7 September 2012 — VTJP
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Palestinians Hold Protests Against High Living Costs
IMEMC – Several protests and demonstrations were held, starting on Thursday evening and extending to early Friday morning, as thousands of Palestinian youths took to the streets protesting the sharp increase of living costs despite the limited income of most residents. …
Egypt Says It Identified 7 Who Participated In Deadly Attack Last Month
IMEMC – The Egyptian Interior Ministry reported that it managed to identify seven of the assailants who carried out the deadly attack against an Egyptian military base, last month, killing 16 Egyptian border guards and wounding several others. …
Soldiers Kidnap Five Residents From Nablus
IMEMC – Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers, kidnapped on Thursday evening, five persons from the northern West Bank city of Nablus, including one man who carries a Jordanian citizenship. …
Extremist Settlers Attack A Palestinian In Jerusalem
IMEMC – A group of Israeli extremists violently attacked, on Thursday at night, a young Palestinian man in al-Qatamon neighborhood, in occupied Jerusalem. The young man suffered two fractures in his leg. This is the second attack of its kind that takes places in Jerusalem in less than three weeks. …
Settlers burn 130 olive trees in northern West Bank
9/8/2012 – QALQILIYA (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers set fire to around 130 olive trees in a northern West Bank village on Friday, locals said. Residents of Immanuel settlement set fire to the lands while residents were at Friday prayers, locals said. Fawzi Al-Ghanem, owner of the land, told Ma’an that civil defense crews brought…. Related: Settlers set Nablus orchard ablaze
Settlers set Nablus orchard ablaze
9/7/2012 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — A group of settlers set fire to an orchard in a northern West Bank village on Friday morning, eyewitnesses told Ma’an. Residents of Eli settlement entered Qaryut village, torching olive and almond trees, villagers said. The people of Qaryit rushed to the site to douse the flames, they added…. Related: Settlers burn 130 olive trees in northern West Bank
Palestinian hospitalized after Jerusalem attack
9/7/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A young Palestinian man from East Jerusalem was hospitalized early on Thursday after he was attacked by a group of young Israelis, a police spokeswoman said. Israeli police are searching for the assailants, Luba Samari said. Ibrahim Abu-Taah, 28, from Wadi Joz, was driving home a co-worker to Katamon in south….
Israeli forces shut down West Bank protest
9/7/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Friday suppressed a weekly demonstration in Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank, a week after a protester was injured by live fire. Israeli forces fired rubber-coated bullets and tear-gas canisters at the demonstrators after they reached the entrance of the village, lightly injuring several Palestinians. Clashes erupted….
Army: 2 rockets hit south Israel
9/7/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel early Friday, Israel’s army said. The projectiles hit an open area in the Sedot Negev Regional council, without causing injuries or damage, an army spokesman said. An intermittent stream of rocket fire in recent weeks has hit two….
Cemetery dispute opens rare rift in Jerusalem
9/8/2012 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Palestinians fight fiercely to preserve the Arab identity of the occupied Jerusalem, their most sacred city. But they suffer from the occupation’s restrictions on Islamic cemeteries’ expansion in the city, targeting the dead as well as the alive. In the Islamic cemeteries of Bab al-Rahmeh, Mamanullah (known as….
OPT: Upping sticks and heading for Ramallah
9/7/2012 – JERUSALEM (IRIN) — An increasing number of Palestinian citizens of Israel are moving to Ramallah in the West Bank in search of jobs, education or what they perceive as a more congenial environment.” They are not running away, they are trying to create a future for themselves. And if that requires them to go elsewhere instead….
US congressman confirms high-level US-Israel spat over Iran
9/7/2012 – WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blew up at the US ambassador last month because he was “at wits’ end” over what he sees as the Obama administration’s lack of clarity on Iran‘s nuclear program, a US congressman who was at the meeting said. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike….
Hamas leader expects West Bank protests to grow
9/8/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouk said Friday it was too soon to tell if protests in the West Bank would spread as far as Gaza, although he believes the situations are different. In an telephone interview from Cairo, Abu Marzouk said the protests so far against Palestinian Authority prime minister Salam….
Hebron rally calls for Fayyad to quit
9/7/2012 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Thousands of Palestinians gathered at a central junction in the center of Hebron on Thursday evening to protest against spiraling economic hardships. A group calling themselves “youth against high costs of living” insisted they would continue to rally until their demands are answered. The protesters called for PA premier Salam Fayyad….
Vandals smash water authority offices in Bethlehem
9/7/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A group of vandals smashed windows of the Palestinian Water Authority offices in Bethlehem early Friday, officials said. The office was found with strewn with rocks on Friday morning, office director Akram Nassar told Ma’an. He said police were searching for the culprits and warned that certain individuals were….
Analysts say crime rates to rise amid economic hardship
9/7/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Academics predict crime rates in Palestine will rise as people bear the brunt of the Palestinian Authority’s financial crisis.” The rate of poverty and unemployment are rapidly increasing. . . and poverty sets an enabling environment for crime” sociology lecturer Mohamad Farahat told Ma’an by phone on Friday. Mass….
PNI calls for ‘radical change’ in economic policy
9/7/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian National Initiative on Friday declared its support for protests against rising costs of living in the West Bank, and called for a “radical change” in economic policy. The party said young Palestinians were paying the price for the Oslo Accords with Israel, which established the Palestinian Authority. The agreement….
