2 April 2013 — VTJP
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Army Attacks Palestinians Protesters In Jerusalem
IMEMC – Israeli soldiers, attacked on Tuesday, a nonviolent protest that was held in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, and claimed that the protest was held without a permit from the Police in the occupied city. …
40 Injured In Clashes With The Army In Hebron
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, reported that at least 40 Palestinians have been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers who attacked Palestinians protesting the death of detainee Maisara Abu Hamdiyya. …
Cancer-stricken Palestinian dies in Israeli custody
4/2/2013 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, a Palestinian jailed in Israel, died in an Israeli hospital on Tuesday, after protests to secure his release failed. Hamdiyeh was transferred from prison to Soroka hospital in late March suffering from throat cancer which had spread to his spinal cord. Prisoners in Eshel and Nafha prisons had…. Related: Obituary: Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh (1949 – 2013) and Abu Hamdiyeh’s death raises tensions in Israeli jails
Medics: 12 hospitalized after Hebron protest over prisoner death
4/2/2013 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Twelve Palestinians were hospitalized Tuesday after clashes with Israeli forces in Hebron during a protest over the death of a detainee with cancer in Israeli custody, medics said. Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh died in Israel’s Soroka hospital on Tuesday morning after efforts by the Palestinian leadership and popular protests to…. Related: Abu Hamdiyeh’s death raises tensions in Israeli jails and Factions unite to condemn neglect of Abu Hamdiyeh
Israel hits Gaza in first airstrikes since November
4/3/2013 – GAZA CITY (AFP) — Israeli aircraft carried out three apparent warning strikes in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, hitting empty fields after a rocket earlier struck waste ground in southern Israel, Palestinian security sources said. They said that the strikes, the first since the end of a deadly eight-day confrontation between Israel and Hamas in November….
Relatives: Israel detains mother near Bethlehem
4/2/2013 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained a 27-year-old woman from her home in a pre-dawn raid in Doha, near Bethlehem, relatives said. Soldiers raided Hiba Bahjat’s home at 1. 30 a. m. and detained her, her parents told Ma’an, adding that she is sick and needs treatment. Forces also….
Abu Hamdiyeh’s death raises tensions in Israeli jails
4/2/2013 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The death of a cancer-stricken detainee on Tuesday raised tensions in Israeli jails as Palestinian prisoners announced a three-day hunger strike. Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, a Fatah leader from Hebron, died in an Israeli hospital on Tuesday from throat cancer which had spread to his spinal cord. Abu Hamdiyeh had accused Israeli…. Related: Cancer-stricken Palestinian dies in Israeli custody and Medics: 12 hospitalized after Hebron protest over prisoner death
Obituary: Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh (1949 – 2013)
4/2/2013 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, who died on Tuesday as a prisoner of Israel, was a married father of four who spent decades of his life in exile. Born in Hebron on Sept. 25, 1949, Abu Hamdiyeh was first imprisoned by Israel in 1969, accused of membership of the General Union of Palestinian…. Related: Cancer-stricken Palestinian dies in Israeli custody and Abu Hamdiyeh’s death raises tensions in Israeli jails
Issawi sends condolences to family of Abu Hamdiyeh
4/2/2013 – RAMALLH (Ma’an) –Long-term hunger striker Samir Issawi on Tuesday sent his condolences to the family of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, who died in Israeli custody after a battle with cancer.” Maysara died for the battle of dignity and pride, which is fought by thousands of steadfast Palestinians,” Issawi wrote in a letter passed to…. Related: Cancer-stricken Palestinian dies in Israeli custody
Gaza militants fire on Israel after prisoner death
4/2/2013 – GAZA CITY (AFP) — Gaza militants fired on southern Israel on Tuesday, hours after the death in custody of a Palestinian who suffered from cancer, witnesses said. Witnesses told AFP that militants in Gaza City had fired three mortar rounds on Israel. The Israeli army initially said only one projectile had landed in Israel, without causing….
Israel arrests settlers over Palestinian shootings
4/2/2013 – JERUSALEM (AFP) – Five Israelis from a wildcat settlement outpost in the northern West Bank were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of shooting and wounding two Palestinians in February, Israeli army radio reported. The suspects, from Esh Kodesh, near Nablus, were believed to have shot two men from the neighboring village of Qusra during a confrontation, the….
Hamas re-elects Khalid Mashaal as leader
4/2/2013 – CAIRO (Ma’an) — Hamas on Monday elected Khalid Mashaal as head of the movement’s politburo for the fourth time, an Egyptian official told Ma’an. Hamas’ Shura council convened Monday at the Intercontinental Hotel in Cairo for a secret election, and Mashaal was widely tipped to win the vote. The…. Related: Hamas confirms reelection of Khalid Mashaal
Factions unite to condemn neglect of Abu Hamdiyeh
4/2/2013 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Condolences and condemnations poured in from across the Palestinian political spectrum on Tuesday after the death of a cancer-stricken prisoner. The Palestinian leadership said Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh died because Israeli authorities refused him treatment until his cancer had spread. Abu Hamdiyeh, from Hebron, was hospitalized in late March. Abu Hamdiyeh was…. Related: Cancer-stricken Palestinian dies in Israeli custody
Hamas mixed sex schools ban takes effect
4/2/2013 – GAZA CITY (AFP) – A law banning mixed sex schooling in the Gaza Strip has entered into force, the education minister for Hamas said on Monday. The law, which was issued on February 10, was approved by the Islamist movement’s legislative council and went into effect on Sunday, Osama Mazini told a news conference….
