2/8/2010 - Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian refugee camp on the edge of Jerusalem erupted in violence on Monday after Israeli police carried out a raid to arrest tax evaders and...
2/8/2010 - WAFA - Palestine News Agency - GAZA, February 8, 2010 (WAFA) - Hassan al-Err, aged 67, and his seven-member family are moving into a mud house built by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA...
2/7/2010 - YouTube/FoxNews - New York Post columnist Michael Goodwin confirms Israeli official threatened to use tactical nuclear weapons against Iran. [end...
2/7/2010 - WAFA - Palestine News Agency - TEL AVIV, February 7, 2010 (WAFA)- The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) is rebuilding a military position on a base it evacuated in April 2006 east of Beit Sahour...
2/8/2010 - International Middle East Media Center - Saed Bannoura - Israeli sources reported Saturday that the United States vowed to Israeli leaders to bury the report of Judge Richard Goldstone on Israel’s war in Gaza last...
Fear of peace will be the death of Israel
Bradley Burston, Ha’aretz 2/3/2010
SHEIKH JARRAH, Jerusalem - As the grandson of anarchists, I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for fanatics. Expressions of extremism, and passionately reasoned, exquisitely twisted world views make me feel, how shall I put this, at home. So it was with a certain relish that I approached the cover story of a recent issue of Commentary, "The Deadly Price of Pursuing Peace," written as it was by a talented colleague and friend, Evelyn Gordon. The thrust of the piece, which Commentary Editor John Podhoretz understandably calls "groundbreaking," is that Israel’s international standing has plummeted to an unprecedented low - and the number of Palestinians killed by Israel has concurrently soared - specifically because of Israel’s having done much too much for peace. "The answer is unpleasant to contemplate, but the mounting evidence makes it inescapable," she writes. "It was Israel’s very willingness... more..e-mailThe Israeli-US Unbreakable Relations
Khalid Amayreh, Desert Peace 2/8/2010
Ever since the ill-fated Rogers Plan, proposed and named after former US secretary of state William Rogers in 1969, every American administration made ostensibly exhaustive efforts to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. However, all these efforts failed miserably, apparently due to Israel’s adamant refusal to give up the spoils of the 1967 War. Another key reason behind the failure of the US peace diplomacy in the Middle East is the US reluctance and consistent refusal to exert meaningful pressure on Israel to abide by international law, which further emboldened Israel and made the Jewish state bask undisturbed in its rejectionism and arrogance of power. In 1969, Golda Meir, the former Israeli prime minister, who displayed characteristic Zionist arrogance, as well as profound pathological hatred of Arabs, flatly rejected the Rogers Plan, describing it as a “disaster” for Israel and saying that “it would be irresponsible for any Israeli government to support... more..e-mailIsrael’s Crisis Deepens Over Gaza War Crimes Report
Chris Marsden, World Socialist Web Site, Global Research 2/8/2010
United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon threw a lifeline to Israel yesterday, stating that there was not yet enough evidence to say whether Israel or the Palestinians are complying with UN demands to investigate allegations of war crimes during the 22-day Israeli assault on Gaza. Submissions by Israel and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority remained incomplete, he said, on the day both were due to respond to last year’s Goldstone report accusing Israel and Hamas of war crimes. Following Goldstone’s report, the UN General Assembly has demanded that both Israel and Hamas launch independent investigations into their conduct during Operation Cast Lead in 2008-2009. Though both parties were cited in the report by Richard Goldstone, a South African judge, Israel faces far more serious charges. It is accused of deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure in a conflict that saw over 1,400 Palestinians killed—compared with 13 Israelis killed... more..e-mail
Electronic Intifada: 8 Feb 2010 - Once the Gaza Freedom March arrived in Cairo I repeatedly heard justification that organizers did not want to put Egyptian protesters at risk. Yet, Egyptians regularly protest in Egypt despite the risks. For a group of outsiders to justify the exclusion of our involvement without asking our opinion -- in spite of the good intentions of "protecting" us -- felt paternalistic and demeaning. Philip Rizk comments for The Electronic Intifada.
Electronic Intifada: 8 Feb 2010 - RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Gazans hoping for a modicum of justice following Israel's indiscriminate military assault on the coastal territory during December 2008 and January 2009 -- which left 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, dead -- could be waiting in vain. The Israeli government has taken the offensive in the propaganda battle and attacked United Nations-appointed Justice Richard Goldstone's report into war crimes committed during the war.
