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Land, property, resources theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Settlers

Settler opens fire on funeral procession
HEBRON (Ma‘an) 21 Mar — Two Palestinians were shot Monday afternoon when a settler disembarked from his car on the Jerusalem-Hebron road and opened fire on a funeral procession heading to the Beit Ummar cemetery. Medics said two were injured in the shooting, including 59-year-old Muhammad Ali Abu Safiyya who was in critical condition after being shot in the chest, and 32-year-old Bassam Zaq’aqiq, who was shot in his right thigh. Both were evacuated to hospital … The attack follows an early morning stabbing in the south Hebron hills that witnesses say was perpetrated by a settler from the Ma’on settlement outpost near Tuba.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=370839

Settlers stab Palestinian south of Hebron
HEBRON (Ma‘an) 21 Mar — A 32-year-old from the south Hebron hills told Ma‘an he was stabbed in the chest on Monday by settlers from the Ma’on settlement … The father of two lives in Khirbet Toubeh. Family members told the Palestinian Authority shortly after the incident that he was attacked while riding his donkey toward the nearby town of Yatta, where he was to receive treatment for kidney problems. As he passed by the Havat Maon outpost settlers accosted him and one stabbed him several times in the chest, head and left arm, a PA statement said … Medical sources said Awad was scheduled for surgery Monday afternoon … The day before, residents of the south Hebron hills village of At-Tuwani were reportedly harassed by settlers from the Havat Ma’on outpost, during a protest action overseen by Christian Peacemaker Teams observers.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=370695

Settlers attack residents in northern West Bank
Salfit (PNN) 21 Mar — A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians residents and their vehicles near the northern West Bank village of Burkeim on Monday. The settlers, from Bakan industrial settlement near Burkeim village, threw stones and empty glass bottles at residents and passing cars on the main road connecting the village with the nearby city of Salfit. Some cars were damaged but no injuries were reported. Witnesses added that the settlers closed the road leading to the village for several hours and stopped people from entering or leaving Burkeim.
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9741&Itemid=64

Aqsa Mosque’s servants foil attempt by armed settler to kill worshipers
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) 21 Mar — An armed Jewish settler on Sunday evening tried to storm the Aqsa Mosque through Al-Maghariba Gate, but the Mosque’s servants and guards captured him and frustrated his intention to kill Muslim worshipers. Local sources affirmed that the armed settler reached the Al-Maghariba ramp, climbed onto it and then tried to climb over the Mosque’s wall before he was spotted. Upon their arrival to arrest the settler, Israeli policemen claimed that he was drunk in an attempt to justify what happened.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bc

Israeli Settler Violence Report: January and February 2011
AIC 21 Mar — A detailed account of settler violence throughout the West Bank in the months of January and February 2011. The report is based on primary sources, including interviews with Palestinian victims of violence, together with information from Palestinian activists and officials with first-hand information concerning settler violence.
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/topics/settlers-violence/3430-israeli-settler-violence-report-january-and-february-2011

Worrying increase of home demolitions
UNRWA 21 Mar — The latest numbers from the United Nations show a two-fold increase in the number of Palestinian homes and agricultural buildings destroyed by Israel this year, causing concern among officials. The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) recorded 70 demolitions since the start of 2011, displacing 105 Palestinians, of whom 43 were under the age of 18. The demolitions were carried out across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and ordered by Israeli police, municipal officials and by mandate of the Civil Administration. Commenting on the jump, UNRWA spokesman in Jerusalem Chris Gunness told Ma‘an that officials were concerned, comparing the number to the average of 24 demolitions per month since 2000, when the Agency began monitoring.
http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=935

UN official: Israel engaging in ethnic cleansing
Reuters 21 Mar – Israel’s expansion of Jewish “settlements” in east Jerusalem and eviction of Palestinians from their homes there is a form of ethnic cleansing, a United Nations investigator said on Monday. US academic Richard Falk was speaking to the UN Human Rights Council as it prepared to pass resolutions condemning Israeli behaviour on territory it has occupied since 1967.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4045623,00.html

