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Settlers Attack Bishop’s Car Near Ramallah
IMEMC – Palestinian cars attacked near Bethlehem Jewish Israeli settlers have assaulted, on Sunday, a Christian cleric as he was traveling between Bethlehem and his church, in the village of Abud, northwest Ramallah. Cars were also attacked near Zatara, east of Bethlehem. …
Ministry of Agriculture: Fishing Limit ‘A War on Livelihoods’
IMEMC – The Ministry of Agriculture has further cited Israel’s attacks on Palestinian livelihood in Gaza, with regard to the fishing space off the coast, which has been limited from six to three miles. …
Tariq Abu Khdeir Sentenced to House Arrest
IMEMC – U.S. official comments on case An Israeli court, on Sunday, has sentenced to house arrest Palestinian-American teenager, Tariq Abu Khdeir, who was filmed being brutally beaten by police during clashes in Jerusalem, according to an attorney for prisoner rights group Addameer. …
Israeli Police Arrest Suspected Murderers of Mohammed Abu Khdeir
IMEMC – The Israeli police have arrested, this morning in Jerusalem, individuals suspected of kidnapping and killing Mohammad Abu Khudeir, according to media reports and Israeli officials. …
Newly-released Surveillance Footage Shows Faces of Mohammed Abu Khdeir’s Likely Abductors
IMEMC – A video that was released to the media on Sunday, but which has been in the hands of Israeli police since Wednesday, shows a different angle of the same incident captured by a separate surveillance video, in which 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir is forced into a car. …
Settlers Invade Wad al-Bathan Area
IMEMC – A number of extremist Israeli settlers invaded Wad al-Bathan village, near the central West Bank district of Tubas, and attempted to attack residents, and archaeological areas, but were chased away by local Palestinians. …
Soldiers Invade Barta’a Village, Injuries Reported, 15 Cars Burnt
IMEMC – The Raya News Agency has reported that Israeli soldiers invaded Barta’a village, southwest of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, and deliberately caused fire to fifteen cars. Injuries were also reported in the nearby Zabbouba village. …
Police Kidnap 32 Palestinians In Historic Palestine
IMEMC – The Israeli police kidnapped 32 Palestinians during mass protests in different parts of the country, following the abduction and murder of Mohammad Abu Khdeir, in Jerusalem. …
Israeli Air Force Fires Several Missiles Into Gaza
IMEMC – The Israeli Air Forces carried out a series of air strikes targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip, causing excessive damage and several injuries. …
‘2 Palestinians killed’ in Israeli airstrike on Gaza’s al-Bureij camp
7/6/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the central Gaza Strip late Sunday, a Ma’an reporter said. Two members of al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, were killed as Israeli warplanes struck al-Bureij refugee camp. The two were identified as Mazen al-Hadba and Marwan Salim. Further details were not immediately available. An…. Related: Israeli warplanes strike targets across Gaza Strip and Locals: Israeli forces shell Rafah
Watch: Israeli forces fire on TV crew in Jerusalem
7/6/2014 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) – Israeli forces fired stun grenades at a Palestinian TV crew covering clashes between Israeli troops and young Palestinian men in al-Tur neighborhood in East Jerusalem on Saturday. Witnesses told Ma’an that Palestine Today satellite channel reporter Ahmad al-Budeiri and his cameraman were hurt after Israeli soldiers fired stun grenades directly at them. Three protestors were hit by rubber-coated bullets….
Palestinians hurt during clashes with Israeli forces in al-Arrub camp
7/6/2014 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Over a dozen Palestinians were hurt early Sunday during clashes with Israeli forces north of Hebron, medics said. A volunteer for the Palestinian Red Crescent told Ma’an 15 Palestinians received first aid treatment after being hit by rubber-coated bullets in al-Arrub refugee camp. Ambulance services also evacuated three families after tear gas filled their homes, the volunteer said. Similar….
Israeli troops set fire to car scrap yard in Jenin area
7/6/2014 – JENIN (Ma’an) – Israeli soldiers set fire Saturday night to car scrap yard in the Jenin-area village of Bartaa al-Sharqiyya, a village councilor said Sunday. . Tawfiq Qabaha told Ma’an that large numbers of Israeli troops stormed Bartaa al-Sharqiyya shortly after midnight from Bartaa al-Gharbiyya, which is under full Israeli control. Suddenly, he said, soldiers showered the streets with tear gas, stun grenades….
Settlers attack car of Christian cleric near Ramallah
7/6/2014 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Extremist Jewish settlers assaulted a Christian cleric while he was traveling back to from Bethlehem to his church in the village of Abud in northwest Ramallah on Sunday. Locals told Ma’an that bishop Abud Atallah Issawi and another priest were traveling in a private car on the main road near the village of Deir Abu Mashal when a group….
Israeli settlers storm Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem
7/6/2014 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) – Israeli settlers on Saturday evening stormed the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and attacked Palestinian residents. Locals told Ma’an that some 50 settlers stormed the neighborhood and attacked Hani al-Sabbagh and his brother Ahmad beating them after squirting pepper spray at their faces. The attackers then hurled stones at Palestinian homes before residents clashed with them in the….
Israel orders brutalized American teenager to house arrest
7/6/2014 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli court prepared Sunday to send to house arrest a Palestinian-American teenager who was filmed being brutally beaten by police during clashes in Jerusalem, an attorney said. Tarek Abu Khdeir, 15, will be released to house arrest for nine days, an attorney for the rights group Addameer told Ma’an. Abu Khdeir’s family, which was visiting Jerusalem…. Related: US ‘profoundly troubled’ by American’s beating in Israeli custody andVIDEO: American Cousin of ‘Revenge’ Victim Speaks Out After Beating
Israel reduces Gaza fishing zone to 3 nautical miles
7/6/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Israel decided on Sunday to reduce the fishing zone open for Gaza fishermen from 6 nautical miles to 3, and they warned that boats which exceed that limit will be fired upon. The reduction was confirmed by sources in the Palestinian liaison department. Nevertheless, the union of Gaza fishermen says it will stick to the former fishing zone. He highlighted….
Palestinian recovering after being ‘stabbed by Israelis’ in late June
7/6/2014 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man told Ma’an Sunday that he was stabbed 12 times by Israelis in central Israel over a week ago. Ali Ibrahim Abu Zahra, 22 from Yatta in the southern West Bank, told Ma’an he was working in Israel when he was tricked into getting into a car with three Israelis who later stabbed him repeatedly….
