and other news from Today in Palestine
Land and Property Theft and Destruction/Ethnic Cleansing
Dozens of Arab families may be evicted from East Jerusalem neighborhood under court ruling
Judges reject appeal by Palestinians claiming to own a large plot in the western portion of Sheikh Jarrah, enabling settlers to move ahead with plans to build in the area.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/dozens-of-arab-families-may-be-evicted-from-east-jerusalem-neighborhood-under-court-ruling-1.316055?localLinksEnabled=false
Report: Settlers prep to evict Jerusalem families
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Sunday court ruling has opened the door for further evictions of Palestinian families in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, settlers told the Israeli press Monday. Jerusalem settler leader Aryeh King told the Israeli daily Haaretz that before the weekend, three Palestinian families would be evicted from their homes and replaced with Jewish settlers.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=318772
Message to PM: Hebron Jews lay cornerstone for new preschool
Jewish settlers in Hebron mark end of settlement freeze by holding groundbreaking ceremony; move largely symbolic, project undertaken without official approval. Community leaders: Government must live up to its duties.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3960877,00.html
Foundation: Israel digging tunnels under Al-Aqsa mosque
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage on Monday said Israel is expanding the tunnel network under the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. In a statement, the foundation said Israel was digging on the northern and southern sides of the mosque, and that digging to the west of the compound extended for more than 600 meters.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=318675
Vice PM: Settlement freeze was a mistake
Silvan Shalom tours Hebron as Israel’s settlement moratorium expires; knocks Palestinian request to extend freeze, saying even 10 months were ‘excessive.’
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/vice-pm-settlement-freeze-was-a-mistake-1.316006?localLinksEnabled=false
Revava Revival
Knesset member Danny Danon led two events in the West Bank celebrating the end of the construction moratorium imposed by President Benjamin Netanyahu 10 months ago. Together with Yesha Council leader Dani Dayan, and MKs Nissim Zeev and Tzipi Hotovely, Danon called for a massive expansion of the settlements.
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article1550
Abbas: Settlement construction will ‘force’ us to quit talks
Palestinian President reiterates threats to walk out of peace negotiations, despite U.S. efforts to mediate compromise.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/abbas-settlement-construction-will-force-us-to-quit-talks-1.316184?localLinksEnabled=false
Human Rights Watch: “Israel: Extend Settlement Freeze”
(Jerusalem) – Israel should make permanent and total the partial “freeze” on construction in West Bank Jewish settlements, Human Rights Watch said today. Israel’s construction of settlements and their infrastructure violates its obligations as an occupying power and the rights of Palestinians in the West Bank, including unjustly limiting their ability to build homes and access their lands, Human Rights Watch said.
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/09/26/israel-extend-settlement-freeze
UN ‘Disappointed’ at Israeli Settlement Activity
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reminded Israel on Monday that the building of settlements on occupied territory was illegal, and said he was “disappointed” by the government’s failure to extend its partial ban on further West Bank construction.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=2c5769052ded7a07c9db15a3fe1bcec6
World leaders decry…
World leaders express regret as Israel announces it would not extend 10-month freeze on new settlements in the West Bank.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2010/09/201092718349628699.html
US ‘disappointed’…
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100927/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_mideast_mitchell
Sarkozy condemns…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAOXbYAdOvk&feature=youtube_gdata
London ‘disappointed’…
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100927/wl_uk_afp/israelpalestinianspeacebritain
Ireland regrets…
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/28/c_13533190.htm
Activism/Solidarity/Boycott, Sanctions & Divestment
Arabs rally: October Riots wound still bleeding
Ten years after 2000 riots left 13 Israeli Arabs dead, parents demand international community launch official probe into events.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3961002,00.html
Nobel laureate detained at airport
Irish Peace Prize recipient Mairead Maguire deported after participating in May flotilla to Gaza, now arrives as member of women’s peace delegation.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3961531,00.html
S. African university mulls BGU boycott
University of Johannesburg to vote on termination of collaboration agreement with Ben-Gurion University. ‘Boycott might risk activities that strengthen co-existence,’ BGU president warns.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3960978,00.html
Israel seizes Gaza aid boat
Voyage organised by European Jewish groups to condemn “collective punishment against 1.5 million Palestinians”.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2010/09/201092882030712571.html
Israelis surround Jewish boat to Gaza, force it to change course, Philip Weiss
Various sources are reporting that the “Irene,” the catamaran carrying seven Jews to Gaza from Cyprus, was intercepted this morning by several boats in the Israeli navy, apparently in international waters, and forced to make course for Ashdod, in Israel. Reuters has an Israeli gov’t spokesman complaining about the “surreal” mission to which Israeli forces were assigned today and noting the presence on the boat of a former uniformed Israeli officer, Yonatan Shapira.
https://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/israelis-surround-jewish-boat-to-gaza-force-it-to-change-course.html
Israel Navy to use force if Jewish aid boat heading for Gaza refuses to comply
The military has been closely watching the vessel, named the Irene, since it left the port of Famagusta in Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus on Sunday.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-navy-to-use-force-if-jewish-aid-boat-heading-for-gaza-refuses-to-comply-1.316047?localLinksEnabled=false
Group: Sane government won’t hinder Jewish boat
TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israeli peace groups on Monday applauded Jewish activists on board an aid ship sailing to Gaza. In a statement, Gush Shalom applauded the courage of activists on board the Jewish Peace Boat who were “working to end the Gaza Siege and get for its inhabitants the natural right to come and go, like everywhere else in the world.”
