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Settlers Abduct Palestinian, Inflict Serious Injuries
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in the northern West Bank city of Nablus have reported that a number of fanatic Israeli settlers kidnapped, late on Friday at night, a young Palestinian man from Osarin village, south of Nablus, and beat him nearly to death in addition to stabbing him. …
Historic Palestine; Thousands Protest Cold-Blooded Murder Of Abu Khdeir
IMEMC – Thousands of Palestinians participated in massive protests held in different parts of historic Palestine, denouncing the ongoing Israel aggression on Gaza, and the brutal murder of Mohammad Abu Khdeir, who was kidnapped, tortured and burnt to death by Israeli extremists, in Jerusalem. …
Shin Bet Admits Failure to Find 3 Missing Teens
IMEMC – Shin Bet has admitted their failure to come up with any positive conclusion regarding the whereabouts of the alleged ‘abduction’ of the three Israeli settlers in Hebron. …
Israeli Police Attack Mourners After Palestinian Teenager’s Funeral
IMEMC – At least 2,000 Palestinians attended the funeral of 16-year old Mohammed Abu Khdeir, who was killed Wednesday morning in a brutal attack in which he was abducted, stabbed and burned to death. The mourners were met by thousands of Israeli police, who were deployed to the streets of Jerusalem in advance of the funeral Friday morning. …
UPDATE: Muhammad Abu Khdeir
IMEMC – Initial autopsy reports reveal that 16-year-old Muhammad Hussein Abu Khdeir died due to burns and other complications resulting from the fire. …
VIDEO: Israeli Police Assault in Shu’fat
IMEMC – Israeli border police brutally beat a Palestinian man in the Jerusalem neighborhood ofhttp://imemc.org/newswire?search_text=shu%27fat&button=Search+%3E%3E, on Thursday. …
Settlers Install Outposts In Bethlehem, Hebron
IMEMC – Dozens of settlers installed, on Friday, a number of illegitimate settlement outposts on Palestinian lands in the Bethlehem district and in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. …
Child Missing in Jerusalem Amidst Fear of Abduction
IMEMC – A Palestinian child, 13 years of age, is currently missing in occupied Jerusalem, amidst fears he had been abducted by Israeli extremists in Wadi Al-Jouz neighborhood, adjacent to the Walls of Jerusalem’s Old City. …
Watch: Israeli police brutally assault Palestinian in Shufat
7/5/2014 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Video footage emerged Thursday of Israeli border police brutally beating a Palestinian man unconscious in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Shufat. A video posted by Palestine Today TV shows what appears to be masked Israeli border police in riot gear beating, kicking and stamping on a Palestinian man until he lost consciousness. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said he was unaware of….
Locals: Settlers try to kidnap 7-year-old in Beit Hanina
7/4/2014 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers attempted to kidnap a seven-year-old Palestinian child in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina overnight Thursday, locals said. Witnesses told Ma’an that four settlers from Pisgat Zeev tried to kidnap Muhammad Ali al-Kiswani while he was playing in the neighborhood late Thursday after breaking the Ramadan fast. Children in the area alerted family members, who thwarted the….
11 injured in Ramallah clashes with Israeli forces
7/4/2014 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Eleven Palestinians were injured late Thursday during clashes with Israeli forces in Qalandiya refugee camp and the town of al-Ram, locals said. Five youths were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets and live fire after locals clashed with Israeli forces who had deployed overnight to prepare for expected clashes on the first Friday of Ramadan. Six people were injured in the nearby….
8 injured in clashes in Ramallah
7/4/2014 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Eight Palestinians were injured in clashes that broke out after noon prayers near Qalandiya checkpoint in Ramallah. Medical sources said two people were hit with live bullets, four with rubber-coated steel bullets, and two others were hit with tear-gas canisters. The clashes broke out in different areas around an Israeli army watchtower. Palestinians also clashed with Israeli forces near Ofer detention….
Israeli soldiers assault families near Hebron
7/4/2014 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli soldiers assaulted Thursday night a resident and his mother in Beit Ummar and a family from Hebron, an official said. A spokesman for popular committees in Beit Ummar said that Israeli forces assaulted Ashraf Izzat Khalil Sabarneh as he was trying to enter his own house. They hit him in his head and face and followed him inside the house….
Israel imposes Ramadan restrictions on Aqsa
7/4/2014 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli police deployed in large numbers around Jerusalem early Friday as restrictions were imposed on Palestinian worshipers entering the Aqsa compound. Israeli police only allowed Jerusalem ID holders over 50 and women of all ages to enter the Aqsa compound to pray. West Bank residents who have permits will be allowed to enter, although Israeli authorities at Bethlehem’s 300….
Israeli settlers set up outposts near Hebron
7/4/2014 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers set up outposts early Friday in northern Hebron, an official said. The secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative in the town of Surif in northern Hebron told Ma’an that locals found settlers, protected by Israeli soldiers, setting up an outpost on the al-Jreinat mountain between Surif and Jabaa Friday morning. Shihada Hmeidat said that at 2 a….
Israel fires mortar shells at southern Gaza
7/4/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces fired multiple mortar shells at southern Gaza on Friday, locals and Israel’s army said. Witnesses said that tanks fired at least three shells east of Rafah that targeted the abandoned Yasser Arafat airport. No injuries were reported. The mortars landed in the Eshkol regional council with no injuries reported. [END]
Israel targets Gaza after rocket fire
7/5/2014 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli fighter jets bombed three Hamas sites in the southern Gaza Strip late Friday after 14 projectiles were fired from the besieged enclave into southern Israel, military officials said. There were no immediate reports of injury or damage. In a statement, the Israeli military said the bombings were in response to “constant rocket fire” toward southern Israel from the Gaza Strip…. Related: Israeli forces shoot, critically injure man in central Gaza and Israel fires mortar shells at southern Gaza
Israel warns Hamas as tension spikes
7/4/2014 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel warned Hamas Thursday against any escalation in violence, reinforcing its Gaza border amid heightened tensions after the murder of a Palestinian teenager.”We are looking for calm, not escalation, but if Hamas chooses to act against us, we shall be ready,” armed forces chief Lieutenant General Benny Gantz said in remarks tweeted by the army. Two rockets were fired early Friday from….
