23.10.2006 11:08 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 13:50 MSK - (click here for full story)
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Israel’s prime minister on Sunday downplayed the Russian foreign minister’s comments that it was “unrealistic” to demand that Hamas immediately recognize Israel and disarm, the Associated Press news agency reports. The demands have been made by Israel and the so-called Quartet of international Mideast negotiators, to which Russia belongs.
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October 31, 2006
Israeli barrier and settlement to leave West Bank village with nowhere to go
Rory McCarthy in Wadi FukinMonday - (click here for full story)
October 30, 2006The Guardian
Land confiscation and pollution threaten future of ancient farming community
It is this view of Wadi Fukin, a village of 1,200 Palestinians just inside the occupied West Bank, that has long attracted Israeli tourists, who hike and swim in the reservoirs. The ancient farming practices have created a "unique cultural landscape" deserving of world heritage status, says Gidon Bromberg, Israeli director of Friends of the Earth Middle East.
But this is no longer all Mr Ibrahim sees. On the hills to the south and east of the village is a rapidly expanding ultra-orthodox Jewish settlement built on Palestinian land seized by the Israeli government and declared "state land".
October 30, 2006The Guardian
Land confiscation and pollution threaten future of ancient farming community
It is this view of Wadi Fukin, a village of 1,200 Palestinians just inside the occupied West Bank, that has long attracted Israeli tourists, who hike and swim in the reservoirs. The ancient farming practices have created a "unique cultural landscape" deserving of world heritage status, says Gidon Bromberg, Israeli director of Friends of the Earth Middle East.
But this is no longer all Mr Ibrahim sees. On the hills to the south and east of the village is a rapidly expanding ultra-orthodox Jewish settlement built on Palestinian land seized by the Israeli government and declared "state land".
Olmert apologizes for incident with Germany
Ronny Sofer - (click here for full story)
Latest Update: 10.29.06, 22:06
PM promises German chancellor Israel will do everything to ensure that misunderstanding which took place last week with German naval forces off Lebanon's coast will not recur. Earlier, German Defense Ministry says another incident occurred on Thursday, involved German navy helicopter, Israeli F-16 fighters. Bild am Sonntag newspaper reports Israeli planes had 'dangerously badgered' helicopter
On Wednesday, Israel denied a German newspaper report that two of its air force planes had fired twice as they flew over a German navy ship patrolling the Lebanon coast. But it did say jets had been scrambled when a helicopter took off from a German aircraft carrier without identifying itself.
Latest Update: 10.29.06, 22:06
PM promises German chancellor Israel will do everything to ensure that misunderstanding which took place last week with German naval forces off Lebanon's coast will not recur. Earlier, German Defense Ministry says another incident occurred on Thursday, involved German navy helicopter, Israeli F-16 fighters. Bild am Sonntag newspaper reports Israeli planes had 'dangerously badgered' helicopter
On Wednesday, Israel denied a German newspaper report that two of its air force planes had fired twice as they flew over a German navy ship patrolling the Lebanon coast. But it did say jets had been scrambled when a helicopter took off from a German aircraft carrier without identifying itself.
Israel backs down on visas for Palestinians from US
By Harry de Quetteville in Ramallah - (click here to read full story)
Last Updated: 1:39am GMT 30/10/2006
Israel may be forced to reverse a controversial policy of expelling Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza after a vigorous protest from America.
Sam Bahour was finally granted a new tourist visa
The U-turn, which marks a rare official dressing-down for Israel from Washington, comes after Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, raised objections to a policy that could have seen tens of thousands of Palestinian foreign passport holders driven from their homes in the Occupied Territories.
Last Updated: 1:39am GMT 30/10/2006
Israel may be forced to reverse a controversial policy of expelling Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza after a vigorous protest from America.
Sam Bahour was finally granted a new tourist visa
The U-turn, which marks a rare official dressing-down for Israel from Washington, comes after Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, raised objections to a policy that could have seen tens of thousands of Palestinian foreign passport holders driven from their homes in the Occupied Territories.
Who is Afraid of the Iranian Bomb?
By Uri Avnery - (click here to read more)
10/30/06 "Information Clearing House"
IT SEEMS that we Israelis are always in need of something to be afraid of. When we open our eyes in the morning, we must see the danger-of-the-day. Otherwise, what is there to get up for? Perhaps it's not the public that is to blame, but the politicians who use fear as a means of control.
