11 July 2014 — VTJP
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Gaza Mother Dies Shielding Her Children
IMEMC – Tuesday night, Suha Hamad, 25 years old, sacrificed her own life to save those of her four children. …
UNRWA, World Health Organization Address Gaza Crisis
IMEMC – DLC issues letter to free world parliamentarians The director of UNRWA Operations in Gaza, Robert Turner, decalred Thursday that the people of Gaza are again suffering due to Israeli bombardment. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Palestinian Ministry of Health are calling on local and international donors to support the Ministry in coping with the crisis. The Palestinian Deputy Legislative Council has issued a formal statement, as well, to free world parliamentarians everywhere. …
Erekat Urges International Action
IMEMC – Death toll rises in Gaza, amidst international protest Palestinian chief negotiator http://imemc.org/newswire?search_text=saeb+erekat&button=Search+%3E%3E urged the international community, Thursday, to uphold its role in forcing Israel to end its aggression against the Palestinian people, as agreed upon in November of 2012. A number of countries, including Malaysia, have issued statements in regard. …
Ban Ki-moon Addresses Security Council, Appeals for Ceasefire
IMEMC – Hamdallah calls on Council in obliging Israel to cease genocide Addressing the UN Security Council, Ban Ki-moon appealed, on Thursday, for a ceasefire between Israelis and Palestinians. He additionally called on the aid of the international community in halting the escalating violence in the Gaza Strip. …
VIDEO: Death Toll in Gaza Rises as Israeli Operation Continues
IMEMC – In the course of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip that has been ongoing for the third consecutive day, Israeli warplanes and gunboats launched intensive attacks throughout the Gaza Strip, targeting houses, civilian facilities, as well as training sites of armed groups and its members. …
Egypt Opens Rafah Crossing
IMEMC – Egyptian authorities have opened http://imemc.org/newswire?search_text=rafah%20crossing&results_offset=14, early this morning, to allow hundreds of injured Palestinians to receive medical treatment after Israel’s latest string of assaults on the Gaza Strip. …
Abu Khdeir’s Killers Released From Jail
IMEMC – Hebrew newspaper M’areev reported, on Wednesday, that Israeli police have released the three settlers accused of torturing and burning to death Palestinian teen Muhammad Abu Khdeir. …
Thursday morning Israeli airstrikes kill 19, including 3 children; death toll 77 since Tuesday
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources have reported that Israeli airstrikes Thursday morning killed 19 Palestinians, including three children, 77 Palestinians have been killed (at least 20 of whom are children) in ongoing offensive, and more than 541 injured. …
Israel claims 117 shells fired by Palestinian resistance since Tuesday; no injuries reported
IMEMC – In contrast to the Israeli attack on Gaza, which escalated on Tuesday and has resulted in 79 Palestinians killed and over 500 injured, including entire families wiped out while sleeping in their homes; the Israeli government has claimed that Palestinian fighters fired 117 shells toward Israel in the same time period, causing no deaths or injuries. …
UN Security Council to Hold Emergency Meeting
IMEMC – As Israeli airstrikes on southern and central Gaza continue Thursday for the third straight day, killing 79 people so far, the UN Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting on the escalating violence. …
Israeli airstrikes kill dozens in Gaza
7/10/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli airstrikes across the besieged Gaza Strip killed over 30 Palestinians overnight Wednesday and Thursday, including a family of eight. The latest Palestinian to die, Abdullah Abu Majrouq, from al-Qassam Brigades, was killed in airstrike on his motorbike in Deir al-Balah. An eight-year-old was killed in an airstrike in al-Hakar area in Deir al-Balah. The boy, Abdul Rahman Khattab, was….
Gaza mother dies shielding children from Israeli attack
7/10/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Suha Hamad, 25, scarified herself to save the lives of her four children. All the children survived but one of them, a toddler, is in the ICU. Suha took her last breath saving their lives; when the power went out at 11 p. m. Tuesday night Suha took three of her children to sleep the night in the room. She….
Israel airstrikes kill 14 in Gaza on third day of campaign
7/10/2014 – GAZA CITY (AFP) — Israeli airstrikes on the southern and central Gaza Strip killed 14 people on Thursday including seven women and children, medics said, on the third day of a widening military operation. The first strike hit a coffee shop in the city of Khan Younis, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said, adding that six men were killed and at least 15 other people wounded….
Gaza municipality facilities destroyed by airstrikes
7/10/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Gaza City municipality was completely destroyed after Israeli airstrikes hit nearby areas, the general director of the Health and Environment department said. Abd al-Rahim Abu al-Qumboz said that Israeli airstrikes targeted a building “wall-to-wall” with the municipality which caused parts of the municipality building to collapse. The main butchery building in the city, which provides meat for the whole….
World Cup fans killed as Israel raid hits Gaza cafe
7/10/2014 – KHAN YOUNIS (AFP) — It was supposed to be an evening of entertainment in Gaza, watching the World Cup semi-final at a cafe, a welcome break from 48 hours of Israeli air strikes. But the evening was cut brutally short when an Israeli raid flattened the Fun Time Beach cafe in the southern Gaza Strip in the early hours of Thursday, killing nine people and wounding….
Israel launches strike on house of Ibrahim Abu al-Najja in Khan Younis
7/10/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Israeli air force launched an airstrike on the house of Ibrahim Abu al-Najja in Khan Younis on Thursday, medics said. There were no immediate reports of injury or damage. [END]
In photos: Israel’s military assault on Gaza
7/10/2014 – Israel launched military action in the Gaza Strip late Monday. Over 81 Palestinians have been killed in airstrikes and at least 500 injured since the assault began. The Israeli military has hit 750 sites in just over 48 hours, the largest military operation in Gaza since November 2012. Palestinians inspect damages following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on July 10, 2014. (AFP/Mohammed….
50 rockets fired toward Beersheva
7/10/2014 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Over 50 rockets were fired toward Beersheva from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Israeli security officials said. There were no immediate reports of injury. [END]
Israel army: Gaza rocket intercepted over Tel Aviv
7/10/2014 – JERUSALEM (AFP) — A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip was intercepted over the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on Thursday morning, the military said, revising the number down from two. In the Gaza Strip, the armed wing of the Hamas movement claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had fired two “M75” rockets at Tel Aviv. [END]
Rockets, naval commandos boost Hamas arsenal
7/10/2014 – LONDON (AFP) — Rockets capable of hitting deeper into Israel than ever before and naval commandos launching a beachhead assault show that Hamas has increased its capabilities with help from Iran and Syria, analysts said Wednesday. The last Israeli offensive against Gaza was meant to have degraded the Palestinian militant group’s capabilities but less than two years later, Hamas is firing new longer-range projectiles….
Rockets from Gaza land in Jerusalem area, Israel says 2 intercepted
7/10/2014 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the Jerusalem area on Thursday afternoon, causing no injuries or damage, the army said. It said the Iron Dome missile defense system shot down two rockets. Hamas said its forces fired four M75 missiles toward Jerusalem. [END]
Conflicting reports on Ashdod injury
7/10/2014 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli media reported Thursday that a rocket attack on Ashdod critically injured one man. However, police have denied the reports. [END]
Southern Israel residents steel against mounting violence
7/10/2014 – SDEROT, Israel (AFP) — As rockets from nearby Gaza rain down on southern Israel, the residents of Sderot are hoping the spiralling confrontation with Hamas will be the last, even if the Palestinian enclave has to be reoccupied. In this town close to the Gaza border, living under the ever-present threat of rocket fire has become all too familiar, with sirens announcing incoming missiles several times….