IMF urges Israel to lift restrictions on Palestinian economy
7/4/2014 – WASHINGTON (AFP) — The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said the economy in the West Bank and Gaza is weakening and urged Israel to lift restrictions on the Palestinians. After briefing the international donor community and the Palestinian Authority, IMF mission chief Christoph Duenwald said in a statement that the authority is “doing a commendable job” managing the economy in difficult circumstances. He said the global….
Hackers take over Israel army Twitter account
7/4/2014 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Internet hackers briefly took over an Israeli army Twitter account, the military said Friday, posting an alarming message that a nuclear facility had been hit by rocket fire. Israeli news website Ynet posted a screen shot of what it said was the offending tweet.”#WARNING: Possible nuclear leak in the region after 2 rockets hit Dimona nuclear facility” in the south of the….
New clashes in Jerusalem after Friday prayers
7/5/2014 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Clashes erupted between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers after Friday prayers in the Old City of Jerusalem as crowds gathered in Shufat for the funeral of Muhammad Abu Khdeir. Israeli authorities set up barriers in the streets and alleyways of the Old City and closed down several roads, preventing worshipers from reaching the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israeli police said “thousands” of….
Israeli forces deploy in Jerusalem for funeral of Palestinian teen
7/4/2014 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli police flooded East Jerusalem ahead of the funeral of a murdered Palestinian teenager and the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 16, who was kidnapped and found dead on Wednesday, was to be buried in East Jerusalem’s Shufat neighborhood after the midday prayers, with tensi
ons running high after two straight days of violence…. Related: 20 injured in clashes following funeral of Palestinian teen
14 Palestinian detainees attend Israel court sessions
7/4/2014 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Fourteen Palestinian youths and minors had hearing sessions in the Israeli magistrate court on Friday, a Palestinian Prisoner’s Society lawyer said. The 14 were detained on Thursday. Four were detained from the Old City of Jerusalem; Muhammad Ghusheh, Ashraf al-Zaatari, Fayiz Bituni and Shawish Fathi. Five were detained from Beit Hanina; Nasser Abu Sbeih, Khalid Abu Snineh, Shafee Salhab…. Related: Israel court extends detention of 14 Palestinians
20 injured in clashes following funeral of Palestinian teen
7/5/2014 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — At least 20 Palestinians were reported injured on Friday in clashes following the funeral of Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir, medics said. Thousands of Palestinians gathered early Friday to receive the body of the 16-year-old boy after a Red Crescent ambulance collected the body from Hadassah hospital. Grieving Palestinian youths carried the teenager on their shoulders chanting “We have had…. Related: Israeli forces deploy in Jerusalem for funeral of Palestinian teen
NGO: Jihadists control all main Syria oilfields
7/4/2014 – BEIRUT(AFP) — The jihadist Islamic State now fully controls all of Syria’s main oil and gas fields in Deir Ezzor province bordering Iraq, a monitoring group said on Friday. The IS has declared an “Islamic caliphate” in areas it controls in Syria and Iraq, where it is spearheading an offensive against government forces.”IS took control of the Tanak oilfield, located in the….
Lebanon FM warns of ‘strife’ over Syria refugee crisis
7/4/2014 – BEIRUT (AFP) — Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil warned Friday the Syrian refugee crisis may lead to “strife” in the tiny Mediterranean country between Syrians and Lebanese, should it remain unsolved.” We believe the situation has reached breaking point, and I am echoing the words of security officials,” he said.” If the situation continues to develop in this direction, there will be strife between the Lebanese….
Palestinian teenager buried amid violence
AlJazeera 4 Jul 2014 – Clashes surround funeral of Mohammed Abu Khdair, 17, killed in apparent revenge attack in occupied East Jerusalem.
Jordan: Drawing Smiles at Summer Camp in Jordan
Relief Web 4 Jul 2014 – Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Country: Jordan, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) summer-camp campaign is bringing big smiles to 207 Palestine refugee boys and…
occupied Palestinian territory: Israel warns Hamas against more violence as tension spikes
Relief Web 4 Jul 2014 – Source: Agence France-Presse Country: occupied Palestinian territory 07/04/2014 02:19 GMT by Majeda EL-BATSH JERUSALEM, July 4, 2014 (AFP) – Israel warned Hamas Thursday against any escalation in violence, reinforcing its Gaza border amid continued rocket fire and heightened tensions after…
World: Climate Change an Issue of Intergenerational Concern Requiring Long-Term Perspective, Speakers Say in High-Level Political Forum
Relief Web 3 Jul 2014 – Source: UN Economic and Social Council Country: occupied Palestinian territory, World ECOSOC/6635 Economic and Social Council High-Level Political Forum AM & PM Meetings As the Economic and Social Council wrapped up the first week of its inaugural high-level political forum,…
Thousands turn out in Jerusalem for funeral of Palestinian teenager
The National 4 Jul 2014 – Mourners chanted “with our soul, with our blood, we would sacrifice anything for you [Palestine]” and “Allahu akbar!”
Strike called as Modi makes first visit to Kashmir as PM
The National 4 Jul 2014 – Leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party viewed with suspicion over policies on autonomy and resettlement of Hindu Kashmiris in Muslim-majority state.
Kuwait issues warning following protests
The National 4 Jul 2014 – The interior ministry says it will ‘confront any signs of disturbance’ ahead of a court hearing for a prominent opposition politician.
Al Maliki insists he will run for third term as PM
The National 4 Jul 2014 – The divisive premier says he will never give up his candidacy.
Jewish student’s appointment to U. of Calif. board delayed
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
LIVE UPDATES: IDF strikes targets in Gaza Strip after rocket fire
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
As violence rears its head, could Netanyahu’s government be next casualty?
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
The secret fruits of the peace talks, a future point of departure?
