29 April 2013 — VTJP
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Al-Eesawy Slowly Recovering Following His 9-Month Hunger Strike
IMEMC – Monday April 29 2013, Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that Palestinian detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy was moved from the Kapalan Israeli hospital to the Al-Ramla prison clinic, adding that the detainee is slowly recovery from his nine-month hunger strike. …
Israel Approves 120 Units In Givat Ze’ev Settlement
IMEMC – Monday April 29 2013, Israeli “News One” news website reported that the “Lands Authority” of the Israeli Housing Ministry approved the construction of additional 120 units in the Givat Ze’ev illegal settlement, in occupied Jerusalem. …
Israel Removes Dozens Of Bedouin Families In The Jordan Valley
IMEMC – The Al-Maleh and the Bedouin Tribes Village Council in the Jordan Valley reported that Israeli soldiers started, on Monday evening, the eviction of dozens of Bedouin families in the area in preparation to conduct military training. …
Explosive Detonates In Front Of Home Of Fateh Official In Rafah
IMEMC – Monday at dawn, April 29, 2013, an explosive charge was placed and detonated, in front of the home of a Fateh official, in the Rafah district, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, leading to excessive damage to his car and home. …
Army Demolishes Three Homes In Occupied Jerusalem
IMEMC – Monday morning, April 29, 2013, Israeli soldiers demolished three Palestinian homes in the At-Tour area, in occupied East Jerusalem, rendering at least 30 Palestinians homeless. …
Israel bulldozes 4 apartments in East Jerusalem
4/29/2013 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israel razed four apartments on Monday in the al-Tur neighborhood of East Jerusalem, in spite of several attempts to revoke the demolition order, owners said. Israeli authorities evicted 24 Gaith family members — including five children and an elderly woman — from the apartments ahead of the demolition, Rushi Ghaith, one of the….
Israel bans prison visits as Gaza closure continues
4/29/2013 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israel put a halt to prison visits for Palestinians prisoners from Gaza on Monday, in response to rocket fire from the coastal enclave, the Palestinian Authority liaison office said. Israeli authorities said the closure of all Gaza crossings would also continue, the office said. Israeli warplanes bombed two sites early….
UNRWA: Israeli forces demolish Hebron water well
4/29/2013 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Monday demolished a water well and utility room in the Fawwar refugee camp in Hebron, a local UN official said. Deputy director of the camp’s UNRWA office Ahmad Abu Fadda said Israeli forces declared the area a closed military zone. Fadda added that several notices said….
Arab prisoners deported to Gaza unable to return home
4/29/2013 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Arab former prisoners of Israel who were deported to the Gaza Strip on their release say they are not allowed to return to their homelands. In the 1990s, the Israeli government led by Ehud Barak released 42 Arab prisoners on condition they spent three years in the Gaza Strip, in….
Settlers plant trees in Palestinian fields near Nablus
4/29/2013 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers on Monday planted trees on private Palestinian land in Nablus in the northern West Bank, a Palestinian Authority official said. Settlers plowed land belonging to Palestinian farmers in Azmut, east of Nablus, and planted young olive, vine and prunus trees, said Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activity in the….
Gaza mortar shell fired at southern Israel
4/29/2013 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Militants in the Gaza Strip on Monday sent a mortar shell crashing into an open area in southern Israel, a day after a rare retaliatory air strike by Israeli forces, the army said.” A mortar shell struck an uninhabited area in the Eshkol region near the security fence between Israel and the Gaza….
Palestinian Christians urge pope to oppose wall
4/29/2013 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Palestinian Christians near Bethlehem on Monday urged Pope Francis to speak up against an Israeli decision to build its controversial separation barrier on a route they say would cut off their community.” We cry to your Holiness with a feeling of despair and urgency in order to keep alive our hope that justice….
Gunmen kidnap Jenin man
4/29/2013 – JENIN (Ma’an) — Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a 30-year-old man on Sunday from an internet cafe in a village in the northern West Bank, witnesses said. Three armed men stopped in a car outside the cafe in Jaba, south of Jenin, and ordered coffee. As cafe owner Mahmud Alawneh returned to the shop, the…. Related: Mayor: Undercover Israeli forces abducted man near Jenin
PA ministry concerned over detainee’s health
4/29/2013 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Detainees Affairs expressed concern Monday over the deteriorating health of a Palestinian detainee in an Israeli prison. The ministry’s lawyer Shirin Iraqi said Mustasem Taleb, 31, from the Sayda village in Tulkarem was diagnosed with colon cancer. Iraqi said she met with Taleb at….
Formula, medicine stranded at Gaza crossing
4/29/2013 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hundreds of truckloads of food and goods destined for Gaza remained stranded Monday on the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom crossing, the Popular Front Against the Siege said. Among the goods are infant formula, medicine, and goods destined for UNRWA, as well as agricultural and commercial goods, a statement….
Truck drivers strike at Allenby over Israeli restrictions
4/29/2013 – JERICHO (Ma’an) — Truck drivers went on strike at the border between the West Bank and Jordan on Monday in protest over new Israeli restrictions. The drivers stopped work between 8 a. m. and 11 a. m. at the Allenby Bridge crossing because Israeli authorities have reduced the number of trucks allowed to cross….
Israel allows Gaza Christians to spend Easter in West Bank
4/29/2013 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israel has granted hundreds of Orthodox Christians in the Gaza Strip permission to celebrate Easter in the West Bank, Palestinian officials said Monday. Palestinian liaison officials told Ma’an that they had received around 500 permits for Christians in Gaza, valid from April 30 to May 12. Guy Inbar….