10/30/06 "Information Clearing House"
IT SEEMS that we Israelis are always in need of something to be afraid of. When we open our eyes in the morning, we must see the danger-of-the-day. Otherwise, what is there to get up for? Perhaps it's not the public that is to blame, but the politicians who use fear as a means of control.
October 24, 2006
Forced labor for Palestinian children in Israeli prison
www.palestinenet.org - Friday, 15 September 2006, 11:55 - (click here for full story)
Many Palestinian children in Israeli Telmond Prison are being exploited by “forced labor in which they must work eight hours for a few shekels,” as reported by the Prisoners Information Center. One of the children made a statement after his release. “The prison administration has forced all prisoners in Telmond Prison to work eight hours for very low wages.” He went on to say, “The Israeli soldiers come to the chambers at seven and force us to go with our legs tied with chains.” The child added that his job was to stand under guard and pack plastic spoons in boxes.Even injured political prisoners are forced to work, according to Friday’s Nablus-based report. A former prisoner stated, “I had a broken bone but the soldiers forced me out of my cell to work anyway, without any consideration for the pain.”
Many Palestinian children in Israeli Telmond Prison are being exploited by “forced labor in which they must work eight hours for a few shekels,” as reported by the Prisoners Information Center. One of the children made a statement after his release. “The prison administration has forced all prisoners in Telmond Prison to work eight hours for very low wages.” He went on to say, “The Israeli soldiers come to the chambers at seven and force us to go with our legs tied with chains.” The child added that his job was to stand under guard and pack plastic spoons in boxes.Even injured political prisoners are forced to work, according to Friday’s Nablus-based report. A former prisoner stated, “I had a broken bone but the soldiers forced me out of my cell to work anyway, without any consideration for the pain.”
October 22, 2006
Putin cool to Olmert's Iran plea
Thursday 19 October 2006 - (click here for full report)
An Israeli appeal to Russia that it should help block Iran's acquisition of a nuclear bomb appears to have failed, with Russia not offering any public pledge.
Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, did not give any reassurance that Russia would check any Iranian intent to acquire nuclear weaponry following a plea from Ehud Olmert, Israel's prime minister, on Wednesday in Moscow.
Although ties between Russia and Israel have warmed dramatically since the Soviet Union collapsed, the two countries are in deep disagreement over how to confront the Iranian nuclear threat.
An Israeli appeal to Russia that it should help block Iran's acquisition of a nuclear bomb appears to have failed, with Russia not offering any public pledge.
Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, did not give any reassurance that Russia would check any Iranian intent to acquire nuclear weaponry following a plea from Ehud Olmert, Israel's prime minister, on Wednesday in Moscow.
Although ties between Russia and Israel have warmed dramatically since the Soviet Union collapsed, the two countries are in deep disagreement over how to confront the Iranian nuclear threat.
BBC poll: World against torture, Israel in favor
Ynet Published: 10.19.06 - (click here for full report)
Poll of 25 countries reveals that the majority of world's population opposes torturing prisoners suspected of terror involvement. In Israel, over half of Jewish population supports using torture to get information from terrorists, while most Muslims oppose it
Over 27,000 people in 25 countries, including Israel , were asked if torture was acceptable if it could provide information to save innocent lives. Fifty-nine percent were opposed to torture, 29 percent replied it an acceptable means to combat terrorism.
Poll of 25 countries reveals that the majority of world's population opposes torturing prisoners suspected of terror involvement. In Israel, over half of Jewish population supports using torture to get information from terrorists, while most Muslims oppose it
Over 27,000 people in 25 countries, including Israel , were asked if torture was acceptable if it could provide information to save innocent lives. Fifty-nine percent were opposed to torture, 29 percent replied it an acceptable means to combat terrorism.
Israel insists on Lebanon overflights
Sunday 22 October 2006 - (click here for full story)
Sources in the Israeli military say that Israel would bomb Unifil sites in southern Lebanon if Israeli warplanes are intercepted.
An Israeli newspaper, Maarif, reported on Sunday that the statements came after several European countries which have been putting pressure on Israel to stop its violation of Lebanese air space.
Sources in the Israeli military say that Israel would bomb Unifil sites in southern Lebanon if Israeli warplanes are intercepted.
