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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 11 October 2013
11 October 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsraeli Reserve Colonel Killed In Jordan Valley SettlementIMEMC – [Thursday at night October 10 2013] Israeli daily, Haaretz, has reported that an Israeli reserve officer settler was killed outside his home in the Brosh Habika illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied Jordan Valley. … Continue reading
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[PCHR_e] Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (22 – 28 August 2013)
29 August 2013 — PCHR – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights LTD (non-profit) Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Continue reading
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‘You don’t oppose settlements… once they’re built’ — AP says to State Dep’t By Philip Weiss
John Kerry’s statement that settlements are illegitimate has opened up new lines of questioning about US foreign policy. Continue reading
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EU stance on settlements threatens Israeli participation in bonanza called ‘Horizon 2020′
Israel is cringing under the European Union’s “guideline” requirement– the demand by the EU to “recognize in writing that the West Bank settlements are not part of Israel.” And Israel is drawing red lines of its own. Continue reading
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Palestine: The Development of Fortified, Ethnically-exclusive Jewish Enclaves in The West Bank By Suzanne Harris-Brandts
Amidst a series of dramatic events in recent weeks, the Palestinian strife of living under Israeli occupation for close to half a century has once again entered global media attention. Contributing to the headlines were two new Israeli announcements of Jewish-only settlement construction in the peripheries of East Jerusalem. Continue reading
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Video: Architecture, Occupation, and Resistance
Justin Podur interviews architectural researcher Suzy Harris-Brandts, who studied and worked with the Decolonizing Architecture group in the West Bank. They discuss the limitations of negotiations, design tactics under occupation, and the responsibility of architects. Continue reading
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Profiting from War: A Look Into the World of Israeli Arms Dealing By Eilat Maoz
War in Israel has become a constant source of profit, with the West Bank and Gaza Strip used as experimental sites for arms dealers backed up by intellectuals. These are the protagonists of ‘The Lab,’ a new film by Yotam Feldman. In its exceptional interviews, the film reveals that the image of the arms dealer… Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 15 July 2013
15 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsraeli tanks and bulldozers destroy Gaza farmlandIMEMC – Today in the Gaza Strip, Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded farmland owned by Palestinian farmers. … Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 10 July 2013
10 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterActivists to launch flotilla from Gaza to Europe in defiance of Israeli-imposed blockageIMEMC – Canadian, European, and Palestinian activists plan to launch a flotilla – dubbed “Gaza’s Ark” – from Gaza to Europe carrying produce and textiles, with the goal of raising awareness of the Continue reading
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Treatment of Palestinians is Apartheid by Any Other Name By Franklin Lamb
Were it not for the razor wire, giant concrete blocks, steel gates, watchtower and standard-issue surly teenage soldier, it would be impossible to tell at what point the barren uplands of Israel’s eastern Negev give way to the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank. Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 8 July 2013: When non-violence is criminal: Palestinian women stand trial for West Bank protest
8 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterMousa: “Hamas Will Be A Heavy Price For Interfering In Internal Egyptian Affairs”IMEMC – Legislator Yahia Mousa, a political leader of the Hamas movement, stated that the Hamas movement and the Gaza Strip will pay a heavy price for interfering in internal Egyptian affairs, and called on Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 7 July 2013
7 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPalestinian Bedouins attacked by right-wing Israeli settlers near NablusIMEMC – An armed gang of around 50 Israeli settlers stormed a Palestinian Bedouin community of shepherds in Huwwara area, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank on Saturday. … Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 27 June 2013: The US Values We Share With Israel?
27 June 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center21 Palestinians Kidnapped In West BankIMEMC – Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday [June 27 2013] various districts in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped 21 Palestinians. … Continue reading
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Palestinian statehood idea at ‘dead-end’: Israel minister
Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett says that the idea of establishing an independent Palestinian state has reached a dead end. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 13 June 2013
13 June 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterZahalka: “Government, Police, Responsible For Escalating Settler Violence”IMEMC – [Wednesday June 13] Arab Member of Israeli Knesset (MK) Jamal Zahalka of the National Democratic Assembly sent an urgent letter to Israel’s Minister of Internal Security, Yitzhak Aharonovich, demanding him to act on stopping the escalating “Price Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 11 June 2013: State of Denial: Occupation? What Occupation?
11 June 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPalestinian Injured In HebronIMEMC – [Tuesday June 11 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian man was shot by Israeli army fire, when Israeli soldiers attacks a funeral procession of a child in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 6 June 2013: The Wandering Europeans and ‘The Vanishing Two-State Solution’
6 June 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPalestinian Minister Released After Two Years In CaptivityIMEMC – Israeli released, on Thursday evening, former Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Wasfy Qabha, 50, after holding him under Administrative Detention for two years without charges or trial. … Continue reading
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Kerry and Blair’s $4 Billion Mystery Plan for Palestine: Crony capitalism under the guise of peace? By Max Blumenthal
In a speech brimming with optimism, Kerry introduced an ambitious initiative that promised to turn the whole situation around. Calling it, “Breaking The Impasse,” Kerry claimed the plan would triple tourism to the occupied Palestinian territories, double or triple Palestinian agriculture production, increase the Palestinian GDP by 50 percent, and foster the construction of a… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 2 May 2013: Settlers torch olive trees near Ramallah
2 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterHebron Governor Meets EU Representative In PalestineIMEMC – Thursday May 2, 2013, Hebron governor, Kamal Hmeid, held a meeting with the representative of the European Union in Palestine, John Gatt-Rutter, and informed him of the ongoing and escalating attacks carried out by Israeli soldiers and settlers in Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 1 May 2013: Israel PM says territory not root cause of Mideast conflict
1 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterLebanon Arrests Israeli Man Who Crossed BorderIMEMC – The Al-Manar TV, run by the Lebanon-based Hezbollah Party, reported Wednesday that the Lebanese army arrested an Israeli man who illegally crossed into the country. … Continue reading
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