Mayor: Undercover Israeli forces abducted man near Jenin
4/29/2013 – JENIN (Ma’an) — Undercover Israeli forces abducted a cafe owner in a village in the northern West Bank on Sunday night, the local mayor said Monday. Three armed men in plainclothes stopped in a car outside an internet cafe in Jaba, south of Jenin, and ordered coffees from the owner, 30-year-old Mahmud Alawneh…. Related: Gunmen kidnap Jenin man
Fatah leader’s car bombed in Gaza Strip
4/29/2013 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Assailants bombed the car of a Fatah leader in the southern Gaza Strip at dawn Monday, police said. The attackers planted a 500-gram explosive device targeting the car of Monther al-Bardawil outside his home in Rafah, said police spokesman Ayman al-Bandakji. Witnesses told Ma’an the explosion shook….
Hamas: PA forces detain 4 affiliates in West Bank
4/29/2013 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Hamas said Monday that Palestinian Authority security forces detained four party affiliates in the West Bank, a statement read. The arrests were made in Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron, Hamas said. The detentions come ahead of an announcement Friday that President Mahmoud Abbas will head to Cairo in May to advance reconciliation….
Medics: Laborer killed after falling from Nablus building
4/29/2013 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — A man was killed on Monday after falling from a building in Nablus, medics said. Abdulllah al-Sahli, 25, died after falling from a building on a construction site north of Nablus, Red Crescent officials told Ma’an. His body was transferred to al-Itihad hospital. [END]
Gaza police seize drugs stash in Rafah
4/29/2013 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Police seized a large quantity of illegal drugs on Monday during a raid in the southern Gaza Strip, a drug-control unit said. The general administration of drug-control in Gaza said police seized 30,000 pills and a large quantity of hashish in the city of Rafah. A man was arrested by….
5 injured in Gaza fireworks store blaze
4/29/2013 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Five people were injured on Monday when a fire broke out in a fireworks store in Gaza City, civil defense officials said. Firefighters managed to contain to blaze and prevent a disaster, as the store contained large amounts of highly flammable products. Initial reports suggest the fire was caused by….
Man, 107, dies in Nablus
4/29/2013 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — A 107-year-old resident of the Kafr Qalil village in Nablus died on Monday. Locals expressed sadness for the loss of Marouh Amer who was a witness to Palestinian history, they told a Ma’an correspondent. Amer is survived by more than 100 grandchildren. [END]
5 injured in road accident near Bethlehem
4/29/2013 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man and four Israeli settlers were injured Monday in a road accident near Tuqu, east of Bethlehem. Hasan Abdul-Karim, from Jammain near Nablus, was moderately injured when his truck overturned after colliding with an car carrying four Israelis, who were also injured in the incident, locals said. Palestinian and….
Algeria attack kills 3 auxiliary police
4/29/2013 – ALGIERS (AFP) — Three Algerian auxiliary policemen were killed in what a security official called a “terrorist” attack, a term authorities use to refer to armed Islamists, the APS news agency said. The three had just quit work in the Tipaza region, some 70 kilometers (45 miles) west of the capital Algiers, and were going home….
Algerian president ‘responding well’ in Paris after stroke
4/29/2013 – PARIS (AFP) — Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was “responding well” in a Paris hospital Sunday after suffering a mini-stroke that has raised doubts about his ability to govern less than a year before a presidential election. The 76-year-old, in power since 1999, suffered a “transient ischaemia” Saturday and was flown to Paris where….
Russia fears WMD search as pretext for ousting Assad
4/29/2013 – MOSCOW (AFP) — Russia on Monday warned the West against using a search for weapons of mass destruction in Syria as an excuse for ousting President Bashar Assad along the lines of the notorious hunt for deadly arms in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov questioned why UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon….
Smugglers shoot, injure Egyptian officer
4/29/2013 – EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Smugglers shot and injured an Egyptian army officer on Monday in Sinai near Egypt’s border with Israel, Egyptian security officials said. Muhammad Abdul Aziz, a 20-year-old officer in Egypt’s Central Security Service, was shot in the hand in clashes with gunmen who were smuggling African….
Palestinian Producer Price Index Decreased in March, says Statistics Bureau
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WATCH: Israeli Soldier Curses Farmers, Israeli Peace Activists
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Prisoners Society Bare Israel Full Responsibility for Prisoner’s Life
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Israeli Forces Raid Houses of Prisoners in Jenin
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Israel Cancels Family Visitation for Gaza Prisoners
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Israel Media Outlet Attacks Abbas, Describes him with “Biggest Supporter of Terrorism”
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IOF Forces Arrest Youngster from Bethlehem
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Discussion about West Bank Palestinian Workers in Israel
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occupied Palestinian territory: Saudi medical supplies arrive in Gaza
Relief Web 29 Apr 2013 – Source: Kuwait News Agency Country: occupied Palestinian territory, Saudi Arabia GAZA, April 29 (KUNA) — The first medical aid supplies presented by Saudi Arabia arrived in Gaza Strip on Monday, destined for the enclave’s needy medical centers and hospitals. The…
World: The Market Monitor – Trends of staple food prices in vulnerable countries, Issue 19 – April 2013
Relief Web 29 Apr 2013 – Source: World Food Programme Country: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, Niger, occupied Palestinian territory, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, World Global Highlights…
World: Global Emergency Overview Snapshot 22 – 29 April 2013
Relief Web 29 Apr 2013 – Source: Assessment Capacities Project Country: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Haiti, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania,…
World: Global Overview 2012: People internally displaced by conflict and violence
Relief Web 29 Apr 2013 – Source: Norwegian Refugee Council, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Country: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iraq,…
Egypt’s battle moves to judiciary
The National 29 Apr 2013 – With Egypt’s legislature and executive under their control, president Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood appear impatient to gain control of the third branch of government: the judiciary. Youssef Hamza reports from Cairo
British royals pull out all stops for Sheikh Khalifa’s visit
The National 29 Apr 2013 – Royals will ensure the visiting President, Sheikh Khalifa, realises the importance to the UK of its relationship – and trade – with the UAE. Omar Karmi reports
Syrian PM survives assassination attempt
The National 29 Apr 2013 – Bombing in the centre of Damascus slays one of Wael Al Halqi’s bodyguards and five passers-by. Phil Sands reports
Manufacturers will be able to apply for seal of approval, Abu Dhabi forum told
The National 29 Apr 2013 – Trustmarks are already available for paints, window-safety devices, electrical appliances and water fixtures under four schemes operated by Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC).
