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Sheikh Yousef Disowns His Son
IMEMC - Monday March 01, 2010 - 23:35, Hamas leader, Sheikh Hasan Yousef, imprisoned by Israel at the Negev detention camp, has officially disowned his son who converted to Christianity and also collaborated with the Israeli security, Shabak, several years ago.
Report: Israel Kills Four Palestinians, Detains 300 In February
IMEMC - Monday March 01, 2010 - 17:18, Israel's military had killed four Palestinians and detained 300 others during the month of February 2010, the International Solidarity association for Human Rights reported on Monday.
Four civilians detained by Israeli troops during raids targeting West Bank
IMEMC - Monday March 01, 2010 - 16:12, Four Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops on Monday during military invasions targeting a number of West Bank communities.
One Killed, Three Injured Due To Israeli Shelling Targeting Northern Gaza Strip
IMEMC - Monday March 01, 2010 - 15:48, One Palestinian fighter was killed and three civilians were injured, on Monday, due to separate shelling attacks targeting the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia.
Protest Continues At Osh Ghrab; Met With Military Aggression
IMEMC - Sunday February 28, 2010 - 16:21, Despite recent storms in the Bethlehem area, protest was held at the site of the former military base of Osh Ghrab, east of the town of Beit Sahour. The protest resulted in a display of force from the Israeli military.
Marking Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre; Hamas Calls For Intifada
IMEMC - Friday February 26, 2010 - 22:10, As the Palestinians marked the 16th anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, the Hamas movement issued a statement calling for a new Intifada to protect the Holy Sites and counter ongoing attacks carried out by Israeli soldiers and settlers.
PRC: Israeli shelling kills Gaza fighter
3/2/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli shells killed a member of the Popular Resistance Committees' (PRC) military wing in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip and injured a second on Monday. Abu Atayam, the spokesperson of the PRC's An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades, said 20-year-old Muhammad Ghabein was killed while on an "observation mission," and monitoring Israeli activity at the Gaza border. Witnesses said four shells were fired at the area. Medical sources at the Kamal Udwan Hospital said a second man was injured by the border area shelling. Locals in the village said several shells were fired at a residential area. An Israeli military spokesman told Ma'an "earlier this afternoon an IDF force identified a squad of Palestinian terror operatives preparing to plant an explosive device along the security fence in the northern Gaza Strip. The force on the scene fired tank shells toward the terror squad. One operative was killed by IDF fire and two were injured. "
Rafah crossing opens after two months of closure
3/1/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing on Monday, allowing Palestinians to both enter and exit Gaza for the first time in two months. Shortly before noon, two buses had already passed into Egypt from the Strip. The increased movement at the crossing is expected to continue for three days, officials said. The de facto government crossings committee said the first bus transferred patients into Egypt, which arrived at 9:30am. The committee said it hoped the three days of open crossings would clear much of the waiting list of patients, students and family members waiting to cross the border. The committee said 7,000 are expected to travel into Egypt during the coming days. . . . .
Report: University inaccessible for Palestinian prisoners
3/1/2010 - Salfit - Ma'an - Palestinian detainees at the Hadarim detention center have been prevented from applying to universities for over a year, the Palestinian Detainees' Center said Monday. Citing the cases of Abu Bilal Shihab, Wael Fanoun, and Sameh Al-Shobaky, the center said the men had been banned from accessing higher education institutes and progressing with their studies since December of 2008. According to the center, the detained students were denied their right to family visits for two months, and prevented from purchasing foodstuffs from the detention center's canteen for a month. Dozens told the center that the Israel Prison Service (IPS) has used solidarity confinement as a punitive measure, claiming security concerns, the center said. Detainees also told the center that the IPS undertakes haphazard searches of prisoners' cells and has banned the access to books and other reading materials, as well as glass drinking glasses. . . . .
Medics: Child hit by Israeli military jeep
3/1/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - A Palestinian child was struck down by an Israeli military jeep on Monday near the Al-Hamra checkpoint, north of Nablus, witnesses said. Palestine Red Crescent medics later identified the girls as Dalal Abu Sa'da, 6, from Beit Dajan east of Nablus, and said she sustained moderate to serious injuries after she was hit by an Israeli military jeep. Witnesses said the child was taken to an Israeli hospital to undergo treatment for her injuries. An Israeli military spokeswoman, however, denied military involvement in the incident, saying as far as the Israeli army was concerned, the incident was a civilian car accident. The spokeswoman added that a Magen David Adom ambulance transferred the child to the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem. The spokeswoman said the ambulance service informed the army that a military jeep was not involved. . . . .
ICRC: Personal photos, clothing permitted into Israeli prison
3/1/2010 - Tulkarem - Ma'an -Israeli authorities informed the Red Cross office in Tulkarem on Sunday that parents of Palestinian detainees would be permitted to bring their children limited personal affects when they visited during the month of March. Officials in the Tulkarem office of the ICRC said the rules immediately applied to inmates at the Megiddo prison, and that parents would be permitted to give the following articles to their children: 3 pairs of underwear, 3 pairs of socks, 3 t-shirts, 1 pair of brown pants without pockets, 5 family photos. [end]
Protesting Israeli prison policies, families to halt visits in April
3/1/2010 - Tulkarem - Ma'an - Families of Palestinians in Israeli prisons will halt visits to loved ones in April, protesting discriminatory and punitive policies enforced by the Israeli prison administration, Palestinian Minister of Prisoners Affair Issa Qaraqe announced Monday. In solidarity with Gaza families who have been prevented from visiting their sons and daughters at all, and in protest of the Israeli policy of limiting visits to prisoners as punishment, families in the West Bank will cease visits entirely for the month of April, Qaraqe said. The minister's comments came during a visit to several families of long-term prisoners in the Tulkarem district, where he was inaugurating Prisoners Freedom Street in the city. According to the minister, at least 1,200 of prisoners with immediate family in the West Bank, and 900 others in Gaza, have been denied visits from their family for the past three years. . . . .
