Shadi Fadda brings us today's headlines relating to Palestine and other news from around the internet.
Land theft / Settlements
IOA demolishes home in 1948 village
UM AL-FAHAM, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) demolished a Palestinian home in Musmus village near Um Al-Faham city in Palestine occupied in 1948 before dawn Sunday. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli police escorted bulldozers that leveled the house before dawn without prior notice to the landlord to enable him to protest the decision as was the practice in previous occasions. They said that the IOA was trying to avoid a popular protest similar to what happened in previous similar occasions.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Abbas: Olmert offered PA land equaling 100% of West Bank
(with map) PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday confirmed that former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered him land near Gaza in exchange for settlement blocs that Israel wants to annex, Arab-language newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Sunday. Abbas said that the proposed swap would have given the Palestinians land that would equal 100 percent of the West Bank. He added that there are no Israeli settlements or Israeli Arab residents in the land surrounding Gaza that was offered to the Palestinians, according to the report. Abbas said a meeting had been scheduled to take place between negotiators Shalom Turgeman and Saeb Erekat, but that the start of Israel's offensive in Gaza effectively ended negotiations.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Bil'in night invasion 19-12-2009
(with videos) For the second night in a row the IOF has invaded the village of Bilin. Tonight the military surrounded and entered two houses, forcing the families outside while they conducted their search. The houses that were targeted are familiar ones and are commonly harassed by the Israeli military. Questions for information were asked but no arrests were made
http://www.bilin-ffj.org/
Four houses raided in military incursion into West Bank villages Bil'in and Ni'ilin
... the army invaded two houses in Ni’lin, detaining all family members in one room while searching the houses, looking for a resident of the village. The only reason the military had for searching for this young man was his participation in Ni’lin’s weekly demonstrations. Sasha Solanas, an American solidarity activist, who was sleeping in one of the invaded houses, said: “The army raided two Ni’lin homes in the middle of the night, looking for a villager suspected of participating in the demonstrations. The recent revival of night raids is part of a new campaign to quash unarmed demonstrations in both Ni’lin and Bil’in. The army has used night raids to scare the villagers into abandoning their just cause.” ... Owner of second house raided in Bil’in, Wajeeh Burnat, was questioned by the soldiers about used spent tear-gas canisters and bullets, left on the village’s land by the Israeli military, who fire them at demonstrators. In a non-violent act of resistance, residents of the village collect the used munitions at the end of every demonstration, using them to create art and to showcase the violence used against them by the Israeli army. The Israeli military, however, considers such spent munitions illegal and has recently raised suspicions against a member of the Popular Committee for their possession.
http://palsolidarity.org/2009/
The Settlement 'Freeze' - or, Much Ado about Nothing
IDF prepares to raze structures as part of settlement freeze's second phase
Judea and Samaria Brigade to head operation in which West Bank communities with illegal structures will be isolated; soldiers will intervene only if violence breaks out. Plan also calls for swift legal action against rioters. Defense minister: No force will be used if settlers obey law. Settler leaders: Plan sinister, Barak war criminal
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Yesha Council votes to fight IDF's razing plan
Council says will do all it can to foil army's plan to demolish illegally built homes as part of settlement freeze enforcement; adds anyone using military resources against young couples 'has lost his senses'
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Israeli army to 'surprise' settlers in enforcing ban
The Israeli military intends to demolish new construction in West Bank settlements using what it terms "tactical surprise," a leaked military document shows. The document, obtained by the Israeli newspapers Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post, says that the military will use air reconnaissance to detect violations of a declared partial freeze on settlement expansion. When violations are detected, the military plans to impose “closed military zones” in order to keep the media away from demolitions.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Jerusalem
Jewish settlements in Jerusalem a real threat to peace
[with map] By Yudith Oppenheimer. ...Those who observe the current events in East Jerusalem find it difficult to see the connection between the government's declarations and the reality on the ground. In reality, East Jerusalem is becoming an arena where extremist organisations take over property in questionable ways, deploy a private security force funded by the government-which, according to the Ministry of Housing, cost about 80 million shekels in 2008-all the while working to stir up tensions with the Palestinian residents.