Remarks by defense official show government soft on West Bank building violations
Haaretz 21 Mar — Government enforcement of building violations in West Bank Jewish settlements is largely limited to tin shacks and tents rather than more important permanent structures, according to a senior official in the Civil Administration.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/remarks-by-defense-official-show-government-soft-on-west-bank-building-violations-1.350718

Israel returns czarist site in Jerusalem to Russia
(AP) 31 Mar — Israel is returning to Russia a landmark in the heart of Jerusalem that was built by Czar Alexander II. The decision to vacate the property known as Sergei’s Courtyard defuses a long-standing dispute between the two countries and could generate new goodwill ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Moscow this week.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4045461,00.html

Detention

4 Palestinians detained in Al-Aqsa
JERUSALEM (Ma‘an) 21 Mar — Israeli forces detained four Palestinians from inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards on Monday. According to guards in the area, the detentions were precipitated by the men chanting “God is Great.”  Tensions were high at the site, which was being visited by an ultra-orthodox Jewish group of proximately 40 people, guards said. Field workers with the Research and Documentation Unit in the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights said the calls to god angered the border guards accompanying the religious group, prompting the arrests.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=370836

Red Cross: Family visits in prison suspended for Jewish holidays
JENIN, (PIC) 21 Mar — The Red Cross said the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) cancelled prison visits scheduled for Monday due to Jewish holidays and the cordon imposed on the West Bank. The Red Cross added that Palestinian families were scheduled to visit their sons and relatives in Nafha, Ramon and Megiddo prisons on Monday. The IOA does not make up for the lost visits, the Red Cross said.
Separately, the Israeli prison authority blocked a lawyer from visiting isolated prisoner Abbas Al-Sayyid on Sunday in a bid to break his two-week hunger strike, Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights reported. Sayyid was sentenced to additional six months in solitary confinement after he refused to break his hunger strike.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bc

International abduction

Israel admits to arrest and detention of Gaza engineer
Haaretz 20 Mar — Israel admitted that they indeed arrested the Gazan engineer, Dirar Abu Sisi, who was reported to have gone missing from the Ukraine almost two weeks ago, the partial lifting of a gag order revealed. Dirar Abu Sisi, 42, went missing in the early hours of February 19 after boarding a train in Kharkiv bound for Kiev. His wife alleged that Dirar had been kidnapped by the Mossad. A gag order on the case was partially lifted on Thursday by Petah Tikva court judge Leah Lev-On and was only allowed to be published on Sunday. Abu Sisi was arrested as part of investigation and is currently being held by Israel, the lifting of the gag order revealed. Much of the rest of the details remain under gag order.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-admits-to-arrest-and-detention-of-gaza-engineer-1.350631

Captured Gazan said to be suffering in custody
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian human rights group says a Gazan man allegedly abducted from a Ukrainian train and whisked to Israel is suffering psychological problems in custody … The Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights says one of its lawyers was permitted to visit him Sunday. He told the group he was denied access to a lawyer for 25 days. The group says he told the attorney he was forcibly removed from his train compartment and brought handcuffed and hooded to an apartment. He said at least six Israeli agents interrogated him before flying him to Israel.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110321/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinian_held

Siege

Israeli tanks invade southern areas of the Gaza Strip
Gaza (PNN) 21 Mar — A number of Israeli tanks invaded farmlands east of Rafah City in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Monday. According to local sources five tanks and a bulldozer crossed 300 metres over the border into agricultural land east of Rafah bulldozing farmlands and uprooting trees owned by local farmers. Witnesses told the Gaza based Palestine Media Centre that tanks opened fire on nearby homes while bulldozers destroyed farmlands. Damage to homes was reported but there were no injuries.
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9740&Itemid=64

