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  International Middle East Media Center
 
Israel cuts off water to Arab Druze towns on hottest day of year
4 Jul 2009 - The Israeli National Water Company has cut off the water supply to two Arab Druze towns inside Israel.  While water cut-offs by Israeli authorities are common within the Occupied Territories of Gaza and the West Bank, they are fairly unheard of within Israel itself.
Israel pledges to compensate UN for shelling its facilities in Gaza
3 Jul 2009 - Israel sources reported Friday that Israel said it would pay compensation to the United Nations for shelling its property, including schools and warehouses, in the Gaza Strip during the war on Gaza six months ago. 
Three children diagnosed with swine-flu
3 Jul 2009 - The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported Friday that three children from the central West Bank city of Ramallah were diagnosed with the swine-flu.
Soldiers attack the Nil'in weekly Protest
3 Jul 2009 - Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian villagers along with their international and Israeli peace supporters during the weekly non-violent protest against the wall in Ni'lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on Friday.
Three Injured during the weekly Bil'in protest
3 Jul 2009 - Three injured and dozens suffered from gas inhalation when Israeli troops attacked the weekly protest in Bil'in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday.
Israeli Housing Minister Concerned over increasing Arab population
3 Jul 2009 - Israeli Housing Minister of the extremist Shas movement stated Thursday that it is essential for the state of Israel to construct settlements in the Negev and the Galilee to 'counter the increasing number of Arabs who do not love Israel'.
Soldiers wound a Palestinian woman at a roadblock in the Jordan valley
3 Jul 2009 - A Palestinian woman was shot and moderately wounded in her lower body after an Israeli soldier opened fire at her at the B’qaot military roadblock in the Jordan valley.
Soldiers break into the Al Aqsa Mosque yard, kidnap three Palestinians
3 Jul 2009 - Local sources in Jerusalem reported on Thursday evening that Israeli soldiers and security men broke into the yard of the Al Aqsa Mosque and Al Marwani prayer area, and kidnapped three residents, including a reporter.
Army admits Gaza girl killed by soldiers' fire
3 Jul 2009 - The Israeli army admitted that the 17-year-old girl who was killed in the Gaza Strip on Thursday died of Israeli military fire, and that eleven other Palestinians were injured in the incident.
Hamas denies it planned to assassinate P.A figures in the West Bank
3 Jul 2009 - Hamas media spokesperson, Sami Abu Zuhri, denied statements made by president Mahmoud Abbas, in which he accused Hamas of planning to assassinate senior Palestinian Authority (P.A) officials in the West Bank.
Israeli Army rejects AMNESTY report on Gaza
3 Jul 2009 - The Israeli Army rejected on Thursday a report which was published by the AMNESTY International regarding the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip, and said that the report was unbalanced, and wrongly interprets the law of wars.
Army shell kills a 17-year old young woman, wounds her brother in Gaza
3 Jul 2009 - Palestinian Medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Thursday that a 17-year-old girl was killed, and her 24-year-old brother was injured when the army fired an artillery shell at an area close to Juhr Ed Deek in Central Gaza.
  Ha'aretz Defense News
 