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
Israel ready to help Jordan fend off Iraq insurgents, minister says
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
Why Sayed Kashua is leaving Jerusalem and never coming back
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
U.S. Jews honor slain teens – and worry about Israel
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
VIDEO: Israeli police beating Palestinian during Jerusalem protest
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
Modern family in the U.S. ambassador’s residence
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
Iraq army retakes Saddam’s birthplace
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
Israel does not want peace
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
Israeli undergrads learning tough financial lessons as student debt spirals
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
A strategy of peace in the Middle East
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
Unraveling the murder that’s shaking Jerusalem: The facts so far
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
Kurdish diplomat cool to Israel’s independence advocacy
Ha’aretz – 4 Jul 2014
New Haifa ‘fast’ bus system a success, even though it’s slow
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2014
A road by any other name would be sweeter
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2014
Dozens of flights delayed by Ben-Gurion labor slowdown
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2014
An ungrateful ally for a president fallen on hard times
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2014
A country paralyzed by fear of the unknown
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2014
True morality from a bereaved mother
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2014
The solution is staring us in the face
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2014
With revenge in the air, this is Netanyahu’s moment of truth
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2014
Israeli online retailers weave a price web for customers
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2014
IDF soldiers jailed over Facebook calls for revenge against Arabs
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2014
Tel Aviv protesters blast calls for revenge against Arabs
Ha’aretz – 3 Jul 2014
Israeli police on alert before Palestinian teenager’s funeral
The Guardian 4 Jul 2014 – Thousands of police deployed in East Jerusalem before burial of Mohamed Abu Khdeir and first Friday prayers of Ramadan Israeli police flooded East Jerusalem before the funeral of a Palestinian teenager believed killed by Israelis and…
This cycle of vengeance could spark a third intifada | Jonathan Freedland
The Guardian 4 Jul 2014 – The tit-for-tat killings of Israeli and Palestinian teenagers have raised the prospect of another, even bloodier confrontation The faces are, if not the same, then similar. The smiling boys in the photographs look like each other…
Israeli police clash with protesters as Palestinian teenager buried
The Guardian 4 Jul 2014 – Stones thrown at police are met with teargas and stun grenades as more than 2,000 people attend funeral in Jerusalem Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem on Friday as thousands of people converged on…
Funeral of Palestinian Mohamed Abu Khdeir – live updates
The Guardian 4 Jul 2014 – Police fire teargas at stone-throwing mourners Dozens reported to be injured in clashes Hamas offering ‘truce’ if Israel halts air raids Khdeir’s family says video shows abduction Israel strikes more targets in Gaza HRW accuses Israel…
GuardianWitness weekly highlights: Ramadan, Brazil and postcards from reality
The Guardian 4 Jul 2014 – We’ve been getting such great contributions from our readers that we want to share them on our blog. Here are some of this week’s highlights With Ramadan starting this week, we asked Muslims to s
hare their…
Israel deploys heavy security ahead of Ramadan Friday prayers and Mohamed Abu Khdeir funeral – video
The Guardian 4 Jul 2014 – Israeli police forces are on high-alert in Jerusalem on the first Friday of Ramadan, as thousands are expected to arrive at the Al Aqsa mosque for worship. Tensions remain high in anticipation of the funeral of…
Another Murderous Milestone: 60 Years of Carnage
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 – Our 21st century intervention in Iraq has killed far more people much more quickly, of course. But as we gear up for yet another round of slaughter in the country we have recently demolished, it s…
Military Resistance 12F14 Welcome Back
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 – A senior Sunni leader in Iraq has claimed that ISIS fighters make up less than one-third of the rebels in the country.Major General Montasir Al-Anbari said that the decision to form the Sunni fighting groups was…
Protection of Child Rights Reinforces Identity.
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 – Defence for Children International-Palestine Section (DCI-Palestine) strives to prepare work plans that focus on enhancing children s identity; raising their awareness and sense of belonging to their environment and homeland; and providing a protective environment for…
Showing Solidarity With Whistleblowers and Defending Our Right to Know
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014- …The Courage Foundation was born from the idea that whistleblowers need protection from prosecution. When we first started to help Edward Snowden, there were many other NGOs and organizations around the world that should have been able…
Elbit: Exporting Oppression From Palestine to Latin America
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014- Surveillance. It s in the headlines and on the tips of tongues. As technology offers new possibilities for connection, it also offers new means to keep tabs on people. Surveillance has become seemingly ubiquitous, from the NSA…
A hard sell
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 – …In other words, not only has the Obama administration defined Iranian-controlled “state institutions” as its only viable partners in the Levant: it is also effectively pushing regional actors to line up behind these institutions. But Lebanon…
Iran ready to use Syria methods in Iraq
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 -Iran is ready to help Iraq fight an armed uprising using the same methods it deployed against opposition forces in Syria, an Iranian general said, suggesting Tehran was offering to take a larger role in battling Sunni…
Death in Shati
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 – Yesterday, shortly after three o clock local time, two men were killed in their car. Two missiles struck it only about 100 meters from former prime minister Ismail Haniyeh s residence in Shati (“Beach”) refugee camp….
Lisa Hajjar on Guantanamo Bay and High Seas Detention
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 – In the 9/11 case, there are five defendants, including self-declared “mastermind” of the terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad (KSM). In the USS Cole case, there is one defendant, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who is charged with offenses…
Iraq s Sunni leader vows to fight ISIL, after al-Maliki is gone
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 – The head of Iraq s largest Sunni tribe says the uprising that has seen militants conquer much of the west and north of the country will not end until Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is gone from…
Selective Sympathy in Israel/Palestine
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 – The display of anxiety and aggressive agitation in Israel, triggered by the kidnapping of three young men from an illegal settlement on the West Bank, seems to be accompanied by a near total denial of any…
Guantánamo Lawyers Urge Obama Administration to Approve Release of Six Men to Uruguay
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 – Lawyers for six prisoners at Guantánamo – four Syrians, a Palestinian and a Tunisian, who have long been cleared for release from the prison, but are unable to return home – sent a letter to the…
Summary of events of the Iraqi popular revolution Bulletin no. 230 Friday 27th June 2014
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 – Baghdad: Maliki s forces arrested 25 officers of former army ,all guards of Ukhwah Salihin Mosque, generator worker in the mosque on 3A.M, and prevented performing dawn, Friday prayer then ordered to close the mosque till…
Blackwater mercenaries on trial in US court for 2007 Iraq massacre
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 -Nearly seven years later, four former mercenaries of Blackwater Worldwide are on trial in US court on charges stemming from a September 2007 attack that left 14 Iraqis dead and wounded 18 others in Baghdad s Nisour…
UK urged to tell all on US rendition flights
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 – Human rights groups seeking to confirm the use of a British overseas territory as a US secret prison have uncovered evidence previously undisclosed to the government confirming that more planes were involved in the extraordinary rendition…
Iraq — who hurts it more, Nouri or the press?