Hamas confirms reelection of Khalid Mashaal
4/2/2013 – GAZA CITY (AFP) — Hamas on Tuesday officially confirmed its reelection of Khaled Mashaal’s reelection as head of the movement, drawing a cautious welcome from the rival Fatah movement which rules the West Bank. The reelection of the char
ismatic 56-year-old as the overall head ofHamas was widely seen as a shoo-in, with his…. Related: Hamas re-elects Khalid Mashaal as leader
Fayyad suffers pancreatic swelling
4/2/2013 – RAMALLAH (AFP) — Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad was in hospital for an inflamed pancreas on Tuesday, a medic in Ramallah said, having been admitted the night before with stomach pains.” Medical tests and scans show that Fayyad is suffering from pancreatic inflammation,” a doctor at the hospital in the West Bank city told AFP. But….
Blast damages supermarket in Gaza refugee camp
4/2/2013 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — An unidentified device exploded outside a supermarket in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza at dawn Tuesday. Locals rushed to put out a fire sparked by the blast, which caused extensive damage to the supermarket and neighboring homes, a Ma’an reporter said. Police are investigating the incident. [END]
Man found hanged in Jenin
4/2/2013 – JENIN (Ma’an) — A 52-year-old man was found hanged at his home in Jenin on Tuesday, the local police chief said. Police and a forensics doctor responded to a call that a man had died, and found him hanged, said Abdulnaser Daraghma. Police are investigating the death, Daraghma said. [END]
IMF: Egypt loan size still under discussion
4/2/2013 – DUBAI (AFP) — The International Monetary Fund could change the size of a $4. 8 billion financing program for Egypt, its Middle East director said on Tuesday ahead of fresh talks in Cairo on the package in the coming days.” The size may vary. It’s a question of needs and what’s required….
Group: Last month deadliest in Syria conflict
4/2/2013 – BEIRUT (AFP) — The month of March was the deadliest in Syria’s two-year conflict, with more than 6,000 people killed, a monitoring group said on Monday.” At least 6,005 people were killed in March. A total of 2,080 were civilians, among them 298 children aged under 16. Another 291 fatalities were women,” said Syrian….
Israel launches air raids on Gaza
AlJazeera 2 Apr 2013 – No injuries reported after Israel said it hit northern Gaza in response to rockets fired by Palestinian fighters.
Protests in Israeli jails after inmate death
AlJazeera 2 Apr 2013 – Palestinians allege Israel denied proper medical treatment to Maisara Abu Hamdiyeh who died of cancer.
Report: Israel Arrested Over 1000 Palestinians since Start of Year
Palestine News Network
Confrontations Erupt Between Palestinians, Israeli Forces Following Death of Prisoner
Palestine News Network
Presidency Holds Israel Responsible for Prisoner’s Death
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Israeli Forces Arrest Five Palestinians across West Bank
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Erekat: Ending Occupation is Way to Security, Peace in Region
Palestine News Network
Six Prisoners Wounded in Rimon Israeli Jail
Palestine News Network
Cancer Patient Prisoner Martyred in Israeli Jail
Palestine News Network
Over 20 Children Arrested in Q2 of March, 2013, says Information Ministry
Palestine News Network
Weather Forecast: Fluctuating Temperatures through Saturday
Palestine News Network
Hamas Bans Mixed Sex Schools in Gaza Strip
Palestine News Network
International Solidarity Movement
Activist dares imagine a one-state solution
4/2/2013 – International Solidarity Movement – By Patrick Cooke, 2nd April 2013, The Times of Malta – The snow that fell on the West Bank village of Urif on January 10 was the heaviest in years, enticing delighted children out of their homes. But snow was not the only thing to descend on the village that morning. As the children threw snowballs…. Related: Source: The Times of Malta
occupied Palestinian territory: Gaza militants fire on Israel after prisoner death
Relief Web 2 Apr 2013 – Source: Agence France-Presse Country: occupied Palestinian territory 04/02/2013 17:20 GMT GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, April 2, 2013 (AFP) – Gaza militants fired a rocket into southern Israel on Tuesday, after the death in custody of a Palestinian who suffered from…
World: Global emergency overview snapshot – 25 March – 02 April 2013
Relief Web 2 Apr 2013 – Source: Assessment Capacities Project Country: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar,…
Sheikh Mansour attends signing of Absher initiative MoU
The National 2 Apr 2013 – The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, attended the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding today that will help to employ Emiratis in the private sector, the state news agency Wam said.
Hundreds of thousands affected as Saudi authorities crack down on illegal workers
The National 2 Apr 2013 – Undocumented foreign workers may face arrest or deportation following kingdom’s bid to ease unemployment among its citizens.
Autism Awareness Day lights up the UAE
The National 2 Apr 2013 – Ataya is a three-day exhibition organised by the Red Crescent under an initiative rolled out by Sheikha Shamsa bint Hamdan Al Nayhan.
Myanmar mosque fire that killed 13 children inflames Muslim anger
The National 2 Apr 2013 – The blaze raised concerns over sectarian tensions following anti-Muslim violence in central Myanmar last month.
UAE bids for united effort to beat online scams
The National 2 Apr 2013 – Consumer protection authorities want to join forces with their international counterparts to help crack down on foreign-based internet scammers who target UAE shoppers.
Israel hit by Gaza mortars after Palestinian prisoner’s death
The National 2 Apr 2013 – Gaza militants fired on southern Israel yesterday, hours after the death in custody of a Palestinian who suffered from cancer.