Israel arrests suspects in murder of Palestinian teen
7/6/2014 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities have arrested six suspects in their investigation into the murder of a Palestinian teenager who was killed in a possible revenge attack. Israeli media reported Sunday that police believe the motive behind the murder of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir was connected to the deaths of three Israeli teenagers in the occupied West Bank days earlier. Late…. Related: Jewish extremists held over Palestinian teen’s murder
Israel detains Hebron man in connection with teens’ killing
7/6/2014 – HEBRON (Ma’an) – Israeli forces stormed the Qarn al-Thour neighborhood in Hebron in the southern West Bank after midnight Sunday and detained a young Palestinian man in connection with the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers weeks earlier. Family members and Palestinian security sources confirmed that Israeli troops detained Husam Dufish from his home. The Israeli intelligence accuses Dufish of involvement in the….
Locals: Israeli forces shell Rafah
7/6/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces late Sunday fired several artillery shells at the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses said. Locals told Ma’an Israeli forces shot artillery shells at the al-Matar area east of Rafah. Two shells were fired, with no injuries were reported, the sources said. [END]
US ‘profoundly troubled’ by American’s beating in Israeli custody
7/6/2014 – WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States said Saturday it was “profoundly concerned” over reports that a US citizen detained in Israel was “severely beaten” while in police custody, amid heightened tensions with Palestinians. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States “strongly condemn(s) any excessive use of force,” in the wake of Tariq Khdeir’s case.”We are calling for a speedy, transparent…. Related: Israel orders brutalized American teenager to house arrest and Beaten Florida Cousin Called ‘Fun-Loving’ All-American Teen
In photos: Israel locks Jerusalem down on day of prayers, funeral
7/6/2014 – Israeli forces filled Jerusalem on Friday, the first Friday of Ramadan, a day on which Palestinians traditionally make their way to the Al-Aqsa mosque for prayers. “It’s hard to concentrate on faith when constantly confronted with soldiers,” 60-year-old Ahmad told Ma’an. Strict limitations on permits to enter Jerusalem were imposed on Palestinians on Friday, the same day the funeral….
Israel ends ban on entry of Hebron residents
7/6/2014 – HEBRON (Ma’an) – Israeli authorities have decided to allow residents of Hebron district to enter Israel if they have permits, ending a ban on which started with the abduction of three Israeli teenagers three weeks earlier. Director general of the Palestinian liaison department Imad al-Natsha told Ma’an that starting Sunday, all residents of Hebron who have permits to travel into Israel for….
Jewish extremists held over Palestinian teen’s murder
7/6/2014 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel on Sunday arrested a group of Jewish extremists in connection with the kidnap and murder of a Palestinian teenager who was burned to death in a suspected revenge killing. The brutal murder of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khder on July 2 triggered four days of violent clashes which broke out in East Jerusalem and have spread to more than half a dozen…. Related: Israel arrests suspects in murder of Palestinian teen
Palestinian-American teen walks, others ‘rot in jail’
7/6/2014 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The mother of a 15-year-old Palestinian who was released on bail Sunday after being beaten by Israeli police said that if her son were not a US citizen, he would likely still be held in Israeli jail. If Tarek were not American, “he would just be pushed to the side like a dog,” Suha Abu Khdeir told reporters following Tarek…. Related: Israel orders brutalized American teenager to house arrest and US ‘profoundly troubled’ by American’s beating in Israeli custody
Abbas calls for UN committee on Israeli crimes against Palestinians
7/6/2014 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called on UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon to form an international committee to investigate Israeli crimes committed against Palestinians, media reported. The official Palestinian Authority news agency Wafa said that Abbas gave Robert Serry, the UN special coordinator for Mideast peace, a letter to deliver to Ki-Moon on the subject.”Mohammad Abu Khdeir was burnt alive. Sixteen….
2 Palestinians killed in Haifa road accident
7/6/2014 – QALQILIYA (Ma’an) — Two Palestinian workers were killed Sunday after being run over by a truck in northern Israel, a police spokeswoman said. The two were run over while they were fixing their car on the side of the road in Haifa on Route 70, Luba Samari said in a statement. Samari called the incident “a horrific accident.”Zahi’s brother Zuheir was….
‘Caliph’ sermon at Iraq mosque a show of confidence, say experts
7/6/2014 – BAGHDAD (AFP) — The first appearance of self-proclaimed “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a video shot in an Iraqi mosque illustrates the extent of his Wahhabi group’s control and confidence, experts say. Baghdadi, whose Islamic State group holds territory in both Iraq and Syria, called for Muslims to “obey” him during the prayer sermon at the al-Nur mosque in Mosul on Friday, according to….
Kuwait leaders huddle ahead of opposition rally
7/6/2014 – KUWAIT CITY (AFP) — Kuwait’s emir consulted with his crown prince and prime minister after four nights of clashes over the arrest of a prominent opposition leader ahead of a mass rally later Sunday.”The prime minister briefed the emir and the crown prince of the events that violate the constitution and the law,” said an official statement cited by the state news agency….
Six arrested over Palestinian teen’s killing
AlJazeera 6 Jul 2014 – The discovery in a Jerusalem forest of Mohammed Abu Khdeir’s charred body led to three days of violence in the city.
US teenager freed on bail by Israeli court
AlJazeera 6 Jul 2014 – 15-year-old banned from Shuafat in East Jerusalem, ordered to pay $850 bail bond and complete 10 days’ house arrest.
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Reprisals Escalate in the oPt; Settlers and Special Israeli Military Units Continue to Attack Palestinian Civilians in t…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
International Solidarity Movement
Palestinians protest the murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir and destroy apartheid tramway
7/6/2014 – International Solidarity Movement – Shu’afat, Occupied Palestine – On the 04th July 2014, at least 2,000 Palestinian mourners gathered in Shu’afat for the funeral of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, who was kidnapped last week. His mutilated body was later found in a forest on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The autopsy indicates that he was burnt alive. It is widely believed that the murder was carried out by extremist….
occupied Palestinian territory: US reaffirms its support for UNRWA
Relief Web 6 Jul 2014 – Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Country: occupied Palestinian territory, United States of America East Jerusalem The United States of America has made a generous new contribution of $39,646,589 to the United Nations…
Lebanon: Lebanon’s Closed Doors for Palestinian Refugees
Relief Web 6 Jul 2014 – Source: Inter Press Service Country: Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic By Mutawalli Abou Nasser BEIRUT, Jul 6 2014 (IPS) – Tens of thousands of Palestinians living in Syria have been uprooted since the violent government crackdown on the…
occupied Palestinian territory: Qatar Charity Signs Food Security and Rainwater Filtration Agreements with Gaza Authorities
Relief Web 6 Jul 2014 – Source: Qatar Charity Country: occupied Palestinian territory, Qatar Qatar Charity recently signed agreements with Ministries of Agriculture and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in the Gaza Strip worth QAR 13 million (USD 3.57 million). Under the agreement signed…
occupied Palestinian territory: Reprisals Escalate in the oPt; Settlers and Special Israeli Military Units Continue to Attack Palestinian Civilians in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem, and the Israeli Warplanes Continue to Launch Airstrikes on Targets in the Gaza Strip
Relief Web 6 Jul 2014 – Source: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Country: occupied Palestinian territory Ref: 75/2014 Date: 06 July 2014 Time: 12:30 GMT Following kidnapping, torturing to death and brutally burning the body of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, a Palestinian Child from Shu’fat neighborhood in…
occupied Palestinian territory: Emirates Red Crescent distributes food parcels, Iftar project in Palestine
Relief Web 6 Jul 2014 – Source: Emirates News Agency Country: occupied Palestinian territory Emirates Red Crescent has distributed thousands of food parcels to the needy Palestinian families at a number of tents and villages to meet the needs of fasting people in the Holy Month…
Hizbollah boosts numbers in Syria after Islamic State takeover
The National 6 Jul 2014 – The recent offensive by Sunni militants has Hizbollah sending more more fighters to Syria, and also carrying out operations in Iraq. Hugh Naylor reports from Beirut
Myanmar’s Muslim minorities fear for their future
The National 6 Jul 2014 – As violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar threaten to reignite again, displaced Muslims from similar conflicts in March 2013 speak of their fears.
