Category Archives: Israel/Palestine

Alterman says BDS shares Ahmadinejad’s agenda, and Hezbollah’s too

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Progressives Avishai and Alterman adopt conservative theories to rationalize the status quo in Israel and Palestine

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics | 31 Comments

Fear, the African refugees and the cost of maintaining Israel as a Jewish state

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Neta Golan
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Neta Golan was shocked, but not surprised, by the images of a Tel Aviv mob attacking African immigrants. As an Israeli, she was familiar with fear and anger being directed towards non-Jews in Israel and the occupied territories. She says this fear is the result of a never-ending demographic war seen as essential for maintaining Israel as a Jewish state.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation, One state/Two states | 13 Comments

Netanyahu govt to impose fines on mayors of cities that employ migrant workers

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Allison Deger

The Netanyahu government will impose fines on mayors who hire migrant workers, pushing a slight tactical difference between him and the mob-riling Knesset members responsible for the violent attacks earlier this week.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government | 25 Comments

Resume builders: Be a broken record on Iran, cheer authoritarians in Gulf

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Jeffrey Feltman has supported Israel across the board and faulted Iran; he gets big job at the U.N.

Posted in Arab Spring, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Middle East | 33 Comments

UN Committee: Israeli system ‘tantamount to apartheid’

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Ethnic Cleansing / Land Theft & Destruction / Occupation & Apartheid / Exile & Restriction of Movement / Refugees Report: Israel issued 13,000 demolition orders against Palestinian real estate Haaretz newspaper said the Israeli civil administration issued 13,000 demolition warnings … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror | 1 Comment

And we live on…

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Refaat Alareer

In spite of the ‘birds of death, hovering two meters from our breath,’ the people of Gaza live on

Posted in Arab Spring, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports | 5 Comments

US official — we went to Israel first

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Philip Weiss

US gov’t negotiators on Iran issue briefed Israel on recent talks before they briefed their own government

Posted in Iran, Israeli Government, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 15 Comments

Israel lobby’s favorite senator tries to erase Palestinian refugee status for millions

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Alex Kane

Senator Mark Kirk (above) of Illinois is leading an effort that would redefine who a Palestinian refugee is. Critics say the move is one step in a larger strategy to take refugee rights for Palestinians off the negotiating table.

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Nakba, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged , , , , | 55 Comments

Israel takes 30 dunams of land near Salfit ‘for security reasons’

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Kate

Ma’an: Israeli authorities issued a decision to seize 30 dunums of land belonging to Palestinians from Deir Istiya, near Salfit, activists said Thursday. Rizik Abu Nasser, head of the popular campaign against settlements in Salfit, quoted the order as saying the land was being seized “for security reasons and to prevent terrorist operations.” The mayor, Nathmi Salman, condemned the decision. He said it was the third such order in a row to seize land from Deir Istiya.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Today in Palestine | 4 Comments

Aaron David Miller: After a short ‘peace process,’ look for war with Iran in 2013

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Ira Glunts

Aaron David Miller predicts that there will be neither an agreement nor an attack on Iran in 2012. Instead he sees a “peace process” which will create an illusion of progress then end badly. In 2013, with the failure of negotiations, we could see a war, unless there is an “unexpected breakthrough.”

Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 41 Comments

Rafah march for deteriorating hunger strikers as family appeals for support

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Joe Catron

Hundreds of Palestinians, led by Scouts from throughout the besieged Gaza Strip, marched in Rafah today to demand that Israel release Mahmoud Sarsak and Akram Rikhawi, two detainees still on hunger strike.

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Rafah’s nicest tunnel: Siege meets surf in Gaza

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Joe Catron

Joe Catron photographs Gaza’s clay sea huts in a coastal resort in Rafah, one kilometer from the Egyptian border.

Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, On the ground reports | 7 Comments

Iranian talks fail after neocon ‘blitz’ — as Obama dispatches aide to reassure Tel Aviv

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Neocons drove Obama hardline on Iranian sanctions, as Wendy Sherman, former moderate at State, rushes to Israel to assure them of our commitment

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons, US Politics | 29 Comments

Saving Illinois from Senator Kirk

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Annie Robbins

There is no P in Arabic, Israel lobbyist says to justify ethnic cleansing of Palestine

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | 9 Comments

American Zionist responses to Tel Aviv riots– largely indifferent, but some outrage

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Philip Weiss

AIPAC, AJC and Conference of Presidents have nothing to say about anti-African riots in South Tel Aviv

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine | 46 Comments

US to differentiate between ‘personally displaced’ Palestinian refugees and their descendants

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Allison Deger

Today the U.S. government approved the “Kirk amendment,” a resolution to differentiate between Palestinians “personally displaced” in 1948 and their millions of descendants.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Nakba, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 154 Comments

Bob Simon misses the story on Tel Aviv

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Scott Roth

People who are still fuming over Bob Simon’s 60 Minutes piece from last month, which was critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinian Christians and called Michael Oren to task for attempting to kill the story before it aired, received a gift last Sunday – a fluffy superficial ode to the city of Tel Aviv’s undeniable awesomeness.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, Nakba | 20 Comments

‘This is not fair play’: Mahmoud Sarsak’s family demands his release as he enters 67th day of hunger strike

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Mahmoud Kamel Muhammad Sarsak

Mahmoud Sarsak, a 25 years old professional soccer player from Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, is entering the 67th day of a hunger strike as he sits in Israeli prison. His family appeals for international solidarity to help win his freedom.

Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Occupation | 2 Comments

Senate fight today over the number of Palestinian refugees

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Senate fight today over Palestinian ‘refugees’ Thirty U.S. senators will vote today over whether there really are 5 million Palestinian “refugees” or just around 30,000 — a hot-button issue that has already become the subject of a vigorous international debate involving … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 23 Comments

Turkish prosecutor recommends ten life sentences for Israeli generals behind Mavi Marmara attack

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Henry Norr

Turkey has issued arrest warrants for four retired Israeli military leaders after a prosecutor filed an indictment seeking sentences of life plus 18,000 years for their roles in the 2010 attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.

Posted in Israel/Palestine | 19 Comments

Day after pogroms, Likud MK calls for internment camp for African refugees

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Adam Horowitz
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Last night, a riot broke out in in Tel Aviv’s Hatikva neighborhood following a rally calling for African refugees to be deported from the country. Above, a mob sets garbage on fire while singing “The people want the Africans to be burned.”

Posted in Israel/Palestine | 63 Comments

Munayyer in the ‘NYT’: ‘For all the talk about shared values between Israel and the United States, democracy is sadly not one of them’

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

The New York Times has published a succinct and devastating Op-Ed from Yousef Munayyer on the systemic inequality at the root of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, One state/Two states, US Politics | 10 Comments

Because of all my father and mother did to liberate Europe (I go to the West Bank)

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Caroline Pinder Cracraft
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Capt Richard Pinder parachuted in to France to join the resistance and was captured by the Nazis. His daughter feels solidarity with Palestinians

Posted in Israel/Palestine | Tagged | 48 Comments

The occupier’s agenda: divorcing Gaza from the West Bank

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Kate

and other news from Today in Palestine:Land, resources theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Apartheid / Division of Palestine Israel is doing everything to separate Gaza, West Bank / Amira Hass Haaretz 23 May — Israel wants Hamas rule … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel/Palestine | 3 Comments

Aaron Sorkin’s anachronism

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Writer of The Social Network imposed a victimized narrative on Mark Zuckerberg, who’s anything but

Posted in American Jewish Community, Beyondoweiss, Egypt, Israel/Palestine | 27 Comments