Shadi Fadda brings us today's headlines relating to Palestine and other news from around the internet.
Land Theft and Destruction
Israeli Supreme Court Rules that Lands Confiscated in Lajoun from 486 Arab Families in 1953 for "Settlement Needs" will not be Returned to Them
In its ruling on 4 January 2010 , the Supreme Court of Israel rejected the appeal of 486 Arab families who demanded that land in the destroyed village of Lajoun confiscated from them in 1953 by Israel for "settlement needs" but used for a man-made forest be returned to them. The Arab families are all citizens of Israel and currently reside in Umm el-Fahem located in the center of the country. Adalah Attorneys Suhad Bishara and Adel Badeer, together with the private lawyers, Walid Asliya and Tawfiq Jabareen, submitted the appeal against the Nazareth District Court's decision of 18 September 2007.
http://www.alternativenews.
Barak: Ariel settlement one of four blocs to be annexed
Israeli war minister Ehud Barak has said that the settlement of Ariel is one of four major settlement blocs that would remain under Israeli control in any future permanent solution.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has ordered the demolition of Salman Al-Farsi Mosque in Burin village, south of Nablus city, at the pretext of lack of construction permit.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Settlers aim to beat building ban with 'freeze-busting' tent
Israeli settlers on Tuesday unveiled the latest weapon in their battle against government restrictions on building in the West Bank - an 'instant outpost' that can be put up in minutes, Army Radio reported. The tent, a creation of a team of activists including an engineer and West Bank resident recently released from military service, has been specially designed to aid settlers in their cat and mouse game with authorities on West Bank hilltops.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Minister Peled plants tree in Golan as symbol of permanence
Likud member plants carob tree near Kibbutz Natur, says, 'You plant trees where you live and plan on living in the future'.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Activism/Solidarity/Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment
Another Danish fund divests from Elbit systems!
Yesterday we reported that Dankse Bank has decided to exclude Elbit Systems and Africa Israel from its investment portfolio due to the companies' involvement in the Israeli occupation. Now there's more good news--one of the largest Danish pension funds has divested from Elbit as well as two U.S. companies that are involved with Israel's Apartheid Wall. Note that Elbit also has half of the contract on the Wall being built by the United States government on the Mexico border. Here's an excerpt from a press release issued by our allies at Stop the Wall...
http://endtheoccupationblog.
The (Sheikh Jarrah) revolution will be YouTubed
By ABE SELIG - Jerusalem Post "Social media sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are playing an increasing role in growing participation of young Israelis in protest rallies. "
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/
The Sixth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week 2010
http://apartheidweek.org/
Palestine Solidarity Campaign Annual Report
The PSC have published their report for 2009, authored by General Secretary Betty Hunter and Chair Hugh Lanning. Detailing a productive year for Britain's most vocal supporter of Palestine, the report describes progress with the BDS campaign, trade unions and popular activism.
http://www.palestinemonitor.
Powerful campus divestment video from Students Against Israeli Apartheid--Carleton University
Check out this powerful video from Students Against Israeli Apartheid at Carleton University in Ottawa.
http://endtheoccupationblog.
Israeli Apartheid Video Contest: Put your ideas and convictions on film!
itISapartheid.org in partnership with Stop the Wall announce the first international Israeli Apartheid Video Contest.
http://www.kabobfest.com/2010/
Israeli activists: Germany’s blanket support for Israel is ‘harmful and immoral’
The following letter is being circulated in advance of Shimon Peres’s visit to Germany to commemorate international Holocaust Remembrance Day.
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/01/
Aggression/Violence
PSP: Israeli patrol tried to run over elderly woman
Hebron – Ma'an – An Israeli military patrol car attempted to overrun an elderly woman in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, as she tried to protect her grandchild from being detained on Tuesday afternoon, according to the activist group the Palestine Solidarity Project.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Settlers Attack Ramallah Village
IMEMC News "Dozens of armed fundamentalist settlers invaded on Tuesday evening the village of Beitillu, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, attacked a home and torched a vehicle."
http://www.imemc.org/index.
