Land Theft and Destruction in Palestine - Headlines November 11, 2009
Tony Gosling
tony at cultureshop.org.uk
Wed Nov 11 21:21:44 GMT 2009
Land Theft and Destruction
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<http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10884.shtml>Palestinians
cling to their homes in Silwan
OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM (IPS) - "Make sure your
father gets this," the municipal inspector tells
a ten-year-old boy at the gate of the concrete
house in an alleyway in the al-Bustan quarter of
Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood right under
the shadow of the walled Old City. "This" is a
court-approved demolition notice, "No. 59." It's
for a house under imminent threat of being torn
down by the Israeli authorities because it does
not have the requisite building permit.
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<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127461.html>Palestinian
cave-dweller fights Israeli eviction
A Palestinian camping in an ancient cave near
Jerusalem said he has been told by Israeli
authorities to get out because the hillside is
slated for a housing development and his "illegal" home will be demolished.
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127461.html>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127461.html
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803710,00.html>West
Bank village: Settlement's fence keeps us off our land
(Video) Since 2003, residents of Jaba claim fence
blocking them access to their land. 'Unclear who
put it up, but Civil Administration not doing anything'.
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803710,00.html>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803710,00.html
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127077.html>With
restraint like this..., Akiva Eldar
When U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
holds her next press conference, someone should
ask her, as the person who praised the Netanyahu
government's restraint over the settlements, what
she has to say about the following declaration:
"Many housing units are being built in Judea and
Samaria on the basis of permits from various periods."
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127077.html>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127077.html
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=239004>Israeli
troops: We will never evacuate Homesh
Bethlehem - Ma'an - Soldiers of the reservist
Shimshon Battalion expressed their support for
soldiers who brandished signs against the
evacuation of the Homesh settlement in the West
Bank, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=239004>http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=239004
Activism/Solidarity/Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=239036>French
union joins Israel boycott
Bethlehem Maâan A French labor union
decided to to join the international movement to
apply Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)
on Israel, a statement from the National Work
Confederation (Confédération Nationale du Travail - CNT) said Wednesday.
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=239036>http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=239036
<http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10881.shtml>Palestinians
symbolically dismantle sections of the wall
Two decades after the fall of the Berlin wall,
walls of separation still exist throughout the
world. Israel's wall in the West Bank is much
bigger than the Berlin wall ever was, as it
encloses more than two million Palestinians
inside the occupied West Bank. This wall
separates Palestinians from their families, land,
natural resources and communities. However, in a
symbolic action documented in video and
photographs, Palestinians managed to symbolically dismantle part of the wall.
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<http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10882.shtml>Bilin's
legal struggle continues
The villagers of Bilin are pushing forward in
their nonviolent struggle against the Israeli
occupation by appealing a Quebec Superior Court
ruling in their case against two Canadian
companies. The residents of Bilin are suing Green
Park International and Green Mount International,
two companies that, they argue, should be held
legally accountable for illegally building
residential homes and settlement infrastructure
on the village's land. Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
reports for The Electronic Intifada.
<http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10882.shtml>http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10882.shtml
<http://electronicintifada.net/v2/printer10874.shtml>Gaza
students organize for justice
In order to find sustainable alternatives to the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict a new group calling
itself the Justice Makers has been formed across
the law departments in Palestinian universities.
Two of the founders, Mohammed Eliwa and Yousef
al-Nouri, are both fourth-year law students from
al-Azhar University in Gaza. "The Justice Makers
is about finding new ways within the
international justice system to forward our
case," al-Nouri explained. "We have had enough of
this conflict and we study law because it is the
only way of regaining our rights," stated Eliwa.
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<http://mondoweiss.net/2009/11/tell-the-mets-dont-support-the-settlers-cancel-the-hebron-fund-fundraiser.html>Tell
the Mets: Donât support the settlers Cancel
the Hebbron Fund fundraiser, Adam Horowitz
The Mets are still planning on
<http://mondoweiss.net/2009/11/activists-to-the-ny-mets-racism-aint-amazin-strike-out-the-hebron-fund.html#hide>hosting
the Hebron Fund this November 21st for a
fundraiser at Citi Field. Activists are asking
that people
<http://campaigns.adalahny.org/mets-submit>email
the Mets to voice your displeasure. I did earlier
today and hereâs the response they sent back.
<http://mondoweiss.net/2009/11/tell-the-mets-dont-support-the-settlers-cancel-the-hebron-fund-fundraiser.html>http://mondoweiss.net/2009/11/tell-the-mets-dont-support-the-settlers-cancel-the-hebron-fund-fundraiser.html
<http://www.tadamon.ca/post/5251>Palestine: Cracked and Shrinking Maps
Interview with Palestinian artist Suleiman
Mansour by Aaron Lakoff Photo: Painting on the
apartheid wall near Ramallah by Suleiman Mansour
Suleiman Mansour is one of Palestineâs most
renowned painters. Active in the Palestinian
artist community since the 1970s, he has
contributed greatly to art education and
promotion in the West Bank. He is a co-founder of the [...]
