Archive | January 20, 2011

Israeli Settler Right Bullies Rabbi Ascherman, Protesting at His Home

Rabbi Ascherman repairing demolished Palestinian home (Rabbis for Human Rights-Israel) « Tikun Olam-תקון עולם Jan 19, 2011 The Israeli settler far-right, as part of its campaign of vitriol and intimidation is stalking Rabbi Arik Ascherman, founder of Rabbis for Human Rights.  They will be demonstrating outside his home later today (Wednesday) against his alleged campaign […]

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‘And No One Wants to Know’: Israeli Soldiers on the Occupation

    David Shulman  | NYRBlog | The New York Review of Books Ehud Krinis Hajja Sara Nawaja, whose tent in south Hebron was set on fire on December 28, 2010 The publication in Jerusalem of Occupation of the Territories: Israeli Soldiers’ Testimonies 2000-2010—unprecedented first-hand accounts by over one hundred Israeli soldiers of their experiences […]

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Protect Civil Liberties: Don’t Re-Authorize PATRIOT Act | Demand Progress

      Did you hear that the PATRIOT Act is up for reauthorization? No? Well, apparently the US intelligence services can still keep a secret. Since it was passed almost a decade ago, some of the most noxious portions of the PATRIOT Act have burrowed their way deep into our legal system.  A year […]

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Brazil, Malaysia slam Israeli settlements

PressTV – Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:13AM Brazil’s Ambassador to the UN Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti Brazil and Malaysia have condemned Israel’s illegal construction on the occupied Palestinian land following the submission of an anti-settlement draft resolution to the UN Security Council by Arab nations. The countries’ ambassadors at the Security Council meeting on Wednesday […]

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Lying to Australians for the Israeli government

20 January 2011 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) – Unleashed Michael Brull We now have even more proof, yet another smoking gun: Israel is deliberately starving the population of Gaza. WikiLeaks reveals that “Israel told US officials in 2008 it would keep Gaza’s economy ‘on the brink of collapse’ while avoiding a humanitarian crisis”. As Ha’aretz notes: […]

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Serving Up Palestine One Slice at a Time

      January 20, 2011by Philip Giraldi — Antiwar.com As of last week, 110 countries in the United Nations have extended diplomatic recognition to the State of Palestine.  All recognize Palestine as including the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, essentially the borders as they existed prior to the June 1967 Six […]

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Greybeards Urge US Not to Veto UN Anti-Settlement Resolution 

    January 20, 2011by Jim Lobe — Antiwar.com Some four dozen former top U.S. diplomats and prominent policy analysts are urging President Barack Obama not to veto a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution that is expected to reaffirm the illegality of Jewish settlements in the Occupied Territories. In a letter released here Wednesday, former […]

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Israeli forces injure 2 Palestinians

PressTV – Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:58AM Israeli police shoot tear gas towards Palestinians to disperse a gathering by residents of Eastal-Quds (Jerusalem). Two Palestinians have been wounded in clashes with Israeli forces which broke out after the troops stormed the East al-Quds (Jerusalem) neighborhood of Silwan. Clashes broke out on Wednesday in two districts […]

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Protests in Shu’fat and Jerusalem Leave 22 Injured

PNN – Palestine News Network -20.01.11 – 09:28 Jerusalem – PNN – At least 22 Palestinians were injured during confrontations with Israeli soldiers in the refugee camp of Shu’fat, while in nearby Jerusalem seven Palestinians were injured during protests in Silwan and Ras al-‘Amoud. (PNN Archive) In Shu’fat, it is unknown how the clashes developed, […]

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Israeli Troops Tear Gas House near Jenin; Five Children Arrested around Hebron

PNN – Palestine News Network -20.01.11 – 09:47 Jenin – PNN – On Wednesday evening, Israeli troops threw tear gas canisters into a home in the village of Zabouba, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank, causing 11 people to suffer from inhalation. (PNN Archive) Local sources told the state-run news wire Wafa that […]

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Dozens Of Palestinians Injured in East Jerusalem Clashes

Thursday January 20, 2011 00:37 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Medical sources reported on Wednesday at night that dozens of Palestinian residents were injured in clashes that took place in Silwan neighborhood, Ras Al Amoud, and the Shu’fat Refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem. Image Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan The sources […]

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Clashes sparked by police occupation of family home in Baten al-Hawa

Wednesday, 19 January, 2011 | 23:51 « Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Clashes were sparked in Baten al-Hawa at 7pm, Thursday 20 January, when Border Police started piling dozens of sandbags on to the roof of a neighborhood home. This roof has been occupied by police for several weeks […]

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Russia and Jordan agrees on energy deal and support to Palestine » Breaking News

By BNO News AMMAN, JORDAN (BNO NEWS) — Russia and Jordan on Wednesday reached an agreement on energy cooperation and reiterated support to Palestine, RIA Novosti reported. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman, Jordan. The visit was part of Medvedev ‘s tour in the Middle East. On Tuesday, he […]

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Five controversial Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem

CSMonitor.com In 2000, then-President Bill Clinton suggested that one of the thorniest issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – the division of Jerusalem to create two capitals for two states – should be decided along demographic lines. In other words, Jewish neighborhoods would be incorporated into Israel and Arab neighborhoods would become part of the future […]

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Rabbi Asherman of Rabbis for Human Rights under attack in israel | Jews for Justice for Palestinians

  Rabbi Ascherman repairing demolished Palestinian home (Rabbis for Human Rights-Israel) Israeli Settler Right Bullies Rabbi Ascherman, Protesting at His Home Richard Silverstein, 18 January 2011 JfJfP message of support The Israeli settler far-right, as part of its campaign of vitriol and intimidation is stalking Rabbi Arik Ascherman, founder of Rabbis for Human Rights.  They […]

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