India village council loosens iron grip on rural life
The National 6 Jul 2014 – From marriage to property and even the wearing of jeans, all-male councils – or khap panchayats – have issued diktats that have controlled life in much of the Indian state of Haryana.
US pressures Israel to probe beating of American teen in Jerusalem
The National 6 Jul 2014 – The US State Department has confirmed that Tariq Khdeir, a 15-year-old American of Palestinian descent, is being held by Israeli authorities in Jerusalem.
Interactive: Iraq’s developing crisis
The National 6 Jul 2014 – A closer look at who controls what in Iraq and the developments in the key cities since the Islamic State grabbed international headlines with its capture of Mosul on June 10, 2014.
Jewish suspects arrested in connection with Palestinian teen death
The National 6 Jul 2014 – Authorities believe the killing of Mohammed Abu Khdeir was “nationalistic” in nature. The Haaretz daily said six suspects were in custody.
Pakistan charges father of woman stoned in ‘honour killing’
The National 6 Jul 2014 – Farzana Parveen, 25, was killed May 27 before a crowd of onlookers near a downtown courthouse in the eastern city of Lahore in a so-called ‘honour killing’.
In pictures: hope of marriage rises in India’s Haryana state
The National 6 Jul 2014 – In a sign of major reform coming to a corner of the country steeped in tradition, the state’s largest council has allowed couples from neighbouring villages, and even different castes, to marry.
In pictures: inside a makeshift camp for displaced Muslims in Myanmar
The National 6 Jul 2014 – As Buddhist-Muslim tensions in Myanmar escalate, The National takes a look at the lives of those displaced by similar riots in March 2013, when nearly 1,600 homes were destroyed in Meikhtila and 10,000 people driven from their homes after three days of attacks.
Taliban cut hair and beards to flee Pakistan army assault
The National 6 Jul 2014 – Publicly professing their contempt for the West, Taliban fighters in North Waziristan indulged themselves with fancy imported goods from French perfumes to British detergent, say refugees who have fled North Waziristan.
Israel strikes 10 militant sites in Gaza Strip
The National 6 Jul 2014 – The airstrikes come following at least 29 other rocket and mortars fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel at the weekend.
Anti-Arab hate campaigns gather pace on Israeli social media
The National 5 Jul 2014 – The growing anti-Arab sentiment is alarming different sections of Israeli society, including politicians like justice minister Tzipi Livni said last week, ‘They have turned into a hotbed of dangerous and violent incitement… we must not let the extremists win.’
LIVE UPDATES: Violent clashes resume across Israel, two Palestinians killed in Gaza
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Gush Etzion: emblematic of Zionist history
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Shas MK: Haredi children are discriminated against
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Top lawyer suspected of soliciting bribes for Israeli police
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Egyptian minister approves British import of Israeli gas
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Mossad chief reveals secrets to elite business parlour – without Netanyahu’s knowledge
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Can we avoid another World War One?
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
We are all to blame for Palestinian teen’s murder by ‘Jewish extremists’
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Bennett: Israel must impose same law against Jewish and Palestinian terrorists
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
14 Israeli Arabs arrested in clashes over Palestinian teen’s murder
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Egypt’s Sissi: Independent Kurdish state in Iraq would be ‘catastrophic’
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Police link Palestinian teen’s murder with attempted kidnap day prior
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Police link Palestinian teen’s murder with attempted kidnap day prior
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Bnei Akiva head faces ouster over calls for ‘revenge’ against Palestinians
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Netanyahu-Lieberman clash over Gaza strikes comes to a head
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Cab driver admits to suspected nationalist murder of Israeli woman – then retracts
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Murder of Palestinian teen: Four days later, what the public knows so far
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Israeli coalition to back bill to rearrest terrorists
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
A time for justice, not revenge
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Al-Shabab terror attack leaves 22 dead in Kenya
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Israeli police arrest six suspects in murder of Palestinian teen
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Israel sends Palestinian-American teen to house arrest
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
Netanyahu: Israel must show restraint in Gaza
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
A third intifada? Many East Jerusalem officials expect the turmoil to die down
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
A good time to start learning Kurdish
Ha’aretz – 6 Jul 2014
How generous U.S. Jews are ruining Israel’s panhandling army
Ha’aretz – 5 Jul 2014
Report: 75,000 Bedouin in Negev have limited or no running water
Ha’aretz – 5 Jul 2014
The battle for a democratic Israel isn’t over at all
Ha’aretz – 5 Jul 2014
Rockets hit Sderot as visiting MKs debate military action
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – During the meeting with MK Davidi, MK Regev called to take citizenship away from Israeli-Arabs who incite to terrorism.
Terra Incognita: Jerusalem: ‘The falcon cannot hear the falconer’
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – There are many voices in the Palestinian community who greeted riots with an outpouring of support and hoped it would lead to a national uprising.
Murder and mothers’ milk
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Arabs in the PA and Gaza who commit crimes against Jews are lauded by all but a tiny minority.
‘Are you a Jew?’
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – These types of attacks occurred throughout the Arab world before the establishment Israel and before a single Israeli settlement was ever built.
Deport the heads of Hamas
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – A unity government that includes a terrorist organization is a terrorist government.
Resistance or integration?
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Literally overnight, years of coexistence – sometimes strained coexistence but coexistence nonetheless – deteriorated into anarchy.
One of six Jewish nationalists arrested confesses to revenge killing of Arab teen
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – “This was a shocking and unacceptable act which any sane person, certainly in a strong and democratic country such as the State of Israel, must strongly condemn,” says public security minister.
Rival Satmar faction blasts rebbe
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Grand Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum had called on the parents of Naftali Fraenkel, Gil-Ad Shaer and Eyal Yifrah to repent for causing their deaths.