Winners of Dh7m Sheikh Zayed Book Awards named
The National 2 Apr 2013 – The awards, with total prize money of Dh7 million, this year attracted 1,262 entries from 30 countries.
Dubai police chief received death threats after unmasking Mossad agents
The National 2 Apr 2013 – Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim says he received death threats after he revealed the identities of 40 Mossad agents involved in the assassination of Mahmoud Al Mabhouh in 2010.
Kerry returning to Jerusalem and Ramallah to push for renewal of peace talks
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
Palestinian convicted of murder in stone-throwing attack on settler and infant son
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
Careless hikers’ bonfire damages rare water lily pond in Tel Aviv
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
Man, 71, attacked in alleged road rage incident
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
Israeli prosecutor pushing for criminal charges against young drivers who hurt only themselves in accidents
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
Conflicting reports over state of Israeli health care
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
IDF troops provide security for all West Bank outposts – regardless of legal status
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
One month into investigation, rape victim still living in disabled residence with alleged attacker
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
High Court upholds Israeli law placing onus of asbestos cleanup on company
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
Israel launches first aerial strike on Gaza since November truce
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
Israeli tanks fire into Syria after IDF patrol comes under fire in Golan
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
Sources: Egypt pressured Meshal to stay on as Hamas leader
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
Too many Israelis eschew Mediterranean diet, reaching for fast-food instead
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
Palestinian prisoners declare hunger strike after inmate dies of cancer in hospital
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
Law and disorder: Of hundreds of bills proposed each year in the Knesset, only few become law
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
A dozen IDF soldiers guard empty West Bank outpost while settlers take break for the holiday
Ha’aretz – 2 Apr 2013
Number of Israeli emigrants drops amid woes overseas
Ha’aretz – 1 Apr 2013
Israelis happy, says OECD, despite low ranking on income and education
Ha’aretz – 1 Apr 2013
‘Cutbacks on child allotments will increase poverty’
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Council for the Child says budget cuts in child allotments will lead to substantial increase in number of children below poverty line.
Turkish economy fell sharply in 2012
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Egypt threatens to nix CBC TV license over satirist
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Critics say the case is sign of crackdown on dissent; Egypt’s most popular TV satirist accused of insulting Morsi.
NGOs call for probe into rabbinic ’income’
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Call follows comments attributed to Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger regarding state-employed rabbis who officiate at weddings.
Holocaust survivor slated to be honored dies
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Wife of Peretz Hochman, who took part in uprising against Nazis, to light torch at Remembrance ceremony in his place.
‘Ex-Muslim’ preaches the Gospel
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Palestinian convert to Christianity hosts Evangelical TV show.
In my own write: Mea culpa
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Apologizing might feel like “giving in,” but it’s more often a win-win situation, giving a relationship a new lease on life.
Tamar’s blessing
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Maximizing the benefits of Tamar and Leviathan necessitates no small amount of wisdom and vision. A bit of providence wouldn’t hurt either.
Police release five Esh Kodesh detainees
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – The men were questioned in connection to violence between their community and nearby Palestinian village Kusra in February.
Turkey and Israel: A ‘what next?’ mindset
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – At this point, the critical question is how to turn the forthcoming strategic dialogue into strategic cooperation.
British justice: A large leap backward for mankind
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Public boycotts have been staved off since 2005 thanks to the tireless efforts of Ronnie Fraser and other colleagues who eventually came to appreciate the efforts of this heroic figure.
Center field: Why I am not ‘Orthodox’ – or ‘secular’
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – I love Jewish tradition’s beauty and respect its power. I understand that some rigidity keeps continuity – but I prefer the Israeli terms “religious” or “traditional.”
Global architecture in Israel
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – How are we to withstand this onslaught without undue damage being done to our physical environment and to the architectural profession here?
No Holds Barred: Belittling tormentors allows us to be free
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – A man cannot fear his boss. If he does, he will allow himself to be exploited and abused, and his job will become a form of slavery.
Brothers seriously hurt after fall inside cave
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Children aged 11, 14 fall several meters into a hole during a family trip to the Hazan Caves in the Lachish district.
Mortar shell fired from Syria lands in Golan Heights
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – IDF sweeps area near Tel Fares in search of the rocket’s landing site; in separate incident, an IDF patrol on the Syrian border was fired at near Tel Hezka, army fires tank shells at source of shots in response.
Soccer player’s friend confesses to murder
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Congo native Eritsia Akalsongo reenacts murder of 20-year-old Netanya woman Zehava Chikol for police detectives.
Back to Bread: Israelis celebrate Mimouna
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Passover holiday comes to end with Israelis attending traditional Moroccan-Jewish festivals; millions tour country during holiday.
Boy hurt in Yavne ATV accident dies of injuries
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – 13-year-old was injured when the ATV he was riding flipped over while he was filming his Bar Mitzvah video.
Islamic hackers attack American Express website
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Cyber attackers linking themselves to Hamas knocked website offline for a few hours using DDoS attack.
Bennett’s Haredim draft plan: Just 1,800 exemptions
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – State will continue funding yeshiva students till age 22, after which they will be drafted into army or national service.
Palestinian prisoner dies of cancer, sparks unrest
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Hamas member sentenced to life in prison in Israel for attempted murder, dies in hospital; Abbas blames Israeli negligence.
Fischer: Don’t forget about the poor
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – In annual report, BOI chief stresses fiscal balance, housing reforms, urges creation of sovereign wealth fund for natural gas.