An Israeli newspaper, Maarif, reported on Sunday that the statements came after several European countries which have been putting pressure on Israel to stop its violation of Lebanese air space.
Israel admits using phosphorus bombs in Lebanon
Khaleej Times Online - (click here for full story)
22 October 2006
JERUSALEM - Israel admitted for the first time to using controversial white phosphorus shells against military targets in Southern Lebanon, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday.
‘The IDF made use of phosphorus shells during the war against Hezbollah in attacks against military targets in open ground,’ Minister for Government-Parliamentary Relations Yakov Edery told lawmakers last week according to the Haaretz daily.
22 October 2006
JERUSALEM - Israel admitted for the first time to using controversial white phosphorus shells against military targets in Southern Lebanon, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday.
‘The IDF made use of phosphorus shells during the war against Hezbollah in attacks against military targets in open ground,’ Minister for Government-Parliamentary Relations Yakov Edery told lawmakers last week according to the Haaretz daily.
Israel founded using fake British banknotes
Scotland on Sunday - MURDO MACLEOD - (click here for full story)
Sun 22 Oct 2006
MORE than £130m worth of British banknotes forged by the Nazis was used by the Jewish underground to help establish the State of Israel.
Wads of notes, which the Germans had forged by concentration camp inmates, ended up being used after the Second World War to pay for the transport of Jews to then British-occupied Palestine, and to buy weapons for the embryonic Israeli armed forces.
Sun 22 Oct 2006
MORE than £130m worth of British banknotes forged by the Nazis was used by the Jewish underground to help establish the State of Israel.
Wads of notes, which the Germans had forged by concentration camp inmates, ended up being used after the Second World War to pay for the transport of Jews to then British-occupied Palestine, and to buy weapons for the embryonic Israeli armed forces.
Putin to PM: Using force against Iran could end in disaster
By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent - (click here for full story)
Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced any military operation against Iran in a meeting last week with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Putin told Olmert in the Moscow meeting that foiling Iran's nuclear program could end in disaster for the world. Russian sources attached great importance to the Russian president's first mention of a military option in talks with an Israeli leader.
Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced any military operation against Iran in a meeting last week with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Putin told Olmert in the Moscow meeting that foiling Iran's nuclear program could end in disaster for the world. Russian sources attached great importance to the Russian president's first mention of a military option in talks with an Israeli leader.
October 20, 2006
Going It Alone? Unilateralism VS. Negotiation
Vol. 13 No. 2, 2006 - (click here for full story)
Talking with Marwan Barghouthi
Marwan Barghouthi is a member of the Revolutionary Council of Fateh. He is currently serving a life sentence in an Israeli jail, but is viewed by all observers, including Israelis, as a potential future Palestinian leader. His imprisonment is seen as a political act and his release will constitute a substantial part of any future political breakthrough.This interview originally appeared in the Lebanese paper al-Shira’. This is the first publication of the interview in English.
Talking with Marwan Barghouthi
Marwan Barghouthi is a member of the Revolutionary Council of Fateh. He is currently serving a life sentence in an Israeli jail, but is viewed by all observers, including Israelis, as a potential future Palestinian leader. His imprisonment is seen as a political act and his release will constitute a substantial part of any future political breakthrough.This interview originally appeared in the Lebanese paper al-Shira’. This is the first publication of the interview in English.
Israel, Palestine 'should be one'
Donwald Pressly - (click here full story)
Mon, 16 Oct 2006
CAPE TOWN
The State of Palestine had already accepted the two-state solution with Israel where it could live in peace, but ultimately one state embracing both Jews and Arabs was the best option, Palestinian Ambassador Ali Ahmed Halimeh said on Monday.
Speaking to the Cape Town Press Club, the ambassador — who publicly acknowledged that he was from the Fatah faction in the country, rather than the new predominant Hamas ruling party — said: "We are cousins (referring to the Arabic speakers and the Jews). The only way out now in the long run, honestly ... the best for all of us is to live together. We can make the best country of it."
Mon, 16 Oct 2006
CAPE TOWN
The State of Palestine had already accepted the two-state solution with Israel where it could live in peace, but ultimately one state embracing both Jews and Arabs was the best option, Palestinian Ambassador Ali Ahmed Halimeh said on Monday.