Netanyahu unequivocally condemns murder of Arab teen Abu Khdeir
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Speaking after police announced that Jews were arrested for murder of Arab teen, Netanyahu says that Israel will punish the killers: “That is how we are different from our neighbors.”
Riots rage after Jewish suspects arrested in investigation of murdered Palestinian boy
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Hundreds of Palestinians try to block traffic, cause closing of Route 70 and clash with police in Tamra as security forces work to contain the violence.
MKs unanimously condemn murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir and Shelly Dadon
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Left, right decry loss of five young people to terror, saying no murder is justified; Gal-On: Ministers encouraged violence against Arabs.
Start-up corner: Detecting cancer with a mobile phone
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – When Apple founder Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone’s mobile app store, he probably wasn’t thinking about screening for cervical cancer.
Rocket fire pummels South amid calls for Gaza operation
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Sha’ar Hanegev, Eshkol and Ashkelon Coast areas battered with rockets; residents instructed to stay in fortified shelters.
Abbas urges UN to investigate alleged revenge killing of Arab boy by Jewish extremists
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Following arrests of Jewish suspects in murder of 16-year-old Arab boy, Abbas sends letter to Ban Ki-moon calling for probe.
Dead Sea Drainage Authority reclaiming polluted Nahal Hava
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Decades of illegally dumped waste has accumulated, and near the head of the stream, channels have long been blocked.
MADA Montreal: Putting community first
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – The Montreal MADA community center not only tends to people who come to the center, but also reaches out to more isolated Jewish communities.
Comment: Facing the ugly truth
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Details recently revealed in case of murdered Palestinian teen raise questions about who we are and who we are becoming.
Shelly Dadon murdered by Arab taxi driver, police reveal
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Driver Hussein Yousef Hussein Khalifa confesses to the murder; Shin Bet believes killing has nationalist motives, although motive not yet verified.
IDF arrests Hebron terror suspect, Palestinian media says
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Ma’an reports security forces suspect Husam Dufish of being linked to kidnap, murder of three Israeli teenagers.
6 Jewish nationalists arrested in Jerusalem revenge killing of Arab teen
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Although details of the arrest remain unknown, Israeli official confirms the killing was likely nationalistically motivated.
Ministers approve bill to put released terrorists back in prison
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – If bill passes, arrested terrorists administrative release instead of pardons; option to be re-arrested if they return to terror.
Surviving in an even worse neighborhood: Israel and growing Mideast chaos
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – For Israel, the Middle East has always been a bad neighborhood. Soon, it is apt to get much worse.
Wrong voices making all the noise
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Lapid, had some advice for his co-ministers: Speak like ministers in the government formulating policy, not “talkbackers” on the internet.
Peres in area hit hard by Gaza rockets: I remain a firm believer in peace
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Mayor of southern town of Sderot, Alon Davidi, advocates another military operation against Palestinian enclave.
Father of Tariq Khdeir to ‘JPost’: Why did you beat him up like this?
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Father of arrested teen, allegedly beaten by police, speaks as his son is released from custody with bail posted by MK Ahmed Tibi.
Major Police scandal: Bribes for top officers in exchange for intel on investigations
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – Attorney Ronel Fisher revealed to be main suspect; case is latest in a long list of high-profile scandals on Police chief Danino’s watch.
Yadlin: Israel must strike Hamas hard
Jerusalem Post 6 Jul 2014 – The price of not undertaking an operation in Gaza might well be higher than the price of the operation, former MI chief warns.
Israeli police arrest six over Mohamed Abu Khdeir killing
The Guardian 6 Jul 2014 – Suspects held after death of 17-year-old Palestinian belong to extremist Jewish group, according to sources Israeli police have arrested six Jewish suspects in the abduction and murder of a Palestinian teenager in East Jerusalem last week….
US cousin of murdered Palestinian: ‘I was attacked by Israeli police’
The Guardian 6 Jul 2014 – Fifteen-year-old American student, Tariq Abu Khdeir, says police beat him, as his family plans suit against Israeli authorities A 15-year-old American high school student, whose Palestinian cousin was abducted and murdered last week , has said that…
US teen: ‘Israeli guards attacked me for no reason’ – video
The Guardian 6 Jul 2014 – American teenager Tariq Khdeir, 15, cousin of Mohamed Abu Khdeir, claims he was ‘brutally attacked’ by Israeli guards during clashes in Jerusalem’s Shuafat neighbourhood on Thursday. Khdeir was released from jail on Sunday and placed under…
Mohamed Abu Khdeir’s cousin freed and placed under house arrest – video
The Guardian 6 Jul 2014 – The American cousin of Mohamed Abu Khdeir, the Palestinian teen brutally murdered on Wednesday, is released from prison and placed under house arrest. Tariq Khdeir, 15, is seen leaving a Jerusalem jail, his face bruised and…
Fresh video shows faces of pair who may have killed Palestinian teenager
The Guardian 6 Jul 2014 – Footage appears to replicate video shot from another angle which the boy’s family says depicts moment of his abduction Fresh video footage has emerged that for the first time shows the faces of the alleged suspects…
Lebanon’s Closed Doors for Palestinian Refugees
IPS Palestinian refugees in makeshift shelter in Lebanon. Credit: Mutuwalli Abou Nasser/IPS By Mutawalli Abou Nasser BEIRUT, Jul 6 2014 (IPS) Tens of thousands of Palestinians living in Syria have been uprooted since the violent government crackdown on the uprising and the ensuing battles that ensnared their communities. For around 50,000…
Iraq: Maliki s Assad Moment
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 30, 2014 – …The state of conflict in Iraq over the last several months to the present day is much more militarized than Syria was in 2011, but Maliki s recent comments and actions could mark a turning point…
Summary of events of the Iraqi popular revolution Bulletin no. 232 Sunday 29th June, 2014
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 30, 2014 – Baghdad: Maliki s air force shelled Alline northern west of Baghdad . Maliki orders his forces to arrest officers of former army, security apparatuses , officers of special guards ,republican guards in Baghdad and its belt . The revolutionaries…
Use of Pilotless Drones for Assassinations Violates the Rule of Law
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 30, 2014 -A secret US government legal memo, prepared for President Obama, was recently ordered to be released to the public by a Federal Court responding to a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union. The Administration s…
Despite UN calls, no justice for children living near Israeli settlements
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 30, 2014 -Urif Secondary School is located 13 kilometers (about 8 miles) south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. It lies in close proximity to the Yitzhar settlement, and has become a frequent target of both settler…
Obama seeks $2 billion to speed up deportation of child immigrants
