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  International Middle East Media Center
 
Palestinians Protest The Israeli Wall Surrounding The Gaza Strip
Wednesday March 10, 2010 - 16:20, Palestinians organized a nonviolent protest Wednesday in central Gaza the Israeli built wall around the costal enclave.
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Village Northern West Bank And Set A Car On Fire
Wednesday March 10, 2010 - 16:06, A group of armed Israeli settlers attack on Wednesday the village of Bureen northern West Bank and destroyed a car there.
The Israeli Army Shells Residents’ Homes In Eastern Gaza Strip
Wednesday March 10, 2010 - 15:52, Israeli tanks opened fire on Wednesday afternoon at residents’ homes and farm lands located close to the eastern Gaza Strip boarders.
Ban Ki-moon Condemns Israeli New Settlers' Houses In Jerusalem
Wednesday March 10, 2010 - 15:10, The United Nation secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, condemned the latest Israeli decision to build 1,600 new settlers homes in East Jerusalem.
Israel To Deport Ukrainian Detainee
Wednesday March 10, 2010 - 13:09, Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that detainee Irena Sarahna from Ukraine, and married to a Palestinian from the Duheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem, was officially informed by the Israeli Authorities that she will be deported to her country within a month.
Barghouthi: “Indirect Talks Should Stop”
Wednesday March 10, 2010 - 12:43, Palestinian Legislator, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, called on the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to void its approval for holding talks with the Israeli government on Benjamin Netanyahu.
  Ha'aretz Defense News
 
UN bomb disposal unit to enter Gaza to neutralize ordnance
10 Mar 2010 - IDF authorizes UN sapper unit's entry into Gaza to deal with unexploded arms from Operation Cast Lead.
IDF Chief of Staff: All options on Iran should remain open
10 Mar 2010 - Ashkenazi spoke at Friends of IDF dinner; Protestors outside held signs condemning 'Israeli war crimes.'
Iran maneuvering Israel in a show of nuclear strength
10 Mar 2010 - Iran concluded that the danger of an Israeli strike of nuclear sites has been neutralized.
IDF arrests Palestinian tractor driver who fled West Bank crash
10 Mar 2010 - Three Israelis injured after tractor slammed into their car; IDF believes incident not terror-related.
U.S. urges caution as Israel okays 112 new West Bank homes
10 Mar 2010 - State Department says move does not violate freeze; Palestinians: Israel trying to sabotage talks.
PA moves to ban Palestinians from working in settlements
10 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
10 Mar 2010 - Hebron teenager had been held for nine days for alleged stone-throwing, after family unable to pay NIS 2,000.
Six Palestinians killed in accident with IDF jeep
10 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
10 Mar 2010 - Gaza in anarchy as extremist groups challenge Hamas regime, military chief tells Damascus leader.
IDF to release new findings defending Gaza war strike
10 Mar 2010 - Army uses reports by Hamas and Islamic Jihad to justify mosque attack during Operation Cast Lead.
Israel treading carefully to avoid war with Syria
10 Mar 2010 - IDF cancels part of massive combat training exercise to calm tensions along northern border.
Shin Bet's Hamas spy hires bodyguards after Haaretz story
10 Mar 2010 - I love my father, but his movement is arrogant and evil, says Hamas leader's son who spied for Israel.
Respected Danish journalist admits 'I was a Mossad agent'
10 Mar 2010 - It's not uncommon for secret agents to take up a career in journalism as a cover for clandestine work.
IDF calls off West Bank raid due to Facebook leak
10 Mar 2010 - Soldier updated his status with details of the time and place of the West Bank operation.
Jordan jails 6 for plotting to fight Israel during Gaza war
10 Mar 2010 - Five suspects arrested in April, May 2009, with the other, still at large, tried in absentia.
Is Israel really a target for chemical warfare?
10 Mar 2010 - In their latest blog, Harel and Issacharoff ponder Israel's decision to distribute gas masks to all citizens.
IDF recording license plates of Israeli anti-fence protesters
10 Mar 2010 - Document lists vehicle registration numbers of Leftists in effort to forbid their entry into West Bank.
  PCHR Weekly Report
 
Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory( 24 Feb.- 03 Mar. 2010)
  International Solidarity Movement
 
Settlers destroy natural spring used by Palestinians for farming near Salfit
3/9/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - International Solidarity Movement, 8 March - A group of Israeli settlers today destroyed a spring by the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan in the Salfit district. The settlers poured sand and cement into the spring, guarded by five armed members of the Israeli...
Montreal: 500 Artists Against Israeli Apartheid
3/9/2010 - International Solidarity Movement - Tadamon! - February 25 - A call from Montreal artists to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israeli apartheid. Today, a broad spectrum of Montreal artists are standing in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom and supporting the growing...
  Ha'aretz Diplomacy News
 