Speaking to the Cape Town Press Club, the ambassador — who publicly acknowledged that he was from the Fatah faction in the country, rather than the new predominant Hamas ruling party — said: "We are cousins (referring to the Arabic speakers and the Jews). The only way out now in the long run, honestly ... the best for all of us is to live together. We can make the best country of it."
Interview - Nawaf Moussawi, Hezbollah's head of international relations, talks to BBC
Broadcast : 10/13/06 BBC - Runtime 26 Minutes - (click here to listen)
This is a rare chance to hear a frank and personal interview with a prominent member of the Lebanese political party, Hezbollah.Nawaf Moussawi grew up in Beirut's southern suburbs and was thrown into political work as a young teenager. He tells Carrie Gracie how he lost relatives in the recent war with Israel, what he would tell his daughter if she said she wanted to be a suicide bomber, and how he enjoys Western philosophy and history.
This is a rare chance to hear a frank and personal interview with a prominent member of the Lebanese political party, Hezbollah.Nawaf Moussawi grew up in Beirut's southern suburbs and was thrown into political work as a young teenager. He tells Carrie Gracie how he lost relatives in the recent war with Israel, what he would tell his daughter if she said she wanted to be a suicide bomber, and how he enjoys Western philosophy and history.
America Accuses Israel of Discriminating Against 'American Palestinians'
14:21 Oct 18, '06 / 26 Tishrei 5767 - (click here for full story)
(IsraelNN.com) Acting on direct orders from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the US has filed a discrimination complaint with the Israeli Embassy in Washington.America claims that Israel’s policy since April 2006 represents flagrant discrimination against American citizens of “Palestinian descent,” citing the difficulties such incur when trying to visit PA (Palestinian Authority) autonomous areas.
(IsraelNN.com) Acting on direct orders from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the US has filed a discrimination complaint with the Israeli Embassy in Washington.America claims that Israel’s policy since April 2006 represents flagrant discrimination against American citizens of “Palestinian descent,” citing the difficulties such incur when trying to visit PA (Palestinian Authority) autonomous areas.
Court Rules Against Israeli Extremists
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - (click here for full story)
(10-17) 12:13 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP)
The U.S. government had sufficient basis to designate an Israeli extremist group a foreign terrorist organization, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The State Department "reasonably found" in 2003 that the group Kahane Chai made death threats against Israeli police and then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
(10-17) 12:13 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP)
The U.S. government had sufficient basis to designate an Israeli extremist group a foreign terrorist organization, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The State Department "reasonably found" in 2003 that the group Kahane Chai made death threats against Israeli police and then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
October 16, 2006
Canada's PM's comment on Liberals disgraceful: Ignatieff
Updated Fri. Oct. 13 2006 3:31 PM ET (click here to read full story)
CTV.ca News Staff
No prime minister has the right to say that anyone who voices a criticism of Israel is an enemy of the Jewish state, Liberal leadership front-runner Michael Ignatieff charged in a stinging attack levelled at the Conservative leader on Friday. In a hard-hitting speech in Toronto, Ignatieff blasted the prime minister for his remarks accusing the Liberal Party of an anti-Israeli bias.
CTV.ca News Staff
No prime minister has the right to say that anyone who voices a criticism of Israel is an enemy of the Jewish state, Liberal leadership front-runner Michael Ignatieff charged in a stinging attack levelled at the Conservative leader on Friday. In a hard-hitting speech in Toronto, Ignatieff blasted the prime minister for his remarks accusing the Liberal Party of an anti-Israeli bias.
UK NGOs call for Israel arms embargo
Jonny Paul (click here to read full story)
THE JERUSALEM POST
Oct. 13, 2006
A London based non-governmental organization, The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), has launched a campaign calling for an arms embargo on Israel, accusing the British government of "complicity in the occupation."
The group, which has joined forces with a number of groups with a history of anti-Israel activism, including the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, War on Want and the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions (ICAHD), has called for "an immediate, comprehensive arms embargo on all parties involved in the conflict and in particular Israel".
THE JERUSALEM POST
Oct. 13, 2006
A London based non-governmental organization, The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), has launched a campaign calling for an arms embargo on Israel, accusing the British government of "complicity in the occupation."
The group, which has joined forces with a number of groups with a history of anti-Israel activism, including the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, War on Want and the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions (ICAHD), has called for "an immediate, comprehensive arms embargo on all parties involved in the conflict and in particular Israel".