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=318523
Foreign Ministry: Jewish activists won’t be allowed into Gaza
Passengers on board Gaza-bound ‘Jewish ship’ will be handled like previous flotillas, officials say.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3961007,00.html
500 Swiss sign up to board Freedom Flotilla 2
More than 500 activists from Switzerland alone have signed up to take part in the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla 2 convoy, which is expected to set sail to an under siege Gaza before the end of 2010.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz
Israeli ties: a chance to do the right thing, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The University of Johannesburg’s Senate will next week meet to decide whether to end its relationship with an Israeli institution, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, on the grounds of that university’s active support for and involvement in the Israeli military. Archbishop Desmond Tutu supports the move. He explains why
http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/article675369.ece/Israeli-ties–a-chance-to-do-the-right-thing
SA university must reconsider Israel ties – Haidar Eid
As a graduate of the University of Johannesburg and a resident of Gaza, I find it distressing that the university has signed an agreement with Israel’s Ben Gurion University despite the policy of ethnic cleansing and the latest war crimes committed against the people of Gaza by the nation’s government
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=318766
French BDS Activists Request Your Help!
The repression against BDS activists in France is reaching a new height with the prosecution of a French MP, Alima Boumediene-Thiery (member of the French Senate) who participated in a BDS action in the Paris region one year ago and who is a supporter of the BDS campaign. Her trial is due to take place in Pontoise (North of Paris) on Thursday October 14. She is accused (like all the other French BDS activists prosecuted) of “incitement to racial hatred” and “discrimination against the Israeli nation”.
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/topics/economy-of-the-occupation/2883-french-bds-activists-request-your-help-
Symposium: The New Media & the Palestine Question: Blogging Out of Conflict
Panel 1 – Changing the Public Discussion
Participants: Jerome Slater, Adam Horowitz
Moderator: Will Youmans
Addressing: How has blogging/new media affected the public debate on Israel/Palestine? How has blogging/new media responded to the Main Stream Media and vice versa? What results has this interaction had on the public discussion of Israel/Palestine?
http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/14720/pid/223
Something new is happening in Palestine, David Shulman
Something new is happening in Palestine. I saw and heard things today that are relatively rare in my experience. I saw conflict erupt in the village between those who wanted to throw stones at the Israeli soldiers and generate more violence, as in the past, and the no less passionate people who intervened fiercely to prevent this from happening. I heard tough words of peace and hope. I saw the most dignified and brave demonstration I’ve ever seen. I also saw the army react with its usual foolishness, which I’ll describe, and I saw the soldiers hold back when they could easily have started shooting. It wasn’t an easy day by any means, but it was good.
http://theonlydemocracy.org/2010/09/something-new-is-happening-in-palestine/
N.Y. musicians’ union shuts down debate over Israel/Palestine, Rich Siegel
Rich Siegel has been a member of Local 802, Associated Musicians of Greater New York, for 25 years, and lately resigned. Below, his explanation, followed by his letter of resignation to the president of the union as well as to the editor of the union paper, Allegro. There has been an ongoing struggle and controversy about the publishing of letters on this issue at local 802 for awhile. It began with an article about a member bringing a music program to Palestinian children on the West Bank. The article was a human interest story which did not get into the politics at all. Even so, predictably, a Jewish member wrote in complaining about Anti-Semitism. I responded to that, as did Tom Suarez, and our letters were published.
https://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/n-y-musicians-union-shuts-down-debate-over-israelpalestine.html
The Siege (Gaza & West Bank)/Humanitarian/Restriction of Movement/Human Rights/Racism
Industrial Fuel – Needs Vs. Supply – Aug 29 – Sep 25
http://www.gazagateway.org/2010/09/industrial-fuel-needs-vs-supply-aug-29-sep-25/
Goods – Needs Vs. Supply – Aug 29 – Sep 25
http://www.gazagateway.org/2010/09/goods-needs-vs-supply-aug-29-sep-25/
27 Sept. ’10: 10 years to the second Intifada – summary of data
Israeli security forces killed 6371 Palestinians, of whom 1317 were minors. At least 2996 of the fatalities did not participate in the hostilities when killed. 2193 were killed while participating in the hostilities. For 694, B’Tselem does not know whether they participated in the hostilities or not. An additional 248 were Palestinian police killed in Gaza during operation Cast Lead, and 240 were targets of assassinations. Palestinians killed 1083 Israelis in Israel and the Occupied Territories. 741 of the fatalities were civilians, of whom 124 were minors, and 342 were members of the security forces. B’Tselem Executive Director Jessica Montell: “Palestinian and Israeli Civilians have paid a terrible price due to the conflict. At the close of the decade, we hope to start a new chapter, in which both sides do all they can to adhere to their obligations and protect civilians from the impact of hostilities.”
http://www.btselem.org/English/Press_Releases/20100927.asp
Violence/Aggression & Provocations
Palestinians killed in Israeli raid
At least three men are killed in the strike that targeted a car outside a refugee camp, near the Israeli-Gaza border.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2010/09/201092723256191228.html
Jihad says fighters not injured in airstrike
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement denied on Tuesday that three Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on Monday night were affiliated to the faction’s Al-Quds Brigades. The dead, three young men in their 20s, were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, officials said.They were identified as Ala Abu Zbeida, Awni Abdul Hadi, and Muhammad Eid. A later statement issued by the Ansar As-Sunna, a Salafi group, said those killed were affiliated to the movement adding that “Israeli forces assassinated three militants east of Al-Bureij camp.”