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 -Can the press please stop lying?This is the epitome of lying and the Los Angeles Times and Shashank Bengali should hang their heads in shame. This is not reporting, it is whoring: A meeting Saturday of the…
Israel killed 104 Palestinian prisoners in last two decades
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 -Prisoner support and human rights organisation, Addameer, has said that the Israeli occupation has killed 104 Palestinian prisoners since 1991, when it joined the UN convention against torture.The organisation said that 54 of them died after being…
Bashar al-Assad s interests and the west s coincide over Iraq
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 – … To judge from history, there is no reason to suppose that Damascus and the Atlantic powers are implacably at odds on points of deep moral or political principle. When the Assad regime waded into Lebanon in…
Israeli foreign minister seeks to criminalise Arab citizens
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 27, 28, 2014 -sraeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman has criticised Israeli Arab demonstrators who took to the streets in solidarity with Palestinians under Israeli aggression in Hebron and the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported.The Arab Israelis gathered on Friday…
Incarcerating the force of liberation
Uruknet 4 Jul 2014 – June 28, 2014 -The announcement that the Palestinian hunger strikers have ended their peaceful protest following an agreement with the Israeli prison authorities has been hailed by local media as a success for the government. So far, the reasons behind…
Syria News – June 27 , 2014 (Warning: Graphic Videos)
Uruknet 3 Jul 2014 – June 27 , 2014- By the end of Friday the Coordination Committees were able to document 39 martyrs in Syria including : 3 Women, 7 Children and 4 martyrs under torture : 11 martyrs were reported in Aleppo; 9 in Homs; 6 in…
Things Fall Apart: Iraq
Uruknet 3 Jul 2014 – June 27, 2014 -….The U.S. finds itself supporting Iranian ground forces, and partnering with militias well outside of any government control, with Special Forces working alongside potential suicide bombers who only a few years ago committed themselves to killing Americans…
Exclusive: Scapegoating the whistleblower
Uruknet 3 Jul 2014 – June 27, 2014 – As a presidential candidate in 2008, Barack Obama made many promises. One notable pledge was that, as president, he would strengthen whistleblower-protection laws to make it easier for federal employees to report waste, fraud and abuse…
Gitmo briefing slides: Prisoners use media, lawyers to discredit U.S.
Uruknet 3 Jul 2014 – June 27, 2014 -Guantánamo Bay military personnel have been instructed to inform visitors to the prison facility that the vast majority of detainees held there more than a decade without facing charges use their lawyers and the media to “discredit…
Chairman of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reacts to end of record breaking hunger strike
Uruknet 3 Jul 2014 – June 27, 2014 – “They win a lot of battles and they are happy,” said Palestinian Prisoners Society Chairman Qadura Fares about the Likud and Jewish Home parties reactions to the end of the hunger strike. “They don t understand…
Details and Statements On Federal Court Dismissing All Charges Against Sami Al-Arian
Uruknet 3 Jul 2014 – June 27, 2014 – It is with a great sense of relief and thankfulness that I can now report that all charges have been dropped against my client Dr. Sami Al-Arian. Minutes ago, United States District Judge Anthony J. Trenga…
Syria Protests June 27, 2014 : A Video Roundup
Uruknet 3 Jul 2014 –
Egypt raises fuel prices by up to 78 percent from midnight: oil ministry source
Daily Star 4 Jul 2014 Egypt will raise fuel prices in ranges that reach up to a 78 percent hike starting midnight, an Oil Ministry source told Reuters on Friday, as the country tries to cut energy subsidies to ease the…
Britain freezes assets of men said to have joined ISIL
Daily Star 4 Jul 2014 The British government on Friday froze the assets of three British citizens reported to have been involved in terrorism-related activities in Syria.
Egypt Islamist suspects killed by own bomb, teen shot
Daily Star 4 Jul 2014 Four suspected Egyptian Islamists were killed preparing explosives Friday, and a teenager was shot dead in clashes between Muslim Brotherhood protesters and police, security officials said.
The Palestinian war on children
YNet News, 4 Jul 2014 – Op-ed: Depraved exploitation and abuse of children as targets and weapons will not end so long as UN, members of international community and NGOs continue to enable these atrocities. ….
Masked Palestinians try to down telephone pole as riots in East Jerusalem continue into the night
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5 Gaza rockets slam into open areas in the Eshkol Regional Council
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Gaza rocket lands in open area
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Civilians in south warned to stay within 15 second of bomb shelters
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On the brink of war: Hamas may still back down
YNet News, 4 Jul 2014 – Analysis: Escalation in tensions serve Hamas’ interests to improve standing among Palestinians, but war with Israel does not. ….
‘Indiana Jones’ of the Cairo Genizah
YNet News, 4 Jul 2014 – As many as 200,000 Jewish manuscripts, some more than 1,000 years old, comprise the most important Jewish treasure of the century. Prof. Stefan Reif of the University of Cambridge, who exposed Cairo Genizah and its discoveries to the world, tells Ynet about the revolution it created in the perception of Judaism. ….
Palestinian Information Center
Jewish Nazism is reality not fiction
PIC – The shocking reactions by the Israeli government, rabbis, and community leaders to the latest abduction, murder and subsequent burning of a Palestinian child near Jerusalem are very telling.
Israeli artillery bombs east of Rafah
PIC – Israeli tanks fired on Friday morning two artillery shells east of Rafah area in the south of the Gaza Strip, while the Palestinian resistance responded by firing four mortar shells.
Israel to halt military attacks against Gaza for 48 hours
PIC – The Israeli occupation army has declared its intention to cease fire for 48 hours if Hamas stops rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
16 arrested, others wounded during clashes in O. Jerusalem
PIC – At least 16 arrests and moderate injuries were reported during clashes that erupted between Jerusalemite youths and Israeli forces in different parts of occupied Jerusalem.