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 30, 2014-The Obama administration will go to Congress Monday seeking an emergency $2 billion appropriation for stepped-up jailing and deportation of immigrants, particularly the wave of child migrants in south Texas, White House officials have revealed.The unnamed officials told…
Ethnic cleansing in the Golan Heights
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 30, 2014 – In light of its colonial, racial and anti-Semitic characteristics that serve its aims of occupation and geographical domination, the Zionist movement ideologically denies Arab nationalism in the Middle East. This denial has been practically implemented through…
Divided Israeli Cabinet Debates Harsh Retaliation Against Gaza
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – In the midst of the baying of the Dogs of War over the discovery of the bodies of three Israeli teenagers apparently murdered after being abducted, let s hear a still small voice of reason and sanity. First, despite scores…
The case for a BDS coalition
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 30, 2014 – There is a rule in movement politics: Your greatest rival is the one closest to you ideologically.Supporters of the global BDS movement, the movement that arose as a response to the three calls of the Palestinian…
Israel approves plan to tighten controls over East Jerusalem
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 30, 2014 -The Israeli government yesterday approved a plan to deepen Israeli control over East Jerusalem at a total cost of up to 295 million shekels ($90 million), with the aim of preventing the division of Jerusalem in future…
Syria News – June 29 , 2014 (Warning: Graphic Videos)
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 29 , 2014 – By the end of Sunday, the coordination committees were able to document 89 martyrs, among them 7 women, 20 children, and 4 martyrs under torture: 36 martyrs were reported in Aleppo; 36 martyrs in Idlib; 8…
US Presbyterians under Pressure for Doing Their Christian Duty
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 29, 2014 – I ve been reprimanded for being too critical of the Presbyterian Church (USA) which has taken 10 years and 5 general assemblies to deal with its objectionable investments, and then only by the narrowest of voting…
Military Resistance 12F15 Circling the Drain
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 29, 2014 – In one of the most significant coordinated assaults on the government in years, the Taliban have attacked police outposts and governmentfacilities across several districts in northern Helmand Province, sending police and military officials scrambling to shore…
An Iraqi Perspective: How America s Destruction of Iraqi Society Led to Today s Chaos
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 29, 2014 – But the fact is that Iraqi Sunnis and Shiites managed to live in the same country for a long time without killing each other, and they lived in the same neighborhoods. They intermarried – I am…
Summary of events of the Iraqi popular revolution Bulletin no. 231 -Saturday 28th, June, 2014
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 29, 2014 -Baghdad: Maliki s forces arrested a large number of former members of Ba ath Party ,and they take their sons in case of not finding them in Zaytoon ,Kharnabat in Abu Greib district west of Baghdad, .A…
Iran will not change its position on Syria
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 29, 2014 -…. Iranian influence in Syria has not been a case of bilateral cooperation between two equals so much as a relationship between master and follower, or creator and creation-the demise of the creation would mean the end…
Despite truce agreement, Yarmouk refugee camp still besieged
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 29, 2014 — Al-Yarmouk refugee camp is still under siege despite reaching a truce agreement four days ago, while a state of satisfaction has prevailed among Palestinian refugees after allowing their return to their homes in the camp.Few days…
Saudi Arabia threatened by ISIS advance in Iraq
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 29, 2014 -Contrary to an emerging consensus in the West and the Middle East, the turmoil in Iraq does not benefit Saudi Arabia, nor is it a “dream” for Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. While relations between the Saudi…
Iraqi refugees in despair in Jordan long for Saddam era
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 29, 2014 – In a small cafe in Amman, Syrian, Palestinian and Iraqi customers are smoking the hookah and drinking coffee. They enjoy a quiet evening watching the World Cup on a large TV screen. King Abdullah s portrait…
Sectarian killings return to Baghdad as war rages elsewhere
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 29, 2014 – The burial of Omar Abed Hammoudi was a furtive affair, conducted in haste in the far corner of a cemetery filled with those who died in the last round of bloodletting in Baghdad. The circumstances of…
Forcible Feeding Constitutes Torture Crime; PCHR Warns of Israeli Efforts to Legitimize Forcible Feeding against Palestinian Detainees and Calls upon the International Community to Immediately Intervene
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 29, 2014 – The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) warns of the serious implications of Israeli efforts to pass a law granting powers to the Israeli prison authorities to forcibly feed Palestinian detainees. The bill will be presented…
Gaza beaches to close due to pollution
Uruknet 6 Jul 2014 – June 29, 2014 – The beaches of the besieged Gaza Strip will be closed within days due to rising pollution levels prompted by tight Israeli restrictions, Gaza s environmental authority announced Wednesday.Pollution along Gaza s seashore has reached the highest…
Two Palestinians killed by Israeli drone in Gaza: emergency services
Daily Star 6 Jul 2014 Two Palestinian fighters were killed and another wounded late Sunday by an Israeli drone strike in the Gaza Strip, emergency services said.
Kuwait police fire tear gas to disperse protesters
Daily Star 6 Jul 2014 Kuwait riot police on Sunday fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of opposition protesters who were demanding the release of a detained opposition leader.
Egypt’s Sisi ‘wishes’ jailed Jazeera reporters not tried
Daily Star 6 Jul 2014 Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Sunday he “wished” three jailed Al-Jazeera journalists including an Australian had not been put on trial, conceding the case had been damaging, a newspaper reported.
Libya scraps vote results in 24 polling stations over fraud
Daily Star 6 Jul 2014 Libya’s electoral commission announced Sunday it was scrapping the results from 24 polling stations due to fraud in a parliamentary election contested at 1,600 stations in June.
Morocco says at least 20 injured in fighting between migrants
Daily Star 6 Jul 2014 Fighting between African migrants in Morocco near the Spanish enclave of Melilla left at least 20 people injured on Sunday, local authorities said.
Egypt’s Sisi says independence for Iraq’s Kurds would be ‘catastrophic’
Daily Star 6 Jul 2014 Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday a referendum on the independence of Iraq’s Kurdish region would lead to a “catastrophic” break up of the country, which is facing an onslaught by Sunni Islamist militants.
Egypt president raises cigarette, alcohol prices
Daily Star 6 Jul 2014 Egypt’s president has issued a decree raising the sales tax on cigarettes, beer and wine.
Saudi jails rights activist for 15 years: relatives
Daily Star 6 Jul 2014 A Saudi court on Sunday sentenced to 15 years in jail a prominent rights lawyer described by Amnesty as a prisoner of conscience, relatives said in a statement posted on Twitter.
Syrian opposition to elect new president
Daily Star 6 Jul 2014 The Western-backed Syrian opposition group will begin a three-day meeting in Istanbul later Sunday to elect a new president and discuss the offensive by Islamic militants straddling Iraq and Syria, an official with the group said.
16 years Palestinian teenager were kidnaped, tortured, killed by Israeli settlers.
