Human Rights | Collective Punishment

2010-02-09: Headlines

Jerusalem Post: Yishai moves to legalize Beit Yehonatan 2010-02-09

Among those details, Havilio pointed out that many of the 200 demolition orders Barkat referred to were not even within Jerusalem's municipal boundarie ...

 

RT: “Russia uses any opportunity to promote Palestinian unity” 2010-02-09

The visits to Nicaragua by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin in 2008 and 2009 were, in fact, crucial for the transfer of bilateral cooperation onto ...

 

www.worldbulletin.net: Palestinians to present more war crimes arguments to ICC 2010-02-08

"We ask the United Nations to transfer the matter to the ICC so that the Zionist war criminals can be brought to justice," said Mohammed Faraj al-Ghul ...

 

Ha'aretz: The less rosy aspects of Shai Agassi's electric car 2010-02-08

The company says that around 500000 charging stations will be installed throughout Israel: near subscribers' homes, in public parking lots and garage ...

 

Ha'aretz: The illusion of 'Syria first' 2010-02-08

... talk about a peace process "clouds the fact that the Palestinians are prisoners of a racist occupation, of collective punishment and genocide.

 

Ha'aretz: Yishai moves to legalize Jewish ownership of East Jerusalem building 2010-02-08

Barkat also wrote that the municipality would tear down some 200 Palestinian homes slated for demolition in East Jerusalem.

 

National: Mitchell's model for peace can still apply 2010-02-08

Before even that can happen, the Palestinians need assurances and clarifications from the United States – in effect, they're talking about what they will ...

 

Palestine Note (blog): MidEast peace talks could begin Feb. 20 2010-02-08

Israel would also transfer additional areas of the West Bank to Palestinian control, reopen Palestinian political offices in east Jerusalem ...

 

Palestine Note (blog): The Goldstone report and the Israeli response 2010-02-08

They learned of expulsions of entire villages of Palestinian families in 1948, of Israel's expansionist wars of 1956 and 1967, of Jewish terrorism ...

 

Gulf Daily News: Glass half full..? 2010-02-08

It has been ever since David Ben Gurion approved of eliminating Palestinians in 1938, saying, "I am for compulsory transfer. I do not see anything immoral ...

 

Al-Jazeerah.info: Mahmoud Abbas at a Loss By Khaled Amayreh 2010-02-08

Regev cited the issue of "incitement", as if Palestinians were expected to sing hymns of praise whenever Israel killed their brethren and demolished their ...

 

Ma'an News Agency: Israel stays eviction of settlers, despite court order 2010-02-08

Sources said that, in addition to staying the eviction of residents in Beit Yonatan, an additional 100 demolition warrants for homes in the Palestini ...

 

National: The height of Israeli intransigence 2010-02-08

“In the past 15 years there have been more than a thousand Palestinian homes demolished in East Jerusalem versus absolutely no settler homes,” he said.

 

International Middle East Media Center: Scores Detained By The Military As Soldiers Attack Palestinian Refugee Camp ... 2010-02-08

Many protests took place in defiance of Israeli home demolition orders and other activities carried out by Israeli troops.

 

Washington Post: West Bank to hold municipal elections July 17 2010-02-08

Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as their capital and insist that all Jewish sections there must be removed. Israel has annexed all of the city.

 

International Solidarity Movement: Sheikh Jarrah settlers threaten Palestinians with M-16 for the second time ... 2010-02-08

If TPS 12705 comes to pass, the existing Palestinian houses in this key area would be demolished, about 500 Palestinians would be evicted ...

 

Baltimore Jewish Times: Snow Falls On Israel 2010-02-08

Nir Barkat said in a letter sent late Wednesday to state Prosecutor Moshe Lador that he would execute the sealing and demolition orders pending against ...

 

Daily 49er: Marylou Cabral, PSL hypocritical for criticizing MacDonald 2010-02-08

The similarities between the Soviet policies of expelling and permanently excluding the Crimean Tatars and Meskhetian Turks from their homelands and similar ...

 

True/Slant: Actual Death Panels in the Obama Administration 2010-02-08

... and political cover in support of Israel's wars of collective punishment against Lebanese and Palestinians, is not direct involvement in terrorism ...

 

Ma'an News Agency: Israel's High Court frees 2 foreign activists 2010-02-08

An American woman, 27, was detained along with two Palestinians by Israeli forces during a night raid in the village of Bil'in last Wednesday.

 

The Nation, Pakistan: Hamas wants 'Zionist war criminals' judged by ICC 2010-02-07

Some 1400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed during the Israeli assault on Gaza. A UN Human Rights Council report by the respected former ...

 

Bay Area Indymedia: Israeli Army Raids Ramallah to Arrest International Activists in Violation ... 2010-02-07

... other Palestinian activists swept up in the latest wave of arrests related to popular demonstrations against the Israeli apartheid wall and settlements.

 

St. Augustine Record: Guest Column: Resolve legal issues first before peace in Middle East 2010-02-07

When it imposed a near genocidal blockade in Gaza, it violated article 33 of the 4th Convention, which forbids collective punishment of a civili ...

