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Clashes Reported In East Jerusalem
IMEMC - Sunday March 07, 2010 - 02:37, Israeli sources reported Saturday evening that one soldier was mildly wounded during clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian residents at the entrance of the Shufat refugee camp. Clashes were also reported in al Esawiyya town,in east Jerusalem.
Abu Zuhri: “Egypt Denied Me Entry”
IMEMC - Saturday March 06, 2010 - 13:19, Spokesperson of the Hamas movement, Sami Abu Zuhri, stated Saturday that the Egyptian Authorities prevented him from entering the country to testify in an Egyptian court death of his brother who was killed in an Egyptian prison.
Mitchell Starts Middle East Tour Saturday
IMEMC - Saturday March 06, 2010 - 12:53, U.S. Special Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, will start his Middle East tour on Saturday evening as he will be holding separate meetings with Israeli officials in Tel Aviv, and Palestinian officials in Ramallah.
Five Killed In Crash With Israeli Military Hummer
IMEMC - Saturday March 06, 2010 - 02:07, Five Palestinian were killed on Friday evening and two others were injured when their vehicle accidentally slammed into a military hummer at the Silwad Bridge, by the entrance of Ofer near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Beit Ummar rally teargassed by Israeli forces
3/6/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an -Dozens of Beit Ummar residents joined in protest at the eastern entrance of the village on Saturday, calling for an end to land confiscations and closed zones that prevent farmers from accessing agricultural lands. Palestine Solidarity Project spokesman Mohammad Ayad Awad said the group was met with tear gas when they reached the gate of the village. "Israeli soldiers fired soundand gas bombs on the rally, organized by the national committee against the wall in cooperation with the Palestinian solidarity project," Awad said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said a group of "60 rioters, not just Palestinians, were hurling rocks and blocking the main road in the Judea and Samaria region [the West Bank]," and that Israeli forces responded with "riot dispersal methods. "The incident continued for nearly an hour, as residents refused to leave the area and demanded their right to protest.
Prisoner paralyzed from Israeli guard beating, father says
3/6/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - A beating by Israeli prison guards has caused a Palestinian man in Israeli custody to became completely paralyzed, the Wa'ed Society for Detainees said on Saturday. The prisoner, identified as 33-year-old Muhammad Abu Libda from the northern Gaza town of Jabaliya, was in good health when he was detained, his father said, adding that injuries he sustained in the Ashkelon prison were never properly treated. Muhammad's father said his son participated in a prisoners strike in 2004, and was beaten by guards who accused him of inciting the event. According to Abu Mhuammad, his son had his third and fourth vertibrates damaged during the beating, and has spent the last six years in the prison hospital. Saber Abu Karsh, the prisoners society director, said doctors confirmed Saturday morning that Muhammad was fully paralyzed, and the director accused Israeli prison doctors of failing to provide the necessary treatment.
Settler attack sparks clashes near illegal outpost, soldiers injure 3
3/6/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Israeli settlers living in an illegal outpost on the village lands of Iraq Burin attacked a group of locals in the area, sparking clashes, Palestinian security forces said. Armed Israeli border police arrived shortly after the attack began, the report said, ultimately injuring three civilians who were transferred to hospital by Red Crescent ambulances for treatment. An Israeli military spokeswoman said the clashes took place "at the illegal outpost at Bracha" southeast of Iraq Burin, built on 44 dunums of private Palestinian land, according to Peace Now, an Israeli NGO. "The area is a closed military zone," the spokeswoman said, noting the arrival of Israeli soldiers sparked an escalation of clashes in the area. "Palestinians burned tires and hurled rocks," she said, slightly injuring one soldier who was treated in the field.
Clashes erupt in East Jerusalem, 1 Israeli officer injured
3/6/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - An Israeli border guard was lightly injured when confrontations erupted on Saturday evening in the Shu'fat refugee camp, north ofoccupied East Jerusalem. Clashes ensued between Israeli forces and Palestinians at the main entrance to the camp where Israeli forces reportedly used riot dispersal means, including rubber-coated metal bullets, tear-gas canisters and sound bombs. Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld, said the officer was injured when Palestinians threw stones and bottles. Confrontations further erupted in Al-Isawiya between Israeli forces and young Palestinian men. Ma'an's correspondent said the incident was related to the raid of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by Israeli forces on Friday. Rosenfeld said that masked Palestinians began hurling stones toward Israeli officers deployed in the area.
Fatah, Hamas prisoners ratify unity deal inside Israeli jail
3/6/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Palestinian prisoners in Israel's Ofer Detention Center said Saturday that Islamic Jihad mediation had successfully brought about the ratification of a unity deal between Hamas and Fatah detainees in the jail. The Center for Prisoners' Studies quoted prisoners, who said "the signed written agreementvowed that all parties end the state of separation between the all groups and representatives of the two rival movements," noting that the document was signed by members of all factions represented in the detention center. The agreement will be implemented this week in Section 4 of the Ofer prison, and will gradually be implemented across the main six sections of the prison, detainees said. Prisoners said the Israeli Prison Service had agreed to no longer segregate prisoners according to political affiliation, as it negatively impacted prisoners' lives.
Gaza study: 88% of women denied inheritance rights
3/6/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - A study by the Women's Issues Center in Gaza City found that 88% of women in the coastal enclave are denied their rights around inheritance, and 67% of them are unwilling to speak out and change the situation. The study, released Wednesday, was the result of a conference held earlier in the hear titled Women and Inheritance, which was intended to discuss what women's organizations called a trend in denying women through social pressure, their rights to inheritance under Islamic law. The numbers are based on 202 identified cases of women eligible for inheritance money who did not receive their due portion, or any at all, researchers said. The final statistics, however, are based on only 100 cases, after others refused to confirm details out of fear or pressure, the group said. Center board member May Nayef said the denial of financial rights was just one of the types of violence. . .
