FEBRUARY 2011
Defiant protests up pressure on Mubarak
Police in Gaza break up Egypt solidarity rally
PLO urges Quartet to back Palestinian state
Palestinians join Egyptians to defend properties
Suriname recognizes Palestinian state
Jordan king fires govt, Islamists slam new PM
Israel announces new land seizure near Bethlehem
Gaza govt gives okay to re-open cinemas
We all have the right to vote - Omar Shweiki
Moshe Arens
Can Israel only make peace with dictators?
Haaretz Editorial
Netanyahu must prepare for a new regional order
U.S. ambassador meets with Egypt pro-democracy leader ElBaradei
U.S. state department spokesman says the meet is part of U.S. outreach to convey support for an 'orderly transition in Egypt.'
Turkey PM calls on Mubarak to listen to demands of his people
Mubarak orders new VP Suleiman to open dialogue with Egypt opposition
At least one million in Egypt take to the streets to call for Mubarak's ouster
Palestinian government calls for local elections amid Egypt unrest
Palestinian Authority hasn't held elections since 2006, leaving President and parliament members in power after their elected terms ended.
U.S. Senate Democrats reject Tea Party leader's call to cut Israel aid
Republican Senator Rand Paul argued last week that the U.S. can't give money away to allies, including Israel, as the country's debt grows.
U.S. Democrats and pro-Israel lobbies slam Republican Senator's call to halt Israel aid
Germany: Egypt unrest not a reason to halt peace talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told audience at Tel Aviv University the situation between Israel and the Palestinians will get worse if nothing is done.
Livni warns Merkel: Regional instability may be exploited by Iran
Livni warns Merkel: Regional instability may be exploited by Iran
Austrian Jews press charges over 'anti-Semitic' Turkish film on Gaza flotilla
Politicians and Jewish groups in Austria and Germany criticized action film 'Valley of the Wolves - Palestine' ahead of its release on Holocaust Memorial Day.
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Abusing Palestinian Children (by Stephen Lendman) - 01-feb-2011 |
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February 1, 2011 - ...In June 2009, DCI/Palestine's report titled, "Palestinian Child Prisoners," documented their systematic, institutionalized torture and abuse, including testimonies providing chilling evidence, including from Mahmoud speaking for others saying: "I went from having a normal life at home to handcuffs, deprivation of sleep, shouting, threats, rounds of interrogation, serious accusations," beatings and other abuse. As a result, "life (is now) dark, filled with fear and pessimism - tough days that words cannot describe." On January 6, DCI/Palestine issued an "urgent appeal (for the) children of Silwan," an Arab village adjacent to Jerusalem's Old City, one of 28 such communities incorporated into the city... |
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PWA Minister Condemns Ongoing Destruction of West Bank Water Cisterns (PNN) - 01-feb-2011 |
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January 31, 2011 – Dr. Shaddad Attili, Minister of the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), issued on Monday a press statement condemning Israel’s ongoing destruction of Palestinian water cisterns in the West Bank, saying they are vital to the survival of Palestinian communities with little access to water. Israel has recently intensified its campaign targeting Palestinian water cisterns, Dr. Attili said. His comments coincided with the 10th anniversary of the 2001 Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee’s "Joint Declaration to Keep the Water Infrastructure Out of the Cycle of Violence."... |
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Israel Demolishes Bedouin Village for Eleventh Time (Tania Kepler) - 01-feb-2011 |
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January 31, 2011 - The Israeli Land Authority (ILA) demolished the Bedouin village of El Araqib for the 11th time today, 31 January. The ILA along with Israeli police entered the village this morning with bulldozers and destroyed the tents and makeshift structures the villagers had erected since the last demolition, less than two weeks ago on 19 January. During the demolition, the villagers moved from their land to the neighboring cemetery, where the women and children waited inside the mosque and the men were forced to stand outside in the rain.... |
Crunch Time Coming For America
In The Middle East?
By Alan Hart
The right side would see America using its leverage to oblige Israel to end its occupation. This would open the door to a real peace process. The wrong side would see America continuing with the policy of support for Israel. This would open the door to the forces of violent Islamic fundamentalism and set in motion a confrontation that could go all the way to a clash of civilizations
Why Jews Around The World Are Praying
For The Victory Of The Egyptian Uprising
By Rabbi Michael Lerner
Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun Magazine and chair of The Tikkun Community, affirmed that there is a growing upsurge of support for the Egyptian Uprising in the Jewish community
Why Washington Clings to a Failed Middle East Strategy
by Gareth Porter / February 1st, 2011 (0)
The death throes of the Mubarak regime in Egypt signal a new level of crisis for a U.S. Middle East strategy that has shown itself over and over again in recent years to be based on nothing more than the illusion of power. The incipient loss of the U.S. client regime in Egypt is an obvious moment for a fundamental adjustment in that strategy.
But those moments have been coming with increasing regularity in recent years, and the U.S. national security bureaucracy has shown itself to be remarkably resistant to giving it up. The troubled history of that strategy …
by Gilad Atzmon / February 1st, 2011 (0)
The British ADL watchdog CIF Watch seems to be very unhappy with the Guardian circulating the work of the genius cartoonist Carlos Latuff
“How low will they (the Guardian) go?” asks the Zionist watchdog.
The Judeo-centric site defines Latuff as “one of the most prolific anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic.” It is also outraged with Latuff depicting “Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a sinister looking (gun wielding) Orthodox Jew.”
The Jewish site claims that much of Latuff’s work “expresses anti-Semitic themes. Some of his caricatures seem to suggest that Israel is a …(Full article …)
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Encountering Peace: Encountering revolutions |
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Concerns about Israel mean getting on the right side of history |
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Officials lay cornerstone for new Jewish East Jerusalem neighborhood |
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Israeli forces raid Silwan, attempted arrest of Adnan Ghaith’s son - Oudai Ghaith,11 |
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Arrests and Violent Repression in Silwan |
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HR activist Ameer Makhoul gets 9 years. Amnesty International: very disturbing development |
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Seeing the Unseen: The Forgotten Palestinian-Israeli Problem |
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Open Letter to Ian McEwan |
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A fresh take on the Palestine Papers - Mya Guarnieri |
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Jordan`s king sacks government |
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For previous articles since 2004 go to respective sections
Lieberman to Hire European PR Firms Tuesday February 01, 2011 - 16:30 In a move to improve Israel's deteriorating image in the world, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has decided to make an unprecedented move by hiring a network of European public relations firms to conduct the state's PR campaign throughout the continent. Huckabee Calls Settlement Freeze ' Irrational' Tuesday February 01, 2011 - 15:18 Mike Huckabee, Republican Party US presidential frontrunner, visited the Israeli Knesset on Monday as part of a tour of Israel and the occupied West Bank. Full Story Arrests and Violent Repression in Silwan Tuesday February 01, 2011 - 14:35 On Monday, Silwan activists were arrested by Israeli authorities, and a pregnant woman suffered the ill effects of tear gas inhalation. Full Story Tuesday February 01, 2011 - 13:25 The Egyptian Army deployed two brigades in the Sinai Peninsula in order to fortify the security presence in the area. The move was made after obtaining an Israeli approval. Full Story
The Triviality of US Mideast Policy
