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PCHR Condemns New Israeli Attack Against Palestinian Fishing Boat
IMEMC – PCHR Condemns IOF (Israeli Occupation Forces) Assault on a Fishing Boat While Palestinian Fishermen and International Solidarity Activists Were on Board. …
7 More Palestinians Killed In Al-Yarmouk Refugee Camp
IMEMC – 7 More Palestinians Killed In Al-Yarmouk Refugee Camp Palestinian sources in Syria reported Monday that 7 more Palestinian refugees were killed by a Syrian army shell targeting their vehicle while driving near the Al-Yarmouk refugee camp, near Damascus. …
Swiss Scientists Arrive in the West Bank for Arafat Exhumation; Date Set
IMEMC – The Associated Press has reported on Monday that the date has been set, November 26, for the exhumation of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s remains. …
Soldiers Invade a Jenin Village, Kidnap One Resident
IMEMC – Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, the Zabbouba village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped one resident after breaking into his home. The army also detonated a suspicious object located near the Annexation Wall section near the village. …
Sixteen Killed In al-Yarmouk Refugee Camp In Syria
IMEMC – Activists in the Syrian opposition stated Sunday that the Syrian army bombarded a location, where armed fighters were believed to be hiding, in the al-Yarmouk Refugee Camp, near Damascus, leading to the death of at least 16 persons. …
Palestinian Killed In Central Gaza Explosion
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources reported that one resident was killed in an explosion that took place, on Sunday evening, in the An-Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza. …
Soldiers Invade Orif Village Near Nablus, Clashes Reported
IMEMC – Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers, invaded on Saturday evening, the Orif village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and clashed with local youths before kidnapping one resident. …
Soldiers shoot dead 20-year-old man near Gaza border
11/5/2012 – GAZA (Reuters) — Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 20-year-old Palestinian man who approached a fence near Gaza’s border with Israel, medics said on Monday. An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the shooting took place after darkness fell on Sunday, saying troops opened warning shots when a man walking in a riverbed failed to….
Committee: Settlers destroy dozens of trees in Hebron
11/5/2012 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Settlers from Kiryat Arba uprooted dozens of olive trees in Hebron on Monday, a local agricultural committee said. Over 70 olive and plum trees were destroyed by settlers on land belonging to Hamad al-Zaro, the committee said. Since 1967, 800,000 olive trees have been uprooted by Israeli forces, resulting in a….
Family leaves East Jerusalem home after settler attack
11/5/2012 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Jewish settlers on Monday attacked a Palestinian family in East Jerusalem, forcing them from their homes, the family said. Mahmoud Abu al-Hawa told Ma’an the settlers smashed the windows of his home in al-Tur and ransacked his elderly mother’s room, causing her to pass out, he said….
Hebron teen ‘wrongly jailed for 5 months on rape charge’
11/5/2012 – TEL AVIV (Ma’an) — Israel jailed a Palestinian teenager for almost six months on rape charges, even though eyewitnesses and DNA evidence did not link him to the crime, Israeli media reported on Monday. The 16-year-old shepherd from the south Hebron hills, identified only as A. , was jailed for 171 days after a….
Israel announces plans to boost Iron Dome missile interceptor
11/5/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel announced plans on Sunday to boost its Iron Dome missile interceptor system, citing successful tests of the largely US-funded system conducted in light of what it called “a variety of unprecedented threats”. A Defense Ministry statement said a fifth battery of the rockets used so far to fend off salvoes fired by….
Rami Levy joins Nablus economic summit, factions outraged
11/5/2012 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — An Israeli businessmen who owns supermarkets in Jewish settlements on Sunday took part in a meeting of senior political and economic figures in Nablus. Rami Levy, founder of a popular supermarket brand bearing his name, was part of a delegation of Israeli business leaders that joined the talks, held at the….
US military delegation visits Sinai
11/5/2012 – EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — A US military delegation arrived in Egypt‘s Sinai on Monday to meet with officials about the security situation in the peninsula, Ma’an’s reporter said. The delegation will visit the southern and northern camps of international peacekeeping forces stationed in Sinai, located near Sharm el-Sheikh….
Palestinians reject Netanyahu call to drop UN initiative
11/5/2012 – RAMALLAH (Reuters) — President Mahmoud Abbas will press ahead with a bid to upgrade Palestine’s status at the United Nations, a senior official said on Monday, brushing off a request by Israel to halt the initiative. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has renewed his call for an immediate resumption of peace talks and has….
4 Israeli soldiers injured as jeep overturns in West Bank
11/5/2012 – QALQILIYA (Ma’an) — Four Israeli soldiers were injured Monday when their jeep overturned on a road in Wadi Qana in the northern West Bank, the army said. An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma’an that one soldier suffered moderate injuries and three were lightly injured. She said forces briefly rerouted traffic from the….
Arafat exhumation set for Nov. 26 over poison report
11/5/2012 – RAMALLAH (Reuters) — The body of late leader Yasser Arafat is set to be exhumed on Nov. 26, eight years after his death, as part of an investigation to see if he was murdered, a diplomat said on Monday. Two senior Swiss forensic experts are already in the West Bank to discuss plans for the exhumation….
Turkey tries Israeli military over flotilla killings
11/5/2012 – ANKARA (Reuters) — Turkey puts four former Israeli military commanders, including the head of the army, on trial in absentia this week for the 2010 killing of nine Turks on a Gaza-bound aid ship. The trial, which begins in Istanbul on Tuesday, will further test relations between the one-time strategic allies and has been dismissed by….
Rights group says presidential guard threaten employee
11/5/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Center for Human Rights said Sunday one of its field workers had been threatened by members of the Palestinian Presidential Guard while working in Ramallah. PCHR employee Shareef Aasi received reports that PhD graduates staging a sit-in outside the presidential compound on Thursday were being harassed by the presidential….
PA to open trade centers in Jordan, Algeria, Malaysia
11/5/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority economy minister said Sunday he was moving forward with his plan to establish three commercial centers for Palestinian products abroad. Jawad al-Naji say implementation has begun for the centers in Jordan, Algeria and Malaysia. The facilities will promote Palestinian industries in an effort to boost trade relations. The….
