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Subject: [Peoples War] Today in Palestine! ~ Headlines May 04, 2009 ~
Land Theft/Destruction
Israeli settler bulldozes Palestinian orchards near Bethlehem
Local sources reported that a lone Israeli settler took a bulldozer and completely destroyed 5 acres of Palestinian almond groves and vineyards, damaging at least 70 more acres, in Al Khadr village near Bethlehem.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60218
Israeli troops set fire to wheat and barley fields in Gaza
Gaza – Ma'an – Israeli troops on Monday morning set fire to Palestinian- owned fields of wheat and barley in Juhor Ad-Dik, in the southeastern Gaza Strip.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37562
Settlers chop down Palestinians' olive, fig trees near Ramallah
Ramallah – Ma'an – Dozens of Israeli settlers chopped town Palestinians' olive and fig trees in the village of Sinjil, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday. Sinjil's Mayor Imad Abdullah Masalmeh explained that the settlers cut the trees owned by the sick father of four disabled children, Shawqi Hussein Ghafari.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&Do=&ID=37571
Palestinians demonstrate against Susiya settlement expansion
Over one hundred Israeli and Palestinian members of Combatants for Peace gathered peacefully in the Palestinian village of Susiya on 5 May to mark the installation in the village of solar panels and a wind turbine which will provide electricity to the Palestinian village in the South Hebron Hills.
http://palsolidarit y.org/2009/ 05/6464
The Jerusalem municipality hands out more demolishing orders to Palestinian- owned homes
The Israeli municipality handed out a new wave of demolishing orders on Monday to Palestinian families in Jerusalem old city and around it.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60227
Yishai vows to settle Jews in east Jerusalem
Interior minister tells Jews who purchased property in Silwan village that they have right to land because 'City of David is bedrock of our existence'; PA official retaliates: 'Israeli gov't is gov't of settlers'.
http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 3710259,00. html
Israeli Interior Minister confirms support to illegal settlement outposts in Silwan
Hatim Abdul-Qader, Jerusalem Affairs Advisor to the Palestinien Prime Minister, sated that Israel's vice Prime Minster, Interior Minister, Eli Yisha, stated during a Sunday night meeting with extremist settler groups at a Palestinian home illegally captured in Silwan town, in East Jerusalem, that his government will approve all settlement plans provided by settlers groups.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60224
IPCRI Panel on Settlement Expansion: If Current Settlement Trends Continue, They Will Devastate Two-State Solution — But Analysts Remain "Cautiously Optimistic"
Isabel Nicholson - AIC - "The rise of the ultra-orthodox settlements is a new trend in recent years […]. Given that the ultra-orthodox are traditionally very poor and prefer to live in enclosed areas among themselves, settlements in the West Bank are ideal, as the cost of living is dramatically cheaper, and they are secluded from the surrounding population. As for political gains, support for ultra-religious settlements was helpful for Prime Minister Olmert because along with it came support from the religious party Shas, who threatened to leave the last coalition if Olmert did not support the growth of their settlements. "
http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/1892- ipcri-panel- on-settlement- expansion- if-current- settlement- trends-continue- they-will- devastate- two-state- solutionbut- analysts- remain-to- be-cautiously- optimistic- for-the-future. html
Attacks/Aggression/ Testimonials
Israeli troops apprehend Gaza boy after shooting him
Gaza – Ma'an – Israeli forces apprehended a young Palestinian after injuring him east of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Local sources said Israeli troops seized 12-year-old Ayman Shamiyya after shooting him while he was playing. There was no word about how serious the boy's injuries were.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37555
Two Palestinians injured by military fire in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources reported that one Palestinian man was moderately wounded on Sunday at night by Israeli military fire targeting an open area east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Another Palestinian was injured in a separate attack in northern Gaza.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60221
Two Palestinians shot during settler riot in Saffa
For three days in a row settlers from the right-wing extremist settlement Bet Ayn have entered the land of Khirbet Saffa, an area of Beit Ommar Municipality, shooting at Palestinian homes and damaging agricultural land. On Friday, May 1, approximately 20 settlers set fire to fruit trees belonging to residents of Saffa. Israeli soldiers arrived and chased the settlers away, but then prevented residents from accessing the land to put out the fire, which continued for hours. Soldiers used tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets on Palestinians who gathered in the area to defend the land.
