Peace and Justice | Equality in the Middle East

2010-03-16: Headlines

• Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal: Remember Rachel Corrie 2010-03-16

  She reminds us that Americans have a special responsibility to help end the conflict between Israel and Palestine. We can continue the work of Rachel Corrie ...

• Online Journal: Mideast peace or fascism? 2010-03-16

  Washington will curb Israeli militarists, support the maintenance of beleaguered Israeli democracy even while helping to construct Palestinian democracy.

• AlterNet: Israel Crackdown Puts Liberal Jews on the Spot 2010-03-16

  The campaign, if left unchecked, will be as catastrophic for Palestinians as it will be for Israel. The Goldstone report, which is over 500 page ...

• Desicritics.org: Book Review: Bhagwata Purana, Skandha Two, Part One 2010-03-16

  ... for me to stick to my original plan in the second Skandha itself, as there are far too many concepts and ideas that I want to try and do justice to.

• National Post: Layton hopes Israel issue disappears 2010-03-16

  Nothing divides the NDP like the Israel-Palestine conflict, as was suggested in this space three weeks ago, when I forecast this simmering internal debate ...

• Ha'aretz: Row with US questions Netanyahu's fitness to lead 2010-03-16

  The presidency is sacrosanct in American democracy, and when Bibi rolls his eyes and says the incident should not have occurred and that in any event ...

• Monday Morning: Biden has closed the doors of the unknown A democratic lesson from Iraq ... 2010-03-16

  Whatever may be thought or done by those who wish Iraq ill, the Iraqis insist on building a state of justice, entente, and democracy, and the first ...

• St. Augustine Record: Jules Witcover: An engaged vice president 2010-03-16

  Biden set other tongues wagging in the administration's first days, when he publicly ribbed Chief Justice John Roberts for garbling the oath of office ...

• Socialist Worker: Israel Bans International Activists from West Bank Village of Bil'in, Crack ... 2010-03-16

  WEST BANK, PALESTINE: Bil'in village, the internationally renowned centre of Palestinian non-violent resistance to Israel's Apartheid Wall, was this morning ...

• The Palestine Telegraph: Eva Bartlett follows in the footsteps of Rachel Corrie 2010-03-16

  Later, when she became a fan of the Democracy Now! radio program while in Korea, she was introduced to the Palestinian plight, and saw clear parallels ...

• Manitoban: Israeli apartheid week 2010-03-16

  Part of the reason for the confusion about the term “Israeli Apartheid” stems from the popular conception of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

• Monday Morning: Tunisian Ambassador Mohammad Samir Abdellah Presidents Ben Ali and Sleim ... 2010-03-16

  What is the position of Tunisia on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Has it opted in favor of the two-state Palestinian and Israeli solution?

• Daily Athenaeum: Incoming SGA administration should be mindful of University diversity 2010-03-16

  Currently Israel functions as a parliamentary democracy. The strength of the relationship between American and Israeli governments has never been ...

• AFP: Men charged after Swedish cartoon 'plot' probe 2010-03-16

  Those originally arrested were three Algerians, a Libyan, a Palestinian, a Croatian and a US national, a police source has told AFP.

• Duluth News Tribune: Local view: Israel Apartheid Week slights democratic nation 2010-03-16

  Indeed, according to a recent Gallup poll, by an 8-to-1 margin, Americans say the US should side with Israel in conflict with the Palestinians.

• Indianapolis Star: Jerusalem under Israel isn't such a bright beacon 2010-03-16

  This policy prevents many thousands of Palestinians from reaching places of worship in Jerusalem, even during Ramadan, Christmas and Easter.

• TIME: Is AIPAC Putting Israel First? 2010-03-16

  I hear ya; sometimes you just gotta let loose with a fundamental truth: In your case, it's that Israel can't possibly stand for liberty, equality, democracy ...

2010-03-15: Headlines

• The Malaysian Insider: US foreign policy and post-election Iran — Cyrus Bina 2010-03-15

  When the time comes for the Arabs to be rewarded on this feeble quid pro quo dubbed our Middle East policy, say, on the Palestinian issue, we know darn well ...