Report: Netanyahu, Barak clashed with army over Iran attack
11/5/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered Israeli defense chiefs in 2010 to prepare for an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities but were rebuffed, a television report said. Excerpts released on Monday of an Israeli Channel 2 documentary said the armed forces’ chief of staff at the….
Egyptian scholars to visit Gaza
11/5/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A delegation of Egyptian scholars will visit the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the minister of religious affairs said Monday. Ismail Radwan told Ma’an that the 57-member group would spend three days in Gaza visiting mosques, foundations and institutions. [END]
Despite UAE funds, no date set for PA salary payments
11/5/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority finance minister said Monday it was too early to set a date for the payment of October’s government salaries. The donation of $42 million from the UAE, announced Sunday, will help the PA with payments, but it has many financial obligations alongside public sector salaries, Nabil….
Fatah: Security forces prevent member leaving Gaza
11/5/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Gaza’s security forces stopped a Fatah central committee member from traveling to the West Bank, the party said on Monday. Amal Hamad waited at the Palestinian side of the Erez crossing for two hours before she was turned back, the Fatah statement said. She was meant to travel….
Gaza police catch crocodile
11/5/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Police on Monday captured a crocodile that had been living in sewage pit in the northern Gaza Strip. The rescue operation took several attempts but the crocodile was eventually caught without harm, police said in a statement. Locals had alerted police to the presence of the reptile. [END]
Student dies after hit by car in Nablus
11/5/2012 – TULKAREM (Ma’an) — A 19-year-old university student died on Monday morning after he was hit by a car in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Muath Muhanad al-Jala’ was hit by the taxi near al-Najah university, where he was studying. He was seriously wounded, and died a few hours later, medics….
Fighting rages at Damascus Palestinian camp, 20 killed
11/5/2012 – AMMAN (Reuters) — The Syrian army shelled rebel positions inside a Palestinian refugee camp on the edge of Damascus on Sunday killing at least 20 people, opposition campaigners said. The Yarmouk camp, adjacent to the capital’s southern entrance, has become the latest battle ground between forces loyal to Bashar Assad and rebels fighting to….
Palestinian actor killed by rebels in Syria
11/5/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Syrian-born Palestinian actor Muhammad Rafeh was found dead this weekend, drawing condemnation from a Palestinian faction aligned to President Bashar Assad. Rafeh, 30, gained fame for his role as young merchant Ibrahim in the popular Syrian TV series Bab al-Hara. He was the son of Ahmad Rafeh, also an actor, who….
7 Palestinians killed in Damascus
11/5/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Syrian government forces on Monday shelled a bus killing seven Palestinians in Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, locals said. A refugee from Yarmouk told Ma’an that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad had shelled the bus on a road adjacent to the camp, killing seven. He said….
FM: Russia supplying arms to Syria under old contracts
11/5/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — Moscow is supplying arms to Syria under Soviet-era commitments and were meant for defense against external threats, not to support President Bashar Assad, Russia’s foreign minister told an Egyptian newspaper. Russia sold the Syrian government $1 billion worth of weapons last year and has made clear it would oppose an arms….
5 bomb blasts hit Bahrain capital, 2 workers killed
11/5/2012 – DUBAI (Reuters) — Five home-made bombs went off in the Bahraini capital Manama on Monday, killing two street cleaners and wounding another worker, the state news agency said, describing the explosions as “terrorist acts”. Police have been targeted by explosions several times this year, as the government has stepped up efforts to quell an uprising that….
Opposition: Suicide bomber kills 50 Syrian security men
11/5/2012 – BEIRUT (Reuters) — An Islamist suicide car bomber killed at least 50 Syrian security men in Hama province on Monday, an opposition group said, in what would be one of the bloodiest single attacks on President Bashar Assad’s forces in a 20-month-old uprising. Another day of relentless violence in Syria coincided with more….
Gaza sewer crocodile captured
AlJazeera 5 Nov 2012 – Authorities say the animal will be returned to the zoo after escaping and living in the sewers for two years.
Qaraqe Holds Israel Accountable for the Lives of Three Striking Prisoners
Palestine News Network
Israeli Army Killed a Mentally-Ill Palestinian at Gaza-Israel Border
Palestine News Network
Swiss Delegation Arrives to Ramallah, Arafat’s Body to be Exhumed
Palestine News Network
The Freedom Bus’s New Initiative “The Ride for Water Justice”
Palestine News Network
Yediot Ahranot: Confrontations Launch in Damascus, Syria
Palestine News Network
Qalandiya International: Art & Life in Palestine
Palestine News Network
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
PCHR Condemns Prevention of Persons from Traveling by ISS
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Syrian Arab Republic (the): Car bomb kills 50 in Syria as air strikes pound rebels
Relief Web 5 Nov 2012 – Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Syrian Arab Republic (the) , occupied Palestinian territory 11/05/2012 20:20 GMT DAMASCUS, Nov 5, 2012 (AFP) – Syrian rebels launched a devastating car bomb attack Monday that killed 50 pro-regime fighters, a watchdog said, as air strikes…
Frantic schedules mark final day of presidential race
The National 5 Nov 2012 – Barack Obama, the US president, and challenger Mitt Romney were storming through a final exhaustive campaign push yesterday in pursuit of every possible vote.
US election campaign’s $5.8bn cost can make poor feel left out
The National 5 Nov 2012 – Unprecedented spending from corporations and billionaire individuals results in the most expensive campaign in history as American politics becomes ‘a rich man’s game’.
UAE continues talks with UK on Eurofighter jet sales
The National 5 Nov 2012 – Senior UK officials are in the UAE seeking to close the sales deal of Eurofighter Typhoon jets to the Emirate’s military.
Emirati ‘trapped’ abroad on fake-cash charge claims innocence
The National 5 Nov 2012 – An Emirati man detained in India for five years on charges of trafficking millions of counterfeit money has denied the charges, complaining that the wait has been too long.