Proposal to allow Israelis visa-free travel to the US angers some Americans
The National 29 Apr 2013 – Plan would make Israel the only country out of 37 participating in visa waiver agreements with the US that would be able to hold US citizens to different standards of treatment based on their race. Taimur Khan reports from New York
‘Decision soon’ on UAE nuclear waste
The National 29 Apr 2013 – A decision could be made as soon as next month, according to a source close to the country’s nuclear authorities.
Maid ‘beat sponsor’s baby girl to death, say Abu Dhabi Police
The National 29 Apr 2013 – The three-month-old girl, Malak, was left with a fractured skull and suffered a brain haemorrhage after the maid ‘managed to sneak into the baby’s room and commit the crime’.
Political ruckus over corruption stalls India reforms
The National 29 Apr 2013 – Two long-stalled reforms were to be introduced in the legislature in the past week but have been sidetracked by a political storm.
Former IDF judge named as cabinet secretary
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
State Comptroller sides with municipal whistle-blowers against mayor suspected of graft
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
Israeli judge accused of sexual harassment announces resignation
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
Police to examine the gravity of sexual harassment allegations against former Israeli news anchor Emmanuel Rosen
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
Israel to lower driving age, but tack on period of mandatory supervision
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
The IDF’s new appointments: A mix of politics and gambling
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
Israel Navy gets fifth Dolphin-class submarine from Germany
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
Assad used chemical weapons on rebels, confirms senior Israeli official
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
Israel evicts Bedouin residents of West Bank village ahead of IDF exercise
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
IDF commander jailed for hazing recruits during basic training
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
Netanyahu: Iran hasn’t crossed nuclear ‘red line’, but is approaching it systematically
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
Knesset panel gives Shin Bet green light to hold terror suspects up to 96 hours before facing judge
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
Sexual harassment inadequately dealt with in Israeli academia, watchdog finds
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
Former Channel 2 News director warned Emmanuel Rosen about harassment
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
Israel to step up fight against ‘price tag’ attacks, Livni tells settler leaders
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
Court delays evacuation of illegal West Bank outpost of Amona until July
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
U.S. in no hurry to go after Assad’s chemical weapons
Ha’aretz – 29 Apr 2013
Panel on haredi draft debates granting exemptions
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Peri Committee debates how to select the 1,800 yeshiva students who will be granted an exemption every year.
Hamas slams Abbas announcement on unity gov’t talks
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – “The reconciliation accord should be implemented as a whole package and not partially,” Haniyeh complains as Abbas moves to form new gov’t.
Knesset c’tee discusses reforms to marriage process
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Several religious services and rights groups explain to c’tee difficulties experienced by couples seeking to register for marriage in Israel.
Eini backs off labor dispute after meeting Lapid
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Histadrut chairman, finance minister both describe “positive” meeting; Histadrut: Progress made, no labor dispute to be called.
Police open probe into TV star Rosen allegations
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Police to determine whether or not crime took place after reports that TV personality sexually harassed a series of women over the years.
Labor MK: US shouldn’t push Israel, PA for peace
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – MK Merav Michaeli says every round of negotiations that achieves nothing is harmful, “Israelis need to want an agreement.”
Analysis: Iran crossing red line with yellowcake uranium
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Former MI chief Yadlin’s contention that Iran hasn’t backtracked on its enrichment, unlike previous assessments by top Israeli and int’l figures, has serious ramifications for Israel’s security.
Emergency law limiting detainee rights extended
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Knesset c’tee prmits extending detention of security detainees without them being present in court, delaying access to lawyer.
Lebanese film banned for being shot in Israel
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – The film, The Attack, is banned by gov’t in Beirut; won three awards at the COLCOA French film festival in Hollywood.
1,000 Baha’i delegates arrive to elect new council
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Delegates from 157 countries arrive in Israel to select the representatives of 9 member panel, known as The Universal House of Justice.
Egypt boycotts talks to protest ‘Israeli nukes’
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – In an implicit reference to Israel, Cairo says it is withdrawing from a second week of Non-Proliferation Treaty talks.
NGOs to observe Equal Pay Day
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – The average hourly wage of female employees is about 84 percent of the wage their male counterparts receive.
MKs pledge to tackle Holocaust survivors’ poverty
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – “How is it possible that there are survivors who live without heating? Let us die with dignity,” survivor Dora Roth tells MKs.
Speaking freely
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Enforcing an atmosphere in which people are compelled to speak in one voice and walk in lockstep undermines the strength of democracy and liberalism.
W. Bank: Beduin villagers evicted for IDF exercise
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – IDF say structures are illegal and located in closed military zones which are actively used by the army.
Whitewashing anti-Semitism
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Next month, the fourth International Conference of the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism will convene in Jerusalem under the auspices of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
No Holds Barred: One strike and you’re out
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – The growing American and Jewish culture of “one strike and you’re out” is tragic and disturbing.