Police find rocket remains at Sderot kindergarten
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Rocket believed fired last month during Obama visit; kindergarten had been closed
for Passover holiday, delaying discovery.
Jon Stewart defends comedian arrested in Egypt
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Following the arrest and questioning of comedian known as “Egyptian Jon Stewart”, US entertainer mocks Egyptian gov’t.
Alternatively Speaking: A sight for sore eyes
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – Alternative medicine expert Natalie Marx answers your questions: What natural remedies can cure dry eyes?
‘Iran staying below nuclear red line ahead of vote’
Jerusalem Post 2 Apr 2013 – ‘Wall Street Journal’ quotes officials as saying Khamenei attempting to avert crisis with West by limiting uranium enrichment.
Egypt becoming a nightmare for Muslim Brothers
Jerusalem Post 1 Apr 2013 – Analysis: The threat of civil war appears all too real in Egypt amid economic, social and political crisis.
Health Scan: Backs bear a heavy burden
Jerusalem Post 1 Apr 2013 – TAU researchers say nerve damage, specifically nerves that travel through neck, shoulders is also a serious risk.
Maimonides as physician: Caring and curing
Jerusalem Post 1 Apr 2013 – An impressive English-language volume on the Rambam and his medical career has just been published, showing how he was way ahead of his time.
Israel launches airstrike on Gaza Strip
The Guardian 2 Apr 2013 – None reported wounded after Hamas and Israeli military confirm strike in northen Gaza, the first attack since November Israel launched an air strike on the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the first such attack since an…
Palestinian leaders accuse Israel of negligence after death of inmate
The Guardian 2 Apr 2013 – President and PM condemn Israeli prison system amid claims Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh died after receiving inadequate care Israel has been accused of medical negligence by the Palestinian president and prime minister after the death of a…
Russian army introduces the flying Orthodox church-in-a-box
The Guardian 2 Apr 2013 – The latest addition to the Russian military arsenal takes the form of an airborne church complete with parachuting priests The Russian military unveiled an unlikely new weapon in its arsenal this month – an army of…
William Sutcliffe: ‘It was so much more brutal than I thought it could be’
The Guardian 2 Apr 2013 – William Sutcliffe tells Alison Flood why his first novel for young adults is about the Israeli occupation William Sutcliffe, best known for his satirical take on gap year travel, Are You Experienced? , is moving into writing…
‘6,000 killed’ in bloodiest month for Syria crisis – Tuesday 2 April
The Guardian 2 Apr 2013 – • Upsurge in deaths thought due to heavier shelling • Spread of conflict to south also blamed • Assad’s office releases video of wife Asma to boost supporters • Read a summary of today’s key events Paul Owen…
Israel Criticised for Harsh Treatment of Palestinian Children
IPS In most countries, children are treated more gently by law enforcement than adults, with the right to have a parent present during questioning, for example. The situation is different in the Occupied Territories. “The common experience of many children is being aggressively awakened in the middle of the night by…
Now for a Vacation in Gaza, Maybe
IPS “We wanted to help foreigners in Gaza, so we created an English map of Gaza City,” says Amir Shurrab, one of the minds behind the foldable Gaza Tourist Map. At the time a lecturer for the University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS), Shurrab led a team of Geographic Information System (…
P5+1 Coalition Fraying on Eve of Second Almaty Talks with Iran
IPS On the eve of its second round of talks with Iran on curbing its nuclear programme in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the so-called P5+1 (U.S., Britain, France, China, and Russia plus Germany) is showing signs of growing disunity, according to the European Union’s former top foreign policy official. Speaking at a forum…
Executions continue in Iraq
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Settlers Assault 16-Year-Old Palestinian in Jerusalem
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Support Our Troops, Our War, and Our War Criminals
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FSA blasts Muslim Brotherhood for attempting to hijack the revolution
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Fatah students hang effigy of Qatari emir in elections debate
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Israel set to jail teenage conscientious objector for eighth time
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Crackdown on Aida camp‘s youth by Israeli occupation
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A Day after in Palestine The Rights of a People
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Greater Israel: The Defining Element of Israel-Palestine
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Camp Nama: British personnel reveal horrors of secret US base in Baghdad
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Palestinians blame Israel as prisoner dies of cancer
Daily Star 2 Apr 2013 The Palestinian leadership on Tuesday blamed Israel for the death of a long-term prisoner with cancer, further hiking tensions over what is already a tinderbox issue.
Women’s group slams Gaza law on gender segregation
Daily Star 2 Apr 2013 A new Gaza law mandating separate classrooms for boys and girls from age nine is another worrisome sign that the territory’s Islamic militant Hamas rulers are gradually imposing their fundamentalist practices.
In north Syria, eating herbs to survive
Daily Star 2 Apr 2013 For millions of Syrians displaced by fighting, every day is a struggle to survive, and for those in Kherbet al-Khaldiye, that means eating and drinking whatever they can forage.
Syria shell lands in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
Daily Star 2 Apr 2013 A mortar shell fired on Tuesday during fighting between Syrian forces and rebels landed in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israeli military sources said.
Obama proposes $100M for brain mapping project
Daily Star 2 Apr 2013 Obama on Tuesday proposed an effort to map the brain’s activity in unprecedented detail, as a step toward finding better ways to treat such conditions as Alzheimer’s, autism, stroke and traumatic brain injuries.