Israel places resources at Suleiman's disposal "to protect the Egyptian regime" 01 February 2011 The Zionist state has offered to place "all its capabilities" at the disposal of General Omar Suleiman, the recently appointed Vice President of Egypt for the "protection of the regime in Egypt". Well-placed Israeli sources have disclosed that the Zionist state has offered to place "all its capabilities" at the disposal of General Omar Suleiman, the recently appointed Vice President of Egypt, for the "protection of the regime in Egypt". This offer includes the implementation of "various operations to end the popular revolution". Israel has also asked Suleiman to work on preventing arms being smuggled into the Gaza Strip. An official in Benjamin Netanyahu's office said that the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called Suleiman, who is also the director of Egypt's General Intelligence Service, and expressed his concern about the situation in Egypt. Netanyahu apparently suggested the possibility of Israeli intelligence personnel undertaking various specialist operations to bring an end to the demonstrations. The source added that Netanyahu and Suleiman also discussed ways of securing the border between Israel and Egypt.Read more... Collapse of the "moderate camp" in the Middle East 01 February 2011 The "domino effect" in the Arab and Muslim world. We are in the midst of a political revolution in the Arab and Muslim world which shows no signs of abating. Over the past week, we have witnessed one dictatorial regime crumble in Tunisia under the will of its people and another, Egypt, is bound to follow as we enter the 7th day of nationwide protests and demonstrations. These events may be the beginning of what many commentators are calling the "domino effect in the Arab world", with some predicting that it is only a matter of time before other countries in the region follow suit. Revolts have already spread to Yemen, while the king of Jordan has promised political reform after thousands of citizens took to the streets.Read more... Israel consents to deployment of Egyptian troops in Sinai 01 February 2011 Egyptian troops deployed in the Sinai Peninsula Egypt has sent around 800 soldiers to the Sinai Peninsula in response to the popular demonstrations demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. Israel gave its consent for the deployment following an official request from the Egyptian government. The troops are concentrated around the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in southern Sinai. The whole peninsula has been an almost totally demilitarised zone since the 1979 peace treaty was signed between Egypt and Israel. Israel outlines scenarios in Egypt fearing Muslim Brotherhood may take control 01 February 2011 Final scenario points to the possibility of Mubarak resigning and the Muslim Brotherhood taking control of the government in Cairo. The popular demonstrations demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak and his regime have prompted the head of the Israeli parliament's Committee for Foreign Affairs and Security, Shaul Mofaz, to put forward a number of possible scenarios for the outcome of events in Egypt. According to Mofaz, the Egyptian President may insist on suppressing "popular action" in order to bring the crisis to an end, particularly since there does not appear to be any organised leadership for the demonstrations. In such an event, Mubarak would look towards holding general elections in September in accordance with the provisions of the Egyptian constitution. Mofaz said that this would be "the preferred scenario for Israel".Read more... Human Rights Watch criticises PA ban on Ramallah protest in support of Egyptian demonstrators 01 February 2011 Human Rights Watch said that dozens of Palestinian youths had gathered outside the Egyptian embassy in Ramallah An international human rights organisation has criticised the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority Security Forces for dispersing a protest in support of demonstrations by the Egyptian people. Human Rights Watch said that dozens of Palestinian youths had gathered outside the Egyptian embassy in Ramallah on Sunday, but Palestinian police and security forces dispersed the crowds and expelled photographers and journalists from the area.Read more... Add new comment Ahmed Moor from Cairo: ‘The people here are determined and have reached the point of no return’ The ugly American: ‘This is an American grenade. American! American!’ Egyptian revolution: a war of attrition has begun The Egyptian revolution is coming– to the U.S.A. All eyes on Egypt– but Pipes looks at Iran After weeks of protests, Jordan’s King Abdullah II dismisses government Timing is everything– in love, comedy, and intolerance Washington purged & demeaned anyone who wanted to listen to non-Israelis– Cobban, at Salon This question will soon divide American Jewry: are you a Zionist? On the eve of the ‘march of a million people’ Yousry is now Omar: ‘Tell Mubarak we don’t need his damn Internet for the Peoples Revolution’ Brooklyn College reinstates teacher fired for scholarship on Palestine ‘Huffpo’ gives Dershowitz a platform to say tyranny is just fine for ‘the average Egyptian’
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Revolution spreads to Egypt's deprived Sinai
Mohammed Omer
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February 1, 2011 - A Bedouin youth casually spreads out a piece of cloth before a police headquarters in Sheikh Zwayyed town in Sinai, the vast desert area to the east of Cairo across the Suez. "I will leave when Mubarak leaves," he says. He joins hundreds of others. They have broken through into the police station already, and are now camping there to demand a change in government. Most youth are Bedouin, originally a nomadic tribe in the desert, who’ve b een fighting for their rights for years. Over the last few days they feel they’re winning... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=74518 |
Egypt's revolution inspires Gaza's youth
Mohammed Rabah Suliman
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February 1, 2011 - The revolution underway in Egypt is being closely watched by Gaza's youth who see it as a source of empowerment and inspiration. It has stirred our sentiments and has moved us to take to the streets to show our solidarity with our neighbors in Egypt. We attempt to absorb every minute event so as to carry it through the years when we will be able to tell our children how proud we were to have lived through one of the greatest and mos t inspirational events in the history of the Arab world. It is common knowledge among Gaza's educated youth that the older generations who lived through the 1950s are often looked upon as veterans, whose experience and knowledge gives them authority to speak about the current political situation -- even when we find their analyses to be very far from accurate... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=74517 |
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American-made tear gas in Cairo and the West Bank
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Al Jazeera English Live Stream of Egyptian revolution
Watch the broadcast here.
AlJazeera.net
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Death at Cairo protest as Mubarak stays on
PA: Elections will go forward, date to be set
Tunisian PM: Gaza source of inspiration
Journalists forced to pledge abstention from Gaza rallies
Israeli court extends child's imprisonment
Yemen leader backs down on rule-for-life plan
overnight by Israeli forces; 2 injured
Hamas will not participate in July vote
Rights group releases testimony from deadly settler attack
One killed, at least 500 wounded in violent Cairo clashes
Thousands of supporters of Egypt's president and anti-government demonstrators in Cairo attack each other with stones, clubs, petrol bombs.
Aluf Benn
Fall of Mubarak means decision time for Netanyahu
A Special Place in Hell / As an Israeli, I want the Egyptians to win
Israel's sense of entitlement is a curse, and we are all either under its spell or under its shadow; only the inconceivable that turns into the inevitable can bring change to this place.
Amira Hass
When Israel's protective net of tyranny tears
Zvi Bar'el / Is Al Jazeera trying to bring down the Palestinian Authority?
The Qatari news network has instigated a media revolution throughout the Arab world.
Hamas worried upheaval in Arab world will spill into Gaza
Gaza police disperse rally showing solidarity with Egyptian protesters; several thousand join Facebook group calling for a protest against Hamas rule in the Strip.
Palestinian government calls for local elections amid Egypt unrest
Hamas blocks Egypt solidarity demonstrations in Gaza, says rights group
Muslims want to change the way Hollywood tells their stories
Muslim Public Affairs Council wants to combat trend of consistently portraying Muslims as terrorists.
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Syrian protesters plan 'day of rage' (Associated Press) - 01-feb-2011 |
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February 1, 2011 - Syrians are organising campaigns on Facebook and Twitter that call for a "day of rage" in the capital Damascus this week, taking inspiration from Egypt and Tunisia in using social networking sites to rally their followers for sweeping political reforms. Like Egypt and Tunisia, Syria suffers from corruption, poverty and unemployment. All three nations have seen subsidy cuts on staples like bread and oil. Syria's auhoritarian president has resisted calls for political freedoms and jailed critics of his regime... |
Effects of Egypt's turmoil felt in Gaza Strip
Rami Almeghari
2 February 2011
The ripples of the popular uprising in Egypt that began on 25 January -- demanding the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak and his regime -- have made their way to occupied Gaza Strip. [MORE]
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After the Palestine Papers, can the PA survive? |
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Exit the Israel Alibi |
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From darkness to light |
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Army To Confiscate 600 Dunams Near Hebron |
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Egypt`s revolution inspires Gaza`s youth |
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Bad news for Israel |
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The order will be to shoot |
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Galant loses IDF chief nomination |
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Lieberman to Hire European PR Firms |
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Rightists launch battle to block Facebook pages of left-wing groups |
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For previous articles since 2004 go to respective sections Hamas MP’s Hold A Meeting With South African Embassy In Ramallah Wednesday February 02, 2011 - 11:08 Palestinian sources in Ramallah reported, Monday, that officials of the South African Embassy in the city held a meeting with elected Hamas members of parliament to discuss the current situation in Palestine and the ongoing Israeli violations against elected officials. Full Story Army To Confiscate 600 Dunams Near Hebron Wednesday February 02, 2011 - 10:12 The Israeli army informed the Beit Ummar Municipality, north of the West Bank city of Hebron, that has decided to grab 600 Dunams of Palestinian land in order to use them for constructions that would benefit the illegal settlement of Gush Etzion. Full Story Report: “15 Palestinian Killed, 200 Kidnapped By The Army In January” Wednesday February 02, 2011 - 09:53 The International Solidarity Institution For Human Rights issued a report revealing that Israeli soldiers shot and killed 15 Palestinians, including three children, and kidnapped more than 200 others during the month of January. Full Story P.A Security Forces Arrested 289 Hamas Members And Supporters In The West Bank In January Wednesday February 02, 2011 - 09:14 Palestinian Security Forces in the West Bank arrested, in January, 289 Hamas members and supporters in the West Bank, and ordered more than 750 residents to head to nearby centers for interrogation. Full Story
