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Separation wall to isolate Bethlehem village from Beit Jala
3/7/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli authorities confiscated 300 dunums of Palestinian land in Beit Jala, Bethlehem to complete the separation wall's construction, the head of the Bethlehem anti-wall committee said on Sunday. Khalid Azza said once the wall's construction is complete, Beit Jala would be isolated from the neighboring Al-Walaja village, describing the act as "terrorism and piracy against Palestinian land. " "By continuing the build the separation wall in Beit Jalla, the Israeli government will crucify the city, just as Jesus Christ was crucified," he said. The Israeli High Court of Justice ordered a halt to the wall's construction in the area in 2004, but Azza said the Israeli government "brushes aside" all resolutions and continues to challenge the international community. Dozens of Palestinians and foreign solidarity activists rallied near Bethlehem on Wednesday, in protest of the. . . .
Split PLO backs return to negotiations
3/7/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - In a controversial vote, the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee gave its support on Sunday to proposed indirect peace negotiations with Israel. " In light of the Arab stance and on the basis on its national responsibility, the Palestinian leadership decided to give the US proposal a chance, holding indirect talks between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, which will initially focus on the issues of borders and security," senior PLO official Yasser Abed Rabbo told reporters following the four-hour meeting. The Arab League gave its blessing to the negotiations on Wednesday, paving the way for the renewal of talks that were halted when Israel launched a war in the Gaza Strip in December 2008. US President Barack Obama's administration has been pressuring Israel and the PLO to return to negotiations since the end of the war, which left some 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead.
Israel continues closure of Jericho’s northern entrance
3/7/2010 - Jericho - Ma'an - Israeli forces have maintained the closure of the northern entrance to Jericho with road blocks, forcing Palestinian passengers to drive an additional ten kilometers on the bypass road to reach the city center. A taxi driver, Abu Muhammad, says he has to travel 15 kilometers instead of five as theIsraeli army continues manning the"unnecessary checkpoint" on the main road between Jericho and Al-"˜Auja village. "It is like travelling around Cape of Good Hope, but this is the occupation with its arrogance," Abu Muhammad said sarcastically. He added that even patients or pregnant women might be endangered as ambulances are forced to travel the additional ten kilometers. The northern entrance to Jericho has been closed since 27 September 2000, one day before theoutbreak of the Second Intifada. According to Abu Muhammad, Israeli authorities use security pretexts to continue closing the route. "
Gaza marks 1,000 days of Israel’s siege
3/7/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Protests against the crippling siege imposed on the Gaza Strip should spread across the world, said Palestinian lawmaker Jamal Al-Khudari on Sunday, as the blockade entered its 1,000th day. "The siege harmed the people, as well as the environment, health, the economy and social life. It constitutes a serious attemptto suffocate the people and break their will," Al-Khudari told reporters during a news conference. He announced that 500 Gaza residents have died as a result of the siege, most of whom were patients who could not receive appropriate medical treatment. Al-Khudari pointed out that one million Gaza residents live on humanitarian aid channeled by Arab and foreign countries as well as the UN. " The Palestinian economy in Gaza has been completely destroyed with more than 140,000 people unemployed, which amounts to 80% of Gaza's manpower. "
Israel releases 12-year-old boy from prison
3/7/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Hassan Al-Muhtaseb, 12, was released Sunday, when an Israeli military court in Ofer prison ordered his father to pay 2,000 shekel fine. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society appointed ten lawyers to assist in the child's defense. Many of his relatives were allowed to be present during the hearing. "The boy was detained near his family home, and there were no witnesses who testified that he threw stones at Israeli soldiers. No indictment was filed against the boy. This hearing contradicts the 1989 convention on children's rights which Israel signed in 1991 according to which a minor can't be jailed with adults. Thus, we demand immediate release of Hassan," said one of the lawyers representing the child. Heated discussions ensued during the first session of the hearing between the lawyers and the Israeli judge who insisted that the boy's father, Fadl Al-Muhtaseb, pay a 2,000 shekel fine.
Top Fatah official faces jail over Jerusalem protests
3/7/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein filed a litany of charges against senior Fatah official Hatem Abdul Qader, all in relation to recent civil unrest among Palestinians in Jerusalem. Abdul Qader was charged with violating court orders against visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, inciting riots, and assaulting police officers. A trial has been set for 27 April. Palestinian legal officials said Abdul Qader could face more than a year in prison if convicted. Abdul Qader himself rejected the charges saying in a statement, "the occupation is attempting to punish me for political activity in Jerusalem. " Abdul Qader, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and former cabinet minister for Jerusalem affairs, has been arrested several times by Israeli forces, particularly during demonstrations at the Al-Aqsa compound.
Israeli police reopen Al-Aqsa after violence
3/7/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli police announced that the Al-AqsaMosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem opened to all Muslim worshipers Sunday, lifting the age restriction imposed during last week's Jewish holiday. Despite the restriction on movement being lifted, heavy police and border guard presence is expected in the Old City in the aftermath of clashes that erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinians following the raiding of the compound after Friday prayers. Dozens of Palestinians were injured as Israeli forces entered East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound following the weekly Friday prayers, firing tear gas, rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades. At least 15 Israeli police officers were also injured by rocks thrown by Palestinians, Israeli news reports said. Some 200 police officers appeared on the scene, clashing with worshipers in the Haram Ash-Sharif, or noble sanctuary, which houses the mosque.