Syrian National Council agrees to invite factions
The National 5 Nov 2012 – More activists and political groups from inside Syria will join the main opposition in move likely to consolidate support behind the rebel Free Syrian Army and dilute the influence of militant Islamists.
Rebel car bomb blast kills 50 at Syria military post
The National 5 Nov 2012 – The attack was one of the deadliest on pro-regime forces since the start of the uprising against President Bashar Al Assad’s rule in March last year.
Abu Dhabi Art Fair to kick off with new talent
The National 5 Nov 2012 – The event, organised by the Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC), will highlight emerging artists such as Hamdan Al Shamsi and Shamsa Al Amera.
Pakistani religious leader casts doubt over Malala attack
The National 5 Nov 2012 – The leader of Pakistan’s largest religious political party has cast doubt on the Taliban shooting of Malala Yousafzai, saying he did not believe she was hit in the head.
Doctors threatened when attempting to treat Myanmar’s injured
The National 5 Nov 2012 – Doctors Without Borders teams were threatened and stopped from reaching areas in Myanmar hit by communal bloodshed, the charity said yesterday.
Site of alleged massacre by US soldier now a ghost town
The National 5 Nov 2012 – Najeeban in southern Afghanistan is a ghost village, deserted by the surviving inhabitants after a murderous rampage, allegedly carried out by a US soldier this year.
Report: African torture victims held under devastating conditions in Israel
Ha’aretz – 5 Nov 2012
Despite Shas pressure, Knesset extends Israel’s daylight saving time
Ha’aretz – 5 Nov 2012
PA official: Palestinians to pursue UN bid, despite Netanyahu call for talks
Ha’aretz – 5 Nov 2012
Members of Rabin camp criticize Labor Party leader Shelly Yacimovich
Ha’aretz – 5 Nov 2012
Arab MK: World must sanction Israel over FM Lieberman’s ‘racism’
Ha’aretz – 5 Nov 2012
Packs of feral dogs are a growing threat in Israel
Ha’aretz – 4 Nov 2012
Health Ministry to move patients in private psychiatric facilities to public hospitals
Ha’aretz – 4 Nov 2012
Magen David Adom accused of abusing its power to win new business
Ha’aretz – 4 Nov 2012
Greens fear Israel’s Palmahim Beach resort will go ahead despite state ban
Ha’aretz – 4 Nov 2012
Jordan in the dark over Egyptian gas cut
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Jordanians suffer severe shortage of natural gas after Cairo gov’t reduces amounts pumped to Amman.
The issues really motivating US Jews to vote
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – When I go into the voting booth, a candidate’s views on Israel’s security help inform my vote, but don’t dictate it.
Orientalist romanticism and Westernist anti-Semitism
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – The Western visitor, wandering about Jerusalem’s streets, is bothered by Orthodox men speed-walking, pities women covered up in skirts, wigs, or huts, and grimaces in pain when haredi sensibility about modest clothing is to be respected.
The choice
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Government grows in size and power as the individual shrinks into dependency. Until the tipping point where dependency becomes the new norm – as it is in Europe.
Conflict in the education system
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – It is my belief that every citizen, young or old, has the right to learn about the issues that the political leadership is facing when negotiating an end to this decades long conflict.
An open letter to Prof. Dershowitz
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – The case for President Barack Obama’s reelection is factually inaccurate and uncharacteristically cursory, but most important, deeply disappointing.
Encountering Peace: The leader and the leaderless
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – What Palestinian Authority chairman had to say to the people of Israel in his interview on Channel 2 on Friday night, I heard months ago in private meetings with him, following which I wrote detailed reports and analysis for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
Kosher competition
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Greed, profiteering and fraud are no strangers to the kosher supervision business.
A young Republican’s plea before election day
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – As a junior in college and a young Republican activist who has spent the past few months campaigning for Governor Romney on college campuses across America, I have experienced and witnessed firsthand the fear that’s building in the hearts of college students.
Jubran’s silent approach to music
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Versatile musician Wassim Jubran will take the stage with only his instrument for company as part of next week’s International Oud Festival.
Liberman to gather envoys against PA’s UN bid
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Abbas travels to Jordan, consults Arab League on how best to lobby world to advance non-member status at General Assembly.
Iran nuclear fuel move may ease war fears – for now
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Experts: Tehran’s decision to use a third of its uranium for civilian purposes delays nuclear program temporarily, uranium could be reverted back.
Stray Syrian bullets hit IDF jeep on Syria border
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Battalion commander’s jeep hit at northern border; Israel to appeal to UN over 3 Syrian tanks that entered demilitarized zone in Golan.
Netanyahu promises: I’ll push the button on Iran if I must
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Channel 2 investigative report shows spat between former prime minister Olmert, defense minister Barak as they struggled to cope with growing Iranian, Syrian nuclear activity.
Turkey tries IDF commanders over Marmara killings
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Ashkenazi, other former army commanders put on trial for the death of 9 Turks on the ship; foreign ministry: This is a “show trial.”
Poll: 65% Arab electorate prefers united ticket
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Dialog poll finds 55% would like slate of Arab parties to be headed by MK Ahmed Tibi; only 1% say they will vote for Zionist parties.
The Blog Down: A Tale of Two Storms
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Hurricane Sandy and the US presidential elections are the two topics dominating the Jpost.com blogs this week.
Syrian rebels bomb Damascus, kill 50 soldiers
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – After severe blow to Syrian President Assad’s military, troops launch air strike on Idlib, killing 20 rebel fighters.
Experts gather to discuss Arafat exhumation
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Swiss forensic experts arrive in West Bank to investigate high traces of polonium-210 found on former PLO chairman’s clothes.
Obama, Romney make final cases before election
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Polls give Obama slight lead in many swing states; US president to visit 3 swing states Monday, Romney 4 in race to White House.
Russia endorses Egyptian-led regional group on Syria
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Initiative would reconvene Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran to promote a ceasefire between Assad, rebels.
