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| Title | | Description | Date |
| West Bank commander warns of unrest if no peace talks | | Associated Press -
The Times of Israel -
"If Kerry’s efforts fail, “I’m afraid we will see the escalation … strengthen," he said.” - id | 19/6/2013 |
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| Ex-South Africa ambassador criticizes Israel | | Associated Press -
Ynet -
""Regrettably, my permission was not sought (by the JNF nor the Israeli government) to plant trees in my or the name of the South African Ambassador on usurped land, the rightful land of the Palestinians and Bedouins."" - id
| 19/6/2013 |
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| One by one, Israel`s coalition members abandon two-state rhetoric | | Mairav Zonszein -
+972 -
"So Netanyahu is in fact – as far as the political rhetoric goes – the most moderate of the bunch. Scary." - id | 19/6/2013 |
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| The bombing of Semiramis and the fall of Jerusalem’s western suburbs | | Dr. Ali Qleibo - This Week in Palestine - `My friends, the girls of the
Alonzo and Abu Suywaneh families, invited me to have fun and dancing.
But it was raining hard on that night in January 1948 and I did not go
to the party in the Semiramis Hotel. I never saw them again, the hotel
was blown up and they were among those buried under the ruins`. Dr. Ali
Qleibo traces the rise of Jerusalem`s Arab Christian middle class in the
19th Century, its peak in the gay cosmopolitan Jerusalem of the 1930`s,
and its ruin and dispersal in 1948 when the affluent suburbs as Talbieh,
Al-Baq’ah and Qatamon were conquered and depopulated. ak | 18/6/2013 |
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| Hundred year old general: "“We Destroyed Arab Villages To Create Our State” | | Israeli Army Radio/IMEMC - On his 100th birthday retired general Yitzhak
Pondak confirmed that the soldiers under his command in 1948 had taken
part in destroying and depopulating Arab villages, adding “I can sleep
with clear mind. We did what we needed to do, otherwise the number of
Arabs now would have been a million more”. ak
| 18/6/2013 |
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| PLO`s Dr. Hanan Ashrawi: Israel has rejected peace | | Jerusalem Post - "Given this
overwhelming evidence of Israel`s verbal and actual rejection of the two-
state solution and hence peace, it is imperative that the US and the
international community as a whole start dealing with reality rather than
fiction." bz | 18/6/2013 |
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| Top businessmen warn Netanyahu: Stalled peace process will ruin Israel`s economy | | Barak Ravid - Haaretz - “We come from the field, and we’re feeling the
pressure,” one said. “If we don’t make progress toward a two-state
solution, there will be negative developments for the Israeli economy.
We’re already noticing initial signs of this. The future of the Israeli
economy will be in danger.” bz | 18/6/2013 |
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| Anti-Arab violence and graffiti within the Green Line | | Noam (Dabul) Dvir - Ynet - <`Arabs out` graffiti in Abu Ghosh> The tires
of 28 cars in the Arab village of Abu Ghosh near Jerusalem were slashed
early Tuesday morning. Graffiti reading "racism or assimilation" and
"Arabs out" was sprayed on nearby walls. One of cars belongs to former
Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg.
Police are investigating the case and estimate the attack was racially
motivated. bz | 18/6/2013 |
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| Israeli politicians protect `price tag` attackers | | Dahlia Scheindlin - +972 - The decision not to define ‘price tag’ attackers as terrorists shows the settler lobby’s influence in the Israeli government and highlights the inequality of law and law enforcement in the West Bank | 17/6/2013 |
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| Gazan, Jewish kids play same `war games` | | Oded Even-Or - Ynet - Frantic responses to report on Gaza `terror camp` ignore similar Israeli activities | 17/6/2013 |
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| Practice of Torture - US and Israeli Intelligence | | Ron Jacobs - CounterPunch - "One does not need to be reminded that torture is an accepted method when it comes to interrogating prisoners today. This is true no matter whether the torturer is working for an acknowledged authoritarian regime like Mubarak’s Egypt or a supposedly democratic, liberal regime like the United States or Israel" | 17/6/2013 |
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| Former South African Ambassador to Israel rejects JNF trees planted in his name | | Adam Horowitz - Mondoweiss - Former South African Ambassador to Israel,
Ismail Coovadia, has announced that he will be returning a certificate
given to him announcing that 18 trees were planted in his honor by the
Jewish National Fund (JNF). The trees were planted in the "Ambassadors
Forest" at the completion of Coovadia`s service in Israel last December.
