Current VTJP Headlines - Occupied Palestine and Israel3/14/2010
News
Israel extends West Bank closure until Tuesday
International Middle East Media Center
US issues stern warning to Israel due to ongoing settlement expansion
International Middle East Media Center
Israeli settlers tear up olive grove, uprooting 40 trees near Nablus
International Middle East Media Center
Israeli Police Crackdown On Protesters In East Jerusalem, Eleven Civilians Arrested
International Middle East Media Center
Protesters Carry Photos of ISM Activist During Weekly Nil'in Protest One Year On From Injury
International Middle East Media Center
Two Injured, Dozens Suffer Effects Of Tear Gas Inhalation At The Bil’in Weekly
International Middle East Media Center
House arrest term extended for 15-year-old Jerusalemite
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Israeli soldiers order Tulkarem farmers to strip
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Settlement guards threaten farmers near Nablus
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Witness: 3 journalists detained during Beit Ummar protest
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Medics: 6 injured by Israeli forces in Iraq Burin
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Israeli media: Mossad trained in the Gulf
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Ashton urges Israel to resume peace talks
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Former detainees affairs minister hospitalized at Negev prison
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Huwwara traffic at standstill as restrictions imposed
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Palestinian injured as settlers stone Sheikh Jarrah restaurants
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Israeli forces disperse women’s march in Ramallah
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
EU high rep Ashton confirms visit to Gaza
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Celebrating Palestinian women: Najah Abu Atwan
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Erekat: Settlements stop, talks can restart
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
President’s office hopes Mitchell will return with US guarantees
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Sha’ath doubtful US to return with guarantees
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Argentina slams Israeli build in East Jerusalem
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Article 212: The Israeli Planning and Building Law of 1965
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Al-Aqsa Brigades claim shots fired on Israeli patrol car
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Palestinian car racer denied permission to compete in Kuwait
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
USA ups UNRWA General Fund contribution
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Large transit volume reported on Gaza borders
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
PFLP supporters to mark anniversary of captured leader
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Hamas: PA detain 2 affiliates
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Egyptian, South African novelists receive Mahmoud Darwish Award
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Gaza university students produce biofuel
Ma'an News Agency - 3/13/2010
Israel nabs Hamas leader behind 2003 terror attacks
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
High Court rejects petition to stop building in West Bank outpost
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Palestinians try to breach East Jerusalem checkpoint
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Why are Israel's politicians still prevaricating about rocket defense?
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Police to let far-rightists march in East Jerusalem
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
UN humanitarian chief warns of disaster if Gaza siege continues
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
IAF strikes two targets in southern Gaza Strip
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Two IDF soldiers charged with using 9-year-old 'human shield' in Gaza war
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
State: IDF not to blame for activist Rachel Corrie's death
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
UN bomb disposal unit to enter Gaza to neutralize ordnance
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
IDF Chief of Staff: All options on Iran should remain open
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Iran maneuvering Israel in a show of nuclear strength
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
IDF arrests Palestinian tractor driver who fled West Bank crash
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
U.S. urges caution as Israel okays 112 new West Bank homes
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
PA moves to ban Palestinians from working in settlements
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Palestinian boy freed from IDF jail without paying bail
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Six Palestinians killed in accident with IDF jeep
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Report: Hamas admits losing control in Gaza
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
IDF to release new findings defending Gaza war strike
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Israel treading carefully to avoid war with Syria
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
ISRAEL GOVT TO ENTER US HEALTHCARE PLAN
Uruknet - 14 Mar 2010
Palestinian Dispossession in East Jerusalem
Uruknet - 14 Mar 2010
Clinton Family Pockets Haiti Assets in Telephone Company Privatization, Says Pumphrey
Uruknet - 14 Mar 2010
Israel tortures Jerusalem minors
Uruknet - 13 Mar 2010