 

Middle East Online: HRW: Israel 'failed' to probe Gaza war crimes 2010-02-07

About 1400 Palestinians (mainly civilians) were killed during the 22-day onslaught launched by Israel on December 27, 2008.

 

Middle East Online: Palestine and Disproportional Imperialism Vs. Proportional Resistance 2010-02-07

Britain, France and America, through their client state Israel, are the most recent empires to try and subjugate Palestine. After World War I ...

 

Examiner.com: Congressmen against Gaza blockade: Update 2010-02-07

This concern must be addressed without resulting in the de facto collective punishment of the Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip … ...

 

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (press release): Cabinet meeting 2010-02-07

We did this with Egypt and Jordan, and we aspire to achieve similar agreements with both the Palestinians and Syria. Two principles dictate our approach ...

 

SwimmingWorldMagazine.com: Povoa de Varzim: Mercedes Peris Minguet, Amit Ivry, Susana Negri Set Meet ... 2010-02-07

That swim demolished the record of 8:56.08 set by Giulia Bolgiani last year. Bolgiani finished second in 8:58.74, while Maria Miguel Veloso took third ...

 

The New Nation: Hypocrisy in Haiti 2010-02-07

And much of the surviving population in the limbo that is Gaza cannot go back to living, nor can it rebuild its homes and demolished city. The Israeli ...

 

Ynetnews: Saudi prince says shook Ayalon's hand due to apology 2010-02-07

He said that the Israeli deputy foreign minister had said in his speech that Saudi Arabia "doesn't transfer one penny to the Palestinian Authority.

 

Lebanon: There is ample space free for Israeli-Palestinian land swaps - Daily Star 2010-02-07

Just when there seemed to be a consensus inside Israel concerning a two-state solution to the conflict with the Palestini ...

 

Voltaire Network: Speech by James L. Jones at the 46th Munich Security Conference 2010-02-07

In concert with our Quartet partners, we continue to work aggressively to restart negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.

2010-02-08: Headlines

Ha'aretz: The illusion of 'Syria first' 2010-02-08

... talk about a peace process "clouds the fact that the Palestinians are prisoners of a racist occupation, of collective punishment and genocide.

 

Ha'aretz: The less rosy aspects of Shai Agassi's electric car 2010-02-08

The company says that around 500000 charging stations will be installed throughout Israel: near subscribers' homes, in public parking lots and garage ...

 

Palestine Note (blog): The Goldstone report and the Israeli response 2010-02-08

They learned of expulsions of entire villages of Palestinian families in 1948, of Israel's expansionist wars of 1956 and 1967, of Jewish terrorism ...

 

Daily 49er: Marylou Cabral, PSL hypocritical for criticizing MacDonald 2010-02-08

The similarities between the Soviet policies of expelling and permanently excluding the Crimean Tatars and Meskhetian Turks from their homelands and similar ...

 

Jerusalem Dispatch: Dozens of arrests in Shuafat 2010-02-08

Local residents reported that Israeli security forces are accompanied by bulldozers, and are afraid their homes may be demolished.

 

International Solidarity Movement: Sheikh Jarrah settlers threaten Palestinians with M-16 for the second time ... 2010-02-08

If TPS 12705 comes to pass, the existing Palestinian houses in this key area would be demolished, about 500 Palestinians would be evicted ...

 

Lebanon: There is ample space free for Israeli-Palestinian land swaps - Daily Star 2010-02-07

Just when there seemed to be a consensus inside Israel concerning a two-state solution to the conflict with the Palestini ...

 

Bay Area Indymedia: Israeli Army Raids Ramallah to Arrest International Activists in Violation ... 2010-02-07

... other Palestinian activists swept up in the latest wave of arrests related to popular demonstrations against the Israeli apartheid wall and settlements.

 

The Nation, Pakistan: Hamas wants 'Zionist war criminals' judged by ICC 2010-02-07

Some 1400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed during the Israeli assault on Gaza. A UN Human Rights Council report by the respected former ...

 

St. Augustine Record: Guest Column: Resolve legal issues first before peace in Middle East 2010-02-07

When it imposed a near genocidal blockade in Gaza, it violated article 33 of the 4th Convention, which forbids collective punishment of a civili ...

 

Middle East Online: Palestine and Disproportional Imperialism Vs. Proportional Resistance 2010-02-07

Britain, France and America, through their client state Israel, are the most recent empires to try and subjugate Palestine. After World War I ...

 

Middle East Online: HRW: Israel 'failed' to probe Gaza war crimes 2010-02-07

About 1400 Palestinians (mainly civilians) were killed during the 22-day onslaught launched by Israel on December 27, 2008.

 

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (press release): Cabinet meeting 2010-02-07

We did this with Egypt and Jordan, and we aspire to achieve similar agreements with both the Palestinians and Syria. Two principles dictate our approach ...