Fayyad: This is not the Palestinian Spring
9/7/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Thursday that the protest movement focused on his economic policies could not be characterized as the arrival of the “Palestinian Spring”. Speaking to reporters at a conference broadcast on official PA TV, Fayyad said the Palestinian Spring began in 1948, the year of Israel….
Fatah’s Shaath backs Fayyad amid calls to resign
9/7/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A top Fatah leader came out in support of embattled Palestinian Authority prime minister Salam Fayyad on Friday, saying the premier is doing the best he can under the circumstances. Nabil Shaath said the protests against Fayyad’s economic policies were understandable but that it would make “no difference” if….
Embassy: Around 12 Palestinians survived Turkey boat disaster
9/8/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Around a dozen Palestinians survived the sinking of a boat off the Turkish coast on Thursday, but it was not clear how many were among the casualties, the Palestinian embassy in Turkey said Friday. Over 60 migrants, more than half of them children, died after their overcrowded boat sank just tens….
UNRWA employee, son killed in Damascus
9/7/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An employee of the UN‘s agency for Palestinian refugees and his son were killed on Thursday as Syrian forces shelled the country’s largest Palestinian refugee camp. The maintenance technician and his son, a medical student, were both Palestinian refugees. They were killed in their home in Yarmouk….
3 Palestinians killed in Syria camp
9/7/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Shelling killed three Palestinians in Syria’s largest refugee camp Friday, a day after an employee of the UN agency for Palestine refugees died along with his son. Residents of the Yarmouk camp said the three Palestinians died after one shell landed on al-Jaouna Street and another landed behind the….
TV: Blast at Damascus mosque kills 5 security personnel
9/7/2012 – BEIRUT (Reuters) — An explosion outside a mosque in Syria’s capital killed five security personnel on Friday and wounded several others, state television said. Syria TV said the “terrorist” blast had been caused by explosives attached to a motorcycle in the Damascus neighborhood of Rukn al-Din. The 17-month-old revolt against President Bashar Assad….
EgyptAir to resume flights after cabin crew deal
9/7/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — State-owned EgyptAir said it would resume international flights from Cairo that had been suspended for most of the day on Friday after reaching a deal with cabin crew who had gone on strike over pay and conditions. An Egyptair official said flights would resume at 6 p. m. It had suspended them from….
British and Dutch urge sanctions against Lebanon’s Hezbollah
9/7/2012 – PAPHOS, Cyprus (Reuters) — Britain and the Netherlands urged other EU governments on Friday to join the United States in imposing sanctions on the Lebanese political and militant group Hezbollah for providing support to Syria’s President Bashar Assad. Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal said the European Union should brand Hezbollah a terrorist organization, a….
Bahrain police fire tear gas at banned anti-govt protest
9/7/2012 – MANAMA (Reuters) — Police fired tear gas and stun grenades at dozens of anti-government protesters who defied a ban on unauthorized demonstrations and marched in the center of Bahraini capital Manama on Friday. Bahrain, where the US Fifth Fleet is based, has been in political turmoil since a protest movement dominated by majority Shi’ite….
Israel allows entry to three African migrants
AlJazeera 7 Sep 2012 – Seventeen others turned away as prime minister warns that country is still “determined to stop the flood” of migrants.
Amnesty: Israel Must Hospitalize or Release Palestinian Hunger Striker on Verge of Death
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Occupation Storms Several Villages, Arrests Palestinian in Jenin
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Raids and Military Checkpoints, Hebron
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Israel’s Cynical Definition of ‘Refugee’
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President Abbas to Hold Conference on Latest Developments of Economic Crisis
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Settlers Attack Palestinians, South of Nablus
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TUC to Vote on Solidarity with Gaza Motion
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UNRWA Condemns Yarmouk Refugee Camp Shelling
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New Report Exposes South Korea’s Complicity with Israeli Apartheid
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Palestinian Artist Dor Guez in the First Major U.S. Museum Exhibition
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“Why are Palestinians protesting?”
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Alternative Information Center
Israel unlawfully exploits resources in OPT
Alternative Information Center – Al-Haq is pleased to announce the publication of “Pillage of the Dead Sea: Israel’s Unlawful Exploitation of Natural Resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” The report examines Israel’s responsibilities with respect to the treatment of the…
Emirati teens’ must-have status symbol comes with a wet nose
The National 6 Sep 2012 – Teenage Emirati boys are increasingly taking a shine to Salukis, a traditional hunting dog.
Twin blasts hit Syrian capital, killing five
The National 7 Sep 2012 – Syrian state media said a “terrorist attack” killed five members of the security forces on a day that the regime shelled a suburb in Damascus, which left as many as 10 people dead, according to witnesses.
Turkey takes Kurd ‘crackdown’ to the courts
The National 7 Sep 2012 – Trials against pro-Kurdish journalists and lawyers highlight a growing rift between state representatives who say they are confronting militants and Kurdish activists claiming Turkey is resorting to repression to solve the conflict.
Dubai special needs school saved from closure
The National 6 Sep 2012 – An education group has stepped in to save St Andrews from closure after staff say the principal ran off with all the school fees.
Parties in the desert snowed out by latest fad
The National 6 Sep 2012 – Desert Snow can create a winter wonderland all year round.
