January 8, 2012
Israeli soldiers scuffle with peace activists during a demonstration against the wall in the West Bank village of Walaja (MaanImages/Luay Sababa, File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained nine Israeli activists blocking the path of bulldozers constructing Israel‘s separation wall surrounding a Bethlehem village on Sunday. The group sat infront of vehicles levelling ground to [...]
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December 10, 2011
After Friday prayers, residents of Nabi Saleh, along with international activists, marched towards land they say was stolen by an Israeli settlement [credit: Lazar Simeonov] Nabi Saleh, a small village of about 550 people 20km northwest of Ramallah in the West Bank, has been organising nonviolent protests against land theft since 2009.On December 9, 2011, the [...]
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December 5, 2011
Palestinian youths try to put out a fire in an olive grove in the West Bank village of Hawara in October 2011. Seven young Israeli women, six of them minors, have been arrested on suspicion of participating in the destruction of hundreds of Palestinian olive trees, Israeli police said on Sunday. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh, File) JERUSALEM [...]
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November 24, 2011
Israeli FM Rules Out Future Negotiation With Palestinians Insists Israel Will Continue to Withhold Tax Funds by Jason Ditz, November 23, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Speaking today in a meeting with his Montenegrin counterpart, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman ruled out any future negotiations with the upcoming Palestinian unity government, saying Israel won’t [...]
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November 20, 2011
Israeli soldiers clashed with settlers while trying to keep them away from Jaber’s house in Hebron Dozens of Israeli settlers have attacked a house in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron in protest against the release of a man in the recent Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap. Israeli soldiers on Saturday clashed with the settlers [...]
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November 20, 2011
Is Israel Preparing to Attack Iran? By Neve Gordon* Skimming the newspapers as I rushed to get my children ready for school, I suddenly understood that Israel might actually be preparing for a military attack against Iran. “[United States Secretary of Defence Leon] Panetta Demanded Commitment to Coordinate Action in Iran” read one headline, and [...]
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November 18, 2011
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine hearing in Cape Town in November 2011 (MaanImages/Hanan Chehata, HO) By Frank Barat and Victor Kattan The Russell Tribunal on Palestine, an international citizen-based tribunal of conscience, has found that “Israel subjects the Palestinian people to an institutionalized regime of domination amounting to apartheid as defined under international law.” [...]
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November 16, 2011
Freedom Riders on the West Bank? by Bill Fletcher ZNet 14 November 2011 When I first heard about the planned Freedom Rides scheduled for Tuesday, November 15th to take place in the Occupied Palestinian Territories I realized that this was a brilliant tactic. Much as with the Freedom Rides that were used in [...]
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November 16, 2011
Israel’s Defense Chief OK’s Hundreds of Israeli Deaths by Ira Chernus “If we take out the Iranian nuke facilities, sure, they’ll strike back at us,” Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said yesterday. “But if every American stays in their home when the Iranian rockets start falling, well, it will be uncomfortable. It won’t [...]
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November 16, 2011
It’s not that Israel is finding new ways to expel Palestinians, it’s that no one cares Israel routinely produces new ploys to counter Palestinian pleas for justice. But is anybody interested? By Amira Hass* The affair of the rapist president Moshe Katsav is always associated in my mind with my limitations as a journalist. [...]
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November 13, 2011
By Tamar Fleishman – The West Bank Jaba checkpoint is a great example of the deep connection between the infliction of the checkpoint regime in the West Bank on the Palestinian population, and the effort to satisfy the settlers’ needs and caprices. Jaba checkpoint lies on the road leading from Qalandiya to Ramallah, it merges [...]
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November 10, 2011
Israel Postpones Dismantling Illegal Settlements Israel had initially promised to force an evacuation of the illegal settlement but has kicked it at least six months down the road by John Glaser, November 09, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The Israeli government says it is postponing the dismantlement of illegal Jewish settlements in the West [...]
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November 9, 2011
HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers torched three cars Wednesday at dawn in the village of Beit Ummar in the northern West Bank, locals said. Popular committee spokesman Muhammad Ayyad Awad said settlers from Kfar Etzion settlement torched the cars of Habes Husein Baragheeth, Suheil Muhammad Hussein Baragheeth and his brother Yousef. He added that [...]