 

SwimmingWorldMagazine.com: Povoa de Varzim: Mercedes Peris Minguet, Amit Ivry, Susana Negri Set Meet ... 2010-02-07

That swim demolished the record of 8:56.08 set by Giulia Bolgiani last year. Bolgiani finished second in 8:58.74, while Maria Miguel Veloso took third ...

 

Voltaire Network: Speech by James L. Jones at the 46th Munich Security Conference 2010-02-07

In concert with our Quartet partners, we continue to work aggressively to restart negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.

 

Examiner.com: Congressmen against Gaza blockade: Update 2010-02-07

This concern must be addressed without resulting in the de facto collective punishment of the Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip … ...

 

Ynetnews: Saudi prince says shook Ayalon's hand due to apology 2010-02-07

He said that the Israeli deputy foreign minister had said in his speech that Saudi Arabia "doesn't transfer one penny to the Palestinian Authority.

2010-02-07: Headlines

St. Augustine Record: Guest Column: Resolve legal issues first before peace in Middle East 2010-02-07

When it imposed a near genocidal blockade in Gaza, it violated article 33 of the 4th Convention, which forbids collective punishment of a civili ...

 

The Nation, Pakistan: Hamas wants 'Zionist war criminals' judged by ICC 2010-02-07

Some 1400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed during the Israeli assault on Gaza. A UN Human Rights Council report by the respected former ...

 

Vanguard: The value of 'progressive' politics (2) 2010-02-06

It is the historical impulse of this apartheid wall erected in 1945 in spite of the best efforts of the idealists of the new nation that led to the debate ...

 

TPMCafé (blog): Senate Passes Onerous Iran Sanctions By Voice Vote After Five Minute Debate 2010-02-06

Punishing civilians, specifically the collective punishment of innocent civilians, is not only counterproductive, it is immoral. Take the sanctions already ...

 

Times Online: How Terry Gilliam learnt to love Mikhail Bulgakov 2010-02-06

Someone must take the blame, and the broad backs of workers appear to have been perfectly designed for the task of collective punishment.

 

Ya Libnan: What's behind renewed war jitters in Israel, Lebanon? 2010-02-06

The doctrine amounts to using collective punishment to discourage Lebanon's continued tolerance of Hezbollah's armed status. Hezbollah has prepared fresh ...

 

Architecture Week: People and Places 2010-02-06

Photo: YK Cheung Photography Extra Large Image The Wolf Foundation of Herzliya, Israel, has named two architects to receive the 2010 Wolf Prize in ...

 

World Socialist Web Site: US to launch Fallujah-style attack in Afghanistan 2010-02-06

The operation was a vicious exercise in collective punishment against the population of Fallujah for the killing there of four Blackwater mercenaries ...

2010-02-06: Headlines

Ya Libnan: What's behind renewed war jitters in Israel, Lebanon? 2010-02-06

The doctrine amounts to using collective punishment to discourage Lebanon's continued tolerance of Hezbollah's armed status. Hezbollah has prepared fresh ...

 

World Socialist Web Site: US to launch Fallujah-style attack in Afghanistan 2010-02-06

The operation was a vicious exercise in collective punishment against the population of Fallujah for the killing there of four Blackwater mercenaries ...

 

Architecture Week: People and Places 2010-02-06

Photo: YK Cheung Photography Extra Large Image The Wolf Foundation of Herzliya, Israel, has named two architects to receive the 2010 Wolf Prize in ...

 

The Guardian: Christian Aid's anti-Israel blunders 2010-02-05

In one post, McIntyre refers to Zionism as a "racist ideology with the sole aim of stealing the land of Palestine and expelling Palestinians from their ...

 

Dissident Voice: Apartheid: Stigmatizing Israel? 2010-02-05

Have they forgotten the collective punishment, the home demolitions, in their own history so soon? 4 Will Barak be chastened, accused of “self-hatred,”  ...

 

Palestine Chronicle: Cracks in Israel's Armor 2010-02-05

Yet the blockade itself is collective punishment and far more destructive than Operation Lead Cast. Even President Obama was forced to admit in Cairo ...

 

Palestine Chronicle: Israel: When the Gun Turns 2010-02-05

The West Bank Barrier, the Apartheid Wall, is but the most recent example of an insidious territorial creep that has consumed Palestinian land for decades.

 

International Middle East Media Center: This Week in Palestine -Week 05 2010 2010-02-05

Three Palestinian villagers were injured, when they were fired upon by Israel soldiers in the village of Nabi Saleh. Soldiers attacked protesters before ...

 

Infoshop News: Palestine-Israel: The joint struggle start new processes 2010-02-05

After Ma'asara village's weekly demonstration against Israel's apartheid wall and illegal settlements, women from the village sing about having no fear ...

 

The Baltimore Chronicle: Human Rights Abuses in Israel and Occupied Palestine 2010-02-05

In addition, a June agreement between the state and Jewish National Fund (JNF) authorizes the transfer of some privately (central region) owned land to ...