The "Ambassadors Forest" was inaugurated in December 2005 and sits on
the demolished Bedouin village of al-Araqib. "I was not a party to, and
never will be, to the planting of trees on expropriated and stolen
land." bz | 15/6/2013 |
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| Candidate Hassan Rohani takes big lead in Iran`s presidential election so far | | Press TV in English, from Iran - After 8 million out of 8 million three
hundred thousand votes have been counted the candidate considered moderate
has signifcantly more votes than all other candidates together. [One
becomes jealous of the Iranian vote-bz]
| 15/6/2013 |
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| Israel is on the verge of a products boycott – first of those produced in settlements, then those coming from anywhere in Israel | | Attila Somfalvi - Ynet - Knesset Member Ofer Shelah (Yesh Atid ) slammed
the Israeli policy in the territories and said the West Bank settlements
pose an obstacle to a peace agreement. (...) The world has informed us
that our being an occupying country is no longer tolerated. bz | 15/6/2013 |
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| Trashing Four Generations of Palestinian Inheritance | | Dina Omar -
Al-Shabaka
"In 1948, the emerging state of Israel laid waste to hundreds of Palestinian villages. Today, three Palestinian villages are accusing the Palestinian Authority (PA) of laying waste to their ancestral lands. Roughly 826 dunums (204 acres) are to be confiscated from 220 families in the villages of Rammun, at-Tayba, and Deir Dibwan in order to construct a solid waste and sanitation landfill. Despite the landowners’ numerous and unanimous objections, the Israeli Civil Administration delivered official notice of the confiscation. However, the landowners are publicly claiming that the PA was behind the move." ca | 14/6/2013 |
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| World Bank, the PA and Israel work together to confiscate Palestinian land for West Bank dump site | | Allison Deger -
Mondoweiss
"Three West Bank villages are challenging Israeli orders to confiscate their agricultural fields, earmarked for a Palestinian Authority (PA) landfill funded by the German Development Bank (KfW). The proposed 14 million Euro sanitation facility is slated to become first official dump site in the heavily populated Ramallah-district, and the third in the region specifically for Palestinian-use. Yet unlike other landfills, which are in Area A and B, the new site is located in Area C of the West Bank, under Israeli security control." ca | 14/6/2013 |
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| Syria`s Improvised Arsenals | | C.J. Chivers -
VIDEO, NYT
"Across northern Syria, a clandestine network of primitive arms-making plants churn out makeshift weapons. The Times`s C.J. Chivers reports on a signature element of a materially lopsided war." ca
| 14/6/2013 |
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| Attackers desecrate Palestinian Christian graves near Tel Aviv | | Ma`an News Agency -
"Attackers desecrated graves in a Palestinian Christian cemetery in Jaffa and damaged property nearby, in an incident that bore the hallmarks of a "price tag" hate crime, police said on Thursday.Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that headstones in the Orthodox Christian graveyard in Jaffa, a mixed Palestinian-Jewish area in southern Tel Aviv, were sprayed with Hebrew graffiti and the tires of five vehicles parked nearby were slashed." ca
| 14/6/2013 |
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| Thousands of Arab Negev residents rally against Prawer Plan | | Ma`an News Agency -
"Thousands of Palestinians holders of Israeli citizenship on Thursday demonstrated in Beersheba in southern Israel in protest against the Prawer Plan which will displace thousands of Bedouin families in the Negev desert.A Ma’an reporter said the demonstrators waved Palestinian flags as they marched in front of a governmental complex in the center of Beersheba chanting slogans against the Prawer Plan." ca
| 14/6/2013 |
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| Settlers, Palestinians together against waste dump | | SHARON UDASIN, TOVAH LAZAROFF -
Jerusalem Post
"Trash issues have trumped the conflict, as settlers and Palestinians band together to protest a new German funded landfill near a nature reserve in Area C of the West Bank.The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) is leading the battle against the dump, because along with the settlers and Palestinians, it believes that the landfill is environmentally problematic." ca
| 14/6/2013 |
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| Restrictions on Palestinians living in Israel with spouses now in its 10th year | | Dusan Vranic - The Washington Post - Israeli Arabs continue to bring their spouses home, because many have family relations with Palestinians that predate the Jewish state, particularly in towns like Bartaa that straddle the line with the West Bank. Even so, such marriages are dropping off because of the difficulties involved, residents said.-rh
| 13/6/2013 |
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| Be`er-Sheva Protest march against the Prawer Bill for Beduin expulsion | | | 12/6/2013 |
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| Yoram Kaniuk obituary | | Daphna Baram - The Guardian - "The state I took part in founding had ended
long ago and I am not interested in what it has become. It is ludicrous,
blunt, vile, dark, sick, and it will not last. We used to think it would
be different." bz | 11/6/2013 |
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| Alleged “Anti-Terror Bill” to Legalize Administrative Detention | | IMEMC & Agencies - Head of the Meretz opposition party, Zahava Gal-On,
said that Israel is denying human rights under the guise of combating
terror.
She said that the emergency law applied in the country since the British
occupation of Palestine, “cannot just be replaced with legislation that
is anti-democratic”.
Also, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) slammed the
bill, described it as anti-democratic, and warmed that its provisions
could turn legal organizations and law-abiding persons into terrorists
[i.e. depriving them of their basic rights] just because they are
suspected. bz | 11/6/2013 |
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| Palestinians call for right of return at UNHRC | | Tovah Lazaroff - Jerusalem Post - The UNHRC debate showed that wide gaps
still remain in the public discourse on conflict. Israel, which has cut
its ties with the council and was not present, claimed that the concept
of the right of return for Palestinians to the
State of Israel undermines the basic principle of a two-state solution.