House arrest term extended for 15-year-old Jerusalemite
Uruknet - 13 Mar 2010
Settlers Torch Olive Orchard In Hebron
Uruknet - 13 Mar 2010
Continuing campaign of arrests against civilians in the West Bank
Uruknet - 13 Mar 2010
Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (04 – 10 March 2010)
Uruknet - 13 Mar 2010
PCHR Condemns Recent Israeli Settlement Plans and Calls upon the International Community to Full Its Obligations
Uruknet - 13 Mar 2010
Mayor: Israeli settlers uprooted 40 olive trees
Uruknet - 13 Mar 2010
Fighting Israeli apartheidForget the peace process. Only world public opinion can put an end to Israeli apartheid, just as it did in South Africa
Uruknet - 13 Mar 2010
Abbas blames Iran for blocking Palestinian reconciliation
Uruknet - 13 Mar 2010
Gaza's male hairdressers struggle to stay in business
Palestine Telegraph - 14 Mar 2010
Gaza children struggle to survive
Palestine Telegraph - 14 Mar 2010
Israel detains 5 Palestinians without food for 48 hours
Palestine Telegraph - 14 Mar 2010
Tunnel worker talks frankly about life underground
Palestine Telegraph - 14 Mar 2010
Israel invades houses in Hebron
Palestine Telegraph - 14 Mar 2010
PLO welcomes condemnation of Israel's home-building plans
The National - 13 Mar 2010
Israel seals off the West Bank
The National - 12 Mar 2010
‘Abbas: Iran Hampering Palestinian Unity
The Media Line - 13 Mar 2010
Crisis Deepens as Clinton Rebukes Netanyahu
The Media Line - 13 Mar 2010
Israel Bars Nearly All Palestinians as it Enforces General Closure on West Bank
The Media Line - 13 Mar 2010
Israeli Army Raids Ramallah, Arrests Top Hamas Terrorist Mastermind
The Media Line - 13 Mar 2010
Israel to probe 'Biden fiasco'
Aljazeera - 14 Mar 2010
Israel extends West Bank closure
Aljazeera - 14 Mar 2010
The undoing of Obama's Cairo speech
Aljazeera - 13 Mar 2010
Border Police Critically Injures 14 Year Old in Nabi Saleh Demonstration
Alternative Information Center
News from Within Videocast: The Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem
Alternative Information Center
Conclusions of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine
Alternative Information Center
Protest Against Swedish Clothing Store Chain H&M, Which Plans to Open Outlets in Israel
Alternative Information Center
Italian Professors Denounce Complicity of Israeli Academic Institutions in the Occupation
Alternative Information Center
Clinton rebukes Israel over East Jerusalem homes
Palestine News Network - Saturday, 13 March 2010
Bil'in protest in support of Jerusalem and the Islamic Holy Sites
Palestine News Network - Saturday, 13 March 2010
Harvard students condemn center's defense of fellow's racist statements
Palestine News Network - Saturday, 13 March 2010
Abbas: Iran hampering unity talks
Jerusalem Post - 14 Mar 2010
PA calls Arabs to 'defend al Aksa'
Jerusalem Post - 14 Mar 2010
Governing Israel: Ultimate insider's account
Jerusalem Post - 14 Mar 2010
In the 'Axis of Evil'
Jerusalem Post - 14 Mar 2010
Top terrorist nabbed in Ramallah
Jerusalem Post - 14 Mar 2010
Jumblatt formally apologizes to Assad
Jerusalem Post - 14 Mar 2010
Top Hamas terrorist arrested in Ramallah
Jerusalem Post - 14 Mar 2010
Israel eyeing big defense contracts in India
Jerusalem Post - 13 Mar 2010
Graffiti group to bring solidarity message to Sderot
Jerusalem Post - 13 Mar 2010
MIDEAST: Israel Lands in Public Relations Nightmare
Inter Press Service - 14 Mar 2010
US-ISRAEL: Tiff or Tipping Point?
Inter Press Service - 14 Mar 2010
Hand Grenades Thrown at Two Persons in al-Boreij and Jabalya Camps
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Israeli military fail to crush the spirit of An Nabi Saleh
International Solidarity Movement - 3/13/2010
Growing protests in the Gaza Strip Against the Imposition of the Buffer one
International Solidarity Movement - 3/13/2010
Thousands Attend Sheikh Jarrah Demonstration, Internationals Attacked by Riot Police
International Solidarity Movement - 3/13/2010
Netanyahu: Row with U.S. should not have happened
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Aluf Benn / Netanyahu must choose between ideology and U.S. support
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Obama's new nuclear age doesn't bode well for Israel
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Did Germany help Eichmann escape to Argentina?
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Netanyahu is trading Israeli security for right-wing ideology
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Netanyahu: Probe events that led to row with U.S. over East Jerusalem
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Jewish, Latino leaders forge alliances to fight bigotry in U.S.
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Vandals spray 'Hitler Good' on Polish Holocaust monument
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
EU hints Israel must renew peace talks if it wants closer ties
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Finland: EU will impose Iran sanctions if UN stalls on issue
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
'Israel asks Egypt to renew Shalit swap talks'
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Abbas blames Iran for thwarting Palestinian reconciliation
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Report: U.S. vows to halt Israeli building in East Jerusalem
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
'People are laughing at you': U.K. expert on Israel's PR effort
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Palestinian police chief knows 'the secret of the correct use of force'
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Suicide bomber kills 11 in Pakistan's Swat Valley
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Israel believes East Jerusalem row won't stop Mideast talks
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Emmanuel Sivan / So what does the Arab and Muslim street really think?
