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Soldiers Invade Salfit
IMEMC – A number of Israeli military jeeps invaded on Tuesday at dawn [June 25 2013] the central West Bank city of Salfit, broke into homes and searched them. …
Army Kidnaps Two Children In Jerusalem
IMEMC – Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Monday evening [June 24 2013] two Palestinian children in the Al-Ram town, north of occupied East Jerusalem. …
Kerry To Visit Region Thursday
IMEMC – Amidst speculations that U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, would organize a direct meeting with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli sources have reported that Kerry will be back in the region for a new round of talks this coming Thursday. …
P.A Refuses To Resume Peace Talks Without Guarantees
IMEMC – The Palestinian Authority (P.A) headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, is said to be reluctant to resume direct peace talks with Tel Aviv without a viable and clear agenda for any future talks, Palestinian officials stated Thursday. …
PPP Denounces Political Arrests In Qalqilia
IMEMC – [Monday June 24 2013] The leftist Palestinian People’s Party issued a statement strongly denouncing the Palestinian security forces for arresting members of leftist parties, members of the Popular Resistance Movement, by Palestinian military intelligence officers, this past Sunday in Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. …
Family: Soldiers attacked disabled son in Hebron
6/26/2013 – HEBRON (Ma’an) – Israeli forces assaulted a disabled youth in al-Arrub refugee camp in Hebron early Thursday after raiding his house and detaining him for hours, his family says. The mother of Adam Ghazi, who suffers from cognitive impairment, says he was forced to walk over thorns with bare feet.”I asked the army to leave him alone and stop beating him. I told….
Youths protest water shortages in Bethlehem camp
6/26/2013 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian youths burned tires and briefly stopped traffic on a main Bethlehem road Tuesday, as they protested against water shortages in the occupied West Bank. Several dozen residents of Bethlehem’s al-Azza refugee camp joined the demonstration in which participants set fire to tires and blocked traffic with a dumpster they dragged into the center of Manger Street. A Ma….
Israeli forces detain 4 in Nablus at dawn
6/25/2013 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained four Palestinians across the Nablus district in the northern West Bank on Tuesday at dawn, locals told Ma’an. Locals said Zahi Mansour, 35, and his brother Nihad, 37, were detained in the Qufer Qalil village in Nablus, as well as Thabet Mansour, 21. Israeli forces raided the Qufer Qalil village ahead of the detentions, locals said….
Israeli press group slams army’s detention of journalists
6/25/2013 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A group of Israeli journalists condemned the detention of two Palestine TV journalists covering clashes in the Kafr Qaddum village in Qalqiliya on Friday, a statement issued Tuesday read. Israeli Journalists for Palestinian Issues said Israeli forces must treat journalists as “neutral” and should not expose them to risk of shooting or assault.”We are covering the Palestinian issue from all….
Settlers assault Israeli activists near Qalqiliya
6/25/2013 – QALQILIYA (Ma’an) — Settlers on Tuesday assaulted members of the Yesh Din Israeli human rights organization near Qalqiliya, a local official said. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settler activity in the north of the West Bank, told Ma’an that settlers from Havat Gilad attacked a car for the organization and its passengers. Yesh Din members were visiting the village of Farata to see….
Gaza fights to save Holy Land’s oldest monastery
6/25/2013 – TEL UMM AL-AMR (AFP) — A haven of peace in the sea of concrete that is the Gaza Strip, the crumbling remains of the Holy Land’s oldest monastery are in danger of disappearing for lack of funds to preserve them. Saint Hilarion, which is located at a site called Tel Umm al-Amr, draws its name from the fourth century hermit who came from southern….
Israel reopens Nablus checkpoints after shooting
6/25/2013 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — The Israeli army reopened all checkpoints in Nablus Tuesday morning after a 30-minute closure in response to gun fire at an Israeli settler bus. The Israeli army said shots were fired toward a bus near the Huwara checkpoint in southern Nablus, and that bullet shells had been recovered at the scene. The army is searching for the suspect, a spokeswoman….
Gaza crossings closed for 2nd day
6/25/2013 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israel continued its closure of all crossings into Gaza on Tuesday for the second day, a Palestinian Authority official told Ma’an. Raed Fattouh said Israeli authorities informed the liaison office that the goods crossing in southern Gaza, Kerem Shalom, was closed for the import and export of goods for “security reasons.”The passenger crossing in northern Gaza, Erez….
Hamas detainee marks 10 years in prison
6/25/2013 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — A member of the Hamas movement has marked 10 years in Israeli detention, the Detainees’ Center said Tuesday. Nizar Sedar, 29, from the southern West Bank district of Hebron was charged with affiliation to the Islamist movement and it’s military wing the Al-Qassam Brigades, a statement issued by the center read. The Detainees Center said Seder had been….
Assaf: I am a son of the camp
6/25/2013 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Mohammad Assaf declared himself a “son of the camp” on Tuesday as he returned to the Gaza Strip, where thousands of jubilant fans awaited the arrival of the Arab Idol star. Flag-waving crowds waited for several hours at the Rafah crossing on Egypt’s border for 23-year-old Assaf, three days after he was crowned the winner of the….
Court: Israeli guard shot Jew at Western Wall after spat
6/25/2013 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — An Israeli security guard who shot dead a Jewish man at Jerusalem’s Western Wall is suspected of murdering him after “a verbal confrontation”, a court protocol revealed on Tuesday. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court also allowed to publish the name of the suspect of the Friday shooting — Hadi Qabalan, a resident of the Druze village Beit Jann in northern Israel….
Haniyeh: Palestinians will not recognize Israel
6/25/2013 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Tuesday that Palestinians would not recognize Israel, despite the siege on Gaza and two wars.”We had two wars in which hundreds of people died, and thousands of acres of land were destroyed, but Palestinians did not and will not recognize Israel,” the Gaza premier said as he welcomed international activists to the enclave….
