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Arab League Supports Indirect Israeli-Palestinian Talks
IMEMC - Thursday March 04, 2010 - 01:25, The Arab League expressed on Wednesday its support to holding indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinians, hoping that the stalled peace process could be renewed.
Israel Release Hamas’ Spokesperson In Tulkarem
IMEMC - Thursday March 04, 2010 - 00:47, The Israeli Authorities released on Wednesday Sheikh Abdullah Yassin, the spokesperson of the Hamas movement in Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Troops Attack Protesters At A New Wall Section Construction Site Near Bethlehem
IMEMC - Wednesday March 03, 2010 - 18:00, Israeli soldiers attacked, Wednesday morning, home and land owners from Beit Jala town, near Bethlehem southern West Bank, when they protested the destruction of their land to build a new section of the separation wall.
Israeli Troops Injure And Detain Two Palestinians During Military Operation In Southern West Bank
IMEMC - Wednesday March 03, 2010 - 15:40, Two Palestinian men were injured and taken by Israeli troops during an overnight invasion targeting the villages near Jenin city, northern West Bank.
Military Post Comes Under Fire; Soldiers Detain Nine Palestinians From Central West Bank
IMEMC - Wednesday March 03, 2010 - 15:21, Invasions targeted the central West Bank village of Nabi-saleh and nearby refugee camp, this Tuesday.
Dubai Seeks Netanyahu’s Arrest
IMEMC - Wednesday March 03, 2010 - 12:19, Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai police chief, stated that he would ask the state prosecutor to issue arrest warrants targeting Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the head of the Israeli Mossad, Meir Dagan.
Jordan Imprisons Six Residents For Attempting To Enter Gaza, Fight The Army in 2009
IMEMC - Wednesday March 03, 2010 - 11:47, A Jordanian Court ordered, on Tuesday, the imprisonment of six Jordanians who attempted to form an armed wing that would try to enter the Gaza Strip and carry out a number of attacks against Israeli army during the war on Gaza.
Netanyahu & Livni Trade Accusations Over “Concessions”
IMEMC - Wednesday March 03, 2010 - 10:34, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud Party, traded accusations with Israel’s opposition leader of the Kadima Party, Tzipi Tivni, over what they described as “concessions made to the Palestinians.”
Israeli military court extends Hebron boy’s detention
3/3/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - A Hebron child had his detention extended on Wednesday as he stood before an Israeli military tribunal at the Ofer prison, for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli forces. The father of Al-Hassan, 12, Fadl Al-Muhtaseb told Ma'an that his son had not been indicted for any crime but nonetheless had his sentence extended. "My child was brought to court with both his hands and feet cuffed. He was very scared of the many soldiers around him. It is ironic that the judge extended his detention until Sunday until an indictment is issued against him," he said. Al-Mutaseb was asked to pay a fine of 5,000 shekels, which was then reduced to 2,000 shekels. "What law allows a child to be tried in court and then asks his father to pay a fine? I will not pay the fine, and you have to release my child. This is the law of Israel's occupation," the father said.
Israeli bulldozers return to Beit Jala
3/3/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Dozens of Palestinians and foreign solidarity activists rallied near Bethlehem on Wednesday, in protest of the bulldozing of olive trees near a section of Israel's wall, which weaves through the occupied West Bank. Witnesses said Israeli forces used limited force against protesters who attempted to prevent the bulldozers from approaching the trees, planted in Beit Jala. Several demonstrators were dragged on the ground as they refused to leave, but no serious injuries were reported. Marwan Sha'ban of the local Popular Committee Against Settlements in Bethlehem said "we came here with our solidarity friends to say: stop attacking the land, uprooting trees, and forcing people out of their houses. "Sha'ban termed any construction on privately owned land as illegal, but said the Beit Jala construction flaunted the law, noting previous remarks by Fayyad Nasser, a lawyer who represents the Beit Jala municipality.
Israeli bulldozers enter Beit Jala for wall construction
3/3/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli forces enforced a closed military zone in Beit Jala, Bethlehem, on Tuesday, to assist bulldozers in overturning land in the area to make way for further construction of the separation wall, witnesses said. The bulldozers began operating on lands near the Cremisan Monastery road, said Leila Awad, whose home is the only one in the area. Awad told Ma'an she was surprised to see Israeli bulldozers, accompanied by police, enter her land and begin uprooting olive, walnut and lemontrees. Israeli forces previously confiscated one and half dunums of her land, Awad said, to build a tunnel connecting Jerusalem settlement blocs with the Kfar Etzion settlement in Bethlehem. The remainder of her land was confiscated to build the rest of the separation wall, only five meters from her home, she added. Awad said her family of nine is threatened with eviction. Journalists and cameramen were prohibited from accessing the area, as Israeli forces enforced a closed military zone. . . . .
Nazzal: Israel to approve 30,000 housing units on occupied land
3/3/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Israeli authorities aim to approve the construction of a 30,000 housing unit for religious Israelis in the industrial area of Atarot and Qalandiya, after excavating the site, the follow-up director of the popular committee against the wall and settlements said Tuesday. Mohammad Nazzal said the plan was uncovered by an Israeli journalist, who detailed his findings on Israeli TV. The decision, Nazzal said, was reached between the Israeli mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, and members of Knesset, the Israeli parliament. The new plan is a renewed attempt to "Judaize" Jerusalem and strip Palestinians of their rights in Jerusalem and the West Bank, Nazzal asserted. Atarot, near the West Bank village of Ramallah, is an Israeli industrial site in occupied East Jerusalem. The Israeli government exercises its authority in the area, despite lacking legal sovereignty over it.
Haniyeh rejects West Bank local elections
3/3/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - De facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday rejected Palestinian Authority (PA) plans for local elections in the West Bank as a step that would deepen political divisions. Speaking to lawmakers at the war-damaged Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) building in Gaza, Haniyeh urged the PA "not to carry out any procedures that would deepen the division. " He aked the PA to hold off on the elections planned for June until such time as a simultaneous vote can be held in Gaza, and to leave the existing municipal councils in West Bank in office. "We refuse to hold local elections before achieving national reconciliation," Hanieyh said. Hamas was successful in local elections in 2005, winning control of several municipalities. The group then swept to power in 2006 parliamentary elections. Tensions with the rival Fatah movement persisted and in June 2007 Hamas took full control of the Gaza Strip, shutting down security forces linked to Fatah.
Medics: Palestinian teen killed in tunnel collapse
3/3/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - A Palestinian teenager was killed on Wednesday when a tunnel collapsed along the Egypt-Gaza border, medics said. The victim was identified as 18-year-old Ahmad Sobhy An-Najjar. Medics at Najjar Hospital in Rafah told Ma'an the teenager was pronounced dead on arrival. The smuggling industry, necessitated by the ongoing blockade led by Egypt and Israel, is notoriously dangerous. On Saturday, five workers sustained moderate injuries when a smuggling route collapsed. Witnesses said the tunnel was in the As-Salam neighborhood southeast of Rafah, and said the collapse was a result of floods. [end]
2 Islamic Jihad leaders injured, detained near Jenin
3/3/2010 - Jenin - Ma'an - Two leaders of Islamic Jihad's armed wing were injured and detained early Wednesday morning by Israeli forces, storming villages west of Jenin. Ma'an's correspondent said numerous Israeli forces and special units, assisted by helicopter cover, raided the villages of Al-Yamun, Kafr Dan, and Silat Al-Harithiya at 1am and imposed a curfew in an attempt to detain Al-Quds Brigades combatants Alaa Zayoud, 33, and Bajis Hamdiyya, 32. Israeli forces surrounded the Hamdiyya home in Al-Yamun, and Zayoud's home in Silat Al-Harithiya, as well as several homes belonging to their relatives. However, the combatants were found in a home in Kafr Dan, which was surrounded by Israeli forces, locals told Ma'an's correspondent. Clashes ensued, locals said, between Israeli forces and the combatants. Both were injured and detained in the incident.
Za’noon appointed speaker of Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union
3/3/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Palestinian National Council (PNC) speaker Salim Za'noon was appointed the head of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Unionon Tuesday, replacing Sheikh Ahmad Al-Esa'y. The appointment came during the opening session of the union's 16th conference, held in the headquarters of the Egyptian parliament, attended by speakers of Arab parliaments, national parties, as well as representatives of diplomatic missions and NGOs. Za'noon delivered a speech applauding Egypt for hosting the conference, pinpointing the importance of the role of the AIPU and calling for more cooperation in order to maintain it. Furthermore, the new AIPU head urged the union to play a more significant role in countering the threats encompassing Palestine, particularly the recent Israeli decision to include the Ibrahimi Mosque and Rachel's Tomb, both in the West Bank, and the walls of occupied East Jerusalem's Old City, on a list of Israeli heritage sites.