Israeli army withdraws from Qalqiliya after incursion
3/7/2010 - Qalqiliya - Ma'an - Israeli soldiers briefly invaded the Palestinian Authority-controlled West Bank city of Qalqiliya on Sunday, witnesses said. Soldiers surrounded the local campus of Al-Quds Open University in the center of the city and order dozens of students to leave while thoroughly checking identity cards of others. Young men were also seen hurling stones and empty bottles and rocks at the Israeli soldiers. The soldiers later withdrew from the area. No one was reported injured or arrested. [end]
As siege continues, Israel opens 1 Gaza crossing
3/7/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli authorities partially opened Gaza's Kerem Shalom crossing on Sunday to transfer limited quantities of humanitarian aid and fuel into the besieged coastal enclave, Palestinian liaison official Raed Fattouh said. Between 84 and 94 trucks transporting humanitarian aid passed through Gaza's southern crossing, two of which delivered equipment for the telecommunications company PalTel. Three trucks of cut carnations left the Gaza Strip for export, Fattouh added. Limited quantities of industrial diesel and domestic gas will be shipped through the same terminal, while the Karni crossing to the north of Gaza will remain closed, Fattouh confirmed. [end]
Journalists, residents hurt in Beit Jala anti-wall rally
3/7/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Three journalists and several demonstrators were injured by Israeli forces at a protest against Israel's construction of the separation wall in the town of Beit Jala, north of Bethlehem, on Sunday. Some 200 local protestors attended the rally, with residents attempting to plant 30 olive tree seedlings on land overturned by Israeli bulldozers. They were prevented by Israeli soldiers and border guards deployed in the area. Clashes ensued when young Palestinian men began hurling stones toward Israeli forces, who responded by firing rubber-coated bullets and tear-gas canisters. The march began from the city center on the road toward the Cremisan monestary, where Israeli bulldozers began overturning land to make way for the separation wall. Palestinian Legislative Council members Mustafa Barghouthi and Fayez As-Saqa joined the protest, as well as members of the Beit Jala. . .
4 Gazans detained trying to enter Egypt
3/7/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Two Palestinians from Gaza were detained on Sunday morning by security forces as they entered Egyptian waters onboard a fishing boat off the coast of Rafah. The detainees were interrogated on charges of illegally entering Egypt. The fishermen were identified as Muhammad Al-Jam, 33, and Suleiman Nu'man, 36. Security sources said the arrests marked the third incident of Palestinians attempting to enter Egypt by boat this month. Separately, Egyptian forces seized two Palestinians on Saturday when they emerged from a smuggling tunnel in Egypt. They were identified as Hasan Hamdan, 17 and Mahmoud Abu Harb, 18. Security sources revealed that the two were carrying a large amount of cash and told interrogators they were attempting to flee dire conditions in Gaza. A tunnel used to smuggle cars was also discovered near the Rafah border by Egyptian authorities, security officials said.
Israel: Palestinian seized carrying bombs near Nablus
3/7/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - A Palestinian was detained at a checkpoint east of Nablus, after three pipe bombs were discovered after a search, Israeli media reported on Saturday. The devices were handed over to explosives sappers and the Palestinian was taken for questioning with Israeli security forces, according to the Hebrew daily Yedioth Aharanot. [end]
French heart team completes week of surgeries in Jerusalem
3/7/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - A French surgery team left Jerusalem at the end of February having completed a number of pediatric cardiac surgeries in occupied East Jerusalem, supported by the Palestine Children's Relief Fund. Professor Dominique Metras, chief of pediatric cardiac surgery at the Hopital d'Enfants de la Timone in Marseille, France, completed a week of providing life-saving open heart surgery on over a dozen babies from the West Bank and Gaza Strip at Makassed Hospital on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, a statement read. Metras has led several past missions to Makassed with the PCRF, in cooperation with the French consulate in East Jerusalem. Also on the mission again was Patrick Siclis, a perfusionist who has been on past missions to Palestine. This was the fourth cardiac mission to Palestine in 2010 and dozens of sick babies with congenital heart disease have already had life-saving surgery through these teams.
Abbas: No state without Jerusalem
3/7/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - "Israel's ongoing settlement and expansion policy at the expense of inalienable Palestinian rights will have disastrous consequences," said President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday. Abbas' remarks were made during a celebration of the Prophet Mohammed's birthday at the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Endowments, where he told attendees that continued violations against Muslim and Christian sites in the occupied Palestinian territories constituted a threat to international, Arab and Palestinian efforts to reach a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East. "These violations promise a dark future, in light of the absence of peace and stability, which we all look forward to achieving for the best of the region's peoples. " "No Palestinian state can be established without Jerusalem, neither can a peace agreement be reached without Jerusalem as the eternal capital. . . "
Fayyad : Olive trees more deep-rooted than settlements
3/7/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - "The newest olive tree in our country is more deep-rooted than the fragile walls and settlements," said caretaker Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Saturday, as he met with members of the popular committee against the wall in Beit Jala, Bethlehem. Fayyad spoke with international activists and Palestinian committee members at the site of wall's latest construction in Beit Jala, condemning the Israeli annexation of land and uprooting of olive trees to build the separation wall. "Deep in the roots of these olive trees, there is something that reminds us that our people lived here from the beginning and will continue to the end," he told the gathered crowds of protestors. " We will continue to work and build in all Palestinian territories occupied in 1967, paying no attention to the unjust classifications and the so-called C zones. "
Israeli government cancels cabinet meeting
3/7/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Israeli government cancelled its weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, and convened a special session to discuss Israel's preparedness for an escalation in regional violence and national emergencies. According to Israeli sources, the special session, which will be attended by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and heads of security departments, will discuss ongoing preparations to improve security. Meanwhile, top Israeli security officials will brief Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a variety of scenarios, including an escalationin Gaza, and the possibility of regional war erupting. Security officials will also update Netanyahu on the distribution of new gas masks to Israeli citizens which began last week. Improvements of emergency shelters will also be tackled, as well as evacuation of residents from central Israel to areas such as Eilat, to the south, and West Bank settlements in case of emergency.
