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31 Dec 2014

End of ‘Israeli occupation’? Arabs support Palestinian draft UN resolution

Arab delegations in the UN have thrown their weight behind a Palestinian proposal to reach a final peace deal with Israel within a year and cut off Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories by late 2017. The draft drew fire from the US and Israel. The Palestinian draft resolution on statehood could come up for a vote at the Security Council on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Arab delegations in the UN have thrown their weight behind a Palestinian proposal to reach a final peace deal with...
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31 Dec 2014

Israeli Lawmaker: If UN Recognizes A Palestinian State, Israel Will Attack Within A Year

So long as Israel remains wedded to the Zionist notion of a Jewish state, it will have to maintain its occupation of the Palestinians, in order to a) avoid the demographic realities that would undermine the racial character of the state, and b) avoid the democratic realities that would undermine the racial character of the state. Israel, and its allies, will therefore continue to block any progress towards a solution that threatens that reality.
So long as Israel remains wedded to the Zionist notion of a Jewish state, it will have to maintain its occupation of the...
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30 Dec 2014

Israel uses Gaza as a testing ground for weapons, says Barghouti

Mustafa Barghouti has accused Israel of using the Gaza Strip as a testing ground for new weapons. Speaking during a review of 2014 in Ramallah, the Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative reminded listeners that Israel is now the third largest arms exporter in the world. "There is conclusive evidence that it used the Gaza Strip as a test bed for its deadly weaponry," he claimed.
Mustafa Barghouti has accused Israel of using the Gaza Strip as a testing ground for new weapons. Speaking during a...
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30 Dec 2014

Palestinian youth shot dead by Israeli forces south of Nablus

A Palestinian youth was shot dead by Israeli forces at the Tappuah checkpoint south of Nablus in the northern West Bank on Monday. Local Palestinian sources told Ma'an that Israeli troops opened fire at two young Palestinian men in the Jabal Sbeih area within Beita village, near the Tappuah checkpoint, which is also known to Palestinians as Zaatara.
A Palestinian youth was shot dead by Israeli forces at the Tappuah checkpoint south of Nablus in the northern West Bank...
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30 Dec 2014

Palestinians will outnumber Israeli Jews in 2016 – report

Starting in 2016, the number of Palestinians living in Israel and the Palestinian territories captured in 1967 will exceed the number of Israeli Jews, even as the average Palestinian nuclear family decreases in size, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics summary for 2014. The number of Palestinians in the entire world is 12.1 million, about half of whom (6.08 million) live between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. Some 4.62 million live in what the statistics office calls the State of Palestine, reflecting 2.83 million in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and 1.79 million in the Gaza Strip.
Starting in 2016, the number of Palestinians living in Israel and the Palestinian territories captured in 1967 will...
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29 Dec 2014

Journalist Chris Hedges disinvited from U. Penn over Israel-ISIS comparison

Former NYT Middle East bureau chief wrote column comparing ISIS' tactics to that of Jewish guerrillas in 1948; organizer says Hedges isn't suitable to speak at peace conference due to 'stance he's taken.' Hedges argues that, "Our universities, like our corporate-controlled airwaves, are little more than echo chambers for the elites and the powerful. The bigger and more prestigious the university the more it seems determined to get its students and faculty to chant in unison to please its Zionist donors."
Former NYT Middle East bureau chief wrote column comparing ISIS' tactics to that of Jewish guerrillas in 1948; organizer...
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25 Dec 2014

Israeli and Palestinian forces exchange fire near Gaza

Israeli forces shot dead a member of Hamas's armed wing after a firefight erupted along the border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and an Israeli soldier was wounded, Gaza hospital officials and the Israeli army said. The military said in a statement that a routine patrol on the Israeli side of the border came under attack from snipers in the southern Gaza Strip and that forces responded with fire from the ground and the air.
Israeli forces shot dead a member of Hamas's armed wing after a firefight erupted along the border with the Gaza Strip...
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23 Dec 2014

Israel destroys 1,000 Arab houses in Negev

In an unprecedented measure, Israeli authorities have destroyed 1,000 Arab houses in Negev throughout 2014, Anadolu news agency has reported. "Israeli security institutions destroyed Arab houses in order to put pressure on Arabs to leave their lands," said Usama al-Uqaibi, the head of the Islamic Movement in South Israel. "They destroy the Palestinians and their properties," he added.
In an unprecedented measure, Israeli authorities have destroyed 1,000 Arab houses in Negev throughout 2014, Anadolu news...
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19 Dec 2014

Only fraction of Gaza pledged aid delivered

Two months after donors pledged $5.4bn to help rebuild Gaza after the war between Israel and Hamas, Palestinian, UN and other officials say barely two percent of the money has been transferred. The conference in Cairo had been hailed as a success, with Qatar promising $1bn, Saudi Arabia $500m and the United States and the European Union a combined $780m in various forms of assistance. Half was expected to go to rebuilding houses and infrastructure in the Palestinian enclave destroyed during seven weeks of Israeli military campaign, and the rest to support the Palestinian budget.
Two months after donors pledged $5.4bn to help rebuild Gaza after the war between Israel and Hamas, Palestinian, UN and...
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19 Dec 2014

Only fraction of Gaza pledged aid delivered

Two months after donors pledged $5.4bn to help rebuild Gaza after the war between Israel and Hamas, Palestinian, UN and other officials say barely two percent of the money has been transferred. The conference in Cairo had been hailed as a success, with Qatar promising $1bn, Saudi Arabia $500m and the United States and the European Union a combined $780m in various forms of assistance. Half was expected to go to rebuilding houses and infrastructure in the Palestinian enclave destroyed during seven weeks of Israeli military campaign, and the rest to support the Palestinian budget.
Two months after donors pledged $5.4bn to help rebuild Gaza after the war between Israel and Hamas, Palestinian, UN and...
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18 Dec 2014

Palestine vote ‘No one cares about us’