Tulkarem radio host ordered held for 50 days
3/3/2010 - Tulkarem - Ma'an - An Israeli military court sentenced the director of a Ma'an-affiliated Tulkarem radio station to 50 days in prison and a 1,500 shekel penalty. Omar Bleidy, owner and sometimes host of the Tulkarem station Kul An-Nas (All the People) was seized from his home by Israeli soldiers on Tuesday night. Witnesses said soldiers surrounded Bleidy's house before detaining him. Bleidy has not been charged with any crime, and the reasons for his detention remain unclear. The local station broadcasts a variety of general interest programs, news and music. Kul An-Nas is a member station of Ma'an Network. Bleidy was among ten detained overnight, according to Israeli media, with one detained from Jenin, two from the Ramallah area and six from the Bethlehem municipality. Israeli media said all ten were "wanted" by Israeli officials. Reports from the Bethlehem-area town of Ad-Doha and the Duheisha refugee camp confirmed the reported six detentions from the area.
Gaza ministry says Israeli forces raided prison
3/3/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - The Prisoners Affairs Ministry in Gaza said Wednesday that Israeli forces raided the Hadarim detention center and searched prisoners' cells on Tuesday. In a statement, the ministry said Israeli forces raided center and forced prisoners to strip. They were searched "provocatively" and verbally abused, according to the ministry. The statement condemned "this attack and harassment," which it suggested was designed to break the will of the prisoners, "instill fear into their hearts and humiliate them more and more. "The ministry expressed solidarity with all detainees and said it would soon announce the launch of activities to stand by detainees and out a spotlight on their difficulties and suffering. The statement finally called on human rights organizations to intervene. . . . .
Al-Aqsa Brigades shoot at Israeli outpost in Ramallah
3/3/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, affiliated with Fatah, claimed responsibility for opening fire overnight at an Israeli military outpost west of Ramallah, in the West Bank, a statement read. An Israeli military spokesman told Ma'an that live fire was opened at an outpost near Route 443. No damages or injuries were reported, he said, adding that forces found bullet shells near the scene and searches were carried out. Knesset Member Yariv Lenin, of the Likud, told the Israeli daily Yedioth Aharonot that "again we see Israeli citizens driving like sitting ducks. MK Micheal Ben Ari, of the National Union party, said the incident was "an advert for what will happen if the court decision [to allow Palestinians to use the 443] road is implemented. The judges must understand that first of all they have to concern themselves with the security of Israeli citizens, and not freedom of movement for those who take advantage of it.
Bahar takes control of parliament
3/4/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Palestinian Legislative Council speaker Azziz Dweik on Wednesday handed power to his first deputy, Ahmad Bahar. "This comes as the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah forbade Aziz Dweik from entering the council's headquarters," a statement from the PLC said. Dweik had called for an emergency session of the legislative body to be held on Monday, but was prevented from accessing the PLC's meeting rooms in its Ramallah headquarters. Dweik, elected PLC speaker under the Hamas bloc in 2006, was imprisoned by Israel in 2007 and released in 2009. The term of the PLC ended shortly after his release, but some experts say his term does not expire until elections are held. President Mahmoud Abbas, whose term -- extended to coincide with the term of the PLC -- expired in January, met with Dweik on Monday, when the speaker requested a PLC emergency session.
Hamas women rally in Gaza for West Bank shrines
3/3/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - The Hamas women's movement staged a peaceful demonstration outside the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) building in Gaza on Wednesday protesting Israeli infringement on Palestinian religious sites in the West Bank. The group's spokeswoman, Umm Muhammad Ar-Rantisi said, "The events in Jerusalem and at the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron show that Israel plans to take over Jerusalem and dominate our holy sites. "She urged the Palestinian government in Gaza to "remain strong" in opposition to Israeli occupation and take concrete steps to defend religious sites from what she termed a "fierce attack" by Israel. In February Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignited protests by adding shrines in Bethlehem and Hebron to a list of Israeli national heritage sites. While Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem and the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron (also known as. . . .
Israeli forces detain 8 Palestinians
3/3/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Eight Palestinians were detained overnight in Tulkarem and Ramallah on Wednesday, Ma'an's correspondent said. In the town of Ateel, north of Tulkarem city, three Palestinians were detained, identified as Abdul Nasser Amin As-Suwais, 44, Saher Muhammad Yassin, 35, and Aysar Theeb Hamdan, 35, a member in the Palestinian intelligence. As-Suwais served 15 years in a number of Israeli prisons and was released in 2009. He has been detained on more than ten occasions, Ma'an's correspondent said. As-Suwais' family said nearly 10 Israeli military vehicles surrounded the house and a number of intelligence officers arrived carrying files, taking him to an unknown location. An Israeli military spokesmen said those detained were "operatives involved in suspected terror activities. "Raid on anti-wall movement stronghold.
Gaza: Palestinian women’s union rally for equality
3/3/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - The Union of Palestinian Women in Gaza rallied in front of the Al-Azhar University on Wednesday, calling for the defense of women's rights. Amal Hamad, the UPW's coordinator, said that "today, Palestinian women in Gaza protest against Israeli attacks in Jerusalem and against holy sites. This is the result of internal conflict. "Hamad called on President Mahmoud Abbas to defend women's rights and bring an end to "honor killings. " The women gathered at the protest stressed the need to oppose all attacks against institutions and freedoms, calling for the reopning of the UPW's headquarters in Gaza, as well as a return to unity to protect holy sites. The rally was joined by numerous Palestinian politicians, with Saleh Zeidan, politburo member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, calling for the enforcement of laws protecting women's rights and equality.
In photos: Confrontation in Beit Jala
3/3/2010 - MaanImages / Luay Sababa - Israeli border police clash with Palestinian protesters at a demonstration against the separation wall in the West Bank city of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem, on 3 March 2010. Bulldozers continued work on Wednesday near Route 60 on the edge of town. Israeli authorities were operating in an area that includes over 2,000 olive trees, all owned by Palestinians in the predominantly Christian city between Bethlehem and Jerusalem. The operation threatens 35 family homes, municipality officials said. On Tuesday, Israeli forces enforced a closed military zone order to assist the ongoing operation. Journalists and photographers were prohibited from accessing the area, as the frequently employed designation also applies to press coverage.
Islamic Jihad military wing condemns Jenin raid
3/4/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - The military wing of Islamic Jihad on Wednesday condemned Israel for targeting its fighters in West Bank villages. Two commanders of the Al-Quds Brigades were injured and detained early Wednesday by Israeli forces that stormed villages west of Jenin. "What happened at dawn on Wednesday. . . was the largest military campaign in the area in four years," Abu Ahmad, spokesman for the Al-Quds Brigades, said in a statement. Ma'an's Jenin correspondent said numerous Israeli soldiers and special forces, backed by helicopters, raided the villages of Al-Yamun, Kafr Dan, and Silat Al-Harithiya at 1am and declared a curfew in an attempt to detain combatants Alaa Zayoud, 33, and Bajis Hamdiya, 32. Israeli forces surrounded the Hamdiya home in Al-Yamun, and Zayoud's home in Silat Al-Harithiya, as well as several homes of relatives.
Gaza official in favor of importing Egyptian fuel
3/3/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Gaza's sole power plant is in favor of importing gas from Egypt to run its generators, which officials said Tuesday would be more cost effective and environmentally friendly. Walid Sayil, executive director of the power plant, said the use of industrial diesel at present was neither economical nor safe for the environment, and called on the International Quartet to find a solution for the ongoing electricity crisis in the Gaza Strip. Rolling blackouts are experienced throughout the coastal enclave, resulting from a fuel shortfall caused by the siege imposed on Gaza by Israel, Sayil noted. The power plant has ceased functioning on several occasions since the beginning of 2010, with the Gaza Energy Authority citing an unresolved fuel payment dispute between the EU and the Palestinian Authority. Sayil called on the international community, Arab states, the Islamic conference organization, and human rights groups to exert pressure on the EU to resume funding fuel deliveries needed to operate the power plant.
2 Gaza crossings partially open
3/3/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - The Kerem Shalom and Karni crossings will be partly open for the delivery of goods into Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinian liaison official Raed Fattouh said. Approximately 79 truckloads of aid and commercial goods, including one truck for the telecommunications company PalTel and two trucks for the electricity company, are scheduled to enter at the southern crossing at Kerem Shalom. Fattouh added that limited quantities of domestic gas and industrial diesel will also enter Gaza at the crossing. Additionally, 110 truckloads of wheat and animal feed will pass into Gaza via the Karni crossing, to the north, he said [end]
Rafah crossing open for 3rd day
3/3/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Egyptian authorities announced on Wednesday that the Rafah crossing will remain open until Thursday, as Palestinians travel through the Gaza-Egypt border for the third consecutive day after a two-month closure. However, the de facto government's crossings committee said individuals would be able to travel through the crossing until Friday. The committee added that visa holders and Gaza residents will be allowed to transit the crossing on Thursday, while on the following day, international passport holders will be permitted travel. On Wednesday, patients, foreign nationals and visa holders were permitted transit through Rafah. On Tuesday, the de facto crossings committee said 933 travelers left the Gaza Strip, while 202 residents entered. . . .