http://palsolidarit y.org/2009/ 05/6478
Jerusalem Christian beaten by the Israeli Police in preparation for the Pope's visit
Israeli police on Tuesday evening, severely beaten Samer Andrea Karkar, a Palestinian Christian living in the Old City on the Latin Patriarchate street where he owns an Italian Restaurant and supermarket, the same street, which will host His Holiness on his visit to the Patriarchate in occupied Jerusalem.
http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content&task=view&id=5194
B'Teselem: 30 April 2009: Soldiers abuse young Palestinian men in Dura, Hebron District
Recently, B'Tselem has received reports of soldiers abusing young Palestinians in Dura, a town southwest of Hebron. Evidently, the soldiers' actions were in response to stone-throwing at cars travelling on Route 60.
http://www.btselem. org/English/ Beating_and_ Abuse/20090430_ Soldiers_ abuse_Palestinia ns_in_Dura. asp
Testimony: Soldiers severely beat four Palestinians on a trip to the Dead Sea, holding them for an entire night , April 2009
I work in a quarry in Beit Fajjar. I have a car with Israeli an license plate. It is in terrible condition, but the registration is valid and I use it to get to work. Since the second intifada broke out, I have not gone out for fun or on any trips, because we have nowhere to take a trip. My whole life is work. I wanted a bit of a change, so I decided to take a trip with three friends. Last Thursday evening [2 April], we drove in my car from Beit Fajjar on the a-Rashayida road, heading to the Dead Sea.
http://www.btselem. org/English/ Testimonies/ 20090402_ Soldiers_ abuse_Palestinia ns_near_the_ Dead_Sea_ witness_al_ Odeh.asp
3 Palestinian teens injured by unexploded ordnance northern Gaza
Gaza, May 4, 2009 (RAMATTAN) – Three Palestinian youths were injured when unexploded ordnance left by Israelis went off in the northeast Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources said Monday.
http://english. ramattan. net/newsdetails. aspx?news_ id=40333
Palestinian Retaliation
Israeli soldier claims he was attacked by Palestinian with knife
An Israeli soldier claimed to have been "attacked by an Arab" while getting off the bus in the Israeli city of Ramat Gan. He said the man stabbed him in the neck with a knife, but he was not badly injured by the attack.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60219
Detention
The Israeli military kidnaps ten Palestinians during invasions targeting West Bank communities
Ten Palestinian civilians were kidnapped during Israeli military invasions targeting a number of west Bank cities on Monday.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60226
Israeli troops kidnap a Palestinian from Beit Sahour
Israeli soldiers carried out on Sunday at dawn a fast invasion into Beit Sahour town, near Bethlehem, and kidnapped a 29-year old Palestinian man after breaking into his parents' apartment, and the apartments of his three uncles.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60223
Israeli forces arrest nine Bedouins as 'terrorists' for throwing stones, toppling poles
According to Israeli police, nine Bedouin Arabs from the town of Shfaram in Israel have been arrested as a 'terrorist cell' for throwing stones at Israeli cars while Israel was invading Gaza in January.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60220
Azmi Alchiokhi and 4 others arrested, including volunteer at march in Almasrah
Bethlehem / PNN - Palestinian sources confirmed that Israeli occupation forces arrested the Secretary General of the People's Committees Alchiokhi Azmi; he is general manager of the site in a unit on the wall and settlements in the Palestinian area. Four others were detained in the weekly march against the wall and settlements at Almasrah. Solidarity foreign marchers were amongst the detainees, including Briggip Mohamed Mahmoud Zoahrp, Hassan Briggip, and Tom Stocker, a volunteer at the Palestine News Network (PNN) and Holy Land Trust.