<http://www.tadamon.ca/post/5251>http://www.tadamon.ca/post/5251
Violence and Aggression
<http://www.imemc.org/index.php?obj_id=53&story_id=57089>Israeli
settlers injuries two Palestinians in Hebron city
Two Palestinian civilians were inquired late
Tuesday night when Israeli settlers attacked them
at the southern West Bank city of
Hebron. Witnesses said that teenagers, Hatem Al
Sharabati, 17, and his brother, Hazim, 16, were
in their way home when settlers from Tal Al
Rumaida, in Hebron old city, attacked
them. Doctors at the local hospital announced
that the two brother sustained cuts and broses
due to the attack and were released from hospital on Wednesday morning. [end]
<http://www.imemc.org/index.php?obj_id=53&story_id=57089>http://www.imemc.org/index.php?obj_id=53&story_id=57089
Detainees
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=239000>Hamas:
PA security detained five supporters
Bethlehem Maâan Five Hamas supporters were
detained over er the past two days by the
Palestinian Authorityâs security services,
Hamas said in a statement released on
Wednesday. The statement explained that the
detainees were from Nablus in the north, Bethlehem and Hebron in the south.
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=239000>http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=239000
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=239003>Israeli
forces detain Palestinian, two youths sustain beating
Ramallah Maâan Israeli forces detained a
Palestinian in in the town of Aqraba, Nablus,
beat two youths from Hebron and raided a number
of houses in different locations across the West
Bank, the information office of the Palestinian police said on Wednesday.
The information office stated that Israeli forces
raided the town of Aqraba and detained Amjad
Yousef Derieh, 42. They added that Hussam
Waâel Ash-Sharabati, 16, and his brother Hazem,
15, were transferred to Hebron hospital for
bruising sustained while Israeli forces struck
them in the Old City of Hebron, the information office said.
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=239003>http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=239003
<http://www.imemc.org/index.php?obj_id=53&story_id=57090>The
Israeli military kidnaps 12 civilians from the West Bank
The Israeli military kidnapped on Wednesday 12
Palestinian civilians during invasions targeting
a number of West Bank communities in the West Bank.
<http://www.imemc.org/index.php?obj_id=53&story_id=57090>http://www.imemc.org/index.php?obj_id=53&story_id=57090
Humanitarian Issues/Human Rights/Discrimination
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=238948>Medical
aid to enter Gaza on Wednesday
Gaza Maâan The European medical aid convoy
from âm âMiles of Smilesâ that was prohibited
from delivering its cargo to Gaza on Monday will
be allowed to enter the Strip on
Wednesday. Hamdi Shaâth, head of the
committee against the siege, said âthe delay
was due to equipping the rest of the convoy in
Al-Arish, and the aid will enter Gaza tomorrow.â
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<http://mondoweiss.net/2009/11/little-farah-abu-halima-is-on-her-way-to-california-from-gaza.html>Farah
abu Halima, victim of white phosphorus attack, is
on her way to California, Philip Weiss
Great news. Farah Abu Halima, a three-year-old
who was badly injured by an Israeli white
phosphorus attack that destroyed most of her
family last January, has reportedly left Gaza and
is in Egypt now with her grandmother. She has a
visa to the U.S. and is to fly out on Saturday,
headed for hospital treatment in San Diego. In
the photo above, you can see the burns on her
chin and throat. The burns across her abdomen and
legs are far worse and have already affected her
growth. Her hand is also damaged.
<http://mondoweiss.net/2009/11/little-farah-abu-halima-is-on-her-way-to-california-from-gaza.html>http://mondoweiss.net/2009/11/little-farah-abu-halima-is-on-her-way-to-california-from-gaza.html
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803802,00.html>Judge:
State discriminating between Jews, Arabs
Nazareth Juvenile Court acquits teen accused of
attempting to sabotage police car during
Operation Cast Lead, criticizing State's 'systematic selective enforcement'.
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803802,00.html>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803802,00.html
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803585,00.html>Druze
slam IDF's 'racial discrimination'
Military appeals court's decision not to demote
Brigadier-General Moshe Tamir for lying to
commanders angers association of veteran Druze
officers, after Brigadier-General Imad Fares
forced to retire from army over similar incident.
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803585,00.html>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803585,00.html
<http://antonyloewenstein.com/2009/11/09/arabs-live-in-israel-too/>Arabs
live in Israel, too, Antony Loewenstein
Life for Arabs in Israel is tough and far from
the democracy claimed by Zionists and its
supporters.
<http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2009/2009-10/200910-Arab_to_Palestinian_Israeli.html>This
feature in the magazine Moment outlines the
challenges faced by 20 percent of Israelâs
population. The Other Israel Film Festival opens
in Israel this week and appears to want to
address the issues largely ignored by the Western
press and a chauvinistic Jewish state.
