http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/
Palestinian Boy Injured by Israeli Gunshots
A 13-year-old Palestinian boy suffered serious head wounds after being shot by Israeli occupation troops in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khalil, witnesses said. The Israeli occupation army confirmed a young Palestinian was injured, adding that the soldiers fired rubber bullets after a group of youths hurled stones at them. Palestinian witnesses said the boy, identified as Yaku Kasrawi, was taken to a hospital.
http://almanar.com.lb/
Three Palestinians seriously injured in Israeli assault on Bil'in protest
Three Palestinian were injured by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Bil'in on Friday, according to a statement received by Ma'an. A "massive march" was organized by residents of the village near Ramallah and attended by a group of international and Israeli peace activists. Also present was a delegation from the Bethlehem-based Committee for Solidarity, an organization that sheds light on the plight of owners of confiscated land and areas affected by the Israeli-constructed separation wall.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
House burned, car destroyed during Israeli raid near Nablus
Israeli forces raided a village near Nablus early on Thursday morning, according to witnesses and a municipality official. Soldiers overran the Burqa village west of Nablus just before dawn on Thursday, where a percussion grenade fired toward a house set fire to a room. The house reportedly belongs to 55-year-old Tawfiq Abdullah Yousef. Ghassan Daghlas, an official in the village's local council, told Ma'an in a telephone interview that in addition to the house fire soldiers destroyed a car belonging to Muhammad Oddeh Abu Amer, which was parked in front of his home in the village.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
IOF kidnap 18 Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip
IOF troops kidnapped on Thursday and Friday a total of 15 Palestinians from various areas of the West Bank and 3 more Palestinians from the southern Gaza Strip.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Israeli invasion sparks day of factional retaliations; 7 projectiles launched and 3 arrested
Israeli forces breached Gaza borders Friday morning and detained three Palestinians in the southern city of Khan Younis. Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades claimed to have fired three mortar shells at the invading forces, the Palestinian-Hizbullah claimed a second projectile launch in the afternoon, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)'s Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades reported that they shelled Kibutz Sa'd with three projectiles Friday evening.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Qassam Brigades confront infiltrating IOF troops east of Khan Younis
The Qassam Brigades,Thursday night, confronted IOF troops who entered the Gaza Strip at the Faraheen neighbourhood east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis and forced it to withdraw.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Testimony: Jewish settlers assault family in Hebron
My husband and I live with our five children in Wadi al-Hussein. My brother-in-law Husni al-Matariyeh and his family live in the same building. He has 10 children. The building is located about 20 meters from the fence of the Kiryat Arba settlement and two 200 meters from the house that the settlers invaded about a year and a half ago ["the House in Dispute"]. Settlers have been assaulting us almost every day for a long time.
http://electronicintifada.net/
Qalandian Nights
Aya Kaniuk-Mahsanmilim-"Sometimes on their way out of the camp they shoot people, the way they shot 18-year old Tamer Kusba in the back while he was washing the pavement near the supermarket where he worked. ..Have you seen what's going on in Hebron?The police remove the settlers from the houses, then the soldiers and Border Patrolmen help the settlers and beat up Palestinians."
http://www.mahsanmilim.com/
IOF provides the fireworks and tear gas-for the children of Bil'in to celebrate Eid Al-Adha
At 9 pm on Sunday7th December, a unit of the Israeli Occupation Army invaded the West Bank village of Bil'in: As the families gathered on the eve of the Muslim feast of Eid Al-Adha to socialise, two army vehicles drove through the main street of the village stopping outside a local store which soldiers entered to arrest the owner's young son-after several minutes, failing to locate him they left with the boys ID card – later, they arrested two other teenagers for allegedly damaging the Apartheid Wall that separates the village and the illegal Israeli settlement that annexes more than half the villagers lands. The presence of the Israeli Army fired up the people of Bil'in with many of the children taking to the streets to confront the army's steel plated jeeps. The army responded indiscriminately with tear gas, rubber bullets, and percussion grenades. The tear gas drifted through the village causing discomfort to many people in the village.