Egypt opens Rafah for injured Palestinians
7/11/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip early Thursday to allow hundreds of Palestinians injured during the ongoing Israeli offensive to receive medical treatment. A spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Interior in Gaza, Iyad al-Buzm, told Ma’an that the Egyptian side notified the ministry that the crossing would be open at 9 a. m….
Qatar donates $5 million to help buy medicines for Gaza hospitals
7/10/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Qatar donated on Thursday $5 million to help provide Gaza hospitals with emergency retirements such as medicines, medical equipment and fuel for power generators. The donation was announced by Muhammad al-Ummadi, who chairs a Qatari committee for the reconstruction of Gaza Strip. Al-Ummadi, who is also deputy chairperson of the Qatari Foreign Ministry’s project department, said the donation….
UN chief appeals for Gaza ceasefire at Security Council
7/10/2014 – UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — UN chief Ban Ki-moon appealed Thursday for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants, calling on the international community to do everything to halt escalating violence in Gaza.”It is now more urgent than ever to try to find common ground for a return to calm and a ceasefire understanding,” he told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in New….
PM: Israel-Turkey ties will not normalise unless Gaza assault stops
7/10/2014 – ANKARA (AFP) — Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday ties with Israel would not return to normal unless it ceased its deadly offensive on the Gaza Strip.”You will first stop this oppression. If not, it is not possible to realise normalization between Turkey and Israel,” Erdogan said in the central Anatolian city of Yozgat after a dinner breaking the daily Ramadan….
Obama tells Netanyahu of concern Gaza fighting could escalate
7/10/2014 – WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President Barack Obama on Thursday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he was worried fierce fighting with Hamas in Gaza could escalate, and offered US help to broker a ceasefire. Obama spoke to the Israeli leader after warplanes pounded the Palestinian enclave but did not stop militants firing rockets at cities inside Israel, and as global concern over rising Palestinian casualties mounted….
Palestinian ministry of health ships medicines to Gaza
7/10/2014 – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – The Palestinian ministry of health on Thursday shipped eight truckloads of medicines and medical requirements to the ministry’s stores in the Gaza Strip to help hospitals and medical centers in the coastal enclave cope with the ongoing Israeli military offensive. Five more truckloads have been prepared to be shipped Friday. A spokesman of the ministry in the West Bank….
Analysis: Egypt takes back seat as Israel pounds Gaza militants
7/11/2014 – CAIRO (AFP) — Having crushed the Muslim Brotherhood, Cairo’s new government has taken a back seat as Israel pounds Hamas, the Egyptian movement’s Islamist allies across the border in Gaza, analysts said. Egypt, which has a peace treaty with Israel, brokered a 2012 truce between it and Hamas that favoured the militants, the Palestinian branch of now ousted president Mohamed Morsi’….
Pro-Gaza demonstration in Paris
7/10/2014 – PARIS (Ma’an) – Dozens of supporters of the Palestinian people rallied in Saint-Michel neighborhood in the center of Paris Wednesday protesting the ongoing Israeli airstrikes against the Gaza Strip. The demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and posters slamming the Israeli attacks on unarmed Palestinian civilians and urging for international boycott to Israel. They also chanted slogans denouncing the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the ongoing….
Palestinian man found dead south of Hebron
7/10/2014 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — A young Palestinian man was found dead near al-Dhahiriya south of Hebron on Thursday, Palestinian police said. The man, who had no identification on him, was found dead in an open area. Police and medics have examined the body and an investigation has been opened. [END]
Palestinian killed on motorbike in Deir al-Balah
7/10/2014 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Abdullah Abu Majrouq from the al-Qassam Brigades, was killed Thursday in airstrike on his motorbike in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, a Ma’an correspondent reported. [END]
French FM Fabius in Vienna Sunday for Iran talks
7/10/2014 – PARIS (AFP) — French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will travel to Vienna on Sunday to assess the state of talks between world powers and Iran over curbs on the Islamic republic’s nuclear program, a diplomatic source in Paris said. Fabius and officials in the P5+1 group comprising the United States, Russia, Britain, France, Germany and China will “evaluate the situation” in the talks….
Report: Turkey passes bill to revive Kurdish peace talks
7/10/2014 – ANKARA (AFP) — Turkey’s parliament adopted a bill on Thursday to revive peace talks with Kurdish rebels in a government move to attract votes from the minority in an August presidential vote, state-run television reported. The reforms proposed by the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan would grant immunity to key actors involved in peace talks with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), TRT said. [END]
Toll mounts as Israel steps up Gaza air raids
AlJazeera 10 Jul 2014 – Eight members of Palestinian family, including five children, among 88 dead so far, with no casualties on Israeli side.
Rafah crossing provides hope to exit Gaza
AlJazeera 10 Jul 2014 – Palestinians try to escape Israeli shelling, but exit is limited to the severely wounded and Egyptian passport holders.
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Israeli forces engaged in punitive destruction of homes in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
International Solidarity Movement
Gaza report: Death and destruction
7/11/2014 – International Solidarity Movement – Charlie Andreasson, Gaza, Occupied Palestine – We managed to get a lift in an armoured Land Rover belonging to French journalists, and at crazy speed we went through intersections with only the cat horn as protection. The goal was Jabalya refugee camp and the latest targeting killing using a drone. Ambulances left the site shortly after we arrived, and the fire brigade were just about to….
Israeli forces engaged in punitive destruction of homes in the Gaza Strip
7/10/2014 – International Solidarity Movement – Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Occupied Palestine – The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is strongly concerned by Israel’s conduct of its offensive on the Gaza Strip, and in particular by the widespread punitive targeting of homes belonging to members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. In recent days, the Israeli air force has conducted two phase targeting of fighters’ homes whereby a….
Journal from Gaza: Ghost town
7/10/2014 – International Solidarity Movement – Charlie Andreasson, Gaza, Occupied Palestine – The entrance to the harbour was yesterday blocked for cars and other vehicles, but it was no problem to enter by foot. No one tried to stop me; there was no one there to stop me. The sentry box, where the police are always calling me by name and trying to invite me in for a coffee and a chat….
occupied Palestinian territory: Our Humanitarian Mission Is Still Here
Relief Web 10 Jul 2014 – Source: Magen David Adom in Israel Country: occupied Palestinian territory At the beginning of the second week of July 2014, the number of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel has increased significantly, and the lives of millions of…
occupied Palestinian territory: Israel / Occupied Territory: Civilians and medical workers pay price of conflict
Relief Web 10 Jul 2014 – Source: International Committee of the Red Cross Country: occupied Palestinian territory Geneva / Tel Aviv (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls on all sides to protect civilians and medical workers caught in the midst of the…
occupied Palestinian territory: Fear and loathing in Israel, Palestine
Relief Web 10 Jul 2014 – Source: IRIN Country: occupied Palestinian territory JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV/GAZA CITY, 10 July 2014 (IRIN) – With dozens killed in Israeli air raids on Gaza and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warning that the situation is “on a knife-edge”, relations between Palestinians and…
occupied Palestinian territory: IOF Intensify Attacks on Civilians Targets in Gaza
Relief Web 10 Jul 2014 – Source: Al Mezan Center for Human Rights Country: occupied Palestinian territory 76 Killed and 381 Injured, International Community Must Intervene to Protect Civilians in the Gaza Strip The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) has intensified its military attacks on the Gaza…
occupied Palestinian territory: President announces US $ 25 million urgent aid for Palestinians in Gaza Strip
Relief Web 10 Jul 2014 – Source: Emirates News Agency Country: occupied Palestinian territory, United Arab Emirates ABU DHABI, 10th July, 2014 (WAM) — Under the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and of His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed…
occupied Palestinian territory: Statement by director of UNRWA operations in Gaza, Robert Turner on the unfolding situation in the Strip
Relief Web 10 Jul 2014 – Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Country: occupied Palestinian territory Gaza Again the people of Gaza are suffering. The focus of the cameras will be on the dramatic footage created by massive airstrikes…
Cash-strapped Yemen launches austerity drive
The National 10 Jul 2014 – Government’s oil revenues, the main source of income, has dropped 40 per cent due to militant attacks on facilities and pipelines.