Israel arrests 2 Hebron children for stone throwing
3/1/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Two brothers were detained by Israeli forces in Hebron and taken to the Ofer detention center on Sunday, for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli soldiers. One brother was released from Israeli custody, while the other will stand before an Israeli military tribunal, their father said. The father, Fadel Al-Muhtaseb, said "a number of Israeli forces detained my children Hassan, 12 and Amir, 7, while they were on Ash-Shalala Street in Hebron. Amir was released ten hours after his detention. " Al-Muhtaseb said he was informed of his children's detention by residents, who said they were taken to an unknown location. When he returned home, he found Amir standing outside the front door. "I received a phone call from one of the detainees in Ofer prison who told me Hassan was there and he will be put before an Israeli military court on charges for throwing stones at Israeli soldiers," the father said.
US Senator John Kerry presses Israel on Gaza access
3/2/2010 - Chicago - Ma'an - US Senator John Kerry raised the issue of Israel's closure of the Gaza Strip during his meetings this week with Israeli and Palestinian officials in the Middle East, his spokesman said on Monday. The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman "did raise Gaza access issues in all of his meetings," said spokesman Frederick Jones on the phone from Washington. "Senator Kerry has long called for heightened access for humanitarian goods and foodstuffs," he added. After his visit Kerry reportedly demanded that Israel allow pasta into Gaza, after learning that spaghetti was one of dozens of items Israel bans from the besieged enclave. Since Hamas took full control of Gaza in June 2007, Israel closed its borders with the Strip, effectively trapping the territory's 1. 5 million inhabitants inside and curtailing imports and exports.
Fatah: Yatta leader sentenced to 22 years in Israeli prison
3/2/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - A prominent member of the Fatah movement in Yatta was sentenced to 22 years, in addition to ten years probabtion, by an Israeli court, the party's office in the Hebron town announced on Monday. According to a party statement, Issa Khalil Nawaj'a was detained on 22 March 2007, six years after Israeli officials issued an arrest warrant for him. The statement did not mention the crime Nawaj'a was wanted for. The Fatah movement in Yatta denounced the sentence and called for the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. [end]
One Gaza crossing partially open
3/1/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - The Kerem Shalom crossing will be partly open for the delivery of 84 truckloads of aid and commercial goods to Gaza on Monday,Palestinian liaison official Raed Fattouh said. Along with the limited goods, quantities of domestic gas and industrial diesel will also enter the Strip, while three trucks carrying flowers will leave Gaza under a Dutch government program supporting strawberry and carnation farmers in the besieged coastal region. Last week, the final shipment of strawberries exited Gaza, as the strawberry season came to a close. On Sunday, Israel delivered very limited quantities of gas and diesel via the Kerem Shalom crossing, over-ruling an earlier decision to close the terminal due to the Jewish Purim holiday. The holiday ends at sundown on Monday. . . . .
Egyptian police detain Gaza child inside smuggling tunnel
3/1/2010 - Al-Arish - Ma'an - Egyptian security arrested a Palestinian child working inside a smuggling tunnel in the Salah Ad-Din area in Rafah on Monday, reportedly extracting him from the subterranean passage beneath Egyptian soil. Egyptian security forces were searching the area when they located 14-year-old Mustapha Shukry as he hooked up pallets of goods to transport machinery in the tunnel. The security unit removed the child, searched the tunnel for additional workers then began setting up explosives that would destroy the passage, they said. [end]
US ’concerned’ at settlement expansion
3/2/2010 - Chicago - Ma'an - The US State Department voiced concern on Monday over a reported Israeli plan to expand a settlement on Palestinian land in the West Bank. "We've relayed our strong concerns to the government of Israel, that this kind of activity, particularly as we try to relaunch meaningful negotiations is counter-productive and undermines trust between the parties," said State Department spokesman Philip Crowley, as quoted by AFP. The Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Friday that the government approved 600 new units of housing in Pisgat Ze'ev, a settlement near Ramallah in what Israel regards as East Jerusalem. "We have seen reports that plans for 600 housing units in Pisgat Ze'ev in east Jerusalem, originally deposited in 2008, have advanced in the approval process, although we understand that the total number of units has been reduced from the original plan," Crowley told reporters in Washington.
EU: Israeli heritage list ’hinders peace efforts’
3/1/2010 - Chicago - Ma'an - The Eu criticized on Monday Israel's decision to list shrines in Bethlehem and Hebron as national heritage sites. The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, the EU's high representative for Foreign Affairs and security policy said in a statement, "The High Representative regards the recent decision by the Government of Israel to add sites in Hebron and Bethlehem to the list of Israeli national heritage sites as detrimental to attempts to relaunch peace negotiations. ""The European Union calls on Israel to refrain from provocative acts," the statement added. The decision to lay claim to sites in Palestinian territory sparked Palestinian demonstrations and international criticism. Bashar Jaafari, Syria's ambassador to the UN, speaking on behalf of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), also condemned the "illegality and illegitimacy" of the Israeli decision, as quoted by Al-Jazeera.
Report: Gaza police chief’s car bombed
3/2/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - A bomb was detonated in the car of the Gaza police operations chief on Monday morning, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) said. "At approximately 06:00 on Monday, 01 March 2010, unknown persons detonated a bomb in a car belonging to Talal Banat, 44, chief of police operations in Gaza, when it was parked near his house in al-Nasser Street in the north of Gaza City," PCHR said in a statement. "The car was heavily damaged, but no casualties were reported. The police arrived at the area soon and initiated an investigation," the statement added. The group condemned the attack as a sign of a "state of security chaos and proliferation of weapons" in the Palestinian territories. . . . .
Gaza military court extends detention of UK journalist
3/2/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - A Gaza government military court extended the detention of British journalist and filmmaker Paul Martin on Monday for an additional15 days as an investigation into alleged "security breaches" continues. Spokesman for the de facto government's Ministry of Interior Ihab Al-Ghussein said the military prosecutor agreed to extend Martin's detention pending further investigations. Al-Ghussein said the journalist is being treated in accordance with international law, adding that Martin had been put in touch with his wife. Martin was detained on 14 January a Gaza courtroom when he arrived to testify at the trial of a Palestinian who was accused of collaborating with Israel. Martin reportedly interviewed the accused man for a documentary. The journalist is the first foreign national to be arrested since Hamas took full control of the territory in 2007.