On behalf of the IBSA bloc, Brazil said that freezing settlement
activity was not a pre-condition
to talks, but rather an obligation under international law. bz | 11/6/2013 |
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| Rabbis help arson attack Muslims | | "We have offered them space to meet, for their children to study, office space and computers, prayer space, as well as offers to collect money to rebuild their centre. There is a really strong feeling of community here" | 10/6/2013 |
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| Ya’alon shuns deputy over two-state solution comments | | Aaron Kalman - The Times of Israel - Danon says working relationship with defense minister ‘excellent;’ his boss says he’s no longer responsible for Danon | 10/6/2013 |
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| WATCH: Former female Israeli soldiers break their silence | | Mairav Zonszein - +972 - This post is dedicated to former IDF soldier and whistleblower Anat Kamm, a brave woman currently doing time in Israeli jail | 10/6/2013 |
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| Israel: marking settlement products harms Palestinians | | Alternative Information Center (AIC) - This is similar to retorts made
by
the apartheid regime in South Africa, which claimed that international
boycotts would primarily hurt black South Africans [including link to
official document
bz] | 8/6/2013 |
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| `Israel is Sliding Into Total Dependence on the PA` | | Arutz-7 (The settlers` own media outlet) - Factory owners: PA deliberately
cuts taxes so that Israeli industry can`t compete. If the government does
not start taxing PA goods “There will be no more factories producing goods
in Israel. Any type of goods… We’ll reach a point where we will be
completely dependent on them.” bz | 8/6/2013 |
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| Is Gaza Honey Mixture the next Viagra? | | Khaled Kraizim -
Al-Monitor
"Mansour has treated 25 infertile couples who had been unable to bear children for years, by means of pure honey supplemented with vitamins and pollen.Mansour, 52, has produced this treatment after more than 25 years of experience, work and trade in bee honey. He developed a mixture that cures many diseases, including erectile dysfunction (ED), inflammatory hepatitis, stomach ulcers, inflammation of the prostate and the duodenum, in addition to nervous system issues." ca
| 7/6/2013 |
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| Palestinian medical school grads protest exclusion from Israeli hospitals | | Nir Hasson -
Haaretz
"The policy, which has been in place for seven years, is political. Because part of the Al-Quds University campus – though not the medical school – is located within the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem, the Health Ministry and Council of Higher Education refuse to allow graduates in medicine and other health professions to sit for their licensing boards as "foreign university" graduates. Nor can they can they take the boards as Israeli graduates, because Al-Quds in not accredited by the council." ca | 7/6/2013 |
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| Suspicion and Hate: Racist Attacks On Arabs Increase in Israel | | Julia Amalia Heyer - Spiegel Online - Wolkov, 53, teaches history in Ramat HaSharon, near Tel Aviv. She was attacked and her car was damaged, merely because an Arab colleague was sitting in the passenger seat. It happened in March, but it wasn`t the only attack of its kind.-rh
| 5/6/2013 |
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| Why a Jewish state cannot fully protect its non-Jewish citizens | | Mairav Zonszein - +972 - Israeli police’s failure to stop the murder of two young Bedouin sisters highlights the arbitrariness of citizenship and discrimination for Palestinians under occupation – regardless of whether they are citizens.-rh
| 4/6/2013 |
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| Analysis: Kerry pushing for Middle East peace, but is he a Lone Ranger? | | Arshad Mohammed - Reuters - Among observers of the Washington
scene, no one doubts the sincerity of Secretary of State Kerry in his
efforts to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians. But some
observers regard him as "A Lone Ranger without even a Tinto" (the
companion of the original fictional character of that name). If not
given a forceful backing from President Obama, Kerry`s efforts might
join the very long list of American diplomatic failures in the Middle
East. ak | 4/6/2013 |
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| Kerry: The status quo is not sustainable | | Paul Richter - Los Angeles Times - Secretary of State Kerry, appearing
before the American Jewish Committee, warned that "The status quo is not
sustainable", adding: "I heard all the arguments for why it’s too
difficult to solve the conflict... cynicism has never solved anything.
Israel should accept the risk of a peace deal with Palestinians because
the consequences of not doing so would be worse." | 4/6/2013 |
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| Fiddler Without a Roof (video) | | The actor Theodore Bikel - "Tevye" in countless productions of
"Fiddler on the Roof" - calls upon Israeli parliamentarians to reject
the pending government bill on "bedouin re-settlement": "It hurts to
know that our people, the descendents of the Jews expelled from [such
towns as] Anatevka, are about to expel some 40,000 Israeli citizens from
their homes, demolish their villages, and dispossess them of much of
their lands". ak
| 4/6/2013 |
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| Germany may soon restrict `Made in Israel` labels | | The Media Line - Ynet - “In our view products should be labeled “Made in
Israel” only if they are manufactured within the 1967 borders,” the
government document states, according to Israeli press reports. That
would exclude products made in the more than 140 communities built on
land that Israel acquired* in 1967, also known as the West Bank. [*Not
exactly "acquired", only "occupied", without giving the Palestinians
citizens rights--note:bz] | 4/6/2013 |
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| Superland government | | Ram Cohen - Ynet - Amusement park`s Arab-Jewish segregation policy stems from racist Israeli laws | 3/6/2013 |
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| The False Torch | | Uri Avnery - Gush Shalom - "It is of crucial importance for Israel that a new generation of activists for peace and social justice build a new force that will be able to compete in the next elections. The searing disappointment in Lapid may, unfortunately, push young people far away from politics" | 3/6/2013 |
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| Anti-Semitism | | Amos Gwirtz - "Let us imagine this – hopefully impossible – event: a certain state in Europe (let’s say France) decides to concentrate its Jewish citizens in towns. In order to ‘encourage’ them to relocate in the towns assigned to them, that state impacts their businesses, demolishes their homes, and imposes strict limitations on the public services they are due, such as denying them running water, electrical power supply, health services, sanitation etc" | 3/6/2013 |
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| Abbas names new Palestinian prime minister | | AlJazeera - Palestinian president names academic and Fatah party member Rami Hamdallah as new prime minister | 3/6/2013 |
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| ``Capitalism can!`` | | Reuters - Forward - Encouraged by U.S. and Palestinian officials, the
Cisco
company’s CEO, John Chambers, visited Ramallah in 2008. Since then,
Cisco
has invested $15 million in Palestinian tech startups and training
programs. Israel-based companies have followed Cisco’s example and
hired Palestinian firms for outsourcing work. Palestinian firms now also
work for Hewlett-Packard, Alcatel-Lucent and other American and European
tech giants.