• Free Speech Radio News: Rural poor “Red Shirts” in Thailand demand PM Vejjajiva step down – he refuses 2010-03-15

  Government officials say they're attempting to quell clashes between the IDF and Palestinians. This follows Israel's announcement last week that it ...

• Media Monitors Network: Bashing Islam is Freedom of Speech - Criticizing Israel is a Hate Crime 2010-03-15

  Offending Jews, discussing the Holocaust, criticizing Israel's brutality against the Palestinians is either attacked as “Anti-Semitic”, or met with jail ...

• Veterans Today Network: Anti-Semitism – What is it? 2010-03-15

  For critics of Israel, those are the only two options. He cautioned me: You'll get the same thing: anti-Semitic, Holocaust denier, want to kill all the Jew ...

• Al-Jazeerah.info: Israeli Insult to Biden: Silence is complicity By Mazin Qumsiyeh 2010-03-15

  I gave hundreds of talks and participated in many vigils and protests for example against the war on Iraq and for justice and equality in Israel/Palestine.

• Independent: Matthew Norman: Gloria puts herself on the line for Gordon 2010-03-15

  Responding to Joe Biden's criticism of Israel for building more homes in east Jerusalem, she disputes his assertion that the Palestinians deserve a state ...

• ReliefWeb: Human Rights Council considers Human Rights situations in Democratic People' ... 2010-03-15

  Of the current 2100 prisoners of conscience, some 430 party members of the National League for Democracy – including its Secretary-General Daw Aung San Suu ...

• Electronic Intifada: European Union found guilty at first session of Russell Tribunal 2010-03-15

  For example, a new agreement on civil aviation between the EU and Israel could legitimize the occupation of the Palestinian territories through recogniti ...

• Kuwait Times: Al-Khorafi against any attack on Iran 2010-03-15

  On mass media, Khorafi said although media are a key partner in democracy, they have favorable and negative impacts on democratic practice.

• Minneapolis Star Tribune: A Dismal Week for Peace-making 2010-03-15

  Ostensibly without the advance knowledge of his coalition partner, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's Interior Minister announced plans for ...

• Zimbabwe Guardian: Israel, not Zimbabwe, threatens US foreign policy 2010-03-15

  Israel does not want peace or any permanent boundary with Palestinians as they think that it is cheaper in the long run to keep the status quo and continue ...

• Palestine News Agency: Ashton: Resolution of Arab-Israeli Conflict Vital European Interest - WAFA 2010-03-15

  A two-state solution with Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security,” she said. “Our aim is a viable State of Palestine in the West ...

• Ha'aretz: Justice Ministry: Israel can sell confiscated East Jerusalem land 2010-03-15

  Writing for Adalah, attorney Suhad Bishara asked the Justice Ministry to prevent the transfer of ownership rights on land confiscated from Palestinians ...

• Ha'aretz: Who is to blame for the current crisis in the US-Israeli relationship? 2010-03-15

  Why does Israel have to pay the price for the proximity talks?" Isn't talking to Israel in [Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas'] interest so he ...

• Ha'aretz: East Jerusalem plan was supposed to be shelved, so what happened? 2010-03-15

  It would not have an army, only a police force and the Israel Defense Forces would secure the Jordan Valley, alone, or in joint patrols with Palestini ...

• Ekklesia: Transcending shrunken politics in Israel-Palestine 2010-03-15

  So what about Israel-Palestine today as one case of the future overtaking the past? It is quite obvious that Palestinians are in dire straits - ...

• Arab News: Parents of Rachel Corrie speak out 2010-03-15

  Cindy and Craig Corrie — two courageous parents who are trying to find justice in a nation that routinely destroys the homes of Palestinian people in ...

• Palestine News Agency: Ending Israeli Occupation Makes Palestine Participate in Endeavors on Global ... - WAFA 2010-03-15

  RAMALLAH, March 15, 2010(WAFA)-Local in a workshop participants agreed that ending the Israeli occupation of will make the future Palestinian state ...

• Palestine Note: Braverman's book fatal embrace 2010-03-15

  Mark Braverman's book, Fatal Embrace, speaks to the acute need for justice in Israel/Palestine. While recognizing the suffering of the Jewish people ...