As the PA moves to submit the draft resolution, Al Jazeera took to the streets to ask the Palestinian people how they feel about the possibility of the UN fully recognising their state and in what ways it could alter their daily lives.
As the PA moves to submit the draft resolution, Al Jazeera took to the streets to ask the Palestinian people how they...
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17 Dec 2014

EU court orders Hamas removed from terror list

The General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg accepted the petition by Hamas in which it sought to have itself removed from the EU's list of terrorist organizations. The court postponed implementing the ruling for three months to allow for the EU commission or one of the EU's 28 member states to petition the decision, which drew praise from Hamas and condemnation from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg accepted the petition by Hamas in which it sought to have itself...
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17 Dec 2014

Widening Democratic Party divisions on the Israeli-Palestinian issue

About two-thirds of Americans tend to want the U.S. government to lean toward neither side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but among the remaining one-third, significantly more people want the United States to lean toward Israel than the Palestinians. When this is broken down along party lines, the results are substantially different. In our most recent probabilistic Internet poll of 1,008 American adults, fielded by GfK, the differences across party lines are wide: 51 percent of Republican respondents want the United States to lean toward Israel, compared to 17 percent of Democrats.
About two-thirds of Americans tend to want the U.S. government to lean toward neither side of the Israeli-Palestinian...
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10 Dec 2014

Palestinian Official Dies During Demonstration in West Bank

A prominent Palestinian official from President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party died on Wednesday after being struck and shoved by an Israeli border police officer and inhaling tear gas during a demonstration in a West Bank village, witnesses said.
A prominent Palestinian official from President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party died on Wednesday after being struck and...
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9 Dec 2014

Amnesty International Strikes on Gaza high-rises amount to war crimes – Arab-Israeli Conflict – Jerusalem Post

The IDF's destruction of four high-rises in Gaza in the final days of a 50-day war between Israel and Hamas amount to war crimes that must be investigated, Amnesty International said on Monday. Philip Luther, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Program said the buildings were destroyed on purpose and had no military justification.
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8 Dec 2014

‘I saw beheaded children in Gaza’

Doctor Mads Gilbert, banned by Israel from returning to Gaza, spoke to Al Jazeera about the plight of residents there. When called to return to Gaza to help out in al-Shifa hospital, doctor Mads Gilbert was denied access with valid papers. Gilbert told Al Jazeera that he was turned away at the Erez border crossing after Israeli authorities deemed him a "security risk". After asking for an explanation, Gilbert was threatened with arrest.
Doctor Mads Gilbert, banned by Israel from returning to Gaza, spoke to Al Jazeera about the plight of residents there....
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7 Dec 2014

Entering Pentagon, a skeptic of military options on Iran

US President Barack Obama s choice for secretary of defense is highly skeptical that military action against Iran would effectively blunt its nuclear program. The academic writings of Ashton Carter, nominated on Friday in a small White House ceremony, reveal an alignment on this policy matter with the president, who has said publicly over the years that diplomacy is the most durable course of action with Iran.
US President Barack Obama s choice for secretary of defense is highly skeptical that military action against Iran would...
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4 Dec 2014

Hamas Leader Warns Against ‘Stripping Palestinians of Hope’

For every action there s a reaction. The action of the occupation targeting the Islamic and the Christian Holy sites, in Jerusalem and Palestine, and specifically the Al Aqsa Mosque, brings about the angry Palestinian reaction. Netanyahu is playing with fire when he allows members of his government, the Knesset, and the extremists to repeatedly storm the Al Aqsa mosque - that s dangerous. Our fight, is a national fight, but Netanyahu is turning it into a religious fight. He bears responsibility for the consequences of what is happening.
For every action there s a reaction. The action of the occupation targeting the Islamic and the Christian Holy sites, in...
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4 Dec 2014

Israeli forces demolish building, 20 stores in Shufat camp

Bulldozers heavily escorted by Israeli forces on Wednesday demolished 20 stores and an ancient structure in Shufat refugee camp in East Jerusalem, sources told Ma'an. The building and the stores belong to the Dajani family from Jerusalem. One of the owners, Abu al-Walid Dajani, told Ma'an Israeli authorities carried out the demolition without notifying the owners. He said excavators demolished the building and 20 adjacent stores.
Bulldozers heavily escorted by Israeli forces on Wednesday demolished 20 stores and an ancient structure in Shufat...
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28 Nov 2014

France to recognise Palestine if talks fail – Europe

France has warned that it would recognise a Palestinian state if a final international effort to overcome the impasse between Israelis and Palestinians failed, and proposed a two-year timeframe to end the conflict through a UN-backed resolution.
France has warned that it would recognise a Palestinian state if a final international effort to overcome the impasse...
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28 Nov 2014

Israel FM supports paying Arabs to leave

Israel's foreign minister says he supports paying Arab citizens to leave the country. In a manifesto of his right-wing Yisrael Beitenu party, Avigdor Lieberman said he favoured ceding Arab majority areas in northern Israel to a future Palestinian state and providing economic incentives for Arab-Israelis - about 20 percent of Israel's population - to encourage them to emigrate.
Israel's foreign minister says he supports paying Arab citizens to leave the country. In a manifesto of his right-wing...
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25 Nov 2014

Rivlin: Jewish state law questions success of Zionist enterprise

Rivlin who was a member of the legal profession before turning to a career in politics, sided with those who believe that the Declaration of Independence is Israel s charter and that no additional legislation emphasizing its character is required. The Declaration of Independence accepted as a basic charter, and meriting of declarative constitutional status by a Supreme Court ruling emphatically states the Jewish and democratic nature of the State of Israel, he said, adding that those who had formulated the Declaration of Independence insisted that the Arab communities in Israel, as well as other groups, should not feel as Jews had felt in exile.
Rivlin who was a member of the legal profession before turning to a career in politics, sided with those who believe...
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24 Nov 2014

