Peace and Justice | Equality in the Middle East

2009-07-04: Headlines

Menassat: Jack Shaheen: Obama delivers a message of peace to the Muslim world 2009-07-04

We have to make certain settlements no longer exist and that Israel brings down the wall. Obama did not that, but should have. He could have compared th ...

 

Guelph Mercury: • Peace hinges on settlements question 2009-07-04

If Israel maintains permanent rule over the Palestinians without giving them citizenship, it ceases to be a democracy. If it annexes the territory ...

 

Journal of Turkish Weekly: World Must Involve Organizers Of Military Crimes In Gaza ... 2009-07-04

Israel announces 1166 fatalities among the Palestinians, of whom 295 were civilians. The Israeli military said that they did not violate the international ...

 

Tehran Times: Hold Israel accountable for war crimes 2009-07-04

Amnesty perhaps thinks it has done justice to the Palestinians in Gaza by confirming what everybody knew all along - Israel has committed war crimes.

 

Palo Alto Online: Documentary of a maverick 2009-07-04

"As long as I've known him, he's always had a sense of social justice and equality. He believed that a lawyer's role was to participate and make ...

 

WXIA-TV: Cynthia McKinney Refuses Israel's Offer of Release from Custody 2009-07-04

Israel disagrees, insisting that the Palestinian Authority and the rest of the international community long ago agreed to the off-shore blockade to prevent ...

 

International Solidarity Movement: Action Alert: protests in front of Israeli embassies tomorrow 2009-07-04

The exemplary punishment against the activists is a small glimpse of what's happening to 12 thousand Palestinians in Israeli jails.

 

International Middle East Media Center: This Week in Palestine -Week 27 2009 2009-07-03

Meanwhile, intra-Palestinian national unity talks in Cairo were postponed until July 25th. IMEMC's Jessica Hulsey reports: This week in Palestine, Israel ...

 

International Middle East Media Center: Three Injured during the weekly Bil'in protest 2009-07-03

They also called for more resistance to the construction of the wall and settlements in light of the new Israeli plans to take over more Palestinian l ...

 

Australia.TO: Strike: The only option of peaceful protest for Kashmiris 2009-07-03

Most of the Kashmiris feel that Indian government is using more repressive measures in Kashmir than Israeli soldiers employ against Palestinians.

 

Common Dreams (press release): Russia/US: Obama Should Press Medvedev on Rights at Summit 2009-07-03

The Russian government has also done very little, if anything, to bring perpetrators to justice for human rights and humanitarian law violations in last ...

 

Asia Times Online: FBI chief defended Saudis 2009-07-03

As a London-based Palestinian publication reported in August 1996, the six jihadis who confessed to the bombing were all from an area called al-Thoqba near ...

 

Daily Kos: Israel's Human Rights Violations in the 2009 Gaza Conflict 2009-07-03

The report, titled Operation "Cast Lead": 22 Days of Death and Destruction, claims that both Israel and Hamas (as well as other armed Palestini ...

 

Daily Kos: Amnesty International's Report Faults Both Sides' Conduct in Gaza 2009-07-03

By 18 January 2009, when unilateral ceasefires were announced by both Israel and Hamas, some 1400 Palestinians had been killed, including some 300 children ...

 

Green Party Watch: Cynthia McKinney speaks: 'Free Gaza 21' in a prison in Ramla, Israel 2009-07-03

(Democracy Now! interview with Ms. Maguire from her prison cell: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/2/nobel_peace_laureate_mairead_maguire_speaks%29 The Green ...

 

BBC News: Court revokes 'exile' decision 2009-07-03

Mr Rideh, a stateless Palestinian with severe mental health problems, says he wants to leave the UK but has no travel papers. Today, the Home Office offered ...

 

Associated Press of Pakistan: Growth rate declines from 9% to 6.7% in India - 2009-07-03

Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, said Thursday the Israeli ...

 

Green Party Watch: Michigan Greens Demand McKinney ReleaseJuly 3, 2009 2009-07-03

... and sanctions against Israel until the Israeli government guarantees full human rights, including political rights and democracy, for all Palestini ...

 

NY1: Manhattan March Calls For Peace In Middle East 2009-07-03

Besides saying that Israel and Palestine need to live side by side in peace, demonstrators also praised President Barack Obama for his efforts to the Muslim ...

 

Palestine Think Tank: Khalid Amayreh - Masters of hypocrisy 2009-07-03

First of all, Israel itself is built right on top of another people, the Palestinian people, without whose destruction and obliteration, this evil entity ...

 

Ha'aretz: Zionism / What are we doing here? 2009-07-03

Moving to Israel from a Western country is not an easy step. Yet Ian Pear comforts us by recalling that, as difficult as it may seem ...

 

Ha'aretz: Military Affairs / State of emergency 2009-07-03

Twenty-first century Israel, too, is not a country with an army, but rather an Israel Defense Forces with a country, to summarize the insights and finding ...

 

OpEdNews: Ahmadinejad's 'victory' saps the Islamic Republic 2009-07-03

But its constant flow of tears for the downtrodden Palestinians will remind many of crocodiles when it is so willing to shoot unarmed demonstrators among ...