Testimony: Soldier fires "rubber" bullet at child's head
According to testimonies given to B'Tselem, on 1 Jan. '10, a soldier fired a rubber-coated metal bullet at the head of 10-year-old Mu'ataz al-Hawaja from Ni'lin, while chasing him during a demonstration against the Separation Barrier.
http://www.btselem.org/
At-Tuwani Release
At-Tuwani Release: Israeli settlers invade At-Tuwani village, enter Palestinian homes, and throw stones at Palestinians; Israeli military attacks Palestinian and throw tear gas.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_
Hebron Update
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_
Settlers arrested in Sheikh Jarrah
Around 6:30pm on Tuesday January 26, 2010 three Israeli teenage girls from the settler-occupied Gawi house in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah attacked two young Palestinian neighborhood boys with pepper spray cans. The Israeli girls also spray painted “Kahana Was Right” on a home in the neighborhood. Kahana was a founding member of the Israeli state, signer of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. He promoted ethnic cleansing and extermination of Palestinians. The defacing of Palestinian property with racist slogans is part of an ongoing Zionist campaign against settlement evacuation referred to as the “price tag campaign.”
http://palsolidarity.org/2010/
Testimony: Soldiers severely abuse student
On 25 Nov. '09, soldiers detained Ahmad Abu 'Alia on his way to university, at the Za'tara checkpoint. According to his testimony, they severely abused him for hours and left him to find his way home on foot, bruised and dazed.
http://www.btselem.org/
Dozens of settlers riot, one is prosecuted
One year after dozens of settlers rioted in the village of 'Asira al-Qibliya, an indictment was filed against only one settler, although some of the events were filmed and a large contingent of soldiers was at the scene.
http://www.btselem.org/
Sheikh Jarrah – A look from within
"They tell about the neighbourhood life before the eviction, in the shadow of settlers’ violence (including violence towards children), which is backed by the Israeli police force."
http://peace4israel.wordpress.
Detainees
Army Kidnaps Two Civilians From Bethlehem
by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies "Two Palestinian civilians were kidnapped by Israeli troops during a Tuesday morning invasion targeting the West Bank city of Bethlehem."
http://www.imemc.org/index.
At Israel’s behest, Abbas’s militias kidnap Aqsa Brigades members in Nablus
The Israeli Haaretz newspaper reported that Abbas’s militias kidnapped nine members of Al-Aqsa Brigades, the dissolved armed wing of Fatah, in Nablus at the behest of Israel.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
P.A Security Forces Arrest 14 Hamas Members In The West Bank
IMEMC & Agencies "Palestinian Security Forces arrested on Wednesday at dawn 14 Hamas members in the West Bank districts of Hebron, Ramallah, Tulkarem and Jenin."
http://www.imemc.org/index.
Israel detains 15 Palestinians in West Bank
West Bank, January 27, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - The Israeli occupation forces detained 15 Palestinians in different governorates of the West Bank last night and early Wednesday. The Israeli occupation forces claimed that the detainees are "wanted". They detained them for suspicions of practicing anti-Israel activities, radio Israeli quoted the spokesman as saying.
http://www.paltelegraph.com/
Detention of young children up 40%
Ramallah - DCI Defense Children International "According to the latest figures compiled by DCI-Palestine from sources including the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) and temporary Israeli army detention facilities, the number of Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons and detention centres inside Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory at the end of December 2009, was 305."
http://www.dci-pal.org/
Humanitarian Crisis
U.S. lawmakers to Obama: Press Israel to ease Gaza siege
Fifty-four members of the U.S. Congress have signed a letter asking President Barack Obama to put pressure on Israel to ease the siege of the Gaza Strip.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
EU blames PA for Gaza fuel shortage
Fuel resevoirs at the Gaza Fuel Plant [MaanImages], Bethlehem - Ma'an - "There was never a contract" EU spokesman Shadi Othman said Tuesday in response to allegations that the EU had refused to renew a contract pledging to cover costs of industrial fuel for the Gaza power plant.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
UNRWA: Flood Devastated Gaza Sites are Shocking
WAFA Palestine News Agency "Shocking. That`s all that can be said of the sight al Mughraqa, Gaza, an area severely affected by the flooding that devastated areas of Gaza on Monday, Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported."
http://english.wafa.ps/?