Incoming IAEA chief: No evidence Iran seeking nuclear weapons
3 Jul 2009 - Japan's Yukiya Amano picked to succeed current UN nuclear watchdog director Mohammed ElBaradei.
Israeli sub sails Suez sending message to Iran
3 Jul 2009 - Naval drill, held last month, possibly aimed at signaling readiness to retaliate against Iran nuclear attack.
Israel's 'angel of destruction' is gambling on Iran
3 Jul 2009 - Meir Dagan has won an additional year as Mossad chief because of his anticipation of Gulf developments.
For some Israeli Bedouin, border smuggling is a way of life
3 Jul 2009 - Poor communities in South see illegal trade across Sinai and Gaza borders as integral to struggling economy.
IDF shoots Palestinian woman carrying toy gun near Nablus
3 Jul 2009 - Soldiers opened fire on woman, wounding her, after she refused to stop at West Bank checkpoint.
Palestinians: IDF tank fire kills Gaza teen
2 Jul 2009 - Army says soldiers returned mortar fire after they were shelled by Palestinians across the border.
Hamas: Amnesty report accusing us of war crimes is 'unfair'
1 Jul 2009 - Israel also hits back at Amnesty International report accusing Israel, Hamas of war crimes in Gaza.
FBI: Saddam told us he lied about having nukes to deter Iran
2 Jul 2009 - Iraqi ruler told U.S. captors he wanted to deter Iran, said he personally ordered Scuds against Israel in '91.
ANALYSIS / Loud-mouthed rabbi reflects IDF's religious bent
1 Jul 2009 - A significant change is occurring within the IDF, and it has not yet been sufficiently analyzed.
IDF chief rabbi says women shouldn't serve
1 Jul 2009 - Though shared by many Orthodox rabbis, Ronski's view said 'insensitive' when uttered by officer in uniform.
IDF opens major West Bank checkpoint to Palestinian foot traffic
1 Jul 2009 - Hawara is one of the most heavily-used West Bank checkpoints; IDF to continue to man the roadblock.
Court: IDF must toughen charges for shooting of bound Palestinian
1 Jul 2009 - High Court: 'Improper conduct' charge not appropriate for shooting of rubber bullet at man in West Bank.
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  PCHR Weekly Report
 
(25 June- 01 July  2008)
During the reporting period, 5 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children, were wounded by IOF gunfire in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
  International Solidarity Movement
 
Cynthia McKinney remains imprisoned in Israel after Gaza-bound boat is seized
International Solidarity Movement - Fox News, 2 July 2009 - Former U. S. lawmaker and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney and several other human rights activists remained in an Israeli prison Thursday after refusing to sign a deportation form that they claim is self-incriminating. In a...
Action Alert: protests in front of Israeli embassies tomorrow
International Solidarity Movement - London, 2 July, (ECESG) – The European campaign to end the siege on Gaza (ECESG) called today for international human rights organizations and lobbying groups to organize large protests in front of Israeli embassies across Europe in solidarity with activists of Free...
Oppose the state, not the people
International Solidarity Movement - Ha'aretz, 2 July 2009 - Ramallah's intellectual elite, foreigners and curious spectators gathered last Saturday at the Friends School in Ramallah to hear writer and political activist Naomi Klein lecture to a packed auditorium. Following a musical interlude by a string quintet, one...
Free Gaza Movement’s two Palestinian ‘48 organisers now released from Israeli prison and detention
International Solidarity Movement - 2 July 2009 - Lubna Masarwa and Huwaida Arraf, both organisers of the Free Gaza Movement, have now been released from Ashdod Detention Facility, where military authorities had held them from 9. 00 p. m. on 30th June until 1. 00 p. m...
Detained peace activist: we slept with cockroaches
International Solidarity Movement - YNet News, 2 July 2009 - An Israeli citizen who was among 21 peace activists apprehended by the IDF en route to the Gaza Strip says she was held under conditions resembling a "horror movie. " Houida Araf, who was released on Wednesday, told...
Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire speaks from Israeli jail cell after arrest on boat delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza
International Solidarity Movement - Democracy Now, 2 July 2009 - Irish Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire speaks to us from her jail cell in Israel. She was taken into custody along with twenty others, including former US Congress member Cynthia McKinney, when the Israeli military boarded their...
  Ha'aretz Diplomacy News
 
Report: U.S. to block Iran sanctions at G8 summit
3 Jul 2009 - The United States is opposed to enacting a new set of financial sanctions against Iran that are due to be discussed in the G8 summit next week, diplomatic officials in New York reported Friday. ...
Biden urges Iraqi leaders to do more for national reconciliation
3 Jul 2009 - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraqi leaders Friday to do more to foster national reconciliation and offered American assistance in achieving that, as concerns grow that a lack of political progress is fueling violence in Iraq. ...
Bahrain officials visit Israel for first time
3 Jul 2009 - Bahraini officials visited Israel in an official capacity for the first time on Friday to collect five of their nationals Israel was deporting, a Bahraini news report and an Israeli official said. ...
UN's Richard Falk: IDF seizure of Gaza-bound ship is 'criminal'
2 Jul 2009 - A United Nations human rights investigator on Thursday called Israel's seizure of a ship carrying relief aid for the Gaza Strip "unlawful" and said its blockade of the territory constituted a "continuing crime against humanity". ...
EU summons Iran ambassadors in joint protest
2 Jul 2009 - The European Union on Friday summoned Iranian ambassadors across the 27-nation bloc in a joint protest against the detentions of staff at the British Embassy in Tehran. ...
  Palestine Telegraph
 