"We need to partner with the private sector," Kerry said,
“because it is clear that most governments don’t have the money. bz
| 1/6/2013 |
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| High Court justice removed from panel hearing petition against his West Bank settlement | | Amira Hass -
Haaretz
"Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, whose appointment to the court stirred up a public storm because of his residence in a West Bank settlement, almost adjudicated on Wednesday on a petition filed against his settlement, Alon Shvut, but was replaced on the bench before the deliberations began by Supreme Court President Asher Grunis." ca | 31/5/2013 |
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| Assad: I`m pressured to open `Golan front` | | Roi Kais -
Israel News
"In interview to Hezbollah TV station, Assad says Hezbollah involvement connected to Israel; promises to respond to alleged Israeli attack; claims Russia will make good on all arms agreements; suggests might run for president in 2014." ca | 31/5/2013 |
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| The Failure of Israel`s Red Line Policy | | Shlomi Eldar -
Al Monitor
"Israeli public opinion has been distracted by a new red line, which has pushed the Iranian threat into a corner. Yes, another threat is grabbing all the headlines, though it would probably be more correct to say that it is making the headlines, while it extracts all those Israeli politicians who used the Iranian nuclear campaign to their advantage from a proverbial dead end...And so, one morning the citizens of Israel, who had long been used to living in the shadow of the Iranian threat, woke up to another threat looming across the border: the “Syrian threat.” ca
| 31/5/2013 |
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| Syria’s rudderless opposition | | Bassel Oudat -
Al Ahram
"Now that the US and Russia have agreed to hold an international conference, slated for June in Geneva, to explore a negotiated settlement to the crisis in Syria, unity among the country’s opposition is more needed than ever. However, the task of forming a unified delegation to the conference may be proving too much for the fractious opposition." ca | 31/5/2013 |
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| Amusement park denies entry to Arab teacher, students | | Shahar Chai - YnetNews - A Jaffa school teacher complained that Superland Rishon Lezion prevented him from buying tickets for Arab students, a complaint which was followed by the amusement park`s management admission that the park is open to Jewish schools on certain days and Arab schools on other days.-rh
| 30/5/2013 |
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| Jordanian Detainees Continue Their Hunger Strike | | Saed Bannoura -
IMEMC
"The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has reported, Thursday, that Jordanian detainees, held by Israel, are ongoing with the hunger strike they started 27 days ago, protesting ongoing violations, and demanding their release.There are approximately 27 Jordanians held by Israel, in addition to 29 Jordanians who are missing, either killed or secretly detained by Israel." (ca for id) | 29/5/2013 |
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| WATCH: Activists call to free conscientious objector outside IDF headquarters | | VIDEO -
+972
"On May 21, 2013, dozens of people held a solidarity demonstration with conscientious objector Natan Blanc, in front of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. Blanc is serving his tenth prison term for refusing to be drafted into the Israeli army. This is an all time record of number of consecutive prison terms for a conscientious objector.(ca for id) | 29/5/2013 |
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| Mexican Congress to vote on proposal to recognize State of Palestine | | Laroc Hurtado - Stop the War - Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 29, the Mexican
Congress is due to vote on the proposal of Deputy José Antonio León
Mendivil, of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, urging the Federal
Government to recognize the independent and sovereign State of
Palestine, establish full diplomatic relations between the two states
and therefore upgrade the Mexican Representative Office in Ramallah to
a full-fledged Embassy.