Peres warns that democracy in Egypt will bring Islamists to power 02 February 2011 Peres expressed his deep concern that "democracy in Egypt [will] end with the victory of the Islamists" Israel's Nobel Prize-winning President, Shimon Peres, has issued a warning about the consequences of the current events in Egypt and their implications for stability in the Middle East. Peres expressed his deep concern that "democracy in Egypt [will] end with the victory of the Islamists", adding that "the whole world should consider what happened in 2006 because that matter began in the spirit of democracy but ended in Hamas gaining control; when elections result in an unsound outcome, the democracy game is up." South African embassy delegation meets Palestinian deputies, including exile Abu Tir 02 February 2011 A delegation from the South African embassy to the Occupied Palestinian Territories has held a meeting with elected deputies in Ramallah, including Mohammad Abu Tir, who was expelled from his home city of Jerusalem by the Israeli occupation authorities. The two delegations discussed the Palestinian situation, focusing specifically on the issue of the Jerusalem deputies facing deportation from the city. The South African delegation consisted of First Secretary Mr Edgar and embassy advisor for the Palestinian territories, Mr Michael Van Niekerk, who confirmed that they had raised the issue of the Jerusalem deputies with their government for discussion in the South African parliament. The delegation also conveyed its government's solidarity with the plight of the parliamentarians under threat of deportation.Read more... The Egyptian revolutionary spirit will not be crushed by a lacklustre British media 02 February 2011 A spirit of awakening has gripped the Egyptian people with unprecedented and previously unthinkable defiance and bravery. A spirit of awakening has gripped the Egyptian people with unprecedented and previously unthinkable defiance and bravery. They have awoken from their slumber and have realised, at last, that they can forge their own destinies. They have found their voice and are uniting to use their freedom of expression to demand liberation from the shackles of a 30 year dictatorship. While such incredible events are taking place in the former British protectorate, instead of embracing the revolutionary spirit and reporting on the bravery of the people of Egypt and the sheer size of the demonstrations - yesterday an estimated 2 million people marched in cities across the country to demand the removal of President Hosni Mubarak from power - the British press have, for the most part, adopted a downbeat approach. Despite the current events being journalistic gold-dust in terms of human-interest stories and history in the making, British headlines are obsessed with scaremongering, no doubt taking a lead from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which all too often sets the tone and agenda for much of the British media.Read more... PFLP warns of US and Israeli attempts to derail Egyptian uprising 02 February 2011 PFLP saluted the Egyptians demonstrating for the sake of freedom, dignity and social justice. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has made an open call to stand beside the Egyptian people and their independent choices without interference and warned of feverish US and Israeli attempts to derail the course of the democracy struggle. In a statement, the PFLP saluted the Egyptians demonstrating for the sake of freedom, dignity and social justice, as well as other Arab nations working to liberate their homelands from dictators and despots. The PFLP confirmed its complete support for the choices made by the people in Egypt as they seek to build national institutions based on democratic values of justice and freedom. It called on Arab regimes to take heed of the lessons of Tunisia and Egypt and listen to the demands of the people as they seek to restore their national sovereignty and integrity. “The struggle of the Palestinian people and our national liberation movement is an integral part of the struggle of the Arab commonwealth of nations; the liberation movement influences and is influenced but vigilance is required to strengthen our efforts and unity,” added the spokesman. Source: Quds Press Service Unprecedented interference in Al Jazeera’s broadcast signal across the Arab World 02 February 2011 Signals on the Nilesat platform were cut, and frequencies on the Arabsat and Hotbird platforms were disrupted continually. Media Release Signals on the Nilesat platform were cut, and frequencies on the Arabsat and Hotbird platforms were disrupted continually forcing millions of viewers across the Arab world to change satellite frequencies throughout the day.Read more... Palestinians are watching Egypt intently 01 February 2011 Palestinians watching TV in awe as events unfold in Egypt. Look into any shop or restaurant in the Gaza Strip and you will be met by the same scene: Palestinians watching TV in awe as events unfold in Egypt. This is more than just a sudden interest in foreign affairs. The relationship between Egypt and Gaza is complicated, with many Palestinian lives affected by political decisions made in Cairo. Obama’s greenlight to Mubarak brings bloodshed to Egypt Throwing Mubarak overboard won’t be enough to guarantee smooth sailing for Egypt By switching on the internet and rocks, Mubarak seeks to make violence the face of the revolution The internet is destroying the idea of the nation Alas, Palestinian popular revolts didn’t get Friend’d on Facebook Whoa. Friedman drops the A-Bomb… five years too late Committee for Open Discussion of Zionism applauds Brooklyn College move Egyptian workers’ protest anticipated revolution Suburban demonstrations and handmade signs show that democracy movement is organic Desperate Israeli proclaims we can reerect the Israel lobby in China |
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Israel, Thy Name is Arrogance
By Joharah Baker
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February 2, 2011 - It goes without saying there is many an Arab leader right now spending sleepless nights, tossing and turning in the fear that their turn is next. The turn of events in the last few weeks has been nothing short of fascinating. I have spent hours, teary-eyed and goose-bumped, marveling at the strength, determination and sheer courage of Tunisians and Egyptians, of the images of Jordanians and Algerians as they take to the streets demanding change. No where has this been more amazing than in Egypt as millions of people insist that the 30-year old autocracy of Hosni Mubarak come to an end. Most predictions give Mubarak a few weeks, if not days left in power, even though the aging president himself insists he will continue what is left of his term. As the protests grow louder and Mubarak's inevitable downfall grows closer, Tel Aviv's worry lines get deeper by the minute... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=74546 |
More detentions in Ramallah at rally for Egypt
Ma'an news
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February 2, 2011 - -- Palestinian Authority police beat back protesters with clubs and detained at least two at what witnesses described as a spontaneous rally and show of support for the Egyptian people as chaos hit Cairo streets. "I was sick and tired of sitting at home and doing nothing," one Ramallah resident said, explaining that she had seen on the social networking site Facebook that friends were attending a peaceful protest at 9 p.m. in the city cen ter. When she arrived shortly after nine, she said one protester was already being dragged away. "There were only 30 people there at the start," she said, adding that after the arrests more gathered... |
King Abdullah replaces Jordanian cabinet
By Patrick Martin
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February 2, 2011 - In what appears to be preparation to confront, rather than appease, rising popular discontent, King Abdullah II of Jordan fired his current prime minister, Samir Rifai, 43, and replaced him Tuesday with a former prime minister, Maruf Bakhit, 64, who headed the government from 2005 to 2007. Bakhit is identified with the blatantly rigged parliamentary elections of 2007, and with the security crackdown that followed a series of bombing att acks in Jordan during his tenure in office. He also served as an ambassador to Israel, Jordan’s most powerful neighbor. Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=74525 |
Egypt protesters stick to demands as Cairo battle rages
In Palestine, squabbles on Facebook
Egyptian opposition leader tries to ease US, Israeli concerns
Fatah official calls for revolt in Gaza
UN joins PA slamming Israeli water infrastructure destruction
Protesters declare Cairo square 'autonomous republic' as clashes start to subside
Tens of thousands of protesters remain in Tahrir Square after nightfall as second day of rock-throwing battles between pro and anti-Mubarak protesters ends with at least ten dead and hundreds hurt.
Fayyad: Failure of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks fueled Egypt unrest
The Palestinian Prime Minister, speaking in Paris with his French counterpart, said that failure to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict increases desperation throughout the region.
Egypt or not, Palestinians have lost their faith in rising up
Palestinian government calls for local elections amid Egypt unrest
Shin Bet chief: Shalit negotiations failed as Hamas did not stop their demands
Yuval Diskin also speaks of alleged whistleblower Anat Kam, saying that the press has important role in democracy but has to respect the security service.
Netanyahu: A democratic Egypt won't threaten peace with Israel
PM stresses that Israel expects any government in Egypt to respect peace treaty, says instability in Egypt could last for years. ·
What lay behind Obama's friendship with Mubarak?
Why isn't the PA supporting the Egypt uprising?