  Daily Star
 
President Assad praises Obama, invites him to visit Syria
3 Jul 2009 - Syria's leader praised President Barack Obama's outreach for dialogue and invited him to visit Damascus in remarks released Friday just days after the United States said it plans to return its ambassador to Syria after a four year absence. Syrian President Bashar Assad comments came in a telegram.
Palestinians detain rivals in respective territories to strengthen grip
3 Jul 2009 - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security forces have significantly widened a crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank in the past month. They have doubled the number of detainees and are increasingly targeting the wives of activists, school teachers and others on the fringes of the Islamic militant group, Hamas officials say.
Israeli sub sails to Suez, signals reach to Iran
3 Jul 2009 - An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, describing the unusual manoeuvre as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran. Israel long kept its three Dolphin-class submarines, which are widely assumed to carry nuclear missiles.
Bahrain officials travel to Israel to recover activists
3 Jul 2009 - An official Bahrain delegation travelled to Israel on an unprecedented trip to recover a group of nationals held by the Jewish state, the state news agency reported on Friday. According to BNA, the Bahrainis were in a group of pro-Palestinian activists on a ship seized by the Israeli navy Tuesday as it headed for the Gaza Strip in defiance of Israel's blockade.
Israeli Defense Ministry calls for easing Gaza blockade
3 Jul 2009 - Israel's Defense Ministry has recommended a partial lifting of the embargo on the Gaza Strip as a goodwill gesture toward the Palestinians to spur talks to free a long-held captive soldier, an Israeli news site reported Friday. Israel has been linking the opening of Gaza's borders to the release of SergeantGilad Schalit, an Israeli soldier held by Hamas for three years.
  B'tselem
 
High Court orders harsher indictment in Ni'lin shooting
30 Jun 2009 - In July '08, a soldier shot a handcuffed detainee in the presence of his commander, yet the two were charged only with “unbecoming conduct”. Today, the Israeli High Court of Justice ruled in favor of changing the indictments to reflect the gravity of the
New report: Foul Play
27 Jun 2009 - In its new report B'Tselem warns about the danger inherent in neglecting wastewater treatment in the West Bank. The report criticizes both Israel and the Palestinian Authority for their failures, which have harmed the health and future water supply of all
  IRIN
 
OPT: Gaza-Egypt crossing to open three days a month
GAZA CITY Thursday, July 02, 2009 (IRIN) - Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border opened briefly on 25, 26 and 27 June allowing Gaza patients in need of emergency care, students, and foreign visa holders to exit.
ISRAEL-OPT: By the numbers
TEL AVIV Tuesday, June 30, 2009 (IRIN) - A new report by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) paints a grim picture of life in the Gaza Strip: insufficient housing, damaged infrastructure, limited access to clean water and the discharge of raw sewage into the sea.
  Relief Web
 
TPO: México ayuda al PMA a suplir las necesidades de alimentos en Gaza
3 Jul 2009 - Source: World Food Programme
OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report, 24 - 30 Jun 2009
3 Jul 2009 - Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OPT: IDF response to Amnesty report
3 Jul 2009 - Source: Government of Israel
Palestinian girl killed in Gaza shelling-hospital
2 Jul 2009 - Source: Reuters - AlertNet
OPT: Activists vow to keep up Gaza trips despite Israel
2 Jul 2009 - Source: Reuters - AlertNet
OPT/Gaza: UN Expert denounces seizure of aid boat by Israeli forces
2 Jul 2009 - Source: UN Human Rights Council
Israel/Gaza: Operation 'Cast Lead': 22 days of death and destruction
2 Jul 2009 - Source: Amnesty
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009: Eastern Mediterranean Region - WHO Information Bulletin 19
2 Jul 2009 - Source: World Health Organization
  New York Times
 