Amid the rubble and body parts, Gazans helpless beneath Israeli onslaught
The National 10 Jul 2014 – ‘There were body parts everywhere, Mr Al Halaby said in front of the mangled beams and shattered cinder blocks that used to be his neighbour’s house. Eight members of the Hajj family, including six children, were killed.
Gaza bloodshed spirals as world powers plead for truce
The National 10 Jul 2014 – Israel appears bent on dealing a fatal blow to Hamas, with the Israeli prime minister Netanyahu reportedly saying talk of a ceasefire was ‘not even on the agenda’.
Muslim bloc urges UN to halt Gaza bloodshed
The National 10 Jul 2014 – The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation said it was forming a ministerial team to lobby the Security Council and international community ‘to halt the Israeli aggression’.
In pictures: death toll climbs as Israel continues to pummel Gaza
The National 10 Jul 2014 – In what some Palestinians have described as the bloodiest massacre in three days of airstrikes, residents of Gaza mourn the loss of loved ones as the Israeli army continues to pound the strip for the third day in a row.
Indians balk at $33 million statue in new budget
The National 10 Jul 2014 – The plans for a 182-metre-tall replica of the Indian independence leader Vallabhbhai Patel has caused an outcry
Modi offers ‘hope for the poor and downtrodden’ in India budget
The National 10 Jul 2014 – Prime minister Narendra Modi campaigned on promises of economic reforms, bold cuts in subsidies and welfare, and the easing of foreign investment rules – but his government’s first budget carried only faint hints of that economic ideology.
Syria war toll tops 170,000, one-third civilians: rights group
The National 10 Jul 2014 – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented 171,509 deaths since the first casualty of the Syrian revolution was registered on March 18, 2011.
Iraq’s Kurds declare boycott of cabinet meetings
The National 10 Jul 2014 – The worsening political discord comes three days before a crucial planned parliamentary session to form a new government.
Cultural offensive: on an English road trip with Syria’s artists, activists and exiles
The National 10 Jul 2014 – For a week in June, Syrian writers and artists toured England, giving readings and workshops to promote Syria Speaks: Art and Culture From the Frontline, a book reflecting the country’s new revolutionary culture.
US spied on Muslim-American leaders: report
The National 10 Jul 2014 – The report appearing in the online news site The Intercept said the surveillance was authorised by a secret intelligence court under procedures intended to locate spies and terrorist suspects.
Malaysia lawmaker apologises for World Cup Hitler gaffe
The National 10 Jul 2014 – Bung Mokhtar Radin congratulated Germany on Wednesday by posting on Twitter, “Well done… Bravo… Long Live Hitler”, drawing sharp criticism from the prime minister.
No sign of let-up as Israel pounds Gaza on day 3
The National 10 Jul 2014 – The violence has emptied the streets from Gaza City to Tel Aviv, as both Israelis and Palestinians take shelter indoors for fear of being caught in the open when the next rocket or missile hits.
Video: ‘This isn’t theater. This is a problem’ -Obama on migrants
The National 10 Jul 2014 – US President Obama urged Congress to pass his request for $3.7 billion in funds to address influx of migrant children from Central America crossing the US border.
Business in Brief
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Israeli business displays fortitude as Gaza operation marks second day
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Lapid must stand up for peace
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Israel’s years of calm are over
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
African asylum seekers helpless against Gazan rockets
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
The little-known poet behind beloved Israeli songs
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Lacking a Gaza exit strategy, Israel risks being dragged harshly in
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Day 2 of Operation Protective Edge: A summary
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Taxi driver charged with murder of Afula teen
Ha’aretz – 9 Jul 2014
Rocket fragments hit Rehovot community center
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Debris narrowly misses lifeguard and child; lifeguard says he will keep working shifts during Operation Protective Edge.
Obama speaks with Netanyahu, offering to broker ceasefire with Hamas
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – US President reaffirms Israel’s right to defend itself against attacks; Congress prepares resolution supporting Israel, condemning Hamas “unprovoked” actions; State Department points finger at Hamas as perpetrator of crisis.
False alarm in Eilat sends police scrambling over feared ‘security incident’
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Road leading to Taba Crossing with Egypt closed; hotels in area told to keep their guests inside.
Doubt cast on Iran nuclear talks as Kerry plans ‘next steps’
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Kerry will hold rare one-on-one meeting with Iran’s FM to test “willingness to commit to credible and verifiable steps”; plans to brief Obama on options if talks fail.
A moment of reflection on sanity
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – With hurt in my heart and hope in the future, I ask, nay beg, that parents clarify that lashing out will not bring us the lasting peace we aspire to.
Know Comment: Apologies overdue and overdone
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Unfortunately, the most important, required apologies have not been forthcoming at all.
Netanyahu says more ‘stages’ to come in Gaza operation
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – At the end of Operation Protective Edge’s third day, PM states campaign to continue, expand; premier gives no indication of when, whether IDF will send ground troops in to Gaza Strip.
For African migrants in Tel Aviv, confusion and apathy about the rockets
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Like their Israeli neighbors, few migrants seek bomb shelters during rocket attacks.
We’re not gonna take it
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – This is war – and for every Israeli, no matter his political viewpoint, it’s time to band together and send the message that we’re not going to take it anymore.
Parshat Pinhas: When Moshe doesn’t know
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – How will land be divided among the various tribes which make up the nation?
The current conflict between Israel and Hamas shatters myths
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – The current warfare between Hamas and Israel shatters several myths that have been accepted as gospel by many in the international community and the media.
The POSTman Knocks Twice: Crazed – but not stupid
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Hamas is crazed with the idea that Islam will sweep us away, but its leaders are not stupid.
Barrage of rocket fire from Gaza targets Jerusalem, Tel Aviv area, Dimona; 2 soldiers hurt
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – On Day 3 of Operation Protective Edge, dozens of rockets from Gaza fired at cities across Israel; Iron Dome shoots down dozens.
Watch your words
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Leaders should carefully consider their words as well as actions, especially during times of conflict.
Abbas: Israel to launch a ground operation in Gaza in the coming hours
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Palestinian Authority president says that Egyptian efforts to end the violence have failed; calls on the two sides to agree to an unconditional truce.
Elkin to Shin Bet: Find out which MK leaked intel from defense c’tee meeting
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Spokesman for Elkin says MK is concerned because leaking sensitive information from committee, whose meetings are classified, harms national security.
Israel will not support a cease-fire; Palestinian ambassador accuses Israel of war crimes
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – At UN Security Council meeting on Gaza hostilities, Secretary General Ban calls Hamas “irresponsible,” calls for halt to rocket fire.
NGOs provide assistance to people with disabilities during rocket fire
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – As barrage of rockets continue to rain down on major Israeli cities, people with disabilities face increasingly difficult reality.
WATCH: IDF targets Gaza militants responsible for rocket attacks
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Three Gazan terrorists killed in IAF pinpointed hit; the home of a senior Hamas official is targeted by IAF.