| 28/5/2013 |
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| Interfaith Peace-Builders delegation arrives in Palestine/Israel | | IFPB - A 33-member delegation of the American Interfaith Peace-Builders
(IFPB) is now in Jerusalem, intending to speak to Israelis and
Palestinians and make an independent assessment of Secretary of State
Kerry`s proclaimed efforts to restart negotiations. IFPB organizers
note that throughout President Obama’s administration, the US-brokered
peace process has shown few results while US military aid continues to
flow unabated, with the 2014 budget including $316 million for an anti-
missile systems on top of the a normal annual $3.1 billion in military
aid to Israel. | 28/5/2013 |
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| The Promised City | | Shuchen Tan - AlJazeera - A new West Bank eco-town is tempting some Palestinians with promises of a dream city, but it is not without its critics | 27/5/2013 |
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| Of malignant hatred and a law of theft | | Adam Keller - Crazy Country - The Goldberg Commission`s conclusions
included a recommendation to recognize at least a large part of the
unrecognized Bedouin villages and give them official status, building
permits and basic services such as water and electricity. But there were
government officials who thought that went too far. Ehud Prawer was
appointed by
the Prime Minister to review the recommendations and improve them, and
he did a thorough job of deleting any item that might be remotely
acceptable to the Bedouins. bz | 26/5/2013 |
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| Jordan king says extremism ‘grown fat’ on Israel-Palestinian conflict | | Associated Press - Washington Post - “None benefits more of the success of
Secretary Kerry’s efforts than Palestinians and nobody loses more than
Palestinians, if he fails,” Erekat said on the sidelines of the World
Economic Forum. bz | 26/5/2013 |
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| Hany Abu-Assad`s Omar Gets Standing Ovation in Cannes | | E. Nina Rothe - Huffington Post (blog) - At the core of Omar, stands a
connection between two men, two unlikely heroes full of faults and human
traits. While I admit that I went into the film with some pretty well-
defined allegiances, the character of Rami, the Israeli agent assigned
to Omar`s case, left me torn. Mid-screening I scribbled in my notebook
about him and Omar "two men who are clearly different from the rest" and
today, more then twenty-four hours later, I`m still seduced by Rami`s
character, and the charismatic actor who plays him, Waleed F. Zuaiter.
[See also the hostile: Anti-Israel film wins Cannes prize
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4384208,00.html bz] | 26/5/2013 |
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| Amnesty: Israeli restrictions on movement of Palestinians collective punishment | | Palestinian Information Center (PIC): AI`s yearly report pointed out
that
West Bank Palestinians are forced to get Israeli permits while the
Israeli
settlers are allowed to move freely in those areas. The stringent
restrictions imposed on the movement of Palestinians serve as a
"collective punishment" of the population of Gaza and the West Bank. bz | 26/5/2013 |
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| `This time they destroyed everything`: Uprooted Bedouins face more evictions | | Jillian Kestler-D`Amours - Electronic Intifada - Police and agents with
the Israel Land Administration regularly come to the village to take
photographs of buildings, Abu al-Qian explained. They even once asked him
if he would rather demolish the village himself, or wait for them to do
it. bz | 26/5/2013 |
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| Toxic gas used as anesthesia in Gaza hospital | | Ma`an News Agency -
"Anesthesiologists in Gaza hospitals confirmed Wednesday that a nitrous oxide canister, bought from Israel, contained carbon monoxide and was used mistakenly. He added that anesthesiologists noticed that the patients’ reaction to the anesthetic gas was very dangerous. Four patients suffered severe cardiac arrest but medics managed to save the patients’ lives." ca
| 24/5/2013 |
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| Israel cracks down on American travel to West Bank by requiring tourists to obtain military permit | | AlexKane -
Mondoweiss
"Hass’s report was published as opposition mounts to the Senate bill that grants Israelis visa-free travel to the U.S. while also codifying Israel`s practice of denying U.S. travelers entry on the basis of security concerns. That Senate bill exposes a galling aspect of the "special relationship." All the military aid and diplomatic support to Israel doesn’t shield Americans from being routinely discriminated against based on their political affiliations or ethnic background. And Israel can count on the U.S. not putting up a fight. Having the whole Congress behind you means never having to think twice about these actions. " ca | 24/5/2013 |
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| Kerry Meets With Israelis and Palestinians to Revive Peace Process | | ISABEL KERSHNER and MICHAEL R. GORDON -
NYT -
"Those participating in the meetings have been sworn to discretion, creating a rare silence on both sides over an issue that is usually played out in shrill tones. Analysts said the secrecy could be a sign of seriousness, or of fear of being blamed for any leaks or failure." - id
| 24/5/2013 |
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| J Street’s pipe dreams of peace | | Miko Peled -
The Electronic Intifada -
"“It’s an energizing time to be here. After years of frustrating deadlock, talk of peace is in the air again.” What air is he breathing?" - id (for rh)
| 23/5/2013 |
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| US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart | | Associated Press -
Ynet -
"In Jerusalem, Kerry lauds Netanyahu`s `seriousness` in search for ways to jumpstart peace talks with Palestinians, says `I know this region well enough to know there is skepticism, and there are reasons for it.` PM: When there`s a will, we`ll find a way." - id (for rh)
| 23/5/2013 |
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| Peace debate exposes deep rifts in Israeli government | | Jeffrey Heller -
Yahoo News -
""Two states for two peoples might be Netanyahu`s position, but it is not the official government position. It is not part of its basic guidelines," Orit Struck of the Bayit Yehudi party said at the Foreign Affairs and Defense committee session." - id | 22/5/2013 |
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| Playing your role: A Middle East peace drama | | Jason Alexander -
Ynet -
"We have a role to play, no matter how small. I have taken a part, but this cast is large. And the players need you. It is a great story. You really shouldn`t miss it." - id
| 22/5/2013 |
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| 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] | 21/5/2013 |
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| 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 | 21/5/2013 |
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| 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 | 21/5/2013 |
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| Israel Demands French TV Retract 2000 Report on Gaza Child’s Killing | | Jason Ditz - AntiWar - Israeli Officials Insist Boy Might Be Alive Somewhere | 20/5/2013 |
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| 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 | 20/5/2013 |
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| 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 | 20/5/2013 |
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| Israel is largest drone exporter in the world | | Yaakov Lappin, Reuters - The Jerusalem Post - Global reliance on US drops; Paris seeks to purchase drones from J`lem "straight away" | 20/5/2013 |
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| Anti-Zionist playing cards new fad in haredi sector | | Akiva Novick - Ynet - Against the backdrop of the massive anti-draft
haredi demonstration in Jerusalem on Thursday, new playing cards
promoting anti-Zionist beliefs are gaining popularity in Israel`s
various orthodox communities. Though they originated in the relatively
marginal Neturei Karta sect, the playing cards` distributor claims they
garner much enthusiasm in the haredi mainstream outside the group`s
Jerusalem cloister. bz | 19/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Catastrophic thinking: Did Ben-Gurion try to rewrite history? | | Shay Hazkani - Haaretz - Most historians today agree that in at least
120 of 530 villages,
the Palestinian inhabitants were expelled, and
that in half the villages the inhabitants fled because of the battles
and were not allowed to return.