 

Ma'an News Agency: Palestinian women condemn Thursday's killing of Gaza teen 2009-07-03

A women's bloc affiliated with the Popular Struggle Front condemned the death that Israel's military insisted was a mistake, according to a statement.

 

www.worldbulletin.net: Endless War Continues: Taking Stock of US Strategy under Obama 2009-07-03

The reorganization of the European right and the ultra right, combined with the self-destruction of social democracy is important in the grand strategy.

 

New Jersey Jewish Standard: ADL accuses British MP of raising money here for Hamas 2009-07-03

The Anti-Defamation League had written to the US Department of Justice in May to urge an investigation into George Galloway's efforts to raise money here ...

 

The Media Line: Congressman: 'Obama & Netanyahu can achieve extraordinary results' 2009-07-03

When Israel engaged in previous attempts at negotiations with the Palestinians by in large those were two party negotiations: Israel and the Palestinians.

 

GulfNews: Illegality of colonies beyond doubt 2009-07-03

And there is only one remedy: Israel should dismantle them, relocate the colonists within its recognised 1967 borders and compensate Palestinians for ...

 

Gant Daily: Congressman: 'Obama and Netanyahu can achieve extraordinary results' 2009-07-03

What is different is that President Obama presents for the United States, for Israel, for the Palestinians and for the broader Arab world a different ...

2009-07-03: Headlines

Mondoweiss: Loewenstein: Why would anyone who can get along with Arabs want ... 2009-07-03

The other day I wrote that now that non-Zionists are finally gaining a voice in the discourse on Israel/Palestine, we have to bring our bat and ball-- ...

 

American Muslim: The defamation of Cynthia McKinney and other violations of her ... 2009-07-03

Israel is a military and the Hamas fighters were not. There is a higher standard of responsibility on the Israelis who murdered more than 450 Palestini ...

 

Daily Kos: NY Jewish Week- re: Obama and the Jewish Community, Some Oldie ... 2009-07-03

This conversation is very important for the American Jewish community, as well as other parts of our society, as our President deals with Israel, Palestine ...

 

Catholic News Agency: Catholics responds to Orthodox Jews' grave concern over ... 2009-07-03

The consultation, co-chaired by Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre, New York, and Rabbi Fabian Schoenfeld of Young Israel Synagogue in Kew Garden ...

 

Spero News: Jewish/Catholic dialogue on prosyletism 2009-07-03

Previous meetings have addressed anti-religious bias in the media and peace initiatives to resolve the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

 

Al-Ahram Weekly: Seize the day 2009-07-03

In the Palestinian territories, Hamas initially criticised Obama for more of the same US policy but later recognised its "positive language".

 

Spectator.co.uk: He doesn't get it 2009-07-03

Obama has torn up his previous understandings with Israel over the settlements while putting no pressure at all on the Palestinians, even though since they ...

 

Irish Times: Irish activists held by Israel 2009-07-03

Minister for Justice Micheal Martin yesterday called for the immediate release of the two. Nobel laurest Mairead Maguire (65) and former Irish soldier Derek ...

 

www.worldbulletin.net: Endless war continues: Taking stock of US strategy under Obama 2009-07-03

The reorganization of the European right and the ultra right, combined with the self-destruction of social democracy is important in the grand strategy.

 

Al-Ahram Weekly: The arm-twisting game 2009-07-03

Then Israel launched a war against the Palestinians in Lebanon (1982), in the West Bank (2002), against Lebanon in 2006 and Gaza in 2008-9.

 

Al-Ahram Weekly: We Arabs have had enough 2009-07-03

But given Israel's history with the Palestinians, this can hardly be considered a slip of the tongue. Instead, such slurs are embedded in a historically ...

 

Al-Ahram Weekly: Why can't an Arab be more like an Israeli? 2009-07-03

It's the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that incited me,'" Lévy said recently. Hosni responded by announcing that translations of books by David Grossman ...

 

Al-Ahram Weekly: Another blow to the Brotherhood 2009-07-03

"The police have strong evidence that the money collected to help the Palestinians was used to fund the Brotherhood's activities in Egypt.

 

Al-Ahram Weekly: Looking in the wrong places 2009-07-03

What I respectfully submit bellow is in a spirit of utter solidarity with the leading Palestinian intellectual whom I admire as a guiding light in our ...

 

Al-Ahram Weekly: Doubts and concerns 2009-07-03

They attacked the president after Cairo, accusing him of "moral equivalency" (since he mentioned both the Israeli and the Palestinian narratives ...

 

Green Party US (press release): Statement from Cynthia McKinney; Israel holds 'Free Gaza 21' in ... 2009-07-02

(Democracy Now! interview with Ms. Maguire from her prison cell: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/2/nobel_peace_laureate_mairead_maguire_speaks%29 The Green ...

 

Bay Area Indymedia: Sacramentans to Join July Fourth Viva Palestina Convoy 2009-07-02

What about the 11000 Palestinians who languish in jail, many of them tortured. We will update you on the status of our kidnapped passengers and our ...

 

AllAfrica.com: Liberia: US War Criminals' Net 2009-07-02

In 2007, Illinois Senator Durbin's 2007 Genocide Accountability Act closed a US loophole that prevented the Justice Department from prosecuting individual ...