First Beduin agricultural cooperative in the world launches in Israel
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – The shepherds have joined the cooperative with the goal of lowering their collective costs and increasing their profits.
Proposed US bill would offer $5 million for info on teens’ killers
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Legislation seeks to establish reward under State Department program allowing for monetary reward for info leading to arrest of anyone who acts against US persons.
MKs meeting with Netanyahu punctuated with air raid siren
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – PM says Protective Edge to be limited operation, but no ceasefire talks at the moment; MKs across political spectrum visit rocket-plagued south.
Israeli students take mathematics matriculation exam under rocket fire
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Students in communities within 40 km radius of Gaza take test only in protected areas of educational institutions.
ANC comparison of Israel to Nazis riles South African Jews
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Such statements, the Jewish communal bodies assert, have “dishonored the standing of the party of Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela.”
Study: Protective Edge could cost NIS 8.5 billion
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Finance Ministry reports NIS 15 million in rocket damages; study assumes that operation will be similar to 2009’s Operation Cast Lead.
IDF asks Palestinians living near Gaza border to vacate homes
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Move comes after the IDF called up 40,000 reserves to replace conscripts in the West Bank, and began building up a ground offensive force on the Gazan border.
Cast Lead Operation study shows premature delivery and cesareans more common during conflict
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – The prevalence of premature births was twice as high during Cast Lead as during quieter periods.
Israeli hospitals continue to treat sick Gazans despite missile attacks
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – On the one hand, they are in Israel and see what Gaza terrorists have done, and at the same team they see how their own population is being hurt.
Frontlines Podcast: Analyzing the prospects of war
Jerusalem Post 10 Jul 2014 – Military reporter Yaakov Lappin and columnist and back-channel negotiator Gershon Baskin provide expert analysis on Operation Protective Edge.
Gaza cannot afford another all-out war, says Ban Ki-moon
The Guardian 10 Jul 2014 – UN chief urges restraint from both Israel and Hamas and tells security council that region is ‘on a knife-edge’ Follow the latest developments in our live blog The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, issued a call…
Palestinian death toll rises as Israel escalates aerial assault on Gaza
The Guardian 10 Jul 2014 – Hospital officials say 81 people have been killed in three days of airstrikes, with no Israeli casualties reported Israel dramatically escalated the scope of its aerial assault in Gaza on Thursday, hitting hundreds of Hamas targets…
Gaza air strikes are a necessary show of force for Israel | Michael Herzog
The Guardian 10 Jul 2014 – Hamas, bankrupt and friendless, hopes to use violence to win support. Israel cannot do otherwise than act It may sound like the refrain of a sad, familiar song. But, faced with Hamas and other armed groups…
Egypt opens border with Gaza to allow airstrike casualties in for medical care
The Guardian 10 Jul 2014 – Officials in Egypt stress they are providing humanitarian assistance to Palestinians and helping to end Gaza conflict Egypt says it has opened its border crossing with Gaza to allow the most critical casualties of Israeli airstrikes…
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem targeted as militants intensify rocket attacks
The Guardian 10 Jul 2014 – Israelis wake to explosions and air raid sirens, as the Iron Dome defence intercepts rockets fired from Gaza Tel Aviv and Jerusalem were both targeted by rocket fire on Thursday as Palestinian militants launched their most…
Buildings blaze as Gaza under fire by Israel for third day video
The Guardian 10 Jul 2014 – Israel continues its attack on Gaza on Thursday morning, with buildings on fire after having been shelled. Gaza’s health ministry claims that 75 people have been killed and 535 more injured during three days of military…
Palestinians say death toll over 70 as Israel pounds Gaza with air raids
The Guardian 10 Jul 2014 – Family loses eight members and cafe full of football fans watching World Cup hit as IDF strikes 300 targets in one night The death toll in Gaza continued to rise on Thursday as Israel’s strikes against…
Gaza crisis: Obama says US willing to broker ceasefire as death toll mounts
The Guardian 10 Jul 2014 – Obama tells Netanyahu that US willing to negotiate ceasefire Death toll from Israeli assault on Gaza hits 90, ministry says 22 children among dead, ministry says UN security council meets, declines to issue statement Rocket fire…
The world must intervene to restrain the Israeli army | Mustafa Barghouti
The Guardian 10 Jul 2014 – Behind the fresh conflict in Gaza is the same old problem a occupation which makes peace impossible for both Israelis and Palestinians The world watches but does nothing as yet another crisis unfolds. The tragedy of…
Israeli offensive in Gaza continues with at least 14 killed
The Guardian 10 Jul 2014 – Palestinians say up to eight members of a single family, including children, among the dead as air strikes enter third day Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 14 people as they continued…
Israeli legal centre abandons lawsuit against Sydney academic
The Guardian 9 Jul 2014 – Lawyers for Jake Lynch said an agreement had been reached that a racial discrimination lawsuit should be dismissed An Israeli legal centre has abandoned landmark legal action against a Sydney academic, Jake Lynch, over his support…
Iraq Inherits Israeli Practices via US Occupation
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – June 5, 2014 – …The Israeli racist policy is based on emptying the cities of Palestinians, and re-drawing the map of Palestine accordingly. It uses all means to expel population including recurring raids, searches and mass arrests. The Israeli regime…
Not the Iraq I remembered
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – June 5, 2014 – …Having stated the obvious, no one should however indulge too far on blaming the “outsider” for the problems of the Arab World. For many of the Arab leaders and political parties continue to exploit and feed…
Syria News – July 4 , 2014 (Warning: Graphic Videos)
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – July 4 , 2014 – By the end of Friday, LCC has documented 32 martyrs including 3 women, 4 children and 6 martyrs under torture. 10 martyrs were reported in Idlib, 7 in Damascus and its suburbs, 5 in Hama, 5…
Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to border with Iraq – al-Arabiya TV
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 – Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television said Saudi Arabia had deployed 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq on Thursday after Iraqi forces abandoned the area, but Baghdad denied pulling forces back and said it remained in full control…
Video: Iraqi forces were asked to withdraw from Saudi, Syria borders
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – Al Arabiya s sister News Channel Al Hadath showed on Wednesday an exclusive recorded video of an officer who said he was asked alongside with other border guards to withdraw from the country s borders with Saudi Arabia and Syria…
Locals: Settlers try to kidnap 7-year-old in Beit Hanina
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 — Israeli settlers attempted to kidnap a seven-year-old Palestinian child in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina overnight Thursday, locals said.Witnesses told Ma an that four settlers from Pisgat Zeev tried to kidnap Muhammad Ali al-Kiswani while…
Baghdad : Al-Malikis army executed a civilian in cold blood after being arrested at one of the checkpoints
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Collective Punishment and Israeli State Terror
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 – When someone commits a violent crime against another person, the perpetrator should be held accountable. Not the perpetrator s family or roommates, not those of the same race or nationality, not those with similar political views,…
Video: Israeli Settlements Explained
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 – In the Occupied West Bank, half a million Israelis live in over a hundred settlements built on Palestinian land. The government of Israel says it has a right to build these settlements; the rest of the…
Syria Protests July 4, 2014 : A Video Roundup
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 –
The Ghosts of Colonial Powers The Haunting of Iraq and Palestine
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 – After almost a century, the seeds of the on-going death, destruction and violence in the Middle East that began during WWI can be directly traced to two historic documents that continue to provide the foundation for…
Andy Worthington s Interview about Guantánamo and Torture for Columbia University s Rule of Law Oral History Project
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – July 4 , 2014 – On Independence Day in the US, I d like to direct readers to a wonderful resource, The Rule of Law Oral History Project, undertaken by the Columbia Center for Oral History at Columbia University Library in…
Fanning the Flames of Hate: Israeli Officials in Their Own Words (10 Examples)
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 -On Wednesday, the body of a Palestinian teen was found in a wooded area of the city after he was forced into a car by unknown assailants near his home earlier in the day. He is widely…
Justifying Occupation Understanding Israel s Actions
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 – It is essential that US citizens understand that this conflict should not continue to be viewed as a symmetrical one anymore. When they do not hear about it, there are vicious violations of international law against…
Gitmo detainees demand same religious rights as Hobby Lobby
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 -Two hunger-striking Guantánamo Bay detainees have asked a US court to count them as persons with religious free exercise rights, in the wake of a new Supreme Court decision extending those rights to US craft store chain…
Ministry: 640 Palestinians detained during arrest campaign
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 – Over 640 Palestinians have been detained during an arrest campaign launched by Israel following the disappearance of three Israeli youths on June 12, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this week.The figures include 59 prisoners…
The Beginning of the End of Palestinian Security Coordination with Israel?