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=318848
Medics: Gaza worker shot at northern border
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – A Palestinian worker collecting stone aggregates near Gaza’s northern border was injured Tuesday when Israeli forces stationed near the Erez crossing opened fire. The worker said he was collecting rubble from an evacuated settlement before the incident.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=318865
Gaza family narrowly escapes Israeli airstrike
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian family from the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip narrowly escaped death when an Israeli drone fired a missile at the family’s home Monday night, relatives said. The shelling coincided with an airstrike on the nearby Al-Bureij camp killing three militants. Kamal Abu Shamla, an inspector in the Gaza Strip’s Ministry of Education, told Ma’an that his and his brother’s family of 30 escaped death “only by a miracle” after their 3-story home was hit by Israeli missile.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=318795
Riots Grip East Jerusalem, Mel Frykberg
SILWAN, Occupied East Jerusalem, Sep 27, 2010 (IPS) – Tension, the twisted carcasses of gutted vehicles, buses with smashed windows, smouldering dumpsters, streets riddled with rubber-coated steel bullets and empty cartridge cases, teargas, and air thickened with black soot from burning tyres marked the beginning of the fifth day Monday of continuous rioting in East Jerusalem.
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52978
7,400 killed in decade of Mideast violence: report (AFP)
AFP – More than 7,400 people have been killed by Israeli-Palestinian violence since the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising 10 years ago this month, an Israeli rights group said Monday.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100927/wl_mideast_afp/israelpalestiniansconflicttollrights
Detainees
Center: Palestinian rights worker detained in Silwan
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian human rights worker was detained by Israeli police in Silwan on Monday, the director of the Wad Hilwa Information Center said. Jawad Siyam said Mahmoud Qara’in was detained near his office, and Israeli police were deployed heavily at the entrance of Silwan inspecting residents as they entered or leave. Ma’an’s reporter said Israeli police also searched several homes across the neighborhood. A spokesman for Israel’s National Police did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment. A settler’s car was also set alight in the Wad Hilwa area, causing extensive damage to the vehicle.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=318623
Israel soldiers injure and detain Hebron child
HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli soldiers attacked and detained a 13-year-old Palestinian boy on Monday in the Ar-Ras neighborhood of Hebron, witnesses said. Locals said soldiers hit Sayel Rebhi Abu Quweder, leaving him bleeding from his forehead and with bruises on his face. The boy was then handcuffed and taken to an unknown location, residents added.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=318630
Israeli police detain 24 in East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli police detained 24 Palestinians from an East Jerusalem neighborhood on Tuesday, an official said. Wad Hilwa Information Center director Jawad Siyam said several women and children in the Silwan neighborhood were briefly detained when Israeli military and police forces shut down the entrance to the Wad Hilwa area. Palestinians were prevented from entering or exiting to enable settlers to move freely in the neighborhood, Siyam told Ma’an. Entrances were closed off when clashes erupted between settlers and residents, he said.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=318961
War Criminals and their enablers
ICC should decide on Gaza conflict investigation
An independent report highlights the continuing failure of both the Israeli and Hamas authorities to investigate violations of international law documented by the UN over a year ago. Amnesty International has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to decide on whether it can investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 2008-9 conflict in Gaza and southern Israel. The Human Rights Council must make the same call after it considers today a report by a committee of independent experts highlighting the continuing failures of both the Israeli and Hamas authorities to investigate violations of international law that were documented more than a year ago by a UN fact-finding mission headed by Judge Richard Goldstone.
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/icc-urged-decide-gaza-conflict-investigation-2010-09-27
The details of those killed on the Mavi Marmara
The following appears on pages 30 and 31 of the UN report into the Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla…
https://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/the-details-of-those-killed-on-the-mavi-marmara.html
US criticises ‘unbalanced’ flotilla probe (AFP)
AFP – The United States on Tuesday criticised a UN probe into Israel’s storming of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, urging the Human Rights Council to prevent the report from being used to torpedo peace talks.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100928/wl_mideast_afp/israelconflictgazaunrightsflotilla
Israel‘s Arab Helpers
Egypt detains 12 migrants along Israel-Sinai border
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Egyptian security forces stopped two groups of African migrants attempting to cross the border into Israel from the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, a security source said. The source said forces spotted eight migrants near the Taba crossing trying to breach the fence into Israel. “The officers hailed the migrants who submitted without resistance and were identified as Sudanese nationals from Darfur,” the source explained.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=318845
“Peace” Talks/Political Developments
Arab League: We’ll endorse Abbas’ position
Ahead of Arab foreign ministers’ meeting in Cairo next week, Palestinian president says he hopes Israel will hold off settlement-building in West Bank as long as Mideast peace talks continue, fears Israeli and Palestinian leadership may miss a ‘historic opportunity’ for their peoples.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3961303,00.html
Abbas: Opposition has every right to mistrust Israel
PARIS, France (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that he did not fault Palestinian opposition factions for treating with suspicion Israeli plans for the West Bank. “There is a difference between opposition and ‘enemies of peace’,” he told reporters in Paris following a meeting with French Jewish leader Richard Prasquier. Palestinians have every right to be wary of Israel, he said.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=318785
