Israeli Army clears troops in Reuters cameraman’s death
Military advocate general closes investigation into death of Gaza cameraman in April, determines conduct of tank crew that mistakenly identified Fadel Shana as gunman was reasonable.
The 23-year-old Palestinian employed by the British news agency was killed by tank fire while filming Israeli troops on a heavy day of [...]
It was a great long vacation on personal level. OTOH, I’ve missed my blog and my online friends and hoping to be active and corresponding back soon.
Being away for more than a month, I have a lot to catchup and do online before I’m actively writing here and posting on my other blogs, but I [...]
It’s time of the year to take some rest, so I’ll be away from my blog for a month or so. If I get a chance in between I’ll try to post something.
2 Israeli teens assault elderly men playing chess because “they don’t like Russians”
The indictment reveals that the two had arrived at the park where they approached the immigrants. One of them blew smoke in one of the older men’s faces, and proceeded to hit him on his arm with a stick.
One of the immigrants tried [...]
This is a true, amazing and shocking firsthand story that details the ‘welcoming package’ waiting for you at Israeli borders. (Try to imagine how Palestinians are treated at checkpoints!!!)
Stolen days in Israel
This is a long and mostly detailed rendition of what happened to me after my arrival in Tel Aviv. I would like to submit [...]
No new posts here for some time now because been busy in preparing for my annual vacation with my family on one side and on the other side dumped the old Palestine Blogs aggregator platform and switched back to Drupal because the old one was pain-in-the-neck. That was not an easy task and took some [...]
Some good news:
Adalah-NY - UNICEF Rejects Support From Israeli Billionaire Known for Constructing Settlements on Palestinian Lands
Diamond Mogul, Lev Leviev, Facing Increasing Pressure for Human Rights Violations
A senior advisor to UNICEF’s Director said in a letter today that UNICEF will reject all partnerships with, or financial support from, Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev. Leviev had previously [...]
Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem is a new UN 19 pages report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. It provids shocking -but not surprising- information about the situation.
Excerpt:
Nablus, located 65 kilometres from Jerusalem, is the largest Palestinian city in the West Bank. Its population is predominantly Muslim, [...]
The Detroit News
Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign apologized Wednesday after volunteers asked two Muslim women not to stand or sit behind the candidate at a rally in Detroit this week out of concerns about the appearance of traditional Muslim dress in published and broadcast visuals of the events.
The incident is one of a series involving the [...]
George Bisharat
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
On his first day as the presumptive Democratic candidate for president earlier this month, Barack Obama committed a serious foreign policy blunder. Reciting a litany of pro-Israeli positions at the annual meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), he avowed: “Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it [...]
We are running out of time for a two-state solution
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent At the end of my conversation with Sari Nusseibeh at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem, the highly respected president of Al-Quds University - and cosignatory of "The People's Choice," a peace plan that he formulated with former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon - told ... Woman beat, threatened by 'modesty squad'
Jerusalem woman who left ultra-Orthodox life after her divorce gagged, beaten by group of self-proclaimed 'chastity guards'
Aviad Glickman
A 31-year-old Jerusalem woman was cruelly beaten and threatened with death by members of the 'modesty squad' who took it upon themselves to interrogate her about her relationships ... Jaffa pool restricts entry of Arab residents
Omer Ori Jewish and Arab relations in the city of Jaffa have always been tense, and Jewish residents' committees of some of Jaffa's neighborhoods have decide to do something about it, at least where the city pool is concerned: They rent out the pool every two weeks – to Jews ... Behind closed doors, police admit 'turning a blind eye' to settler violence
Not unlike the NYT, Washington Post, ABC, CNN, Buzzflash, Raw Story, der Spiegel Int'l., and other media whose editors and readership condone occupation and violence against CERTAIN people...but are oh, so self righteous when it comes ... We know,
all you could keep,
is an old key,
an old rusty key
and no door to open with,
because the door was left behind.
Behind the hills,
behind the walls,
there was your house,
once,
now owned by foreigner
dwelling in your land,
now made a foreign country ...