October 9, 2006
U.S. working hard to promote Palestinian civil war
America trains Abbas' loyalists in secret camp in Jericho
Ramallah - In an apparent American step to ignite a Palestinian civil war, high-ranking Palestinian sources have unveiled that the United States was establishing a secret military camp in the West Bank city of Jericho to train the PA presidential guards (Force-17).
The concealed American step comes in the framework of preparing that force for fighting against Hamas Movement under American and Israeli directives, as the IOF troops sponsored munitions supplies to the PA presidential guards. ...
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Ramallah - In an apparent American step to ignite a Palestinian civil war, high-ranking Palestinian sources have unveiled that the United States was establishing a secret military camp in the West Bank city of Jericho to train the PA presidential guards (Force-17).
The concealed American step comes in the framework of preparing that force for fighting against Hamas Movement under American and Israeli directives, as the IOF troops sponsored munitions supplies to the PA presidential guards. ...
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Israel radically increases the murder of children
Palestinian child deaths in conflict with Israel already nearly double that of 2005 – UN
5 October 2006 – Ninety-one Palestinian children have already been killed this year in the West Bank and Gaza, almost double the number for the whole of 2005, with youngsters suffering increasing levels of stress from violence and fear in the Israeli-Palestinians conflict, according to the latest United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) update.
5 October 2006 – Ninety-one Palestinian children have already been killed this year in the West Bank and Gaza, almost double the number for the whole of 2005, with youngsters suffering increasing levels of stress from violence and fear in the Israeli-Palestinians conflict, according to the latest United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) update.
October 8, 2006
Hizb Allah, Party of God
Posted on Oct 3, 2006 (click here to read full story)
By Nir Rosen
In the wake of Israel’s 33-day war with Hizballah, the 24-year-old Islamic movement has become the most popular political party in the Middle East. Here’s why that shouldn’t worry us.
Over 1 million Lebanese gathered in a vast square in a southern Beirut suburb on Sept. 22 to celebrate their country’s largely successful campaign against Israel. Seyid Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hizballah, risked his life by appearing in public after Israeli leaders had sworn to kill him, and spoke to his adoring supporters in Lebanon and around the world.
Many children were given the day off from school, and buses ferried supporters from all over Lebanon for the victory celebration. Lebanon had endured 33 days of war, and not only was the Shia Hizballah movement undefeated, it had achieved a near parity of casualties with the Israeli military—a first in the history of Arab-Israeli wars. In an Arab world whose leaders were dictatorial, mendacious and corrupt, who made false promises and were beholden to the United States, Nasrallah was renowned for his integrity and for maintaining his movement’s defense of Lebanon at all costs. It had made him the most popular leader in the Arab world.
Women, children and men waved the flags of Lebanon and Hizballah from outside the windows and sang in jubilation as they waited in traffic. Also on display were the flags of Palestine and Palestinian movements, Lebanese Christian movements, the Communist Party, Sunni and Druze movements, as well as secular nationalists. Although many of the celebrants were men with beards or women whose hair was covered, many were not. There were youths in trendy attire, girls in tight jeans with hair exposed and who had turned their Hizballah T-shirts into stylish form-fitting fashion statements.
By Nir Rosen
In the wake of Israel’s 33-day war with Hizballah, the 24-year-old Islamic movement has become the most popular political party in the Middle East. Here’s why that shouldn’t worry us.
Over 1 million Lebanese gathered in a vast square in a southern Beirut suburb on Sept. 22 to celebrate their country’s largely successful campaign against Israel. Seyid Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hizballah, risked his life by appearing in public after Israeli leaders had sworn to kill him, and spoke to his adoring supporters in Lebanon and around the world.
Many children were given the day off from school, and buses ferried supporters from all over Lebanon for the victory celebration. Lebanon had endured 33 days of war, and not only was the Shia Hizballah movement undefeated, it had achieved a near parity of casualties with the Israeli military—a first in the history of Arab-Israeli wars. In an Arab world whose leaders were dictatorial, mendacious and corrupt, who made false promises and were beholden to the United States, Nasrallah was renowned for his integrity and for maintaining his movement’s defense of Lebanon at all costs. It had made him the most popular leader in the Arab world.