US, Israel praise extension as safe path forward in Iran nuclear talks

Israel reacted with a palpable sigh of relief to the inability of the world powers and Iran to reach a nuclear agreement on Monday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu characterizing the failure to reach an accord as "very important."Netanyahu repeated his position that "no agreement is preferable to a bad agreement," and that the agreement Iran wanted to sign would have been "very bad and dangerous" for Israel, for the region and the world.
Israel reacted with a palpable sigh of relief to the inability of the world powers and Iran to reach a nuclear agreement...
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24 Nov 2014

PA denies postponing statehood bid at Security Council

The Palestinian Authority on Monday denied that it has decided to postpone its plan to ask the United Nations Security Council to issue a resolution calling for a full Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 lines.  The PA wants the Security Council to set a timeline for an Israeli pullout to the pre-1967 lines, the official pointed out. According to the official, seven members of the Security Council have pledged to support the Palestinian statehood bid. He said that France has agreed in principle to vote in favor of the proposed resolution. However, the official refused to name the seven members "out of concern that they would come under pressure form the US."
The Palestinian Authority on Monday denied that it has decided to postpone its plan to ask the United Nations Security...
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24 Nov 2014

Israeli Cabinet Approves Nationality Bill

The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved contentious draft legislation that emphasizes Israel s Jewish character above its democratic nature in a move that critics said could undermine the fragile relationship with the country s Arab minority at a time of heightened tensions.
The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved contentious draft legislation that emphasizes Israel s Jewish character above its...
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23 Nov 2014

Iran supplied Hezbollah missiles capable of reaching Israel nuclear reactor at Dimona

Iran supplied Hezbollah with missiles capable of reaching the nuclear reactor in Dimona, semi-official Fars News Agency reported. The Fateh (Conqueror) model missile carrying a 500 kilogram warhead and flying at up to 4,500 kph has a range of 250 to 350 kilometers. Ynet s defense expert Ron Ben-Yishai noted that the Iranian missiles are considered to be more accurate than previous models. The missiles made their way to Hezbollah through Tehran s ally, Syria.
Iran supplied Hezbollah with missiles capable of reaching the nuclear reactor in Dimona, semi-official Fars News Agency...
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19 Nov 2014

Jerusalem conflict spreads to Bethlehem

Jerusalem is not the only holy city experiencing daily unrest. Bethlehem and the surrounding area, home to both ancient biblical villages and refugee camps set up after the creation of Israel in in 1948, have been host to intensifying clashes between Israelis and Palestinians. "What happens in Jerusalem, happens here," Mustafa al-Araj, a 27 year-old resident of the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, told Al Jazeera. He believes that the events of Jerusalem and those of Bethlehem are inseparable. "When there's a problem there, we deal with it in Aida."
Jerusalem is not the only holy city experiencing daily unrest. Bethlehem and the surrounding area, home to both ancient...
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19 Nov 2014

Israel Demolishes Family Home of Palestinian Driver Who Killed 2 Pedestrians

Inas al-Shaloudy, the mother of the driver, Abdel Rahman al-Shaloudy, said border police officers arrived "in large numbers" on Wednesday at 1 a.m. and evacuated about 50 people from her five-story building and nearby structures. Huddled with the group in a protest tent, she said she heard an explosion at 4 a.m. and returned an hour later to find her apartment filled with broken glass, its inner walls destroyed, and those of her neighbors cracked. "This is not only collective punishment, it is a call for a violent reaction," said Ms. Shaloudy, 43, who teaches English.
Inas al-Shaloudy, the mother of the driver, Abdel Rahman al-Shaloudy, said border police officers arrived "in large...
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19 Nov 2014

Israel on Edge After Attackers Kill Five in Synagogue

Two Palestinians armed with a gun, knives and axes stormed a synagogue complex in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of West Jerusalem on Tuesday morning and killed four men in the middle of their morning prayers, the Israeli police said.
Two Palestinians armed with a gun, knives and axes stormed a synagogue complex in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood...
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18 Nov 2014

Thousands attend burial of hanged Palestinian

Thousands of Palestinians have attended the funeral of a bus driver who was found hanged in his vehicle, a death declared suicide by an Israeli forensics team, but believed to be a murder by his family and the Palestinian government. The incident happened late on Sunday, with a supervisor finding the body of 32-year-old Yusuf Hasan al-Ramuni at a bus depot in the industrial zone of Har Hotzvim in northeast Jerusalem, police said in a statement. Following an autopsy, Israeli police ruled it was not a criminal or nationalistic attack.
Thousands of Palestinians have attended the funeral of a bus driver who was found hanged in his vehicle, a death...
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14 Nov 2014

Netanyahu Iran is America’s enemy, not its partner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the US not to embrace Iran in its fight against Islamic State (ISIS), stating: "Iran is not a partner of America. It s an enemy of America." There have been suggestions that Iran can help solve the problem of extremism in the Middle East, but nothing could be further from the truth, said Netanyahu.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the US not to embrace Iran in its fight against Islamic State (ISIS), stating:...
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12 Nov 2014

Abbas Jordan ‘major partner’ to Palestinians on Jerusalem issue

Abbas was planning to complain to Kerry about Israel's actions in Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. The Palestinian leader holds Israel fully responsible for the current tensions and upsurge in violence because of its ongoing provocations and assaults on the Aqsa Mosque, the sources added. Abbas, the sources continued, will also make it clear during the meeting that he is determined to proceed with his statement bid at the United Nations Security Council. Abbas said recently that he would seek a Security Council resolution recognizing a Palestinian state on the pre-1967 lines this month.
Abbas was planning to complain to Kerry about Israel's actions in Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. The Palestinian leader...
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12 Nov 2014

Israeli settlers blamed for burning mosque

Palestinian officials say Israeli settlers have torched a mosque in the occupied West Bank, amid growing religious tensions and violence. The attack just before dawn on Wednesday, near the Jewish settlement of Shilo, came after separate knife attacks blamed on Palestinians killed a settler in the southern West Bank and an Israeli soldier in Tel Aviv on Monday.
Palestinian officials say Israeli settlers have torched a mosque in the occupied West Bank, amid growing religious...
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12 Nov 2014