http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content&task=view&id=5197
Four al-Ma'sara popular committee members arrested
This week, anti-Wall demonstrations held to commemorate the first of May were met with violence and organizers arrested. Occupation forces attacked a May Day festival and demonstration in al-Ma'sara, injuring nine people and arresting the village popular committee. Soldiers also fired upon residents in Bi'lin and tried to break the protest in Ni'lin, where they occupied homes in the early morning.
http://stopthewall. org/latestnews/ 1933.shtml
Release the Palestinian activists arrested in al-Ma'sara
After arrests and injuries on Workers Day, Palestinian workers and activists call on trade unions around the globe to increase solidarity. On May 1, people from the village of al-Ma'sara and the neighbouring villages in Bethlehem area commemorated Workers Day with a march in protest against the Apartheid Wall. The Wall continues to encroach on their land and isolates their villages. The demonstration and Workers Day festival was organized by the popular committees of the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign in al Ma'sara and Bethlehem district, in cooperation with the Bethlehem branch of the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU).
http://palsolidarit y.org/2009/ 05/6473
Israel arrests 282 "illegal" Palestinians
Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Israeli Border Guard police have arrested 282 Palestinians residing "illegally" inside Israel, according to Israeli media on Monday. In raids that began on Saturday, Israeli forces seized and transferred the Palestinians to Palestinian Authority-controlle d areas. Some 21 Israelis suspected of employing Palestinians were also arrested.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37559
Humanitarian Issues/Siege
Israel 'ups questioning of Gaza patients'
AFP - Israel's Shin Beth internal security service has increased its interrogations of people seeking to leave Hamas-run Gaza for medical treatment, a rights group said in a report on Monday.
http://news. yahoo.com/ s/afp/20090503/ wl_mideast_ afp/mideastconfl ictgazaisraelmed ical
Israel to Gaza patients: Be a TRAITOR and you can get Medication
Israel's Shin Bet internal security service has increased its interrogations of people seeking to leave Hamas-run Gaza for medical treatment, a rights group said in a report on Monday.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60225
New data about GSS (Shabac) unorthodox methods at Erez Crossing
- GSS has interrogated minors,
- photographed patients against their will,
- detained patients for undisclosed periods of time for interrogation,
- implemented interrogations without prior notice;
- Harassed, accused, cursed and intimidated patients during interrogations;
- Patients that did not cooperate were returned to Gaza without receiving a permit to exit for medical treatment.
http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /FJTC-7RQHZJ? OpenDocument&RSS20=02-P
EU: 24,600 Palestinian families in Gaza facing hardship to collect social allowances
Jerusalem, May 3, 2009, (Ramattan)- As of May 4th, over 24,600 vulnerable families in Gaza will be able to collect their quarterly social allowance for March 2009, delayed because of restrictions in the supply of cash to banks in the Strip, the European Commission (EC) in Jerusalem said on Sunday.
http://english. .ramattan. net/newsdetails. aspx?news_ id=40332
After three-year Israeli ban on import of paper to Gaza Strip, aid convoy stocks up for schools
Organizers of the "Hope" convoy say that preparations are complete and they are ready to board a transport ship from Milan to the port of Alexandria. From the Egyptian city the convoy that now includes several tons of medical and educational equipment will overland before reaching the Rafah border crossing between the northern Sinai and the southern Gaza Strip.
http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content&task=view&id=5216
Israeli court freezes NIS 7 million in PA tax revenue
Bethlehem – Ma'an – An Israeli central court has ordered the freezing of NIS 7 million of tax revenue Israeli authorities have collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37560
Refugee camps' committees to shut down West Bank UN offices
Nablus – Ma'an – Popular committees in West Bank refugee camps will close down the offices of UNRWA, the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees, in protest of alleged reductions in aid.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37566
War Crimes
Spanish judge to probe deadly Israeli raid on Gaza
AFP - A Spanish judge decided on Monday to go ahead with a probe into alleged crimes against humanity by top Israeli military figures over an air force bombing in Gaza in 2002 that killed 15 people.