 

The Palestine Telegraph: Action Alert: Protests in front of Israeli embassies tomorrow 2009-07-02

The exemplary punishment against the activists is a small glimpse of what's happening to 12 thousand Palestinians in Israeli jails.

 

Telegraph.co.uk: Ba'athism has kept Christianity alive 2009-07-02

Palestine could not be a democracy for a generation - to prevent a new and worse war between the Arabs and Israel it would have to be some sort of Fatah-run ...

 

Camden New Journal: Gaza victim dad's new legal service 2009-07-02

The Centre for Justice, an independent service which aims to resolve disputes without the need for parties to go to court, is being piloted in Camden before ...

 

Washington Post: Day in Photos 2009-07-02

July 2: A protester who tied himself to a flag pole stands outside government headquarters after a pro-democracy march in Hong Kong. July 2: Palestini ...

 

English News: Fears of War and Fears of Peace in the Palestinian Israeli ... - Global Arab Network 2009-07-02

She is founder-director of Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy (MEND) and director of the Institute of Modern Media at Al-Quds University.

 

Asbarez News: Dr. Israel Charny Condemns Denial of Armenian Genocide in British ... 2009-07-02

No less than the arch fighter for peace in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Shimon Peres, now President of Israel, then serving as Israel's Foreign Minister ...

 

Arab News: Editorial: Gaza war inquiry 2009-07-02

It is depressing: Spain's valor for justice was fine when it came to Chileans, for Tibetans, for Argentineans; but for Palestinians, it is a justice too far ...

 

Jewish Times of Southern New Jersey: Israel Viewpoint 2009-07-02

Therefore, justice and logic dictates that the problem of the Palestinian refugees must be solved outside the borders of the State of Israel.

 

Triumph: Who's afraid of the Durban review? 2009-07-02

These efforts have not gone unnoticed by some — mostly NGOs objecting to mention of Israel's discrimination against Palestinians — who have organised ...

 

BCLocalNews: 'You have to start somewhere' 2009-07-02

Like many, Marois also believed childhood tales, such as those recounted in Bible school, depicting Israel as a sacred place; and, television images th ...

 

Jewish Tribune: Aiken defends conference 2009-07-02

It was very clear it was questioning the legitimacy of the state of Israel, questioning the right of a UN member and a democracy to exist.

 

Baltimore Jewish Times: Jews Must Fight Israeli Racism 2009-07-02

For those who care deeply about Israel, about Jewish values, and about democracy and equality for all, now is the time to unite around a common message th ...

 

Jewish Tribune: Toronto eatery takes anti-Israel stand 2009-07-02

Nor did he acknowledge that his comments about Israel were politically one-sided. Geisweiller also claimed that due to pressure from Palestinian and other ...

2009-07-02: Headlines

Scoop.co.nz: Remembering Amnon Kapeliouk 2009-07-02

Israel Settlers: "You thorns in our side, your colonial enterprise is coming to an end and you can all go back to Israel". Palestinian officials say this ...

 

Forbes: We're Not Beyond Partisan Politics 2009-07-02

In California, after years of ducking difficult decisions and subcontracting their governing responsibilities to the screwiest plebiscite system a democracy ...

 

Times Online: Hardliners underestimated Mir Hossein Mousavi, the softly spoken rebel 2009-07-02

By the way, why are you trying to interfere in the affairs of the Palestinians? Aren't you contradicting your own good self?

 

American Chronicle: "Spirit of Humanity" Test´s Obama´s Resolve 2009-07-02

It will show the weary world that respect for fellow beings, equality and justice are still the hallmarks of modern civilization.

 

Baltimore Jewish Times: Harman Not Under Investigation 2009-07-02

In addition to the comment about killed Palestinians, Massad was accused of mistreating and intimidating students whose pro-Israel views differed from h ...

 

Ma'an News Agency: Gazans send a message to Cairo: Unity! 2009-07-02

According to organizers from the Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution the leaders were played by a Hamas and Fatah activist ...

 

FOXBusiness: CAIR Asks President to Intervene on Behalf of Former U ... 2009-07-02

... of the US Congress who was detained yesterday by Israel while trying to bring humanitarian relief to Palestinians under blockade in the Gaza Strip.

 

New York Times: World Briefing | Middle East Israel: Court Orders Stiffer Charge ... 2009-07-02

Legal experts said this was only the second time in Israel's history that the High Court of Justice overturned such a decision.

 

PanARMENIAN.Net: Is Egypt in for “date” revolution? 2009-07-02

There is one more possible scenario – the exact settlement of the Palestinian conflict on conditions convenient for Israel. The key to this scenario is ...

 

AFP: Palestinian gets 25 years for arms smuggling 2009-07-02

According to the US Justice Department, Ghazi faced 25 years to life in prison for his crimes, but Manhattan federal court judge Jed Rakoff imposed ...

 

United Press International: The almanac 2009-07-02

They include German novelist Herman Hesse in 1877; King Olav V of Norway in 1903; former US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in 1908; singer/act ...

 

The South African Star: World briefs - July 02, 2009 2009-07-02

Justice Minister Jack Straw said he had rejected the Parole Board's recommendation to allow 79-year-old Biggs to be released from jail early.

