Peace with the Palestinians is no longer a luxury
1) Occupation Magazine - reports, comments, campaigns
2) Crazy Country: The village and the forest - and a bit about God
TOI-Billboard presents a weekly choice of 'must reads' from the Occupation Magazine collection and including new entries on Adam Keller's Crazy Country blog.
Occupation Magazine February 8, 2011
Activism
A Tour to Hebron: This Friday, February 11th, 8:30am, guided by Breaking The Silence members
Reports, statements, commentary
Reports, statements, commentary
Fayyad demands intervention to stop settler violence
Ma`an - "It is time the international community stopped treating Israel as a state above the law," Fayyad said, demanding that international work be put into protecting Palestinians.
Ma`an - "It is time the international community stopped treating Israel as a state above the law," Fayyad said, demanding that international work be put into protecting Palestinians.
Settler Activist Verbally Assaults Spanish FM During Visit to Hebron
Circarre Parrhesia - IMEMC - The settler group had hoped to persuade Jimיnez to intervene in the Spanish government`s support of a Palestinian construction project, near to the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba. [Ynet and Haarez also report the incident.] bz
Circarre Parrhesia - IMEMC - The settler group had hoped to persuade Jimיnez to intervene in the Spanish government`s support of a Palestinian construction project, near to the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba. [Ynet and Haarez also report the incident.] bz
Letter to the Polish Government - Poland assuming the EU Presidency in July 2011
Boycott from within - We expect Poland, as a prominent member of the EU, to cancel arms trade between Rafael and Poland`s Bumar for Spike Missile production, given that these weapons are used by the Israeli military against civilians. bz
Boycott from within - We expect Poland, as a prominent member of the EU, to cancel arms trade between Rafael and Poland`s Bumar for Spike Missile production, given that these weapons are used by the Israeli military against civilians. bz
In their own words: a report on the situation facing Palestinian children detained in occupied East Jerusalem
Defence of Children International – Palestine Section - In three out of the 13 cases (13%), the children report being shown, or asked to sign, documents written in Hebrew, which is not the children’s mother tongue.
„The interrogator then handed me a piece of paper written in Hebrew. “Write down your name,” he said, and I did.‟ (I.M. – 12 years – Al Mascobiyya Interrogation Centre, Jerusalem)
Defence of Children International – Palestine Section - In three out of the 13 cases (13%), the children report being shown, or asked to sign, documents written in Hebrew, which is not the children’s mother tongue.
„The interrogator then handed me a piece of paper written in Hebrew. “Write down your name,” he said, and I did.‟ (I.M. – 12 years – Al Mascobiyya Interrogation Centre, Jerusalem)
13 Jewish homes approved in Sheikh Jarrah
Ronen Medzini - Ynet - Construction plans drawn up `with sole aim of creating trouble,` says Meretz councilman, but head of Israel Land Fund argues, `Arabs should thank Jews for letting them stay free of charge on land that belongs to them`
Ronen Medzini - Ynet - Construction plans drawn up `with sole aim of creating trouble,` says Meretz councilman, but head of Israel Land Fund argues, `Arabs should thank Jews for letting them stay free of charge on land that belongs to them`
Court orders government to accommodate East Jerusalem school children
Nir Hasson - Haaretz - The lack of classrooms forces many families to send children to private schools that charge tuition of thousands of shekels a year. The Supreme Court acceped the ACRI petition: if the government cannot operate enough public schools in East Jerusalem, it must compensate parents for private-school fees.
Nir Hasson - Haaretz - The lack of classrooms forces many families to send children to private schools that charge tuition of thousands of shekels a year. The Supreme Court acceped the ACRI petition: if the government cannot operate enough public schools in East Jerusalem, it must compensate parents for private-school fees.
We the Egyptian People
Roger Cohen - NYT - Egypt had a Western-backed free-market economy run by a family with contempt for freedom.