<http://antonyloewenstein.com/2009/11/09/arabs-live-in-israel-too/>http://antonyloewenstein.com/2009/11/09/arabs-live-in-israel-too/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dDFhxi5t_E&feature=player_embedded
Refugees
<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091111/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonpoliticshamas>Hamas
urges new Lebanon govt over Palestinians (AFP)
AFP - The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on
Wednesday called on the newly-formed Lebanese
unity government to improve conditions for
hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees in the country.
<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091111/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonpoliticshamas>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091111/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonpoliticshamas
Political Developments
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LB231789.htm>U.S.keeps
pressure on Abbas after Netanyahu visit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's
low-profile White House visit, widely portrayed
as frosty, in fact broke the ice in his relations
with President Barack Obama, a senior Israeli
official said on Wednesday. And since the meeting
on Monday, Washington has been keeping the
pressure on Palestinians to resume peace talks
without an Israeli settlement freeze first.
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LB231789.htm>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LB231789.htm
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10301490.htm>Netanyahu
upbeat about Washington talks with Obama
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md., Nov 10 (Reuters) -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
concluded an unusually low-key U.S. visit on
Tuesday voicing confidence that his White House
talks would benefit Israel's security and peacemaking efforts.
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10301490.htm>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10301490.htm
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/11/abbas-calls-for-settlement-halt>Abbas
repeats demand for Jewish settlements freeze
Palestinian president uses fifth anniversary of
Arafat's death to demand halt on construction
before talks with Israel. Mahmoud Abbas today
underlined the stark reality of the stalemate in
the Middle East peace process by again demanding
a complete halt to settlement building in the
West Bank before talks with Israel can
resume. The Palestinian president used the
fifth anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat,
his predecessor, to warn that he would not return
to negotiations unless Binyamin Netanyahu,
Israel's prime minister, changed tack. Netanyahu
has promised to exercise "restraint" on
settlements but snubbed Barack Obama by insisting
that "natural growth" in existing Jewish outposts
will continue. Abbas said that too must end, as
must Israel's exclusion of east Jerusalem, which
the Palestinians want as their future capital,
from the scope of any peace deal.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/11/abbas-calls-for-settlement-halt>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/11/abbas-calls-for-settlement-halt
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=238914>Caretaker
gov't discusses Abbas speech in weekly cabinet meeting
Ramallah Maâan The caretaker government in
Ramallah deciecided to form a steering committee
to help reduce its dependence on foreign aid and
to develop pillars of national economy based on
the Palestinian treaty to end the occupation and
establish a state, during its weekly meeting on
Tuesday. In addition, cabinet members discussed
President Mahmoud Abbasâ speech which had far
reaching political implications. Concerned with
Israelâs intransigence over resuming
negotiations and restoring credibility to the
peace process, Abbasâ speech further discussed
the role of the Quartet, particularly that of the
US, and the state of internal division and risks
for Palestinian national aspirations.
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=238914>http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=238914
<http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/11/200911913473515456.html>'Abbas
must stand by his decision',Lamis Andoni
Most pundits have dismissed the announcement by
Mahmoud Abbas that he will not seek re-election
as the president of the Palestinian Authority
(PA) as a tactical move. But Abbas has, so far,
dodged pressures to back down, informing the
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Fatah
leaderships that his decision is final. For the
sake of the Palestinians and for the sake of a
just peace, Abbas should not budge.
<http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/11/200911913473515456.html>http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/11/200911913473515456.html
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803402,00.html>Dahlan:
We may seek UN resolution on Palestinian state
Senior Fatah member Mohammad Dahlan says PA may
seek Security Council resolution on borders of
Palestinian state; PA government says it will
continue to implement plan aimed at ending occupation.
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803402,00.html>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803402,00.html
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/11/content_12436665.htm>Fatah
official calls for unilateral declaration of Palestinian state
RAMALLAH, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- A senior Fatah
official on Wednesday called for a unilateral
declaration of a Palestinian statehood in
response to the standstill in peace negotiations
with Israel. "The old basis of the peace process
did not achieve their national goals and peace,"
said Nasser al-Qedwa, a member of Fatah central committee.
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/11/content_12436665.htm>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/11/content_12436665.htm
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=238920>DFLP:
PA must reject Netanyahu's proposal
Gaza Maâan The Democratic Front for the
Liberation on of Palestine (DFLP) called on the
Palestinian Authority and Arab countries to
reject Netanyahuâs calls for âPalestinian
negotiations without preconditions,â according
to an official statement from the party released on Tuesday.
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=238920>http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=238920
<http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s77RzMTfPEE0qRX9XSeyH97TGGwODMfU91Jcb70yU4KbYjvXV8M9x5vHhl3NEcRIh4DwrJlt6qJwxXHcDOkLy8RrY9aQEWBLrRXt98Q8e7C2o%3d>Barghouthi:
PA should not act as a cover for IOA
MP Dr. Mustafa Al-Barghouthi, the secretary
general of the Palestinian national initiative
party, has said that none would accept the PA to
act as a cover for the Israeli occupation authority (IOA).