Palestinians reject PM’s call to drop UN initiative
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Netanyahu‘s plea to renew direct talks goes unanswered by the PA, which will press ahead with bid to upgrade its UN status.
Bikur Cholim turning away women in labor
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Jerusalem Hospital’s staff strikes after two months of partial or no pay; emergency room closed for 6th day.
Jewish women opting for single motherhood
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – More and more Jewish women are giving up on finding Mr. Right, having children while biologically possible.
Alternatively Speaking: Striving for immunity
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Alternative medicine expert Natalie Marx answers your questions: Are there any herbs that can help prevent getting the flu this winter?
Nazi leader’s sister hid Jews near Brussels
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Hanna Nadel recalls how she and 2 other Jews were saved during Holocaust by the sister of a Belgian Nazi leader.
This is your brain on politics
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Does your DNA decide who you vote for? USC neuro-science reveals brain differences between Republicans and Democrats.
Syrian army strikes Damascus after rebel attacks
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Activists say 28 people killed in bombardment and overnight shelling; Russian FM justifies $1b. in arms sales to Assad in year.
MK Zahalka calls for foreign sanctions on Israel
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Balad MK denounces Likud-Beytenu merger as “lunge to the right,” describes Liberman as “dangerous,” calls for sanctions on Israel.
Bikur Cholim fails to pay staff 30% of Sept. wages
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Senior medical staffers criticize Deputy Health Minister Litzman who they say has taken only partial action to save hospital.
‘S.D.’ contradictions may crush Holyland case
Jerusalem Post 5 Nov 2012 – Analysis: State’s witness admits paying bribes from own pocket, in own interest.
Israeli split over Iran strike lays bare a high-stakes game of political poker
The Guardian 5 Nov 2012 – Military’s decision to allow TV documentary revealing deep divisions over Iran policy to air could be attempt to portray political leaders as reckless This is not the first time Israel’s political and security establishments have been…
Israel and Iran hold ‘positive’ nuclear talks in Brussels
The Guardian 5 Nov 2012 – Brussels conference could help pave way for full international conference on banning weapons of mass destruction in Middle East Israeli and Iranian officials are taking part in a on nuclear proliferation meeting in Brussels on Monday,…
Israel ‘planned Iran attack in 2010’
The Guardian 5 Nov 2012 – Binyamin Netanyahu ordered military to prepare for strike against Iran two years ago, according to TV documentary Israel’s prime minister and defence minister ordered the country’s military to prepare for a strike against Iran’s nuclear installations…
How Israel’s West Bank barrier isolated Bir Nabala – video
The Guardian 5 Nov 2012 – Residents of East Jerusalem suburb tell how they have been affected by Israel’s separation barrier
How the West Bank barrier has starved business and community
The Guardian 5 Nov 2012 – A thriving wedding venue in Bir Nabala is among many concerns cut off by a policy that turned a thriving village into a ghost town Inside the derelict wedding hall, bird droppings have stained the golden…
Against Voting: “As long as we live, we shall have to live together with ourselves”
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Pak prisoner at Bagram jail has bleak future
Uruknet
Gun battles erupt in Tripoli
Uruknet
Spokesman says to release proof Arabs, Israel sabotaging Abbas
Uruknet
Abbas invites the wrath of Palestinian refugees
Uruknet
Misquoted: Iran Denies Halting 20 Percent Uranium Enrichment
Uruknet
012 (Warning: Graphic Videos)
Uruknet
Military Resistance 10K2 : Betrayed Again
Uruknet
US National Archives Has Blocked Searches for ‘WikiLeaks’
Uruknet
Egypt’s new pope opposes religious constitution
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 Egypt‘s new Coptic pope said Monday the constitution now being drafted will not be acceptable if it is overtly religious.
Turkey denies sending Yemen weapons
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 Ankara on Monday said it had never authorised a shipment of weapons which authorities in Yemen seized at the weekend and is believed to have originated in Turkey.
Iran nuclear fuel move may ease war fears – for now
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 A slowdown in Iran’s accumulation of its most sensitive nuclear material may have helped put off the threat of a new Middle East war for now.
Sit-in at key oil refinery costs Libya ‘$30 million’
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 A three-day protest at a strategic oil refinery staged by former rebels demanding medical treatment has cost Libya about $30 million, a senior official said on Monday.
Syrian chaos deepens as rebels, Palestinians fight
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 New chaos engulfed Syria’s civil war Monday as Palestinian supporters and opponents of the embattled regime were swept up in intense fighting in Damascus.
Turkey tries Israeli military over Gaza ship killings
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 Turkey puts four former Israeli military commanders, including the head of the army, on trial in absentia this week for the 2010 killing of nine Turks on a Gaza-bound aid ship.
UN: Iran not cooperating on nuclear weapons probe
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 The U.N. nuclear chief said Monday that Iran is not cooperating with an investigation into suspected secret work on nuclear weapons.
Car bomb kills 50 in Syria as air strikes pound rebels
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 Syrian rebels launched a devastating car bomb attack Monday that killed 50 pro-regime fighters, a watchdog said, as air strikes pounded rebel positions and the opposition held talks on an overhaul.
Syria opposition agrees to expand membership
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 Syria’s main opposition bloc, under US pressure to reshape into a widely representative government-in-exile, agreed on Monday to broaden its structure to accommodate 13 other groups, a spokesman said.
Morocco arrests ‘terror’ cell
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 Morocco said on Monday it has arrested eight people suspected of plotting attacks against strategic sites, less than a week after the kingdom announced it had dismantled a “terrorist” cell.
Kuwait ruler slams ‘illegal’ opposition protests
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 The Kuwaiti ruler criticised the opposition on Monday for staging “illegal” protests that led to violence and called for dialogue to resolve a dispute over changes to the electoral law.
Israel military vehicle hit by Syria gunfire: army
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 An Israeli military vehicle on the occupied Golan Heights was hit by gunfire from neighbouring Syria on Monday, the Israeli army said.