http://www.bilin-ffj.org/
"I was afraid they would destroy our trees"
Leila pointed towards a lone tree and small house on a ridge above what appeared to be a vacant lot. "This was a great field," she said, "filled with lime, guava and orange trees. They destroyed them, killed the trees," she explained, referring to Israeli invasions over the years. "A few days after he learned his trees had been destroyed, the man who owned and tended to the trees passed away."
http://electronicintifada.net/
Israeli stranglehold on Nablus begins to loosen; more restrictions to be eased
Nablus residents show reserved optimism as Israeli travel restrictions to the northern West Bank ease after years of pleading from the Palestinian Authority (PA). Nablus suffered a slow strangulation since 2001; labeled by Israeli TV as the "City of Suicide Bombers," for seven years the Israeli army made almost nightly incursions. Roads into the city were blocked to all but those with special permits, and no Nablus resident with a car has been able to drive to Ramallah on the main road since the Huwwara, Awarta, At-Tur, Beit Furik, Asira Ash-Shamalia, Beit Iba and Shave Shomeron checkpoints were installed.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Israel suddenly closes Karni crossing after only eight trucks unload goods
The Karni crossing point was suddenly closed Friday for "security reasons," after only a fraction of the 110 trucks of goods slated for entry into the strip were permitted to unload their cargo. Head of the coordination committee responsible for goods entering Gaza Raed Fattuh said only 43 truckloads of goods were scheduled to enter the Strip through Karni on Friday, and that only eight loads actually passed into Gaza.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Blockade Continues as World Marks the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
In a week when the world marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Israel's blockade on Gaza shows no sign of ending. The people of the Gaza strip continue to be deprived of basic human rights such as food and fuel, whilst restrictions on foreign media entering the strip reinforces their isolation.
http://www.imemc.org/article/
On life support
Editorial: Anyone who thinks that the status quo in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is acceptable should talk to a doctor from Gaza.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
In Gaza, tunnel vision staves off starvation
GAZA — Say what you will about them, the people of Gaza are survivors. No matter what gets thrown at them, they find a way to get around it. Just look at the tunnels at the south end of the Gaza Strip. First developed when Israel began restricting supplies into Gaza almost three years ago, these remarkable passageways are burrowed down in the ground 10, 15 or even 20 metres. They then proceed some 500 metres or more under the border with Egypt, before coming up again, somewhere, on the other side.
http://www.theglobeandmail.
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Israel Must End the Gaza Blockade
Bill Fletcher, Jr.-Black Commentator-"one need only read the April 2008 Vanity Fair article "The Gaza Bombshell" for a remarkable exposure of the US-led plot to carry out a coup against the Hamas government. Once Hamas got a hint of the plot, a semi-civil war unfolded which resulted in Hamas military units taking over Gaza, and the further splintering of Palestine."
http://www.blackcommentator. com/303/303_aw_israel_end_ gaza_blockade.html
Solidarity, not charity, for the people of Gaza
International Human Rights Day is observed on 10 December, and it's time we turned the rhetoric of human rights into reality. Together with the Free Gaza Movement, I am commemorating Human Rights Day this year in Gaza, a tiny strip of land wedged between Israel and Egypt, home to 1.5 million human beings, and subject to an increasingly brutal war being waged against its civilian population by the state of Israel. Ewa Jasiewicz comments for EI.
http://electronicintifada.net/
Iranians rally against Israel's blockade of Gaza Strip
Iranians held a protest rally in Tehran on Friday against Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. Shouting "down with the U.S." and "down with Israel," the demonstrators marched on streets leading to the Tehran University, in which the weekly Friday prayer ceremony is held. In a statement, the protesters denounced that "intensification of cruel blockade imposed on Gazans is undoubtedly the offspring of alliance of the United States, Israel and some Arab states betrayal."
