JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities demolished an under-construction house in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina on Wednesday morning, witnesses said. Forces blocked off the Al-Mouroha district and broke into the house, demolishing its foundations, the owner Waleed Sadeq Idkedek said. Idkedek said the demolition took place without prior warning, and called on [...]
‘We’ve gone beyond the occupation. The Palestinians have been pacified’, says Jeff Halper [GALLO/GETTY] I caught up with Jeff Halper, long time Israeli peace activist, director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and author of numerous books, while he was on a European speaking tour. Here is what he had to say about [...]
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli plans to build nine hotels in a settlement neighborhood in East Jerusalem aim to undermine tourism in Bethlehem, a Palestinian researcher warned Tuesday. Israel on Tuesday pushed forward with plans to build 1,100 hotel rooms in Givat Hamatos, a neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem close to Israel’s checkpoint to Bethlehem. Khalil [...]
The speed of money Mon, 04/02/2012 – 11:16 — Sidewinder Printer-friendly version http://anarchism.pageabode.com/sidewinder/speed-moneyThese are the notes for a talk given at the Occupy University sessions at Occupy Dame Street last October (2011). —- Money’s been around for a long time, since the days of the mythical King Croesus. Certainly far longer than capitalism. [...]
BDS Update: Israel’s Ides of March By Eric Walberg – Cairo Israeli land confiscations accelerated in the 1970s and led Palestinians to organise the first coordinated demonstrations in the Occupied Territories on 30 March 1976, during which 6 Palestinians were killed. This date has been marked ever since as [...]
Reporters Without Borders said it was “shocked” by Israeli forces‘ raid on the launch of Hona al-Quds in East Jerusalem on Monday. (MaanImages/HO, Al-Quds Educational TV) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday it was shocked by Monday’s raid by Israeli security forces on a Palestinian media network set up by Al-Quds University in [...]
On this Land Day, I was at Erez Crossing. Several hundred youth had managed to find their way around the Hamas policemen blocking the roads leading to Erez. They Shoot the Youth Don’t They? By Johnny Barber (about the author) Become a Fan — Page 1 of 1 page(s) opednews.com On March 30, 1976, the Palestinian people declared a general [...]
A woman stands near a construction site in Gilo, a Jewish settlement that Israel erected on land it captured in 1967. (Reuters/Baz Ratner, File) TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israel’s Jerusalem Mayor plans to establish a new Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem, according to news reports Tuesday. Around 200 new homes are planned for the [...]
Starting all over again. (Tamar Fleishman) By Tamar Fleishman – The West BankThis March marked the fiftieth anniversary of Algeria‘s liberation from the French occupation that lasted one hundred sixty two years. Throughout the years of French rule, tens of thousands of immigrants from France and its neighboring countries settled on Algerian land and [...]
Palestinians mourn next to the body of 20-year-old Mahmoud Zakot during his funeral in the northern Gaza Strip March 30. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli fire killed one young Palestinian man and injured over 30 others in clashes at two sites in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian medical official said Friday evening. Adham [...]
MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty ImagesPalestinian protesters in the Gaza Strip march near the border with Israel to commemorate Land Day. Lior Mizrahi/Getty ImagesA Palestinian woman protests in occupied East Jerusalem on Land Day. AMMAR AWAD/REUTERSPalestinians pray during Friday prayers on Land Day outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City. GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty ImagesIsraeli police on horseback disperse Palestinian [...]
Last year’s Land Day procession in the village of Arabe, March 30, 2011. (Abdallah Shama)Coinciding with Land Day, activists are planning to hold a “Global March to Jerusalem” to protest “Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing, to demand access to Jerusalem for all peoples, and to uphold Palestinian rights under international law, including refugees’ right of [...]
A call for peace and justice in the Holy Landby Bishop Pat Power The Canberra Times 27 March 2012 Israel must stop abusing Palestinians so trust and respect can prevail, Hardly a day passes without me being appalled by the plight of the Palestinian people and the apparent indifference of much of the Western world [...]
Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian following an operation in the West Bank village of Beit Ummar (MaanImages/File) Israeli court rules against bail for Beit Ummar teens Published today (updated) 26/03/2012 21:14 HEBRON (Ma’an) — An Israeli court ruled to keep seven children from Beit Ummar behind bars until the end of their trial, a lawyer and community [...]
(MaanImages/file) JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel said on Monday it has severed contacts with the UN Human Rights Council after its launch last week of an international investigation into settlements in the occupied West Bank. The decision, announced by a Foreign Ministry spokesman, meant that the fact-finding team the council planned to send to the West [...]
(MaanImages/HO) JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A group of Israelis broke two Muslim gravestones in a Jerusalem cemetery on Saturday, the Al-Aqsa Foundation said. More than 20 Israelis gathered in Bab al-Rahmah cemetery near the eastern wall of the Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform prayers, the Foundation for Waqf (Endowment) and Heritage said. A cemetery guard told the [...]
(MaanImages/file) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli government on Sunday announced a series of measures to build 187,000 new apartments over the next five years, Israeli daily Maariv reported. Around 40,000 apartments will be for affordable housing and the majority of the new buildings will be constructed in the Tel Aviv area, central Israel and Jerusalem, [...]