Ben-Gurion appeared to have known the facts well (...) in many cases
senior commanders of the Israel Defense
Forces ordered Palestinians to be expelled and their homes blown up. The
Israeli military not only updated Ben-Gurion about these events but also
apparently received his prior authorization, in written or oral form,
notably in Lod and Ramle, and in several villages in the north. bz | 19/5/2013 |
| ... |
| `Expect Israeli strikes on Russian arms shipment to Syria-Hezbollah` | | Shlomo Cesana, David Baron, Daniel Siryoti and Israel Hayom staff - U.S.
officials told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that another round of
Israeli airstrikes could target a new Russian transfer of advanced anti-
ship missiles in the near future. Israeli and Western intelligence
services believe the Yakhont missiles, which have been sold by Russia to
Syria in recent years, could be transferred to Hezbollah within days,
the newspaper reported on its website Friday. [The US threatening again
with "uncontrollable Israel", etc.-bz] | 18/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Erdogan: Hamas vital to peace talks | | Yitzhak Benhorin - Ynet - Future of negotiations depends on Palestinian
unity and inclusion of Hamas, claims Turkey`s PM; `Israel must retreat
to 1967 line,` he says in Washington. But "as long as Israel does not
accept Palestine as a state, there is not much to talk about in terms of
trying to achieve peace." Erdogan also announced his intentions of
visiting Gaza and the West Bank as soon as next month. bz | 18/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Porto Alegre is Palestine’s friend, so why has it embraced Israel’s war industry? | | Jamal Juma` -
EI
"Tarso Genro, governor of Rio Grande do Sol in Brazil, concluded a deal to develop a huge Israeli military technology center in Porto Alegre over the past few weeks. One day before signing the contract with the arms company Elbit, Genro was in the occupied West Bank, where he witnessed first-hand the oppression on which Israel’s weapons industry thrives." ca
| 17/5/2013 |
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| Palestinian Investment Fund | | Omar Shaban -
Al-Monitor
"The fund`s rules of procedure state that the PIF is as a limited public company, is owned by the Palestinian people and is independent both financially and administratively. The fund has a board of directors and is an independent public body...the fund may be promoting monopolistic practices, which the Palestinians blame the high poverty and unemployment on. This kind of mixing of political power and wealth has characterized the Arab despotic regimes, against which the people revolted two years ago." ca
| 17/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Promoting science, promoting democracy | | Ismail Serageldin -
AlAhram Weekly
"Centuries before Bacon and Descartes, before the emergence of modern science in the West, our forefathers were calling for the experimental method, relying on the power of observation and the application of rationality and logic. They promoted openness to the contrarian view, balanced by a healthy scepticism...The challenge for Egypt today is to ensure that it can create an overall climate that is open and tolerant, for that is how democracy will flourish and science will advance. Democracy requires pluralism, which is based on difference of opinion, and democracy is about protecting the rights of those who hold minority opinions from the tyranny of the majority. That is why belief in the values of science, so essential to proper scientific research and for the development of new ideas, is also essential for the development of a proper democratic system." ca | 17/5/2013 |
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| Despite efforts to erase it, the Nakba`s memory is more present than ever in Israel | | Noam Sheizaf -
+972 -
""Sometimes we had to shoot one or two, and then the rest got the message and left on their own. You need to understand: if you didn’t destroy the Arab’s home, he will always want to come back. When there is no home, no village, there is nowhere to return."" - id | 15/5/2013 |
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| Palestinian celebrity gets the `Jewish sticker` at Ben-Gurion Airport | | Ami Kaufman -
+972 -
"Thanks that someone whispered to you, “it’s Mira Awad,” so the “Awad” isn’t scary anymore? Thanks for upgrading me to a Class A citizen? I turned into one of “ours,” or actually one of “yours.”" - id | 15/5/2013 |
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| Marwan Barghouthi from prison: any talk of modifications on the 1967 borders must be rejected | | Saed Bannoura - IMEMC -
While calling on the Palestinian people to unite, Barghouti said that
the Palestinians must reject all attempts that aim at forcing them to
abandon their legitimate rights, to insist on a full and comprehensive
Israeli withdrawal from all of the Palestinian territories Israel
occupied in 1967, including Jerusalem, to ensure the full implementation
of resolution 194, and the liberation of all detainees. bz | 14/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Norman Finkelstein bids farewell to Israel bashing | | Natasha Mozgovaya - Haaretz - "If you go on college campuses, there are
some Hillel faithfuls who are bringing an IDF soldier to try to explain
that not all IDF soldiers are war criminals. And when the soldier starts
to speak, many people stand up and walk out.
