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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 August, 2011: Israel to Recruit 70 Countries to Vote against Recognizing Palestine, Says Israeli Official
17 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestine UN Observer: “Settlements Jeopardize Peace Efforts” IMEMC – Thursday August 18, 2011 – 02:19, Palestinian Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, stated Wednesday that Israel’s insistence on constructing and expanding its illegal settlements in the occupied territories jeopardize all efforts… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 August, 2011: Israel’s ‘real estate revolution’ is not about justice or peace
7 August , 2011 — VTJP News Ma’an News Report: Fatah says Dahlan involved in poisoning Arafat 8/7/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fatah has accused ousted party strongman Muhammad Dahlan of “having a hand” in poisoning late President Yasser Arafat, Arabic-language media reported Saturday. Arafat died in a Paris hospital in November 2004. The exact… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 6 August, 2011: Draft Knesset bill to drop Arabic as official Israeli language
6 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas To Visit Lebanon To Hold Talks on Palestinian Statehood IMEMC – Saturday August 06, 2011 – 06:04, Palestinian sources reported that President Mahmoud Abbas will be visiting Lebanon in the middle of this month as he accepted an official invitation from the… Continue reading
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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Arab Awakening By Joel Beinin
The ‘Palestine Papers’ published by the pan-Arab satellite channel Al Jazeera in early January confirm that, under US pressure, PA negotiators offered concessions to the government of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert well beyond the Palestinian national consensus. Nonetheless, these offers were insufficient to reach an agreement. Continue reading
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The Brutal Murder of Vittorio Arrigoni is Still Shrouded in Mystery By Nicola LoFoco
Three months have passed since April 15, 2011, that damned day when Vittorio Arrigoni’s life was ripped away from us at the hands of Islamic fundamentalists. The truth surrounding his disappearance and the reasons of who and why anyone would have wanted his death are still to be unveiled. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 13 July, 2011: Israeli Press Mum on Murdoch
13 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center “Tolerance Museum” Given Go Ahead By Israeli Interior Ministry IMEMC – Wednesday July 13, 2011 – 17:58, Associated Foreign Press has reported that Israel has given the go ahead to build a planned “tolerance museum” on top of a Muslim burial site. The… Continue reading
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Jews for Justice for Palestinians Weekly newsletter 20 June 2011
20 June 2011 — Jews for Justice for Palestinians The state of Jews June 18th, 2011 From its origin as ‘Jew-state’ through various twists of meaning, the current ‘Jewish state’ which Palestinians must recognise has more in common with Pakistan than the USA or any European state of all its citizens. Uri Avnery traces the… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 June, 2011: Return of the One-State Solution?
19 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Claims Freedom Flotilla Aims At Confrontation With the Army IMEMC – Monday June 20, 2011 – 01:15, Head of the Israeli Navy, Eliezer Marom, voiced on Sunday a strict warning targeting the organizers of the Freedom Flotilla, dubbed in his speech as the… Continue reading
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Video: Palestinian Political Prisoner: ‘I reject Israel’s laws’
Bassem Tamimi of Nabi Saleh delivered a court statement at the start of his trial last Sunday saying ‘I reject [these laws] and cannot recognize their validity.’ Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 12 June, 2011: I’m either an illegal citizen of one state, or an inferior citizen in another
12 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Troops Kidnap Three International Activists Near Hebron IMEMC – Sunday June 12, 2011 – 09:20, Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Saturday afternoon three international peace activists participating in the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements in Beit Ummar town, near the… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 10 June, 2011: Israel closes sole Gaza crossing for goods and aid
10 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Breaks Into Al Aqsa Mosque Yards, Fires Gas Bombs At Worshipers IMEMC – Friday June 10, 2011 – 21:32, The Al Aqsa Foundation for Wadf and Heritage stated Friday that Israeli soldiers broke into the yards of the Al Aqsa Mosque, in occupied… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 June, 2011: Uncivilized Relations: Israel Confronts its Neighbours
9 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Raids West Bank Towns Overnight IMEMC – Thursday June 09, 2011 – 17:14, Maan news agency is reporting that five Palestinian men, including minors, were abducted over night during raids on West Bank towns and villages by the Israeli military. Continue reading
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Promised Crossing Denied By Mohammed Omer
RAFAH, Jun 8, 2011 (IPS) – Many hoping to find free movement between Egypt and Gaza have found the border gates at the Rafah crossing closed. Egyptian officials closed the gates on Saturday, according to Palestinian officials. Continue reading
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Israel’s PR victory shames news broadcasters By Greg Philo
The propaganda battle over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has reached a new level of intensity. In 2004 the Glasgow University Media Group published a major study on TV coverage of the Second Intifada and its impact on public understanding. We analysed about 200 programmes and questioned more than 800 people. Our conclusion: reporting was dominated by… Continue reading
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Video: Michel Warschawski on Netanyahu, Hamas and the Threat of War
Michel Warschawski: Calling Hamas a Palestinian al-Qaeda, and facing a new Arab world, Netanyahu’s only tool now is war Continue reading
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Media Lens: Bad News From The BBC – Part 1: ‘Replete With Imbalance And Distortion’
One of the main headlines on the BBC news homepage earlier this month read, ‘Violence erupts at Israel borders’. Israeli soldiers had shot dead at least 12 protesters and injured dozens more. BBC ‘impartiality’ decreed that the brutal killings were presented almost as an act of nature, a volcanic eruption that simply happened. Continue reading
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BBC is ‘confusing cause and effect’ in its Israeli coverage By Tim Llewellyn
More than two years after Operation Cast Lead, the BBC continues to confuse cause and effect – Israeli attacks are always reported as retaliation to Palestinian violence or rockets, and the idea that Palestinian rockets, however ineffective, are armed resistance to Israel’s hammering from land, sea and air is rarely broadcast. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 8 May, 2011: Israeli Officials Call For “Reoccupying” the West Bank
8 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Detained Legislator Receives Extended Administrative Detention Order IMEMC – Monday May 09, 2011 – 02:23, The Israeli Prison Authorities decided to renew the administrative detention order against elected legislator, Dr. Mahmoud Al Ramahi, for additional six months. Al Ramahi was placed under administrative detention,… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 May, 2011: Once again, Israel threatens to raze wells, structures in Ramadin village
7 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Dozens Wounded By The Army in Silwan IMEMC – Friday May 06, 2011 – 23:49, Palestinian medical sources in occupied East Jerusalem reported Friday that dozens of residents were injured after Israeli soldiers and policemen attacked a protest in Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem.… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 6 May, 2011: New Israeli Discriminatory Laws
6 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Local Leader, Mahmoud Zwahre, Arrested At Weekly Protest Against The Wall At Al Masara IMEMC – Friday May 06, 2011 – 16:30, The weekly protest against the wall in Al Masara was today disrupted by the Israeli military. Continue reading
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