Report: Settler lightly hurt by stones near Hebron
3/3/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - A settler was injured on Wednesday after being struck by stones southwest of Hebron, news reports said. The Israeli news site Walla! reported that an Israeli citizen was lightly hurt and taken to a hospital to receive treatment. Israeli forces were searching the area for a Palestinian suspect, the report added. [end]
Israeli soldier reveals military plans on Facebook
3/3/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Israeli forces called off a raid into the occupied Palestinian territories after a soldier posted details on the social networking site Facebook, Israel's Army Radio reported Wednesday. The soldier was relieved of combat duty shortly after he described in a status update how his unit planned a "clean-up" arrest raid, including its time and place, Army Radio was quoted as reporting by the Israeli daily Haaretz. "On Wednesday we clean up Qatanah, and on Thursday, god willing, we come home," the soldier reportedly wrote on his page, referring to a village near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. He also named his unit, the report said, but was turned in by friends who saw the online posting. . . . .
EU commission allocates 58 million euros to Palestinians
3/3/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - The European Commission allocated 58 million euros in humanitarian aid to support operations in favor of the most vulnerable people affected by the ongoing crisis in the occupied Palestinian territories and to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, a statement read Tuesday. The funds are channeled through the Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO), under the responsibility of Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, who said "[t]his humanitarian financing shows that Europe cares. Our help for the helpless is crucial to saving lives and reducing suffering in humanitarian hotspots around the world. ""Humanitarian aid is crucial in saving lives and alleviating suffering until longer term solutions are found. It goes to those most in need, irrespective of their nationality, religion, political affiliation or ethnic origin," Georgieva said.
EU contributes 66 million euros to UNRWA
3/3/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - An agreement pledging 66 million euros toward UNRWA's general fund was signed Wednesday by EU representative Christian Berger and UNWRA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi. The EU contribution is the largest single donation to UNRWA's core budget, which supports the agency's regular activities in education, health, relief and social services and camp improvement, a statement read. The grant will fund these essential services to Palestinian refugees throughout Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Speaking to reporters in UNRWA's warehouse in Jerusalem, Grandi thanked the EU for its continuous support to the Palestinian refugee agency. "This donation towards our core programmes is yet another demonstration of the commitment of the European Union to our human development work, bringing education in particular to the next generation of Palestinians. "
Police shut down ’unlicensed’ Hebron radio stations
3/3/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority police shut down two radio stations in Hebron on Wednesday for allegedly failing to acquire the necessary broadcasting permits. Ramadan Awad, Hebron's chief of police, said the PA Ministry of Communication informed his department that the Al-Yamamah and Al-Baladiyah radio stations were operating illegally, without licenses. The station owners and directors were asked to follow regulations in order to renew broadcasting, Awad said, adding that they had been informed several times prior to the shutdown, but had failed to respond. [end]
University workers stage sit-in
3/3/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Palestinian university employees in the West Bank and Gaza staged simultaneous sit-ins at the offices of university presidents and college deans on Wednesday. In a memorandum penned by the protesters, university staff expressed dismay at "the continued ignoring of the Ministry of Higher Education to settle our demands and issues," and called on presidents and deans to back their conditions. On Monday, the Syndicate of Palestinian Universities announced the suspension of classes in the West Bank because of what the union called a lack of response to employees' demands by the Palestinian Council for Higher Education. Demands include an adjustment to salaries for an increased cost of living in the West Bank, and being included in the government pension system, as civil service employees. "We denounce the way in which the Ministry is dealing with our cause. . . "
Islamic Jihad leader: Hamas to ratify Egyptian proposal
3/3/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - A top Islamic Jihad leader said Wednesday that Hamas is preparing to ratify the Egyptian document, which would finally end inter-factional rivalry. Nafeth Azzam told Ma'an's Egypt correspondent that there is "great optimism over progress on Palestinian reconciliation. . . Hamas is about to ratify the Egyptian proposal. The preoccupation of the Palestinians with internal disputes is leading Israel to confiscate more Palestinian lands and attacking Islamic sites in Jerusalem," Azzam said, as he entered Egypt via the Rafah crossing.
PFLP official: Secret unity talks underway
3/3/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Confidential talks are underway betweenrival Palestinian factions, aimed at restoring national unity, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine politburo member Jamil Majdalawi told Ma'an on Wednesday. Talks began in February, aimed at overcoming the obstacles faced in ratifying the Egyptian-sponsored unity deal, Majdalawi said, adding that the dialogue has remained out of media speculation to ensure its success. Majdalawi further said that Hamas has taken a positive role in these "ongoing secret dialogues. "The Islamist movement has maintained that it will not ratify the agreement until adjustments have been made, while Fatah, which has already signed the proposal, has called on Hamas to sign and then discuss amendments. On Wednesday, senior Islamic Jihad leader Nafeth Azzam said there is "great optimism over progress on Palestinian reconciliation. . . Hamas is about to ratify the Egyptian proposal. "
PA goes live with electronic networking
3/3/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority ministries and government institutions will soon be connected via electronic networking, according to a draft agreement signed on Tuesday. The agreement, ratified by the PA Ministries of Telecommunication and Finance, will be implemented in several phases, initially by connecting all major institutions via an Ethernet network, followed by government institutions and their branches in all the districts. This process has several advantages, including transparency, easy access to information, better performance by ministries, and administrative supervision," said Telecommunications Minister Mashour Abu Duqqa, who attended the signing ceremony. While only West Bank ministries will initially take part in the project, Abu Duqqa told Ma'an that future plans include a network for universities and schools, in which universities in Gaza will be able to participate. "
Respected Danish journalist admits 'I was a Mossad agent'
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - It's not uncommon for secret agents to take up a career in journalism as a cover for clandestine work.
IDF calls off West Bank raid due to Facebook leak
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - Soldier updated his status with details of the time and place of the West Bank operation.
Israeli PM: Israel must keep military presence in West Bank’s Jordan Valley, even with peace
3/2/2010 - Antiwar.com - AP - Israel won't pull out of a key part of the West Bank even if there's a peace agreement with the Palestinians, the prime minister told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday. Benjamin Netanyahu was referring to the Jordan River Valley, along the eastern border of the West Bank. Israel considers control of the border vital to block the flow of weapons from Jordan to the Palestinians. Netanyahu told the parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that keeping the Jordan Valley was an "essential condition to ensure security and ensure that a peace deal holds," according to a meeting participant who spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting was closed. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, rejected Netanyahu's comments. "He knows that this is a nonstarter for any peace agreement," Erekat said. Palestinians claim all of the West Bank — which Israel captured from Jordan during the 1967 Mideast war — as part of their future state.
VIDEO - ‘Gaza is an open-air prison’
3/2/2010 - P U L S E - John Holmes, the United Nation’s humanitarian chief, has revisited the Gaza Strip, a year after Israel’s assault on the territory ended. He told Al Jazeera that it was disappointing how little has changed since the war and that there has been no real possibility of reconstruction, mainly because of Israel’s siege of the Strip. He said the blockade resulted in misery for the Palestinians. “They’re living in a kind of open-air prison. They’re still suffering this kind of collective punishment they’ve been suffering for three years now. " "
In the Pursuit of Accountability for ‘Operation Cast Lead’; An Analysis on the follow-up GA Resolution adopted on 26 February 2010
3/3/2010 - Al-Haq - Al-haq Commentary - On 26 February 2010, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a follow-up Resolution to the Goldstone Report. The follow-up Resolution does not apply the Goldstone Report’s recommendations on avenues for achieving accountability. Instead it persists in calling upon the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the last resolution. Furthermore, the resolution prolongs the accountability process by extending the three-month recommended deadline for the responsible parties to carry out domestic investigations in compliance with international standards, to an additional five months. Nevertheless, the follow-up Resolution is a second opportunity for the responsible parties to ensure that the perpetrators of international crimes during ‘Operation Cast Lead’ are held to account. The implementation of the follow-up resolution is crucial to the effort to end impunity. . . .