 

Al-Jazeerah.info: Human Rights Watch: Israeli drone-launched missile ... 2009-07-02

Israeli and Palestinian human right groups have reported a total of 42 drone attacks that killed 87 civilians. "Drone operators can clearly see their ...

 

Jerusalem Post: 'IDF charges deviate from reasonability' 2009-07-02

While Borberg was holding Abu Rahma by the shoulder, L. fired a rubber bullet, which struck the Palestinian's toe. The army tried to cover up the affair ...

 

Ha'aretz: Court: Tougher charges against soldier who shot bound protester 2009-07-01

The High Court of Justice yesterday ordered the Israel Defense Forces to press harsher charges against a commanding officer who presided ...

 

??? ??????: Saad al-Hariri's Task 2009-07-01

... regime through fraud, in addition to Israel's policy of rejecting any concession that would facilitate the peace track with the Palestinians and Syri ...

 

CounterCurrents.org: 'We Still Dream Of African Unity' 2009-07-01

And that pro-Palestinian activism then translates into actual questioning of government policies vis-à-vis Israel. So far, we still have relati ...

 

Cambridge Chronicle: Rosenberg joins steering committee of Jewish peace group 2009-07-01

Larry Rosenberg of Cambridge has joined the steering committee of the Boston Chapter of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace ...

 

Washington Post: Where Are They Now: Cynthia McKinney Strikes Again 2009-07-01

The Israeli Consulate General of Israel in Atlanta, however, accused McKinney and her fellow travelers of waging a "reckless political stunt.

 

English News: Germany's popularity on rise in Arab world - Global Arab Network 2009-07-01

Still, a German public largely sympathetic to the Palestinian cause as well as balanced foreign policies have allowed Germany to become a trustworthy ...

 

Jerusalem Post: In the footsteps of the mufti 2009-07-01

A writer, speaker and diplomat, she seemed very aware of the events taking place throughout the world and in Israel. But one thing perturbed her: Why ...

 

PR Newswire (press release): Christians for Fair Witness Says Episcopal Resolutions ... 2009-07-01

... about four resolutions regarding Palestine/ Israel that have been submitted by the Standing Commission on Anglican & International Peace with Justice ...

 

Workers World: Israeli navy seizes aid ship 2009-07-01

According to Palestinian officials and human rights groups, that one-sided war by Israel — funded and armed by the United States — killed at least 1440 ...

 

CBS News: Marines Commence Counter-Insurgency Push In Southern Afghanistan 2009-07-01

Someone needs to explain the difference to Israel. Some 1400 Palestinians died during the Gaza seige, but only a relative handful of Israelis.

 

Ha'aretz: The Na'alin case / The IDF calls it absurd meddling 2009-07-01

... of Justice overturned his decision to press relatively light charges against two Israel Defense Forces soldiers in the shooting of a bound Palestinian.

 

Express Buzz: Israeli settlements exist on unlawful grounds 2009-07-01

And there is only one remedy: Israel should dismantle them, relocate the settlers within its recognised 1967 borders and compensate Palestinians for ...

 

Cleveland Indy Media: Disputed Territories NOT Occupied territories 2009-07-01

The history of Israel's so-called "occupation" of Palestinian lands and the ways in which Palestinians and Arabs have distorted Israeli actions in the West ...

 

Ha'aretz: Oppose the state, not the people 2009-07-01

"It certainly would have been a lot easier not to have come to Israel, and I wouldn't have come had the Palestinian Boycott National Committee asked me ...

 

Inner City Press: Afghanistan's Karzai Wants Warlords in His Tent, UN Ambassad ... 2009-07-01

UNRWA has said that Israel doesn't allow cash to UNRWA to pay its own staff members and to give small grants to Palestinians in Gaza Strips and also impose ...

 

Lebanon: Sleiman likely to have tipping vote in cabinet - Daily Star 2009-07-01

"Solving the Palestinian refugees' issue is of great importance toward achieving a comprehensive peace in the Middle East region," Sike said.

 

Daily Kos: Israeli Human-Rights Groups on Gaza Siege: This is no Reality Show 2009-07-01

Adalah - an organization of Israeli Palestinians (aka "Arab Israelis") acting for equality, and also on behalf of their Occupied compatriots.

 

Ha'aretz: News in Brief 2009-07-01

The Dead Sea will make the list of candidates for the new "Seven Natural Wonders of the World", after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed yesterday ...

 

Huffington Post: Israel Supreme Court Rules Against Army In Palestinian Abuse Case 2009-07-01

The victim protester told Ynet that, "I only hope that justice will be served. I don't really believe that it will. In the end, they judge what they want ...

 

Times Online: Barack Obama's great gamble may be last chance for Middle East peace 2009-07-01

If airline travel counted as progress then you could say that Israel and the Palestinians had a good chance of a deal. Ehud Barak, Israel's Defence Minister ...

 

Xinhua: Gazans rally in favor of inter-reconciliation 2009-07-01

The popular carnival of reconciliation was organized by the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Democracy and Ending Conflicts at the square of Unknown ...

 

Lez Get Real: Cynthia McKinney's Gaza Relief Ship Seized by Israel 2009-07-01

The blockade was imposed by Israel when the Hamas seized control of the territory from its Palestinian rivals in June 2007. McKinney said she had asked ...