<http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s77RzMTfPEE0qRX9XSeyH97TGGwODMfU91Jcb70yU4KbYjvXV8M9x5vHhl3NEcRIh4DwrJlt6qJwxXHcDOkLy8RrY9aQEWBLrRXt98Q8e7C2o%3d>http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/
<http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSLB18245320091111>Abbas
says hand extended for Hamas reconciliation
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov 11 (Reuters) -
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on
Wednesday his hand was extended to Hamas for
reconciliation and called on his Islamist rivals
to sign an Egyptian proposal to end their
division. "We have agreed to the Egyptian
document and we call upon Hamas to accept it
without procrastination," he said. "Our hand is extended for reconciliation."
<http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSLB18245320091111>http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSLB18245320091111
<http://www.imemc.org/index.php?obj_id=53&story_id=57082>Fateh
Calls On Hamas To Sign The Egyptian Initiative
As the Palestinians mark the fifth anniversary of
the death of the late Palestinian President,
Yasser Arafat, Fateh movement called on Hamas to
sign the Egyptian Initiative for internal Palestinian unity.
<http://www.imemc.org/index.php?obj_id=53&story_id=57082>http://www.imemc.org/index.php?obj_id=53&story_id=57082
<http://www.imemc.org/index.php?obj_id=53&story_id=57088>Zahhar:
âNobody Will Be Sorry To See Abbas Leaveâ
Member of the Hamas Political Bureau, Mahmoud
Zahhar, stated that nobody will be sorry to see
President Mahmoud Abbas leaving his political
life and position as president, and added that
Abbas did not achieve any positive accomplishment.
<http://www.imemc.org/index.php?obj_id=53&story_id=57088>http://www.imemc.org/index.php?obj_id=53&story_id=57088
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5be4b65c-ce2b-11de-a1ea-00144feabdc0.html>US
fails to match rhetoric on Mideast strategy
Top diplomats acknowledge that Washington has
failed to make substantial progress on the
Arab-Israeli conflict and that Tehran was likely to reject a compromise offer.
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5be4b65c-ce2b-11de-a1ea-00144feabdc0.html>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5be4b65c-ce2b-11de-a1ea-00144feabdc0.html
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127205.html>Rahm
Emanuel: Dialogue is the only path to peace
The U.S. will remain actively engaged, and
Israel's one true friend. The Palestinians must
come to the table, recognize Israel's right to
exist and reject violence," he went on to say.
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127205.html>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127205.html
<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/wl_uk_afp/mideastbritainjordanisraeldiplomacy>Brown,
King Abdullah urge Israeli settlement halt (AFP)
AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown and King
Abdullah II of Jordan called on Israel Tuesday to
halt settlement activity on Palestinian land, a
spokesman said after talks in London.
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Other News
<http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10885.shtml>Goldstone
report met with muted enthusiasm in Gaza
Tareq Abu Daya, owner of a popular souvenir shop
in the heart of Gaza City, has recently offered
his customers a new kuffiyeh, or traditional
checkered scarf, on which the name of Judge
Richard Goldstone is inscribed. "When the famous
UN report of Judge Richard Goldstone was first
made public, I thought of something that would be
in honor of such a significant report that
accuses Israel of war crimes against Gaza during
the last war," Abu Daya said. Rami Almeghari
reports from the occupied Gaza Strip.
<http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10885.shtml>http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10885.shtml
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=238982>Arafat's
death commemorated
Bethlehem Maâan Palestinians around the
world mark on WedWednesday the fifth anniversary
of the death of President Yasser Arafat. In the
West Bank, where Arafatâs Fatah movement still
rules, a mass celebration is planned. Thousands
are expected to attend the event, which will take
place at the Muqata, the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Ramallah.
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=238982>http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=238982
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LB165153.htm>Egyptian
police, bedouin clash in Sinai over cement
ISMAILIA, Egypt, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Egyptian
police and Sinai bedouin tribesmen clashed on
Wednesday after police seized cement they said
was bound for Gaza via smuggling tunnels, and 11
police were injured, security sources said. The
sources said dozens of bedouin pelted police with
stones after authorities confiscated goods
including 200 tonnes of cement in a raid on a
storage facility near the Gaza-Egypt border.
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LB165153.htm>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LB165153.htm
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=238939>Al-Ashqar:
Egypt bans Palestinian leaders from performing Hajj
Gaza Maâan Hamas leader Ismail Al-Ashqar
and other Pr Palestinians leaders banned from
performing Hajj by Egyptian authorities, he said
on Tuesday. In a telephone interview Al-Asqar
said that he was prevented from travelling to
Saudi Arabia via Egypt to perform Hajj.
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=238939>http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=238939
<http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSLA70245020091110>Wataniya
Palestine to receive $700 mln investment
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov 10 (Reuters) -
Investment of $700 million is planned in mobile
phone company Wataniya Palestine over the next 10
years, the chairman of Qatar Telecommunications
<http://qtel.qa/>QTEL.QA said on Tuesday.