Uruknet 10 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 – While Mahmoud Abbas s infamous speech at the conference of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation has sparked widespread condemnation and outrage among Palestinians, it has also provoked renewed questioning of the increasingly suspicious role of the…
Israeli cabinet makes move to strengthen hold on Jerusalem
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – The Israeli Cabinet approved an $87 million (NIS 300 million) plan for enhanced Israeli security, economic development, infrastructure and education in East Jerusalem. The plan s stated purpose is to thwart “any possibility that the city would be divided as…
IDF Appoints New Commander of Shayetet 13, Commando Unit Responsible for Mavi Marmara Massacre
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 – Israel, the land of smoke and mirrors, named a new commander for its elite Shayetet 13 naval commando unit eight months ago. Shayetet 13 is the equivalent of SEAL Team 6, which assassinated Osama bin Laden….
US-Iran Colonialism: The Empire of Evil Goes Public
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 – …US president Barack Obama mockingly said on the CBS morning show: “When you get dentists farmers and folks who have never fought before going up against a ruthless opposition in Assad… the notion that they were…
Who are the Real Barbarians? Another Liberation of Iraq!
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 – It goes without saying that very little space has been available in the media, whether Arabic or international, for Iraqi voices that challenge the dominant rhetoric about the situation in Iraq.Under the dark shadow of US “…
The brutality of occupation
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – July 4, 2014 -Set up to investigate alleged human rights abuses of Iraqis by British troops in the aftermath of a firefight in 2004 and costing over £22 million, the al-Sweady public inquiry is set to report in the autumn….
Jerusalem “angry and determined” after Palestinian teen s brutal murder
Uruknet 9 Jul 2014 – June 4, 2014 – This week on The Electronic Intifada podcast: Weeks of raids, invasions, attacks and killings by Israeli forces and Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank: we ll speak with an eyewitness to recent violence in Jerusalem…
Obama tells Netanyahu of concern Gaza fighting could escalate
Daily Star 10 Jul 2014 US President Barack Obama on Thursday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call he was concerned fierce fighting with Hamas in Gaza could escalate, and said all sides should protect civilians.
Kerry arrives in Afghanistan to meet candidates
Daily Star 10 Jul 2014 Secretary of State John Kerry is making a quick stop in Afghanistan to help resolve an election crisis sowing chaos in a country that the U.S. has spent hundreds of billions of dollars and lost more…
Foreign ministers invited to Iran talks Sunday: EU
Daily Star 10 Jul 2014 Foreign ministers from world powers have been invited to Vienna on Sunday to evaluate nuclear talks underway with Iran, a spokesman for lead negotiator Catherine Ashton said Thursday.
France’s Hollande says escalation in Israel-Gaza conflict must end
Daily Star 10 Jul 2014 French President Francois Hollande is concerned by the worsening crisis in Israel and Gaza, his office said on Thursday, calling for the escalation in violence to end and both sides to guarantee the safety of civilians.
UN chief says de Mistura to be new Syria mediator
Daily Star 10 Jul 2014 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed veteran U.N. official Staffan de Mistura, a former U.N. special envoy to Afghanistan and Iraq, on Thursday to replace Lakhdar Brahimi as the international mediator seeking an end to Syria’s civil…
UN official tours Hermel, Arsal
Daily Star 10 Jul 2014 U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Ross Mountain toured Hermel and the border town of Arsal Thursday, reviewing the conditions of displaced Syrians and Lebanese host communities in northeast Lebanon.
Foreign ministers to join troubled Iran nuke talks
Daily Star 10 Jul 2014 Big-power foreign ministers are joining Iran nuclear talks on a diplomatic rescue mission. But even their muscle is seen as unlikely to bridge differences on Tehran’s atomic activities in time to meet the July 20 target…
US military leaders backed Bergdahl prisoner swap
Daily Star 10 Jul 2014 The top U.S. military leaders unanimously supported the Obama administration’s exchange of five Taliban leaders for an Army sergeant held prisoner in Afghanistan for five years.
Islamic militants on offensive against Kurds
Daily Star 10 Jul 2014 Islamic militants using weapons they recently seized in neighboring Iraq intensified an offensive against Kurdish areas in northern Syria as they fight to expand the territory under their control, activists said Thursday.
Hezbollah condemns Israeli offensive, slams Arab silence
Daily Star 10 Jul 2014 Hezbollah condemns the Israeli attacks on Gaza, and the subsequent Arab and international silence, hailing the decision to confront these attacks with an armed struggle.
Code red siren sounds in Communities near Gaza border
YNet News, 10 Jul 2014 – ….
Code red siren sounds in Ashkelon area
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No signs of infiltration in Eilat
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Obama to Netanyahu: US willing to mediate Israel-Hamas truce
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Why Israel needs to go into Gaza
YNet News, 10 Jul 2014 – Analysis: Sending in ground troops will facilitate the hunt for and disposal of hidden rocket launchers, but the soldiers need clear objectives from the political leadership. ….
Obama tells Netanyahu that US willing to negotiate cease-fire between Israel, Hamas.
YNet News, 10 Jul 2014 – ….
Hamas is fighting, but Israel is winning
YNet News, 10 Jul 2014 – Op-ed: Islamic organization wanted blood, but mostly succeeded in disrupting Israelis’ daily routine. ….
French president pledges to try to make Jews feel safer
YNet News, 10 Jul 2014 – In meeting with Francois Hollande, European Jewish Congress leader Moshe Kantor calls for laws to make link between security and tolerance, saying no minority can feel secure in intolerant environment. ….
Netanyahu’s Gaza dilemma
YNet News, 10 Jul 2014 – Analysis: Prime minister utilized restraint to the fullest although he knew this carries a political price and could even have electoral consequences. ….
The Middle Eastern paradox: If you want peace, prepare for war
YNet News, 10 Jul 2014 – Analysis: Israel made a strategic mistake by informing Hamas that it does not wish to hit it too hard. In Middle Eastern language, such a statement serves as an insurance policy for Hamas. ….
