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Scottish Hospitals Offer Treatment For Gazans
IMEMC – Scottish officials have declared the country ready to receive Gaza civilians who have been injured in the current Israeli military aggression on the region, according to a press release by External Affairs Minister Humza Yousaf. …
53 Killed, Over 450 Injured in Gaza Airstrikes
IMEMC – Five Palestinians have been killed on Wednesday evening, during Israel’s ongoing airstrikes on northern and southern Gaza, bringing the total number of deaths in Gaza to 53. …
Offensive Ongoing: Two Women, Two Children, And A Journalist Killed In Gaza
IMEMC – 29 Palestinians killed, Wednesday, 53 In Two Days Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinian women and two children have been killed on Wednesday evening, when Israeli soldiers fired missiles into Rafah and Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, and Jabalia, in the northern part of the coastal region. A journalist was killed in central Gaza. …
Including Many Children, Twenty-one Palestinians Killed In Gaza Strip
IMEMC – The Israeli army continued its aggression against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, killing at least twenty-one Palestinians, including children and women, and wounding dozens of residents. …
Ahrar Center Denounces Arrests of Hamas Officials In West Bank
IMEMC – The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights strongly denounced the abduction of several political Hamas leaders in the occupied West Bank, as Israel’s war on the Palestinians in Gaza escalates. …
Including Children, 24 Palestinians killed By Israeli Missiles Tuesday
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip has reported that 24 Palestinians, including children and family members, have been killed Tuesday in the ongoing Israeli war on the Palestinian people in the besieged coastal region. …
53 Palestinians killed, over 450 injured in Gaza assault
7/10/2014 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Five Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on northern and southern Gaza Wednesday evening, bringing the total death toll in Gaza to 53, medical officials said. An Israeli airstrike struck the Hamad family home in Beit Hanoun, killing Hani Saleh Hamad, 57, and Ibrahim Hamad, 20. Five members of the same family were killed late Tuesday as Israeli warplanes bombed the…. Related: Israeli airstrike kills family of 3, death toll reaches 39
Israel airstrike kills 7 in southern Gaza
7/10/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli airstrikes on the southern and central Gaza Strip killed seven people on Thursday, medics said, as an operation against militants in the territory entered its third day. The first strike hit a coffee shop in the city of Khan Yunis, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra told AFP, saying six men were killed and at least 15 other people wounded…. Related: 53 Palestinians killed, over 450 injured in Gaza assault
3 Palestinians killed in latest airstrikes on central Gaza
7/9/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The death toll on Wednesday rose to four as Israeli airstrikes on central Gaza killed three people, among them an elderly woman, a health ministry spokesman said. Ashraf al-Qidra said 60-year-old Abd al-Nasser Abu Kweik and his 31-year-old son Khaled were killed in a strike on Nuseirat refugee camp. Additionally, an airstrike hit al-Mughraqa village in central Gaza….
Israeli airstrike kills family of 3, death toll reaches 39
7/9/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — An Israeli airstrike on the al-Maghazi refugee camp killed a family of three on Wednesday, with another two children reported missing, as the death toll from Israel’s assault on Gaza reaches 39. Muhammad Khalaf al-Nawasrah, 4, toddler Nidal Khalaf al-Nawasrah, and their mother Sumud al-Nawasrah were killed when an Israeli missile hit their home in central Gaza. Two…. Related: 53 Palestinians killed, over 450 injured in Gaza assault
Israel strikes 160 targets in Gaza overnight
7/9/2014 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli warplanes pounded targets in the Gaza Strip Wednesday as a major campaign against volleys of Palestinian rocket fire entered its second day, leaving at least 28 people dead and more than 100 wounded. A strike on a home in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, claimed the lives of a commander of the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, his parents…. Related: 53 Palestinians killed, over 450 injured in Gaza assault
11 Palestinians hurt in clashes with Israeli troops near Ramallah
7/9/2014 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Some 11 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli troops near Ramallah early Wednesday, locals said. Witnesses told Ma’an dozens of Palestinians set fire to an Israeli watchtower near the entrance to the Beit El settlement before Israeli forces shot at them with live fire and rubber-coated bullets. A young man was hit by a rubber-coated bullet in the….
1 dead, 1 injured in Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza
7/9/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man was killed and another was injured by an Israeli airstrike on a motorcycle in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, bringing the death toll of Israel’s latest air offensive on Gaza to 25, an official said. Health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma’an 30-year-old Rafiq al-Kafarna was killed as Israeli warplanes targeted….
Assailants bomb, attack Gaza Strip banks
7/9/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Association of Banks in Palestine said banks are being targeted continuously in the Gaza Strip, and it condemned the attacks on banks’ branches and ATMs. Unidentified assailants bombed an ATM early Wednesday at the main branch of the Bank of Palestine, causing damage to the banks’ hall. The two guards who were at the bank at the….
Gazans bury family as Israeli bombs fall
7/9/2014 – BEIT HANOUN (AFP) — In Gaza’s stifling midday heat, grieving relatives of a family killed in an Israeli airstrike sit outside a mosque, weary from their Ramadan fast and nervously anticipating the next deadly blast. The mourners, most of them men, have come to bury six members of the Hamad family, including a teenager and two women, killed when a missile slammed into their….
Israeli troops kill Gaza fighters in new beach gunfight
7/10/2014 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli troops killed two Gaza militants in a seafront gunfight Wednesday, close to the site of an attack on a military base a day earlier, media said.”Two armed terrorists came out of the sea more or less in the same area where the incident took place 24 hours ago,” public radio said.”Army lookouts spotted them and there was a gunfight which….
Palestinian militants resume rocket fire amid airstrikes
7/9/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Palestinian militants resumed rocket fire early Wednesday as Israeli airstrikes continued, statements from factional military wings said. Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades said fighters fired two M-75 missiles at Nevatim military airport in southern Israel at 6:00 a. m. The airport is 70 kilometers (44 miles) away from Gaza City, the statement said. Four more M-75 missiles were….
Rockets reach far north Israel town Zichron Yaacov
7/9/2014 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israel’s rocket warning system alerted residents of Zichron Yaacov of an incoming projectile Wednesday afternoon, in what would be the farthest-reaching attack from Gaza since the flareup began. Zichron Yaacov, near Haifa, is 120 kilometers north of the Gaza Strip. Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that three rockets hit an area north of Tel Aviv….
3 rockets fired at Israel from Egypt, officials say
7/9/2014 – CAIRO (Ma’an) — Three grad missiles were fired at Israel from the village of al-Arja south of the Egyptian city of Rafah on Wednesday evening, Egyptian officials said. Military officials said forces at the border detected three rockets launched from Egypt towards the Kerem Shalom kibbutz near the border with Gaza and Egypt. Israeli authorities notified Egypt, who moved forces to the area. [END]
Army: 2 Gaza rockets hit near Israel nuclear reactor
7/9/2014 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Two rockets fired by Gaza militants Wednesday hit near the southern town of Dimona where Israel has a nuclear reactor, the military said on Twitter.”A few minutes ago, Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired three rockets at Dimona. Two fell in open areas; Iron Dome intercepted the other,” it said referring to the Israeli missile defense system. [END]
Israeli officials: Airstrikes will ‘exact a heavy price’
7/9/2014 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) –Airstrikes on Gaza will become more intense in the coming days, Israeli media quoted Israeli officials as saying Wednesday.” We’ll continue with strikes that will exact a very heavy price from Hamas,” Israel’s defense minister told army radio.”We will continue to hit Hamas and other terror groups in Gaza Strip from the air, sea and ground….
Netanyahu: Israel to ‘further intensify’ attacks on Gaza
7/9/2014 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to ramp up an Israeli assault on Gaza that has so far killed at least 43 Palestinians.” We have decided to further intensify the attacks on Hamas and the terror organizations in Gaza,” his office quoted him as saying after consulting defense chiefs in southern Israel.” The army is prepared for any eventuality,” he added.” Hamas….