Industrial Fuel – Needs Vs. Supply – 27/12/09 – 23/1/10
http://www.gazagateway.org/
Goods – Needs Vs. Supply – 27/12/09 – 23/1/10
http://www.gazagateway.org/
War Criminals
Murray calls for activating prosecution of Israel’s war criminals
International law expert and lawyer in the Palestinian center for human rights Dara Murray stressed the need for activating the prosecution of Israeli war criminals.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Israel Uses Depleted Uranium against Palestinians in Gaza
January 26, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - A London-based Palestinian activist announced that the buildings damaged in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli onslaught last year all showed signs of contamination with depleted uranium. "The ruined buildings and debris left of the Israeli attack on Gaza are contaminated with depleted uranium and similar types of weapons," Sameh Habeeb, spokesperson of the Palestinian Return Center in London, told FNA.
http://www.paltelegraph.com/
Goldstone found that Israel’s collective punishment policy in Lebanon served as a model for Gaza, Adam Horowitz
As Israel prepares its response to the Goldstone Report, several articles indicate that its primary objective is to discredit the contention that it carried out, in thewords of Ethan Bronner,"an official plan to terrorize the Palestinian population." Today Haaretz reports that Israel’s response to the UN will seek to "reject most of the fundamental claims of the Goldstone report: it intentionally waged a punitive campaign against a civilian population, including the destruction of infrastructure." This promises to be one of the most contentious debates over the report in the coming months, and as part of our effort to post portions of the Goldstone Report there are several relevant portions we want to share. The excerpt below outlines Israel’s possible strategy and intention for the Gaza attack based on prior history and statements from Israeli military and political leaders. Because Israel refused to participate with the inquiry there was no way to interview them directly about this. The following passage is found of pages 250-258 of the report. I have removed the footnotes from the text, but you can find them in the original.
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/01/
‘NYT’ bashes Goldstone by upholding Arab League report– which notioned genocide!, Philip Weiss
Genocide? Yes. The Arab League actually found that Israeli soldiers might be prosecuted for genocide. I know this from Norman Finkelstein, who’s read all the reports. (I haven’t.) Below is an excerpt from Finkelstein’s forthcoming book: "This Time We Went Too Far: Truth & Consequences of the Gaza Invasion," which comes out in a month or so from OR Books.
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/01/
‘No safety for civilians’ (the unbearable likeness of Rabin and bin Laden)
In 1993, Israel launched Operation Accountability, a military campaign against southern Lebanon. The stated aim of Operation Accountability was to spread panic among the civilian population to cause them to flee north to Beirut and pressure the Lebanese Government to rein in Hezbollah, which had been firing rockets into Northern Israel. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin declared: "We will not permit a situation where there is no calm and security in Israel, while there is calm and security in southern Lebanon. Our goal is to make this clear. We expect the Lebanese Government, and those backing it, to control the rockets fired by Hezbollah. . . If there will be no quiet and safety for the northern settlements, there will be no quiet and safety for south Lebanon residents north of the security zone." The "security zone" was Lebanese territory that had been occupied by Israel’s military for more than a decade. The Operation was a resounding "success." Israel’s shelling killed over a hundred civilians, and hundreds of thousands of others fled northward in panic.
