VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 25 March 2013: Israel’s government of settlers

25 March 2013 — VTJP

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International Middle East Media Center

On day 236 of Hunger Strike, Issawi’s Heart rate drops
IMEMC – Palestinian prisoner Samer al Issawi is near death, according to doctors, after spending 236 days without food to challenge the Israeli policy of ‘administrative detention’, in which Palestinians are imprisoned for extended periods without trial. …

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ICH 21 February 2013: The Moral Decoding of 9-11 – Prof. J. McMurtry

21 February 2013 Information Clearing House

 

Carnage

53 Killed In Syria Courtesy of US Allies

By Daniel McAdams

No doubt this bombing against a government building will be blamed on the Syrian government in the Western media, adding to the phony UN body count.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34051.htm

 

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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 21 February 2013: Collaboration between IDF, settlers reaching point of no return

21 February 2013 — VTJP

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International Middle East Media Center

El-Eesawy Sentenced To Eight Months, His Hunger Strike Continues
IMEMC – Hunger striking Palestinian detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy, was sentenced Thursday by the Israeli District Court in Jerusalem to eight months imprisonment starting from the date of his arrest on July 7, 2012. …

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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 31 January 2013: The Gatekeepers: ’If this film does not lead to change, there is no hope for Israel’

31 January 2012 — VTJP

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International Middle East Media Center

France, Britain Said To Be Preparing Peace Initiative
IMEMC – The Al-Hayat Arabic Language Paper in London reported that France and Britain are preparing an initiative reportedly meant to ensure the resumption of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. …

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PCHR_e Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (08 – 14 March 2012)

15 March 2012PCHR Palestinian Centre for Human Rights LTD (non-profit)

 

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), and Launch a New Offensive on the Gaza Strip

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Hardhitting, Dissenting Journalism — Without the Hardhitting, Dissenting Part By Arthur Silber

18 February 2012 — Power of Narrative

In a recent essay, I mentioned Matt Taibbi as one of the examples of a phenomenon I call “The Obedient Dissenter,” and said I would be examining that phenomenon in further detail soon. This isn’t that lengthier analysis, but more in the nature of a sneak preview.

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Reinventing the Middle East lexicon By Eric Walberg

11 January 2012 — Eric Walberg

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.”
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master — that’s all.”
Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass (1871)

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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 1 January 2011: Report: Netanyahu delays law restricting outpost evictions

1 January 2012 — VTJP

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PLO official: Israeli, Palestinian envoys to meet Tuesday
1/1/2012 – RAMALLAH (Reuters) — Palestinian and Israeli negotiators will meet this week after more than a year of deadlocked peacemaking and present their positions on core disputes to foreign mediators, a Palestinian official said on Sunday. PLO official Saeb Erekat and Israel’s Yitzhak Molcho will meet on Tuesday in Jordan, said Wasl Abu Yossef, a….

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BREAKING NEWS: European Union Protests Israeli Policies in the Occupied West Bank

23 December 2011 — ICAHD
 
 ”The significance of this development is not only the creation of a greater Jerusalem that controls the center of the West Bank” says ICAHD Director Dr. Jeff Halper “but the emergence of Israeli Occupation territorial contiguity, that effectively eliminates the two state solution.”

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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 22 December 2011: EI exclusive: UK charity with Mossad links secretly denounced anti-Zionist Jews to government

22 December 2011 — VTJP

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International Middle East Media Center

Settlers Enter The Al Aqsa Mosque
IMEMC – A group of Israeli settlers entered on Thursday that Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, under the protection of dozens of Israeli soldiers. The settlers were marking the “Hanukkah” Jewish feast; no clashes were reported. …

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Information Clearing House 10 November 2011: Did Police Go Too Far With Clashes at Berkeley?

10 November 2011 — Information Clearing House

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Did Police Go Too Far With Clashes at Berkeley?
Must Watch Video By RT
Video shows police attacking protesters with batons, bluntly striking them in their abdomens and elsewhere. – Police are clearly seen striking protesters, unprovoked, from behind.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29681.htm

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Israel: ANATOT POGROM VICTIMS SUFFERED SEXUAL ABUSE

4 October 2011

Below is a translation [by Richard Silverstein] of part of this publication. The original Hebrew: http://idanlandau.com/2011/10/04/mysogenia-in-anatot/ – Yael Kahn

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Image from publication, 'The True Right' with caption: 'Nazileftist smashed with blows.'

If all I did in this post was tell you about the suffering of Israeli peace activists who were beaten and brutalized at a pogrom at Anatot a few days ago, I would be telling you little that was newsworthy or that you didn’t know already. I’ve already reported here that senior Israeli police officers not only stood by and did nothing while bones were broken and one settler attempted to knife a protester, but that the police actually directly beat up the activists who’d come to support a Palestinian farmer whose land had been stolen by the settlement.

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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 September, 2011: Jewish settlers demand legal cover for killing Palestinian demonstrators

9 September 2011 , 2011 — VTJP

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International Middle East Media Center

Tunisia Strongly Supports The Palestinian-UN Bid
IMEMC – Friday September 09, 2011 – 22:25, Tunisian Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed that it popularly and officially supports the Palestinian statehood recognition at the United Nations.

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