Hamas says Palestinian reconciliation on the way
The Syria-based Palestinian militant Hamas leader says only minor issues remain for a full reconciliation with the rival Fatah group.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/hamas-says-palestinian-reconciliation-on-the-way-1.315979
Direct negotiations suspended
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks come to de facto halt after Israel lets settlement moratorium expire. PA says will wait until Arab League convenes before making final decision on talks’ fate.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3961142,00.html
Abbas asks Netanyahu to extend settlement freeze for 3 or 4 months
De facto Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has asked Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu to extend the freeze on settlement activity for three or four months to give peace talks a chance to progress.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz
Fatah official: Israeli settlements could kill two-state solution
Expanding Israel’s illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian territory have reached a point of no return and could kill an internationally backed, two-state solution, a top Fatah official said on Monday.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/fatah-official-israeli-settlements-could-kill-two-state-solution-1.315997
Lieberman: Palestinians to blame for absence of peace deal
Foreign minister meets with UN chief, says the PA did not show ‘real good intention’ during negotiations this past month, though insists that direct talks should continue.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/lieberman-palestinians-to-blame-for-absence-of-peace-deal-1.316035?localLinksEnabled=false
Iran the key to Middle East solution: Israel FM (AFP)
AFP – Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday that Iran is at the heart of the Middle East conflict and that a settlement with the Palestinians could take decades.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100928/wl_mideast_afp/israelpalestinianspeaceuniran
Netanyahu seen unlikely to accept U.S. offer for compromise in Mideast talks
Proposal aimed at solving impasse over freeze would also include U.S. guarantees on matters including refugees, security arrangements and Israel’s status as a Jewish state.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/netanyahu-seen-unlikely-to-accept-u-s-offer-for-compromise-in-mideast-talks-1.316046?localLinksEnabled=false
Netanyahu, Clinton hold new talks on settlement freeze (AFP)
AFP – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton again Monday, after talks a day earlier, to discuss the controversial end of a partial settlement freeze.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100927/pl_afp/israelpalestinianspeaceclinton
U.S. hopes Arabs will keep supporting Mideast talks
NEW YORK, Sept 27 (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday it hopes the Arab League will continue to support direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks following Israel’s decision to allow its partial settlement building freeze to expire. “We will have further conversations with key countries in the coming days and we hope that the Arab League meeting will continue to affirm its support for the process,” State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WAT014663.htm
87 US Senators urge Obama to keep Abbas at talks (AFP)
AFP – Eighty-seven US Senators urged President Barack Obama on Monday to press Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas not to walk away from US-backed peace talks with Israel.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100927/pl_afp/israelpalestinianspeaceuspolitics
Rezqa blasts Abbas for letting AL decide for him
from The Palestinian Information Center – Daily News
Dr. Yousef Rezqa described de facto president Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to refer the decision on resumption of Israeli settlement activity to the Arab League as an evasion of responsibility.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz
Other News
Lieberman presents plans for population exchange at UN
Controversial scheme would see part of Israel’s Arab population moved to a newly created Palestinian state, in return for evacuation of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/lieberman-presents-plans-for-population-exchange-at-un-1.316197?localLinksEnabled=false
Gül: Turkey told Hamas to stop firing rockets into Israel
Turkey has urged the Palestinian group Hamas to stop rocket attacks on Israel and seek dialogue with Europe and the United States, President Abdullah Gül has said.
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-222870-100-gul-turkey-told-hamas-to-stop-firing-rockets-into-israel.html
2 Druze suspected of spying for Syria
Majdal Shmas residents Fares Shaer and Said Abu-Zayad accused of working for Syrian intelligence service. One of them tells investigators he was asked to kidnap IDF soldier in exchange for money.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3961452,00.html
Gaza’s First Female Truck Driver
Gaza, Palestinian Territory Omar Ghraieb – In Gaza city, you’ll rarely see a woman riding a motorbike, bicycle or car, and you definitely won’t see a woman riding a truck. Gaza city has a small, closed and conservative society, where traditions and religion control residents’ lives and social relations. Women in Gaza often get the brunt of it, complaining that they aren’t allowed to exercise equal rights and freedoms. But all that might be slowly changing.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7020039385?Gaza%E2%80%99s%20First%20Female%20Truck%20Driver
Analysis/Opinion/Human Interest
U.S. Coalition Says Palestinians Unfairly Pressured to Remain at Table
WASHINGTON – September 27 – The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation today criticized the Obama Administration for pressuring the Palestinians to remain at the negotiating table despite Israel’s open refusal to end its illegal settlement activities. “Israel’s settlements are illegal under international law,” said Executive Director Rob Mosrie. “It makes no sense to force Palestinians to continue to sit down with Israel to negotiate a supposed two-state solution to the conflict while Israel continues to colonize and ethnically cleanse the very territories that are ostensibly designated for a future Palestinian state.” According to Jeffrey Feltman, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern affairs, the administration is “making clear to the Palestinians that we do not believe that it is in their interest to walk out of the talks.” “The Obama Administration is wrongly arm-twisting the Palestinians to remain at the negotiating table while Israel consumes more Palestinian land,” said National Advocacy Director Josh Ruebner.
