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on at least six counts and of the Fourth Geneva Convention on at least two counts. It lays bare the system of legal apartheid Israel maintains in Palestine.
But there is pessimism in some quarters that the report’s recommendations will be implemented. The document has been criticized as “toothless” by a prominent Palestinian human rights activist.
“Children in Military Custody” was funded and backed by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and written by an ad hoc group including a former attorney general, a former court of appeal judge and several prominent attorneys known as QCs. The delegation visited Palestine in September and met with Palestinian, Israeli and international nongovernmental organizations, British diplomats and a wide range of Israeli government and military officials.
The report details the military law Israel applies to all Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including children, and how it differs from the civilian law applied to Israeli settlers who live in the same territory. It states there it was “uncontested [by Israel] that there are major differentials between the law governing the treatment of Palestinian children and the law governing treatment of Israeli children.”
Unequal treatment of children
At the heart of the report are three core recommendations to the Israeli government: start applying international law to the West Bank (which Israel refuses to do), the best interests of the child should come first and, crucially, that Israel “should deal with Palestinian children on an equal footing with Israeli children.” — See also: Fourth Geneva Convention and UN Convention on the Rights of the Childmore.. e-mail
Analysis: President Abbas, if you don’t want to fight, negotiate
Nasser Laham, Ma’an News Agency 7/4/2012
I cannot work out an explanation for the state of “no peace, but no war” which has prevailed in Palestine in the last two years.
We Palestinians neither want to fight the Israeli occupation, nor to negotiate with them. We use the term “steadfastness” to describe this stalemate, as if doing nothing at all and remaining motionless has become steadfastness.
Palestinian intellectuals have long criticized the Arab regimes because they neither want to fight Israel, nor accept reconciliation with the occupying country.
For 40 years, we have been suffering fatally on a daily basis under occupation, while Arab TV stations have been slamming Israel in their news, and at the same time resistance fighters were being detained in Arab countries for politically-motivated security reasons.
At that point, late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was fed up and broke the silence by saying that the same Palestinians who fight and carry out military operations will make peace and sign agreements.
Over the past two years, the Palestinian leadership — including the PLO and Hamas — have been facing a crisis over what slogan to raise.
Therefore, neither the Palestinian public knows what its leadership is up to, nor does the leadership know what the public wants.
Palestinian leaders restricted themselves to issuing sharply-worded political statements cursing and slamming occupation, and blaming this occupation for as many offenses as they wanted…. more.. e-mail
Scientific probe indicates Arafat was murdered
Electronic Intifada: 4 Jul 2012 – Doha 4 July 2012 A nine-month investigation by Al Jazeera into the death of Yasser Arafat has revealed that that there was a high level of polonium, a highly radioactive element, inside his body when he died.more
Knesset moves to force national service on Palestinians in Israel
Electronic Intifada: 4 Jul 2012 – Sawsan Khalife’ the Galilee 4 July 2012 Palestinians in Israel are protesting draft legislation which would make national service mandatory, despite the state’s system of discrimination against the community.more
Palestinians, Beware False Friends
Palestine Chronicle: 4 Jul 2012 – By Stuart Littlewood A press release has just arrived in my inbox from the Palestinian Mission UK proudly proclaiming Ambassador Hassassian’s jaunt to the Labour Friends of Palestine Gala Dinner where he was keynote speaker alongside Labour Party leader Ed Miliband. Ed of course is the brother of David Miliband, a Blair protégé and foreign secretary under the Brown government and certainly no friend of the Palestinian people. Ed, also a Blair-Brown protégé, had already declared that Labour would be “Israel’s friend in good times and bad”. So let’s hope that age-old warning “The friend of my enemy is my enemy” was ringing in the other guests’ ears. Miliband repeated his party’s support for the two-state solution and Palestinian statehood. Some 130 member countries of the UN already recognise Palestine as a state so this no big deal from Miliband. The Labour leader’s contribution was the usual empty rhetoric. He…more
Thoughts of an American Muslim on Independence Day
Palestine Chronicle: 4 Jul 2012 – By Nihad Awad As we mark one of history’s most triumphant acts of liberty, I want to share with you some of the many things America’s Muslims are doing to preserve this fundamental principle of the American identity. The revolution we honor each year on July 4th was in part sparked by unreasonable government intrusions into individual liberty. In 1761, Boston lawyer James Otis spoke against overly-broad warrants issued by the British government. These Writs of Assistance allowed the crown’s agents to search any house or ship they wished, without any specific reason. John Adams — signer of the Declaration of Independence and our nation”s second president — said of Otis’ speech, “Then and there, the child Independence was born.” In times of threat, public opinion often shifts away from liberty. Ten years after the 9/11 terror attacks, the Pew Research Center found that a troubling number of Americans supported…more
Straight Talking: The Syrian Cauldron
Palestine Chronicle: 3 Jul 2012 – By Jeremy Salt – Ankara Tension between Turkey and Syria along their border is edging closer to flashpoint. Last week a Turkish air force jet was shot down after violating Syrian air space. The Syrian government said the plane was hit while inside Syrian air space. Turkey says it had already left Syrian air space and was hit in international air space. What the plane was doing inside Syrian air space is another matter. Turkey’s President, Abdullah Gul, said it had ‘strayed’ off course. Other accounts suggest that it was there to ‘light up’ Syria’s radar system or test its missile defences. Turkey immediately sent troops and armor to the border and invoked Article 4 of the NATO Charter, calling for consultation with its partners in the alliance. They immediately endorsed the Turkish version. Hillary Clinton called the shooting down of the plane ‘brazen’ while William Hague thought it was…more
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