The Region: The situation is looking better
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – What often seems to be the world’s most slandered and reviled country is doing quite well.
Wildfires tear through fields across country
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Mitkan Adam base outside Modi’in evacuated due to heavy smoke and fear that the fire could ignite an ammunition depot.
On my Mind: The Syrian morass
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Security Council impotence has been the standard for the Syria crisis. Previous appeals from the UN’s own humanitarian agencies have been ignored.
President Obama’s perpetually fading red line
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Obama has treated the bloody Syrian conflict like a geopolitical Pandora’s box that he dare not touch.
What happened to Berkeley?
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – To the best of my knowledge the Associated Students of the University of California hasn’t come out against the butchery in Syria.
Man allegedly killed sister during prison furlough
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Police arrest Umm al-Fahm man after sister found dead with gunshot wounds to her upper body; family dispute suspected to be cause of murder.
Where Israel’s next int’l airport should be
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Minister Shalom’s initiative to allow civilian aviation to operate alongside the military in Nevatim airport is both obvious and logical.
Open Skies is good news!
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – It is true that Israeli companies will have to compete, and may even have to learn more about customer service and smiling.
UN condemns attempted assassination of Syrian PM
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – “The Secretary-General has consistently condemned all acts of terrorism,” Ban’s press office states.
UN: Chemical probe ready to deploy within 48 hours
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Ban says investigative team is waiting at the ready to deploy from Cyprus to probe alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Hungary activist attacked before Jewish Congress
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Head of a Hungarian anti-racism group says far-right soccer fans attacked him shouting Nazi slogan and broke his nose.
Dershowitz presents plan to restart peace talks
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – Harvard Prof. tells audience at ‘Post’ conference who laugh at his peace plan ideas that they are “foolish.”
Parties spar over referendum on peace treaty
Jerusalem Post 29 Apr 2013 – PM favors vote on giving up land, Liberman, Livni, Yacimovich oppose, while Bayit Yehudi has yet to submit proposal.
Halake ceremony in Israel – picture of the day:
The Guardian 29 Apr 2013 – A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. Menahem Kahana’s well-observed image of an ultra-orthodox Jewish rite Ranjit Dhaliwal
Gaza police shaving heads of young men in crackdown on western fashion
The Guardian 29 Apr 2013 – At least 40 men in past month claim to have been bound, beaten and had their hair cut by Hamas officers, says rights group Ismail Helou was working at his family’s petrol station on a Thursday…
Syria Says PM Escapes Car Bomb Attack
IPS Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi has survived a bomb attack that targeted his convoy in central Damascus, Syrian state media report. “The terrorist explosion in al-Mazzeh was an attempt to target the convoy of the prime minister. Doctor Wael al-Halqi is well and not hurt at all,” state television said…
Bedouin Resist Israeli Shove
IPS Dozens of metal and wooden tents cling to the rocky hillside, just outside of Jerusalem along the road leading to the Dead Sea, while the unmistakable red roofs of Israeli settlements peak out from behind opposite hilltops. For 49-year-old Eid Hamis Jahalin, this quiet spot symbolises the potential centre of…
Acts of resilience and courage define Palestinians
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Palestinian Museum to Showcase People’s History, Culture
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Palestinian Prisoner Diaries
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WATCH: New Scandal inside Abu Ghraib Prison
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Heading towards a police state Destroying Ourselves
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Bradley Manning is off limits at SF Gay Pride parade, but corporate sleaze is embraced
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Did the US Cover Up Its Role in a Deadly Honduran Counter-Narcotics Operation?
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Germany against ‘red lines’ on Syria chemical arms
Daily Star 29 Apr 2013 German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Monday cautioned against game-changing “red lines” in Syria’s civil war amid growing evidence that regime forces have used chemical arms.
Aircraft crash in Afghanistan kills 7
Daily Star 29 Apr 2013 A civilian cargo aircraft crashed at Bagram Air Field, north of the Afghan capital, soon after takeoff on Monday, killing all seven people aboard, the U.S.-led military coalition said.
Israel evicts Palestinian villagers for army exercise
Daily Star 29 Apr 2013 Israeli soldiers evicted several hundred Bedouins from a village in the occupied West Bank on Monday after the army declared the area a live-fire training zone.
Iran’s ex-president softens stance toward Israel
Daily Star 29 Apr 2013 Iran’s influential former president says his country is not at war with archenemy Israel, the media reported Monday, in the latest departure by a high-profile politician from the strident anti-Israel line traditionally taken by many senior…
Burt urges Lebanon not to fight in Syria
Daily Star 29 Apr 2013 British Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt urged Lebanese to refrain from fighting in Syria as he called on political parties to help form a new government and hold parliamentary elections.
Israel: Iran has not crossed nuclear ‘red line’
Daily Star 29 Apr 2013 Israel’s prime minister on Monday said that Iran is steadily edging closer to nuclear weapons capability but has not yet reached the “red line” he drew in a speech to the United Nations last fall.
Italian reporter in Syria missing for 20 days -newspaper
Daily Star 29 Apr 2013 Italian journalist Domenico Quirico, a correspondent for Turin’s la Stampa newspaper, has not been heard from for 20 days after entering Syria from Lebanon earlier this month, the daily’s editor-in-chief Mario Calabresi said on Monday.
Armed clashes at Jordan university kill 3, hurt 25
Daily Star 29 Apr 2013 Armed clashes between students killed three people and hurt 25 others at a university campus in the restive Jordanian city of Maan on Monday, the kingdom’s interior minister said.
US says Syria has beefed up air defenses
Daily Star 29 Apr 2013 With technical support from Russia, Syria has bolstered its air defenses, posing a threat to US aircraft if America decides to intervene in the war.