Six Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli undercover forces in Jerusalem clashes
PIC – Six Palestinian young men were kidnapped by Israeli undercover forces in a wave of brutal clashes that broke out Thursday in occupied Jerusalem following the murder of a Palestinian child.
Haaretz : IOF planning to raze dozens of Palestinian homes in W.Bank
PIC – The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) are considering demolishing dozens of Palestinian homes belonging to Hamas officials and activists in the occupied West Bank, Haaretz newspaper said Monday.
Report: 658 Palestinians detained in recent Israeli campaign in W. Bank
PIC – 658 Palestinian citizens, including Hamas leaders and 60 ex-detainees, have been taken prisoners by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the recent mass arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank.
IOF bars W. Banker from entering Jerusalem
PIC – The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) denied on Friday morning thousands of West Bank citizens access into Occupied Jerusalem to perform their first Friday prayers during the holy month of Ramadan.
Israeli air raid targets cultivated land in Gaza
PIC – An Israeli warplane at dawn Friday bombed a cultivated land in Azzeitoun neighborhood to the southeast of the Gaza Strip.
PEX Report: Index Slightly Up
WAFA – 2 Jul 2014
Critic’s Notebook: Refugee Camp for Syrians in Jordan Evolves as a Do-It-Yourself City
New York Times 4 Jul 2014 – As the sprawling Zaatari camp evolves into an informal city — with an economy and even gentrification — aid workers say camps can be potential urban incubators that benefit host countries like Jordan.
Poised to Gain in Iraq Crisis, Kurds Face New Barriers to Autonomy
New York Times 4 Jul 2014 – Although exporting its vast oil supply would give the Kurdish government leverage in its push for sovereignty, opposition from other nations has left the region’s future uncertain.
World Briefing: Yemen: At Least 6 Die as Saudi Border Post Is Attacked
New York Times 4 Jul 2014 – A suicide bomber and two security officers were among those killed at a Saudi-Yemeni border crossing on Friday.
Iraqi Premier to Run for a Third Term
New York Times 4 Jul 2014 – Despite nearly universal criticism in Iraq, and pressure from friendly nations to step down, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki announced, “I will not give up my candidacy.”
Tensions High in Jerusalem as Palestinian Teenager Is Given a Martyr’s Burial
New York Times 4 Jul 2014 – The funeral for Muhammad Hussein Abu Khdeir, widely presumed to have been killed in an act of retaliation, was seen as a potential flash point.
Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Calming the Tension Between Israel and the West Bank
New York Times 4 Jul 2014 – The Israeli leader is uniquely positioned to calm tension in Israel and the West Bank.
Op-Ed Contributor: Quarantine the Middle East
New York Times 4 Jul 2014 – Shore up places like Kurdistan, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey, where governments have a chance of working.
World Briefing: Anniversary in Egypt Draws Protests
New York Times 3 Jul 2014 – Protesters held rallies in several Egyptian cities on Thursday in opposition to the military’s ouster one year ago of Mohamed Morsi, the country’s first fairly elected president.
World Briefing: Syria Aid Needed, Refugee Agency Says
New York Times 3 Jul 2014 – The United Nations refugee agency said that 70 percent of its $3.74 billion emergency budget for helping Syrian war refugees remained unfunded, and it warned of “dramatic consequences.”
Kurdish Officials Seek More Autonomy in Any Deal With a New Government
New York Times 3 Jul 2014 – Leaders in Kurdistan have said they will not participate in a unified government unless Baghdad grants the region expanded self-rule and accepts the occupation of Kirkuk.
News Analysis: Obama’s Blueprint for Fighting Terrorism Collides With Reality in Iraq
New York Times 3 Jul 2014 – The seizing of large parts of Iraq by Sunni militants has laid bare the limitations of a terrorism policy that relies on the cooperation of often balky and overmatched partners.
Teenagers’ Deaths Raise Fears of Shift From Political Struggle to Blood Feud
New York Times 3 Jul 2014 – After four killings of young people, a familiar sense of foreboding was joined by a new kind of fear among Israelis and Palestinians.
Open Source: Video Shows Abduction of Slain Palestinian Teenager, Family Says
New York Times 3 Jul 2014 – Video released by the family of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-year-old Palestinian killed Wednesday, appears to show his abduction from a street in East Jerusalem.
Scores of Militants Reported Killed by Iraqi Army, but Group Seizes Syrian Oil Field
New York Times 3 Jul 2014 – The toughest fighting was in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, where residents said an intense bombing campaign by the Iraqi Army was underway in an effort to retake the city center.
Murdered teen laid to rest, as tensions flare in Shufat
Mondoweiss – The body of Mohammed Abu Khdeir is carried aloft towards the mosque. (Photo: Matthew Vickery) Tensions in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Shufat in East Jerusalem ignited today as mourners laid Mohammed Abu Khdeir, the 17-year-old kidnap victim to rest. Grief and anger collided, creating a volatile…
Video: Israeli border police brutally beat Palestinian man
Mondoweiss – International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) posted this horrific video of Israeli
border police brutally beating a Palestinian man in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Shufat yesterday . Palestine Today TV posted a video which shows masked Israeli border police in riot gear beating and kicking a…
Please, pray for Palestine
Mondoweiss – Muhammad Abu Khdeir’s Funeral The funeral of 17 year old Muhammad Abu Khdeir, the boy who was abducted, brutally tortured, and burned to death , took place this morning. Thousands attend the funeral of murdered Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir http://t.co/zPr8L1Bqzh | @euronews pic.twitter.com/sXWbiHWgxp — Joe Catron (@jncatron)…
Visit to Hebron (or How can I explain this living hell to a nice liberal Jew in Brookline?)