US military delegation visits Egypt’s Sinai
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 The deputy commander of the U.S. Central Command paid a visit Monday to American troops stationed in Egypt‘s troubled Sinai Peninsula.
Prosecutor: US soldier had blood of victims on him
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 The soldier accused of killing 16 villagers in a nighttime rampage in Afghanistan returned to his base wearing a cape and with the blood of his victims on his rifle, belt, shirt and pants, a military…
Saudi king names Qaeda arch foe as interior minister
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 Saudi King Abdullah on Monday appointed as interior minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who has led a crackdown on Al-Qaeda and survived a suicide bomb attack claimed by the jihadists.
Obama, Romney focus on swing states in late campaigning
Daily Star 5 Nov 2012 Obama and Romney made their final urgent pleas to voters on Monday in a closing sprint through vital battleground states that will determine who wins their agonizingly close race for the White House.
Boycott recommendation
YNet News, 5 Nov 2012 – Op-ed: Richard Falk had two options – forced hospitalization or taking job as UN Rights Council rapporteur ….
UN management under fire over silence after storm Sandy
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Syria’s main opposition group broadens base
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Hamas official: Closing of Damascus office unimportant
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Bahrain: 2 killed in bomb blasts
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IDF jeep hit by Syrian gunfire; none injured
YNet News, 5 Nov 2012 – Golani patrol vehicle sustains damage after being hit during routine operation. No injuries reported ….
Report: Syrian security forces shut down Hamas’ Damascus office
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‘Israel trying to render migrants invisible’
YNet News, 5 Nov 2012 – Human rights activists tour new holding facilities fir illegal migrants; say planned conditions meant to ‘make migrant’s lives miserable’ ….
Palestinian girl tries to goad soldiers into lashing out
YNet News, 5 Nov 2012 – Video documents 10-year-old cursing, spitting at soldiers in attempt to provoke violent reaction – that never comes ….
Sacrifices don’t bring peace
YNet News, 5 Nov 2012 – Op-ed: Israel cannot allow its security to rest upon the shoulders of those who fail to learn from history ….
Daylight Savings Time to be extended by 10 days
YNet News, 5 Nov 2012 – MKs who initiated bill wanted more but Knesset finally approved bill to extend Daylight Savings Time to period of 193 days ….
Breslovs Hasidim form new political party
YNet News, 5 Nov 2012 – Rabbi Nachman of Breslov Hasidic movement enters political arena ahead of upcoming Knesset elections. ‘We’ll have positive impact on people’s lives,’ says founder ….
Obama’s woman in Tehran
YNet News, 5 Nov 2012 – One of US president’s senior advisors is secretly making efforts to establish line of communication with Iran ….
Superstorm Sandy vs. Qassam rockets
YNet News, 5 Nov 2012 – Israeli mother of two living in Long Island escapes destructions of Superstorm Sandy; stays with family in Gaza vicinity area. ‘At least we have running water and electricity,’ she says ….
Palestinian Information Center
UFree: Continued isolation of Abu Sisi to cover up for his kidnap
PIC – The European network for the defense of Palestinian prisoners (UFree) has condemned the Israeli occupation authority’s decision to extend the solitary confinement of detainee Dirar Abu Sisi.
IOF demolishes house in OJ
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) demolished a Palestinian house in occupied Jerusalem on Monday at the pretext of construction in agricultural land.
IOA holds Palestinian activist in administrative detention
PIC – The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) held Palestinian activist Osama Shahin in administrative detention, without charge, after arresting him a week earlier.
PA security rounds up seven Hamas supporters
PIC – Palestinian authority’s security apparatuses rounded up seven Hamas supporters in five West Bank provinces, local sources said.
Human Rights Center holds IOA responsible for Mohammed al-Najjar’s life
PIC – The Palestinian Center for Prisoners’ Studies held occupation authorities and prison service fully responsible for the Palestinian prisoner Mohammed al-Najjar’s life ..
Head of al-Asala Tunisian party reaches Gaza
PIC – Dr. Mouldi Ali Mujahid, the head of al-Asala Tunisian Party, will reach to Gaza Strip on Monday coming from the Rafah crossing..
Tunisian party to sue Israel over Abu Jihad assassination
PIC – Tunis’ Wafa Party announced on Sunday its intention to sue the occupation state for the killing of Khalil al-Wazir, known as Abu Jihad, in the Tunisian capital city of Tunis, 25 years ago.
IOF arrests 14 citizens in West Bank’s governorates
PIC – The IOF raided at dawn Monday a number of governorates in the occupied West Bank and arrested 14 Palestinian citizens, who were transferred to interrogation centers..
Citizens prevent occupation from demolishing school and solar panels in Yatta
PIC – The Israeli occupation forces raided this morning the hamlets of al-Taban and al-Fakhit, in the east of Yatta south of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian businessman meets Israeli economic delegation in Nablus
PIC – Palestinian businessman Munib al-Masri met on Sunday morning an Israeli economic delegation in the city of Nablus with the participation of Arabic, Turkish and European delegations.
Israeli Soldiers Arrest 5, including Teens in Jerusalem
WAFA – 5 Nov 2012
Education Ministry Denounces Teachers’ Strike
WAFA – 5 Nov 2012
Israelis Leave Wounded to Bleed to Death
WAFA – 5 Nov 2012
World Bank Official to Discuss Investments in West Bank, Gaza
WAFA – 5 Nov 2012
Israeli Forces Arrest 14, including Prisoner’s Wife
WAFA – 5 Nov 2012
Weather Forecast Possible Scattered Rain Showers during Night
WAFA – 5 Nov 2012
Syrian Rebels Claim to Kill Dozens of Soldiers
New York Times 5 Nov 2012 – Conflicting accounts emerged on the death toll from a car bomb near the central city of Hama, with rebels reporting dozens of soldiers dead and the government saying just two civilians were killed.
Five Bomb Blasts Hit Bahrain Capital
New York Times 5 Nov 2012 – The bombs exploded in the heart of the capital, Manama, on Monday, killing two people, officials said.
