Gaza
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 October, 2010: Israeli security forces practice dealing with “riots following population exchange”, mass detentions of Israeli-Palestinians
9 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas Hints Dismantling P.A Should Peace Talks Fails IMEMC – 10 Oct 2010 – Saturday October 09, 2010 – 09:40, During a Friday night meeting with the Arab Follow-up Committee in Sirt Libyan city, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, cast doubts on the future of… Continue reading
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Jazza Music Festival 12 & 13 October 2010 @ THE SCALA
Cleveland Watkiss takes his place in this glittering lineup, alongside Gilad Atzmon’s Orient House Ensemble and the Sigamos Strings, plus the Jazza All-Stars (with saxophonist Peter King and Polar Bear’s Seb Rochford), singer Sarah Gillespie, folk luminaries Rory Mcleoud and the Unthank Sisters, and more. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 8 October, 2010: Israel’s Arab Citizens Are Not a Negotiating Chip
8 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Settler Leader Claims His vehicle Accidentally Rammed Into Two Palestinian Children IMEMC – 8 Oct 2010 – Saturday October 09, 2010 – 02:14, Israeli sources reported that a well-known extremist settler leader, head of the so-called City of David group, stated that his vehicle… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 October, 2010: Woman filmed by soldiers describes torture, humiliation
7 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Eleven Palestinians Wounded In Several Israeli Military Attacks In Gaza IMEMC – 7 Oct 2010 – Friday October 08, 2010 – 04:30, Palestinian medical sources reported that eleven Palestinians were wounded Thursday after the Israeli army conducted several aerial attacks, and attempted to assassinate… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 6 October, 2010: “Jewish State” loyalty oath to become Israeli law
6 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli settlers looted olive trees in Nablus IMEMC – 6 Oct 2010 – Wednesday October 06, 2010 – 16:46, On Wednesday afternoon,Israeli settlers cut down dozens of olive trees and looted the harvested fruits from villages of Yanoun and al-Hawara near the city of… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 1 October, 2010: Settlers expand settlement, burn, bulldoze fields
1 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Netanyahu Accuses the Palestinians Of Stalling Peace Talks IMEMC – 1 Oct 2010 – Saturday October 02, 2010 – 01:30, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accused on Friday that Palestinian side for staling peace talks, and claimed that renewing the construction of settlements in… Continue reading
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UN: Israel Executed Flotilla Activists By Gareth Porter
The report of the fact-finding mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla released last week shows conclusively, for the first time, that US citizen Furkan Dogan and five Turkish citizens were murdered execution-style by Israeli commandos. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 29 September, 2010: EU offers tax benefits for Israeli settlements
29 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Nobel Peace Laureate Still Detained By Israel IMEMC – 29 Sep 2010 – Thursday September 30, 2010 – 04:48, Nobel Peace Laureate, Mairead Maguire, is still imprisoned by Israel and awaiting deportation from the country. Man Wounded After Being Rammed By Settler’s Vehicle IMEMC… Continue reading
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Yonatan Shapira’s testimony from the Jewish Boat to Gaza
For some weeks already we have been making our way east, from the Greek island on which the yacht was bought, from north of the Peloponnese through the Corinthian Canal, the Cycladic islands. Already we have experienced just about every kind of mishap in the book: the engines overheated on us and died, the wheel… Continue reading
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Jewish Gaza-bound activists say IDF used excessive force in naval raid
Israel Defense Forces soldiers used excessive force while taking over a Gaza-bound aid ship organized by Jewish and Israeli activists, the boat’s passengers said Tuesday, countering the military’s official version claiming that the takeover had been uneventful. Continue reading
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PressTV – Israel warships intercept Gaza aid boat
Israeli warships have intercepted a Jewish aid boat bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip, forcefully diverting the aid vessel to the Israeli port of Ashdod. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 September, 2010: Settlement Activities Did Not Stop During Settlement Freeze, Research Center Says
27 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli airstrike kills three in central Gaza IMEMC – 27 Sep 2010 – Tuesday September 28, 2010 – 03:00, According to local eyewitnesses, three young men were killed Monday in an Israeli airstrike in al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. Talks Continue While Settlers… Continue reading
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Israel labels charity “terrorists” – RT Top Stories
Jewish activists aboard a boat sailing towards Gaza say they expect Israel to intercept them. The campaigners aim to show that not all Jews support their government’s policy towards the Palestinians. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina 5 in Ancona, a photo essay By Mary Rizzo
Yesterday, the Viva Palestina 5 convoy arrived in Ancona to end the first leg of their land journey, and sail closer to the final destination. We all think the destination is Gaza, Palestine, but actually, it’s freedom for all of us. Nobody among us is really free if we allow the atrocities against the Palestinian… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 25 September, 2010: Clegg now singing off Zionist hymn-sheet
25 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Following The Killing of Jerusalem Infant, Clashes Renew Leading To Dozens Of Injuries IMEMC – 25 Sep 2010 – Sunday September 26, 2010 – 00:51, After an infant from Al Esawiyya in East Jerusalem died due to teargas inhalation on Friday, clashes were reported… Continue reading
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U.S. BOAT TO GAZA UPDATE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
In just twelve short weeks the US TO GAZA campaign has galvanized people throughout this country and the world in a great civil society effort to send a U.S.-flagged ship, THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, as part of the next Freedom Flotilla sailing to break the illegal Israeli naval-blockade of Gaza. In record time we have… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 19 September, 2010: The “Obscenity” of Comparing Americans to “Killers and Terrorists”
19 September, 2010 — Information Clearing House Israeli Company Hired by State Government to Spy on Pennsylvanians and Other Americans By Dave Lindorff The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, along with a number of local police departments in the state, have been employing a private Israeli security company with strong links to Mossad and the Israeli Defense… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 15 September, 2010: Terror In The Village That Became A Minefield
15 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Court Says Criminal Probe Into Fatal Shooting Of Two Palestinians “Unnecessary” IMEMC – 15 Sep 2010 – Thursday September 16, 2010 – 03:01, The Israeli High Court Of Justice had decided that a petition demanding a full investigation into the fatal shooting of two… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 16 September, 2010: When Settlers Attack: Understanding Settler Violence against Palestine’s Civilians
16 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel To Build 2500 Units in West Bank Settlement IMEMC – 16 Sep 2010 – Friday September 17, 2010 – 02:44, The Israeli Radio reported Thursday that Israel intends to construct 25000 units in Modi’in Ilit settlements near the central West Bank city of… Continue reading