Consumer group calls for price drop ahead of Ramadan
6/25/2013 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A consumers group has called for a campaign to lower the price of goods ahead of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a statement issued Tuesday read. Salah Haniyeh, head of the Consumers Service Organization, called for sales on products in the Palestinian market as well as an increase in goods available to consumers, as well as sale offers that….
Girl in ICU after falling from Gaza building
6/25/2013 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A 15-year-old girl from Gaza is in critical condition Tuesday after falling from the sixth floor of a building, a Hamas health ministry spokesman said. Ghadeer Abu al-Tarabish was admitted to the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza and is receiving treatment at the intensive care unit, Ashraf al-Qidra said. On Monday, Hamas police began investigating the death of Gaza high…. Related: Girl in ICU dies from wounds in fall
Girl in ICU dies from wounds in fall
6/25/2013 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A 15-year-old girl died in hospital Tuesday from wounds sustained in a fall from the sixth floor of a building in Gaza, a Hamas health ministry spokesman told Ma’an. Ghadeer Abu al-Tarabish was admitted earlier to the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza in critical condition, where she was being treated in the intensive care unit, Ashraf al-Qidra said…. Related:Girl in ICU after falling from Gaza building
Taliban attack Afghan presidential palace, CIA office
6/25/2013 – KABUL (AFP) — Taliban militants targeted the presidential palace and national CIA office in central Kabul on Tuesday morning, with gunfire and explosions erupting at one of the gates of the complex in the Afghan capital. Blasts and gunshots shook the city for an hour after the first explosions at about 6:30 am, sending smoke into the air in a high-security area of Kabul that….
Lebanon army seizes radical Sunni cleric’s HQ
6/25/2013 – SIDON, Lebanon (AFP) — Lebanese troops have seized control of the headquarters of a radical Sunni sheikh whose supporters battled the army for two days, killing 16 soldiers. Tuesday was designated a day of national mourning in Lebanon, as the search continued for Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, who was not found when troops entered the complex in Abra, near the southern city of Sidon. The deadly fighting….
Fears grow for ‘critical’ Mandela
6/25/2013 – JOHANNESBURG (AFP) — Nelson Mandela spent a second night in critical condition in hospital, with his family members, compatriots and well-wishers worldwide fearing that the anti-apartheid icon is about to lose his final struggle. A few vehicles were seen early Tuesday entering and exiting the Pretoria hospital where the former South African president is being treated, but otherwise the scene was quiet except for the now….
Egypt: Rocket lands in Sinai desert
6/25/2013 – CAIRO (Ma’an) — A rocket on Tuesday landed in an empty space in the Sinai, an Egyptian official said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Ma’an that the rocket landed in an area between al-Jedi and al-Maleez east of the Suez canal. No injuries were reported. The official added that the rocket might have been fired in a military….
Saudis press Kerry for hard line on Syria
6/25/2013 – JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday pressed for global action to end Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime, telling US Secretary of State John Kerry that the civil war had turned into “genocide”. Kerry met leaders of the Sunni Arab monarchy as part of a regional tour in which he has called for greater support for Syria’s rebels but stressed….
NGO: Syria battles rage in Damascus, Aleppo
6/25/2013 – BEIRUT (AFP) — Fierce battles raged on the edges of Damascus Tuesday as the army pressed a major assault to crush rebels around the capital, a monitoring group and activists said. And in the contested city of Aleppo in the country’s north, rebels attempted to advance into western regime-held districts, sparking clashes with government forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.”The army….
Emir’s abdication leaves Qataris saddened yet hopeful
6/25/2013 – DOHA (AFP) — Even before Qatar’s emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani delivered his early-morning abdication speech on Tuesday, citizens in white traditional dishdashas were lining up outside the palace to swear allegiance to the new ruler, his son. Qataris received the news with mixed emotions as the 61-year-old emir, who came to power in a coup in which he overthrew his own….
UN: Kerry, Lavrov to meet on Syria next week
6/25/2013 – GENEVA (AFP) — US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet next week to discuss the situation in war-torn Syria, the United Nations said Tuesday.”The meeting has been informed that Minister Lavrov and Secretary Kerry would be meeting next week,” the UN said in a statement following talks in Geneva between senior US, Russian and UN diplomats aimed at….
Israel Arrests 8 Palestinians from Nablus, Hebron
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Amnesty International: President Morsi Must Send Clear Message Against Attacks on Shi’a Muslims
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Prisoner Nizar Seder Begins 10 Years in Israeli Jails
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Israel Releases Dean of Administrative Detainees Eyad Shabaneh
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MADA Demands Investigation into Attack by IOF on Two Journalists
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Ramallah: Crossroads for Different Cultures
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Netanyahu to Freeze Settlement Construction, Return to Negotiations
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Settlers Assault Shepherds in Hebron Village
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Augusta Victoria Hospital Achieves International Accreditation
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Qatar Emir Announces Transfer of Power to His Son
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IPS Violently Raid Ramon and Beersheba Israeli Prisons
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Palestinian Center for Human Rights
PCHR Holds a Workshop on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Gaza Strip
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International Solidarity Movement
Journal: Saturdays under the settlements
6/25/2013 – International Solidarity Movement – 25th June 2013, International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team, Hebron, Occupied Palestine – Saturday is supposed to be a holy day for the Jewish settlers of the illegal colonies in the West Bank; many don’t work, they don’t turn on electrical appliances, they don’t drive cars. But some of the violent and Zionist among them still allow themselves one activity –….
Land confiscation continues in Awarta
6/25/2013 – International Solidarity Movement – 24th June 2013, International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team, Awarta, Occupied Palestine – Awarta, a small village south east of Nablus, faces constant intimidation from the Israeli army and nearby Itamar settlement. In the past month, the Israeli Civil Administration handed out two land confiscation orders to residents of Awarta. The first one, three weeks ago, stated that 360 dunums of the village’s land will….