http://news. yahoo.com/ s/afp/20090504/ wl_afp/mideastis raelspainmilitar yprobe3rdlead
Israel: Spanish probe a 'cynical move'
Foreign, Justice ministries say 'PCHR using Spanish legal system to promote move against Israel'.
http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 3710757,00. html
Arab Collaborators, Traitors and Spies
Defense of Corrupt Collaborators: In defense of nepotism and favoritism
Bethlehem – Ma'an – Challenging the fifth annual Aman: Palestinian Coalition for Accountability and Integrity report is not a good risk to take, but its conclusions warrant some deep thinking; is the nepotism the report talks about intentional corruption or is it the inner workings of a small Arab society where relatives, fellow party members or extended clan are those employers know and trust to do a job? The report, released Wednesday, said favoritism, nepotism, and misappropriation of public funds were the most widespread aspects of corruption in the Palestinian territories.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37373
Hamas blames Arab and Islamic countries for Gaza siege
Gaza – Ma'an – Hamas condemned on Monday all Arab leaders for bring responsible for the results of the Israeli blockade over the Gaza Strip, calling on Islamic leaders to begin anew and oppose Israeli practices against Palestinians.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37569
King Husayn, 1966: from unclassified US documents
"He has been--and would be--able to live with an occasional nighttime foray by Israeli forces resulting in the destruction of, say, a police station and a few houses." (The document may not link so you can search the title on the site as "Current problems for the Jordanian regime").
http://angryarab. blogspot. com/2009/ 05/king-husayn- from-unclassifie d-us.html
Three More Israel Spies Arrested in Lebanon
Lebanese authorities have arrested three more people on suspicion of spying for the Zionist entity, taking to 10 the number of alleged spies arrested since January. According to a security official, the unidentified suspects were arrested in the village of Habboush in central south Lebanon. "Initial indication shows that they were spying for Israel," the official said.
http://almanar. com.lb/NewsSite/ NewsDetails. aspx?id=84125&language=en
Security Member Part of Another Mossad-Linked Cell: Report
Security forces have arrested more people on suspicion of spying for the Israeli Mossad secret service during the weekend. Lebanese daily As-Safir on Monday said a Lebanese intelligence force last week raided the house of a security member identified only as H.S. in the southern suburb neighborhood of Bourj Barajneh.
http://almanar. com.lb/NewsSite/ NewsDetails. aspx?id=84221&language=en
'Netanyahu, Mubarak to Discuss Threats'
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will discuss major threats facing the region and their overall vision for the Middle East during their planned meeting in Egypt, which will likely take place next week, an Egyptian official said on Sunday. The two men are expected to discuss a range of topics including Iran, "how to work together to bring peace and stability to the region," and negotiations over captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, the official told The Jerusalem Post on the condition of anonymity.
http://almanar. com.lb/NewsSite/ NewsDetails. aspx?id=84198&language=en
Political Developments
Poll: Palestinians divided over unity dialogue
RAMALLAH, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Palestinians are divided over the chances of success of the national dialogue between rival groups of Hamas and Fatah, according to an opinion poll released on Sunday. About 55 percent of the surveyed said they think the talks, which aim at reconciling the two movements in a unity government, would succeed, while 45 percent believed the Egyptian-sponsored dialogue would fail, according to the poll.
http://news. xinhuanet. com/english/ 2009-05/03/ content_11305107 .htm
Preparations for Fateh Sixth General Conference on hold as party struggles internally
Palestinian sources confirmed yesterday that the local Fateh Central Committee has decided to postpone meetings of the Preparatory Committee of the Sixth General Conference. Central Committee members Mohammad Ghneim (Abu Maher) and Ahmed Qureia' were involved in the decision making after several problems were raised within the movement.