http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/
IOA bars travel of Buraikat
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has barred the travel of Dr. Najeh Bukairat, the chairman of the manuscripts and heritage department in the Aqsa Mosque, for the fourth time running. Bukairat said in a press statement on Saturday that the decision, which blocked his travel abroad until mid March 2010, was issued by the Israeli interior minister Eli Yishai, who is the leader of the fanatic Shas party.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Palestinian expert uncovers new IOA excavations in O. Jerusalem
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- A Palestinian archeology expert has revealed that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) was embarking on new excavations in Bab Al-Khalil area in occupied Jerusalem. Abeer Ziyad told local daily Palestine published on Friday that the new diggings aim at opening tunnels underneath Bab Al-Khalil to link it to a series of tunnels under the ground in the holy city. She noted that settlers have been celebrating in the area for more than six months and had installed a menorah (a seven-branched candelabrum) in it three months ago. The expert pointed out that settlers organize their demos and marches towards the Old City of occupied Jerusalem starting from Bab Al-Khalil.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Jerusalem mayor cuts health funds for Arab children
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on Thursday rejected municipal recommendations and cut funding for a toddler health-care center in East Jerusalem, while approving aid to a similar center in a Jewish neighborhood. The funds would have gone to opening a branch of the "Drop of Milk" (Tipat Halav) program, which provides prenatal and toddler health-care services in Silwan, an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Violence / Aggression
Israeli gunboats fire at fishing boats, IOF soldiers detain Palestinian boy
KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)-- Israeli gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Khan Younis to the south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday. PIC reporter said that the gunboats targeted dozens of those fishing boats, adding that no casualties were suffered.
In the West Bank, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained a 16-year-old Palestinian boy from Fare'a refugee camp, south of Jenin, on Saturday. Locals added that the IOF troops stormed villages in Jenin and Tobas districts and roamed their streets but no arrests were made.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Gaza fighters 'trade fire' with Israeli forces
The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the National Resistance Brigades, the armed wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), claimed joint responsibility for an attack. “We claim joint responsibility for shooting three Israeli soldiers east of Beit Hanoun. The Israeli army retaliated by shooting with heavy weapons,” the two groups said in a statement. An Israeli military representative said that an an Israeli patrol came under fire on in recent hours near the Nahal Oz crossing. The official said no injuries or damage resulted. It was not clear if this was the same incident reported by the PFLP and DFLP.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Witnesses: Settlers stone vehicles near Nablus
Dozens of Israeli settlers hurled stones at Palestinian vehicles on the Ramallah-Nablus road in the northern West Bank on Sunday, witnesses said. Settlers flanked by armed soldiers hurled stones from near the settlement of Shilo, witnesses said. A bus was damaged by the stones, and Palestinians were forced to use side roads to avoid the attack, they reported.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
2 Palestinians with pipe bombs arrested at checkpoint near Jenin
Two Palestinians were arrested Sunday at the Taiseer security checkpoint near Jenin after soldiers discovered they were in possession of two pipe bombs. Sappers detonated the bomb in a controlled explosion. The suspects were being investigated by the security forces. [End]
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/
Gaza / Blockade
Gaza: Smuggled fish cuts prices but hurts fishermen
Fishermen in Gaza have been complaining of a new phenomenon they say harms their industry: fish smuggled through underground tunnels causing a drop in prices. Smuggled fish is sold to merchants who offer it in the Gazan fish markets, competing with fish being caught by local fishermen. Gazan fishermen say they can’t compete with the smugglers because they can only catch limited varieties of fish due as a result of Israeli restrictions on their movement at sea. The Israeli navy patrols Gaza’s coast, making sure no fishing boat goes farther than three miles from shore, making larger fish, found in deeper waters, off-limits.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
One Gaza crossing open
Palestinian liaison official Raed Fattouh said that between 72 and 82 truckloads of commercial products and humanitarian aid would be allowed into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing. He confirmed that a truckload of flowers produced in Gaza would also be exported. Furthermore, limited quantities of cooking gas and industrial diesel for Gaza’s only power plant would also be shipped through Kerem Shalom. Fattouh asserted that the Karni and Nahal Oz crossings would remain closed.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Arab Doctors Union to send 200 tons of food to Gaza