http://news.xinhuanet.com/
Egyptians chafe at Jewish festival amid brutal Gaza siege
Jews from around the world come annually to Egypt to celebrate the birth anniversary of Abu Hassira, a 19th-century Jewish holy man buried in the Nile Delta. But many local people oppose the celebrations, and this year particularly because of Israel's ongoing siege of Gaza.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
EUCSG slams Abbas for describing solidarity ships as a "ridiculous game"
The European Campaign to End the Siege n Gaza (EUCSG) slammed the statements of Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, who described the ships that sail to Gaza to break the unjust Israeli siege and deliver humanitarian supplies as a "ridiculous game."
http://www.imemc.org/article/
Abbas to travel to Washington to bid Bush farewell
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will travel to Washington to hold farewell talks with his outgoing U.S. counterpart George W. Bush on Dec. 19, a senior Palestinian official revealed on Friday. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told the press that the Abbas-Bush talks will focus on issues specially including the status of Middle East peace efforts.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/
Abbas to meet Bush in Washington
AFP-Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will travel to Washington on December 19 for talks with US President George W. Bush and will fly to Moscow a few days later, his spokesman said on Friday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
Abbas extension plan 'unpopular'
A poll of Palestinians shows little support for any move by President Mahmoud Abbas to extend his term as in office.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-
Poll: Most Palestinians believe Abbas' time is up
Majority of Palestinians think moderate president's term should end now; 74% support continuing ceasefire with Israel.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Dayton: New PA forces are most capable ever
Keith Dayton, the US army general who is overseeing the training in Jordan of the Palestinian Authority's National Security Force for the West Bank, has praised the new recruits as "the most capable Palestinian security forces that have ever been fielded here," and firmly played down the notion that they might one day come to turn their weapons on Israel. In a rare interview, marking the third anniversary of his arrival here to head the United States Security Coordinator (USSC) hierarchy, Dayton told The Jerusalem Post that the trainees are taught over and again that "you are not here to learn how to fight against the Israeli occupation."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/
Revoking Israel's UN Membership
The Gaza Strip is now the largest concentration camp in the world. The situation grows steadily more insufferable for the 1.5 million Palestinians who live there. Deliveries of food, medicine and fuel are made difficult or stopped altogether. Child malnutrition is increasing. Water supplies and drainage have ceased to function. Children die for lack of healthcare. Tunnels to Egypt, dug by hand, are the only breathing space. Journalists and diplomats are denied entry. Israel is planning more military efforts. The Palestinians in Gaza are now to be starved into surrender and become an Egyptian problem.
http://www.
Hamas Security forces release four reporters detained in central Gaza two months ago
The SKeyes Centre for Freedom of the Media, reported on Thursday that the security forces of the Hamas dissolved government in Gaza, released on Wednesday evening four Palestinian reporters who work with the "Palestine Press".
http://www.imemc.org/article/
Palestinians favour elections in 2009: poll
AFP-Most Palestinians believe that Western-backed president Mahmud Abbas's term ends in January and they support holding new elections next year, according to a poll released on Thursday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
Livni: No place for Arabs in Israel after a Palestinian state is established
The Middle East Online reported on Thursday that Israeli Foreign Minister, president-elect of the Kadima party, Tzipi Livni, stated on Thursday that Arabs in Israel will not have any place in the Jewish state after a Palestinian state in established.
http://www.imemc.org/article/
Israeli Arabs should live in Palestinian state: Livni
AFP-Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, a frontrunner in the race to become premier, said on Thursday that Arab Israelis should move to a Palestinian state when it is eventually created.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
Livni proposes ethnic cleansing for what's left of Israel's Arabs
"Once a Palestinian state is established, I can come to the Palestinian citizens, whom we call Israeli Arabs, and say to them 'you are citizens with equal rights, but the national solution for you is elsewhere,'" Livni was quoted by Army Radio as saying to students at a Tel Aviv high school. Elsewhere?Where?Where do you move over a million, what is it, 1.2 million Arabs in Israel "proper"?