On the Israeli Government’s New Decision Classifying Communities as National Priority Areas (PDF)
3/3/2010 - Adalah - February 2010 - Adalah Position Paper - Introduction - On 13 December 2009, the Israeli government approved Decision No. 1060, entitled “Defining Towns and Areas with National Priority. ”1 The decision classifies various regions in Israel and settlements in the occupied West Bank as National Priority Areas (NPAs). Around 40% of the residents living in the areas in Israel designated on the NPAs map are Arab citizens of Israel. While this figure appears to indicate a significant move by the Israeli government toward the more equitable division of state resources in Israel, this is not the case. Rather, the decision is likely to lead to continued neglect and discrimination against Arab towns and villages in Israel. According to the new decision, a town located within an NPA region is not automatically entitled to the enormous additional budgetary allowances and benefits previously granted to NPA towns and villages.
European Court of Justice: Israeli Settlement Goods do not Fall into Israeli Customs Authority
3/2/2010 - Al-Haq - Al-Haq would like to highlight and commend the ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), rendered on 25 February 2010, confirming that products originating from Israeli settlements do not fall into Israeli customs authority and therefore do not benefit from preferential treatment under the EC-Israel Association Agreement (C-386/08 Brita GmbH v. Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Hafen). According to the EC-Israel Association Agreement signed between the European Community and Israel in 1997, Israeli goods benefit from preferential treatment, i. e. tax-exemption when imported to the EU market. A similar agreement was signed between the European Community and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority (PA), which gives duty free access to goods from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. According to these two agreements, the origin of goods entering the EU is to be determined by the authorities of the exporting party.
Israeli army nixes raid after Facebook leak -radio
3/3/2010 - Reuters AlertNet - JERUSALEM, March 3 (Reuters) - The Israeli military called off a raid in Palestinian territory after a soldier posted details, including the time and place, on social networking website Facebook, Israel's Army Radio reported on Wednesday. The soldier -- since relieved of combat duty -- described in a status update how his unit planned a "clean-up" arrest raid in a West Bank area, the radio station said. Facebook friends then reported him to military authorities. The Israeli military spokesman's office had no immediate comment. Israel says raids in the West Bank are aimed at detaining militants suspected of planning attacks on Israelis. Palestinian officials say the incursions undermine efforts by the Western-backed Palestinian Authority to enforce law and order in the territory.
2 suspected Dubai assassins escaped to US
3/3/2010 - Press TV - At least two of the 26 suspects sought for the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai reportedly entered the US shortly after the killing. Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh was killed in a Dubai hotel back in January. Now, the Wall Street Journal says records shared between international investigators show that one of the suspects entered the United States a day later, using an Irish passport. The second suspect entered the US on a British passport in February. Dubai police have already identified the two US companies that issued credit cards to the suspects. The Wall Street Journal quoted a person familiar with the situation that there aren't records of either man leaving the US, though investigators can't be sure the two are still in the country.
Dubai police chief offers to teach Mossad better spy-craft
3/3/2010 - Earth Times - Dubai - Dubai's chief of police has offered to teach Israel's spy agency, the Mossad, how better to use disguises in their operations, in remarks published Wednesday. Dahi Khalfan Tamim has earlier said Dubai police were all but certain that the Mossad was responsible for the murder of leading Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, found suffocated to death in his hotel room on January 20. "If the Mossad wants to learn how to disguise (agents) and change (their) appearances, we can send them a trainer from Dubai police to teach them," Tamim told the regional daily al-Sharq al-Awsat. Israel has said there is no proof that Mossad was involved. "Mossad. . . is using methods that are 20 years old," Tamim said. "The way the team disguised is stupid and naive. They are still using wigs!" Tamim added that one of the 27 suspects police had identified had disguised himself by wearing sportswear, though "it was clear his body was not fit for sports. "
Netanyahu: Israel will not change status quo at West Bank holy sites
3/3/2010 - Earth Times - Jerusalem - Israel will not make changes to the status quo at the Cave of the Patriarchs, a shrine in the occupied West Bank sacred to both Muslims and Jews, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday. Israel has placed the ancient building in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on a list of "national heritage" sites which it wants to renovate, sparking outrage amongst Muslims. " We have no intention here to change prayer arrangements or to change the status quo," he told a special Knesset (parliament) session called by the opposition to debate his government's policies. " The Cave of the Patriarchs is among the first sites of the people of Israel. (It is) the grave-site of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs; Abraham, Isaac, Sarah, Rebeccah and Leah, and not far from there is Rachel's Tomb. These are part of our heritage," he said.
Arab nations pave way for indirect Mideast talks
3/3/2010 - Yahoo! News - AP - CAIRO – Approval by Arab nations opened the door Wednesday for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to enter four months of indirect, American-brokered peace talks with Israel. The talks, likely to begin later this month, would break a 15-month freeze in peace negotiations and hand the Obama administration a first diplomatic achievement in the Israeli-Palestinian arena. However, another round of fruitless negotiations, following years of stymied peace efforts, could also prove perilous for both Israelis and Palestinians. In nearly two decades of stop-and-go talks, failure has routinely triggered violence, In the current circumstances, the chances for a breakthrough are dim. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds more hardline views than his predecessor, Ehud Olmert, with whom Abbas failed to reach an agreement in 2008.
US bank in Dubai killing ties cards to partner
3/3/2010 - Yahoo! News - AP - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The U. S. bank linked by Dubai police to the slaying of a top Hamas commander said Wednesday that prepaid credit cards allegedly used by the hit team were provided through a partner company, and that the bank's own procedures did not flag the card users as suspicious. Authorities in Dubai had earlier tied MetaBank to its partner Payoneer Inc. , though neither police nor the companies had clarified the relationship or described how the alleged assassins acquired the cards. Payoneer works with MetaBank to provide credit cards that employers can top up to pay their employees. MetaBank, part of Storm Lake, Iowa-based Meta Financial Group Inc. , said in an emailed statement Wednesday that the cards police say were involved in the Dubai killing were issued through that employee payment program, not through one of its retail bank branches.
Police head to Israel for Hamas murder passport probe
3/3/2010 - Herald Sun, Australia - A TEAM of Australian police will head to Israel to investigate the use of Australian passports by the assassins of a Hamas commander in Dubai, the Courier Mail reports. The Courier Mail reports Israeli officials said last night the Australian Federal Police (AFP) sought and was granted approval for three officers to travel immediately to Israel to interview three Australians whose passports were misused by the killers of Mahmoud al Mabhouh. The AFP officers were to interview dual Australian-Israeli citizens Nicole McCabe, Adam Korman and Joshua Bruce, whose passport details were used, with substituted photographs, by the assassination team. Members of Israel's Mossad spy agency were suspected of carrying out the January 20 murder, in which Mabhouh was drugged with a fast-acting muscle relaxant and suffocated with a pillow. Israeli officials said the three Australians would be interviewed, not as suspects, but "as witnesses to a crime. "
U.S. ’appreciates’ Netanyahu delay of East Jerusalem demolitions
3/3/2010 - Ha'aretz - The United States appreciates the intervention of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu which postponed a planned demolition of houses in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, a State Department official told reporters on Tuesday. Netanyahu urged Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat earlier Tuesday to reconsider the plan to avoid sparking further tensions. The prime minister said, however, that he would not intervene with the administrative matters of the city, nor undermine the mayor's authority. According to the plan, most of which was reported in the New York Times a few days ago, Barkat is seeking to reach an agreement with the residents of 89 illegal buildings slated for demolition in the Palestinian area known as Al Bustan or Gan Hamelech. Barkat promised the prime minister that he would try to reach an agreement with the residents and would put off implementing the plans.
Dubai asks FBI to investigate terror ties to US
3/2/2010 - Press TV - Amid ongoing investigation of the terrorist murder of a Hamas commander in Dubai, the UAE police have asked the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to look into alleged ties of the suspects to Americans. Dubai police asked the FBI to investigate US-issued pre-paid credit cards used by 13 of the terror suspects in the killing of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Dubai daily The National reported Tuesday. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has identified 27 suspects, mostly European passport holders, who entered the country in order to carry out the terrorist murder of al-Mabhouh in his hotel room on January 19. "Thirteen of the 27 suspects used pre-paid MasterCards issued by MetaBank, a regional American bank, to purchase plane tickets and book hotel rooms," the daily quoted police as saying. According to the Police, the credit cards bore the same names as the fake passports used by the suspects to enter Dubai.
Biden to speak directly to Israelis from Tel Aviv
3/2/2010 - Ha'aretz - U. S. Vice President Joe Biden will address the Israeli public directly next week during a speech he is scheduled to deliver at Tel Aviv University, focusing on American commitment to Israel's security, Iran's nuclear program and the peace process. Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Monday in Jerusalem that Biden is seeking to ensure that Israel and the United States are in alignment on the issue of preventing the Iranian nuclear threat. Kerry, who is privy to the details of efforts to impose sanctions on Iran, hinted Monday at a press conference in Jerusalem after a meeting with the prime minister that Biden's visit to Israel, and that of other senior administration officials, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Michael Mullen, aims at restraining Israel against the possibility of unilaterally attacking Iran.
