VTJP Headlines - Occupied Palestine and Israel 5/21/2012
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"Civil Rights": 84% of Palestinian Children in Jerusalem Live Below the Poverty Line
International Middle East Media Center - 21 May 2012
Court Ruling Of Two Nonviolent Activists Delayed
International Middle East Media Center - 21 May 2012
Shaath: Israel Must Respond to International Demand to Stop Settlement Expansion
International Middle East Media Center - 21 May 2012
Netanyahu: "United Jerusalem Is The Heart Of Israel"
International Middle East Media Center - 21 May 2012
Video: Settlers Firing Live Ammunition At Palestinians In The Presence Of Soldiers
International Middle East Media Center - 21 May 2012
Nine Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center - 20 May 2012
Palestinian Seriously Wounded, Kept On The Ground As Soldiers Stepped on His Palms
International Middle East Media Center - 20 May 2012
Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protest Near Hebron
International Middle East Media Center - 20 May 2012
Two Injured As Settlers Attack Nablus Village
International Middle East Media Center - 20 May 2012
78 percent of Jerusalem Palestinians living in poverty
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Video: Settlers, amongst soldiers, fire on Palestinians
Ma'an News Agency - 5/21/2012
Settlers uproot trees in Beit Ummar, spray racist slogans
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Soldiers block entry to village for Jerusalem Day demo
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Witnesses: Settlers torch agricultural crops in Yatta
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Medics: Man dies in Gaza tunnel fall
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Prisoners representative: Halahla moved to investigations unit
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Jerusalem Day marchers clash with Palestinians
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Medics: Farmer shot in south Gaza, moderately injured
Ma'an News Agency - 5/21/2012
Army: Palestinian wounded after knife clash with soldiers
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Report: Israeli MK's tour Al-Aqsa to mark Jerusalem Day
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Military court clears Tamimi of incitement charge
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Israeli army detains 3 overnight in West Bank
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Abbas meets officials in Qatar
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Teachers' political dismissal claims referred to top court
Ma'an News Agency - 5/21/2012
Official: Special judges to hear journalist cases
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Union: Public sector to strike Monday
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Al-Ahmad: Fatah, Hamas officials to meet in Cairo
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Official: Fatah, Hamas agree deadline for reconciliation govt
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Coca Cola Palestine wins award for sustainable development
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Brother: Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya
Ma'an News Agency - 5/21/2012
US tells G8 Syria's Assad must go
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Lebanese soldiers kill 2 anti-Assad group members
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Bahraini activist granted bail but not released
Ma'an News Agency - 5/20/2012
Netanyahu: Israel could be overrun by African infiltrators
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Israel inches closer to compromise on Iran uranium enrichment, officials say
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Israel Aerospace Industries fined NIS 1m for trying to export without permit
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Discount may save beleaguered Israeli theater
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
From next year, Independence Day may launch long weekend
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Faculty demands return of Arabic to University of Haifa's logo
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Israeli museum hopes to make Einstein's genius relatively accessible
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Report points to inefficiency as the source of Israel Police's shortcomings
