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Mustafa Al-Barghouthi prays at confiscated land in Ni’lin Ma’an News Agency 9/30/2008
Ramallah - Ma’an - The secretary general of the Palestinian Initiative led prayers on land threatened with confiscation on Tuesday. Secretary General Mustafa Al-Barghouthi told worshipers at the Ramallah-area event that "we are here in Ni’lin to assure...
’Rice satisfied by Syria-Israel talks’
Jpost.com Staff, Jerusalem Post 9/30/2008
In what may be a sign that the recent hardline American position towards Syria is softening, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem met with US Secretary of State Condeleezza Rice last week, and with Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern... more.. e-mail
Assad: Relations with Iran to continue even if peace with Israel achieved
Ali Waked, YNetNews 9/30/2008
Wall Street Journal reports senior American, Syrian diplomats held series of meetings in New York. Syrian president says relations with Tehran to persist even if peace with Israel achieved. FM Moallem tells daily most important thing is ’to have... more.. e-mail
US Consul congratulates Palestinian Muslims at start of Eid Al-Fitr
Ma’an News Agency 9/30/2008
Jerusalem - Ma’an - The US Consulate in Jerusalem congratulated Muslims in Palestine on Tuesday, the first day of the annual Eid Al-Fitr celebrations. "I would like to send my warm congratulations to the Palestinian people celebrating Eid Al-Fitr," US... more.. e-mail
Fascism in Israel: It Can Happen Here
Uri Avnery, Palestine Chronicle 9/29/2008
8217;The Settlers’ pogroms are violent by nature, both in thought and deed.’The German name Sternhell means bright as the stars. The name fits: the positions of Professor Ze’ev Sternhell indeed stand out sharply against... more.. e-mail
A Palestinian homemade shell lands near the border with Israel
Rami Almeghari & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 9/29/2008
A Palestinian homemade shell landed on Monday near the border fence with Israel on Gaza-Israel eastern border lines, Israeli media sources reported. The sources said that the homemade shell landed near the Nahal Auz crossing , to the east of Gaza... more.. e-mail
Bibi: I’ll resume settlement activity
Jerusalem Post 9/29/2008
Binyamin Netanyahu will resume building in existing West Bank settlements if he is elected prime minister, the opposition leader told Walla! News on Sunday.
"I don’t understand why there can be natural growth in Arab neighborhoods, but not... more.. e-mail
Court to IDF: Reexamine Ni’lin charges
Jerusalem Post 9/28/2008
The High Court of Justice on Sunday gave the state 40 days to reconsider the Military Advocate General’s decision to indict on the lightest possible criminal charge a battalion commander and a non-commissioned officer accused of shooting a... more.. e-mail
3 Israelis, Lebanese citizen indicted over drug deal
Ahiya Raved, YNetNews 9/28/2008
Four suspects detained by police on northern border earlier this month while in possession of massive sums of money, 50 kg of heroin in largest drug deal on record in Israel -The Haifa District Prosecution filed an indictment Sunday charging... more.. e-mail
Archaeology used politically to push out Jerusalem Palestinians
Jonathan Cook, Electronic Intifada 9/26/2008
From just outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls, the simple stone and cinder-block homes of Silwan cascade southwards into a valley known as the Holy Basin.
The Palestinian residents are used to living in the shadow of history and... more.. e-mail
Member of the Ni’lin Popular Committee shot in the head with tear-gas cannister
International Solidarity Movement 9/26/2008
Ramallah Region - Photos - On the 23rd September at about 11:00 Ahed Khawajeh, Salah Khawajeh, Mohammed Amira, 5 EU Parliament representatives and the head of the municipality Ayman Nefeah went to the fields to show the Parliament members the impact... more.. e-mail
My occupied Utopia
Dina Elmuti writing from occupied Jerusalem, Electronic Intifada 9/26/2008
On jagged roads, unpaved and covered in mounds of dust, enclosed by a monstrous, towering wall slithering like the venomous snake that it is, I await the bus that will take me to the place I’ve waited to... more.. e-mail
Three protesters injured at Bil’in weekly demonstration
International Solidarity Movement 9/26/2008
Bil’in Village - Photos - On the 26th September 2008 after the Friday prayer, the residents of Bil’in, joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists, held a demonstration against the apartheid wall and the confiscation of their land... more.. e-mail
Israeli soldier pelted with rocks at anti-wall demonstration
Ma’an News Agency 9/26/2008
Bethlehem Maan Israeli sources reported Friday that an Israeli soldier was injured after being showered with stones at a Nilin demonstration against the wall west of Ramallah. Israeli sources reported on Friday that an Israeli soldier got injured when he...
Three more residents of Ni’llin arrested by Israeli forces
International Solidarity Movement 9/26/2008
Ramallah Region - Three more people from the village of Ni’lin were arrested in the early morning of the 25th September Israeli forces. Moumin Abed Shadah Flror (17), Ibrahim Khalil Mussleh (19) and Said Attalah Amira (23) were all... more.. e-mail
Three anti-wall demonstrators wounded, others suffer breathing difficulties
Palestinian Information Center 9/26/2008
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Three anti-wall demonstrators including a Scottish sympathizer were wounded Friday by rubber-coated bullets fired by the IOF troops at anti-wall demonstrators in Bili’n west of Ramallah, according to eyewitnesses. There were also tens of cases of... more.. e-mail
Three civilians wounded by Israeli troops in Bil’in
George Rishmawi, International Middle East Media Center News 9/26/2008
Three protestors were wounded Friday noon including a Scottish human rights activist with rubber-coated steel bullets fired by the Israeli military forces in the village of Bil’in near Ramallah. The wounded were identified as Yassin Mohammad, Tamer e-Khatib... more.. e-mail
This week in Palestine week 39 2008
IMEMC News - audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 9/26/2008
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file ||14 m 40s || 13. 4 MB ||This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www. imemc. org, for September 20 through 26, 2008.