Lebanon: Quilts for refugees serve many uses
Relief Web 25 Jun 2013 – Source: American Near East Refugee Aid Country: Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic By Charlotte Bruneau, ANERA Lebanon More than 55,000 Palestinians from Syria sought refuge in Lebanon over the last several months. Many naturally have headed for the…
Jordan: Boosting aid to Syria’s displaced
Relief Web 25 Jun 2013 – Source: United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Country: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic June 25, 2013—“Each time you blink another person is forced to flee,” said the UN’s top representative responsible for refugees, Antonio Guterres, as…
occupied Palestinian territory: Into the common: Display of Campus in Camps initiatives
Relief Web 25 Jun 2013 – Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Country: occupied Palestinian territory 25 June 2013 Dheisheh Camp, West Bank Final lap At the Phoenix Centre “Al-Finieq,” in Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, the Campus in…
Jordan: The Syrian Crisis in Jordan
Relief Web 25 Jun 2013 – Source: Middle East Research and Information Project Country: Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic by Matthew Hall An hour and a quarter north of Amman the rural highway rolls through the remote desert hamlet of Zaatari without slowing. The town’s lone intersection…
Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim groomed for power
The National 26 Jun 2013 – Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who on Tuesday was handed power by his father at the age of just 33, has been groomed for years to take the helm.
UAE to give Dh4.6bn for development in Morocco
The National 25 Jun 2013 – A grant was offered to Morocco by the UAE to finance crucial projects to achieve sustainable development.
Sheikh Hamad, emir who made Qatar a world player
The National 25 Jun 2013 – Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani turned his kingdom from a desert backwater into a major world player during his 18 years on the throne.
Russia and China reject US criticism on leaker Snowden’s escape
The National 25 Jun 2013 – Russia and China yesterday rejected increasingly strident criticism from the United States of their role in Edward Snowden’s flight from Hong Kong to Moscow, saying they did not illegally assist the fugitive spy agency contractor.
Seven minutes in which power changed hands in Qatar
The National 25 Jun 2013 – How the man who ruled Qatar for 18 years gave way to a new generation. Elizabeth Dickinson reports from Doha
UAE: The world’s happiest Arab country
The National 25 Jun 2013 – Progress UAE: The World Happiness Report, based on factors including trust and social equality, gives the UAE a satisfaction rating of 91 per cent.
UAE ranked eighth-most competitive nation in the world
The National 25 Jun 2013 – Progress UAE: The ranking in the 25th World Competitiveness Yearbook is the highest the country has achieved
Emirati children at much greater risk of poisoning, UAE study shows
The National 25 Jun 2013 – The study, Role of a Poison Centre in Reducing Unintentional Childhood Ingestion by Targeting Pre-Event Risk Factors, looked at 200 children aged 10 and under.
Israel Police creates unit to fight ‘price tag’ attacks – but only in West Bank
Ha’aretz – 25 Jun 2013
Israeli court convicts E. Jerusalem man of plotting to spy on Hezbollah’s behalf
Ha’aretz – 25 Jun 2013
OECD report: Education system in Israel lags behind other developed countries
Ha’aretz – 25 Jun 2013
Under pressure from Kerry, Abbas softens preconditions for peace talks
Ha’aretz – 25 Jun 2013
Jerusalem court releases name of Israeli guard who shot Jewish man at Western Wall
Ha’aretz – 25 Jun 2013
Israeli military court acquits Palestinian who failed to stop at temporary West Bank checkpoint
Ha’aretz – 25 Jun 2013
Court orders Tel Aviv municipality to close stores on Shabbat – or change the law
Ha’aretz – 25 Jun 2013
Israel ranks as the world’s sixth largest arms exporter in 2012
Ha’aretz – 25 Jun 2013
Archaeologists unearth part of ancient Roman road in East Jerusalem
Ha’aretz – 25 Jun 2013
Jerusalem neighborhood becomes flashpoint for religious conflict
Ha’aretz – 25 Jun 2013
Prince Charles fears rise of anti-Semitism in Britain
Ha’aretz – 25 Jun 2013
Netanyahu urges Palestinians to negotiate until conflict is resolved
Ha’aretz – 25 Jun 2013
Netanyahu’s national security adviser resigns amid conflict of interest probe
Ha’aretz – 24 Jun 2013
IDF’s lessons from last Gaza conflict: Buy new tank carriers, train troops away from front lines
Ha’aretz – 24 Jun 2013
Netanyahu losing Likud support, party sources tell Haaretz
Ha’aretz – 24 Jun 2013
Top lawyers debate: Will Turkel Report be implemented?
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Human rights attorney Michale Sfard: Israel’s probes are a ‘soulless scarecrow,’ indicting 2.5% of 1,939 complaints against IDF.
CBS study projects 11.4 million Israelis in 2035
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Estimates show that after slightly narrowing, demographic balance between Jews, Arabs will stabilize within next few decades.
UN envoy to Syria warns of ‘extremely serious’ spillover
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Brahimi condemns the flow of weapons into Syria conflict from feuding int’l powers, casts doubt on future of planned peace talks over conflict.
Jewish man assaulted by Arabs in Jerusalem
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Police are investigating to see if assault was related to the previous days price tag attack in east J’lem neighborhood of Beit Hanina.
Employee wanted in Allenby nightclub rape turns self in
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Suspects claim sex with intoxicated 17-year-old girls in Tel Aviv club was consensual.
Priest under fire for touting Arab national service
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Arab press, MKs slam head of Greek Orthodox Church of J’lem for encouraging Arab Christians to enlist for IDF service.
Amidror characterizes as ‘libelous’ report he quit amid conflict of interest suspicions
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – National Security Council head denies he quit due to probe into his part in discussions of natural gas exports.
Gov’t cancels e. J’lem children’s puppet festival due to PA sponsorship
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Jerusalem Deputy Mayor: Cancellation increases hatred and anger of the east Jerusalem public against us.