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Sleepy campaign for Histadrut chief crawls to a close
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
For second straight year, marchers chant anti-Arab slogans during Jerusalem Day
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
WATCH: Israeli settler shoots at Palestinians while IDF soldiers stand by
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Netanyahu: Israel will continue to build Jerusalem and keep it united
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Israel to allow gay men to conceive children via surrogates
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Former president Katsav leaves prison to attend son's wedding
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
In letters to Israelis, African asylum seekers attempt to tell their own stories
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Shin Bet uncovers Palestinian squad bent on kidnapping Israelis in West Bank
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Interior Minister: UN should take care of migrant workers, not Israel
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Palestinian attacks IDF soldier during Jerusalem Day event in West Bank
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Israel security forces deployed across capital ahead of Jerusalem Day events
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Austria minister: Lieberman's presence in Israeli cabinet 'unbearable'
Ha'aretz - 20 May 2012
Israel Police chief: Letting migrants work would reduce crime
Ha'aretz - 19 May 2012
Report: 78% of East Jerusalem Palestinians live in poverty
Ha'aretz - 19 May 2012
Sudanese refugees flocking to Israeli Arab, Druze towns
Ha'aretz - 19 May 2012
Organizers pledge a quieter Jerusalem Day this year
Ha'aretz - 19 May 2012
Denmark to ban labeling West Bank products as 'Made in Israel', report says
Ha'aretz - 19 May 2012
South Africa to ban labeling West Bank settlement products as 'made in Israel'
Ha'aretz - 19 May 2012
U.S., Iran seek closer ties alongside nuclear program
Ha'aretz - 19 May 2012
Police shoot robber after botched heist in central Israel
Ha'aretz - 19 May 2012
IAEA chief to visit Iran for talks on nuclear deal
Ha'aretz - 18 May 2012
Israel High Court: Onus on employers to explain lower pay for women
Ha'aretz - 18 May 2012
Netanyahu: No evidence Iran intends to halt contentious nuclear program
Ha'aretz - 18 May 2012
London-bound El Al airliner forced to land over technical fault
Ha'aretz - 18 May 2012
Iran, IAEA making gains toward nuclear framework deal, diplomats say
Ha'aretz - 18 May 2012
Justice Ministry proposes bill that would expand the state's power to tap phones
Ha'aretz - 17 May 2012
Kfar Sava hospital bans teaching staff from speaking in Arabic
Ha'aretz - 17 May 2012
Israeli NGO: Police beat handcuffed detainees in Palestinian solidarity protest
Ha'aretz - 17 May 2012
Israel mulls ban on biking with headphones
Ha'aretz - 17 May 2012
Gadi Vichman's teen killer charged with murder
Ha'aretz - 17 May 2012
Dentists banned from cosmetic Botox business
Ha'aretz - 17 May 2012
Jerusalem & Babylon / Nothing will stop the migrants
Ha'aretz - 17 May 2012
Panetta: U.S. to give Israel additional $70 million for Iron Dome
Ha'aretz - 17 May 2012
TIME crowns Netanyahu as the 'king of Israel'
Ha'aretz - 17 May 2012
Ex-Mossad chief to international community: Sanctions only way to halt Iran's nuclear program
Ha'aretz - 17 May 2012
[uruknet.info] 78 percent of Jerusalem Palestinians living in poverty
Uruknet - 21 May 2012
[uruknet.info] WATCH: Settlers shoot Palestinian in head while soldiers stand by
Uruknet - 21 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Palestinians asked to close their shops for Jerusalem Day
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Two Injured As Settlers Attack Nablus Village
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Official: Fatah, Hamas agree deadline for reconciliation govt
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Syria News - May 19, 2012 (Warning: Graphic Videos)
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Iraq: The futile protest
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Military Resistance 10E9: Smokescreen
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Obama/Geithner in 2012
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Claims of Obama's secret deal' with Russia draw Democrats' ire
