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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 24 August 2013: Confessions at Any Price: Patterns of Torture and Abuse by Israeli Officials
24 August 2013—VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterJerusalem Child Forced Under House ArrestIMEMC – The District Police in occupied East Jerusalem released on Friday evening [August 23, 2013] a Palestinian child after detaining him for two days, and ordered him under house arrest. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 23 August 2013: Authorities threaten displaced community’s return to village
23 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterFrench FM To Meet Abbas, NetanyahuIMEMC – The French Foreign Ministry has reported that Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, will be visiting the Israel and the Palestinian territories to encourage the recently resumes peace talks between Ramallah and Tel Aviv. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 22 August 2013: Why won’t BBC let Nigel Kennedy denounce Israeli apartheid?
22 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterAbbas: “We Will Not Demand To Return To Akka, Safad and Jaffa”IMEMC – During a meeting with members of the Israeli Meretz opposition Party, who visited him Thursday in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that the Palestinian Authority will not Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 21 August 2013: It was all part of the plan
21 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSoldiers Invade Village Near Nablus, Kidnap Five PalestiniansIMEMC – Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, the village of Beita south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped five Palestinians; clashes and injuries have been reported. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 20 August 2013: Erasing Palestine From the Map
20 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSettlers Install Mobile Homes On Palestinian Lands In Al-KhaderIMEMC – Ahmad Salah, an activist against Israel s illegal settlements and its apartheid wall in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, stated Tuesday [August 20, 2013] that a number of settlers installed mobile homes on lands that belong to Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 19 August 2013: Despite outcry, EU guidelines on settlements will have little effect
19 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center“Tamarrod” Calls For Rebelling Against Hamas In GazaIMEMC – The group said it would not resort to guns and violence in its rebellion A Gaza-based group known as “Tamarrod”, Arabic for Rebellion, published a video through its Facebook page, and other social media outlets, stating that November Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 18 August 2013: Being honest about the dominant Zionist narrative
18 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterArmy Invades Aida Refugee Camp In BethlehemIMEMC – [Sunday August 18, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, and clashes with dozens of local youths, local sources have reported. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 17 August 2013
17 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSoldiers Invade Village Near Nablus, Kidnap Five PalestiniansIMEMC – Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, the village of Beita south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped five Palestinians; clashes and injuries have been reported. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 16 August 2013: Israel’s rabbinate reflects country’s racist streak
16 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterStormy Round Of Talks Held Amidst Escalating Israeli ViolationsIMEMC – Palestinian officials involved in the direct talks with Tel Aviv have reported that the latest round of direct Palestinian-Israeli talks, held late on Wednesday at night, was very stormy due to Israel’s decision to build hundreds of Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 15 August 2013: The negotiations trap
15 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterArmy Admits Alleged “Gaza Mall” Is In MalaysiaIMEMC – After being exposed by the Electronic Intifada, the Israeli army issued an apology for an image it published of a lavish mall, allegedly in the besieged Gaza Strip, admitting that the Mall is actually in Malaysia, and claiming Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 14 August 2013: Futile Peace talks, again: The Jewish State’s Bottom Line
14 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterNasrallah: “Hezbollah Fighters Behind Blast Targeting Soldiers Who Violated Border”IMEMC – Secretary-General of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah Party, Hasan Nasrallah, stated during a televised interview with the Al-Mayadeen TV, on Wednesday August 14, 2013, that fighters of the Hezbollah part were behind last week’s attack against Israeli soldiers Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 13 August 2013: Israel Lobby Threatens Freedom of Speech in Germany
13 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterRelease Of 26 Detainees InitiatedIMEMC – Israeli sources have reported that Israel started the release of 26 Palestinian political prisoners as part of the efforts to resume direct peace talks with the Palestinians. The release started after the Israeli High Court rejected appeals filed against the release. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 12 August 2013: Why settlements will lead to one state
12 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterAl-Khoffash: “Israeli List Of Detainees To Be Free, Disappointing”IMEMC – Fuad Al-Khoffash, head of the Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights, stated that not a single detainee from the Jerusalem and historic Palestine is included in the list of detained to be released by Israel, Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 11 August 2013:
11 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterYoung Palestinian musicians perform in prestigious world festivalIMEMC – On August 8, seventeen young Palestinian musicians put Palestine on the ‘map’ of one of the world’s most prestigious international music festivals, the BBC Proms. Aged twelve to twenty-three years, they are members of the Palestinian Strings, a Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 10 August 2013: Fear of isolation gets Israel talking
10 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterBritain Denounces New Israeli Settlement PlanIMEMC – Britain’s Foreign Office Minister, Alastair Burt, denounced the recent Israeli government decision to construct 1096 units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, and in occupied East Jerusalem. The Minister said that the focus should be on peace talks. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 9 August 2013: Where is the BBC’s objectivity where Palestine is concerned?
9 August 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News US: Israeli-Palestinian talks Aug. 14 in Jerusalem8/9/2013 – WASHINGTON (AFP) — Palestinian and Israeli negotiators will resume talks on ending their long-standing conflict on August 14 in Jerusalem, the US State Department said Thursday. The talks restarted last month in Washington under US mediation, and both sides agreed to Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 8 August 2013
8 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterU.S: Next Round Of Talks August 14 IMEMC – United Foreign Secretary, Jennifer Psaki, stated Thursday [August 8, 2013] that the next round of direct Palestinian-Israeli talks will be held on August 14 in Jerusalem, then in the West bank city of Jericho. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 7 August 2013
7 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterTel Aviv Sets Timeframe For Releasing 104 DetaineesIMEMC – The Israeli Government has officially announced a timeframe for the release of 104 Palestinian detainees, imprisoned since before the first Oslo peace accord was signed in 1993, and said that the detainees will be released in four stages, Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 2 August 2013: Once More into the Peace Process Dead End
2 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPCHR Weekly Report: 9 civilians wounded, 26 abducted in 51 Israeli invasions this weekIMEMC – In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 25 – 31 July 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 1 August 2013
1 August 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Hundreds rally in Negev against Israeli plan to displace Bedouins8/1/2013 – NEGEV (Ma’an) – Hundreds of Palestinian residents of Israel rallied Thursday afternoon against Israel’s Prawer Plan which could displace thousands of Bedouin residents of the Negev from their land. The protestors gathered near al-Arakib village where Israeli forces Continue reading