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/09/27-9
‘A one-state solution in Israel is difficult but not impossible’, Ilan Pappe
The official historical narrative of Israel had been that when Israel was founded in 1948 the Palestinians voluntarily left the land and Israel had the right to take over their possessions. We are a few historians who after researching Israeli, British and UN archives found that Israel had systematically dispossessed the Palestinians, expelling one million in 1948, which was half the Palestinian population. This is ethnic cleansing, a crime and imposes responsibility on Israel. The fate of these refugees is at the heart of the Arab-Israel conflict. I support their right to return to Israel.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/interviews/A-one-state-solution-in-Israel-is-difficult-but-not-impossible/articleshow/6632677.cms
What Obama should tell his Middle East team, Stephen M. Walt
I’m sure most of you are “shocked, shocked” to hear that the Israeli government rejected U.S. requests that it extend the so-called freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank. Never mind that it wasn’t a real freeze (i.e., it didn’t stop existing projects or the expulsion of more Palestinians from East Jerusalem, etc.); the partial halt in new authorizations did have a certain symbolic value. By refusing to extend it, the Netanyahu government has shown that it cares more about continuing the 43-years-and-counting process of colonization than it does about achieving a final peace deal.
http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/27/settling_for_more_settlements
Gareth Porter on Mavi Marmara UN Fact-Finding Mission
US historian and investigative journalist Gareth Porter has written a comprehensive summary of the OHCHR’s investigation into Israel’s deadly raid on the Mavi Marmara in May. Israel had responded to the report earlier by calling it “biased, politicized” and conducted with an “extremist approach.” (Watch Mavi Marmara survivor Ken O’Keefe’s response to the Israeli accusations here.)
http://pulsemedia.org/2010/09/28/gareth-porter-on-mavi-marmara-un-fact-finding-mission/
Contradiction in Washington Prevents Peace in the Middle East, Osamah Khalil
Israel’s ten-month “freeze” on settlement building, declared under pressure from the Obama administration last November, is set to expire this month. James Cunningham, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, reportedly warned European envoys that direct talks between Israelis and Palestinians were on the verge of collapse over the settlement freeze. While attention has focused on whether the freeze will continue, few have asked if it was ever truly in force.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/osamah-khalil/post_936_b_739254.html
A Test of Israel’s Character, Roger Cohen
At a dinner hosted by American Jewish leaders for the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, I was seated with a senior U.S. diplomat to my left, the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization to my right, and Abbas opposite. It was like listening to a rousing peace overture as an ominous leitmotif of disaster keeps returning with ever greater insistence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/opinion/global/24iht-edcohen.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
U.S. Saves Talks but Not Palestine
Netanyahu’s ability to stare down both the Palestinians and Obama made for another of those “there-goes-Palestine” moments. This is the third time that Obama has been steamrolled by Netanyahu.
http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/?p=7370&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Syriacomment+%28Syria+Comment%29
Oren: Colonization benefits Palestinians, Matthew Taylor
A howler from today’s NYT story about the expiration of the so-called settlement freeze: Israeli officials said that Mr. Netanyahu felt it important for his credibility not to extend the moratorium beyond 10 months., “It is a read-my-lips moment,” said Michael B. Oren, the Israeli ambassador to the United States. “This establishes credibility, not just for the Israelis but for the Palestinians. Establishing that the man is true to his word is going to be a very important asset going forward.”
https://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/oren-colonization-benefits-palestinians.html
NPR ombud says Israel lobby was ’successful’ in changing coverage, Susie Kneedler
Last week on a local call-in show on WOSU, Ohio, NPR ombudsman Alicia Shepard virtually boasted about NPR’s giving into “pro-Israeli” pressure: “NPR is not as much criticized for its Middle East coverage as it was back in 2002, which it was attacked quite strongly by a pro-Israeli group. And that group was in many ways successful, and as a result NPR went back and re-evaluated the coverage and how things are handled and started doing things a little differently….”
https://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/npr-ombudsperson-says-israel-lobby-was-successful-in-changing-coverage.html
CAMERA will release motheaten lions to gobble up ‘Jewish defamers of Israel’, Philip Weiss
CAMERA, the Israel lobby group, is having a conference in two weeks at Boston University with a whole session devoted to “Jewish Defamers of Israel” and three speakers on the subject, including Alvin Rosenfeld of Indiana University who 3 years ago gave us all a hernia with his American Jewish Committee report equating anti-Zionism with anti-semitism. This time he’s talking about Jews at Sea. Maybe he is talking about the Jewish boat to Gaza? Or people like me, hopelessly unaffiliated, married to shikses/shaigitzes, out of touch with our roots?
https://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/camera-will-release-motheaten-lions-to-gobble-up-jewish-defamers-of-israel.html
Why I protested AIPAC (and what brought me to that point), Russ Greenleaf
I’m not anti-Israel. I’m not a self-hating Jew. When Israel launched the Gaza war in 2008, I was a member of Brit Tzedek v’Shalom. We were committed to working politely within the Jewish community, promoting a two-state solution, stressing our pro-Israel credentials, refusing to do street protests. The Gaza war was a wake-up call for me, and for thousands of other Jews. I was jarred by the sight of white phosphorus exploding over Gaza – the most densely populated place on earth. White phosphorus shells made in the USA, fired by the Israeli army. White phosphorus – the incendiary chemical weapon that burns flesh down to the bone – banned for use against people, even against soldiers. Now it was being used against Palestinian children. An illegal weapon. A terror weapon. Right on my TV screen – video evidence that Israel was committing war crimes.