Ari Shavit
The Arab revolution and Western decline
Shlomo Avineri
Here's what Netanyahu must tell the Egyptian people
Israel Harel
Palestinians in Jordan should follow the Egyptians' lead
Bradley Burston
As an Israeli, I want the Egyptians to win
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February 3, 2011 - The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza warned, on Wednesday, that the current shortage of medicines in the Gaza Strip will result in serious health impacts for patients in need of treatment in Gaza. According to the most recent statement from the Ministry of health, 170 medicines and 140 other medical items are currently out of stock in the Gaza Strip. This has meant that patients have had to go without essential medicine and medical services lack equipment necessary for their treatment.. |
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Comrade Jamal: The Front stands beside the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions as great Arab popular movements (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) - 03-feb-2011 |
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February 2, 2011 - Comrade Hussein al-Jamal, member of the Central Committee of the Gaza branch of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said on February 2, 2011 that "the Front will never stand aside or claim neutrality toward popular revolution or the national liberation movements in the Arab world. Our Front stands beside all of the Arab people, and especially the peoples of Egypt and Tunisia at this time of their great revolutions." In an interview with Gaza-based Voice of the People radio, Comrade Jamal said that the "clock of the Arab world will not go backwards, but instead forwards toward freedom and emancipation from oppression," adding that the victory of the Arab revolutions would deal a severe blow to Israel and the Zionist |
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Somebody please hand Abbas the revolver on the silver tray (Stuart Littlewood) - 03-feb-2011 |
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February 2, 2011 - In all our joy and excitement for Egypt let us not lose sight of the grey and sinister blob that is Mahmoud Abbas. He must be asking himself – fearfully – why he has so far escaped the purge while his bosom-buddies, Hosni Mubarak and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, are sent packing in disgrace. A founding member of Arafat’s Fatah faction, he won the presidency of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) in 2005 in a dodgy and deeply lopsided contest – let’s not dignify it with the word "election" – in which Israel seriously interfered to obstruct other candidates. He has overstayed his term by two years and is widely regarded as having no legitimacy and no popular mandate, yet he’s still propped up by the US and Israel and their hangers-on... |
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Effects of Egypt's turmoil felt in Gaza Strip (Rami Almeghari) - 03-feb-2011 |
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February 2, 2011 - The ripples of the popular uprising in Egypt that began on 25 January -- demanding the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak and his regime -- have made their way to the occupied Gaza Strip. Egypt has ordered the closure of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza and Hamas ordered a halt to the tunnel trade with Egypt, leading to shortages in fuel supplies. Efforts by Palestinians in Gaza to demonstrate their support for the Egyptian uprising were broken up by police. Meanwhile, as thousands of prisoners escaped or were freed from Egypt's jails, some of the prisoners of Palestinian origin have made their way back to Gaza and have begun to tell their stories... |
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Tony Blair: Mubarak is 'immensely courageous and a force for good' (Chris McGreal) - 03-feb-2011 |
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February 2, 2011 - Tony Blair has described Hosni Mubarak, the beleaguered Egyptian leader, as "immensely courageous and a force for good" and warned against a rush to elections that could bring the Muslim Brotherhood to power. The former prime minister, now an envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, praised Mubarak over his role in the negotiations and said the west was right to back him despite his authoritarian regime because he had maintained peace with Israel... Netanyahu & Co. Must Be Proud Of Mubarak And His Thugs For many years I believed that Israel’s leaders have no equals in the business of saying one thing and doing another. But Mubarak has proved me wrong. He went on television to tell Egyptians that he would be staying on for some months because only he could restore stability and set the stage for it to continue after he stepped down. Hours later his thugs were leading a violent attack on the peaceful, pro-democracy protesters in Cairo’s Tahir square |
The Guardian's Assault on Peace in the Middle East
Ron Prosor, 02.03.2011
Israel’s ambassador to the United Kingdom
The self-appointed guardian of Palestinian truth has maximized its opportunity to pledge allegiance to the hardline, national fantasies which have crippled the Palestinian cause for decades.
Alan Dershowitz Supporting Tyranny?
By Stephen Lendman
Alan Dershowitz worries that the Egyptian revolution may produce a Lebanon-type Islamic regime
Why Washington Clings To A Failed
Middle East Strategy
By Gareth Porter
The death throes of the Mubarak regime in Egypt signal a new level of crisis for a U.S. Middle East strategy that has shown itself over and over again in recent years to be based on nothing more than the illusion of power. The incipient loss of the U.S. client regime in Egypt is an obvious moment for a fundamental adjustment in that strategy
Tariq Ali
An Arab 1848: Despots Totter and Fall
The Uprising, the Treason, and Israel
by Ashraf Ezzat / February 3rd, 2011 (1)
History has always been one of my passions. Every passing moment has in a way contributed to our history on earth but only some of those moments made a change of history.
From the monotheism of Akhenaten in ancient Egypt to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, from the medieval crusades to the war in Iraq and from the French revolution to the fall of Berlin wall, those are some of the crucial moments that made a change of history and shaped our life.
Of all the uprisings and revolutions I’ve read about in history books, I never thought I’d be experiencing …
Family of Amr Qawasme, murdered in his bed, seeks accountability
Charlotte Silver
3 February 2011
On 7 January, five Israeli soldiers invaded Subhya Qawasme's home. Her husband, Amr, was shot to death while he was sleeping in their bed as Subhya prayed beside him. Amr Qawasme was 66 years old. He was a former construction worker, a father of 12 and a grandfather of 37. Charlotte Silver reports for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
Book review: Rich definition of "What it Means to be Palestinian"
Asa Winstanley
2 February 2011
"This is what it means to be Palestinian, to care, because if you stop caring, then you let go. We cannot let go" explains Jerusalemite Samia Nasser Khoury in Dina Matar's landmark new book, What it Means to be Palestinian. [MORE]
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Ishmael Khaldi Lecture in Edinburgh Cancelled After Protests Thursday February 03, 2011 - 16:38 Ishmael Khaldi’s lecture at the University of Edinburgh, hosted by the university’s Jewish Society, was cancelled after protest by students acting in support of Palestinian refugees. Full Story
Seven Palestinians Killed By Army Fire In Gaza In January Thursday February 03, 2011 - 07:53 The Higher Committee for Emergency Services in the Gaza Strip reported that seven Palestinians were killed by during Israeli military attacks against the coastal region in January. At least twenty residents were wounded. Full Story
Army Kidnaps Three Children in Bil’in Thursday February 03, 2011 - 07:32 Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Wednesday three Palestinian children in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after claiming that they were standing near the annexation wall. Full Story
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Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (27 Jan. – 02 Feb. 2011)
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February 3, 2011 - Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (27 January – 02 February 2011) Shooting: During the reporting period, two Palestinian civilians, including a child, were killed and a third one was wounded by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. A Palestinian child was also wounded by IOF during peaceful protests against the construction of the annexation wall. In the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian child was killed by the explosion of a mysterious object apparently left by IOF. A Palestinian worker who was collecting scraps of construction materials was also wounded by IOF. In the West Bank, two Palestinian civilians, including a child, were killed and a third one was wounded by Israeli settler. An 18-year-old civilian was killed by an Israeli settler in Iraq Bourin village, south of Nablus, on 27 January 2011. The victim was farming his land when the settlers shot him dead... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=74572 |
UN Rebukes Israel’s destruction of Palestinian Water Cisterns
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February 3, 2011 - The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Mr. Maxwell Gaylard, has publically denounced Israel’s systematic destruction of rainwater collection devices, such as water cisterns, throughout the West Bank. Mr. Gaylard remarked on 1 February 2011, "It is difficult to understand the reasoning behind the destruction of basic rain water collection systems, some of the m very old, which serve marginalized rural and herder Palestinian communities where water is already scarce and where drought is an ever-present threat.".. Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=74581 |
Egyptian - Israeli relations 1948 - 2011
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February 3, 2011 - For almost half of its existence as a state, of all its neighbours Israel has enjoyed its most cordial relations with Egypt, particularly under the presidency of Hosni Mubarak. Egypt occupies a strategic position in the Middle East, with control of the Suez Canal, the main maritime thoroughfare for trade between East and West. Throughout its recent history Egypt has been at the political and cultural forefront of pan-Arabism and the No n-Aligned Movement. With the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, Egypt took a lead role in the struggle for Palestinian rights in the land occupied by the new state... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=74576 |
Why the Israelis prefer Omar Suleiman
Yasser Za'atra
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February 3, 2011 - Since it was first mooted about eight years ago that the son of Hosni Mubarak was being groomed to take his place as president of Egypt, the Director of the country's General Intelligence Services, Omar Suleiman has faced fierce competition for the top job. Meanwhile, the neo-con Zionist lobby has come to dominate the US Congress with the result that US foreign policy is more captive to Israeli interests than ever before. When Mustafa Alfiqi, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Egyptian parliament, and one of the pillars of politics in the Mubarak era, said that Egypt's president could do little without the "consent of the United States and no objection from Israel", he was being entirely accurate... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=74575 Hundreds in Gaza rally in solidarity with Egypt
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Report: US discussing plan for Mubarak to quit now
Ministers: Paris to host new Palestinian donor conference
Rights group: PA banning freedom of expression
Fayyad: Occupation factor in regional instability
Gaza facing fuel crisis as tunnel trade stops
Strenger than Fiction / Betting on Egypt democracy is Israel’s only choice
Nobody can be certain that cold peace between Israel and Egypt will survive Mubarak's fall and the emergence of a new political system.
Netanyahu to offer gestures to Palestinians in effort to deflect Quartet criticism
Quartet of Mideast peace mediators' envoy Tony Blair meets with Netanyahu ahead of Quartet meet, which is expected to end with statement condemning settlement building.
Egypt unrest spurs Palestinian Authority to pledge elections
Gaza militants fire Qassam rocket into southern Israel
Rocket attack comes days after long-range Grad rockets landed near the cities of Netivot and Ofakim, leading to 4 people being treated for shock.
