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Settlers Install Mobile Homes On Palestinian Lands In Al-Khader
IMEMC – Ahmad Salah, an activist against Israel s illegal settlements and its apartheid wall in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, stated Tuesday [August 20, 2013] that a number of settlers installed mobile homes on lands that belong to residents of the town. …
Army Partially Demolishes Homes, Uproots Lands, In Jerusalem
IMEMC – Local sources have reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday morning [August 20, 2013] Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, and partially demolished homes under the pretext that they were built without a construction permit. …
Palestinian Killed Five Injured In Jenin
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources have reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn [August 20, 2013] the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and clashed with local youths killing one of them by rounds of live ammunition, and wounding five others. …
Pink Floyd musician urges other rock musicians and artists to boycott Israel
IMEMC – In a letter comparing the state of Israel to South Africa under apartheid, long-time rock musician Roger Waters of Pink Floyd called on his fellow musicians and artists to join him in boycotting Israel to try to pressure the country to end its discriminatory practices against Palestinians. …
Israeli soldiers shoot, kill man in Jenin camp
8/20/2013 – JENIN (Ma’an) — A man was killed and two others injured in clashes early Tuesday between locals and Israeli forces in Jenin refugee camp. Majd Mohammad Anis Lahlouh, 22, was shot directly in the heart by Israeli soldiers, witnesses said. Karim Sbeih and Alah Abu Khalifa, both in their twenties, were critically wounded. One was shot in the bladder and the other was hit….
Israeli forces demolish part of Silwan home
8/20/2013 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces demolished part of a residential property in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on Tuesday, a local center said. An Israeli police unit raided Silwan at dawn and closed off several streets before bulldozers demolished a room in a property belonging to Khalid al-Zeir, the Wadi Hilweh information center said. Al-Zeir, his wife, and their seven children slept in the….
Israeli forces demolish 10 structures in the Jordan Valley
8/20/2013 – JORDAN VALLEY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces demolished several agricultural buildings in the Jordan Valley on Tuesday, locals said. Military vehicles and bulldozers arrived in the area of Furush Beit Dajan and al-Jiftlik and destroyed 10 agricultural buildings constructed before 1967, local activist Azzam al-Haj told Ma’an. The structures were demolished on the pretext that they were built without a license. The buildings….
Israeli forces confiscate contents of Tulkarem shop
8/20/2013 – TULKAREM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces raided a Tulkarem village on Tuesday and confiscated the contents of a shop and plant nursery, locals said. Israeli soldiers removed pottery, antiques and other items from a shop in the village of Jabara. The owner of the shop, Hakim Suliman, told Ma’an that three Israeli military vehicles raided the village and confiscated items valued at around one million shekels ($270,000). [END]
Israeli forces detain 7 in overnight arrest raids
8/20/2013 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained seven people overnight Monday, locals and Israel’s army said. Muhammad Maysar Ayyub, 20, Naji Mustafa Tabouq, 22, and Imad Fathi Satami, 23, were arrested after Israeli forces raided the Ras el-Ein neighborhood in Nablus, locals said. Dozens of young men hurled stones and empty bottles at soldiers during the arrest raid. Israeli soldiers responded with tear….
Group ‘concerned’ about Palestine media violations
8/20/2013 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian journalists rights group on Monday expressed concern that unrest in Egypt has had an adverse effect on press freedom in Palestine.”The repercussions of these events must not be used as an excuse for any Palestinian to gag the press, and we must all remember that freedom of expression is a basic right for all journalists and citizens,” Mousa….
PA police detain settler after entering Nablus by mistake
8/20/2013 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority police forces detained a settler on Tuesday after he entered the city of Nablus by mistake. The settler mistakenly drove into Nablus city center and was detained by PA police while they contacted Israeli authorities. He was later transferred to the custody of Israeli police. [END]
Israel, Palestinians meet in Jerusalem
8/20/2013 – RAMALLAH (AFP) — Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met secretly in Jerusalem on Tuesday, a senior Palestinian official said, a week after US-brokered peace talks were relaunched in the Holy City.”A meeting was held today between the Palestinian delegation, headed by Saeb Erakat and Mohammad Shtayyeh, and the Israeli delegation of (Justice Minister) Tzipi Livni and Yitzhak Molcho,” the official said on condition of anonymity. Details….
US slams Erdogan Israel claim on Morsi ouster
8/20/2013 – WASHINGTON (AFP) — The White House on Tuesday condemned Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s claim that Israel had a role in toppling ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the comments were “offensive and unsubstantiated and wrong.”[END]
Former Hamas official accuses group of hacking Facebook page
8/20/2013 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Former Hamas official Dr. Khader Mahjar on Tuesday accused the Islamist group of hacking into his Facebook account.”Those who use religion for political purposes are far from religion,” Mahjar said, adding that his Facebook page has been hacked three times this month. Hamas has implemented a policy of “shutting mouths”, which included closing down the Gaza offices of Ma’….