Palestinian Hamas Islamists re-elect Meshaal as leader
Daily Star 2 Apr 2013 The Islamist Palestinian Hamas group re-elected the relatively pragmatic Khaled Meshaal as its leader on Tuesday despite past criticism of him by hardliners in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Egypt steps up campaign against TV satirist
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IDF confirms: Air force carried out Gaza strike
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Report: IAF attacks in Gaza Strip
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US deploys second warship as tensions over NKorea rise
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Syrian forces pound rebel-held areas of Damascus
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Lawless anarchy in Israel
YNet News, 2 Apr 2013 – Op-ed: Recent violence against elderly proves State lacks compassion, proper education ….
It’s not equality, it’s blood
YNet News, 2 Apr 2013 – Op-ed: Ban on accepting blood donations from gay men has nothing to do with equal rights ….
Abu Hamdiya’s sister holds the occupation and PA the responsible for his death
PIC – The sister of martyr Maysara Abu Hamdiyah on Tuesday said she holds the occupation and the PA the responsible for her brother’s death in Israeli jails after a long struggle with cancer.
IOF arrests 22 Palestinian children within two weeks
PIC – A Palestinian official report said that the Israeli occupation forces and settlers have continued their attacks against Palestinian children.
Ahrar center calls for release of activist Thamer Saba’neh
PIC – Ahrar center for Prisoners studies called on all human rights organizations, to pressure the occupation authorities to release the writer and the activist in prisoners’ affairs Thamer Saba’neh.
Publication of a book about Sheikh Yassin’s life details
PIC – Palestinian History and Documentation Center announced the publication of the book “My story with the Sheikh” by Dr. Ghassan Hermas on the ninth anniversary of martyrdom of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
Prisoner Abu Hamdiya dies in Israeli jail
PIC – Palestinian prisoner Maisara Abu Hamdiya has passed away Tuesday morning in the Israeli jail of Soroka in Beersheba after his health condition reached a life-threatening stage.
Palestinian refugees rally in protest at UNRWA shrinking services
PIC – Palestinian refugees on Monday rallied outside an UNRWA ration office south of Gaza in protests at reducing its services.
IOF kidnap four Palestinians including woman in W. Bank
PIC – Violent clashes broke out at dawn Tuesday between Palestinians from Rummana town west of Jenin and Israeli troops who raided homes and kidnapped a young man.
Hamas slams Fatah student bloc for insulting Qatar and its leadership
PIC – Hamas strongly denounced Fatah and its student bloc at Palestine Technical university in Tulkarem for insulting Qatar and its leadership and described their act as shameful and irresponsible.
Owners of confiscated lands near Ramallah assert they won’t give up their lands
PIC – Israeli occupation has confiscated thousands of dunums of Palestinian lands in Deir Jarir, Silwad and Ein Yabrud for the construction and expansion of Ofra settlement, east of Ramallah.
Tafkaji: Israel continues ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem as it did in Galilee
PIC – Khalil Tafakji, director of Mapping and GIS Department of Arab Studies Society, said that Israel is continuing policy of ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem as it did in Galilee and Negev in 1948.
Israeli Police Arrests 9 Protesters in Jerusalem
WAFA – 2 Apr 2013
Abbas: Israel’s Arrogance Led to Death of Prisoner
WAFA – 2 Apr 2013
Protesters Condemn Israel over Death of Prisoner
WAFA – 2 Apr 2013
Fayyad Calls for International Monitoring of Israeli Jails
WAFA – 2 Apr 2013
Confrontations Erupt in Hebron Following Prisoner’s Death
WAFA – 2 Apr 2013
Report: Israel Arrested Over 1000 Palestinians since Start of Year
WAFA – 2 Apr 2013
Soldiers Raid Several Areas in Nablus, Leading to Clashes
WAFA – 2 Apr 2013
Newspapers Review: Abbas on Reconciliation Focus of Dailies
WAFA – 2 Apr 2013
Presidency Holds Israel Responsible for Prisoner’s Death
WAFA – 2 Apr 2013
Prisoner Dies of Medical Negligence in Israeli Jails
WAFA – 2 Apr 2013
Weather Forecast: Fluctuating Temperatures through Saturday
WAFA – 2 Apr 2013
Syria rebel fighters not ready to give up power after war
LA Times 1 Apr 2013 – Rebels on the ground say they, not expatriates or educated opposition outsiders, deserve leadership roles in a civilian government for post-conflict Syria. JABAL AL-ZAWIYA, Syria — The rebel commander Jamal Maroof was fiddling with his iPhone when a young man brought him news.
Israeli Tanks Respond to Shots Fired From Syrian Side
New York Times 2 Apr 2013 – The Israeli military said shots were fired at an Israeli Army jeep in the Golan Heights, and a mortar shell landed in an open field.
At War Blog: Unfamiliar Feelings in a Familiar Land
New York Times 2 Apr 2013 – Yasmine Mousa, a former interpreter for The New York Times in Baghdad, says that Iraq remains hostage to an ill-fated decision and wonders whether there is room for repair.
Palestinian Prisoners in Israel Protest After Inmate Dies
New York Times 2 Apr 2013 – The Palestinian Authority accused Israel of deliberately delaying the treatment of the prisoner, a retired general who had throat cancer.
Fischer rebukes Lapid for forgetting the poor
Globes Main News – “There’s much talk about the middle class, but the poor are as important,” Stanley Fischer said, presenting the Bank of Israel’s 2012 report.
Few Israelis booking Turkish vacations
Globes Main News – Travel agents report negligible Israeli bookings for Turkey despite las
t month’s reconciliation.
Teva loses exclusivity on AstraZeneca asthma drug
Globes Main News – A US court invalidated the patent on Pulimcort for which Teva had exclusive rights to sell a generic version.
