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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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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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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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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 January, 2011: New Israeli laws targeting human rights groups
23 January, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel’s internal inquiry into killing of humanitarian aid workers finds no wrongdoing IMEMC – Sunday January 23, 2011 – 19:21, The commission created by the Israeli government to ‘investigate’ the Israeli attack on a humanitarian aid flotilla in international waters in May 2010 has… 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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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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Wikileaks Newslinks for 23 January, 2011
23 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Swiss open new probe against ‘WikiLeaks banker’ TMC Net By AP , GENEVA (AP) — Swiss police have arrested a banker who claims to have handed details of rich tax cheats to WikiLeaks, prosecutors said Thursday. … topnews360.tmcnet.com/topics/associated-press/articles/2011/01/23/137322-swiss-open-new-probe-against-wikileaks-banker.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 21 January, 2011: Israel Acting to Destroy Bedouin Communities, Way of Life
21 January, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Anti-Wall demonstrations in four West Bank villages attacked by Israeli military IMEMC – Saturday January 22, 2011 – 04:38, At the non-violent anti-Wall protests which took place on Friday afternoon, Israeli troops fired CS gas and other so-called ‘non-lethal’ weapons at demonstrators in Bil’in,… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 20 January, 2011: Israeli court permits destruction of 200+ graves in historic Jerusalem cemetery
20 January, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Clinton: “Washington Opposes Security Council Move Against Israeli Settlement Activities” IMEMC – Friday January 21, 2011 – 03:28, U.S Secretary Of State, Hilary Clinton stated Thursday that the White House rejects the proposal that was submitted by the Palestinian Authority to the United Nations… Continue reading
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Huge spy hub uncovered in Israel — RT
It has been described as Israel’s ‘big ears’ – a huge facility where it is claimed phone calls and emails from all across the Middle East and beyond can be monitored for intelligence. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 January, 2011: Racism In Jewish Schools; “A Dead Arab Is A Good Arab”
19 January, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Eyes At Demolishing Palestinian Village To Expand Settlement IMEMC – Thursday January 20, 2011 – 01:50, Israeli soldiers invaded on Wednesday “Khirbit At Taweel”, a small village near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and handed the residents military orders to demolish… 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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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 January, 2011: Zionist Left Writes Its Own Obituary
18 January, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center For The First Time, PLO Mission In DC Raises Palestinian Flag IMEMC – Wednesday January 19, 2011 – 02:00, In a symbolic move towards the recognition of an independent Palestinian State, the Palestinian mission in Washington raised the Palestinian flag outside its office building. Continue reading
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