European Parliament endorses Goldstone Gaza report
10 Mar 2010 - Jewish leaders 'deeply disappointed' by endorsement, which passed with 335 votes in favor versus 287 against.
Noam Shalit meets with European Parliament president
10 Mar 2010 - Meeting comes ahead of expected Thursday vote on resolution calling for release of captured IDF soldier.
Trial over death of U.S. activist Rachel Corrie begins
10 Mar 2010 - Family meets with members of Biden entourage; U.S. wants Israel to hold a more thorough investigation.
PA cancels ceremony honoring leader of 1978 terror attack in Israel
10 Mar 2010 - Dalal al-Mughrabi died while carrying out 1978 attack on Haifa-Tel Aviv highway in which 35 were killed.
Are peace talks doomed to fail before they start?
10 Mar 2010 - There is a deep reason the majority of Israelis and Palestinians can't move toward the two-state solution.
Biden in West Bank: East Jerusalem construction undermines peace talks
10 Mar 2010 - U.S. Vice President meets PA leaders; Fayyad condemns Israel's decision to build 1,600 new homes.
Holocaust deniers face jail under new Hungarian law
10 Mar 2010 - Many Hungarian Jews thought to have perished at hands of Nazi backed fascist party during World War II.
A warning to Mr. Biden: We negotiate like we drive
10 Mar 2010 - Everything you need to know about Israelis, you'll see from your motorcade window.
Egypt's top Muslim cleric dies of heart attack at age 81
10 Mar 2010 - The Moderate Sheik came under pressure to resign after shaking the hand of Shimon Peres in 2008.
Yishai: Sorry for distress over East Jerusalem plan
10 Mar 2010 - Israel plans to build 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem; U.S., UN condemn move.
Jewish lobbying sways EU against support of Goldstone Gaza report
10 Mar 2010 - Christian Democrats block joint motion for resolution demanding report's implementation.
When Israelis degrade Israel by humiliating Joe Biden
10 Mar 2010 - There are ostensible super-patriots who revel in shots across the bow of the American ship of state.
U.K. honors British Holocaust heroes with new awards
10 Mar 2010 - Gordon Brown: These individuals are true British heroes and a source of national pride for all of us
Biden: East Jerusalem plan undermines peace talks
10 Mar 2010 - Vice president says timing of plan to build new homes undermines trust ahead of proximity talks.
European group may probe Israel decision to indict Arab MK
10 Mar 2010 - Mohammed Barakeh charged with allegedly attacking policeman during anti-separation fence rally.
Biden: U.S. will always stand by those who take risks for peace
10 Mar 2010 - Vice President pledges commitment to Israel's security; U.S.: Annapolis understandings non-binding.
Latest suspect in Dubai hit shares name with Australian-Israeli
10 Mar 2010 - Interpol issues arrest notices for total of 27 suspects, lists lastest as Joshua Aaron Krycer.
Egypt to finance renovation of synagogues, Jewish sites
10 Mar 2010 - Culture Minister Farouk Hosny: Jewish sites are as much a part of Egypt's culture as Muslim mosques.
Report: New Iran destroyer test fires missile
10 Mar 2010 - Jamaran destroyer, the first Iranian-built warship, fires surface to surface type missile.
Israel says Syria talks not imminent, but lauds Turkey offer to mediate
10 Mar 2010 - Turkey PM Erdogan earlier claimed that Israel has accepted offer and that talks could begin 'any minute'.
  Palestine News Network
 
Rachel Corrie civil action to open in Israel
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
US condemns Israeli expansion
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Joe Biden in Israel to press Middle East peace talks
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Latest suspect in Dubai hit shares name with Australian-Israeli
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
  Uruknet
 