Tue: Teva lifts market
Globes Main News – Teva rose on the day’s biggest turnover, but the Tamar partners were flat despite the start of the gas flow from the field.
Better Place woes hit engineering co Baran
Globes Main News – Baran wrote off NIS 16.5 million of Better Place’s debt, resulting in a NIS 10 million loss for the fourth quarter.
Lapid should keep quiet and learn
Globes Macro Economics – The Finance Ministry belongs to the entire public not just the middle class.
Lapid’s NIS 20,000 salary comment angers middle class
Globes Macro Economics – Respondents: NIS 20,000 a month isn’t even enough to buy an apartment for ourselves, let alone our children.
Fischer: Invest gas receipts overseas
Globes Macro Economics – “More money in the economy will cause the shekel to appreciate, which will affect industry’s ability to export.”
Israel Ranks Low in OECD Quality of Life Survey
Tikun Olam – The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which monitors key indices of social development among major western nations, published the Better Life index . It is a new survey which asks respondents to indicate their own subjective view of their economic, social, and personal well-being….
Nakba Steals All: Land, Life, Libraries
Tikun Olam – Palestinian books stolen by Israel during Nakba There are thousands of evils the Israeli Occupation does every day. Just as there were similar evils of the Nakba which preceded it and served as its harbinger. But we’re used to focusing on the big and obvious ones…
The Palestinian Authority’s role in the occupied territories
Mondoweiss – On the 18th January at 3:20 pm fifteen year old Saleh Elamareen was shot in the head and killed by a suspected dumdum bullet shot by Israeli soldiers. Elamareen had been standing with his friends outside Lajee refugee centre in the Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem watching…
Tunisia hosts World Social Forum, and reflects challenges to Arab Spring
Mondoweiss – “This was like a dream come true,” said a radiant Sossi Mohamed Sadek, a Tunisian second year engineering student who was one of the hundreds of local volunteers at the World Social Forum in Tunis. “To see our university overflowing with over 50,000 people from Africa,…
In ‘NYT’ lecture on intermarriage, Stanley Fish says religious difference is ‘deep and immovable’
Mondoweiss – I always thought of Stanley Fish as a radical when I was young. Well not in this piece titled “Marrying Out of the Faith,” at the Times site; he’s a conservative. At the start of the essay, Fish, 74, puts intolerance of intermarriage off on his…
Slamming intellectuals who backed Iraq war, Hedges says he lost job at ‘NYT’ for opposing it
Mondoweiss – Wow. I’ve been waiting for this. Chris Hedges on “America’s Sell Out Intellectuals,” at truthdig and alternet . I didn’t know this about Hedges at the Times; and I can’t wait for Iraq-war supporters George Packer, Al Franken, David Remnick, and Bill Keller to account for themselves….
Meet Nathan Blanc, Israeli conscientious objector
Mondoweiss – Nathan Blanc is an Israeli conscientious objector. He’s getting ready to serve his 8th stint in jail for refusing to serve in the Israeli military. He believes in democracy. From the video: The main reason for my refusal is the feeling our country is going towards…
Israel Strikes Gaza After Rockets Hit Town
The Foward Breaking News 2 Apr 2013 – Israel launched an air strike on the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the first such attack since an eight-day war in November, Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls the territory, and Israel’s military said. Click here for the rest of the article…
Shells From Syria Land in Israeli-Occupied Golan
The Foward Breaking News 2 Apr 2013 – A mortar shell fired on Tuesday during fighting between Syrian forces and rebels landed in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israeli military sources said. Click here for the rest of the article…
Israel Battles Protests Over Palestinian’s Death
The Foward Breaking News 2 Apr 2013 – Israeli prison guards fired tear gas to quell disturbances by Palestinian inmates on Tuesday after a prisoner serving a life sentence over an attempt to bomb an Israeli cafe died of cancer. Click here for the rest of the article…
Hamas Reelects Pragmatist Khaled Meshaal as Leader
The Foward Breaking News 2 Apr 2013 – The Islamist Palestinian Hamas group re-elected the relatively pragmatic Khaled Meshaal as its leader on Tuesday, despite past criticism of him by hardliners in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Click here for the rest of the article…
New Leader Josh Block Gives Makeover to The Israel Project
The Forward New 2 Apr 2013 – Josh Block brings an in-your-face style to his new job as head of The Israel Project. He is also leading sweeping changes at the fast-growing advocacy group. Click here for the rest of the article…
Egypt: Hegazi Attends Arab Finance Ministers Meeting
allAfrica.com 2 Apr 2013 – [Egypt Online]Finance Minister Al-Morsi Hegazi will join the fourth Arab finance ministers meeting and attend the 36th Arab Monetary Fund session on Tuesday 2/4/2013 in Dubai.
Nigeria: ‘Nigeria, Israel to Sign BASA This Year’
allAfrica.com 2 Apr 2013 – [Daily Trust]Nigeria and the state of Israel will sign Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) before the end of
2013, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Mr John-Kennedy Opara, has said.
US ‘meddling’ over satirist blasted
BBC 2 Apr 2013 – Egypt’s ruling Freedom and Justice Party criticises US “interference” over the case of the popular Egyptian TV satirist Bassem Youssef.
Israel launches air strike on Gaza
BBC 2 Apr 2013 – Israel carries out an air strike on the Gaza Strip for the first time since an eight-day war ended in a truce last November.
Palestinian prisoners protest death
BBC 2 Apr 2013 – Israeli prison guards use tear gas to stop protests by Palestinian prisoners after a Palestinian inmate died of cancer.