Girl in Pakistan blasphemy case granted bail
The National 7 Sep 2012 – Rimsha Masih, 14, who is said to have Down syndrome, was granted bail on Friday, a decision that one of her lawyers hailed as a “victory for justice”.
UAE and UK to begin two weeks of sky-high military exercises
The National 6 Sep 2012 – Tornado GR4 fighter jets will be used in the Shaheen Star military exercises.
Suspension of Abu Dhabi flights by Air India Express rumoured
The National 6 Sep 2012 – Suspension of flights leaves fewer options for many workers from Tamil Nadu.
Routine is ‘all-important’ for special needs children
The National 6 Sep 2012 – Closure of school was an unfamiliar interruption for children of St Andrews.
Israel’s Maariv to be sold to owner of daily Makor Rishon
Ha’aretz – 7 Sep 2012
Netanyahu ‘lost his temper,’ reprimanded U.S. envoy over Iran, says congressman
Ha’aretz – 7 Sep 2012
Israel’s Rabbi Ovadia is helping stay Netanyahu’s hand on Iran
Ha’aretz – 6 Sep 2012
Migrating butterflies are the new attraction at Israel’s Hula Lake
Ha’aretz – 6 Sep 2012
Wall of rot: Historic murals neglected for years
Ha’aretz – 6 Sep 2012
‘Makor Rishon’ owner to buy ‘Ma’ariv’ for NIS 85m.
Jerusalem Post 7 Sep 2012 – Amid financial struggles, Nochi Dankner agrees to sell paper to publisher of religious daily; 300-400 employees to be offered positions.
‘Chavez camp using anti-Semitism in reelection bid’
Jerusalem Post 7 Sep 2012 – Venezuelan state media, Chavez backers regularly “vilify” opponent Radonski, derisively referring to his Jewish roots, study finds.
Postscript: On responsibility
Jerusalem Post 7 Sep 2012 – The impossibility of continuing with the ultra-Orthodox situation as is, and the dangers of the anti-democratic dogma now dominating at least parts of what used to be a moderate religious school system, have been known about for years.
Canada closes Iran embassy, set to oust diplomats
Jerusalem Post 7 Sep 2012 – Citing nuclear program, hostility towards Israel, Canadian FM Baird calls Iran biggest threat to global peace; Netanyahu praises move.
Greek diplomat: EU mulling ban of settlement goods
Jerusalem Post 7 Sep 2012 – Official tells reporters in Athens that EU nations discussing total ban on importing settlement goods, or a measure requiring special labels for goods made in communities beyond Green Line, such as South Africa passed.
Britain’s Hague calls for more EU sanctions on Iran
Jerusalem Post 7 Sep 2012 – Ahead of EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Cyprus, Hague tells reporters it is necessary to increase pressure on Tehran.
Damascus mosque blast kills 5 security personnel
Jerusalem Post 7 Sep 2012 – Syria TV claims explosive attached to motorcycle causing “terrorist” blast; opposition group says attack aimed at security patrol.
Montenegro Jewish community petitions to pray
Jerusalem Post 7 Sep 2012 – Jewish leaders ask Montenegro’s president to help the community of 12 Jews build a synagogue.
‘Iran urges UN to condemn Israeli strikes in Gaza’
Jerusalem Post 7 Sep 2012 – Tehran calls on UN to “adhere to responsibilities to Palestinian nation,” Press TV quotes Iranian FM spokesman as saying.
Barak: Israel may reoccupy parts of Gaza Strip
Jerusalem Post 7 Sep 2012 – Defense minister says Israel shouldn’t go to war “unless we have to”; Ashkenazi urges inclusion of military brass in war planning.
‘Democrat J’lem policy begs for Jewish votes’
Jerusalem Post 7 Sep 2012 – Hamas official slams decision to reinstate language recognizing J’lem as capital of Israel in party platform.
That’s Lifestyle: I’ll be home for Rosh Hashana
Jerusalem Post 7 Sep 2012 – Lifestyle Editor wraps up week’s stories: High Holy Day survival guides; haredi fashion livens up Venice Red Carpet; living it up at the Dead Sea.
Under protection, Europe’s Jewish gems try to shine
Jerusalem Post 7 Sep 2012 – The deadly attack in Toulouse by an Islamist that left four dead at a Jewish school prompted Belgium’s Jewish communities to ratchet up security.
Muslims, Jews gather in Paris for interfaith parley
Jerusalem Post 6 Sep 2012 – “An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us,” says European Jewish Congress president Moshe Kantor.
Berlin Jews reject Germany restrictions on brit mila
Jerusalem Post 6 Sep 2012 – Jewish community unanimously objects to order outlining stringent new conditions for medical circumcision.
Diplomacy: Iran for dummies
Jerusalem Post 6 Sep 2012 – Even though the news cycle is dominated by an ‘all Iran, all the time’ philosophy, clarity on the issue is at a premium. Now is a good time to step back and take a sober look at some of the basic questions.
Congressman confirms Netanyahu-Shapiro spat
Jerusalem Post 6 Sep 2012 – Republican Mike Rogers says Netanyahu expressed “elevated concerns” over Iranian threat to US ambassador Shapiro.
Preventing ‘Palestine’: Part II – The humanitarian paradigm
Jerusalem Post 6 Sep 2012 – Into the Fray: Formula for an alternative to two-state-solution requires policy that depoliticizes the context and ‘atomizes’ the implementation.
