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Palestinian Youth Injured By Army Fire In Rafah
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources reported, Tuesday evening, that a young Palestinian man was shot by a live round in the chest after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border, opened fire at him east of Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. …
Despite U.S.-Israeli Pressure; P.A. Refuses To Alter Text Of UN Application
IMEMC – Despite enormous pressures practiced by the United States and Israel, and all threats impose heavy financial sanctions besides the sanctions that are already in place, the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the West Bank said that it will not void or alter the text of its UN application that will be voted on at the General Assembly this Thursday. …
Health ministry: 2 injured by Israeli gunfire near Rafah
11/27/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Two people were shot by Israeli forces east of Rafah on Monday, a health ministry spokesman said, in the second consecutive day of shooting along Gaza’s border. Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma’an that two men were moderately wounded after being shot near the Kerem Shalom crossing. They….
Third family member dies of Gaza airstrike wounds
11/27/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man on Monday died of wounds sustained in an Israeli strike that killed two of his relatives on the first day of Israel’s military offensive on the Gaza Strip. Ahmad Ali Masharawi sustained major burns when an Israeli missile hit his garden in Gaza City on….
Sharawna, Issawi ‘threaten to escalate hunger strikes’
11/27/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Two Palestinians who have refused food in Israeli jail for several months are threatening to escalate their hunger strikes, legal and medical representatives said Monday. Ayman Sharawna told an independent doctor working for Physicians for Human Rights – Israel last week that he wants to intensify his 149-day hunger strike. PHR-I…. Related: Prisoners in Israeli jails launch solidarity hunger strike
Gaza woman dies of wounds from Israeli airstrike
11/27/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian woman died on Monday from wounds sustained in Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, medics said. Sabah al-Sakafi, in her 30s, was wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City during the eight-day war that ended Wednesday with a ceasefire. She was….
Prisoners in Israeli jails launch solidarity hunger strike
11/27/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails launched a one-day hunger strike on Tuesday in solidarity with two long-term hunger strikers at risk of death, a prisoners center said. The Gaza-based Prisoners Center for Studies announced that prisoners from all political factions are participating in the solidarity strike action and called on the…. Related: Sharawna, Issawi ‘threaten to escalate hunger strikes’
Report: Israeli police order Palestinians off buses
11/27/2012 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israel police are ordering Palestinian passengers off buses at the request of Israeli settlers, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Tuesday. An Israeli army reservist told Haaretz that Israeli police stationed near Salfit ordered Palestinians off buses at least several times, leaving them to walk several miles and then catch…. Related: Israeli bus segregation plans ‘blatant racism’
Hamas chief announces support for UN bid
11/28/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Hamas chief-in-exile Khalid Mashaal telephoned President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday to confirm the Islamist movements’ support for the upcoming UN bid, the official news agency Wafa reported. Hamas reiterated Mashaal’s call in a statement stressing that the Nov. 29 bid must be based on a nationalistic vision and…. Related: Gaza factions to join rally supporting UN bid and Haniyeh backs PA on Arafat inquiry, UN bid
Experts exhume Arafat, seek evidence of poison
11/27/2012 – RAMALLAH (Reuters) — Forensic experts took samples from Yasser Arafat’s buried corpse in the West Bank on Tuesday, trying to determine if he was murdered by Israeli agents using the hard-to-trace radioactive poison, Polonium. Palestinians witnessed the funeral of their hero and longtime leader eight years ago, but conspiracy theories surrounding his death have….
Gaza damage to cost ‘several hundred million dollars’
11/27/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The damage inflicted by Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild, according to the first estimates after the eight-day conflict. Gaza government spokesman Taher al-Nunu said Sunday that preliminary studies show direct damages of around $545 million and indirect losses….
Israel, Hamas discuss truce in Cairo
11/27/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — Egyptian mediators began separate talks on Monday with Hamas and with Israel to flesh out details of a ceasefire agreed last week that ended eight days of fighting in the Gaza Strip. An Egyptian official told Reuters the talks would discuss Palestinian demands for the opening of more Israeli crossings into Gaza — a….
France to back Palestinian UN status
11/27/2012 – PARIS (Reuters) — France said on Tuesday it would vote in favour of Palestinian non-member status at the United Nations, boosting Palestinian efforts to secure greater international recognition. Frustrated that the bid for full UN membership last year was thwarted by US opposition in the UN Security Council, the PLO has launched a watered-down bid for…. Related: Report: UK prepared to back UN bid if conditions met
Man electrocuted in Gaza tunnel
11/27/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A man died on Monday after being electrocuted in a smuggling tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt border, civil defense crews said. Muntaser Muhammad Hussein al-Malahi, 20, was taken to Abu Yousef hospital but pronounced dead shortly after, civil defense officials told Ma’an. In late October, three men were killed….
Israeli bus segregation plans ‘blatant racism’
11/27/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem on Tuesday condemned the Israeli transport ministry’s plans for segregated bus lines for Palestinians and Israelis. Israeli police have begun removing Palestinian passengers from buses at the request of Jewish settlers, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Tuesday. An army reservist told Haaretz…. Related:Report: Israeli police order Palestinians off buses
Israel army detains 16 across West Bank
11/26/2012 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces arrested 16 people in the West Bank overnight Sunday, Israel’s army and locals said. Israeli forces raided Ein Beit el Mai camp in Nablus at dawn and arrested Rabee Abu Khalifa, 20, and Ahmad Abu Hmeidan, 21, locals told Ma’an. An Israeli army spokeswoman said….
UNRWA chief urges Israel to end Gaza blockade
11/27/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The commissioner-general of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Monday urged Israel to end its blockade of the Gaza Strip. Fillipo Grandi, speaking to UNRWA’s advisory commission, called for “the illegal Israeli blockade to be lifted in all its aspects – crossings, fishing zones, imports, exports – with proper guarantees….
Report: Hamas, Israel to start indirect talks in Cairo
11/26/2012 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Indirect talks between Israel and representatives of the Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip are scheduled to start Monday in Cairo to follow up a ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt last week, Arabic media said. An Israeli delegation is scheduled to arrive in Cairo later Monday, while the Gaza government delegation…. Related: Israel, Hamas discuss truce in Cairo
Israeli forces arrest 14 in West Bank
11/27/2012 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces arrested fourteen people overnight Monday, Israel’s army and locals said. Soldiers raided several houses in the Nablus village of Sabastiya, arresting seven people, Ma’an’s reporter said. Yazan Mutasem Aliwi, 20, Mahdi Muhammad Ghazal, 20, Walid Alaa Mikhaymar, 21, Raja Ahmad Shehadeh, 20, his….
Diary of a war: A journey home
11/27/2012 – By Ahmed Ferwana – This is the first in a series of journal entries documenting life in Gaza during Israel’s Operation Pillar of Cloud. November 14 – Smiling from exhaustion as I wished my colleagues and students a good weekend, I left the American International School in Gaza, where I teach language and literature, to….
Israeli forces shoot dead suspected Bedouin intruder
11/26/2012 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli soldiers on Monday shot dead a Bedouin citizen of Israel who they suspected of breaking into a woman’s home in southern Israel, Israeli media reported. The 20-year-old man allegedly broke into a home in Sde Avraham and lightly wounded its resident with a knife, The Jerusalem Post….