http://jewssansfrontieres. blogspot.com/2008/12/livni-
Hamas sets us secure communications system for its military in Gaza
GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime has acquired a secure communications network for civilian and military use. Officials said the new communications network has been enhanced to prevent Israeli military interception and jamming. They said the wireless system has covered the entire Gaza Strip. "It has robbed Israel of its ability to listen to conversations by military commanders or political leaders," a Hamas official said.
http://www.worldtribune.com/
Israeli official: Seized soldier may not be freed
AP-Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni indicates it might not be possible to win freedom for a soldier captured by Gaza militants more than two years ago.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
Outrage over Livni's statements on Shalit
Public organization dedicated to securing release of kidnapped soldier furious at foreign minister for saying Israel 'can't always bring everyone home,' lament decision to transfer 100 million shekels to Gaza Palestinians
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Netanyahu for postponing core issues in Mideast talks
AFP-Israel's right-wing Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu thinks Middle East peace talks should focus on improving Palestinian daily life and not on core issues, his spokeswoman said Thursday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
Praise for Hitler comes back to haunt member of Netanyahu's party
A far-right Likud party member has become a thorn in the side of the ultra-hawkish party's leader Benjamin Netanyahu, a frontrunner in the race to become Israel's prime minister, as media reprint comments he made praising the Nazi system and denigrating Arabs. Moshe Feiglin, 46, has a strong chance of winning a parliamentary seat.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Haifa: Hadash supports Yisrael Beiteinu candidate
City councilmen from Arab party support nomination of Yulia Shtraim, whose party leader has previously promoted idea of transferring all Israeli Arabs outside of country. Balad member: 'Hadash must redeem itself before Arab public'.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
What was wrong in apartheid S. Africa is wrong in Palestine
Try talking in Boulder, Colorado about Israel's policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and you might think you had stepped into a time warp: a time when "foreigners" and their religion could be trashed with impunity, colonialism was something to be proudly embraced, and apartheid in South Africa still had supporters. Ida Audeh writes from the US.
http://electronicintifada.net/
Two Sets of Law on an Ethnic Basis=Apartheid
Adam Horowitz, who is the brains of this operation these days, did an important post the other day on how the law for settlers is completely softer than the law for Palestinians. Settlers can spit at soldiers because they know they're going to get away with it. Palestinians know they're going to go away for a long time. Well here's further proof. The great Akiva Eldar shows that settlers are judging settlers in the West Bank: a judgewho's a longtime settler herself let out that settler who had shot a Palestinian, putting him under house arrest in advance of trial. The judge actually reprimanded the police for not arresting the Palestinians!
http://www.philipweiss.org/
Major U.S. Power Figures--Tisch, Greenberg, Milken--Linked to Charity Funding Settlers' Militias
Three major U.S. power figures are linked to the charity run out of a 6th Avenue fabric store that is sending hundreds of thousands of dollars to settler militias in the West Bank: James Tisch, the ceo of Loews, Michael Milken the banker/philanthropist, and Alan C. (Ace) Greenberg, the former ceo of Bear Stearns.
http://www.philipweiss.org/
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FREE THE SHMINISTIM – ISRAEL'S YOUNG CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
The Shministim are Israeli high school students who have been imprisoned for refusing to serve in an army that occupies the Palestinian Territories. Show your support by contacting the Israeli Minister of Defense using the form below. Israeli peace activists will hand-deliver your message on December 18th, the Shministim Day of Action. 11,000 LETTERS AND COUNTING!
http://december18th.org/
YouTube Partners with MOSSAD-ADL
It seems that the days of using YouTube as #1 media to distribute documentaries, videos and presentations about the truth of Israel and Zionist and their horrific war-crimes history and terrorism profile, has come to END.