The Business Of Water - Privatizing An Essential Resource
10 Mar 2010 - March 9, 2010 - In her 2002 book titled, "Water Wars," noted author, social activist, and ecologist Vandana Shiva called privatizing water: -- ecological terrorism; -- a global water crisis; -- along with overuse, waste and pollution, it...
Hopeful Signs in Iraq?
10 Mar 2010 - March 9, 2010 - ...Some initial thoughts: voter turnout was 62 percent, according to initial reports from Iraq. That's down from about 75 percent in the 2005 election. In Baghdad, the key province with 70 seats in parliament...
Alternative reading of Hamas murder
10 Mar 2010 - March 9, 2010 - The killing of Palestinian activist Mahmoud al-Mabhouh on January 19 was clearly a well-planned act, committed by Israeli assassins in the supposed safety of a sovereign country, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Yes,...
Totalitarian Democracy?The Crackdown on Israeli Dissidents
9 Mar 2010 - March 9, 2010 - A heavy-handed crack down on Israeli dissidents is drawing sharp criticism by human rights organizations and at least a mild judicial slap on the wrist for the government of Benjamin Netanyahu. The authorities are...
Witnesses: Israeli official attempts Sheikh Jarrah home takeover
9 Mar 2010 - March 9, 2010 – Israeli Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem David Harari attempted to forcibly enter the Sheikh Jarrah home of Rifqa Al-Kurd on Tuesday morning, but was halted by a number of Jerusalemites, Fatah's Jerusalem affairs chief Hatem...
In Israel, Biden says U.S. dedication to nation's security is 'absolute'
9 Mar 2010 - March 9, 2010 - Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday began an effort to heal strained ties with Israel, pledging a total U.S. commitment to Israel's security and declaring that the bonds between the nations were "unbreakable." Opening...
New suspect named in Dubai assassination
9 Mar 2010 - March 9, 2010 - The 27th suspect wanted over the assassination of a Hamas leader in his luxury hotel room in Dubai earlier this year has been named by Interpol, which issued arrest notices yesterday for an additional...
Gates visits Afghanistan to prepare US offensive against Kandahar
9 Mar 2010 - March 9, 2010 - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Monday to discuss preparations for a major military offensive against Kandahar, the country’s second largest city. At a joint press conference in...
Q&A:'Israeli Siege Causing De-development of Gaza'David Cronin interviews MAHMOUD ABU RAHMA, Gazan human rights worker
9 Mar 2010 - March 8, 2010 - ...Most people think that the siege of Gaza, the blockade, started in June 2007. But I would say that the blockade started in June 1967. The first Israeli military order after the Six-Day War...
Does Israel hope to spark a new wave of suicide bombing?
9 Mar 2010 - March 9, 2010 - Here in the civilised West we hate suicide bombers with a passion. We’re taught that the proper way to blow fellow humans to smithereens is to do it from 40,000 feet. Or failing that,...
Iraq snapshot - March 8, 2010
9 Mar 2010 - Monday, March 8, 2010. Chaos and violence continue, counting the votes continues, the US military continues to attempt to punish a soldier for the 'crime' of rapping, and more ... Omar Chatriwala (Voices From Iraq, Al Jazeera) offers video...
Waterboarding for dummies
9 Mar 2010 - March 9, 2010 - Self-proclaimed waterboarding fan Dick Cheney called it a no-brainer in a 2006 radio interview: Terror suspects should get a "a dunk in the water." But recently released internal documents reveal the controversial "enhanced interrogation"...
Palestinian Revolutionaries on International Women's Day
9 Mar 2010 - March 8, 2010 - The Palestinian people's oppression continues primarily due to the financial, diplomatic and military support that the Zionist state receives from the USA, and secondly the acquiescence of pro-Western states in the region. After the...
  Palestine Telegraph
 
EU Parliament votes to monitor Israeli probe into war crimes
10 Mar 2010 - Brussels, March 10, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - The European Parliament on Wednesday urged its 27-member states to monitor the Israeli and Palestinian probes into alleged war crimes committed during last year's late-winter...
Israel kidnaps Palestinian in Jenin
10 Mar 2010 - Jenin, March 10, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israeli occupation force detained today a Palestinian citizen from Rumana village west of Jenin. Security sources said to WAFA news agency that Israeli occupation force...
Biden to visit Ramallah
10 Mar 2010 - Ramallah, March 10, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Ramallah today to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Biden is expected to discuss with Abbas on...
  New York Times
 
Israel Intends to Build Civilian Nuclear Plants
9 Mar 2010 - Israel, widely believed to have nuclear weapons and possessing no oil, said on Tuesday that it intended to develop civilian nuclear plants for energy.
Iraqi Officials to Begin Releasing Vote Tallies on Wednesday
9 Mar 2010 - The partial results of parliamentary elections will provide an incomplete picture of the vote that will nevertheless provide the broad outlines of the country’s political landscape.
As Biden Visits, Israel Unveils Plan for New Settlements
9 Mar 2010 - The plan to build 1,600 new homes in Jerusalem is likely to complicate relations with the U.S. as Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. tours the region.
Jerusalem Journal: Palestinian Family’s Eviction Stirs Old Ghosts in a Contested City
9 Mar 2010 - The removal of a Palestinian family has touched two nerves: the fate of East Jerusalem and the grievances of refugees from the 1948 war.
Israelis Against Israeli Settlements
9 Mar 2010 - Plans to move more Israelis into Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem have been met with opposition from Israelis who favor the establishment of a Palestinian state with its capital in that part of the city.
Iranian Filmmaker Speaks Out on Prisoners
9 Mar 2010 - Abbas Kiarostami, a celebrated Iranian filmmaker, published an open letter in a Tehran newspaper on Tuesday calling for the release two directors recently detained by the authorities. The filmmaker provided The Lede with an English translation of his letter.
  Misc
 