https://mondoweiss.net/2010/09/why-i-protested-aipac-and-what-brought-me-to-that-point.html
Shame, Jeff Pozmantier
I should be ashamed. At least that’s what an emailer told me through the bravery of his Internet connection. What radical action did I take? What offensive remark did I make? Apparently, my offense was sending an invitation to a discussion about J Street conducted by Dan Kohl, J Street’s political director. Netanyahu can meet with Abbas, Abbas can meet with Jewish community leaders in New York, and Israel can conduct back door negotiations with Syria and Hamas. But, I should be ashamed because I asked fellow Jews to meet with a pro Israel, pro two state Jewish organization whose tactics are questioned by the emailer? Do we stop supporting the ADL because we disagree with their mosque/community center position? Should we not support AIPAC because they received funding from Madoff and had two people accused of espionage?
http://palestinenote.com/blogs/blogs/archive/2010/09/26/shame.aspx
How U.S. Jews Strangle Peace Talks, Peter Beinart
What would it take to make American Jewish groups admit that an Israeli prime minister is not serious about peace?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-09-27/us-jewish-groups-help-make-palestinian-state-impossible/?om_rid=DKP5Im&om_mid=_BMoI6iB8U3WXOQ
American Islamophobia, Inextricably Linked with Support for Israel, Alex Kane
One of the themes that has arisen from my blogging lately on Israel/Palestine and anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States is the close connection American Zionism has with the existence of Islamophobia and anti-Arab attitudes here. You can see it in the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s opposition to the Park51 Islamic community center in lower Manhattan; in how intertwined the opposition to the Park51 project is with big-wig Zionists’ funding; and in the alliance between far-right groups, who see the Israel/Palestine conflict as a key battle in the fight to end “Islamism,”and right-wing Zionists like Pamela Geller.
http://alexbkane.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/american-islamophobia-inextricably-linked-with-support-for-israel
On Edge In The Holy Land
Israel, Hizballah, and Syria are all readying for a new conflict – and threatening regional upheaval. Hizballah can hit anywhere in Israel with many more projectiles, Syria has new Iranian Scud missiles, and Israel has positioned troops and armaments along its northern border.
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article1549
MJ Rosenberg: Netanyahu to US: Drop Dead
Prime Minister Netanyahu sent a clear message to President Obama when he ignored the US request to extend the settlement freeze to keep the US-sponsored negotiations going. It was “drop dead.” His statement came in his decision to end the settlements freeze which the Palestinians have said must be extended if they were to keep negotiating. Prime Minister Abbas says that he has not decided what to do now.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mj-rosenberg/netanyahu-to-us-drop-dead_b_740380.html
Israeli Raid on Gaza Flotilla: Revealing UN Rights Council Report, Richard Lightbown
Following Israel’s raid on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla on 31 May, the UN Human Rights Council elected to establish an independent international fact-finding mission to investigate violations of international law, including humanitarian and human rights law. On 23 July the three-person Mission was appointed. It consisted of Chairman Karl Hudson-Phillips, retired Judge of the International Criminal Court and former Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago; Sir Desmond de Silva, former Chief Prosecutor of the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone; and Ms Mary Shanthi Dairiam, a specialist on international women’s rights. They were assisted by a large team including external specialists in forensic pathology, military issues, firearms, the law of the sea and international humanitarian law. The Mission began work in Geneva on 9 August and an advanced unedited edition of its report was published just over six weeks later on 22 September.
http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=16292
No Closure without Addressing the Nakba, Hasan Afif El-Hasan
Facts that cannot be denied regarding the Palestinian-Israeli issue: the conflict did not start in 1967; Arab Palestinians constituted seventy-five percent of the total population and owned around 94.2 % of the land in Palestine by the end of the Mandate in 1948; and majority of the Palestinians today are refugees scattered throughout the world. Israel insists that nothing that occurred prior to 1967 will ever be negotiable, and the present negotiations view the conflict as having started in 1967. The Israelis must be held accountable, legally, financially and morally for the crimes they committed against the Palestinians in 1947-48. There cannot be a closure to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict without addressing the crimes perpetrated by the Israelis, the massacres, the ethnic cleansing and the confiscating of the Palestinians’ lands and properties.
http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=16291
Reasoning Against Peace, JONATHAN COOK
With the resumption of settlement construction in the West Bank yesterday, Israel’s powerful settler movement hopes that it has scuttled peace talks with the Palestinians. It would be misleading, however, to assume that the only major obstacle to the success of the negotiations is the right-wing political ideology the settler movement represents. Equally important are deeply entrenched economic interests shared across Israeli society. These interests took root more than six decades ago with Israel’s establishment and have flourished at an ever-accelerating pace since Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip after the 1967 war.
http://www.counterpunch.com/cook09282010.html
Breaking Israel’s Stranglehold over American Foreign Policy, Maidhc Ó Cathail
“The American people must learn that Israel is and always has been a strategic liability that has done immense damage to the United States and its worldwide interests,” concludes the former CIA officer.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26466.htm
Stopping the Crazy, Joharah Baker for MIFTAH
The other night on the Oprah Show, Jon Stewart, America’s comedy sweetheart, announced he was hosting a “Rally to Restore Sanity” in Washington DC next month. The rally, he surmised, was for the silently busy majority of Americans who could finally make their voices heard to the less sane minority that is ruling their country. “Seventy to 80 percent of the people in this country are reasonable, nice individuals, may disagree on principle on things, but could come up with rational compromises, could accomplish things, could get things done, could live with the results. And then the other 15 to 20 percent of the country run the place,” he quipped. In Israel, America’s other sweetheart, the same could be applied. Two days ago, the so-called 10-month moratorium on settlement construction came to an end. Jewish settlers took to the streets in celebration. In Revava, a West Bank settlement, settlers released 2,000 balloons symbolizing the number of housing units that will be immediately constructed. “Today it’s over and we will do everything we can to make sure it never happens again,” one joyous settler said.
http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=22630&CategoryId=3
Are they Done Thanking Bloomberg?