A-G: Jenin Jenin bill unconstitutional, violates free speech
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Bill inspired partly by 2002 film Jenin, Jenin claims IDF committed massacre in the West Bank refugee camp.
Israel hosts most overcrowded classrooms in OECD
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Yacimovich: Grim findings are “direct result of severe cuts through the Netanyahu decade.”
Police suspect racial slur may have prompted Western Wall shooting
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Court extends remand of Hadi Kabalan from Druse town Beit Jann.
Turkey protests may restrict Erdogan’s foreign activism
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Expert: Ankara still may act in key regions, including Gaza.
Gaza crowds welcome home ‘Arab Idol’ star
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Song contest winner, Mohammed Assaf appeals for harmony among divided Palestinians upon return to Strip.
Court: Tel Aviv must enforce supermarket closings on Shabbat
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Supreme Court says city must up penalty on chains open Saturdays.
Technion student receives 2013 Google scholarship for disabled
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Ahmed Zaid Abassi, who is visually impaired, will be awarded 1,000 euro scholarship at Google offices in Zurich.
Saudis: We ‘cannot be silent’ in face of Iran
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Mediator Brahimi says Syria talks unlikely to occur in July; Hezbollah involvement in Syria civil war “dangerous.”
Severed animal heads found in Galilee for second time in a week
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Four antelope heads and one porcupine head found in the village of Ahbara in Safed after animal heads found last week.
Section of Jaffa-Jerusalem road unearthed in capital
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Road was discovered during Israel Antiquities Authority dig in advance of a neighborhood infrastructure project.
Brahimi sees Syria talks delay, appeals to big powers
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Arab League mediator opposition won’t be ready for talks in July.
Coalition, opposition MKs attack Yacimovich for strict attendance rules
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Opposition leader Shelly Yacimovich institutes a required attendance rule on policy and budget votes.
Would-be hit men arrested in south Tel Aviv
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Police nab two men who were involved in a violent feud with a well-known local underworld figure from Bat Yam.
A-G aide: Harpaz forged document, to be indicted
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Ran Nizri tells Knesset Control C’tee indictment delayed to allow ongoing investigation to be completed.
Al-Qaida’s Syria rift may lead to open conflict among jihadis
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Internecine tensions at boiling point in group as “Power grab” by Iraqi al-Qaida boss angers Syria jihadis.
Qatar emir abdicates, announces transfer of power to son
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Succession not seen changing foreign, domestic policy.
Witnesses: Taliban attack Afghan presidential palace
Jerusalem Post 25 Jun 2013 – Gunmen attack palace, CIA’s HQ, with explosions and gunfire; Karzai whereabouts not immediately known.
Israeli authors campaign against eviction of West Bank villagers
The Guardian 25 Jun 2013 – David Grossman, Amos Oz and AB Yehoshua are among 24 writers calling for reprieve for villages in South Hebron hills Some of the most celebrated figures in Israeli literature are campaigning to stop the forcible eviction…
Archbishop of Canterbury to visit Israel and Palestinian territories
The Guardian 25 Jun 2013 – Justin Welby to meet religious leaders and visit holy sites amid ‘concern for justice for all peoples’ across Middle East The archbishop of Canterbury is due to arrive in the Holy Land on Wednesday to meet…
Settlement Expansion and the Prospects for Peace
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Israeli Security Guard Kills Mentally Ill Jew at Kotel
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‘America is our worst enemy’: Pakistani victim of US drone strike speaks out
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Israel informing Palestinians of land confiscation by mail
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House demolitions: Zionism’s constant background noise
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In Balata, the occupation is not just of body, but of mind
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How Israeli apartheid is coming unstuck
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Follow the Money: The Secret Heart of the Secret State
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Drone ‘Signature Strike’ Witness Responds To Obama Speech: ‘I Don’t Trust A Single Word’
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‘Our sister Lynne Stewart is dying’
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Egypt police arrest eight over Shiite killings
Daily Star 25 Jun 2013 Egyptian police have arrested eight people over the killing of five Shiites in a Cairo suburb, state media said Tuesday, after footage of the attack spread on the Internet, heightening fears of sectarian violence.
Report: Iran dismantles terrorist sabotage network
Daily Star 25 Jun 2013 An Iranian news agency is reporting that security forces have dismantled a terrorist and sabotage network in southern city of Shiraz.
Libya a key terrorism transit hub, warns African Union
Daily Star 25 Jun 2013 Libya has become a major transit hub for terrorists, an African Union leader warned on Tuesday on the sidelines of a regional security meeting in neighbouring Algeria.
Arab Idol winner gets chaotic welcome in Gaza
Daily Star 25 Jun 2013 Huge crowds gave a chaotic welcome Tuesday to the first Palestinian winner of the Arab Idol talent contest, thronging the territory’s border crossing with Egypt and the home of the singer in a Gaza refugee camp.
Bahrain arrests 9 Shiites for ‘planning prison break’
Daily Star 25 Jun 2013 Bahrain announced on Tuesday the arrest of nine Shiites it said are linked to Iran and that were planning to attack a prison to facilitate a jail break.
UN confirms peacekeeping force in Mali from July 1
Daily Star 25 Jun 2013 The UN Security Council unanimously agreed Tuesday that a 12,600 strong UN peacekeeping force should be deployed in Mali from July 1, Britain’s UN ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said.
U.S.-Russia Syria talks end without agreement
Daily Star 25 Jun 2013 U.N.-brokered talks on Tuesday aimed at setting up a conference to end the war in Syria ended with U.S. and Russian officials failing to agree on many questions, including the dates and participants, Russian Deputy Foreign…
Danny Danon elected Likud Committee chairman
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Obama takes aim at global warning, emissions
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BOI: Fischer feeling well, to be released Wednesday
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Stanley Fischer hospitalized due to fatigue
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Brazil protests back despite proposed reforms
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Honest leadership needed
YNet News, 25 Jun 2013 – Op-ed: A corrupt boss does not warrant the closure of an institution as important as the Chief Rabbinate ….