Lede: Palestinian leadership... more.. e-mail
Dozens suffered gas inhalation in Anti-wall protest in Ni’lin
George Rishmawi, International Middle East Media Center News 9/26/2008
Dozens were treated for gas inhalation in the village of Ni’lin near the west Bank city of Ramallah Friday afternoon during an anti-wall protest. The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in the village organized a nonviolent... more.. e-mail
Nasrallah: Palestine belongs to Palestinians from sea to river
Roee Nahmias, YNetNews 9/26/2008
Speaking in Beirut in honor of al-Quds Day, Hizbullah secretary-general says, ’No one has the authority to concede a grain of earth, wall or stone of the holy land’; adds his organization will continue resistance against Israel. ’... more.. e-mail
Jerusalem is now
Mustafa Al-Barghouti, Al-Ahram Weekly 9/25/2008
The US and Israel think they can impose on Palestinian negotiators a distorted peace that effaces all Palestinian rights. They cannot. One doesn’t need to be an expert in the so-called "peace process" to know that Israel’... more.. e-mail
Arrests and attacks continue in Nilin
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 9/25/2008
Ahad al-Khawaja, coordinator of thein Nilin, was injured when a sound grenade fired by Occupation troops struck him in the face. The Occupation military has also increased its campaign of arrests, with 6 youth arrested since last Thursday.
On 23... more.. e-mail
Israeli secret service: Israeli Wall to blame for recent attacks
Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 9/25/2008
According to the Israeli secret service, Shin Bet, the Israeli Annexation Wall that has been constructed on Palestinian land over the last six years has fueled resentment and anger that brought on the spate of recent attacks by Palestinians in... more.. e-mail
Thu: Africa-Israel up despite bond downgrade
Mishel Udi, Globes Online 9/25/2008
The Tel Aviv 25 Index has fallen 16% since last Rosh Hashana. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) rose today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index rose 2. 22% to 896. 99 points, the Tel Aviv 100 Index rose 2. 54%... more.. e-mail
Why We Should Never Forget
Joharah Baker, MIFTAH 9/24/2008
September 16 and 17 mark a very difficult anniversary for the Palestinians. Twenty-six years ago, approximately 2,000 Palestinian men, women and children were massacred in the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatilla in Lebanon by Israeli-aligned Phalangist troops under the... more.. e-mail
Shin Bet: Separation fence fueling attacks by East Jerusalem Arabs
Reuters, Ha’aretz 9/25/2008
The West Bank separation barrier is fueling attacks by East Jerusalem Arabs who feel isolated from fellow Palestinians and are increasingly likely to lash out independently, the Shin Bet security service said on Wednesday, two days after an East Jerusalem... more.. e-mail
Biden works to assure Jewish activists of Barack Obama’s pro-Israel stance
Hilary Leila Krieger, Washington, Jerusalem Post 9/24/2008
Appearing before leading Jewish Democratic activists here Tuesday night, Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden began by recalling an incident involving the Yeshiva University rowing team.
The team, for some reason, was always getting walloped by the Harvard squad, so... more.. e-mail
EU Representative and member of the Palestinian National Initiative injured during a visit to Ni’lin
Palestinian National Initiative, Palestine Monitor 9/23/2008
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, the General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, strongly condemns the attack on Ahed Khawaja, a member of the PNI, and the EU Representative Jerome Bellion-Jourdan in Ni’lin this morning. Ahed Khawaja, a member... more.. e-mail
Settler Violence Out of Control
Palestine Monitor, Palestine Monitor 9/23/2008
The latest attacks by Israeli settlers in the West Bank against Palestinians has once again proved the Israeli government impotent when it comes to dealing with its own fanatic citizens.Last week all hell broke loose yet again. When a Palestinian... more.. e-mail
Racism in the name of religion
Elana Maryles Sztokman, Jerusalem Post 9/23/2008
There are moments when I find myself truly ashamed to be part of Israeli society. I had a moment like that recently as I stood outside the Supreme Court with women from Ahoti, a Sephardi feminist organization, waiting for a... more.. e-mail
Palestinian nonviolent activist wounded in Ni’lin
George Rishmawi, International Middle East Media Center News 9/23/2008
One Palestinian suffered facial injuries when Israeli troops fired gas bombs and grenades as a delegation from the European Union was visiting the village of Ni’lin Tuesday at noon. According to a press release by the Grassroots Palestinian... more.. e-mail
EU official: Border cops tear-gassed me
Tovah Lazaroff And Abe Selig, Jerusalem Post 9/23/2008
An EU official said on Tuesday that border policemen had fired tear gas canisters at him while he was touring the area around Ni’lin, where preparations are under way to build part of the security barrier.