Border Police Critically Injures 14 Year Old in Nabi Saleh Demonstration
Alternative Information Center - 10 Mar 2010 - Saturday, 06 March 2010, The 14 year old boy was critically injured during a demonstration in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh against creeping land grab by the adjacent Jewish-only settlement of Halamish.
News from Within Videocast: The Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem
Alternative Information Center - 10 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...
Conclusions of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine
Alternative Information Center - 10 Mar 2010 - Friday, 05 March 2010, These are the conclusions of the Jury pertaining to the Barcelona session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. However, the contents are subject to the normal processes of editing and corrections before a definitive edition is made public.
Protest Against Swedish Clothing Store Chain H&M, Which Plans to Open Outlets in Israel
Alternative Information Center - 10 Mar 2010 - Thursday, 04 March 2010, On 11 March, the Swedish clothes and fashion chain, H&M, will be opening the first of six planned stores in Israel. The familiar red H&M sign will be viewed in the Malcha shopping center in Jeruslaem, a municipality which has to continuously...
Lord almighty, MSM covers dissing of Biden
Mondoweiss - 10 Mar 2010 - Notice how the mainstream press (Time Magazine) dissed the Israeli government and Bibi. This is new. Change that we can believe in (We hope): Guardian: It doesn’t seem to realise it, but Israel cannot afford to keep on behaving in this disobliging manner towards its friends....
‘Life changed’ by Gaza, Congressman Baird seeks to testify in Corrie lawsuit in Israel
Mondoweiss - 10 Mar 2010 - Astonishing interview of the Corrie family, mom Cindy, dad Craig, and sister Sarah Corrie Simpson, by Amy Goodman , just before they left for the civil suit trial that’s taking place in Israel this week. Baird portion is halfway down. Also Craig’s meeting with Obama in Iowa....
Who knew! Anti-BDS campaign says boycott is part of ‘Islamic strategy to undermine the west’
Mondoweiss - 10 Mar 2010 - People are talking excitedly about a big new paper on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign, coming out of the "Global Forum on Anti-Semitism," a conference organized by the Israeli government . The paper is evidently authored by Israel lobbyists Mitchell Bard and Gil Troy, here it...
‘Clean and tidy’ campaign targets non-Jewish foreigners in Israel
Mondoweiss - 10 Mar 2010 - Pesach is right around the corner. And while Israel will go through the motions of the holiday, it won’t reach the spirit of Passover. Why? Israel has lost its moral compass. I’m not talking about Gaza, the Occupation, or 1948, although the expulsion of the Palestinians...
  Ma'an News
 