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Toronto Star's Heather Mallick endorses "murderer" Obama
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Israeli Plan to Construct 2100 New Settlement Unit
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Syrian opposition: Israel is Assad's biggest ally
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Syria Protests May 19, 2012 : A Video Roundup
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Chicago Militarized for NATO
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Nakba Action
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] National Lawyers Guild decries terrorism charges against Occupy activists protesting NATO summit
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Israeli police distort crime data, inciting violence against refugees
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Hondurans demand US withdrawal over civilian deaths
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] 404 Patients Face Life-threatening Conditions In Gaza
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Israeli Police State Crimes
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Dozens of Libya shrines destroyed
Uruknet - 20 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Gaza girl hopes to see jailed father for first time in 9 years
Uruknet - 19 May 2012
[uruknet.info] Bahrain: A Hot Potato Across The Persian Gulf
Uruknet - 19 May 2012
Lebanon dilemma for UAE travellers
The National - 20 May 2012
Getting beyond Gilad Shalit, and learning from suffering
Palestine Note - 16 Nov 2011
How Terry Jones can get away with it
Intifada-Palestine - 7 May 2012
Scores killed in Yemen suicide blast
Aljazeera - 21 May 2012
Migrant boats intercepted off Australia
Aljazeera - 21 May 2012
Protesters clash with police at NATO summit
Aljazeera - 21 May 2012
Yahoo to offload stake in China's Alibaba
Aljazeera - 21 May 2012
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb dies
Aljazeera - 21 May 2012
IN PHOTOS: Israel celebrates Jerusalem Day
Alternative Information Center
Israel reacts with extremism to South African decision on settlement product labeling
Alternative Information Center
Bomber hits Yemen military practice, kills 41
Jerusalem Post - 21 May 2012
Bomb found in parking spot of Nahariya mayor
Jerusalem Post - 21 May 2012
Pilot lands light plane in Tiberias for coffee
Jerusalem Post - 21 May 2012
Militant group claims suicide bombing in Syria
Jerusalem Post - 21 May 2012
40,000 haredim attend rally at NY Mets' stadium
Jerusalem Post - 21 May 2012
40,000 haredim attend anti-Internet rally in NY
Jerusalem Post - 21 May 2012
Police arrest second suspect for Ramat Yishai rapes
Jerusalem Post - 21 May 2012
Police arrest 2nd suspect for Ramat Yishai rapes
Jerusalem Post - 21 May 2012
Singer Robin Gibb, Bee Gees co-founder, dies at 62
Jerusalem Post - 21 May 2012
Arava Power to build 8 new solar fields
Jerusalem Post - 21 May 2012
NATO chief says 'no intention' to intervene in Syria
Jerusalem Post - 21 May 2012
Competition in Jewish world heats up
Jerusalem Post - 21 May 2012
Tourism focus at special J’lem cabinet meeting
Jerusalem Post - 21 May 2012
Egypt’s election: It’s all up for grabs
Jerusalem Post - 21 May 2012
IAF to counter new surface-to-air missiles
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
Bar-Ilan president: China saved uncle from Nazis
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
Committee suggests ways to expand fertility
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
Netanyahu warns of infiltrators 'flooding' Israel
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
Ministry to invest NIS 1m. yearly for Negev doctors
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
Ministers fix Independence Day to Thursdays
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
Analysis: Mixed feelings over possible Iran deal
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
OU’s ‘Torah Tidbits’ turns 20
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
Activist to be compensated over police beating
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
'Hamas, Fatah agree on deadline for unity gov't'
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
Celebrating in black and white
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
Olympic silence
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
There is no Zionism without Jerusalem