Egyptian police detain 8 migrants fleeing Israel
3/6/2010 - Al-Arish - Ma'an - Eight African migrants fleeing Israel were detained on Saturday, Egyptian authorities said, alongside four others attempting to enter the country. Egyptian security patrols deployed at the Egyptian border, near the Kerem Shalom crossing, and detained the eight trying to re-enter Egypt across the barbed-wire fence. Six Eritrean nationals, an Ethiopian and Sudanese national were identified. The migrants told Egyptian security that they attempted to flee Israel, unable to cope in the country. They had previously been detained by Egyptian security when they attempted to enter Israel the previous year, they said. Additionally, four Ethiopian nationals were detained trying to enter Israel, also near the Kerem Shalom border crossing into Gaza, in search of work, they told Egyptian security officers. . . . .
Al-Quds Brigades leaders turn themselves in to PA security
3/6/2010 - Jenin - Ma'an - Two leaders of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, turned themselves in to Palestinian Authority Preventative Security Services in Jenin on Saturday. The move followed an Israeli incursion into a number of towns west of Jenin on Wednesday, attempting to locate the two leaders, identified as Ala' Sha'aban Zayoud, 25, and Bajes Adel Hamdia, 32. Relatives of the leaders told Ma'an they have been on Israel's "wanted" list for over eight years on charges of commanding the brigades, and have survived five assassination attempts. [end]
Dahlan: PLO to announce stance on proximity talks Sunday
3/7/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Fatah's Central Committee held a meeting Saturday to review the US-proposed proximity talks as a prelude to peace talks, committee member Muhammad Dahlan said. The meeting, headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, discussed a statement issued by the Follow-up Committee for the Arab Peace Initiative, that slammed the Arab Foreign Ministers committee statement that gave the go-ahead for peace talks within a four-month timeframe. The follow-up committee questioned the move to re-start talks when the Arab Peace Initiative had already been approved by local actors. "The committee has reached a detailed stance that will be presented to Palestinian factions during the meeting of the PLO's Executive Committee on Sunday", Dahlan told the Palestinian Authority WAFA news agency. The follow-up committee's rejection of a return to talks joined Dahlah's own voice condemning the idea, as. . .
Mitchell arrives Saturday for pre-talks
3/6/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - US President Barack Obama and his Middle East Envoy George Mitchell can "save what can be saved" when the latter arrives in Ramallah on Saturday ahead of rumored talks, presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudaineh said. Mitchell is expected to meet with both Palestinian and Israeli leaders to discuss terms for the resumption on indirect talks, four days after the Arab League gave the go-ahead for talks within a four-month timeframe. Though Abu Rdeina said he Palestinian Authority "was completely aware that Netanyahu's government wasn't ready for peace," it appears that the officials will move forward with the talks, despite a growing list of Palestinian and Arab officials who have voiced concern over the initiative. A report in the Israeli daily Haaretz on Friday said documents obtained by the paper from the United States explained that the Obama administration would "expect both parties to act seriously and in good faith. "
Erekat seeks backing of key states before PLO decides on peace talks
3/6/2010 - Jericho - Ma'an - Palestinians are seeking international guarantees that Israel will be held accountable under international law during a US-lead peace process that could start within days, according Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat. The negotiator met with US, French, British and American officials on Friday, in an attempt to rally support, noting in a statement that the decision of the nations would effect the PLO decision on whether or not to proceed with talks. He said the decision would be made in the next two days, during the PLO's Executive Committee and Fatah Central Committee meetings. It is time the international community follows the Quartet's "land for peace" principle, Erekat saud, and establishes a just and lasting peace in Palestine by binding Israel to its obligations under international law, Erekat said in a statement, summing up his briefings to the international officials.
PLO observer updates Security Council president on Jerusalem
3/6/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Permanent Observer of Palestine to the UN Riyad Mansour met with the current president of the UN Security Council on Friday and asked that he brief the council on events in Jerusalem when it sits next on the Middle East. Mansour spoke with Emmanuel Issoze-Ngonde, permanent representative of Gabon to the UN and March president of the UNSC, in Geneva, and explained what he called a "fragile situation" in Jerusalem following the invasion of Israeli forces into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Friday following prayer. "Soldiers entered the Noble Sanctuary [the compound] firing tear gas, rubber coated metal bullets and sound grenades at worshiping Muslims. This sort of conduct underscores the belief of many Palestinians that Israel is trying to take over their holy sites," Mansour told Issoze-Ngonde, a statement said.