 

BBC News: Archaeology and the struggle for Jerusalem 2010-02-05

About a hundred houses here, including Musa's family home, have been served with demolition orders for illegal building. But Palestinians say the Israeli ...

 

Arab News: Israel expels Palestinian from West Bank to Gaza 2010-02-05

Israel had recently employed a policy of extraditing and expelling Palestinians from certain areas away from their places of residence and employment.

 

Journal of Turkish Weekly: UN Unsure if Gaza Probes Set up 2010-02-05

Israel Kills Two Palestinians on Gaza Border .... Israel Demolishes Palestinian Homes in WB .... Israel Luring Teenage Students to Join Army .

 

The Epoch Times: Jerusalem Neighborhood Caught in Controversy Over Demolitions 2010-02-05

State Prosecutor Moshe Lador is enforcing the demolition order, despite an alternative plan about the building and other structures in the neighborhood th ...

 

Inner West Courier: Donna Mulhearn, a human shield for Hamas 2010-02-05

It's collective punishment and it's illegal.” She said the rest of the world was ignoring Gazans' plight. “People were most grateful for us being ...

 

National: Palestinians still waiting for right to use Highway 443 2010-02-05

One of the points raised by their petition was that the closed road policy was a form of collective punishment for the 55000 Palestinians thought to ...

 

Examiner.com: California initiative to divest from Israel 2010-02-05

"(a) It has been determined that business activities in foreign states such as Israel, which conduct state sponsored terrorism against Palestinians living ...

 

Yeshiva World News: Barkat: Beit Yehonatan Will be Sealed – Demolition Against Illegal Homes 2010-02-05

YWN-Israel reported that State Prosecutor Moshe Lador demanded that Barkat comply with high court rulings to seal off the house.

 

New York Times: Israel: Jerusalem's Mayor Bowing to Demolition Order 2010-02-05

By AP Bowing to the attorney general's order, Mayor Nir Barkat of Jerusalem, left, has agreed to evacuate a Jewish settlers' house built illegally in ...

 

Monthly Review: Zionism Laid Bare 2010-02-05

In later years, the Zionists spoke of forcible "transfer" of the Palestinians. In the 1930s, David Ben-Gurion expressed his strong support for compulsory ...

 

The Guardian: Israel's dual reality 2010-02-04

Occupation stories like Gaza under siege, new construction in West Bank settlements, or demolition of Palestinians' homes in East Jerusalem, are prime-time ...

 

MWC News: Rethinking 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been' 2010-02-04

... to torture them against international law; it is America that allows and defends Israel's illegal use of collective punishment against the Gazan people ...

 

Ha'aretz: When in doubt, throw 'em out 2010-02-04

... Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2009, the number of migrant workers stood at approximately 255000, including Palestinians and asylum seekers.

 

The Palestine Telegraph: Berlusconi fails to notice apartheid wall 2010-02-04

At a joint news conference with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, an Italian journalist asked Berlusconi about his impressions of the apartheid wall.

 

Jerusalem Post: Hey, NIF! Criticism is a democratic right 2010-02-04

During the fighting in Gaza, these groups issued nonstop allegations of “war crimes,” “collective punishment” and intentional murder of civilians.

 

Middle East Online: Israel suppressing popular Palestinian protests 2010-02-04

... Israeli peace activists, have tried to halt Israel's illegal seizure of land for its notorious separation barrier, also known as the 'Apartheid Wall'.

 

Americans for Peace Now: APN, US Peace Groups to Obama: Ask Israel to Lift Gaza Closure 2010-02-04

It offends American humanitarian values, and is collective punishment that violates international law. Israel's closure policy is linked to the larger issue ...

 

Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Mayor will evacuate eastern Jerusalem Jewish building 2010-02-04

Nir Barkat said in a letter sent late Wednesday to state Prosecutor Moshe Lador that he would execute the sealing and demolition orders pending against ...

 

Jewish Exponent: Sestak Under the Gun After Signing On to Letter 2010-02-04

"This concern must be addressed without resulting in the de facto collective punishment of the Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip.

 

Right Side News: NGO - Goldstone Alliance Resumes Gaza War vs. Israel 2010-02-04

These NGOs advance the unsupported legal claim that Gaza remains occupied and the false allegation of "collective punishment" in order to "prove" their ...

 

Alternative Information Center (AIC): Arab Population Accuses: Israel Systematically Acting to Impose Violent ... 2010-02-04

... the goal of which is to halt the institutional and political Israeli escalation as expressed in the demolition of Arab homes, political persecuti ...

 

Al-Ahram Weekly: Abbas at a loss 2010-02-04

Regev cited the issue of "incitement", as if Palestinians were expected to sing hymns of praise whenever Israel killed their brethren and demolished their ...

 

phillyBurbs.com: Sudan leader may face genocide charge 2010-02-04

The Saudi conditions for participating in the talks with Taliban, especially expelling former Saudi citizen bin Laden, are not new, but Riyadh ...

 

Press TV: Israel to raze 200 Palestinian homes in E Jerusalem 2010-02-04

"Although the sealing order, in light of the dozens of demolition orders which are not being enforced, constitutes, in my eyes, a selective ...