Daniella Peled
Change is coming to Egypt, whether Israel likes it or not
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$5 million lawsuit targets Jimmy Carter for ‘attacking Israel’ (By Sahil Kapur) - 04-feb-2011 |
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February 3, 2011 - Former President Jimmy Carter has become the target of a class action lawsuit over ostensibly mean things he said about Israel in his best-selling 2006 book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. The lawsuit, filed in New York by an Israeli firm, alleges that the book "contained numerous false and knowingly misleading statements intended to promote the author's agenda of anti-Israel propaganda and to deceive the reading public instead of presenting accurate information as advertised.".. |
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Israeli Military Backs Egyptian Troops (By BARBARA OPALL-ROME) - 04-feb-2011 |
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February 3, 2011 - Following situational assessments of deteriorating conditions on the streets of Cairo, Israeli military leaders are extending messages of support to their Egyptian counterparts and pledges to preserve the 31-year peace between the two countries. "Based on our assessment of events on the ground, it's our understanding that the Egyptian Army is operating responsibly and in a manner that contributes to stability and preserves future peace," Brig. Gen. Avi Benayahu, Israeli military spokesman, told Defense News... |
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Goldstone's Legacy for Israel (Naomi Klein) - 04-feb-2011 |
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February 3, 2011 - A sprawling crime scene. That is what Gaza felt like when I visited in the summer of 2009, six months after the Israeli attack. Evidence of criminality was everywhere—the homes and schools that lay in rubble, the walls burned pitch black by white phosphorus, the children’s bodies still unhealed for lack of medical care. But where were the police? Who was documenting these crimes, interviewing the witnesses, protecting the evidence from tampering? For months it seemed that there would be no investigation. Many Gazans I met on that trip appeared as traumatized by the absence of an international investigation as by the attacks...
Mubarak Defies A Humiliated America, Just as Netanyahu takes Washington’s billions but then pisses all over American policy objectives with regard to erecting a Palestinian State Lite, so Mubarak has stuffed tens of billions of dollars from Washington into his government’s pockets but has humiliated and endangered the United States
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Friday February 04, 2011 - 15:42
Sporadic clashes erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinian residents of Silwan, East Jerusalem yesterday. Full Story
Ishmael Khaldi Lecture in Edinburgh Cancelled After Protests
Thursday February 03, 2011 - 16:38
Ishmael Khaldi’s lecture at the University of Edinburgh, hosted by the university’s Jewish Society, was cancelled after protest by students acting in support of Palestinian refugees. Full Story
Noam Chomsky: “This is the most remarkable regional uprising that I can remember”
3 February 2011
A Democracy Now! interview on events in Tunisia and Egypt, and their background: Mubarak, peace and stability, the history of US involvement in the Middle East, the US military industrial complex, WikiLeaks, and more.
3 February 2011
Amy Goodman interviews Robert Fisk, who is in Cairo, on Democracy Now!
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Israel Agrees to Steps to Improve Palestinian Life Bloomberg - Gwen Ackerman Video: Merkel calls to halt settlement construction infolive.tv Quartet to meet in shadow of Cairo crisis - Jerusalem Post |
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UN rights chief to visit Israel, Palestinian areas She will also meet Israeli and Palestinian human rights activists, the Palestinian Independent Commission on Human Rights, and UN agencies in the area. 04/02/2011UN rights chief to visit Israel, Palestinian territories - Expatica Switzerland |
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Palestinian PM: Palestinian issues sparking unrest eTaiwan News Fayyad: Occupation factor in regional instability - Ma'an News Agency |
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Jimmy Carter's $5M Israel Lawsuit Technorati - Natalie Wood $5M Suit Claims President Carter's 2006 Book Violated Consumer ... - ABA Journal |
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Putting a human face on the Israeli-Arab conflict Tufts Daily - Michael Kremer The Israeli-Palestinian conflict often seems intractable. The two sides have tussled over a plot of land slightly larger than the State of ... Video: Tensions along the Egypt-Gaza border Al Jazeera Will Egypt's revolution trample the peace process? - Jerusalem Post |
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A dramatic look at Israel-Palestine... Epsom Guardian - Will Gore ... the Israel-Palestine conflict – with the opening play of its new season. ... massacre of 29 Muslims by Israeli physician Dr Baruch Goldstein in 1994. ... |
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Column: Freedom is a fragile experience ... with university students on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide. ... On the other side, however, you witness the refugee camps in Palestine ... Christofias plans Israel-Palestine trip - Cyprus Mail |
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Rutgers students rise up to protest anti-Zionist program New Jersey Jewish Standard “We are a campus with diverse views on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and all those views [exist] under Hillel; we accommodate everyone,” said Morrison, ... Showdown at Rutgers: Barbs, Accusations Fly - Jewish Exponent |
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Israel, Palestinians float Gaza gas rapprochement Reuters Africa - Dan Williams The announcement anticipated a meeting on Saturday of world powers trying to revive peace talks mired by long-running Israeli-Palestinian disputes about ... |
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Jewish Times of Southern New Jersey One is that Israel definitely does have a partner on the Palestinian side, ... The urgency of the Israeli-Palestinian situation today cannot be overstated. ... Israeli ambassador attacks Guardian for 'out Hamasing-Hamas' - Jewish Chronicle January 2011 Monthly Media Digest 04 February 2011 This month, the Middle East Monitor focuses on the recent publication of the leaked 'Palestine Papers' by Al Jazeera and the extraordinary insight they have given into almost a decade of peace negotiations exposing them as a process of gradual subjugation and conspiracy. We also take a look at the Turkel Commission and their "fair and impartial" investigations into Israel deadly raid on the Freedom Flotilla last year. Still focusing on Israel, we also take a look at the months of infighting within Labour and Defence Minister Ehud Barak's creation of the Atzmaut Party. The month concludes with the beginning of the Egyptian uprising and what this could mean for Palestine. The largest cache of leaked confidential documents, records, contemporaneous notes and verbatim transcripts of private meetings in the history of the Middle East Peace process were published by the Al-Jazeera news channel and the Guardian newspaper this month. The papers which have been independently authenticated by the Guardian newspaper and corroborated by former participants were leaked for several months from Palestinian sources.Read more... Add new comment Israel releases Ramallah MP Abd al-Jaber Fuqaha 04 February 2011 The Israeli occupation authorities have released Islamic bloc politician Mr Abd al-Jaber Fuqaha. He was given his freedom at the al-Thahiriya checkpoint near Hebron in the south of the occupied West Bank on 3 February. The elected representative for Ramallah had served 27 months in "administrative detention" in a prison in the Negev Desert. He was met at the checkpoint by the head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr Aziz Duweik, along with a delegation of other West Bank politicians. Commenting on Israel's policy of arresting elected legislators, Mr Fuqaha said, "The occupation authorities and their supporters are mistaken in their actions in this respect because the arrest and harassment of politicians does nothing but increase their persistence towards the realisation of the dreams and aspirations of the people."Read more... Add new comment |
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When I stood up with four other young, proud Jews and interrupted Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech before the Jewish Federation's General Assembly in November, we knew it would upset and infuriate people--especially in my home community of New Orleans where the event took place.
But we did it anyway, inspired by the brave example of many people who took similar actions in the past, often at much greater risk. Some of the people who inspired us were 11 Muslim students at University of California-Irvine who earlier last year disrupted the talk of Michael Oren, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S., as he defended his government's violations of human rights and war crimes in Gaza.
Remarkably, these Muslim students, who acted in the best tradition of human rights activists everywhere, may now face criminal charges. After the students were disciplined by the University, the Orange County District Attorney empaneled a grand jury which almost always leads to indictment on felony charges. The deadline for charging the students is this Monday, February 6. They need us to speak out on their behalf.
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ElBaradei tries to ease US, Israeli concerns
Mubarak's third force terror tactic David Africa |
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Three questions: Good cop, bad cop Marwan Bishara |
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Inception: Dreams of revolution Larbi Sadiki |
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NRA: It's good to live like a king Cliff Schecter |
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Taking on Pharoah's hired hooligans Mozn Hassan |
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Empowering Egypt's new pluralism Paul Amar |
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Getting in line for a revolution Sharmine Narwani |
Brooklyn-Jenin A biweekly column by Israel filmmaker Udi Aloni discussing his life in New York City and the Jenin Refugee Camp.
Gaza Two Years Later A series of posts by Gazan writers reflecting on the two-year anniversary of the Israeli attack on Gaza in the winter of 2008/09.
The Palestine Cables A weekly chronicle/analysis of important revelations bearing on Israel/Palestine contained in Wikileaks.
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Hear Tahrir Square echo with the chant, ‘Go Mubarak,’ and hear a future leader in Alexandria
‘JVP’ in NYT– and Zionist leader hearts ‘our barbarian’ Mubarak…
A NJ town throws its weight behind the settlement project
The bogus conflict between American interests and values
Military is 40 percent of Egyptian economy
The wicked witch of the west went out like this too
How do you say ‘All the news that’s fit to print’ in Arabic?