Iran Cleric Says British Embassy Staff to Stand Trial
3 Jul 2009 - Iran's plan to put some British embassy staff members on trial could provoke a tightening of European sanctions.
Top Reformers Admitted Plot, Iran Declares
3 Jul 2009 - The Iranian government has made it a practice to publicize confessions from political prisoners, often subject to sleep deprivation, solitary confinement and torture, rights groups say.
Israel and U.S. to Hold Second Meeting
3 Jul 2009 - The Israeli defense minister and the Obama administration’s Middle East envoy will confer for the second time in a week to pursue regional peace efforts, a senior Israeli official said.
  Misc
 
Israel ministry wages settlement war against U.S.
Ha'aretz - 6/8/2009, Ha'aretz - Interior Minister Eli Yishai has begun to make good on a pledge to exploit all the resources of his ministry, "its branches and its influences over local government" to expand settlements in the territories. Yishai, who is also...
Israeli Minister Eyes Sanctions Against US
Antiwar.com - Antiwar. com, Jason Ditz, June 09, 2009 - Outraged at Prospect of 'More Balanced Approach,' Peled Calls to Intervene in Congressional Races - Israeli news outlets are reporting the leak of a letter from Israeli cabinet minister Yossi Peled to the rest of the...
Don’t discount Israel pre-emptive strike, Hillary Clinton warns Iran
Times of London - June 8, 2009, Times of London - Hillary Clinton refused yesterday to rule out a pre-emptive Israeli military strike on Iran. It was the first time that a senior member of the Obama Administration had openly discussed such a possibility. The US Secretary...
Peled proposes Israeli sanctions on US
Jerusalem Post - June 9, Jerusalem Post - In a sign of growing concern in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government over US President Barack Obama's Middle East policies, Minister-without-Portfolio Yossi Peled proposed Israeli sanctions on the US in a letter to cabinet ministers on Sunday. . . . In...
   