One of... more.. e-mail
17 hurt in Jerusalem car attack
Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem, The Guardian 9/23/2008
A Palestinian driver crashed his car into a group of Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem on Monday night, injuring 17 people in what Israeli police described as a "terror attack". The driver was immediately shot dead by an army officer. The... more.. e-mail
Driver’s father rejects terror claim: ’Just a fatal accident’
Avi Issacharoff, Ha’aretz 9/24/2008
Again, that same story. A young man from an East Jerusalem neighborhood, who never belonged to a terror organization, plows into Israelis with a vehicle. The previous two times it was a bulldozer, on Monday it was a BMW car... more.. e-mail
’I did what any soldier would do’
Yuval Azoulay, Ha’aretz 9/24/2008
I did what any officer or soldier should have done under those circumstances," said Lt. Elad Amar, the artillery officer who killed the "terrorist" in Jerusalem on Monday. Amar, 23, a graduate of the Bnei Akiva yeshiva in Kiryat Shmuel... more.. e-mail
Barak wants to punish family after latest Jerusalem attack
Agence France Presse - AFP, Daily Star 9/24/2008
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli media on Tuesday raised fears of a growing trend of attacks by Palestinians from Occupied East Jerusalem after a man rammed his car into a group of soldiers, injuring 13 people before being shot dead. Monday’... more.. e-mail
Four Palestinians looking for work infiltrate air force base unnoticed
Yuval Azoulay, Ha’aretz 9/24/2008
A serious security breach occurred at the Nevatim Air Force Base over the weekend, when four Palestinians succeeded in entering the base without anyone noticing, and then failed to arouse the suspicions of any of the soldiers or officers they... more.. e-mail
Palestine Today 092308
IMEMC News - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 9/23/2008
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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www. imemc. org for Tuesday September 23, 2008.
Israeli military forces rampaged... more.. e-mail
Fischer: U.S. bailout didn’t end the danger
Zvi Zrahiya, Ha’aretz 9/24/2008
Washington’s rescue plan for the American financial sector hasn’t ended the danger that matters could deteriorate, and Israel’s savers should think carefully before taking any drastic measures, Israel’s economic leaders warned yesterday... more.. e-mail
19 hurt as 'terrorist' plows car into Jerusalem crowd
Jonathan Lis and Amos Harel , and The Associated Press, Ha’aretz 9/23/2008
At least 19 people were wounded at around 11 P. M. Monday night when a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem drove his car into a crowd of Israel Defense Forces soldiers at a busy intersection in the capital. Two of... more.. e-mail
IOA to open big synagogue near Aqsa Mosque
Palestinian Information Center 9/22/2008
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage revealed Sunday that the IOA will open soon a large synagogue 50 meters away from the Aqsa Mosque built on Islamically-endowed (Waqf) land in the Hammam Al-Ein area and near... more.. e-mail
Survey: Alarmed Israelis plan to tighten belts
Barr Hayoun, Ha’aretz 9/23/2008
Retailers may be reporting roaring pre-holiday sales but most Israelis suspect that the financial turmoil in the United States will hit Israel, and nearly half of respondents to a recent survey claim they plan to slash their spending in the... more.. e-mail
Business in Brief
Ha’aretz 9/23/2008
The Wall Street meltdown looks likely to take a toll on Israeli high tech. Hercules Technology, which extends venture-capital loans and invests in life sciences and information-technology startups, seems to be forgoing investment in Israel until further notice. Two sources... more.. e-mail
Gimmick, counter-gimmick
Yair Sheleg, Ha’aretz 9/23/2008
Attorney Yossi Fox of the Legal Forum for the Land of Israel, which represented settlers evacuated from Gaza during discussions of the evacuation-compensation law, has been working for the past few months on a counterproposal to a bill by Vice... more.. e-mail
The Killing of Count Folke Bernadotte
Stanley Heller, International Middle East Media Center News 9/20/2008
September is a month of memorials. Back in 1982 from September 15th to 18th Lebanese fascists militia supported by Israel massacred at least 1,300 people in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Chatilla. The 28th of September in 2000... more.. e-mail
Abbas: Failure to reach peace will ’change parameters of debate’
Natasha Mozgovaya, Ha’aretz 9/21/2008
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned on Friday that if Israel and the Palestinians fail to reach a peace accord soon, "the parameters of the debate are apt to shift dramatically. "In an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal... more.. e-mail
ISM Rafah: Report from fishing action in Gaza
International Solidarity Movement 9/20/2008
Gaza Region - Report by Donna Wallach - ISM and Free Gaza Movement volunteer reporting on fishing boat actions from Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine - On the morning of Friday19th September and the 19th day of Ramadan, about 5 Palestinian fishing boats... more.. e-mail
Youth with firebomb killed near Yitzhar
Yaakov Katz And Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post 9/20/2008
Exactly one week after a terror attack in Yitzhar sparked a settler rampage through a nearby Palestinian village, border policemen thwarted an infiltration into the settlement Saturday when they shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian carrying a firebomb.