Roger Cohen - NYT - Egypt had a Western-backed free-market economy run by a family with contempt for freedom.
Jones: Israeli-Palestinian strife still core of ME ills
Herb Keinon - Jerusalem Post - “Tempting as it may be,” he said, “may I suggest this is not the time to be passive, to be a spectator to history, especially if you are an Israeli, American, Arab or European.”
Herb Keinon - Jerusalem Post - “Tempting as it may be,” he said, “may I suggest this is not the time to be passive, to be a spectator to history, especially if you are an Israeli, American, Arab or European.”
UK: Israel-Palestine deal can curb Iran
PressTV - Latest from Iran - "The United Kingdom is pushing for stronger sanctions to influence Iran, but the importance of the Middle East peace process should not be overlooked," Reuters quoted British Defense Secretary Liam Fox as speaking at the Herzliya Conference, an annual Israeli security forum, on Sunday. bz
PressTV - Latest from Iran - "The United Kingdom is pushing for stronger sanctions to influence Iran, but the importance of the Middle East peace process should not be overlooked," Reuters quoted British Defense Secretary Liam Fox as speaking at the Herzliya Conference, an annual Israeli security forum, on Sunday. bz
Netanyahu must advance peace if he wants a stable Mideast
Haaretz Editorial - Instead of clinging to yesterday, Netanyahu must support the Arab League peace initiative, which he has so far ignored. That would be Israel`s contribution to creating a new Middle East, one that is democratic and stable.
Haaretz Editorial - Instead of clinging to yesterday, Netanyahu must support the Arab League peace initiative, which he has so far ignored. That would be Israel`s contribution to creating a new Middle East, one that is democratic and stable.
A selection of articles from earlier days
`We were for blackmail` escaped Hamas prisoner says
Ma`an News Agency - "Detained in 2007 after Hamas forces in Gaza ripped a section of the border wall down, allowing thousands of Strip residents to spill into Egypt, where most bought provisions and fuel. [...] After more than a year in detention, Noufal said he started insisting that he know why he was being held"
Bil`in protest in solidarity with Egypt attacked by Israeli troops
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News - "This week`s protest called for national unity, and in solidarity with the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings. Israeli troops attacked the march with tear gas and concussion grenades"
A Re-Imagined Revolution in Jenin`s Freedom Theatre - Alice in Dangerland
Samer al Saber - CounterPunch - "Carroll`s tale ends with Alice running off to tea as her older sister imagines Alice`s growth into womanhood and old age. Jenin`s Alice, having just witnessed a revolution, concludes her journey by refusing to marry and a promise to live out her life"
Why Is Israel So Blind?
MJ Rosenberg - Political Correction - "Those of us in the pro-Israel, pro-peace camp do not enjoy being proven right — although we invariably are. Our standard recommendation to Israel is that it should move quickly to achieve agreements with the Arab states and the stateless Palestinians before it is too late. And the Israeli response is that there is no urgency to make peace — except on Israeli terms — because Israel is strong and the Arabs are weak"
It`s not radical Islam that worries the US – it`s independence
Noam Chomsky - The Guardian - The nature of any regime it backs in the Arab world is secondary to control. Subjects are ignored until they break their chains
A Villa in the Jungle?
Uri Avnery - gush-shalom.org - We are facing a new reality. We can ignore it – insisting that we are “a villa in the jungle”, as Ehud Barak famously put it – or find our proper place in the new reality. Peace with the Palestinians is no longer a luxury. It is an absolute necessity. Peace now, peace quickly…
2 book reviews - Israel & Palestine: Breaking the Silence February 24, 2011
David Shulman - Yet the first thing I saw in al-Nabi Salih was a huge sign in Arabic and English: "We Believe in Non-Violence. Do You?" It was World Peace Day, and speaker after speaker reaffirmed a commitment to peace and to nonviolent resistance to the occupation.