Palestine Monitor: 8 Feb 2010 - A protest march will be held in London today against the arrival of deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign and British Muslim Initiative are co-ordinating the march, expected to number several hundred, to highlight the ongoing human rights abuses perpetrated by the Israeli government. Ayalon is the first Knesset member to visit Britain since arrest warrants were submitted for Tzipi Livni in December. Livni, along with defense minister Ehud Barak, were spared a legal trial through the diplomatic immunity they enjoyed as ministers on a state visit. Prosecution lawyers argued the Knesset members were implicated in war crimes relating to Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, with Michael...
Palestine Chronicle: 8 Feb 2010 - By Ramzy Baroud The media's habit of revisiting certain issues at set intervals can be strange and even illogical at times. For example, many news outlets commented on President Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office, as well as on the anniversary of his election win, and then again one year after his inauguration day. With every new round number, more commentators joined in and discussions heated up between proponents and detractors of his government’s performance. I am not exactly sure why we like round numbers. Is it because they make valuations easy, even when the particular number is irrelevant? Some philosophers, Plato included, believed that order and symmetry are...
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9 Feb 2010 - Tuesday February 09, 2010 - 12:46, Member of Fateh’s Central Committee, Dr. Nabil Shaath, stated that the Hamas government in Gaza will be releasing Fateh political prisoners in the coming days, and will also reopen Fateh headquarters it previously shut down.
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9 Feb 2010 - Tuesday February 09, 2010 - 11:28, The Israeli Authorities decided Tuesday to partially open its trade crossings with the Gaza Strip to allow the entry of some foodstuffs, and to enable the export of flowers and strawberries.
2/9/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Israel's Jerusalem Municipality cancelled the distribution of eviction orders for a residential building erected by settlers in occupied East Jerusalem's Silwan area, Israeli media reported on...
2/9/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Dozens of Palestinians including journalists were injured as fierce clashes broke out on Monday in Shu'fat refugee camp after Israeli civil and paramilitary police stormed the...
2/9/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - The Israeli army raided the offices of the Stop the Wall organization in Ramallah early Monday morning. Ten military jeeps, hummers and an armoured bus belonging...
2/9/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Several army vehicles closed off entrances to Beit Fajjar on Monday, shutting down roads to the area from Bethlehem and Hebron, witnesses reported. An Israeli military...
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9 Feb 2010 - Atomic Energy Organization spokesman in Tehran says Islamic Republic started preparatory work on producing high-grade nuclear fuel at 0600 GMT 'in presence of IAEA representatives'. Meanwhile, China urges more talks on nuclear plans
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9 Feb 2010 - Some 60 activists from Shalit release campaign protest in front of Hadarim Prison, intend to block families of Palestinian prisoners from visiting their relatives. 'Absurd that they have cell phones, 12-channel television, and Gilad is not afforded even one visit'
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9 Feb 2010 - Michael Oren, Israeli ambassador to United States, gives speech at University of Californian, is interrupted by students shouting, 'How many Palestinians have you killed?', 'Israel is a murderer'. Ten students detained, Oren continues speech to crowd's applause
RAMALLAH, Feb 5 (IPS) - Gazans hoping for a modicum of justice following Israel’s indiscriminate military assault on the coastal territory during December 2008 and January 2009 - which left 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, dead - could be waiting in vain.
Palestine Telegraph - 9 Feb 2010 - Jerusalem, February 9, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf (endowment) and Heritage warned on Monday of large, dangerous cracks in the northern wall of Al-Aqsa Mosue, confirming that theses cracks...
Palestine News Network - 8 Feb 2010 - Interior Minister Eli Yishai has banned Palestinian geographer Khalil Tufakji, a resident of Jerusalem, from traveling abroad for six months, citing unspecified security concerns. The ban was issued on the...
Palestine News Network - 8 Feb 2010 - Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 70 Palestinian workers overnight in the west bank near Bait Aor Al-Tahta village, in west of Ramallah. The workers were hidden in a van as they...
The Guardian - 8 Feb 2010 - Plans for a mixed Arab and Jewish neighbourhood in Jerusalem could be a step towards eradicating decades of hostility For all that Jerusalem is perpetually mired in clashes between rival...
The Guardian - 8 Feb 2010 - By hosting vicious attacks on Israel, Christian Aid is destroying its reputation as a non-partisan charitable organisation Christian Aid, one of the world's largest anti-poverty NGOs, chose 27 January, International...
Daily Star - 9 Feb 2010 Israeli security forces on Monday raided a Palestinian refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem, arresting 11 people in an operation police said was aimed at putting "some order" in the...
The National - 8 Feb 2010 - Hamas leaders outline possible follow-up measures to build up trust, but anger among followers of two factions still runs deep.
The National - 8 Feb 2010 - The mayor of Jerusalem has been told to evict eight families from an illegal block built by Jewish settlers. In retaliation, he has threatened to demolish 200 Palestinian homes.
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