Sha’ath slams Panama president’s Jerusalem remarks
3/6/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Fatah Central Committee Member Nabil Sha'ath sharply condemned on Saturday President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli's remarks in which he referred to Israel as the "guardian" of the holy city of Jerusalem. "Martinelli's comments did not only insult the Palestinian people, the Arab, Islamic, and Christian world, but also insulted international law," Sha'ath said in a statement. "After Martinelli became president of Panama, the whole policy of the republic changed and it became the only country in Latin America to vote in favor of Israel in the UN. Once again, the president of Panama is challenging its neighboring countries and international law during his visit to Israel. "He toured holy sites in the Palestinian Territories escorted by Israeli officers. The republic of Panama has the right to establish diplomatic relations with any country in the world including Israel,. . . " "
DFLP in Damascus: Peace talks dangerous
3/6/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Resuming negotiations with Israel would be "dangerous" in light of the ongoing Israeli policy of settlement and "judaization of Palestine,"said Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)Secretary-General Nayif Hawatmeh in Damascus. The speech came as the party marked its 41st anniversary on Friday at a crowded festival at Al-Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus, three weeks after the party marked its annual celebration. Hawatmeh attended the celebrations with representatives of other Palestinian factions and Syrian political parties. He spoke out in favor of dialogue between Palestinian factions, saying "Dialogue is ongoing in the Gaza Strip between the major Palestinian factions including Fatah, Hamas, DFLP, PFLP, and Islamic Jihad. They want to restart a comprehensive dialogue aimed at ending rivalry and rebuilding Palestinian national unity. "
Yousef: Proximity talks a cover for Israeli crimes
3/6/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - The de facto Ministry of Foreign Affairs undersecretary, Ahmad Yousef, said Saturday that US-sponsored proximity talks with Israel are a cover for Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people. "If we were politically in agreement [with the Palestinian Authority], the occupation would not have dared to storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound or include the Ibrahimi Mosque and the Bilal Mosque [Rachel's Tomb] on the Jewish heritage list," Yousef told Ma'an. Yousef further called on Egypt to invite all Palestinian factions to convene in Cairo to discuss the impasses reached in signing a unity deal. " Palestinian reconciliation is a strategic choice, and division should end as soon as possible," he added. The PLO is due to announce its stance on indirect talks with Israel on Sunday, after President Mahmoud Abbas consulted with a number of Arab foreign ministers, the Arab follow-up. . .
Hamas police seize Red Crescent headquarters office equipment
3/6/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Sources in Gaza reported the confiscation of Red Cross files, computers and equipment when de facto government forces broke into the organization's headquarters in Gaza City on Thursday. During a Friday night meeting, the parliamentary working group on freedoms monitoring, Palestinian Legislative Council member Majed Abu Shmalah condemned the move, and called for international intervention to prevent further theft from health facilities. "The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the West Bank has taken care to ensure Gaza hospitals get all the medicines and equipment they need," a statement from the group said, and called the seizure of medical equipment an urgent matter that must "be put to an end. " The meeting also tackled the issue of diplomatic passports for Palestinian officials. The group said officials, including PLC members, must be granted passports "only if they deserve them," and "according to the law".
Asira Al-Qibliya target of latest ’law and order’ campaign
3/6/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Palestinian security forces destroyed 56 illegal cars on Friday as part of what a report called the forces campaign to impose law and order in the northern West Bank. Police said the latest focus of the crackdown was Asira Al-Qibliya, a village west of Nablus. Head of the Nablus police department Omer Al-Bzur said officers had been instructed to carry out daily tours of the village, checking the registration of vehicles and monitoring activity looking for men and women wanted by the local authorities. Over the past two months, he said, police have destroyed 1,200 illegal vehicles in the Nablus district. [end]
Fatah condemns Hamas assaults against its official
3/6/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - The Fatah Revolutionary Council condemned on Saturday the refusal of the de facto government to allow the one of the council members to exit the Gaza Strip. The council's office released a statement saying Amal Hamad, member of the council and the Palestinian Women's Union, had her identity card confiscated as she traveled to the Erez checkpoint in northern Gaza for travel through Israel to the West Bank on Thursday. The statement called the decision to detain Hamad "strange," but noted that it corresponded with the de facto government decision to bar a delegation of West Bank Fatah officials from entering Gaza the week before. " Such irresponsible behavior weakens opportunities to achieve reconciliation," the statement read. In the same statement, the council condemned the gunfire directed at the home of Revolutionary Council member Muhammad Juda An-Nahhal by Hamas gunmen earlier in the week.
PA police: Allenby traffic slows, 8 fugitives detained
3/6/2010 - Jericho - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority security forces deployed at the Allenby Bridge crossing into Jordan detained eight fugitives on Saturday, and facilitated the movement of 13,000 travelers during the past week, a report said. The police report described last week's travel as moderate, with traffic in both directions down over the February average. Mustafa Ghannam, chief of the PA border police, said 5,265 residents, 76 foreign nationals, 34 Israeli ID card holders were registered upon entering through the crossing. Those leaving, he said, reached 6,916 West Bank residents, 67 international passport holders and 46 Israeli ID card holders. Ghannam added that 17 patients were transferred in Palestine Red Crescent ambulances across the border into Jordan. Israeli authorities banned travel for 27 West Bank residents for "security reasons," he said.
Fatah: Gunmen open fire at party leader’s car in Gaza
3/6/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a Fatah leader's car on Friday, in the western Gaza City district of Tel Al-Hawa, while it was parked opposite the home of a Fatah Revolutionary Council member, a party statement said. According to Fatah, at 10 pm, Sulaiman Ar-Rawwagh was visiting Revolutionary Council member Abu Juda An-Nahhal in his home, when "heavy gunfire was heard around the house. When both leaders went out to check, they found Ar-Rawwagh's car riddled with bullets. "The statement added that shots were fired at the home, and not just at the car, with no injuries reported. Witnesses said the shots were fired by a Skoda and two motorcycles which fled immediately after the assault. "This assault is part of the security chaos in the Gaza Strip, perpetrated by suspected groups attempting to arouse tension in the Palestinian territories, while Egypt exerts considerable. . . "
Voter registration begins ahead of local elections
3/6/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - The Central Election Commission announced on Saturday that it has begun voter registration ahead of local elections in July. Hanna Nasir, CEC chairman, said registering voters will continue until 16 March. Nasir told a news conference that many Palestinians remain unregistered to vote, particularly those who recently attained voting age. Over the last three years, he said, 350,000 Palestinians in the West Bank have failed to register to vote, while in Gaza the total was 150,000. In order to ensure voter turnout, 773 registration centers will be opened in the West Bank and 254 in Gaza. However, Nasir said the CEC would not be able to update Gaza's voter records due to national division. A statement issued by the CEC said the body was committed to undertaking President Mahmoud Abbas' call for local elections.