(Photo: Tamar Fleishman) By Tamar Fleishman – The West Bank Since Talat Ramia’s murder tranquility had yet to be restored to the streets of Ar-Ram. For the past three days the younger residents had been going out to the streets and protesting against the murder of their friend, while the army pushes them back with [...]
The Financial Crisis as A Global CrimeBy Danny Schechter March 12, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — Journalists for the most part report what they know and hope that someone pays attention. With so many media outlets, brands, bloggers and sloggers out there, it is rare for challenging ideas to touch a [...]
An Israeli soldier wears phylacteries as he prays at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem’s Old City February 22, 2012.(REUTERS/Baz Ratner) By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Roni Daniel saw the writing on the wall in a toilet. A former infantry commander who fought in three Middle East wars and now the dean of Israeli defense [...]
(MaanImages/HO, Al-Aqsa Foundation) JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Al-Aqsa Foundation said on Sunday it had gathered evidence showing that an East Jerusalemneighborhood risked landslides amid Israeli digging in the area.A landslide northeast of the Ein Silwan Mosque has formed a crater next to the building, the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage said, providing images of [...]
Annihilation Hovers over Palestine, Not Israel As the threat of Iran’s nuclear potential is hyped in Tel Aviv and Washington, it is the people in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem who are in real danger By Imtiaz Muqbil March 03, 2012 “BangkokPost” – One of the claims being made [...]
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The prime minister in Gaza on Thursday called on Palestinian leaders to visit the Gaza Strip, saying they all have a right to visit the enclave as part of an undivided Palestine. Speaking during a lunch meeting with leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Ismail Haniyeh [...]
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli forces raided a Palestinian television network early Wednesday in central Ramallah, briefly detaining four employees, journalists at Watan TVsaid.Journalists at the television station said soldiers confiscated computers and broadcast equipment. The four employees were were detained are head of production Abdul Rahman Thaher, correspondent Hamza Salaymeh, graphics expert Ibrahim Milhim and [...]
Palestinians wave flags during a rally in front of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, in support of President Mahmoud Abbas‘ bid for statehood recognition in the United Nations, Sept. 21, 2011. (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — PLO official Hanan Ashrawi on Tuesday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s response to a conference on [...]
(MaanImages/Moamar Awad) JERUSALEM (Reuters) — President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Sunday of trying to erase any Arabic identity from Jerusalem, drawing a strong response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Abbas, speaking at a conference in Qatar, said that for the past few years Israel has been waging a “final [...]
Funeral procession for Talat Ramia, 25, who died on Friday after he was shot by Israeli forces at a protest near Qalandiya checkpoint. (MaanImages) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Twelve Palestinians were injured Saturday in clashes in al-Ram, northern Jerusalem, following the funeral of a Palestinian killed Friday by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank. Talat [...]
Talat Ramia is wheeled into the Palestine Medical Complex, where he died Protester dies after shot by soldiers near Ramallah Published yesterday (updated) 25/02/2012 10:33 Friday after being injured in clashes with the Israeli army on Feb. 24, 2012. RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Medics say a Palestinian protester died Friday during surgery after being shot [...]
(MaanImages/HO) JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces clashed with Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Friday, exchanging a volley of tear gas and rocks. Israeli troops entered the Haram al-Sharif (Noble Compound) after the Friday noon prayer, and fired tear and and sound grenades, causing confusion amongst the large crowds who worship at the holy [...]
The settlement of Gilo on the outskirts of Jerusalem. (MaanImages/file) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — PLO official Saeb Erekat condemned an announcement by Israel on Wednesday that it has approved over 500 housing units in the settlement of Shilo. Settlers from nearby Shvut Rachel also began restoring 200 homes after the civil administration legalized the outpost, Ghassan [...]
Another child detained. (Tamar Fleishman) By Tamar Fleishman – The West Bank ‘This place is the carbuncle on the ass of the occupation,’ said Dalit Baum as the gates of Ofer prison closed behind us. The Palestinian residents of the West Bank, who had been living under occupation for over forty [...]
Israeli forces patrol during an operation in Nablus. (MaanImages/Rami Swidan, File) link to article http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=455081 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Tuesday detained a teacher after raiding her home in Arura village near Ramallah, a rights group said. Israeli soldiers smashed the windows of Narmin Saleh’s home and confiscated her cell phone and computer before blindfolding [...]
Lawmaker Mohammed Totah walks behind Khaled Abu Arafah (L), a former cabinet minister, as they are escorted to a courtroom at the magistrate’s court in Jerusalem on Jan. 24, 2012. (Reuters/Ammar Awad) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Inter-Parliamentary Union’s committee on the Middle East on Tuesday met to discuss the imprisonment of members of the Palestinian [...]
Palestinian parliament speaker Aziz Dweik gestures as he attends a hearing at an Israeli military court near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images LINK http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/24/israel-jails-palestinian-parliament-speaker An Israeli military court has ordered the speaker of the Palestinian legislative body to be jailed for six months without trial after he was arrested at a [...]