Haniyeh backs PA on Arafat inquiry, UN bid
11/28/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – The Hamas-run government in Gaza on Tuesday expressed support to the efforts to reveal the those involved in the murder of late president Yasser Arafat. Premier Ismail Haniyeh told reporters in Gaza City that “the case of Yasser Araft is a distinguished national case because he was an iconic revolutionary…. Related: Gaza factions to join rally supporting UN bid
Hamas: Barak retirement shows Israel assault failed
11/27/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The surprise retirement of Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is further evidence of Israel’s failure during its recent assault on Gaza, Palestinian officials said Monday.” Barak’s retirement reaffirms that the Israeli government failed to achieve any of the goals of Operation Pillar of Cloud,” Hamas spokesman…. Related: Israel’s Barak says quitting politics
Report: EU considers barring violent settlers
11/27/2012 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — The European Union is considering blocking violent Israeli settlers from entering member states, Israeli daily Haaretz reported Monday. The EU’s committee of Middle East experts is recommending a blacklist of “known violent settlers”, a Western diplomat told Haaretz, although no official decision has been made. The issue….
Islamic Jihad brigades release Israeli military documents
11/27/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Islamic Jihad’s military wing on Monday published a second batch of Israeli military documents. The al-Quds Brigades released lists of Israeli soldiers, including their phone numbers, email addresses and dates of birth, on its website. The Israeli military on Sunday said thousands of reserve soldiers received text messages…. Related: Al Quds brigades website (Arabic)
Report: Israel trying to prevent Palestine joining ICC
11/27/2012 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israel is seeking the addition of a clause in the PLO’s UN bid rejecting membership of the International Criminal Court, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Tuesday. The UN General Assembly is expected to vote on Thursday on a resolution upgrading the PLO’s status at the…. Related: Report: UK prepared to back UN bid if conditions met and PA says will take Israel to ICC if tests prove Arafat assassinated
Report: UK prepared to back UN bid if conditions met
11/27/2012 – LONDON (Ma’an) — Britain is prepared to back Palestine’s bid for a status upgrade at the UN if certain conditions are met by the Palestinian Authority, the Financial Times reported on Monday. Israel and the United States oppose the move at the United Nations and Britain has also expressed reservations about the…. Related: Report: Israel trying to prevent Palestine joining ICC
Report: Israel ambassador returns to Cairo
11/27/2012 – CAIRO (Ma’an) — Israel’s ambassador to Egypt Yaakov Amitai returned to Cairo on Monday, Egyptian media reported. Amitai had reportedly left Cairo as President Mohammad Mursi announced he was summoning him to discuss the Israeli attacks in Gaza, an airport source said a the time. However an Israeli diplomat in Jerusalem told….
Ceasefire deal brings new types of fish to Gaza markets
11/27/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an)– New types of fresh fish can be found in Gaza’s markets following an easing of Israel’s coastal blockade over the weekend. As part of a ceasefire to end Israel’s eight-day war on Gaza, Israel agreed to allow fishermen to sail six nautical miles off…. Related: ISM: Ceasefire re-awakens dreams of Gaza fishermen
Israeli opponents of Iran strike sidelined in vote
11/27/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) — At least two key advisers helping hold Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back from a threatened war with Iran have been sidelined in a party primary to pick candidates for a Jan. 22 election, political sources said on Tuesday. Dan Meridor and Benny Begin, two of eight cabinet ministers who form Netanyahu’…. Related: Pro-settler Israeli hardliners sweep Netanyahu party vote
Italy urges EU to reopen Gaza border station
11/27/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Giulio Terzihas asked EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and others to reopen the EU Border Assistance Mission to Gaza, officials said Monday. The Italian foreign ministry said in a note posted on its website that the mission should be speedily reactivated in order to help maintain….
Ashrawi says PLO has submitted UN bid
11/27/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The PLO has submitted a final draft resolution to the UN General Assembly, PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi said Tuesday. Ashrawi told Ma’an the final resolution was submitted on Monday afternoon to the UN in New York, requesting an upgrade of Palestine’s UN status to an…. Related: France to back Palestinian UN status andReport: UK prepared to back UN bid if conditions met
World Bank to fund Gaza water services rehabilitation
11/27/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The World Bank approved on Tuesday a $6. 4 million grant to improve and expand coverage of water and sewage services in the Gaza Strip, the financial institution said. In a statement, the World Bank said the board of directors approved the plan for the Gaza Water Supply and Sewage Systems….
PA says will take Israel to ICC if tests prove Arafat assassinated
11/27/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority will start legal proceedings against Israel at the International Criminal Court if forensic tests prove that President Yasser Arafat was murdered, chief investigator Tawfiq Tirawi said Tuesday.” We have evidence and indications that (Arafat) was killed, including remarks by Israeli leaders that they must get rid of Arafat…. Related:Report: Israel trying to prevent Palestine joining ICC
Gazans say ‘Thank you Iran’ after Israel war
11/27/2012 – GAZA CITY (Reuters) — Gazans offered very public thanks to Iran on Tuesday for helping them in this month’s fight against Israel, when Iranian-made missiles were fired out of the enclave towards Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.” Thank you Iran“, said large billboards on three major road junctions in the Gaza Strip — the first time….
Gaza factions to join rally supporting UN bid
11/27/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Representatives of all Palestinian factions on Tuesday held a meeting in Gaza City during which all factions agreed to organize a joint rally raising Palestinian flags only to show support to the Palestinian statehood bid. Member of the politburo of the Palestinian People’s Party Walid al-Awad told Ma…. Related: Hamas chief announces support for UN bid andHaniyeh backs PA on Arafat inquiry, UN bid
UN envoy: Gaza escalation underscores urgency
11/27/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The escalation of violence in Gaza last week underscores the urgent need to get the Israeli-Palestinian peace process back on track, UN envoy Richard Serry said Tuesday. The envoy in Jerusalem told the Security Council that the violence as well as the upcoming Palestinian UN bid “underscore the status quo is….
Israeli ministers say Abbas is really a Hamas supporter
11/26/2012 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Two Israeli government ministers made comments linking President Mahmoud Abbas to his bete noire, Hamas and its resistance strategy, Israeli media reported on Sunday. Abbas, whose commitment to non-violent diplomacy has earned him Western support but some Palestinian criticism, is heading to the UN this week to put Palestine….
Emir of Qatar calls Abbas pledging UN bid support
11/26/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas received a phone call from the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Ibin Khalifa Al Thani on Sunday evening, official media said. Al Thani reiterated to Abbas that Qatar will continue to support the Palestinian UN bid seeking to obtain recognition of Palestine as a non-member state, Palestinian Authority….
Stray bullets from Syria hit Israeli military vehicle
11/26/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli military border patrol vehicle was hit by stray bullets fired from Syria in the Golan Heights on Sunday but there were no casualties, a military spokeswoman said. The incident was the latest apparent stray firing during gunbattles in Syria between the forces of President Bashar Assad and insurgents who have been….
Food aid delivered to Gaza
11/26/2012 – EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Egyptian authorities on Monday transferred 200 tons of food aid to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing, Egyptian security officials said. The Emirati Red Crescent Association donated 100 tons and the Cairo-based Shariaa Association also sent 100 tons. The Shariaa Association will deliver a further 300 tons of food….
Egypt envoy: Palestinian factions eager to reconcile
11/27/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — All Palestinian factions are eager to finalize national reconciliation quickly, Egypt’s ambassador to the Palestinian Authority said Monday. Yasser Othman told Ma’an that Palestinian unity was a priority for Egypt and that “Cairo has felt willingness from all factions to move forward to implement the reconciliation.” Israel….