<http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSLA70245020091110>http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSLA70245020091110
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LA240537.htm>Car
crossing eases Israeli Arab commerce in W.Bank
* Blair, Shalom say it will boost Palestinian economy
* Jenin governor highlights need for "political stability"
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LA240537.htm>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LA240537.htm
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803545,00.html>Victim's
family plans to sue Teitel
Family of Samir Balbisi, an east Jerusalem taxi
driver allegedly murdered by Yaakov Teitel,
announces plans to sue 'Jewish terrorist' as well
as National Insurance Institute.
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803545,00.html>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803545,00.html
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127223.html>Qatar:
Israel team welcome if we win World Cup bid
Qatar would let Israel take part in a World Cup
on its territory despite not recognizing the
Jewish state, the head of the Gulf nation's bid
to stage the 2022 soccer extravaganza said on Tuesday.
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127223.html>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127223.html
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127384.html>MI
figures out what went wrong in Lavon affair - 55 years later
Fifty-five years after the notorious failure of
an Israeli sabotage operation in Egypt, Military
Intelligence has finally gotten around to
figuring out what went wrong. The answer? Pretty much everything.
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127384.html>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127384.html
Analysis/Op-ed
<http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10883.shtml>Israeli
Jews and the one-state solution
One of the most commonly voiced objections to a
one-state solution for Palestine/Israel stems
from the accurate observation that the vast
majority of Israeli Jews reject it, and fear
being "swamped" by a Palestinian majority. Across
the political spectrum, Israeli Jews insist on
maintaining a separate Jewish-majority state.
Does this mean that a peaceful one-state outcome
is so unlikely that Palestinians should not
pursue it, and should instead focus only
"pragmatic" solutions that would be less fiercely
resisted by Israelis? Ali Abunimah comments for The Electronic Intifada.
<http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10883.shtml>http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10883.shtml
<http://tonykaron.com/2009/11/10/does-obama-have-a-mideast-plan-b/>Does
Obama Have a Mideast Plan B?, Tony Karon
Itâs hardly surprising that President Barack
Obama chose to schedule a White House visit by
Israelâs Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in
the dead of night on Monday, because right now
Obama has little to show for his 10-month effort
to revive a Middle East peace process. The
Israeli leaderâs refusal to abide by
Washingtonâs demand for a complete freeze of
settlement construction in the West Bank and East
Jerusalem annd the Palestiniansâ refusal to
enter talks without one has left the Obama
Administrationâs plans in tatters, with
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud
Abbas threatening to resign and pull the plug on
the PA and the peace process of which it forms a part.
<http://tonykaron.com/2009/11/10/does-obama-have-a-mideast-plan-b/>http://tonykaron.com/2009/11/10/does-obama-have-a-mideast-plan-b/
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127395.html>Comment
/ Obama's good intentions lead nowhere
And finally, the Middle East. Obama started his
presidency with an announcement that he would act
vigorously to achieve an Israeli-Palestinian
peace agreement; he appointed George Mitchell as
his special envoy. But what happened to Mitchell
is what happened to other envoys to the region:
Faced with a lack of political will among the
quarrelling parties, the envoys have been left
helpless. When Mitchell got entangled in the
freezing of construction in the settlements, he
wasted much of America's political capital. After
all, how can someone who cannot handle "natural
growth" in the settlements achieve an overall solution to the conflict?
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127395.html>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127395.html
<http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15543>Which
Way Obama?, George S. Hishmeh
Like most of his predecessors, Barack Obama has
failed to come up with a logical approach to
resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, now
in its 62nd year. Many optimists on both sides of
the great divide had believed that he would this
month take his first, tough step towards bringing
the two sides to agree on the outlines of a settlement.
<http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15543>http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15543
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/opinion/l11friedman.html>Jimmy
Carter letter to the editor: Re âCall White
House, Ask for Barack,â by Thomas L. Friedman (column, Nov. 8):
Mr. Friedman is advocating what some Israelis
want and no Palestinian wants: a perpetuation of
the status quo, and for the United States to
âjust get out of the picture.â He claims that
we Americans want peace more than the Israelis
and the Palestinians. Certainly that is not true
of the Palestinians, who are suffering horribly
in Gaza and are oppressed and deprived of freedom
and human dignity in the West Bank and East
Jerusalem. Most thinking Israelis including
Ehud OOlmert, Ariel Sharon and Ehud Barak, all
conservatives have recognized thhat a
continuation of the status quo will be a
catastrophe for Israel, as a single nation
continues to evolve between the Jordan River and
the Mediterranean Sea. With a majority of Arab
voters, Israel will soon cease to be a Jewish
state, or else be forced to become a truly
apartheid regime. Instead of waiting for
Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas to beg us,
which wonât happen, America needs to put
forward on our own initiative a plan for two
states, perhaps based on the Arab initiative,
which calls for diplomatic and economic
recognition of Israel within its secure borders,
side by side with Palestinians in a viable and
contiguous state. As President Obama and other
world leaders know, a quiescent America will
bring nothing but catastrophe. Jimmy Carter -Atlanta, Nov. 8, 2009 [end]
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/opinion/l11friedman.html>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/opinion/l11friedman.html
<http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2009/11/octavia-nasr-hearts-israeli-propaganda.html>Octavia
Nasr hearts Israeli propaganda, As`ad Abukhalil
Octavia Nasr started her career with the LBC-TV.