WHO Appeals for Urgent Funds to Prevent Collapse of Health Services in Palestine
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
ECCP Calls for Ashton to Hold Israel into Account for its Breaches of International Law
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Premier Calls UN Security Council to Oblige Israel to Cease Genocide against Gaza
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Malaysian Foreign Ministry Condemns Israeli Aggression on Gaza
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
PCBS: Estimated Population of Palestine at mid 2014 about 4.55 Million
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Pro-Palestinian Rallies across Spain Protest Israeli Aggression on Gaza
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Erekat Urges International Action against Israel’s Aggression against Palestinians
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Director of UNRWA Operations in Gaza: People of Gaza are Suffering Again
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Warplanes Target Car, Kill Three in Gaza, Raising Death Toll to 81
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Israel’s Aggression Targets National Unity, says PLO
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Breaks through in New York as Israel Escalates Attacks on Palestinians
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Ki-moon: “Gaza is on a Knife’s Edge”
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
18 Palestinians Arrested from West Bank Areas
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Palestinian Shot and Injured in Clashes in Bethlehem Village
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Journalists Syndicate Condemn Israeli Targeting and Killing of Journalist in Gaza
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Three Injury, Dozens of Suffocation Cases during Clashes in Hebron District
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Death Toll Rises to 78, over 530 Injury Cases, as Israel’s Aggression on Gaza Continues
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Japan Condemns Escalation of Violence Between Gaza and Israel
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Several Injuries, Suffocation Cases in Confrontations North of Bethlehem
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Egypt Calls for International Community to Act against Israel’s Aggression on Gaza
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Ministry Warns against Israeli Attempts to Depict Abu Khdeir’s Murderers as Mentally Ill
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Jordan Calls on Israel to Stop its Aggression on Gaza Immediately
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Dozens of Suffocation Cases, One Serious Injury during Clashes in Hebron District
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Erekat: Israel’s Offensive on Gaza an ‘All-Out’ War on National Reconciliation
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Prime Minister Stresses Government Aid for Gaza Strip
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Death Toll hits 36, 300 Injuries in Israel’s Airstrike on Gaza
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Israeli Airstrike Main Drinking Water Lines and Sewage Station West of Gaza
WAFA – 10 Jul 2014
Gaza Deaths Spike in Third Day of Israel Air Assaults
New York Times 10 Jul 2014 – At least 78 Palestinians were said to have died as of Thursday, while rocket attacks from Gaza reached new areas in Israel.
Missile at Beachside Gaza Cafe Finds Patrons Poised for World Cup
New York Times 10 Jul 2014 – At least eight people were killed by the missile, apparently targeting what Israel’s military later described as a single terrorist.
U.S. Penalizes Lebanese Firm It Calls Front for Hezbollah
New York Times 10 Jul 2014 – The Obama administration said the company, Stars Group Holding, was used to buy equipment for surveillance drones flown over Syria and Israel.
Kurdish Leader Calls for Iraqi Premier to Resign
New York Times 10 Jul 2014 – Following criticism from the prime minister, the Kurdish regional government said its ministers would boycott cabinet meetings and demanded an apology.
Ganzeer Takes Protest Art Beyond Egypt
New York Times 10 Jul 2014 – The Egyptian muralist Ganzeer, a star of the movement that ousted Hosni Mubarak in 2011, has been finding fresh targets as leadership in his country repeatedly changes hands.
‘Low-Grade’ Nuclear Material Is Seized by Rebels in Iraq, U.N. Says
New York Times 10 Jul 2014 – The International Atomic Energy Agency says the material, taken by Sunni insurgents, does not present a significant security threat.
U.S. Counterterrorism Chief to Step Down
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – Matthew G. Olsen has been director of the National Counterterrorism Center as threats from Al Qaeda shifted from Pakistan to Syria, Iraq and Yemen.
World Briefing: Counterterrorism Chief Stepping Down
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – Matthew G. Olsen, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, is resigning after three years.
Egypt Silent as Neighbors Wage Battles
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – Egyptians appear to be barely lifting a finger as the Gaza death toll mounts, leaving the Palestinians and the Israelis without a go-between.
France Aims to Curb Potential Jihadis From Leaving Country
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – Officials fear the threat posed by Western proponents of Islamic terrorism returning from training or combat in Syria.
Obama Administration Defends Israeli Airstrikes but Cautions Against Ground War
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – In a telephone call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would try to help Israel fulfill its goal of stopping Hamas’s rocket fire without a ground assault.
Israeli Leader Vows to Intensify Gaza Attacks on Hamas
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – Despite the pledge by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to press on, the Gaza death toll and increased international alarm suggested that his options were limited.
Iraqi Premier Blames Kurds for Advances by Militants
New York Times 9 Jul 2014 – Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki appeared to be attacking the Kurdish leadership for its insistence on retaining the ground Kurds took in northern Iraq after the fall of Mosul to Sunni militants.
The roots of the rising violence in Gaza and Israel
Jewish Voice for Peace – Rebecca Vilkomerson, Jewish Voice for Peace executive director on the occupation and rising death toll July 9, 2014 The last several days have been devastating. The weeks leading up to it have been horrifying. We have watched with sadness and anger as the deaths of children…
Obama raises big bucks at home of man who said president and Netanyahu are on ‘the same page’
Mondoweiss – Marc Stanley Ever wonder why the White House has so much trouble saying a critical word about Israel? Well last night, President Obama spoke at a private Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraising dinner in North Dallas– minimum contribution $10,000 a head. The president began: Well, to…
Terrifying tweets of pre-Army Israeli teens
Mondoweiss – [ View the story “Terrifying Tweets of Pre-Army Israeli Teens” on Storify ]
Relentless bombing on Gaza continues: Israel kills media worker, 9 people watching World Cup on beach
Mondoweiss – A Palestinian girl stands in a destroyed building following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City on July 08, 2014. (Photo: AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) As the Israeli military’s “Operation Protective Edge” entered its third day, the death toll in Gaza continued to mount….
U.S. neoconservatives also share blame for Central America child refugee crisis
Mondoweiss – Robert Kagan, from the Hertog Program Israel/Palestine and Iraq are not the only places in the world where American neoconservatives have contributed to death and destruction. I have just been to the southernmost border of the United States, to learn more about the flood of refugee…
State Dep’t says Israel has a right to defend itself, but can’t say the same of Palestinians
Mondoweiss – People are passing around a disturbing exchange at the State Department Tuesday (first spotted by Megan Iorio at Just Foreign Policy ) in which the State Department spokesman emphasized Israel’s right to defend itself from rocket attacks from Gaza but was then incapable of saying that Palestinians…
Ben Gurion detention guard tells humanitarian worker she is being deported for ‘trying to change Israel and make it free of racism’
Mondoweiss – I arrived at Ben Gurion Airport’s passport control shortly after midnight. At the passport control counter a white paper was put into my passport and I was told to go to a room on the right hand side of the hall, escorted by a security officer….
Gaza War: Day 3, 50 Palestinians Dead, 9 Children
Tikun Olam – 1956 Gaza War: military information flyer On the third day of Operation Punching Bag (aka Protective Edge), Israel has stacked up 50 Palestinian corpses like cordwood. Nine of them are children and almost none are militants (one senior Hamas leader was killed on the first day)….
US ‘ready’ to broker Gaza ceasefire
BBC 10 Jul 2014 – The US is ready to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, President Barack Obama says, amid continued fighting.
Gaza Toll Rises to 78 as Israel Masses for Possible Invasion
The Foward Breaking News 10 Jul 2014 – At least 78 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel’s Gaza offensive, Palestinian officials said on Thursday as militants in the enclave kept up rocket attacks on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities. Click here for the rest of the article…
Egyptian statue sells for £16m
BBC 10 Jul 2014 – A 4,000-year-old Egyptian statue is sold for nearly £16m at Christie’s of London, amid calls from the country’s ambassador for it to be handed back to Egypt.