Palestinian Information Center
Report: 71 prisoners died under torture in Israeli jails
PIC – The Palestine prisoners center for studies charged the IOA with practicing systematic torture against Palestinian prisoners with full authorization by the judicial system.
Captive Saidi on hunger strike protesting his isolation
PIC – Palestinian prisoner Awad Al-Saidi has gone on an open-ended hunger strike protesting his solitary confinement, Fuad Al-Khafsh, director of Ahrar center for prisoners’’ studies and human rights, said.
IOF kidnap eight Palestinians in W. Bank
PIC – The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed at dawn Tuesday the cities of Nablus, Ramallah and Bireh, and kidnapped eight Palestinian citizens from their homes.
Cyber attacks cause Israeli companies heavy losses
PIC – Israeli data showed that the information technology sector and computer systems in Israel were heavily damaged due to cyber attacks by international activists supporting the Palestinian cause.
Captives Etbish and Haribat continue their hunger strike
PIC – Palestinian captives Ayman Etbish and Adel Hribat, from Dura, south of al-Khalil, entered on Tuesday their 33rd day of hunger strike.
Tawana village facing settlement expansion
PIC – Saber al-Hariny, member of Tawana village council, told PIC’s correspondent that the villagers have been exposed to settlers’ daily attempts to confiscate lands adjacent to the settlements.
Haneyya meets head of the World Federation of Islamic Universities
PIC – Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneyya met, in his office on Tuesday, with the head of the World Federation of Islamic Universities Zulkifl Abdul Razek.
IOF bulldozes lands in al-Khalil for settlement expansion
PIC – Israeli bulldozers started on Tuesday to bulldoze lands near the fence of Nijhout settlement built on Palestinian lands south of al-Khalil.
Israeli guards assault prisoner’s family
PIC – The Israeli District Court guards have physically assaulted Monday the family of the prisoner Mohamed Moussa Odeh during his trial.
Israeli Settlers Set Fire to Olive Trees south of Nablus
WAFA – 25 Jun 2013
Gaza Receives Arab Idol’s Winner Assaf with Open Armsþ
WAFA – 25 Jun 2013
Exports, Imports Up in April 2013, says Statistics Bureau
WAFA – 25 Jun 2013
External Trade up by 15% in April
WAFA – 25 Jun 2013
Erekat Denies Reports Abbas Agreed to Concede on Borders
WAFA – 25 Jun 2013
Gaza Crossing Closed for Second Day
WAFA – 25 Jun 2013
Army Temporarily Closes Nablus Checkpoints
WAFA – 25 Jun 2013
Weather Forecast: Fair through Weekend
WAFA – 25 Jun 2013
Lebanese Port Is Calmer, but Tensions Remain
New York Times 25 Jun 2013 – A 48-hour battle in the coastal city of Sidon left dozens dead and was viewed as a result of resentments arising from the Syria conflict.
‘Arab Idol’ Winner Returns to Palestine to Cheers and Unease
New York Times 25 Jun 2013 – A pan-Arab talent contest put Hamas followers who consider it un-Islamic in a bind after Gaza and the West Bank erupted in celebration after a Palestinian won.
Hopes for Syria Talks Hinge on Kerry-Lavrov Meeting
New York Times 25 Jun 2013 – Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, will meet next week to discuss Syria, after officials from the two countries failed to make headway in Geneva.
New Hope for Democracy in a Dynastic Land
New York Times 25 Jun 2013 – Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani’s decision raises questions about whether his son will continue the country’s high-profile interventionist policy.
At Least 32 People Killed in Iraq Attacks
New York Times 25 Jun 2013 – The latest spate of violence took place in a range of Iraqi cities where sectarian attacks have become a frequent occurrence.
Mellanox wins $200m Google, Microsoft deals
Globes Main News – InfiniBand developer Mellanox is about to sell equipment to two huge Internet server farm projects by Microsoft and Google.
Fischer: Export support trumps housing
Globes Main News – “Had we tackled housing through the interest rate, we’d have caused higher unemployment, and slower growth,” said Stanley Fischer in his farewell speech.
Israel’s black economy totals 19% of activity
Globes Main News – Visa Europe: Israel’s parallel economy totals NIS 185 billion annually – a similar level to other Mediterranean countries.
Tue: Mellanox fails to lift market
Globes Main News – Strong rises by Mellanox on reports of huge new contracts, and telcos Bezeq, Cellcom and Partner could not keep the TASE in positive territory.
Clal Finance: Mellanox likely involved in huge Microsoft server farm
Globes Main News – Analyst Jonathan Kreizman: There is a high probability that Mellanox is involved in the $677 million project.
OECD slams Israel’s primary schools
Globes Macro Economics – The average primary school size in Israel is six pupils more than the OECD average, and the salary of primary school teachers is 71% of the OECD average.
Stef Wertheimer: High tech marginal for Israel
Globes Macro Economics – Stef Wertheimer tells “Forward” that high tech has the worrying effect of causing Israelis to leave the country.
Riding to the rescue of Israel’s third sector
Globes Macro Economics – Sir Ronald Cohen of Apax fame seeks to establish an Israeli social investment bank.
Chabad Rabbi Enables Alleged Serial Pedophile
Tikun Olam – Gug Hayman, accused Sydney Chabad pedophile I wrote a post yesterday about the astonishing revelation in the Sydney Morning Herald that a former Sydney Chabad rabbi, Baruch Lesches , had absolved himself of responsibility for a sex abuse scandal at his yeshiva. He operated under the theory…
This is urgent: 40,000 to be displaced?