Column One: God, Jerusalem and American foreign policy
Jerusalem Post 6 Sep 2012 – By removing both God and Jerusalem from the platform, Obama and his fellow Democrats stirred the furies of that American soul at its foundations.
‘Palestine’ in perspective
Jerusalem Post 6 Sep 2012 – The unflattering comparison that Mitt Romney drew between the accomplishments of Palestinian may have some merit.
Consider This: Voting for America
Jerusalem Post 6 Sep 2012 – As I learned from my mother, the greatest gift government can provide for the poor is employment opportunities and education.
Justice delayed is justice denied
Jerusalem Post 6 Sep 2012 – The Arab countries targeted the Jewish nationals living in their respective countries, thereby creating two refugee populations.
Eisenbud’s Odyssey: Anti-anxiety nation
Jerusalem Post 6 Sep 2012 – The world has much to learn from a group of people who somehow continue to maintain their balance and composure, despite being within the eyes of unrelenting perfect storms.
Real Israel: From London to Jerusalem
Jerusalem Post 6 Sep 2012 – London was fun, but Jerusalem is home.
Cardiac rehab
Jerusalem Post 6 Sep 2012 – We must have a willingness to discard the heart of stone in order to acquire the gift of a heart of flesh.
Hot and ready
Jerusalem Post 6 Sep 2012 – The Red Hot Chili Peppers are prepared to heat up the stage in Hayarkon Park on Monday night.
Language of reconciliation
Jerusalem Post 6 Sep 2012 – Thousands of Egyptians are studying Hebrew, and learning about the culture of Israel, a neighbor still widely viewed with hostility and suspicion.
Eva Figes obituary
The Guardian 7 Sep 2012 – Novelist and critic best known for her book Patriarchal Attitudes It was with the publication of her feminist polemic Patriarchal Attitudes in 1970 – the same year Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch and Kate Millett’s Sexual…
Israeli defence minister hints at shift away from unilateral action on Iran
The Guardian 7 Sep 2012 – Ehud Barak’s remarks describing US as ‘most important ally’ are interpreted as acknowledgement that Israel cannot act alone In the coded landscape of Israel’s intentions regarding a military strike against Iran, the defence minister, Ehud Barak,…
U.S.: Democratic Convention Stumbles Over Jerusalem Controversy
IPS The Democratic National Convention erupted in controversy this week over the removal of a clause in the party platform stating that Jerusalem should remain Israel’s undivided capital and only grew worse when the wording was hastily re-inserted. Though party platforms are routinely ignored by presidents and members of Congress, the…
3 Palestinians killed in Syria camp
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Holding the US to account for civilian drone deaths in Yemen
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Abusing children “part and parcel” of Israeli ideology, says rights defender
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Palestinian prisoners, Eritrean refugees: On the outskirts of Israeli law
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Democrats Throw Palestinians Under the Bus
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Military Resistance 10I6: Reality
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Why aid projects in Palestine are doomed to fail
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What Obama Has Wrought
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Chocolate parlors cater to your sweet tooth
Daily Star 7 Sep 2012 Imagine a wedding, the recent birth of a baby, a dinner party, a house warming, Easter or Eid in Lebanon.
A few things to ponder ahead of Iran clash
Daily Star 7 Sep 2012 One could argue that Theo Bucker is Lebanon’s greatest ever coach as he has managed to place The Cedars on the footballing map.
Lebanon seek to defend FIBA ASIA title in Tokyo
Daily Star 7 Sep 2012 The Lebanese basketball national team will be seeking gold when they compete at the FIBA ASIA cup which will be hosted by Tokyo Sept. 14-22, having won the previous event in 2010 in Beirut.Teaser
Myanmar gov’t names first female Cabinet minister
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Hamas official: Abbas may be at risk
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Red Cross head had ‘positive’ talks with Assad
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Nigeria declares three fuel retailers wanted for fraud
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State issues bid-free emergency listings
YNet News, 7 Sep 2012 – Civil Service Commission posts listing for 16 vacancies across all major ministries; all seeking personnel for emergency readiness departments ….
Barak: If ordered, IDF can conquer Gaza
YNet News, 7 Sep 2012 – Speaking at conference on Operation Cast Lead defense minister says that 2009’s military campaign could have ended 10 days earlier than it did ….
Reality dictates rigidity
YNet News, 7 Sep 2012 – Op-ed: Poor African migrants seek better life, but Israel has a right to protect its national interests ….
Israeli elected to UNHR Committee
YNet News, 7 Sep 2012 – Professor Yuval Shany selected for judicial body with 112 votes; Says it is ‘no trivial matter’ that Israeli was chosen for prestigious role ….
Ashkenazi: Military must be involved in Iran decision
YNet News, 7 Sep 2012 – Former IDF chief of staff says that the military must be a dominant partner in Iran strike decision; notes it could have major impact on outcome ….
US official: Shapiro, Netanyahu had ‘sharp confrontation’
YNet News, 7 Sep 2012 – Congressman confirms reports claiming that prime minister, US envoy exchanged harsh words on Obama’s Iran stance at J’lem meeting last month ….
Palestinian Information Center
Occupation bans Sheikh Bkeirat from al-Aqsa Mosque
PIC – Israeli occupation forces banned on Friday Sheikh Najeh Bkeirat from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for six months.