Stop The Wall – Palestinian Grassroots Anti-apartheid Wall Campaign Mohammad abu Khdair 16 years old, Was killed by Settlers Three settlers kidnapped Mohammed Hussein Saeed Abu Khudair (16 years) from Shuafat – Jerusalem and killed him, when he was setting next to his father’s shop; they beat him and forced him to get into…
There cannot be one law for Israeli terrorists and another for Arab
YNet News, 6 Jul 2014 – Analysis: The prime minister, the government and Israeli public must examine their own roles in the terrible events of recent days, and consider the impact on the whole of Israeli society. ….
Sane people on each side, unite!
YNet News, 6 Jul 2014 – Op-ed: Jewish and Arab leaders must work to stop the journeys of revenge before the fire of hatred spreads and eats away at every good spot. ….
Welcome to the online propaganda war
YNet News, 6 Jul 2014 – Op-ed: Video of beaten Palestinian youth has become the new social media hit. Every such exception serves as a powerful weapon for Israel’s enemies. ….
Syrian opposition meets to elect new president
YNet News, 6 Jul 2014 – ….
Rioters burn police outpost near Nazareth
YNet News, 6 Jul 2014 – ….
IAF launch retaliatory attack in Gaza, kill 2 terrorists
YNet News, 6 Jul 2014 – ….
Rocket siren sounded in Eshkol Regional Council
YNet News, 6 Jul 2014 – ….
Dozens of youths throw rocks, set fire to trash bins in Shfaram
YNet News, 6 Jul 2014 – ….
Satmar Rebbe blames kidnapped teens’ parents for their murder
YNet News, 6 Jul 2014 – Leader of world’s biggest Hasidic movement says families of Gil-Ad Shaer, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach ‘should repent for living and studying in a place of brutal murderers.’ ….
War of independence isn’t over yet
YNet News, 6 Jul 2014 – Analysis: Israeli Arabs attacking Jewish drivers near Qalansawe and Palestinians launching rockets from Gaza are conveying one, unequivocal message: It’s either you or us. ….
Palestinian Information Center
IOF soldiers rounded up 773 Palestinians since start of the arrest campaign
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up 773 Palestinians in the West Bank since the arrest campaign started in mid-June, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said on Sunday.
IOF soldiers set fire to Palestinian garage, burn 15 cars
PIC – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) started fire in a Palestinian garage in Barta’a village, near Jenin, on Sunday burning 15 cars.
Jewish settlers try to kidnap child in Artas village
PIC – A horde of armed Jewish settlers on Saturday afternoon chased a Palestinian boy from Artas village, south of Bethlehem, during his presence on a cultivated land owned by his father.
Alarm bells raised over Ghazal’s health status
PIC – Al-Ahrar Center for Prisoner Studies and Human Rights raised alarm bells over the critical health status of Hamas leader Dr. Muhammad Ghazal, held administratively in Israeli jails without charge.
IOA reduces fishing area for Palestinian fishermen
PIC – The Israeli occupation authorities informed the fisheries department in the ministry of agriculture in Gaza that fishermen in Gaza would be allowed to fish within a three nautical miles radius only.
Arrests, injuries reported in IOF raids on Jenin, al-Khalil
PIC – Dozens of Palestinian civilians sustained wounds in a wave of brutal clashes that broke out at dawn Sunday between the Israeli occupation troops and Palestinian youngsters in Jenin and al-Khalil.
Renewed wave of Israeli air raids hits Gaza at dawn
PIC – The Israeli occupation army at dawn Sunday launched at least six aerial attacks on different targets in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas presses Abbas to rescind participation in Israeli conference
PIC – Hamas called on PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas to call off his participation in an Israeli conference at a time when a spate of online campaigns calling for Abbas’s departure has been launched.
IOF to raze Palestinian homes in al-Khalil
PIC – The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) served, on Monday morning, scores of notifications for the demolition of Palestinian homes in Idna town, west of al-Khalil.
US Grants UNRWA US$39.6 Million
WAFA – 6 Jul 2014
Israel to Temporarily Expel Teenager Abu Khdeir in Return for His Release
WAFA – 6 Jul 2014
Settlers Throw Stones at Palestinian Cars East of Bethlehem
WAFA – 6 Jul 2014
US State Department Condemns Excessive Use of Force by Israeli Police
WAFA – 6 Jul 2014
Settlers Intercept, Attempt to Attack Vehicle of Tulkarem Governor
WAFA – 6 Jul 2014
Israeli Army Sets Fire to 15 Palestinian Cars, Provoke Clashes near Jenin
WAFA – 6 Jul 2014
Dozens Killed in Yemen as Sectarian Muslim Fighting Intensifies
New York Times 6 Jul 2014 – At least 35 were killed after battles between Shiite rebels and government-allied tribes northwest of the capital, while in the south gunmen killed six soldiers on patrol, officials reported.
Suspects Arrested in Death of Palestinian Youth, Israeli Police Say
New York Times 6 Jul 2014 – A group of Israelis was arrested in what one official described as a revenge killing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to pursue the case and said, “We do not differentiate between terrorists.”
Video: Jewish mob chanting ‘Death to Arabs!’ stops cars in Jerusalem to check drivers’ ethnicity
Mondoweiss – The video above was shot last night by Ronnie Barkan in Jerusalem. He tells me the locations are as follows: PM residence, Hatulot square (downtown), en route to East Jerusalem (they didn’t enter East Jerusalem both coz they’re not SUCH idiots and secondly because the police…
After brutal police beating, Palestinian-American Tarek Abu Khdeir, 15, sentenced to home arrest without charge
Mondoweiss – Tarek Abu Khdeir speaks moments after his release about his beating and arrest. Just before noon Tarek Abu Khdeir, the 15-year-old American-Palestinian who was brutally beaten by Israeli police last Thursday, walked into court wearing the same clothes he had on when arrested. After a brief closed deliberation,…
Beating of Florida teen in Jerusalem is getting attention in U.S.
Mondoweiss – CAIR rally outside White House The beating and arrest in Jerusalem of Tarek Abu Khdeir, 15 , a Florida high school student, is getting considerable attention in the U.S. The State Department has issued a “profoundly troubled” statement calling on Israel to investigate the beating and provide…
Chomsky and BDS
Mondoweiss – Lambs near the wall in Abu Dis, occupied West Bank. Photo by Tom Suarez Many people who have come to value the courageous and principled stands of Noam Chomsky regarding injustice and imperialism are surprised to learn of his opposition to most aspects of BDS . Precisely because…
‘Cycle of violence’ is the new narrative (and inaccurate, but a step forward)
Mondoweiss – Chappatte cartoon Today I saw this cartoon by Chappatte tweeted by the director of Human Rights Watch in Europe. Chappatte @globecartoon ‘s take on renewed #Israel – #Palestine tensions © Chappatte in International New York Times pic.twitter.com/Feh2pt2EuK — Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) July 6, 2014 Yes, it’s a…
Arrests over Palestinian killing
BBC 6 Jul 2014 – A number of Jewish suspects are arrested over the murder of Palestinian teenager Mohammad Abu Khdair, whose death sparked violent protests.