PA police destroys 360 illegal cars in Nablus
3/6/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority police impounded and destroyed 360 illegal vehicles on Saturday during a crackdown in Nablus, the West Bank. In the town of Bita, 250 illegal cars were destroyed while in Qasra 110 cars were totaled. Police destroyed 56 illegal cars on Friday as part of what a report called the forces campaign to impose law and order in the northern West Bank. Police said the latest focus of the crackdown was Asira Al-Qibliya, a village west of Nablus. Head of the Nablus police department Omer Al-Bzur said officers had been instructed to carry out daily tours of the village, checking the registration of vehicles and monitoring activity looking for men and women wanted by the local authorities. Over the past two months, he said, police have destroyed 1,200 illegal vehicles in the Nablus district. . . . .
Six Palestinians killed in accident with IDF jeep
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Car swerves off course head-on into IDF armed jeep near Ofra settlement in West Bank.
Report: Hamas admits losing control in Gaza
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Gaza in anarchy as extremist groups challenge Hamas regime, military chief tells Damascus leader.
Settlers assault Palestinian village
Uruknet March 6, 2010 -- Jewish settlers escorted by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked the village of Irak Burin, south of Nablus city, on Saturday, local sources reported. The sources said that the heavily armed settlers came from the nearby Brakha settlement and attacked their village. They added that IOF soldiers backed the settlers in confrontations with the villagers, who were...
Palestinian prisoner paralyzed from Israeli guard beating, father says
Uruknet March 6, 2010– A beating by Israeli prison guards has caused a Palestinian man in Israeli custody to became completely paralyzed, the Wa’ed Society for Detainees said on Saturday. The prisoner, identified as 33-year-old Muhammad Abu Libda from the northern Gaza town of Jabaliya, was in good health when he was detained, his father said, adding that injuries he sustained...
Israel Nourishing Despair in Gaza: UN
Uruknet March 5, 2010 - Israel’s choking blockade on the Gaza Strip is nourishing despair among the 1.6 million population in the impoverished enclave, a top UN official warned Friday, March 5. "For the most part (of Gaza) there are people who just want to live ordinary lives, and they are being undermined by what's happening," John Holmes, the UN Under-Secretary-General...
'Israel Violates International Law With EU Complicity'
Uruknet March 5, 2010 - Things are worsening for Israel from moral and legal perspectives. In fact, one year after the Goldstone Report on its 'war crimes’ during its war on Gaza and amidst growing suspicions of its direct responsibility in the assassination of a Palestinian leader in Dubai, an international court has now concluded that Israel is violating international law...
IOF Critically Injures Boy in An Nabi Salih
Uruknet March 5, 2010 - Demonstrators in An Nabi Salih were met with tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and sound bombs. The IOF also fired skunk, a putrid-smelling chemical spray. One international was hit with a metal tear gas canister in the arm. Four Palestinians were injured, including a young man Ehab Fadel Beir Ghouthi, 14, from Beit Rima, who was...
Israel: End Crackdown on Anti-Wall ActivistsPeaceful Advocates Detained on Spurious Charges, Denied Due Process
Uruknet March 5, 2010 - Israel should immediately end its arbitrary detention of Palestinians protesting the separation barrier, Human Rights Watch said today. Israel is building most of the barrier inside the West Bank rather than along the Green Line, in violation of international humanitarian law. In recent months, Israeli military authorities have arbitrarily arrested and denied due process rights to...
HRW: Iran: Free ‘Mourning Mothers’ SupportersAt Least Six Recently Detained Without Charge
Uruknet March 5, 2010 - The Iranian Judiciary should immediately release six women arrested in January and early February 2010, apparently in connection with their peaceful activities on behalf of the Mourning Mothers, Human Rights Watch said today. Mourning Mothers is a civil society group established in June 2009 by mothers whose children lost their lives in state-sanctioned violence following Iran's...
Policy of provocation
Uruknet March 5, 2010 - Palestinian officials have warned that recent Israeli provocations, including government-backed attempts by Jewish religious extremists to claim a foothold at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, are creating an incendiary situation in the occupied territories. Visibly frustrated by Israel's utter disregard for Palestinian objections to Israeli encroachment on Muslim holy places in Hebron, Bethlehem and East Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority (...
Petition to stop destruction of Muslim Cemetery for "Museum of Tolerance"
Uruknet March 5, 2010 - Petitioners request that the Government of Switzerland, in its capacity as depository of the Fourth Geneva Convention, consider this issue in the context of resuming the High Contracting Parties’ Conference to the Fourth Geneva Convention. Please sign this important Petition and pass it on to others to prevent Israel from continuing its ethnic cleansing not only...
Once again, the PA is betraying our people
Uruknet March 5, 2010 - The PA decision to resume "indirect talks" with Israel is undoubtedly a clear expression of its moral and political bankruptcy. It is also an expression of its inability to lead the Palestinian people. The PA leadership had been saying ad nauseam that it won’t resume "peace talks" with Israel until and unless Israel agrees to freeze...
Gaza: for the children
Uruknet March 5, 2010 - Arab Abu Ghazel, northern Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip: we are roughly 1 km from the norther border, in an area which was doused by bombs during Israel’s winter 2008-2009 massacre of Gaza. the area, with the norther border near, the sea a few kilometres away, and the eastern border within earshot, is regularly inundated with the...
IOF injures Palestinians in WB
6 Mar 2010 - West Bank, March 6, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- Four Palestinians from Iraq Burin village, south of Nablus in the West Bank, were injured by Israeli rubber bullets, when they confronted a group of settlers attempting to break into the village. Eyewitnesses said that there were many cases of suffocation as a result of Israeli occupation forces firing tear gas bombs at...
