Sheikh Jarrah in need of more international presence – in pictures

13 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank In the early hours of September 12th, local illegal settlers in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, torched and destroyed a protest tent frequented and inhabited by locals and international volunteers and observers in the midst of increased Israeli settler violence and aggression. The tent sat between an […]

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Noam Chomsky: U.S. To Veto Palestinian Statehood Bid Despite “Overwhelming Intl Consensus” – video

DemocracyNow.org – President Obama publicly confirmed Monday that the United States will oppose any attempt by the Palestinians to achieve statehood at the United Nations, but Palestinians leaders are still vowing to move ahead with their bid for statehood this week. What will the ramifications of a U.S. veto be? For more, Democracy Now! speaks […]

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Gaza, where nothing’s forgotten! ~ by Ruba Monzir

. “Gaza Walls, unique papers of stone..!” By Ruba Monzir | 12/9/2011 |  I am a Gazan Weblog Do you want to know something about Gaza? Well, it’s too simple. Have a tour in Gaza streets and you will know every single minute detail about it. Gaza is the place where you are free to the […]

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Taking on Turkey: Israel’s ‘Dangerous’ Game

Palestine Chronicle | Sept 14, 2011 Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (UN Photo)By Ramzy Baroud The UN Palmer Report, which largely exonerated Israel for murdering nine unarmed Turkish civilians in international waters on May 31, 2010, seemed in some ways like the last straw. Prior to its publication, the camel’s back had already mostly […]

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Egypt approves entry of World Food Programme aid to Gaza

Maan News Agency | Sept 14, 2011 EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Egyptian authorities on Wednesday approved the entry of aid from the World Food Programme to Gaza, a PA crossing official said. PA official Amr Hadhud told Ma’an that the WFP had donated 55 tons of biscuits to Gaza. The aid was unloaded at al-Oja […]

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Why the Palmer Report Deserves No Deference

Israel Given Two Bites of the Apple by AUDREY BOMSE | COUNTERPUNCH Almost all the factual findings, as well as the legal analysis and conclusions of the recently leaked UN Secretary General’s Panel of Inquiry into the “Flotilla Incident” on May 31, 2010 (Palmer/Uribe Panel) directly contradict those of an earlier UN report of the […]

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Settlers assault workers and hit a boy with car in the West Bank

Wednesday September 14, 2011 16:22 by George Rishmawi – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli settlers from the settlement of Itamar, near the West Bank city of Nablus assaulted three Palestinian workers Wednesday morning. The workers are from the town of Beit Fajjar near Bethlehem and suffered moderate wounds and bruises in different parts of their bodies. […]

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Help Nil’in Village to Replant Olive Trees

“When you lay siege to a city and wage war against it a long time to capture it, do not destroy its trees, wielding an ax against any food-producing tree. Is a tree of the field a man who will come against you in the siege?” (Deuteronomy 20:19) This is what real Judaism teaches about […]

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Salah to sue UK over arrest, deportation order

[ 14/09/2011 – 10:11 AM ] LONDON, (PIC)– Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, said after consulting with a legal team that he would stay in England to file a lawsuit against the British authorities over his arrest in July. On 29 June, British Home Secretary Theresa May issued a travel ban […]

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Israel warns PA of harsh consequences

  PressTV – Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:43AM GMT Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has warned of what he calls harsh consequences if the Palestinian Authority goes ahead with its plan to seek UN membership as an independent state. Lieberman, who is known for his extremist anti-Palestinian stance, however, failed […]

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Shtayyeh Decries Israeli Unilateralism as West Bank Raided

PNN – Palestine News Network –  14.09.11 – 13:20 PNN – After a night of Israeli raids and settler attacks in the West Bank, senior Palestinian official Mohammed Shtayyeh released a statement condemning Israeli unilateralism on the 18th anniversary of the Oslo Accords. (PNN Archive) “Today we commemorate 18 years since the launch of a […]

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Virtual statehood or the Right of Return ~ by Omar Barghouti

Many Palestinians feel the newest version of the bid for statehood no longer represents them and their interests. Omar Barghouti | 14 Sep 2011 Some Israeli officials support the UN bid because the PA would replace the PLO for negotiations with Israel – the PLO represents all Palestinians regardless of location while the PA represents […]

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The real reason why Erdogan did not go ahead with Gaza visit

[ 14/09/2011 – 09:50 AM ] Placard reads: Children of Gaza are waiting for the visit of Erdogan, the leader GAZA, (PIC)– Egyptians amassed outside the Cairo Opera House on Tuesday calling on visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to show support for the besieged Gaza Strip. On Monday night, the PM made a […]

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Israel plans to evacuate criminals from prisons to make room for Palestinians

[ 14/09/2011 – 10:41 AM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities are planning on allowing the criminal population of the Israeli prisons to serve their sentences in their homes to make room for Palestinians in anticipation of riots after UN Palestinian state decisions, Israel’s Maariv newspaper said. A list of more than 5,000 criminal […]

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PA: Settlers attack 2 Palestinians in Nablus

Maan News Agency | Sept 14, 2011 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers attacked two Palestinians on Tuesday evening in the northern West Bank, Palestinian Authority officials said. PA settlement affairs official Ghassan Doughlas said residents of the illegal Yitzhar settlement attacked Iyad Sanakreh and Salah Sanakrah, from Balata refugee camp. They were taken to Rafedia […]

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