Witnesses: Israeli official attempts J’lem home takeover
3/9/2010 - Jerusalem - Ma'an -Israeli Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem David Harari attempted to forcibly enter the Sheikh Jarrah home of Rifqa Al-Kurd on Tuesday morning, but was halted by a number of Jerusalemites, Fatah's Jerusalem affairs chief Hatem Abdul Qader said. Reports from residents...
UN expert Richard Falk: PA told me to quit
3/9/2010 - Chicago - Ma'an - Richard Falk, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, said on Monday the Palestinian Authority (PA) urged him to step down after he criticized the PA's treatment of a UN war crimes report. Falk confirmed...
Israeli court to hear criminal charges against MK Barakeh
3/9/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - A Tel Aviv court will hold the first hearing of criminal charges against Palestinian member of the Knessent Mohammed Barakeh on Wednesday. Barakeh, the head of the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) in the Israeli parliament, was indicted...
Palestinians rally against Gaza buffer zone
3/9/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Hundreds of Palestinians and international solidarity activists joined the weekly challenge to the enforced no-go zone in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, walking out toward the border wall, which has a 150-700meter 'buffer' patrolled by the Israeli military...
PCBS: 15% of women in Palestinian labor force
3/9/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) released a report on indicators of woman's equality in Palestine on the occasion of International Woman's Day on Monday. The statistics were presented by Ola Awad, the acting president of PCBS, who spoke...
1 Gaza crossing partially open
3/9/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli authorities opened the Kerem Shalom crossing on Tuesday, transferring two trucks of supplies for the Gaza Power Authority and one truck for PalTel, Palestinian liaison official Raed Fattouh said. Limited humanitarian aid and commercial goods will also enter Gaza...
Gaza: Family injured in kerosene lamp explosion
3/9/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Four Palestinians sustained serious burns before sunrise on Tuesday when a kerosene lamp exploded in a family home in the southern Gaza Strip. The lamp, lit to get the family ready for the day, was used because of continuous rolling...
Israeli forces detain 3 teenagers near Bethlehem
3/9/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli forces detained three teenagers early Tuesday morning from the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem. Eyewitnesses said the forces raided the village and detained Muntaser Muhammad Za'loul, 17, Hamza Abdullah Shosha, 19, and Laith Shosha, 19. An Israeli military...
Hamas detainees mark 18th year in Israeli custody
3/9/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Three prisoners affiliated with Hamas marked 18 years in Israeli detention on Tuesday, the Detainees Support Committee said. Ayman Ash-Shawwa, from Gaza City, was detained in 1993 and sentenced to life, said Riyadh Al-Ashqar, the committee's spokesman. He added that...
PA: New settlements could derail talks
3/10/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israel's plan to build 1,600 new housing units in occupied East Jerusalem is "dangerous" and has the potential to thwart US efforts to restart peace talks, the Office of the President said Tuesday. The Israeli Interior Ministry's announcement came one...
Israel: UN chief, EU official to enter Gaza
3/9/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Israel plans to allow UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton into the besieged Gaza Stripon separate visits, a Monday announcement said. In a statement, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said the authorization came "in response to...
Gaza resistance factions reject indirect talks
3/9/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - De facto Prime Minster Ismail Haniyeh and representatives of Gaza's resistance factions vowed on Monday to uphold opposition against US-brokered proximity talks with Israel. Alongside advisers and several party leaders in his Gaza City office, Haniyeh outlined ongoing efforts to...
Israel pardons 77 former Fatah fighters
3/9/2010 - Nablus - Ma'an- Israel has agreed to remove 77 former Palestinian fighters from its list of "wanted" men as a continuation of its amnesty program, Palestinian sources said. Palestinian Authority officials were handed a list on Monday night, naming the men who received...
Ma’ariv: Israel warns of possible attacks in Seychelles
3/9/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Three Iranians were caught holding stolen Israeli passports as they arrived in the an archipelago nation of Seychelles, northeast of Madagascar, the Israeli daily newspaper Ma'ariv reported on Tuesday. The three were reportedly detained at Seychelles International Airport and were...
Fatah rep proposes reconciliation ’Road Map’
3/9/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - A Palestinian lawmaker representing Fatah in Gaza proposed on Tuesday that Hamas head to Cairo and sign the Egyptian unity plan ahead of the Arab League summit in Tripoli. The trip, according to Ashraf Jum'a, would be the first of...
Egypt allows Kuwaiti aid through Rafah crossing
3/9/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - Humanitarian aid for Gaza civilians was transferred through the Rafah crossing with Egypt on Tuesday, the Union of Arab Doctors (UAD) said. The 18. 5 tons of aid, donated by the Relief and Emergency Committee of the UAD, includes winter...
Erekat hesitant in advance of negotiations
3/9/2010 - Jericho - Ma'an - Saeb Erekat, the chief PLO negotiator, on Tuesday expressed reservations on the recently announced indirect negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and Israel. "President Abbas wants certain answers to some inquiries he submitted to US Middle East envoy George Mitchell before...
No deadline set for Al-Husseini inquiry
3/9/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - No date has been set for the end of government investigations into the corruption and sex scandal allegations against former chief of staff Rafiq Al-Husseini, a presidential representative said Monday. Speaking for the office of the president, Rafiq An-Natsha said...
Hamas, Fatah in Ofer prison make steps to unity
3/9/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Hamas-affiliated prisoners at Israel's Ofer detention center near Ramallah received Fatah detainees on Monday, following a request made by all factions in the prison last week. On 4 March, leaders of the Hamas and Fatah parties inside the prison signed...
In photos: Law and order in Tulkarem
3/9/2010 - MaanImages/Mouid Ashqar - A Palestinian security officer checks driver's licenses as part of a traffic campaign in the West Bank village of Atil, near Tulkarem, on 8 March 2010. [end...
PA police arrest drug dealers, seize forged passports
3/9/2010 - Qalqiliya - Ma'an - Palestinian Authority police arrested two suspected drug dealers on Tuesday and confiscated forged international passports in the northern West Bank city of Qalqiliya. Local police said they received information on hashish dealers operating from a Qalqiliya home; the home was...
Gaza union to sue over tax inequality
3/9/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - The Civil Servants Union in the Gaza Strip will bring suit against the West Bank-based insurance and salaries committee over allegedly unfair practices, the union's top executive said Tuesday. Aref Abu Jarad told Ma'an that the union held several meetings...
Haniyeh to appoint female minister
3/9/2010 - Gaza - Ma'an - De facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh announced Tuesday that his government intends to appoint a female minister to head a Women's Affairs Ministry in the Gaza Strip. "The government is planning to appoint a number of female ministers to better...
Settlement plastic seized near Hebron
3/9/2010 - Hebron - Ma'an - Finance Ministry customs officers seized 51 tons of plastic granules en route to Ramallah on Tuesday, officials said. The head of the customs department, Khaleb Diwan, said the move came after Palestinian Authority cabinet banned goods from Israeli settlements, which...
PSE rises: Al-Quds index up .21 points on Tuesday
3/9/2010 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Stocks rose on the Palestine Securities Exchange on Tuesday, with the Al-Quds Index standing at 528. 32, increasing by 0. 21 (0. 04%) at the close of trading. Trading volume was 1,060,399 for a total of US $1,312,841. 26, executed...
  The Media Line
 