• Al-Masry Al-Youm: EU rep pontificates on region, side-steps Egypt issues 2010-03-15

  “As the EU, we have a firm commitment to the security of Israel and we stand for a deal that delivers justice, freedom and dignity to the Palestinians,” she ...

• Jordan Times: Economic decisions tough but necessary - PM 2010-03-15

  During the interview, the prime minister stressed the need to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the two-state solution, which he said is ...

• Press TV: No prisoner swap unless demands are met, Hamas says 2010-03-15

  A leading member of the Hamas Political Bureau, Mahmoud al-Zahar, says that negotiations between the Palestinian resistance movement and Israel over ...

• BusinessWeek: Lula's Nods to Iran Sow Brazil's Growing Confusion With Chavez 2010-03-15

  “I told President Ahmadinejad that it's inconceivable to deny the Holocaust,” Lula said in an interview March 9 with Israel's Haaretz newspaper.

• Times LIVE: 10 in Ten 2010-03-15

  Israel's interior ministry announced last week that 1600 homes for Jewish settlers would be built in predominantly Arab east Jerusalem, triggering fury ...

• Helium: New leader 2010-03-15

  Peres obviously recognizes that to win the hearts of Palestinians, there must be inter-racial understanding and cooperation and that Israel has resource ...

• People's Daily Online: PNA plans to declare economic independence from Israel 2010-03-15

  The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is working to get rid of the current economic dependence on Israel and upgrade Palestinian economy to a level ...

• Open Media Boston: Why the US Occupation of Afghanistan? 2010-03-15

  Victor Wallis is a Somerville resident and managing editor of the journal Socialism and Democracy (http://www.sdonline.org).

• TPM LiveWire: Boehner Slams WH Stance On Israel 2010-03-15

  When one political party decides to throw aside rationality, decorum, and the common good, its very difficult to maintain a functioning democracy Leaving ...

• St. Augustine Record: Amy Goodman: Rachel Corrie's day in court 2010-03-15

  The ISM defines itself as "a Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-acti ...

• GulfNews: US keen to see democracy supported by development 2010-03-15

  The US is still the largest contributor of aid to Gaza and wants to see an end to the miserable life of Palestinians through the two-states solution.

• rabble.ca: NDP MPs block anti-free speech resolution 2010-03-15

  Exactly at the time that Vice President Joe Biden was on a state visit to kick-start negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Benjamin Netanyahu ...

• Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center: Response to the Goldstone Report 2010-03-15

  It focuses on severe criticism of Israel and presents an openly pro-Palestinian version of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It does not deal with Hamas'

2010-03-14: Headlines

• MWC News: Zionism's affect in Australia and the world 2010-03-14

  Establishing the state of Israel in May 1948 involved a monumental injustice to the Palestinians … This brief review of Israel's record over the past four ...

• Al-Jazeerah.info: Israeli occupation forces clash with Palestinian protestors in West Bank 2010-03-14

  Following the tension, Israel sealed off Qalandia crossing before Palestinian travelers. Meanwhile, witnesses said that Israeli soldiers stopped three ...

• Al-Jazeerah.info: Israeli Occupation Forces Aggression Against Palestinians in the West Bank 2010-03-14

  In nearly every case, the trees destroyed have been located on land that the Israeli settlers hope to acquire and absorb into the state of Israel.

• Al-Jazeerah.info: Argentina Slams Israeli Building of 1600 Housing Units in an Illegal ... 2010-03-14

  The statement added that the Argentine government calls on Israel to halt the construction of the illegal settlements in the occupied Palestini ...

• Redress Information & Analysis: Anti-Semitism – Zionist myth vs truth and reality 2010-03-14

  As a blackmail card to silence criticism of Israel and prevent informed and honest debate about who must do what and why for justice and peace in the Middle ...

• ReliefWeb: Hand Grenades Thrown at Two Persons in al-Boreij and Jabalya Camps 2010-03-14

  PCHR condemns these attack, which falls within the prevalent state of security chaos in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. PCHR further calls upon ...

• Bay Area Indymedia: Beit Omar peaceful action broken up by Israeli Occupation Forces violence 2010-03-14

  IOF also arrested 2 Israeli activists and 2 Palestinians. From the Palestine Solidarity Project Site: "For the second week in a row the National Committee ...

