Palestine
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Israeli soldiers talk about Operation Cast Lead
Exclusive: Israeli soldiers tell Channel 4 News they were ordered to “cleanse” Palestinian neighbourhoods, as filmmaker Nurit Kedar says “the atmosphere was that nobody should talk about this war”. Continue reading
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Palestine papers reveal MI6 drew up plan for crackdown on Hamas By Ian Black and Seumas Milne
British intelligence helped draw up a secret plan for a wide-ranging crackdown on the Islamist movement Hamas which became a security blueprint for the Palestinian Authority, leaked documents reveal. The plan asked for the internment of leaders and activists, the closure of radio stations and the replacement of imams in mosques. Continue reading
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Palestine papers reveal MI6 drew up plan for crackdown on Hamas By Ian Black and Seumas Milne
British intelligence helped draw up a secret plan for a wide-ranging crackdown on the Islamist movement Hamas which became a security blueprint for the Palestinian Authority, leaked documents reveal. The plan asked for the internment of leaders and activists, the closure of radio stations and the replacement of imams in mosques. Continue reading
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Ken O’Keefe Interview With Jonathan Adams
26 January, 2011 In Conversation With Ken O’Keefe from pentos films on Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=19166195&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0 1st collector for Ken O’Keefe Interview With Jonathan Adams Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Israeli soldiers ordered to ‘cleanse’ Gaza By Alex Thomson
Israel’s invasion of Gaza deliberately aimed to ‘cleanse’ Palestinian neighbourhoods, former soldiers allege, in claims that will reignite the debate over the campaign’s legality, writes Alex Thomson. Continue reading
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Papers reveal how Palestinian leaders gave up fight over refugees By Ian Black and Seumas Milne
Palestinian negotiators privately agreed that only 10, 000 refugees and their families, out of a total refugee population exceeding 5 million, could return to Israel as part of a peace settlement, leaked confidential documents reveal. PLO leaders also accepted Israel’s demand to define itself as an explicitly Jewish state, in sharp contrast to their public… Continue reading
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The Palestine Papers Pt3
Al Jazeera obtained more than 1,600 internal documents from a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Continue reading
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The Palestine Papers Pt2
Al Jazeera obtained more than 1,600 internal documents from a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, Pt.2 Continue reading
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The Palestine Papers Pt 1
Al Jazeera obtained more than 1,600 internal documents from a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Continue reading
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“The biggest Yerushalayim in Jewish history”
PA offered to concede almost all of East Jerusalem, a historic concession for which Israel offered nothing in return Continue reading
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Erekat’s solution for the Haram
The PA’s chief negotiator suggested unprecedented compromises on the division of Jerusalem and its holy sites Continue reading
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The Palestine papers By Matthew Weaver
Mustafa Barghouti, an independent member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, said the papers showed that the Israeli don’t want a two-state solution despite their support for it in public. He gave his reaction to my colleague Harriet Sherwood. Continue reading
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The endless so-called ‘peace process’ By Moshe Machover
16 December 2010 — Israeli Occupation Archive Here are some questions for discussion: [1] Do you see the current US-sponsored dialogue as amounting to anything? The current intermittent dialogue is the latest phase of a process that started with the Madrid Conference of 1991, following the first Gulf War. Continue reading
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Wikileaks: What the Palestine papers tell us – video
Guardian associate editor Seumas Milne and Middle East editor, Ian Black, discuss the leak of secret notes from years of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Continue reading
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Building a police state in Palestine By Aisling Byrne
“If we are building a police state — what are we actually doing here?” So asked a European diploma responding to allegations of torture by the Palestinian security forces. The diplomat might well ask. A police state is not a state. It is a form of larceny: of people’s rights, aspirations and sacrifices, for the… Continue reading
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AIC Weekly News Update 20 January, 2011
20 January, 2011 — Alternative Information Center Below are a selection of recent AIC publications: Israeli Settlers Violence Report: November, December 2010 The Alternative Information Center monitored and recorded Israeli settler attacks and violations during the final two months of 2010. www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/topics/settlers-violence/3196-israeli-settlers-violence-report-november-december-2010- Continue reading
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“30,000 March in Tel Aviv against McCarthyism in Israel”
30,000 activists, Jews and Arabs, from left-wing parties, movements, and human rights organizations marched in Tel Aviv on Saturday, 15 January 2011, in protest of the Knesset’s decision to set up a committee of inquiry to probe the funding sources of organizations that rightists allege ‘participate in delegitimization campaigns against Israel Defense Forces soldiers.’ Continue reading
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Vera Macht Reports from Gaza
The air is filled with the noise of the Israeli F-16s, which are flying so low that it’s almost like the air is trembling. You can positively feel the bombs before they fall, before they explode with a horrendous bang, that is unmistakable, with a pressure wave that breaks the windows of the houses in… Continue reading
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Gaza Youth to Planet Earth! Anyone out there? “Gaza what?”
The manifesto seems to have grown bigger than expected; many supported us, many others stood firmly against us, and very few stayed indifferent. Everyone had an opinion, yet rarely did they listen to others’ and in the middle of that mess, our own voice remained unheard. Continue reading
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The general vanishes By Yakov M. Rabkin
A few years ago, an Iranian general, Ali Reza Asgari, deputy minister of defence, vanished during a foreign trip. Rumours spread that he had defected or had been kidnapped by Israelis or Americans. At the end of 2010, the general once again appeared in the news. This time he was reportedly found dead in Israel. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 