Tutu: Israeli, Palestinian leaders behaving ‘like children’
7/10/2014 – JOHANNESBURG (AFP) — Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu has lashed out at Israeli and Palestinian leaders for behaving “like children,” seeking to blame each other for the latest bloody conflagration in the long-running conflict.” Once again, the people of Israel and Palestine are embroiled in a deadly contest of tit-for-tat violence in which there can never be victors, only losers,” the South African cleric said in….
Security Council to hold emergency talks on Israel-Hamas conflict
7/10/2014 – UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Thursday on the escalating violence between Israel and Hamas following a request by Arab envoys and UN chief Ban Ki-moon. Ban will provide the latest about the situation on the ground at the talks, which will begin at 10:00 a. m. and will be followed by closed-door consultations between the council….
Hamas dedicates missile attacks to Egyptian troops
7/9/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Hamas’ military wing the al-Qassam Brigades said Tuesday evening that they dedicated the missile attacks on Haifa, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to the Egyptian soldiers who were killed in the October 1973 war. In a statement, Hamas named the attack “Operation Ramadan the Tenth.””Launching an R160 missile at Haifa reflects a qualitative development to the capacities of resistance….
Abbas phones Egypt president for help on Gaza
7/9/2014 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – President Mahmoud Abbas telephoned Egyptian President Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday evening and asked him to intervene to save the Palestinian people from the ongoing escalation in Gaza. According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, Abbas updated al-Sisi on the “dangerous Israeli escalation.”The Egyptian president, for his part, confirmed to Abbas that “Egypt is concerned about the safety of the….
Abbas says Israel committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza
7/9/2014 – RAMALLAH (AFP) — President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday accused Israel of committing “genocide” in Gaza during its military campaign which has so far killed 43 Palestinians.”It’s genocide — the killing of entire families is genocide by Israel against our Palestinian people,” he told a crisis meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah.”What’s happening now is a….
Egypt urges end to Gaza violence, plays down mediation
7/9/2014 – CAIRO (AFP) — Egypt on Wednesday urged Israel and Hamas in Gaza to halt their escalating conflict but played down hopes of a Cairo-mediated truce. Egypt, which has a 1979 peace treaty with Israel, played a key role in mediating ceasefires in past wars between Hamas and Israel. But it has signaled a more hands-off approach in the latest conflict, which comes at a time of….
Scores killed as Israeli jets bombard Gaza
AlJazeera 9 Jul 2014 – Hundreds of bombs shake Gaza, leaving 68 dead and hundreds injured, as Palestinian fighters fire rockets into Israel.
Israel mulls charges over police teen beating
AlJazeera 9 Jul 2014 – Authorities say probe into beating of US-Palestinian supports view officer could be guilty of “severe violent crimes”.
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Israeli Offensive on Gaza Continues for the Second Consecutive Day: Houses Destroyed While Residents inside; Palestinian…
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
International Solidarity Movement
Politics in Gaza
7/9/2014 – International Solidarity Movement – Charlie Andreasson, Gaza, Occupied Palestine – I wake up after a night shattered by rocket launches, airstrikes, and flyovers, to sparrows friendly twittering, seemingly unconcerned by the drones swarming overhead. No explosions have been heard since five o’clock in the morning, almost four hours ago. The sun shines as usual, I will not have any internet access for many hours yet, and thus no….
Report from Gaza: ‘This is our country, even if it’s just a country by name’
7/9/2014 – International Solidarity Movement – Charlie Andreasson, Gaza, Occupied Palestine – The Israeli air forces’ strikes on Gaza over the past days have increased in intensity and are creeping ever closer to the center of Gaza City. Just after 2PM yesterday, four people were killed, according to initial data they belonged to Hamas’s armed wing; they were travelling in a car when the drone attacked. The targeting killing….
occupied Palestinian territory: Hostilities in Gaza and Israel: Situation Report (as of 9 July 2014, 1500 hrs)
Relief Web 9 Jul 2014 – Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: occupied Palestinian territory This report is produced by OCHA oPt in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 7 July (1800 hrs) to 9 July (1500 hrs). The…
occupied Palestinian territory: Gaza: Air strikes reported near SOS village
Relief Web 9 Jul 2014 – Source: SOS Children’s Villages International Country: occupied Palestinian territory SOS Children’s Villages CEO calls on Israel and Palestinian leaders to ensure safety of children in latest outbreak of violence over Palestinian Territories. “The eruption of violence in Israel and the…
occupied Palestinian territory: Palestine/Israel: Indiscriminate Palestinian Rocket Attacks
Relief Web 9 Jul 2014 – Source: Human Rights Watch Country: occupied Palestinian territory Israeli Airstrikes on Homes Appear to be Collective Punishment (Jerusalem, July 10, 2014) – Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel appear to be indiscriminate or targeted at civilian population centers, which are war…
occupied Palestinian territory: 10 Years since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion
Relief Web 9 Jul 2014 – Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: occupied Palestinian territory HIghlights On 9 July 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the…
Abbas accuses Israel of genocide as Gaza death toll rises
The National 9 Jul 2014 – At least 45 people, including women and children, have been killed in two days of Israeli airstrikes on Palestinian territory in response to rocket fire by Hamas.
Iran seeks out unlikely alliances to resolve Iraq cris
The National 9 Jul 2014 – Iran’s former president Hashemi Rafsanjani said in an interview published on Wednesday that Iran could ‘cooperate’ with Washington over the crisis in Iraq.
Transcript: Randa Slim on Iran’s reaction to Iraq and Syria crisis
The National 9 Jul 2014 – Listen to an audio interview with Randa Slim, a director at the Washington-based Middle East Institute, on how Iran is responding to the crisis in Iraq and Syria. * This transcript has been edited During my visit to Iran I met with some officials as well as different research centres that are affiliated with different power centres in the Iranian leadership. And all of them expressed that in the first 48 hours the Iranian leadership was surprised by the speed, efficiency, and level of organisation that was shown by the groups carrying out the attack on Mosul.
Maliki accuses Kurdish region of harbouring Islamic State militants
The National 9 Jul 2014 – The Iraqi premier’s comments came as authorities found the bodies of 53 men who had been bound and executed in a confessionally-mixed province south of Baghdad.
Asylum-seeker mothers ‘attempt suicide’ to get kids to Australia
The National 9 Jul 2014 – The claims come as Australia faces growing pressure over its immigration policies, with high court action under way over the fate of 153 Sri Lankans being held in custody on the high seas.
Indonesia’s presidential rivals both claim victory
The National 9 Jul 2014 – According to the three most reputable quick-count surveys, Joko Widodo won the presidential election with 52 per cent of the vote, but his opponent, Prabowo Subianto, said other data indicated he had won.
British tabloid apologises to Clooney over mother-in-law report
The National 9 Jul 2014 – The Daily Mail had cited unnamed ‘friends’ as saying Amal Alamuddin risked being ‘cast out of the community’ because she was not marrying a Druse man.
Indonesia election: Prabowo, ex-general with a dark past
The National 9 Jul 2014 – The growing likelihood of a presidency under Prabowo Subianto is starting to cause unease about a potential shift towards more authoritarian rule.
Indonesia election: Jokowi, meteoric rise of a political outsider
The National 9 Jul 2014 – The hands-on-approach of Joko Widodo has proved wildly popular with a public weary of corrupt, aloof politicians.
Global Talk: How is Iran reacting to Iraq and Syria crisis?
The National 9 Jul 2014 – Middle East expert Randa Slim describes the view of Iranian officials on the crisis in Iraq and Syria after a recent visit to Tehran.
Iraq says ‘terrorists’ seize chemical weapons site
The National 9 Jul 2014 – The former chemical weapons facility northwest of Baghdad is where 2,500 chemical rockets filled with the deadly nerve agent sarin or their remnants were stored along with other chemical warfare agents.
Did Israel really think Hamas would turn the other cheek?