BDS Success: First Ever Knesset Discussion on Combating Cultural Boycott of Israel
AIC - The power of the Palestinian-led movement to boycott, divest and sanction Israel (BDS) has resulted in yet another first – a discussion of the cultural boycott on 1 February by the Education and Culture Committee of the Knesset.
Updated: PR firms drop Israeli image campaign
Aviad Ivri, Counselor at the Israeli embassy in Oslo, admits Israel faces a considerable challenge. "It’s no secret that Israel has a reputation problem," he says.
Analysis: The Quartet’s changing perspective
By HERB KEINON - Jerusalem Post "With the Arab world now preoccupied with its own turmoil, "bolder steps" to foster positive relations with Israel seems... like a pipe dream."
Israel isn`t the center of the Mideast, or of the world
By Yitzhak Laor - Haaretz " The problem with Orientalist discourse of our commentators − which sees the world through the prism of the Shin Bet Security Service − is that it helps to seal off the ghetto into which we are gradually locking ourselves, a ghetto within the Middle East and within world history."
Egypt`s revolution inspires Gaza`s youth
Mohammed Rabah Suliman, The Electronic Intifada "The revolution underway in Egypt is being closely watched by Gaza`s youth who see it as a source of empowerment and inspiration."
A Normal Day in the Lives of My Palestinian Neighbors
Paulette Schroeder - CPTHebron - Because there is no mandatory schooling for Palestinian children, the children roam the streets, smoke, or help their family.
Seven Palestinians Killed By Army Fire In Gaza In January
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies - The Higher Committee for Emergency Services in the Gaza Strip reported that seven Palestinians were killed by during Israeli military attacks against the coastal region in January. At least twenty residents were wounded. Most of the casualties took place during Israeli air strikes and bombardment targeting the Gaza Strip.
Suddenly peace is an asset?
Gideon Levy - Haaretz - It is the same sort of peace that would have no chance of being accepted by the current government or Knesset. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have never signed it, and the Knesset would never have approved it. It`s not difficult to imagine what would happen today if Egypt would offer peace for land: endless negotiation over security arrangements, interim agreements, water arrangements and air arrangements - and no peace.
Exit the Israel Alibi
ROGER COHEN - NYT - "One way to measure the immense distance traveled by Arabs over the past month is to note the one big subject they are not talking about: Israel."
Army To Confiscate 600 Dunams Near Hebron
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - "According to the order, "an educational facility" that belongs to the Gush Etzion illegal settlement bloc, will be built in the place of the confiscated lands."
Rightists launch battle to block Facebook pages of left-wing groups
Sefi Krupsky- Haaretz - "... thus far led to the blocking of the profile pages of left-wing groups including Machsom Watch, Yesh Gvul, and Anarchists against the Wall." id
Ma`an News Agency - "Detained in 2007 after Hamas forces in Gaza ripped a section of the border wall down, allowing thousands of Strip residents to spill into Egypt, where most bought provisions and fuel. [...] After more than a year in detention, Noufal said he started insisting that he know why he was being held"
Bil`in protest in solidarity with Egypt attacked by Israeli troops
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News - "This week`s protest called for national unity, and in solidarity with the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings. Israeli troops attacked the march with tear gas and concussion grenades"
A Re-Imagined Revolution in Jenin`s Freedom Theatre - Alice in Dangerland
Samer al Saber - CounterPunch - "Carroll`s tale ends with Alice running off to tea as her older sister imagines Alice`s growth into womanhood and old age. Jenin`s Alice, having just witnessed a revolution, concludes her journey by refusing to marry and a promise to live out her life"
Why Is Israel So Blind?
MJ Rosenberg - Political Correction - "Those of us in the pro-Israel, pro-peace camp do not enjoy being proven right — although we invariably are. Our standard recommendation to Israel is that it should move quickly to achieve agreements with the Arab states and the stateless Palestinians before it is too late. And the Israeli response is that there is no urgency to make peace — except on Israeli terms — because Israel is strong and the Arabs are weak"
It`s not radical Islam that worries the US – it`s independence
Noam Chomsky - The Guardian - The nature of any regime it backs in the Arab world is secondary to control. Subjects are ignored until they break their chains
A Villa in the Jungle?