Teen drowns in Ramallah pool
8/20/2013 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A teenager drowned on Monday in a swimming pool in Ramallah, medics said. Khalid Muhannad al-Ramahi, 13, from al-Jalazun refugee camp was pronounced dead in the Palestine Medical Complex. Police have closed the swimming pool and the owner has been taken into custody as a legal procedure. [END]
Egypt arrests Brotherhood chief as death toll mounts
8/20/2013 – CAIRO (AFP) — Egyptian authorities said on Tuesday they had arrested the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, as they stepped up a campaign to crush the party of ousted president Mohamed Morsi. The arrest stoked fears of an escalation in the already tense situation in Egypt, where nearly 900 people have died in days of clashes nationwide between security forces and Islamist supporters of Morsi….
Chaos and grief at overwhelmed Cairo morgue
8/20/2013 – CAIRO (AFP) — Outside a morgue in Egypt’s capital, a woman mediates between her parents. Her mother cannot believe the decomposing body before them is their son. Her father insists that it is.”What’s going on? Why hasn’t anyone claimed this body,” shouts one man, a surgical mask pulled below his mouth.”The family can’t decide if it….
Egypt’s media line up behind state against Islamists
8/20/2013 – CAIRO (AFP) — Egypt’s media, both public and private, have lined up behind the government in portraying its fight against the Muslim Brotherhood as a “war on terror” and vilifying foreign journalists. As police and troops chase down members of the Islamist group, from which ousted president Mohamed Morsi hails, the media have fanned the flames against the organization. And the foreign media have….
Egypt’s Brotherhood names Ezzat as interim head
8/20/2013 – CAIRO (AFP) — The Muslim Brotherhood has named an in
terim leader to head the group after its supreme guide was arrested Tuesday, the website of its political party said.”Mahmoud Ezzat, deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, will assume the role of supreme guide of the group on a temporary basis after the security forces of the bloody military coup arrested supreme guide Mohamed Badie,” the….
Gulf bloc criticizes Hezbollah chief’s Syria threat
8/20/2013 – RIYADH (AFP) — The Gulf Cooperation Council has criticized Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah for threatening to send more fighters to neighboring Syria after a car bomb hit his Shiite party’s stronghold.”At the same time that he calls for self restraint, he threatens the Syrians that his party will be more involved in fighting them,” GCC secretary general Abdullatif al-Zayani said….
US criticizes arrest of Brotherhood leader in Egypt
8/20/2013 – WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States on Tuesday criticized the arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie in Egypt. The White House said the move ran contrary to the military’s commitments to foster an “inclusive political process.”[END]
Palestinian youth shot dead by Israeli army
AlJazeera 20 Aug 2013 – Teenaged Palestinian boy killed by Israeli forces at Jenin refugee camp in Occupied West Bank, medics say.
Haniyeh: We Understand Egyptian Security Concerns but Crossing is Vital for Gaza
Palestine News Network
MADA: Repercussions of The Events in Egypt is Not An Excuse to Silence the Media in Palestine
Palestine News Network
Presentation about Palestinian Refugees and UN Resolution 181
Palestine News Network
Pink Floyd Member Publically Supports Cultural Boycott of Israel
Palestine News Network
Political Analyst Says Peace Talks “Will Not Achieve Anything”
Palestine News Network
Israeli Settlers Injure Palestinian Shepherd and His Son
Palestine News Network
Israel Demolishes Homes, Razes Lands in Al-Quds
Palestine News Network
Palestinian Youth Killed, 5 Injured in Clashes with Israeli Forces in Jenin
Palestine News Network
Haidar Eid: Holding our Breath in Gaza
Palestine News Network
Why Won t BBC Let Nigel Kennedy Denounce Israeli Apartheid?
Palestine News Network
Prisoner in Solitary Confinement Begins Hunger Strike
Palestine News Network
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Israeli Forces Use Excessive Lethal Force Killing Palestinian Civilian and Wounding 3 Others, Including 2 Children, in J…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
International Solidarity Movement
Israeli forces use excessive lethal force killing Palestinian civilian and wounding 3 others, including 2 children, in Jenin
8/20/2013 – International Solidarity Movement – 20th August 2013, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Jenin, Occupied Palestine – In an excessive use of lethal force, on Tuesday morning, 20 August 2013, Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 3 others, including 2 children, in Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 04:30 on Tuesday….