http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content&task=view&id=5214
Abbas to tell Obama: No peace talks until Israel backs two states
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday he will tell U.S. President Barack Obama at an upcoming meeting that Middle East peace talks hinge on Israel's support for a two-state solution.
http://www.haaretz. com/hasen/ spages/1082659. html
Abu Marzouk: Palestinian negotiators committed unforgivable mistake
Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk, the deputy political bureau chairman of Hamas, has expressed fears that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu might insist on the idea of a "Jewish" state.
http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/En/
Syria's Assad urges US to talk to Hamas, Hezbollah
AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad urged the United States on Sunday to reach out to militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah as part of the search for Middle East peace, in an interview with French television.
http://news. yahoo.com/ s/afp/20090503/ wl_mideast_ afp/syriadiploma cyuslebanonmidea stiran
Israeli FM commits to peace, not Palestinian state
AP - Israel's foreign minister, whose anti-Arab statements have frayed diplomatic nerves, committed himself on Monday to Mideast peace, but did not endorse the idea of a Palestinian state as sought by the United States and the European Union.
http://news. yahoo.com/ s/ap/20090504/ ap_on_re_ eu/eu_italy_ israel
Other News
De facto police ban loud celebrations in light of exams
De facto police in the Gaza Strip announced on Sunday that they will ban street celebrations without licenses due to upcoming final exams in the Palestinian territories. , The police said in a statement they will give out licenses for celebrations on the condition that hosts agree they will end by 11pm., Loudspeakers will also have to be turned to low to provide an appropriate atmosphere for students in the Gaza Strip to study, the de facto police statement added.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37545
Hamas denies turning Abbas house in Gaza into a prison
Gaza, May 4, 2009 (RAMATTAN) – Hamas movement Monday denied an Israeli report that the movement's security apparatuses turned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' house in Gaza into a place for holding Fatah activists.
http://english. ramattan. net/newsdetails. aspx?news_ id=40336
US defense chief headed to Egypt, Saudi
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US Defense Secretary Robert Gates departs Sunday for talks in Egypt and Saudi Arabia focused on "regional security" and Middle East peace efforts, a Pentagon official said. Gates and officials in both countries "are likely to discuss the regional security situation, Iraq and Afghanistan, the Middle East peace process," as well as Iran's role in the region, a US defense official told reporters.
http://www.google. com/hostednews/ afp/article/ ALeqM5j1S1- olH8A5GAkKY8- l-s7aIWYXA
1st May Workers Day Demonstration, Gaza, 30/9/2009
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=DHjt5hNOPds&feature=player_ embedded
Young Israelis more skeptical of Obama
Survey conducted by Bar-Ilan University Professor Eytan Gilboa on US-Israel ties shows public less fond of new US president than they are of America. Younger respondents more skeptical of president's policies than older ones, while total majority of 66% support military strike in Iran if all efforts fail.
http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 3710300,00. .html
Emanuel: This is Israel's moment of truth
On eve of Peres-Obama meeting and two weeks before Netanyahu's arrival, White House chief of staff tells AIPAC donors ability to confront Iran depends on ability to make progress on Palestinian front.
http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 3710297,00. html
Second annual Palestine Festival of Literature launches this month
The second Palestine Festival of Literature will take place from 23-28 May 2009. Because of the difficulties Palestinians face under military occupation in traveling around their own country, the festival group of 17 international writers will travel to its audiences in the West Bank. It will tour Ramallah, Jenin, al-Khalil/Hebron and Bethlehem. To mark Jerusalem's status as Cultural Capital of the Arab World for 2009, the festival will begin and end in Jerusalem.