Jewish Voice for Peace – Late yesterday in Israel, the Knesset approved the first reading of the infamous Prawer Plan – a blueprint for removing 40,000 Bedouin people from their ancestral homeland. Read more and take action!
9-year-old dies in Gaza, without fulfilling ‘human rights’ dream, to see imprisoned father
Mondoweiss – A nine-year-old boy Tariq Assakani passed away in a road accident in Gaza today. Tariq is the only child of the Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Assakani who is serving a 27 year sentence in Israeli jails. The bus Tariq was traveling in was heading for a summer…
The Young and Palestinian
Mondoweiss – Graphic: Shepard Fairey The old will be brutalized. They will bleed, they will scream, they will claw their fingernails into the bones of the land that we will steal from underneath their hands, and we will then break their arms. They will be displaced, forcefully removed…
Syria’s faultlines extend into Lebanon and Palestine
Mondoweiss – Hezbollah fighters celebrating their return from al-Qusayr (photo, Nehme Hamie) The civil war in Syria is reverberating all over the Middle East – nowhere more than in neighboring Lebanon, where the fighting has spilled across the border and inflamed already tense sectarian divisions. But events in…
‘J Street’ says Jewish state ‘hangs in balance’ of failed negotiations
Mondoweiss – A few months ago Jeremy Ben-Ami of the liberal Zionist group J Street sent out a report from Israel suggesting that 2013 is the make-or-break year for the two-state solution. That urgency is reflected in his latest note, titled “Decision Time,” which at times sounds a…
1,800-Year-Old Roman Road Unearthed in Israel
The Foward Breaking News 25 Jun 2013 – A section of a 1,800-year-old ancient road from the Roman period running from Jerusalem to Jaffa was uncovered in northern Jerusalem. Click here for the rest of the article…
Monica Lewinsky Nightie, Letters May Fetch $50K
The Foward Breaking News 25 Jun 2013 – A collection of items used in the investigation of former White House intern Monica Lewinsky’s sexual encounters with then U.S. President Bill Clinton is being auctioned online, Nate D. Sanders Auctions said on Monday. Click here for the rest of the article…
Benjamin Netanyahu and Coalition Partner Naftali Bennett Openly Feud Over Peace
The Foward Breaking News 25 Jun 2013 – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was ready to enter serious peace negotiations with the Palestinians, while his coalition partner Naftali Bennett said a pact would lead to more violence. Click here for the rest of the article…
$20K-a-Kidney Israeli Smuggling Ring Busted
The Foward Breaking News 25 Jun 2013 – An international organ trafficking ring that sold kidneys to patients in Israel and Eastern Europe was broken up by Costa Rica police and Interpol. Click here for the rest of the article…
Dazzling Miss Israel Brings Message of Jewish Diversity to America
The Forward New 25 Jun 2013 – When Miss Israel ‘Titi’ Aynaw enters a room full of Jewish children, they think she’s from Africa. They’re only half right — as the willowy beauty queen is quick to point out. Click here for the rest of the article…
Twin suicide bombings hit Iraq camp
BBC 25 Jun 2013 – At least 10 people are killed in Iraq after two suicide bombers targeted a protest camp north of the capital, Baghdad, officials say.
Gaza welcomes back Arab Idol winner
BBC 25 Jun 2013 – Palestinians give a hero’s welcome to singer Mohammed Assaf as he returns to the Gaza Strip after winning the Arab Idol talent show.
US and Russia to meet over Syria
BBC 25 Jun 2013 – US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet next week to discuss the Syrian situation, the UN says.
Libyan assembly to be led by Berber
BBC 25 Jun 2013 – Libya’s national assembly elects an MP from the long-repressed Berber minority as its president in a second round of voting.
The US’s Afghan Exit May Depend on a Syrian One
Al-Akhbar Blogs 25 Jun 2013 – Washington’s options in Syria are dwindling – and dwindling fast. Trumped up chemical weapons charges against the Syrian government this month failed to produce evidence to convince a skeptical global community of any direct linkage. And the US’s follow-up pledge to arm rebels served only to…
Saida’s Deadly Clashes: The Day After
Al-Akhbar News 25 Jun 2013 – Photo Blog by Marwan Tahtah A day after the end of deadly clashes between the Lebanese army and supporters of Salafi cleric Ahmad al-Assir shook the southern city of Saida, calm cautiously returned to the neighborhood of Abra, where the two camps had fought since Sunday, June 23….
Libya chooses new interim leader
Al-Akhbar News 25 Jun 2013 – Independent MP Nouri Bousahmein, a member of Libya’s Berber minority, was elected on Tuesday as head of the General National Congress (GNC), making him the country’s interim leader. Bousahmein, the first Berber to hold such a senior post in Libya, replaces Mohammed Megaryef, who stepped down…
The New Monarch of the “Arab Spring”
Al-Akhbar News 25 Jun 2013 – The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani is seen speaking to the media in Washington on 23 April 2013 and his son, Qatari Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani, smiles as he arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris on 3 February 2010. (…
Lebanon: The Many Assirs of Beirut
Al-Akhbar News 25 Jun 2013 – Tariq al-Jdideh is in fact home to five such security compounds, which are in effect a series of residential buildings centered around a mosque led by one or two Assir clones. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) Tariq al-Jdideh is in fact home to five such security compounds, which…
UN: Syrian families increasingly begging for food
Al-Akhbar News 25 Jun 2013 – Syrian-Kurdish refugees wait in line to fill water canisters at the Domiz refugee camp, 20 km southeast of the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk, on 19 June 2013. (Photo: AFP – Safin Hamed) Families in Syria are increasingly resorting to begging for food to cope with…
Saudi activist jailed eight years after calling for elections
Al-Akhbar News 25 Jun 2013 – A Saudi court has sentenced a human rights activist to eight years in prison for “sedition” after his group campaigned for a constitutional monarchy and elections in the US-backed Gulf Arab kingdom. Abdulkarim al-Khader co-founded the Saudi Political and Civil Rights Association (ACPRA) and served as…
Lebanon: Hariri’s Blind March Continues
Al-Akhbar Politics 24 Jun 2013 – The leader of the Future Movement realizes this because there is a difference between the way the Syrian regime controls Syrian cities today, compared to two years ago. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) The leader of the Future Movement realizes this because there is a difference between the…
From Tripoli to Saida, a Map of Lebanon’s Battlegrounds
Al-Akhbar Politics 24 Jun 2013 – A masked gunman and supporter of Lebanon’s radical Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir walks in the central Nur square in the northern city of Tripoli on 24 June 2013. (Photo: AFP – Ibrahim Chalhoub) A masked gunman and supporter of Lebanon’s radical Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad…
Qatari emir hands power to son Tamim
BBC 25 Jun 2013 – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has handed over power to his son, Sheikh Tamim, 18 years after he deposed his own father as ruler.