World: DÈcision d exÈcution de la Commission du 14.8.2013 modifiant la dÈcision d exÈcution C(2012) 9883 de la Commission du 4.1.2013 relative au financement des prioritÈs opÈrationnelles de l aide umanitaire sur le budget gÈnÈral 2013 de l Union europÈenne
Relief Web 20 Aug 2013 – Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid department Country: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, CÙte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Iraq, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, occupied Palestinian territory, Pakistan,…
occupied Palestinian territory: Revocation of Residency in East Jerusalem (updated 18 Aug 2013)
Relief Web 19 Aug 2013 – Source: Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories Country: occupied Palestinian territory Published: 1 Jan 2011 Updated: 18 Aug 2013 Since 1967, more than 14,000 Palestinians in East Jerusalem have had their status as permanent residents of…
World: Briefers Highlight Prevailing Disrespect for International Humanitarian Law as Security Council Considers Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Relief Web 19 Aug 2013 – Source: UN Security Council Country: World SC/11097 Security Council 7019th Meeting (AM & PM) Some Delegates Voice Concern that Stronger Peacekeeping Mandates May Result in Threats to Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity Despite recent strides in strengthening the ability of the United…
Muslim Brotherhood leader held in Egypt for ‘inciting murder’
The National 20 Aug 2013 – Mohamed Badie, the Brotherhood’s supreme guide, joins other Islamist leaders in jail as crackdown continues. Alice Fordham reports from Cairo
Abu Dhabi court grants divorce to woman dissatisfied with husband
The National 20 Aug 2013 – The woman, in her late twenties, filed for divorce on the grounds that her husband did not sufficiently reciprocate the affection she showed him.
Al Jazeera launches US news channel
The National 20 Aug 2013 – The Qatari government-backed network has reportedly poured hundreds of millions of dollars into its US news venture that it said would be the antithesis of its major American competitors. Taimur Khan reports from New York
David Miranda challenges legality of UK police data mining
The National 20 Aug 2013 – The partner of a Guardian journalist who was detained and questioned for nine hours by police at Heathrow Airport has taken legal action to stop British authorities from mining data from the electronic devices they seized from him.
‘What’s the point of winning this war if there’s no Syria left?’
The National 20 Aug 2013 – Three young idealists who joined the first wave of revolt against the Assad regime are now disillusioned and demoralised by the grim realities of a bloody civil war. Phil Sands reports
Making a meal of it: Dubai turns to fish that eats mosquito larvae
The National 20 Aug 2013 – Dubai plans huge breeding programme for fish that feeds on mosquito larvae in an effort to cut down on the pests.
Pakistani expats in UAE split as Musharraf is charged over murder
The National 20 Aug 2013 – Pakistanis in the UAE are either sad or satisfied the former military leader has been charged on three counts over the murder of Benazir Bhutto.
Emergency department at Abu Dhabi’s Al Rahba Hospital to be expanded
The National 20 Aug 2013 – The accident and emergency department at Al Rahba Hospital will be expanded and renovated to increase capacity by 7 to 10 per cent and reduce waiting time.
Israelis respond to child allowance cuts with Facebook fury
Ha’aretz – 20 Aug 2013
Arab Israelis pay 10% more for car insurance, research shows
Ha’aretz – 20 Aug 2013
Next round of Israeli-Palestinian talks will be held in secret, says PA negotiator
Ha’aretz – 20 Aug 2013
Israel’s monument to gays persecuted by Nazis planned for Tel Aviv
Ha’aretz – 20 Aug 2013
Israel apologizes to Japan over offensive Facebook comments
Ha’aretz – 20 Aug 2013
Age of child prostitutes in Israel dropping, report finds
Ha’aretz – 20 Aug 2013
Israeli rape victim not humiliated in court, ombudsman rules
Ha’aretz – 20 Aug 2013
MKs revive controversial Jewish state bill
Ha’aretz – 20 Aug 2013
Non-Israeli battered wives face deportation and custody battles
Ha’aretz – 19 Aug 2013
Over 35,000 Israeli kids face poverty as allowances cut takes effect
Ha’aretz – 19 Aug 2013
Israel disturbed by Ban s recanting comment on bias
Jerusalem Post 20 Aug 2013 – Israeli officials dispute Ban’s claims saying The UN systematically discriminates against the Jewish state.
Facing new mayoral election, Barkat presents ambitious five-year plan to improve Jerusalem
Jerusalem Post 20 Aug 2013 – Mayor: I ll give the city more jobs, housing, classrooms, light-rail lines and culture to help keep our children from moving away.
Chinese artist presents Peres with peace statue
Jerusalem Post 20 Aug 2013 – Internationally acclaimed Chinese sculptor and calligrapher We Yuan Yan, known professionally as Yao Yuan honors Peres.
Egypt’s former VP ElBaradei to face court for ‘betrayal of trust’
Jerusalem Post 20 Aug 2013 – ElBaradei is unlikely to attend any hearing after leaving Egypt.
Jewish Agency prepares to end Ethiopian aliyah
Jerusalem Post 20 Aug 2013 – Final flight of 400 Falash Mura is scheduled to land in the holy land later this month capping an aliyah of tens of thousands.
Egyptian Jews: We support military s fight against terrorism
Jerusalem Post 20 Aug 2013 – Not even a Jew would do this, she heard him say.