Mustafa At-Tayeh, a relief official with the organization said it purchased 200 tons of canned meat from New Zealand. The meat arrived in the border town of Al-Arish, Egypt, several days ago, and the group is working with the Egyptian and Israeli governments to coordinate the entry of the food through the Rafah border crossing on 112 trucks. He added that the union is working to coordinate the entry of 5,000 pre-fabricated wooden houses to shelter people whose houses were destroyed during Israel’s war on Gaza last winter.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Charges dropped against Gaza Salafi group
The de facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh instructed the Gaza Ministry of Interior and security forces throw out the charges on activists with Jund Ansar Allah, the Salafi group involved in an August take-over of the Rafah Mosque. A show-down between Hamas and Jund Ansar Allah forces killed 22 including three children, and saw leaders of the movement who sought to declare an Islamic emirate in Gaza, killed or detained. De facto government officials promised to release the remaining members from prison ahead of both the Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha holidays. On Saturday Haniyeh ordered the four-month-old file to be destroyed for the sake of Palestinian unity.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Hamas vows to stop militants shooting into Egypt
Minister of the Interior with Gaza's de facto government Fathi Hammad promised efforts were being made to control the actions of gunmen shooting an Egyptian workers constructing a steel wall along the Egypt-Gaza border.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Hamas slams building of steel wall on Gaza borders with Egypt
GAZA, (PIC)-- The Movement of Hamas strongly denounced Saturday the Egyptian decision to build a steel wall along its borders with the impoverished Gaza Strip, saying that Gaza has never been a threat to the security of Egypt. Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said that this huge metal wall is supervised and funded by the US and part of the scheme initiated by former president George Bush which is aimed to stifle one and a half million Gazans after the failure of the Israeli war.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Israel's helpers
Confidential documents unveil PA-Israeli cooperation in kidnapping citizens
GAZA, (PIC)-- Confidential documents issued by the interior ministry of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Gaza revealed that Mahmoud Abbas’s militias carried out political arrests in the West Bank against Palestinian citizens in cooperation with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF). The documents were obtained by computer hackers who managed to get into the system of one of the PA security apparatuses in the West Bank.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Fatah official tells Gaza: Rise up against Hamas
Senior Fatah leader Azzam Al-Ahmad called for a popular uprising led by Fatah against the Hamas government in Gaza on Sunday. Al-Ahmad is the spokesman of Fatah’s parliament bloc and a member of the party’s Central Committee. Speaking to Ma`an’s radio network, Al-Ahmad also reiterated his party’s view that Mahmoud Abbas will remain the legitimate president beyond January.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
US: We want Israel to free Fatah prisoners in Shalit deal
...A senior official in the U.S. administration told Haaretz that if the deal for Shalit's release is completed, the U.S. would be interested in seeing Israel releasing Fatah prisoners as well, in addition to other gestures to bolster's Fatah's status compared to Hamas.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
War criminals
Hamas aids foreign lawyers trying to prosecute Israelis
GAZA CITY (AFP) - A committee set up by the Hamas government is providing information to European lawyers investigating alleged war crimes by Israel in the Gaza war, its director said on Sunday. "We provide documents, reports and evidence of crimes to all international bodies aiding the Palestinian people in bringing Israeli civilian and military leaders to trial and issuing warrants for their arrest," Diya al-Madhun, the judge who heads the committee, told AFP.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/
Israel twists arm of the law
By Abdel Bari Atwan. Livni is the latest in a string of Israeli parliamentarians to find themselves on the wrong side of international law. In October, Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon pulled out of an JNF dinner on the advice of Israeli legal experts who have also warned Cabinet ministers with a security portfolio and senior Israel Defence Forces (IDF) officers not to visit Britain, Spain, Belgium or Norway, where lawyers are seeking to apply ‘universal jurisdiction' to bring perpetrators of war crimes to justice. Universal jurisdiction, of course, is the principle applied by Israel when it brought Adolf Eichmann to trial in Occupied Jerusalem in 1961. It is the principle under which ‘Ivan the Terrible' aka John Demjanjuk is currently being tried in Germany for the murder of 29,000 Jews at the Sobibor death camp in Poland. Shockingly, the question does not appear to be whether or not the Israelis committed war crimes during the 2008-2009 invasion of Gaza (which left more than 1,400, mostly civilian, dead) but whether or not they should be held to account for them.