 

Scotsman: Judges hit out at 'cruel crime' after protester shot in foot 2009-07-01

ISRAEL'S often criticised military justice system was dealt a sharp blow yesterday as the country's supreme court struck down ...

 

Hürriyet: Pianist talks on projects for peace 2009-07-01

The Argentina-born maestro holds numerous citizenships, including with Israel, as well as a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority.

2009-07-01: Headlines

Australia.TO: Israel Attacks Justice Boat: 2009-07-01

According to an International Committee of the Red Cross report released yesterday, the Palestinians living in Gaza are "trapped in despair.

 

VDARE.com: Pirates of the Mediterranean 2009-07-01

What we have been witnessing for 60 years is a replay in modern times, despite the United Nations and laws strictly preventing Israel's theft of Palestine ...

 

CBC.ca: Which exactly is history's right side? 2009-07-01

(Canadian Press) In fact, he likes to poke holes in the very idea of equality, which he believes our secular culture had turned into a dreamy ...

 

OfficialWire: The Almanac 2009-07-01

Also in 2006, Israel launched an air strike that hit the Gaza office of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and set the building on fire.

 

guardian.co.uk: Yesterday in parliament 2009-07-01

Miliband condemned Israel's decision to build new illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian territory. He said the decision to build 50 new homes in ...

 

PSU Daily Vanguard: And the winner is… 2009-07-01

SUPER is a sundry of students united to promote peace and justice for Palestinians and oppressed peoples of the world. The members are passionate advocate ...

 

Sin Chew Jit Poh: UN chief in Japan ahead of Myanmar visit 2009-07-01

The G8 ministers also called on both the Israelis and Palestinians to resume direct peace negotiations. (AP Photo/Franco Debernardi) TOKYO (AP): UN chief ...

 

Ma'an News Agency: Rights group urges Fatah, Hamas to end political arrests 2009-07-01

“1) Draws attention to the Palestinian High Court of Justice ruling of 20 February 1999 which considers political arrests illegal; and calls upon all ...

 

Ha'aretz: Are Hamas and Islamic Jihad planning a merger? 2009-07-01

One of the public expressions of this dispute occurred several weeks ago at a gathering in Gaza: Hindi talked about the Palestinian Authority's arrest ...

 

Kansas City Star: Johnson County Community Calendar, July 1-7 2009-07-01

VIVA PALESTINA FUNDRAISER: Help send medical supplies to Palestinians in Gaza; British Parliament member George Galloway and local speakers. 6:30 pm July 2 ...

 

Examiner.com: UC Santa Barbara professor not disciplined—anti-Israel free speech ... 2009-07-01

Third, some friends of Israel should rethink their approach to campus conflicts relating to the Israel-Palestinian issue. They are, consciously ...

 

CNSNews.com: Islamic Group Backs Tehran, Slams Foreign 'Interference' 2009-07-01

Other issues discussed by the committee and cited in the statement included a call for Israel to be prosecuted for “crimes” against Palestini ...

 

Communist Party USA: Change is Here, Change is Coming 2009-07-01

We can help re-bend the arc of history in the direction of justice, equality, and peace. But only if we, and millions like us, pursue a sound strategy th ...

 

Bay Area Indymedia: Pro-Israel Lobby Alarmed by Growth of Boycott, Divestment Movement 2009-07-01

Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality; and 3. Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights ...

 

International Middle East Media Center: Jewish-Muslim Initiative to counter Israel's 'Museum of Tolerance' 2009-07-01

Several Muslim groups in Israel protested the act and filed an appeal to the High Court of Justice. The Israeli court said that the museum's administrati ...

 

Ynetnews: Peres to Saudi king: We can realize your vision 2009-07-01

"We are aware of the big change which has occurred in the positions of a majority of Arab countries toward peace with Israel, a transition from the three ...

 

ReliefWeb (press release): 13th African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government, 1 to 3 ... 2009-07-01

At the national level, the AU Assembly should encourage all AU member states to take effective steps to reform their criminal justice systems to ensure th ...

 

Mondoweiss: OK, I get it. The situation sucks for Palestinians. What do you ... 2009-06-30

Americans are beginning to understand that Israel's human-rights record is outrageous. We have accomplished that work. It's time for contributors to h ...

 

Electronic Intifada: "Embers and Ashes:" An intellectual's exile, struggle and success 2009-06-30

Sharabi, a leading Palestinian intellectual who died in 2005, uttered these words to himself on board a plane from Amman, Jordan to the United States ...

 

The National: Hamas shows signs of new pragmatism 2009-06-30

“In the name of Hamas, Mr Meshaal has declared a willingness to reach a settlement with the Israelis whereby a sovereign Palestinian state will ...

 

Daily Times: OPINION: Between Tel Aviv and Tehran —Uri Avnery 2009-06-30

The atmosphere in Israel is a mixture of indifference, fatigue and a “loss of the belief in the ability to change reality”, as a Supreme Court justice put ...

 

Citizens for Legitimate Government: IDF Seizes Gaza Aid Ship 2009-06-30

According to an International Committee of the Red Cross report released yesterday, the Palestinians living in Gaza are "trapped in despair.