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November 7, 2011
An Israeli soldier looks out of his tank as he manoeuvres it on the border with northern Gaza near kibbutz Nahal Oz on Oct. 12, 2011. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shelled the eastern Shujaiyeh district of Gaza City on Monday, with medics reporting three people were injured. Witnesses told Ma’an [...]
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November 7, 2011
Robben Island in South Africa housed political prisoners during apartheid, but Israeli jails hold even more [GALLO/GETTY] This week, the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will consider the question of whether Israel’s practices in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) constitute the crime of apartheid within the meaning of the 1973 International Convention on the Suppression [...]
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November 1, 2011
These short accounts of events in Palestine are included on this site to show how the actions against the Palestinians happen on a daily basis, seven days a week, There is no let up or no cessation as the Israeli drive to have it all continues. George Ikners ikners.com gikners@gmail.com A settler walks through [...]
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October 30, 2011
BDS Claims Victory after Alstom Project Derails The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement has declared victory against the Alstom group after it lost a nearly $10-billion bid for part of a railway project in Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, authorities announced that several Spanish companies beat the French rival [...]
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October 25, 2011
Issam Kamal Odeh was shot dead by Israeli forces in Qusra near Nablus on Sept. 23 during confrontations after morning prayers. (MaanImages) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority on Monday said the Israeli government was “implicitly encouraging settlers to continue on their rampage” by failing to hold them to account for violent crimes. “Israeli [...]
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October 20, 2011
Jewish settlers shout as Israeli border police officers escort Palestinian farmers from the village of Awarta out of their olive grove, which is fenced in by the Jewish settlement of Itamar, near Nablus on Oct. 9 (Reuters/Abed Omar Qusini) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers have cost Palestinian farmers over $500,000 this year by destroying [...]
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October 7, 2011
Vanunu appears in court in 2007 (MaanImages) JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel’s supreme court on Thursday barred nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu from emigrating on the grounds he still poses a threat to state security, Israeli media reported. Vanunu, under orders to stay in Tel Aviv and not to speak to journalists, “has proved several times [...]
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October 4, 2011
Tzipi Livni speaks during a press conference after a meeting with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Jerusalem February 13, 2006. (Maannews/Inbal Rose) Israel‘s Livni to visit Britain as war crime law amended Published today (updated) 04/10/2011 19:28 JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni will visit Britain this week now that a [...]
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September 28, 2011
(MaanImages, File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A petition signed by 100,000 American Jews calls for the US to veto the PLO proposal for UN membership of a Palestinian state, Israeli media said Tuesday. The document, which says Palestinian leaders’ refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state threatens their national home, was presented to Israeli [...]
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September 23, 2011
This month marks 18 years since the Oslo Accords and 20 years since the Madrid Conference [GALLO/GETTY] The two state solution is dead Voting on full membership for the PLO in the UN marks the end of the Oslo accords, says writer. Ben White This week should be the end of the so-called [...]
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September 14, 2011
Turkey‘s PM rallies Arab world in Cairo with call for UN to recognise Palestine Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the opening session of Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo. Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA Analysts believe Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Egypt visit is designed to strengthen Turkey’s influence in the region and isolate [...]
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September 8, 2011
Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. (Wikimedia Commons) By Ramzy Baroud From an Israeli point of view, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the ideal American politician. Although many in the US government aspire to her level of commitment to Israel, few can measure up to a dedication that extends beyond the very interests of her own country. “Lawless extremists [...]
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September 7, 2011
Gates: Israel an ‘Ungrateful Ally’ Tensions Rise as Whistleblower Reveals Israeli Effort to Start a US War With Iran by Jason Ditz, September 06, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Though tensions in the relationship between the US and Israeli governments rarely get aired in public, there is a general sense in media reporting [...]
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September 6, 2011
Israel’s Anti-democratic Enterprise By George Polley Israel as a Jewish state is unworkable for one simple reason: non-Jews are treated differently than Jews, leaving non-Jews in a lesser-than position in which they have fewer rights than Jews, and are required to carry a special identification card that identifies them as non-Jews, and must be surrendered [...]
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September 6, 2011
Israeli General Predicts All-Out-War With WMDs Cites Pro-Democracy Protests, Bad Relations With Turkey in Statement by Jason Ditz, September 05, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In a speech which repeatedly cited the pro-democracy protests across the Middle East as a catalyst, Israeli Major General Eyal Eisenberg has predicted an “all out” [...]