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
The real ‘us’ versus ‘them’
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Airline apologizes for touting Auschwitz as ‘must-see’ tourist destination
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Israel opens probe against cop filmed beating Palestinian-American teen
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Court orders release of three suspect in Palestinian teen’s murder
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Abbas: Israel waging war on all Palestinians
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
No end in sight for Operation Protective Edge
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Israeli army says the killing of 8 Gazan family members was in error
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
What really happened to Bennett at the Israel Conference for Peace
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Ukrainian-born John K., investigated for Nazi crimes, dies aged 93
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Fake SMS claims Haifa chemical plant hit by rocket
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Top IAF officer: Israel struck more Hamas targets in 2 days than entire 2012 operation
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
France to ban would-be jihadists from going abroad
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
At last, U.S. challenges Israel’s discrimination against Arab Americans
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Iron Dome racks up 90% success rate so far
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Abbas convening Palestinian leaders to sign request to join ICC
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Supporters of Palestinian-American teen beaten by Israeli police seek to bring him home
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Hamas firing long-range M-302 rockets at Israel, capable of 150-km distance
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Peace would give GDP $53b boost, claims expert
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Military restraint is no sign of weakness
Ha’aretz – 8 Jul 2014
An Israeli tragedy
Ha’aretz – 8 Jul 2014
The Mossad chief’s mistake
Ha’aretz – 8 Jul 2014
How pinkwashing leaves Israel feeling squeaky clean
Ha’aretz – 8 Jul 2014
Israelis are longing for the next intifada
Ha’aretz – 8 Jul 2014
The economic case for peace in the Middle East
Ha’aretz – 8 Jul 2014
Growing frustration in Israel pushing government to further escalation
Ha’aretz – 8 Jul 2014
U.S. calls for restraint, confirms Israel’s right to defense
Ha’aretz – 8 Jul 2014
Sharp drop in Israeli Arab demonstrations
Ha’aretz – 8 Jul 2014
LIVE UPDATES: Reporter killed, eight wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza
Ha’aretz – 8 Jul 2014
Hamas is looking for a way out
Ha’aretz – 8 Jul 2014
Report: Putin praises Goebbels at meeting with Jewish leaders
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – While the Russian leader reportedly denounced Nazism and spoke out against those who would deny the Holocaust, he also said that the senior Nazi was a “talented man.”
Media comment: The mistreatment of Minister Gideon Sa’ar
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – There is a real dilemma here. On the one hand, the more business there is the lower the prices, and everyone gains.
Shielding behavior
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Disingenuous demands for artificial proportionality are nothing less than clamoring for Israel to cease protecting its citizens.
IDF strikes 80 Gaza targets in under thirty minutes
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Over 500 targets have been hit since start of Operation Protective Edge; IDF targets infrastructure sites used by Hamas’s senior commanders; army strikes infrastructure used by organizer of failed beach raid.
The moral responsibility of academia
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Violence and lack of respect for life seems to be penetrating all segments of our society and the need to fight it with all our strength is urgent.
Indictment likely for policeman who beat American-Arab teen in Jerusalem
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Officer has been suspended for a minimum of 15 days pending a special hearing at which the ministry will make decision.
Candidly speaking: There is no moral equivalence, but Netanyahu must act now
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – A society is not judged by the criminal acts of individuals, but by how the people and their leaders respond to such acts, and by whether or not universal rule of law is applied.
Dance Review: Montpellier Dance Festival
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Needless to say that the daily protests on and off stage, as well as the frequent interruptions, clouded the festive mood in Montpellier.
Schmoozing with David Mamet
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – A guest at this year’s Jerusalem Film Festival, the Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright speaks to the ‘Post’ on his love of Israel, learning Hebrew and eating pizza in Safed.
‘Israeli apartment buildings failing to maximize solar water heating potential’
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – With the growing number of high-rise condos in Israel, more and more builders are legally not including solar water heaters in their construction processes.
Hamas: We attempted to hit the nuclear reactor in Dimona
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – 3 rockets fired at Negev city which contains Israel’s nuclear reactor; 2 fall in open areas, one intercepted.
Netanyahu, Liberman divorce finalized by Knesset House Committee
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Following the political divorce, Likud will remain with 20 seats and Yisrael Beytenu with 11.
Abbas accuses Israel of ‘genocide’ in its Gaza operation
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – PA President says “this war is not against Hamas or any faction, but against the Palestinian people.”
World Jewish Congress asks diplomats to put themselves in Israel’s shoes
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – WJC President Ronald Lauder and CEO Robert Singer write letter to the national ambassadors to the United Nations.
‘IAF destroyed more targets in 36 hours than in whole of 2012 clash’
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Senior source says “not a single Hamas brigade commander has a home to go back to,” hints that some long-range rockets may be hidden under large civilian buildings in Gaza.
US Embassy in Tel Aviv closes due to rocket fire
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Embassy closes doors temporarily due to violence; instructs US citizens in Israel to be cautious, follow Home Front Command instructions.
WATCH: IDF releases dramatic footage of strikes in Gaza
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – IDF video clips show aerial and naval attacks on terror sites and Hamas training sites throughout Gaza.
Rockets in the air, push notifications in your pocket
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Android and iPhone users in Israel can download app, which sends a notification to their phone any time siren goes off.
Arab MKs removed from plenum for accusing IDF of war crimes
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – MK Ahmed Tibi(UAL-Ta’al) accuses IDF of killing innocent women and children in Gaza; MK Stern says such statements are incitement.
Netanyahu: Israel to expand Operation Protective Edge
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Following security deliberations in the South, PM says operation will continue until rocket fire on Israeli cities stops.
Police find grounds to probe Zoabi for inciting against cop
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Police officer says Zoabi was part of crowd of angry protesters that met him outside courthouse after he testified.
Voluntary organizations gear up to help people cope during Gaza operation
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – The iAPPs company develops a free iPhone application that locates the nearest safe place to be during a missile attack.
Hamas is hiding behind projectile dysfunction
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Knowing full well that the faction cannot survive a concerted Israeli effort to dismantle it, Hamas cynically encourages and orchestrates civilian deaths.
Cinefile: Great movies and exciting master-classes
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Serious fun await at the 31st Jerusalem Film Festival that runs through July 20 at the Jerusalem Cinematheque.
Politicians on Right call for escalation in Gaza
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Likud MKs call to cut off electricity and water in Gaza; lawmakers on Left say time is ripe for a peace treaty.
President Obama, my kids are running to bomb shelters in Jerusalem
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – What is more tragic? A tiny democracy who had more than one million people in bomb shelters on Tuesday night? Or the fact that the citizenry are so accustomed to running to bomb shelters that they consider it normal.
WATCH: Israeli naval vessel helps intercept Hamas commandos who stormed beach
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – Hamas terrorists commandos attempt a landing on Zikim beach across from an IDF army base near Gaza and exchanged fire with IDF forces.
Why Palestinian terrorism and Israeli counter-terrorism are not the same
Jerusalem Post 9 Jul 2014 – There has never been an authentic “cycle of violence” between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis. Never.