Coptic Church Chooses Pope Who Rejects Politics
New York Times 5 Nov 2012 – In Egypt, the first new Coptic pope in more than four decades promised a new era of tolerance between the country’s Christian minority and the politically-dominant Muslims.
Israeli Report Cites a Thwarted 2010 Move on Iran
New York Times 5 Nov 2012 – An Israeli news channel reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the Israeli military in 2010 to prepare for an attack on the Iranian nuclear program.
Pressure on IEC execs over NIS 1.5b shortfall
Globes Energy & Water – Treasury official: Israel Electric Corporation’s chairman should take responsibility and ensure that lessons are learned.
Environment Minister: Gas drilling could cause disaster
Globes Energy & Water – Gilad Erdan said the Finance Ministry was dragging its feet over budgets for dealing with a breakdown at an offshore well.
ILDC Energy offers Myra oil rights
Globes Energy & Water – NSAI estimates that the Myra license has 63.84 million barrels of oil with a 16% probability of geologic success.
Idan Ofer launches yacht called “Better Place”
Globes Main News – The Better Place chairman’s $10 million 50-meter yacht carries the electric car venture’s logo on its sails.
Teva shakes up top management
Globes Main News – Teva CEO: These changes are part of our ongoing process to build a premier leadership team and reshape Teva.
Mon: Banks lead market gains
Globes Main News – Leumi, Hapoalim, Discount, and Mizrahi Tefahot all rose strongly, as did Teva.
Orbotech posts $46m loss, announces share buyback
Globes Main News – The loss was caused by write downs mainly related to the company’s flat panel display inspection business.
DSP Group narrows loss on lower revenue
Globes Main News – CEO Ofer Elyakim: We remain on track to meet our objective of generating positive operating cash flows for 2012.
AudioCodes reports sequential growth, narrower loss
Globes Main News – The third quarter non-GAAP net loss was $419,000, compared with $1.4 million for the second quarter.
Knesset passes law extending daylight savings
Globes Macro Economics – The Knesset says that the law will extend daylight savings to 193 days a year from the current average of 182 days a year.
“Bloomberg” rates Beny Steinmetz richest Israeli
Globes Macro Economics – The mining and diamonds magnate has a net worth of $8.1 billion.
Exile and the Prophetic: Election eve (Jewish) blues
Mondoweiss – This post is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page. Getting past triumphalism isn’t easy. Our traditions are filled to the brim with it. If we look closely, so are we. Disciplining…
Revolution and zealotry, a dialogue
Mondoweiss – The other day Weiss did a post criticizing a piece about the Arab Spring by Hussein Agha and Robert Malley published by the New York Review of Books and titled , “This Is Not a Revolution.” David Bromwich had a response to it. A dialogue ensued. Bromwich :…
Pro-settler Israeli organization calls for an end to US aid to Israel
Mondoweiss – The above video was produced for the “Free Zion” campaign which sees U.S. aid to Israel as an encroachment on Israeli sovereignty. I like the guy you first see at about the 1:05 mark. I was just waiting for him to say, “U.S. aid to Israel?…
‘Even a single night in jail is enough to give a taste of what it means to be under the total control of some external force’ – Chomsky on his recent trip to Gaza
Mondoweiss – Noam Chomsky has written about his recent trip to Gaza . From ” Impressions of Gaza “: Even a single night in jail is enough to give a taste of what it means to be under the total control of some external force. And it hardly takes more than…
A Sunday morning chat about drones with counter-terrorism chief John Brennan
Mondoweiss – John Brennan, not at home. (Photo: AP ) Having recently returned from Pakistan meeting with drone victims, on November 4 my partner Tighe Barry and I were having a leisurely Sunday morning breakfast. The discussion turned to John Brennan, Obama’s counter-terrorism chief and the key person making…
‘Haaretz’ undermines a foundational myth: FDR abandoned Europe’s Jews
Mondoweiss – Sunday’s Ha’aretz ran a very important piece by Tom Segev reporting on the distinguished Israeli historian of the Holocaust Yehuda Bauer’s about-face about whether there was anything the Roosevelt Administration could have done aside from winning the war to prevent the Holocaust and minimize the loss…
Iran’s Nuclear Slowdown Puts Off War For Now
The Foward Breaking News 5 Nov 2012 – A slowdown in Iran’s accumulation of its most sensitive nuclear material may have helped put off the threat of a new Middle East war for now, but Tehran’s expanding uranium-enrichment capacity suggests any relief could be short-lived. Click here for the rest of the article…
Turkey ‘Tries’ Israelis Over Flotilla Attack
The Foward Breaking News 5 Nov 2012 – Turkey puts four former Israeli military commanders, including the head of the army, on trial in absentia this week for the 2010 killing of nine Turks on a Gaza-bound aid ship. Click here for the rest of the article…
Israeli Youth See Rabin’s Killing as Lesson
The Foward Breaking News 5 Nov 2012 – Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination is taught by Israeli youth movements and in schools as an object lesson in the dangers of ideological extremism. Click here for the rest of the article…
Palestinians Push Ahead With Bid for Statehood
The Foward Breaking News 5 Nov 2012 – The Palestinians will press ahead with a bid to upgrade their status at the United Nations, a senior official said on Monday, brushing off a request by Israel to halt the initiative. Click here for the rest of the article…
Nigeria: ‘Israeli Contractors Sold Nigeria U.S.$240 Million Non-Functional Drones’
allAfrica.com 5 Nov 2012 – [Vanguard]Nigerian defence and security equipment contractor, Alh. Rabiu Hassan, yesterday, alleged that some Israeli security contractors (names withheld) were fleecing the nation of huge sums of money in hard currencies by supplying either non-functional equipments or collecting mobilisation fees without making supplies.