Dahlan: Dubai put Israel on the defensive
3/2/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Israel has been put on the defensive by the exposure of the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai, Fatah leader Muhammad Dahlan said on Monday. Dahlan said Israel was clearly responsible for the "ugly murder" of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh and that the Hamas commander had been targeted by the Israeli spy agency Mossad several times. He also praised Dubai police for their role in exposing the alleged assassination. "This is a shift in Arab security work, with Israel as the weaker party this time," he told reporters in his Ramallah office. Al-Mabhouh was found dead in his Dubai hotel room on 20 January. Dubai has accused Mossad of sending a 27-member hit team traveling on European passports to kill him. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied any involvement. Dahlan also revealed a proposal to implement Palestinian reconciliation under the supervision of the Arab League.
In Hebron, PA cabinet criticizes Israeli heritage list
3/1/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - In what was billed as a move to support the city, the Palestinian Authority cabinet held its weekly session in the Hebron Municipality Hall on Monday, protesting Israel's decision to include the Ibrahimi Mosque on the list of its national heritage sites. Under pressure from settlers, Israel listed Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque and Bethlehem's Rachel's Tomb as national "heritage sites" slated for renovation last week, sparking Palestinian protests. In Hebron, caretaker Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said the cabinet relocation was intended to mark an official Palestinian presence in the heart of Hebron as a means to counter Israel's controversial heritage list decision. Cabinet member Muhammad Ash-Shtayeh told reporters that the appointed government will "offer what we can to Hebron and its residents. He announced, "We will not allow for Israel to steal our history. We will take measures to force Israel to retreat from their decision.
Lieutenant General Keith Dayton: United States Security Coordinator
3/1/2010 - American Lieutenant General Keith Dayton heads the United States Security Coordinators Team (USSC) in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. The USSC’s raison d'ętre, since its creation in 2005, has been to “reform” the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) security forces. In the years following its creation, the USSC trained and equipped five Palestinian National Security Force (PNSF) battalions, tasked with maintaing law and order within the West Bank. The USSC operates on the principal that the presence of a professional and effective security force is an essential attribute of any future Palestinian state. This precept is not shared by all parties in Palestine. Detractors say the PNSF are in fact a tool of Fatah used to suppress opposition in the form of other political parties or Palestinian resistance movements. Dayton has commanded the training post since December 2005. In 2009, he was asked by US President Barack Obama’s special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, to serve a further two years.
Abbas in Sharm Ash-Sheikh for talks with Mubarak
3/1/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Sharam As-Sheikh on Monday to meet with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak, during an official visit that will last two days. Following talks with Mubarak, Abbas is tipped to meet with the Arab Peace Initiative (API) Committee on Tuesday, the Ramallah government's WAFA news agency reported. Foreign Ministers of Arab states who are members of the API committee will hear a recount from Abbas of the latest political developments in the occupied Palestinian territories, the US proposal for proximity talks, settlement activity and the terms of peace talks, WAFA wrote. The president recently returned from meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris where he told his French counterpart that he fears a return to violence if peace talks fail to lead to the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state.
Hamas, Fatah trade barbs over stalled PLC session
3/2/2010 - Ramallah/Gaza - Ma'an - Hamas members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) said they were prevented by the Palestinian Authority from attending an emergency session of the body in Ramallah, on Monday which was called for by Hamas-affiliated PLC Speaker Aziz Dweik. Dweik said 31 Hamas deputies, as well as Hassan Khreisha, an independent PLC member, responded to the call for an emergency session but were denied entry into the PLC's meeting room by caretakers of the building, claiming they did not have the authorization to permit the lawmakers entry. In response Dweik held a news conference outside the building, saying those responsible for stalling the meeting were further stalling the work of the PLC and achieving national reconciliation. "We were surprised to find the door leading to the meeting room closed and were were not allowed entry. "
PA forces launch security campaign in Tulkarem villages
3/1/2010 - Tulkarem - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority security forces launched an extensive security campaign in two Tulkarem villages before sunrise on Monday morning, police announced. Brigadier Amin Fawalha said the campaign would start in the Illar and Seida villages, and target suspected criminals, thieves and a number of individuals "wanted" by PA security. The campaign further aimed to seek out illegal car workshops and garages, as well as unlicensed cars. The campaign was undertaken in conjunction with tax and customs officers, targeting store owners selling expired and smuggled goods, as well as settlement produce, Fawalha added. [end]
Jenin teen says rabbit gave birth to tiny elephant
3/1/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - A 19-year-old rabbit raiser in Jenin said he was "shocked and terrified" when his newest animal gave birth to what he described as a tiny baby elephant on Sunday. "I was concerned when I saw a black baby elephant next to nine white baby rabbits," Alawna told Ma'an, adding that the creature died only five hours after it was born. He said he was baffled as to how the elephant was produced. The mother rabbit, Alawna explained, is a Dutch breed which he bought six months ago from a farmer in the northern West Bank village of Jaba in Jenin district. [end]
Al-Asheqeen bandleader: A dream come true
3/1/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Mohammed Diab, a singer and leader of the renowned Palestinian band Al-Asheqeen spoke with Ma'an on Monday about his London-based musical group, his career, and his first trip to the occupied Palestinian territories. Diab, born in a Syrian refugee camp, said "it was like a dream come true to be in Palestine. I can't believe it myself. I love Palestine - it is a very beautiful country and words are not enough to describe what I am feeling right now. " "Palestine is a special nation, totally different from any other," he told Ma'an's editor-in-chief, Nasser Lahham. "I say to all Palestinians refugee camps abroad [the right of return] is so close. A day will come when all Palestinians will arrive to the homeland. I have traveled to Holland, across the UK and Lebanon, and wherever I go, they call on me to sing my national songs, which speak of Palestine, incarceration, and Palestinian suffering under occupation. " . . . .