ZOA Condemns Revenge Killing of Palestinian — at Last
The Foward Breaking News 10 Jul 2014 – The Zionist Organization of America has issued a statement condemning the murder of Arab teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir. Click here for the rest of the article…
Yo app warns of missile strikes
BBC 10 Jul 2014 – A missile notification app called Red Alert is using unlikely hit app Yo to alert Israeli citizens of incoming missile strikes.
Hamas Finds Itself in War It Didn’t Want — and Cannot Escape
The Foward Breaking News 10 Jul 2014 – The latest mini-war between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas began with the Gaza-based militants eager to strike a blow, but the escalation that followed has left them physically and diplomatically exposed, with no ready way out. Click here for the rest of the article…
Israel Group Drops Suit Against Pro-Boycott Professor in Australia
The Foward Breaking News 10 Jul 2014 – An Israeli legal group abandoned its racial discrimination case against an academic in Sydney over his support for the boycott of Israel. Click here for the rest of the article…
Kurds vow to boycott Iraq cabinet
BBC 10 Jul 2014 – Kurdish leaders say they will boycott meetings of the central Iraqi government after PM Nouri al-Maliki accused Kurds of harbouring extremists.
American Vacationers Wake Up in Israel War Zone
The Forward New 10 Jul 2014 – They came to Israel on vacation and suddenly found themselves in the midst of a war. American tourists were trying to keep their nerve — even as the bomb sirens blared. Click here for the rest of the article…
Israeli and Palestinian Roommates Find Common Ground — Far From Home
The Forward New 10 Jul 2014 – The mounting crisis in Israel caught two young interns — an Israeli and a Palestinian — far from home. Guess what? They were able to see how the other side views the conflict. Click here for the rest of the article…
Tunisia election computers hacked
BBC 10 Jul 2014 – Hackers briefly disrupt online voter registration for elections in Tunisia later this year, the election commission says.
Congress flexes muscles ahead of Iran deal
Al-Monitor 10 Jul 2014 – Lawmakers are making their demands clear as the July 20 deadline for a nuclear agreement approaches
What weapons are being used in the Israel-Gaza conflict
BBC 10 Jul 2014 – What are the weapons which are being used in the Israel-Gaza fighting?
US show “Tyrant”‘s novel plot to vilify Arabs
Al-Akhbar Blogs 10 Jul 2014 – Our earliest intimate interaction with the foreign characters in Tyrant comes in the form of an aggressive sexual assault where we quickly learn that Bassam’s older brother Jamal is a sexual predator and philanderer in a scene featuring the first close encounter with an Arab woman….
The Islamic State: from Baghdadi the founder to Baghdadi the “caliph”
Al-Akhbar Politics 10 Jul 2014 – An image grab taken from a video uploaded on Youtube on June 17, 2014, allegedly shows militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) parading with their group’s flag in the northern city of Baiji in the in Salaheddin province. (Photo: AFP/Youtube) An…
American company buys Israel’s Neebula Systems for $100 M
Al-Monitor 10 Jul 2014 – An Israeli company specializing in cloud-based computing solutions has been acquired by a US company to serve as the company’s research and development hub in Israel.
ISIS poses serious threat to Lebanon
Al-Akhbar Opinion 10 Jul 2014 – An image made available by Jihadist media outlet al-Itisam Media on June 29, 2014, allegedly shows members of the IS (Islamic state) including military leader and Georgian native, Abu Omar al-Shishani (Tarkhan Batirashvili) (C-L) and ISIL sheikh Abu Mohammed al-Adnani (C-R), whose picture was blurred from…
Iraq rebels ‘seize nuclear material’
BBC 10 Jul 2014 – Iraq warns the UN that Sunni militants have seized nuclear materials used for scientific research at a university in Mosul.
Pinning down the one-man ‘Haterazzi’
BBC 10 Jul 2014 – Tracking down Tunisia’s one-man “haterazzi” at the World Cup
Barzani blames Maliki for partition war in Iraq
Al-Monitor 10 Jul 2014 – President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani said Iran should not interfere in Iraqi affairs, especially concerning the independence issue of the Kurdistan Region.
Media circus causes panic in Israel
Al-Monitor 10 Jul 2014 – News anchors, security experts and Knesset members are all raising the panic level through the media over the rocket fire, enjoying the attention they are receiving during the “disaster marathon.”
AUDIO: Iraqi mortuaries ‘struggling to cope’
BBC 10 Jul 2014 – Jeremy Bowen visits Baghdad’s main morgue, hearing how it is unable to cope as the city’s death toll rises.
Economic cooperation between Egypt and Ethiopia on the rise
Al-Monitor 10 Jul 2014 – In light of the expected visit of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Ethiopia, the Egyptian-Ethiopian committee is working on resuming dialogue on the Renaissance Dam issue.
Syrian opposition coalition elects new president in win for Jarba
Al-Monitor 10 Jul 2014 – The Syrian National Coalition has elected Hadi al-Bahra as its new president, but former head Ahmad Jarba will maintain influence.
US and Iran security cooperation could help save Iraq
Al-Monitor 10 Jul 2014 – Tehran and Washington must act together to manage the crisis in Iraq before the volatile divide between Shiites and Sunnis becomes an all-out sectarian war and destabilizes the region.
Barzani: Iraqi Kurds keeping their options open
Al-Monitor 10 Jul 2014 – In an interview with Al-Monitor, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani speaks about the current crisis and doesn’t rule out the right to self-determination if unification efforts fail.
Iran considers move toward parliamentary system
Al-Monitor 10 Jul 2014 – An Iranian parliamentarian has said that a plan to turn Iran into a parliamentary system will be introduced this fall, despite real hurdles.
Israel levels Gaza farms in search of tunnels
Al-Monitor 10 Jul 2014 – Israeli airstrikes on seemingly empty tracts are often agricultural lands vital to Gaza’s food production.
Abbas’ lack of action on Gaza war infuriates Hamas
Al-Monitor 10 Jul 2014 – Hamas officials have scolded President Mahmoud Abbas for attending a peace conference in Tel Aviv during Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Palestinians need unified strategy of resistance
Al-Monitor 10 Jul 2014 – The Palestinian political leadership should declare Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah’s cabinet the the government of the State of Palestine to render national unity and resistance effective.
VIDEO: Iran and Iraq: A long history in 90 seconds
BBC 9 Jul 2014 – Iraq and Iran’s differences unravelled – in 90 seconds
Articles
Israel’s Operation Stone Age
David Hearst, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) 7/10/2014
Summer Rains, Autumn Clouds, Hot Winter, Cast Lead, Returning Echo, Pillar of Defence and now Protective Edge. The names of Israel’s assaults on Gaza are a fantasy, an exercise in make believe. They buy Israel neither peace nor deterrence.
They are however extremely effective. They are effective at raising yet another generation of Palestinians committed to Israel’s destruction. In this particular case, and at this particular time, nothing but a full scale assault on Gaza could more effectively kill off the idea in the Palestinian mind – regardless of where it resides – that Israelis are prepared to live alongside them peacefully in a separate state.
This is the solution to which liberal zionists are wedded, because it is the only one which guarantees the survival of a Jewish majority within its 1948 borders. And yet it is precisely this fading solution that Israel’s military might is now proceeding to bury in the rubble of its bombardments. A better name for the current offensive would be Operation Stone Age. The stones referred to are those of another intifada.
Khaled Meshaal, Hamas’ leader should be listened to when he said on Wednesday that it will not be long before you will not be able to find a Palestinian who dares talk about a state based on the 67 borders. I am guessing, because I have not asked him, but the writer of the following blog which appeared on Tuesday, would probably agree.
“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….more.. e-mail
Israel’s dominant media narrative
Rachel Shabi, Al Jazeera 7/6/2014
In reporting the current clashes, why does Western media never begin with Palestinian pain?