IOF launches raids and arrests in al-Khalil and Jenin
PIC – Israeli occupation forces stormed at dawn Friday Fawwar refugee camp and the city of Dura, south of al-Khalil, launched raids and arrested a citizen.
Group of settlers storm al-Aqsa Mosque
PIC – Moshe Feiglin, former Likud party candidate, stormed on Thursday morning al-Aqsa Mosque area accompanied by a group of settlers, and performed Jewish prayers amid tight security.
Occupation Kidnaps five residents from Nablus
PIC – Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Thursday evening, five persons from the northern West Bank city of Nablus, including one man who carries a Jordanian citizenship.
Hamas: The Democratic Party’s position on Jerusalem is a scandal
PIC – The Islamic Resistance Movement “Hamas” has considered the U.S. Democratic Party’s position on Jerusalem as a “scandal that reveals full bias to the Israeli occupation.”
Deteriorations of the health of former minster Abu Arafa in Israeli jails
PIC – A Palestinian human rights organization held the Israeli prison administration responsible for the deterioration of the health of captive Khaled Abu Arafa, former Minister for Jerusalem Affairs.
Haniyeh receives Egyptian delegation in Gaza
PIC – The Palestinian PM, Ismail Haniyeh, received a delegation from the Arab front, representing several Egyptian parties, where he expressed appreciation for their visit in solidarity with Palestinians.
Citizen from al-Khalil tries to burn his vehicle protesting price rises
PIC – A taxi driver tried on Thursday to burn his car in Ibn Rushd square in city of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank in protest at high cost of living, which Ramallah government was responsible for.
AOHR holds Jordan responsible for the prisoner Barq’s life
PIC – The Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) in Britain said that the Jordanian intelligence handed the prisoner Samer Barq over to the Israeli authorities more than two years ago.
5 Palestinians killed in al-Yarmouk refugee camp
PIC – Five Palestinians were reported killed and at least 20 others injured on Thursday, in Yarmouk Palestinian refugees camp located in Damascus town after the camp was bombarded.
PEX Report: Al-Quds Index Up
WAFA – 6 Sep 2012
Illiteracy Rates Drop in 2011
WAFA – 6 Sep 2012
Weather Forecast: Hot Weather
WAFA – 6 Sep 2012
Egypt town’s Muslim-Christian unrest speaks to bigger challenges
LA Times 7 Sep 2012 – Dahshur’s strife is a test of whether Egypt’s transition to democracy under Islamist President Mohamed Morsi will soothe or exacerbate religious tension. DAHSHUR, Egypt — It began when a Christian dry-cleaning business scorched a Muslim man’s shirt.
U.S. hopes in Bahrain dealt another setback
LA Times 8 Sep 2012 – Bahrain has upheld harsh jail terms for 13 opposition activists, the latest blow to the Obama administration’s efforts to encourage reform in the Persian Gulf kingdom. WASHINGTON — Harsh jail terms upheld this week for 13 Bahraini activists marked a setback to the Obama administration’s…
Syria funeral is focus of Kurdish anger
LA Times 7 Sep 2012 – A bombing in Aleppo that killed a woman, two of her children and their young cousin triggers outrage among Kurds at a village funeral and throughout the region. EFRIN, Syria — The mourners chanted, “Long live Kurdistan!” as the doleful cortege moved slowly toward the…
Syrian Rebels Claim They Freed 350 Prisoners in Aleppo
New York Times 7 Sep 2012 – Two bombs in Damascus killed at least six security officers and their civilian supporters, and opponents of President Bashar al-Assad held protests to demonstrate their hold on a handful of suburbs.
Canada Closes Its Embassy in Iran
New York Times 7 Sep 2012 – Calling Iran “the most significant threat to global peace and security in the world today,” Canada’s foreign affairs minister said his government had cut all diplomatic ties with the country.
Israel Releases Papers on ’72 Munich Killings, Part of Trove
New York Times 7 Sep 2012 – Dozens of classified documents relating to the 1972 killing of Olympic athletes in Germany have been made public after sitting for four decades in cardboard boxes at the Israel State Archives.
From Politics to Ads, Israel Archives Meet YouTube
New York Times 7 Sep 2012 – In line with a recent policy of giving the public as much access as possible to historical material, the country’s national archivists have taken to relying on YouTube.
Canada Closes Embassy in Iran and Expels Iranian Diplomats
New York Times 7 Sep 2012 – Canada has closed its embassy in Iran and will expel all remaining Iranian diplomats in Canada within five days, Foreign Minister John Baird said Friday, denouncing Tehran as the biggest threat to global security.
The Lede Blog: Bahraini Activists Document Crackdown on Protest
New York Times 7 Sep 2012 – Security forces again fired tear gas and arrested demonstrators in Bahrain’s capital on Friday, as protesters renewed their calls for reform and the release of political prisoners.