But she started when LBC-TV was in fact
officially the militia TV propaganda outlet for
the Lebanese Forces militia in Lebanon (the
fascistic, sectarian Christian militia, armed and
supplied by Israel and later by Saddam). She
later got a stint with CNN, despite her poor
command of English (not to mention her poor
command of Arabic). A well-known CNN
"personality" sent me this: Octavia Nasr is a
keynote
<http://atlanta.mfa.gov.il/mfm/Web/main/document.asp?documentid=123982>speaker
for an Israeli propaganda conference. The CNN
source (who shall remain anonymous lest he/she
loses her/his job) tells me that the Israeli
consulate in Atlanta's "sole purporse, I've been
told, is to stay close to CNN HQ". [end]
<http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2009/11/octavia-nasr-hearts-israeli-propaganda.html>http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2009/11/octavia-nasr-hearts-israeli-propaganda.html
<http://antonyloewenstein.com/2009/11/11/j-street-believes-in-santa-claus/>J
Street believes in Santa Claus
<http://www.jstreet.org/blog/?p=718>J Street
release an utterly meaningless statement that
essentially
<http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/10/1009093/emanuel-calls-for-negotiations>echoes
the position of Benjamin Netanyahu. The
occupation wonât end and Jerusalem shared (if
thatâs the goal) in the current circumstances.
<http://antonyloewenstein.com/2009/11/11/j-street-believes-in-santa-claus/>http://antonyloewenstein.com/2009/11/11/j-street-believes-in-santa-claus/
<http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/11/10/u-s-non-profit-central-fund-of-israel-supports-settler-reign-of-terror/>U.S.
Non-Profit, Central Fund of Israel Supports Settler Reign of Terror
Some time ago, Phil Weiss noted that one of the
more successful settler fundraising vehicles was
the Central Fund of Israel, which raised
$12-million in 2007 on behalf of some of the most
extreme of West Bank settlements. The Fund
breaks out its support in various categories, one
of which I found extremely interesting:
security.
<http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2008/132/992/2008-132992985-045422a8-9.pdf>The
Fundâs 207 IRS 990 form lists over $500,000
spent to support settlement security. If you
think about what would fall under this rubric, it
would be guns, ammunition, K-9 attack dogs, night
vision equipment, communications equipment: all
the paraphernalia that reinforce the reign of
terror that settlements impose in their
Palestinian neighbors. In fact, itâs
legitimate to ask whether some of these
settlements might not have used donations raised
through the Central Fund for guns and other
weapons used to attack, maim and even kill
Palestinians, though I should be clear that I
havenât yet seen any documentary evidence to
support this. But it seems only reasonable to
assume that this is a highly possible, and even likely scenario.
<http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/11/10/u-s-non-profit-central-fund-of-israel-supports-settler-reign-of-terror/>http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/11/10/
u-s-non-profit-central-fund-of-israel-supports-settler-reign-of-terror/
<http://mondoweiss.net/2009/11/the-right-of-return-universal-justice-and-u-s-foreign-policy.html>The
right of return, universal justice, and U.S. foreign policy, Philip Weiss
A reader named Matt responds to
<http://mondoweiss.net/2009/11/meeting-omar-barghouti-in-new-york.html>my
Omar Barghouti post of yesterday and raises the
issues of one-state and the right of return. To
be journalistic about it, these issues have often
divided the Palestinian solidarity movement.
Medea Benjamin and Naomi Klein have both stated
that they are agnostic about one state or two
states. And meantime, Norman Finkelstein dropped
out of the Free Gaza march recently over right of
return language, which he opposes. On the other
hand, the group Jews Against the Occupation
specifically coalesced around support for the
right of return. I gather that Palestinians are
not so divided about the right. And yes, Matt is
right in saying that this site has largely
avoided tackling the question. I publish his
letters to stir debate and help people think.
<http://mondoweiss.net/2009/11/the-right-of-return-universal-justice-and-u-s-foreign-policy.html>http://mondoweiss.net/2009/11/the-right-of-return-universal-justice-and-u-s-foreign-policy.html
<http://www.muzzlewatch.com/2009/11/11/not-the-onion-not-the-colbert-report-its-the-jew-flu/>Not
The Onion, not The Colbert Report: Itâs the âJew Fluâ, Cecilie Surasky
Really
where to start? From Martin Buber to
Daniel Boyarin to Naomi Klein to Yeshayahu
Leibowitz
. Uzi Silber writes in Haâaretz that
thheyâve all got an incurable disease, âthe
Jew fluâ, which generates âa malignant
emotional and moral identification with people
committed to (oneâs) annihilation,â
kind of
like âabused children.ââ Itâs funny,
because itâs so ridiculous, especially as he
tries to explain how people who happily identify
as Jews are literally diseased for no other
reason than their opposition to Israeli policy.