Policemen... more.. e-mail
Abbas says ’no’ to Olmert
Aluf Benn, Ha’aretz 9/21/2008
In diplomatic life, tension is always present between leaders’ public statements and their privately expressed positions. Experience in the Israeli-Arab peace process teaches that what is said "outside" is more important. Politicians and diplomats can share a secret and... more.. e-mail
Abbas: Time running out for two-states
Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post 9/21/2008
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hinted in an op-ed piece in Friday’s Wall Street Journal that time was running out on a two-state solution, even as he was readying for a meeting Thursday with US President George W... more.. e-mail
An island of relative stability
Rotem Starkman, Ha’aretz 9/21/2008
Last week was one of the most dramatic weeks in world economic history. What started as a local issue of problematic American borrowers paying back mortgages blew up in the heart of the capital of world finance. Banks and huge... more.. e-mail
Teargas injures dozens at weekly Bil’in Protest
Report from Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall, International Solidarity Movement 9/19/2008
Bil’in Village Friday, September 19, 2008 - The residents of Bilin joined by international and Israeli peace activists gathered to demonstrate against the Wall and settlement building. Today is the 26th anniversary of Sabra and Shatel massacre. The protesters... more.. e-mail
Teargas injures dozens at weekly Bil’in protest; new route for wall rejected
Ma’an News Agency 9/19/2008
Bethlehem Maan Protesters at the popular resistance demonstration in Bilin on Friday were hosed with water mixed with tear gas this week, as Israeli soldiers tried again to halt the procession of demonstrators as they made their way towards the... more.. e-mail
Nilin: 7 protesters 4 soldiers injured in anti-wall march
Ma’an News Agency 9/19/2008
Nilin Maan Six Palestinians and an international peace activist were shot by live Israeli ammunition and dozens others choked on tear gas during a protest in the village of Nilin on Friday afternoon. Sheikh Murad Ameera delivered the Friday sermon... more.. e-mail
Israeli soldiers spray protestors with blue liquid in Bil’in
IMEMC Staff, International Middle East Media Center News 9/19/2008
The residents of Bil’in joined by international and Israeli peace activists organized a protest against the building of the Wall, and settlements on Palestinian land. The protest today was also in commemoration of 26th year since the massacre... more.. e-mail
This Week in Palestine Week 38 2008
IMEMC News - Audio Deot, International Middle East Media Center News 9/19/2008
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This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www. imemc. org, for September 13 through 19, 2008.
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Abbas: Lasting peace can be reached
Ynetnews, YNetNews 9/19/2008
In Wall Street Journal op-ed, PA president expresses commitment to peace process, but warns of ’shifting parameters of debate’; says Israelis must stop settlement activity - Despite the changing political scenery, and with the imminent departures of George W... more.. e-mail
Dr. Barghouthi: the question of Palestine is one for the world’s conscience
PNN, Palestine News Network 9/19/2008
Nablus -- Palestinian Legislative Council member, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, says that he cannot talk about peace without a real Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. He was speaking at the European Social Forum in Malmo, Sweden. Also the Secretary General... more.. e-mail
Panicked public withdraws NIS 5b from funds
TheMarker Staff, Ha’aretz 9/19/2008
Tel Aviv shares narrowed their losses yesterday, showing resilience among stock-market investors, but the general public lost its nerve. As the international news channels ceaselessly covered the meltdown on Wall Street, frightened depositors here redeemed money from long-term savings instruments... more.. e-mail
Swastikas, defamatory slogans sprayed in Arab city
Sharon Roffe-Ofir, YNetNews 9/15/2008
Arabs protest supposed comments by acting mayor Yitzhak Wald saying after daily Ramadan fast, Muslims, "come home in evening to gulp like pigs’ - Tempestuous winds are blowing in Baqa-Jatt, an Israeli-Arab city in the Haifa District. Slanderous slogans were... more.. e-mail
Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy
Globes' correspondent, Globes Online 9/15/2008
In a parallel development, Bank of America will buy Merrill Lynch. - A deepening global financial crisis has claimed a major victim on Wall Street. 158-year old investment house Lehman Brothers (NYSE:LEH) has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Lehman... more.. e-mail
Israeli forces open fire on nonviolent Palestinian demonstration, six shot
PNN, Palestine News Network 9/12/2008
Bil’in -- The nonviolent Palestinian resistance remains strong in western Ramallah’s Bil’in Village where residents demonstrated after Friday prayers. Foreign and Israeli supporters joined the Palestinians in holding banners denouncing Israeli confiscation of Palestinian land... more.. e-mail
Al-Ma’asara village protest against the wall and Israeli products
IMEMC Staff, International Middle East Media Center News 9/12/2008
Trrops attempt to hit IMEMC photographer with the Jeep - Under the slogan "Boycott Israeli Products," the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in al-Ma’asara village near Bethlehem organized a protest on Friday, in which a number of... more.. e-mail
Everyone will divide Jerusalem
Haaretz Editorial, Ha’aretz 9/12/2008
Every time an election looms, be it for the Knesset, local government, or a party primary, the "who will divide Jerusalem" issue miraculously returns to raise the emotional temperature.Ehud Olmert was the first to contribute the threat to divide Jerusalem... more.. e-mail
Ni’lin commemorate two young men killed in the village
IMEMC Staff, International Middle East Media Center News 9/12/2008
A number of Palestinians and International human rights activists were wounded during the weekly nonviolent anti-wall protest in the West Bank village of Ni’lin near Ramallah. The protest was organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and... more.. e-mail
Six wounded in Bil’ins weekly protest
IMEMC News, International Middle East Media Center News 9/12/2008
Residents of Bil’in village near Ramallah, gathered today, chanting slogans and calling for national unity among the Palestinians, as part of their weekly nonviolent protest. Israeli troops placed razor wire on the main road in the village to... more.. e-mail
This Week in Palestine Week 37 2008
IMEMC News - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 9/12/2008
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This Week in Palestine a service of the International Middle East Media Center www. imemc. org for September 6th through the 12th 2008.