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/01/
Auschwitz survivor: 'Israel acts like Nazis'
One of the last remaining Auschwitz survivors has launched a blistering attack on Israel over its occupation of Palestine as he began a lecture tour of Scotland.
http://www.scottishpsc.org.uk/
Hamas prepares to sue Israel for organ theft
Gaza – Ma'an – The de facto government in the Gaza Strip began collecting the testimonies of families whose sons allegedly had their organs harvested by Israeli soldiers, Gaza Minister of Justice Muhammad Faraj Al-Ghoul said Wednesday.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Livni, Barak 'wanted for war crimes' in Poland
Knesset members visiting Krakow surprised to see ads against opposition chairwoman, defense minister on number of bulletin boards across city.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Refugees
Rights group raps Lebanon, Jordan for mistreating Palestinians
The governments of Jordan and Lebanon failed to adequately protect the rights of Palestinians, a new report by the group Human Rights Watch charged on Tuesday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Political Developments and Diplomacy
Abbas tells Medvedev: Mideast peace process is deadlocked
The Middle East peace process is deadlocked, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Tuesday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Barak, Mubarak mull coaxing Abbas to negotiating table
Defense Minister Ehud Barak will leave for Sharm el-Sheik this morning, to meet with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. The visit is expected to be dedicated mainly to efforts to renew talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, negotiations for the release of captive soldier Gilad Shalit and security cooperation between Israel and Egypt.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
U.S. congressman: Occupation taking immense toll on Israel
Howard Berman, the influential California congressman and staunch Israel ally, warned Tuesday that Jerusalem's continued rule in the West Bank threatens its status as a democratic Jewish homeland.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
France hosts follow-up talks to Palestinian aid meeting
The French foreign minister hosted former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other high-ranking international envoys on Tuesday to take stock of international aid efforts for the Palestinians.The dinner hosted by Bernard Kouchner was one in a series of follow-up meetings after a 2007 international donors conference in Paris drummed up billions in pledges for the Palestinians.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Israel diplomats at odds over Turkish ties following envoy row
Israel's embassy in Ankara sent an angry message to Jerusalem on Monday, saying a report on Israeli-Turkish ties prepared by the Foreign Ministry's Center for Political Research was "divorced from reality."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Other News
You got that one right, you apartheider
"Israelis see a global campaign of “delegitimisation” akin to efforts to isolate white-ruled South Africa. “I’m sure the Afrikaners felt like we feel now,” says Mr Raz."
http://www.economist.com/
Tibi: Shoah victims must understand Palestinians
Arab MK says objects to use of Holocaust as a political tool, but sparks row as he addresses Knesset. 'Racism has become a mainstream practice in Israeli society and is the thread that connected the ends of Nazi ideology,' he says. MK Nissim Zeev of Shas leaves hall in protest.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Israel lifts immunity of Druze lawmaker after Syria visit (AFP)
AFP - An Israeli Druze lawmaker said Tuesday he has been stripped of his parliamentary immunity to face charges of "contact with enemy agents" after a 2007 visit to Syria.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/
Student Senate charges BU of expelling 48 students
Bethlehem – Ma’an – Bethlehem University’s administration denied accusations from the school's Student Senate saying it had expelled 48 students including graduate students who had not paid their fees.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Ramallah court to rule on teachers fired following Hamas takeover
Bethlehem – Ma'an – The Palestinian High Court of Justice will rule Wednesday on the case of 12 public school teachers discharged from their posts by the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Education in 2007 after the Hamas takeover in Gaza.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Palestinian cellular market competition triggers unique deal
An unprecedented agreement signed between the Palestinian cellular phone operator Jawwal, which is owned by the Palestinian communications company Paltel, and the Kuwaiti company Zain, which provides mobile telephone services throughout the Arab world, will allow West Bank and Gaza Strip residents visiting Jordan to use their mobile device in Jordan and pay local Jordanian rates for their calls, text messages and data services.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Israeli guides may work in Bethlehem, Jericho