Families of Slain Israeli and Palestinian Teens Turn to Each Other for Comfort
The Forward New 6 Jul 2014 – The families of murdered Israeli teen Naftali Fraenkel and murdered Palestinian teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir are drawing comfort from an unexpected source: each other. Click here for the rest of the article…
VIDEO: American Cousin of ‘Revenge’ Victim Speaks Out After Beating
The Foward Breaking News 6 Jul 2014 – Tariq Abu Khdeir, the American cousin of Palestinian ‘revenge’ attack victim Mohammed Abu Khdeir, spoke out about his beating at the hands of Israeli police. Click here for the rest of the article…
How Mainstream Israelis Cope with Jewish Terrorists
The Magnes Zionist 6 Jul 2014 – Moral chauvinism is the view that a certain people is morally superior to another. It’s hard to find peoples or nations that aren’t afflicted with it. I believe that we Jews are especially afflicted with it because, traditionally, we have had to compensate for our lack…
Florida Cousin of Revenge Victim Put Under House Arrest
The Foward Breaking News 6 Jul 2014 – An Israeli judge on Sunday released from jail and placed under house arrest a 15-year-old American of Palestinian descent whose apparent beating by Israeli police in East Jerusalem has drawn U.S. concern. Click here for the rest of the article…
6 Jews Arrested in Revenge Killing of Palestinian Teen
The Foward Breaking News 6 Jul 2014 – Israel has arrested suspects in the death of a Palestinian teenager, Israeli media reported on Sunday, and a security source indicated that Jewish assailants were responsible for the abduction and killing. Click here for the rest of the article…
US-Palestinian boy in house arrest
BBC 6 Jul 2014 – A Palestinian-American teenager allegedly beaten while in Israeli police custody is to be held under house arrest for nine days, a judge rules.
What is Necessary for a Decent Religious Zionism
The Magnes Zionist 6 Jul 2014 – In the preceding post I spoke about Israeli religious Zionism today. I did not mean to say that all religious Zionists in Israel adopt the morality of the enlightened colonialist or that of the unenlightened tribalist. That’s not the case. But sadly, I cannot think of…
Electronic Intifada Exclusive: Video shows faces of suspected killers of Palestinian teen
Palestine Solidarity Project 6 Jul 2014 – From The Electronic Intifada : “The Electronic Intifada has obtained video images showing the faces of two of the suspected kidnappers and murderers of Muhammad Abu Khudair, the Palestinian teenager who was abducted on Wednesday morning, burned alive and dumped in a Jerusalem forest. The footage comes…
Demonstrations Around the World for Palestine
Palestine Solidarity Project 6 Jul 2014 – July 5 saw thousands of people demonstrating around the world in front of Israeli embassies and in public parks, protesting Israel’s brutal collective punishment of Palestinians in Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank and in support of Palestinians protesting the heinous murder of teenager Mohammed Abu…
U.S. Demands Probe Into Videotaped Israeli Beating of Palestinian-American
The Foward Breaking News 5 Jul 2014 – The United States called for speedy investigation of an incident in which it said a U.S. citizen of Palestinian descent appeared to have been badly beaten by Israeli paramilitary police during riots in East Jerusalem this week. Click here for the rest of the article…
Israeli forces shoot at shepherd near Lebanese border
Al-Akhbar News 6 Jul 2014 – Israeli soldiers shot five bullets at Lebanese shepherd, Houssan Oukasha, while herding his flock in the heights of Siddaneh mountain, a reporter from the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) said on Sunday. Oukasha, who according to al-Nashra holds the Syrian nationality, escaped with his life and…
Israeli court orders house arrest for brutally beaten US-Palestinian teen
Al-Akhbar News 6 Jul 2014 – Tareq Abu Khudair, center, a Palestinian-US teenager who was beaten during police custody, arrives for a hearing at Jerusalem Magistrates Court on July 6, 2014. (Photo: AFP – Ahmad Gharabli) A Jerusalem court ordered Sunday that a Palestinian-American teenager, who was severely beaten in police custody,…
Syrian air raids hit Lebanese border area
Al-Akhbar News 6 Jul 2014 – Syrian warplanes bombed gunmen inside Lebanese territory on Sunday on the border between the two countries, Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of casualties. “Syrian warplanes targeted groups of gunmen in the Wadi al-Khayl area in Ersal, firing four rockets,” the…
Israel arrests six Zionist suspects in murder of Palestinian teenager
Al-Akhbar News 6 Jul 2014 – Israeli riot police detain a Palestinian protester during clashes in the Palestinian city of Ar’Ara, in northern Occupied Palestine, on July 5, 2014. (Photo: AFP – Jack Guez) Updated at 2:50 pm: Israeli police have arrested a group of Zionist extremists in connection with the kidnap…
Egypt’s poor bear the brunt of Sisi’s austerity plan
Al-Monitor 6 Jul 2014 – A reduction in state subsidies has caused fuel, bread and other prices to rise dramatically in Egypt, stoking anger from consumers, taxi drivers and shop owners.
Yemen air raids kill 70 rebels
Al-Akhbar News 6 Jul 2014 – The Yemeni air force bombed fighters north of Sanaa on Saturday in fighting that killed at least 70 people, local officials said, after a truce reached last month between the insurgents and government forces collapsed. The fighting in northern Yemen, which has taken on a sectarian…
Tunisia forum highlights threats to Maghreb journalists
Al-Monitor 6 Jul 2014 – The forum established a special press observatory to deal with journalist issues in the Maghreb.
In the Arab world, the ruler is the state
Al-Monitor 6 Jul 2014 – When a ruler dies, the state often dies with him.
Lebanon youth initiative aims to combat sectarianism
Al-Monitor 6 Jul 2014 – The Adyan Foundation in Lebanon has organized youth workshops bringing together young citizens from various countries of the region and of various religious backgrounds to discuss ways to promote coexistence.
In pictures: Iraq shrines destroyed
BBC 5 Jul 2014 – Muslim holy sites being destroyed by extremists in northern Iraq
Iran bans vasectomies in hopes of boosting birthrate
Al-Monitor 5 Jul 2014 – A newly passed Iranian law outlawing vasectomy and sterilization could be a return to punitive policies aimed at encouraging population growth.
Articles
Our wretched Jewish state
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, Desert Peace 7/6/2014
Now we know: In the Jewish state, there is pity and humane feelings only for Jews, rights only for the Chosen People. The Jewish state is only for Jews.
The youths of the Jewish state are attacking Palestinians in the streets of Jerusalem, just like gentile youths used to attack Jews in the streets of Europe. The Israelis of the Jewish state are rampaging on social networks, displaying hatred and a lust for revenge, unprecedented in its diabolic scope. Some unknown people from the Jewish state, purely based on his ethnicity. These are the children of the nationalistic and racist generation – Netanyahu’s offspring.