Palestinian universities on strike Monday
3/1/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - The Syndicate of Palestinian Universities Union announced the suspension of classes in West Bank institutions on Monday, because of what the union called a lack of response to employees' demands by the Palestinian Council for Higher Education. The strike is the third in a week, following two student-lead strikes over a Palestinian Authority Ministry of Education decision to convert most of its tuition grants into loans. The head of the syndicate, Amjad Barham, said the union would organize a series of protests following what he described as a failure of the Council for Higher Education to respond to the demands of employees. "We don't favor crippling the academic movement, but we were obliged to do so because the ministry of education and the Council for Higher Education continue to put off our demands," the official said.
Federation of Arab Journalists approves new Palestinian union
3/1/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - The Cairo-based Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ) approved the election of a new union of Palestinian journalists, a statement sent to the Ramallah government-run WAFA news agency read Sunday. "This is a step in the right direction," the statement from Egypt said,affirming the decision of the newly elected Palestinian Journalists Syndicate to act as a temporary body until the West Bank-Gaza split is resolved. The statement reportedly denied a recent report in Sama, a local Palestinian news station, which claimed the FAJ refused to recognize the results of elections held in Ramallah on 6 February because the Gaza Strip was excluded. The FAJ explained that a previous statement on 17 February had expressed concern about unity of Palestinian journalists, but stressed that it had been meant to highlight the expectation that union represents all journalists despite political rivalries.
Civil Defense rescues 3 trapped in flooded car
3/1/2010 - Qalqiliya - Ma'an - Palestinian Civil Defense Forces in Azzun rescued three residents trapped in car before it was swept away by flood waters in Wadi Qana, east of Qalqiliya on Monday, a spokesperson said. A rescue crew arrived at the scene to find the residents trapped in a car with half a meter of high water surrounding them, the spokesperson said, adding that they were able to pull the car to safety. The passengers and driver were reported to be in good health, the spokesman said. The Civil Defense called on residents to abandon their cars if they breakdown during floods and to find a high area to seek safety. [end]
Report: IDF tank fires at Gaza militants, killing one
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Popular Resistance Committees says of Beit Lahia resident killed on a military intelligence mission.
39 army raids, 28 arrests: Just another day in the West Bank
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - In 2009 Israelis enjoyed unprecedented security as Palestinians suffered more settler violence than ever.
Palestine is full of heroes
Uruknet March 1, 2010 - Although people in our modern times have been educated to believe that having the 'right' ideas, methods or ideologies is what causes revolutions, history teaches us that drastic changes usually happen when the majority of the people rally behind a certain leader, more than behind an ideology. While Palestinian society continues to be torn apart by...
Israel arrests 2 Hebron children (12 and 7 years old) for stone throwing
Uruknet March 1, 2010 - Two brothers were detained by Israeli forces in Hebron and taken to the Ofer detention center on Sunday, for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli forces. One brother was released from Israeli custody, while the other will stand before an Israeli military tribunal, the father said. Fadel Al-Muhtaseb, father said "a number of Israeli forces detained my...
America's Permanent War Agenda
Uruknet March 1, 2010 - Post-9/11, Dick Cheney warned of wars that won't end in our lifetime. Former CIA Director James Woolsey said America "is engaged in World War IV, and it could continue for years....This fourth world war, I think, will last considerably longer than either World Wars I or II did for us." GHW Bush called it a "New...
The Musa’ab Yousuf Story: a classic example of Israeli disinformation
Uruknet March 1, 2010 - In addition to its protracted war of terror against the Palestinian people, Israel has long waged an unrelenting campaign of psychological warfare against the Palestinian will, aimed at debilitating the domestic front across the occupied territories. The Israeli media, which often operates in sync with the Israeli occupation army and intelligence agencies, readily and routinely parrot...
Egyptian police detain Gaza child inside smuggling tunnel
Uruknet March 1, 2010 - Egyptian security arrested a Palestinian child working inside a smuggling tunnel in the Salah Ad-Din area in Rafah on Monday, reportedly extracting him from the subterranean passage beneath Egyptian soil. Egyptian security forces were searching the area when they located 14-year-old Mustapha Shukry as he hooked up pallets of goods to transport machinery in the tunnel...
Russell Tribunal aims to hold the international community to account
Uruknet March 1, 2010 - Today, the first session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RTP) will be held in Barcelona. The RTP is a peoples' tribunal focusing not on Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law (IHL) such as the Fourth Geneva Convention, but on the obligations of the international community of signatory states which sustain and enable Israel's continuous violations...
More details emerge on assassination of Hamas leader in Dubai
Uruknet March 1, 2010 - More details are emerging on the murder of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was killed in Dubai on January 20 in what is widely thought to be an Israeli security service operation. Dubai Police Chief Dahi Khalfan Tamim claims to be "99 percent, if not 100 percent" certain that Mossad, the Israeli secret service organisation, was...
39 army raids, 28 arrests: Just another day in the West Bank
Uruknet March 1, 2010 - "The year 2009 was the quietest for Israelis from the security point of view and the most violent for the Palestinians from the point of view of attacks by settlers in the West Bank." Just as he was saying this - as an example of one of the absurdities that characterize the political situation - Palestinian...
Palestinian Cafe Owner Faces Threats for 'No Uniform' Policy
Uruknet February 28, 2010 - In spite of all the hardship, Palestinians living in Israel and the occupied territories find ways to survive. Sometimes, amidst the political and ethnic tension and fear, they even find ways to live well. This may be a fair description for a restaurant/cafe in Haifa called 'Azad'. Haifa is the only city in North Israel known...
Protest Continues At Osh Ghrab; Met With Military Aggression
Uruknet February 28, 2010 - Despite recent storms in the Bethlehem area, protest was held at the site of the former military base of Osh Ghrab, east of the town of Beit Sahour. The protest resulted in a display of force from the Israeli military. On Sunday residents of the town of Beit Sahour were joined by Palestinians from the surrounding...
Israeli soldiers disturb and assault B'Tselem’s video photographers in the West Bank despite army’s declaration that filming is permitted
Uruknet February 28, 2010 - In early 2007, B'Tselem launched a camera distribution project in which it supplies video cameras to Palestinians living in areas in the Occupied Territories where confrontations commonly occur. The project’s objective is to aid Palestinians under occupation to bring the reality of their lives to the attention of the Israeli and international public, expose violation of...