Women, children and men waved the flags of Lebanon and Hizballah from outside the windows and sang in jubilation as they waited in traffic. Also on display were the flags of Palestine and Palestinian movements, Lebanese Christian movements, the Communist Party, Sunni and Druze movements, as well as secular nationalists. Although many of the celebrants were men with beards or women whose hair was covered, many were not. There were youths in trendy attire, girls in tight jeans with hair exposed and who had turned their Hizballah T-shirts into stylish form-fitting fashion statements.
Refuseniks: IDF employs apartheid regime
Yael Ivri (click here to read full story)
Published: 10.05.06, 13:10
The group of youths that signed a letter two weeks ago refusing to “be soldiers of the occupation” hung banners saying the same from Tel Aviv highway bridges Thursday.
Peace with Syria
Lunch in Damascus (click here for full story)
By URI AVNERY
October 5, 2006
...BASHAR AL-ASSAD has done it again. He has succeeded in confusing the Israeli government.
As long as he voices the ritual threat to liberate the Golan Heights by force, it does not upset anybody. After all, that only confirms what many want to hear: that there is no way to have peace with Syria, that sooner or later we shall have a war with them.
Why is that good? Simple: peace with Syria would mean giving back the Golan Heights (Syrian territory by any definition). No peace, no need to give them back.
But when Bashar starts to talk peace, we are in trouble. That is a sinister plot. It may, God forbid, create a situation that would compel us to return the territory....
By URI AVNERY
October 5, 2006
...BASHAR AL-ASSAD has done it again. He has succeeded in confusing the Israeli government.
As long as he voices the ritual threat to liberate the Golan Heights by force, it does not upset anybody. After all, that only confirms what many want to hear: that there is no way to have peace with Syria, that sooner or later we shall have a war with them.
Why is that good? Simple: peace with Syria would mean giving back the Golan Heights (Syrian territory by any definition). No peace, no need to give them back.
But when Bashar starts to talk peace, we are in trouble. That is a sinister plot. It may, God forbid, create a situation that would compel us to return the territory....
October 2, 2006
Palestinian Left Calls for Unity
Leftists Call for Unity, not Internal Chaos, in True Palestinian Cause for Independence (Click link for Full Story)
A spokesperson for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine has come out Monday in condemnation of yesterday’s clashes between Hamas' Government and Fateh's forces, emphasizing the need for a national unity government incorporating all political factions.
A spokesperson for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine has come out Monday in condemnation of yesterday’s clashes between Hamas' Government and Fateh's forces, emphasizing the need for a national unity government incorporating all political factions.
October 1, 2006
UN tells of Israeli border violation
Friday 29 September 2006, 3:03 Makka Time, 0:03 GMT - (click here read more)
Israel has violated the UN-drawn border it shares with Lebanon, the spokesman for the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon says.
The spokesman would not provide details about the violation, but an Associated Press photographer who witnessed Thursday's incident said an Israeli armoured vehicle and two jeeps drove through the border fence and tried to penetrate further into Lebanese territory when UN French peacekeepers blocked their path.
Israel has violated the UN-drawn border it shares with Lebanon, the spokesman for the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon says.
The spokesman would not provide details about the violation, but an Associated Press photographer who witnessed Thursday's incident said an Israeli armoured vehicle and two jeeps drove through the border fence and tried to penetrate further into Lebanese territory when UN French peacekeepers blocked their path.
Why Hamas Resists Recognizing Israel
Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2006 - (click here to read more)
By TONY KARON
Viewpoint: The West is betting that continued Palestinian misery will force Hamas leaders to recognize Israel. But the strategy is as misguided as it is cruel
Palestinian Muslims are currently joining the faithful the world over in denying themselves food between sunrise and sundown. But while most Muslims elsewhere break their Ramadan fast with sumptuous iftar meals, those unfortunate enough to live in the West Bank and Gaza are finding that they have less and less to put on the table come nightfall. That's because they remain under a financial siege imposed by Israel, the U.S. and Europe, in the hope of forcing Hamas, the Palestinian ruling party, to recognize Israel. The premise of the siege strategy appears to be that by increasing Palestinian misery, domestic pressure will mount on Hamas to submit or quit.