http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/
Priest bans carol after visit to West Bank
An Anglican priest who visited the West Bank recently has said his English congregation will not sing O Little Town of Bethlehem this Christmas. The Rev. Stephen Coulter, vicar in Blandford Forum in Dorset, said that Bethlehem now has security guards tracking the population, not shepherds watching their flocks, The Daily Telegraph reported. He also described the words how still we see thee lie as having little to do with life in Bethlehem.
http://www.timesoftheinternet. com/27892.html
Gaza children celebrate Eid by the hundreds at Hamas event
Hundreds of Palestinian children participated in a festival organized by the public relations department of Hamas on Wednesday, celebrating the third day of the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Adha. Children living in the Ashu-Shja'eiyah neighborhood of Gaza City, where nearly 1,000 kids took to the streets carrying the Palestinian flag, painted their faces and carried banners with slogans on prisoners and the Israeli siege. The child-friendly rally was led by several clowns. In the At-Tuffah neighborhood, Hamas organized another festival for children on Wednesday, during which kids listened as clowns presented funny stories and games, participants said. [end]
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Jericho amphitheater sees 8,000 at performance of Egyptian singer
Eight thousand Palestinians from the West Bank and Israel gathered in Jericho on Thursday to hear renowned Egyptian singer Hani Shaker. The concert was organized by the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Tourism on the occasion of the one millionth tourist of the year arriving in Palestine. The concert was an effort to celebrate and revive the tourism industry in the area, and to promote travel to Palestine to those in Jordan, Palestinians in Israel and guests from around the world.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Deir Yassin Remembered's Annual Fund raising drive
In addition to maintaining two websites that keep alive the memory of Deir Yassin and all that it represents, DYR awarded 5 scholarships in 2008 under the banner of Peace Through Education. All of the money raised was passed through to young Palestinians struggling to get an education while under continued occupation. The organization has no paid staff and took nothing from the gifts we were able to raise.
http://palestinethinktank.com/
Top UK diplomat downplays Blair's role in boosting Palestinian economy
Ramallah – Ma'an – The UK's highest diplomatic envoy to Palestine downplayed on Thursday expectations for the role of Quartet envoy Blair in his role of easing Israeli restrictions on the growth of the Palestinian economy. "I think Blair is trying very hard to do a good job, and anybody who believes that bringing one person onto the scene is suddenly going to transform things … no, of course nobody is going to manage to do that. I think he's shown great staying power and I think he's determined to make a difference," said Richard Makepeace, the British Consul General stationed Jerusalem, at a news conference.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Voting among Israeli Arabs estimated to reach all-time low
Israeli Arab activists fear that voting among their sector will reach an all-time low in the upcoming parliamentary elections, which would endanger their representation in the Knesset. A study commissioned by the Association for the Advancement of Democracy in the Arab Sector estimates that 52 percent of eligible Israeli Arab voters are certain they will actually head to the polls, as compared with 53 percent of Israeli-Arabs and 63 percent of Jewish Israelis in the last election cycle.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Palestinian broadcaster in Italy, Rula Jebreal, enjoys increasing acclaim
Palestinian-born Rula Jebreal, one of the most important broadcasters and interviewers in Italy, also happens to be a media darling.
Jebreal has become something of a phenomenon in Italy, where she is wildly popular. She is the author of several books, one of which, Miral, is being made into a movie by acclaimed director Julian Schnabel. Jebreal, an outspoken figure on foreign affairs and immigration, is well-known for her tough interviewing style. And while Italy has treated her well, Jebreal, continues to yearn for her family in the occupied territories.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Israeli animated feature 'Waltz with Bashir' nominated for Golden Globe award
The Israeli animated feature film "Waltz with Bashir" was nominated on Thursday for a Golden Globe Award for best foreign language film. The International Documentary Association named "Waltz with Bashir" best feature-length documentary of the year last Thursday. The animated film, which describes director Ari Folman's efforts to fill in the gaps in his memories of his military service during the First Lebanon War, shared the prize with the British-American production "Man on Wire," directed by James Marsh.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
A class on guard against 'desk theft'
In some classes at Baqa'a refugee camp, students stay behind after the bell to guard against others stealing desks.