Fayyad: Gaza siege must end
3/7/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - Israel must stop building settlements in the West Bank and lift the siege of Gaza in order to restore credibility to the peace process, Palestinian caretaker Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Sunday. Fayyad made these remarks as the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leadership voted to allow President Mahmoud Abbas to resume indirect peace negotiations with Israel. Fayyad held talks at his Ramallah office on Sunday with Dutch Parliament speaker Gerdi Verbeet who is on a four-day visit to Israel and the West Bank. The prime minister told Verbeet that the European Union foreign ministers' statement on 8 December was a "landmark" and a "serious opportunity to strengthen the European role" in the Quartet of Middle East peace brokers. A stronger EU role in the Quartet, Fayyad argued, would "lend credibility to the political process and it ability to end the occupation and to implement the two state solution on the 1967 borders. "
Fatah proposes national committee on negotiations
3/7/2010 - Ramallah - Ma'an - The Fatah proposed on Sunday the formation of a multiparty "high national committee" to monitor and follow up on planned peace negotiations with Israel. The PLO leadership gave a green light on Sunday for President Mahmoud Abbas to begin indirect negotiations with Israel with the US mediating. Unnamed Fatah "sources" told the group's website that the party will propose a committee composed of multiple PLO factions and independent political figures. Fatah will nominate to the proposed committee chief negotiator Saeb Erekat, former Gaza strongman Muhammad Dahlan, former security chief Jibril Rajoub, Yasser Arafat's nephew Nasser Al-Qudwa, and PA civil affairs chief Hussein Ash-Sheikh. The committee is also expected to include caretaker Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and independent PLO official Hanan Ashrawi.
Witnesses: Gaza gov’t officials enter PalTel office
3/7/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas-allied Finance Ministry officials trespassed in the offices of telecom provider PalTel and mobile carrier Jawwal in Gaza on Sunday, witnesses said. The Gaza government offered no comment on the reports. Pal Tel also refused to comment. Pal Tel's billionaire chairman Munib Al-Masri visited Gaza recently to resolve a dispute with the local government. During his visit Al-Masri met with Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. [end]
’Ajami’ generates Palestinian discussion
3/7/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an - As the Palestinian Israeli film Ajami competes for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category, its residents speak of their lives within the Palestinian neighborhood in Tel Aviv. During her weekly radio show Cup of Coffee on Voice of Israel, Palestinian journalist Iman Al-Qasim Suleiman, born in Jaffa, spoke of the area and its residents, where the film is based, and spoke with prominent members of the community. Suleimansaid Ajami shows the tragic life in Jaffa - a challenge for the decision makers and the officials in order to invest in area. Municipality official, Ahmad Mashharawi, spoke of the housing crisis in Jaffa, particularly home demolitions and are working to attract investors to begin housing construction. Gabi Abad, the president of Jaffa Arabs Affairs, said his association is national that sees unity as the best way to ensure Palestinians' civil rights.
PA moves to ban Palestinians from working in settlements
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Economics Min. drafting law he hopes will pass this month; PA already moving against settlement-made goods.
Palestinian boy freed from IDF jail without paying bail
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Hebron teenager had been held for nine days for alleged stone-throwing, after family unable to pay NIS 2,000.
Quiet revolution that is freezing Palestinians out of Jerusalem
3/7/2010 - The Guardian - Evictions and planning decisions on the ground are jeopardising prospects for a two-state Middle East peace deal - Rory McCarthy, Jerusalem - In the brochure handed out by the mayor's office in Jerusalem last week, there were pretty sketches illustrating a development that would turn a poor, crowded area into a park, with streams, restaurants and hotels. It talked of reviving the area's "ancient glory" and returning the site to "an island of green" just outside the walls of the Old City. True, some houses would have to be demolished but they had been built illegally and anyway the plan was a "win-win" for both the residents and the city, said the mayor, Nir Barkat. Except that Jerusalem is not any city: it is at the heart of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and planning projects like this are political and potentially volatile.
A Call To Action From Rachel Corrie’s Parents
3/7/2010 - Desert Peace - Call to Action: Corrie Trial in Israel, March 10-24, 2009 - Friends, Craig and Cindy Corrie - As many of you know, a civil lawsuit in the case of our daughter Rachel Corrie is scheduled for trial in the Haifa District Court beginning March 10, 2010. A human rights observer and activist, Rachel, 23, tried nonviolently to offer protection for a Palestinian family whose home was threatened with demolition by the Israeli military. On March 16, 2003, she was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Force (IDF) Caterpillar D9R bulldozer in Rafah, Gaza. The lawsuit is one piece of our family’s seven-year effort to pursue justice for our daughter and sister. We hope this trial will illustrate the need for accountability for thousands of lives lost, or indelibly injured, by occupation—in a besieged and beleaguered Gaza and throughout Palestine/Israel; bring attention to the assault on nonviolent human. . . .
VIDEO - Finkelstein in Prague
3/7/2010 - P U L S E - Last week, Norman Finkelstein delivered a series of lectures in Prague as part of his European speaking tour. Finkelstein was initially invited to speak at the prestigious Czech Academy of Sciences but had his invitation revoked less than 24 hours prior to his scheduled talk, allegedly at the behest of the Prime Minister’s office. A similar fate befell Finkelstein’s appearance in Munich and Berlin, where the Heinrich Boll and Rosa Luxembourg Foundations cancelled the events, following “a concerted campaign by neoconservative and pro-Israeli pressure groups, such as Honestly Concerned and BAK Shalom, known for their unconditional support of Israeli policies and the defamation of critics as anti-Semites.