Israel’s missiles strike out of the blue, but rockets still rain down
The Guardian 9 Jul 2014 – Civilian victims mount as Israel’s offensive against Hamas intensifies, with children and an 80-year-old woman among dead The family of Hafez Hamad, a senior member of Islamic Jihad, were sitting on a pair of low orange…
Israeli airstrikes shake Gaza while Hamas persists with rocket attacks – video
The Guardian 9 Jul 2014 – Israeli airstrikes continue to shake Gaza on Wednesday, as militants keep up their rocket attacks into Israel. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says Israel is protecting its settlement policy, while Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu vows to…
Palestinian casualties mount as Israel intensifies Gaza offensive
The Guardian 9 Jul 2014 – Palestinian accuses Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza Netanyahu: Hamas will pay a heavy price for rocket fire Thirteen children killed in ‘Operation protective edge’ Air raid sirens sound across central Israel Israeli air force and navy…
Hamas goes to war for a ceasefire
The Guardian 9 Jul 2014 – Militant Islamists calculate they can take pain of conflict better than the Israelis, who also fear who might replace them in Gaza Writing in Yedioth Ahronoth a few days ago, the Israeli analyst Alex Fishman depicted…
Netanyahu instructs Israeli military to intensify assault on Gaza
The Guardian 9 Jul 2014 – Israeli PM authorises escalation of offensive as Palestinian death toll rises and rocket attacks from Gaza target Tel Aviv Continue reading…
Israeli airstrikes continue over Gaza – video
The Guardian 9 Jul 2014 – The Israeli army continued airstrikes across Gaza on Wednesday as part of their ‘operation protective edge’. The latest attacks follow a night of 160 airstrikes by israel. Gaza’s health ministry now puts the Palestinian death toll…
‘Israel under renewed Hamas attack’, says the BBC. More balance is needed | Owen Jones
The Guardian 9 Jul 2014 – The macabre truth is that Israeli life is deemed by the western media to be worth more than a Palestinian life this is the hierarchy of death at work “Israel under renewed Hamas attack”: this was…
Hamas fires rockets at Israel as violence continues – video
The Guardian 9 Jul 2014 – Air raid sirens ring out over Tel Aviv as Israel’s military brings down a rocket fired at the city by Hamas. Israel has launched an offensive, in which 23 people were killed on Tuesday, following a…
Videos: savage beating by Israeli police in neighborhood where murdered teen was kidnapped
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 – Two videos have emerged showing Israeli police brutally beating a Palestinian youth in the Shuafat neighborhood of eastern occupied Jerusalem.The disturbing videos appear to show the same incident from different angles.The area has been rocked by…
Summer in Palestine: An episode of escalation
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 – The discovery of the bodies of the three missing settlers on Monday June 30 north of Hebron is drawing what the Israeli army termed “Operation Brother s Keeper” to a close. Regarded by many as a…
Syria News – July 3 , 2014 (Warning: Graphic Videos)
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3 , 2014 – By the end of Thursday the Coordination Committees were able to document 20 martyrs in Syria including : 3 Women, 5 Children and 6 martyrs under torture :10 martyrs were reported in Aleppo;7 in Hama; 7 in…
Hundreds of Bangladeshi workers tortured by the Iraqr army for being Sunni
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 -Hundreds of Bangladeshi construction workers have been beaten and humiliated by soldiers in Iraq after becoming dragged into their host country s sectarian conflict, two of their colleagues said Thursday.Some had their beards shaved off by the…
Video: Todd Pierce Discusses the Lawlessness of Guantánamo s Military Commissions on “London Real
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 -I ve been meaning for some time to post a video of my friend Todd Pierce, a retired major in the US Army JAG (Judge Advocate General) Corps, being interviewed on the “London Real” show run by…
Iran Wants Someone To Run Shi ite Iraq For Them – And This Might Be The Man They ll Choose
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – Ahmad Chalabi, the controversial Iraqi exile who took millions from the CIA while forging relationships with powerful Iranian political and intelligence figures, is now in the discussion to become the replacement for current Prime Minister Nuri…
Shades Of Syria: Fears Maliki Will Follow The Assad Model In Iraq “This started under the banner of fighting terrorists but changed to attacking the city.”
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – Past the blast walls of the Green Zone in central Baghdad, in the lobby of a mostly empty hotel, Liqaa Wardi, an MP from the city of Fallujah, swiped through photos of corpses on her iPad….
In Wake of Murders, Israel Considers More Settlements and Strikes on Gaza
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 -….Well, my question is: where does this all end? We have an out-of-control Israel, which, you know, is–the scope of debate, as Lia describes it accurately, is between steal more land or bomb more Palestinians. And the…
Inside Job: Ex-Power Player Pounds Imperial Poobah
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, delivers a blistering attack on his former Bush Regime colleague Dick Cheney — and the idea of rapacious empire that Cheney serves and embodies — in language…
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (26 June – 02 July 2014)
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – Summary: Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (26 June – 02 July 2014). Shooting: During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed 4 Palestinians, and wounded…
“We will annihilate Saudi Arabia”: LUBP s interview with ISIS aka Da ish
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – We are publishing English translation of LUBP s special interview with the Islamic state in Iraq and Syria (ISIS, now renamed as IS) that has recently claimed to restore the Caliphate (Khilafa) in parts of Iraq…
Hamas denies link to murders of Israeli students
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – Palestinians and Israelis have been living in uncertainty in the past three weeks following the murders of three Israeli teen settlers and Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir. The discovery of the bodies of the three Israeli…
US Sends Special Forces to Northern Iraq Troops Setting Up Joint Operations Base in Kurdistan
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – Though the majority of US ground troops in Iraq remain in and around Baghdad, a group of special forces has been sent northward into Kurdistan to set up a second “Joint Operations Center” in Irbil. Setting…
In Heinous Crime by Israeli Settlers, Palestinian Child Kidnapped, Tortured and Killed and His Body Mutilated in Occupied Jerusalem
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest possible terms the crime of kidnapping, torturing, killing and burning a Palestinian child, Mohammed Abu Khudair, from Shu fat neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, by…
Israeli Police Falsely Report Murdered Palestinian Boy Was Gay, Flooding Social Media with Disinformation
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – Yesterday night, I noticed several Israeli Facebook users infecting my feed with false claims that Mohamed Abu Khdeir, the 16 year-old who was murdered by suspected Jewish terrorists, was killed in an honor crime because he…
Complaint submitted to the United Nations concerning the military detention of Palestinian human rights defender under Israel s repressive protest law
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR) and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Addameer) submitted a joint complaint today to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders (UNSR) concerning the…
Video : Iraq – Al-Maliki s army tortures prisoners
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – One of the al-Maliki s soldiers says while another is putting salt or lemon powder to torture the prisones (at one point he takes his knife and cuts the back of one prisoner before putting some…
Violence in the West Bank began long before the kidnappings
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – Ever since three Israeli teenagers disappeared from a settlement in the West Bank on June 12, there has been intense anxiety about the repercussions of the event. The search for Naftali Frankel, 17, Gilad Shaar, 16,…
Libyan poll sees Islamists losing
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 -It appears that non-Islamist political forces – such as the National Forces Alliance and the federalist movement – scored significant advances in the general elections that were held on 25 June in Libya while Islamists suffered a…
Israel attempting cover up over Jerusalem teen s killing, family say
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – The family of Muhammad Abu Khudair, the Palestinian teenager abducted and brutally murdered in Jerusalem early on Wednesday morning, were still waiting for Israeli authorities to return the boy s body on Thursday night. “They told…
Israel attempting cover up over Jerusalem teen s killing, family say
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – The family of Muhammad Abu Khudair, the Palestinian teenager abducted and brutally murdered in Jerusalem early on Wednesday morning, were still waiting for Israeli authorities to return the boy s body on Thursday night. “They told…
Israeli forces attack mosque in village near Salfit, detaining and beating a child
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 -At 9 o clock in the evening of July 2nd, Israeli forces invaded the small Palestinian village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, approximately 10 km northwest of Salfit in the northern half of the West Bank. They approached…
Iraq snapshot – July 3 , 2014
Uruknet 8 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – …The outrage that sparked the 2011 protests in Iraq was “the disappeared.” There were many issues at play but for a protest to last more than a few weeks, it has to have a purpose, a…
Israel must be held accountable for its collective punishment of Palestinians
Uruknet 8 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – – Palestinian organisations condemn Israeli operations in West Bank and Gaza as collective punishment. – Palestinians call for military embargo and boycott action. Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activists have are urging governments and international…
Iraq : Prominent Shia cleric supports Sunni uprising
Uruknet 8 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – Opposition Shia leader Ayatollah Mahmoud Al-Hassani Al-Sarkhi has announced his support for the uprising of the Sunni tribes in Iraq, insisting they have been “oppressed”. Al-Sarkhi, who opposes outgoing Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki as well…
Iraq: Defend the Sunni Rebellion against the Maliki Regime and US Imperialism!