ICRC to inaugurate water treatment plant in Gaza
21 Mar — The Swiss-run International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says a new wastewater treatment plant in the Gaza Strip will improve sanitation and people’s health. The new plant it is inaugurating will serve the city of Rafah and uses new technology to reduce contamination in wastewater by up to 90 per cent, making it clean enough to use for irrigation. The plant will go online this week to coincide with World Water Day on March 22 and will serve 180,000 people.
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/ICRC_to_inaugurate_water_treatment_plant_in_Gaza.html?cid=29792988

Playing politics at the Rafah crossing / Richard Lightbown
21 Mar — …According to the Gisha report ‘Rafah Crossing: Who Holds the Keys?’ Israel, not the Egyptian government largely controls the Rafah Crossing. The other key players are the Hamas government, the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah, the European Union and the United States. It is no surprise then that the situation remains much as it did before the Egyptian revolt … Despite claims to have lifted the occupation of Gaza, Israel still retains total control of the Palestinian population registry. This determines who is officially resident and therefore eligible to use the crossing. (Palestinians who are designated non-resident must enter and leave Gaza by the Erez Crossing from Israel.) Israel also has the right to veto the use of the facility to foreigners, and it can close the crossing simply by ensuring that the conditions for its opening are not met.
http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=16735

Reprisals

Grad rocket fired from Gaza explodes in southern Ashkelon
Haaretz 20 Mar — A Grad rocket fired from Gaza exploded in an open area in the industrial district of Southern Ashkelon on Sunday evening. A few people were treated for shock following the explosion, which caused no damage.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/grad-rocket-fired-from-gaza-explodes-in-southern-ashkelon-1.350646

Gaza: Brigades claim latest projectile launch
GAZA CITY (Ma‘an) — The armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command said Monday that its fighters fired a home-made projectile toward Israel early in the day. The projectile headed toward an Israeli moshav near the Gaza border, a statement from the Jihad Jibril Brigades said.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=370659

Quest for Palestinian unity

Bethlehem sit-in enters sixth day
BETHLEHEM (Ma‘an) 21 Mar — The public square separating the Nativity Church and the Mosque of Omar has been slowly festooned with tents, flags and posters as an increasing number of young Palestinians gather in a call for political unity.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=370590

Ramallah protesters resume hunger strike
RAMALLAH (Ma‘an) updated 20 Mar 22:04 — Protesters resumed a hunger strike Sunday morning in Ramallah’s Manara square, as youth rallies in the West Bank and Gaza continue to demand national unity … In Ramallah, protesters have slept in Manara since Sunday, cleaning the square at dawn every morning. By day, hundreds of Palestinians join the protest, chanting “The people want to end the division.” One Ramallah resident told Ma‘an he came with his friends every night because “it gives us hope.”
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=370484

Jihad, Fatah meet in Gaza
GAZA CITY (Ma‘an) — Islamic Jihad and Fatah leaders met in Gaza city on Monday, following a Fatah invite, and discussed President Mahmoud Abbas’ planned visit to the coastal enclave …. Islamic Jihad leader Sheikh Nafth Azzam said the meeting focused on ways to foster reconciliation, and set an agenda for continued meetings as efforts for unity go forward.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=370857

Hamas ‘will not be stumbling block’ to unity talks
GAZA CITY (Ma‘an) 21 Mar — Hamas is willing to make all efforts to ensure that President Mahmoud Abbas will be able to visit Gaza in the coming days, but said the leader’s “preconditions” could pose a challenge. “Abbas says he wants to visit Gaza not for dialogue, but for the formation of a unity government which will prepare for elections. This cannot be achieved in one visit, it needs dialogue and consensus from Hamas, Fatah and other Palestinian factions which has not been carried out,” an adviser to Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Monday.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=370815

Activism / Solidarity

Friday 18 March popular protests commemorating Palestinian unity, injured international activist Tristan Anderson
AIC 20 Mar — Summary of Palestinian popular demonstrations held on Friday 18 March, including reports on injuries, detentions and special commemorations. Demonstrations reported include those in Bil‘in, Na‘alin, Al Ma‘sara and Nabi Salah in the West Bank and Sheikh Jarrah and Lifta in Jerusalem.
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/topics/news/3428-friday-18-march-popular-protests-commemorating-palestinian-unity-injured-international-activist-tristan-anderson-