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
Israel’s challenge to the colonial worldview
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
Video: Settlers firing at Palestinians
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
Cellphones, tycoons and the market economy
Jerusalem Post - 20 May 2012
Israeli Forces Open Fire at Farmers in Gaza, Injure One
WAFA - 20 May 2012
Israel Transfers Former Hunger-Striking Prisoner for Interrogation
WAFA - 20 May 2012
PEX Daily Report: Slight Rise in Al-Quds Index
WAFA - 20 May 2012
Settlers Set Fire to Palestinian Agricultural Land in Hebron
WAFA - 20 May 2012
Official Welcomes Denmark’s Initiative to Label Settlement Goods
WAFA - 20 May 2012
Newspapers Review: Daily Focuses on Settlers’ Attack against Palestinians
WAFA - 20 May 2012
Weather Forecast: Temperature below Seasonal Average
WAFA - 20 May 2012
South Africa Bans False Labeling of Settlement Produce as ‘Made in Israel’
WAFA - 20 May 2012
Settlers Uproot, Destroy Trees in Hebron, Nablus
WAFA - 20 May 2012
Foreign Ministry Condemns Israeli Decision to Expand Settlement
WAFA - 20 May 2012
Poverty Fuels Clashes in Lebanon
Inter Press Service - 20 May 2012
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (10– 16 May 2012)
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Occupied Lives: Not knowing what your son looks like
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
PCHR Welcomes the Agreement, Based on Which Palestinian Prisoners Ended their Hunger Strike, and Expresses Respect to the Prisoners' Decision
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Occupied Palestine: farce, tragedy, travesty
International Solidarity Movement - 5/20/2012
Settler Attack: Palestinian man shot in head in Asira al-Qibliya
International Solidarity Movement - 5/20/2012
Israeli settler filmed firing gun at Palestinians
The Guardian - 21 May 2012
Israeli settlers fire at Palestinians – video
The Guardian - 21 May 2012
Palestinian protester cleared of incitement charge
The Guardian - 20 May 2012
Israel PM: illegal African immigrants threaten identity of Jewish state
The Guardian - 21 May 2012
Weekly Report PRCS’ Operations Room 27 April – 4 May 2012
Relief Web - 20 May 2012
The Monthly Humanitarian Monitor - occupied Palestinian territory, April 2012
Relief Web - 18 May 2012
Third suspect in Ramat Yishai rape surrenders to police
YNet News
TA police chief: Migrants committing 'survival crimes'
YNet News
Police commander: Illegal refugees commit crimes to survive
YNet News
Bar Association calls for extended legal internships
YNet News
2 Palestinians indicted for Jaffa woman's death
YNet News
Police commissioner vows to reduce crime rates
YNet News
Chinese execs to study at Tel Aviv University
YNet News
Ministers approve ban on biking with headphones
YNet News
Mother recalls West Bank kidnapping attempt
YNet News
Russian refusenik remembers Jerusalem
YNet News
Katsav leaves prison to attend son's wedding
YNet News
Video: Settlers fire rubber bullets at Palestinians while soldiers stand by
YNet News
The new Jerusalem
YNet News
Expel all the criminals
YNet News
The truth about 'refugees'
YNet News
Five years without visits – Will family visits be renewed for prisoners from Gaza?
B'tselem - 16 May 2012
Support for the Hunger Strikers across Palestine
Stop The Wall - 12 May 2012
ICRC: Closed
Stop The Wall - 12 May 2012
U.N. nuclear chief in Iran on key mission
Daily Star - 21 May 2012
Russia says West still considering military action on Iran
Daily Star - 21 May 2012
Lawyer: Jailed Bahrain activist granted bail
Daily Star - 20 May 2012
Lebanon mufti sets 3 days of mourning over Muslim preacher’s killing
Daily Star - 20 May 2012
Former Israeli PM: Jerusalem must be partitioned
Daily Star - 20 May 2012
The occupation escalates its siege on Jerusalem
Palestinian Information Center
Change and Reform bloc: the storming of the Aqsa Mosque sets off alarm bells
Palestinian Information Center
A conference held in Netherlands to mark Nakba anniversary
Palestinian Information Center
Ghanma: occupation bows to the prisoners' demands
Palestinian Information Center
A researcher: 66% of Jerusalemites threatened with displacement
Palestinian Information Center
Discrimination against 1948 Palestinians in Israeli hospitals
Palestinian Information Center
Tadamun: Prisoner Lina suffers from severe pains
Palestinian Information Center
Barhoum champions third intifada to protect Aqsa and holy shrines
Palestinian Information Center