Al-Hadidiyeh, February 2010: Israel effectively pressuring Palestinian Bedouin community to leave the Jordan Valley
Uruknet February 28, 2010 - The Jordan Valley is classified as Area C and is, therefore, under complete Israeli control. Israel has imposed harsh restrictions on building and movement there that apply to Palestinians alone, effectively pushing them to leave area. The Civil Administration does not allow Palestinians to build in Bedouin areas in the valley and systematically demolishes the temporary...
Israel forces Palestinians out of Jordan Valley
1 Mar 2010 - Al-Hadidiyeh, March 2, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- The Jordan Valley is classified as Area C and is, therefore, under complete Israeli control. Israel has imposed harsh restrictions on building and movement there that apply to the Palestinians alone, effectively pushing them to leave area. The Civil Administration does not allow the Palestinians to build in Bedouin areas in the valley and...
IOF sets up two checkpoints in Hebron
1 Mar 2010 - Hebron, March 1, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israeli occupation forces set up today morning two main checkpoints on the northern and southern entrances of Hebron where they stopped cars and citizens and checked out their ID cards. Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli occupation forces established a military checkpoint at the main entrance of north Hebron. They added that Israeli soldiers...
Israeli invasion to Sheikh Jarrah to seize land
1 Mar 2010 - Jerusalem, March 1, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israeli employees of Jerusalem municipality have broken into Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood today morning in order to measure and take photos for a land owned by Kamal Ebedat. "Large number of the municipality Israeli employees stormed Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood today morning, measured and took photos for the land" Jmal Ataia, activist in Sheikh Jarrah...
IOF arrests 4 prayers in Jerusalm
1 Mar 2010 - Jerusalem, March 1, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- Israeli occupation police arrested four prayers in the occupied Jerusalem, as they left Al-Aqsa Mosque after performing the dawn prayer on Monday. The police, surrounding the mosque for the second day, arrested the four men near Bab Hetta and took them to a police station near Bab Al-Khalil. The names of the young people...
IOF invades Jenin and detains Palestinian
1 Mar 2010 - Jenin, March 1, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israeli occupation forces invaded today dawn a number of villages west of Jenin in the West Bank. Local sources told the SAFA news agency that Israeli soldiers detained Mujahid Gasser, 22, after storming his house in the eastern area of Jenin. The sources said that Israeli occupation forces detained Khaled Sawalha during a...
Jewish extremists storm Al-Aqsa Mosque
1 Mar 2010 - Jerusalem, March 1, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- Extremist Jewish groups renewed calls on Monday - for the second consecutive day - to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque and pray there, during Purim : a Jewish holiday. Failing to break into Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday, the groups decided that they would try again, calling for a mass march in the mosque yard. Hundreds of Jewish...
American father struggles to reunite with Gazan wife and son
1 Mar 2010 - Kansas City, US, March 1, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - In Gaza, a 1-year-old boy sees pictures of his daddy and says, "Baba." In Kansas City, Baba toils away in his car-repair shop. He longs to embrace the son he has never met, whose wartime birth made the news, and to reunite with his wife. Texts and cell phone photos from...
Palestinian singer visits occupied territories
Palestine Note 1 Mar 2010 - Mohammed Diab, lead singer of the Palestinian band Al-Asheqeen, made his first visit to the occupied Palestinian territories, reports Ma'an News Agency . During his visit Diab met with a member of the PLO's executive committee and...
US disapproves of East Jerusalem housing expansion
Palestine Note 1 Mar 2010 - The U.S. State Department declared Monday that it does not approve of housing units being built in East Jerusalem and worries that this will only hinder negotiations between Israel and Palestinians, reports Haaretz . Excerpt: The Jerusalem...
America's permanent war agenda
Palestine Note 1 Mar 2010 - Post-9/11, Dick Cheney warned of wars that won't end in our lifetime. Former CIA Director James Woolsey said America "is engaged in World War IV, and it could continue for years....This fourth world war, I think,...
The nation of Israel? Wait and see
Palestine Note 1 Mar 2010 - Back in 2005, I called attention to a curious petition, filed the year before with Israel's High Court of Justice. The petitioners were thirty-eight citizens of Israel, most of them Jews but a number of them...
East Asian Jews call West Bank home
Palestine Note 1 Mar 2010 - Kiryat Arba is home to many East Asians who belong to the Bnei Menash , a sect of Judaism that believe they are one of the ten lost tribes of Israel who were exiled from Israel over...
A zionist renaissance and its implications on peace
Palestine Note 1 Mar 2010 - Over the course of the last eight years I have had a chance to study Zionism and Jewish history while at university and in my spare time as a journalist. Without a doubt it has had...
Israel to Reconsider ‘Hostile Spouse' Ruling
The Media Line 28 Feb 2010 - Israeli court to hear arguments that the Citizenship Law uses a security pretext to discriminate against Arabs. Israel's High Court of Justice is set to hear arguments against a law that places limitations on the ability...
Middle East Facing Serious Brain Drain
The Media Line 28 Feb 2010 - Study: One in three young Arabs would leave the Middle East if they could. A new study shows that given the chance one out of every three youth in Arab countries in the Middle East would...
Afghans Move to Protect Rare Bird
The Media Line 28 Feb 2010 - The world's 'least known bird' added to Afghanistan protection list. Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency added one of the world's rarest birds recently rediscovered in the country's mountainous east to a new list of protected species...
Iran Exposes Nukes
The Media Line 27 Feb 2010 - Analysts baffled after Iran leaves nuclear stockpile exposed to aerial attack. Iran has exposed the majority of its nuclear fuel stockpile to an aerial attack by moving it from a deep, underground plant to an above-ground...
Australian Newspaper Quotes Official: We Punished Israel with UN Vote
The Media Line 28 Feb 2010 - A daily newspaper in Sydney is quoting an unnamed Foreign Affairs Ministry official as saying Australia's abstention in Friday night's General Assembly vote on the Goldstone report was intended to be a message to Israel "not...