Mondoweiss – This photograph, purportedly of Israeli soldiers holding a Palestinian child during a house raid in Hebron, was posted on a Facebook page by Ben Marmara Rothchild has been sending posts back to friends from her visit to Palestine. This is the latest email. –Ed. We leave…
Senator Rand Paul pens over-the-top pander to pro-Israel crowd
Mondoweiss – Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky at the 2013 Liberty Political Action Conference (LPAC) in Chantilly, Virginia. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons) For months, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), the libertarian-minded son of former Representative Ron Paul, has sought to burnish his pro-Israel credentials as he paves a path…
Real and surreal in occupied Palestine
Mondoweiss – The Separation Wall This is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page . From a correspondent in Jerusalem: Life is surreal. I am sitting in the educational bookstore listening to lovely Arab music…
Palestine/Israel: It’s all far from equal
Mondoweiss – Unequal parties to the conflict, the Israeli prime minister, left, and the Palestinian authority president, right The situation that has arisen since three young Israeli Jews were abducted and later tragically found dead is symbiotic of the inequality that permeates the greater Palestine and Israel conflict….
‘NYT’ employee in Jerusalem wanted to donate paper’s armed car to the army
Mondoweiss – This is a New York Times video from five weeks ago, intended as an entertainment, about the junking of an armored vehicle that the newspaper bought from the Chicago Tribune in 2009 for use in the West Bank. Things quieted down in the West Bank, and…
‘Forward’ normalizes idea that some folks ‘hate Israel’
Mondoweiss – Art from a pro-Israel website Lots of folks are passing around an advice column from the Forward titled “When Mr. Right Hates Israel,” in which a 32-year-old woman asks if her relationship with a non-Jewish man who sees Israel as an apartheid state can work. F…
IDF Appoints New Commander of Shayetet 13, Commando Unit Responsible for Mavi Marmara Massacre
Tikun Olam – Israel, the land of smoke and mirrors, named a new commander for its elite Shayetet 13 naval commando unit eight months ago. Shayetet 13 is the equivalent of SEAL Team 6, which assassinated Osama bin Laden. The Israeli force was responsible for the murder of nine Turkish…
In Shuafat, Palestinian family delays funeral of murdered teen to search for answers
Mondoweiss – Palestinian youth move sign to construct barricade inside of Shuafat, 3 July 2014. (Photo: Allison Deger) While the investigation is ongoing to find the culprits responsible for abducting, killing and burning a Palestinian youth in Jerusalem two days ago, police are not stating if the crime was…
Egypt raises fuel and energy costs
BBC 4 Jul 2014 – Egypt introduces electricity and fuel price increases in a move to cut state energy subsidies and reduce the budget deficit.
Crowds flock to E Jerusalem funeral
BBC 4 Jul 2014 – Thousands attend the funeral of a murdered Palestinian teenager in East Jerusalem, as Palestinian youths clash with Israeli police.
Angry Palestinian Call for New ‘Intifada’ at Revenge Victim’s Funeral
The Foward Breaking News 4 Jul 2014 – Chanting “Intifada, Intifada”, thousands of furious Palestinians called for a new uprising against Israel during the funeral on Friday of a teen they believe was kidnapped and killed by far-right Jews. Click here for the rest of the article…
Martin Indyk Says Israeli Settlements Killed Middle East Peace Talks
The Foward Breaking News 4 Jul 2014 – Martin Indyk, the former chief U.S. envoy for Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, said Israeli settlement activity caused the Palestinians to walk away from negotiations. Click here for the rest of the article…
Egypt: Abbas Greets Sisi on First Revolt Anniversary
allAfrica.com 4 Jul 2014 – [Egypt Online]Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas greeted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the first anniversary of the 30 June Revolution.
Tunisia: Administrative Office to Open Next Week in Damascus – FM
allAfrica.com 4 Jul 2014 – [Tunis Afrique Presse]Tunis -An administrative office will open next week in Damascus to provide consular services to the Tunisian community members in Syria, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Mokhtar Chaouachi said to TAP news agency.
7 Israel Soldiers Jailed for ‘Revenge’ Calls
The Foward Breaking News 4 Jul 2014 – Seven Israeli soldiers were sentenced to prison for posting photos calling for retaliation for the murder of three Israeli teenagers. Click here for the rest of the article…
Kurds Wary of Israel Boost for Independence
The Foward Breaking News 4 Jul 2014 – A Kurdish diplomat has played down the significance of Israeli advocacy of independence for her people, saying it was not coordinated with the autonomous Kurdish government in Iraq and may be intended to served Israel’s interests. Click here for the rest of the article…
VIDEO: The British trying to bring aid to Syria
BBC 4 Jul 2014 – British citizens have been warned by the government not to travel to Syria for any reason – but some are ignoring the warnings and going anyway.
Algeria: Algeria to Don
ate U.S.$9 Million World Cup Prize Money to People of Gaza
allAfrica.com 4 Jul 2014 – [Tunis Afrique Presse]Algiers -According to quotes attributed to Algeria’s star striker Islam Slimani, the team will give up all of the estimated $9 million (£5.25 million) they got after their Round of 16 match with Germany.
Iraq’s PM vows fight for third term
BBC 4 Jul 2014 – Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki insists he will never give up on his bid for a third term despite criticism that he is divisive, vowing to continue battling rebels.
VIDEO: ‘Emotional’ to see our son in jail
BBC 4 Jul 2014 – Lois and Juris Greste describe their ”extremely emotional” visit to a prison in Cairo to see their son, Peter.
Indian nurses trapped in Iraq freed
BBC 4 Jul 2014 – A group of 46 Indian nurses trapped in northern Iraq for the past three weeks have been released, Indian authorities say.
Beirut’s public libraries quietly building a new generation of readers
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2014 – An elderly man reads quietly in the municipal library in Bachoura. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) An elderly man reads quietly in the municipal library in Bachoura. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) Situated past a firehouse and up two flights of cigarette-littered stairs, in a municipal building overlooking a cemetery…
Week in Photos (June 28-July 4)
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2014 – Revellers enjoy the pyrotechnic display as they dance to the music at the Arcadia arena, on the second day of the Glastonbury Festival of Music and Performing Arts in Somerset, southwest England, on June 28, 2014. (Photo: Leon Neal-AFP) Revellers enjoy the pyrotechnic display as they…
Iraqi forces retake Saddam Hussein’s home town
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2014 – Members of Iraqi security are seen deployed during clashes with supporters of Sheikh Mahmud al-Hassani al-Sarkhi, in the shrine city of Karbala on July 2, 2014. (Photo: AFP – Mohammed Sawaf) Members of Iraqi security are seen deployed during clashes with supporters of Sheikh Mahmud al-Hassani…
Three suspected bomb makers killed in blast near Cairo
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2014 – Three people are believed to have been killed in an explosion early on Friday at a house south of Cairo used for making bombs, the Eyptian state news agency MENA reported. The explosion was in a brick building in an agricultural area in the town of…
Israel misreads Hamas and Palestinians’ will to attack
Al-Monitor 4 Jul 2014 – Despite Israeli assessments to the contrary, Hamas proved quite willing to step up rocket attacks, and the Palestinian street was more than ready for riot and revolt.