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News in Brief - Noam Shalit waiting for confimation
Ha’aretz 9/12/2008
Noam Shalit said yesterday that he has yet to receive confirmation that his son, Gilad, received the letter Noam sent him via French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The president gave the letter to the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamed bin Khalifa... more.. e-mail
PM vows to resign as soon as new Kadima leader chosen
Mazal Mualem, Ha’aretz 9/12/2008
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday that he would resign immediately after a new Kadima leader is elected and recommend that the president ask the new leader to form a government. Olmert is thus expected to resign next Thursday, the... more.. e-mail
The Palestinian Horror Story
Sonja Karkar – Melbourne, Australia, Palestine Chronicle 9/10/2008
8217;I was the man paraded blindfolded and handcuffed.’Last night as I lay in bed wishing for sleep, I thought I saw a spider scurry across the moonlit ceiling. I closed my eyes only to have uninvited thoughts... more.. e-mail
Israeli settlers annexing extra West Bank land, report says
Mark Tran, The Guardian 9/11/2008
Israel and Israeli settlers have effectively annexed about 400 hectares (1,000 acres) of land in the occupied West Bank, some of it privately owned by Palestinians, an Israeli human rights group said today. B’Tselem, which opposes settlements on... more.. e-mail
A New Palestinian Initiative That’s Hard to Read
Stuart Littlewood – London, Palestine Chronicle 9/10/2008
I have just stumbled across an important-looking report entitled ’Regaining the Initiative - Palestinian Strategic Options to End Israeli Occupation’ by the Palestine Strategy Group. It is dated August 2008, but I don’t recall any fanfare to... more.. e-mail
Bomb on Gaza border, none wounded
Hanan Greenberg, YNetNews 9/11/2008
Explosive device planted near border fence, detonated against IDF patrol near Kissufim crossing -An explosive device was detonated against IDF troops patrolling along the southern Gaza border on Thursday evening. None were injured; however damage was caused to the fence... more.. e-mail
Israel accuses Gaza fighters of bombing attack
Agence France Presse - AFP, Daily Star 9/12/2008
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza on Thursday detonated a bomb near an Israeli Army patrol along the border fence, causing no injuries but shaking a fragile truce, an Israeli Army spokeswoman told AFP. "An explosive device was set off... more.. e-mail
Walles: Sides agree to negotiate J’lem
Jpost.com Staff, Jerusalem Post 9/11/2008
Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to negotiate on the issue of Jerusalem, as well as parts of the Dead Sea, US Consul-General Jacob Walles said in an interview published by the Palestinian daily, Al-Ayyam on Thursday.
Agreement to negotiate... more.. e-mail
B’Tselem Report: Israel increased area of dozens of settlements east of the Separation Barrier by tens of thousands of dunams
International Solidarity Movement 9/11/2008
Today (11 September), Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem is publishing a report on Israel’s blocking of Palestinian access to land around settlements lying east of the Separation Barrier. The report reveals that state authorities and settlers... more.. e-mail
Be’Tselem: settlement expansion has increased in the past years
Rami Almeghari & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 9/11/2008
The Israeli center for human rights in the occupied territories (Betselem), reported that Israel has annexed tens of thousands of dunums of Palestinian-owned lands to Israeli settlements, east of the separation barrier in the West Bank, over the past few... more.. e-mail
BTselem: Israel annexing lands around West Bank settlements
Ma’an News Agency 9/11/2008
Bethelehem Maan Israeli authorities and settlers have de facto annexed tens of thousands of dunams of land to settlements located east of the separation wall in the West Bank, a new report by the Israeli human rights organization B’... more.. e-mail
Continued settler attacks in the village of Asira al Qibliya as residents prepare for olive harvest
International Solidarity Movement 9/9/2008
Nablus Region - more information about the Olive Harvest Campaign 2008 - A Palestinian family home near the settlement of Yizhar has been under constant attacks from its inhabitants. On Friday 5 September settlers came down the mountain, a mere kilometre from... more.. e-mail
Next Stop, Ramallah
Akiva Eldar, MIFTAH 9/9/2008
The West Bank not only provides housing solutions for Jerusalemites who cannot afford to buy a house with a garden in one of the city’s veteran neighborhoods. It also cuts their travel time from the coastal plain. First... more.. e-mail
Dozens suffer from Gas inhalation in Nil’in village
Marina Ayyoub, International Middle East Media Center News 9/9/2008
Local sources reported on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers invaded Nil’in village located west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday morning and fired rounds of live ammunition and gas bombs. The sources sated that clashes...
UN: Palestinian GDP falls again, PA fiscal reforms not sufficient
Ma’an News Agency 9/9/2008
Bethlehem Maan The Palestinian economy remains stagnated according to a recent United Nations assessment that ultimately blames the ongoing Israeli occupation for preventing development in the West Bank and Gaza. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the West Bank and Gaza... more.. e-mail
Policy space for Palestinian economic revival
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - UNCTAD, ReliefWeb 9/8/2008
UNCTAD’s latest report argues that reviving the Palestinian war-torn economy requires empowering the Palestinian Authority with increased policy options and strengthened institutional capacities to formulate and implement economic policies.