By TONY KARON
Viewpoint: The West is betting that continued Palestinian misery will force Hamas leaders to recognize Israel. But the strategy is as misguided as it is cruel
Palestinian Muslims are currently joining the faithful the world over in denying themselves food between sunrise and sundown. But while most Muslims elsewhere break their Ramadan fast with sumptuous iftar meals, those unfortunate enough to live in the West Bank and Gaza are finding that they have less and less to put on the table come nightfall. That's because they remain under a financial siege imposed by Israel, the U.S. and Europe, in the hope of forcing Hamas, the Palestinian ruling party, to recognize Israel. The premise of the siege strategy appears to be that by increasing Palestinian misery, domestic pressure will mount on Hamas to submit or quit.
Hi-tech firm boycotts Israel over 'war crimes'
Ehud Kenan - (click here to read more)
Published: 09.27.06, 08:10
Belgian hi-tech company specializing in development consulting notifies manager of Israeli company seeking cooperation that 'your country has conducted war crimes and is an apartheid regime'
Following the recent war in Lebanon, Ynet has received several complaints from Israeli companies that have encountered refusal of companies from various countries to cooperate with Israelis because of the war.
Published: 09.27.06, 08:10
Belgian hi-tech company specializing in development consulting notifies manager of Israeli company seeking cooperation that 'your country has conducted war crimes and is an apartheid regime'
Following the recent war in Lebanon, Ynet has received several complaints from Israeli companies that have encountered refusal of companies from various countries to cooperate with Israelis because of the war.
The return of Palestinian refugees is an existential necessity for Israeli Jews
Elias Davidsson - (click here to read more)
Elias Davidsson argues that it is in the enlightened self-interest of Israeli Jews to accept the Palestinian refugees' right of return. Not to do so will "inevitably undermine the moral fabric of [Israel's] Jewish population and its capacity to sustain itself".
In order to maintain the cohesion of Israeli Jewish society against the spectre of a "warm peace" with its neighbours, the Zionist state must maintain distrust among Jews towards the Arab nation, emphasize the "European" identity of their state (as distinct from the surrounding "barbarian" states) and engage in provocations whenever the "threat" emerges that a peace may ensue. For this reason, the Zionist state is, by its very nature, a permanent threat to its environment.
Elias Davidsson argues that it is in the enlightened self-interest of Israeli Jews to accept the Palestinian refugees' right of return. Not to do so will "inevitably undermine the moral fabric of [Israel's] Jewish population and its capacity to sustain itself".
In order to maintain the cohesion of Israeli Jewish society against the spectre of a "warm peace" with its neighbours, the Zionist state must maintain distrust among Jews towards the Arab nation, emphasize the "European" identity of their state (as distinct from the surrounding "barbarian" states) and engage in provocations whenever the "threat" emerges that a peace may ensue. For this reason, the Zionist state is, by its very nature, a permanent threat to its environment.
Poll: 67% of Israelis want talks with PA gov't including Hamas
By Avi Issacharoff and Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondents (click here to read more)
A majority of Israelis would support holding negotiations with a Palestinian unity government that includes the Islamic Hamas movement, according to the results of a joint Palestinian-Israeli poll released on Tuesday.Sixty-seven percent of Israeli respondents said such a step could be a necessary requisite for achieving a peace agreement with Palestinians.
A majority of Israelis would support holding negotiations with a Palestinian unity government that includes the Islamic Hamas movement, according to the results of a joint Palestinian-Israeli poll released on Tuesday.Sixty-seven percent of Israeli respondents said such a step could be a necessary requisite for achieving a peace agreement with Palestinians.
Gaza a prison, says UN envoy
Wednesday 27 September 2006, 11:34 Makka Time, 8:34 GMT (click here to read more)
Israel has turned the Gaza Strip into a prison for Palestinians where life is intolerable, a human rights envoy has told the United Nations Human Rights Council.
John Dugard, special UN rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, said on Tuesday that the US, Europe and Canada had failed the Palestinian people by withdrawing funds since Hamas's refusal to accept Israel's right to exist.
He also described the Palestinians' lives as appalling and tragic.
Israel has turned the Gaza Strip into a prison for Palestinians where life is intolerable, a human rights envoy has told the United Nations Human Rights Council.
John Dugard, special UN rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, said on Tuesday that the US, Europe and Canada had failed the Palestinian people by withdrawing funds since Hamas's refusal to accept Israel's right to exist.
He also described the Palestinians' lives as appalling and tragic.