Pro-settler Israeli hardliners sweep Netanyahu party vote
11/27/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Pro-settler hardliners swept a vote on Monday held by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, effectively tossing four of his closest allies and backers of Middle East diplomacy off a list of candidates running with him in a Jan. 22 election. Party members ranked candidates on a list for the national…. Related: Israeli opponents of Iran strike sidelined in vote
Israel’s Livni announces election bid
11/27/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni announced her candidacy on Tuesday in a January general election, pledging to “fight for peace” with the Palestinians as a centrist alternative to Israel’s right-wing leadership. Livni, voted out as the head of the main opposition Kadima party in an internal ballot in March, told a….
Jenin man sentenced to lifetime hard labor for collaboration
11/27/2012 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — A Nablus court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian man to a lifetime of hard labor for collaborating with Israel. The 21-year-old man from Qabatiya in Jenin, identified by his initials J. A. , was convicted of serving a hostile army and of providing Israeli agents with information about Palestinian fugitives who….
Fatah, Hamas jointly mourn Gaza dead
11/27/2012 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Fatah delegation on Tuesday joined premier of the Hamas-run government in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh in a ceremony to honor families bereaved in the latest Israeli military offensive. A Fatah delegation encompassed visiting West Bank-based members of the movement’s revolutionary council in addition to Fatah media commissioner in….
Israel’s Barak says quitting politics
11/26/2012 – JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in a surprise announcement on Monday that he was quitting politics and would not run in the January 22 national election.” I have decided to retire from political life and not to run for the next Knesset. . . I will end my term as defense minister once the…. Related: Hamas: Barak retirement shows Israel assault failed
Bethlehem gets ready for Christmas
11/26/2012 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Preparations for the launch of Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, are in full swing, the newly elected mayor of the city Vera Baboun said. Speaking to Ma’an Sunday evening, Baboun highlighted that preparations started late because of the Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip….
Head of petrol corporation convicted of fraud
11/27/2012 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A Ramallah court of appeal on Tuesday found the former head of the Palestinian General Petroleum Corporation guilty of insider trading, fraud and embezzlement. Harbi Sarsour was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 62 million shekels ($16. 085 million), a Ma’an reporter said. In March 2009, a….
Pope Benedict urges fresh efforts towards Middle East peace
11/27/2012 – VATICAN CITY (Reuters) — Pope Benedict made a new appeal on Monday for peace in the Middle East and freedom of worship for Christians, following repeated bouts of violence and intimidation that have caused deep concern to the Vatican.” I want particularly to encourage the life and presence of Christians in the Middle East, where they….
Sinai-bound weapons seized in Suez
11/27/2012 – EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Egyptian police seized a truck carrying heavy weaponry in the city of Suez on Monday, an Egyptian official said. A police commander in North Sinai told Ma’an that the truck was en-route to the peninsula to deliver grad missiles and other high grade weapons. Three suspects were detained….
Egypt’s Mursi holds crisis talks over power grab
11/27/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi negotiated with senior judges on Monday to try to defuse a crisis over his seizure of new powers which set off violent protests reminiscent of an uprising last year that led to the rise of his Islamist movement. The justice minister said he believed Mursi would agree with Egypt….
Syria launches airstrikes as combat rages in Damascus
11/27/2012 – BEIRUT (Reuters) — Syrian aircraft attacked towns in the country’s north and east and killed at least five people in a strike on an olive oil press as fighting raged in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, opposition activists said. Rebels battled government forces in the Damascus suburb of Kfar Souseh, on the edge of….
Talking about Middle East climate change
11/27/2012 – DUBAI (IRIN) — The Gulf states are warm but pleasant at this time of year — a world away from melting ice caps, the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in the USA or flooding in Pakistan. But for the thousands of experts and delegates meeting at this year’s annual UN Climate Change conference in the….
Mursi decree stirs debate on Brotherhood role
11/27/2012 – CAIRO (Reuters) — The decree that expanded President Mohamed Mursi’s powers and plunged Egypt into crisis came as a shock to some of his team; a step with huge legal ramifications, it appeared to have caught even his justice minister off guard. The surprise move on Nov. 22 has fueled debate on how far….
UN committee condemns Syria, Iran for rampant rights abuses
11/27/2012 – UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — A UN General Assembly committee on Tuesday condemned Syria and Iran for widespread human rights abuses, but both Damascus and Tehran dismissed the separate votes as politically motivated. The draft resolution on Syria, which was co-sponsored by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Britain, France and other Arab and Western states, received….
Explosives found under car of prominent Pakistani journalist
11/26/2012 – ISLAMABAD (Reuters) — A bomb was found on Monday under the car of a prominent Pakistani journalist who the Taliban had threatened over his coverage of a schoolgirl the militants shot, his employer said. A half-kilogram (1 lb) of explosives was found under the vehicle of the senior journalist for the Geo News television station, Hamid….
France to support Palestinian ‘statehood’
AlJazeera 27 Nov 2012 – French will vote in favour of Ramallah’s bid for recognition as a non-member observer state at UN, minister says.
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Tzipi Livni Returns to Israeli Politics
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VIDEO: Dr. Ashrawi’s Interview on CNN’s Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien
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MADA Demands that Palestine Be Included in the UN Plan to Create a Secure Environment for the Work of Journalists
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Britain Ready to Support Palestinian Bid at UN
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UFree Network Launches International Campaign to Save 2 Palestinian Prisoners’ Lives
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International Experts Exhume Arafat’s Body for Investigation
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“Seize the Opportunities of the Gaza Ceasefire” Says UNRWA Commissioner-General
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IOF Arrests Six Minors in Silwan, Occupied Jerusalem
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Israeli Occupation Summons a Palestinian, Arrests 14 from the West Bank
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IOF Troops Shoot Four Palestinians at Israel-Gaza Borders
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International Solidarity Movement
Ceasefire re-awakens dreams of Gaza fishermen
11/27/2012 – International Solidarity Movement – 27 November 2012, International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Strip – Fishermen in Gaza are able to fish six miles from the shore for the first time since 2006 after the ceasefire between Israel and Gaza. Fishermen hope the fishing industry will recover after its almost complete destruction by the siege but say that 6 miles is not…. Related: Ceasefire deal brings new types of fish to Gaza markets
Gazans return to the ‘buffer zone’
11/27/2012 – International Solidarity Movement – 26 November 2012, International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Strip – After years of being barred from their land, Gazan farmers celebrate their ability to return. Once the terms of ceasefire were announced thousands flocked back to their property that has been vacant for eleven years, though many are still understandably wary. Jaber Abu Regaleh, who is a….
occupied Palestinian territory: Recent crisis underscores urgency of resuming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks – UN envoy
Relief Web 27 Nov 2012 – Source: UN News Service Country: occupied Palestinian territory 27 November 2012 – The recent escalation of violence underscores the urgent need to get the Israeli-Palestinian peace process back on track, a top United Nations official told the Security Council today,…
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Relief Web 27 Nov 2012 – Source: World Health Organization Country: occupied Palestinian territory Summary Denied: 6 patients (3 females; 3 males) including 1 elderly patient were denied permits to exit Erez checkpoint for medical treatment. Interrogated: 12 patients (3 females; 9 males) who applied for…
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Relief Web 27 Nov 2012 – Source: IHH Country: Israel, occupied Palestinian territory The borders of the Gaza Strip were drawn by the United Nations with the 1949 Ceasefire Agreement that was signed after the 1948 Arab-Israel War. The region remained under the Egyptian control until…
occupied Palestinian territory: OPT: Fast Facts
Relief Web 27 Nov 2012 – Source: UN Development Programme Country: occupied Palestinian territory The Gaza Strip – Facts, Figures and UNDP’s Response to the Ongoing Crisis The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated places on earth, with a total area of 365…
UAE national charter ‘will raise a generation aware of its duties’
The National 27 Nov 2012 – A code of conduct for Emiratis was approved by the UAE Cabinet as part of a series of new initiatives aimed at promoting the local culture in schools and universities.