Egypt protest over food poisoning
BBC 2 Apr 2013 – Students at Cairo’s al-Azhar university plan a second day of protests after almost 500 of them were taken to hospital due to food poisoning.
Kuwait and Health Care: Racism as a State Solution
Al-Akhbar Blogs 2 Apr 2013 – Over a year ago, I wrote a post about an upcoming Kuwaiti project to enforce separate medical facilities for citizens and non-citizens. The project aimed to take the load off public hospitals by putting migrant workers and the stateless in other facilities. Related Articles: Gentrification and…
UN adopts arms trade treaty
Al-Akhbar News 2 Apr 2013 – Delegates to the United Nations General Assembly 2 April 2013 applaud the passage of the first UN treaty regulating the international arms trade. (Photo: AFP – Timothy A. Clary) The UN General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly adopted the first-ever treaty to regulate the $80-billion-a-year conventional arms…
Saudi Arabia Set for Lebanon Comeback
Al-Akhbar News 2 Apr 2013 – Najb Mikati attends a session of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013 on 25 January 2013 at the Swiss resort of Davos. (Photo: AFP – Johannes Eisele) Najb Mikati attends a session of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013 on 25 January 2013 at…
Lebanon: Unions Suspect Ill Will in Firing Attempt
Al-Akhbar News 2 Apr 2013 – On salary day, Gharib, who had been teaching at the school for two decades, discovered that there was no deposit in his bank account. (Photo: Bilal Jawich) On salary day, Gharib, who had been teaching at the school for two decades, discovered that there was no…
What Time is Easter in Lebanon?
Al-Akhbar News 2 Apr 2013 – Residents of the coastal city of Tripoli, northern Lebanon, perform during a parade at the annual carnival of Zambo, preceding Clean Monday, 17 March 2013. (Photo: Reuters – Omar Ibrahim) Residents of the coastal city of Tripoli, northern Lebanon, perform during a parade at the annual…
Assad offers amnesty deal for kidnappers
Al-Akhbar News 2 Apr 2013 – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued an amnesty deal to kidnappers Tuesday, giving them 15 days to hand over victims or face a possible death sentence, state news agency SANA reported. Kidnappers who do not release victims within the 15 days will be sentenced to a life…
Egypt: The Arab Jon Stewart Takes on the Brotherhood
Al-Akhbar News 2 Apr 2013 – A picture taken on 22 January 2013 shows Egyptians walking past posters of Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef outside a theatre in Cairo. (Photo: AFP – Khaled Desouki) A picture taken on 22 January 2013 shows Egyptians walking past posters of Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef outside a…
Lebanon: Rival Salafi Sheikhs Seek Unity
Al-Akhbar Politics 1 Apr 2013 – Dai al-Islam al-Shahhal greets his supporters in the Beirut district of Tariq al-Jadideh during a protest against the attacks on Sunni Muslim scholars, March 18, 2013. (Photo: Reuters – Hussam Shebaro) Dai al-Islam al-Shahhal greets his supporters in the Beirut district of Tariq al-Jadideh during a…
US ‘meddling’ over satirist blasted
BBC 2 Apr 2013 – Egypt’s ruling Freedom and Justice Party criticises US “interference” over the case of the popular Egyptian TV satirist Bassem Youssef.
UN passes global arms trade treaty
BBC 2 Apr 2013 – The UN General Assembly adopts a historic treaty to control the trade in conventional arms, voting it through by a huge majority.
Outrage at Saudi paralysis sentence
BBC 2 Apr 2013 – Amnesty denounces as “outrageous” the reported sentencing of paralysis for a Saudi man as punishment for paralysing another man.
Israel launches air strike on Gaza
BBC 2 Apr 2013 – Israel carries out an air strike on the Gaza Strip for the first time since an eight-day war ended in a truce last November.
Palestinian prisoners protest death
BBC 2 Apr 2013 – Israeli prison guards use tear gas to stop protests by Palestinian prisoners after a Palestinian inmate died of cancer.
Egypt protest over food poisoning
BBC 2 Apr 2013 – Students at Cairo’s al-Azhar university plan a second day of protests after almost 500 of them were taken to hospital due to food poisoning.
Articles
Activist dares imagine a one-state solution
Patrick Cooke, The Times of Malta 4/1/2013
“It is a deliberate policy of ethnic cleansing”
The snow that fell on the West Bank village of Urif on January 10 was the heaviest in years, enticing delighted children out of their homes.
But snow was not the only thing to descend on the village that morning.
As the children threw snowballs, dozens of Israeli settlers came down from the hilltop settlement of Yizhar, brandishing guns, stones and even a sword.
What happened next was witnessed by Maltese activist Andre Callus, 26, who was in the Nablus region with the International Solidarity Movement, a non-violent group “committed to resisting the Israeli apartheid in Palestine”.
He showed The Times a video of the clashes in the village that day, filmed by the ISM.
A Palestinian can be seen lying on the ground, shot and injured by a live bullet fired by settlers or the Israel Defence Forces that protect them.
Members of the army can later be seen throwing a sound bomb to disperse international activists who appeared to be asking them to keep the settlers away from the village.
“This was an almost daily occurrence in Urif; sometimes settlers’ attacks would happen three times a day,” Mr Callus said. — See also: Source: The Times of Malta more.. e-mail
Israel ‘tried to banish me for 28 years,’ says hunger striker Ayman Sharawna
Joe Catron, Gaza City, Electronic Intifada 3/25/2013
Ayman Sharawna needed the help of two friends, one supporting him on each side, to walk into the living room of his new apartment overlooking the Gaza seaport on Saturday. But if the physical effects of his eight-month hunger strike were visible, Sharawna projected an air of victory when he spoke with activists who had gathered to welcome him.