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September 5, 2011
US Envoy: Israel Considers Any Protest an Excuse to Use Military by Jason Ditz, September 04, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Whenever Israeli troops rough up civilian protesters, it is shrugged off as an isolated incident. One of the WikiLeaks cables, however, shows that it was explicit military policy to abuse civilians [...]
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September 4, 2011
JUAN GONZALEZ: Turkey has downgraded diplomatic ties with Israel and frozen military cooperation ahead of a long-awaited United Nations report on Israel’s deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid ship in 2010. According to leaked excerpts, the report accuses Israel of, quote, “excessive and unreasonable force” in its attacks on the Mavi Marmara which killed nine people. The [...]
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September 1, 2011
Arabic is the mother tongue of 20 per cent of Israel’s citizens [Reuters] Speaking to the US congress in May, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu boasted that his country is a beacon of freedom in the Middle East and North Africa, that it is the only place where Arabs “enjoy real democratic rights”. It’s true that Palestinian citizens [...]
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August 26, 2011
Israeli troops fire tear gas at protest in Qalandiya Published today (updated) 26/08/2011 21:12 Israeli soldiers block Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah December 10, 2005. [MaanImages/Charlotte de Bellabre] RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli troops fired tear gas on dozens of protesters gathered at Qalandiya checkpoint near Ramallah to call for access [...]
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August 25, 2011
Israel‘s ‘Nice Little War’: Gaza, Egypt in the Range of Fire Hidden hands seem to be orchestrating chaos in Sinai. (Via PressTV) By Ramzy Baroud Israeli writer Uri Avnery recently wrote an article entitled ‘How Godly Are Thy Tents?’, which began with the words, “First of all, a warning.” The reference was made to the [...]
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August 25, 2011
An unofficial truce was declared after four days of clashes which left 15 Palestinians dead [Reuters] Israel has launched several attacks on Gaza, killing three Palestinians and wounding several others, prompting Hamas to allege that the attacks violated an unofficial two-day-long truce. Medics in Gaza said an Israeli air strike on Wednesday evening killed 20-year-old Mohammad Moqat. He was a member of the [...]
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August 21, 2011
1. America, Watch Your Lawmakers Having Fun In Israel (video) http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/america-watch-your-lawmakers-having-fun-in-israel.html While the US continues to struggle with its economic issues Congress is on vacation. Many are upset at the news reports that 81 members of Congress have chosen to spend a week relaxing in Israel. These vacations are being paid for by AIPAC. Adam Shapiro, [...]
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August 21, 2011
Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, talks to soldiers in Ashkelon. Photograph: Tsafrir Abayov/AP Efforts to end the cycle of attack and counter-attack between Israel andGaza have intensified as Egyptian brokers, backed by the United Nations, sought to persuade militant groups to agree to a ceasefire. A Hamas official was quoted in the Israeli media [...]
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August 20, 2011
By Uri Avnery Since the beginning of the conflict, the extremists of both sides have always played into each other’s hands. The cooperation between them was always much more effective than the ties between the corresponding peace activists. “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” asked the prophet Amos (3:3). Well, seems [...]
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August 19, 2011
Egyptians demanded the Israeli embassy in Cairo be closed over border killings [AFP] Egypt has lodged an official protest to Israel demanding an investigation into the killings of three security officials during an Israeli military operation near the border, Egyptian state media reported. “Egypt filed an official complaint with Israel following yesterday’s deaths at the border between Israel [...]
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August 19, 2011
Rockets have been launched from Gaza into Israel and Israeli aircraft have struck targets in the Palestinian territory in the aftermath of deadly attacks a day before in southern Israel. Eight Israelis, including six civilians and two soldiers, were killed in a series of assaults on Thursday by gunmen who targeted two buses, a car and [...]
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August 18, 2011
Daily Rogue State Israeli Lawlessness by STEPHEN LENDMAN on AUGUST 17, 2011 Spread it! 2Share| 5Share 0 inShare 0digg email print By Stephen Lendman* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz It begs the question why Israelis put up with lawless governance harming them as well as Palestinians. When will weeks of social injustice outrage arouse them to embrace universal equity? Why [...]