Pentagon denies seeking advice from Israel on limiting civilian deaths

Speaking at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York on 6 November, Martin Dempsey, chairperson of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, praised the Israeli army for going to "extraordinary lengths to limit collateral damage and civilian casualties" during its summertime operation against Gaza. Dempsey lionized as "extraordinary" Israel's use of leaflets and "roof-knocking" to "[make] it known that they were going to destroy a particular structure." But as Gaza residents noted, the leaflets were meaningless given that no structure was safe from Israel s merciless bombing campaign, which targeted everything from hospitals and water wells to UN designated shelters overflowing with civilians who followed Israel s instructions to leave their homes.
Speaking at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York on 6 November, Martin Dempsey,...
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11 Nov 2014

Ferguson and Israel? Netanyahu Calls for Stripping Palestinian-Israelis of Citizenship Amid Protests

On Sunday Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he was looking into whether Israel could strip citizenship from those who speak out against the continued statelessness of the Palestinians.
On Sunday Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he was looking into whether Israel could strip citizenship from...
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6 Nov 2014

ICC set to declare attack on Turkish aid ship a ‘war crime’

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to officially declare that Israel is guilty of "war crimes" on Thursday for the attack on a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza in 2010, Bulent Yildirim, president of Turkish NGO IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, said on Wednesday. Israeli commandos killed eight Turkish nationals and an American of Turkish origin in a raid on aid flotilla "Mavi Marmara", which was carrying humanitarian aid and construction materials for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to officially declare that Israel is guilty of "war crimes" on...
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6 Nov 2014

Amnesty International Says Israel Showed ‘Callous Indifference’ in Gaza

Amnesty International published a report early Wednesday accusing Israel of war crimes in its 50-day war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip this summer, saying its military showed "callous indifference" to civilians in airstrikes on homes that felled entire families.
Amnesty International published a report early Wednesday accusing Israel of war crimes in its 50-day war with Hamas in...
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2 Nov 2014

Netanyahu’s hard line on settlements costs Israel dear on Iran

The implication is that Netanyahu s obsession with political survival has dictated his surrender to the whims of Israel s settlement lobby. Netanyahu will not reach an accommodation with the Palestinians and refuses to halt settlement building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, so it is argued, because he is too afraid of his rightwing coalition rivals. However, this is a misleading reading of the situation: Netanyahu is deliberately building settlements in defiance of international opinion because he believes in it.
The implication is that Netanyahu s obsession with political survival has dictated his surrender to the whims of Israel...
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31 Oct 2014

Kerry says US official’s ‘chickenshit’ jibe at Netanyahu was disgraceful and damaging

The secretary of state, John Kerry, has condemned as "disgraceful" a description of the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, as "chickenshit", attributed to an unnamed US official. Kerry said on Thursday that the reported comments did not reflect his view or the view of President Barack Obama, adding that the language was "disgraceful, unacceptable and damaging".
The secretary of state, John Kerry, has condemned as "disgraceful" a description of the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin...
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30 Oct 2014

Calloway condemns the closure of Haram al-Sharif and al-Asqa Mosque

George Galloway MP today tabled a motion in parliament on the closure of the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem by the Israeli authorities. The MP said that the the Zionist state closure of the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem the third holiest place in Islam is an act of criminal madness and has tabled an Early Day Motion and a Parliamentary Question to the Foreign Office.
George Galloway MP today tabled a motion in parliament on the closure of the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem by the Israeli...
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30 Oct 2014

Jerusalem holy site closure ‘declaration of war’ – Abbas

A spokesman for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has described the closure of a disputed Jerusalem holy site as a "declaration of war". The move came amid tension and violence after the shooting of a Jewish activist. Israel's PM urged calm, saying Mr Abbas was stoking unrest. The holy site will reopen on Friday, Israel's economy minister says
A spokesman for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has described the closure of a disputed Jerusalem holy site as a...
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30 Oct 2014

Clashes in Jerusalem after shooting of rabbi

Clashes have erupted between Israeli security forces and Palestinian youth in East Jerusalem a day after a gunman on a motorcycle shot and seriously wounded a prominent right-wing Jewish activist. Israel announced shutting down of the al-Aqsa mosque following Wednesday's shooting of Yehuda Glick, who has advocated for greater Jewish access to the sensitive holy site known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.
Clashes have erupted between Israeli security forces and Palestinian youth in East Jerusalem a day after a gunman on a...
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29 Oct 2014

Binyamin Netanyahu ‘a chickenshit’, say US officials in explosive interview

US relations with Israel have plunged to new depths of bitterness and hostility as senior officials in the Obama administration decried Binyamin Netanyahu as a "chickenshit prime minister", "coward" and a man more interested in his own political survival than peace. The furious assessment delivered in anonymous but no-holds barred comments in an interview with the American journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in the Atlantic underline a state of anger with Netanyahu that is characterised as "red hot".
US relations with Israel have plunged to new depths of bitterness and hostility as senior officials in the Obama...
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27 Oct 2014

Livni, Lapid condemn Netanyahu’s reported deal for more settlement construction

Two senior members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet warned the premier late Sunday that more construction in Jewish settlements would further inflame already-tense ties with the United States. Reacting to a Channel 2 report indicating that Netanyahu was nearing agreement with the pro-settler Bayit Yehudi party on more housing in the West Bank, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said the move is "irresponsible from both a diplomatic and security standpoint."
Two senior members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet warned the premier late Sunday that more construction...
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26 Oct 2014

Israeli finance minister: ‘there is a crisis with the United States’

A top Israeli minister said on Saturday there was a "crisis" in the country's relations with the United States that must be fixed. Finance minister Yair Lapid s comments came a day after US officials said the Obama administration refused Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon's requests to meet several top national security aides. The White House and the State Department rejected Israeli proposals for meetings with vice-president Joe Biden, national security adviser Susan Rice and secretary of state John Kerry on his five-day trip to the US. The administration is still angered by negative comments Yaalon made about Kerry's peace efforts in the middle east and nuclear negotiations with Iran.
A top Israeli minister said on Saturday there was a "crisis" in the country's relations with the United States that must...
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25 Oct 2014