Car bombs, shootings kill 23 across Iraq
Daily Star 29 Apr 2013 At least 23 people were killed in Iraq in a series of car bombs in Shi’ite Muslim areas and militant attacks, medics and police sources said, taking the week’s death toll to nearly 200 as sectarian…
France says soldier killed in combat in northern Mali
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Histadrut retracts labor dispute threat After Lapid, Eini meet
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Injured Syrian taken for medical treatment in Israel
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Psychiatrist pleads for Boston bomber’s brain
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Another fire discovered in Lachish district
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Don’t touch our Fridays
YNet News, 29 Apr 2013 – Op-ed: Proposal to cut school week to five days robs parents of last real piece of freedom they have left ….
President Obama’s dilemma
YNet News, 29 Apr 2013 – Op-ed: Last thing US leader wants to do is topple the dictator Assad and get a terrorist despot in his place ….
Khudari: Arab FMs should ask Kerry to end Israeli occupation
PIC – MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the committee against siege, has asked the Arab foreign ministers to adopt a unified stand during talks with US secretary of state John Kerry.
Sit-in staged in solidarity with hunger striker Abu Daoud
PIC – Dozens of citizens, MPs, representatives of national and Islamic forces, and the Palestinian prisoner’s society staged a sit-in on Monday in Al-Khalil in solidarity with hunger striker Abu Daoud.
Jewish settlers seize hundreds of dunums of cultivated land
PIC – Jewish settlers laid their hands to hundreds of dunums of Palestinian cultivated land lots to the east of Nablus city on Monday.
IOA continues to close crossings
PIC – The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) retained the closure of Gaza crossings on Monday and cancelled visits by relatives of Gaza prisoners for the same reason.
Israeli settler runs over Palestinian child deliberately
PIC – An Israeli settler deliberately ran over a Palestinian child on Sunday with her car near the Ibrahimi mosque in al-Khalil, in the southern West Bank.
IOF storms the prisoner Abdel Basset al-Haj’s house in Jenin
PIC – The Israeli Occupation Forces stormed on Sunday the house of the prisoner Abdel Basset al-Hajj, 40, in Jalqamus town in Jenin 17 days after his arrest.
Settlers set fire to Orthodox Church land in Silwan
PIC – Israeli settlers set fire on Sunday to Orthodox Church Land in Wadi Hilweh in the town of Silwan during celebrations of the so-called “torch festival.”
Italian medical delegation visits Gaza
PIC – )– An Italian team of plastic surgeons has visited the Gaza strip on Sunday to carry out a number of surgeries. The three day-visit came in solidarity with the people of the Gaza strip.
Anti-normalization committee slams participation in Israeli celebrations
PIC – The Higher Executive Committee for Confrontation of Normalization in Jordan condemned some Jordanians’ participation in the Israeli Embassy’s celebration..
IOF incursion eastern Gaza ends after destroying farm land
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced few hundred yards into Shujaia suburb to the far east of Gaza city on Monday morning.
Jewish Settlers Seize Land near Nablus
WAFA – 29 Apr 2013
Israeli Forces Arrest Two, Including a Former Prisoner
WAFA – 29 Apr 2013
Israelis Seize Land, Destroy Water Well near Hebron
WAFA – 29 Apr 2013
European Parliamentarians Call for the Freeing of Palestinian Prisoners
WAFA – 29 Apr 2013
Producer Price Index Down in March, says Statistics Bureau
WAFA – 29 Apr 2013
Oldest Nablus Area Resident Dies
WAFA – 29 Apr 2013
No Family Visitation for Gaza Prisoners, says Red Cross
WAFA – 29 Apr 2013
Les Rois Hotel on Egypt’s Red Sea is alcohol-free
LA Times 29 Apr 2013 – Les Rois is the first hotel in the resort of Hurghada to provide a booze-free atmosphere, a testament to Egypt’s new political culture. CAIRO — Hold the martini, please.
As Syria fighting grows, young professionals leave Damascus
LA Times 28 Apr 2013 – Middle-class professionals who hoped Damascus was a safe place to wait out the Syrian conflict are having second thoughts — and leaving. DAMASCUS, Syria — White daffodils and violet daisies waxed aromatic from the crystal vase on the young couple’s dining table. Friends had brought…
Iraq shuts down 10 television channels
LA Times 28 Apr 2013 – The stations, which are mostly Sunni Muslim and include Al Jazeera, are accused of encouraging the sectarian violence that has racked the country for a week. BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government ordered 10 predominantly Sunni Muslim satellite television channels to cease broadcasting Sunday, accusing them…
As Election Nears, Ahmadinejad’s Critics Pile On
New York Times 29 Apr 2013 – Politicians and others have been taking more frequent swings at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his handling of the economy six weeks before the election to pick a successor.
Syrian Prime Minister Escapes Assassination Bid
New York Times 29 Apr 2013 – The attack on Monday in an upscale, heavily guarded district of Damascus was the latest in a series of assaults against high government officials.
Three Car Bomb Blasts Kill at Least 23 in Iraq
New York Times 29 Apr 2013 – At least 23 people were killed in Iraq on Monday in a series of car bombs in Shi’ite Muslim areas and militant attacks, medics and police sources said.
10 Dead or Missing in Ship Collision Off Greece
New York Times 29 Apr 2013 – The cause of the accident, which involved two cargo ships off the coast of the Peloponnese region, was unclear.
Memo From Baghdad: Clashes Carry Worries of a New Civil War
New York Times 28 Apr 2013 – After the violence last week, Iraqis are asking two questions: Is the country headed toward a new civil war? And, if so, will a group of former Baathists lead one side of it?