Ashton to visit Gaza in mid-March
6 Mar 2010 - Cordoba, March 6, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- EU foreign affairs Chief, Catherine Ashton, said she was palnning to go on a 7-day tour to the Middle East in mid-March, during which she will visit Gaza to appraise the situation after the recent Israeli offensive. "I have asked to go to Gaza," Ashton told reporters in Cordoba Saturday. She will meet with...
Palestinian prisoner paralyzed due to medical negligence at Israeli jail
6 Mar 2010 - Palestine, March 6, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Wa'ed Society for Prisoners and Ex-prisoners confirmed today that the prisoner Mohammed Abdel Aziz Abu Lebda from Jabalya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, who has been held in Al-Ramla prison for ten years, suffers from complete paralysis as a result of medical negligence by the prison administration against him and 40 sick prisoners....
IOF injures 4 Palestinians in Hebron
6 Mar 2010 - West Bank, March 6, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- Four demonstrators were injured Saturday morning during a march in solidarity with Al-Aqsa Mosque and shrines in the northern part of Hebron, the West Bank. Israel occupation forces deliberately fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the participants in the march. Tens of foreign and Israeli peace activists participated in the march organized...
IOF opens fire at Gazan workers
6 Mar 2010 - Gaza, March 6, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israeli occupation forces opened fire today at Gazan workers near Erez crossing northern Gaza Strip, no casualties were reported. Witnesses confirmed to SAFA news agency that Israeli soldiers stationed in the observation towers in the area of Beit Hanoun fired bullets toward the workers who were collecting scrap metal from the destroyed buildings...
Ireland: Israeli blockade unacceptable
6 Mar 2010 - Dublin, March 6, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- Ireland's foreign minister yesterday called the Israeli blockade of Palestinian-ruled Gaza inhumane and unacceptable and he urged the European Union and other countries to increase pressure on Israel to end it. Michael Martin, who visited Gaza last week, was the first EU foreign minister to enter the Mediterranean coastal strip in over a year,...
Israeli jeep kills 6 Palestinians in road accident
6 Mar 2010 - West Bank, March 6, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- Medical sources announced the death of a man, his wife and four of their children on Friday night. The incident occurred when the taxi, in which they were traveling, collided with an Israeli military vehicle on Route 60 near Silwad town, north of Ramallah, central West Bank. Palestinian sources indicated that the deceased...
We are building a state while under occupation to end the occupation
Palestine Note 6 Mar 2010 - WASHINGTON, DC - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad forthrightly brought his case for building a Palestinian state to Israeli political and military leaders, and they applauded. The new Palestinian attitude towards how to end the occupation...
Muslim right to the Jewish past
Palestine Note 6 Mar 2010 - JERUSALEM - The decision to include the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel's Tomb on the list of National Heritage Sites would, at first glance, appear to be one about which every Jew should be pleased....
The language of leaders: Lincoln as a model
Palestine Note 6 Mar 2010 - WASHINGTON, DC - Angry rhetoric now characterises the relationship between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The Tomb of Rachel in Bethlehem and the Cave of the Patriarchs/Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron,...
Can Muslim and Jewish narratives co-exist?
Palestine Note 6 Mar 2010 - JERUSALEM - In his book, Longitudes & Attitudes (2002), journalist Thomas Friedman, citing Middle East expert Stephen P. Cohen, suggests that the true clash in today's world is not "between civilisations" (as argued by Samuel Huntington)...
Using Qur’anic narratives in pursuit of peace
Palestine Note 6 Mar 2010 - NEW YORK - I consider the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the single biggest obstacle to eliminating Muslim-Jewish antipathy. Although this dispute is fundamentally about the distribution of assets and the power to control decisions, it is frequently portrayed...
Mubarak undergoes surgery, hands over power (temporarily!)
Palestine Note 6 Mar 2010 - Hosni Mubarak temporarily handed over power to his prime minister, Ahmed Nazif, while he recovers from gallbladder surgery in Germany . Mubarak traveled to Germany to meet with German chancellor Angela Merkel -- but also to undergo...
Thousands march in Jerusalem rally
AlJazeera 6 Mar 2010 - Demonstrators protest eviction of Palestinians from their homes in favour of Jewish settlers.
Egypt president surgery successful
AlJazeera 6 Mar 2010 - Hosni Mubarak had temporarily handed over power to PM before his gallbladder operation.
News from Within Videocast: The Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem
Alternative Information Center - Friday, 05 March 2010, The US-based Center for Constitutional Rights is petitioning various United Nations offices, of Palestinian families whose ancestors are buried in the Mamila Cemetery. The cemetery better known as Mamilla, has been a...
Clashes at Jerusalem's Aqsa mosque
PNN - Saturday, 06 March 2010
Mahmoud al Mabhouh 'was betrayed by someone in Hamas'
PNN - Saturday, 06 March 2010
Mamilla cemetery Public Petition Campaign
PNN - Saturday, 06 March 2010
10 dead in weekend car crashes
Jeruslalem Post 7 Mar 2010 - Palestinian vehicle crashes into IDF Hummer; 3 die near Dead Sea; man dies in TA.
Israel Beiteinu bills on conversion, civil union up for vote
Jeruslalem Post 7 Mar 2010 -
Pessimism prevails at IBA, J'lem Journalists Association
Jeruslalem Post 7 Mar 2010 - JJA to protest outside PMO in the aftermath of meeting with Eyal Gabai.
Status of Israeli women improves little over decade
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2010 - Israel Women’s Network report shows women still earn less, are less influential than men.