Taher, a UCI protester originally from Gaza, writes that heckling Oren was right
3/7/2010 - P U L S E - Taher Herzalla is a third-year political science major at UC Riverside and was part of the “Irvine 11" that protested Michael Oren’s recent address. Taher is himself originally from Gaza and has been directly affected by the hafrada regime’s brutality. He had this piece published in the Orange County Register: be sure to write to the editor or leave a quick comment to thank them for publishing it. Check out their blog, Stand with the Eleven and spread their Stand With the Eleven action flyer. Today, our American civil rights movement is praised worldwide for its humanism, righteousness, and courage. But, it was not always this way. The same leaders we now hold in high esteem were once labeled as rabble-rousers for their principled and unpopular stands. It is no surprise then, that those who stand today against one of the greatest injustices of our time are similarly labeled. "
PLO gives approval for indirect talks with Israel
3/7/2010 - Yahoo! News - RAMALLAH, West Bank – A skeptical Palestinian leadership agreed Sunday to hold U. S. -mediated peace talks with Israel for four months, effectively ending a 14-month breakdown in communications between the two sides. Sunday's decision marks a first achievement in more than a year for U. S. diplomacy in the Israeli-Palestinian arena and a softening in the position of the Palestinian leadership, which has insisted it would not begin talks unless Israel fully froze construction in its settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. The indirect format is meant to give the Palestinians the necessary political cover to resume talks. However, they warned they would walk away if the outlines of a border deal with Israel have not emerged after four months. They also ruled out subsequent direct talks without a complete Israeli settlement construction freeze.
’Ajami’ director says he doesn’t represent Israel
3/7/2010 - Yahoo! News - JERUSALEM – The Israeli-Arab co-director of the Oscar-nominated film "Ajami" set off a last-minute uproar Sunday, saying he won't be representing Israel when he attends the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood. "Ajami" depicts the brutal life of drugs, violence and poverty in a mixed Jewish-Arab neighborhood in the Mediterranean city of Jaffa. It was nominated for best foreign-language film. Scandar Copti directed the film along with a Jewish-Israeli partner, Yaron Shani. Copti has been critical of Israel's policies toward its Arab minority, which makes up about one-fifth of Israel's population of 7 million citizens. Israel's Arabs, unlike Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, enjoy the benefits of Israeli citizenship. However, they frequently suffer discrimination in housing and job opportunities, and their communities often receive less in government funds than Jewish towns.
EU foreign policy chief to visit Gaza in March
3/7/2010 - Ha'aretz - DPA - The European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said Saturday she was planning to stop in Gaza during an upcoming Middle East trip later on this month. It would be the first high-level visit in over a year of an EU representative in the area, which is under an Israeli blockade and is ruled by Hamas, a Palestinian movement listed as a terrorist organization by the EU and the United States. "I have asked to go to Gaza, yes," Ashton said at the start of the second and last days of talks with EU foreign ministers in Cordoba, Spain. She added that she does not have a precise date yet, but pointed out that her Middle East trip "starts a week on Sunday. "Ashton's predecessor Javier Solana last visited Gaza in February 2009, in the aftermath of an Israeli invasion that caused significant destruction in the area. Israel intervened and launched a large-scale military operation in late December 2008 with the aim to stop rocket launches from Gaza, which it blames on Hamas.
Report: Hamas admits losing control in Gaza
3/7/2010 - Ha'aretz - Gaza in anarchy as extremist groups challenge Hamas regime, military chief tells Damascus leader. - In a letter to Hamas political chief Khaled Meshal, the group's senior military commander has admitted losing control in Gaza, the Arabic-language newspaper A-Sharq Al-Awsat reported on Saturday. According to the London-based newspaper, quoted by Army Radio, Ahmed Jabri sent an urgent dispatch to the Damascus-based Meshal, warning him that the security situation in Gaza is "deteriorating". "Recently a series of explosions has raised fears in Gaza," Jabri wrote. Gaza had descended into "anarchy", he said. In the letter, Jabri reportedly admitted to a string of errors in governing the strip, where Islamist Hamas seized control in a bloody confrontation with its rival secular movement, Fatah, in the summer of 2007. Hamas is convinced that extremist 'jihadi' Islamist movements are behind the bombings, which could mark the start of a push to oust the de facto government, the newspaper said.
Hamas, Fatah prisoners reconcile in Israeli prison
3/6/2010 - China View - RAMALLAH, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian prisoners from rival Hamas and Fatah on Saturday declared reconciliation in their Israeli jail as a symbolic step to urge their leaders to bury the hatchet. Under the mediation of prisoners from the Islamic Jihad movement, Hamas and Fatah detainees signed a deal at Ofar prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to a statement of a Palestinian prisoners' rights group sent to the media. The key achievement of the agreement is that prisoners from the two factions would share rooms again, the Prisoners Studies Center said, adding that Hamas and Fatah prisoners stopped living in the same room when Hamas routed pro-Abbas forces and seized control of Gaza in mid-2007. The statement said efforts are underway to achieve similar agreements in 25 prisons and detention facilities where Israel hold more than 8,000 Palestinians.
Berri urges Arabs to rethink plan for indirect Israel talks
3/6/2010 - Daily Star - BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri called on the Arab League on Friday to reconsider its decision to engage in indirect negotiations with Israel and follow in Lebanon and Syria’s footsteps in rejecting such step. In a statement issued by his press office, Berri stressed the need to “widen” the Palestinian people’s avenues for resisting Israeli occupation by empowering them through increased support for resistance movements, and escalating this support against attempts to Judaicize Jerusalem. “Once again, we will not rush to condemn Israeli aggression, and state the obvious, since we have already called on Arab [countries and institutions] to take a step that goes beyond condemnation, and get back to the root of facing occupation,” Berri said. Berri highlighted recent attempts to add the Ibrahim Al-Khalil and Bilal Ben Rabah mosques in the cities of Hebron and Bethlehem, respectively, to Israeli. . . .
American University of Beirut Anti-Normalization Petition
3/7/2010 - Petition Online - To: AUB Community -. . . . We note that beginning the first of March of the year 2010, Dr. Hanafi will be traveling in Europe with Dr. Adi Ophir of Tel Aviv University to promote their edited book at several universities including the London School of Economics, the University of Cambridge and the School of Oriental and African Studies. The use of the name of the American University of Beirut lends institutional legitimacy and intellectual authority to these efforts in a manner that sets an alarming precedent. We expect that this association will be used abroad to signal that normal academic exchange between institutions in Lebanon and Israel is now an accepted practice, leaving a distinct impression that we have transcended the conflict and its root causes. It sends a message to our colleagues, our students, our public, and the world at large that there is no real issue between us and that we can enter into a normal relationship of academic collaboration.
