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‘Judaizing’ Beit Hanina in East Jerusalem, with backing from Americans
Jeff Halper visits the Natche family home in Beit Hanina, East Jerusalem, which is under threat of eviction by vigilante settlers led by Arieh King and backed by the Israel Land Fund.
Settlers take over house in Hebron, PA detains owner
Several dozen settlers move into property located near Cave of Patriarchs; say they have legal ownership. Palestinian owner detained by PA police.
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Vigilante settler seeks ‘strong men’ to evict Palestinians from East Jerusalem home
Following an announcement by Aryeh King, an extremist settler with the Israel Land Fund (ILA), of plans to take over Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, the right-wing leader placed ads in newspapers seeking “strong men [who] are wanted to legally evacuate Arab squatters.”
US ‘understands’ Israel’s decision to cut ties with UN Human Rights Council
Shapiro: Israel’s decision to cut HRC ties ‘understandable’ US ambassador to Israel says Human Rights Council obsessively focuses on Israel instead of other critical issues in Syria, Iran. link to www.ynetnews.com Israel reprimands Austria, Belgium over vote on UN human … Continue reading
UPDATE: Hamas, family misled AP reporter on death of five month old child
A seven-month-old baby in Gaza died on Friday evening after medical equipment he was connected to switched off as a result of a power cut, a Hamas-affiliated TV channel said. Gaza medical spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya confirmed the incident, adding that the infant was born with respiratory problems and doctors had recommended the use of mechanical breathing apparatus to be used at home.
Israel on human rights: It’s accountability for Palestinians but ‘diplomatic terror’ for Israel
Two ironic stories over the weekend: The Israeli government demands that EU aid to Palestinians be conditioned on supporting human rights while at the same time calling a UN investigation into the settlements “diplomatic terror”
Gutless Leon Wieseltier
New Republic editor has been conducting a ‘personal’ boycott of West Bank goods for years. He just wouldnt go public, lest it crack the monolith of the Israel lobby
Mustafa Bargouti: Jerusalem is at the heart of the Palestinian cause
Elsa Rassbach interviews Dr. Mustafa Bargouti on the Global March to Jerusalem, which coincides with Land Day on March 30th–a commemoration of the 1976 general strike against the Israeli confiscation of Palestinian land.
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Half of Gaza’s ambulances and fire trucks are at a standstill due to fuel crisis
The Committee for Ambulance and Emergency in Gaza announced Wednesday that 50% of ambulances and fire trucks stopped working as the fuel crisis in the Gaza Strip have worsened.
Settlers use stolen Palestinian water springs to promote settlements: ‘It is a way of promoting or advertising settlements as a fun place’
Jewish settlers have seized dozens of natural springs in the occupied West Bank, barring Palestinians or limiting their access to scarce water sources, a United Nations report said on Monday.
Physicians for Human Rights: On the 33rd day of her hunger strike, Hana Shalabi is in imminent danger of death
An independent physician from Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR-Israel) examined her today and determined that she must be hospitalized immediately.
The Norwegians, the settlers, the zealot, the olive seedlings– and the Palestinian’s suit against ‘Nobody’
How long will Europe put up with extremist actions against volunteers in the West Bank?
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Israeli settlers attack a shepherd and a child in separate attacks in the West Bank
Settlers destroy 220 olive trees in Nablus village land
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Are solar panels an existential threat to Israel too?
Israel is planning to demolish ‘illegal’ solar panels that are the only source of electricity for Palestinians in West Bank villages.
To my unborn children
A 24 year old Gazan blogger writes a letter to his future children about growing up in Gaza under Israeli occupation.
Report from the Saturday morning settler ‘real estate tour’ in Hebron
JoAnne Lingle’s on the ground report from the West Bank: though the controversial Golani Brigade is leaving, settlers in Hebron/al-Khalil still lead “real estate tours” and commit violence.
Keeping settlements ‘illegal’ keeps Obama off of Netanyahu’s back
When new outposts like Migron are built illegally, instead of “legally,” Netanyahu is shielded from political controversy; the prime minister is safe from American pressure to stop new settlement construction, and the settlers whose political parties helped get the prime minister in office can continue to do as they please.
Israel sidesteps settlements freeze with Migron deal
Sidestepping a 10-year settlement freeze, last week Israel entered a deal with an illegal settlement, Migron, allowing the outpost to violate a court-ordered eviction.
Connecting the West Bank to solar energy: A day at the Abu Kbeta family compound
Tomer Weinstein spends a day in the West Bank village of Umm al-Kheer where he works with an Israeli solar panel NGO, installing electricity for the Abu Kbeta family.
What it takes to throw away garbage in Occupied Palestine
The people who live in Qalandiyah and Kfar Akeb, who are residents of Jerusalem but on the other side of the security fence, sometimes have to walk many kilometers to throw out their household garbage on the other side of the Qalandiyah checkpoint.
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‘Blackwashing’ and the Israel lobby
Max Blumenthal discusses the Israel lobby’s use of “blackwashing” to build support for Israel.
California congresswoman: ‘Some would call that apartheid’
Settlers can vote. Palestinians can’t. That looks like apartheid, says Rep Jackie Speier of San Francisco
‘Under Attack’: the Golani Brigade’s treatment of Palestinians in Al-Khalil/Hebron
A newly released report submitted to the United Nations by international organizations working in Al Khalil documents a sharp increase in serious human rights violations by the Golani Brigade against Palestinian civilians, particularly youth and children, living in the Old City and Tel Rumeida.
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Finkelstein’s prescription for a two-state solution is not realistic
Norman Finkelstein expresses certainty that the two-state solution remains achievable, but his argument contains several serious flaws.
Ten reasons why AIPAC is so dangerous
Occupy AIPAC is taking place this upcoming weekend in Washington DC. Medea Benjamin explains how AIPAC’s clout helps fuel a never-ending cycle of violence in the Middle East.