"They`ve lost the battle for public opinion," he says. "They claim it`s
because American Jews know too little - I claim it`s because they know
too much about the conflict, and young liberal Jews have difficulty
defending the use of cluster bombs in Lebanon or supporting the Israeli
settlements. I was bashing Israel in the past because nobody else was
exposing its true record. Many people are doing it now, so I switched
hats from a critic of Israel to a diplomat who wants to resolve the
conflict. bz | 14/5/2013 |
| ... |
| State to court: IDF to halt use of phosphorous shells | | Aviel Magnezi - Ynet - In response to petition filed by human rights
group, army says will use incendiary munitions in urban areas only in
`extreme cases.` Yesh Gvul: IDF`s position proves use of phosphorous
shells during 2009 Gaza op was `illegal, immoral` bz | 14/5/2013 |
| ... |
| An organic intellectual and social justice pioneer: A profile of Shlomo Swirski | | Yossi Dahan - +972 - A profile of one of the most influential people in the struggle for social justice in Israel. Although he was kept out of academia, perhaps it was for the better. Who knows how much we would have lost had he wasted his days trying to sneak an article into the American Journal of Sociology | 13/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Yacimovich to Abbas: Israel, Palestinians must renew peace process now | | Barak Ravid and Jonathan Lis - Haaretz - Labor is committed to the
solution of two states for two peoples, Yacimovich told Abbas, emphasizing
that Israel must preserve the safety of its citizens in any future deal
[whatever that may mean-bz]. | 12/5/2013 |
| ... |
| San Francisco bus ads condemn Israeli apartheid: backlash begins | | Cecilie Surasky - Muzzlewatch - According to the 6 million dollar
Israel Action Network, which provides talking points and strategy to
defenders of Israeli government policy, the aim of delegitimization is
to “isolate Israel as a pariah state and reject the notion of a two-
state solution.” If that were at all true, you’d think they’d go after
the original two-state solution killers– the settlers, the Israeli
government and Bibi Netanyahu whose party openly opposes a two-state
solution. But nary a peep. bz | 11/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Red Rag column: The secret plan | | Gideon Spiro - The secret plan - Racism in the Knesset, the religion, Orit
Struk and Shai Dromi - Purity of the race - May Day - Gideon Spiro`s
judicial victory | 11/5/2013 |
|
| Noam Chomsky helped lobby Stephen Hawking to stage Israel boycott | | Robert Booth and Harriet Sherwood - The Guardian - "It will be easier now
for other academics who have been supportive of
Palestinian rights but were reluctant to act on their support," was the
comment of Samia Botmeh, board member of the Palestinian Campaign for
the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. | 11/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Egyptian Women: Between Revolution, Counter-Revolution, Orientalism and Authenticity | | Nicola Pratt -
Jadaliyya
"The legitimacy of the Egyptian female revolutionary has been increasingly contested in the post-Mubarak period through the use of sexualized violence against women protesters. Under the rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the military undertook “virginity tests” against women revolutionaries, widely condemned by Egyptian and international human rights organizations. The “blue bra woman” (that is, a video of a woman being dragged across Qasr al-Einy Street and beaten by military police forces in December 2011) has become an iconic image of SCAF-sponsored violence." ca | 10/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Israel asks Russia to block Syria arms sale | | Reuters -
Haaretz
"Israel has asked Russia not to sell Syria an advanced air defense system which would help President Bashar Assad fend off foreign military intervention as he battles a more than two-year-old rebellion, Israeli officials said on Thursday.Israel told told Washington that Syria had already began payments for a 900 million Euro purchase of the S-300, and an initial delivery was due within three months." ca
| 10/5/2013 |
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| Israel air strikes an obstacle for Kerry`s Syria talks with Putin | | Associated Press -
The National -
"Russia, alongside China, has blocked US-led efforts three times at the United Nations to pressure Mr Al Assad into stepping down and US officials are hoping Syria`s behaviour could shift Russia`s stance." - id
| 8/5/2013 |
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| `Israel Under Fire slogan damaged Israeli tourism marketing efforts` | | Amir Mizroch -
Israel Hayom -
"A further issue which may complicate tourism marketing, if only for some, is the recent decision by the Attorney-General`s Office allowing the Shin Bet security service to ask suspicious tourists for their email passwords." - id | 8/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Chinese President makes four-point proposal for settlement of Palestinian question | | An - Xinhua - The immediate priority is to take credible steps to stop
settlement activities, end violence against innocent civilians, lift the
blockade of the Gaza Strip and properly handle the issue of Palestinian
prisoners in order to create the necessary conditions for the resumption
of peace talks. | 7/5/2013 |
| ... |
| China rebukes Israel ahead of Netanyahu visit | | Ivan Watson and Feng Ke - CNN - This week the world`s second largest
economy appeared to be flexing its diplomatic muscles in the Middle East,
proposing a four-point peace plan and repeating its call for the
establishment of a Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem.
