Last update - 02:27 07/11/2006 - (click here for full story)
By Ayanawo Farada Sanbetu, Haaretz Correspondent and AP
Hundreds of Israelis of Ethiopian descent demonstrated yesterday in Jerusalem against what they said was blatant discrimination against their community by the state. The protesters clashed with police briefly when they blocked a main road near the Foreign Ministry. Eleven protesters suffered injuries in the clashes, as did four officers, and 25 arrests were made.
Colorado Palestine Solidarity Campaign News
November 10, 2006
Something's rotten in Israel
Latest drop in global corruption index yet another warning sign
Published: 11.07.06, 12:24 - ynetnews.com (click here for full story)
The annual Global Corruption Report published by Transparency International Monday ranked the level of public corruption in more than 100 countries - from the cleanest to the most corrupt. The Corruption Index doesn't rely on quantifiable data such as the number of people apprehended for crimes of corruption or the number of investigations carried out.
It is based on public opinion polls and questionnaires filled in by experts. This is why Transparency International has named it The Corruptions Perceptions Index.
Published: 11.07.06, 12:24 - ynetnews.com (click here for full story)
The annual Global Corruption Report published by Transparency International Monday ranked the level of public corruption in more than 100 countries - from the cleanest to the most corrupt. The Corruption Index doesn't rely on quantifiable data such as the number of people apprehended for crimes of corruption or the number of investigations carried out.
It is based on public opinion polls and questionnaires filled in by experts. This is why Transparency International has named it The Corruptions Perceptions Index.
Israel: Divorce America, Marry Russia
By Joel Bainerman November 5, 2006 - (click here for full story)
There used to be a time when Israel had no other "superpower partner" to align herself with other than the US. Today, that is not the case. Although few Israelis realize it, Israel has strategic options that it didn't have 15 years ago. In many respects, Russia is a much more suitable partner for Israel than the US. If Israel switched her alliance to be more politically and economically friendly with Russia -- and less dependent on the US -- Russia might be less inclined to support the regimes in Iran and Syria.
There used to be a time when Israel had no other "superpower partner" to align herself with other than the US. Today, that is not the case. Although few Israelis realize it, Israel has strategic options that it didn't have 15 years ago. In many respects, Russia is a much more suitable partner for Israel than the US. If Israel switched her alliance to be more politically and economically friendly with Russia -- and less dependent on the US -- Russia might be less inclined to support the regimes in Iran and Syria.
France demands independent probe of Beit Hanoun incident
Yitzhak Benhorin - ynetnews.com - (click here for full story)
Latest Update: 11.09.06, 19:09
WASHINGTON - France’s Ambassador to the UN Jean Marc Chevalier said during a Security Council meeting Thursday that his country demanded an independent investigation of the circumstances of Wednesday’s incident in Beit Hanoun in which 18 Palestinians were killed by IDF fire.
“France wants an investigation of this attack, an independent investigation,” Chevalier said.
Latest Update: 11.09.06, 19:09
WASHINGTON - France’s Ambassador to the UN Jean Marc Chevalier said during a Security Council meeting Thursday that his country demanded an independent investigation of the circumstances of Wednesday’s incident in Beit Hanoun in which 18 Palestinians were killed by IDF fire.
“France wants an investigation of this attack, an independent investigation,” Chevalier said.
Venezuela's Chavez condemns IDF shelling in Gaza
Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST - (click here for full story)
Nov. 8, 2006
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that it has become normal for Israel to defy the United Nations as he condemned Israel for a military attack on a Palestinian neighborhood that killed 18 people.
"This morning Israel again, against UN resolutions, began bombing Gaza ... sleeping children and their mothers perished," Chavez said at a news conference with foreign journalists.
"Irresponsibility continues to be the state of norm for the Israeli state," Chavez said. "For Israel there is no United Nations, there is no international law, nobody is accountable for these deaths."
Nov. 8, 2006
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that it has become normal for Israel to defy the United Nations as he condemned Israel for a military attack on a Palestinian neighborhood that killed 18 people.
"This morning Israel again, against UN resolutions, began bombing Gaza ... sleeping children and their mothers perished," Chavez said at a news conference with foreign journalists.
"Irresponsibility continues to be the state of norm for the Israeli state," Chavez said. "For Israel there is no United Nations, there is no international law, nobody is accountable for these deaths."
Venezuela's Chavez condemns IDF shelling in Gaza
Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST - (click here for full story)
Nov. 8, 2006
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that it has become normal for Israel to defy the United Nations as he condemned Israel for a military attack on a Palestinian neighborhood that killed 18 people.
"This morning Israel again, against UN resolutions, began bombing Gaza ... sleeping children and their mothers perished," Chavez said at a news conference with foreign journalists.
"Irresponsibility continues to be the state of norm for the Israeli state," Chavez said. "For Israel there is no United Nations, there is no international law, nobody is accountable for these deaths."
Nov. 8, 2006
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that it has become normal for Israel to defy the United Nations as he condemned Israel for a military attack on a Palestinian neighborhood that killed 18 people.
"This morning Israel again, against UN resolutions, began bombing Gaza ... sleeping children and their mothers perished," Chavez said at a news conference with foreign journalists.
"Irresponsibility continues to be the state of norm for the Israeli state," Chavez said. "For Israel there is no United Nations, there is no international law, nobody is accountable for these deaths."
French troops almost fired at Israel jets: minister
Nov 9, 2006 — PARIS (Reuters) - (click here for full story)
French peacekeeping troops in Lebanon recently came within two seconds of firing missiles at Israeli fighter jets that approached as if to attack them, French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said.
Speaking to the lower house of parliament on Wednesday night, she said this was the latest in a string of incidents in which Israeli warplanes had "adopted a hostile attitude" to French and German forces and said it was "not tolerable."
French peacekeeping troops in Lebanon recently came within two seconds of firing missiles at Israeli fighter jets that approached as if to attack them, French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said.
Speaking to the lower house of parliament on Wednesday night, she said this was the latest in a string of incidents in which Israeli warplanes had "adopted a hostile attitude" to French and German forces and said it was "not tolerable."
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