Palestinian-American teenager killed during West Bank clashes with Israeli military

A Palestinian-American teenager was killed during clashes with the Israeli military on Friday amid heightened tensions in Jerusalem and the West Bank.  A relative identified the teen as 14-year-old Orwah Hammad and said he was born in New Orleans and came to the West Bank when he was six. Hammad s cousin Moath said he was among a group of Palestinians who were throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers.  The Israeli military said soldiers "prevented an attack" by opening fire on a Palestinian who was throwing firebombs at traffic on a highway on Friday evening.
A Palestinian-American teenager was killed during clashes with the Israeli military on Friday amid heightened tensions...
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22 Oct 2014

Israeli president’s diagnosis – ‘Israel is a sick society’

The time has come to admit that Israel is a sick society, with an illness that demands treatment, President Reuven Rivlin said at the opening session on Sunday of a conference on From Hatred of the Stranger to Acceptance of the Other. Rivlin wondered aloud whether Jews and Arabs had abandoned the secret of dialogue. With regard to Jews he said: "I'm not asking if they've forgotten how to be Jews, but if they've forgotten how to be decent human beings."
The time has come to admit that Israel is a sick society, with an illness that demands treatment, President Reuven...
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21 Oct 2014

Erekat: Operation Protective Edge in Gaza was attempt to destroy two-state solution

In comments carried by the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency, Erekat said that the Palestinians would seek recognition from additional EU countries after Sweden and Britain each made moves toward recognizing a Palestinian state in recent weeks. Erekat said that Israel's Operation Protective Edge in Gaza was an attempt to destroy the two-state solution, making it all the more important that the PA seek recognition now. "We have nothing to lose except loss itself," Ma'an quoted him as saying.
In comments carried by the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency, Erekat said that the Palestinians would seek recognition...
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20 Oct 2014

UN: Israel must uphold human rights law in its treatment of Palestinians

The United Nations in Geneva on Monday rejected Israel's claim that a major human rights treaty was not applicable to its treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. "No, [Israel] is not responsible for those violations that are committed by the Palestinian Authority or Hamas, quite clearly not," the chairman of the UN Human Rights Committee, Nigel Rodley, told a high-level delegation of Israelis. "But it is responsible for those violations that are outside the control of the administrating Palestinian authorities and Hamas but are within the control of the state party," Rodley said.
The United Nations in Geneva on Monday rejected Israel's claim that a major human rights treaty was not applicable to...
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20 Oct 2014

Abbas adds ‘hard labor’ to punishment for Palestinians who sell land to Israelis

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday issued an order that would toughen punishment for Palestinians involved in real estate deals with "hostile countries" and their citizens. Abbas's decision came following reports that Palestinians have sold houses in Jerusalem s Silwan neighborhood to Jews.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday issued an order that would toughen punishment for Palestinians...
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20 Oct 2014

Three-quarters of Israeli Jews oppose detail of Palestinian state, poll shows

A poll has found that 75% of Israeli Jews oppose the creation of a Palestinian state within the pre-1967 borders if it means withdrawing Israeli troops from the Jordan Valley. The survey, conducted by a rightwing thinktank headed by a political ally of the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, makes for stark reading, contradicting previous polls showing up to 60% of Israelis in favour of a two-state solution.
A poll has found that 75% of Israeli Jews oppose the creation of a Palestinian state within the pre-1967 borders if it...
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19 Oct 2014

PM says Iran poses greater global threat than IS

rime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Sunday that the Iranian nuclear deal poses a greater threat to the world than the Islamic State group's militants. "We are facing the danger of an agreement with the world powers that will leave Iran as a nuclear threshold state, with thousands of centrifuges with which Iran will be able to make a nuclear bomb in a short time," Netanyahu said at an event honoring former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir. "This is a threat to the entire world and especially Israel, far more serious that the threat of the Islamic State."
rime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Sunday that the Iranian nuclear deal poses a greater threat to the world than...
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19 Oct 2014

Gaza plan ‘relieves Israel of responsibility’

A massive UN-supervised project to rebuild Gaza got underway earlier last week, but officials in Gaza and Ramallah are already doubtful that it will bring immediate aid to residents of the battered strip. The reconstruction plan calls for a highly intricate monitoring system, with restrictive measures on the import and distribution of building materials. This comes at the behest of the Israelis, who have long barred the entry of basic construction materials - including cement, metal pipes and steel - into Gaza, insisting that they are 'dual use' items that Hamas could use to build underground tunnels for military purposes.
A massive UN-supervised project to rebuild Gaza got underway earlier last week, but officials in Gaza and Ramallah are...
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18 Oct 2014

Teenage boy shot dead by Israeli troops in West Bank

A 13-year-old boy has been shot and killed by Israeli forces in a village near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. Bahaa Badr was shot in the chest on Thursday evening during clashes between protesters and Israeli forces who entered Beit Liqya near the separation wall with Israel.
A 13-year-old boy has been shot and killed by Israeli forces in a village near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah....
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17 Oct 2014

Iran offers rare glimpse into secret intelligence service

Iran drew back the veil if slightly over its intelligence services on Wednesday, with its top nuclear security official crediting them for helping protect the Islamic Republic's atomic program from attempts at sabotage. In a first, Iran provided public information about the structure of its secret services in an Intelligence Ministry magazine published for the 30th anniversary of the creation of the ministry.
Iran drew back the veil if slightly over its intelligence services on Wednesday, with its top nuclear security official...
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13 Oct 2014

Israel vague about new ‘diplomatic horizon’

Part of "managing" the conflict is obstructing the Palestine Liberation Organisation's plan to press Israel at the United Nations. Channel 10 reported last week that US Secretary of State John Kerry wants to revive talks under the auspices of several Arab states. His plan calls for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to postpone a planned Security Council resolution that would set a deadline for ending the conflict. "Netanyahu will go on insisting that the timing is bad, because of the changes in the Middle East and the rise of [ISIL]," Podeh said. "In his view, the Arab Peace Initiative has never been relevant - he's always looking for excuses not to accept it."
Part of "managing" the conflict is obstructing the Palestine Liberation Organisation's plan to press Israel at the...
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13 Oct 2014