‘We are very much in the early stages of our revolution’
Brookyn-Jenin: The Binational Popular Front for the Liberation of the Middle East
Why did a Democratic senator from California block Egyptian pro-democracy resolution last year?
President Jimmy Carter vs. President Barack Obama
Settlers kill 2 Palestinian teens, soldiers attack funeral
Report, The Electronic Intifada
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February 4, 2011 - Israeli settlers shot and killed two Palestinian teenagers in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank as Israeli forces continued to shoot at Palestinian laborers in Gaza and arrest and beat civilians in other parts of the country, including children. The Electronic Intifada brings you this special news brief on events related to Israeli violence against Palestinians... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=74605 |
Mubarak meets cabinet as uprising rolls on
Hamas says not involved in pipeline blast
Protesters rally in Ramallah in solidarity with Egyptians
PA rejects Israeli 'incentives'
Workers hurt by gunfire in north Gaza
Palestinian officials still silent about Egypt unrest
UN rights chief to visit Palestinian territories
Key leadership quits Egypt ruling party; Mubarak retains presidency
Top leadership, including Mubarak's son, resign from National Democratic Party as anti-government protesters continue demonstrations in Cairo; earlier reports that Hosni Mubarak also resigned were retracted.
Mideast Quartet: Israel-PA peace talks must advance quickly due to Egypt unrest
Middle East negotiators say further delay in resumption of negotiations is detrimental to the prospects for regional peace and security.
U.S.: Mubarak must stay in power to steer reform in Egypt
Tensions between protesters, soldiers in Cairo rise on 12th day of unrest
Hamas says commander back in Gaza after Egypt jailbreak
Hamas Commander Ayman Nofal, and five other Palestinian militants, had been held at Abu Zaabal prison in Cairo until it was raided in anti-government protests.
Hamas worried upheaval in Arab world will spill into Gaza
MESS Report / Embittered and embattled in Tel Aviv and Cairo
In Egypt, citizens are fighting for their basic rights, while in Israel members of the defense establishment and the army's top brass are waging an equally heated war - on each other.
Gaza feeds hungry Egyptian troops in role reversal
Underground tunnels generally used to smuggle goods into Gaza are moving traffic in the opposite direction in the wake of the popular uprising in Egypt.
Netanyahu commits to promoting Arab construction in East Jerusalem
Commitments comes as Israel plans gestures to Palestinians in bid to deflect Quartet criticism over settlement construction.
Massive fire burns down IKEA flagship store in Netanya
The fire has completely destroyed the building and the merchandise; police have blocked the roads leading to the store near Poleg junction on coastal road.
What lay behind Obama's friendship with Mubarak?
Egypt unrest spurs Palestinian Authority to pledge elections
Was This The Video That Started The Egyptian Revolution?
By Asma Mahfouz
http://www.countercurrents.org/mahfouz040211.htm
Asma Mahfouz is one of the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement, a group of Internet activists credited with a leading role in organizing theRevolutionary protests calling for Mubarak's departure. Her video blog helped spark the Egyptian Revolution
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Fateh disrupts Egyptian solidarity protest (Editor Palestine Monitor) - 05-feb-2011 |
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February 5, 2011 - Nearly a thousand protesters took to the streets of downtown Ramallah today, shouting support for the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions. "Tunisians are Palestinians, Egyptians are Palestinians," the crowd chanted in Arabic, massing around Al Manara square... The Palestinian People’s Party, a formerly Communist and repressed organization, solemnly held signs decrying political stagnation and Palestinian autocracy. Other opposition politicians spoke to local and international news teams. Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, spoke in English and Arabic about the overwhelming importance of the current popular drive towards democratization in the Arab world... |
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Bil'in protest in solidarity with Egypt attacked by Israeli troops (Saed Bannoura) - 05-feb-2011 |
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February 5, 2011 - Several hundred Palestinians, along with international and Israeli supporters, gathered in the village of Bil'in on Friday for their weekly non-violent protest. This week's protest called for national unity, and in solidarity with the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings. Israeli troops attacked the march with tear gas and concussion grenades. After mid-day prayers Friday, the villagers gathered at the center of Bil'in, and began marching toward the site of construction of the Israeli Annexation Wall on village land. The protesters carried banners and chanted slogans in solidarity with the people of Egypt...
Protesters Egyptian protesters have drawn up a list of 25 political personalities to negotiate for a new political leadership and a new constitution to replace Mubarak's crumbling regime. They include Amr Moussa, the secretary general of the Arab League – himself a trusted Egyptian; the Nobel prize-winner Ahmed Zuwail, an Egyptian-American who has advised President Barack Obama; Mohamed Selim Al-Awa, a professor and author of Islamic studies who is close to the Muslim Brotherhood; and the president of the Wafd party, Said al-Badawi It's Not Radical Islam That Worries The US – The nature of any regime USA backs in the Arab world is secondary to control. Subjects are ignored until they break their chains As Tahrir Square Goes So Goes The Middle East? Tahrir Square has become a name symbolizing every people’s willingness, indeed insistence, to make personal, potentially life taking, sacrifices to achieve freedom from an illegitimate, corrupt, brutal, treasonous dictatorship or from occupiers or aggressors by Uri Avnery / February 5th, 2011 (4) We are in the middle of a geological event. An earthquake of epoch-making dimensions is changing the landscape of our region. Mountains turn into valleys, islands emerge from the sea, volcanoes cover the land with lava. People are afraid of change. When it happens, they tend to deny, ignore, pretend that nothing really important is happening. Israelis are no exception. While in neighboring Egypt earth-shattering events were taking place, Israel was absorbed with a scandal in the army high command. The Minister of Defense abhors the incumbent Chief of Staff and makes no secret of it. The presumptive new chief was exposed …(Full article …)
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Erekat dismisses latest Israeli incentive package to PA
Jerusalem Post - Tovah Lazaroff - Khaled Abu Toameh
He clarified that these measures were not a substitute for a negotiated settlement to the Israeli Palestinian conflict. “I don't delude myself for a second ...
Video: Tensions along the Egypt-Gaza border
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Mideast Quartet: Israel-PA peace talks must advance quickly due to ... - Ha'aretz
Lacking Peace Talks, Israel Offers Economic Package for Palestinians - New York Times
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05/02/2011Turkey, US share 'identical views' on Egypt: Davutogl Expatica Germany However, Turkey believes that it is not the time to discuss pushing forward the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Davutoglu told reporters ahead of his ... |
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Huffington Post (blog) And Zionism, as described above, it is not the reason for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Zionism is the legitimate aspiration of the Jewish people to ... A Jewish Group Makes Waves, Locally and Abroad - New York Times |
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Mark Bruzonsky, a Jewish, American Scholar and Journalist, has been a key member behind the scenes of the Israeli Palestinian peace initiative in the 1980s, ...
My friend, Mahmoud Maher, a doctor was killed at Tahrir Square’
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· Even the thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli cells are following the news from Egypt
· Neocons get their talking points down: Sharia bogeyman
· Colonialist misgivings (we should have put Jewish state in Missouri)
· Supporting democracy in the Middle East requires abandoning a vision of Pax-Americana
· ‘Revolutions don’t happen out of the blue’: Egyptian protests grounded in decades of struggle
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Chris Hedges: What corruption and force have wrought in Egypt 5 February 2011 The failure of the US to halt the slow-motion ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by Israel has consequences. The failure to acknowledge the collective humiliation and anger felt by most Arabs because of the presence of US troops on Muslim soil, not only in Iraq and Afghanistan but in the staging bases set up in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, has consequences. The failure to denounce the repression, including the widespread use of torture, censorship and rigged elections, wielded by our allies against their citizens in the Middle East has consequences. We are soaked with the stench of these regimes. Pratap Chatterjee: Egypt’s military-industrial complex 4 February 2011 With US-made tear gas canisters fired on protesters in Cairo, Washington’s role in arming Egypt is under the spotlight.