Key findings of the IWN Women in Israel Report
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2010 -
PLO expected to vote on resuming talks
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2010 - Mitchell meets Barak; Biden en route for first trip to region as VP.
Thousands rally at Sheikh Jarrah
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2010 - Israeli and Palestinian activists protest eviction of Arab families.
Egypt completes restoration of Maimonides synagogue
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2010 - Dignitaries from Israel and abroad fly in for Sunday’s rededication.
‘Hamas losing control over Strip’
Jeruslalem Post 6 Mar 2010 - Senior operative in Gaza reportedly sends letter to Masha’al warning of security anarchy in Strip
OPT: Kuwait Donates $1 Million to ANERA
WAFA 6 Mar 2010 - WASHINGTON, March 6, 2010 (WAFA)- ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid) announced Friday a donation of $1 million from the government of Kuwait to fund ANERA's work with children in
Six Palestinians Killed in Accident with IOF Jeep
WAFA 6 Mar 2010 - RAMALLAH, March 6, 2010 (WAFA)- Six Palestinians were killed Friday night in a traffic accident with an Israel Occupation Forces jeep at the entrance to the Ofra settlement near Ramallah. A women and
HRW: End Crackdown on Anti-wall Activists
WAFA 6 Mar 2010 - JERUSALEM, March 6, 2010 (WAFA)– Israel should immediately end its arbitrary detention of Palestinians protesting the separation [wall], Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday. Israel is
MIDEAST: Palestinian Homes on 'David's Garden' Spared for Now
IPS SILWAN, Occupied East Jerusalem, Mar 5 (IPS) - Outside the Bedouin-style protest tent in the heart of this Palestinian neighbourhood, the anger is palpable, but controlled.
Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory( 24 Feb.- 03 Mar. 2010)
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Israeli forces Critically Injure Boy in An Nabi Saleh
3/6/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - ISM, 5 March - Demonstrators in An Nabi Salih were met with tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and sound bombs. The IOF also fired skunk, a putrid-smelling chemical spray. One international was hit with a metal tear gas canister in the arm. Four Palestinians were injured, including a young man Ehab Fadel Beir Ghouthi, 14, from Beit Rima, who was hit with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the head. He was taken to a hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. He is listed in critical but stable condition. An expectant air hung over the village of An Nabi Salih. This feeling was heightened as IOF soldiers gathered on a hilltop near the edge of the village. Despite this sentiment, An Nabi Salih decided to selebrate International Women's Day. The popular committee of An Nabi Salih invited the mothers, daughters and sisters of the surrounding villages to join their demonstration for unfettered access to their farmlands and spring.
Demonstrators Block Route 60 Near Beit Ummar
3/6/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Popular Struggle Coordination Committee - Demonstrators protesting the deceleration of the Cave of the Patriarchs and Joseph's Tomb as Israeli heritage sites, manged to block the main road from Jerusalem to Hebron. In response to the inclusion of the two holy sites in the list of Israeli heritage sites, and fearing that this step paves the way for the cementing of Israeli hold over these places, a demonstration called by the Beit Omar National Committee managed to occupy Route 60 - the main road between Jerusalem and Hebron - and stop all movement in it. A military checkpoint at the entrance of Beit Ummar control access to Route 60, which, on the vicinity of the village, is fenced off. As demonstrators descended from the village, they toppled the fence between the village and the road. Protesters then continued to gather on Route 60, waving flags and chanting slogans.
Israel: end crackdown on Anti-Wall activists
3/6/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Human Rights Watch, 5 March - Israel should immediately end its arbitrary detention of Palestinians protesting the separation barrier, Human Rights Watch said today. Israel is building most of the barrier inside the West Bank rather than along the Green Line, in violation of international humanitarian law. In recent months, Israeli military authorities have arbitrarily arrested and denied due process rights to several dozen Palestinian anti-wall protesters. Israel has detained Palestinians who advocate non-violent protests against the separation barrier and charged them based on questionable evidence, including allegedly coerced confessions. Israeli authorities have also denied detainees from villages that have staged protests against the barrier, including children, access to lawyers and family members. Many of the protests have been in villages that lost substantial amounts of land when the barrier was built.
'U.S. enriching companies defying Iran sanctions'
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - Washington awarded $107b over past decade to firms dealing with Iran, according to N.Y. Times.
Secret report: U.S. is cozying up to Palestinians
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - U.S. not serious about upcoming Israel-PA negotiations, according to internal Foreign Min. document.
Back to the couch
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - 19 years after Madrid and 17 years after Oslo, we find ourselves back at the starting point.
PA wields olive branch in one hand, stone in the other
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - Discussing a final-status agreement while allowing a mini-intifada to unfold gives the PA leverage.
Mitchell, Barak meet in bid to restart peace talks
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - U.S. Middle East envoy begins round of meetings, as Abbas warns peace process close to collapse.
Ahmadinejad: 9/11 attacks a 'big fabrication'
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - Iranian President accuses U.S. of using attacks as an excuse to justify the war on terrorism.
'Temple Mount clashes may spark religious war'
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - Pan-Islamic body calls for international intervention to end 'Israeli aggression,' reports AFP.
Iran vents frustration with Moscow, expels Russian pilots
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - Signs of growing anger in Tehran as Russia stalls on missile deal and backs nuclear sanctions.
'Jewish lobby behind U.S. Armenia genocide vote'
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - Pro-Israel activists manipulated Congress to damage Turkey, says London daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi.
EU foreign policy chief to visit Gaza in March
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - Catherine Ashton will be the first senior EU figure to enter Hamas-ruled terrirory in over a year.