Irish lecturers call on EU to boycott Israeli universities
Last update - 22:11 24/09/2006 (click here to read more)
By Tamara Traubman, Haaretz Correspondent
Irish academics have called on the European Union in an open letter to impose a moratorium financial support to Israeli academic institutions until Israel ends the occupation in the Palestinian territories. The call for the boycott, published last week in the Irish Times daily, came since according to its organizers "The Israeli government appears impervious to moral appeals from world leaders and to longstanding United Nations resolutions."The letter was signed by 61 Irish academics.
By Tamara Traubman, Haaretz Correspondent
Irish academics have called on the European Union in an open letter to impose a moratorium financial support to Israeli academic institutions until Israel ends the occupation in the Palestinian territories. The call for the boycott, published last week in the Irish Times daily, came since according to its organizers "The Israeli government appears impervious to moral appeals from world leaders and to longstanding United Nations resolutions."The letter was signed by 61 Irish academics.
Israel seizes $1mn in bank raids across West Bank
Nasser Abu BakrAFP (click here to read more)
September 20, 2006
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israel confiscated more than $1 million during a series of pre-dawn raids on money exchange shops and banks across the West Bank Wednesday, the latest crackdown on the beleaguered Palestinian territories. An Israeli army spokeswoman said that about NIS1 million ($1.15 million, €910,000) and JD170,000 ($240,000) were seized, along with computers and documents, during the raids, which were carried out simultaneously across the West Bank.
September 20, 2006
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israel confiscated more than $1 million during a series of pre-dawn raids on money exchange shops and banks across the West Bank Wednesday, the latest crackdown on the beleaguered Palestinian territories. An Israeli army spokeswoman said that about NIS1 million ($1.15 million, €910,000) and JD170,000 ($240,000) were seized, along with computers and documents, during the raids, which were carried out simultaneously across the West Bank.
How Israel’s 'new anti-Semitism' is leading to nuclear Holocaust
By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth (click here to read more)
09/23/06 "Information Clearing House'
The trajectory of a long-running campaign that gave birth this month to the preposterous all-party British parliamentary report into anti-Semitism in the UK can be traced back to intensive lobbying by the Israeli government that began more than four years ago, in early 2002.At that time, as Ariel Sharon was shredding the tattered remains of the Oslo accords by reinvading West Bank towns handed over to the Palestinian Authority in his destructive rampage known as Operation Defensive Shield, he drafted the Israeli media into the fray. Local newspapers began endlessly highlighting concerns about the rise of a “new anti-Semitism”, a theme that was rapidly and enthusiastically taken up by the muscular Zionist lobby in the US.
09/23/06 "Information Clearing House'
The trajectory of a long-running campaign that gave birth this month to the preposterous all-party British parliamentary report into anti-Semitism in the UK can be traced back to intensive lobbying by the Israeli government that began more than four years ago, in early 2002.At that time, as Ariel Sharon was shredding the tattered remains of the Oslo accords by reinvading West Bank towns handed over to the Palestinian Authority in his destructive rampage known as Operation Defensive Shield, he drafted the Israeli media into the fray. Local newspapers began endlessly highlighting concerns about the rise of a “new anti-Semitism”, a theme that was rapidly and enthusiastically taken up by the muscular Zionist lobby in the US.
Bad faith and the destruction of Palestine
by Jonathan Cook - (click here to read more)
(Friday September 29 2006)
A mistake too often made by those examining Israel’s behaviour in the occupied territories -- or when analysing its treatment of Arabs in general, or interpreting its view of Iran -- is to assume that Israel is acting in good faith. Even its most trenchant critics can fall into this trap.
Such a reluctance to attribute bad faith was demonstrated this week by Israel’s foremost human rights group, B’Tselem, when it published a report into the bombing by the Israeli air force of Gaza’s power plant in late June. The horrifying consequences of this act of collective punishment -- a war crime, as B’Tselem rightly notes -- are clearly laid out in the report.
(Friday September 29 2006)
A mistake too often made by those examining Israel’s behaviour in the occupied territories -- or when analysing its treatment of Arabs in general, or interpreting its view of Iran -- is to assume that Israel is acting in good faith. Even its most trenchant critics can fall into this trap.
Such a reluctance to attribute bad faith was demonstrated this week by Israel’s foremost human rights group, B’Tselem, when it published a report into the bombing by the Israeli air force of Gaza’s power plant in late June. The horrifying consequences of this act of collective punishment -- a war crime, as B’Tselem rightly notes -- are clearly laid out in the report.
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