IOF soldiers close entrance to Beit Ummar to protect settlers’ march
Palestinian Information Center
Two youths injured in IOF shooting one seriously
Palestinian Information Center
Egypt presidential race gets new twist: Mubarak-era figure surges
21 May 2012 - Los Angeles Times
Suicide Attack in Yemen
New York Times - 21 May 2012
Megrahi’s Death Revives Debate Over Trial and Release
New York Times - 21 May 2012
Cairo Journal: In Streets and Online, Campaign Fever in Egypt
New York Times - 21 May 2012
International Agency Resumes Talks With Iran on Nuclear Program
New York Times - 21 May 2012
Hamas and Fatah Agree in Cairo to Begin Work on Elections
New York Times - 21 May 2012
International Agency Will Try to Resume Talks With Iran on Nuclear Program
New York Times - 21 May 2012
In Egypt’s Election, Dark-Horse Candidates Add to Suspense
New York Times - 20 May 2012
News Analysis: The Fight Over Who Fights in Israel
New York Times - 19 May 2012
South African artists, intellectuals and gov’t ministers take steps to isolate Israel
Mondoweiss
Aharon Appelfeld’s rage at the German language (and Arendt’s need for it)
Mondoweiss
Feeling the hate in Long Island
Mondoweiss
The awakening: Missouri paper runs a Jew’s call for equal rights for all
Mondoweiss
Monumental Dutch exhibit: Zionism built ‘a house, a cage, a UN shelter… a zoo’
Mondoweiss
Egypt: Tantawi, Abu Mazen Discuss Means to End Palestinian Division
allAfrica.com
Tanzania: Govt Still Committed to the Palestinian Independence
allAfrica.com
South Africa: Country Working On Response to Iran Crude Oil Sanctions
allAfrica.com
Israeli Raid Violates Palestinian Freedom of Association
Al-Haq
Palestinian Prisoners near Death
Al-Haq
Six Water Cisterns Demolished near Hebron
Al-Haq
PA Arrests Palestinian Cartoonist
Al-Haq
Palestinian Child Knocked Down and Physically Assaulted by an Israeli
Al-Haq
Rashad Shawakha killed by Israeli agents in disguise
Al-Haq
Minister Erdan proposes to cut power supply to the Gaza Strip. Is he not aware of the state’s position?
Gisha
How do you lower the price of tomatoes in Israel? Market tomatoes from Gaza
Gisha
Major General Dangot: The government's policy is intended to create a separation between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Gisha
Gisha Executive Director, Sari Bashi, participated in an online symposium on the functional approach to the law of occupation
Gisha
Fuel shortage continues: only 20% of commercial trucks in Gaza operated today
Gisha
The Israeli Population and Immigration Authority has agreed to accept power of attorney forms sent by fax from Israelis who live in the Gaza Strip.
Gisha
First Beirut clashes over Syria
BBC
IAEA chief 'positive' over Iran
BBC
Lockerbie bomber's funeral due
BBC
Syria town shelling 'kills 34'
BBC
Protesters angered by Gulf union
BBC
Powerful car bomb hits Syria city
BBC
What has become of the United States of America
Sabbah report
Israelis rejoice at the death of Palestinian children in bus accident
Sabbah report
Ignore the intelligence reports, let’s make war on Iran
Sabbah report
Obama and AIPAC
Sabbah report
America on Israel’s Altar
Sabbah report
Palestinian Children Detained Oppressively in Isolation
Sabbah report
"Above and Beyond" for Israel
US Campaign to End the Occupation
Stop the Wall offices raided by Israeli military
US Campaign to End the Occupation
In Their Name, We Remember the Nakba
US Campaign to End the Occupation
Palestinian Christians Urge United Methodists to Divest
US Campaign to End the Occupation
A Suggestion for the State Department on Human Rights and Business
US Campaign to End the Occupation
Obama Admin. Catalogues Effort to Protect Israeli Occupation/Apartheid at UN
US Campaign to End the Occupation

Articles
Occupied Palestine: farce, tragedy, travesty
Patrick Keddie, International Solidarity Movement 5/20/2012
Jerusalem Day 2012: Unprecedented Deterioration in East Jerusalem
Association for Civil Rights in Israel - ACRI 5/16/2012
House Stealthily Passes Extreme Pro-Israel Legislation Featured
Philip Giraldi, Council for the National Interest 5/21/2012
"We must sustain hunger strike solidarity," says leading prisoner rights campaigner
Electronic Intifada - 18 May 2012
Toronto Remembers the Nakba and Protests the NATO summit in Chicago
In Gaza - 20 May 2012
Amidst Fragmentation and Dispossession: Which Palestine?
Palestinian Chronicle - 18 May 2012

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