Egypt’s crackdown weakens, but does not crush resilient Muslim Brotherhood
Jerusalem Post 20 Aug 2013 – As the army seeks to decapitate Egypt’s oldest Islamist movement, fears remain that the crackdown may tempt some in the Muslim Brotherhood to take up arms, escalating violence in the tense region.
Report: Jordan to build first nuclear research reactor
Jerusalem Post 20 Aug 2013 – Commission chief: Project to build capabilities, prepare for constructing future nuclear power plants.
Turkish women strive for gender equality
Jerusalem Post 20 Aug 2013 – Calls for pregnant women to stay home.
National polio vaccine campaign reaches total of 170,000 so far
Jerusalem Post 20 Aug 2013 – Ministry criticizes “media sensationalism” of effects from vaccine on children with weak immune systems.
Police: Two men preyed on elderly TA couples, in over 20 burglaries
Jerusalem Post 20 Aug 2013 – Cops make the arrest after spotting the two leaving an apartment in the Bavli neighborhood of Tel Aviv.
US oleh allegedly tries to smuggle dozens of illegal knives through Haifa port
Jerusalem Post 20 Aug 2013 – American immigrant who resides in northern town of Ma alot-Tarshiha claims shipping company mistakenly sent him contraband.
Experts: Israel should lobby for Sisi but quietly
Jerusalem Post 20 Aug 2013 – Israeli analyst says Israel should support new Egyptian gov’t behind the scenes because in the Middle East whoever Israel supports loses legitimacy, warns such support can also lead to terror attacks against Israel.
Iraqi government s political jargon distorts reality of situation
Uruknet
Institutionalized US Spying: More Than NSA Involved
Uruknet
Whistleblowers are our Bravest Heroes The unreported story
Uruknet
Palestinian ex-detainees ‘can’t move freely’
Uruknet
Red Cross concerned over hunger-striking Palestinians
Uruknet
Iraq would welcome US drones to fight Al-Qaeda
Uruknet
Omar Khadr being illegally held as an adult, lawyer argues
Uruknet
The War Criminals Should Be On Trial, Not The Whistleblowers
Uruknet
The Permanent War on Terror
Uruknet
From the Rubble, Palestinian Village of Kafr Birim Declares its Return
Uruknet
Erdogan angers U.S., Israel, Egypt with Mursi defence
Daily Star 21 Aug 2013 Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan angered Ankara’s U.S. ally, as well as regional leaders in Egypt and Israel, by accusing Israel on Tuesday of helping overthrow Cairo’s Islamist president.
UN official in Egypt for talks
Daily Star 20 Aug 2013 The political affairs chief of the United Nations arrived in Cairo Tuesday for a series of discussions with Egyptian authorities and Muslim Brotherhood leaders.
Tunisia PM warns opposition over anti-government demos
Daily Star 20 Aug 2013 Tunisia’s prime minister warned Tuesday that he would not tolerate any attacks on state institutions during planned protests to call for his Islamist-led government’s resignation, state media reported.
State Department reassigns U.S. officials after Benghazi review
Daily Star 20 Aug 2013 Four State Department officials placed on leave after an attack last year on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, have been reassigned after a review found there was no breach of duty by the employees, a…
Iraq violence kills 19 people, 116 militants arrested
Daily Star 20 Aug 2013 Bombings in Iraq killed a policeman and two civilians Tuesday, officials said, and 16 militants died as security forces conducted wide-ranging operations to combat the country s worst violence since 2008.
Jordan to build nuclear research reactor
Daily Star 20 Aug 2013 Jordan’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission gives the go-ahead for a first nuclear research reactor as the desert kingdom, which lacks any oil, seeks to meet its energy needs.
EU’s Ashton says ‘ready’ to return to Egypt
Daily Star 20 Aug 2013 European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says that she has offered to return to Cairo to help facilitate a way out of the country’s crisis.
U.S. slams Erdogan claim on Morsi ouster
Daily Star 20 Aug 2013 The White House condemns Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s claim that Israel had a role in toppling ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi.
U.S. criticizes arrest of Brotherhood leader in Egypt
Daily Star 20 Aug 2013 The United States criticize the arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie in Egypt.
Assad’s forces counter rebel gains in Syria’s Deir al-Zor
Daily Star 20 Aug 2013 Assad’s forces attacked rebel positions in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, days after a rebel advance threatened to bring the whole city under the control of anti-Assad forces, opposition activists say.
U.N. says clashes in Golan have intensified
Daily Star 20 Aug 2013 The spillover in the Golan from the conflict in Syria has intensified in recent days, posing a threat to U.N. peacekeepers on the scene, a senior U.N. official says.