EXTRA: Netanyahu and Mitchell to continue talks on Monday
3/7/2010 - Earth Times - DPA, Jerusalem - US special envoy George Mitchell and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to continue discussions Monday over launching indirect talks with Palestinians, the prime minister's office said in a statement. After meeting for more than two hours in Jerusalem on Sunday, Netanyahu and Mitchell agreed to meet again on Monday before the US envoy sees Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. The Israeli prime minister and US envoy held "good discussions" concerning the advance in the peace process, the statement said. The new round of diplomacy by the US envoy, is the latest effort by the US administration to bring Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table after a hiatus of 15 months. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) green-lighted Sunday indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinians, paving the way for a possible resumption of the Middle East peace process.
Jordan’s king heads to London for talks on Mideast peace
3/7/2010 - Earth Times - DPA, Amman - Jordan's King Abdullah II left Amman for London on Sunday for a "working visit" and talks with British officials on Middle East developments, the royal court said. The monarch is expected to have talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on "efforts under way to remove obstacles impeding the resumption of peace negotiations and the accomplishment of peace between Israel and the Palestinians on the basis of the two-state solution", a statement said. King Abdullah is scheduled to deliver a speech at the British Defence Academy that focuses on "challenges" facing the peace process in the region, it added. [end]
Israeli officials meet with US Mideast envoy
3/7/2010 - Antiwar.com - AP - Israel says its defense minister is to meet with the U. S. Middle East envoy to discuss indirect Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations that are expected to start soon. The Defense Ministry said in a statement that Ehud Barak was meeting with U. S. envoy George Mitchell on Saturday evening. Mitchell also is expected to meet with other Israeli and Palestinian leaders over the next few days to try and lay the groundwork for negotiations before U. S. Vice President Joe Biden arrives in the region next week. Biden is expected to announce during his visit that Israelis and Palestinians are resuming talks. The U. S. has been struggling to coax both sides back to negotiations which collapsed in late 2008 after Israel's offensive against militants in Gaza.
Gaza marks 1000th day of Israeli siege
Uruknet March 7, 2010 - Protests against the crippling siege imposed on the Gaza Strip should spread across the world, said Palestinian lawmaker Jamalh Al-Khudari on Sunday, as the blockade enters its 1000th day. "The siege harmed the people, as well as the evironment, health, the economy and social life. It constitutes a serious attempt to suffocate the people and break...
My "Relationship" With Tom CampbellA Wrench in the Israeli Gears
Uruknet March 6, 2010 - ...Even while the United States, and particularly California, is facing a financial crisis, no candidate dares, in all the cuts being proposed in American programs, to reduce the enormous aid we give annually to Israel. Furthermore, this money is given at the beginning of each year, which means, since we are operating at a deficit, that...
CONCLUSIONS OF THE RUSSELL TRIBUNAL ON PALESTINEFirst session in Barcelona, 1-3 March 2010
Uruknet March 6, 2010 - .... Having taken note of the experts’ reports and having heard the witnesses summoned by the latter, the RTP finds that Israel has committed and continues to commit grave breaches of international law against the Palestinian people. In the view of the RTP, Israel violates international law by the conduct described below: .1 by maintaining a form...
Israel Penalizing Nakba Commemoration: One More Step Down the Path of Apartheid
Uruknet March 6, 2010 - The Israeli parliamentary Law Committee has recently approved a law proposal the ("Nakba bill") that, if passed by the Knesset, would impose economic sanctions on the organizers of Nakba commemorations. Every year in May, Palestinians and supporters of their right of return commemorate the Nakba of 1948, which marks the single most traumatic and far-reaching event...
Specter of new Intifada hovers over West Bank
Uruknet March 6, 2010 - An intifada-like atmosphere is gradually descending on the West Bank as the hawkish Israeli government headed by Benyamin Netanyahu continued to provoke Palestinians and Muslims in general by encroaching on the Aqsa Mosque. On Friday, 5 March, Muslims in Amman, Jerusalem and several other Palestinian towns demonstrated in protest against a recent Israeli decision to consider...
Israel to issue new report defending attack on mosque
7 Mar 2010 - Jerusalem, March 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - The Israel Defense Forces will soon release new findings about a strike near the Ibrahim Al-Maqadma Mosque during last year's Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, in an effort to refute the Goldstone Report's claim that it targeted civilians. The report cited this incident as key evidence for its accusation that Israel deliberately targeted...
Israeli Supreme Court says protests can continue
7 Mar 2010 - Jerusalem, March 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israel's Supreme Court has reprimanded Jerusalem police for not permitting groups to protest the eviction of Palestinians from their homes in favor of Jewish settlers. The weekly protests in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheik Jarrah have become a rallying point for Israel's embattled doves, drawing several hundred people. Protesters now want to...
Sides disagree on who is holding up Shalit deal
7 Mar 2010 - Jerusalem, March 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - The family of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit on Sunday dismissed as propaganda Hamas' accusations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to blame for stalled negotiations over their son's release. "Hamas and its leaders continue to behave cynically towards their people and they have still not given an answer to the...
U.S. not expected to make 'peace process' top priority
7 Mar 2010 - Jerusalem, March 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - The U.S. administration will not put a lot of effort into the upcoming indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, opting instead to focus on the November Congressional elections, according to an internal Foreign Ministry report that was distributed to Israeli diplomatic missions abroad. The classified report claims that in the preparatory discussions...
