Imneizil demolitions: “Hanging between the ground and the sky”
The solar panels in the village of Imneizil, near Hebron, became effective almost two years ago, improved the living conditions for about four hundred inhabitants in the village, but recently residents learned that the Israeli army issued a demolition order for the solar power installations. “When the electricity came, we could have light at night. So right now, we could sit with our friends in the night, and we can see each other,” said 25-year-old Nihad who has seen her life change since electricity become available in Imneizil. She talks about how the school now has access to computers and printers, and how radio and TV have connected the village to the rest of the world. Now they have washing machines, and refrigerators that make it possible to store food.
Report: “Palestinian Village Condemned To Live In Darkness”
After the “Seeba” Spanish organization managed to install Solar Panels at a Palestinian village in the West Bank, known as Amenzil, and for the first time its residents managed to have electricity, Israel issued a military injunction ordering the residents to remove the Panels.
An academic study conducted by a Palestinian researcher from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, revealed that the amount of investments by Palestinian businessmen men, in Israeli settlements, and in Israel itself, in 2010, mounts to $2.5 Billion.
A few days ago, I posted a description of my recent visit to Jerusalem, and I was accused of anti-semitism by one irate reader. I guess that’s an occupational hazard whenever you write about Israel in anything other than glowing terms, although I did take the trouble to mention the things I admire about the country as well as some downsides. My sister – who recently visited Palestine and wrote to UK Prime Minister David Cameron protesting about the treatment of villagers in the occupied territories by the settlers – sent me an interesting link to an Israeli site the other day.Machsomwatch.org is run by a group of female Israeli activists who send daily reports from the numerous checkpoints between Israel and Palestine.
The definition of chutzpah: Jerusalem mosque expanding illegally
Municipality fails to stop construction at Mount of Olives mosque despite evidence it has expanded to State-owned land. ‘PM’s Office much stricter when it comes to Jewish construction,’ Public Complaints Bureau chief says.
More than fifty settlers at midnight Thursday stormed the villages of Aqraba and Awdla, to the south east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus and wreaked havoc in both villages.
Israeli media are reporting (Hebrew) that the police have arrested a suspect in the Peace Now price tag attacks and death threats against Hagit Ofran. The suspect has confessed to his role in phoning bomb threats to the Peace Now office and vandalizing Ofran’s apartment building with graffiti wishing her dead. But the family has secured a gag preventing identification of the suspect. When he appeared in court, the father, who is a “senior civil servant” according to Haaretz, threatened the reporters and photographers there with jail if they published anything. He then secured a gag from the court likely with the help of the suspect’s mother, who is a senior police official.
Relatives of a captive from Gaza told that he is suffering cancer
Israeli occupation authorities informed the family of Palestinian captive Hazem Miqdad from the Gaza Strip that their son suffers from cancer of the liver.
Palestinian prisoner Riyadh Al-Amor, 42, was given wrong injection at the Ramle prison hospital that worsened his health condition, human rights sources said on Saturday.
“Most students are from very poor families. We have a lot of children like this; it comes from living in poverty, under bombardment, with a lack of medicine. Children lose their hearing as a result of untreated illnesses. These children, especially the girls, find themselves written off. There’s no education or jobs for them. But our school provides training, and an opportunity for social contacts and life prospects. Just look at their faces!”
Israel-Gaza tensions: Pilot program to expand Gaza exports falters
Israel promised earlier this year to allow Gaza to export garments and furniture after a five-year blockade. But delays are damaging sales – and hope.
The story of Palestinian nonviolent resistance is one that is rarely told in mainstream US media. On Tuesday, Nashville’s largest daily newspaper, The Tennessean, published an op-ed, “Two roads to justice meet in Palestine,” by Nour Joudah. Joudah’s op-ed brings attention to the Palestinian Freedom Riders and gives voice to the struggle of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. She highlights the similarities of Palestinian nonviolent resistance to Israeli apartheid with the stories she heard growing up in Tennessee about African-Americans’ nonviolent protests throughout the Jim Crow South. For Joudah, the common theme tying these struggles together is the brave men and women who stand in defiance of gross discrimination and injustice. She ends her piece with a call to action, “To those who stood against injustice in the 1960s and who are proud of that moment in history, the time has come to raise your voices again, to demand justice for Palestinians. The ride to freedom is long and ever-evolving. But it is a ride that knows no geographical boundaries — whether in the Jim Crow South or Occupied Palestine.”
Al-Azhar to announce “al-Quds Document” sunday
National Press Club suspends journalist for asking Saudi prince a tough question, Ali Abunimah
Journalist Sam Husseini asks a Saudi prince a tough question and gets booted out of the National Press Club, showing the limits of what the “free” media are allowed to do in Washington.
PA must end security coordination with Israel now
The PA should immediately revoke the scandalous Economic Protocol of Paris which made the very lifeline of the Palestinian economy subject to Israel’s whims and haphazard, sadistic fantasies.
Zionist news sources said that the US administration sent a secret message to Ramallah which says that any plans to achieve unity with Hamas in the Gaza Strip means the immediate freezing of US funds.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7c4xxaCkBnEL7le94nWgsM%2fhbgt4UrWrsHU%2f7jqCeXMHcjdDbQOTaSzkqDYTLdbpTrGpys8s%2bee7QDLKGUZKSMMY9creBgCnDdCSdbjZEeIg%3d
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=437598
http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=18050
11 Iraqis Killed On Prayer Day
At least 11 Iraqis were killed in the latest violence. Another 23 were wounded as well. Demonstrations for and against granting region status to more areas in Iraq took place in Samarra and Baghdad. Also, the fate of Camp Ashraf residents could soon be decided.
