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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 24 September, 2010: Obama at UN today: It’s two states now or one state later
24 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinians Killed; 6 Wounded By Israeli Forces This Week IMEMC – 24 Sep 2010 – Friday September 24, 2010 – 10:45, In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 16-22… Continue reading
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NO ONE WAS SAFE: UN INQUIRY INTO ISRAEL’S FLOTILLA RAID
No one was safe,’ once Israeli soldiers began using live ammunition on board the Mavi Marmara, says an authoritative UN investigation team into the Israeli attacks on the Gaza aid flotilla. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 23 September, 2010: Israel Used 'Incredible Violence' Against Gaza Aid Flotilla: UN
23 September, 2010 — ICH CIA Killed U.S. Citizens in Pakistan By Jeff Stein CIA drones killed “many Westerners, including some U.S. passport holders” in Pakistan’s tribal area during the George W. Bush administration, the new book by Bob Woodward says. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26436.htm “In the Interests of Israel” Why Russia will not sell the S-300 Air… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 September, 2010: Police release the Jewish settler who shot a Palestinian in Silwan
23 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Obama Urges Israel To Extend Settlement Freeze IMEMC – 23 Sep 2010 – Thursday September 23, 2010 – 20:49, American president, Barack Obama, urged Israel to extend the freeze on settlement activities in the occupied West Bank, and stated that Palestinian-Israeli peace talks must… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 22 September, 2010: Israel Makes Meeting Another Arab a Crime
22 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas, Settlement Resumption Doesn’t Necessarily Mean End Of Talks IMEMC – 22 Sep 2010 – Wednesday September 22, 2010 – 17:42, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signalled, on Wednesday, that renewed settlement construction would not end talks. Abbas’s comments came during a dinner with Jewish… Continue reading
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Israel hides behind ‘armed conflict’ By Julia Romasevych
The Israeli military failed to investigate the killings of hundreds of Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories between 2006 and 2009, according to a report by an Israeli human rights group. Continue reading
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Palestinians and the ‘Jewish state’ By Lamis Andoni
If Palestinians recognised Israel as a Jewish state they would be effectively legitimising their own dispossession. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 21 September, 2010: Farmers vs. settlers: Some killings more ‘moral’ than others
21 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli settlers raid olive orchards, attempt to steal olive IMEMC – 21 Sep 2010 – Tuesday September 21, 2010 – 18:18, A number of Palestinian civilians were wounded in clashes with Israeli settlers who invaded the olive orchards that belong to the Palestinian farmers… Continue reading
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Midnight on the Mavi Marmara: THE ATTACK ON THE GAZA FREEDOM FLOTILLA AND HOW IT CHANGED THE COURSE OF THE ISRAEL/PALESTINE CONFLICT
We are delighted to inform you that “Midnight on the Mavi Marmara”, the story of the Israel’s bloody assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, is available online. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 20 September, 2010: PA official: Settlers harvest Palestinian olives
20 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Protestors In Berlin Demand Prosecuting “Israeli War Criminals” IMEMC – 21 Sep 2010 – Tuesday September 21, 2010 – 01:45, Hundreds of German citizens, pro Palestine activists, and Palestinians rallied in the streets of the German Capital, Berlin, demanding the country to apprehend and… 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 19 September, 2010: Official: Israel to cut off East Jerusalem villages
19 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Syrian Aid Ship Arrives In Al Arish Port IMEMC – 19 Sep 2010 – Monday September 20, 2010 – 00:54, Lieutenant Hisham Al Janayni, assistant-director of Al Arish Port, stated that a Syrian aid ship heading to Gaza had arrived at Al Arish Port… Continue reading
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Netherlands cancels Israeli mayors tour By Jonathan Lis
The Netherlands on Sunday cancelled a tour of the country by a forum of Israeli mayors because their group included representatives of West Bank settlements. Continue reading
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Lieberman: Peace talks must reassess Israeli-Arabs’ right to citizenship By Barak Ravid
With the Palestinians refusing to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, negotiations must tackle issue of Israeli-Arab ‘loyalty’, foreign minister says – prompting accusations of ‘apartheid and ethnic cleansing’ from Arab MK. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 September, 2010: Disbanding the Palestinian Authority would scupper Israeli strategy
18 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center JCSER: “Bound Palestinian Shot To Death By Israeli Policemen” IMEMC – 18 Sep 2010 – Saturday September 18, 2010 – 12:42, The Documentation and Research Unit at the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JCSER) reported Saturday that the Palestinian resident from Jerusalem… 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 17 September, 2010: Caught! Mossad Paid By U.S. To Spy On “Dissidents,” Tea Party, Environmentalists
17 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli military uses tear gas to supress anti-wall protests IMEMC – 17 Sep 2010 – Friday September 17, 2010 – 21:07, The Israeli military used tear gas canisters to desperse nonviolent activists from protesting against the construction of annexation wall in both villages, Ni’lin… 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
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Israel/Palestine and the Apartheid Analogy: by Ran Greenstein Part 2
In the previous section I made a distinction between historical apartheid (unique to South Africa) and apartheid in its generic form — a structured system of political exclusion and social marginalization on the basis of origins (including but not restricted to race). I concluded that Israel is different from historical apartheid, but it displays characteristics… Continue reading
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Israel/Palestine and the Apartheid Analogy by Ran Greenstein Part 1
In the last decade, the notion that the Israeli system of political and military control bears strong resemblance to the apartheid system in South Africa has gained ground. It is invoked regularly by movements and activists opposed to the 1967 occupation and to various other aspects of Israeli policies vis-à-vis the Palestinian-Arab people. It is… Continue reading
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