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Is this a ‘Young Turks’ moment all over again? By William Bowles
Mubarak steps down, surely the result of direct US pressure. But what difference will it make, the country has been run by a military clique for three decades, all that’s changed is that now they do it openly. The real issue, is what next? Will the masses now press for Sulieman, all of them to… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 10 February, 2011: New Gaza factory, jobs destroyed in Israeli attack
10 February, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center France Grants P.A €10 Million To Finance Water Services In Bethlehem IMEMC – Thursday February 10, 2011 – 23:49, The Palestine News and Information Agency, WAFA, reported Thursday that Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, signed an agreement with the French State Minister and… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 10 February, 2011: Mubarak Refuses to Stand Down
10 February, 2011 — Information Clearing House Mubarak Refuses to Stand Down By Al Jazeera Egyptian president vows he will stay in office until September, and will not bow down to ‘foreign pressure’ www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27451.htm Continue reading
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Omar Suleiman—Longtime Collaborator With Israel and US By Patrick Martin
Egyptian vice president Omar Suleiman, the former head of security services and chief torturer, was the official identified by Israel more than two years ago as its favored candidate to succeed President Hosni Mubarak, according to cables released by WikiLeaks this week. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 February, 2011: Fundamentalist Settler Rabbi Says Killing “Non-Jews” Is Justifiable
9 February, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Amnesty Lobbies for Justice for Gazans IMEMC – Wednesday February 09, 2011 – 17:07, Amnesty International has announced that it will lobby the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) regarding justice for the victims of Operation Cast Lead, according to reports from the Alternative… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 6 February, 2011: Egyptian Revolution, Israeli Exceptionalism
6 February, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Explosion in Egyptian gas pipeline disrupts Israel’s gas supply IMEMC – Sunday February 06, 2011 – 01:31, An explosion Friday morning took out a natural gas pipeline in the northern Sinai in Egypt, near the border with Israel. Egyptian national television initially reported that… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 February, 2011: Egyptians Pay Heavily for Uprising
5 February, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Bil’in protest in solidarity with Egypt attacked by Israeli troops IMEMC – Saturday February 05, 2011 – 12:18, Several hundred Palestinians, along with international and Israeli supporters, gathered in the village of Bil’in on Friday for their weekly non-violent protest. This week’s protest called… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 4 February, 2011: UN condemns Israeli destruction of Palestinian water systems
4 February, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Egyptian protesters return to the streets Friday for ‘Day of Departure’ demonstration IMEMC – Saturday February 05, 2011 – 01:34, At least 100,000 demonstrators held protests in Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and other cities in Egypt Friday, calling on the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to… Continue reading
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Egyptian Uprising Must Address U.S Interference and the Role of Israel in the Region By Ghada Chehade
The images coming from the streets of Egypt bring a glimmer of hope to all in the Middle East as well as to anyone around the world who is serious about justice. Yet as I watch these images (as a Palestinian-Egyptian from the west) there is one thing that is alarmingly and frustratingly absent—cries of… Continue reading
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U.S. Chickens Come Home to Roost in Egypt By Prof Marjorie Cohn
Barack Obama, like his predecessors, has supported Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to the tune of $1.3 billion annually, mostly in military aid. In return, Egypt minds U.S. interests in the Middle East, notably providing a buffer between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. Egypt collaborates with Israel to isolate Gaza with a punishing… Continue reading
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Western powers line up against Arab democracy By Tony Iltis
Standing against this democratic tide is the apartheid state of Israel and its backers, the Western powers (or ‘the international community’, as they call themselves). If their statements about the unsuccessful 2009 democratic uprising in Iran were the yardstick, ‘the international community’ would be supporting the Arab uprisings. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 29 January, 2011: Egypt’s uprising and its implications for Palestine
29 January, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 17-year-old Boy Killed In Beit Ummar, Hundreds Protest After Funeral IMEMC – Saturday January 29, 2011 – 16:13, Hundreds of residents of the town of Beit Ummar, near Hebron took to the streets in the funeral of 17-year-old Yousef Ikhlayyil who was shot dead… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 28 January, 2011: Medics: Settlers shoot teen in head near Hebron
28 January, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 27 dead in Egypt uprising; Mubarak refuses to step down IMEMC – Saturday January 29, 2011 – 03:42, As hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Egypt Friday in the 4th straight day of protests, President Hosni Mubarak said that he… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 January, 2011: Erekat Names Former CIA, MI6 Agents as Source of Leaks
27 January, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center PA-Controlled Office Sacked in Gaza IMEMC – Thursday January 27, 2011 – 19:30, Unidentified vandals broke into the Palestinian Authority-controlled Civil Administration building in northern Gaza ransacking the office, on Thursday morning, Ma’an News reported. Continue reading
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The Palestine Papers By Ali Abunimah: A dangerous shift on 1967 lines
One of the more astonishing revelations in The Palestine Papers — detailed records and minutes of the Middle East peace process leaked to Al Jazeera — is that the administration of US President Barack Obama effectively repudiated the Road Map, which has formed the basis of the “peace process” since 2003. In doing so it… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 26 January, 2011: Palestinians: Don’t Get Mad, Get Even
26 January, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center An-Nabi Saleh Popular Committee Leader Beaten, Two Children Arrested IMEMC – Wednesday January 26, 2011 – 15:18, Following the arrests of Karim Saleh al-Tamimi and, his brother, Islam, the leader of the Popular Commitee Against The Wall & Settlements in Nabi Saleh, Bassam Tamimi… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 25 January, 2011: 11 Palestinians, Including 10-year-old Child, Kidnaped By Soldiers in West Bank
25 January, 2011 – VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Two Civilians, One Officer, Killed in Egypt Protests IMEMC – Wednesday January 26, 2011 – 03:41, As massive protests swept across Egypt demanding the removal of Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, and his government, two protestors and one police officer were killed, the Qatar-based Al… Continue reading
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More vindication for Goldstone: British news reports Israeli soldiers were ordered to ‘cleanse’ Gaza neighborhoods during Cast Lead
More vindication for Goldstone: British news reports Israeli soldiers were ordered to ‘cleanse’ Gaza neighborhoods during Cast Lead Continue reading
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Revival of a Military Option: Israel's Covert War Against Iran Is On By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
After talks in Istanbul between Iran and the West on its nuclear program broke down on January 22, the danger of revival of a military option looms large. It may not come in the form of a direct, conventional US and/or Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear installations, but rather in the guise of the warfare… Continue reading
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