We derive our energy to persist from you, Hassan Karajah writes from Israeli prison
Stop The Wall – Palestinian Grassroots Anti-apartheid Wall Campaign free hassan Eight months ago, during a night raid in January 2013, 29-year-old Hassan Karajah was arrested by Israeli occupation forces. Karajah, a youth coordinator for the Stop the Wall campaign, has been accused of actively supporting Palestinian prisoners and participating in a student group…
British paper details confrontation with UK spies
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PM’s office source: Erdogan’s statement about Israel, Egypt ‘absurd’
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IDF fires at 2 Palestinians who allegedly approached Gaza fence
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Israeli, Palestinian meeting in J’lem over
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Germany: Man opens fire in restaurant, kills 3
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Peace: A matter of needs vs. wants
YNet News, 20 Aug 2013 – Op-ed: Palestinians seeking peace or own independent state at the expense of Israel’s existence? ….
Palestinian Information Center
Hamas strongly condemns attempts to incriminate it in Egyptian events
PIC – Hamas movement strongly condemned the ‚¨ Ssuspicious‚¨ ù attempts to incriminate it and the Palestinian people in the events in Egypt.
IOF troops demolish 15 structures in Bedouin village
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) razed 15 structures in the Basaliya Bedouin area in the northern Jordan Valley on Tuesday and ordered its inhabitants to leave the area.
Haneyya calls for forming a national coalition to reject negotiations
PIC – Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneyya warned of the return to the negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and the occupation.
Mufti of Jerusalem warns of Israeli plan to build a synagogue in Al-Aqsa
PIC – Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, Palestine Grand Mufti and preacher of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, warned of the serious repercussions of the construction of a synagogue in the Al-Aqsa Compound.
Trade unions in Gaza organize vigil in solidarity with Egyptian people
PIC – Palestinian trade unions on Monday organized a vigil in solidarity with the Egyptian people, in front of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Gaza.
Higher Islamic authority: Aqsa is targeted
PIC – The higher Islamic authority denounced on Tuesday the Israeli occupation authorities‚¨ “! continued targeting of the Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem.
Occupation detains 12 Palestinian women in its jails
PIC – A Palestinian human rights association confirmed that the number of Palestinian female prisoners in the Israeli jails reached 12 after the recent arrest of three women from Nablus.
Israel plans to seize Jerusalemite properties under Absentee Property Law
PIC – The Jerusalem Foundation for Development warned of Israeli schemes to confiscate Jerusalemite properties, including endowments, through activating the ‚¨ SAbsentee Property Law‚¨ ù.
Birzeit university student transferred to hospital after days of hunger strike
PIC – The Islamic student bloc at Birzeit university said that one of its members was transferred to the hospital after his health condition worsened as a result of his hunger strike for nine days.
IOA holds civil engineer in administrative detention
PIC – The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) ordered the administrative detention of a civil engineer from Doura town, south of Al-Khalil, for four months.
Cabinet to Reduce Electricity Tariff For Domestic Consumers, Productive Sectors
WAFA – 20 Aug 2013
Israel Demolishes Facilities in the northern Jordan Valley
WAFA – 20 Aug 2013
Israelis Demolish Room in Silwan
WAFA – 20 Aug 2013
Newspapers Review: Egypt Continues as Focus of Dailies
WAFA – 20 Aug 2013
Soldiers Kill Jenin Resident during Confrontations
WAFA – 20 Aug 2013
Christian-Muslim animosity becomes incendiary subplot in Egypt
LA Times 20 Aug 2013 – Scores of attacks on Coptic Orthodox churches and monasteries highlight the tensions between Muslims and Christians since last month’s coup. HELWAN, Egypt The gunmen sped past on motorcycles and in a car, firing automatic weapons and hurling gasoline bombs. Parishioners ran for cover as…
The Lede: Israel Behind Egypt s Coup, Erdogan Says
New York Times 20 Aug 2013 – Citing evidence found on YouTube, Turkey s Islamist prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, claimed on Tuesday that Israel was behind the military takeover in Egypt last month.
Attacks Rise Against Egypt s Christians
New York Times 20 Aug 2013 – Islamists set upon homes and churches, shops and schools as Christians were scapegoated for supporting the military ouster of Mohamed Morsi as president.
Iran s New Foreign Minister May Lead Nuclear Talks
New York Times 20 Aug 2013 – Such a change would be a significant departure for Iran in the talks, which have made no progress for years.
Amid Unrest, Egypt s Christians Pay a Heavy Price
New York Times 20 Aug 2013 – Coptic Christians say Muslim Brotherhood supporters are attacking and burning their churches in retaliation for siding with the military.
Egyptian Police Arrest Spiritual Leader of Muslim Brotherhood
New York Times 20 Aug 2013 – Mohamed Badie was arrested hours after a court ordered the release of former President Hosni Mubarak, offering a measure of Egypt s redrawn political landscape.
Saudi Arabia Promises to Aid Egypt s Regime
New York Times 19 Aug 2013 – As Europeans and the United States considered cutting cash aid to Egypt, Saudi Arabia said that it and its allies would make up any reduction and vowed continued support.
IDB endgame approaches
Globes Main News – As Alexander Granovsky and Eduardo Elsztain maneuver, Nochi Dankner is said to be close to a deal on Clal Insurance.