Helicoper shot down as Syria air war intensifies
The National 27 Nov 2012 – Fighter jets continue to bombard opposition strongholds with supporters of Al Assad predicting victory is only a few days away.
Morsi protesters clash with police in 100,000-strong show of outrage
The National 27 Nov 2012 – Opposition groups rally with renewed vigour in Tahrir Square and other cities to protest against the president Mohammed Morsi, who has granted himself near absolute powers.
UAE builders see benefit of going green, study finds
The National 27 Nov 2012 – The construction industry is becoming more aware of the benefits of environmentally-friendly buildings – and government intervention is a key driver behind the change, according to research.
Chavez to return to Cuba for cancer treatment
The National 27 Nov 2012 – Venezuela’s president plans to return to Cuba to continue treatment for cancer.
Staying a step ahead is key to beating pirates, experts say in Dubai
The National 27 Nov 2012 – Industry experts, participating in a piracy session as part of the Seatrade Middle East Maritime conference in Dubai, say the drop in piracy attacks this year should not make seafarers complacent.
DRC rebels vow to hold position in captured city
The National 27 Nov 2012 – M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo defied a deadline imposed by neighboring nations yesterday, saying they would stay in the eastern city of Goma and would fight to hold it.
Syrian newspaper names 142 dead foreign fighters
The National 27 Nov 2012 – The pro-regime list includes Arab, North African, Central and South Asian ‘terrorists’ and provides the date and place of their death.
A week after Gaza operation, IDF soldiers now under strict open-fire regulations
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
Report: Major case against Foreign Minister Lieberman to be closed
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
U.S.: Palestinian UN bid is a ‘mistake,’ negotiations are only way forward
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
Gazans say ‘Thank you Iran’, for missiles used against Israel
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
Palestinian who broke into Israeli home eluded Gaza border defenses, IDF probe finds
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
Tzipi Livni’s new movement brings her full circle back to Israeli politics
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
Iran allegedly planning nuclear weapon stronger than bomb used on Hiroshima
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
Behind the scenes of Anwar Sadat’s historic visit to Jerusalem
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
IDF social-media guru’s ‘Obama-style’ post lands him in hot water
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
France to recognize Palestinian state at UN
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
Israeli billionaire Nochi Dankner questioned over alleged fraud
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
Not by political deals alone: How fundraising gets you on Likud’s Knesset slate
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
Doctors warn of severe shortage of neonatal wards in center of Israel
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
Palestinians refuse clause in UN draft barring criminal charges against Israel
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
Former Israeli FM Tzipi Livni announces return to politics, forms new party
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
Likud’s sharp shift to the right is political suicide for Netanyahu
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
In wake of Gaza flare-up, U.K. could support Palestinian bid at UN
Ha’aretz – 27 Nov 2012
TAU work ban embitters lives of scholarship recipients
Ha’aretz – 26 Nov 2012
Abbas ramps up efforts for votes in statehood bid
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – PA leader intensifies efforts to persuade as many countries as possible to vote in favor of status upgrade at UN.
Iran’s parliament speaker to visit Baghdad for talks
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Ali Larijani to discuss economic, international issues with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other senior officials.
J’lem not expected to respond dramatically to PA move at UN
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Senior diplomatic source says Israel doesn’t want to make moves that divert attention from PA‘s violation of int’l agreements; new approach is stark contrast to previous threats about annulling Oslo, toppling Abbas.
Time for peace
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – The time has come to transcend. The time has come to talk. The time has come to compromise. This is the time for peace.
Where is the hope?
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Now is the time for the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government to reach out to each other and show the advocates of hatred and violence that more can be gained by each of them through peaceful negotiations with one another than through any other means.
Terra Incognita: Coexistence of the blind
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – In Israel almost every person who talks about coexistence presents a false and ill-conceived plan whose results will produce no change whatsoever.
Gazans say ‘Thank you Iran’ for providing missiles
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Billboards on 3 major junction roads in Gaza, featuring depictions of Fajr 5 missiles fired at Israel, express gratitude to Iran.
Bubbles bursting in air
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Quite a few “bubbles” have been burst by the recent Israel-Hamas skirmish. Unfortunately, not all bubbles burst the same way.
How the British responded to Palestinian terrorists
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Some Israelis today are left wondering which makes more sense – England’s current advice, or the positions taken by British leaders when they themselves had to deal with the forerunners of Hamas.
Misguided UN bid
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – The PLO’s UN bid is misguided and wrongheaded and will do nothing but add to the long list of historic mistakes made by Palestinian leadership which date back at least to November 29, 1947 when Palestinians failed to grab their chance for nationhood and self-determination.
Group sues US, Clinton, for ‘funding terror’
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Shurat Hadin files lawsuit on behalf of Americans living in Israel over alleged funding of Palestinian terror in West Bank, Gaza.
Anti-Morsi protesters clash with police in Egypt
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Thousands of protesters around nation raise pressure on Islamist leader to scrap decree they say threatens Egypt with autocracy.
Hungarian rightist: List Jews who pose security risk
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Marton Gyongyosi of Jobbik party calls for list of Jews who are threat to country; Jewish groups: Reminiscent of Nazi policy.
US students in Israel undeterred by Gaza conflict
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Thousands of young Americans who come to Israel to study or work found themselves instead scurrying for cover as Hamas rained missiles on Israel.
Police accidentally delete footage of J’lem lynch
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Officials erase dozens of hours of video related to August lynch attack on Arab teenager; lawyers call for indictments to be thrown out.
Lebanese MPs: Nasrallah risking Lebanon’s stability
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Senior lawmakers criticize Hezbollah chief’s recent threats to strike Israel, say remarks “do not serve stability and dialog.”
Southern Commander: Israel restored deterrence
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Maj.-Gen. Tal Russo says Pillar of Defense badly damaged Hamas, quiet in South a testament to operation’s success.
Authorities probe Gazan’s breach into moshav
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – “We’re lucky this wasn’t a 2nd Itamar,” says head of Sde Avraham emergency team after Palestinian stabs woman in South.
Group demands UN probe IDF strikes on journalists
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – International Federation of Journalists claims IDF deliberately targeted journalists in Gaza during Operation Pillar of Defense.
Right and Left attack Livni’s return to politics
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Likud accuses Livni of wanting to bring Hamas closer to W. Bank; Yesh Atid and Labor decry decision to split Center-Left bloc.
Inmates at Ofer Prison go on 1-day hunger strike
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – 100s protest changes in detention conditions, according to Prison Service; inmates claim move in solidarity with other strikers.
Experts exhume Arafat, results could take months
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Forensic experts take samples from the late Palestinian leader’s corpse in Ramallah to test for Polonium poisoning.
In the Zone: Fire and water
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – The editor’s round-up of who’s saying what in “The Jerusalem Post’s” Premium Zone.
Morsi opponents rally in Tahrir for 5th straight day
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Protesters call on Egyptian president to scrap decree they say threatens Egypt with new era of autocracy; police fire tear gas at crowd.
A cease-fire named Iran?
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – The truce with Hamas is a lousy deal. But it’s justified if it facilitates IDF action against Iran.
8 years on, Arafat’s body exhumed in poison probe
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Investigation into former Palestinian leader’s death begins after traces of poisonous substance allegedly found on his clothes.