Visa Denials Harming Palestinian Economy
8 Mar 2010 - Trade organization says Israel is violating Oslo agreements. Israel's refusal to issue visas is the main obstacle to foreign investment in the West Bank...
Israel Will Allow Ban Ki-moon and Ashton Access to the Gaza Strip
8 Mar 2010 - In a reversal of policy which has prevented European leaders from having access to the Gaza Strip, Israel's administration will allow United Nations Secretary...
  The Guardian
 
David Kimche obituary
10 Mar 2010 - Israeli spymaster with a key role in Africa and the Middle East Known as "the man with the suitcase" and a master of disguise,...
Bibi's snub to Biden may backfire | Simon Tisdall
10 Mar 2010 - Intentional or not, the announcement of new settlements in East Jerusalem may push the US into a tougher stance towards Israel It's not the...
The Hebronisation of Jerusalem | Mick Dumper
10 Mar 2010 - Growing Israeli and settler control has set Jerusalem on the same path as the West Bank's most divided city The recent escalation of tensions...
Biden calls for 'viable' Palestinian state
10 Mar 2010 - Visiting vice-president seeks to keep peace process on rails after Israel says it will expand East Jerusalem settlement The US vice-president, Joe Biden, has...
Israeli go-ahead for new settlement homes casts cloud over Biden visit
9 Mar 2010 - • 1,600 homes to be built in East Jerusalem settlement • Vice-president says the deal undermines trust Joe Biden, the US vice-president, condemned a...
OECD is ushering Israel in too easily | Seth Freedman
10 Mar 2010 - Economic pressure is a powerful tool when it comes to Israel, and the OECD is undermining the EU's firm stance Despite all the diplomatic...
Joe Biden offers Israel full US support
9 Mar 2010 - In talks with Binyamin Netanyahu, US vice-president stresses need to prevent Iran obtaining nuclear weapons The US vice-president, Joe Biden, promised the Israeli government...
  Stop The Wall
 
Mohammad placed in administrative detention
November 25th, 2009 --, On 23 November 2009, after 61 days of detention for the purpose of interrogation by Israeli Security Agency officers, human rights defender Mohammad Othman received his first administrative detention order. The administrative detention order is set for a three month period, during which time Mohammad will be held without charge or trial. The judicial review of the order is scheduled to take place on 25 November at the Military Court of Administrative Detainees in Ofer Military Base. [
Jayyus still held hostage by invasions
November 24th, 2009 --, Military incursions into Jayyus continued this past week, as many as three times daily. Clashes and curfews have characterized village life, and undercover units have attempted to trap local youth. Although there has of yet been no serious injuries among the villagers, a group of young men were arrested several days ago. [
  Daily Star
 
Israel approves new settler homes as Biden talks peace
10 Mar 2010 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel on Tuesday approved the construction of 1,600 new settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem, announcing the move as US Vice President Joe Biden met top Israeli officials to boost renewed peace efforts. The move infuriated the Palestinians, who consider settlements to be a major hurdle in long-hobbled attempts
  Relief Web
 