by Danny Sadeh - Source: Ynet "Israeli tour guides will be able to travel to Jericho and Bethlehem with groups of tourists and guide them in the Palestinian Authority territories"
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Arab Israeli's Auschwitz visit raises criticism
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli Arab lawmaker's plan to attend a Holocaust memorial ceremony at Auschwitz on Wednesday has drawn fierce criticism from both Arabs and some Jews, underscoring the deep divisions between the two sides over the legacy of the Nazi genocide. The uproar of Mohammed Barakeh's visit highlights the deep reluctance among many Arabs to acknowledge the Holocaust for fear of diminishing their own narrative of suffering at Israel's hands.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Analysis/Op-ed/Human Interest
Obama Takes on the Muslim World, John Taylor
At the same time, President Obama did nothing to alleviate the sufferings of 1.4 million desperate Palestinians under Israeli siege in Gaza. How bad are conditions in Gaza? Some 80 percent of its residents rely on foreign assistance, and unemployment is above 40 percent. Medical supplies, fuel, and food are routinely held up at the Israeli border. Half of Gaza’s schools have not been repaired from Israel’s onslaught a year ago. Almost unbelievably, the Obama administration has made suffering in Gaza worse by pressuring the Egyptian government to close smuggling tunnels connecting Gaza with Egyptian Sinai, which provided an alternative means of moving a trickle of goods around the Israeli blockade. Although Americans may close their eyes to the miserable existence Israel is inflicting on the people of Gaza, who have done nothing to harm the United States and do not threaten us in any way, Americans may be certain that our complicity has not gone unnoticed across the Muslim world.
http://original.antiwar.com/
The adviser who never was, Philip Weiss
What I find crushing is that Khalidi was a friend/neighbor of Barack Obama in Chicago, indeed Obama described him as a teacher at Khalidi’s going-away party in 2003; and and of course in 2008 Khalidi was specifically targeted during the campaign and essentially purged from any possible advisory role. That’s an American tragedy. Here’s an intellectual with tremendous insight involving one of the most important foreign-policy problems that face us, with a unique connection to a rising politician, and poof, he’s gone, thanks to the Israel lobby. Here’s Barack Obama throwing Khalidi under the bus.
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/01/
In the West they say it's rain, Amira Hass
Israel, via the Interior Ministry, continues to spit in the face of friendly countries, and those countries continue to admire the falling raindrops. The ministry's most recent gob of spit was the cancellation of the work visas that citizens of those countries who are employed by international NGOs have been getting for years. Instead, they will be given tourist visas that restrict their freedom of movement and activity. These people are usually employees of humanitarian organizations that operate among the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
The Palestinian upper bourgeoisie, As`ad Abukhalil
This is a sinister story of the Palestinian upper bourgeoisie. Their story has to be told: how people like Hasib Sabbagh, Basil `Aql, Munib Masri, Shuman, Sa`id Khuri among others were instrumental in propping up the leadership of Yasir `Arafat when his role was in dispute within the leadership of Fath in the late 1960s. They also steered the Fath movement in the direction of Saudi Arabia, and pushed Arafat to do his best to appease every US administration. They also were the ones who played a mediating role between Fath and the Phalanges during the civil war, when a boycott of the Phalanges was ostensibly observed by the Lebanese National Movement and the PLO. (There were individual Palestinian capitalists who invested in the left but I won't name them here because it may be bad for their businesses). "Mr. Sabbagh was also a member of the Palestine National Council and a donor to the Carter Center, founded in 1982 by former President Jimmy Carter." Spending money on the Carter Center? For what? To reward him for Camp David? [end]
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/
Ethan Bronner: he offers his pen AND son to the Israeli army, As`ad Abukhalil