Report: Syria willing to consider phased Golan pullout
3/2/2010 - Ha'aretz - Syria is willing to consider peace and gradual normalization with Israel, according to Gabrielle Rifkind of the Oxford Research Group, who met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in December. Speaking with Haaretz over e-mail, the conflict resolution specialist said that following an Israeli withdrawal from half the territory it holds on the Golan Heights, the two states would declare an end to the state of enmity between them as a first step. According to Rifkind, who met the minister along with a group of conflict resolution experts, Muallem suggested that Syria was prepared to consider a phased approach to the return of the Golan Heights. "There could be stages of withdrawal, the timing of which could involve a form of normalization," he reportedly said. "Half of the Golan could lead to an end to enmity; three quarters of the Golan, to a special interest section in the U. S. embassy in Damascus: a full withdrawal would allow a Syrian embassy in Israel. "
An Israeli Affront Against Germany
3/1/2010 - Der Spiegel - Following the assassination of Hamas militant Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, German state prosecutors are considering murder charges in the case. Investigations in Dubai and the West are strongly pointing to Mossad involvement in the targeted killing. One should not speak ill of the dead, the Prophet Muhammad once intoned. But Mahmoud al-Zahar, 64, the leader of the Islamist Hamas movement in Gaza Strip, is now forced to make a small exception. Sitting on the ground floor of his home in Gaza City's Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, he talks about his comrade Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was liquidated by a hit squad in a Dubai hotel on Jan. 20. How could al-Mabhouh have been so careless and booked his flights over the Internet, asks the co-founder of Hamas? "That was more than stupid. " Shortly after al-Mabhouh's death, when Hamas leaders began pointing the finger at Israel, many observers wrote it off as just another Middle East conspiracy theory.
U.S.-Israeli Arms Cooperation Quietly Growing
12/25/2009 - Forward - Washington — Leaders in Washington and Jerusalem have publicly locked horns over the issue of West Bank settlements. And Israeli public opinion has largely viewed America’s new administration as unfriendly. But behind the scenes, strategic security relations between the two countries are flourishing. Joint Exercise: Israeli soldiers train near the coastal city of Ashdod in October, part of the largest missile defense dry run ever held. Some 1,400 American soldiers were also involved. Israeli officials have been singing the praises of President Obama for his willingness to address their defense concerns and for actions taken by his administration to bolster Israel’s qualitative military edge — an edge eroded, according to Israel, during the final year of the George W. Bush presidency. Among the new initiatives taken by the administration, the Forward has learned, are adjustments in a massive. . . .
Native Indian Genocide: Parallels in Palestine
Uruknet March 3, 2010 - "One of the greatest crimes against humanity occurred right here in the United States of America. Support for the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People is a start to right this great wrong," declared the American Indian Movement in a press release on 24 September 2009. Perhaps my natural sense of outrage and revulsion at...
Gaza: the hardest jobsPicking Pebbles to Live Somehow
Uruknet March 3, 2010 - They come by the hundreds every day to sand dunes and rubble sites to sift for pebbles, stones and sand that can be used in making concrete blocks. They lean into trash bins across the Strip, and wade through piles of rubbish scavenging for plastics, metals, and any bits worth reselling. They venture dangerously close to...
No Such Thing As Liberal Zionism
Uruknet March 3, 2010 - If the only way to maintain a Jewish state is by exiling millions of Palestinians for generation after generation, and keeping millions more disenfranchised in walled enclaves in the Occupied Territories where they can be massively bombed into compliance should they resist their collective exclusion from equal participation in governing their own homeland, in what sense...
"I can't live without this place"
Uruknet March 3, 2010 - "The Israeli police used a bullhorn and shouted 'death to Arabs!' toward me once," Abed Rabbeh remembers, his hands wrapped around a small ceramic cup of tea. "Another time, they tried to tell me that my grandfather was born in Dheisheh refugee camp and that I have no roots in this land." His face breaks into...
Judge tries to hide his shame while extending Palestinian child's detention pending trial
Uruknet March 3 2010 - The trial of a child turned into a farce when, to laughter from those assembled in the courtroom, the lawyer Leah Tsiml took a balloon out of her purse and gave it to Hassan, aged 12, to play with during his trial. This move prompted the judge to lower his head and hide his shame behind...
Israel "blackmails Gaza's patients to turn them into collaborators"
Uruknet March 3, 2010 - In a message to Israel’s Attorney General, human rights organizations have criticized Israeli intelligence agencies for blackmailing Palestinian patients in Gaza, exploiting their vulnerability in order to pressurise them into collaborating with the occupation authorities. According to the organizations, a number of patients have been given false promises that they would be allowed to leave the...
"This Time We Went Too Far"Truth and Consequences in the Gaza Invasion
Uruknet March 3, 2010 - Public outrage at the Gaza invasion did not come out of the blue but rather marked the nadir of a curve plotting a steady decline in support for Israel. As polling data of Americans and Europeans, both Gentiles and Jews, suggest, the public has become increasingly critical of Israeli policy over the past decade. The horrific...
Some thoughts on the Leveretts in Iran
Uruknet March 3, 2010 - Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett traveled to Iran and some other countries in the Middle East. They visited Tehran University and talked to the students there to find out about the political atmosphere of the country. They didn’t see any of the imprisoned students, obviously because they are held in the prisons. They didn’t see...
Jerusalem Mayor plans to raze Palestinian homes for tourist park
Uruknet March 3, 2010 - Jerusalem's mayor yesterday unveiled details of a controversial and long-expected plan to demolish Palestinian homes and make way for an Israeli-sponsored tourist park in a neighbourhood of the city's Arab eastern sector. Mayor Nir Barkat agreed to a last-minute request from the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to delay implementation of the plan to allow further attempts...
New birth defects seen in Gaza due to Israeli weapons
Uruknet An increase in birth defects among newborns in the Gaza Strip - first documented in the Palestine Telegraph - has become apparent, despite claims to the contrary by some doctors at Al-Shifa Hospital. Pregnant women say they are living in constant fear. Noha Abu Laban, 37, a resident of Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip, is in her final...
Israeli Terror at Rights Activists House
Uruknet March 3, 2010 - he Israeli army invaded our neighborhood at 1:30 AM Tuesday morning waking up my mother, wife and sister. Heavily-armed soldiers blocked roads during "the operation". When my family opened the door, they demanded to see me. They were told I have already left to the US. After many more questions, they left a paper that states...
Iran upholds student protester death penalty:report
Uruknet March 3, 2010 – An Iranian appeals court has confirmed a death sentence handed down to a 20-year-old student over anti-government riots in late December, several opposition websites reported on Wednesday. Mohammad Amin Valian was found guilty of Moharebeh (waging war against God) for throwing stones at security forces during bloody protests on the Shiite mourning holiday of Ashura in...
Pundits say Israeli action on holy sites may spark another Intifada
3 Mar 2010 - Jerusalem, March 3, 2010 (Pal Telegraph; reprinted from the Christian Science Monitor, by Josh Mitnick) - Amid spreading Palestinian protests against Israel's decision to declare shrines in two West Bank cities as Israel heritage sites, the Palestinian cabinet held a solidarity meeting Monday in the city of Hebron near one of the sites while some here worried about a new Palestinian intifada ....
U.S. calls Israeli expansion in E. Jerusalem 'counter-productive' (again)
3 Mar 2010 - Washington, March 3, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - The United States criticized Israel on Monday for authorizing more Jewish settlements in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, describing the move as "counter-productive." "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,"...
Netanyahu: Israel won't give up Jordan Valley
3 Mar 2010 - Jerusalem, March 8, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israel won't pull out of a key part of the West Bank even if there's a peace agreement with the Palestinians, the prime minister told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday. Benjamin Netanyahu was referring to the Jordan River Valley, along the eastern border of the West Bank. Israel considers control of the border...
Israel raids towns in Hebron
3 Mar 2010 - West Bank, March 3, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- Israeli occupation forces raided early Wednesday different areas in Hebron in the West Bank. No arrests were reported. Security sources said that Israeli occupation forces raided Saeer and Al-Shyoukh towns, northeast of Hebron, and patrols roamed the streets. Israeli occupation forces raid almost on daily basis neighborhoods of Hebron, and carry out raid...
IOF raids eastern Rafah in Gaza
3 Mar 2010 - Gaza Strip, March 3, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- Israeli occupation forces carried out Wednesday morning a limited incursion near the Karem Abu Salem crossing, east of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip. Security sources said that a number of military vehicles and armored bulldozers entered the area and started combing the area near the Karem Abu Salem crossing. Tens of Israeli Special...