http://gulfnews.com/opinions/
Humanitarian considerations
It is not his remains, it's our son coming home
Seventy-five-year-old Amina Yousef Ali has been waiting to receive the remains of her son Mashhour for 34 years. In lieu of a grave site, she keeps his clothes pristine in the closet, just like he left them before he was killed ... Friends and relatives said he was likely buried in Israel's 'cemetery of numbers', a series of mass graves, marked and unmarked plots of mostly Palestinians killed by Israeli forces over the past 60 years ... Last month a lawyer with the Al-Quds Center for legal aid, Ali Haitham Hatab, had a petition for the release of Mashhour's body approved by Israel's military chief ... A spokesperson from the Al-Quds center cautioned the family, calling the approval for the release of Mashhour's body a "step" but not the last one.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Israel harvested organs in '90s without permission
(AP) JERUSALEM – Israel has admitted that in the 1990s, its forensic pathologists harvested organs from dead bodies, including Palestinians, without permission of their families. The issue emerged with publication of an interview with the then-head of Israel's Abu Kabir forensic institute, Dr. Jehuda Hiss. The interview was conducted in 2000 by an American academic, who released it because of a huge controversy last summer over an allegation by a Swedish newspaper that Israel was killing Palestinians in order to harvest their organs. Israel hotly denied the charge. Parts of the interview were broadcast on Israel's Channel 2 TV over the weekend... In a response to the TV report, the Israeli military confirmed that the practice took place. "This activity ended a decade ago and does not happen any longer," the military said in a statement quoted by Channel 2.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
UN committee poses 30 tough questions to Israel
Geneva (WAFA)- The UN Human Rights Committee has posed 30 highly critical questions to Israel concerning its compliance with the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).The Committee's 'List of Issues' covers a wide range of human rights concerns in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Fourteen questions taken up by the Committee were directly related to human rights violations highlighted in an NGO report submitted to the Committee by Adalah, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Gaza) and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel on 10 August 2009. In the report, the three human rights organizations detailed Israel's lack of compliance with the ICCPR in areas related to the rights of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, as well as Palestinian civilians in the OPT.
http://english.wafa.ps/?
Solidarity / Activism / Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
ISM: A call from Gaza
The people of Gaza need your support to end the blockade. Over 1400 international activists from over 42 countries will be in Gaza on December 31. They will march with us to demand that Israel lift its’ blockade of the Gaza Strip immediately and permanently. We ask you to show your solidarity with Gaza on the same day: wherever you may be, organize a protest, a march or a petition collection in your own country. There are 1.5 million people in Gaza: we want to see 1.5 million people around the world support us as we take our demands to the Israeli state.
http://palsolidarity.org/2009/
Palestinians spend $500 million yearly on settlement goods
Palestinians spend about a half billion US dollars every year buying products made in Israeli settlements, Palestinian Minister of Economy Hassan Abu Libdeh on Sunday. Abu Libdeh, speaking during a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce in Nablus in the northern West Bank, was explaining the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) decision to crack down on the sale of settlement products.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Video: The need to boycott Israel - Pts 1 & 2 / Omar Barghouti
Discussion and debate by Omar Barghouti, organizer of PACBI (the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel) at the University of Minnesota, 11/2009.
http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/
Other news
Kuwait barred from West Bank cultural event
Israel has prevented an official Kuwaiti delegation from attending a Palestinian cultural festival in the West Bank, Kuwait's arts council announces. In a statement released Saturday, Kuwait's National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature declared that it was not allowed entry from Jordan to participate in the Jerusalem Al-Quds: Arab Culture Capital 2009"event held at a university in Nablus.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.