“Twitter Brigades’” threats fail to intimidate Christians in Lebanon
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2014 – Lebanese pray at St. Joseph church in Beirut’s southern suburbs. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) Lebanese pray at St. Joseph church in Beirut’s southern suburbs. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) Cyberspace seems to be the only battlefield of jihad for the Ahrar al-Sunnah (Free Sunnis) in Baalbek Brigades, especially on…
IMF calls on Israel to lift economic restrictions on Palestine
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2014 – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said the economy in the West Bank and Gaza is weakening and urged Israel to lift restrictions on the Palestinians. After briefing the international donor community and the Palestinian Authority, IMF mission chief Christoph Duenwald said in a statement that…
Palestinian boy goes missing in Jerusalem: report
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2014 – A Palestinian child went missing in East Jerusalem early Friday, a local news site reported, two days after a teenager was kidnapped and killed by suspected settlers in the Israeli-occupied city. Wafa news agency said a 13-year-old boy was last spotted walking near a mosque in…
Anger boils over as Palestinians bury murdered teen
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2014 – Masked Palestinian protesters throw stones towards Israeli police (unseen) during clashes in the Shuafat neighborhood in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem, on July 3, 2014, one day after a Palestinian teenager was kidnapped and killed by suspected Zionist settlers. (Photo: AFP – Thomas Coex) Masked Palestinian protesters throw…
Gaza: Resistance factions seek to avoid open-ended war with Israel
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2014 – Masked Palestinian protesters throw stones towards Israeli police (unseen) during clashes in the Shuafat neighborhood in Israeli-annexed Arab East Jerusalem, on July 3, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Ahmed Gharabi) Masked Palestinian protesters throw stones towards Israeli police (unseen) during clashes in the Shuafat neighborhood in Israeli-annexed Arab East…
STL names panel to investigate contempt judge for bias
Al-Akhbar News 4 Jul 2014 – The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) has appointed a three-judge panel to investigate contempt judge Nicola Lettieri for bias after Al-Akhbar editor-in-chief Ibrahim al-Amin complained that he was taking sides in a case against him and the newspaper. Amin, who has been charged along with Al-Akhbar…
What should West expect from Erdogan as president?
Al-Monitor 4 Jul 2014 – The United States and others in the West are speculating about what Turkish foreign policy might look like under President Erdogan, whose nomination speech left no doubt about his strong Islamic inclinations.
Washington and Paris fear for Lebanon’s stability
Al-Akhbar Politics 4 Jul 2014 – US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri shake hands before a meeting at the US Chief of Mission Residence June 26, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo: AF
P-Brendan Smialowski) US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and former Lebanese Prime…
PKK to encrypt radio communications, say reports
Al-Monitor 4 Jul 2014 – The PKK may now be in possession of high-tech encryption equipment to prevent Turkish intelligence from monitoring its communications.
KRG intelligence head Nazhat Hali addresses Iraq crisis
Al-Monitor 4 Jul 2014 – In an interview with Azzaman, the director of the protection department at the Kurdish Protection and Intelligence Agency (Parastin), talks about the current crisis in Iraq and stresses that the Kurds have a right to Kirkuk.
Iraqi deputy PM: ‘I was mistaken’ in joining government
Al-Monitor 4 Jul 2014 – In an interview with Al-Monitor, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq speaks about the roots of the crisis in Iraq and stresses the need for a political solution.
Will Kurds take advantage of Iraq crisis to achieve nation?
Al-Monitor 4 Jul 2014 – Although Iraq’s Kurds have enjoyed a wide margin of autonomy in recent years, some are still committed to achieving a nation of their own and may use the current crisis to attain this goal.
VIDEO: Isis ‘prepared under Iraq’s nose’
BBC 3 Jul 2014 – A network of safe houses, precise plans, and a strategy for an attack on Baghdad were prepared by Isis long before its assault in Iraq, BBC Newsnight learns.
Lebanon: How safe are Beirut’s hotels?
Al-Akhbar Politics 3 Jul 2014 – Tourists leave the Golden Tulip Hotel in the Hamra neighborhood of Beirut. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) Tourists leave the Golden Tulip Hotel in the Hamra neighborhood of Beirut. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) After the recent wave of security incidents in hotels in Beirut, it has become apparent that…
Opposition makes hopeless objection to Erdogan’s candidacy
Al-Monitor 3 Jul 2014 – Turkey’s opposition is protesting Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s campaigning for the presidency without resignin from his current privileged position.
Articles
Zombie ideas and divestment
Richard Falk, Al-Ahram Weekly 7/2/2014
The mainstreaming of the boycott and divestment campaign against Israel is a major achievement of the Palestinian solidarity movement.
At this moment it is right to celebrate unreservedly the outcome of the vote in the US Presbyterian General Assembly decreeing the divestment of US$21 million worth of shares in Motorola Solutions, Hewlett-Packard and Caterpillar, companies long and notoriously associated with implementing Israel’s unlawful occupation policies in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza.
This carries forward the momentum of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Campaign and recent efforts emanating from the UN and the EU to induce governments, as well as corporations and financial institutions, to become aware that it is increasingly viewed as problematic under international law to profit from dealings with Israel’s settlements and occupation security mechanisms.
It is much too soon to suggest a cascading effect from recent moves in this direction, but the mainstreaming of the divestment and boycott campaign is a major achievement of the Palestinian solidarity movement that is displacing the moribund peace process that in recent months dramatised the extent to which the Israeli government is not interested in a favourable negotiated solution even as mediated by partisan US mediation mechanisms and in relation to a weak Palestinian Authority (PA) that seems readier to offer concessions than to seek compromises that incorporate Palestinian rights under international law.