Twin suicide bombings hit Iraq camp
BBC 25 Jun 2013 – At least 10 people are killed in Iraq after two suicide bombers targeted a protest camp north of the capital, Baghdad, officials say.
Gaza welcomes back Arab Idol winner
BBC 25 Jun 2013 – Palestinians give a hero’s welcome to singer Mohammed Assaf as he returns to the Gaza Strip after winning the Arab Idol talent show.
US and Russia to meet over Syria
BBC 25 Jun 2013 – US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet next week to discuss the Syrian situation, the UN says.
Libyan assembly to be led by Berber
BBC 25 Jun 2013 – Libya’s national assembly elects an MP from the long-repressed Berber minority as its president in a second round of voting.
‘New jail term’ for Bahrain activist
BBC 25 Jun 2013 – A Bahraini court has handed pro-democracy activist Zainab al-Khawaja a new two month jail term for insulting police, opposition sources say.
Articles
Palestinian development under occupation is a delusion
Nabil Al Sahli, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) 6/25/2013
The notion of Palestinian economic development while under Israeli occupation has again been promoted, notably by US Secretary of State John Kerry, as the means to advance the cause of peace through negotiations. Those following such matters in Palestine fear that media hype will blind people to the impossibility of achieving sustainable economic development while Israel continues to occupy, settle and Judaise Palestinian territory.
Talk of economic development under such circumstances ignores the fact that Israel controls the most important keys to the Palestinian economy. Studies indicate that Israel dominates about 96 per cent of all Palestinian imports and exports, and now the deficit in the Palestinian balance of payments is the foundation of a very forced relationship between the Palestinian and Israeli economies.
As a result of the decline in the Palestinian economy, which is due to Israeli efforts aimed at marginalising its various sectors, thousands of individuals from the Palestinian labour force have been driven to find work inside Israel, benefiting the Israeli economy, not their own.
The land itself is one of the most important elements of production which can boost future development but it requires the dismantling of the key aspects of the Israeli occupation such as the illegal settlements and checkpoints in order for the land to fulfil that role. The occupation, therefore, is actually stifling the means of production on Palestinian land, to the detriment of the economy. Despite the talk of economic development and negotiations, the Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu has continued to build and expand illegal settlements all over the occupied West Bank, removing ever more land from the Palestinian economic equation. Today there are more than half-a-million illegal Jewish settlers in strategically-placed settlements in the West Bank; 200,000 of them live in occupied Jerusalem, which is now surrounded by settlements, cutting the city off from its natural West Bank hinterland. more.. e-mail
Collision course: Plan to displace tens of thousands of Bedouin passes first Knesset vote
Noam Sheizaf, +972 Magazine 6/25/2013
The implementation of the Prawer Plan for unrecognized villages in the Negev has become a major policy objective for the Netanyahu government.
Following one of the most heated debates the Israeli parliament has seen in recent years, the Knesset approved the Prawer-Begin Plan for the Arrangement of Bedouin-Palestinian Settlement in the Negev yesterday (Monday). Commonly referred to as the Prawer Plan, the new legislation will allow the government to destroy dozens of so-called “unrecognized” villages in the South and remove between 30-40,000 Bedouin from their homes.
According to the plan, those Bedouin citizens who have registered land claims will be offered monetary compensation or land in an area designated for resettlement.
Following demands from the right-wing Jewish Home party, a new article was added to the bill at the last minute, stipulating that the government’s compensation offer will expire after a certain period of time; failure to comply with the process will not only result in forced removal to the relocation zones but also a loss of monetary compensation or land, which would have previously been offered.
This is the largest attempted eviction of a native Palestinian population by Israel in decades. At the end of the process, all remaining Bedouin land claims will be erased from the state record.
During the Knesset debate, several Palestinian members of Knesset tore the bill before leaving the room. Due to opposition to the bill from the Right – settler groups object to giving any land rights to the Bedouin – none of the Likud ministers were willing to defend the bill in the name of the government. The offer ended up passing in a very narrow vote, 43-40, thanks to the support of Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party, which also sent one of its ministers to defend the law. more.. e-mail
Palestine photo project – 10 years later
Aisha Mershani, Gofundme.com, Israeli Occupation Archive 6/25/2013
Ten years ago, I began a project to document the lives of everyday Palestinians non-violently resisting Israeli occupation. Since 2003, I have photographed and gathered testimonies from Palestinian communities that have resisted the building of the Wall. After six years away, I am returning to the West Bank in the summer of 2013 to complete this project. My goal is to document and share stories and images of everyday Palestinian non-violent resistance with the aim of building global solidarity with the Palestinian people. I have self-funded my work thus far. I am now asking my community for support with the completion of the last stage of this ten-year project.