IOF extends detention of Palestinian child
7 Mar 2010 - West Bank, March 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - The Ofer military court extended the detention of a 13-year-old Hebron boy for more than nine days, after his father failed to pay a fine of 2,000 shekels (US$500) required by the court for the release his son. The boy was suspected of throwing stones at Israeli occupation soldiers. An Israel Occupation...
Israel allows some assistance/fuel into Gaza
7 Mar 2010 - Gaza Strip, March 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- Israeli occupation authorities opened Sunday the Karem Abu Salem crossing in part to allow food aid and limited amounts of industrial fuel into the Gaza Strip, while kept the Karni crossing closed. Raed Fattouh, Palestinian border crossings official, said "Israeli occupation authorities today will allow entry of 84-94 trucks, carrying aid and goods...
IOF arrests 3 Palestinians in West Bank
7 Mar 2010 - West Bank, March 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn Sunday three Palestinians during raid and search operations carried out in different areas of the West Bank. Security sources said that large forces of Israeli army stormed at dawn Nablus and Bethlehem, searching houses and tampering with contents, and then arrested three of the citizens. Israeli sources...
Hamas, Fatah prisoners reconcile in Israeli jail
7 Mar 2010 - West Bank, March 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Hamas and Fatah members imprisoned in an Israeli jail declared reconciliation Saturday as a symbolic step to urge their leaders to bury the hatchet as well. The detainees signed the deal at Ofar prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to a statement of a Palestinian prisoners' rights group sent...
IOF injures Palestinians in West Bank
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-coated steel 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...
Iran: Hit the regime, not the people'
The National 7 Mar 2010 - Nobel Prize winner urges the West to spare ordinary Iranians and concentrate instead on firms that have backed the Tehran government.
Israel given one year to tell truth about settlers
The National 7 Mar 2010 - A draft report of the OECD concedes that Israel has breached one of the organisation's key requirements on providing accurate and transparent data.
Make up for the letdown
Palestine Note 7 Mar 2010 - A headline this week trumpeted the notion that "proximity talks" between Israel and the Palestinians could begin as soon as Sunday. These are indirect talks, where each side will communicate with the other through American interlocutors....
A game changing act to promote peace
Palestine Note 7 Mar 2010 - Proximity talks between Palestinians, Israelis and U.S. negotiators will begin next week, but I'm not hopeful, in large measure because the parties have never been further apart and confidence in the U.S. has been diminished. The...
Ynet: The youngsters who single-handedly turned Sheikh Jarrah into a center of protest
Palestine Note 7 Mar 2010 - Saturday night's (March 6 2010) rally in Sheikh Jarrah was remarkable: Thousands of demonstrators , Jewish and Palestinian, from a wide range of backgrounds and with diverse political views came out in a show of force to...
Wisdom
Palestine Note 7 Mar 2010 - I have a confession to make. My new book Living in the Heartland: Three Extraordinary Women's Stories is not a story about three women. It's actually a story about four women. I am the fourth woman....
Arab print media weather financial cunch btter than western counterparts
Palestine Note 7 Mar 2010 - Print media in the west may be struggling for survival but newspapers in the Arab world, which took a few hits, are nonetheless thriving and expected to grow, a recent study showed. Despite the overall challenging...
Could ‘Ajami’ win best foreign film tonight?
Palestine Note 7 Mar 2010 - A gritty multicultural crime drama, set in Ajami , a crumbling ancient Palestinian neighborhood of the ancient town of Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv, is a leading Academy Awards contender in the Best Foreign Film category. Made...
Iran unveils new cruise missile
AlJazeera 7 Mar 2010 - Islamic republic claims its new cruise missile can destroy warships.
Iranian Women Launch Campaign for Gender Equality
The Media Line 6 Mar 2010 - International Women's Rights Day campaign launched two months after beatings of the 'Mourning Mothers' Iranian women's activists have launched a campaign for gender equality to mark International Women's Rights Day. The campaign, Call for Solidarity: Freedom...
Lebanon Considers Reforming Women Citizenship Law
The Media Line 6 Mar 2010 - Lebanese women will be able to pass citizenship to their children and spouses pending a parliamentary vote to amend the nationality law. Members of the Lebanese parliament have set up a committee to oversee preparations for...
Gaza Women Denied Inheritance Rights
The Media Line 6 Mar 2010 - Many women choose not to speak up or try tackle the problem. The majority of women in Gaza are being denied their inheritance rights, a survey by a Gaza-based women's rights advocacy group has found. The...
Israeli-Palestinian Talks Expected to Resume Indirectly; Israeli Report Sees Lessened American Interest
The Media Line 6 Mar 2010 - Obama Mideast envoy George Mitchell has apparently made headway in setting up a resumption of talks between Israel and the Palestinians, albeit in an indirect format. The actual talks, with American intermediaries shuttling between Jerusalem and...
New York Times Charges U.S. Government Rewards Firms Dealing with Iran
The Media Line 6 Mar 2010 - The New York Times is reporting that while the U.S. government pontificates against doing business with Iran, the government itself has awarded more than $107 billion in contracts to American firms doing business with Tehran, even...
Ahmadinejad: U.S. Fabricated 9/11 to Justify War on Terror; Iran Flaunts New Missile
The Media Line 6 Mar 2010 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told members of Iran's Military Intelligence Ministry on Saturday that the 9/11 attacks were a "big fabrication" by the United States to justify its war on terror. The IRNA news agency reported...
Clashes at Jerusalem's Aqsa mosque
PNN - Saturday, 06 March 2010
PA to ban work in settlements
Jeruslalem Post 7 Mar 2010 - Economics minister says Palestinian society must be consistent in its opposition.
PLO approves indirect peace talks
Jeruslalem Post 7 Mar 2010 - Organization, Arab League decide to give US mediation a chance; PM meeting Mitchell.
Gaza women denied inheritance rights
Jeruslalem Post 7 Mar 2010 - But many are not speaking out to tackle the problem.