 

Los Angeles Times (blog): 'Gaza' author Joe Sacco may walk away from battlefields: 'I'm kind of at th ... 2010-02-04

Because the US media remain likely to convey the Israel viewpoint, he said, "I do want to bring Palestinian voices to the fore. Which isn't to say I'm going ...

 

New York Times: Settler House to Be Evacuated in Jerusalem 2010-02-04

The statement also said Barkat had been ''forced to take action to carry out all the demolition orders in the Silwan neighborhood.

 

Scoop.co.nz (press release): Background Note: Libya 2010-02-04

The new RCC's motto became "freedom, socialism, and unity" It pledged itself to remedy "backwardness," take an active role in the Palestinian cause ...

 

Jerusalem Post: Barkat agrees to evacuate Beit Yehonaton 2010-02-04

... in the predominately Arab area, more than 200 Arab-owned homes in Silwan built without the proper permits would be evacuated and demolished as well.

 

International Middle East Media Center: Israel Exiles A Detainee To Gaza, Aim At Expelling Nine To Jordan 2010-02-04

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported that the Israeli Authorities deported al-Hafi after interrogating him for more than a month.

 

Eurasia Review: Israeli-Palestinian Talks Could Resume Soon, Says Moratinos 2010-02-04

He also pointed to the announcement by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to transfer low-enriched uranium to other capitals for processing into fuel.

2010-02-05: Headlines

Arab News: Israel expels Palestinian from West Bank to Gaza 2010-02-05

Israel had recently employed a policy of extraditing and expelling Palestinians from certain areas away from their places of residence and employment.

 

BBC News: Archaeology and the struggle for Jerusalem 2010-02-05

About a hundred houses here, including Musa's family home, have been served with demolition orders for illegal building. But Palestinians say the Israeli ...

 

Yeshiva World News: Barkat: Beit Yehonatan Will be Sealed – Demolition Against Illegal Homes 2010-02-05

YWN-Israel reported that State Prosecutor Moshe Lador demanded that Barkat comply with high court rulings to seal off the house.

 

The Epoch Times: Jerusalem Neighborhood Caught in Controversy Over Demolitions 2010-02-05

State Prosecutor Moshe Lador is enforcing the demolition order, despite an alternative plan about the building and other structures in the neighborhood th ...

 

Examiner.com: California initiative to divest from Israel 2010-02-05

"(a) It has been determined that business activities in foreign states such as Israel, which conduct state sponsored terrorism against Palestinians living ...

 

New York Times: Israel: Jerusalem's Mayor Bowing to Demolition Order 2010-02-05

By AP Bowing to the attorney general's order, Mayor Nir Barkat of Jerusalem, left, has agreed to evacuate a Jewish settlers' house built illegally in ...

 

The Guardian: Israel's dual reality 2010-02-04

Occupation stories like Gaza under siege, new construction in West Bank settlements, or demolition of Palestinians' homes in East Jerusalem, are prime-time ...

 

MWC News: Rethinking 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been' 2010-02-04

... to torture them against international law; it is America that allows and defends Israel's illegal use of collective punishment against the Gazan people ...

 

Ha'aretz: When in doubt, throw 'em out 2010-02-04

... Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2009, the number of migrant workers stood at approximately 255000, including Palestinians and asylum seekers.

 

Jerusalem Post: Hey, NIF! Criticism is a democratic right 2010-02-04

During the fighting in Gaza, these groups issued nonstop allegations of “war crimes,” “collective punishment” and intentional murder of civilians.

 

The Palestine Telegraph: Berlusconi fails to notice apartheid wall 2010-02-04

At a joint news conference with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, an Italian journalist asked Berlusconi about his impressions of the apartheid wall.

 

Americans for Peace Now: APN, US Peace Groups to Obama: Ask Israel to Lift Gaza Closure 2010-02-04

It offends American humanitarian values, and is collective punishment that violates international law. Israel's closure policy is linked to the larger issue ...

 

Middle East Online: Israel suppressing popular Palestinian protests 2010-02-04

... Israeli peace activists, have tried to halt Israel's illegal seizure of land for its notorious separation barrier, also known as the 'Apartheid Wall'.

 

Eurasia Review: Israeli-Palestinian Talks Could Resume Soon, Says Moratinos 2010-02-04

He also pointed to the announcement by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to transfer low-enriched uranium to other capitals for processing into fuel.

 

Alternative Information Center (AIC): Arab Population Accuses: Israel Systematically Acting to Impose Violent ... 2010-02-04

... the goal of which is to halt the institutional and political Israeli escalation as expressed in the demolition of Arab homes, political persecuti ...

 

Jerusalem Post: Barkat agrees to evacuate Beit Yehonaton 2010-02-04

... in the predominately Arab area, more than 200 Arab-owned homes in Silwan built without the proper permits would be evacuated and demolished as well.