Human Rights Council starts annual meeting on rights of child with discussion on manifestations of sexual violence against boys and girls
10 Mar 2010 - Source: UN Human Rights Council
Secretary-General Condemns Israel's Settlement Plans, Reiterating Their Illegality
10 Mar 2010 - Source: UN Secretary-General
OPT: Uphill battle to supply prosthetics to Gaza war injured
10 Mar 2010 - Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks
UN sapper unit to enter Gaza under IDF coordination
10 Mar 2010 - Source: Government of Israel
UN joins Biden in condemning Israel settlement plan
10 Mar 2010 - Source: Reuters - AlertNet
Palestinian outcry after Israel OKs 1,600 settlement units in Jerusalem
10 Mar 2010 - Source: Kuwait News Agency
Ban to visit Israel and occupied Palestinian territories later this month
9 Mar 2010 - Source: UN News Service
  IRIN
 
OPT: Uphill battle to supply prosthetics to Gaza war injured
GAZA CITY Wednesday, March 10, 2010 (IRIN) - A half-finished two-story building in central Gaza City is one of the few places providing support to amputees, most of them civilian victims of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, as they try and come to terms with their injuries.
In Brief: New plan to fight bird flu in Egypt
CAIRO Monday, March 08, 2010 (IRIN) - Egypt is moving to curb the spread of avian influenza (H5N1) after a recent upsurge in infections, the Egyptian Health Ministry says.
EGYPT: FGM/C still widespread, says WHO-funded study
CAIRO Monday, March 08, 2010 (IRIN) - “It is a day I don’t want to remember. Whenever it comes to my mind, it sends shivers down my spine,” said Aya Abdel Aati, aged 17, recalling the painful experience of her circumcision at the age of 12. She says she bled for several days.
  YNet News
 
European Parliament backs Goldstone report
10 Mar 2010 - EU endorses UN report on Gaza war, calls for probe into alleged war crimes, removal of Israeli imposed blockade on Strip
Students to visit east Jerusalem sites
10 Mar 2010 - Education minister convinces defense officials to allow students to visit Jewish sites formerly off-limits
Biden says Palestinians deserve 'viable' state
10 Mar 2010 - During joint Ramallah press conference with Abbas, American vice president says Israel's east Jerusalem construction plan 'undermines trust needed for negotiations'; calls on both sides to refrain from 'inflaming' tensions. Yishai apologizes for 'real embarrassment' caused to Biden
Trial begins over Gaza death of US activist in Gaza
10 Mar 2010 - Parents of Rachel Corrie, who was crushed by IDF bulldozer while trying to block demolition of Palestinian homes in 2003, seek $324,000 in damages. 'The truth will not wound Israel,' father says
Many sign petition against deportation of foreign workers' kids
10 Mar 2010 - Unprecedented coalition emerges to keep work immigrants' children in Israel. Advocates include educational institutions, youth movements, academics, student unions and social groups. Inter-ministerial committee to decide on matter by end of March
Ha'aretz National News
 
Spate of road accidents across Israel kills 5, including 2 children
10 Mar 2010 - Five people died in car accidents throughout Israel on Wednesday, including an eight-year-old boy who was hit by a car in Jisr az-Zarqa. Around the same time, a tractor overturned in an olive grove in Jadeidi-Makr, killing the driver. ...
Israeli supermarket ad campaign spoofs Dubai hit video footage
10 Mar 2010 - An Israeli supermarket is looking to cash in on the infamous surveillance video of an assassination team suspected of killing a Hamas commander in Dubai with a new commercial inspired by the footage. ...
Woman arrested for allegedly trying to strangle son to death
10 Mar 2010 - A 53-year-old mother was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly trying to strangle her son to death while he lay in his hospital bed. ...
They should be thankful
10 Mar 2010 - The Israeli left does not have an agenda. It has Arabs. The more hallucinatory the Arab spokesman, the more extreme he is and the more he hates Jews, the greater the enthusiasm with which leftists will adopt his words. Every youngster who hurls stones stands before the cameras and gives the speech of his life, which immediately, in a cut-and-paste process, becomes the moral purists' next slogan. ...
Study: Thousands of Israeli kids incorrectly prescribed Ritalin
10 Mar 2010 - Thousands of Israeli children are prescribed Ritalin for attention disorders, but actually have undiagnosed psychological problems that necessitate different treatment, according to a study released this month. ...
  Aljazeera
 
Egypt president goes into surgery
6 Mar 2010 - Hosni Mubarak temporarily hands power to PM as he undergoes gallbladder operation.
Clashes at Jerusalem's Aqsa mosque
5 Mar 2010 - Israeli forces fire tear gas to disperse Palestinian protesters at holy site.
  B'tselem
 