Palestinian Gambit in Shrine Debate: Cabinet Meeting Held in Hebron
The Media Line 28 Feb 2010 - The Palestinian cabinet is to hold a symbolic meeting in Hebron Monday in the latest Palestinian response to Israel's inclusion of two religious shrines located in the West Bank on its heritage list. The maelstrom was...
Israeli Daily: Mission to Gain Chinese Support for Iranian Sanctions
The Media Line 28 Feb 2010 - [Analysis] That two top level Israeli leaders went to China on a diplomatic mission – and that one is Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon is not unusual. What marks last week's official visit as being out-of-the-ordinary...
'Target Jordan' says al-Qaeda agent
AlJazeera 28 Feb 2010 - Posthumous video by suicide bomber details spy agency's collaboration with US.
Russia open to Iran sanctions
AlJazeera 1 Mar 2010 - Moscow weighs "smart" sanctions as IAEA says not sure all Iran nuclear activities peaceful.
Israeli Forces Invade al-Aqsa Compound in Jerusalem's Old City
Alternative Information Center - Sunday, 28 February 2010, This morning (Sunday 28 February), about two hundred Israeli armed policemen invaded the compound of the al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem to attack a non-violent sit-in, organized by Palestinians...
Seven held as Israelis storm mosque
PNN - Monday, 01 March 2010
U.S. Senator John Kerry Visits Rawabi, the First Palestinian Planned City
PNN - Monday, 01 March 2010
Hamas man 'drugged and suffocated' in Dubai
PNN - Monday, 01 March 2010
Rain and tear gas fail to stop anti wall demonstrations
PNN - Monday, 01 March 2010
Barkat to unveil Silwan plan
Jeruslalem Post 1 Mar 2010 - Mayor regards ‘Gan Hamelech’ redevelopment as pilot plan to regulate east J'lem building.
Kerry backs 'biting' sanctions on Iran
Jeruslalem Post 1 Mar 2010 - US senator meets PM, says US, Israel "talking from the same page" on Iran.
Kerry: No imminent flashpoint between Syria and Israel
Jeruslalem Post 1 Mar 2010 - Senator spoke to Assad from Jordan before coming to Israel.
Noam Schalit urges UN to help bring Gilad home
Jeruslalem Post 1 Mar 2010 - Captive soldier's father meets with senior UN official in Jerusalem, notes Goldstone report.
4 Palestinian women escape into reality
Jeruslalem Post 1 Mar 2010 - They’ve had enough of war, they’ve had enough of politics, and they are looking for an escape from their daily realities.
MKs blast Balad head for accepting invite
Jeruslalem Post 1 Mar 2010 - Jamal Zahalka to speak as part of Israel Apartheid Week.
PA: Keep Hebron cave off heritage list
Jeruslalem Post 1 Mar 2010 - In protest, PA moves weekly cabinet meeting from Ramallah to Hebron.
PA: Int'l community must keep Hebron cave off heritage list
Jeruslalem Post 1 Mar 2010 - In protest, PA moves weekly cabinet meeting from Ramallah to Hebron.
Right of Reply: Pro-Israel campus activities have never been
Jeruslalem Post 1 Mar 2010 - This week, alumni of pro-Israel advocacy training and of Taglit-Birthright are organizing Israel Peace Week on more than 30 campuses.
MIDEAST: New Call to Past Adds to Troubles
IPS JERUSALEM, Feb 28 (IPS) - When last December Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, delivering to an international conference in Herzliya outside Tel Aviv what has become the equivalent of Israel's 'State of the Union' address, chose to focus not on Iran's nuclear ambitions or on the prospects of Middle East...
Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
PCHR Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
With my life and soul I will free you Palestine - Demonstrators in Gaza
3/1/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Internatonal Solidarity Movement - Thirty activists from the Local Initiative Beit Hannoun and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) participated in the weekly demonstration asking for Palestinian land to be returned to its rightful owners. The activists gathered at the site of the University College for Agriculture which now lies in rubble following air attacks during operation Cast Lead. The activists walked towards the Erez border chanting "Down with the Occupation" and "With my life and soul I will free you Palestine". The activists reached 50 meters from the border and there Saber Zanin, Director of Beit Hannoun Local Initiative, spoke about the hardships farmers face on a daily basis as they attempt to plough and farm their land. Farmers risk being shot at either by Israeli snipers or from the automated tower machines which line the Gaza-Israel border zone.
International call to action in solidarity with Sheikh Jarrah
3/1/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Join us 6 March in solidarity with Sheikh Jarrah - WHAT: A global call to action in solidarity with the residents of Sheikh Jarrah / WHERE: Around the globe and into the streets / WHEN: 6 March 2010 / WHY: Sheikh Jarrah is a unique community in occupied East Jerusalem. The plight of this community is emblematic of the larger Palestinian struggle for Justice. The familes in Sheikh Jarrah have been evicted by a racist govermentand settlers now occupy their homes. The Palestinians of Sheikh Jarrah face daily harassment from both the settlers occupying their homes and the Isreli military. This is a call for global direct actions. The organizers of the weekly demonstrations in Sheikh Jarrah are asking for global solidarity as they plan for massive demonstrations in Jerusalem and greater Israel. They are calling for demonstrations and vigils at Israeli consulates and embassies abroad. Related: Just Jerusalem
Israeli rights group to Pixies: Don?t perform in Israel
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Boycott! urges academics, artists to shun Israeli institutions to protest government's West Bank policies.
What will happen if we are defeated
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Anyone interested in contributing to peace had better not invite the Israelis to ponder scenarios of defeat.
Iran, Syria may talk a big talk, but too scared to act
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Axis of evil needn't lose sleep over the 007-style Dubai hit, but shouldn't forget about Mughniyeh assassination.
David Bankier, renowned Holocaust scholar, dies of cancer at 63
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Bankier's work on German public's opinion of Jews between 1933 and 1939 considered breakthrough study in field.
Border Control / The outposts are still in
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Under the cover of the partial and temporary freeze, the outposts are putting down deeper roots.
Report: Syria willing to consider gradual approach to peace
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Israel needs to be ready to recognize that Syria is entitled to every inch of the Golan, says Syrian FM.