Phillip Frost’s Opko to list on TASE Wednesday
Globes Main News – Opko Health will have the tenth highest market cap on the Tel Aviv 25 Index.
BoI requires switch to smart credit cards
Globes Main News – Israel’s banks and credit card companies must switch to the EMV security standard within 3.5 years.
Tue: Israel Chemicals drags market down
Globes Main News – Israel Chemicals had the biggest loss among Tel Aviv 25 shares on the day’s largest turnover, while Delek Group’s rally gained strength.
Granovsky offers BGI bondholders personal guarantee
Globes Main News – Alexander Granovsky proposes transferring the options for acquiring Emblaze shares from BGI to Chabad 770, through which he controls BGI.
We’re not a start-up nation
Globes Macro Economics – The Trusteer deal exposes Israel of 2013 as a collection of cultures, countries, world views, and tribes.
It s time for Obama to replay Nixon-to-China on Iran, says William Quandt
Mondoweiss – Obama should replay Nixon to China and begin secret preliminary talks with Iranian leaders in Geneva to figure out our shared interests, says William Quandt, the Middle East expert who played a role in the Camp David accords. “In the current atmosphere in Washington and perhaps…
On NPR, All Trivia Considered
Mondoweiss – Yesterday I drove from my mother’s house back home and listened to National Public Radio’s All Things Considered from 4:25 to 6 pm. I couldn’t believe how much trivia I heard. Egypt is in crisis and the Snowden case leads to the detention of a leading…
President Obama s secret plan for Egypt
Mondoweiss – This is part of Marc H. Ellis s Exile and the Prophetic feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page . So I was wrong. President Obama does have a plan to cut off American aid to Egypt. Possibly. That is, if things keep…
Palestinian killed in Jenin refugee camp in early morning raid, two others shot
Mondoweiss – Majd Mohammed Anis Lahlouh, right. (Photo: Al Quds) One Palestinian has been killed and two others injured in a raid by Israeli forces in Jenin refugee camp early Tuesday morning. Two of the three were hit with dumdum bullets, according to Palestinian news agencies. A dumdum…
Settlement guidelines nix Ahava participation in EU-funded research project
Mondoweiss – Ahava factory and visitor’s center in the Mitzpe Shalem settlement, October 2010 (Photo: CODEPINK via Who Profits ) European Union (EU) guidelines on Israeli settlements have nixed the cosmetics company Ahava s participation in a research project. The profitable Israeli firm will no longer receive EU funding because…
Tzipi Livni Vows Israel Will Make Dramatic Concessions for Peace
The Foward Breaking News 20 Aug 2013 – U.S.-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians will result in dramatic Israeli decisions, the chief Israeli negotiator predicted on Tuesday. Click here for the rest of the article…
Turkey Accuses Israel of Being Behind Egypt Coup
The Foward Breaking News 20 Aug 2013 – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused Israel of being responsible for the military takeover in Egypt, saying that he has evidence that
points to Israel s involvement. Click here for the rest of the article…
Egypt: Arabs Prepared to Make Up for Assistance the West Is Threatening to Cut
allAfrica.com20 Aug 2013 – [Egypt Online]Saudi Arabia has addressed a strong message to the international community and the states, which have taken negative stances towards Egypt.
Brotherhood condemns Badie arrest
BBC 20 Aug 2013 – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood condemns the arrest of its leader Mohammad Badie over allegations of incitement to violence and murder.
Palestinian killed in W Bank raid
BBC 20 Aug 2013 – A Palestinian has been killed in an exchange of fire during an Israeli raid to arrest a militant in the West Bank city of Jenin, Israel says.
