Archive | January 16, 2011

Radio: Massive Jerusalem settlement project

    Published today (updated) 16/01/2011 11:38   JERUSALEM (AFP) — A massive new construction project of at least 1,400 homes is about to be authorized in a settlement neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli military radio reported Sunday. The homes will be built in the settlement of Gilo, near Bethlehem, and are expected to […]

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5 Children Injured following Israel’s Demolition of El Araqib Village for Ninth Time

  Sunday, 16 January 2011 08:30 Recognition Forum Israeli authorities demolished the Bedouin village of El Araqib Sunday morning (16 January) for the ninth time in the past six months, and bulldozers from the Jewish National Fund (JNF) remain on the villager’s land, even though the demolitions are completed. Previous demolition of El Araqib   […]

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Germany to re-arrest ‘Mossad agent’

PressTV – Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:13AM Alleged Mossad agent known as Uri Brodsky, (2nd L), is being escorted by armed Polish anti-terrorist police officers to court in Warsaw, July 7, 2010. Germany has reportedly issued a new arrest warrant for an Israeli suspected of involvement in the assassination of a Hamas official in Dubai. […]

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Israeli government invades Muslim quarter to expand Jewish ‘Western Wall’ site

Sunday January 16, 2011 08:04 |by Saed Bannoura | IMEMC News In a move that Muslim leaders in Jerusalem are calling a ‘provocation’, Israeli government officials on Saturday decided to expand the ‘Western Wall’ prayer site into the area known as Rabat al-Kurd, an alley used by 17 Palestinian families to enter their homes — […]

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ANN WRIGHT : YOUTH RESISTANCE IN AFGHANISTAN AND GAZA | Veterans Today

January 16, 2011 posted by Debbie Menon You might ask yourself, what can you do? Wright recommends contacting the Youth Peace groups directly. Get involved. By Barb Forsyth — The Hawaii Independent Ann Wright, a former United States Army colonel and retired official of the State Department HONOLULU—One of Hawaii’s most outspoken peace activists recently […]

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Racism rampant in Israeli society | Jews for Justice for Palestinians

      Never again? Elderly Palestinian women called “whores” on Yad Vashem tour, while racism explodes across Israel (Updated) Max Blumenthal, 30 December 2010 Update: A cross-posting of this piece at Mondoweiss of triggered a few extremely insightful comments. I have posted three of them below; they are worth reading. And The Hasbara Buster […]

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Free Abdallah Abu Rahmah | Update Demo Jan 7, 2011

                    Bil’in village has continued the struggle of resistance against the occupation” Friday 07/01/2011-At today’s demonstration, three persons were wounded, in addition to dozens of more cases of people choking on tear gas.The Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil’in organized today’s demonstration. The march began […]

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Tel Aviv sees largest leftwing demonstration in years

Saturday, January 15 2011|Noam Sheizaf | +972 Magazine     Thousands march to protest Knesset’s decision to probe human rights organizations   Protest in Tel Aviv, Jan 15, 2011 (photo: Yossi Gurvitz) Tel Aviv – More than 10,000 people marched this evening in protest of recent anti-democratic and racist initiatives by the Israeli government. The […]

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Captain Israel vs. The world

Saturday, January 15 2011|Roi Maor | +972 Magazine In order to win the nation’s heart, Captain Israel must defeat its seven evil ex-boyfriends: Hamas, Lebanese Shiites, Iran, Turkey, France, Salam Fayyad and Benny Begin If you thought that Israel is becoming a cartoon, you are not that far off. The good folks at the “pro-Israeli” […]

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Beit Yonatan to be evicted, sources say

Saturday, 15 January, 2011 | 23:30 |  Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Silwanic has been informed that the illegal settlement of Beit Yonatan in the Baten al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan will be evicted at 9am either tomorrow or  17 January. Beit Yonatan is  not the only illegally-built settlement in […]

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British-Israeli armies synergy censured

    tehran times | January 16, 2011 The UK Human Rights campaigners have condemned disclosures suggesting that Israeli army was training British troops how to use attack drones as “shameful”. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) allocated £1 billion to buy a consignment of watch keeper UAV 450 drones, which are manufactured by Israeli arms […]

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Zionism – a Board of Deputies’ publication | Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  Zionism: A Jewish Communal Response from the UK was published on Friday 24th December by The Board of Deputies of British Jews and is available for download. Here is the description of it from the Board of Deputies’ website: Zionism: a Jewish Communal Response from the UK, follows the publication almost exactly a year […]

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Jewish group files lawsuit against Livni ahead of visit to South Africa

[ 15/01/2011 – 05:00 PM ]   JOHANNESBURG, (PIC)– A South African Jewish group has filed charges against Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni for involvement in the Gaza war two years ago, in an attempt to have her arrested upon her soon expected visit to South Africa. South Africa reserves the right to prosecute foreign war […]

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Jihad: Hamas does not impede reconciliation

[ 15/01/2011 – 05:01 PM ]   BEIRUT, (PIC)– The main block to ending the internal Palestinian division is the continuation of the Fatah-controlled authority in Ramallah in adopting the option of negotiations with Israel, Abu Emad Al-Refai, the representative of Islamic Jihad in Lebanon, said. Refai, in a statement to Palestine newspaper published on […]

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Harassments and Arrest | Human rights defenders present during the arrest of a Palestinian at a checkpoint in Hebron are harassed by armed Israeli settler

January 13, 2011 Settlers Harassed the Human Rights Defenders in Hebron , In the same time the Israeli Soldiers Arrested a Palestinian ( 20 years old ) Hebron- Tel-Rumieda checkpoint     YouTube – Harassments and Arrest.

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