Sudan: Minister Voices Displeasure Over Iranian Warships
allAfrica.com 5 Nov 2012 – [Sudan Tribune]Washington -The Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti criticized the government for allowing Iranian naval warships to dock in the Red Sea coastal city of Port Sudan late last month in remarks that confirmed reports of rifts within the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) over ties…
Egypt: Nation, Cyprus Sign Air Transport Agreement
allAfrica.com 5 Nov 2012 – [Egypt Online]Egypt and Cyprus have signed an air transportation agreement that will increase commercial and cargo-carrying flights between the two countries.
Egypt: Sinai Assault Perpetrators Revealed After Operation ‘Eagle’ Ends – Presidency Spokesman
allAfrica.com 5 Nov 2012 – [Aswat Masriya]The identity of Sinai attack perpetrators will be revealed once operation “Eagle” is complete, Yasser Ali, official spokesman of the presidency, said on Sunday.
Weekly Demonstration in Al Ma’sara: Blocking the Main Road
Palestine Solidarity Project 5 Nov 2012 – On Friday 2th of November Palestinian, Israeli and international activists gathered for a non-violent demonstration in the village of Al Ma’sara, Bethlehem district. The popular committee of Al Ma’sara had decided to show resistance against the Israeli occupation by blocking the main road used by both…
Norwegian activists block G4S headquarters
Global BDS 5 Nov 2012 – Early this morning, a group of activists from the Palestine Committee of Norway blocked the entrance to the offices of the security firm G4S in Oslo. The activists demanded that G4S stop all activities that contribute to the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. The blockade adds weight to…
Call for World Social Forum Free Palestine Extended
Global BDS 5 Nov 2012 – World Social Forum – Free Palestine Call for Simultaneous Solidarity Action, 28 November to 1 December 2012 From 28 November through 1 December, thousands of activists, organizers, youth, faith-based groups, trade unions, musicians, academics, and more will converge on Porto Alegre, Brazil for the first ever…
New report by European groups highlights growing consensus for ban on Israeli settlement goods
Global BDS 5 Nov 2012 – A coalition of 22 European NGOs along with Richard Falk , the UN special rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories have in the last week released significant reports on financial links with illegal Israeli settlements. Running into 35 pages, the report from European NGOs, titled…
It’s time for sanctions on Israel
Global BDS 5 Nov 2012 – Ahead of the Israeli elections next January, a merger between the parties of the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and the foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has been announced. They are to contest the elections on a joint list, intending to become the largest bloc in the Knesset….
Deadly car bombings rock Syria
BBC 5 Nov 2012 – A number of people have been killed in two car bomb attacks in Syria, state media and activists say, as opposition figures meet in Qatar.
Syrian guns ‘hit Israeli patrol’
BBC 5 Nov 2012 – An Israeli patrol vehicle is reportedly hit by Syrian gunfire in the Golan Heights, two days after three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarised zone.
Palestinian dies near Gaza fence
BBC 5 Nov 2012 – A Palestinian man dies after being hit by Israeli gunfire near Gaza’s border fence with Israel, with Palestinian medics saying he was mentally ill.
Funeral held for pro-Assad actor
BBC 5 Nov 2012 – The funeral is held in Damascus of a Syrian-born Palestinian actor believed to have been killed by rebels because of his support for the president.
Palestinian Home Demolished for the Sixth Time
US Campaign to End the Occupation 5 Nov 2012 – From our member group the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions-USA . Israeli authorities demolished Beit Arabiya (“Arabiya’s House”) on the moring of November 1, 2012 for the sixth consecutive time since 1998. It was reconstructed in July of this year in the aftermath of its fifth demolition…
Memories of Torture Cast Shadow on New Campaign
Al-Akhbar Blogs 5 Nov 2012 – Graffiti of “Martyr Essam Atta” is seen on the wall behind the stage on Saturday. read more
The Irrelevance of Arab-Americans in the US Presidential Election
Al-Akhbar Opinion 5 Nov 2012 – US President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally in Aurora, Colorado, on 4 November 2012. (Photo: AFP – Jewel Samad) US President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally in Aurora, Colorado, on 4 November 2012. (Photo: AFP – Jewel Samad) When it comes to…
Assem Salam: Building a Beirut With a Cause
Al-Akhbar News 5 Nov 2012 – For the dome of the mosque, he did not resort to making it out of metal as was typical at that time. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) For the dome of the mosque, he did not resort to making it out of metal as was typical at that…
Reviving Lebanon’s National Library with Qatari Help
Al-Akhbar News 5 Nov 2012 – Many questions were raised when the architectural firm Erga was hired to oversee the construction of the new Lebanese National Library. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) Many questions were raised when the architectural firm Erga was hired to oversee the construction of the new Lebanese National Library. (Photo:…
Arafat to be exhumed for autopsy November 26
Al-Akhbar News 5 Nov 2012 – The body of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is set to be exhumed on November 26, eight years after his death, as part of an investigation to see if he was murdered, a diplomat said on Monday. Two senior Swiss forensic experts are already in…
Dozens killed in Syria’s relentless fighting
Al-Akhbar News 5 Nov 2012 – Syrians inspect the site of an explosion in the Mazzeh district of the capital Damascus on 5 November 2012 that left at least 11 people dead. (Photo: AFP / HO / SANA) An Islamist suicide car bomber killed at least 50 pro-Assad fighters in Hama province on Monday,…
Reviving Tripoli’s Soap-Making Tradition
Al-Akhbar News 5 Nov 2012 – Badr Hassoun is a soap-maker who contributed to the revival of the Soap Khan and traditional soap-making in the city. (Photo: Bilal Jawich) Badr Hassoun is a soap-maker who contributed to the revival of the Soap Khan and traditional soap-making in the city. (Photo: Bilal Jawich)…
Underneath Beirut, a Prehistoric Home Leaves Clues to Past
Al-Akhbar News 5 Nov 2012 – Beirut has a wealth of ancient sites, some of which date from the beginning of the prehistoric era 600,000 years ago. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) Beirut has a wealth of ancient sites, some of which date from the beginning of the prehistoric era 600,000 years ago. (Photo:…
Deadly car bombings rock Syria
BBC 5 Nov 2012 – A number of people have been killed in two car bomb attacks in Syria, state media and activists say, as opposition figures meet in Qatar.