Uruknet 8 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 – …lism. As a result, the US has begun a new military intervention in Iraq. In light of these developments, the central task of socialists is to defend the uprising against the attempts of the Maliki regime,…
Going beyond recruiting Palestinian Christians to the military
Uruknet 8 Jul 2014 – July 3, 2014 -It is common knowledge by this point that the Israelis have long been making a sincere effort to make the enlistment of Palestinian Arabs of various Christian denominations mandatory, especially those living within the 1948 borders. The…
Israel air strike kills six in southern Gaza: medics
Daily Star 9 Jul 2014 An Israeli air strike on the southern Gaza Strip killed six people on Thursday, medics said, as an operation against militants in the territory entered its third day.
Israel bombs media car in downtown Gaza, kills driver: medics
Daily Star 9 Jul 2014 An Israeli aircraft targeted a civilian car in the centre of Gaza City’s busiest shopping street on Wednesday night and at least one person in the car, the driver, was killed, medics said.
U.N. Security Council to meet on Israel, Palestinian hostilities
Daily Star 9 Jul 2014 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will brief the U.N. Security Council on Thursday on the escalating Israeli and Palestinian hostilities, which he described as a “troubling and volatile” situation.
Three suspects in killing of Palestinian teen to be released: media
Daily Star 9 Jul 2014 Three of the six Israelis held over the abduction and killing of a Palestinian teenager last week are to be released, Israeli media said on Wednesday.
New Gaza seaborne attack on Israel coast: media
Daily Star 9 Jul 2014 New Gaza seaborne attack on Israel coast: media
Germany ‘condemns without reservation’ rocket attacks on Israel
Daily Star 9 Jul 2014 German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday condemned rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza in a telephone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a government spokeswoman said.
Paris ‘strongly condemns aggression’ against Israel: presidency
Daily Star 9 Jul 2014 France strongly condemns aggression against Israel and stands with the Jewish state in the face of rocket attacks from Gaza, the French president told the Israeli prime minister on Wednesday in a phone call.
600 tremors hit Lebanon annually — experts
Daily Star 9 Jul 2014 Experts say Lebanon is exposed to 600 minor tremors annually, and 80% of buildings risk collapse in the event of a strong earthquake.
U.S. calls on Israel, Palestinians to de-escalate Gaza tensions
Daily Star 9 Jul 2014 The United States on Wednesday urged Israel and the Palestinians to de-escalate the Gaza tensions and expressed concern for the safety of civilians on both sides as Israeli pressed a campaign of air strikes and militants…
Refugee agency says more than 35,000 people displaced by Yemen fighting
Daily Star 9 Jul 2014 More than 35,000 people have been displaced in Yemen’s Omran province, a local government refugee agency said on Wednesday, a day after Shi’ite Muslim tribal fighters overran the provincial capital following fighting that killed more than…
Gazans bury family as Israeli bombs fall
Daily Star 9 Jul 2014 In Gaza’s stifling midday heat, grieving relatives of a family killed in an Israeli air strike sit outside a mosque, weary from their Ramadan fast and nervously anticipating the next deadly blast.
Hariri urges Arab states to end Israeli aggression
Daily Star 9 Jul 2014 Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Wednesday called on the Arab world to take quick action to stop the Israeli offensive on Gaza, adding that Israel was persistent in committing the most brutal attacks against the. Gaza…
Bassil: Brazil home to more Lebanese than Lebanon
Daily Star 9 Jul 2014 Foreign Affairs Minister Gebran Bassil Wednesday said it was his duty to visit Lebanese expatriates in Brazil because their numbers doubled the population in Lebanon.
Bahrain questions opposition leader after expelling U.S. diplomat
Daily Star 9 Jul 2014 Bahrain interrogated its top opposition leader on Wednesday after expelling a senior U.S. diplomat for meeting him, a remarkable slap at Washington from an ally that hosts the U.S. Navy’s Middle East fleet.
UN chief calls Mideast leaders, urges restraint
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Iron Dome intercepts 3 rockets over Beersheba
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Code Red sirens sound in Beersheba, Eshkol, Merhavim
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Rocket explodes in Be’er Tuvia Regional Council; 10 cows killed
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Since beginning of Israeli operation: 234 hits, 61 intercepted, 590 targets attacked
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IDF’s hesitant opening strike
YNet News, 9 Jul 2014 – Analysis: While Hamas was well prepared for conflict, Israeli army missed opportunities to hit organization’s rocket arsenal and target its commanders. ….
In current round of fighting, credibility is the name of the game
YNet News, 9 Jul 2014 – Analysis: A day after this round ends, we will have to ask ourselves how did an enemy like Hamas stop believing Israeli prime minister’s threats. ….
Interfaith leaders call for end to ‘cycle of violence’
YNet News, 9 Jul 2014 – President-elect Rivlin, Chief Rabbi Lau meet with religious figures to issue joint plea to ‘prevent further harm to innocent lives.’ ….
Shas rabbi: Jewish avengers subject to ‘din rodef’
YNet News, 9 Jul 2014 – Haredi party’s new spiritual leader says traditional Jewish law which calls for killing of a person ‘pursuing’ another person applies to murderers of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir. ….
64 US Jews make aliyah despite escalating security situation
YNet News, 9 Jul 2014 – ‘Israel is my home and at home you always feel safe,’ says 26-year-old Becky Kupchan of Chicago, who is moving straight to Beersheba. ….
History unlikely to repeat itself
YNet News, 8 Jul 2014 – Analysis: Even if Israel launches wide-scale operation in Gaza, it will be a military conflict between State of Israel and state of Gaza, rather than an intifada involving Palestinians in West Bank and Israel’s Arabs. ….
Lieberman smells elections in the air
YNet News, 8 Jul 2014 – Analysis: Foreign minister’s dramatic decision to end partnership with Likud driven by feeling that Netanyahu’s days as prime minister are numbered. ….
Veteran Diplomat Said to Be Picked as Third Envoy in Syrian Conflict
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – Staffan de Mistura, an Italian-Swedish diplomat, was chosen by the secretary general as the third envoy assigned to achieve peace, diplomats reported.
Israel and Hamas Exchange Fire
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – The conflict showed no signs of letting up, as rockets continued to fall over central Israel and the Israeli military carried out more airstrikes in Gaza.
Open Source: Iranian Reporter Faces 2 Years in Prison and 50 Lashes
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – Marzieh Rasouli was taken into custody to begin serving a two-year sentence at Evin Prison in Tehran for her work.
Israel vs. Gaza: For Now, It’s Rockets vs. Interceptors
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – In some ways, the latest battle is between the increased sophistication of rockets fired by militants in Gaza and Israel’s Iron Dome defense system.
Air Sirens Puncture Life in Affluent Tel Aviv Suburbs
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – Many residents of the Tel Aviv metropolis, long thought by other Israelis to be cocooned and disconnected, are now pushing for a decisive military blow in Gaza.
Building Blocks: Nearly 3,500 Years Old, an Egyptian Monument Gets a Laser Cleaning
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – The Obelisk, which was first erected in Egypt and was then re-erected in Central Park in 1881, has been darkened by decades of sooty accumulation.
On the Road to Samarra, Glimpses of Iraq’s New Fractured Reality
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – With the threat of Sunni militants looming, various Shiite militias have planted flags and claimed spheres of influence on the 75-mile stretch from Baghdad to Samarra.
Op-Ed Contributor: Open the Files on the Iran Coup
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – America and Britain have colluded to keep the full story of the 1953 operation secret.
In Apparent Mass Killing, Bodies Found in Region South of Baghdad
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – At least 50 bodies, blindfolded, bound and shot, were discovered in Babil Province in what may have been a new episode of sectarian violence.
World Briefing: Yemen: Houthi Rebels Seize a Northern City
New York Times 8 Jul 2014 – Shiite Muslim rebels captured Omran, one of the main cities in northern Yemen, on Tuesday, a local official and residents said, putting them on the outskirts of the capital.
World Briefing: More Charges to Come Against Libyan Over Benghazi
New York Times 8 Jul 2014 – The Justice Department said Tuesday that it intended to file additional charges against Ahmed Abu Khattala, the man being held in the 2012 attacks that killed the United States ambassador in Benghazi, Libya, and three others.