Jerusalem simmering over ‘Judaisation’ plan

On Monday October 13, fresh clashes erupted when hundreds of Israeli police forces raided the al-Aqsa mosque compound and clashed with Palestinian worshippers. Residents of East Jerusalem have fought almost nightly with Israeli security forces. The light rail running through the city has been attacked nearly 100 times since July, according to CityPass, the company that administers it. Hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested, many on flimsy evidence
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13 Oct 2014

Ban Ki-moon criticises Israel for new settlement-building plans

The UN secretary general has strongly criticised Israeli settlement-building in a series of pointed remarks made in Jerusalem and Ramallah in which he challenged Israel s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, to show leadership and make compromises for peace.
The UN secretary general has strongly criticised Israeli settlement-building in a series of pointed remarks made in...
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13 Oct 2014

British Parliament Recognizes Palestinian State in Symbolic Vote

Against a backdrop of growing impatience across Europe with Israeli policy, Britain s Parliament overwhelmingly passed a nonbinding resolution Monday night to give diplomatic recognition to a Palestinian state. The vote was a symbolic but potent indication of how public opinion has shifted since the breakdown of American-sponsored peace negotiations and the conflict in Gaza this summer.
Against a backdrop of growing impatience across Europe with Israeli policy, Britain s Parliament overwhelmingly passed a...
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11 Oct 2014

Having to Rebuild Gaza, Again

An astonishing editorial. The underlying assumptions are that i) Israel's devastating reprisal raids are the Palestinians own fault, ii) Israel has no choice but to inflict crippling damage to Palestinian infrastructure during its raids (the article doesn't mention all the helpless Palestinians killed and maimed, but we're talking infrastructure here), and iii) if Palestinians would just stop reacting to Israeli assassinations and mass arrests, Israel would stop pushing Palestinians off their land in order to build new settlements ("ethnic cleansing" anywhere else in the world) and begin good-faith negotiations on a two-state solution.
An astonishing editorial. The underlying assumptions are that i) Israel's devastating reprisal raids are the...
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9 Oct 2014

Palestinian PM: Rebuilding Gaza top priority

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and several Palestinian ministers entered the Gaza Strip on Thursday to attend the first unity government meeting, marking the end of more than seven years of absolute Hamas control of the coastal territory. The Palestinian ministers from the West Bank reached the Strip via the Erez Crossing between Israel and the Strip, after receiving permits from Israel. The issuing of permits marked a reversal of the Israeli government's declaration, made after the Palestinian government was formed, that it would not allow members to cross Israeli territory.
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and several Palestinian ministers entered the Gaza Strip on Thursday to attend...
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9 Oct 2014

Iran moved nuclear research body to evade UN inspections

An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Wednesday that a facility in Tehran that the United States suspects is involved in nuclear weapons research has been moved to avoid detection by the United Nations atomic watchdog. The dissident National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) exposed Iran's uranium enrichment plant at Natanz and a heavy water facility at Arak in 2002. But analysts say it has a mixed track record and a clear political agenda. Iran says allegations of nuclear bomb research are baseless and forged by its enemies.
An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Wednesday that a facility in Tehran that the United States suspects is...
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7 Oct 2014

Gaza farming and livestock devastated by recent war with Israel

The toll that the summer war took on the population of Gaza has been extensively reported, but little is known about the war's effect on the Palestinian enclave's livestock. Al-Jazeera reports that some 15,000 animals (primarily sheep and goats) are missing in the wake of the war, though it is unknown whether they were killed, whether they died from hunger or whether they are still wandering around somewhere.
The toll that the summer war took on the population of Gaza has been extensively reported, but little is known about the...
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7 Oct 2014

Hezbollah Attack Wounds 2 Israeli Soldiers on Lebanon Border

Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militant group, claimed responsibility for an explosion on Tuesday in a disputed area along the border with Israel that wounded two Israeli soldiers. The attack ended months of relative quiet on the border, where a cease-fire has largely held since Israel fought a monthlong war against Hezbollah in 2006.
Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militant group, claimed responsibility for an explosion on Tuesday in a disputed area...
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6 Oct 2014

Israel protests over Sweden’s Palestine plan

The Israeli foreign ministry had called in the Swedish ambassador to protest against Stockholm's intentions to recognise a Palestinian state. Carl Magnus Nesser was summoned on Monday by the ministry's deputy director general for Europe, Aviv Shir-On, who "protested and expressed Israel's disappointment" after Sweden's prime minister Stefan Loefven announced plans to recognise a Palestinian state.
The Israeli foreign ministry had called in the Swedish ambassador to protest against Stockholm's intentions to recognise...
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6 Oct 2014

Netanyahu says US criticism of settlements is ‘against American values’

In an interview broadcast on Sunday on CBS, Netanyahu said he did not accept restrictions on where Jews could live, and said that Jerusalem s Arabs and Jews should be able to buy homes wherever they want. He said he was baffled by the American condemnation. "It's against the American values. And it doesn't bode well for peace," he said. "The idea that we'd have this ethnic purification as a condition for peace, I think it's anti-peace."
In an interview broadcast on Sunday on CBS, Netanyahu said he did not accept restrictions on where Jews could live, and...
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5 Oct 2014

Netanyahu: ISIS and Nuclear Iran Are Twin Challenges

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed support for President Barack Obama s goal of defeating ISIS but said curbing Iran s nuclear program is also top priority during a recent interview.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed support for President Barack Obama s goal of defeating ISIS but said...
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4 Oct 2014

Sweden to Recognize Palestinian State

Sweden s new center-left government has decided to recognize the state of Palestine, the new prime minister, Stefan Lofven, said during his inaugural address to Parliament on Friday. Sweden will be the first major state of the European Union to recognize Palestine, although some East European countries did so during the Cold War, before they joined the union.
Sweden s new center-left government has decided to recognize the state of Palestine, the new prime minister, Stefan...
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3 Oct 2014