Please join us at the AICafe in Beit Sahour on Tuesday, 22 March at 7 pm
for a preview edit screening and discussion of InshaAllah, a documentary about Gazans living under siege, with film director Maurice Jacobsen. InshaAllah is a feature length documentary chronicling life in Gaza, featuring interwoven profiles of Gazans living under siege and creating a window of communications between the people “inside” Gaza and the Western world.
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/aicafe/upcoming-events/3425-aicafe-223-film-screening-discussion-of-inshaallah-documentary-of-gazans-life-under-siege-with-director-maurice-jacobsen

Ann Arbor synagogue vigils against Israeli occupation debated
19 Mar — …Herskovitz and his group have also held peaceful weekly protests at Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor each Saturday for the last seven years, pledging to stop in exchange for the synagogue’s removal of the Israeli flag inside. Imam Dawud Walid of the Masjid Wali Muhammad in Detroit, who is also the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Michigan, was quoted in the Washtenaw Jewish News as saying that he denounced the vigils. Walid referred to numerous incidents of harassment suffered by Muslim congregations around the country as part of the reasoning behind his denunciation of the synagogue vigils.
http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/index.php?mod=article&cat=Community&article=4013

Anti

IDF officers confirm special department created to monitor left-wing organizations
Haaretz 21 Mar — Military Intelligence is collecting information about left-wing organizations abroad that the army sees as aiming to delegitimize Israel, according to senior Israeli officials and Israel Defense Forces officers. The sources said MI’s research division created a department several months ago that is dedicated to monitoring left-wing groups and will work closely with government ministries. In recent weeks, the head of the new unit has been taking part in discussions in the Prime Minister’s Office about how to prepare for the possible arrival of a Gaza-bound flotilla in May.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/idf-officers-confirm-special-department-created-to-monitor-left-wing-organizations-1.350713

Barghouti: The West must condemn Israeli plans to spy on Palestine solidarity activists
21 Mar — Omar Barghouti comments: While Western democracy leaves a lot to be desired, it still enables activists to legally challenge this seemingly unprecedented move by Israel’s Military Intelligence to monitor “left-wing” activists who criticize Israel and organize effective solidarity with the Palestinian people, especially in the form of BDS. Israel is effectively announcing without shame — how typical! — that it will employ its officers to spy on activists in the West who are not engaged in any illegal activity by international standards!
http://mondoweiss.net/2011/03/barghouti-the-west-must-condemn-israeli-plans-to-spy-on-palestine-solidarity-activists.html

Israel launches PR campaign to increase tourism, disguise politics of oppression, occupation
AIC 21 Mar — Israel’s Ministry of Tourism launched a NIS 45 million tourism campaign last week, aiming to bring tourists from North America and Europe to Israel. The ministry’s biggest campaigns are underway in the US, Germany and Russia, reported the Jerusalem Post, where Israel tourism television commercials are airing, and smaller campaigns have also begun in Spain, France, the Netherlands and Scandinavian countries … Israel received 3.45 million tourists in 2010, a record number and 14 percent higher than the previous record of about 3 million tourists in 2008.
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/topics/news/3431-israel-launches-pr-campaign-to-increase-tourism-disguise-policies-of-oppression-occupation-

Facebook buys first Israeli start-up
Haaretz 21 Mar — Mobile phone app developer Snaptu confirms the acquisition, estimated to be between $60 and $70 million.
http://english.themarker.com/facebook-buys-first-israeli-start-up-1.350745