The Presbyterian decision, itself vetted by an elaborate debate and producing a text crafted to narrow the distance between supporters and opponents of divestment, did not address issues of context…. more.. e-mail
Understanding Israel’s Actions
Mahmoud Abu Rahma, CounterPunch 7/4/2014
Justifying Occupation
It is essential that US citizens understand that this conflict should not continue to be viewed as a symmetrical one anymore. When they do not hear about it, there are vicious violations of international law against Palestinians every day; including closures/blockades, settlement activities (population transfer on account of our land and natural resources), displacement, killings, detention and torture.
We were all occupied by the developments in the past few days, and shocked to find out about killings. The Israeli government kept from us all that the three settler teenagers were killed from the first day because they wanted to carry out a large military operation in the occupied Palestinian territory. This operation saw hundreds of Palestinians arrested, tortured, killed and injured. Dozens of attacks were also directed at the besieged Gaza Strip. Incitement to violence and hatred went very high.
Since 12 June 2014, the day the teenage settlers went missing, Israel declared that its operation had two aims: find them and put pressure on Hamas and the Palestinian Authority to abandon a recent unity agreement and return to full separation between Gaza and the West Bank. Now we know that the Israeli government knew they were killed from the first day; however, the operation to destroy Palestinian unity and reinstate separation is ongoing. Separation and isolation, if successful, will allow Israel to annex large areas in the West Bank and divide Palestinians to keep them under control by military force; as opposed to a peace agreement that would end the occupation of the territory captured by Israel in 1967. This is a typical case of using violence to achieve political; not security, gains. In doing so, Israel has violated the human rights of Palestinian civilians in many ways, and has created an environment that allowed for kidnapping, murdering, and running over of Palestinian children by Jewish settlers in the West Bank. more.. e-mail
Palestinian teen murdered in suspected ’revenge kidnapping’
Michael Omer-Man, +972 Magazine 7/2/2014
Heavy clashes take place in a number of East Jerusalem neighborhoods, leading to dozens of injuries, including two photographers from Activestills; Kerry conveys condolences to the Palestinian people over despicable murder; ‘revenge’ calls spread throughout Israeli social networks, streets of Jerusalem.
Clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli police broke out Wednesday morning when news broke of a suspected kidnapping and murder of a Palestinian teenager in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina hours earlier. Speculation that the killing was a nationalistically motivated and perpetrated by Jewish Israelis as revenge for the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank appeared almost immediately in nearly every Israeli media outlet. Police initially urged caution, saying that no motive had been established, but later said they estimated it was a “nationalistic” crime.
Muhammad Hussein Abu Khdeir was walking to morning prayers for Ramadan after 3 a.m. Wednesday morning when a car pulled up and a number of passengers forced him in. Police later found his burned body in a Jerusalem-area forest. A gag order covered other details of the investigation. The family reportedly agreed to an autopsy and the funeral was scheduled for Thursday.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday condemned the “despicable and senseless abduction and murder,” adding, “[t]here are no words to convey adequately our condolences to the Palestinian people.”
“Those who undertake acts of vengeance only destabilize an already explosive and emotional situation,” Kerry continued. “We look to both the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority to take all necessary steps to prevent acts of violence and bring their perpetrators to justice.” more.. e-mail
The Haunting of Iraq and Palestine
Renee Parsons, CounterPunch 7/4/2014
The Ghosts of Colonial Powers
After almost a century, the seeds of the on-going death, destruction and violence in the Middle East that began during WWI can be directly traced to two historic documents that continue to provide the foundation for US foreign policy in the Middle East. Almost one hundred years after the flawed Sykes-Picot and Balfour documents, the tragically long suffering peoples of Iraq and Palestine, both betrayed by the British in 1916, still live with a sorrow and anguish that offers little hope for peace and reconciliation.
More than just a mere historic misjudgment, the McMahon-Hussein letters of 1915 bear witness to the role of de
liberate British deception throughout the annexation of Palestine and its ultimate treachery during the Arab revolt (1916 – 1918). Led by the Sharif Husayn bin Ali, the revolt was initiated to secure Arab independence from the rule of the Ottoman Empire and to create one unified Arab state spanning from what is now Aleppo, Syria, including Iraq and stretching to Aden, Yemen (not including the area controlled by the rival Saud clan).
Hussein began secret correspondence with British High Commissioner Sir Henry McMahon who encouraged the revolt in the hopes of obstructing Ottoman’s support as an ally of Germany in exchange for official British recognition of an Arab state and Hussein’s expectation that Palestine would go to Palestinians after the war. Custodian of Mecca and Medina, Hussein was declared Caliph when the Ottoman Caliphate was abolished and was ultimately overthrown by Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud. He was exiled to Trans-Jordan where his son became Abdullah I of Jordan.
It was not until members of the Bolshevik revolution perusing the Tsar’s correspondence after the 1917 revolution discovered the existence of the Sykes-Picot agreement to split the Arab territories into British and French administered areas…. more.. e-mail
completely unrelated but lovely beauty
In Gaza: 4 Jul 2014 – Thankfully passed thru central Galway and saw these talented beings sharing their skills. Filed under: gaza random more
On Gilad Atzmon’s Critique of Ilan Pappe
Dissident Voice: 4 Jul 2014 – On BBC’s news program Hardtalk , historian Dr Ilan Pappe answers questions from interviewer Stephen Sackur which begins with Mr Sackur describing Ilan Pappe as maintaining that the Jewish state is racist, born of a deliberate program of ethnic cleansing. This very interesting discussion, which takes the form of an adversarial debate . In response, Mr Gilad Atzmon , author of the book, The Wandering Who, has the following to say: the history professor is afraid to utter the ‘J word’ [implying cowardice], he fails to analyze Zionism and Israeli’s action within the appropriate ideological, historical and cultural context and he refuses to question the true meaning of the Jewish state.” … “Instead of identifying the Zionist crime within the context of Jewish history and culture, Pappe attempts [italics mine] to isolate the Zionist crime by disconnecting it from Jewish history and continuum.” … In practice, Pappe actually attempts to conceal [implying willful…more
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