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Monday detained two Palestinian MPs during a raid on the Jerusalem headquarters of the International Red Cross.Mohammad Tawtah and former Jerusalem affairs’ minister Khalid Abu Arafa are being questioned by Israeli police on suspicion of conducting “Hamas activities inside Jerusalem,” Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Ma’an. The elected [...]
Enough of the injustice. By Graham Peebles Violence, abuse, non-accountability, hate, such is communal living today within the occupied West Bank, where some 518,974 colonisers sit within 200 illegal settlements. According to Noam Chomsky, ”The settlements cover over 42% of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), not counting the Jordon valley, which they are taking over.” [...]
Israel Razes Four Palestinian Houses Israeli troops demolish four Palestinian houses in the east of Tel Aviv-occupied West Bank, which they claim were endangering an archaeological site located nearby besides having been built ‘illegally.’ “They are in the area of the Hasmonean palace and were built illegally, without a permit,” said Guy [...]
(MaanImages/Moti Milrod, File) JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Uniformed Israeli soldiers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday, the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage said. Describing the forces as “behaving aggressively,” the foundation said ten soldiers walked around the compound with a tour guide. Such incidents are a violation of the sanctity of the compound, the [...]
Mourners pray at the funeral of seven family members killed when Israeli forces shelled their home in Jabaliya refugee camp on Jan. 9 2009. (MaanImages/Wissam Nassar) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Palestine on Saturday marked the 47th Martyrs’ Day, a national day declared by late President Yasser Arafat in 1965. Muhammad Nahhal, an official in a [...]
DCI/Palestine ”is a national section of the international non-government child rights organisation and movement (dedicated) to promoting and protecting the rights of Palestinian children,” according tointernational law principles. On December 28, it submitted a complaint [PDF] to several UN authorities titled, “The use of solitary confinement on Palestinian children held in Israeli detention.” It’s specifically for [...]
Israeli bulldozers tore down storage containers belonging to Palestinians in East Jerusalem. (MaanImages) JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces destroyed storage containers and confiscated commercial goods belonging to Palestinians in East Jerusalem on Thursday, locals said. Israeli forces and bulldozers entered al-Eizariya and confiscated stone displayed for sale in the al-Mashtal neighborhood near Maale Adumin settlement. [...]
(MaanImages/Luay Sababa, File) JERICHO (Ma’an) — Israeli forces demolished two homes belonging to Jerusalem families in a village near West Bank city Jericho on Thursday. Bulldozers accompanied by military patrols tore down the homes in al-Duyuk, west of Jericho, also destroying the electricity connection to the site, residents told Ma’an. Forces told the owners the [...]
The prosecution indicted Olmert and 17 others, including the former mayor of Jerusalem Lupolianski [EPA] Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, has been indicted on corruption charges in the so-called Holyland case. Olmert was accused on Thursday of taking bribes to promote construction of housing projects while he was the mayor of Jerusalem, a [...]
Saturday night‘s ultra-Orthodox demonstration in Jerusalem’s Kikar Hashabbat. Photo by: Olivier Pitoussi Elie Wiesel: Haredi ‘Holocaust‘ protest in Israel was a ‘vile sight’ Nobel laureate severely criticizes ultra-Orthodox protesters wearing concentration camp uniforms, yellow badges, says Haredi participants are ‘spiritually poisoning their children.’ By Shlomo ShamirTags: Jewish World US Jews Holocaust Nobel Peace Prize laureate [...]
AFP Secular Israelis arguing with an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man in Beit Shemesh earlier this week. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups in Israel would like to see gender separation in public, and some have stooped to harassing women — and even children – to get their way. With thousands of Israelis protesting against the growing influence of the super-religious, [...]
AFP Secular Israelis arguing with an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man in Beit Shemesh earlier this week. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups in Israel would like to see gender separation in public, and some have stooped to harassing women — and even children – to get their way. With thousands of Israelis protesting against the growing influence [...]
Mossad Chief: Iranian Nuclear Weapon Wouldn’t Be Existential Threat Says Term Being ‘Used Too Freely’ by Jason Ditz, December 30, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Speaking at a meeting of top Israeli ambassadors in Jerusalem, Mossad chief Tamir Pardo [...]
A Palestinian man herds sheep near a construction site at a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem. (Reuters/Baz Ratner) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Britain’s Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt on Friday condemned Israel’s plans to expand an illegal settlement and build a tourism center in occupied East Jerusalem. Jerusalem municipality on Wednesday approved [...]
A new plot Netanyahu’s aides think that the recent massive media coverage of various manifestations of violence and discrimination against women are part of a plot to topple him. By Yossi Verter Self-deprecating humor is the most essential quality for a politician. A politician endowed with this rare characteristic will be less irksome to those around [...]
Funeral of Mustafa Tamimi, Nabi Salih, West Bank – Nov 12, 2011. (Activestills) By Ramzy Baroud Mustafa Tamimi was a 28-year-old resident of the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. His meticulously trimmed beard served as the centerpiece of his handsome face. In December 2009, when an Israeli soldier shot him [...]