<http://www.muzzlewatch.com/2009/11/11/not-the-onion-not-the-colbert-report-its-the-jew-flu/>http://www.muzzlewatch.com/2009/11/11/not-the-onion-not-the-colbert-report-its-the-jew-flu/
<http://latuff2.deviantart.com/art/Berlin-and-Israel-walls-143071870>Berlin
and Israel walls
<http://latuff2.deviantart.com/art/Berlin-and-Israel-walls-143071870>http://latuff2.deviantart.com/art/Berlin-and-Israel-walls-143071870
Iraq
<http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2009/11/10/tuesday-3-iraqis-killed-3-wounded/>Tuesday:
3 Iraqis Killed, 3 Wounded
The Turkish government unveiled a new peace plan
that promises to end a 25-year-long guerilla war
with the Kurdistan Workers Party. Meanwhile, at
least three Iraqis were killed and three more
were wounded in the latest violence.
<http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2009/11/10/tuesday-3-iraqis-killed-3-wounded/>http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2009/11/10/tuesday-3-iraqis-killed-3-wounded/
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/10/content_12427151.htm>3
people killed in gunfire, bomb attacks in Iraq
Three Iraqi people were killed, two others
wounded, and 16 more detained, including a dean
of a college, in separate bomb attacks and
gunfire in the provinces of Salahudin and Diyala on Tuesday, police said.
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/10/content_12427151.htm>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/10/content_12427151.htm
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/10/guardian-nour-al-maliki-iraq>Iraqi
court rules Guardian defamed Nouri al-Maliki
Court orders Guardian to pay prime minister
damages over article that quoted allegations of
increasing authoritarianism. An Iraqi court has
ordered the Guardian to pay Nouri al-Maliki
damages of 100m dinar (£52,000) after supporting
a complaint by the Iraqi prime minister's
intelligence service that he had been defamed by
a Guardian story in April describing him as increasingly autocratic.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/10/guardian-nour-al-maliki-iraq>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/10/guardian-nour-al-maliki-iraq
<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091111/pl_afp/iraqunrestussecurityblackwater>US
firm Blackwater in Iraq bribery scandal: report (AFP)
AFP - Executives at US security firm Blackwater
approved secret payments of about one million
dollars to Iraqi officials to "silence their
criticism" after company guards killed 17
civilians in Baghdad in 2007, the New York Times has said.
<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091111/pl_afp/iraqunrestussecurityblackwater>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091111/pl_afp/iraqunrestussecurityblackwater
Lebanon
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/wl_mideast_afp/unlebanonisrael>Israeli
flights over Lebanon break resolution: UN
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) All Israeli military
flights over Lebanon brreak a resolution aimed at
ending the 2006 hostilities between the two
neighbors, a UN envoy said Tuesday. "Every
single Israeli overflight of Lebanon is a
violation, your question gives me a welcome
opportunity to repeat that," the UN special envoy
for Lebanon, Michael Williams, told reporters.
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/wl_mideast_afp/unlebanonisrael>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/wl_mideast_afp/unlebanonisrael
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127468.html>Lebanon
condemns four alleged Israel spies to death
A Lebanese military court on Wednesday sentenced
to death a first sergeant in the county's
Internal Security Forces charged with spying on behalf of Israel.
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127468.html>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127468.html
<http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-lebanese-cabinet.html>The
new Lebanese cabinet, As`ad Abukhalil
So there is a new Lebanese cabinet. Nothing new.
Lebanon was and will be always on the verge of
civil war, even if it does not descend into civil
war. The cabinet will not solve a thing. A few
remarks. The former leftists in the cabinet:
Hariri Minister, Hasan Mnaymnah (a professor at
the Lebanese University, not to be confused with
a former leftist in the US by that name, who
works with Kenan Makiya), was appointed a
minister of Education. He has been working in the
Hariri apparatus for years. In his youth, he was
active in the Communist Action Organization, but
left in 1973, as a leader of the organization
informs me. He is a secular and is not part of
the Salafi-Wahhabi branch of the Hariri movement.
His wife told NBN TV that he likes mulukhiyyah
and grape leaves. His favorite sport is walking,
to the store across the street and back. I am
told that Birri's Minister of Foreign Affairs,
`Ali Shami, was also previously a member of the
Lebanese Communist Party. He is not distinguished
and not much is known about him. Has not been active in years. {continued]
<http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-lebanese-cabinet.html>http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-lebanese-cabinet.html
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/10/ethiopian-women-domestic-death-lebanon>Women
worked to death in Lebanon | Dalila Mahdawi
Four Ethiopian domestic workers are thought to
have killed themselves in three weeks. Lebanon
must protect these women. They mop floors, take
out the rubbish, walk the dog, buy groceries and
care for the children, the elderly or disabled.
Many a well-to-do and lower middle class Lebanese
family relies on migrant domestic workers to take
care of their household, but when it comes to
providing for these women, not all return the favour.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/10/ethiopian-women-domestic-death-lebanon>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/10/ethiopian-women-domestic-death-lebanon
U.S. and Other World News
<http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/10/brooks/index.html>Denying
responsibility for the wars one cheers on
The NYT columnist who has supported four wars on
Muslims in six years decries the Islamic disregard for human life.