• Palestine Think Tank: EU and US Are Involved in Torture of Palestinians 2010-03-14

  Keith Dayton, and the mission of the intelligence of the territory of Power Palestinian, and bring the perpetrators of human rights violations to justice.

• Ha'aretz: Health Min., Israel Medical Association probing whether physicians failed ... 2010-03-14

  He is currently serving a prison sentence for unlawful entry into Israel and is slated for release in two months. On Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Esther ...

• Ha'aretz: High Court rejects petition to stop building in West Bank outpost 2010-03-14

  Sfard said the decision "does not protect the rights of Palestinians from the ideological criminality of the builders of settlement outposts.

• Ha'aretz: Israel's Arabs have been misbehaving lately 2010-03-14

  A devilish act took place the same day the Knesset remembered the Olei Hagardom, one of whom fired on a bus and killed several passengers: the Palestini ...

• Alibaba News Channel: Reuters World News Highlights at 0315 GMT, Mar 14 2010-03-14

  brokered peace talks with the Palestinians. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Taliban suicide bombers struck across Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar ...

• Palestine News Agency: Training Palestinian Judicial Police - WAFA 2010-03-14

  The six week training is funded by the Netherlands and coordinated by EUPOL COPPS' Criminal Justice and Police Law Expert, Mr Michael Schulte-Schrepping.

• Gulf Times: Robinson fights for 'climate justice' 2010-03-14

  Finding a way to empower civil society is all the more important, she thinks, because the world's largest democracy seems, at the moment, so fragile.

• Palestine Herald Press: Animal seizure hearing set 2010-03-14

  Anderson County Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace James Westley signed the seizure warrant and the animals were picked up Wednesday, according to Taylor.

• San Angelo Standard Times: Another held in terror probe 2010-03-14

  Dean Boyd, a Justice Department spokesman, said the agency was aware of the arrests in Ireland but had no comment on the identities of those taken ...

• Jewish Action: Biden/Bibi Fallout…“How Did it Happen” & More… 2010-03-14

  Last year, the gay community in the US was enraged at the Obama White House because the Department of Justice filed a legal brief in federal court defending ...

• Palestine Herald Press: Sheriff's Office gets crime scene van to help with investigations 2010-03-14

  PALESTINE — Thanks to the generosity of some local entities, the Anderson County Sheriff's Office now boasts ...

• The Palestine Telegraph: British journalist returns from Gaza; calls for negotiations with Hamas 2010-03-14

  Hamas has watched while concessions from the Palestinian Authority presidency of Mahmoud Abbas and Yasser Arafat before him have been taken without ...

• Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm: UAE WILL LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED IN HAMAS LEADER ASSASSINATION – FM 2010-03-14

  On the Middle East, the minister said Abu Dhabi had addressed a clear message to “our friends the Americans that there is a need that Israel scrap ...

• Inter Press Service: MIDEAST: Israel Lands in Public Relations Nightmare 2010-03-14

  Last December the EU passed another resolution which called for Jerusalem to be the shared capital of Israel and a future Palestinian state.

• Tehran Times: Alternative reading of the al-Mabhouh murder 2010-03-14

  His family? Hamas? The Palestinian media? No, none of these. The creator of this biography is Israel, the very country that assassinated him.

• Radio Sweden: Four Suspects in Vilks-Plot Released - SR International 2010-03-14

  A police source told AFP on Thursday that - apart from an American national - the group consists of three Algerians, a Libyan, a Palestini ...

• Yeshiva World News: Israel's Prison System Continues Educating Terrorists 2010-03-14

  He used hundreds of Israeli documents towards completing his dissertation addressing the PA's contribution to democracy.

• Chabad Info: Outrage: Oslo's Jewish Leader Attacks Chabad 2010-03-14

  It's supposed to be beneficial for Israel, but this is not the case, it is as suicide attacks are for the Palestinians". The Jewish community in Oslo ...

• AFP: Irish police free fourth suspect in cartoonist plot probe 2010-03-14

  Those originally arrested were three Algerians, a Libyan, a Palestinian, a Croatian and a US national, a police source told AFP on Thursday.