Iran Sends 3 Attack Planes to Iraqi Government
New York Times 8 Jul 2014 – Delivery of the Su-25 aircraft is the latest step Iran has taken to help Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki battle the forces of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Israel and Hamas Trade Attacks as Tension Rises
New York Times 8 Jul 2014 – Israel carried out extensive air attacks in response to heavy rocket fire and authorized a major call-up of army reserves for an extended campaign against militants in Gaza.
Video: Diane Sawyer misrepresents photo of Gazans in aftermath of Israeli bombing as Israeli victims of Palestinian missiles
Mondoweiss – ABC News | ABC Sports News I’d be hard pressed to remember a media fail as large as this. Watch the beginning of the video above. ABC World News anchor Diane Sawyer begins a segment on the Israeli attack on Gaza by showing two photos of Palestinians in the…
Eyewitness to Israeli beating of teenager Tarek Abu Khdeir: It was ‘an ambush’
Mondoweiss – Tarek Abu Khdeir with the mother of murdered Palestinian teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir. (Photo: Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Tarek Abu Khdeir, the 15-year-old Palestinian-American beat up by Israeli forces last week, was pummeled in an “ambush” away from the clashes taking place in Shuafat, according to…
Video: How to destroy your SodaStream machine
Mondoweiss – Philly BDS offers, “Recycle, Hack, Destroy”- a light video at a dark time As yet another horrific Israeli military offensive escalates in Gaza, human rights activists advocating for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) of Israel stay the course. It is not only the Israeli airstrikes on…
White House says US can’t stop ‘tsunami’ of boycott and isolation if Israel won’t end ‘occupations’
Mondoweiss – Philip Gordon, from Asbarez The press is expressing marvel/shock at a speech by Philip Gordon , a White House adviser, saying that Israel’s ongoing “occupations” and settlements are driving its international isolation and the boycott movement. “Philip Gordon blasted Israel,” says PowerLine. “[H] is oration read as…
Why is Mohammed Abu Khdeir’s death different from all other Palestinian deaths?
Mondoweiss – Lately commentators have spent time reflecting on the prominence of hate in Palestine/Israel. They write that we’re approaching the “Point of no return;” the juncture after “The window is closing” but still a ways from “What have we done?” and “How has it come to this?” Flat thinkers rue…
10 Years after the Advisory Opinion on the Wall in Occupied Palestine: Time for Concrete Action
Mondoweiss – July 9 th 2014 To: Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban ki Moon High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions This letter is joined by 86 legal experts and 32 legal networks and organizations concerned with the ongoing breaches of international law in the occupied Palestinian…
Deaths of five teenagers in the West Bank expose mainstream indifference to Palestinian life
Mondoweiss – Palestinians attend the funeral ceremony of Youssef Abu Zagha in Jenin, West Bank on July 1, 2014. (Photo: Nedal Eshtayah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) The past fortnight has seen the killings of at least five teenagers in the West Bank. The names and faces of three–Gilad Shaar, Naftali…
Understanding ‘militant’ as a cover-up for civilian deaths, and other ways international law helps clarify the Israeli attack on Gaza
Mondoweiss – Palestinians collect their belongings from damaged houses in Gaza City. (Photo: Mahmud Hams / AFP / Getty Images) At least 35 Palestinians have been killed and over 300 wounded in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the first two nights of “Operation Protective Edge.” As Israel calls up…
Israel’s war is just beginning and has never ended
Mondoweiss – This is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page . Is it time for commentary on Israel’s war that is just beginning and has never ended? Perhaps. The airwaves are full of pumped…
The Israeli culture of vengeance on full display
Mondoweiss – A soldier holding a gun. The caption reads: ‘Just mow them down!!’ (photo credit: The People of Israel Demand Vengeance/Facebook via Times of Israel ) Shock and anger have engulfed Israeli and Palestinian societies since they learnt last week of the barbarous murder of children from their…
Gaza Invasion: Day 2, 27 Palestinian Dead
Tikun Olam – This is the second day of Operation Protective Edge (“Solid Rock”). So far, 27 Palestinians have been killed by massive Israeli air strikes. Two Israelis have been injured lightly. This is the first stage of what will eventually move to a ground invasion. Don’t believe media…
5 Children in Gaza Family Killed by Israeli Strike
The Foward Breaking News 9 Jul 2014 – An Israeli air strike killed seven Palestinian civilians on Thursday, including five children, in the largest death toll from a single attack since the start of a three-day offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Click here for the rest of the…
Israeli Officer Who Beat American Teen Tariq Khdeir Is Suspended
The Foward Breaking News 9 Jul 2014 – An Israeli police officer shown in a video beating Palestinian-American teen Tariq Abu Khdeir was suspended and could be indicted. Click here for the rest of the article…
#GazaUnderAttack – Day 2
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The ancient sites targeted by high-tech guns
BBC 9 Jul 2014 – How ancient treasures in Syria are being bombed to pieces
Israel ‘to intensify Gaza attacks’
BBC 9 Jul 2014 – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to step up attacks on Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, as the conflict between the two sides escalates.
Gaza Toll Rises to 47 as Rockets Rain Deeper
The Foward Breaking News 9 Jul 2014 – Israeli air strikes shook Gaza every few minutes on Wednesday, and militants kept up rocket fire at Israel’s heartland in intensifying warfare that Palestinian officials said has killed at least 38 people in the Hamas-dominated enclave. Click here for the rest of the article…
Dancing in Jaffa: Film Screening and Discussion at Olympia Film Society
Rachel Corrie Foundation 9 Jul 2014 – Wednesday, July 9th at 6:30 PM Join the Rachel Corrie Foundation at the Olympia Film Society for a film screening and post-film discussion about Dancing in Jaffa Film Description: “Dancing in Jaffa” takes place in Jaffa, where Irish-Palestinian Pierre Dulaine was raised and then fled…
Mahmoud Abbas Calls Gaza Attack ‘Genocide’ — Moves To Join International Criminal Court
The Foward Breaking News 9 Jul 2014 – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called Israel’s expanded operation in Gaza a “genocide” — and moved ahead with plans to join the international Criminal Court. Click here for the rest of the article…
France eyes anti-terror travel ban
BBC 9 Jul 2014 – The French government proposes travels bans to stop citizens travelling to Syria and Iraq to fight alongside Islamist militants.
Syria opposition elects new leader
BBC 9 Jul 2014 – Syria’s main opposition alliance, the National Coalition, elects Hadi al-Bahra as its new president at a meeting in Turkey.
Egypt: Egypt Making Phone Calls to Protect Palestinian Civilians in Gaza
allAfrica.com 9 Jul 2014 – [Aswat Masriya]Cairo -Egypt’s presidential office said on Wednesday that Egypt is making extensive phone calls with concerned parties to protect Palestinian civilians from Israeli strikes.
Jerusalem’s Light Rail, Symbolic Unifier of Divided Holy City, Is Victim of Violence
The Forward New 9 Jul 2014 – Jerusalem’s light rail system was once seen as a unifier of Jews and Palestinians in the divided holy city. And then, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, who lived near the Shuafat stop, was murdered. Click here for the rest of the article…
Tunisia: Tunisia Condemns Israeli Military Escalation in Gaza
allAfrica.com 9 Jul 2014 – [Tunis Afrique Presse]Tunis, -Tunisia strongly condemned Israel’s military escalation in Gaza during which several Palestinian civilians were killed and others wounded.