'If freed, I'll still fight Israel'
Jeruslalem Post 7 Mar 2010 - Arch-terrorist Abdullah Barghouti: Netanyahu to blame for Schalit deal collapse.
PLO approves indirect talks with Israel
Jeruslalem Post 7 Mar 2010 - Arabs express skepticism, but say they want to give US mediation a chance.
'US indirectly supports trade with Iran'
Jeruslalem Post 7 Mar 2010 - NY Times: Federal contract payments, grants, benefits amount to $107 billion.
Ajami director: I don't represent Israel
Jeruslalem Post 7 Mar 2010 - Scandar Copti, Arab half of duo behind Oscar nominee: I'm not the national team.
'Rachel's Tomb was never Jewish'
Jeruslalem Post 7 Mar 2010 - Speaking to Saudi paper, Turkish PM criticizes Israel's nat'l heritage list.
Iran launches missile production line
Jeruslalem Post 7 Mar 2010 - Teheran: Nasr 1 Missile will be capable of destroying targets up to 100 tons.
Three Palestinian Children Detained while Gathering Herbs
WAFA 7 Mar 2010 - HEBRON, March 7, 2010 (WAFA)- Israeli soldiers detained Saturday three Palestinian children, two aged thirteen and one fourteen, who were gathering herbs in the village of At-Tuwani, in the South
Week of Supporting Jerusalem, Holy Sites in Palestine
WAFA 7 Mar 2010 - RAMALLAH, March 7, 2010(WAFA)- Ministry of Information to launch 'Week of Supporting Jerusalem and the Holy Sites,' tomorrow in press conference in order to draw attention to the risks that the
Haaretz: Secret Israeli Report Claims U.S. Cozying up to Palestinians
WAFA 7 Mar 2010 - TEL AVIV, March 7,2010 (WAFA)- The U.S. administration will not put a lot of effort into the upcoming indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, according to an internal Foreign
Jewish Polling: American Support of Israel at Near-Record High
WAFA 7 Mar 2010 - HOUSTON,TEXAS , March 7, 2010 (WAFA)- At a time when propaganda campaigns to boycott Israel , divestment and sanctions against Israel, reliable polling data suggests that nearly two-thirds of
Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory( 24 Feb.- 03 Mar. 2010)
PCHR
Boycot H&M! European groups protest H&M’s plan to open seven stores in Israel
3/7/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Boycot Divestment Sanctions: H&M Campaign - On the 11th of March the Swedish clothes and fashion store H&M is opening its first out of seven planned stores in Israel. The familiar red H&M sign will be visible in the Azriel Mall in Tel Aviv and, a few days later, in the Malcha shopping centre in Jerusalem, a city gradually cleansed of its Palestinian population to be replaced by Jewish-Israeli settlements. H&M is thus investing in Israel at the same time as the UN Goldstone commission and international organizations that H&M is cooperating with, such as UNICEF and the UN, report about Israel's crimes against international law and human rights. About a year ago several Swedish organizations gave attention to H&M's plans to establish in Israel and demanded an announcement from H&M. The management denounced the rumors but refused to give a written statement. Today the establishment has been made public.
Barak to Netanyahu: Don't miss this chance for peace
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - PLO okays indirect talks with Israel, seeks results in months; Mitchell and Netanyahu meet in Jerusalem.
Shalit family: Hamas stalling on response to Israel's offer
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Former Hamas leader Abdullah Barghouti: Abducted soldier in good condition, Netanyahu doesn't want deal.
Secret Israeli report: U.S. cozying up to Palestinians
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - U.S. not serious about upcoming Israel-PA negotiations, according to internal Foreign Min. document.
Egyptians arrest two Palestinians in its waters
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Egypt building anchorage for patrol boats on Gaza border to bolster defenses against Palestinian weapons smuggling.
Pro-Israel groups face off with campus 'apartheid week'
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Israel on Campus Coalition: Rather than spotlight the lunatic fringe, we prefer to promote Israel in positive way.
Facing new sanctions, Iran admits oil shortages
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Senior Iranian oil official: Increased gasoline rationing imposed last year failed to reduce domestic demand.
U.S. Jewish activist: Why I am protesting the Friends of the IDF dinner
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Donna Nevel writes how her perception of the IDF as a moral army has changed over the years.
Iran: We're ready for uranium exchange with 'fresh' countries
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Japan shows interest in deal; Iran reports launch of new short-term missile production.
Report: DNA tests support Zimbabwe tribe's claim of Jewish roots
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - DNA tests show the 80,000-strong Lemba people have links to ancient Jews, according to a BBC report.
Shi`ite cleric Sadr urges Iraqis: Vote to end U.S. 'occupation'
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Iraqis went to the polls Sunday, as insurgents vowing to disrupt election killed at least 25 across Iraq.
Indirect talks bring Israel, Palestinians back to square one
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - 19 years after Madrid and 17 years after Oslo, we find ourselves back at the starting point.
'U.S. rewarding firms that defy Iran sanctions'
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Washington has awarded $107b over past decade to firms dealing with Iran, according to N.Y. Times.
PA holds olive branch in one hand, stone in the other
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Discussing a final-status agreement while allowing a mini-intifada to unfold gives the PA leverage.
Joe Biden and George Mitchell arrive to kick-start Israeli-Palestinian talks
The Guardian 7 Mar 2010 - Indirect negotiations mark first return to peace process since Gaza war he US vice-president, Joe Biden, is due in Israel tomorrow for an American diplomatic initiative to start indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. The...
Parents and baby among four killed in three-car collision in South
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - A couple and their baby were killed on Sunday in a three-car collision at Hanegev Junction in southern Israel. ...
Israel to compensate some West Bank settlers hurt by freeze
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday approved a draft proposal to compensate various parties affected by the temporary construction freeze he declared last year on West Bank settlements. ...