Israel Says It’s Not Asking U.S. to Intervene in Syria
New York Times 28 Apr 2013 – An official said Sunday that Israel was not urging the United States to take military action, despite intelligence assessments asserting the presence of chemical weapons in Syria.
Ormat signs 20-year California power purchasing deal
Globes Energy & Water – The company’s 16-megawatt Wild Rose geothermal power plant will come online later this year.
Fischer: Riskiest credit is for construction
Globes Main News – Stanley Fischer: We must not reach a situation in which the next time we’ll ask the banks why they are writing off loans to contractors.
Navy launches $500m Dolphin submarine
Globes Main News – The submarine, the most expensive weapon ever procured by Israel, can carry nuclear missiles according to foreign reports.
“Arabs key to Israel’s economic growth”
Globes Main News – Shfaram Mayor Nahed Khazem: Without the Arab and haredi communities, the economy will not flourish as expected.
Mon: Telcos fail to boost flat market
Globes Main News – Partner and Cellcom rose strongly, while Teva was up on the day’s biggest turnover.
IDB Development decision goes back to court
Globes Main News – Talks between the company’s management and the bondholders produced no result.
Elise Brezis: Later retirement good for women
Globes Macro Economics – Prof. Brezis argues that it will reduce poverty among retired women and boost growth.
Elbit Systems unit wins Brazil border protection deal
Globes Aerospace & Defense – AEL will deliver the electro-optic systems as part of the first phase of Brazil’s multiyear Sisfron Integrated Border Monitoring System.
Ezra Nawi needs a truck
Mondoweiss – Ezra Nawi. (Photo: Ezra Nawi Truck Campaign) Ezra Nawi needs a truck. He is a plumber by trade, but most of his time is spent driving to the South Hebron hills for direct actions. He is an Israeli activist of Iraqi descent, fluent Arabic speaker and…
In photos: Greek Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday in Gaza
Mondoweiss – Gaza, Palestine, Palm Sunday procession at Gaza’s Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius April 23, 2013 (Photo: Joe Catron) Greek Orthodox Christians at Gaza’s Church of Saint Porphyrius, which recently commemorated its 1,606th anniversary , celebrated Palm Sunday yesterday according to the Eastern church calendar. (Photo:…
Lesson from Samer Issawi – The collective fight against oppression is really about the essential, personal fight for human dignity
Mondoweiss – Annie reported the happy news that Samer Al-Issawi succeeded in his fight against his unjust incarceration. His eight-month fast ended after he secured an agreement that he would be released later this year. The deal reportedly includes a presidential pardon (issued by Shimon Peres? By his…
Video: Olmert booed in NYC for saying Israel should re-engage in the ‘peace process’
Mondoweiss – Over the weekend former Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke at a conference organized by the Jerusalem Post in New York City. As the the video above shows the crowd did not support his argument that a Palestinian state is in Israeli self-interest. From the settler-affiliated…
An interview with Ben Ehrenreich, author of ‘extraordinary’ Nabi Saleh piece in ‘NYT Magazine’
Mondoweiss – Ben Ehrenreich’s March 15 cover story On March 15, The New York Times Magazine broke important ground in the mainstream by publishing Ben Ehrenreich’s long and often-thrilling account of resistance in occupied Nabi Saleh, based on his visits to the Palestinian village last summer and earlier…
Israel Evicts Bedouins From West Bank Village
The Foward Breaking News 29 Apr 2013 – Israeli soldiers evicted several hundred Bedouins from a village in the occupied West Bank on Monday after the army declared the area a live-fire training zone. Click here for the rest of the article…
Benjamin Netanyahu Insists Iran Hasn’t Crossed Israel’s Nuclear Red Line
The Foward Breaking News 29 Apr 2013 – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Iran had not crossed the “red line” he set for its nuclear programme, despite an assessment to the contrary by a former Israeli intelligence chief. Click here for the rest of the article…
Right-Wing Lawmaker Moshe Feiglin Told To Avoid Temple Mount in Jerusalem
The Foward Breaking News 29 Apr 2013 – Right-wing Likud lawmaker Moshe Feiglin was told not to ascend the Temple Mount on orders of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Click here for the rest of the article…
Tzipi Livni Vows Crackdown on Anti-Arab ‘Price Tag’ Jewish Settlers
The Foward Breaking News 29 Apr 2013 – Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has met twice in recent weeks with prominent settler leaders to discuss “price-tag” attacks carried out by extremist settlers against Palestinians and their property in the West Bank, along with other targets such as Israel Defense Forces bases and churches. Click here…
South Africa: Cape Town Man Dies in Turkey Crash
allAfrica.com 29 Apr 2013 – [SAPA]A Cape Town businessman was killed and three others were injured while on their way to do humanitarian work in war-torn Syria, it was reported on Monday.
Egypt: A Number of Copts Head to Jerusalem for Pilgrimage
allAfrica.com 29 Apr 2013 – [Aswat Masriya]Around 300 Coptic Egyptians flew on Monday to Jerusalem for performing pilgrimage, reported a local newspaper.
Egypt: Egypt Calls for Subjecting Israel’s Nuclear Facilities to IAEA Safeguards
allAfrica.com 29 Apr 2013 – [Egypt Online]Egypt called on Friday 26/04/2013 for subjecting all Israeli nuclear facilities to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) comprehensive safeguards agreement.
Italian reporter disappears in Syria
BBC 29 Apr 2013 – A war correspondent for Italy’s La Stampa newspaper has been missing for 20 days since crossing into Syria from Lebanon, the paper says.
Obama voices Syria concern to Putin
BBC 29 Apr 2013 – US President Barack Obama voices concern to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about reports that Syria has used chemical weapons.