‘Israel falling behind Western living standards’
Jerusalem Post 27 Nov 2012 – Taub Center’s 2011-2012 State of Nation Report paints “troubling picture” of government’s response to socioeconomic problems.
Innovators to compete for $30k NASA scholarship
Jerusalem Post 26 Nov 2012 – Scholarship is for a summer course at Singularity University on the California base of NASA.
Palestinians warn: back UN statehood bid or risk boosting Hamas
The Guardian 27 Nov 2012 – Failure to support limited recognition would undermine Abbas and validate armed resistance to Israel for many, officials warn The Palestinian leadership is warning Europe and the US that failure to support its bid for statehood at…
Yasser Arafat exhumed and reburied in six-hour night mission
The Guardian 27 Nov 2012 – Samples taken from corpse of late PLO leader will be used to investigate claims he was poisoned with a radioactive substance Yasser Arafat was buried eight years ago to a chorus of gunfire before a crowd…
Egypt crisis: Opposition masses in Tahrir Square – As it happened
The Guardian 27 Nov 2012 – Follow live updates as protests in Cairo continue over Mohamed Morsi’s decision to grant himself sweeping new powers Matthew Weaver Haroon Siddique Ben Quinn
Tzipi Livni announces return to Israeli politics
The Guardian 27 Nov 2012 – Former foreign minister attacks Binyamin Netanyahu and unveils new party to ‘fight for peace’ The former Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, has announced her return to politics, telling supporters she is forming a new party to…
Egypt’s Brutal Security Forces Also Victims of State Brutality
IPS Three people have been killed, more than 400 wounded and over 200 arrested as clashes between Egyptians protesting President Muhammad Morsi’s attempt to expand his presidential powers and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and Egyptian security forces continue to rock the capital and enflame major cities around the country….
Egyptian President Battles Judiciary
IPS Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi issued a controversial decree last week that temporarily puts his decisions beyond judicial challenge. While critics decry the move as a blatant power grab, the presidency says it was necessary to safeguard Egypt’s post-revolution democratic transition. Mursi’s decree, according to a statement from the presidency on…
Children Face the Fallout of Gaza War
IPS As Israel and Hamas separately celebrate the ceasefire and their “victory” over the other following Israel’s blistering eight-day military assault on the Gaza strip, civilians continue to pay the price. According to the Palestine Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) more than 160 Palestinians lost their lives by Nov. 21, the…
Pressure Builds for U.S. Response to Egypt Power Grab
IPS The U.S. government is suggesting that pending aid worth billions of dollars for Egypt may be withheld unless President Mohamed Morsi dials back on recent moves, announced Thursday, that would consolidate his power and put his legislative decisions above judicial review. “Everybody is watching how this goes forward,” U.S. State…
ACLU Challenges Warrantless Wiretapping
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Latif Autopsy Report Calls Gitmo Death a Suicide: Questions Remain
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White House Memo Shows Clampdown on Leaks Moving Forward
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Obama “betting” on Mursi – US State Department source
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012 : A Video Roundup
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Libya’s New Crisis: A Wave of Assassinations Targeting Its Top Cops
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Woman Dies Of Wounds Suffered During Israel’s War On Gaza
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Harassment, Unlawful Arrests and Torture of Iraqi Journalists by Al-Maliki’s Security Forces
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Obama administration pushes ahead with drone killings
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Egypt: The New Pharaoh Ignites Wrath Amongst The Masses
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Libya integrity body approves FM
Daily Star 27 Nov 2012 Libya’s independent body tasked with vetting top officials has approved a new foreign minister and two other Cabinet members.
France to recognize Palestinian state at U.N.
Daily Star 27 Nov 2012 France on Tuesday said it will back a Palestinian bid for enhanced UN status at a General Assembly vote this week, a move hailed by the Palestinians as a “historic” step in their quest for greater…
Graph suggests Iran working on bomb
Daily Star 27 Nov 2012 Iranian scientists have run computer simulations for a nuclear weapon that would produce more than triple the explosive force of the World War II bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.
Syria launches air strikes as combat rages in Damascus
Daily Star 27 Nov 2012 Syrian war planes attacked towns in the country’s north and east and killed at least five civilians in a strike on an olive oil press as fighting raged in the capital Damascus, opposition activists said.
Syrian rebels, civilians brace for long civil war
Daily Star 27 Nov 2012 Before the civil war, Ramiz Moussa was a middle class civil servant who processed fines for littering, illegal construction and disturbing the peace in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city.
Egypt protester dies from tear gas
Daily Star 27 Nov 2012 An Egyptian protester died of asphyxiation on Tuesday after inhaling tear gas during clashes near Cairo’s Tahrir Square, medics and his political party said.
Syria ‘firing mortars to stop refugees’
Daily Star 27 Nov 2012 The United Nations humanitarian chief accused Syria on Tuesday of firing mortar bombs near the border with Jordan to prevent refugees from fleeing a civil war that she says is “getting worse day by day”.
Saudi authorities detain families at rights protest
Daily Star 27 Nov 2012 Saudi security forces detained dozens of men, women and children on Tuesday after they staged a rare protest outside a human rights group’s office in Riyadh to demand the release of jailed relatives.
Gazans say “Thank you Iran”
Daily Star 27 Nov 2012 Gazans offered very public thanks to Iran for helping them in this month’s fight against Israel, when Iranian-made missiles were fired out of the Palestinian enclave towards Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
US female military members sue to serve in combat
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UN committee condemns Syria, Iran for rampant rights abuses
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Polish court bans ritual slaughter, EU gives go-ahead
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US at odds with France over Palestinian bid
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Spanish company denies part in nuclear smuggling plan to Iran
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No favors
YNet News, 27 Nov 2012 – Op-ed: Multi-talented Barak has one flaw that prevented him from becoming an admired politician ….
Mowing the lawn
YNet News, 27 Nov 2012 – Analysis: IDF aware Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza not a long-term solution to Palestinian rocket fire on south ….
Palestinian Information Center
Sharawne, Issawi appeal for Egypt to save their lives
PIC – Hunger strikers Ayman Sharawne and Samer Issawi have sent an urgent appeal to Egypt from their hospital beds in Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center asking for its immediate intervention to save their lives.
IOA sentences two MPs, 20 others to administrative detention
PIC – The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) sentenced 22 Palestinian detainees to administrative detention, including two Hamas lawmakers, on Tuesday.
MP proposes internationalizing prisoners’ issue
PIC – MP Husein Al-Bureeni has called for internationalizing the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails especially those on hunger strike.
Haniyeh: We are facing a new phase of conflict with Israel
PIC – The Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said that Palestine and the resistance are facing a new phase of the conflict with Israel, which has started since the eight day battle.
6 TV Channels participate in campaign for the relief of Gaza today evening
PIC – Six TV channels will be participating Tuesday evening in a joint TV campaign for the Relief of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, which had been under an Israeli aggression for eight days.
A youth died of electric shock in a tunnel in Rafah
PIC – A Palestinian citizen died of an electric shock while working at a border tunnel in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday afternoon.
Haniya discusses developments in Gaza with Jordan’s premier
PIC – Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh telephoned the prime minister of Jordan Abdullah Nsour, on Monday evening to discuss the latest developments on the Palestinian arena..
IOF arrests 23 citizens in occupied West Bank and Jerusalem
PIC – The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Tuesday morning 23 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank cities and Jerusalem, after breaking into their homes, including six Jerusalemite children.