Racism

Kadima MK says bill allowing communities to screen residents isn’t racist
Haaretz 21 Mar — A controversial bill allowing certain small communities to screen potential residents is coming up tomorrow for second and third readings in the Knesset. Opponents of the bill, sponsored by MK Shai Hermesh, his Kadima colleague MK Israel Hasson and MK David Rotem of Yisrael Beiteinu, describe it as racist and discriminatory and say it could give those communities carte blanche to ban residents they deem undesirable, such as Arabs, new immigrants, gay couples or single-parent families.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/kadima-mk-says-bill-allowing-communities-to-screen-residents-isn-t-racist-1.350748

Other news

Quick, guess which picture of soldiers posing with corpses is IDF and which US Army? (Yousef Munayyer tweet)
http://reider.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/photo-5.jpeg
http://www.spiegel.de/images/image-194553-galleryV9-ocbh.jpg

from 2004:
Israel to probe reports of desecrated Palestinian bodies
JERUSALEM (AP) 20 Nov 2004 –  Army chief denies ‘horrible acts’ were widespread … The chief of staff of Israel’s army yesterday promised a full investigation into reports that troops desecrated Palestinian bodies and then snapped their photographs with the corpses as war mementos.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2004/11/20/israel_to_probe_reports_of_desecrated_palestinian_bodies/

US army apologizes over ‘repugnant’ Afghan photos
Reuters 21 Mar — * U.S. army apologises for distress caused by photos * Five soldiers charged with murdering 3 Afghan villagers * Soldier Jeremy Morlock to testify against co-defendants
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/us-army-apologises-over-repugnant-afghan-photos

Minister of Interior in Gaza orders investigations into journalists’ complaints
MEMO 21 Mar — The Palestinian Minister of the Interior in Gaza has ordered investigations into all complaints filed by journalists to his department. Fathi Hamad gave the order during a meeting with a delegation of journalists on 19 March, at which the problems faced by the media were discussed.
http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/2156-minister-of-interior-in-gaza-orders-investigations-into-journalists-complaints

Palestinians in Libya leave for Gaza
NABLUS (Ma‘an) 21 Mar — Thirty-four Palestinians waiting at the Libya border for permission to travel to Cairo and return to the Gaza Strip were granted travel visas Sunday, an official said.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=370676

Analysis / Opinion

Netanyahu’s public service announcement to Hamas / Akiva Eldar
Haaretz 21 Mar — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is following in the footsteps of his predecessors who demanded of the Palestinians that they hold democratic elections and when it turned out the Israeli government didn’t like the results, boycotted the elected government. In Tunisia, Egypt, the Gulf states and even Syria, citizens are prepared to give up their lives to sanctify democracy. The United States and Europe are working hand in hand to topple the ruler of Libya, Muammar Gadhafi, and to open the way to a democratic regime. While all this is happening, one small country in the Middle East is refusing to recognize the right of one small nation to choose its leaders.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/for-netanyahu-every-day-is-purim-1.350752

Egypt proved to Palestinians that revolution has a point / Amira Hass
Haaretz 21 Mar — In their attempts to suppress youth demonstrations in Gaza and Ramallah, the two rival Palestinian ruling parties appear to be remarkably in tune — At around 10:30 P.M. last Thursday, several brooms and trash bags suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and a few young men began sweeping the square and filling the trash bags. This wasn’t Tahrir Square in Cairo, but Manara Square in Ramallah. An act of imitation, or perhaps, one of inspiration? Cleaning a public space to express a connection to it is not not an Egyptian invention, many here are quick to remind you. Indeed, the hope sparked by the first intifada also led to collective clean-up efforts in various neighborhoods and refugee camps in the Israeli occupied territories. Whatever the case, this is clearly not just about sweeping up dusty asphalt, but rather, an expression of the unwritten correspondence taking place now between Cairo, Ramallah and Gaza.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/egypt-proved-to-palestinians-that-revolution-has-a-point-1.350749

Audio: Scott Horton interviews Jesse Rosenfeld
Jesse Rosenfeld, a Canadian freelance journalist based in Ramallah and Tel Aviv, discusses why Israel doesn’t tolerate peaceful and democratic protests any more than armed resistance; the Palestinian grassroots movement for national identity and unity – in defiance of their corrupt leadership; Netanyahu’s warning that a Palestinian unity organization would kill the peace process; and the scarcity and unequal distribution of water in Israel and the occupied territories.
http://antiwar.com/radio/2011/03/20/jesse-rosenfeld/