US Military Denies Shooting Iraqi Civilians; 12 Dead Across Iraq
Overall, at least 12 Iraqis were killed and 24 more were wounded in the latest reports of violence. However, U.S. military officials are denying one incident in which witnesses claim that U.S. soldiers fired on civilians in Yusufiya. In political news, one lawmaker came out in support of semi-autonomy for Basra, while the vice president denounced plans to expand Iraq’s prison system.
Bahrain: Teen killed when police car hit oil slick (AP)
AP – Bahraini authorities said Saturday a police vehicle skidded on an oil slick poured by anti-government protesters, killing a teenage demonstrator.
Thousands rally in Bahrain against island’s rulers (AP)
AP – Thousands of Shiite-led protesters calling for greater rights have streamed into an area outside the capital Manama.
Cairo protests spread to cities of Alexandria, Aswan and Suez, leaving at least two demonstrators dead.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, captured after three months on the run, he was disguised as a Tuareq hiding within the Tuareg near Ubari. He was reportedly scared and down to his last few thousand dollars in cash when he was detained in Libya’s southern desert. It has emerged that revolutionary forces from the town of Zintan had been pursuing his trail for some days, and finally caught up with his convoy at around 4am local time, Saturday. Gaddafi was then taken by air back to Zintan, pending transfer to Tripoli. Al Jazeera’s Anita McNaught reports.
U.S. Group Offered to Aid Qaddafi, Documents Show
Confidential documents show how a colorful partnership of Americans saw lucrative possibilities in the power struggle that would end Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s erratic reign.
Kuwait’s ruler orders ‘stricter’ security
Sheikh Sabah denounces protests as a threat to “security and stability” after brief storming of parliament chamber.
UAE: Activists Planning Hunger Strike
Five activists jailed seven months ago for “publicly insulting” United Arab Emirates officials plan to begin a hunger strike on November 13, 2011. The activists said the hunger strike will continue until authorities release them unconditionally and end all judicial proceedings against them. (Abu Dhabi) – Five activists jailed seven months ago for “publicly insulting” United Arab Emirates officials plan to begin a hunger strike on November 13, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. The activists said the hunger strike will continue until authorities release them unconditionally and end all judicial proceedings against them.
Hundreds protest in Jordanian capital
About 1,000 protesters, including Islamists, leftists and youth groups, call for political reform and end to corruption.
Russia is sending its warships to Syrian waters in a move aimed at preventing any foreign attacks against Syrian territories.
Ex-Inspector Rejects IAEA Iran Bomb Test Chamber Claim, Gareth Porter
IPS — A former inspector for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repudiated its major new claim that Iran built an explosives chamber to test components of a nuclear weapon and carry out a simulated nuclear explosion.
Panetta speaks on eve of talks with Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Canada; says world should focus on diplomatic pressure, sanctions over Iran nuclear program.
Today, there are two interesting reports with divergent points of view about U.S. strategy toward Iran. But each is worth noting. First, readers will know the respect in which I hold Alex Fishman, the military correspondent of Yediot. He was the only mainstream journalist willing to take on the IDF’s lies about the Eilat attack and call them what they were. He also wrote a compelling story about the tension between the U.S. and Iran regarding how to proceed with Iran.
Israel casually threatens to attack civilian targets in Iran, As’ad AbuKhalil
“Israel intends to electronic warfare on Iranian civilian infrastructures in the event of a strike against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities, The Daily Beast reported on Thursday, amid ongoing fallout from a damning report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog.” If Iran or an Arab country threatens to attack civilian targets in Israel, the clown prosecutor at the ICC would yell and scream and call for the NATO to initiate bombings immediately.
‘Proud Zionist’ tweets that assassinating Obama is ‘tempting’, Philip Weiss
https://mondoweiss.net/2011/11/proud-zionist-tweets-that-assassinating-obama-is-tempting.html
The rocket attack did not make the first page in any of the prominent newspapers in France, nor did it receive any coverage from news programs.
Critics of Palestine solidarity within Occupy Wall Street rely on distortion, Alex Kane
Condi Rice was ‘shocked’ by ‘ethnic purity’ claims for Jewish state, Philip Weiss
Israeli Democracy Fades to Black, Lawrence Davidson
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Gosh. Those useful idiots, that made up a majority of the audience, laughing at Rumsfled’s crappy “jokes”, clapping happily ,when the security draggs protestors out of the room. What a sorry bunch of humanoids. I’ve never been to Texas ,and after seeing that , I’ m not plannning either.
What a bunch of brainless herd.
I’m waiting for Witty to come around here and label these protest actions as “fascist,” too. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go to his profile and type in “fascist” or “fascism” into the search box.)
Good thing we have the state police there to suppress this dissent — this form of “fascism” — and preserve Mr. Rumsfeld’s free speech rights to spread lies unopposed. That’s what Wittyesque “democracy” looks like.
I was the second one heard in the video (“you belong in the Hague..you have no right to solicit your book…etc)
I had to stand in line with these poor ignorant souls; braying livestock is what I would compare them to.
“Breach the Geneva Conventions”? The Geneva Conventions are for liberals. Rumsfeld & co. breached the 1997 US War Crimes Act, which prescribes the death penalty for a war crime in which anyone was killed!
Go protesters
“you belong in the Hague” Along with Douglas Feith, Cheney, “mushroom cloud” Rice, Wolftowitz, Bush, Bolton Woolsey, Ledeen, Bill Kristol etc etc etc
But instead in the US (and that audience) you are broadcast on MSM new programs, travel from speaking engagements, have you and your books promoted on Jon Stewarts Daily show while being thrown softball questions. Yep in the US powerful war criminals are accepted and promoted.