Ajami co-director ahead of the Oscars: I don't represent Israel
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - Ajami co-director Scandar Copti on Sunday said that he does not represent Israel, hours before his film competes for the best foreign film Oscar at the Academy Awards, Army Radio reported. ...
Manuscript of Einstein's theory of relativity goes on display in Israel
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - The original manuscript of Albert Einstein's groundbreaking theory of relativity, which helps explain everything from black holes to the Big Bang, went on display in Jerusalem Sunday in its entirety for the first time. ...
Family unable to bury boy, 16, who died in fall from Netanya roof
Ha'aretz 7 Mar 2010 - The family of Sisai Astan, the 16-year-old who fell to his death from a school roof in Netanya on Saturday, has been unable to find a Jewish burial plot for the youth. ...
TIMELINE-Path to new Israel-Palestinian talks
Relief Web 7 Mar 2010 - Source: Reuters - AlertNet
Interview: Hamas leader's son – Shin Bet agent
YNet News 7 Mar 2010 - (Video) 'My father is paying the highest price, more than me, more than anyone else… but this is good for peace.' Double agent Masab Yousef talks to Yair Lapid in an exclusive interview with Channel 2
Barak hopes indirect talks will lead to negotiations on core issues
YNet News 7 Mar 2010 - Ahead of Biden's visit, defense minister says, 'It is the Israeli leadership's duty to make certain we do not miss another opportunity,' adding 'Abbas will have make some difficult decisions'
Joy, anger in Sderot: Many still lacking safe rooms
YNet News 7 Mar 2010 - Ceremony marks completion of first stage of extensive safe room project for residents of town near Gaza, but many frustrated by their continued exposure to threat of Qassam rockets
Palestinian Authority to ban work in settlements
YNet News 7 Mar 2010 - Law drafted by Palestinian economics minister seeks to prevent workers from taking jobs in settlements, slated to be signed by Mahmoud Abbas by end of March
Turkish FM, Syrian president discuss Mideast peace
YNet News 7 Mar 2010 - During meeting in Damascus, Assad tells Davutoglu there is no Israeli partner for peace
Iraqis vote despite attacks that kill 38
Daily Star 7 Mar 2010 BAGHDAD: Bomb and rocket attacks killed at least 38 people as Iraqis voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that put Iraq's security forces and its fledgling democracy to the test before US troops leave. Blasts rumbled across Baghdad and other cities as scores of mortar rounds, rockets and roadside bombs exploded near polling stations
Palestinians agree to indirect peace talks with Israel
Daily Star 7 Mar 2010 RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank: The Palestinians agreed on Sunday to give indirect peace talks with Israel a chance after months of US-led efforts to lure both sides back to the negotiating table. Yasser Abed Rabbo, a senior official in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), announced the Palestinians would embark on United States-mediated
China says Iran sanctions offer no cure
Daily Star 7 Mar 2010 BEIJING: China's Foreign Minister said on Sunday new sanctions on Iran will not solve the standoff over its nuclear program, while chiding the United States after two months of tensions between the big powers. "As everyone knows, pressure and sanctions are not the fundamental way forward to resolving the Iran nuclear issue, and cannot fundamentally solve this issue
Riyadh determined to halt extremism - king
Daily Star 7 Mar 2010 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is determined to halt extremism and has foiled a number of terror plots inside the kingdom, King Abdullah said on Sunday. "In domestic policy, the government continues to expend its efforts to strengthen security," the king said in his annual speech to the Shura Council, the country's consultative assembly. "A special effort has been made to confront
Mubarak undergoes 'successful' operation
Daily Star 7 Mar 2010 CAIRO: Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak had successful surgery to remove his gall bladder on Saturday, a German hospital said, after the veteran leader handed over power to his prime minister while he recovers. Heidelberg University Hospital said in a statement that a growth was also taken out of Mubarak's small intestine, and that the president
HRW urges Israel to end arbitrary detention of anti-wall protesters
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - Human rights watch demanded Israel to put an immediate end to the arbitrary detention of Palestinian activists who participate in peaceful anti-wall marches in West Bank villages.
Egyptian navy boats detain two Palestinian fishermen
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - Egyptian navy boats on Sunday detained two Palestinian fishermen off the coasts of El-Arish Egyptian harbor after their boat capsized at sea, local sources in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, said.
Haneyya denies sacking interior minister
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya has denied reports about sacking his interior minister Fathi Hammad and renewed his government's confidence in him.
Kuhdari launches “enough one thousand days of blockade” events
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - Jamal Al-Khudari announced the launch of a series of events under the title “enough one thousand days of blockade, freedom for Gaza” to mark the passage of 1,000 days since Israel imposed its siege.
Abbas militia kidnaps Hamas leader
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - Militias loyal to former PA chief Mahmoud Abbas kidnapped Sheikh Abdullah Yassin, one of Hamas's prominent leaders in Tulkarem, on his way out of his home on Saturday.
OCHA: Construction in W. Bank settlements increased
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - The UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs revealed that the number of housing units which Israel built in West Bank settlements rose during the last three months of 2009.
Facebook group to organize online day against Gaza siege
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - An active group on the Facebook website intends on the ninth of March to organize an online day in solidarity with the besieged Gaza Strip.
Israel refuses visit of EU official to Gaza
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - Israel turned down a request by Catherine Margaret Ashton, the High Representative of the European Union, to visit the Gaza Strip during her one week tour of the Middle East, Hebrew media reported.
Dozens of Palestinians and activists injured in West Bank protests
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - Dozens of Palestinian citizens and multinational activists were either injured or suffered tear gas suffocation during rallies in different West Bank villages in protest at Israel's violations.
Biden in Israel to announce resumption of negotiations
PIC 7 Mar 2010 - American Vice President Joe Biden is expected to arrive in Israel on Monday where he is to announce the resumption of negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israeli occupation authority.
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