06 February 2011 Is this the time for Arab masses to go the streets to force their will on governments. Egypt is back again as it once was when millions of Arabs used to turn to the radio to listen to the voice of the Egyptian masses. Those days, our parents used to fix themselves in front of old radio sets to hear the magic words charged with freedom, dignity and hope. Today, once again, everyone is glued to TV sets this time watching with pride what is happening in Egypt. Everything happening there indicates that a new era of development is ushered for all Arabs; for Egypt's awakening once meant an awakening for all the Arabs, its fight against colonialism ushered a phase of freedom for all Arab peoples. Today we hear the thundering voice of its people on the streets and know that they are making a new era. Is this the time for Arab masses to go the streets to force their will on governments which have, for decades, imposed their will, slogans, gods, failures, alliances and differences on their peoples without achieving any of their aspirations. Grievances, frustration, betrayal and political, economic and social failure accumulated, while the Arab ruling elites did not feel the simmering anger of the masses? Made in America - the Peoples' Revolution 06 February 2011 For God's sake Mr President, listen to the people before it is too late. US administrations have been blighted since 9/11 by a deadly cocktail of arrogance and ignorance with a twist of strong desire for revenge thrown in. But before you take aim and fire you have to know your enemy, and the scattergun policies of the Bush Junior and Obama regimes have served only to create hatred and mistrust against the US in areas where it was never really present before. In fact, far from driving the likes of al-Qaeda into oblivion, this strategy turned America into al-Qaeda's most successful recruiting officer. Just like their intelligence agencies, these successive US administrations have chosen only to listen to those who give them the sort of information they want to hear, even if it is a far removed from reality. As a result, a deluded Iraqi codenamed "Curve Ball" conned US intelligence and in turn President George W Bush over the existence of WMD in his country. It was all Bush and his neo-cons needed and wanted to hear to justify their illegal invasion, assuring the world as they threw their troops at the country that they would find Weapons of Mass Destruction therein. It was, of course, a blatant lie. It mattered not that the real experts, weapons inspectors like Scott Ritter and Hans Von Sponek, said WMD simply no longer existed in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. It matters not, it seems, that up to a million human beings have paid the blood price for this arrogance and ignorance. It matters not that today Iraq is still in turmoil almost 8 years after that fateful invasion. The Muslim Brotherhood must not be ignored 06 February 2011 The Muslim Brotherhood is one of the main forces within the political opposition behind the people's revolution against the Egyptian regime. It is clear that the Muslim Brotherhood is one of the main forces within the political opposition behind the people's revolution against the Egyptian regime of President Hosni Mubarak. Ever since the Nasser era, the military-backed regime has worked hard to suffocate and kill-off the popular - revivalist Islamist movement, which calls for an egalitarian society, social justice and a form of Islamic democracy. During Anwar Sadat's presidency, relations between the Brotherhood (Ikhwan) and the regime witnessed a brief thaw as the government intended to play the Brotherhood off against its secular opponents, including leftist and Nasserite forces. However, this divide-and-rule policy came to an abrupt end when the Ikhwan voiced its firm opposition to Sadat's "betrayal" of the Palestinian cause which culminated in the signing of the Camp David Peace Treaty with Israel. Hamas political deputy claims West Bank will not put up with PA much longer 06 February 2011 Dr Mousa Abu Marzouk The deputy leader of Hamas's political bureau, Dr Mousa Abu Marzouk, has claimed that the Palestinians living in the Occupied West Bank "will not be patient for long with the Ramallah Authority's system of administering the affairs of the territory". These include, said Dr. Abu Marzouk, the PA's "practices that are a historic deviation from the Palestinian revolution amid the absence of any political progress; the major shutdown of negotiations and even the shutdown of the future vision of how to deal with the issue as a whole". During a lengthy dialogue conducted on the Arab Future website and published in full by the Palestinian Information Centre, Dr. Abu Marzouk stressed that what he called the "dictatorship of the security forces and their service to the occupation" are some of "the most provocative factors for the Palestinians". He noted that both the first and second Palestinian uprisings proved the ability of the people to take control of matters away from the official authority. Mistaken notions about the Egyptian uprising 04 February 2011 Like Tunisia, Egypt has witnessed unrestrained greed by its ruling elite and their cronies as they have enriched themselves at the expense of their people. One of the most devious claims doing the rounds in the media is that the crisis in Egypt is about food; this is only partly true. There is another side to the picture. Egypt's abject poverty and pervasive hunger did not spring out of a vacuum. It came about from the plunder and squandering of the country's national wealth and its franchise to foreign interests. In addition, there are other major causes of this unprecedented popular uprising which have to do with the sense of national humiliation and indignity to which the people of Egypt have been subjected by a western-backed dictatorship masquerading as democracy. Searching for Egyptian unity in Ramallah A proposal to integrate the opposition into the heart of the state The existential threat to Israel is… democracy Avnery says underlying cause of Egypt is… Palestine If the ‘NYRB’ wills it, it is not a dream Americans need to get their priorities straight Protesters stand firm as political situation grows murky A personal message to Macy Gray ‘My friend, Mahmoud Maher, a doctor, was killed at Tahrir Square’ O hear Tahrir break into song!! Moor: Television fails to capture the wider experience of Tahrir They’re dancing in Palestine, too ‘NYT’ pulls back the curtain (For U.S., Egypt is about Israel)
Mubarak fights Egyptian protest with pay rise US 'desertion' of Mubarak dismays Israel Israel approves settler plans for Jerusalem homes New flotilla for Gaza on deadly raid anniversary Prices soar in Gaza as Rafah, tunnels close Palestine is the key to Arab democracy - Sam Bahour 3 more minors detained in Beit Ummar Israel freezes village exit over Lebanon crisis Haniyeh visits escaped prisoner Hezbollah chief: Israel will be left more isolated after Egypt uprising Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah praised protesters, saying they were as significant as those that resisted Israel in Lebanon war in 2006 and Gaza war in 2008. Akiva Eldar Unlike Egyptians, Israelis support restricting expression Yom-Tov Samia Egypt is not Gaza, the Muslim Brotherhood is not Hamas Merav Michaeli Overcoming the primitive fear of Arabs as humans Lieberman: Mideast uprisings show the Arab world is weakening Lieberman denied claim that the Israel-Palestinian conflict is a reason for the unrest of late in the Arab world, blaming it instead on internal unrest. IDF chief: Hamas, Hezbollah would fail if facing IDF in conventional battlefield Gabi Ashkenazi said Israel shouldn't discount Hamas and Hezbollah, but 'they are not able to conquer the Negev or Galilee.' PA presses UN to make Bethlehem church first Palestinian World Heritage Site Church of the Nativity built on site where Jesus was born, according to Christian tradition; No sites under PA control on list because Palestinian state not recognized by UN. Britain: Israel-Palestinian peace could help weaken Iran In address to Herzliya Conference, Britain's defense secretary warns that regional ties to Iran could adversely influence efficacy of sanctions.
by Gilad Atzmon / February 7th, 2011 (0) We learn from the press and political analysts that, against all odds and in spite of the global financial turmoil, Israel’s economy is booming. Some even suggest that Israel is one of the strongest economies around. ‘How come?’ you may ask; besides maybe avocado, oranges, and some Dead Sea beauty products, none of us has actually ever seen an Israeli product on the shelves. They don’t make cars; nor do they make electric or electronic appliances, and they hardly manufacture any consumer goods. Israel claims to be advanced in high-tech technologies but somehow, the only Israeli …(Full article …)
Egypt protests draw biggest crowd yet Rawabi implicates PA in Zionist project - Uri Davis Hebron settler calls Spanish FM anti-Semite Fayyad demands intervention to stop settler violence PLO, Egypt blast Quartet statement Army: 5 projectiles land in Israel
Niva Lanir Israel isn't answering calls for peace Jordan tribes threaten revolution over country's Palestinian Queen Rania Hard-line nationalist East Bankers take issue with both Queen Rania's Palestinian background and her highly visible role in the country's male-dominated society. IDF spokesman visited U.K. incognito for fear of targeting by pro-Palestinian protesters Israel concerned over U.K. laws allowing private citizens to secure arrest warrants for visiting foreign officials they accuse of war crimes.Egypt frees political prisoners under reforms promised by Mubarak Freeing prisoners is one of first moves the Egyptian president has made to implement reforms promised in an attempt to quell mass protests which have continued for over two weeks. Mubarak sets up committees to advance reforms in Egypt WikiLeaks: Israel long viewed Egypt VP as preferred Mubarak successor WikiLeaks: Israel long viewed Egypt VP as preferred Mubarak successor 2008 diplomatic cable published by the Daily Telegraph quotes Israeli official as saying that Israel was 'most comfortable' with prospect of Omar Suleiman becoming Egypt's next leader. Haaretz Editorial Netanyahu must advance peace if he wants a stable Mideast Al Jazeera English: Live Stream of Egyptian Uprising