 

phillyBurbs.com: Sudan leader may face genocide charge 2010-02-04

The Saudi conditions for participating in the talks with Taliban, especially expelling former Saudi citizen bin Laden, are not new, but Riyadh ...

 

Scoop.co.nz (press release): Background Note: Libya 2010-02-04

The new RCC's motto became "freedom, socialism, and unity" It pledged itself to remedy "backwardness," take an active role in the Palestinian cause ...

 

Press TV: Israel to raze 200 Palestinian homes in E Jerusalem 2010-02-04

"Although the sealing order, in light of the dozens of demolition orders which are not being enforced, constitutes, in my eyes, a selective ...

 

Los Angeles Times (blog): 'Gaza' author Joe Sacco may walk away from battlefields: 'I'm kind of at th ... 2010-02-04

Because the US media remain likely to convey the Israel viewpoint, he said, "I do want to bring Palestinian voices to the fore. Which isn't to say I'm going ...

 

Jewish Exponent: Sestak Under the Gun After Signing On to Letter 2010-02-04

"This concern must be addressed without resulting in the de facto collective punishment of the Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip.

 

Right Side News: NGO - Goldstone Alliance Resumes Gaza War vs. Israel 2010-02-04

These NGOs advance the unsupported legal claim that Gaza remains occupied and the false allegation of "collective punishment" in order to "prove" their ...

 

Al-Ahram Weekly: Abbas at a loss 2010-02-04

Regev cited the issue of "incitement", as if Palestinians were expected to sing hymns of praise whenever Israel killed their brethren and demolished their ...

 

International Middle East Media Center: Israel Exiles A Detainee To Gaza, Aim At Expelling Nine To Jordan 2010-02-04

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported that the Israeli Authorities deported al-Hafi after interrogating him for more than a month.

 

New York Times: Settler House to Be Evacuated in Jerusalem 2010-02-04

The statement also said Barkat had been ''forced to take action to carry out all the demolition orders in the Silwan neighborhood.

 

Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Mayor will evacuate eastern Jerusalem Jewish building 2010-02-04

Nir Barkat said in a letter sent late Wednesday to state Prosecutor Moshe Lador that he would execute the sealing and demolition orders pending against ...

 

Al-Masry Al-Youm: Populate Sinai to thwart Israeli expansionist plans 2010-02-03

The long-term plan however is to capture the entire West Bank, according to the so-called "concept of transfer"--or the eviction of Palestinians.

 

Palestine Chronicle: The Israeli Whitewash 2010-02-03

... action,” the Congressmen stressed that “this concern must be addressed without resulting in the de facto collective punishment of the Palestinian(s).

 

Ha'aretz: Mayor bows to pressure, pledges to remove E. Jerusalem settlers 2010-02-03

The mayor said there are 70 structures in East Jerusalem which are slated for demolition, and that fully enforcing the court rulings is liable to trigger ...

 

Inter Press Service: MIDEAST: Raze Illegal Buildings - Unless They Are Jewish 2010-02-03

The inspectors' mission is to deliver demolition orders to owners of illegally-built homes, almost all of them Palestinians.

 

The Muslim News: Palestine: Israeli military kidnaps 10 civilians 2010-02-03

Ten Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops, on Tuesday, as the military served six demolition orders to families during ...

 

The Market Oracle: Could Israel Join the European Union ? 2010-02-03

The Separation Barrier (official United Nations designation) which Israel calls a "fence," and Palestinians refer to as an "Apartheid Wall;" in reality ...

 

Ogaden Online: ONLF Statement On African Union Summit 2010-02-03

As human rights watch in it's recent report "Collective Punishment. War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in the Ogaden..." the "Ethiopian armed force ...

 

Al-Jazeerah.info: 2 Palestinian, One American Peace Activists Kidnapped by Israeli Occupati ... 2010-02-03

They confirmed her arrest and transfer to the Israeli police. International peace activists have been staying overnight in the village of Bil'in since ...

 

The Palestine Telegraph: Gaza is in the eyes of its children 2010-02-03

Israel had launched late December 2008 the "Cast Lead" on the Strip, the 22 days has killed more than 1400 Palestinians, including 300 children ...

 

Lebanon: Netanyahu: Peace talks will resume in 'coming weeks' - Daily Star 2010-02-03

Israel would also be bound to transfer customs duties it collects on behalf of the Palestinians to the Palestinian Authority on a monthly b ...

 

Ma'an News Agency: Watch: American detained for `interfering` with military 2010-02-03

They confirmed her arrest and transfer to the Israeli police. US Consulate officials said they were looking into the incident. Another Palestinian resident ...

 

Khaleej Times: Hypocrisy in Haiti 2010-02-03

And much of the surviving population in the limbo that is Gaza cannot go back to living, nor can it rebuild its homes and demolished city. The Israeli ...

 

International Middle East Media Center: Israel Bombards Seven Areas In Gaza, Carries Limited Invasion 2010-02-03

It was repeatedly attacked and bombarded by the Israeli army, while army bulldozers also bulldozed its runways and demolished several buildings.