Obama grows weary of the global stage| Olivia Hampton
The Guardian 6 Mar 2010 - Rather than risk a one-term presidency with more failures than victories, he has put foreign goals aside to focus on the domestic Weeks and months of non-stop mudslinging over healthcare have taken their toll on President...
Hebron boy, 13, jailed for days because father can't afford bail
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - The military court at Ofer Prison will rule Sunday on extending the remand of a 13-year-old Hebron boy held for nine days on suspicion of throwing stones at soldiers. At the first remand hearing, on March 2, the boy's father was unable to pay the NIS 2,000 the court required for him to be released on bail. ...
State to pay settlers millions over West Bank building freeze
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - The government will be paying NIS 100 million to NIS 150 million in compensation to settlers hurt by the freeze in construction in the West Bank settlements, under an agreement MK Danny Danon (Likud) reached with the Finance Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office over the weekend. ...
Yisrael Beiteinu bill would make conversion insufficient for Israeli citizenship
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - Proposed legislation that would broaden the authority of the Chief Rabbinate in Israel on matters of conversion would also alter the Law of Return, distinguishing between that law and the Citizenship Law. ...
Leave Sheikh Jarrah
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - Greater, unified Jerusalem is being torn apart. The Israeli - Jewish and Arab - capital is becoming the capital of the hallucinatory, dangerous fanatics. This is not the city of all its residents nor the capital of all its citizens. It is a sad city that belongs to its settlers, its ultra-Orthodox, its violent residents and its messiahs. ...
As Ajami competes for Oscar, Jaffa protest spotlights reality behind film
Ha'aretz 6 Mar 2010 - A day before a film about crime and tension in Jaffa will compete for an Academy Award, protestors took to the streets to denounce what they see as increased police violence in Jaffa. ...
Citing recent tensions, Security Council urges restraint by Israelis, Palestinians
Relief Web 6 Mar 2010 - Source: UN News Service
EU's Ashton seeks Gaza visit during Middle East tour
Relief Web 6 Mar 2010 - Source: Reuters - AlertNet
OPT: Government of Kuwait Donates $1 Million to ANERA
Relief Web 5 Mar 2010 - Source: American Near East Refugee Aid
Mitchell in Middle East to revive peace talks
YNet News 7 Mar 2010 - Following 'excellent meeting' with Defense Minister Barak, US special envoy to meet Sunday with Prime Minister Netanyahu. Palestinian side preparing for start of indirect dialogue as well. US Vice President Biden expected to arrive in region on Monday
Barak, US envoy Mitchell discuss peace process
YNet News 6 Mar 2010 - 'Excellent' Tel Aviv meeting focuses on expected resumption of Israel-Palestinian negotiations, VP Biden's visit to region
Thousands protest against Jewish presence in Sheikh Jarrah
YNet News 6 Mar 2010 - Approximately 3,000 people gather in east Jerusalem neighborhood to protest evacuation of Arab families from their homes. Meanwhile, dozens of haredim hold prayer in Tomb of Simon the Just
Palestinian caught with 3 pipe bombs near Nablus
YNet News 6 Mar 2010 - Bombs found during search of man's belongings at IDF checkpoint. Three Palestinians, Border Guard officer hurt in West Bank clashes
Senators to Obama: Don't send ambassador to Syria
YNet News 6 Mar 2010 - In letter to Clinton, six Republican senators say Syria wants to be part of legitimate international community 'without significantly changing its policies'
Iran's Ahmadinejad calls Sept 11 'big fabrication'
YNet News 6 Mar 2010 - Iranian president says 2001 attack on New York twin towers used by US to justify war on terrorism
Violent clashes erupt at Al-Aqsa compound
Daily Star 6 Mar 2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli police on Friday battled Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, one of Islam's holiest sites, drawing Palestinian criticism on the eve of a US push to revive peace talks between the two sides. Police in riot gear stormed the hilltop enclosure when the Palestinian protestors threw stones after the main weekly prayers, an AFP photographer at the scene witnessed.
Iraqis abroad begin voting in homeland's elections
Daily Star 6 Mar 2010 DAMASCUS, Syria: Iraqis living abroad began casting ballots in their homeland's crucial parliamentary elections Friday, a constituency Iraq's Sunni Arab minority hope will boost their showing.Thousands stood in lines at polling stations in Syria and Jordan, home to the largest Iraqi expatriate communities.Voting was also being held
Ireland urges more pressure to end Gaza blockade
Daily Star 6 Mar 2010 DUBLIN: Ireland's foreign minister on Friday called the Israeli blockade of Palestinian-ruled Gaza inhumane and unacceptable and he urged the European Union and other countries to increase pressure on Israel to end it. Michael Martin, who visited Gaza last week, was the first EU foreign minister to enter the Mediterranean coastal strip in over a year
Western support grows for restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations
Daily Star 6 Mar 2010 PARIS: Western countries have welcomed a decision by Arab foreign ministers to back indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks aimed at putting the long-stalled Middle East peace process back on track. Washington has been struggling for months to coax the Israelis and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table after talks were suspended in the wake of Israel's
South Sudan media 'under attack,' watchdog warns
Daily Star 6 Mar 2010 JUBA, South Sudan: Southern Sudanese journalists are facing increasing intimidation as the security services clamp down on reporters ahead of landmark elections in April, a media rights watchdog warned on Friday. The southern-based Agency for Independent Media (AIM) said it recorded several "disturbing reports" of the harassment of journalists
Specter of new Intifada hovers over West Bank
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - An intifada-like atmosphere is gradually descending on the West Bank as the hawkish Israeli government continued to provoke Palestinians and Muslims in general by encroaching on the Aqsa Mosque.
Zahhar asks for practical Arab steps to rebuild Gaza
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar, a political bureau member of Hamas, has asked the Arab countries to adopt practical decisions during their upcoming summit in Libya to rebuild the devastated Gaza Strip.