So the story is out now. Here are the details. I have received various messages about this matter, but they were general. Until a few days ago when I received a very detailed message (from Israel?) about the son of Ethan Bronner joining the Israeli army. The message had phone numbers and details that made it more reliable. I passed it on to comrade Electronic Ali, knowing that he would obtain verification. Here are the results. I wish to thank the anonymous person who sent me the tip in the first place. He/she does not want to be identified. (He addressed me as "Dear Mr. Angry"). Now the New York Times will assert daily that Bronner will adhere to the highest standards journalism that are practiced in the paper--standards that are best exemplified by the career of Judith Miller among many others. But to understand the situation, pose this question to the Foreign Editor of the Times: if the son of Taghreed El-Khodari (and I don't know if she has a son, but go along with the apt analogy) were to join the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, would she still be permitted to write for the paper? I can now see the propaganda articles by Ethan Bronner beginning with a refrain: my son is a hero among heroes. Oh, let me tell you about the killing adventures of the Israeli occupation army.... [end]
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/
Facts on the ground: the creation of a ‘de-facto binational structure’, Philip Weiss
Israeli political scientist/leader Meron Benvenisti says that a binational entity is the inevitable solution in Israel/Palestine because the landgrab has created such a structure in fact. He points out that binationalism has long been a current in the ideological contention over Palestine and the political resolutions. Who knew? This is instructive reading:
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/01/Israeli political scientist/leader Meron Benvenisti says that a binational entity is the inevitable solution in Israel/Palestine because the landgrab has created such a structure in fact. He points out that binationalism has long been a current in the ideological contention over Palestine and the political resolutions. Who knew? This is instructive reading:
Israeli Terrorism, Ismail Zayid
The horrendous massacre of thousands of innocent victims, on Sept. 11 Sept. in New York and Washington, brought a great deal of attention to the subject of terrorism, Osama bin Laden, and al-Qaida. There has also been some insinuation, by the media and politicians, towards Arabs and Muslims, with reference to the Middle East and the Palestine conflict. But nowhere is there any mention of Israeli terrorism in relation to this conflict. Terrorism is defined in a variety of ways. An interesting definition is put forward by the noted intellectual Noam Chomsky, who wrote: “There is another defining property of ‘terrorism’ in contemporary newspeak: it refers to violent acts by Them, not Us.”
http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/01/israeli-terrorism/
Haiti -- Gaza, BOUTHAINA SHAABAN
Akiva Eldar wrote an article entitled “Israel's compassion in Haiti can't hide our ugly face in Gaza” (Haaretz, January 18, 2010) in which he explains the contradiction in the public relations campaign conducted by Israel’s rulers in rescuing and treating victims of the earthquake in Haiti and the their utter indifference in relation to the suffering of the people of Gaza whose children, women and elderly die on a daily basis because of the lack of medicine and the destruction of hospitals and because Israeli authorities prevent food and medicine from entering Gaza.
http://www.counterpunch.org/shaaban01262010.html
"I was supposed to be born in a villa by the sea"
Atef Abu Saif took his grandmother's stories of Jaffa to heart. These memories and these stories are the only treasure and wealth of the refugee. They are the sole inheritance for the children of the dispossessed generation. Memories of what once was. Stories of what ought to have been. Marryam Haleem writes.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11033.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifadaPalestine+%28Electronic+Intifada+%3A+Palestine+News%29
My family's ongoing Nakba story
One of the most traumatic effects wrought upon Palestinian society by the 1948 Nakba, or the dispossession of historic Palestine, is the physical separation it forced upon Palestinians, between those in the diaspora and the refugees, between those living in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 and those who became citizens of Israel. Yet this process is ongoing to this very day, and targets even individual families. Mohammad Alsaafin details how Israel is preventing his family from seeing each other through its restrictive ID system.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11029.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifadaPalestine+%28Electronic+Intifada+%3A+Palestine+News%29
Anti-Israelism: Why Zionism Doesn’t And Can’t Get It, Alan Hart
There is no doubt it. More and more people all over the world, and probably many of their governments behind closed doors, are beginning to see the Zionist state of Israel for what it really is - not only the obstacle to peace but a monster apparently beyond control; and they, more and more so-called ordinary folk everywhere, are beginning to turn against it.