Background
From 2003-2005, I worked on the ground in the West Bank photographing military checkpoints, demonstrations, house demolitions, destroyed villages, and the daily lives of Palestinians living under occupation. My photographs have been exhibited in the US, Israel and Europe and published in several websites and books. These photographs, which cannot be seen in mainstream media, expose the reality of life in the West Bank by highlighting the Palestinian nonviolent resistance movement and the steadfastness of the Palestinian people who struggle daily to remain on their land. In 2007, I returned to the West Bank to gather testimonies from individuals in the photos. My aim was to give a back-story to the photo, as each image was deeper than the moment I was able to capture. Within these testimonies, the subjects of my photos were able to tell their own stories of resistance and struggle.
Vision
During the summer of 2013, I will complete this decade-long project by returning to each village that resisted the Wall and settlement construction, from Jayyous to the Hebron Hills. I will meet with the individuals whose images I captured in 2007 and 2003-2005 to gather their stories and images…. — See also: Source: Gofundme.com more.. e-mail
Sodomy, Locusts, and Cholera: A Jerusalem Witness
Sami Hadawi, Jerusalem Quarterly File 6/25/2013
Spring 2013
Editor’s introduction: Sami Hadawi’s Early Years
This is the first of two selections Jerusalem Quarterly is excerpting from the parts of the memoirs of Sami Hadawi (1904-2004) dealing with his childhood and early years. Hadawi was a leading expert on land issues in Palestine. His unpublished memoirs were distributed to his family and friends before he died in Toronto at the age of one hundred years and one month. He was a relentless fighter on behalf of Palestinian refugees and their rights, for which he received the Jerusalem Prize from Yasir Arafat in 2002. His book Palestinian Rights and Losses, published by al Saqi in 1998, was a thorough review of the survey of Palestinian landed property undertaken by the UNCCP, and a critique of its findings. One of the most controversial features of this episode is Sami’s narrative about his family origins.
His father appears as an enigmatic character with very little known about his family except that they were German, possibly Templer missionaries in Palestine. Wasif Jawhariyyeh, who was a family friend and Hadawi’s colleague in the Land Registry in the early 1920s, refers to his father as a German Jew who converted to Christianity along with his mother in the Eye Hospital in Baq‘a. His mother, also according to Jawhariyyeh, was a Muslim woman from Mt Hebron. Wasif visited Sami and his family on a number of occasions in Me’a She’arim. (See al Quds al Uthmaniyya fil Mudhakkarat al Jawhariyyah.) If this story of his origin is true, then Sami Hadawi would be the product of the three religious communities of Palestine, making his conflicted family roots a most representative lineage of all communities in Palestine.
From Sami Hadawi’s The Story of My Life
Birth and Early Childhood
I was born in Jerusalem during the first decade of the twentieth century into a middleclass Christian family with an Anglican background.1 At that time, it was not possible in Arab circles for male and female to intermingle, fall in love, and decide their own destiny…. more.. e-mail
Africans denied right to work in Israel
Electronic Intifada: 25 Jun 2013 – Health ministry inspectors recently poured bleach on food in a restaurant run by refugees.more
Bias against Muslims rampant in “liberal” California
Electronic Intifada: 25 Jun 2013 – Almost 30 percent of respondents to a recent survey have suffered physical attacks.more
Stamping Impunity on Israel’s War Crimes
Palestine Chronicle: 25 Jun 2013 – By Vacy Vlazna Israel and Australia’s joint projects normalizing Israel’s war crimes and crimes against humanity has sunk deeper in the degenerate mire of hasbara (propaganda & lies); “So projects that constitute normalization are not about freedom, justice or liberation, but about numbing our minds to the horror of the occupation, so we accept it as normal, as permanent, as an unchangeable fixed reality”! (1) In May, Australia Post and Israel Post collaboratively issued two stamps commemorating the Australian Light Horse and the WWI Battle of Beersheba in Palestine. The $2.60 stamp features contemporary images of Australian Light Horsemen. The 60c stamp features the statue of an Australian Light Horseman in the Park of the Australian Soldier, funded by the Pratt Foundation, at Beersheba. ANZAC heroic courage and endurance warrants commemoration but the issue of the stamps entailed a cynical rewriting of Australian war history that deflects ANZAC honor to…more
Disputes over the Nile amidst Challenging Times for Egypt
Palestine Chronicle: 25 Jun 2013 – By Mohamed El Mokhtar From the great lakes of East Africa to the majestic highlands of Ethiopia passing through the fertile valleys of Nubia to Egypt’s delta, the Nile River crosses many countries and diverse landscapes. Unparalleled in its length, the mighty river, a crucible of ancient civilizations, continues its endless journey, having meandered in solitude throughout the glorious semi-arid lands of Egypt, to slowly deliver its precious load to its final destination: The Mediterranean Sea. Mystic symbol of pride and glory, the Nile has also been a source of fear and anxiety, hence the feelings of passion its discussion often generates. Once called the gift of the Nile by the historian Herodotus, Egypt is particularly dependent on it for its vital water supply and livelihood. Its vulnerability to the vagaries of upstream countries explains somehow its bouts of anger and sporadic nervousness. The current dispute with Ethiopia is an…more
From Tahrir to Taksim, is it Time for a Fifth International?
Dissident Voice: 25 Jun 2013 – Those passing through New York’s Union Square on June 16 witnessed a spectacle that to an outside observer might have seemed incongruous. Approximately 100 people stood on steps leading to a steed-mounted George Washington cast in bronze. They were chanting and waving Turkish and Mexican flags. At their feet someone had scrawled “DEMOCRACY NOW” in large chalk letters. The Turkish flags fluttered in the grip of activists in solidarity with protesters occupying public spaces across Turkey; those waving Mexican flags were supporters of the Yo Soy 132 movement , which arose in the lead up to a disputed election last summer but has since encompassed struggles for land redistribution and media reform, and against corruption. “What we want is democracy,” said Angie Galindo, a Yo Soy 132 activist visiting from Mexico. “The same as in Turkey.” Though they were fewer in number, Brazilian nationals were there as well, voicing solidarity for…more
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