 

Jerusalem Dispatch: Barkat agrees to seal Beit Yehonatan despite objections 2010-02-03

... Barkat wrote that he considers the demand “selective and discriminatory,” noting that dozens of demolition orders in the area are not being carried out.

 

American Muslim: Israel is NOT and Never was a Democracy 2010-02-03

[9] “It's very sad that Hilary Clinton went to the Jewish Wailing Wall and forgot the real crying wall is the Palestinian wall; the apartheid wall ...

 

CounterPunch: Zionism Laid Bare 2010-02-03

In later years, the Zionists spoke of forcible “transfer” of the Palestinians. In the 1930s, David Ben-Gurion expressed his strong support for compulsory ...

 

Ynetnews: Barkat says will seal Beit Yehonatan, 200 Arab homes 2010-02-03

“Although the sealing order, in light of the dozens of demolition orders which are not being enforced, constitutes, in my eyes, a selective ...

 

Tehran Times: Obama and his kangaroo 2010-02-03

A whole year in which more than a hundred Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem were demolished while new Jewish housing projects sprang up at a crazy pace.

2010-02-04: Headlines

Jerusalem Post: Hey, NIF! Criticism is a democratic right 2010-02-04

During the fighting in Gaza, these groups issued nonstop allegations of “war crimes,” “collective punishment” and intentional murder of civilians.

 

phillyBurbs.com: Sudan leader may face genocide charge 2010-02-04

The Saudi conditions for participating in the talks with Taliban, especially expelling former Saudi citizen bin Laden, are not new, but Riyadh ...

 

Scoop.co.nz (press release): Background Note: Libya 2010-02-04

The new RCC's motto became "freedom, socialism, and unity" It pledged itself to remedy "backwardness," take an active role in the Palestinian cause ...

 

Al-Masry Al-Youm: Populate Sinai to thwart Israeli expansionist plans 2010-02-03

The long-term plan however is to capture the entire West Bank, according to the so-called "concept of transfer"--or the eviction of Palestinians.

 

Palestine Chronicle: The Israeli Whitewash 2010-02-03

The Obama administration has committed $300 million to help in rebuilding the heavily demolished area, now home to more than 1.5 million Palestini ...

 

Ha'aretz: Mayor bows to pressure, pledges to remove E. Jerusalem settlers 2010-02-03

The mayor said there are 70 structures in East Jerusalem which are slated for demolition, and that fully enforcing the court rulings is liable to trigger ...

 

Al-Jazeerah.info: 2 Palestinian, One American Peace Activists Kidnapped by Israeli Occupati ... 2010-02-03

They confirmed her arrest and transfer to the Israeli police. International peace activists have been staying overnight in the village of Bil'in since ...

 

Inter Press Service: MIDEAST: Raze Illegal Buildings - Unless They Are Jewish 2010-02-03

The inspectors' mission is to deliver demolition orders to owners of illegally-built homes, almost all of them Palestinians.

 

The Muslim News: Palestine: Israeli military kidnaps 10 civilians 2010-02-03

Ten Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops, on Tuesday, as the military served six demolition orders to families during ...

 

The Market Oracle: Could Israel Join the European Union ? 2010-02-03

The Separation Barrier (official United Nations designation) which Israel calls a "fence," and Palestinians refer to as an "Apartheid Wall;" in reality ...

 

The Palestine Telegraph: Gaza is in the eyes of their children 2010-02-03

Israel had launched late December 2008 the "Cast Lead" on the Strip, the 22 days has killed more than 1400 Palestinians, including 300 children ...

 

Khaleej Times: Hypocrisy in Haiti 2010-02-03

And much of the surviving population in the limbo that is Gaza cannot go back to living, nor can it rebuild its homes and demolished city. The Israeli ...

 

Ynetnews: Barkat says will seal Beit Yehonatan, 200 Arab homes 2010-02-03

“Although the sealing order, in light of the dozens of demolition orders which are not being enforced, constitutes, in my eyes, a selective ...

 

Ma'an News Agency: Watch: American detained for `interfering` with military 2010-02-03

They confirmed her arrest and transfer to the Israeli police. US Consulate officials said they were looking into the incident. Another Palestinian resident ...

 

American Muslim: Israel is NOT and Never was a Democracy 2010-02-03

[9] “It's very sad that Hilary Clinton went to the Jewish Wailing Wall and forgot the real crying wall is the Palestinian wall; the apartheid wall ...

 

Los Angeles Times: Joe Sacco produces comics from the hot zones 2010-02-03

His latest work combining investigative reporting and comic art, 'Footnotes in Gaza,' wades into the Arab-Israeli conflict. "I do want to bring Palestini ...

 

Huffington Post (blog): Israeli Commander: 'We Rewrote The Rules Of War For Gaza' 2010-02-03

It's definitely the "collective punishment of a million and a half'! On to The Hague. Time for war crimes trials against the IDF and Hamas.