• postzambia.com: Lula justifies Brazil's trade sanctions against US products 2010-03-14

  We are all sovereign countries, all of us want to be treated in equality of conditions and we want to be respected.” He said all countries wanted the WTO ...

• New University Online: Stand With the Eleven Answers Ambassador Oren's Open Letter 2010-03-14

  This wall (not fence) annexes 80 percent of the most fertile Palestinian land to Israel and separates tens of thousands of indigenous Palestinians ...

• CRIENGLISH.com: Gazans Seek to End 1000-day Israeli Blockade 2010-03-14

  The demonstrators, including physically disabled residents, as well as children and families of Palestinians killed by Israel during last winter's war ...

• GulfNews: Assertion of political will holds the key 2010-03-14

  Although the moratorium is rife with exceptions as this week's announcement showed Palestinians assume Israel will launch into an even greater frenzy ...

• Birmingham Star: Clinton accuses Israel of insulting US 2010-03-14

  We know this housing project in East Jerusalem is an American-Jew billionaire behind the whole stealing Palestinian lands, American-Jew billionaire ...

• FrumForum: Blaming Israel First 2010-03-14

  Double-standards, because in the attempts to rebuild confidence between Israel and the Palestinians, only Israel is expected not to “provoke” the other side ...

• Ya Libnan: Hariri: None of the wars with Israel was ever launched by Lebanon 2010-03-14

  In an exclusive interview on Friday Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri told DPA the failure of the international community to solve the Israeli-Palestini ...

2010-03-13: Headlines

• US Department of State: Interview With NBC'S Andrea Mitchell 2010-03-13

  But we expect-- Israel and the Palestinians-- to do their part, and not to take any action that-- will undermine the chance that we can achieve the two ...

• DemocracyArsenal.org: Israeli Settlements -- Food for Thought 2010-03-13

  As a general matter, I'm way too smart (or cowardly or prudent or chicken) to say very much publicly on Israel and the Palestinians.

• Amnesty International USA: Palestinian journalists targeted 2010-03-13

  Paul Martin was held for more than three weeks after travelling to Gaza to testify at the trial of a Palestinian accused of collaborating with Israel.

• GlobalPost: Rachel Corrie case stirs fresh pain and hope 2010-03-13

  HAIFA, Israel — Shortly before Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer on March 16, 2003, she said in a video interview ...

• The Guardian: Breaking the Gaza deadlock 2010-03-13

  Hamas has watched while concessions from the Palestinian Authority presidency of Mahmoud Abbas and Yasser Arafat before him have been taken without ...

• The Guardian: An Unfinished Business by Boualem Sansal 2010-03-13

  Hans Schiller, a chemical engineer who made Zyklon B for the gas chambers, had escaped justice via Turkey and Egypt – where he worked for Colonel Nasser' ...

• Hagada Hasmalit: Israeli Settlement Expansions Continue 2010-03-13

  Never mind Israel's history of past peace process futility because all previous efforts were more pretense than real, or as some Palestinians say – How c ...

• ReliefWeb: Women's Commission Forwards Draft Resolution on Assistance to Palestini ... 2010-03-13

  The Council would call on Israel to facilitate the return of all displaced Palestinian women to their homes, and on the global community to continue ...

• Radio Netherlands: Dutch rights prize for Uganda's Betty Bigombe 2010-03-13

  ... honours people who fight for democracy or against dictatorship, discrimination and racism. Last year, the medal went to the Palestinian human right ...

• EuropeNews: Waltzing at the Waldorf: Israeli Solders Face Another Kind of War 2010-03-13

  They are marching, carrying carefully printed signs which read: "Palestinians Hunger for Justice” and 'Stop Israeli War Crimes.” The forces of darkness (so ...

• Emirates News Agency: UAE fully committed to protecting its territory : Sheikh Abdullah on Mabhouh ... - WAM 2010-03-13

  "We are going to do our very best to bring these criminal to justice in the UAE," he stressed. "We are going to be extremely aggressive in showing our right ...