U.S. bemoans plan for new West Bank houses
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Jerusalem planning committee approves building of neighborhood near Pisgat Ze'ev north of Jerusalem.
Russia: We will consider 'smart' Iran sanctions
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Iran FM says Israel unlikely to strike it's nuclear sites since it was weak, but might do 'something crazy.'
Farrakhan: Obama is targeted by U.S. Jewish lobby, Zionists
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Nation of Islam leader says Jews control U.S. economy, 'bloodsuckers of the poor' being rewarded.
Universities across the globe mark Israeli Apartheid Week
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Three Israeli speakers headline events during the week; campuses in 40 cities participate.
Noam Shalit urges UN to implement Goldstone report
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Shalit to UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs: Goldstone calls for Gilad's release.
'Israelis no longer allowed in Dubai after Hamas hit'
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Police chief Tamim says local police will train in recognizing the physical appearance of Israelis.
Turkmenistan snubs former Mossad agent as Israel envoy
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - In new humiliation to Lieberman, Iran's neighbor refuses credentials to ex-spy expelled from Moscow in '90s.
As the West woos Syria, Assad aligns himself with Iran
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Hamas and Hezbollah's presence at recent Damascus meet shows greater deterrence to Israel and West.
The peace process as therapy for Israel, Palestinians
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - The current U.S. reading must be replaced with one that looks at a Middle East scarred by multi-layered traumas on both sides.
Dubai police chief bars all suspected Israelis entering UAE
The Guardian 1 Mar 2010 - New restrictions after death of Hamas operative in Dubai blamed on Mossad agents with European and Australian passports Dubai's police chief has said travellers suspected of being Israeli will not be allowed into the United Arab...
British journalist arrested in Gaza faces two more weeks in detention
The Guardian 1 Mar 2010 - Film-maker Paul Martin is first foreign journalist to be arrested in Gaza since Hamas seized control A British journalist who has been held in Gaza for two weeks without charge faces a further fortnight in detention...
Growth that Palestine can believe in | Sam Bahour
The Guardian 1 Mar 2010 - A rise in GDP may look good on paper, but it obscures the public's daily hardship and the need for real political changes A serious misconception is being propagated by the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah. Media,...
New immigrants: State must translate official documents
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Shortly after arriving in Israel, new immigrants are obliged to sign a plethora of official documents that they do not understand - since they are presented only in Hebrew - which can land them in legal trouble later. ...
40-year-old man stabbed to death in Haifa
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - A 40-year-old man was stabbed to death on Michael Street in Haifa overnight Saturday. ...
Israel approves plan to let sponsors beam messages onto Western Wall
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Most people go to the Western Wall to pray, but now some will also head there to pay. ...
Jerusalem mayor to retroactively legalize East Jerusalem buildings
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is to hold a press conference Tuesday in which he will unveil his plan for solving some of the capital's thorniest construction issues, in Silwan in East Jerusalem. ...
Man arrested for allegedly strangling wife to death
Ha'aretz 1 Mar 2010 - Police arrested a man on Monday for allegedly chocking his wife to death in their home in Lod. ...
Job Creation Programme Helps to 'Green Palestine'
Relief Web 1 Mar 2010 - Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid department, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF ARRIVES IN JERUSALEM
Relief Web 1 Mar 2010 - Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
UNHCR Iraq Fact Sheet January 2010
Relief Web 1 Mar 2010 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
OPT: Rafah crossing opens after two months of closure
Relief Web 1 Mar 2010 - Source: Medical Aid for Palestinians
OPT: Improving Awareness and Respect for Human Rights
Relief Web 1 Mar 2010 - Source: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
US slams new east Jerusalem homes
YNet News 1 Mar 2010 - State Department says approval of 600 housing units in Pisgat Ze'ev is 'counter-productive'
Nasrallah: Arabs must help Palestinians
YNet News 1 Mar 2010 - Hezbollah leader lashes out at Arab states, tells them to learn from Iran, Syria
Beinish urges all-out war to protect judges
YNet News 1 Mar 2010 - Speaking at memorial for murdered judge, Supreme Court president says violence against judges should resemble war on 'other kinds of terror'
Senator Kerry endorses paralyzing Iran sanctions
YNet News 1 Mar 2010 - Visiting senator says Iran will make great mistake should it misinterpret US intentions
Hezbollah links Mossad spy to 2004 assassination
YNet News 1 Mar 2010 - Al-Manar: Lebanese man arrested for aiding Mossad admitted he helped kill Ghaleb Alawi
IDF: Gas mask distribution unrelated to security situation
YNet News 1 Mar 2010 - Launch of gas mask distribution project across nation not part of emergency, army official says
Iran says moved uranium stockpile back underground
YNet News 1 Mar 2010 - Envoy to IAEA says Tehran drew what it needed to refine uranium up to 20 percent purity; dismisses reports that moving stockpile above ground might have been aimed at provoking Israel
Phony website counters Israel's PR campaign
YNet News 1 Mar 2010 - Information Ministry believes Palestinians or radical leftists behind launching of website containing footage of Palestinian casualties, IDF soldiers' funerals. 'This site offers a different, more complete picture of the issues at hand,' homepage reads. Ministry plans to file police complaint
Hariri: Lebanon won't be foreigners' battleground
Daily Star 1 Mar 2010 DOHA: Prime Minister Saad Hariri vowed on Monday that Lebanon would not be a scene for foreign powers to settle their struggles at its expense while stressing the need to strengthen national unity against Israeli threats. "When Israel threatens us to bomb Dahyieh [Beirut's southern suburb] or south Lebanon or Hizbullah, we should as a Cabinet work
Jordan denies any role in Mughniyeh killing
Daily Star 1 Mar 2010 AMMAN: Jordan on Monday dismissed posthumous video claims by a double-agent who killed seven United States intelligence officers that Amman was involved in the assassination of two Hizbullah and Al-Qaeda commanders. Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, in a video made before his suicide attack, accused his home country of involvement
Dubai murder suspects hiding out in Israel: police
Daily Star 1 Mar 2010 ABU DHABI: Dubai's police chief said on Monday the suspects in a Hamas chief's assassination in the emirate are now hiding out in Israel to avoid arrest and urged the country to wage its wars at home.Mahmud al-Mabhouh, a founder of the military wing of Hamas, was found dead in his Dubai hotel room on January 20. Police on Sunday said he had been drugged then suffocated.