http://electronicin tifada..net/ v2/article10502. shtml
Rabbis call on govt to "guard" Israel's daughters
Israeli rabbis want the government to reduce the number of foreign female workers entering the Jewish state because the country's male employers are being seduced by their charms, which poses a risk to Jewish women, a report said on Monday. The plea follows an appeal lodged at a rabbinical court south of Tel Aviv by a scorned wife whose husband had an affair with a Filippina employee, said the Hebrew paper Maariv daily.
http://www.alarabiy a.net/articles/ 2009/05/04/ 71986.html
270-year-old Palm tree knocked down by strong winds in Tulkarem
Tulkarem – Ma'an – Hajj Abu Ala Al-Eteili wept when he awoke to find that high winds knocked down a 270-year-old palm tree in his garden in the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Monday morning. Al-Eteili told Ma'an that that the tree was knocked down in the early morning hours. He said his father and grandfather were born during the tree's lifespan.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37572
Media Bias
Ha'aretz Meets The Soft Bigotry Of Low Expectations, And Still Manages To Fail
I hear so many Americans talk gushingly about Ha'aretz that I always feel a bit like the Grinch Who Stole Christmas whenever I suggest that, despite having some remarkable quality journalists on its staff, Ha'aretz is overall far less "liberal" than its reputation deserves. (I think the exact term I may have used for it in an earlier post was,"collectively and institutionally a piece of propagandizing crap"). And I'm not really won over by the argument that at least it reports things about Israel that the U.S. newspapers won't. I would acknowledge that having an Israeli newspaper that is willing to criticize Israeli policy vis-a-vis the Palestinians does open the door for non-Israelis to enter the debate, just as Jewish Americans who speak up create a space for non-Jews who would otherwise be deterred by fear of the blanket smear of antisemitism. But that doesn't change the fact that "Ha'aretz: It's Less Dreadful On Israel-Palestine Than U.S. News Media!" is not exactly setting the bar very high. Nor does it change the fact that Plucky Little Ha'aretz is perfectly capable of publishing reports that are just as awful on the I/P issue as anything you read over here.
http://lawrenceofcy beria.blogs. com/news/ 2009/05/i- hear-so-many- americans- talk-gushingly- about-haaretz- that-i-always- feel-a-bit- like-the- grinch-who- stole-christmas- when-i-su. html
World Press Freedom Day: Israel drops to 'partly free'
Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israel's press was downgraded to "partly free" by the annual US-funded Freedom House rankings of media freedom around the world on Sunday. Tying with Benin, Israel was dropped from "free" for the first time in the ranking's history due to its policies of self-censorship over military matters, and particularly the Government Press Office's decision to ban reporters from entering the Gaza Strip during the country's devastating assault that began in late December 2008.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37553
Israeli Propaganda
Wikipedia editors say 'problematic' coverage of Israel reflects discourse
Wikipedia's coverage of Israel-related issues is "problematic, " leading Israeli internet researchers claimed Sunday at the Wikipedia Academy 2009 Conference dealing with the world's largest encyclopedia. The conference was organized by Wikimedia's volunteer-based Israel chapter and Tel Aviv University's Netvision Institute for Internet Studies. However, the Web site's leading manager said it merely reflected public discourse.
http://www.haaretz. com/hasen/ spages/1082777. html
Solidarity/Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment
Open letter from an Israeli woman to Barack Obama
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=EcGm-gxmxHw&feature=player_ embedded
Play about Mideast adds extra showing
MONTREAL – A strong turnout by local theatregoers forced Independent Jewish Voices Montreal to schedule an extra Sunday-afternoon performance of a provocative and controversial new play by English playwright Caryl Churchill.
http://www.montreal gazette.com/ Entertainment/ Play+about+ Mideast+adds+ extra+showing/ 1560079/story. html
Anti siege committee asks Palestinians in Europe to intensify media efforts
The higher committee against the siege has highly appreciated the Palestinians living in Europe for their insistence on their right of return to their homeland Palestine.