 

CounterCurrents.org: America's War With Muslim Nations 2009-06-30

Sadly, Obama failed to acknowledge and condemned Israel's violence and Israel's role in Palestinians suffering and dispossession from their land.

 

UN Observer: ISRAEL ATTACKS JUSTICE BOAT; KIDNAPS HUMAN RIGHTS WORKER ... 2009-06-30

The passengers and crew are being forcibly dragged toward Israel. "This is an outrageous violation of international law against us.

 

Daily Kos: Israel Attacks Humanitarian Boat, Kidnaps Occupants 2009-06-30

According to an International Committee of the Red Cross report released yesterday, the Palestinians living in Gaza are "trapped in despair.

 

AFP: Spain court closes Gaza probe into Israeli attack 2009-06-30

"Israel claimed from the onset that the process was a political attempt to abuse the Spanish justice system." The ruling followed a decision in January by ...

 

Jerusalem Post: Palestinians want settler removed from land 2009-06-30

Palestinian landowners whose land was allegedly seized by a Kedumim resident at the instigation of the Kedumim Local Council ...

 

Examiner.com: Muslim Arabs murder For honor 2009-06-30

In Israel, an Arab was indicted for murdering his daughter in another “honor killing.” In the other part of the Palestinian Authority (PA), male and female ...

 

ISRIA: Sweden: Speech by Carl Bildt at Bundestag, Berlin 2009-06-30

"Politics& is a toxic mixture of authoritarianism and stalled democracy, ongoing secessionist tensions continue to stoke fears of violent conflict ...

 

Rabble.ca: What did Foreign Minister Cannon discuss with his extremist ... 2009-06-30

Mr. Cannon failed to state: -Calling for the expulsion of Israeli-Palestinian citizens from Israel. Lieberman, himself an immigrant to Israel ...

 

Jerusalem Post: Settler leaders deny pending outpost deal 2009-06-30

A Palestinian builder works on a new housing development in Ma'aleh Adumim. Photo: AP Dani Dayan dismissed a report by Army Radio which said the Defense ...

 

Green Party Watch: Cynthia McKinney Reportedly Taken Captive By Israeli NavyJune 30, 2009 2009-06-30

According to an International Committee of the Red Cross report released yesterday, the Palestinians living in Gaza are “trapped in despair.

 

Common Dreams (press release): Israel: Misuse of Drones Killed Civilians in Gaza 2009-06-30

Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups have reported a total of 42 drone attacks that killed civilians, 87 in all, during the fighting in December 2008 ...

 

Pakistan Observer: Defenceless Palestinians seek justice! 2009-06-30

US-led West so far has offered all sorts of support to fascist Israel in its genocides in destructions in Palestine while they criticize lack of democracy ...

 

Huffington Post: The United Nations Kangaroo "Investigation" of Israeli "War Crimes" 2009-06-30

Both organizations have a long history of singling out Israel for condemnation and of ignoring real human rights abusers by the world's worst offender ...

 

The Palestine Telegraph: The Spirit of Humanity's 21 and the Spirit that Preceded it 2009-06-30

From December 27 to January 18th, Israel's war on Gaza killed more than 1400 Palestinians [over 900 were civilians] and destroyed over 4000 homes ...

 

PRESS TV: Netanyahu's speech: A step forward or more of the same? 2009-06-30

Netanyahu said, "Therefore, justice and logic demand that the Palestinian refugee problem be solved outside Israel's borders." Netanyahu said, "Israel need ...

 

Arutz Sheva: Obama Increasing Aid to Jordan, Other Muslim States 2009-06-30

The regimes leading Egypt, the Palestinian Authority, the United Arab Emirates and even Saudi Arabia have all benefited from recent American policy shifts.

 

Common Dreams (press release): CODEPINK Condemns Israeli Abduction of US Congresswoman, 21 Other ... 2009-06-30

"The Obama administration should withhold the $3 billion the US gives Israel each year.” CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice ...

 

Foreign Policy: How will Arabs judge Obama's Gitmo policy? 2009-06-30

Yesterday afternoon, I joined a small number of al-Qaeda experts at the Department of Justice for a long meeting with President Obama's Detention Policy ...

 

Green Party Watch: Green Party of the United States calls on Obama, State Department ... 2009-06-30

The supplies were confiscated by the Israeli navy. guarantees full human rights, including political rights and democracy, for all Palestinians ...

 

Ha'aretz: Jews and Muslims unite against Jerusalem Museum of Tolerance 2009-06-30

The Palestine Liberation Organization is the group that signed the Oslo Accords on the Palestinians' behalf. Husseini also wrote that he expected Israel ...

 

Infopal: ore 13, Spirit of Humanity si trova a 24 miglia al largo delle ... 2009-06-30

“President Obama has called upon the Palestinians to abandon violence but Israel is denying them the right to non-violently resist the siege of Gaza.

2009-06-30: Headlines

Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle: Holocaust denial in Israel needs urgent attention 2009-06-30

Jewish-Arab relations in Israel have long been complicated. Arab citizens enjoy the fruits of Israeli democracy, including the right to vote and serve ...