Gaza reconstruction plan ‘risks putting UN in charge of Israeli blockade’

A UN-sponsored agreement for the reconstruction of Gaza is facing sharp criticism from senior international officials and NGOs, who say it will create a restrictive new monitoring regime for building materials that risks putting the UN in charge of a continuing Israeli blockade. At the centre of the row is Israel s insistence that basic goods such as cement, bricks and steel reinforcing - which it says have in the past been diverted by Hamas to build infiltration tunnels and bunkers - are 'dual-use' materials with a military application.
A UN-sponsored agreement for the reconstruction of Gaza is facing sharp criticism from senior international officials...
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3 Oct 2014

New West Bank settlement plan raises alert

A windswept hill in occupied East Jerusalem, home to a few dozen people in dilapidated trailers, has become one of the more unlikely points of conflict in this city, the site of a controversial plan that could make it impossible to ever divide the city. Last week a municipal committee approved a plan to build 2,600 new homes in Givat Hamatos. It is one of the largest expansions of an illegal East Jerusalem settlement in years, and it drew a sharp rebuke from the US, because it came just ahead of a high-level US-Israeli meeting at the White House
A windswept hill in occupied East Jerusalem, home to a few dozen people in dilapidated trailers, has become one of the...
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29 Sep 2014

Binyamin Netanyahu Isis and Hamas ‘branches of the same poisonous tree’

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared his country s recent bombing campaign in Gaza to the US-led strikes against militants in Iraq and Syria on Monday, saying Hamas and the Islamic State (Isis) group share the same goal of world domination. In a speech to the United Nations general assembly, Netanyahu railed against countries who condemned Israel for its war with Hamas while praising President Barack Obama for attacking Islamic State militants and other extremists.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared his country s recent bombing campaign in Gaza to the US-led strikes...
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29 Sep 2014

Arabs in Israel decry racial discrimination

As a Palestinian citizen of Israel, 21-year-old Shadan Jabareen says she has experienced institutionalised discrimination since she was a child. In 1994, her parents wanted to get away from the constant noise and the overcrowded Umm al-Fahm and move to a Jewish-Israeli community. "My dad heard an advertisement on the radio for homes in Katzir," she said, referring to a kibbutz, or Jewish agricultural community, in the country's north. "The admissions committee told my dad that they didn't want Arabs because it would lower the community's value in Katzir," Jabareen, who studies literature at Tel Aviv University, told Al Jazeera.
As a Palestinian citizen of Israel, 21-year-old Shadan Jabareen says she has experienced institutionalised...
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26 Sep 2014

How Israel Silences Dissent

Israeli society has been unable and unwilling to overcome an exclusivist ethno-religious nationalism that privileges Jewish citizens and is represented politically by the religious settler movement and the increasingly conservative secular right. Israel s liberal, progressive forces remain weak in the face of a robust economy that profits from occupation while international inaction reinforces the status quo. In their attempt to juggle being both Jewish and democratic, most Israelis are choosing the former at the expense of the latter.
Israeli society has been unable and unwilling to overcome an exclusivist ethno-religious nationalism that privileges...
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25 Sep 2014

UN nuclear assembly rejects Arab bid criticizing Israel’s ‘atomic arsenal’

Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency rejected a resolution initiated by Arab League nations criticizing Israel's alleged nuclear abilities. The resolution, which is non-binding, condemns Israel, calls on it to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and make its nuclear facilities subject to international supervision. Fifty-eight countries voted against the text and 45 states for. The representatives of many nations chose not to attend the vote.
Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency rejected a resolution initiated by Arab League nations...
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25 Sep 2014

At UN, Obama talks conflict and peace in the Middle East, reaffirms 2-state commitment

The status quo in the West Bank and Gaza is "not sustainable," U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday told the United Nations General Assembly, "not when rockets are fired at innocent Israelis" and not when "the lives of so many Palestinian children are taken from us in Gaza." "The violence engulfing the region today has made too many Israelis ready to abandon the hard work of peace," Obama said, then departing from his prepared remarks and adding that "this is worthy of reflection within Israel."
The status quo in the West Bank and Gaza is "not sustainable," U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday told the United...
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25 Sep 2014

Israel criticised over blocking UNHRC mission

On September 20, Makarim Wibisono was expected to begin his first mission as the newly appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories. However, Wibisono will not be afforded the chance to do so - at least until now - since Israel has not yet granted him access to the occupied Palestinian territory on his first mission. "I deeply regret not having the opportunity to visit the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and to speak face-to-face with victims and witnesses of Israel's alleged violations of international humanitarian and human rights law."
On September 20, Makarim Wibisono was expected to begin his first mission as the newly appointed United Nations Special...
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25 Sep 2014

Can the UN help Abbas end Israeli occupation

Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to speak in front of world leaders at the UN's General Assembly. He said he has plan to present. In it he seeks an end to the Israeli occupation within 3 years. Abbas will also demand that the Security Council intervene to draw borders of the future Palestinian state. This move comes after the failure of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations led by US Secretary of State John Kerry. The US maintains that only direct talks could lead to a peace deal between the two sides. The Palestinian leadership knows well that Washington would veto any such move at the security. Yet, it has in recent weeks the level and volume of its diplomatic and political movement to mobilize support for its plan.
Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to speak in front of world leaders at the UN's General Assembly. He said he has plan to...
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25 Sep 2014

Fatah and Hamas agree deal for unity government to take control of Gaza

The two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, have reached a "comprehensive" agreement that would turn over the civil administration of Gaza immediately to officials of a Palestinian unity government led by President Mahmoud Abbas. The agreement, negotiated in Cairo, is designed to ease the long blockade of Gaza by Israel and Egypt and open the way to reconstruction of the war-ravaged coastal entity
The two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, have reached a "comprehensive" agreement that would turn over the...
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23 Sep 2014