Justice on Hold Pending Power Plays
Al-Akhbar Blogs 29 Apr 2013 – Cairo – On Saturday, April 28, the Warakom Bel Taqrir campaign organized a demonstration outside the Ministry of Justice. It was a protest against the double standards in the handling of the army crackdown on a December 2011 sit in and the sidelining of the results…
War on the Horizon: Crossing Syrian Red Lines
Al-Akhbar Opinion 29 Apr 2013 – Residence survey the damage to their homes following an explosion in the Mazzeh district of the Syrian capital Damascus on 29 April 2013. (Photo: AFP – Louai Beshara) Residence survey the damage to their homes following an explosion in the Mazzeh district of the Syrian capital…
Libyan ministry remains under siege by former rebels
Al-Akhbar News 29 Apr 2013 – Vehicles, mounted with anti-aircraft guns are parked outside the foreign ministry that has been surrounded by gunmen demanding it be “cleansed of agents” and ambassadors of slain leader Muammar Gaddafi on 28 April 2013 in the Libyan capital Tripoli. (Photo: AFP – Mahmud Turkia) Dozens of…
Turkish-Kurdish Reconciliation: What Happens After the Fighters Withdraw?
Al-Akhbar News 29 Apr 2013 – Kurdistan Workers’ Party rebels walk as they gather to listen to the speech of the PKK leader on 25 April 2013 (Photo: AFP – STR) Kurdistan Workers’ Party rebels walk as they gather to listen to the speech of the PKK leader on 25 April 2013 (…
Tunisia: Al-Nahda Oversees Jewish Pilgrimage
Al-Akhbar News 29 Apr 2013 – Tunisian special forces stand guard outside the Ghriba synagogue on the Mediterranean resort island of Djerba on 26 April 2013. (Photo: AFP -Fethi Belaid) Tunisian special forces stand guard outside the Ghriba synagogue on the Mediterranean resort island of Djerba on 26 April 2013. (Photo: AFP…
UAE jails Britons amid calls for torture probe
Al-Akhbar News 29 Apr 2013 – A UAE court on Monday jailed three Britons for four years each on drugs charges, amid calls for their release and claims they were beaten and given electrical shocks. “The presiding judge Ali Atiyyah Saad of Dubai Court of First Instance said the trio will be…
Israel demolishes West Bank homes, water wells
Al-Akhbar News 29 Apr 2013 – A woman from the 24-member Palestinian Ghaith family stands with the rubble of her home destroyed by Israeli forces under the pretext that it was built without a permit in the mostly Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Tur on 29 April 2013. (Photo: AFP – Ahmad…
Lebanon’s migrant workers rally for rights
Al-Akhbar News 29 Apr 2013 – Dressed in their countries’ traditional clothing and joined by at least five Lebanese rights groups, migrant workers demanded their rights at a demonstration in Beirut on 28 April 2013. (Photo: Al-Akhbar – Marwan Tahtah) Hundreds of migrant workers marched in Beirut Sunday to demand rights and…
Syrian PM survives car bomb attack
BBC 29 Apr 2013 – Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi survives a car bomb attack in the capital, Damascus, in which several people are killed, state media say.
Car bombs hit Iraq Shia provinces
BBC 29 Apr 2013 – At least 18 people are killed and dozens injured as five car bombs hit Shia-majority provinces in southern Iraq, officials say.
UAE president due to arrive in UK
BBC 29 Apr 2013 – The president of the UAE is to arrive for a state visit to Britain amid concerns over three Britons who were jailed in Dubai amid torture allegations
Italian reporter disappears in Syria
BBC 29 Apr 2013 – A war correspondent for Italy’s La Stampa newspaper has been missing for 20 days since crossing into Syria from Lebanon, the paper says.
Obama voices Syria concern to Putin
BBC 29 Apr 2013 – US President Barack Obama voices concern to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about reports that Syria has used chemical weapons.
Articles
In South Hebron, ’new rules’ are rather like the ’old rules’
David Shulman, +972 Magazine 4/29/2013
Security forces are targeting Israeli activists and Palestinian shephards in new ways in the South Hebron hills. It’s as if they’d decided to circumvent the whole irksome apparatus of the courts and to resort instead to brute force. It’s much simpler, and maybe more effective.
Today we have the New Rules. In some respects they’re rather like the Old Rules. The aim and sole rationale remain the same: dispossession, expulsion, taking more land. The army has, it seems, given up on its favorite device of declaring Closed Military Zones, week after week; perhaps the outright illegality of this practice ended up causing them too many problems in court. Instead, the soldiers simply chase us — Palestinian shepherds, farmers, Israeli activists—physically away, pushing, shoving, threatening, beating. They also have decided they won’t allow us to document their crimes on film; as soon as we start filming, they rush at us and block our cameras with their cell phones. It’s as if they’d decided to circumvent the whole irksome apparatus of the courts and to resort instead to brute force. It’s much simpler, and maybe more effective.