PHIC: 174 killed and 1399 wounded during the Israeli aggression on Gaza
PIC – The Palestinian Ministry of Health issued its final statistical report related to the brutal Israeli aggression against unarmed civilians in the districts of Gaza..
Exhumation of Arafat’s Corpse Went as Planned, say Officials
WAFA – 27 Nov 2012
Newspapers Review: Hamas’ Support for UN Bid focus of Dailies
WAFA – 27 Nov 2012
Arafat’s Remains in Grave as Experts Take Samples
WAFA – 27 Nov 2012
Sweden to Vote in Favor of Palestine at UN
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WAFA – 27 Nov 2012
Arafat’s Grave Opened to Investigate into His Death
WAFA – 27 Nov 2012
Egypt president meets judges, fails to ‘contain crisis’
LA Times 27 Nov 2012 – Mohamed Morsi says he will cut back on the broad powers he assumed last week, but his offers do not go far enough for the judges. Unrest continues. CAIRO — President Mohamed Morsi suggested Monday that he would scale back broad powers he assumed last…
Conflict has left Syria a shell of its former self
LA Times 26 Nov 2012 – Millions of homes, schools, mosques, churches and hospitals have reportedly been damaged or destroyed since the uprising began in March 2011. BEIRUT — First his parents’ home in eastern Syria was reduced to rubble, followed by his father’s pharmacy. Then Melad received a call last…
Protesters Gather Again in Cairo Streets to Denounce Morsi
New York Times 27 Nov 2012 – Thousands protested the Egyptian president’s attempt to assert broad new powers, despite his apparent backtracking the night before.
France Says It Will Vote in Favor of Palestinians’ U.N. Bid
New York Times 27 Nov 2012 – The support from France is the most significant boost to date for the Palestinians’ hopes to be granted nonmember observer status, which comes with greater international recognition.
Syrian Rebels Report Many Dead in Airstrike on Olive Press
New York Times 27 Nov 2012 – Syrian rebels accused the authorities of launching an airstrike outside the northern city of Idlib on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people as they waited to have their olives turned into oil.
Tzipi Livni Forms New Party to Oppose Netanyahu
New York Times 27 Nov 2012 – Tzipi Livni, Israel’s centrist former foreign minister, returned to politics on Tuesday after a six-month hiatus, heading a new party.
Yasir Arafat’s Body Is Exhumed for Poison Tests
New York Times 27 Nov 2012 – The remains of Yasir Arafat were exhumed on Tuesday as part of an investigation into whether the Palestinian leader was poisoned eight years ago.
The Female Factor: Taking Risks in Art and Politics
New York Times 27 Nov 2012 – The Iranian artist Shirin Neshat says women and political and social turmoil fascinate her most.
2 northern gas terminal sites authorized
Globes Energy & Water – One site is near Yokne’am and the other in the Hefer Valley.
Energy Ministry chief: Public cannot finance IEC debt
Globes Energy & Water – Shaul Tzemach: The government has to decide what type of change there will be to continue supplying electricity.
Noble Energy CEO: Exports must be approved
Globes Energy & Water – Charles Davidson: We can’t decide on projects without Tzemach Committee approval on gas exports.
Nochi Dankner questioned on securities fraud
Globes Main News – The Securities Authority suspects the IDB chairman of securities fraud related to an issue of shares and warrants by the company.
Tue: Israel Corp. leads market gains
Globes Main News – Israel Corp. rose strongly after reporting positive financials, and the Tamar partners continued their gains.
Zim profits boost Israel Corp.
Globes Main News – Zim swung to a profit for the third quarter and Better Place narrowed its losses, helping push Israel Corp. to a net profit.
Shekel stronger as interest rate kept unchanged
Globes Main News – FXCM Israel’s Moshe Shalom: The shekel will continue to strengthen against the dollar this week, now that the Gaza operation is over.
El Al net profit soars 79%
Globes Main News – Third quarter net profit rose to $37.4 million on $605.8 million revenue.
Acquisitions boost flavors co Frutarom to record results
Globes Main News – Third quarter revenue rose 24% to $157.1 million and net profit rose 66% to $14.4 million.
Knesset, Treasury disagree on compensation for southern businesses
Globes Macro Economics – Finance Committee chairman MK Moshe Gafni insisted that enterprises in the area receive some compensation even before proving that they were harmed.
OECD urges tax hikes by next Israeli gov’t
Globes Macro Economics – In its Economic Outlook for November the OECD says, “The government should ensure outlays are in line with its expenditure rule and be prepared for further revenue-raising measures in 2014.”
Advocating Israel Talk to Hamas is Criminal Offense
Tikun Olam – Why is this man a danger to the existence of the State of Israel? (Amira Hass) If you’re a much-decorated IDF general advocating the radical step that Israel recognize Hamas and negotiate with it you’ll merit a front page article in Haaretz . That’s what Gen….
Solemn march in NY commemorates Gaza victims, calls for GE boycott
Mondoweiss – New York protest at GE Protesters outside GE Protesters holding names of killed Gazans Editor: We received the following release from Jews Say No! IN COMMEMORATION OF THOSE KILLED IN ASSAULT IN GAZA New York, NY, November 26, 2012: This morning, over 50 New Yorkers braved the…
If Hillel rejects nonviolent resistance to the occupation, what does it propose in its place?
Mondoweiss – Two weeks ago, our group, the Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee, partnered with the Harvard College Progressive Jewish Alliance to organize an event that dealt explicitly with the struggle to strengthen a Jewish identity that fights nonviolently for social justice and equality for all people in…
Thankful to be alive in Gaza: My family’s story of survival
Mondoweiss – My two-year-old nephew Omar had been confined to a small apartment with six other screaming children and their families since Israel began its bombardment of the Gaza Strip eight days ago. Shortly after a ceasefire was announced on Wednesday, he and his parents returned to our…
Israel considers racially-segregated bus lines in West Bank
Mondoweiss – Don’t call it apartheid, but…. Israel is weighing segregated bus lines in the West Bank, which is occupied territory, to separate Palestinians who live there from the Jewish settlers who now call the land home. (Thanks to Ilene Cohen) Haaretz : Police have begun ordering Palestinian laborers…
Maguire: Sanction US for its $8 million a day in military aid to Israel
Mondoweiss – Mairead Maguire, Nobel laureate, peace activist, speaking at a rally for Palestine in Belfast (thanks to Peter Belmont): The biggest block to real change is not Israel but the United States of America continually vetoing and supporting the murder of children in Gaza and war against civilians. We have to…
A binational state is actually a compromise — ask Derrida
Mondoweiss – Last summer Jeff Halper made the observation that the Israel/Palestine situation was moving from a South Africa model to an Algeria model. That is to say, the situation was now so extreme that some Palestinians imagined ultimately evicting Israeli neocolonials from the land. A bloody outcome…
Is Barak a Canny Survivor or Reluctant Politician?