http://www.thenational.ae/
Carter offers to monitor Lebanese election
AP-Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter offered on Thursday to monitor Lebanon's parliament elections next year, a vote that will be fiercely contested between the militant Hezbollah group and its rival pro-Western parties.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
Think-tank urges rethink of US policy in Lebanon
US policy toward Lebanon has failed in its fundamental objectives of bolstering March 14 Forces politicians and weakening Hizbullah, and should be changed as soon as possible, according to a report to be published by an influential think-tank. The report, commissioned by the US-based Century Foundation, says.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Thursday: 55 Iraqis Killed, 120 Wounded
Excerpt: Near Kirkuk, at least 55 Iraqis were killed and another 120 were wounded in the last hours of Eid observances. Although reporters have been observing the Eid, this blast was too significant to ignore. No other deaths Iraqi and otherwise were reported.
http://www.antiwar.com/
It's All Spelled Out in Unpublicized Agreement; Total Defeat for U.S. in Iraq, By PATRICK COCKBURN
On November 27 the Iraqi parliament voted by a large majority in favor of a security agreement with the US under which the 150,000 American troops in Iraq will withdraw from cities, towns and villages by June 30, 2009 and from all of Iraq by December 31, 2011. The Iraqi government will take over military responsibility for the Green Zone in Baghdad, the heart of American power in Iraq, in a few weeks time. Private security companies will lose their legal immunity. US military operations and the arrest of Iraqis will only be carried out with Iraqi consent. There will be no US military bases left behind when the last US troops leave in three years time and the US military is banned in the interim from carrying out attacks on other countries from Iraq.
http://www.counterpunch.org/
Remembering Iraq (Dec 4-11)
The week after Iraq's presidential council approved a new security pact with the US was relatively bloody-over 80 people lost their lives. While several days passed without any notable acts of violence, a restaurant attack earlier today resulted in one of the highest deathtolls in recent memory. Sadly, it came on the final day of Eid el Adha...
http://www.kabobfest.com/2008/
UN denounces plight of foreign workers in Iraq
AFP-The UN special representative in Iraq denounced on Thursday the plight of foreigners brought in with promises of work and then left without jobs, singling out the case of Baghdad's international airport.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
Iraq may need U.S. troops for decade: Iraqi official
Reuters-Iraq will need a U.S. troop presence to help build up its military forces past the newly agreed three-year deadline for the withdrawal of American soldiers, a senior Iraqi official said Thursday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/
Intel. reports say Dori in Diala
DIALA /Aswat al-Iraq: An official intelligence source in Diala province said on Friday there was evidence that Ezzat Ibrahim al-Dori, the no. 2 man in the former Iraqi regime, is in north of Baaquba city. The reports were confirmed by the Diala police chief and a local official. "The intelligence available for the Iraqi security forces [...]
http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=
A Panel on Iraqi Detainees Meets
Under the terms of the recently ratified security agreement, U.S. forces must begin releasing or transferring to Iraqi custody some 15,800 detainees on Jan. 1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/
EXCLUSIVE...AWOL U.S. Soldier Seeks Asylum in Germany Over Returning to "Illegal" War in Iraq
A U.S. soldier who went absent without leave a year and a half ago to avoid returning to Iraq has applied for asylum in Germany. Specialist Andre Shepherd served in Iraq between September 2004 and February 2005 as an Apache helicopter mechanic. When his unit was called up to return to Iraq in early 2007 he went AWOL to avoid redeployment, calling the war "illegal." He lived underground in Germany for a year and a half before applying for asylum two weeks ago. We speak with Shepherd in his first international broadcast interview.