It seems American Muslims might finally be done thanking Bloomberg for his support for the Park 51 project. He can now lay off some of the extra staff he had to hire a few weeks ago to accept the abundance of gratitude that overwhelmed his office.
http://ikhras.com/2010/09/1536/
Lebanon
Israel collaborator given hard labor life sentence
BEIRUT: Head of the Permanent Military Court, Brigadier Nizar Khalil, demanded on Monday a life sentence of hard labor for a man charged with collaborating with Israel. Detainee Haitham Nayef al-Zaher was stripped of his civil rights after being charged with collaborating with the Mossad, providing it with information on Lebanese and Syrian military and civil sites and entering Israel without a permission.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=119751#axzz10lcuLlJJ
Political deadlock in Beirut as Tribunal row drags on
BEIRUT: Both Hizbullah and the Future Movement remained committed to their stances regarding to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) as the Cabinet refrained from tackling the issue of false witnesses and the funding of the UN-backed tribunal on Monday.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=119753
Travel advice to Lebanon not altered – US Embassy
BEIRUT: The United States Embassy denied on Monday media reports suggesting it had altered its travel advice to American citizens in Lebanon, less than a week after an article erroneously claimed it had asked its compatriots to leave the country.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=119757
Lebanon’s Ground Zero – more democratic than the US
“There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia. The time for double standards that allow Islamists to behave aggressively toward us while they demand our weakness and submission is over.” These are the words of US politician Newt Gingrich.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=119747
Why Palestinian refugees in Lebanon support violence rather than peace talks
With little faith in Israeli-Palestinian talks, and largely unable to integrate into Lebanon, many Palestinian refugees see violence as the only way to secure their ‘right of return.’
http://rss.csmonitor.com/%7Er/feeds/world/%7E3/PqM8bzvVu2Y/Why-Palestinian-refugees-in-Lebanon-support-violence-rather-than-peace-talks
Iraq
Monday: 9 Iraqis Killed, 26 Wounded
As if the political deadlock over the premiership did not already stoke sectarian tensions in Iraq, the Interior Ministry has now ordered the demotions of hundreds of Sunni police officers. Meanwhile, the violence continues. At least nine Iraqis were killed and 26 more were wounded across the country, while a sniper wounded a U.S. soldier in Amara.
http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2010/09/27/monday-9-iraqis-killed-26-wounded-2/
IRAQ: Mysterious killings continue to shake Baghdad
Baghdad’s scourge of mysterious killings continues almost seven months after a national election that has so far failed to produce a government. Assailants regularly target their victims with silencer pistols or small bombs. In the latest such attack, a police officer was gunned down in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Khadra on Monday morning, according to police sources. On Sunday, gunmen with silencers killed a civil servant from the cabinet. Also killed in other attacks were an official from Iraq’s anti-corruption commission; a lieutenant colonel in the police’s counter-terrorism unit; and an army major, police said. In a separate attack, a state television announcer was wounded when assailants planted a bomb on his car Monday. Another state television announcer was killed a few weeks ago in a near-identical attack.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/09/baghdad-silencers-and-bombs-shake-city.html
Iraq Shi’ites Miss Deadline on Government Leader
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A Shi’ite-led political bloc missed its own deadline on Monday to choose a nominee for prime minister, continuing a stalemate that has left Iraq without a new government 6-1/2 months after an inconclusive election.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=71523f0d2649503f547238b607842a5b
Iran
Iran says it killed 30 militants behind bomb attack
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday they had killed about 30 people who were the “main elements” behind a bomb attack in northwest Iran.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/sns-iran-blast,0,7943926.story
Iran defense chief: Russia unreliable
The Iranian defense minister says Russia’s “reneging” on an agreement to supply Tehran with the S-300 missile defense system indicates the Kremlin is untrustworthy, Press TV reported.
http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/1756742.html
Israel Suspected in Worm Sabotage of Iran’s First Nuclear Plant
The worm has spread to over 10,000 computers in Indonesia. Computers in the U.S. have also been infected.
http://www.dailytech.com/Israel+Suspected+in+Worm+Sabotage+of+Irans+First+Nuclear+Plant/article19726.htm
The President and I (a *must watch* interview of President Ahmadinejad), Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
I was pleasantly surprised when my request for an interview with Mr. Ahmadinejad, Iran’s president was accepted. President Ahmadinejad has never shied away from being heard, but these interviews had been exclusive to prominent mainstream media personalities such as Larry King and Charlie Rose. However, it was the mainstream media’s projection of Mr. Ahmadinejad that always remained questionable.
http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2010/09/president-and-i-must-watch-interview-of.html
Ahmadinejad to throw stone towards Israel
London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper reports Iranian president planning symbolic gesture during upcoming visit to Lebanon.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3961362,00.html
Why Doesn’t the US Talk to Iran?, ISMAEL HOSSEIN-ZADEH and KARLA HANSEN
The unrelenting diplomatic and geopolitical standoff between Iran and the United States is often blamed on the Iranian government for its “confrontational” foreign policies, or its “unwillingness” to enter into a dialogue with the United States. Little known, however, is the fact that during the past decade or so, Iran has offered a number of times to negotiate with the United States without ever getting a positive response from the U.S.