PA suspends Miss Palestine pageant
After a wave of criticism, the finale of the first-ever Miss Palestine pageant has been postponed indefinitely by the Palestinian Authority ... The Miss Palestine pageant generated controversy when it was announced by the Trip Fashion Company earlier in December. Islamist politicians denounced the competition as not in keeping with traditional values.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Rare gender defect hits Gaza families
Gaza City (CNN) -- ...Until last summer, both Nadir and Ahmed were -- for all intents and purposes -- girls. They wore female headscarves, attended girls' school and even answered to the female first names Navin and Ola. ... There are an unusually high number of male pseudohermaphrodite births in the Gaza neighborhood of Jabalya, where Nadir and Ahmed live.
http://www.wivb.com/dpps/
12 Palestinian children honored for animation movie 'Warda'
New York (WAFA)- Twelve Palestinian children were honored, Friday, for their animated film, “Warda,” which examines how young people perceive the wall between Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, UN news service said. These children were honored in the 9-12 age category as winners of the PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival Awards ... They were selected by an international jury out of more than 150 videos from 36 countries. The award-winning videos will be shown at festivals and events around the world next year.
http://english.wafa.ps/?
PRC: No deadline imposed on Shalit deal
A spokesman for the men holding Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit captive in Gaza said on Sunday that no deadline had been imposed on a potential prisoner exchange. The comments came as Israeli cabinet ministers held an emergency meeting reported to be addressing a prisoner swap. A powerful Egyptian official involved in the prisoner negotiations is also expected to visit Israel on Sunday. Abu Mujahid, the spokesman of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) said that the German mediator in the indirect talks with Israel had given no time limit.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Lights out for Fatah TV station that aimed to counter Hamas
Six months after its launching, the new satellite TV station Al-Falastiniyeh announced on Thursday that it would go off the air at the end of the month. Meanwhile, sources in Ramallah revealed that former Fatah security commander Mohammed Dahlan is planning to open a new TV station in the West Bank. Al-Falastiniyeh was established as a mouthpiece for Fatah and as a counterbalance to Hamas's Al-Aqsa TV network.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/
Study: Israeli students' achievements rated lowest in West
Israeli students' achievements in international exams over the last decade were ranked lowest among Western nations, according to a new comparative study conducted by the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies. The study further demonstrated that Israel had the highest education gaps in the West.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
2 Mossad operatives institutionalized
Two young Mossad operatives recently hospitalized in psychiatric hospital in center of country. Mossad official assigned to them 24-hours a day to ensure that state secrets not revealed because of their unstable mental state -- Experts said Saturday that the nature of the young women's work was most likely the cause of their psychosis.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Renegade hesder rabbi capitulates in row with IDF
A hesder yeshiva rabbi on Sunday has agreed to denounce political demonstrations by Israeli soldiers in uniform, after his comments to the contrary led the army to cut its ties with his seminary. During a meeting with other hesder rabbis, Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, of the Har Bracha yeshiva, agreed to sign a statement clearly opposing the protests. The statement also expresses the rabbis' appreciation of the defense establishment, the IDF and its commanders.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Two Egged buses vandalized in Jerusalem's Mea She'arim neighborhood
Two Egged buses were vandalized Sunday night in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea She'arim. The buses were pelted with stones, covered in paint, and their tires slashed. Police suspect that the crimes were committed by haredim in protest over display of, in their opinion, indecent advertisements on the buses. The police opened an investigation into the incident.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/
Opinion / Analysis
The covenant for the land
By Yitzhak Laor. ...The time has come to acknowledge that the most important undertaking of the State of Israel, within narrow or expanded borders, has always been to maintain the supremacy of the Jews. In the 1950s, when looting Arab land was at its height, even Marxists were assigned to do the job. The role only passed to the right wing when, after 1967, the task became replete with contradictions,
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Haaretz editorial: Racism in constitutional clothing