Uri Avnery - gush-shalom.org - We are facing a new reality. We can ignore it – insisting that we are “a villa in the jungle”, as Ehud Barak famously put it – or find our proper place in the new reality. Peace with the Palestinians is no longer a luxury. It is an absolute necessity. Peace now, peace quickly…
2 book reviews - Israel & Palestine: Breaking the Silence February 24, 2011
David Shulman - Yet the first thing I saw in al-Nabi Salih was a huge sign in Arabic and English: "We Believe in Non-Violence. Do You?" It was World Peace Day, and speaker after speaker reaffirmed a commitment to peace and to nonviolent resistance to the occupation.
BDS Success: First Ever Knesset Discussion on Combating Cultural Boycott of Israel
AIC - The power of the Palestinian-led movement to boycott, divest and sanction Israel (BDS) has resulted in yet another first – a discussion of the cultural boycott on 1 February by the Education and Culture Committee of the Knesset.
Updated: PR firms drop Israeli image campaign
Aviad Ivri, Counselor at the Israeli embassy in Oslo, admits Israel faces a considerable challenge. "It’s no secret that Israel has a reputation problem," he says.
Analysis: The Quartet’s changing perspective
By HERB KEINON - Jerusalem Post "With the Arab world now preoccupied with its own turmoil, "bolder steps" to foster positive relations with Israel seems... like a pipe dream."
Israel isn`t the center of the Mideast, or of the world
By Yitzhak Laor - Haaretz " The problem with Orientalist discourse of our commentators − which sees the world through the prism of the Shin Bet Security Service − is that it helps to seal off the ghetto into which we are gradually locking ourselves, a ghetto within the Middle East and within world history."
Egypt`s revolution inspires Gaza`s youth
Mohammed Rabah Suliman, The Electronic Intifada "The revolution underway in Egypt is being closely watched by Gaza`s youth who see it as a source of empowerment and inspiration."
A Normal Day in the Lives of My Palestinian Neighbors
Paulette Schroeder - CPTHebron - Because there is no mandatory schooling for Palestinian children, the children roam the streets, smoke, or help their family.
Seven Palestinians Killed By Army Fire In Gaza In January
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies - The Higher Committee for Emergency Services in the Gaza Strip reported that seven Palestinians were killed by during Israeli military attacks against the coastal region in January. At least twenty residents were wounded. Most of the casualties took place during Israeli air strikes and bombardment targeting the Gaza Strip.
Suddenly peace is an asset?
Gideon Levy - Haaretz - It is the same sort of peace that would have no chance of being accepted by the current government or Knesset. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have never signed it, and the Knesset would never have approved it. It`s not difficult to imagine what would happen today if Egypt would offer peace for land: endless negotiation over security arrangements, interim agreements, water arrangements and air arrangements - and no peace.
Exit the Israel Alibi
ROGER COHEN - NYT - "One way to measure the immense distance traveled by Arabs over the past month is to note the one big subject they are not talking about: Israel."
Army To Confiscate 600 Dunams Near Hebron
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - "According to the order, "an educational facility" that belongs to the Gush Etzion illegal settlement bloc, will be built in the place of the confiscated lands."
Rightists launch battle to block Facebook pages of left-wing groups
Sefi Krupsky- Haaretz - "... thus far led to the blocking of the profile pages of left-wing groups including Machsom Watch, Yesh Gvul, and Anarchists against the Wall." id
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Crazy Country - Adam Keller's blog
At the heart of the forest, which still exists, tourist guides point to the stone erected where a mysterious arrow pierced the heart of King William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror. What will tourist guides point to in the Negev, in thousand years from now?
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