http://www.counterpunch.com/zadeh09272010.html
Afghanistan
Afghans say civilians died in raid
Residents of village in Laghman Province say they fired on NATO forces in self-defense during the Sunday raid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiI-TdJwSjA&feature=youtube_gdata
Mistrial Declared In Case Of Two Blackwater Contractors Accused Of Murdering Unarmed Afghan Civilians
(AP) – A federal judge has declared a mistrial in the case of two former Blackwater contractors accused of murdering two unarmed Afghan civilians and wounding a third man in Kabul. WAVY-TV of Norfolk reported Monday that the jury came up deadlocked after several days of deliberations. A new trial date was set for March 1. Justin H. Cannon and Christopher Drotleff face life in prison for the shootings on May 5, 2009, when they were in the country to train the Afghan National Army. They were working for North Carolina-based Blackwater Worldwide, which changed its name to Xe (zee) Services.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/27/blackwater-case-mistrial_n_740486.html
US soldier faces murder charges
Army Specialist Jeremy Morlock, 22, from Wasilla, Alaska, will face charges on Monday of premeditated murder in the deaths of three Afghan civilians, assaulting a fellow soldier and “wrongfully photographing and possessing visual images of human casualties”.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/09/20109274360444411.html
US Soldier Describes Thrill Kill of Innocent Afghans
Confession Video: Corporal, 22, Tells How His ‘Crazy’ Sergeant Allegedly Murdered For Kicks, Collected Body Parts.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-soldier-describes-thrill-kill-innocent-civilians-afghanistan/story?id=11732681
Army censors photos of Afghan corpses in ‘kill-for-sport’ trial
Evidently worried about a repeat of the anger aimed at US forces over photos of torture at Abu Ghraib prison, the US military is restricting access to photos of Afghan corpses in the “kill-for-sport” trial of five US soldiers.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/army-censors-photos-kill-for-sport-trial/
3 Australian soldiers face serious charges after 5 children killed in Afghanistan operation
The special forces soldiers, who were not identified, face multiple charges including manslaughter, dangerous conduct, failing to comply with a lawful general order and prejudicial conduct, Brigadier Lyn McDade, the director of military prosecutions, said in a statement.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-australia-afghanistan,0,2304661.story
Afghan poll body orders vote recounts in 7 provinces
Afghanistan’s election body has ordered a partial recount of votes from seven of the country’s 34 provinces on suspicion of fraud, potentially delaying the results of a parliamentary poll further, an official said on Monday.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE68Q19X20100927
Afghan ‘vote-rigging videos’ emerge
Amateur footage appears to show fake votes being filled in as border police tasked with stopping poll fraud look on.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/09/201092614267602479.html
Spreading Democracy in Afghanistan, DAVE LINDORFF
US-led forces in Afghanistan sure did a bang-up job this week at promoting the concept of Western “democracy.” The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the puppet intelligence agency of the Afghan government, between them, arrested and held three journalists. Rahmatullah Nekzad, a freelance reporter for Al Jazeera and the Associated Press, Mohammed Nader, a staff correspondent and cameraman for Al Jazeera, and Hojatullah Mojadadi, an Afghan local radio station manager, were all held without charge for the “crime” of allegedly having developed contacts with the Taliban. Nekzada and Nader were held by US forces for three days. Mojadadi was held by Afghan authorities for six days.
http://www.counterpunch.com/lindorff09272010.html
U.S. and other world news
Report: US seeks online spy powers
The Obama administration wants to be able to intercept all forms of online communication, the New York Times reports.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/americas/2010/09/2010927162223438280.html
U.S. should be able to shut Internet, former CIA chief says
Cyberterrorism is such a threat that the U.S. president should have the authority to shut down the Internet in the event of an attack, Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-internet-security,0,4054676.story
FBI Raids Seen as Political Retribution
Recent raids by federal agents on the homes and offices of peace activists are being viewed by civil libertarians and civil society groups as further proof that the U.S. is morphing into a “surveillance state” where the right to privacy and other constitutional protections are being quietly whittled away. On Sept. 24, agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided the Minneapolis homes of five antiwar activists, the office of a Minneapolis antiwar group, and the Chicago homes of the head of an Arab-American organization and a prominent peace activist.
http://original.antiwar.com/fisher/2010/09/27/fbi-raids-seen-as-political-retribution/
Syria says interested in peace talks with Israel
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meet in New York. State Department says Damascus ‘very interested’ in pursuing Israeli-Syrian peace.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3961144,00.html
US warns Syria against destabilizing Lebanon, Iraq (AFP)
AFP – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Syria on Monday against taking destabilizing measures in either Iraq or Lebanon, during talks with her Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem in New York.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100928/pl_afp/ussyriairaqlebanondiplomacy
Egyptian tycoon jailed for murder
An Egyptian tycoon is given 15 years in jail for ordering the killing of a Lebanese pop singer in a retrial, after earlier being sentenced to death.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11427153
Remembering the godfather of Pan Arabism
Fond memories of Gamal Abdel Nasser, 40 years after his death. His radio oratory transfixed listeners, reawakening a fading pride.
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100928/NATIONAL/100929427/1042/rss
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