The Ministerial Committee for Legislation, headed by Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman, will today discuss an amendment to the Basic Law on Human Dignity and Freedom - the amendment is designed to enshrine in law the amendment to the Citizenship Law prohibiting Israeli Arabs from living with their chosen partners. This racist and discriminatory law, which was passed during the intifada as a "temporary order," is pending a rehearing in the High Court of Justice on the grounds that it violates the basic law.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Oybama
By Uri Avnery. ...When he was elected as president, we were ready for some disappointment. We knew that no politician could really be as perfect as Obama the candidate looked and sounded. But the disappointment is much greater and much more painful than anticipated. It covers practically all possible areas ... In all the long Oslo speech, Obama devoted 16 whole words to us: "We see it in Middle East, as the conflict between Arabs and Jews seems to harden." Well, first of all, it is not a conflict between Arabs and Jews. It is between Palestinians and Israelis. That is an important difference: when one wants to solve a problem, one must first have a clear picture of it.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Gaza must be rebuilt now / Jimmy Carter
We can wait no longer to restart the peace process. The human suffering demands urgent relief
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
So what now?
By Yair Lapid. "So what now? "The elderly man standing in the elevator with me did not explain what he was referring to; he didn't need to do it. There are these periods in Israel where everyone walks around fatigued and keeps on asking other people: "What now?" ... It's possible that it doesn't work anymore. That this country stopped functioning the same way old cars die
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Iraq / other Mideast
Iranian troops leave oil well, still in Iraq
(AFP) AMARA, Iraq — Iranian troops who for three days controversially occupied a disputed border oil well left the facility during the night but remain on Iraqi soil, Iraq's government spokesman said Sunday. "The Iranian forces have pulled back 50 metres (yards) from the well and have taken their flag but we now demand they return to where they have come from and that negotiations begin on the demarcation of the border," said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh.
http://www.google.com/
Hariri ends landmark Syria visit with call to rebuild ties
Damascus (AFP) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri called on Sunday for a renewal of ties with Syria to the benefit of both states at the end of a fence-mending visit to his country's former powerbroker. It was Hariri's first trip to Damascus since the 2005 assassination of his father, ex-prime minister Rafiq Hariri -- a killing that he and his US-backed allies in Beirut blamed on Syria. Regional commentators, including Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, have hailed the visit as an ice-breaker and step toward healing decades of turbulent ties between the two neighbours.
http://www.google.com/
Mullen applauds air strikes against al-Qaida
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT – Adm. Mike Mullen is applauding a military strike in Yemen against suspected members of the al-Qaida terrorist group...Mullen said the United States will continue to help Yemen develop its ability to fight terrorism, but he refused to discuss whether the United States played an active role in the recent operation.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
Saudi gender war leads to dismissals left and right
When the Saudi king set out to build the Arab world's most advanced university on the northern shores of Jeddah, he may not have expected its founding to spark the largest theological war the kingdom has seen since women tried to drive through the streets of Riyadh.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/
Other
Muslims need to make Hijra back to Islam
By Khalid Amayreh. [from the Prophet Muhammad's last sermon] "...Think deeply about what I say, let all your feuds be abolished, you must know that every Muslim is brother of every other Muslim, and all Muslims are brothers, one to another. Between Muslims there are no races and no tribes. You must not take anything from your brother except what is given freely. Don’t oppress and don’t be oppressed..." Now, let us examine the present reality of the Muslim Umma in light of the Book of God and Sunna of the holy prophet (pbuh).
http://www.palestine-info.co.
US repatriates 12 Guantanamo men, including 6 Yemenis
The US has transferred 12 detainees from its Guantanamo Bay prison camp to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland region, the Justice Department says. Six Yemenis, four Afghans and two Somali detainees were sent to their homelands over the weekend, it said. The US plans to send 116 detainees to their home countries or to third countries willing to accept them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
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