Beaten American Teen Tariq Khdeir Takes Center Stage in Mideast Drama
The Forward New 8 Jul 2014 – For Israelis, the enduring image of the past few weeks may be the montage of the three Israeli teens murdered last month after being abducted from a hitchhiking post in the West Bank. Click here for the rest of the article…
Join RCF at Oly. Peace Vigil, Friday, July 11th 4:30-6PM
Rachel Corrie Foundation 8 Jul 2014 – The Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) invites the Olympia community to join their weekly Peace Vigil from 4:30-6PM Fridays at Percival Landing in downtown Olympia. Please come out this Friday, July 11th, and join the Rachel Corrie Foundation in a show of solidarity and support for…
Crisis in Israel/Palestine: Discussion of Recent Events
Rachel Corrie Foundation 7 Jul 2014 – Tuesday, July 15th at 7PM Traditions Cafe in Olympia The Escalating Crisis in Israel/Palestine: A Discussion of Recent Events Join the Rachel Corrie Foundation for a panel discussion about the current crisis in Israel/Palestine. With the collapse of the Peace Process, the establishment of a unity government, and…
Kerry expected to join Iran talks as deadline looms
Al-Monitor 9 Jul 2014 – US Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to join Iran final deal talks in Vienna this weekend as expectations grows that an extension may be needed.
Egypt claims to receive invite that White House says it hasn’t sent
Al-Monitor 9 Jul 2014 – President Sisi has been invited to next month’s US-Africa Leaders Summit despite concerns about Egypt’s human rights record.
Fifty bodies found south of Baghdad
BBC 9 Jul 2014 – The bullet-riddled bodies of 53 men are found south of Baghdad, as Iraq’s prime minister claims Kurdistan is becoming a haven for jihadist-led rebels.
Israel deploys dehumanizing rhetoric to justify mass assault on Palestinians
Al-Akhbar News 9 Jul 2014 – A Palestinian man stands looking at smoke rising from a building after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, on July 9, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Thomas Coex) A Palestinian man stands looking at smoke rising from a building after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, on…
The Israeli bombardment of Gaza
Al-Akhbar News 9 Jul 2014 – Forty Palestinians, at least 10 of which are children, have been killed and over 350 injured so far in a massive Israeli air and naval assault against the besieged Gaza Strip since July 8, bombing dozens of targets, including homes and markets. This current attack is…
UAE arrests three Qatari “spies”
Al-Akhbar News 9 Jul 2014 – Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have arrested three Qatari “spies,” an Emirati daily reported on Wednesday in a new sign of mounting tensions between Doha and its Gulf neighbors. The report in Al-Khaleej newspaper, which cited Emirati sources, was in response to a report in…
The victims of Gaza: A list of Palestinians killed in Israel’s ongoing assault
Al-Akhbar News 9 Jul 2014 – Relatives of Killed Palestinian Hatem Abu Salem, 28, arrive at the al-shifa hospital in Gaza City, following an Israeli air strike, on July 9, 2014. (Photo: AFP – Mahmud Hams) Relatives of Killed Palestinian Hatem Abu Salem, 28, arrive at the al-shifa hospital in Gaza City,…
How EU would lift Iran sanctions after nuclear deal
Al-Monitor 9 Jul 2014 – If a nuclear deal is reached between Iran and the P5+1, the EU will take a series of established steps to lift its autonomous sanctions currently in place against Iran.
Iraq PM accuses Kurds of providing cover for militants in Erbil
Al-Akhbar News 9 Jul 2014 – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Wednesday the Kurdish-controlled city of Erbil was becoming an operations base for the Islamic State militant group that seized swathes of northern and western Iraq last month. Maliki is under pressure as militants, led by the al-Qaeda offshoot Islamic…
Lebanese jihadis pledging allegiance to the Islamic State
Al-Akhbar News 9 Jul 2014 – A file image made available by the jihadist Twitter account al-Baraka news on June 9, 2014 allegedly shows Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants waving the trademark jihadi flag as vehicles drive on a newly cut road through the Syrian-Iraqi border between the…
Singapore says citizens fighting in Syria pose threat upon return
Al-Akhbar News 9 Jul 2014 – Singapore on Wednesday expressed concern at the risk of militant attacks posed by local and foreign jihadis returning to Southeast Asia after fighting in Syria. Interior Minister Teo Chee Hean said returning fighters have the skills to carry out terror attacks or support others planning them. “…
Syrian opposition coalition elects new leader
Al-Akhbar News 9 Jul 2014 – The main exiled Syrian opposition group on Wednesday elected Saudi-based businessman Hadi al-Bahra as its new president in a bid to end internal divisions and breathe fresh life into its flagging struggle to oust President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian National Coalition, the main exiled opposition group…
Aleppans set up money transfer offices within the city
Al-Monitor 9 Jul 2014 – The division of Aleppo has separated families and made transferring money from east to west near impossible, prompting locals to take matters into their own hands.
Bahrain interrogates opposition leaders who met with US diplomat
Al-Akhbar News 9 Jul 2014 – Bahraini police on Wednesday questioned the head of the largest Shia opposition who was summoned after a meeting with a US official later declared unwelcome in the kingdom. Cleric Ali Salman, the head of Al-Wefaq association, was summoned Tuesday along with his political assistant, ex-MP Khalil…
Remembering Ghassan Kanafani through the watch and the Volkswagen
Al-Akhbar News 9 Jul 2014 – Palestinian writer and activist, Ghassan Kanafani. (Photo: Archive) Palestinian writer and activist, Ghassan Kanafani. (Photo: Archive) Forty two years have passed since the martyrdom of the writer and militant Ghassan Kanafani by the Mossad in Beirut. But the author of Men in the Sun transcends time…
Fallujah key to defeating Islamic State
Al-Monitor 9 Jul 2014 – The residents of Fallujah are not pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi but could be a part of the resistance to IS.
Hamas surprises Israel
Al-Monitor 9 Jul 2014 – Western analysts misjudged the actions of a desperate Hamas, which considers honor and face-saving above all, launching an attack against Israel when it has nothing to lose.
Lebanon: The summer when everything went wrong
Al-Monitor 9 Jul 2014 – Political, constitutional, livelihood and weather problems are happening simultaneously in Lebanon.
Iraq confirms chemical site seized
BBC 9 Jul 2014 – Rebels control a disused factory with deadly nerve agents, Iraq’s government confirms, warning it cannot fulfil commitments to destroy the weapons.
Aoun: Let Lebanese people vote for president
Al-Monitor 9 Jul 2014 – Lebanese parliament member Michel Aoun has proposed changing the way the president is elected from a parliamentary to a popular vote, a move that would increase popular representation and “reinforce democracy.”
Jordan government may shift policy toward Brotherhood
Al-Monitor 9 Jul 2014 – Having considered the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood a moderate party, the Jordanian government may be starting to view the group negatively amid regional changes.
Chief of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization clarifies nuclear needs
Al-Monitor 9 Jul 2014 – The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, has explained the country’s nuclear needs after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s comments created confusion in the media.
Women, children killed in Gaza as death toll rises
Al-Monitor 9 Jul 2014 – Israeli strikes on Gaza have targeted residential homes, killing numerous women and children.
Hamas readies for Israeli ground offensive with tunnels, traps
Al-Monitor 9 Jul 2014 – Hamas has developed a sophisticated network of tunnels in the Gaza Strip in the event of an Israeli ground invasion.
VIDEO: US-Iraqi refugees reflect on sectarian crisis
BBC 8 Jul 2014 – Iraqi refugees in US reflect on crisis at home
Georgian roots of Isis commander
BBC 8 Jul 2014 – The unusual past of a feared Isis commander
Can Isis jihadists rule seized territory?
BBC 8 Jul 2014 – Can Isis-led Sunni rebels rule the lands they have seized?
Articles
A View from Gaza: We Hug the Children as the Bombs Fall
Mona El-Farra, Middle East Children’s Alliance, RINF.com 7/9/2014
GAZA – Written Between 3 am and 4 am early Wednesday morning, July 9, 2014.
I do not know what is going on and I can hear successive bombing. I am thinking of all the people I know tonight, especially my colleagues at the hospitals who are working under severe pressure and lacking basic medical supplies. Stay strong.
I heard they bombed the area around the European hospital east of Khan Younis in Southern Gaza… Then the hospital was directly targeted. The hospital wall was damaged at 1 am due to the strong shelling. Then shelling continued with approximately 30 airstrikes.Israeli forces killed six children when a missile struck a residential building in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (Photo: Defense of Children International-Palestine)
Israeli forces killed six children when a missile struck a residential building in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (Photo: Defense of Children International-Palestine)
When civilians took refuge at the hospital, they targeted it again.