http://www.democracynow.org/
BOOK REVIEW : The fruit of a poisonous tree
Defeat: Why America and Britain Lost Iraq by Jonathan Steele This convincing, if moralistic, indictment of Iraq's treatment by the United States and Britain argues that only misery and atrocities emanated from the "original sin" of a misguided occupation. The Iraq depicted in this book is a shattered land victimized by broken promises, gross mismanagement, and above all, strategic blunders, one after another.-Mohammed A Salih (Dec 12,'08)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/
Senate Report Finds Rumsfeld Directly Responsible For U.S. Torture of Prisoners
A bipartisan Senate report has accused former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other top Bush administration officials of being directly responsible for the abuse and torture of prisoners at Guantanamo and other U.S. prisons. We speak with the man who sued Donald Rumsfeld in Berlin, German attorney Wolfgang Kaleck.
http://www.democracynow.org/
Report on Detainee Abuse Blames Top Bush Officials
A bipartisan Senate report released today says that former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and other top Bush administration officials are directly responsible for abuses of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and charges that decisions by those officials led to serious offenses against prisoners in Iraq and elsewhere.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
How Waterboarding Got The Green Light From Bush
The Bush administration approved the use of "waterboarding" on Al Qaeda detainees after receiving reports from government psychologists that it was "100 percent effective" in breaking the will of U.S. military personnel subjected to the technique during training, according to documents released today by a Senate Committee.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Obama told to put an end to pro-Israel policies
"The disastrous US policies during the Bush era cannot go on. It is not in the interest of the US to continue with those policies," said Usamah Abu Khalid, spokesman for Hamas's Political Bureau in Damascus.
http://www.gulfnews.com/
Who Originated the 'Nuclear Umbrella for Israel' Proposal?
That would be Charles Krauthammer. When he proposed it, liberals declared this idea was evidence that Krauthammer is insane. When Hillary Clinton echoed the proposal, Keith Olbermann said it was "far further to the right than John McCain.
http://campaignspot.
Obama must engage Europe on behalf of Mideast peace
The Middle East peace process should be one of the main foreign policy priorities of the incoming US administration-not least because of the rapidly diminishing feasibility of a two-state settlement and the danger of a renewed escalation of violence.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Obama would do well to address the Middle East's justice deficit
With little more than a month remaining until Barack Obama is sworn into office, the US president-elect has been receiving advice from around the world on how to deal with the "arc of crisis" that is the modern-day Middle East. Hundreds of policy prescriptions have been offered by everyone from Nobel Peace laureate Martti Ahtisaari and the Arab League.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Middle East Peace Needs Political Bailout
It's bailout time! As the world economic crisis worsens, banks, mortgage companies, auto giants and other troubled businesses are desperate for government intervention. Multi-billion dollar stimulus packages have already been adopted by European and American governments. China, Japan and other Asian countries have already stepped in to rescue ailing industries and support financial institutions. A number of Arab governments are working to limit the effect of the global financial meltdown on their economies through hefty cash injections, ad-hoc incentives and deposits guarantees.
http://palestinechronicle.com/
Obama and the Middle East Oil War
"The assembly of Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, Susan Rice and Joe Biden is a kettle of hawks with a proven track record of support for the Iraq war, militaristic intervention, neoliberal economic policies and a world-view consistent with the foreign policy arch that stretches from George HW Bush's time in office to the present."
http://palestinechronicle.com/
Arabs urge Obama to focus on Mideast peace
AFP-The Arab League has urged US president-elect Barack Obama to focus on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after he takes office in January, spokesman Hisham Yussef said on Thursday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
Who is Syed Fahad Hashmi?
It's a familiar story. A Muslim American is accused of terrorism for supporting Al Queda and conspiracy to provide support for a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The prosecution asks for the maximum sentence. Once again, an innocent man is arrested, charged, indicted and convicted with no substantiating evidence except for what prosecutors say they have. All of it is bogus and much classified and withheld from the defense. Witnesses are enlisted to cooperate and proceedings orchestrated to intimidate juries to convict. Justice again is denied. Those accused bear the mark of cain for being Muslim in America at the wrong time-especially if they're devout, activist, and for some prominent and engaged in charitable work.
http://counterpunch.com/
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