 

Jerusalem Post: 1450 settlement homes to be debated 2009-06-30

The cabinet decision to evacuate Migron came in the wake of a petition by Palestinians who own land in the illegal outpost. The petition, filed on their ...

 

Inter Press Service: MIDEAST: Not Correct Soccer, But Better 2009-06-30

While the honesty of his trenchant criticism was applauded, Israeli civil rights activists wonder why Barak, who sat at the pinnacle of Israel's justice ...

 

Alternative Information Center (AIC): Gay Pride in Jerusalem 2009-06-30

For such activists, a parade, despite the presence of anti-gay protesters, is the ideal way of working towards equality and democracy alike.

 

American Thinker: Obama's Attraction to Human Rights Violators 2009-06-30

This despite the fact that history has proven the Palestinian people both unwilling and incapable of peace with Israel. Why is no one questioning the amount ...

 

The Tennessean: A simple path to achieve peace in the Middle East 2009-06-30

If Israel doesn't comply, Americans will finally see that the real problem lies in Israel's denial of justice to the Palestinians, and we can deal with ...

 

Jerusalem Post: Situation: Hope-less? 2009-06-29

The religious want to force Judaism's strictures down everyone's throat; they want to replace our democracy with a theocracy; they care more about some ...

 

BBC News: Mubarak's Egypt 2009-06-29

His choice between stability over democracy, for example, or between the needs of Palestinians and peace with Israel, have been widely questioned but ...

 

Socialist Project: Pro-Israel Lobby Alarmed by Growth of Boycott, Divestment Movement 2009-06-29

Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality; and 3. Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights ...

 

Jerusalem Post: British gov't to meet unions calling for Israel boycott 2009-06-29

Foreign Secretary David Miliband's recognition that such absurdly bias boycotts diminish the chances to reach a comprehensive peace with the Palestinians ...

 

Christian Science Monitor: UN probe into Gaza conflict 2009-06-29

"The track record of Israeli impunity, it's been a longstanding problem," says Amnesty International's chief researcher for Israel and the Palestini ...

 

AllAfrica.com: Uganda: Hijack Ordeal At Entebbe Airport 2009-06-29

"As regards Israel, it has exploited humanistic sentiments of people to achieve inhuman ends, expelled Palestinians from their homeland and imported alien ...

 

Ha'aretz: Letter from the law 2009-06-29

A few days after the Israel Defense Forces operation in Gaza that killed three of Dr. Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish's daughter, nine Israeli citizen ...

 

CounterPunch: Where the Money Isn't Going 2009-06-29

Israel. We are still shoveling money out of the door of our national treasury giving Israel all the money they need to finance their brutal occupation ...

 

Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Bibi's inner circle 2009-06-29

Like Netanyahu, Arad believes Israel must receive cast-iron security guarantees before a Palestinian state can be established. Strongly security-minded ...

 

Cleveland Indy Media: Trader Joes Boycott Backfires- Pro-Israel shoppers support store 2009-06-29

But on Saturday, some groups, most notably Adalah-NY, The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East and the Bay Area Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid ...

 

Jerusalem Post: Schneller: US demand for settlement freeze is 'extortion' 2009-06-29

Schneller, who has been involved in peace deals with the Palestinians and Jordan since 1994, sent a letter Sunday to Defense Minister Ehud Barak in advance ...

 

Tehran Times: 'We still dream of African unity' 2009-06-29

And that pro-Palestinian activism then translates into actual questioning of government policies vis-à-vis Israel. So far, we still have relati ...

 

DAWN.com: Al Qaeda and protest movement in Islam 2009-06-29

Azzam a young man fought this — six-day — war with Israel , which in fact was a 24-hour walkover as the Arab armies abandoned their defences and their air ...

 

??????, ????, ????????? ???, ????????: June 30: 50-shekel name 2009-06-29

As Khaled Abu Toameh reported in "Dweik is real Palestinian president" (June 25), the PA leadership is planning on releasing hundreds of Hamas prisoners ...

 

Cleveland Indy Media: Gil Troy — Zionism and Israel 2009-06-29

I welcome the Palestinian gays who find refuge in Tel Aviv. I embrace the Sudanese refugees who celebrated Seder last week in Jerusalem. I know that Israel ...

 

Jerusalem Post: US professors: Support for Israel eroded 2009-06-29

"I think there is a common theme among Israelis [that says], 'We're a small country, we're the only democracy in the Middle East, look at all these Islamic ...

 

United Press International: UPI NewsTrack TopNews 2009-06-29

Residents of the illegal outpost built on Palestinian land have agreed to willingly leave their homes and move to Adam, the paper said.

2009-06-29: Headlines

Jerusalem Post: US professors: Support for Israel eroded 2009-06-29

"I think there is a common theme among Israelis [that says], 'We're a small country, we're the only democracy in the Middle East, look at all these Islamic ...

 

DAWN.com: Al Qaeda & protest movement in Islam 2009-06-29

Azzam a young man fought this — six-day — war with Israel , which in fact was a 24-hour walkover as the Arab armies abandoned their defences and their air ...

 

Jerusalem Post: European funding for the narrative war 2009-06-29

Through the "Barcelona program" and aid schemes, the European Commission and member governments provide tens of millions of euros every year to Palestini ...