http://www.The horrendous massacre of thousands of innocent victims, on Sept. 11 Sept. in New York and Washington, brought a great deal of attention to the subject of terrorism, Osama bin Laden, and al-Qaida. There has also been some insinuation, by the media and politicians, towards Arabs and Muslims, with reference to the Middle East and the Palestine conflict. But nowhere is there any mention of Israeli terrorism in relation to this conflict. Terrorism is defined in a variety of ways. An interesting definition is put forward by the noted intellectual Noam Chomsky, who wrote: “There is another defining property of ‘terrorism’ in contemporary newspeak: it refers to violent acts by Them, not Us.”
http://dissidentvoice.org/
Haiti -- Gaza, BOUTHAINA SHAABAN
Akiva Eldar wrote an article entitled “Israel's compassion in Haiti can't hide our ugly face in Gaza” (Haaretz, January 18, 2010) in which he explains the contradiction in the public relations campaign conducted by Israel’s rulers in rescuing and treating victims of the earthquake in Haiti and the their utter indifference in relation to the suffering of the people of Gaza whose children, women and elderly die on a daily basis because of the lack of medicine and the destruction of hospitals and because Israeli authorities prevent food and medicine from entering Gaza.
http://www.counterpunch.org/
"I was supposed to be born in a villa by the sea"
Atef Abu Saif took his grandmother's stories of Jaffa to heart. These memories and these stories are the only treasure and wealth of the refugee. They are the sole inheritance for the children of the dispossessed generation. Memories of what once was. Stories of what ought to have been. Marryam Haleem writes.
http://electronicintifada.net/
My family's ongoing Nakba story
One of the most traumatic effects wrought upon Palestinian society by the 1948 Nakba, or the dispossession of historic Palestine, is the physical separation it forced upon Palestinians, between those in the diaspora and the refugees, between those living in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 and those who became citizens of Israel. Yet this process is ongoing to this very day, and targets even individual families. Mohammad Alsaafin details how Israel is preventing his family from seeing each other through its restrictive ID system.
http://electronicintifada.net/
Anti-Israelism: Why Zionism Doesn’t And Can’t Get It, Alan Hart
There is no doubt it. More and more people all over the world, and probably many of their governments behind closed doors, are beginning to see the Zionist state of Israel for what it really is - not only the obstacle to peace but a monster apparently beyond control; and they, more and more so-called ordinary folk everywhere, are beginning to turn against it.
Book review: Avi Shlaim's "Israel and Palestine"
When prolific writers compile a decade or more of their writing in a single collection, changes in style, political outlook, or interpretive tendencies are readily apparent. Consistency in all these respects is visible too. So it's interesting to read Avi Shlaim's latest book -- Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations, a collection of articles published over two decades on Israeli historiography -- because he is aware of the changes and continuities in his thinking. However, The Electronic Intifada contributor Max Ajl finds, Shlaim's analytical gaze suffers from a blind spot when it comes to the ideology upon which Israel was founded.
http://electronicintifada.net/
Iraq
Tuesday: 23 Iraqis Killed, 85 Wounded
A significant bomb attack rocked Baghdad for the second day in a row. At least 23 Iraqis were killed and 85 more were wounded there and elsewhere. Stunning testimony continues to seep out of the Iraq Inquiry as well. Also, corruption at Iraqi jails has reached dangerous levels.
http://original.antiwar.com/
Iranian pilgrims attacked in Iraqi capital
BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Gunmen in a speeding car opened fire on Wednesday in the Iraqi capital at two buses carrying Iranian pilgrims, killing an Iranian woman and an Iraqi driver, the Baghdad security command said.
http://www.alertnet.org/
INTERVIEW-Iraq tribal leader wants Baath forgiveness
* Seeks forgiveness, not revenge
* Says anti-Baath list used to exclude rivals
* Rejected alliance with Maliki
http://www.alertnet.org/
UK lawyer: Iraq war was illegal
Former legal adviser says minister dismissed advice war was contrary to international law.