Lifting the Israeli closure policy and movement restrictions imposed... more.. e-mail
Resident of Ni’lin tells of his experiences after being arrested by Israeli forces
International Solidarity Movement 9/8/2008
Ramallah Region - On Saturday August 31 2008 Ibrahim from Ni’lin was stopped in an Israeli checkpoint on his way to work and was prevented from going since his working permission, which makes it possible for him to enter... more.. e-mail
Marking 5th anniversary of protests, Ni’lin marchers choke on tear gas
Ma’an News Agency 9/8/2008
Ramallah Maan Dozens choke on tear gas and are hit with rubber-coated metal bullets as protesters mark fifth anniversary of the Nilin anit-wall campaign on Monday afternoon. Hundreds turned out for the anniversary march, and the village declared a commercial... more.. e-mail
Several residents treated for gas inhalation as army attacks a peaceful protest in Ni’lin
IMEMC News, International Middle East Media Center News 9/8/2008
Hundreds of Palestinian residents and dozens of International peace activists held on Monday a nonviolent protest against the Israeli annexation Wall in Ni’lin village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The protesters managed t stop for several... more.. e-mail
Broad policy plan needed to revive Palestinian economy – UN report
United Nations News Service, ReliefWeb 9/8/2008
Reviving the struggling Palestinian economy, which had a zero growth rate in 2007, will require making use of a full range of fiscal, monetary, trade and labour policies, according to a report released today by the United Nations Conference on... -- See also: Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people*
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Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people*
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - UNCTAD, ReliefWeb 9/8/2008
Trade and Development Board - Fifty-fifth session - Geneva, 15 September26 October 2008 - Item 10 (b) of the provisional agenda - Prepared by the UNCTAD secretariat - Date: 15 Jul 2008 - The economy of the occupied Palestinian territory stagnated in 2007 and failed... -- See also: Broad policy plan needed to revive Palestinian economy – UN report
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Mishaal: Palestinians, all Arabs and Muslims legitimate owners of Jerusalem
Palestinian Information Center 9/7/2008
DAMASCUS, (PIC)-- Khalid Mishaal, the head of the Hamas political bureau, stated Saturday thatthe Palestinian people, and all Arabs and Muslims are the legitimate owners of Jerusalem, highlighting that there is no nation eligible to be in charge of it... more.. e-mail
Dig reveals Jerusalem’s first city wall
Nadav Shragai, Ha’aretz 9/8/2008
Impressive remains from Jerusalem’s first city wall - built by Hasmonean kings and destroyed by the Romans during the Jewish revolt - as well as part of a Byzantine period wall, have been discovered at an archaeological excavation on Mount... more.. e-mail
Archaeologists unearth 2,100-year-old Jerusalem wall
Daily Star 9/6/2008
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli archaeologists said on Wednesday they had rediscovered rare remains of the wall that surrounded Jerusalem more than 2,100 years ago after locating the site of a 19th century dig. The Israel Antiquities Authority said it also discovered... more.. e-mail
Al Walajeh under siege as Israeli settlement expansion overtakes the village
Fadi Yacoub, Palestine News Network 9/6/2008
PNN --Israeli forces continue their attempt to impose control on agricultural lands located in western Bethlehem’s Al Walajeh Village. The Israeli Interior Ministry will not issue a permit for the construction of a road for farmers to reach... more.. e-mail
The Makings of History /Memoirs of a shadow
Tom Segev, Ha’aretz 9/4/2008
Israel Galili always operated in the shadow of other people. "In a certain sense there is a resemblance between Galili’s situation and mine," writes his associate Arnan Azariahu, in his memoirs. "Just as he worked in the shadow... more.. e-mail
One year after the Israeli Supreme Court Ruling, Bi’lin still resists against the Wall
Palestine Monitor, Palestine Monitor 9/6/2008
6 September 2008On Friday the 5th of September, Bi’lin village was commemorating the first anniversary of the Israeli Supreme Court of Justice’s decision by carrying non-violent protest against the apartheid Wall. Last year, the Supreme Court... more.. e-mail
VIDEO - Palestinians clash with IDF as Israel limits entry for Ramadan
Reuters, Ha’aretz 9/6/2008
Israeli police said some 90,000 worshipers attended prayers at al-Aqsa, which sits on the complex in the walled Old City known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif. Palestinian access to Jerusalem is already limited...
Making a stink
Kobi Ben Shimon, Ha’aretz 9/4/2008
A terrible stench - the smell of a rotting, dead animal," says left-wing activist Dr. David Nir in disgust. For over three years he has been participating in protests against the separation fence, but he wasn’t prepared for this... more.. e-mail
’We can choose our destiny by ourselves’
Rory McCarthy, The Guardian 9/3/2008
On the walls outside the home of Hussam Khader, in the narrow streets of the Balata refugee camp, posters, graffiti and flags celebrate his release a week ago from an Israeli jail. Alongside them is a newly-painted sign in large... more.. e-mail
Al-Ma’asara village in Bethlehem declared, Israeli-goods free
George Rishmawi, International Middle East Media Center News 9/5/2008
In Bethlehem, residents of the nearby Al-Ma’asara village organized a nonviolent protest under the title, "Al-Ma’asara is Israeli goods free". The villagers were joined by International peace activists and went through the village to the land...
Italian peace activist injured at Bilin protest
Ma’an News Agency 9/5/2008
Bethlehem Maan On the first anniversary of the decision of the Israeli Supreme court that the separation wall running through the village of Bilin was illegal, residents and internationals gathered at the site of the ongoing construction for the wall... more.. e-mail
Protests at Kalandiya checkpoint and across West Bank
Jpost.com Staff And Ap, Jerusalem Post 9/5/2008
Some 100 young Palestinians rioted at the Kalandiya checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, on Friday, shortly after the first communal prayers of Ramadan.