“My hunger strike secured two things,” he said. “First, it won my release, my freedom. Second, it prevented the arrest of other prisoners who were released in the Shalit deal [the prisoner exchange in October 2011].”
Sharawna’s hunger strike ended on 17 March with an agreement in which Israel banished him to Gaza from his home in the West Bank city of Hebron for 10 years.
A statement by Gaza’s Palestinian Centre for Human Rights called his forcible relocation “a form of collective punishment and reprisals prohibited under the Fourth Geneva Convention” (“PCHR condemns Ayman al-Sharawna’s deportation to Gaza by Israeli forces,” 18 March 2013).
Sharawna’s hunger strike was a matter of collective defense as much as securing his personal liberty, he said. “The occupation forces threatened, the night they arrested me, to arrest all Hamas prisoners who were released in the Shalit exchange. But my hunger strike stopped that.”
“Playing with words”
As for his release to the Gaza Strip, he counted it as a success…. more.. e-mail
Stand With Us poster sends truly universal message – accidentally
Noam Sheizaf, +972 Magazine 3/30/2013
Controversial poster juxtaposes Holocaust survivors with IDF soldiers. The only thing is, the Nazis’ victims in the picture are probably not Jewish.
Ami Kaufman reported here on a tasteless Stand With Us poster, politicizing the memory of the Holocaust in order to support Israeli policy and the IDF. Here is the poster, and I urge you to read Ami, who makes all the important points. (UPDATE: Stand With Us took the picture off their Facebook wall)
I, however, want to bring attention to an interesting fact (pointed out by a commentator on the Stand With Us Facebook page): the survivors in the poster are probably not Jews. They have single, not double triangles on their shirts, which means that they could be political prisoners, or those deemed criminals by the Nazis (from homosexuals to the mentally ill). Check out the Wikipedia entry on Nazi concentration camp badges for more details.
The original picture was taken in Buchenwald, Germany – a camp known for the diverse group of prisoners who were sent to it – Jews, Gypsies, political prisoners, Soviet soldiers and many more. Actually, this very same picture is used in another article to illustrate the Nazi classification system.
Chances are, therefore, that those prisoners in the picture are not Jews, which transforms the Stand With Us poster into something completely different. The image takes a life of its own, and without taking anything away from the memory of the Jewish tragedy, it leaves us with a humanistic and universal lesson: not just that the Holocaust should never happen to us again, but rather that this should never happen to anyone. — See also: Tasteless montage: Pro-Israel group puts IDF soldiers in line with Nazi camp inmates more.. e-mail
The Unheard Voices of Palestinians
Alan Wieder, CounterPunch 3/22/2013
David Grossman’s “The Yellow Wind” Revisited
David Grossman did the interviews for his book, The Yellow Wind, in May 1987, six months before the first Intifada. Not
only did the book show that particular decade’s oppressive reality of Israel toward Palestine, it illustrated the causes of that Intifada, and sadly, the one that followed and those that will come because of Israel’s continuing oppression that is now wed with expanding settlements on Palestinian land in what is at the very least the closest, present parallel to the Bantustan states in apartheid South Africa.
Although somewhat confounding, Grossman did not himself define Israel as the oppressor and Palestine as the oppressed. “Defining Israel’s position as wrong in principle and the Palestinian position as entirely righteous, is simplistic and false,” he said. Grossman’s book is compelling, however, because he relies on the voices of “ordinary” Palestinians and Israelis, not politicians or officials, living in the West Bank at the time. And the people that he spoke with clearly do signify – the oppressor and the oppressed.
“The fact is that when I wrote the book I had no intention of suggesting a solution. I am a writer not a politician, and the writer’s job, I believe, is to put a finger on the wound, to write anew, in a language that the reader has not yet learned to insulate himself against, about the intricacies of the existing situation, to shatter stereotypes that make it easy not to deal with the problems. The writer’s job is to remind those who have forgotten that humanity and morality are still important questions and to warn of the future implied by the present.” (Intro/NP)
Traveling for seven weeks in the West Bank, Grossman spoke to Palestinians and Israelis. He met shopkeepers, soldiers, farmers, widows, children, oppressors, victims, and more. For the purpose of this review, we will re-visit the words of some of the Palestinians whom Grossman portrays in the book….more.. e-mail
The Month in Pictures: March 2013
Electronic Intifada: 2 Apr 2013 – 2 April 2013 A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.more
Suffocating Under Siege, Gaza Welcomes Tourism
In Gaza: 2 Apr 2013 – First Published at Inter Press Services –by Eva Bartlett (IPS) – “We wanted to help foreigners in Gaza, so we created an English map of Gaza City,” says Amir Shurrab, one of the minds behind the foldable Gaza Tourist Map. At the time a lecturer for the University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS), Shurrab led a team of Geographic Information System (GIS) professionals and students in mapping Gaza City street by street in 2009. “GIS drawing is usually aided by satellites, but the Israeli occupation authorities prevented us from using the nearest satellite,” says Shurrab. “So we used one further away. “We also wanted to share Gaza’s beauty and culture, to show a different face from what is seen in the media,” says Shurrab, referring to the images of Palestinians maimed and killed by Israeli bombings and shootings. The map, also available on the Internet , is a cheery rendition of…more
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