  Ma'an News
 
UN expert: Israel’s seizure of aid boat 'criminal'
7/3/2009 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - A top United Nations official in a statement on Friday denounced Israel's seizure of a humanitarian aid ship bound for the Gaza Strip earlier this week. The UN official, Special Rapporteur for human rights in the Palestinian territories Richard Falk...
Isreali forces shoot Nablus woman holding toy gun
7/3/2009 - Bethlehem - Ma’an/Agencies - Israeli forces shot on sight a young Palestinian woman approaching the Hamra checkpoint on foot after allegedly warning her to halt and firing warning shots in the air, Israeli press reported Friday. Palestinian security forces later identified the woman...
Gaza: One crossing open for minimal delivery, including goats
7/3/2009 - Gaza – Ma’an – The Kererm Shalom crossing will be partly open Friday and all others will be closed, said Gaza crossings official Raed Fattouh. Israel is expected to allow 57-67 truckloads of aid and commercial goods through points into the Strip, as...
One Palestinian, two Europeans injured at anti-wall rally
7/3/2009 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Three demonstrators were injured by Israeli forces at an anti-wall demonstration in the West Bank city of Bil'in, near Ramallah, on Friday. The injured were named as Adeeb Abu Rahmah of Bil'in, as well as two Europeans identified only by...
Anti-siege committee calls for more aid ships to Gaza
7/3/2009 - Gaza – Ma’an – The Gaza-based Popular Committee Against the Siege called for more aid ships to attempt voyages to the Strip, according to a statement on Friday. The Popular Committee, along with the Free Gaza Movement, urged the international community to condemn Israeli...
Palestinian women condemn Thursday’s killing of Gaza teen
7/3/2009 - Gaza - Ma’an - A women's union on Friday condemned what it called the crime committed by Israeli forces on Thursday that left a Palestinian girl dead in central Gaza. A women's bloc affiliated with the Popular Struggle Front condemned the death that Israel's...
Haniyeh responds to Amnesty report on Gaza assault
7/3/2009 - Gaza – Ma’an – De facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday commented on Amnesty International's report this week that both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes during the Gaza assault last winter. At his weekly address at a local Gaza City mosque, Haniyeh...
Waqf: Israeli intelligence entered Al-Aqsa disguised as tourists
7/3/2009 - Jerusalem – Ma’an – A group of Israeli intelligence forces disguised as tourists entered the Haram Ash-Sharif in Jerusalem Friday, the Al-Aqsa organization for Waqf and Heritage claimed. The Haram, or sacred compound, holds the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque, and was...
Gaza: Arsonists set cafe ablaze in Khan Younis
7/3/2009 - Gaza – Ma’an – A coffee shop in Khan Younis was set ablaze by unknown arsonists before dawn Friday morning, causing severe structural damage. This is the second time the coffee shop has been targeted by vandals and arsonists. It is located next to...
Israeli troops detain three, including teen, in West Bank raids
7/3/2009 - Nablus – Ma’an – Israeli troops detained at least three Palestiains from their homes in the West Bank overnight Thursday, sources confirmed. According to Israel Radio at least three “wanted” Palestinains were taken from Nablus and Hebron and transported to unknown locations for questioning...
Massive turnout at Gaza funeral for teen girl killed by Israel
7/3/2009 - Gaza – Ma’an – Large crowds assembled on Friday at the funeral procession for a 17-year-old girl killed by Israeli shelling in central Gaza late on Thursday night. The procession took to the streets from a local mosque and marched with the body...
Israel deports five Free Gaza activists; Ireland calls for release of Nobel Peace Prize winner
7/3/2009 - Gaza - Ma’an - Five Bahraini citizens participating in the Free Gaza Movement’s voyage to Gaza were deported on Friday, following their Tuesday afternoon seizure by Israeli forces in international waters off the Gaza coast. Coordinator of the Palestinian International Campaign to Lift the...
Orthodox patriarch condemns Israeli home demolitions
7/3/2009 - Jerusalem – Ma’an – Patriarch Atallah Hanna at the Orthodox Church expressed anger toward what he called the “inhumanity” of home demolitions targeting Palestinians living in Jerusalem during a visit to a now-homeless Palestinian family there Friday. Atallah Hanna, also known as Theodosios of...
In first visit to Israel, Bahraini delegation picks up deportees
7/3/2009 - Bethlehem – Ma’an – In the Gulf nation's apparent first state visit to Israel, Bahraini officials arrived in Tel Aviv on Friday to accompany five nationals awaiting deportation. "[T]he Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior sent a mission...
Israel to compensate UN for damaged buildings and facilities
7/3/2009 - Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israel has offered the United Nations compensation for damage its military caused to UN facilities in the Gaza Strip last winter, an official said on Friday. "The Israelis have indicated that they will pay compensation, particularly for our buildings that...
Hamas: PA forces detained 14 of our affiliates
7/3/2009 - Salfit - Ma’an - Hamas officials said Palestinian Authority security forces detained 14 party members and affiliates across the West Bank on Thursday night. The members were detained in Jericho, Salfit, Qalqiliya, Tulkarem and Bethlehem, Hamas said. The detentions come as talks between the...
Beit Sahour man latest H1N1 victim; 51 cases across West Bank
7/3/2009 - Nablus - Ma’an - The Palestinian Ministry of Health diagnosed another case of H1N1 Friday morning, bringing the number of cases across the West Bank up to 51. The latest victim is from the Bethlehem suburb of Beit Sahour, and told health officials that...
Three new H1N1 cases diagnosed in Ramallah
7/3/2009 - Nablus – Ma’an – The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Friday that three new cases of H1N1 were diagnosed in the West Bank city of Ramallah, increasing the total number of cases to 54. The three caes are of children who got the...
  The Guardian
 