 

International Middle East Media Center: Israel Bombards Seven Areas In Gaza, Carries Limited Invasion 2010-02-03

It was repeatedly attacked and bombarded by the Israeli army, while army bulldozers also bulldozed its runways and demolished several buildings.

 

Tehran Times: Obama and his kangaroo 2010-02-03

A whole year in which more than a hundred Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem were demolished while new Jewish housing projects sprang up at a crazy pace.

 

Foreign Policy: These People Don't Agree on Anything! 2010-02-03

... not merely targeting the Hamas militants who threatened Israel, but practicing a form of collective punishment against all Palestinians living in Gaza.

 

CounterPunch: Zionism Laid Bare 2010-02-03

In later years, the Zionists spoke of forcible “transfer” of the Palestinians. In the 1930s, David Ben-Gurion expressed his strong support for compulsory ...

2010-02-03: Headlines

Palestine Chronicle: The Israeli Whitewash 2010-02-03

The Obama administration has committed $300 million to help in rebuilding the heavily demolished area, now home to more than 1.5 million Palestini ...

 

The Guardian: A real plan to build Palestine 2010-02-02

By the way, what are the plans for expelling the thieves and returning the land to its rightful owners? This is a very clever idea.

 

International Middle East Media Center: Palestine Today 02 02 2010 2010-02-02

Ten Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli troops, on Tuesday, and the military served six demolition orders to families during different invasi ...

 

Antiwar.com: Helpless in Gaza 2010-02-02

The reports goes on to assert that "the siege imposed on Gaza by Israel and the international community is a collective punishment; it creates a hotbed ...

 

The Indypendent: Jewish Anti-Occupation Activists Send Forceful Message to Israel 2010-02-02

... separation wall in the West Bank, Israel's routine use of collective punishment on Palestinians, and how to get involved with anti-occupation activism.

 

StandardNet: No suffering in Gaza because of starvation or lack of medical care 2010-02-02

Talking about collective punishment, what would the writer call, 8 years of shooting mortars shells and rocckets in to Israel on civilian targets?

 

The Palestine Telegraph: Israeli attacks on Palestinians this week 2010-02-02

The Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) distributed demolition and stop-work orders against 17 Palestinian-owned structures in Area C of the West Bank ...

 

Ha'aretz: Turkey denies its Israel envoy requested recall 2010-02-02

By Haaretz Service Turkey on Tuesday denied reports that its ambassador to Israel had asked his superiors in Ankara to transfer him to a new posting ...

 

Kuwait Times: $18million Kuwaiti loan to Lebanon 2010-02-02

The project began after the 1992 earthquake that hit Egypt and demolished many educational facilities, he added. Zaki praised the Kuwaiti support ...

 

U.S. News & World Report: The New Palestinian Statehood Push and the Nuclear Threat to Israel 2010-02-02

Fatah's Charter states: "Our struggle will not cease unless the Zionist State is demolished, and Palestine is completely liberated.

 

ISRIA (registration): Vietnam - VN supports efforts for peaceful settlement in Middle East 2010-02-02

He noted that Israel has yet to cease its construction and expansion of settlements and the Separation Wall, demolition of Palestinian homes and eviction ...

 

Wicked Local (blog): British MP tells Allston audience its time end to Gaza Strip blockade 2010-02-02

George Galloway slammed the collective punishment Israel imposed on Palestinian people living in the Gaza Strip during a speech ...

 

Macleans.ca: Rights and Democracy: Transparency and Accountability 2010-02-02

... of Gaza) should not be victims of collective punishment for exercising their democratic right even if it results in electing the wrong people (Hamas).

 

Hurriyet Daily News: Turkey denies reports of ambassador leaving Israel 2010-02-02

Turkish official sources have denied Israeli press reports that Oguz Çelikkol, Turkey's ambassador to Israel, has asked his superiors in Ankara to transfer ...

 

Vail Daily News: Vail Daily letter: No comparison between Haiti and Gaza 2010-02-02

In spite of this, the letter goes on to say, “This concern must be addressed without resulting in the de facto collective punishment of the Palestini ...

 

Press TV: Israeli police who put US man in coma get off scot-free 2010-02-02

... held responsible for the crime as the victim was injured at a demonstration against the Israeli-built apartheid wall in the West Bank village of Ni'lin.

 

Yeshiva World News: Goldstone Tied to Anti-Israeli Organizations 2010-02-02

**ATF employs terms such as “apartheid,” “ethnic cleansing,” “genocide,” and “collective punishment,” while promoting the boycotts, divestment ...

 

International Solidarity Movement: Sheikh Jarrah: Gawi family tent demolished as tension builds, gathering ... 2010-02-02

This is the 12th demolition of the Gawi living space. Previous demolitions have occurred as tension in the neighborhood builds and settler vs.

 

Tehran Times: Obama and his kangaroo 2010-02-02

A whole year in which more than a hundred Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem were demolished while new Jewish housing projects sprang up at a crazy pace.

 

Yeshiva World News: Israel: Court Rejects All Appeals 2010-02-02

The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Chevron resident Noam Federman, who was appealing a conviction on one count of sediti ...