http://english.aljazeera.net/
Jack Straw ignored advice the Iraq invasion would be illegal, Foreign Office law chief tells Chilcot inquiry
Top lawyer tells of his amazement at Foreign Secretary's refusal to accept advice : Every lawyer in the Foreign Office agreed that invading Iraq would be illegal.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Kurds in Halabja celebrate 'Chemical Ali' execution (AFP)
AFP - Hundreds of Kurds took to the streets of the Iraqi town of Halabja on Tuesday to celebrate the execution of 'Chemical Ali', hanged for the gassing of some 5,000 of its residents in 1988.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/
'Chemical Ali' buried to adulation in hometown (AFP)
AFP - Dozens of Iraqis gathered at the grave of "Chemical Ali" in northern Iraq on Wednesday to praise the cousin and notorious henchman of Saddam Hussein who was executed for gassing thousands of Kurds in 1988.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/
The Hanging of the Henchman, PATRICK COCKBURN
Iraq executed by hanging on September 24 Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam Hussein's chief enforcer and supervisor of mass killings, also known as "Chemical Ali" for using chemical weapons to kill tens of thousands of people. He was the cruellest and most violent of top Iraqi leaders under Saddam Hussein, his first cousin to whom he was wholly loyal. He had already been sentenced to death four times, most recently earlier this month for the killing by poison gas of 5,000 Kurdish civilians at Halabja in 1988.
http://www.counterpunch.org/
Lebanon
Body of Lebanese woman returned from Palestine
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) transported the body of a Lebanese woman on Tuesday from Palestine to her native village of Qlayaa in south Lebanon. Nahla Gerges entered Palestine in 2000 with the Israeli forces withdrawal from south Lebanon.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Egypt
Egypt prosecutor calls for death penalty in Hezbollah trial
Prosecutor in trial of Shiite group members charged with planning attacks says they 'hid behind pro-resistance slogans to carry out their crimes'.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
86 Muslim scholars issue fatwa against Egypt’s steel wall
86 Muslim scholars issued a fatwa prohibiting the closure of the Rafah border crossing and the building of Egypt’s steel wall.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Egypt Also Tries to Restrict Veils
As French legislators continue to wrestle with the idea of imposing a partial ban on full facial veils, Egypt's courts have been dealing with the same issue.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/
U.S. and Other World News
Bush Pentagon Hired Conspiracy Theorist As Al Qaeda Specialist
When the Pentagon's internal think tank decided in 2004 it needed a better understanding of Al Qaeda, it turned to an unlikely source: the terrorism analyst Laurie Mylroie, who was known as the chief purveyor of the discredited idea that Saddam Hussein was behind Sept. 11 and many other attacks carried out by Al Qaeda. Mylroie was paid roughly $75,000 to produce a 300-page study, "The History of Al Qaida," for the Defense Department think tank, known as the Office of Net Assessment, a DOD spokesman tells us. The study, which is dated September 2005, was posted on an intelligence blog last month.
http://tpmmuckraker.
Lieberman rips FBI on Miranda rights
“We write to urge the administration to immediately transfer Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, a foreign terrorist, to the Department of Defense to be held as an unprivileged enemy belligerent (UEB) and questioned and charged accordingly,” said Lieberman.
http://www.politico.com/news/
Rights group slams treatment of Mideast minorities (AP)
AP - A New York-based human rights organization criticized the governments of five Middle Eastern countries Tuesday, including close U.S.-allies Jordan and Saudi Arabia, for their treatment of women and minorities.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/
Saudi-Houthi border fighting ends
Saudi deputy defence minister claims victory while fighters say they offered truce.
http://english.aljazeera.net//
Turkey: Holocaust is most grave crime against humanity in history
The Turkish Foreign Ministry marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday with a statement in which it condemned the Holocaust and vowed to prevent anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia and discrimination.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Arabs push for Arabic to be official WTO language
Formal request made by Kuwait to make Arabic fourth official language of the global trade body; Arab group also pushing for PLO to get observer status as prelude to membership.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
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