IOF adds new surveillance and radar systems to better detect 'moving targets'
3 Mar 2010 - Jerusalem, March 3, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Editor's Note: This is a chillingly impersonal report reprinted from The Jerusalem Post, written by Yaakov Katz. Israel has augmented its defenses along the Gaza border with new surveillance and radar systems capable of better detecting infiltrating Palestinian terrorists. On Tuesday, the Israeli Ground Forces Command unveiled its newly upgraded Combat Collection Corps,...
IOF conducts limited incursion in Beit Lahia
3 Mar 2010 - Gaza, March 3, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) -Several Israeli military vehicles partly entered on Wednesday morning north of Beit Lahia town in the northern Gaza Strip. Local sources said that three tanks and two bulldozers moved 150 meters into the area, and began maintenance work on the border fence and razing citizens' land. Israeli occupation forces conduct incursions on daily basis,...
UN official calls for end of Gaza siege
3 Mar 2010 - Gaza, March 3, 2010 (Pal Telegraph; by Fares Akram) - The senior United Nations official for humanitarian relief took a tour of Gaza on Tuesday, a year after Israel's war here, and declared keen concern for what he called the collective punishment of 1.5 million Palestinians due to the blockade enforced by Israel and Egypt. "What we are seeing here...
Palestinians suspect Israel's hand behind double scandal
The National 3 Mar 2010 - Senior presidential aide shamed in video, then Hamas founder's son claims he was a Shin Bet spy.
Refugees in Syria wooed in Iraqi election struggle
The National 3 Mar 2010 - Many who fled their homeland are disillusioned over claims of corruption, but parties fight for their support.
Popping the Washington Post's Rahm bubble
Palestine Note 3 Mar 2010 - Former Washington Post "White House Watch" maven and current DC Huffington Post Bureau Chief Dan Froomkin powerfully deconstructs and pops the Rahm Emanuel bubble that the Washington Post has been puffing up. The first puff came...
Enough already, Lieberman - - Nahum Barnea in Yedioth Ahronoth
Palestine Note 3 Mar 2010 - Nahum Barnea at his best Enough Already, Lieberman Yedioth Ahronoth (p. 1) by Nahum Barnea (news analysis) -- It would seem that the time has come to say to Foreign Minister Lieberman, with all due respect,...
Palestine and Israel: It's about land, not religion
Palestine Note 3 Mar 2010 - Journalist and Middle East expert Nir Rosen debunks the myth that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is grudge pitting Islam against Judaism in the Washington Note . Rosen speaking at the Center for American Progress Rosen responds to Efraim...
Flexible Afghanistan war objectives: And the agony grinds on
Palestine Note 3 Mar 2010 - Washington and its willing mouthpieces in the media have for years been trying to sell us the preposterous war in Afghanistan. While they attempt to convince us that the war is predicated on a faultless military...
Netanyahu does it: kills two-state solution dead
Palestine Note 3 Mar 2010 - This is from Ha'aretz today: "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel would never agree to withdraw from the Jordan Valley under any peace agreement signed with the Palestinians." The Jordan Valley is the area...
PLC speaker shake up: Dweik hands over power to deputy
Palestine Note 3 Mar 2010 - Palestinian Legislative Council speaker Aziz Dwiek has handed power to Ahmad Bahar, his first deputy, Ma'an News Agency reports. Dweik's term expired in 2009, but he continued to lead the legislative body until he was forced...
The MidEast Makes Aviation History
The Media Line 3 Mar 2010 - First flight to allow both cellphones and wireless Internet takes off. One might expect a new groundbreaking service or technological innovation on a passenger airline to come first from the big leagues.British Airways and Air France...
Iran: Highest Opiate Use in the World
The Media Line 3 Mar 2010 - U.S. State Department report claims Iran has the globe's highest rates of opiate drug abuse. Iran suffers from the highest levels of opiate drug use in the world, a U.S. government report has claimed.The 2010 International...
White House Praises Netanyahu After Two Rebukes
The Media Line 2 Mar 2010 - Following two public rebukes in two weeks, the Obama administration has found something to praise Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for: pressuring Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat into backing-off from his well-planned and aggressively-promoted launch of a development...
Dubai to Issue Arrest Warrants for Israeli Prime Minister, Spy Chief
The Media Line 2 Mar 2010 - Dubai's police chief said on Tuesday that he will seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Meir Dagan, head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency. Dahi Khalfan Tamim said he is "almost certain" that...
Turkey Prepared to Resume Mediation Between Israel and Syria
The Media Line 2 Mar 2010 - Turkey is prepared to resume its role as intermediary between Israel and Turkey according to its foreign minister. Speaking in Cairo where he met with his Egyptian counterpart on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said both...
The Israeli Assault on Bethlehem
Alternative Information Center - Wednesday, 03 March 2010, The city of Bethlehem and its immediate surroundings are isolated by the Separation Wall Israel built on its lands and are further surrounded by the settlements of Gush Etzion to its west...
Repression of the Popular Struggle Continues: Israeli Army Arrests Five During Nabi Saleh Night Raid
Alternative Information Center - Wednesday, 03 March 2010, In an expansion of its campaign of repression against the Palestinian popular struggle, the Israeli Army raided the village of Nabi Saleh tonight and arrested five youths from their beds. At around...
Palestinian village known for protests sees cultural rebirth
PNN - Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Palestinians excluded from bulk of occupied West Bank
PNN - Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Palestine’s New Network
PNN - Wednesday, 03 March 2010
'Talks with PA brewing, but not on yet'
Jeruslalem Post 3 Mar 2010 - Addressing the Knesset after Netanyahu, Livni blasted the PM.
Israel, US welcome Arab talks support
Jeruslalem Post 3 Mar 2010 - Officials: Indirect communications fruitless without actual negotiations.
'Talks with PA brewing, but still not happening'
Jeruslalem Post 3 Mar 2010 - Addressing the Knesset after Netanyahu, opposition leader Tzipi Livni blasted the premier.
Lieberman vows to remain foreign minister
Jeruslalem Post 3 Mar 2010 - Ben-Simon: Labor must quit coalition.
Facebook details cancel IDF raid
Jeruslalem Post 3 Mar 2010 - The status update on soldier’s page was revealed by other members of his unit.
Analysis: What did Teheran ask of Hizbullah?
Jeruslalem Post 3 Mar 2010 - To complement its upgraded arsenal, Hizbullah recently spelled out a new military posture toward Israel.
UN coordinator demands Israel reopen Gaza crossings
Jeruslalem Post 3 Mar 2010 - John Holmes: "Blockade" of Gaza is "unacceptable."
Israel, US welcome Arab backing of talks
Jeruslalem Post 3 Mar 2010 - Officials: Indirect communications fruitless without actual negotiations.
IPI Indicates Stability in West Bank in January
WAFA 4 Mar 2010 - RAMALLAH, March 3, 2010 (WAFA)- Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said the overall Industrial Production Index (IPI) reached 111.71 in January 2010, compared to 111.19 in December 2009.
ISESCO Calls on UNESCO to Stop Israel’s Falsification of Islamic History
WAFA 4 Mar 2010 - RABAT, March 3, 2010 (WAFA)- The Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, sent a letter to Mrs Irina Bokova wherein
Knesset Takes Steps to Silence HR Organizations
WAFA 4 Mar 2010 - TEL AVIV, March 3, 2010 (WAFA)- Human rights organizations in Israel are facing a dangerous trend of restriction of their activity, which has even gone so far as to challenge the very legitimacy of
UN Official: It's Existence not Life for Palestinians in Gaza
WAFA 4 Mar 2010 -
SYRIA: Severe food shortages in parched eastern region
IRIN DAMASCUS Wednesday, March 03, 2010 (IRIN) - Thousands of people have fled drought-affected eastern Syria and those that remain are struggling to survive on limited food stocks, according to a UN report released at the end of February.
PHOTO GALLERY: Mud brick houses in Gaza
IRIN GAZA CITY Tuesday, March 02, 2010 (IRIN) - More than 4,036 houses in the Gaza Strip were totally destroyed or beyond repair in the aftermath of Israel’s 23-day conflict with Hamas from 27 December 2008 to 17 January 2009, according to an April 2009 UNRWA and UN Development Programme assessment....
MIDEAST: Piano Sounds Good in Gaza Too
IPS GAZA CITY, Mar 2 (IPS) - At 14, Nour plays the piano, and she knows the facts around her. That the average age for marriage is 18, likely to a man found by parents, her place would be within that home, and a woman has on average 6.5 children.