At the same time, there’s been a wave of further annexations. The settlers are paving new roads, which become de facto boundaries, far beyond the settlements’ periphery. Plots of land that the Palestinian owners have worked for some years, or have reclaimed, often with our help, have been declared “in dispute” — which means that settlers have access to them, but the rightful owners don’t. All over South Hebron there are attempts from above and from below to roll back the gains we’ve made in recent years. Probably officers in the Civil Administration have been devising creative schemes. And there have been the usual, routine detentions, harassments, lethal threats, arrests — more, in fact much more, than before. Add to this a wave of pure nit-picking and pestering, for example by handing out tickets to activists, Israeli and Palestinian, for absurd traffic violations; several of our people have recently been fined large amounts for crossing the road while not on a marked pedestrian crossing. Remember we’re talking about the vast open spaces of a desert; the nearest pedestrian crossing is either in Jerusalem or Beersheva, 40 miles away. I myself witnessed the police administering just such a fine the last time I was in the area, some three weeks back. more.. e-mail
Bulldozers in Wadi Makhrour
Lea Frehse, Alternative Information Center 4/28/2013
The Israeli army destroyed for the second time a popular restaurant in Palestinian Wadi Makhrour last week. The restaurant, located just south of Jerusalem, had been built without a permit by Israeli military authorities. Permits, however, are close to impossible to obtain. An elegy at the end of a tiring cat-and-mouse game.
“I can’t talk any more about this,” Michelle Qissiyeh said when asked on the phone. “I am tired. They don’t want us to make a living here – that’s all.” Just about a month ago, Michelle had been filled with enthusiasm: In late March, the Qissiyeh family celebrated the re-opening of their once popular restaurant in Wadi Makhrour, a scenic valley just south of the wider Jerusalem municipality. Now there is only rubble left from the new building: The Israeli military administration for the West Bank sent demolition machinery on April 18.
According to a military spokesperson, the restaurant had been built without a permit and stood under demolition order since 2005. “The restaurant is well-known as an illegal structure,” he told a Palestinian journalist. This was the second time the site was completely destroyed: Last May it was bulldozed after more than ten years in business. The family decided to rebuild, borrowed the funds necessary and was able to re-open the family-business in April 2013. This second demolition was even more exhaustive: “Even the foundation is in shatters: They literally turned the house upside-down,” describes Hassan Muamer, active in landscape-protection in the area.
The ABC of settlement expansion
Wadi Makhrour, as is 64 percent of the occupied West Bank, is considered ‘Area C’ and thereby under complete Israeli control….more.. e-mail
Birth pains of democratic politics
Daoud Kuttab, Arabic Media Internet Network (AMIN) 4/25/2013
After months of consultations a new/old government has finally received the vote of confidence.
The 82 for, 66 against vote from Parliament gives Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour’s second government the confidence to carry out its programme, which includes removing subsidies on electricity tariffs and dealing with the explosive Syrian file.
However, the most important reform issue, the Elections Law, has failed to garner much interest in the new Parliament’s first months, which clearly indicates that we will not see a new law during this Parliament’s term.
One more immediate question, however, is whether parliamentarians will be able to hold Cabinet posts. The issue was deferred during the discussions Ensour held with MPs, despite the premier’s public promises that parliamentarians will become ministers within this year.
The issue of a parliamentary government which is the goal of reformers has yet to be fully addressed. The absence of serious political parties proved one of the biggest stumbling blocks. For decades, political party activists failed to garner enough grassroots support to have an impact.
University students could not enroll in political parties and these latter entities did not quite enjoy freedom of action and movement.
Furthermore they failed to capture the imagination of the population. Party activists consider the election and other related laws main obstacle to fostering a culture of political parties. more.. e-mail
Final thoughts on Zionism’s success, Arab failure
Alan Hart, Redress 4/25/2013
I am withdrawing from the battlefield of the war for the truth of history as it relates to the making and sustaining of the conflict in and over Palestine that became Israel, and the following is an explanation of why.
Exposing Zionism’s lies
More than three decades ago when I made my commitment to this war effort, in the full knowledge that it would make me persona non grata in the eyes of the mainstream media I had served with some distinction, I believed that the single most amazing thing about the conflict was Zionism’s success in selling its propaganda lies – lies which were told not only to justify anything and everything the Zionist (not Jewish) state of Israel did and does, but also to establish and fix the boundaries of what could and could not be discussed in public discourse about Israel’s policies and actions. (I mean what could and could not be discussed by non-Jews, Europeans and Americans especially, if they didn’t want to be terrorized by smears and false charges of anti-Semitism which could result in them losing their positions and jobs).
What could be called the Mother and Father of Zionism’s propaganda lies is the assertion that all the Jews of the world are descended from the ancient Hebrews and therefore have a common ethnic origin and national heritage. In other words, according to Zionism’s assertion, Palestine is by definition the ancestral homeland of all the Jews of the world; and this, it is further asserted by Zionism, means that Israel has the right to sovereignty over all the land it occupies today and Jews from anywhere have the right to settle on it.
As Israeli historian Shlomo Sand explains in his book The Invention of the Jewish People, that is simply not true. And as I noted in my book Zionism: The Real Enemy of the Jews…. more.. e-mail
As Jews we say “Birthright” trips must end
Electronic Intifada: 29 Apr 2013 – Jews must renounce Birthright because we have no right to apartheid and colonialism.more
Bedouins await Israel’s forcible relocation plan
Electronic Intifada: 29 Apr 2013 – Israel wants community near Jerusalem to live “like sardines in a tin.”more
Human Rights: Canada in the Dock
Palestine Chronicle: 29 Apr 2013 – By Eric Walberg The world is taking note of the ruling Conservatives’ shameful betrayal of Canada’s once admirable reputation as a fair country, sincerely working on the world stage to improve the lot of the disadvantaged and suffering. In the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review, Canada was criticized to such an extent that the Council decided to send the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and representatives of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, to investigate. Minister of Foreign Affairs spokesman Joseph Lavoie dismissed complaints by *China of “widespread racial discrimination”, *Iran of “child sexual exploitation and trafficking, the right to food, discriminatory law and regulation against indigenous people and minority groups including Muslim, Arab and African communities”, *Pakistan of “increased poverty and unemployment rate among immigrant communities”, Egypt of “racial profiling in law-enforcement action”, and *…more
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