Bahar: Israel’s terrorism against the Islamic holy sites broke all taboos
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - Dr. Ahmed Bahar warned that Israel’s terrorist acts against the Islamic holy sites in Palestine exceeded all limits and taboos and would cause an unpredictable destructive fire in the whole region.
Settlers assault Palestinian village
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - Jewish settlers escorted by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked the village of Irak Burin, south of Nablus city, on Saturday, local sources reported.
Abu Zuhri: Mitchell's visit to cover up for IOA escalation against holy shrines
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri has charged that the visit by US envoy to the Middle East was meant to legitimize the IOA judaization and settlement policy in addition to covering up for the IOA escalation.
Wa’ed: Prisoner Abu Lebda became fully paralyzed
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - Wa’ed society said Saturday that prisoner Mohamed Abu Lebda sustained just few hours ago complete paralysis as a result of the policy of medical neglect in Israeli jails.
Egyptian authorities still thwart travel of many Gaza university students
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - The Egyptian authorities are still persistent in obstructing and imposing restrictions on the travel of many Gaza students who obtained visas to study in universities abroad.
Bardawil urges UNESCO to assume its role towards Islamic sites
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil expressed dismay at the absent role of the UNESCO and human rights organizations in the protection of the Islamic holy sites in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank.
British parliamentary delegation arrives in Gaza
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - A six-member British parliamentary delegation arrived in the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday via the Rafah border terminal on a three-day visit, the crossings and borders department announced.
Martin: Gaza siege inhumane, unacceptable
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - Irish foreign minister Michael Martin has described the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip as "inhumane and unacceptable" in an opinion piece for the International Herald Tribune published on Friday.
Israel's Ajami neighborhood in Oscar spotlight
LA Times 7 Mar 2010 - The neighborhood in Jaffa, a mix of Jews and Arabs, rich and poor, hopes the Oscar-nominated 'Ajami' wins, though not all residents are pleased with the area's portrayal as a hard-knocks crime hub. The gym is packed with dozens of children, all dressed up for the Jewish holiday of Purim: Spider-Men, Batmen, fairies, Aladdins and princesses.
U.S. Enriches Companies Defying Its Policy on Iran
New York Times 6 Mar 2010 - A Times analysis shows that the U.S. has rewarded companies with more than $107 billion in contracts and loans while they were doing business with Iran.
Palestinian Sees Lesson Translating an Israeli’s Work
New York Times 6 Mar 2010 - In memory of a son killed in a terrorist attack, a Palestinian lawyer paid for an Arabic translation of the autobiography of Israel’s most prominent author and dove, Amos Oz.
Iran’s Ace (Or Deuce): Its Oil Reserves
New York Times 6 Mar 2010 - Tehran is playing its hand as if its untapped oil reserves give it a trump card. But the longer the nuclear stalemate drags on, the more that strategy is in doubt.
Ahmadinejad Calls 9/11 'A Big Fabrication'
New York Times 6 Mar 2010 - Perhaps concerned that his repeated suggestions that the Holocaust might not have happened have become less shocking over time, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upped the ante on Saturday, telling intelligence officials in Tehran that the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 was staged.
World Briefing | Middle East: Israel: Police and Palestinians Clash at Holy Site
New York Times 5 Mar 2010 - The Israeli police and Palestinian youths clashed at a Jerusalem holy site on Friday after the youths threw stones at Jewish worshipers, according to the police.
My grandmother’s trees changed the face of Palestine
Mondoweiss - 6 Mar 2010 - Peter Belmont writes: Here’s an interesting (if a bit long-winded) PDF file law-professor article on the Israeli government and Israeli settlers’ attacks on Palestinian olive-trees, including a discussion of the cultural meaning of olive-trees to Palestinians. A note: the millions of "trees" planted by Zionists, including...
Political blackmail
Mondoweiss - 6 Mar 2010 - This paragraph from today’s NYT tells you one reason that Howard Berman and others pushed through the resolution on the Armenian genocide: Turkish analysts have expressed concern that newly strained Israeli-Turkish relations would hurt their country’s case among Israel’s allies in the House [i.e., the Israel...
Richard Cohen used ‘apartheid’ description of West Bank twice in ‘04
Mondoweiss - 6 Mar 2010 - A few days ago Richard Cohen opined that Israel has its faults, but apartheid isn’t one of them. Well, Richard Cohen really ought to read Richard Cohen. Here are two explicit references to apartheid in Cohen’s reporting from the West Bank. From a June 2004 column...
Would the ‘NY Review of Books’ have printed an article on George Wallace in Alabama without talking to any black people?
Mondoweiss - 6 Mar 2010 - Josh Hammer has a pretty-good piece in the NY Review of Books about Avigdor Lieberman, called "I’m a Realist." Any knowledge Americans get about this racist politician is to the good, but the piece is marred by the usual problem: American Jews are afraid to convey...
The David Project swarms an apartheid-week event, and pathos prevails over logos
Mondoweiss - 6 Mar 2010 - I was at the Apartheid Week event Thursday night at NYU, "The Indigenous Struggle: A Call for the Boycott of Israel." The talk was a BDS call against Israel by groups of Native Americans, South Africans, and Palestinians. The speakers were Nada Khader, the director of...
News from Within Videocast: The Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem
Alternative Information Center - 6 Mar 2010 - Friday, 05 March 2010, The US-based Center for Constitutional Rights is petitioning various United Nations offices, of Palestinian families whose ancestors are buried in the Mamila Cemetery. The cemetery better known as Mamilla, has been a Muslim burial ground since the 7th century, when companions of...
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