In praise of ... Ezra Nawi | Editorial
2 Jul 2009 - He is a rarity, even among that most endangered of species, the Israeli peace activist. Born in Basra to an Iraqi Jewish family, Ezra...
Israelis hold activists over attempt to reach Gaza Strip by boat
2 Jul 2009 - Eight British and Irish citizens among those held after trying to import aid supplies Israeli authorities are holding 19 international activists who tried to...
Obama's hardline stance on settlements could be a game changer for Israel
2 Jul 2009 - Israel is finding a resolve it has not recently encountered in a US administration as the White House refuses to play by the old...
Israel's courts are for all Israelis | Seth Freedman
2 Jul 2009 - Objecting to justice being dealt to a lynch mob endangers every member of Israeli society, whether Jewish, Arab or other While Israel's legal system...
  Stop The Wall
 
Ni’lin sends eyewitnesses to UN to testify about Occupation assassination policy
2 Jul 2009 - The United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza assault that investigates violations of human rights and international law committed in the context of the Israeli assault on Gaza in December 08/January 2009 will hear as well accounts of the repression meted out in the West Bank during this period. Two people were killed in Ni'lin demonstrating in solidarity with Gaza, and two eyewitnesses are set to testify before representatives of the international community.
Arms trade and occupation economics fact sheets
2 Jul 2009 - Two new fact sheets have been released. The first, “The Palestinian economy – Occupation, de-development and normalisation,” gives a concise summary of Stop the Wall's economic analysis, within which we clarify how the dominant approach to investment and development in Palestine serves to strengthen the Wall, checkpoints and military closures, creating “sustainable” ghettos in the West Bank. The second, “Boycott Elbit Systems!” turns the spotlight to Elbit Systems, one of the largest Israeli security and defense firms. ll as security systems for the Wall and settlements. Elbit has major subsidiaries across the globe, and any BDS campaign against arms trade must take the company into account. [
  YNet News
 
Israel US ambassador warns of Iranian bomb
3 Jul 2009 - In first public appearance since being appointed to post, Dr. Michael Oren says Iran moving fast towards having nuclear bomb that 'could wipe Israel off map in seconds,' Israel concerned about timing of Obama's engagement with Iranian regime
Gaza residents report severe shortage of basic goods
3 Jul 2009 - While Israel mulls easing siege on Gaza, locals continue to suffer from continued shortage of basic food products, forced to pay high prices for smuggled, low-quality goods from Egypt
Barak, Mitchell to meet again Monday
3 Jul 2009 - Defense minister to travel to London next week for another meeting with US envoy to Mideast. Barak to convey steps Israel is willing to take to advance dialogue with Palestinians
Israel to compensate UN for Gaza property damage
3 Jul 2009 - UNRWA commissioner-general says Israel agreed to pay compensations for UN buildings destroyed during IDF's Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. UN chief Ban Ki-moon seeking payment for damages estimated at $11 million
Jerusalem prepares for another violent Shabbat
3 Jul 2009 - Haredi Community leaders promise stormy rallies against decision to keep Karta parking lot open on Saturdays. Police, Border Guard to deploy in great numbers across haredi neighborhoods, vow zero tolerance in response to violence
EU: Embassy staff trials in Iran 'not acceptable'
3 Jul 2009 - European Union 27-nation bloc considering British request to recall ambassadors from Tehran to protest detentions of local embassy staff
Fight in water park results in 50-person pileup
3 Jul 2009 - Two people injured, six arrested when fight breaks out between two groups of park-goers, one from east Jerusalem, other from Rahat. Eyewitnesses: Chairs and all kinds of other objects flew through the air
Ha'aretz National News
 