<http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/10/brooks/index.html>http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/11/10/brooks/index.html
<http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2009/11/jihad-in-strip-clubs-why-did-new-york.html>Jihad
in strip clubs: why did the New York Times delete
that reference?, As`ad Abukhalil
So a front page article in the New York Times is
about links between Nidal Hasan and a Yemeni
cleric. But the second part of the article on
page A 21 makes a reference to Hasan's
frequenting of Strip clubs. It mentioned that he
paid for lap dances there. So I wanted to share
that news in on this blog, but discovered that
the reference was
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/us/10inquire.html?ref=us&pagewanted=print>deleted
from the article on the web? This is not the
first time that I discover that the New York
Times edits and changes articles after they
appear in the hard copy edition of the paper. I
feel it is so unethical: I don't run a newspaper
but I tell people often that I don't change posts
after I post them. This article talks about Hasan's love of strippers.
<http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2009/11/jihad-in-strip-clubs-why-did-new-york.html>http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2009/11/jihad-in-strip-clubs-why-did-new-york.html
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/10/bill-oreilly-we-cant-kill_n_353234.html>Bill
O'Reilly: 'We Can't Kill All The Muslims... So We
Wanna Win As Many Hearts And Minds As We Can'
Bill O'Reilly believes that the US effort to win
the popular support of Muslims around the world
is based on the notion that the US cannot kill
every single Muslim. There are roughly 1.3-1.5
billion followers of Islam worldwide. O'Reilly
brought this up during a discussion Tuesday
evening about alleged Fort Hood gunman Nidal
Hasan. The Fox News host was discussing the
alleged attack with novelist and retired Lt. Col.
Ralph Peters who was "outraged" that Obama did
not refer to the attack as terrorism during his
speech at Tuesday's
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/10/fort-hood-memorial-speech_n_352721.html>memorial
service.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/10/bill-oreilly-we-cant-kill_n_353234.html
<http://rawstory.com/2009/11/robertson-islam-not-religion/>Pat
Robertson: Islam isnât a religion; treat Muslims like fascists
Conservative commentators are ratcheting up
anti-Muslim rhetoric in the wake of last week's
Fort Hood massacre, with televangelist Pat
Robertson leading the way with a declaration that
Islam is "not a religion," but a "political
system" bent on destroying all the world's governments.
<http://rawstory.com/2009/11/robertson-islam-not-religion/>http://rawstory.com/2009/11/robertson-islam-not-religion/
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127383.html>Israeli
Americans blast 'unjust' U.S. health care reform bill
The organization representing North Americans in
Israel has called on its members to fight a U.S.
health care bill that would require U.S. citizens
living abroad to pay $750 annually for insurance they may not be able to use.
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127383.html>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127383.html
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/10/alexios-marakis-assaulted_n_353022.html>Alexios
Marakis Assaulted: Greek Orthodox Priest Attacked
By Marine Reservist In Fit Of Anti-Muslim Hysteria
It's not for nothing that General George Casey
<http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/08/casey-muslim-backlash/>warned
against an anti-Muslim backlash in the wake of
the Fort Hood massacre. But a whole slew of
childlike nimrods, spurred to action by Casey
vowing that it would be "a shame if our diversity
became a casualty," have taken the stage to decry
such concerns as "political correctness."
<http://tpmtv.talkingpointsmemo.com/?id=3888035>Michelle
Malkin complained that this was worshiping "the
false god of diversity."
<http://tpmtv.talkingpointsmemo.com/?id=3887436>Pat
Robertson demanded that Muslims be treated as
"members of some fascist group." So much good
sense, being made! And so, naturally, the
backlash Casey warned of has now expanded to include Greek Orthodox priests.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/10/alexios-marakis-assaulted_n_353022.html>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/10/alexios-marakis-assaulted_n_353022.html
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwF8DNln-6g&feature=youtube_gdata>Iran
warns against Yemen meddling - 10 Nov 09
Iran's foreign minister has sharply warned
Yemen's neighbours to stay out of the country's
internal affairs as the fighting between Yemeni
rebels and Saudi forces intensifies. But Saudi
Arabia says its military offensive will continue
until the Houthi rebels withdraw from the two
countries' border. Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Sanaa.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwF8DNln-6g&feature=youtube_gdata>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwF8DNln-6g&feature=youtube_gdata
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU8yeu6g0fI&feature=youtube_gdata>Riz
Khan - Rise of the Muslim middle class - 10 Nov 09 - Pt1
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU8yeu6g0fI&feature=youtube_gdata>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU8yeu6g0fI&feature=youtube_gdata
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46-JzPDwyFg&feature=youtube_gdata>Riz
Khan - RIse of the Muslim middle class - 10 Nov 09 -Pt 2
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46-JzPDwyFg&feature=youtube_gdata>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46-JzPDwyFg&feature=youtube_gdata
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