History:
Al Jazeera video: Palestine – British Archives – 1931
No info available, but the video speaks for itself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtr612AAXE4

Iraq, other Mideast

Sunday: 12 Iraqis killed, 21 wounded
At least 12 Iraqis were killed and 21 more were wounded in the latest violence. Kurdish Iraqis, meanwhile, are celebrating the new year, some of them in protests in the Suleimaniya.
http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2011/03/20/sunday-12-iraqis-killed-21-wounded-2/

Egypt’s constitutional reforms approved in landmark referendum
CAIRO (21 Mar — A large majority of Egyptians approved amendments to the Constitution in a referendum, results showed Sunday, opening the door to early elections seen as favoring Islamists and figures affiliated with the old ruling party. Decades of oppression under Hosni Mubarak crushed Egypt’s political life and secular groups which mobilized to oust him say more time is needed before elections that may now come as early as September.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=126269#axzz1HFOAg8zC

Fresh clashes in Syria as thousands protest Assad regime
(Reuters) 21 Mar — The Syrian army deployed on Monday at the entrances to the southern city of Dar‘aa as officials tried to calm passions following protests for freedom in which five civilians were killed, residents said. Thousands of mourners marched at the funeral of 23-year-old Raed al-Kerad who died on Sunday, the latest of five protesters to be killed by security forces.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/fresh-clashes-in-syria-as-thousands-protest-assad-regime-1.350910

Yemen army general defects to opposition as thousands continue protests in Sana‘a
(AP) 12 Mar — Three Yemeni army commanders defect; army tanks, armored vehicles deployed in capital in support of thousands of protesters against President Saleh’s rule.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/yemen-army-general-defects-to-opposition-as-thousands-continue-protests-in-sanaa-1.350900

Thousands of Moroccans join demonstrations for civil rights and constitutional reform
RABAT (Reuters) 21 Mar — Thousands took to the streets in cities across Morocco Sunday demanding better civil rights and an end to corruption in the North African country where the king this month promised constitutional reform.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=126248#axzz1HFOAg8zC

Iranian cargo aircraft bound for Syria forced to land in Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AFP) 21 Mar — …An inspection of the plane is on-going to check whether the aircraft has any illicit or military material on board, security sources added. Turkish authorities forced another Syrian-bound Iranian plane to land in Diyarbakir Wednesday last week. After a search lasting several hours, the plane was found to be carrying 150 tons of food but “no material contrary to international standards,” security sources said.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=126272#axzz1HFOAg8zC

U.S.

Video: New York Jewish response team
Preparing for War — Israeli Army veterans in the US train up to protect families
http://www.youtube.com/user/KitatKonenut#p/a/u/1/UsnTn6MTjLM

AP Enterprise: Terror suspects seek to clear names
21 Mar — NEW YORK – As the U.S. ramps up efforts to root out homegrown terrorism, hundreds of people who have fallen under suspicion are in a state of limbo: Many say they have been singled out unfairly for scrutiny but have been neither charged nor cleared. Some of them, mostly Muslims, have spent weeks in jail; others find it impossible to travel freely. Some say they have had their reputations destroyed by the news coverage
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110321/ap_on_re_us/us_terror_under_suspicion

Under suspicion: Millions paid to former suspects
AP 21 Mar — In recent years the federal government or its contractors have paid millions of dollars to settle lawsuits filed by people who say they were unfairly detained or harassed because of terrorism fears. The payments include:  $2 million in 2006 to Portland, Ore., lawyer Brandon Mayfield, who was jailed after FBI agents mistakenly linked him to a fingerprint found after the 2004 Madrid train bombings….
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110321/ap_on_re_us/us_terror_under_suspicion_settlements

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