The Palestinians hurled stones at IDF troops and border policemen deployed in area, prompting the security forces to... more.. e-mail
Palestinians hurl stones at IDF troops north of Jerusalem
Efrat Weiss, YNetNews 9/5/2008
Some 100 Palestinians riot at Qalandiya checkpoint, dispersed by Israeli security forces. Mass Ramadan prayer session at Temple Mount passes without any unusual incidents; Palestinians, leftists hold anti-fence rallies in Bil’in, Naalin - Shortly after the prayer session marking... more.. e-mail
This Week in Palestine week 36 2008
IMEMC News - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center News 9/5/2008
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file || 11 m 0s || 10. 0 MB ||This Week in Palestine Week 36 2008-09-05
This Week in Palestine a service of the International Middle East Media Center www. IMEMC. org... more.. e-mail
Legal consequences for theft of Obama’s message to God may go forward
Ma’an News Agency 9/5/2008
Bethlehem Maan The man who stole and published a note wedged into the cracks of the Jewish Wailing Wall by leader of the US Democratic Party Barak Obama on 24 July 2008 may be charged for his actions. The six-week-old... more.. e-mail
’Ethnic cleansing by stealth’
Seth Freedman, The Guardian 9/4/2008
With every cruel and unusual punishment meted out against West Bank villagers, Israel is fomenting more and more hate against its own people."When Israel was first created, I had a lot of admiration and respect for the Jews; now... more.. e-mail
Twilight Zone / Death metal
Gideon Levy, Ha’aretz 9/4/2008
What happens when a Bedouin shepherd goes out to look for scrap metal in the desert near his home?
The middle of nowhere. The narrow highway that crosses the desert was recently widened in order to enable passage of the... more.. e-mail
About a boy
Amira Hass, Ha’aretz 9/4/2008
One man gives another man an improvised notebook of a child’s drawings (A3-sized pages, stapled together). Man No. 1: a schoolteacher, Mohammed AmiraMan No. 2: David Reeb The place: The village of Na’alinThe time: August... more.. e-mail
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 28 Aug. - 03 Sep. 2008
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 9/4/2008
18 Palestinian civilians, including 9 children, were wounded by IOF gunfire in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. *This number includes two fishermen who were wounded by IOF naval troops whilst near the Gaza seashore. *15 civilians were wounded... more.. e-mail
PCHR Weekly Report: 18 Palestinians injured, including 9 children
Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center News 9/4/2008
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, based in Gaza, reports that 18 Palestinians were injured during the week of August 28th to September 3rd. Nine of those injured were children, and two were fishermen who were wounded by Israeli naval... more.. e-mail
VIDEO - Ehud Barak talks to Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera 9/4/2008
Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, speaks to Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland from central command in Tel Aviv. Just two weeks before Israel gets a new prime minister and potentially a new government Barak discusses his own political...
Thu: Tel Aviv 100 falls to 900
Mishel Udi, Globes Online 9/4/2008
The Tel Aviv 25 index closed below 1,000 points for the third time this week, and ended at its lowest level since March 17. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) fell today. The Tel Aviv 25 Index fell 0. 61%... more.. e-mail
Police to probe removal of Obama’s note
Aviad Glickman, YNetNews 9/4/2008
State orders police to investigate scandalous extraction of US presidential candidate’s private note from cracks of Western Wall, says probe necessary to prevent defilement of holy site -Deputy State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan ordered the police on Thursday to... more.. e-mail
State orders police to probe publication of Obama’s Western Wall note
Tomer Zarhin, Ha’aretz 9/4/2008
Deputy State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan on Thursday ordered police to investigate Israeli daily Maariv’s publication of a prayer note placed in the Western Wall by United States presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Senator Obama visited the site in Jerusalem... more.. e-mail
Police to probe Obama note stealing
Jpost.com Staff And Ap, Jerusalem Post 9/4/2008
The police was instructed by Assistant State’s Attorney Shai Nitzan on Thursday to investigate the incident in which US presidential candidate Barak Obama’s prayer note was removed from the Western Wall and published by Israeli media... more.. e-mail
Gilad Atzmon - 'The Wandering Who?'
Gilad Atzmon, Palestine Think Tank 9/2/2008
Tel Aviv University historian, Professor Shlomo Sand, opens his remarkable study of Jewish nationalism quoting Karl W. Deutsch: "A nation is a group of people united by a common mistake regarding its origin and a collective hostility towards its neighbours... more.. e-mail
Meet the Lebanese Press: Syria and the Salafis
Hicham Safieddine, Electronic Lebanon, Electronic Intifada 9/2/2008
Lebanese-Syrian relations witnessed a turnaround this month. The visit by Lebanese President Michel Suleiman to Damascus culminated in a declaration to establish full diplomatic relations between the two countries for the first time. Promises were made to intensify efforts to... more.. e-mail
Israeli violations increase during August in spite of 'official truce’
Saed Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 9/3/2008
The National and International Department in the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) issued a press release documenting the Israeli violations during the month of August. It stated that the Israeli army killed 2 Palestinians, shot and wounded 131, including 26 children... more.. e-mail
Finnish foreign minister meets Palestinian counterpart
Ma’an News Agency 9/3/2008
Ramallah Maan Palestinian minister of foreign affairs Riyad Al-Maliki met on Wednesday morning with Finish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Al-Maliki briefed the Finish minister on the latest political developments, the results of the... more.. e-mail
Israeli government to discuss evacuation-compensation bill for settlers east of the Wall
Saed Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 9/3/2008
Israeli media sources reported on Wednesday that the Israeli cabinet is set to discuss on Sunday a possible "Evacuation and Compensation Bill". The bill proposes offering compensation for settlers living in some West Bank isolated settlements, located east of the... more.. e-mail
Bethlehem Governor reaches out to farmers at market
PNN, Palestine News Network 9/3/2008
Bethlehem -- Bethlehem Governor Salah Tamari is keeping his promise to combat price gouging and the sale of expired food during the month of Ramadan. He has taken to the streets. Yesterday, Tuesday, several officials joined the district’s governor... more.. e-mail
Wall of Second Temple-era Jerusalem found in Mt. Zion excavations
Reuters, Ha’aretz 9/4/2008
Archaeologists on Wednesday unveiled a 2,100-year-old Jerusalem perimeter wall - along with beer bottles left behind by 19th century researchers who first discovered the stone defenses. The wall, on Mount Zion at the southern edge of Jerusalem’s Old... more.. e-mail
Wall dating to Second Temple unearthed
Jerusalem Post 9/3/2008
The remains of the southern wall of Jerusalem that was built by the Hasmonean kings during the time of the Second Temple have been uncovered on Mount Zion, the Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday.