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Comment / UN Human Rights Council is both the problem and the solution
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
UN worried by war of words between Israel and Lebanon
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Jail ordeal of hundreds of Palestinian children arrested for throwing stones
The Guardian - 13 Mar 2010
Breaking the Gaza deadlock | Andy Slaughter
The Guardian - 13 Mar 2010
Israel and America: Foolish tricks | Editorial
The Guardian - 13 Mar 2010
The economy wakes up to Israel's Arabs
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Big brother may be watching as Israel embarks on CCTV project
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Contested gravesite at Ashkelon hospital may have belonged to pagans
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Jerusalem council drops construction, apparently due to U.S. crisis
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Cabinet approves NIS 1.3b plan to reverse Israeli brain drain
Ha'aretz - 14 Mar 2010
Hand Grenades Thrown at Two Persons in al-Boreij and Jabalya Camps
Relief Web - 14 Mar 2010
Israel extends West Bank lockdown
Relief Web - 13 Mar 2010
Economic and Social Development in the West Bank and Gaza continues to be a World Bank Priority
Relief Web - 12 Mar 2010
Women's Commission Forwards Draft Resolution on Assistance to Palestinian Women to Economic and Social Council, Adopts Six More, as It Concludes Annual Session
Relief Web - 12 Mar 2010
Egypt: Israel's actions prove it isn't interested in peace
YNet News - 14 Mar 2010
Hamas' al-Zahar says no negotiations on Shalit deal
YNet News - 14 Mar 2010
13 years for pedophile who fled Israel
YNet News - 14 Mar 2010
Kadima: We'll join coalition if Shas or Lieberman ousted
YNet News - 14 Mar 2010
Barak: Biden fiasco not intentional but damaging
YNet News - 14 Mar 2010
Israel decries Holocaust desecration in Poland
YNet News - 14 Mar 2010
White House: Israel construction plan hinders peace
YNet News - 14 Mar 2010
French FM: UN Iran sanctions may take until June
YNet News - 14 Mar 2010
Israel seals off West Bank amid heightened tensions
Daily Star - 14 Mar 2010
Hamas: Ode's detention in collusion with Abbas's militia
Palestinian Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
Resheq consoles Sheikh Yousuf, hails his patience for ordeals
Palestinian Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
IOF troops wound citizens in Nablus district
Palestinian Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
Evening clashes between Palestinians and Israeli troops take place near Aqsa
Palestinian Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
IOF extends closure of WB, detains Hamas commander
Palestinian Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
PFLP-GC accuses Abbas of inciting against resistance weapons
Palestinian Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
Abu Zuhri: Fatah's statements indicate rejection of reconciliation
Palestinian Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
European campaign against siege meets Buzek, urges him to move for Gaza
Palestinian Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
Palestinian prisoner enters 20th year of detention with faltering health
Palestinian Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
Egypt’s Mufti: Establishing a temple near Al-Aqsa will explode the region
Palestinian Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
How Dubai unraveled a homicide, frame by frame
14 Mar 2010 - Los Angeles Times
Hillary Rodham Clinton's harsh words stun Israel
14 Mar 2010 - Los Angeles Times
Questions abound after Biden's Israel visit
12 Mar 2010 - Los Angeles Times
Some Palestinian Jordanians Lose Citizenship
New York Times - 14 Mar 2010
Israel Arrests Top Hamas Official
New York Times - 14 Mar 2010
New Fraud Cases Point to Lapses in Iraq Projects
New York Times - 14 Mar 2010
Issue of Presidency Endangers Iraq’s Tenuous Balance
New York Times - 13 Mar 2010
Rethinking What Happens If Iran Gets Nuclear Weapons
New York Times - 13 Mar 2010
Iraq Election May Leave Kirkuk Status Uncertain
New York Times - 13 Mar 2010
Border Police Critically Injures 14 Year Old in Nabi Saleh Demonstration
Alternative Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
News from Within Videocast: The Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem
Alternative Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
Conclusions of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine
Alternative Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
Protest Against Swedish Clothing Store Chain H&M, Which Plans to Open Outlets in Israel
Alternative Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
Italian Professors Denounce Complicity of Israeli Academic Institutions in the Occupation
Alternative Information Center - 14 Mar 2010
Naomi Klein calls out an Israeli thinktank for misrepresenting her views
Mondoweiss - 14 Mar 2010
Slater: by failing to stand up for Goldstone, Jewish peace groups have made themselves irrelevant
Mondoweiss - 14 Mar 2010
In Almontaser coverage, ‘NYT’ gives Israel lobby a pass
Mondoweiss - 14 Mar 2010
Bemock Obama
Mondoweiss - 14 Mar 2010
Gen’l Petraeus channels Walt and Mearsheimer
Mondoweiss - 14 Mar 2010

Articles
The decline of Israel and the prospects for peace
New Left Project 3/12/2010
Israel’s Lobby Imposes Crippling Sanctions on America — Again
Grant Smith, Antiwar.com 3/12/2010
Where is the spirit of Passover?
Mya Guarnieri, Ma’an News Agency 3/13/2010
PA's betrayal of human rights defenders the unkindest cut
Electronic Intifada - 14 Mar 2010
Harvard students condemn center's defense of fellow's racist statements
Electronic Intifada - 12 Mar 2010
Interview: Education and resistance at the Ann Arbor Palestine film fest
Electronic Intifada - 12 Mar 2010
Flouting its own laws, EU accommodates "Made in Israel"
Electronic Intifada - 12 Mar 2010
relations
In Gaza - 12 Mar 2010
A Matter of Timing
Palestinian Chronicle - 14 Mar 2010
On Hamas's Achievements, Trials and Tribulations
Palestinian Chronicle - 14 Mar 2010

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