IAEA chief can't confirm Iran nuclear work peaceful
Daily Star 1 Mar 2010 VIENNA: The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog agency said Monday he cannot confirm all of Iran's nuclear activities are peaceful, carefully choosing his words after tensions were sparked by his recent suggestion that Tehran may be working on a secret arms program.Members of the 35-nation International Atomic Energy Agency board were closely
Iranian authorities free six journalists, ban two opposition publications
Daily Star 1 Mar 2010 TEHRAN: Iranian authorities banned a reformist daily and a moderate weekly magazine on Monday, news agencies reported, a day after the release of six detained journalists.The Students news agency ISNA said the press supervisory board had decided to ban Etemad newspaper "for repeatedly violating the press law." The press supervision body
Indian premier: Palestinian state key to stability
Daily Star 1 Mar 2010 RIYADH: India's Premier Manmohan Singh said on Monday that an independent Palestinian state was key to Middle East stability and discussed energy and regional security during a visit to Saudi Arabia."There is no issue more important for peace
British journalist to be held in Gaza 15 more days
Daily Star 1 Mar 2010 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: A Gaza court extended the detention of a British journalist held in a jail in the Hamas-run Palestinian strip for another 15 days after military prosecutors said that they needed more time to interrogate him, officials said on Monday.
Fayyad's Cabinet stakes claim to Hebron amid shrine furor
Daily Star 1 Mar 2010 HEBRON, Occupied West Bank: The Palestinian Cabinet moved its weekly meeting to Hebron on Monday, a symbolic protest against Israel's addition of a shrine in the occupied West Bank city to its list of national heritage sites.
Cairo to release suspects in bazaar bombing case - MENA
Daily Star 1 Mar 2010 CAIRO: Egypt's state security prosecutor on Monday ordered the release of seven people accused over a deadly bazaar bombing in February 2009 that killed a French tourist, the official MENA news agency said.Three Belgians, two Palestinians and two Egyptians have been ordered released, the MENA agency said, without providing further details.
In Egypt, women's battle against the divorce stigma takes to the internet radio airwaves
Daily Star 1 Mar 2010 CAIRO: When her divorce finally came through after a painful four-year procedure, Mahasen Saber became the target of reproving looks and gossip in Egypt's conservative society.But she fought back, and in a bid to counter the prejudice attached to being no longer married, the young Egyptian mother decided to take to the high-tech airwaves on the internet
Inside view is worth risk, reporters in Iran say
LA Times 2 Mar 2010 - Journalists are monitored and may be deported or jailed if they anger the government. But those inside say it is worth the risks and frustrations to have a 'more nuanced understanding.' This is what it's like to be a reporter in today's Iran: To cover the recent anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, you had to wear a bright yellow bib identifying you as a journalist and sit in a designated area where you could hear and see President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speak, but not the thousands of protesters nearby.
Iran relations with IAEA turn contentious
LA Times 1 Mar 2010 - Tehran has responded to an unusually critical report on its nuclear program by assailing the U.N. agency's new director-general, Yukiya Amano. The shift could undermine cooperation. Iran has dramatically shifted its public tone toward the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, dropping its previous deference while harshly criticizing the agency's latest report and its new director-general as an incompetent and biased lackey of the West.
Hamas Says It Is Extending Briton’s Stay in Detention
New York Times 1 Mar 2010 - A Hamas military court in Gaza decided to extend the detention of a British journalist for another 15 days of interrogation on suspicion of unspecified security offenses.
Slain Hamas Operative Was Drugged, Dubai Police Say
New York Times 1 Mar 2010 - A police statement gives new details about a January assassination that has been widely attributed to Israel’s intelligence service, though Israel has not acknowledged involvement.
Now Hofstra asks: ‘How will Goldstone influence the war against terrorism?’ I don’t know– bring us to our knees?
Mondoweiss - 1 Mar 2010 - Is anyone ever going to do a pro-Goldstone event? Here’s a news release from Hofstra University about upcoming lectures by an Israeli journalist: The Hofstra Cultural Center and Hofstra Hillel will present two lectures in March 2010 by one of Israel’s leading TV journalists Michael Tuchfeld....
American Jewish apathy threatens Israel lobby
Mondoweiss - 1 Mar 2010 - New York Jewish Week’s James Besser on the Gallup poll showing only 53 percent of US Democrats have a favorable view of Israel: Talk to a a random sample of Jewish leaders, and in private, at least, most will lament what they say is a growing...
Canadian liberal leader says calling Israel ‘apartheid’ state is anti-Semitic
Mondoweiss - 1 Mar 2010 - Michael Ignatieff’s statement recalls the campaign against Jimmy Carter, who dared to use that word in his book title. Note that Israeli leaders/war-makers Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert have both used "apartheid" word in Israel: The activities planned for the week will single out Jewish and...
‘Israeli Apartheid Week’ arrives, and so do attacks
Mondoweiss - 1 Mar 2010 - The sixth annual “Israeli Apartheid Week” kicked off today, starting what will be two global weeks of action across the world meant to highlight Israel’s apartheid system and to build the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. The global event has come under attack, of course, with...
Dubai puts wind under the wings of… Goldstone
Mondoweiss - 1 Mar 2010 - Wow, I missed this. Fallout from Dubai assassination is hurting Israel’s push against Goldstone!! "Australia Abandons Israel." You see, Australia abstained on the vote in the UN calling for further investigation of the Gaza onslaught, stemming from the Goldstone Report. And France and England switched their...
Israeli Forces Invade al-Aqsa Compound in Jerusalem's Old City
Alternative Information Center - 1 Mar 2010 - Sunday, 28 February 2010, This morning (Sunday 28 February), about two hundred Israeli armed policemen invaded the compound of the al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem to attack a non-violent sit-in, organized by Palestinians in the city in protest of an imminent invasion of...
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