WATCH: Bar Refaeli's naked photo shoot in Israel
3 Jul 2009 - Bar Refaeli, Israel's most famous model, has stripped off for a video filmed in her native country. ...
Netanyahu gets barely passing grade for first 100 days
2 Jul 2009 - Benjamin Netanyahu's second cabinet will complete its 100th day in power next week, ending what is known as its 'period of grace.' ...
Jewish heritage does not begin and end in the synagogue
2 Jul 2009 - Last week the Israel Defense Forces entered another round in its own version of the wars of the Jews. The chief of staff's bureau decided to forbid religiously observant soldiers from walking out of military gatherings that include performances by female singers. As a compromise, soldiers who abide by the religious injunction against hearing a woman's voice are allowed to avert their eyes. ...
For some Israeli Bedouin, border smuggling is a way of life
2 Jul 2009 - Early one morning A., a resident of one of the unrecognized Bedouin villages in the south realized that his older son was not in his bed. ...
A generation of Israeli Arabs nurtured on Jewish chutzpah
2 Jul 2009 - I'm not a wretched Arab woman. How can I whine that I've been deprived?" Lucy Aharish protests. "I like my life just fine, despite all the stinking racism that exists here." Following the remark by Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch of Yisrael Beiteinu (he told an undercover detective, "You look like a real Araboosh," using a derogatory word for Arab) she gave interviews to magazines from Germany to Abu Dhabi and had an opinion slot on the current events program anchored by Ofer Shelah and Raviv Drucker on Channel 10 - which she left in a huff a little over a year ago. ...
  Aljazeera
 
Saddam 'feared Iran more than US'
3 Jul 2009 - FBI tapes reveal ex-Iraqi leader bluffed over "weapons of mass destruction".
'No proof' Iran seeks nuclear arms
3 Jul 2009 - IAEA's incoming head says he has not seen evidence that Tehran wants nuclear weapons.
EU angered over Iran trial threat
3 Jul 2009 - Iranian ambassadors summoned after suggestion British embassy staff may face trial.
Israel 'wantonly destroyed Gaza'
2 Jul 2009 - Amnesty International report accuses Israel and Hamas of war crimes.
Israel blamed over drone attacks
30 Jun 2009 - Rights group says missiles were fired during Gaza war without always verifying targets.
Israel stops aid ship to Gaza
30 Jun 2009 - Vessel carrying aid to Gaza intercepted by Israeli navy.
Israel permits new settlement homes
30 Jun 2009 - New units approved and more land taken as Ehud Barak visits US in bid to defuse tensions.
  Palestinian Information Center
 
Lieberman expresses anew his rejection of a freeze on settlements
3 Jul 2009 - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman renewed his rejection of international demands to freeze settlement expansion in the West bank..
Human rights group urges Abbas to release 1012 political detainees in W. Bank
3 Jul 2009 - The Arab Organization for human rights in the UK said on Friday it was greatly disturbed for the sharp deterioration in human rights in the West Bank..
Qaddomi: Sincere people in Fatah supported Hamas's military action in Gaza
3 Jul 2009 - Farook Al-Qaddomi said that Hamas's military action two years ago against the mutiny trend in Fatah was a victory against the corrupt PA security apparatuses..
Zahalka: Zionists must realise that we are the indigenous population
3 Jul 2009 - Arab member of the Knesset, Jamal Zahlaka said that the statements made by the Israeli minister of housing mean that the Israeli government wants to force us into confrontation.
IOF shelling kills Palestinian teenager
3 Jul 2009 - Heyam Ayyash, 17, was killed on Thursday and four others were wounded by an Israeli tank shell that fell at Juhar al-Deek in the central Gaza Strip.
IOF troops fire at the legs of Palestinian girl before kidnapping her
3 Jul 2009 - A Palestinian girl was wounded in the legs Friday morning when IOF troops opened fire at the girl, according to local sources.
Occupation police raid al-Aqsa Mosque and kidnap three Palestinians
3 Jul 2009 - Israel occupation police raided the Aqsa Mosque on Thursday evening and kidnapped three Palestinians including a Journalist, according to local sources.
Masters of hypocrisy
3 Jul 2009 - I have no doubt whatsoever that Shimon Peres, the President of the criminal state of Israel , would be the main winner in any international championship for the world’s worst liar and hypocrite.
Naim discusses with Red Cross delegation ways of developing health sector
3 Jul 2009 - Dr. Bassem Naim, the health minister, met with a delegation from the international committee of the Red Cross and discussed with them the health situation in Gaza and ways of developing this sector.
IOF troops block firefighters from extinguishing fire in Palestinian land
3 Jul 2009 - IOF on Tuesday night blocked Palestinian firefighters from reaching cultivated lands of Anin village to extinguish a fire that started at a late night hour and continued till Wednesday morning.
 

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