Palestinians Subjected to Assault and Arson Attacks in 9 Cases of Settler Violence
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Baltzer, Finkelstein and Chomsky to speak on state of American Jews re Jewish state
Mondoweiss – Jewish American Relationship with Israel This looks interesting. Anna Baltzer, Norman Finkelstein and Noam Chomsky talking about the Jewish-American relationship with Israel being at a crossroads. I sure hope Daniel Gordis, Steven Cohen, and Malcolm Hoenlein come out and ask some penetrating questions. And speaking of…
Jon Stewart: We’ve finally discovered evidence of Democratic voter fraud Republicans are always complaining about
Mondoweiss – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes , Political Humor & Satire Blog , The Daily Show on Facebook Above, Jon Stewart discusses the Democratic Party “vote” on changing the party platform to include language on Jerusalem. Below, the Republican Jewish Coalition hasn’t…
Welcome to colonized Jerusalem — the capital of Israel
Mondoweiss – What do people mean when they say that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel? You can see in the video below: Israel is colonizing the entire eastern half of the city and the supposed future Palestinian “capital” is far away and behind a 26-foot-high concrete separation…
Confronting anti-semitic discourses head on: How to avoid self-silencing
Mondoweiss – I read Darnell Moore’s response to Judith Butler with great interest. Like many people, I have profound respect and great fondness for this brilliant man. Darnell notes that anyone who speaks about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is entering a minefield. Some Jewish people react with fury…
Only when we strip the ‘disguise’ apartheid Israel wears in the west will US support democratic struggle
Mondoweiss – Years ago at The Nation magazine I asked Henry Siegman about a one-state democracy and he said it was impossible to imagine, dismissed the possibility. Now Siegman, the former head of the World Jewish Congress, grasps that the business of imagining a democratic outcome is far…
Catholics Warn Israel on Anti-Christian Attacks
The Foward Breaking News 7 Sep 2012 – The “price tag” vandalism this week of the monastery at Latrun, in which the culprits sprayed the building’s facade with the words “Jesus is a monkey” and set the front door alight, prompted a fierce statement of condemnation signed by Catholic church leaders here. Click here…
Ehud Barak Praises U.S. Anti-Iran Buildup
The Foward Breaking News 7 Sep 2012 – Israel’s defense minister, Ehud Barak, called recent deployment of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf “impressive” and suggested that the United States is prepared to deal with Iran. Click here for the rest of the article…
John Kerry Cites Netanyahu Praising Obama
The Foward Breaking News 6 Sep 2012 – Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) quoted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praising the Obama administration in a bid to show that Republicans have “lied” about Obama and Israel. Click here for the rest of the article…
Mali: An Interview With Idan Raichel
allAfrica.com 7 Sep 2012 – [ThinkAfricaPress]The Israeli pianist discusses his latest collaboration with Vieux Farka Touré.
EU powers call for Iran sanctions
BBC 7 Sep 2012 – Britain, Germany and France urge fellow European Union countries to impose more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme.
Deadly clash at Libya Sufi shrine
BBC 7 Sep 2012 – Residents clash with ultra-conservative Islamists trying to destroy a Sufi shrine in the eastern Libyan town of Rajma, leaving three people dead.
Palestinian PM ‘ready to resign’
BBC 7 Sep 2012 – Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad says he is willing to resign, following protests in the West Bank against rising living costs.
Israel says “Rachel made me do it”
Sabbah report 7 Sep 2012 – Lawrence Davidson argues that behind the Israeli court ruling that Rachel Corrie, the US peace activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home, lies a culture of pathological racism that considers all Palestinians…
Jewish Settlers set Nablus Orchard Ablaze
Sabbah report 7 Sep 2012 – The evacuation of the illegal Ulpana outpost in June led to a spate of “price tag” attacks on mosques, Palestinians and their property. Related posts: Israel has made settlers of all its citizens What you don’t see on CNN: Settlers Firing on Palestinian Shepherds Jewish Settlers…
AFSC and ADC Join Lawsuit Challenging Restrictions on Right to Advocate
US Campaign to End the Occupation 7 Sep 2012 – Our member groups the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) have joined a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s restrictions on their First Amendment rights to engage in “coordinated advocacy” with Muhammad A. Salah. Muhammad Salah (Tannen Maury / EPA/Newscom) Salah is a…
Three Types of Non-Transformative “Change”
Al-Akhbar Blogs 7 Sep 2012 – Cairo – If you skip reading the news in Egypt for a day, it would seem that you’ve missed a lot. Everyday there is news of major changes in state institutions – overhauls with the magnitude of urgency that was called for immediately after the 18-day…
No Guten Tag to Normalization
Al-Akhbar Opinion 7 Sep 2012 – A demonstrator displays a sign reading “Boycott Israel, racist state” in Brussels. (Photo: Reuters – Francois Lenoir) A demonstrator displays a sign reading “Boycott Israel, racist state” in Brussels. (Photo: Reuters – Francois Lenoir) Dear Frank, Since the withdrawal of my name from the list of…
Fayyad’s Economics Aids Israeli Occupation
Al-Akhbar Opinion 7 Sep 2012 – Palestinian protesters wear Guy Fawkes masks as they hold an effigy of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad during a protest against the high cost of living, in the West Bank 4 September 2012. (Photo: Reuters – Mussa Qawasma) Palestinian protesters wear Guy Fawkes masks as they…
Palestine Protests: Occupation Economy Falters
Al-Akhbar News 7 Sep 2012 – Palestinian protesters burn an effigy of prime minister Salam Fayyad during a demonstration against the high cost of living in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on 4 September 2012. (Photo: AFP – Hazem Bader) Palestinian protesters burn an effigy of prime minister Salam Fayyad…