  Palestinian Information Center
 
MPs appeal for saving the life of a cancer patient held in IOA jail
10 Mar 2010 - Hamas MPs in Nablus on Wednesday appealed to human rights groups and official institutions to immediately intervene to save the life of Tarek Al-Asy, who is held in IOA jails.
Israel pondering establishment of new nuclear reactor
10 Mar 2010 - Israeli minister of infrastructure Uzi Landau is to announce during an energy forum in Paris this week his government's plan to establish a new nuclear reactor, media sources revealed.
Haneyya: Settlement drive accelerated due to resumption of negotiations
10 Mar 2010 - Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya said that the Arab decision endorsing resumption of negotiations between the PA in Ramallah and the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) was wrong.
Ex-preacher of Aqsa: Makka and Medina holy sites are also not immune from danger
10 Mar 2010 - Yousuf Salama warned that Makkah and Medina holy sites would not be immune from the Zionist danger if the Muslim Nation persisted in its passivity towards Israel’s moves to Judaize Palestine mosques.
IOA decides to banish detainee to Ukraine
10 Mar 2010 - The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has decided to deport detainee Irina Sarahne, who is serving a 20-year jail term, to her original country the Ukraine.
Palestinian families hold Cairo responsible for lives of their sons in its jails
10 Mar 2010 - The families of Palestinian prisoners in Egyptian jails on Wednesday held the government in Cairo fully responsible for the lives of their sons and called for releasing them immediately.
Ihsanoglu warns of Israel’s intents to turn Aqsa into Jewish site
10 Mar 2010 - Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu warned of the serious consequences of the declared Israeli intention to turn the Aqsa Mosque from a holy site for Muslims into a Jewish shrine.
Israeli occupation police escalate campaign against Palestinian minors in OJ
10 Mar 2010 - Israeli occupation police have been escalating arrests in lines of Palestinian minors in the Silwan suburb in occupied Jerusalem on suspicion of throwing stones at settlers' vehicles and houses.
Hamas: PA and Arab decision to resume peace talks yielded more settlement units
10 Mar 2010 - Hamas said that Israel’s approval of a plan to build 1,600 new settlement units is the fruit of the decision taken by the Arab follow-up committee and the PA to resume the peace negotiations.
Israel planning to change Arab landmarks in O. Jerusalem
10 Mar 2010 - Informed sources revealed an Israeli scheme aimed to change the Arab landmarks of the occupied holy city of Jerusalem especially its main entrance extending from Bab Al-Amud Gate to Bab Al-Khalil.
  Jerusalem Post
 
Israel takes 77 Fatah men off wanted list as reward to PA
9 Mar 2010 - Sources say none of the pardoned men were directly involved in murder.
Iran incensed over Mabhouh hit
9 Mar 2010 - The regime cared about the Hamas commander and others of his ilk who are key to keeping the arms flowing, so that resources can be in place should Iran be hobbled by sanctions or even attacked.
'4-8 weeks left for diplomacy on Iran'
9 Mar 2010 - Deputy FM says China could replace Iran with energy suppliers like Saudi Arabia.
Syria wants to develop nuclear energy
9 Mar 2010 - Deputy FM Mekdad: "Peaceful application of nuclear energy should not be monopolized."
Biden says there is a 'moment of opportunity' for peace
9 Mar 2010 - US VP meets Peres, says "since our administration came to power Iran is more isolated"; stresses "absolutely no space between Israel and US" where Israel's security is concerned.
Shifting Palestinian 'red lines'
9 Mar 2010 - Abbas’s agreement to proximity talks shows that he, too, will cave in if the pressure is high enough.
What can we make of the Ajami controversy?
9 Mar 2010 - Controversy marred the image of a unified Israel many here hoped ‘Ajami’ would promote.
Ban, Ashton to be let into Gaza
9 Mar 2010 - Jerusalem decides to make an exception to policy for visits to Strip.
Building Rawabi
8 Mar 2010 - Planned city isn't only good for Palestinians, it's potentially good for Israel.
Iranian efforts to escalate friction keeps region tense
8 Mar 2010 - Despite Iranian influence and pressure on Assad, current assessments in Israel are that both Hizbullah and Syria are deterred from war, each for its own reasons.
An important precedent: Shifting Palestinian ‘red lines'
8 Mar 2010 - Abbas’s agreement to proximity talks shows that he, too, will cave in if the pressure is high enough.
Mitchell to broker indirect talks
8 Mar 2010 - US pleased, but Abbas skeptical, says Beitar Illit buildings show Israel not serious.
 

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