Yedioth: Soviet Jews were cheated into immigrating to Israel

Saturday, April 16 2011| Yossi Gurvitz | +972 Magazine The idea that Soviet Jews would be able to emigrate to the West was unacceptable to Israel. So the state carried out a covert operation in the early nineties to get them to Israel instead At the end of the 1980s, Israel found itself facing a problem: the […]

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Tell me who your friends are…

Tuesday, 24 May, 2011 | 00:01 |  Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — by Hagit Ofran The close relationship between the Jerusalem police and the settlers is proved again at the ceremony for new Jerusalem District Commander.  The newly appointed Jerusalem Police Commander Niso Shaham invited some old friends, among them […]

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Israeli court sentences teen to 6 months

Published May 23, 2011 | 19:45 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israel’s military judges on Monday issued a six-month jail sentence to a teenager from Bil’in village near Ramallah. Amjad Ayed Abu Rahma, 15, was sentenced at Ofer military court near Ramallah, local activists said. He was detained in January for participating in Bil’in’s weekly non-violent protests […]

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Israel eases weapons smuggling to Gaza to allow for scheme against resistance

Israeli intelligence accused of facilitating the smuggling of booby-trapped weapons into Gaza that explode upon use or testing Saleh Naami , Monday 23 May 2011 | Al Ahram Online The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement accused Israel of smuggling booby-trapped weapons into Gaza in order to damage the capacity of the resistance. Abu Ahmad, spokesperson for […]

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Palestinian testimonies about settler attack in Tuba village – video & pictures

At Tuwani Project, May 23, 2011 | IMEU Palestinians describe the May 16 midnight settler invasion of Tuba village in the South Hebron Hills, and show damages from the settlers’ vandalism. See release about the attack at: http://ow.ly/4YSZc Photos of the damages at: http://ow.ly/4YT16 Source Special Topic | Settler Violence In pictures

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Israelis protest Obama ME speech

PressTV | Mon May 23, 2011 12:34PM US President Barack Obama Israeli demonstrators have gathered in front of the American embassy in Tel Aviv to protest US President Barack Obama’s call on Israel for fresh negotiations with the Palestinian Authority. The protesters claimed on Sunday that accepting talks with the Palestinian Authority based on the […]

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BREAKING NEWS: Humanitarian Ship to Enter Gaza Territorial Waters, Break the Blockade

by Michel Chossudovsky and Julie Lévesque | May 23, 2011 Global Research, May 23, 2011 The Spirit of Rachel Corrie (officially known as FINCH) carrying a humanitarian cargo to Gaza was attacked by an Israeli naval patrol within the so-called Palestinian Security Zone on May 15, at 10.54pm EDT. The ship is carrying 7.5 kilometers […]

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What Will Happen Tomorrow in Joseph’s Tomb East of Nablus?

PNN – Palestine News Network 23.05.11 – 14:10 Nablus – Amin Abu Wardah – PNN/Exclusive – Few hours separate us from the visit of Jewish settlers and right-wing Israeli parliamentarians to Joseph’s Tomb, located east of Nablus city in northern West Bank. settlers in the West Bank The visit was announced after the Israeli defense […]

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Zionist entity plans to expand W. Bank settlements

[ 23/05/2011 – 11:02 AM | PIC ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli “Peace Now” movement has exposed Sunday a number of plans by the Zionist entity to expand Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. According to a statement issued by the Movement on Sunday, Israeli war minister Ehud Barak gave the green light […]

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Israel detains mother of senior Hamas official

[ 23/05/2011 – 12:59 PM | PIC ] Arouri’s mother hugs him when he was released from an occupation jail RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli forces arrested Monday morning the mother of senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri after raiding her home in Aroura village near Ramallah. Soldiers surrounded the Arouri residence in the village and then tampered […]

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IOF seal-off sheikh Jarrah suburb as settlers attack Palestinian children

[ 23/05/2011 – 10:29 AM | PIC ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation troops sealed-off Sunday the Sheikh Jarrah suburb in the occupied city of Jerusalem after extremist Israeli settlers went on the rampage in the area and attacked Palestinian children and women. The Quds Press agency quoted Palestinian journalist Rasem Abdul Wahid, a […]

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Obama Supports Full Israeli Withdrawal? Words vs. Actions

23.05.11 – 13:27 | PNN – Palestine News Network By Michael Warschawski /AIC- President Obama’s announcement in favour of withdrawal to the lines of 1967 was surprising, particularly as it was said mere hours before his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington. Advisors to the American president obviously knew that the announcement […]

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Just Another day of Discrimination and Apartheid in Hebron

23.05.11 – 12:14| PNN By Vicky Orwel – PNN – Some of the streets in Hebron on Sunday saw Palestinians put under a four hour curfew from 15.00 until 19.00 in order to facilitate a Jewish tour of the old city for the Jewish settler population living in the area. The group of settlers gathered […]

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Interview with Eyal Sivan: The Nakba was part of the European colonial project

Posted May 22, 2011 by Patrick Mac Manus in Palestine |  Patrick Mac Manus’s Blog Israeli-born documentary maker is no stranger to criticism, having his film ‘Route 181′ banned in France. Born in Israel to Jewish Uruguayan parents, Eyal Sivan released his first documentary, Aqabet Jaber, about the daily life of refugees in the West […]

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Man killed, 2nd injured in Rafah tunnel collapse

Published today 23/05/2011 09:50 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man was killed and another sustained injuries Monday morning when a smuggling tunnel collapsed over them in the southern Gaza Strip. Coordinator of Gaza Strip’s emergency and ambulance service committee Adham Abu Salmiya identified the victim as 32-year-old Muhammad Mustafa An-Najjar. The medical official said […]

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