MIDEAST: Picking Pebbles to Live Somehow
IPS GAZA CITY, Mar 2 (IPS) - They come by the hundreds every day to sand dunes and rubble sites to sift for pebbles, stones and sand that can be used in making concrete blocks. They lean into trash bins across the Strip, and wade through piles of rubbish scavenging for...
Palestinian Organizer Assaulted at an Israeli Checkpoint
3/3/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Popular Struggle Co-ordination Committee, 2 March - Mahmoud Zwahre, a prominent member of the alMaasara Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, was brutally assaulted at the Israeli Container Checkpoint near Bethlehem this morning. Zwahre was on his way to a Ramallah meeting when his car was stopped. He was held for nearly two hours, during which he was kicked, punched and beaten using a rifle butt. Mahmoud Zwahre of the alMa'sara Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements was detained at the Container Checkpoint near Bethlehem this morning on his way to a meeting in Ramallah. Zwahre was detained after a Border Police officer positioned at the checkpoint recognized him from the weekly demonstrations held in alMa'sara for the past 3. 5 years. He was held for almost two hours, during which he was subjected to an aggressive search through his possessions and his. . .
Picking pebbles to live somehow
3/2/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Eva Bartlett, Inter Press Service - They come by the hundreds every day to sand dunes and rubble sites to sift for pebbles, stones and sand that can be used in making concrete blocks. They lean into trash bins across the Strip, and wade through piles of rubbish scavenging for plastics, metals, and any bits worth reselling. They venture dangerously close to the border fence to unlock metal and steel rods from their demolished home heaps. They are Gaza's recyclers, and in a Strip where unemployment hovers at nearly 50 percent and poverty soars over 80 percent, environmental considerations are far from their minds. They do this work out of necessity. Yousef, 14, leads two of his younger brothers in their daily hunt for concrete materials off the highway between Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah. “We live in Khan Younis and it takes about 30 minutes to get to this site.
Officials bypass Netanyahu to plan Peres-Abbas meeting
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - Talks have recently been underway to arrange a summit between the two in Rome this April.
Australia cops, In Israel to probe Dubai passports, involved in hit-and-run
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - Australian media report three officers hit Tel Aviv bicyclist, who was unhurt but wants an apology.
Israeli novel with parallels to Dubai killing a hit in Germany
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - Thriller's plot centers on Israeli secret service mission to assassinate top Hamas activist in hotel.
Peace not wanted
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - It's time for our leaders take off the masks they've been hiding behind and tell the truth for a change.
Netanyahu would meet Assad 'any time, any place'
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - Statement by PM's Bureau comes in response to Haaretz report that Syria is prepared to make 'gradual peace.'
Israel-PA peace talks could begin Sunday
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - Arab League: Complete settlement freeze is precondition for progress in Mideast negotiations.
Egypt criticizes UN report on migrant deaths along Israel border
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - UN report 'full of mistakes and incorrect allegations', says Egypt; 19 migrants were killed at border in 2009.
Libya demands U.S. apology for remark on Gadhafi's call for jihad
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - U.S. envoy summoned by Libya; first official U.S. trade mission in years visited Tripoli last month.
Mitchell to arrive in Mideast amid hopes for renewed peace talks
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - Netanyahu welcomes Arab League decision to support indirect Palestinian-Israeli negotiations.
Germany urges UN: Vote against Iran for Human Rights seat
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - German FM: Iran on council would be an affront to human rights; Scientists, filmmakers slam abuses.
U.S. and EU: 'Provocative' Iran is inviting tough sanctions
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - Brazil president: International community should not 'push Iran into a corner' over its nuclear program.
Lieberman fraud probe spotlights 'incompetent' envoy
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - Ambassador appointed by Foreign Min. despite 'having no clue' how to run an embassy forced to take leave.
Dubai seeks Netanyahu's arrest over killing of Hamas man
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - Police chief also demand arrest of Mossad head, says Israel 'almost certainly' behind Dubai hit.
IDF's newest heroes: Women spotters on Gaza border
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - Dozens of terrorists have been hit after being identified by the 18- and 19-year-old female spotters.
Mahmoud Abbas given four months to try indirect peace talks with Israel
The Guardian 3 Mar 2010 - Arab governments back talks between Palestinian president and Israel, brokered by the US Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has been given four months by Arab governments to try indirect peace negotiations with Israel, brokered by the...
Israel's historic roots are real | Jeremy Sharon
The Guardian 3 Mar 2010 - Palestinian protests against the restoration of Jewish heritage sites are part of a campaign of delegitimisation against Israel Speeches and comments made by Binyamin Netanyahu of late have been rather heavy on their biblical and historical...
Murderer sues state to play Sony PlayStation behind bars
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - The Israel Prison Service policy barring prisoners from having advanced models of Sony's PlayStation video game console has motivated a convicted murderer to file a court petition to reverse the decision. ...
Comptroller probing charges of discrimination in Haredi schools
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss is examining allegations of ethnic discrimination in the ultra-Orthodox school system, he announced this week at a joint meeting of the State Control Committee and the Knesset's Education, Culture and Sports Committee. The investigation is expected to last several weeks. ...
Cops raid Bank Hapoalim head office in T.A., seize documents
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - Police have raided Bank Hapoalim headquarters in Tel Aviv and seized company documents, apparently in connection with a fraud investigation of former bank chairman Danny Dankner. ...
Yossi Sarid / Lieberman will be remembered as a disgrace to Israel
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - This time, the burden of proof is not on the police or the prosecution; it is Avigdor Lieberman who must prove to the public that the cloud of suspicion that envelops him from head to toe is false. The police have already recommended indicting him on serious charges - from taking bribes to money laundering, from fraud to witness tampering. Were there such a thing as a court of public opinion in this country, there would be no need for a real court. ...
'PM won't replace Lieberman even if he's forced to resign'
Ha'aretz 3 Mar 2010 - "Even if [Avigdor] Lieberman is forced to resign, Bibi won't name a replacement as foreign minister," one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's associates said Wednesday, referring to the premier by his nickname. ...
Exchange of Notes for the Community Empowerment Grant Aid to the Palestinian Territories (The Project for Support for the Public Activities of the Communities in Jordan Valley)
Relief Web 3 Mar 2010 - Source: Government of Japan
UN humanitarian chief notes no real progress in rebuilding Gaza
Relief Web 3 Mar 2010 - Source: UN Radio
EU contributes €66 Million to UNRWA's Core Budget in 2010
Relief Web 3 Mar 2010 - Source: European Commission, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Press Conference by Security Council President, 2 March 2010
Relief Web 3 Mar 2010 - Source: UN Department of Public Information
'Israel Apartheid Week' events commence
YNet News 3 Mar 2010 - Leftist, Muslim groups launch campaign equating Israel to apartheid regime in South Africa. Jewish intellectual Noam Chomsky tells Ynet Israel should not be defined as 'Jewish state'. Israeli diplomats: Activity no cause for alarm
Hamas: Indirect talks more futile than direct negotiations
YNet News 3 Mar 2010 - In interview with Kol al-Arab, senior Hamas figure expresses pessimism vis-?-vis Arab League decision, says 'this will prove to entire world that Israel does not intend to give Palestinians their minimal national rights'
Ex-envoy who leaked information to FM: Discrepancies in police version
YNet News 3 Mar 2010 - Former ambassador to Belarus tells Channel 1 envelope containing document outlining significant details regarding investigation against Lieberman had already been opened when he received it. 'An ambassador is not a mailman,' Ben-Arieh says
60% of Americans: Only force can stop Iran
YNet News 3 Mar 2010 - Fox News poll shows most US citizens believe only military option will prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear arms but US security experts call on Obama to oppose attack
Clinton: US hopes indirect Israel-Palestinian talks soon
YNet News 3 Mar 2010 - In Brazil, secretary of state says US 'very pleased' with Arab League endorsement of 'proximity talks' between Israel, PA. Officials says Mideast envoy Mitchell expected in region soon
Romania: Israeli Nati Meir jailed for fraud, tax evasion
YNet News 3 Mar 2010 - Former member of Romanian parliament jailed for charging people to help them get jobs in Israel that didn’t exist and evading $813,000 in taxes
Study: Mideast women win more rights, hurdles remain
YNet News 3 Mar 2010 - 15 of 18 Arab countries record increase in women suffrage, literacy. Kuwait, Algeria, Jordan lead transformation while Yemen, Iraq, Palestinian territories show decline in women's rights over past five years
Arab foreign ministers give indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks 'final' chance
Daily Star 4 Mar 2010 CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to back one last round of indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks despite skepticism over Israel's readiness to revive peace efforts, Arab League chief Amr Moussa said. The move, which came after months of US-led shuttle diplomacy, was swiftly welcomed by Israel but was slammed by the Islamist Hamas movement
US, EU say 'provocative' Iran invites more sanctions
Daily Star 4 Mar 2010 VIENNA: The United States and European Union accused Iran of breaking nuclear transparency rules by escalating uranium enrichment without proper UN surveillance and said its "provocative" behavior invited tougher sanctions.They spoke at a tense meeting on Wednesday of governors of the UN nuclear agency, a day after the UN Security Council said
Suicide blasts kill 33 ahead of Iraq polls
Daily Star 4 Mar 2010 BAQUBA, Iraq: Three suicide attacks, including one by a bomber who rode in an ambulance to hospital before blowing himself up, killed 33 people in central Iraq on Wednesday, just days before nationwide elections. The blasts in Baquba, the deadliest to hit the country in nearly a month, also wounded 55 people and spurred security forces to clamp an immediate curfew
Two Iranians, five Italians arrested for smuggling arms to Iran
Daily Star 4 Mar 2010 MILAN: Two Iranians and five Italians were arrested Wednesday in Italy on suspicion of trafficking arms to Iran in violation of international sanctions, a top anti-terrorist prosecutor said. "It is an investigation of considerable importance as it concerns the entire international community," Armando Spataro told a news conference, adding that it had begun in June 2009.