The 2,100-year-old wall, which was destroyed... more.. e-mail
Don’t touch our eruv
Neta Sela, YNetNews 9/3/2008
Posts installed in Jerusalem marking Shabbat-friendly areas vandalized, making area "non-kosher’. Religious women unable to walk children in strollers, men unable to carry prayer books to synagogue - A religious war has been ensuing in Jerusalem for several months now... more.. e-mail
November 9 - 16: Join the 6th Week against the Apartheid Wall!
Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Stop The Wall 9/2/2008
As part of the national and international mobilization to mark the 60th year of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe), in which millions of Palestinians were either slaughtered or displaced by the Zionist militias and army, the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign... more.. e-mail
Tulkarem celebrates Ramadan amid economic downturn
Ma’an News Agency 9/2/2008
Tulkarem Maan The markets of the West Bank city of Tulkarem are bustling this week with the arrival of Ramadan and an influx of Palestinians from inside Israel, but the increased traffic can only mask a deepening economic recession in... more.. e-mail
Israelis fire warning shots near Gaza fishermen, foreign activists
Daily Star 9/3/2008
BEIRUT: Israeli naval vessels fired warning shots at Palestinian fishing boats carrying international human rights workers several kilometers off the coast of the Gaza Strip, the activists told The Daily Star on Tuesday. Upon leaving the Gaza City port early... more.. e-mail
US donates additional 8.86 million dollars to UNRWA
Ma’an News Agency 9/2/2008
Bethlehem Maan During a visit to Shufat refugee camp in Jerusalem, US Consul General Jake Walles announced an 8. 86million dollar donation to UNRWA, the UNs agency of Palestinian refugees, bringing the total US contribution to UNRWA to 157 million... more.. e-mail
Growth in the Palestinian Land of Contradictions
Jonathan Cook, Palestine Monitor 9/1/2008
Today’s West Bank is a land of shocking contrasts - of one set of rules and rights for Palestinians and another for Jewish settlers.Palestinian lives are under the absolute control of the Israeli army, which can either seal off... more.. e-mail
Israeli military probe acquits soldiers who shot and critically wounded a mentally-ill Palestinian
Saed Bannoura & Agencies, International Middle East Media Center News 9/2/2008
The Israeli Army acquitted soldiers who shot and critically wounded a 40-year-old mentally-ill Palestinian man, and issued a press statement claiming that the soldiers acted according to protocol. Anwar Srour, 40, was shot by four rubber-coated metal bullets at... more.. e-mail
Nightly invasions in Ni’lin: Israeli army stormed a house, shooting one resident and arresting another
Palestine Monitor, Palestine Monitor 9/1/2008
At 3 o’clock on Sunday night, the Israeli army stormed the village of Ni’lin in the North West of Ramallah. Incidents and crimes have been happening on a weekly basis in Ni’lin for months... more.. e-mail
East Jerusalem tries to preserve Ramadan traditions while entering the month in further isolation
Rasim Abdul Wahid, Palestine News Network 9/1/2008
Jerusalem - While the Arab and Islamic worlds begin celebrating the start of the holy month of Ramadan, the city of Jerusalem faces further isolation due to the actions of Israeli authorities. Israeli forces have tightened the closure of main and... more.. e-mail
3 children 1 adult injured in Ni’lin protest
Ma’an News Agency 9/1/2008
Ni’lin Ma’an Three children and one adult were injured withlive bullets as they participated in a non-violent demonstration against the illegal construction of the Israeli separation wall on village lands. Ni’lin is a village... more.. e-mail
IDF: Troops’ conduct in Naalin appears justified
Efrat Weiss, YNetNews 9/1/2008
Military inquiry into incident that left West Bank man critically injured reveals soldiers behaved according to protocol. The Israel Defense Forces, after conducting an investigation into a Monday incident in Naalin that left a 40-year-old Palestinian critically injured, concluded... more.. e-mail
Mentally ill Palestinian critically injured by IDF
Ali Waked, YNetNews 9/1/2008
Violent clashes in West Bank village of Naalin continue to claim victims: Palestinians report mentally ill resident wounded by four rubber-coated steel bullets fired at his head by Israeli soldiers during his brother’s arrest. IDF says man tried... more.. e-mail
Israel allows private cars into Rachel’s Tomb compound in Bethlehem
Ma’an News Agency 9/1/2008
Bethlehem- Maan Israeli authorities opened the Rachels Tomb compound near Bethlehem to private cars for the first time in years on Monday. Until Monday, the tourist destinationwas accessible only by armored bus from the Israeli side of the separation wall... more.. e-mail
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