The Foward Breaking News 27 Nov 2012 – Is Ehud Barak a calculating political survivor or a military man who, in his words, ‘never had any special desire’ for political life? Click here for the rest of the article…
Gaza Says ‘Thank You’ to Iran
The Foward Breaking News 27 Nov 2012 – Gazans offered very public thanks to Iran on Tuesday for helping them in this month’s fight against Israel, when Iranian-made missiles were fired out of the Palestinian enclave towards Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Click here for the rest of the article…
France Will Back Palestinian Statehood Bid
The Foward Breaking News 27 Nov 2012 – France said on Tuesday it would vote in favour of Palestinian non-member status at the United Nations. Click here for the rest of the article…
It’s CSI: Ramallah as Arafat’s Body Exhumed
The Foward Breaking News 27 Nov 2012 – Forensic experts took samples from Yasser Arafat’s buried corpse in the West Bank on Tuesday, trying to determine if he was murdered by Israeli agents using the hard-to-trace radioactive poison, Polonium. Click here for the rest of the article…
Memories of Jews Linger in Rubble of Syria’s Ruined Second City
The Forward New 27 Nov 2012 – Aleppo was once Syria’s second-largest city, storied for its ethnic diversity, including a large Jewish quarter. It’s now a pockmarked jumble of cratered ruins. Click here for the rest of the article…
Sudan: Iran’s Warships to Visit
allAfrica.com 27 Nov 2012 – [Sudan Tribune]Khartoum -Two Iranian navy warships will dock in Port Sudan along with a Pakistani one this week, the army spokesperson Colonel Al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa’ad said today in the second visit of its kind in a month.
Egypt: U.S. State Department Daily Press Briefing: Egypt
allAfrica.com 27 Nov 2012 – [State Department]Excerpt from the United States Department of State daily press briefing:
Mass Cairo protest against Mursi
BBC 27 Nov 2012 – Tens of thousands of Egyptians take part in a rally in Cairo against President Mohammed Mursi, who last week granted himself sweeping new powers.
Yasser Arafat’s remains exhumed
BBC 27 Nov 2012 – The remains of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat are exhumed in Ramallah so experts can investigate allegations that he was poisoned.
France to back Palestinian UN bid
BBC 27 Nov 2012 – France confirms it intends to vote in favour of the Palestinian bid for recognition as a non-member observer state at the United Nations.
US envoy admits Benghazi error
BBC 27 Nov 2012 – Republicans attack as a US envoy tipped to replace Hillary Clinton admits releasing incorrect information after an attack on the consulate in Libya.
Brayer: The Absolute Right of Palestinian Resistance
Sabbah report 27 Nov 2012 – Despite their rights de iure as well as de facto and their legitimate resistance and struggle and the use of weapons that do not come up to the minimum standards of a modern army, it is only the victimized people of the world who understand their plight together…
Palestinian peace, reconciliation and unity advocates are murdered or arrested
Sabbah report 27 Nov 2012 – Observers thinking Palestinians gained from Pillar of Cloud might think again. Nothing changed. Hardline Netanyahu policies continue. Expect worse ahead. Palestinian peace, reconciliation and unity advocates are murdered or arrested. Palestinian peace, reconciliation and unity advocates are murdered or arrested was published by Sabbah Report . Get…
Palestine: Oppression Will not Work
Sabbah report 27 Nov 2012 – In Palestine today, the Israeli regime has convinced itself not only that it can get the Palestinian people to surrender, forget and let go, but also that the whole world should be supporting its racist policies and actually help it achieve its goals. Palestine: Oppression Will…
Petition: No to Technion in NYC!
US Campaign to End the Occupation 27 Nov 2012 – Our member group New Yorkers Against the Cornell-Technion Partnership has started a petition asking the city of New York and Cornell University end their collaboration with The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, especially in light of Israel’s most recent military assault on Gaza. The text of the…
Special Needs Sit-In Challenges LU President
Al-Akhbar News 27 Nov 2012 – At the meeting, the university president wondered aloud whether there is a political party instigating them to take action. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) At the meeting, the university president wondered aloud whether there is a political party instigating them to take action. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) Lebanese University’s…
Mursi Advisors Behind Egypt Judiciary Debacle
Al-Akhbar News 27 Nov 2012 – Egyptian protesters wave their national flag as they shout political slogans against President Mohamed Morsi’s decree granting himself broad powers during a demonstrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on 27 November 2012. (Photo: AFP – Gianluigi Guercia) Egyptian protesters wave their national flag as they shout political…
Nine killed in attacks across northern Iraq
Al-Akhbar News 27 Nov 2012 – The remains of one of three car bombs burns following an attack near a Kurdistan Democratic Party youth club, one of the two main Kurdish parties in Iraq, in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on 27 November 2012. (Photo: AFP – Marwan Ibrahim) Insurgents launched…
Two wounded by Israeli army in Gaza
Al-Akhbar News 27 Nov 2012 – A boy looks up as he walks in the rubble of a destroyed shop in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on 26 November 2012, following a truce last week between Israel and Hamas that ended eight days of conflict in which 167 Palestinians and…
One Third of Lebanon Goes On Strike
Al-Akhbar News 27 Nov 2012 – The staff of the state employees fund also announced their adherence to the two-day strike in a separate statement. (Photo: Haytham al-Moussawi) The staff of the state employees fund also announced their adherence to the two-day strike in a separate statement. (Photo: Haytham al-Moussawi) Government employees…
Arafat’s remains exhumed in murder probe
Al-Akhbar News 27 Nov 2012 – Late-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says goodbye to well-wishers as he boards a Jordanian army helicopter at dawn at the Muqatta, his West Bank offices in Ramallah, on 29 October 2004, en route for Amman, from where he flew to Paris to seek medical treatment. (Photo: AFP…
Lebanese Syriacs in Citizenship Limbo
Al-Akhbar Politics 26 Nov 2012 – From a protest demanding equal nationality rights in Beirut. (Photo: Haytham al-Moussawi) From a protest demanding equal nationality rights in Beirut. (Photo: Haytham al-Moussawi) A bill passed earlier this year revoking the citizenship of 25 families who were members of Lebanon’s Syriac Church has been repealed…
Mass Cairo protest against Mursi
BBC 27 Nov 2012 – Tens of thousands of Egyptians take part in a rally in Cairo against President Mohammed Mursi, who last week granted himself sweeping new powers.
Yasser Arafat’s remains exhumed
BBC 27 Nov 2012 – The remains of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat are exhumed in Ramallah so experts can investigate allegations that he was poisoned.
France to back Palestinian UN bid
BBC 27 Nov 2012 – France confirms it intends to vote in favour of the Palestinian bid for recognition as a non-member observer state at the United Nations.
US envoy admits Benghazi error
BBC 27 Nov 2012 – Republicans attack as a US envoy tipped to replace Hillary Clinton admits releasing incorrect information after an attack on the consulate in Libya.
Deadly Baghdad bombs target Shia
BBC 27 Nov 2012 – At least 19 people have been killed in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in three separate bomb attacks in predominantly Shia areas, police say.
Livni returns to Israeli politics
BBC 27 Nov 2012 – The former Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, announces her return to politics at the head of a new party, “The Movement”.
Articles
Global Intifada
Bill V. Mullen, CounterPunch 11/27/2012
The Case for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israel
On 25 July, Spanish coal miners in the northern village of Cinera blocked their roads in protest against the austerity cuts. When state subsidies fell by 63%, and miners lost their jobs, homemade slings hurled rocks at the police. This protest took place as the Spanish indignados took to the Puerto del Sol for their anti-austerity demonstrations, inspired in turn by the long siege of Cairo’s Tahrir Square that deposed neoliberal chieftain Hosni Mubarak. Miner protests were also buttressed by Left organizations like Izquierda Anti-Capitalista critical of the Spanish State’s sale of more than 32 million euros worth of weapons to Israel between 1995 and 2008 and its 1.7 billion worth of trade with Israel the previous year. Thus as the battle waged on the ground in Cinera, 42 year-old coal miner Miguel Angel Iglesias told the New York Times: “I don’t preach violence, but I guess it’s turning into our version of the intifada… When somebody is determined to take away your job and what has kept families living here for over a century, you fight to the end.”