Israel silent on Dubai call for Netanyahu arrest
Daily Star 4 Mar 2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli officials remained doggedly silent on Wednesday in the wake of a Dubai police decision to seek the arrest of the Israeli prime minister and the head of its spy agency over the murder of a top Hamas militant in the Gulf emirate. Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office nor the Foreign Ministry would comment on Dubai police chief
Ukraine Parliament passes no-confidence motion against PM
Daily Star 4 Mar 2010 KIEV: Ukraine's Parliament on Wednesday passed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, forcing her and the Cabinet to resign in a victory for new President Viktor Yanukovych. A majority of 243 deputies voted for the no-confidence motion brought by the Regions Party, led by Yanukovych, who defeated Tymoshenko in presidential elections last month.
China, US work to repair frayed ties
Daily Star 4 Mar 2010 BEIJING: Two top US envoys sat down for fence-mending talks with China Wednesday pressing for cooperation on Iran and to overcome a setback in relations over key issues such as trade, Tibet and Taiwan. US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and senior White House Asia adviser Jeffrey Bader were in Beijing to put ties back on track,
Resheq: Abbas’s negotiations with IOA big sin
PIC 3 Mar 2010 - Ezzet Al-Resheq on Wednesday criticized the Arab follow up committee’s decision to allow indirect talks between the PA in Ramallah and the Israeli occupation authority (IOA).
IOF troops wound two Quds operatives, round up 9 including 4 brothers
PIC 3 Mar 2010 - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) critically wounded two operatives of the Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, in Kufr Dan village west of Jenin in a pre dawn raid on Wednesday.
Dweik: Assigning Bahar to run the PLC session for a single day
PIC 3 Mar 2010 - Dr. Aziz Dweik, the speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, said on Wednesday that he assigned his first deputy Dr. Ahmed Bahar to run the PLC session in Gaza only for a single day.
Haneyya gov't: Israeli attacks herald the war of the shrines
PIC 3 Mar 2010 - The Palestinian government in Gaza has said that the Israeli occupation authority's attacks herald the initiation the war of the shrines in a bid to control them.
Hayya: IOA exploiting Palestinian division to judaize holy shrines
PIC 3 Mar 2010 - Dr. Khalil Al-Hayya, political bureau member of Hamas, has said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) was exploiting the state of internal Palestinian rift to judaize mosques and holy shrines.
Khater: IOA wants to empty Palestinian lands
PIC 3 Mar 2010 - Political bureau member of Hamas Sami Khater said that the recent wave of Israeli attacks on holy shrines in the West Bank is an integral part of the Israeli coalition government's policy.
IOA blackmailing sick people
PIC 3 Mar 2010 - Human rights groups condemned the Israeli occupation authority's practice of blackmailing Palestinian patients to recruit them as agents for its intelligence.
Netanyahu insists on having presence in Jordan Valley in any future settlement
PIC 3 Mar 2010 - Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu has said that his army should maintain a military presence in the Jordan Valley east of the West Bank even after a settlement is reached with the Palestinians.
UN official calls for lifting Gaza siege
PIC 3 Mar 2010 - John Holmes, the UN coordinator of humanitarian affairs, said that the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip has led to serious deterioration in the humanitarian conditions in the Strip.
Time was up for Israeli burglar's widow
LA Times 3 Mar 2010 - Nili Shamrat of Tarzana was caught after she sold clocks back to the Jerusalem museum that her late husband, Na'aman Diller, stole them from in 1983, investigators said. When prolific Israeli burglar Na'aman Diller discovered he was dying of cancer in 2003, he decided to leave his widow a collection of some 100 artifacts of decidedly questionable origin.
U.S. Circulates New Draft Proposal for Iran Sanctions
New York Times 3 Mar 2010 - The proposed new sanctions would both broaden the scope and intensify three previous rounds of sanctions enacted since 2006.
A Skeptical Arab League Backs Indirect Peace Talks
New York Times 3 Mar 2010 - The move could help restart direct discussions between Palestinians and Israelis that broke down more than a year ago, when Israel invaded Gaza.
Israeli Raid Canceled After Facebook Leak
New York Times 3 Mar 2010 - Israel's Army Radio reported on Wednesday that a raid on suspected militants in the West Bank planned for Wednesday was called off because a soldier posted details of the operation on Facebook.
Iran Arrests Filmmaker Who Backed Opposition
New York Times 3 Mar 2010 - Iranian authorities raided the home of Jaffar Panahi early Tuesday morning and arrested him, his wife and daughter, along with 15 guests, the opposition Web site Jaras reported.
Memo From Dubai: Police Strive to Guard Dubai’s Image After Killing
New York Times 3 Mar 2010 - The Dubai police staged an aggressive response after the January killing of a Hamas operative, underscoring the city-state’s determination to protect its image — and economy — from any further damage.
Op-Ed Columnist: Loosey Goosey Saudi
New York Times 3 Mar 2010 - Saudi Arabia dips a toe into modernity, even as it questions whether Israel is taking a step back.
At J Street, two young Jews said they needed to talk about privilege (and so do I)
Mondoweiss - 3 Mar 2010 - Last fall during a social justice panel at J Street’s policy conference, a Wesleyan senior named Emily Hoffman said that she needed to talk about "privilege" in the Jewish community, and Alana Alpert , a rabbinical student, promptly echoed her: "I often feel the same way." I...
Nonviolent protests are also taking place in Gaza
Mondoweiss - 3 Mar 2010 - Those people out there who still wonder where the Palestinian Mandela or Gandhi is should start paying attention to the numerous peaceful actions going on throughout Palestine. Non-violent resistance to the Israeli occupation, akin to the weekly protests in Bil’in and Ni’lin against the illegal wall,...
In Spain, anti-Zionism spills over into anti-Semitism
Mondoweiss - 3 Mar 2010 - Scary article in the Telegraph about Spanish children’s postcards to the Israeli ambassador saying things like, "Jews kill for money," "Leave the country to the Palestinians" and "Go somewhere where they will accept you." This is scary, and also a reminder of the extent to which...
Haaretz: In Iranian-Israeli brinksmanship, Obama is powerless
Mondoweiss - 3 Mar 2010 - Aluf Benn in this morning’s Ha’aretz describes an increasingly dangerous poker game being played out over Iran’s nuclear program. With war now being threatened, "the stakes are constantly rising with the expectations that one of the players will recognize his weakness, blink and leave the table."...
Chas Freeman: This time apartheid has western complicity
Mondoweiss - 3 Mar 2010 - Impolitic as it is to mention this, in rejecting the analogy with apartheid in South Africa, the Washington Post’s Richard Cohen is not only denying realities on the ground in Palestine but also the principal and most awkward difference between the two cases. South Africa’s whites...
Repression of the Popular Struggle Continues: Israeli Army Arrests Five During Nabi Saleh Night Raid
Alternative Information Center - 3 Mar 2010 - Wednesday, 03 March 2010, In an expansion of its campaign of repression against the Palestinian popular struggle, the Israeli Army raided the village of Nabi Saleh tonight and arrested five youths from their beds. At around 2AM tonight a large contingent of Israeli military jeeps invaded...
The Israeli Assault on Bethlehem
Alternative Information Center - 3 Mar 2010 - Wednesday, 03 March 2010, The city of Bethlehem and its immediate surroundings are isolated by the Separation Wall Israel built on its lands and are further surrounded by the settlements of Gush Etzion to its west and south-west, Jerusalem to the north and two isolated settlements...
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