• CRIENGLISH.com: PNA Condemns Israeli Closure of Jerusalem Schools 2010-03-13

  Taysir Tamimi, the Palestinian chief of justice, said in a press statement sent to Xinhua that "the Israeli actions of closing two schools as well as ...

• Ventura County Star: Religion briefs: March 13 2010-03-13

  He was on the board of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom — the Jewish Alliance for Peace and Justice — which recently merged with nonprofit advocacy group J Street.

• Reuters: Second US woman probed in plot to kill Swede: report 2010-03-13

  The US Justice Department said on Tuesday it had charged a Pennsylvania woman, Colleen LaRose, who went by the pseudonyms "Fatima LaRose" and "JihadJane," ...

• The Associated Press: AP Source: Colo. woman held in terror probe 2010-03-13

  Dean Boyd, a Justice Department spokesman, said the agency was aware of the arrests in Ireland but had no comment on the identities of those taken ...

• CTV.ca: US woman held in Ireland in alleged terror plot 2010-03-13

  Dean Boyd, a Justice Department spokesman, said the agency was aware of the arrests in Ireland but had no comment on the identities of those taken ...

• Ireland Online: Police release three held over cartoonist 'death plot' 2010-03-13

  Those arrested included a Libyan couple and a Palestinian woman – who were earlier freed – a second Libyan man, one Algerian man, a woman from the US and ...

• Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm: GOV”TS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN WOMEN GAIN POLITICAL RIGHTS — CLINTON 2010-03-13

  One resolution, on Palestinian women, had to be put to a vote. It was adopted by 31 in favour to two against (US, Israel), with ten abstentions.

• Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm: GOV”TS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN WOMEN GAIN POLITICAL RIGHTS — CLINTON 2010-03-13

  One resolution, on Palestinian women, had to be put to a vote. It was adopted by 31 in favour to two against (US, Israel), with ten abstentions.

• US Department of State: Interview With CNN's Jill Dougherty 2010-03-13

  SECRETARY CLINTON: Because, by definition, the denial of women their rights means that you don't have a democracy. One of the things we've learned is th ...

• Today's Zaman: Observers probe where to next in Turkey-Israel relations 2010-03-13

  The last-minute snub was in reaction to Israel's Gaza assault in late 2008 and early 2009 when about 1400 Palestinians were killed, including many civili ...

• Yahoo! Tech: Australia and Indonesia Find It Hard to Make Up 2010-03-13

  ... Companion of the Order of Australia, the highest civilian honor in Australia, for encouraging democracy and economic ties between the two countries.

• Salem-News.Com: Amy Goodman Interviews the Parents of Rachel Corrie 2010-03-13

  They are currently in Haifa, Israel for the civil case involving the death of their daughter. Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, talked to Cindy and Craig Corrie ...

• TMCnet: RIGHTS: US NOTES RISE IN FOREIGN CURBS ON NGOS, NET, PRESS 2010-03-13

  It also cited the situation in the Palestinian territories, notably in Gaza where Israel's Operation Cast Lead in which more than 1000 Palestinian civili ...

• Sri Lanka Guardian: War Crimes, Human Rights: A home Grown Solution 2010-03-13

  This having been said, it is also necessary to draw attention to the fact that in no civilised democracy is the allegation of war crimes or human right ...

• National: Europeans doubt Mitchell's success 2010-03-13

  The answer is Mahmoud Abbas, the president of Palestinian Authority, who has incessantly requested Europeans not do so until the whole peace process take ...

• Las Vegas TSG: Remarks by Vice President Biden speech Tel Aviv University 2010-03-13

  Building peace and security between a Jewish democratic state of Israel and a viable, independent Palestinian state is profoundly in Israel's interest ...

• Journal of Turkish Weekly: [Opinion] View From Inside the White House Press Room 2010-03-13

  The top priority item for the Obama administration in foreign affairs, the peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, took another heavy blow th ...

• Aljazeera.net: The undoing of Obama's Cairo speech 2010-03-13

  Unfortunately, such perspective sees peace between Israel and Palestinians as a long term goal that could wait while Arab regimes and Israel could ...

• Journal of Turkish Weekly: Turkey Supports Palestine as Arab World Comatose, Says Druze Leader 2010-03-13

  The Arab League gave the green light to Palestinians on March 3 to enter indirect talks with Israel; the motion, however, was tabled after Israel announced ...