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August 17, 2011
Israeli marines shot dead nine Turkish passengers on the Mavi Marmara aid ship in May 2010 [AFP] Israel says it will stick to its refusal to apologise to Turkey for killing nine of its citizens on a Gaza-bound aid ship, an Israeli official has said. Wednesday’s announcement, which the official said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu conveyed to [...]
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August 17, 2011
The May 15 Nakba protests put the issue of Palestinian refugees back on the table [GALLO/GETTY] After years of marginalisation in the peace process, the Palestinian refugees are back on centre stage. On May 15, Nakba day, the refugees forced their way on to the news agenda; in the past two weeks, Israeli and Palestinian leaders [...]
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August 17, 2011
Spotlight on Occupied Palestine By Lawrence Davidson * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Education as indoctrination Over the last 10 years there have been periodicoutbursts of rage over the alleged anti-Semitic nature of Palestinian textbooks. Most of these episodes have been instigated by an Israeli based organization called the Centre for Monitoring the Impact of Peace (also [...]
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August 17, 2011
Does AIPAC Have Only Two Major Donors? John Boehner and Eric Cantor By Grant Smith * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz A large congressional delegation is heading for Israel. During three weeks of recess, 55 Republicans and 26 Democrats will enjoy “educational” trips funded by the American Israel Education Foundation, a tax-exempt nonprofit located in the same [...]
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August 16, 2011
Quartet ‘concerned’ by Israeli settlement move Published today (updated) 16/08/2011 20:19 Israeli tractors working at a construction site in the West Bank settlement of Ariel in 2010. The United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations on Tuesday attacked Israel’s move to build new West Bank housing as a threat to peace [...]
Tags: Ehud Barak, Israel, Israeli settlement, Ministry of Defense (Israel), Palestinian people, United Nations, United States, West Bank
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August 16, 2011
Allawi was arrested when he was crossing the border between Jordan and the occupied West Bank Samer Allawi, Al Jazeera Arabic’s Kabul bureau chief, has been brought before an Israeli military court, almost a week after he was arrested by Israeli officials when he tried to cross the border between Jordan and the occupied West Bank. Israeli authorities extended [...]
Tags: Al Jazeera, Hamas, Israel, Jordan, Kabul, Nablus, Petah Tikva, West Bank
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August 16, 2011
An injured woman is wheeled into a Gaza City hospital following Israeli air strikes early on Tuesday [AFP] One person has been killed and five others have been wounded in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian medical sources. The first raid, early on Tuesday, targeted Zeitun, east of Gaza City and injured [...]
Tags: Gaza, Gaza Strip, Gaza–Israel conflict, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Air Force, Khan Yunis, Palestinian people
Posted in Gaza, Israel, Israel a Jewish State dealing in arms, Israel a state of settlers, Israel and diaspora forces of crime, Israel and force, Israel and the settlers, Israel and withholding resources from the Arabs etc, Israel and zionist moral crimes, Israel apartheid, Israel Boycott, Israel death and destruction, Israel diaspora and deceit, Israel expulsion, Israel hasbara, Israel lobby and what it can do, Israel media, Israel West Bank, Israel's wall, Israeli checkpoints | No Comments »
August 15, 2011
Israel has approved the building of 277 homes in Ariel, defying criticism of continued construction on lands the Palestinians claim for a state. Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP The Israeli government has authorised the construction of 277 homes in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, a move that will diminish the prospects for a resumption of peace [...]
Tags: Israel, Israeli settlement, Palestinian people, Prime Minister of Israel, Ramat Shlomo, Shimon Peres, State of Palestine, West Bank
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August 15, 2011
Patel supplies to enter Gaza Published today 10:22 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Palestinian officials said limited goods, including construction materials and aid, would enter Gaza’s sole crossing with Israel on Monday. Crossings liaison official Raed Fattouh said the southernmost Kerem Shalom crossing would open for 290 trucks, including four trucks of equipment for the [...]
Tags: Gaza, Israel, Kerem Shalom, Ma'an, Palestinian people, Paltel, Rafah Border Crossing, Truck
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August 15, 2011
Israeli police arrest 3 Palestinian children in Silwan Published yesterday (updated) 14/08/2011 20:00 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An undercover unit of the Israeli forces arrested two Palestinian children and one teenager from the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on Sunday, a local committee member and Israeli police spokesman said. Abed Al-Karim, member of a local Silwan [...]
Tags: Arrest, Child, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Israel Police, Jerusalem, Ma'an, Silwan
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