Lebanon’s Wadi Khaled: Dwindling Chances
Al-Akhbar News 7 Sep 2012 – Syrian children who fled with their families from recent violence in the flashpoint city of Homs, play in the northern Lebanese border village of Kuneissat in Wadi Khaled area. (Photo: AFP – Joseph Eid) Syrian children who fled with their families from recent violence in the…
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Al-Akhbar News 7 Sep 2012 – Edited by Adel Alsalman 31 August 2012 A firefighter stands near the site of a wildfire in Ojen, near the town of Malaga, Spain. (Photo: AFP – Jorge Guerrero) 31 August 2012 A full moon is seen behind tree branches in Skopje, Macedonia. (Photo: AFP -…
Lebanon: Cabinet Bluffs on Pay Raise
Al-Akhbar News 7 Sep 2012 – The UCC, which represents public teachers and employees, went on strike yesterday that shut down the ministries and public administration. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) The UCC, which represents public teachers and employees, went on strike yesterday that shut down the ministries and public administration. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)…
Canada shuts Iran embassy, to kick out diplomats
Al-Akhbar News 7 Sep 2012 – Canada has closed its embassy in Iran and will expel all remaining Iranian diplomats in Canada within five days, Foreign Minister John Baird said on Friday, denouncing Tehran as the biggest threat to global security. Baird cited Iran‘s nuclear program, its hostility towards Israel and Iranian…
Lebanese President and Damascus: Talking Privately
Al-Akhbar News 7 Sep 2012 – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem attends the Non-Alligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran on 30 August 2012. (Photo: AFP – Behrouz Mehri) Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem attends the Non-Alligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran on 30 August 2012. (Photo: AFP – Behrouz Mehri) Despite apparent…
A Parking Lot Called Beirut
Al-Akhbar Series and Features 6 Sep 2012 – People are desperate to own a car for several reasons. Waiting for a bus is not always practical, especially when they have no reliable timetables, and do not connect all the areas of the city. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) People are desperate to own a car for…
Recovering Gaddafi’s Black Box
Al-Akhbar Politics 6 Sep 2012 – Muammar al-Gaddafi’s former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi (R) arrives in Tripoli on 5 September 2012. (Photo: Reuters – Libyan National Guard – Handout) Muammar al-Gaddafi’s former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi (R) arrives in Tripoli on 5 September 2012. (Photo: Reuters – Libyan National Guard – Handout)…
Palestinians Subjected to Assault and Arson Attacks in 9 Cases of Settler Violence
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Articles
Cemetery dispute opens rare rift in Jerusalem
Maath Musleh, Ma’an News Agency 9/8/2012
ERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Palestinians fight fiercely to preserve the Arab identity of the occupied Jerusalem, their most sacred city. But they suffer from the occupation’s restrictions on Islamic cemeteries’ expansion in the city, targeting the dead as well as the alive.
In the Islamic cemeteries of Bab al-Rahmeh, Mamanullah (known as Mamilla to Israelis) and others, a fierce battle between Palestinians and the occupation is taking place. This battle is to protect the dead in their graves and the history on the cemeteries’ tombstones.
The Awqaf takes the lead in protecting the Islamic cemeteries through its Committee to Protect the Cemeteries. Amidst this battle against the occupation, the Awqaf has found itself dragged into a totally different battle. The battlefield here is the Bab al-Sahreh cemetery, also known as al-Mujahedin Islamic cemetery. Their opponents this time are their neighbors in the Garden Tomb of Jesus.
The Awqaf, according to an official with the Garden Tomb of Jesus, is expanding the reinforcement of a wall between it and the al-Mujahedin cemetery, but the new construction is still being built on the graveyard’s property.
The management of the Garden objects, but they say their only objection is based on the safety of the structure. The Awqaf claim this new construction is necessary for the expansion of new graves in the al-Mujahideen cemetery.
The al-Mujahedin Islamic cemetery is located just outside the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, on Salah el-Din Street. It traces back to about a 1,000 years. To the west of the cemetery, the Garden Tomb was established under the rule of the Islamic Ottoman Empire in 1894 by a charitable trust based in the United Kingdom. more.. e-mail
AIPAC and the Undemocratic Convention
Sheldon Richman, CounterPunch 9/7/2012
The Battle Over Jerusalem
We rarely get to see what we saw the other night at the Democratic National Convention. The party platform had been revised from previous years to remove an endorsement of an undivided Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. I haven’t seen an explanation of how that could have happened.
AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the leading organization of the pro-Israel Lobby) must have let down its guard, thinking all was safe and sound in the platform committee. Then it dawned on everyone that this bipartisan concession to Israel and the Lobby was nowhere to be seen in the party’s official statement of principles.
Oh horror! Something had to be done.
And something was done–something not exactly kosher.
An amendment to reinsert the Jerusalem language was proposed, requiring a two-thirds’ vote of the delegates on the floor. Convention chairman (and LA mayor) Antonio Villaraigosa called for a voice vote. It sounded even–there certainly were not two-thirds for the change. Villaraigosa said: “In the opinion of the–let me do that again.” He clearly looked embarrassed.
But the second voice vote had the same outcome! “I, um, I guess–” Villaraigosa stammered. At which point a woman official walked over to him and said, “You gotta let them do what they’re gonna do.”
