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21/05/2013
| | Israel Social TV: Supporters stage prison vigil for conscientious objector Natan Blanc
| | | Jamal al-Dura: Israel killed my son in cold blood
Ma`an - An Israeli report by the ministry of international affairs and
strategy said raw footage of the incident Sept. 30, 2000 showed that
Muhammad was seen alive in the video. According to father Jamal al-Dura
"the Israelis come up every year with a new narrative." [The version
which was circulated years ago as if Muhammad had died from a
Palestinian bullet seems to have become obsolete-bz] | | | Army raids: detentions, demolition of buildings, destruction of farmlands and irrigation systems
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - In the past 24 hours, army raides in various
parts of the west Bank resulted in: The detention of three residents,
aged 22, 25 and 38 at Kufur Qalil village, south of Nablus; the
uprooting of
more than four Dunams (0.98 Acres) of agricultural lands in Al-Baq’a
village, east of Hebron, planted with tomatos, beans, and zucchinis, as
well as the destruction of irrigation systems; and the demolition of
five commercial buildings at Barta’a Ash-Sharqiyya near Jenin.
| | | London protest outside UEFA congress to call for cancelation of Israel tournament
Adri Nieuwhof - Electronic Intifada - The protest march starts at noon
near the main entrance of St. Pancras station. There will be live music,
red cards, footballs and goals. Protestors are requested to bring or wear
football shirts. bz | | | Israel calls off UNESCO Jerusalem tour, blaming Palestinians
Reuters - The UNESCO experts were to examine the state of conservation
of
the walled Old City, a World Heritage site. The Netanyahu governemnt
called off the visit, charging that the Palestinians had "politicised"
it
- i.e. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki`s reference to the
UNESCO tour as a "probe (of) the occupation measures" in the city. ak | | | Erekat throws his weight behind Kerry`s bid to revive talks
Reuters - Jerusalem Post - "Make no mistake we are exerting every
possible effort in order to see that Mr. Kerry succeeds. No one benefits
more from the success of Secretary Kerry than Palestinians and no one
loses more from his failure than Palestinians," Erekat said.
He said that in the past two months Kerry had met with Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas five times, Erekat three times and that the
three spoke by phone almost weekly.
"Mr. Kerry is keeping things (close to) his chest. He likes to work
very, very, very below the radar and grow things like mushrooms," Erekat
said. "We did everything ... in order to enable him to succeed. He is
not going to wait for years or months actually, he`s working very hard."
bz | | | Israel jails conscientious objector Natan Blanc for tenth time
Harriet Sherwood - The Guardian - "I have no idea how long this will go
on for," Blanc told the Guardian last month. "The bad scenario is that I
will be put in front of a military court and sentenced to something like a
year in prison. The better scenario is that they`ll get tired of this, and
will let me do [alternative] national service instead." bz | | | Shut In, Shut Down, Shut Up: Three Years after Mavi Marmara
Greta Berlin - The Palestine Chronicle - "In an attempt to shut in the people of Gaza, shut down the voyages and shut up the people who advocate for freedom of movement for the 1.5 million people imprisoned there, the Israelis have failed… Miserably" | | | Video: Protest against the occupation, Nabi Saleh, West Bank, 17.5.2013
| | | Silence is no longer an option: A call to action from Israel
Daniel Bar-Tal - +972 - It is imperative that Jews around the world who cherish humanistic values publicly express their concern about the current situation in Israel, and call for the government to return to peaceful, moral, democratic, and humanistic values | | | For previous articles since 2004 go to respective sections | |
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