Israeli Forces Kill 2 Suspects in Murder of Jewish Teenagers

Israeli forces killed two Palestinian men early Tuesday whom they suspected of abducting and murdering three Israeli teenagers in June, according to a military spokesman, closing a crucial chapter in what became the bloodiest period of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in decades.
Israeli forces killed two Palestinian men early Tuesday whom they suspected of abducting and murdering three Israeli...
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20 Sep 2014

Egypt to host Gaza talks between Palestinian factions

Egypt will host talks between rival Palestinian factions within days, followed by indirect negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis on the ceasefire in Gaza, the state news agency Mena said on Saturday. The report quoted an Egyptian official as saying that delegations from the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction and the Islamic militant group Hamas, which dominates Gaza, would meet on Monday "to complete the Palestinian reconciliation"
Egypt will host talks between rival Palestinian factions within days, followed by indirect negotiations between...
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17 Sep 2014

Bill Clinton: Netanyahu ‘not the guy’ to strike lasting Middle East peace deal

Bill Clinton has been recorded going off-message and criticising the Israeli government s unwillingness to seek peace with Palestinians in unguarded comments that contrast with other leading Democrats, including his wife, potential presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Speaking to a member of the public at a Democratic fundraiser in Iowa this weekend, the former president agreed with the suggestion that Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu was "not the guy" to strike a lasting peace deal in the region.
Bill Clinton has been recorded going off-message and criticising the Israeli government s unwillingness to seek peace...
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16 Sep 2014

Islamic State in Syria goes underground after Obama authorizes air strikes

Islamic State has gone underground in its Syrian stronghold since President Barack Obama authorized U.S. air strikes on the group in Syria, disappearing from the streets, redeploying weapons and fighters, and cutting down its media exposure. In the city of Raqqa, 450 km (280 miles) northeast of Damascus, residents say Islamic State has been moving equipment every day since Obama signaled on Sept. 11 that air attacks on its forces could be expanded from Iraq to Syria.
Islamic State has gone underground in its Syrian stronghold since President Barack Obama authorized U.S. air strikes on...
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16 Sep 2014

Deal reached to rebuild shattered Gaza

The United Nations, Israel and the Palestinian Authority have reached a stopgap deal to allow reconstruction work to begin in the war-torn Gaza Strip, U.N. Middle East envoy Robert Serry said on Tuesday. The deal came as a World Bank report outlined dire economic prospects for Palestinians after the July-August conflict with Israel. The U.N.-sponsored reconstruction agreement could help curb Palestinian economic deterioration in Gaza, which since 2007 has been controlled by Hamas.
The United Nations, Israel and the Palestinian Authority have reached a stopgap deal to allow reconstruction work to...
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16 Sep 2014

UN official confirms Israeli soldiers launched attacks from inside Gaza school

Addressing a Security Council debate on children and armed conflict, Zerrougui said 244 schools, including 75 UNRWA schools, "were shelled by Israel's armed forces", adding that "one school was used as a military base by the IDF." Although she did not name the school, it has been confirmed to me this was a reference to Hani Naim Agriculture Secondary School for Boys in Beit Hanoun.
Addressing a Security Council debate on children and armed conflict, Zerrougui said 244 schools, including 75 UNRWA...
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12 Sep 2014

Israeli intelligence veterans refuse to serve in Palestinian territories

Written in uncompromising language the letter states: "We, veterans of Unit 8200, reserve soldiers both past and present, declare that we refuse to take part in actions against Palestinians and refuse to continue serving as tools in deepening the military control over the Occupied Territories." A common complaint, made in both the testimonies and in interviews given by some of the signatories, including to the Guardian this week, is that some of the activities the soldiers were asked to engage in had more in common with the intelligence services of oppressive regimes than of a democracy.
Written in uncompromising language the letter states: "We, veterans of Unit 8200, reserve soldiers both past and...
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10 Sep 2014

Mustafa Barghouti’s speech on the destruction of Gaza

Even in the Second World War, there was not so much destruction in such a small area. This was not about one house being destroyed and the house next to it being destroyed. This was intentional bombardment by the Israeli army and navy and air force to destroy whole neighbourhoods. Shujaya, which was completely destroyed was not a neighbourhood. It was a town, it was a city, with 150,000 people and it was destroyed, one house after another.
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9 Sep 2014

Five EU states lodge joint protest with Israel expropriation of West Bank land

Envoys of five European countries have submitted a joint official protest to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office against the land expropriation in the West Bank that the government announced last week. The ambassadors of Britain, France, Italy, and Spain, and the deputy ambassador of Germany delivered the written protest to National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen during a meeting in the Prime Minister s Office on Monday, and stressed that Israel s declaration of nearly 4,000 dunams (1,000 acres) of land in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, as state land had greatly angered the countries of the European Union.
Envoys of five European countries have submitted a joint official protest to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office...
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2 Sep 2014

Palestinian Leaders Want Three-Year Deadline on Israeli Occupation

President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority plans to ask the Security Council to compel Israel to end its occupation within three years as part of his new initiative to overcome diplomatic deadlock and move toward a two-state solution, one of his top aides said Tuesday. The assertion by the aide, Hanan Ashrawi, was the most specific time frame given for Mr. Abbas s demand for a deadline, which he began to float last month in the midst of fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority plans to ask the Security Council to compel Israel to end its...
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31 Aug 2014

Israel to expropriate 400 hectares of West Bank, army says

Settlement watchdog Peace Now expressed alarm. "As far as we know, this declaration is unprecedented in its scope since the 1980s and can dramatically change the reality in the Gush Etzion and the Bethlehem areas," it said in a statement. "Peace Now views this declaration as proof that Prime Minister (Benjamin) Netanyahu does not aspire for a new 'Diplomatic Horizon', but rather he continues to put obstacles to the two-state vision and promote a one-state solution.
Settlement watchdog Peace Now expressed alarm. "As far as we know, this declaration is unprecedented in its scope since...
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