Israel's Secret Hotline To The Man The new vice-president of Egypt, Omar Suleiman, is a long-standing favourite of Israel's who spoke daily to the Tel Aviv government via a secret "hotline" to Cairo, leaked documents disclose Omar Suleiman: The CIA's Man In Cairo Omar Suleiman, a friend to the US and reported torturer, has long been touted as a presidential successor US Envoy's Business Link To Egypt Frank Wisner, President Barack Obama's envoy to Cairo who infuriated the White House this weekend by urging Hosni Mubarak to remain President of Egypt, works for a New York and Washington law firm which works for the dictator's own Egyptian government Washington Faces the Arab Revolts: Sacrificing Dictators to Save the State by James Petras / February 8th, 2011 (1) To understand the Obama regime’s policy toward Egypt, the Mubarak dictatorship and the popular uprising it is essential to locate it in an historical context. The essential point is that Washington, after several decades of being deeply embedded in the state structures of the Arab dictatorships, from Tunisia through Morocco, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority, is attempting to re-orient its policies to incorporate and/or graft liberal-electoral politicians onto the existing power configurations. While most commentators and journalists spill tons of ink about the “dilemmas” of US power , the novelty of the Egyptian events and …
Palestinian FM: Holland can help make peace Journalists arrested in Bethlehem WHO: Gaza drug shortage 'serious' risk to health 10 Palestinians injured in Gaza strikes 10 Palestinians injured in Gaza strikes Egypt protests mount despite regime threats Egyptian humor touches Palestine U.S. official: Israel's actions in East Jerusalem go against Mideast peace efforts Comment by U.S. State Department official comes after Israel approves construction of new buildings in Sheikh Jarrah, declares foundation of a new East Jerusalem Jewish neighborhood. U.K. urges Israel to tone down 'belligerent' rhetoric amid Mideast uprisings 'Netanyahu handing UN arena over to the Palestinians' NATO chief: Israel-Palestinian talks must resume amid regional unrest NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen offered NATO's peacekeeping services to Israelis and Palestinians if both sides requested it as part of future peace treaty. U.K. urges Israel to tone down 'belligerent' rhetoric amid Mideast uprisings British Foreign Secretary William Hague warns peace process could become casualty of current unrest sweeping the region. “Dismantling Impunity” Campaign To Help The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee is proud to announce a new campaign, the “Dismantling Impunity Fund”. This fund will directly challenge Israel’s culture of impunity surrounding the murder and maiming of Palestinians
Mubarak to address nation amid signs he is to quit Hamas slams call for West Bank municipal vote Main checkpoint in Nablus to come down Nablus town closed for visit of Israeli lawmaker Israeli woman gives birth at Ramallah hospital Nablus town closed for visit of Israeli lawmaker Lieberman threatens to dissolve govt over bill
Report: Egypt's Mubarak to quit within hours NBC news reports that Egypt president will resign; CIA chief says 'strong likelihood' that Mubarak will resign Thursday night; military supreme council appears to hold reins of leadership. 'Saudi king told Obama he'd fund Mubarak if U.S. halted Egypt aid' Abdullah warned U.S. president that withdrawing $1.5 billion in annual aid would humiliate Mubarak, according to Britain's The Times. What exactly does the U.S. want from Egypt? Poll: Americans back 'cautious' approach to Mideast democracy Egypt feeling economic strain as anti-government protests enter day 17 Benny Gantz approved as Israel's new army chief Turkel Committee affirms Gantz's suitability after the first candidate for the position, Yoav Galant, was disqualified for the position on Tuesday. Unlike Egyptians, Israelis support restricting expression Palestinian security suppressing West Bank fervor over Egypt protests
Predicting the Future of the Middle East -- The Easy Way Avi Spiegel, 02.09.2011 Fellow, Strauss Center for International Security and Law, University of Texas The purely authoritarian regimes in the Middle East can loosely be classified into two categories: monarchies and republics. If you want to know who will be most likely to follow the path of Ben Ali and Mubarak, look at the republics. Hypocrisy Is Exposed By The Wind Of Change So when the Arabs cry out for the very future that Obama outlined, we show them disrespect Hurriya Is Arabic For Freedom: Just when we were told that a religious strife was about to engulf Egypt, and that the people were subdued to the point that there was no hope, millions of brave Egyptians declared a revolution that brought Muslims and Christians together. The courage and the bravery they displayed is enough to restore our faith in the world - in the human race, and in ourselves Egypt's Focus Largely Ignores Palestine Whether or not Egyptians prevail, besieged Gazans face increasing hardships heading toward crisis conditions if essential supplies and services remain spotty or unaffordable. Yet media reports largely ignore them. Even Al Jazeera offers only occasional accounts
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Fury after US vetoes UN settlements resolution (Ma'an news) - 19-feb-2011 |
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February 19, 2011 - A top Fatah leader and former Palestinian intelligence official called Saturday for a "day of rage" against America after the Obama administration blocked a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements. Tawfik Tirawi said Palestinians would protest next Friday, a week after the US directed its UN ambassador to kill the draft Security Council resolution even though the 14 other members of the 15-nation council voted in favor. Tirawi told Ma’an that the move amounted to "blackmail" and exposed the true face of America as well as the extent to which its role in the Middle East peace process harmed Palestinian interests... |
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They pissed on him and he got eight months. (Aya Kaniuk and Tamar Goldschmidt) - 19-feb-2011 |
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February 18, 2011 - Humiliation is a subjective matter, depending on people’s personal symbols. For me, for example, what feels most humiliating is not the fact that they urinated on him, but that they stripped him naked. At first Mohammad’s father was ashamed to tell about the pissing. To even say these words out loud. I think that for him, that was the most humiliating thing they did to his son, more than all the other things. What kind of person, I wonder, takes a 13-year old boy no matter why, and tortures him like this. And then I answer myself, almost any Israeli. Any soldier in the army when it comes to Palestinians. Any person, in fact, if only the local codes designate that it’s permissible... |
Abbas: Palestinian interests more important than US pressure
PLO to make fresh UN anti-settlement bid
14 Palestinians released from Egyptian custody
Yousef: Hamas, Fatah at risk from regional turmoil
Army detains 12 at Beit Ummar rally
Army shuts down anti-wall rally
Haniyeh invites prominent cleric to Gaza
Peres calls Abbas to discuss peace process in wake of failed UN settlement resolution
Palestinian president reiterates that in order to return to negotiating table, Israel must halt all settlement building, including in East Jerusalem.
Hundreds mark Gilad Shalit's 1,700th day in captivity with rally outside Netanyahu's house
Aviva Shalit slams Netanyahu for failure to secure Gilad's release, says the only thing Netanyahu has done is 'talk'.
Palestinians plan 'Day of Rage' to protest U.S. veto on UN settlement resolution
Top Fatah official next Friday will be a day of Palestinian protest against the U.S. for vetoing a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlement building.
Palestinian envoy: U.S. veto at UN 'encourages Israeli intransigence' on settlements
Israel 'deeply appreciates' U.S. veto on UN resolution condemning settlements
Prime Minister's Office thanks Obama for nixing Security Council resolution proposed by Arab states censuring Israeli settlement activity.
- U.S. restricts staff movement in West Bank as 'precaution'
- U.S.: Veto on UN draft is not endorsement of settlement construction
MESS Report / Predicting the next Mideast revolution
The world's eyes are focused on any and every hint of dissent emerging from the Middle East these days, as pundits try to predict the next revolution - or crackdown.
- Dozens killed in Libya as army continues crackdown
- One killed in Yemen as protesters capture government buildings
Abbas: Ties with U.S. won't be severed over veto of UN settlement resolution
Palestinian president says it isn't in Palestinian interests to break ties with U.S. administration, despite their veto of UN resolution condemning Israeli settlement building.
U.S. restricts staff movement in West Bank as 'precaution'
Move comes a day after the U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have condemned Israel's policy of settlement building.
Palestinian envoy: U.S. veto at UN 'encourages Israeli intransigence' on settlements
Hamas says the veto shows the American administration's bias towards the occupation and slams it as immoral behavior disregarding the international community.
Palestinians: U.S. veto of UN settlement resolution harms the cause of peace
Israel says direct negotiations are only way to solve conflict, after Palestinian leadership submitted a UN draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement building.
Evelyn Leopold: US Vetoes UN Resolution on Israel -- But Agrees With Its Substance
The isolation of the United States, which did not want the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Security Council, was palpable.
Susan Rice Fails to Convince the Palestinians, and Offers a Rebuke to Israel
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice announced to the UN's Arab group that she will support their statement condemning Israel for its settlement construction after failing to convince the group to support her language.
Tawtin Or Return: Divergent Views From Lebanon,
But One Common Goal
By Franklin Lamb
There exists in Lebanon near unanimity among the 18 sects and various Palestinian factions. Tawtin is not a desirable option. Only justice for Palestine, including the right of return as restated in the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative will resolve the dilemma of tawtin or return for Lebanon and her Palestinian refugees
Afshin Rattansi
From the Palestinian Authority to the Adam Smith Institute
Ramzy Baroud
The Middle East is Changing
The Genie is out of the Bottle
This is a story right out of 1001 Nights. The genie escaped from the bottle, and no power on earth can put it back.
When it happened in Tunisia, it could have been said: OK, an Arab country, but a minor one. It was always a bit more progressive than the others. Just an isolated incident.
And then it happened in Egypt. A pivotal country. The heart of the Arab world. The spiritual center of Sunni Islam. But it could have been said: Egypt is a special case. The land of the Pharaohs. Thousands of years of history before the Arabs …
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