For five years now, they have been hearing nothing but incitement, scaremongering and supremacy over Arabs from this generation’s true instructor, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Not one humane word, no commiseration or equal treatment.
They grew up with the provocative demand for recognition of Israel as a “Jewish state,” and they drew the inevitable conclusions. Even before any delineation of what a “Jewish state” means – will it be a state that dons tefillin (phylacteries), kisses mezuzot (doorpost fixtures with prayer scrolls), sanctifies charms, closes down on the Sabbath and keeps strict kashrut laws? – the penny has dropped for the masses.
The mob was the first to internalize its true significance: a Jewish state is one in which there is room only for Jews. The fate of Africans is to be sent to the Holot detention center in the Negev, while that of Palestinians is to suffer from pogroms. That’s how it works in a Jewish state: only this way can it be Jewish.
In the Jewish state-in-the-making, there is no room even for an Arab who strives his utmost to be a good Arab….more.. e-mail
American Cousin of ‘Revenge’ Victim Beaten by Israeli Soldiers
Forward 7/5/2014
Tampa Teenager Jailed — Police Claim He Resisted
The American cousin of suspected Palestinian revenge attack victim was beaten and imprisoned by Israeli troops during protests before the funeral of the Jerusalem teen, Arab-American activists charged.
Tariq Khdeir, 15, who is a tenth-grader in Tampa, Fla., suffered serious injuries in the July 3 beating and is being held under police guard at a hospital, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a prominent advocacy group.
Activists demanded American officials intervene with Israel to win his release — and take action against the soldiers involved.
“It is the duty of American officials to intervene and secure the release of an American citizen who was so viciously attacked and denied medical treatment,” said CAIR-Florida Chief Executive Director Hassan Shibly in a press release.
His parents, Suha and Salah Khdeir, said their son was detained but had been treated at an Israeli hospital.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said that Tariq Khdeir had resisted arrest and attacked officers, the Associated Press reported. He was detained with a slingshot in his possession used to hurl stones at police, Samri claimed.
Tariq Khdeir’s father, Salah, said he witnessed his son’s arrest and insisted the boy was not involved in the violence, the Associated Press reported.
Khdeir is a high school sophomore in Tampa, who was visiting his Palestinian relatives in Shuafat, Jerusalem, for the first time in over a decade when he was beaten and detained, Haaretz reported. — See also: Beaten Florida Cousin Called ‘Fun-Loving’ All-American Teen and VIDEO: American Cousin of ‘Revenge’ Victim Speaks Out After Beating more.. e-mail
Ex-Shin Bet Chief: Israeli Illusions Fueled Blowup
Yuval Diskin, translated by J.J. Goldberg, J.J. Goldberg blog, Forward 7/5/2014
….Dear friends: Take a few moments to read the following words and share them with others. I see the severe and rapid deterioration of the security situation in the territories, Jerusalem and the Triangle and I’m not surprised. Don’t be confused for a moment. This is the result of the policy conducted by the current government, whose essence is: Let’s frighten the public over everything that’s happening around us in the Middle East, let’s prove that there’s no Palestinian partner, let’s build more and more settlements and create a reality that can’t be changed, let’s continue not dealing with the severe problems of the Arab sector in Israel, let’s continue not solving the severe social gaps in Israeli society. This illusion worked wonderfully as long as the security establishment was able to provide impressive calm on the security front over the last few years as a result of the high-quality, dedicated work of the people of the Shin Bet, the IDF and the Israel Police as well as the Palestinians whose significant contribution to the relative calm in the West Bank should not be taken lightly.
However, the rapid deterioration we’re experiencing in the security situation did not come because of the vile murder of Naftali, Eyal and Gil-Ad, may their memories be blessed. The deterioration is first and foremost a result of the illusion that the government’s inaction on every front can actually freeze the situation in place, the illusion that “price tag” is simply a few slogans on the wall and not pure racism, the illusion that everything can be solved with a little more force, the illusion that the Palestinians will accept everything that’s done in the West Bank and won’t respond despite the rage and frustration and the worsening economic situation, the illusion that the international community won’t impose sanctions on us, that the Arab citizens of Israel won’t take to the streets at the end of the day because of the lack of care for their problems, and that the Israeli public will continue submissively to accept the government’s helplessness in dealing with the social gaps that its policies have created and are worsening, while corruption continues to poison everything good, and so on and so on.
But anyone who thinks the situation can tread water over the long run is making a mistake, and a big one…. more.. e-mail
Families of
Slain Israeli and Palestinian Teens Turn to Each Other for Comfort
Sigal Samuel, Forward 7/6/2014
Rachel Fraenkel Touches Hearts With Open Door Policy
The families of murdered Israeli teen Naftali Fraenkel and murdered Palestinian teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir are drawing comfort from an unexpected source: each other.
Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat took to Facebook on Sunday to write about an “emotional and special telephone conversation between two families that have lost their sons.” He said that during his visit to the Fraenkel family home, he had a chance to speak to Hussein Abu Khdeir, Mohammed’s father, and express pain at the “barbaric” murder of his son.
Barkat then suggested that Abu Khdeir speak to Yishai Fraenkel, the uncle of Naftali Fraenkel who recently told the press that “the life of an Arab is equally precious to that of a Jew. Blood is blood, and murder is murder, whether that murder is Jewish or Arab.” The two men took Barkat’s advice and comforted one another by telephone.
In a separate visit organized by Rabbi Rafi Ostroff, chair of the religious council of Gush Etzion, Palestinians from the Hebron area showed up at the door of the Fraenkel family, looking to comfort the bereaved.
Asked why they had come, one Palestinian said, “Things will only get better when we learn to cope with each other’s pain and stop getting angry at each other. Our task is to give strength to the family and also to take a step toward my nation’s liberation. We believe that the way to our liberation is through the hearts of Jews.”
He later said that the visit went very well from his perspective. “They received us very, very nicely. The mother [Rachel Fraenkel] was incredible.” more.. e-mail
Israel’s War on Palestinian Journalists
Palestine Chronicle: 6 Jul 2014 – By Steven MacMillan For years now, the government of Israel has pursued increasingly belligerent policies towards Palestinian journalists who cover the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the expansion of the illegal settlements program. On the 2nd July, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) denounced Israel’s treatment of a Palestinian TV crew who were covering an altercation between Palestinians and Israeli forces at the Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem – where living conditions are desperate and it is often without running water. According to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), the Israeli forces fired gas canisters, stun grenades and rubber coated bullets towards them, injuring 2 of the crew. The President of the IFJ Jim Boumelha strongly criticised the attack: “The blatant disregard of the Israeli government and its forces for the rights, freedom and lives of Palestinian journalists must end now. Media freedom is being undermined, basic human rights are…more
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