Two killed in Bahrain explosions
BBC 5 Nov 2012 – Two foreign workers have been killed and a third person seriously injured by bomb blasts in the Bahraini capital, Manama, police say.
New Saudi interior minister named
BBC 5 Nov 2012 – Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah names Prince Mohammed bin Nayef as interior minister, replacing Prince Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz after four months in post.
Syrian guns ‘hit Israeli patrol’
BBC 5 Nov 2012 – An Israeli patrol vehicle is reportedly hit by Syrian gunfire in the Golan Heights, two days after three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarised zone.
Saudi border guards die in ambush
BBC 5 Nov 2012 – Two Saudi border guards are killed in an ambush by gunmen in the south of the country, near the border with Yemen, officials say.
Palestinian dies near Gaza fence
BBC 5 Nov 2012 – A Palestinian man dies after being hit by Israeli gunfire near Gaza’s border fence with Israel, with Palestinian medics saying he was mentally ill.
Articles
Palestinian Detainees: no security in injustice
CAABU – Council for Arab-British Understanding 11/4/2012
September 2012
INTRODUCTION
The clanking of leg irons on a 13-year-old Palestinian boy as he entered the courtroom is a sound I will never forget. It was Kafkaesque; as if this boy could endanger anyone in the middle of an Israeli military base. What a Caabu delegation of British politicians witnessed in the ‘courtroom’ at Ofer was a mockery of law and process worthy of the term ‘kangaroo’. The children had so little faith in the proceedings that all they wanted to do was to see their parents and hear their news for the first time in weeks.
These scenes are not unusual. What this report outlines is the way in which entire generations of Palestinians have had to experience the humiliation and degradation of the Israeli military justice system, one of the most oppressive tools of the 45-yearold Israeli occupation. The unfairness of this system gained greater prominence in 2012 following hunger strikes by Palestinians in Israeli detention centres. For these reasons, Caabu has chosen to highlight this issue by taking seven delegations of Parliamentarians to visit military courts and detainees’ families since November 2010. But Palestinians also suffer at the hands of their own fledgling justice system. The weakness of due process and the ill-treatment highlighted in this report illustrate the need for more detailed monitoring and analysis in this area.
It is much easier to justify extreme measures – including violence – against people whom we do not see as human…. — See also:Martial law on the West Bank: Discrimination in action more.. e-mail
When an Israeli soccer game looks like a Klan rally
Larry Derfner, +972 Magazine 11/2/2012
It’s hard to say which is worse – the behavior of racist fans, or the tacit approval they get from Israeli sports officials and media.
I like to think that if you discount for the century of fighting with Arabs, Israel is still plenty racist, but no more than most societies. I remind myself that even the absolute worst display of Israeli racism – the chanting of monkey noises (“hoo-hoo-hoo!! hoo-hoo-hoo!!”) and the throwing of bananas at black players during soccer games – has been going on in Europe, too, and probably elsewhere. But what happened this week to Nigerian-born Israeli player Toto Tamuz shows a level of callousness to blatant, raw racism that I wonder how many countries could match.
On Monday, Tamuz scored the go-ahead goal against Beitar Jerusalem in the capital’s Teddy Stadium, and right afterward looked out at the crowd and put his index finger up to his lips to shush them. Immediately the referee penalized him for unsportsmanlike conduct: “provoking the crowd.” Since this was Tamuz’s second penalty of the game, he was automatically disqualified. His team, Hapoel Tel Aviv, went on to lose, 3-2.
It was only after a day of sports reporters and commentators praising the Beitar crowd for firing up the atmosphere with their mad-dog spirit that it became known why Tamuz tried to shush the crowd in the first place. He told Yediot Aharonot:
“I’ve never seen such racism in my whole life. … [two other black Hapoel players] and I were the last ones on the field. When we came out of the tunnel they started throwing bananas at us. We heard curses and racist chants. … [During the game] I heard their regular song, ‘Give Toto a banana,’ and a lot of other things I’m embarrassed to mention.” more.. e-mail
Israeli regime fabricated via cover-up: Alison Weir
Press TV 11/4/2012
“The true author of the Balfour Declaration was not Mr. Balfour. It was actually a man name Leopold Amery who was in fact a Zionist and a British man of Jewish background.” — Alison Weir
Video interview with Alison Weir – The following is a rough transcription. The Israeli entity has its roots in the Balfour Declaration, a formal statement of policy by the British government on November 2, 1917 regarding the establishment of a “Jewish homeland” in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Press TV: Do you think that since the creation of the Israeli regime, it has been guilty of committing war crimes? If you do believe that it has been, should the UK then be held responsible for supporting war criminals and enabling Tel Aviv to continue to ignore international law?
Weir: Certainly there’s no doubt that Israel has been guilty of war crimes from early on through to the present time. So that part has been well documented by numerous human rights organizations and legal entities have documented that part. In terms of the British responsibility especially regarding the Balfour Declaration, there’s a very, very important back story to this that is probably one of the most covered up aspects of this very covered up issue.
The fact is that it came out in a book a few years ago and in a few articles by Professor William Rubenstein who is a very well regarded Jewish British historian. He’s a member of the Royal Historical Society. He was president of the Jewish Historical Society of England.
….As Rubenstein wrote in his book and in his article that was published in History Today, he called this the most remarkable example of concealment in 20th century British history. — See also: CNI: The Secret of Leopold Amery more.. e-mail
Israel forces mother to bring up children by phone
Electronic Intifada: 5 Nov 2012 – Ramallah 5 November 2012 Due to Israel’s ongoing separation policies between Gaza and the West Bank, countless Palestinian spouses have been split while parents have been forcibly separated from their children.more
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UK dance troupe al-Zaytouna retell Shakespeare through dabke
Electronic Intifada: 5 Nov 2012 – Asa Winstanley London 5 November 2012 A London dance company uses Shakespeare to tell Palestine’s modern tale through traditional dance.more
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