So Villaraigosa said, “I’ll do that one more time.” If anything, the no’s outnumbered the yeas this time. Nevertheless, Villaraigosa declared, ”In the opinion of the chair, two-thirds voted in the affirmative. The motion is adopted, and the platform has been amended….”more.. e-mail
Israeli leaders score own goal over non-aligned summit in Iran
Uri Avnery, Redress 9/8/2012
Nothing could be more scary than the thought that this duo – Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak – is in a position to start a war, the dimensions and outcome of which are incalculable.
It’s scary not only because of their ideological fixations and mental outlook, but also because of the level of their intelligence.
The last month gave us a small sample. By itself it was but a passing episode. But as an illustration of their decision-making abilities, it was frightening enough.
The routine conference of the Movement of Non-Aligned Nations was to take place in Tehran. One hundred and twnty states promised to attend, many of them represented by their presidents or prime ministers”
This was bad news for the Israeli government, which has devoted much of its energies during the last three years to the strenuous effort to isolate Iran – while Iran was devoted to a no less strenuous effort to isolate Israel.
If the location of the conference was not bad enough, the United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, announced that he would attend, too. And as if this was still not bad enough, the new president of Egypt, Mohammed Morsi, also promised to come.
Netanyahu was faced with a problem: how to react?
If a wise expert had been consulted, he might have asked: why react at all?
The Non-Aligned Movement is an empty shell. It was created 51 years ago, at the height of the Cold War, by Nehru of India, Tito of Yugoslavia, Sukarno of Indonesia and Abd-al-Nasser of Egypt. Dozens of nations joined. They wanted to steer a course between the American and the Soviet blocs. more.. e-mail
Palestinians fleeing Syria denied help in Lebanon
Electronic Intifada: 7 Sep 2012 – Moe Ali Nayel Beirut 7 September 2012 Palestinian refugees fleeing the violence in Syria to Lebanon are not able to access the same relief as Syrian nationals.more
Would a Green US president end aid to Israel?
Electronic Intifada: 7 Sep 2012 – Titus North 7 September 2012 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s proposed policy toward Israel and the Palestinians is analyzed by Titus North, former Green Party congressional candidate.more
Lost between Fatah and Hamas
Palestine Chronicle: 7 Sep 2012 – By Mohammed S. AlNadi A new Hamas-only government was sworn in at the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza Sunday, with Ismail Haniyeh continuing as prime minister but with some cabinet reshuffling. A day earlier, Fatah had opened the registration for local elections in the West Bank. This news came in as no surprise to Palestinians who have already been in big doubts that any reconciliation will ever be reached. Such farcical unilateral moves are yet another round of the deliberate stall that only deepens the rift and further exposes the ill intentions and vindictive attitudes between both parties, and the deviation from working towards establishing a unified national front. They manifest how irresponsible the Palestinian “leadership” is, and how the interest of Palestinians is the last thing they would think about. Earlier this year, general elections had been scheduled to take place on October 23. However, this is not the…more
Palestine in Protest: Echoes of the Past
Palestine Chronicle: 7 Sep 2012 – By Patrick O. Strickland – Jaffa At first glance, it may appear that the demonstrations which alighted across the West Bank on 05 September were routine. Weekly demonstrations, sit-ins, marches, hunger strikes, and graffiti are only a small fraction of the vast reserve of strategic means of rebellion regularly employed by Palestinians. Indeed, the notion of resistance itself has been absorbed as an integral component of society. It is, after all, the 45th year of life under the coerced tutelage of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The demonstrators who flooded into streets across the occupied territories on Wednesday, however, did not deem Israel as the only barrier standing between them and self-determination. After years of vile corruption and inept incompetency, the Palestinian leadership is being called into question: neither armed struggle nor peace negotiations have achieved the long overdue liberation of millions of Palestinians living under military occupation or in…more
All Palestinian Elections to the PNC First
Palestine Chronicle: 7 Sep 2012 – By Uri Davis – Ramallah On more than one occasion has Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced before the FATAH Revolutionary Council his intention of holding comprehensive elections to all the national institution of our Palestinian people (namely, the Palestine National Council (PNC), the Palestinian Authority (PA) Legislative Council and Presidency and Municipal Elections) subject the successful conclusion of the FATAH-HAMAS conciliation. In the view of this writer, holding Palestinian elections in the said order (namely, PNC elections first, PA legislative Council and Presidency elections second, and Municipal Elections third, with or without the successful conclusion of the FATAH-HAMAS conciliation) is indeed one effective route out of the current protracted deadlock facing our Palestinian people consequent to apartheid Israel continuing undermining the “Oslo” brokered “Peace Process” over the past two odd decades in its attempts to deny the right of a State of Palestine to sovereignty in any part of the…more
The March of Folly
Palestine Chronicle: 7 Sep 2012 – By Uri Avnery Nothing could be more scary than the thought that this duo – Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak – is in a position to start a war, the dimensions and outcome of which are incalculable. It’s scary not only because of their ideological fixations and mental outlook, but also because of the level of their intelligence. The last month gave us a small sample. By itself it was but a passing episode. But as an illustration of their decision-making abilities, it was frightening enough. The routine conference of the Movement of Non-Aligned Nations was to take place in Tehran. 120 states promised to attend, many of them represented by their presidents or prime ministers. This was bad news for the Israeli government, which has devoted much of its energies during the last three years to the strenuous effort to isolate Iran – while Iran was devoted to a…more
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