Longing for Emile Lahoud
Al-Akhbar Opinion 20 Aug 2013 – Lahoud believed that one must fight for his rights using his own two hands and not by way of others. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) Lahoud believed that one must fight for his rights using his own two hands and not by way of others. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi)…
Dahiyeh: Not Your Average Suburb
Al-Akhbar News 20 Aug 2013 – Another reason for the disparities seen in Dahiyeh is due to the differences in the residents income levels and sources, for example, many live on expat remittances and private-sector salaries. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) Another reason for the disparities seen in Dahiyeh is due to the differences…
Tamarrud s Campaign to Abolish Camp David Worries Tel Aviv
Al-Akhbar News 20 Aug 2013 – An Egyptian soldier sits in an army post as seen from the Israeli side of the border with Egypt near the Israeli village of Nitzanei Sinai on 20 August 2013. (Photo: AFP – Menahem Kahana) An Egyptian soldier sits in an army post as seen from…
Lebanon: New Government Awaits Battle for Aleppo
Al-Akhbar News 20 Aug 2013 – A handout image released by the Syrian opposition’s Shaam News Network allegedly shows opposition fighters resting in the old part of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. (Photo: AFP / HO) A handout image released by the Syrian opposition’s Shaam News Network allegedly shows opposition fighters resting…
Egypt locks up top Brotherhood leader for “inciting murder”
Al-Akhbar News 20 Aug 2013 – A picture distributed by the Egyptian interior ministry shows Mohammed Badie, the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, following his arrest in the early hours of 20 August 2013 in Cairo’s Nasr City district. (Photo: AFP / Egyptian Ministry of Interior) Updated 6:34 pm: Muslim Brotherhood leader…
Tunisia’s Amina quits Femen over “Islamophobic” acts
Al-Akhbar News 20 Aug 2013 – Amina Sboui, a Tunisian activist who was detained for nearly three months, said on Tuesday she had left the radical women’s protest group Femen, accusing it of Islamophobia and decrying its lack of financial transparency, fearing the group might be tied to Israel. “I do not…
Jordan to build nuclear power plant
Al-Akhbar News 20 Aug 2013 – Jordan’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission has given the go-ahead for a first nuclear research reactor to meet its energy needs. The five-megawatt reactor will be built at the Jordan University for Sciences and Technology near the northern city of Irbid, commission chief Majad Hawwari said. “The approval…
Dahiyeh: Engine of the Lebanese Economy
Al-Akhbar Politics 19 Aug 2013 – These are probably simple differences in today’s numbers, but the impact of the security and social situation is not considered major, due to the makeup of Dahiyeh’s sociopolitical fabric. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) These are probably simple differences in today’s numbers, but the impact of the security…
The Hills of Ersal: Where Killers Roam
Al-Akhbar Politics 19 Aug 2013 – Vehicles of the Lebanese army drive near the village of Arsal, near the border with Syria, where a clash between gunmen and the army happened killing two soldiers on 1 February 2013. (Photo: AFP – STR) Vehicles of the Lebanese army drive near the village of…
Brotherhood condemns Badie arrest
BBC 20 Aug 2013 – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood condemns the arrest of its leader Mohammad Badie over allegations of incitement to violence and murder.
Palestinian killed in W Bank raid
BBC 20 Aug 2013 – A Palestinian has been killed in an exchange of fire during an Israeli raid to arrest a militant in the West Bank city of Jenin, Israel says.
Al Jazeera America launches in US
BBC 20 Aug 2013 – Al Jazeera America launches to 48 million US households, replacing Current TV, which the Qatar-owned broadcaster acquired in January.
Ashton offers Egypt crisis mediation
BBC 20 Aug 2013 – EU states meet to consider how to respond to Egypt’s continuing political crisis, as EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton offers to mediate a solution.
VIDEO: Wounded Syrians treated in Israel
BBC 20 Aug 2013 – As the conflict in Syria continues, the number of injured Syrians reaching Israel to receive treatment is rising – but it is unclear how they arrive in or leave the country in the first place.
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UN Secretary General seeks to appease Israel
Ramona Wadi, Middle East Monitor (MEMO)8/20/2013
The latest meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on August 16 elicited very weak criticism of Israel’s continued occupation of Palestine. The Israeli Embassy of New Zealand has published the statements of both leaders, indicating a general consensus of allowing Israel to remain unscathed despite its obvious violations of international law.
According to Netanyahu, the main obstacle to the so-called peace process is Palestinian refusal to recognise the Jewish State, thus dismissing the international law violations caused by the continuous expansion of settlements. “As far as the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, we have to get to the root cause of the problem and the root cause was and remains the persistent refusal to recognise the Jewish State in any boundary. It doesn’t have to do with the settlements – that’s an issue that has to be resolved, but this is not the reason that we have a continual conflict.” As further assertion of illegal dominance, Netanyahu adds that “The real issue is how to get a demilitarised Palestinian state to finally recognise and accept the one and only Jewish state.” Israel keeps reinforcing the exclusive character of the Jewish state while expecting a democratic recognition of its illegal presence. Hence the necessity of Palestinians living under occupation to live in subservience, lacking any form of legitimate protection in order to ensure the survival of a state which downplays any form of violence against Palestinians by portraying itself as allegedly facing political isolation while seeking to disassociate Israel from its inflicted atrocities.
Once again acting as an imperialist interlocutor, Ban Ki Moon reinforced Netanyahu’s discourse through a series of diplomatic statements which rendered Palestinians spectators of their own destiny. While gently admonishing Netanyahu about the occupation and settlements, the UN Secretary General affirmed the ‘honour of visiting Israel’ and praised Netanyahu for ‘having the courage to set out a solution as a priority’, effectively absolving Israel of premeditated settlement expansion agreements….more..e-mail
Israel destroys Bedouin homes in Jerusalem, threatens to expel community
Mairav Zonszein, +972 Magazine8/20/2013
On 19 August 2013, the Ministry of Interior demolished all six residential structures of Tal Adasa, a Bedouin community living within Jerusalem s municipal boundaries, close to the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina, B Tselem has reported. The community is part of the al-Ka abneh tribe, which has been living in the area since the 1950s.