Occupied Palestine has become the most dialectical place on Earth. Like Spain in the 1930s, or Algiers in the late 1950s, Palestine is the locus of the world’s most powerful new internationalism constructed in response to the Apartheid-Industrial Complex – the linkage between neoliberal economic policies and apartheid structures, the general logic of racist neocolonialism. Palestine is the “template” (as Ali Abunimah put it) for neoliberal authoritarian regimes worldwide. It embodies the violent drawing together and leveling out of the world’s capitalist economies, and the historic rise of opposition to the oppression and exploitation they engender.
Palestine-South Africa
The Apartheid-Industrial Complex was birthed simultaneously in Palestine and South Africa as a labor nakba [catastrophe] against racially subordinated working classes…. more.. e-mail
Gaza, Iron Walls and Mowed Lawns
Paul R. Pillar, The National Interest 11/23/2012
The recently suspended round of organized violence in the Gaza Strip has a depressing familiarity, being similar to other rounds between Israelis and Palestinians. The physical harm inflicted has been as usual enormously disproportionate, with the Palestinian-to-Israeli death ratio being 27-to-one (admittedly, that’s down from about 100-to-one during Operation Cast Lead four years ago). There is the same callous disregard for civilian lives and livelihoods. The firing of notoriously inaccurate rockets into Israel is almost by definition an intention to harm civilians. The larger and much more accurate Israeli violence being perpetrated in the other direction is adorned with claims of wanting to minimize civilian casualties. The rubble to which civilian offices and private homes alike in the Gaza Strip have been reduced makes such claims a cruel joke. Much of the targeting of civilian structures came in a final spasm of Israeli operations in the last 24 hours before the cease-fire went into effect.
Also familiar is the U.S. posture toward all of this: acting as almost a cheering section for the Israeli operations, while offering little more than the barest acknowledgment of the suffering that Palestinians were enduring.
Finally, there is the same lack of any prospect that the latest round of violence makes still more rounds any less likely. To the contrary, this latest round makes the hatreds and antagonisms on both sides as intense as ever, setting the stage for still more Israeli-Palestinian fighting. There will be plenty of potential triggers for more large-scale violence to break out at any time. An incident Friday along the Gaza border, in which Israeli forces evidently shot to death a young Palestinian man, provided an early test of the new cease-fire. Additional tests will likely come from the actions of radical Palestinian groups Hamas is unable to control. No reasonable outside observer would say that this latest round of Arab-Israeli warfare has accomplished anything worthwhile.more.. e-mail
The Likud presents: The craziest, most radical list ever expected to win elections
Noam Sheizaf, +972 Magazine 11/26/2012
Knesset members behind attacks on the left, Arabs and asylum seekers won the day at the Likud primaries. All moderates but one were pushed down the list, and probably won’t serve in the next Knesset.
The Likud, Israel’s ruling party the last four years, and the one expected to win the next elections according to every poll I have seen since 2009 (!), held its primaries on Sunday and Monday. The outcome was somewhat expected but is still stunning, and more than anything, it reveals the deep change Israel is going through.
The top of the ticket will be held by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Roughly one-third of the seats will go to Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu party, as part of the deal on the joint ticket the two parties reached (Lieberman himself will hold the number two spot); therefore, only the first 20 candidates on the Likud list are expected to enter the Knesset.
All the so-called Likud “moderates,” except for Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, were pushed out of the top seed and will probably be out of the Knesset; that includes ministers Benny Begin, Michael Eitan and Dan Meridor. The most vocal backbenchers – those behind attacks on the left, Arabs and human rights NGOs – won the day. The Likud looks right now like the Tea Party’s dream team.
Examples:
#1 in the Likud primaries is Gidon Sa’ar, the current education minister and the person behind the school trips that take Israeli children to the settlement in occupied Hebron, and the effort to open a university in the settlement of Ariel. He also has a lot to do with the attempt to shut down the Department of Government and Politics at Ben-Gurion University in Be’er Sheva. more.. e-mail
When the Smoke Clears in Gaza
Yousef Munayyer, The New Yorker 11/19/2012
Sooner or later, hopefully sooner, the all-too-familiar scenes of violence in the Gaza Strip—the sight, on Sunday, of children’s bodies being pulled from a flattened house; the rocket launches—will temporarily stop. As after every round that preceded this, a ceasefire will eventually be reached. The question is what we will have learned.
Since the bombing began, both sides have asked how this ends. If the answer is something other than with a repetition in a few more years—a perpetual state of war—Israelis must wrestle with the question of their own identity. No, that question is not the clichéd one: Does Israel have a right to exist? Rather, the more imperative question is: Is the way in which Israel exists—as an occupier, a colonizer, and ultimately, as an apartheid state—right? Is there another solution, involving a single, democratic state?
For decades, the ideas put forward by Ze’ev Jabotinsky in his 1923 essay “The Iron Wall” have shaped the way that many Israelis have approached their relationship with the Palestinians. Jabotinsky, the ideological forefather of Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing Likud party, believed that it was naïve to think that the native Arabs would ever accept what he identified as “Zionist colonization.” Thus, he concluded, the only way that the Zionist project could succeed was through the use of force—“an iron wall which the native population cannot break through.”
What has transpired in Gaza over the past several days, and what has transpired in Palestine over the last century, has proven Jabotinsky and his modern day protégés both right and wrong. They are right to believe that the native Palestinian Arabs will not give up their right to the land or to full equality; they are not simply going to go away. But they are wrong to believe that this challenge can be solved by force. more.. e-mail
“Boycotting Israel works,” says Rachel Corrie’s dad
Electronic Intifada: 27 Nov 2012 – Joe Catron Gaza City 27 November 2012 Craig Corrie underscored the importance of BDS campaigns as he visited Gaza just before it came under attack.more
Gaza girl unable to speak after Israeli drone destroys her home
Electronic Intifada: 27 Nov 2012 – Mel Frykberg Gaza City 27 November 2012 Despite the ceasefire, hospitals in Gaza are still struggling to cope with the effects of Israel’s attack.more
the bombed coastal bridge and other unsettling things, post-Israeli-attacks
In Gaza: 27 Nov 2012 – Crossing Wadi Gaza (Gaza valley) was always an event where the scenery became secondary to the odour: notorious for smelling of a vast cistern , the Wadi has for years been one of the main tributaries of Gaza’s sewage, channelling sewage from central Gaza into the sea, at a rate of roughly 80 million litres a day . But after the last Israeli attacks, the route itself has become the primary concern, nauseating odour secondary. In the hours between Tuesday Nov 20 and Wed Nov 21, an Israeli warplane bombed the simple but vital bridge connecting Gaza and all north of the Wadi with central Gaza and all south. The bombing severed the bridge at a key structural place, making it all the harder to repair. Layperson estimates range from one month to several needed in order to re-build the bridge. Salah el Din is more crowded than ever, it being…more
Palestine: Oppression Will not Work
Dissident Voice: 27 Nov 2012 – Anyone who knows a little bit of history realizes that when there is situation where a people has refused to surrender and abandon its rights, oppressing it will not work. The only ones who may live in denial of this fact are the oppressor and those who support it. Their wishful thinking thus leads them to trying different types of violence and criminality, coupled with mass lies and distortion campaign. In Palestine today, this is merely one layer of the issue. The Israeli regime has convinced itself not only that it can get the Palestinian people to surrender, forget and let go, but also that the whole world should be supporting its racist policies and actually help it achieve its goals. Everyone else in the world, who has not fallen prey to the Israeli PR campaigns, do not doubt the inevitable outcome of the struggle of the Palestinians: justice and…more
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