bz | 7/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Yesh Atid blocks referendum on peace deals | | Moran Azulay - Ynet - The Yesh Atid faction, headed by Finance Minister
Yair Lapid, decided on Monday to oppose Economy and Trade Minister Naftali
Bennett`s initiative to pass a Basic Law requiring a referendum before any
peace treaty with the Palestinians is signed. bz | 7/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Deputy FM Elkin asks Google to rethink ‘Palestine’ tagline | | Tovah Lazaroff - Jerusalem Post - The General Assembly agreed to upgrade
its status to that of a nonmember state. The UN has since then agreed to
refer to it as the State of Palestine, even though it has not been
accorded full state rights. bz | 7/5/2013 |
| ... |
| The personal and the political: Territorial swaps and population exchanges | | Muhammad Jabali - +972 - When Israeli politicians talk about land swaps, they rarely consider the rights of those affected – or at least the Palestinian ones. As personal as it is political, the entire situation shows the lack of civil discourse in so-called peace negotiations | 6/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Search engine Google recognises Palestine | | AlJazeera - Internet search giant confirms changing the name "Palestinian Territories" to "Palestine" across all platforms | 6/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Abbas in China, partly simultaneously with Netanyahu | | Ma`an - Abbas told Xinhua he plans to
(...) ask Chinese leaders to "use its relationship with Israel to remove
the obstacles that obstruct the Palestinian economy". bz | 5/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Israeli Army Bombards A Syrian Military Center In Damascus | | Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - A `Syrian Human Rights Monitor`, based in Britain,
quoted eyewitnesses in Syria stating that the Israeli Air Force bombarded
the Jimraya military base, and a nearby weapons facility, and at least two
centers for the Syrian Presidential Guards. bz | 5/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Professor: Our Boycott and Sanctions Campaign is Growing | | Eliran Aharon - Arutz Sheva [settler site] - When asked why there are no
similar campaigns against countries such as Syria and North Korea,
Messick said, “People oppose all sorts of oppressive regimes, in all sorts
of contemporary colonial circumstances. This is one that has world
implications.” bz | 5/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Israel confirms Syria strike, says hit Hezbollah-bound missiles | | Roi Kais - Ynet - A US official, who declined to be identified, told
Reuters on Friday the air strike apparently targeted a building and not
a convey. The officials say the shipment was not of chemical arms, but
of "game changing" weapons bound for the Lebanese militant Hezbollah
group.
bz | 4/5/2013 |
| ... |
| `Jews shouldn`t take God`s promise to Abraham literally` says Church of Scotland report | | Amir Mizroch - Israel Hayom - (...) the exact geography of the land is
unclear, and in any case the land was given "conditionally to the Jewish
people, on the understanding the land is God`s, given in trust to be cared
for and lived in according to God`s instruction."
bz | 4/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Israel`s Netanyahu, Palestine`s Abbas head to China | | Sui-Lee Wee - Reuters - China will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas next week for separate
bilateral talks as it tries to shore up its role in a region where its
diplomatic influence is limited. bz | 4/5/2013 |
| ... |
| To Break Their Strike; Israel Denies Jordanian Detainees Access To Liquids | | Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - 25 Jordanians imprisoned by Israel decided to
start a hunger
strike demanding the Jordanian government to act for their release. All
liquids, except for
water, have been banned for all the striking Jordanian detainees.
Usually, hunger-striking detainees have access to water and other
liquids such as mild.
Palestinian detainees have been unable to contact the Jordanian ones
after Israeli authorities ordered them into solitary confinement.
bz | 4/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Danes, Finns upgrade Palestinian diplomatic status | | AP - Ynet - Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said Friday "We`re changing the
name `Palestinian territories` to `Palestine` across our products." bz | 4/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Video: Palestinian refugees from Syria speak out | | Mosireen -
VIDEO
"Listen to these Palestinians, now yet again refugees in another land. First the Zionist armies exiled them from their villages in Palestine in 1948, now the armies of Bashar exiled them from Syria, which had become a temporary home." ca | 3/5/2013 |
| ... |
| US State Dep’t echoes David Sheen’s documentation of Israeli racism toward refugees– as infiltrators, disease-bearers | | Annie Robbins -
Mondoweiss
""Government officials and media outlets periodically referred to asylum seekers as ‘infiltrators’ and characterized them as directly associated with rises in crime, disease, and terrorism,” the report said. “Interior Minister Eli Yishai made several inflammatory comments about African migrants and organizations that provided them with assistance, and threatened mass arrests and deportation of illegal migrants. Yishai publicly stated the purpose of the Prevention of Infiltration Law was to make the lives of asylum seekers unbearable.” ca | 3/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Equal rights for gentile troops | | Hassan Kaabiya -
Ynet -
"Bedouin, Druze soldiers have sacrificed their lives so rabbis could write their halachic rulings safely," - id | 1/5/2013 |
| ... |
| Yachimovich: Ignoring the Palestinian issue cost us four Knesset seats | | Noam Sheizaf -
+972 -
"... she conveyed the message that the entire Palestinian problem is not important." - id | 1/5/2013 |
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