In addition to the demolition, municipal inspectors informed community members they have 10 days to evacuate the area before being forcefully removed, and ordered them to clear the demolition debris themselves. Otherwise, the members were told, they would be forced to pay tens of thousands of shekels to cover the cost of debris removal and could face arrest.
Since Israel s occupation of the West Bank and annexation of East Jerusalem in 1967, the community members have not filed for Jerusalem residency, and according to their legal status, they are not permanent resident of Israel.
In 1995, the Jerusalem Municipality forced the community to leave its previous area of residence, near the Atarot Industrial Park, and demolished their homes. The community relocated to the current site, close to the town of Bir Nabala, remaining within the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem. Subsequently, they began earning a living not only from herding sheep and goats as before, but also from cultivating plots of land owned by residents of Beit Hanina. The community has never been connected to Jerusalem s water or electricity supplies.
Since 2005, the Jerusalem Municipality has been pressuring them to relocate again.
In 2006, the separation barrier was constructed to the east and west of the community s site of residence, rendering it an enclave within the Jerusalem municipal jurisdiction that is isolated from the rest of the West Bank. As the community members are not registered as East Jerusalem residents, they cannot move freely within the boundaries of Jerusalem. But because of the wall, they have been unable to directly access the nearby Palestinian neighborhoods of Bir Nabala and a-Ram….more..e-mail
In West Bank, the logic of annexation supersedes the rule of law
Yossi Gurvitz, Yesh Din, +972 Magazine8/20/2013
Israeli authorities aren t merely incompetent when it comes to defending the rights of Palestinians in Area C they are part and parcel of a process dedicated to the area s annexation.
Last week, IDF forces removed, with hardly any noise, settlers from the lands of Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Shabana, a resident of the village of Sinjil in the West Bank. The removal took place after the invasion by settlers Yonathan Rothschild and Yehuda Elitzur. Thus ended a long legal saga which proves, yet again, the incompetence of the Israeli authorities when it comes to defending the rights of Palestinians in Area C.
The story begins in 2003, at the height of the Second Intifada. Suicide bombers blow up in the streets of Israel without the IDF or the Shin Bet being able to stop them. At the same tim
e, the IDF kills thousands of Palestinians. And the settlers, with close government support, use the media smoke screen provided by the greatest bloodletting in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 1948 to erect a series of outposts. One of these is Givat Ha Roeh, situated partly on the private Palestinian lands of the villagers of Sinjil.
Here events follow a familiar path: In 2004, the military commander issues a demarcation order for the area of the outpost but, lo and behold, fails to enforce its own edict. A Demarcation Order, a means to deal with the evacuation of unauthorized outposts by demarcating and forbidding entry into the area, is yet another tool the army uses very rarely (less than a dozen have been issued).
As a result of the lack of enforcement, the outpost like many others rapidly grows at the expense of more illegally-grabbed Palestinian land, with the authorities looking the other way. In 2006, a first petition demanding the enforcement of the demarcation order is tabled. The state, lying as usual, promises the court that it will enforce the order, and so the petition is dismissed. The order is surprise! not enforced, and a year later, in 2007, a new petition is filed. This time the state openly declares it has no intention of enforcing the orders, citing political considerations.more..e-mail
Erasing Palestine From the Map
Robert Ross, CounterPunch8/20/2013
The Washington Post’s Distorted Cartography
A foreign affairs blogger for The Washington Post recently posted 40 Maps that explain the world. Some of the maps are important ( Economic inequality around the world ), some are interesting ( Meet the world s 26 remaining monarchies ), but others grossly distort the reality they purportedly represent. Chief among this latter category is How far Hamas s rockets can reach into Israel .
All about Hamas’s rockets
There are two principal problems with this map. First, the map attempts to explain the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by pointing exclusively to the capacity of Hamas s rockets to reach ever-extensive points within Israel. Four color-coded, concentric semi-circles spread out from the Gaza Strip, each showing the distance different rockets could travel, the furthest making it all the way to the Dead Sea. Max Fisher, the Post’s chief foreign affairs blogger, writes in a caption to the map, This helps drive home why Israel is so concerned about Hamas, the Gaza-based Islamist group, and in particular about its access to Iranian-made Fajr-5 rockets. Those are the ones that can reach into the light-yellow region.
Erasing Palestine from the Map
The second major problem with this map is that Palestine both historic and contemporary is erased from it. A white dotted line traces the border between the West Bank and Israel but the line is barely visible beneath the yellow-shaded ring. Moreover, West Bank (not occupied West Bank, or occupied Palestinian territory, or Palestinian West Bank or Palestine, mind you) appears in font so small that it seems to designate some tiny city northeast of Jerusalem, not the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967….more..e-mail
Zionists massacred Bedouins in 1948, threaten them again today
Electronic Intifada: 20 Aug 2013 – The village of al-Araqib is a living testament to how the Nakba never stopped.more
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