The roof of the intensive care unit was damaged and the windows were blown out. Now at around 3 am, six patients inside the intensive care unit and 20 children inside the pediatric ward have had to be evacuated.
At the hospital, two injuries were reported, including one nurse.
I do not have any comment… I leave it to you to comment. For me, this is nothing new. This is normal behavior of the Israeli army. — See also: MECA: Gaza Under Attack: Day 2 more.. e-mail
Palestinian children killed in Gaza strikes
Mohammed Omer, Middle East Children’s Alliance 7/8/2014
Rafah, Gaza Strip – Umm Fadi, the mother of three daughters and a son, is trying the best she can to comfort her children. But her nine-year-old, Raghd, is in tears all night, as Israeli airstrikes continue to hit the besieged Gaza Strip.
“It’s hard to explain politics to children – they hear from other neighbourhood children that it’s Israel bombing Gaza again, but still I can’t give them an answer as to why,” Umm Fadi, who lives in Tal al-Sultan with her husband and children, told Al Jazeera.
The Gaza Health Ministry estimates that 32 Palestinians have been killed and more than 230 others injured in several hundred Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since Israel’s latest military offensive began. An additional 64 Palestinian houses have been completely destroyed.
“I am afraid myself, and my children come to hide in my bedroom. How can I possibly show them that I am not afraid?” Umm Fadi said, explaining that she doesn’t leave her home, not even to run daily errands, for fear of being injured or killed.
According to Defence for Children International Palestine, at least eight Palestinian children have been killed in Israeli bombings, and dozens of others have been wounded. Six children were killed in a single air strike alone, the group reported, when an Israeli bomb landed on the home of Odeh Ahmad Mohammad Kaware, an alleged Hamas activist, in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
“Yesterday, in order to destroy a house which is not a military target, six children died,” said Eyad Abu Eqtaish, DCI Palestine’s accountability programme director. “It’s the role of the international community to apply pressure on Israel to meet its obligations under the Geneva Conventions.” more.. e-mail
Gaza hospitals struggle to treat wounded
Fares Akram, Middle East Children’s Alliance 7/8/2014
“The medical services are in a very critical situation that we have never reached during the [Egyptian-Israeli] siege,” Qedra said, adding that the ministry is running “extremely short” on items like gloves, urine catheters, and other medical equipment.
Gaza City – Dr. Ayman al-Sahbani rushed to attend to eight people, including two children, in the emergency ward of Al-Shifa hospital. With most suffering from shrapnel wounds, the injured came to Gaza’s primary and largest hospital after an Israeli air strike hit eastern Gaza City.
“Thank [God] their injuries are minor,” Sahbani, the head of the hospital’s emergency services, told Al Jazeera.
As Israel continues to pound Gaza with air strikes – carrying out 50 bombings overnight and more throughout the day on Tuesday – Sahbani expressed concern about the capacity of the territory’s hospitals to attend to the many injured.
As of early evening on Tuesday, at least 12 Palestinians had been killed in the Israeli bombardment. More than 80 others were wounded, according to a Gaza health ministry spokesperson, including more than 25 that had serious injuries.
All 12 beds in the hospital’s intensive care unit were occupied on Tuesday. “Most of those people here have medical referrals and were supposed to be receiving treatment at outside hospitals,” Sahbani said. “Now, we can’t get them out, and we can’t find a space for new patients if the airstrikes intensify.”
He added that the closure of smuggling tunnels between Gaza and Egypt – the main lifeline through which medical supplies were brought into Gaza during Israel’s last major offensive in November 2012 – and the closure of the Rafah border crossing have exacerbated the problem. more.. e-mail
Israel’s impunity culture: War crimes, intimidation and oppression
Brad Parker, Al Jazeera 7/7/2014
Palestinian children continue to suffer high levels of violence and intimidation from Israeli forces.
Fakher Zayed, a 47-year-old Palestinian man from the occupied West Bank city of Beitunia, lives just down the road from Israel’s Ofer military prison, an area where demonstrations by Palestinians are common. On May 15, as Palestinian youth and Israeli forces clashed in front of his home, he witnessed Israeli forces shoot and kill two Palestinian teens with live ammunition. The fatal shootings were also captured by his security cameras attached to the building.
Upon its release, the security camera footage depicting the killings of Nadeem Nawarah, 17, and Mohammad Abu Daher, 16, went viral, prompting the Obama administration to call on Israeli officials to “conduct a prompt and transparent investigation”. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights declared the killings may amount to “extrajudicial executions” o
r “willful killings” under international law, and Human Rights Watch recently found that the killings constitute an apparent war crime.
Despite these allegations of war crimes, as well as widespread criticism of the Israeli military’s use of excessive force against civilians, Israeli authorities have yet to commit to a serious and transparent investigation. Instead, a month after the fatal shootings, the authorities have directed their efforts toward discrediting the victims’ families and intimidating eyewitnesses.
Intimidation and arbitrary detention
On June 17 at 4:20 pm, around 20 heavily-armed Israeli soldiers arrived outside Fakher’s home in four military jeeps. Instead of questioning Fakher as an eyewitness or investigating the fatal shootings, the soldiers took his ID card, forced him into a jeep and brought him to Ofer military prison where he was placed in a room and surrounded by several Israeli army officers…. more.. e-mail
honouring the dead, advocating for the living
In Gaza: 9 Jul 2014 – “Smoke and fire rise from an Israeli missle strike in Rafah, Tuesday, July 8, 2014.” (AP/Eyad Baba)” The sheer genocidal power of these bombs being criminally dropped on Palestinian homes and hospitals is horrific. “Strategic strikes” my ass. The Zionists continue to bomb all over Gaza. I’m not there, my heart is and I wish I were…but there are some great Palestinian and international journalists, activists and bloggers keeping the info and photos coming out of Gaza. First, the list of the martyred, as of earlier today. Surely and sadly it will be longer by now. The murdered are 53 now, according to Ma’an News , but at time of publishing the number was 41. Relatives of Killed Palestinian Hatem Abu Salem, 28, arrive at the al-shifa hospital in Gaza City, following an Israeli air strike, on July 9, 2014. (Photo: AFP – Mahmud Hams) Al Akhbar reported : The Gaza…more
Cultures of Hate: Israelis, Not Palestinians, Excel at Vengeance
Palestine Chronicle: 9 Jul 2014 – By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Shock and anger have engulfed Israeli and Palestinian societies since they learnt last week of the barbarous murder of children from their communities. Hours after three Israeli teenagers’ bodies were located, long after their abduction, a Palestinian youth, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, was kidnapped, beaten and burnt to death, apparently as revenge. These horrifying events should serve as a lesson in the obscene futility of vengeance. As a relative of one of the murdered children observed: “There is no difference between blood and blood.” Sadly, that was not the message implicit in much of last week’s coverage. On social media, a juxtaposition of pictures from the same day’s New York Times showed how easy it is to forget not only that our blood is the same but that grief is too. A headline about Israelis’ “heartbreak” was illustrated movingly by the families of the three Israeli…more
Cultures of Hate
Dissident Voice: 9 Jul 2014 – Shock and anger have engulfed Israeli and Palestinian societies since they learnt last week of the barbarous murder of children from their communities. Hours after three Israeli teenagers’ bodies were located, long after their abduction, a Palestinian youth, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, was kidnapped, beaten and burnt to death, apparently as revenge. These horrifying events should serve as a lesson in the obscene futility of vengeance. As a relative of one of the murdered children observed: “There is no difference between blood and blood.” Sadly, that was not the message implicit in much of last week’s coverage. On social media, a juxtaposition of pictures from the same day’s New York Times showed how easy it is to forget not only that our blood is the same but that grief is too. A headline about Israelis’ “heartbreak” was illustrated movingly by the families of the three Israeli teenagers huddled together, overwhelmed by…more
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