• GulfNews: Egypt-Palestine friendly match gets too hot for footballers 2010-03-13

  By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent Cairo University students shout anti-Israel slogans as they burn an Israeli flag during a rally earlier this month ...

• New Haven Register: Israeli-Palestinian conflict has vast impact 2010-03-13

  DURING a short trip last month to Israel and occupied Palestine, my wife, Matiniah, and I visited Jerusalem and Ramallah on the West Bank.

• Walpole Times: Resident's daughter to participate in fifth 'Follow the Women' ride 2010-03-13

  Many women found the crossing from Israel into Palestine very emotional. “We were just all in tears, we just couldn't believe we did it,” said McGuire ...

• The People's Voice: Palestinian Dispossession in East Jerusalem 2010-03-13

  As for the 28 Palestinian families, they're an impediment to Israel's aim. The solution then is remove them with the help of obliging courts that usually ...

• Forexyard: Reuters World News Highlights at 1800 GMT, Mar 13 2010-03-13

  JERUSALEM - Israel's relationship with the United States, a defining feature of the troubled Middle East, was under severe strain as diplomats scrambled ...

• Weekly Blitz: US State Department affirms support for Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury 2010-03-13

  It was much harder on the Palestinian Authority section; and in almost every single category that it covers, the report exonerated the State of Israel.

• Ma'an News Agency: Hamas: 4 years since electoral victory - Ahmad Yousef 2010-03-13

  Yet, when Hamas' Change and Reform swept electoral victory, those calls for Palestinian democracy among and within the US government were silenced ...

• Islam Online: EU Muslims Press For Gaza Siege Lift 2010-03-13

  Israel has clamped a siege on the Gaza Strip since Hamas was voted to power in the 2006 legislative elections. It further tightened the blockade after Ham ...

• Ottawa Citizen: The sad state of 'human rights' organizations 2010-03-13

  The intense debate on the activities of government-funded groups like Rights & Democracy is ...

• Pacific Free Press: Law as Warfare: Israel, Cheney and 'Lawfare' Attack Human Rights NGO's 2010-03-13

  Desmond Travers of Ireland, addressing allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in ...

• Radio Sweden: Three Suspects in Vilks-plot Released - SR International 2010-03-13

  A police source told AFP on Thursday that - apart from an American national - the group consists of three Algerians, a Libyan, a Palestini ...

• Momlogic.com: Small-Town Mom Second American Woman Arrested in Terror Plot on Swedish Cartoonist 2010-03-13

  Irish authorities this week announced the arrest of seven Muslims in the alleged plot, only identifying them as three Algerians, a Libyan, a Palestini ...

• The Associated Press: Mom says daughter held in Ireland in terror plot 2010-03-13

  Irish authorities this week announced the arrest of seven Muslims in the alleged plot, only identifying them as three Algerians, a Libyan, a Palestini ...

• Ethiopian Review: EU applauds voter turnout in Iraq election 2010-03-13

  “The EU continues to support Iraq in its efforts to reconstruct the country and rebuild its political system – including its transition to democracy.

• Sydney Morning Herald: Three freed in Ireland after Swedish cartoonist plot arrests 2010-03-13

  Those arrested were three Algerians, a Libyan, a Palestinian, a Croatian and a US national, a police source told AFP on Thursday.

• Auburn Citizen: Amy Goodman: Student's (posthumous) day in court over killing 2010-03-13

  An unusual trial begins in Israel this week that people around the world will be watching closely. It involves the tragic death of ...

• National: Irish police hold four allegedly for links with Jihad Jane 2010-03-13

  Three of the seven people taken into custody in raids on homes in the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday – a couple originally from Algeria and a Palestini ...

• North County Times: LETTERS: NCT, March 13, 2010 2010-03-13

  Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were driven from their homes, and thousands were killed and many ended up in Gaza or the West Bank. In 1967, Israel ...

• Winnipeg Free Press: Absorbing Koestler biography good place to start 2010-03-13

  ... history and especially the struggle between Nazism, Communism and liberal democracy that shaped his life and work from the 1920s into the 1950s.