 

The Canberra Times: Struggle to find democracy 2009-06-28

Never has there been a better time to push for an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement, even if it requires the collapse of today's Israeli coalition in ...

 

Payvand: If It Is Time For Regime Changes In The Middle East, Where Should ... 2009-06-28

Simply look at the Palestinian movement and the support Mahmood Abbas has been receiving from the friends and supporters of their arch nemesis, Israel.

 

Los Angeles Times: A guide to Israeli settlements 2009-06-28

If Israel maintains permanent rule over the Palestinians without giving them citizenship, it ceases to be a democracy. If it annexes the territory ...

 

eNews Park Forest: A Journalist Beaten - One Year Later 2009-06-28

First, because I'm Palestinian, I am unable to enter Israel or leave Gaza , even through the Rafah border with Egypt , without Israeli permissi ...

 

Blogger News Network: The Malice of Mondoweiss 2009-06-28

And dare I say – Palestinians against Jews? (One small example, via Jeffrey Goldberg, from the late Nizar Rayyan: “I asked him if he believed, as some Ham ...

 

Anglican Church of Canada: Lutherans Resolve To Pray, Advocate For Peace In The Holy Land 2009-06-28

The resolution recognized the ongoing divisions between Muslims, Jews and Christians in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. It lamented violence ...

 

Ha'aretz: Labor MK founds Knesset lobby to evacuate West Bank outposts 2009-06-28

"The outposts are sabotaging Israel's efforts to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority and embarrassing Israel in the international arena.

 

Los Angeles Times: UN fact-finding commission faces skepticism in Gaza 2009-06-28

Palestinian groups say more than 1400 people were killed, including 926 civilians. Israel puts the Palestinian death toll at 1116, including 295 civilians.

 

North County Times: LETTERS: NCT, June 28, 2009 2009-06-28

And Israel knows full well that justice delayed is justice denied. Re: Mel Crawford's April 27 letter: My letter (April 13) stating he blamed the current ...

 

Los Angeles Times: In defense of 'settlements' 2009-06-28

Do not Jews belong in Judea and Samaria as much as Palestinians who stayed in the state of Israel? Should the Israeli settlements in the West Bank and ...

2009-06-28: Headlines

eNews Park Forest: A Journalist Beaten - One Year Later 2009-06-28

First, because I'm Palestinian, I am unable to enter Israel or leave Gaza , even through the Rafah border with Egypt , without Israeli permissi ...

 

Los Angeles Times: UN fact-finding commission faces skepticism in Gaza 2009-06-28

Palestinian groups say more than 1400 people were killed, including 926 civilians. Israel puts the Palestinian death toll at 1116, including 295 civilians.

 

The Canberra Times: Struggle to find democracy 2009-06-28

Never has there been a better time to push for an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement, even if it requires the collapse of today's Israeli coalition in ...

 

Scoop.co.nz (press release): Between Tel Aviv and Tehran 2009-06-28

The atmosphere in Israel is a mixture of indifference, fatigue and a "loss of the belief in the ability to changereality", as a Supreme Court justice put ...

 

Jerusalem Post: Reality Check: Parliamentary hero 2009-06-28

His opposition to a Palestinian state is well known, and he told residents of the West Bank settlement of Eli, just days before Prime Minister Binyam ...

 

Blogger News Network: The Malice of Mondoweiss 2009-06-28

And dare I say – Palestinians against Jews? (One small example, via Jeffrey Goldberg, from the late Nizar Rayyan: “I asked him if he believed, as some Ham ...

 

Los Angeles Times: Israel's settlements are on shaky ground 2009-06-28

And there is only one remedy: Israel should dismantle them, relocate the settlers within its recognized 1967 borders and compensate Palestinians for ...

 

Los Angeles Times: A guide to Israeli settlements 2009-06-28

If Israel maintains permanent rule over the Palestinians without giving them citizenship, it ceases to be a democracy. If it annexes the territory ...

 

Los Angeles Times: In defense of 'settlements' 2009-06-28

Do not Jews belong in Judea and Samaria as much as Palestinians who stayed in the state of Israel? Should the Israeli settlements in the West Bank and ...

 

North County Times: LETTERS: NCT, June 28, 2009 2009-06-28

And Israel knows full well that justice delayed is justice denied. Re: Mel Crawford's April 27 letter: My letter (April 13) stating he blamed the current ...

 

Anglican Church of Canada: Lutherans Resolve To Pray, Advocate For Peace In The Holy Land 2009-06-28

The resolution recognized the ongoing divisions between Muslims, Jews and Christians in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. It lamented violence ...

 

Mondoweiss: Rabbi Rosen refuses to use his Jewishness to criticize persecuti ... 2009-06-28

They appear to use their Jewishness as a way to deal with many world problems except Israel/Palestine. Being a Rabbi is, and should be, a holy profession.

 

Palestine Chronicle: Palestine: Harnessing the Drum Major Instinct 2009-06-27

While those in the social justice, peacemaking and civil rights movements might assume that King was only addressing the wealthy and the powerful ...

 

Cleveland Indy Media: Israel, Campus Unreality and Democratic Reality 2009-06-27

Israel owes the Palestinians nothing except the right to live in their own independent state. However cruel it may sound, the truth is that Palestine ...