Here we are again: staring at a series of terrible events in Israel and the Palestinian territories. A 16-year-old Palestinian, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, was kidnapped, stabbed and then burned alive. We don’t know for sure, but Israeli police report a likely “nationalistic” motive – meaning that his killers were Jewish Israelis.
This murder comes after the bodies of three kidnapped Israeli teenagers were found in the occupied West Bank last week, after an 18-day search. That military search for Eyal Ifrach, Gilad Shaer and Naftali Frankel, during which six Palestinians were killed and hundreds more detained without charge, was described by Amnesty International as “collective punishment”.
Meanwhile, the news that the Israeli teenagers had been shot dead – evidence of which was obscured for weeks while Israelis united in the campaign to “Bring back our Boys” – unleashed a rising clamour for vengeance.
A Facebook page called “the people of Israel demand revenge” rapidly drew 35,000 likes; hundreds of Israelis, looking like a lynch mob from the old American south, ran the streets of Jerusalem chanting “Death to Arabs” and seeking out Palestinians to attack, using Arab accents to help identity their targets; Palestinians were verbally and physically attacked on streets and on buses; an attempted kidnapping of another Palestinian child was reported in East Jerusalem, close to where Abu Khdeir was later snatched.
Vengeful climate
But the ugly truth is that this bone-chillingly vengeful climate – which the families of the killed Israeli teens came out of mourning to oppose – can be no surprise…. more.. e-mail
Israel’s No-State Outcome
Clayton Swisher, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) 7/10/2014
As the latest bombs rain down on Gaza, one has to wonder where the American foreign policy Establishment will see Israel in a few years time, especially as it gives unqualified financial and military support come what may. As an American journalist based in Doha, I frequently travel to Israel, the occupied Palestinian territories, and most the regional countries. From my vantage, the “no state” outcome is just around the corner.
Judging by most of the trends, Israel has already become a “Green Zone.” Can anyone who landed at Ben Gurion Airport or crossed the Allenby Bridge or egressed the separation Wall divide really claim otherwise? But this too is a fleeting stage. The most probable evolution is what can be figuratively called “Combat Outpost Israel.” And even this characterization will be a momentary one. Just as most combat outposts are either abandoned following a war or overrun in conflict, given present circumstances I believe the same fate awaits what is today called the Israeli state.
Violent chaos and aspiring Caliphates, however viable, are springing up throughout the region. Sunni Arab fighters vie over land rendered ungovernable by ousted tyrants and their puppet replacements. Some bear names like ISIS or Jabhat al-Nusra, while the alphabet soup of Al Qaeda franchises (AQIM, AQAP, Al Shabaab) grab most the headlines. There is additionally a vast majority of Sunni and Shiites alienated by their own political leadership, longing for a better way. It is true that, for the time being, they are focused on killing each other over their own deeply embedded religious differences. The US and Israel seem contented to let them have their go, perhaps believing it will divert or exhaust them.
While these Arab revolts have begun in their local areas, the necessary first step is to achieve freedom or independence. But along the way, they are upending or will topple those Western-hailed “moderates” who have perpetuated alliances in the region that are viewed as unjust, especially with Israel…. more.. e-mail
Arafat case may prove another huge judicial blow for Israel
Nabila Ramdani, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) 7/7/2014
As Israel tries to cope with the fallout from the sadistic murder of a young Palestinian, there is an allegedly unlawful killing threatening to cause it even greater problems. France has effectively re-opened the investigation into the 2004 death of Yasser Arafat, arguably the most internationally
famous Palestinian of the last few decades, and a Nobel Prize winning peace maker.
When asked in public if they had wanted Arafat killed, powerful Israelis nowadays insist they did not. They concede that the late president of the Palestinian Authority was an ‘obstacle’ to peace on their own terms but, even in the notoriously violent arena of Middle East realpolitik, murders are not considered a sensible strategy. They invariably lead to more violence, as the Intifada threatened by the lethal burning of Mohammed Abu Khdeir shows. The 17-year-old from East Jerusalem was first kidnapped as part of a suspected revenge attack for the killings of three Israeli youths by unknown criminals.
The State of Israel pays huge amounts of money to public relations experts, but knows that its international image is currently being torn to pieces by the Khdeir atrocity. There is also compelling video evidence that the dead teenager’s 15-year-old cousin, Tariq Abu Khdeir, was severely beaten by Israeli security forces before being arrested following Mohammed’s death, to the point that he was unconscious at one stage. Tariq happens to be a US citizen – a factor which is ensuring maximum publicity for both outrages.
Tel Aviv communications advisors will have even more work to do now that France – the country where Arafat died – responds to Swiss evidence that he was also killed unlawfully, and indeed suffered a horrendously painful death.
Right up until a few months before his demise, the 75-year-old was still passionately engaged in the process of ending the war between Palestinians and Israelis through diplomacy…. more.. e-mail
Thursday updates on Zionist crimes against Palestinians
In Gaza: 10 Jul 2014 – Relatives carry the body of a boy killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza on July 9, 2014. (Photo: UPI – Ashraf Amra) Al Akhbar has updated the number of Palestinians in Gaza who’ve been murdered or maimed. Updated July 10, 4:18 pm: The Gaza health ministry has confirmed the deaths of 82 Palestinians so far in the besieged strip since Israel began its relentless assault early Tuesday. Among those killed, at least 21 were aged 16 or younger. The youngest victim, 18-month-old Mohammed Malakiyeh, was killed along with his 27-year-old mother. The oldest victim, 80-year-old Naifeh Farjallah, was killed in an air strike on the town of Moghraqa, southwest of Gaza City. The two deadliest strikes killed eight people each: One strike Tuesday on the Hamad family home in southern Gaza, and another on Thursday on the Hajj family home in Khan Younis. Five children were among the…more
In the Case of Israel: Western Hypocrisy at its Best
Palestine Chronicle: 10 Jul 2014 – By Ludwig Watzal The kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers and their murder was a despicable crime. Those responsible must be held accountable and brought to justice. Everybody condemned this heinous crime, including all Western leaders. After the abduction, the Israeli occupying forces started a search throughout the West Bank that led not only to the killings of a lot of innocent Palestinians but also to the devastation of uncountable homes and the demolition of two houses of assumed suspects. Until now, nobody knows who committed the crime. Collective punishment of the Palestinian collective is the norm in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The principle of the presumption of innocence until proven guilty only applies to the Jewish citizens of Israel and the colonizers in the West Bank. Right from the start, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu blamed Hamas for the abduction. Up till now, he could not deliver single evidence. Instead, the…more
When Will Palestine’s Leaders Change Their Tactics?
Palestine Chronicle: 9 Jul 2014 – By Samah Sabawi As Israeli air strikes rain death and destruction on Gaza, and as protests rage in Palestinians cities and camps throughout the West Bank as well as inside Israel’s 1948 borders, an op-ed appearing in Haaretz written by the president of the Palestinian Authority clearly reveals that the chasm between the Palestinian people and their leadership could not be wider. Mahmoud Abbas, begins the op-ed by reminding Israel that 26 years have passed since Palestinians endorsed the two-state solution, and in effect conceded 78% of their historic homeland, agreeing to have a Palestinian state on what remains of Palestine inside Israel’s 1967 borders. Abbas ends his oped by assuring Israel he remains “totally committed to the vision of a two-state solution, normalization and peace with our neighbor – Israel”. Abbas knows that for Palestinians and Israelis to be neighbours there must be two independent states, Palestine and Israel,…more
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