http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/En/
Anti-Solidarity/ Pro-Apartheid
Petition seeks expulsion of Palestinian activist from Israeli university
A self-styled McCarthyist academic monitor group in Israel has launched a petition calling for the expulsion of Omar Barghouti, a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, from Tel Aviv University, where he is enrolled as a doctoral student.
http://electronicin tifada.net/ v2/article10503. shtml
Analysis/Op- ed
Follow Mondoweiss from AIPAC on Twitter
Phil and I are in DC taking in all AIPAC has to offer. We'll be posting longer reports soon, but in the meantime you can follow us on Twitter. Just go to twitter.com/ mondoweiss for the latest.
http://www.philipwe iss.org/mondowei ss/2009/05/ follow-mondoweis s-from-aipac- on-twitter. html
Dropping the AIPAC Spying Case
On August 4, 2005 American Israel Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC) operatives Steven J. Rosen and Keith Weissman were arrested on charges relating to espionage on behalf of Israel. This had a lot to do with Iran. It followed the arrest in May 2004 of Larry Franklin, the Pentagon's top Iran analyst by the FBI after he had been caught turning over secret documents (including ones pertaining to Iran) to Israeli Embassy staffers including Mossad Station Chief Naor Gilon.
http://www.counterp unch.com/ leupp05012009. html
Pogrom at Umm Safa http://www.kibush. co.il/show_ file.asp? num=33262
Centrist Zionism
Tzipi Livni, another so-called centrist, holds similar discriminatory views. On January 23, 2002, she urged members of the Knesset to reject an equal-protection clause according to which equality is the right of every citizen in the state regardless of his or her nationality, religion, or views. The proposed bill was rejected, and formal equality remains outside the Israeli book of laws. Livni also supported bills in the Knesset that would grant settlement and allocation of land for Jews only, such as the one submitted by MK Rabbi Haim Druckman on February 18, 2002. Finally, she repeatedly argued that Israel will never be the national home for its Palestinian citizens and averred that, if they have a collective aspiration, they should look for it elsewhere.
http://angryarab. blogspot. com/2009/ 05/centrist- zionism.html
The Silent Population
If it weren't for two little boys hitching a ride with us, this article would never have been written. Thanks to the mysterious way the universe operates, I will admit I am glad for the bizarre events of yesterday so that I could be reminded of a sector of Palestinian society all too often disregarded. I am talking about the Bedouins, those silent nomads of whom I was reminded because of two tiny first graders who needed a ride home.
http://www.miftah. org/Display. cfm?DocId= 19502&CategoryId=13
Gus Shamieh visited his family in Palestine every summer until being denied entry
This past April the World Affairs Council of Northern California concluded their annual educational conference in San Francisco by addressing for the first time the crisis of modern day Palestine in a mock-debate simulation. After two days of educational conferences on international affairs titled: "Critical Choices for the Obama Administration," 50 attendees participated in the "Two State Solution in Palestine" mock-UN debate, including high school, college, and graduate students as well as four teachers.
http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content&task=view&id=5198
Lebanon
Berri: Lebanon Has Right to Regain Territory through All Means
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Sunday that any Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territories did not mean that the Zionist entity had suddenly changed from "a racist and extremist entity into a peaceful one, which gives gifts."
http://almanar. com.lb/NewsSite/ NewsDetails. aspx?id=84124&language=en
'Israeli Withdrawal Plans Ploy to Divert Attention from Spy Cells'
A few hours after Israeli daily Haaretz said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to announce this week that Israel is interested in withdrawing from the northern part of the village of Ghajar on the border with Lebanon in order to "bolster" Lebanon's PM Fouad Saniora, the latter responded saying that the Israeli plans were a ploy to divert attention from spy networks uncovered in Lebanon.
http://almanar. com.lb/NewsSite/ NewsDetails. aspx?id=84250&language=en
We Tried to Get at Nasrallah
In a weekend interview with Channel Two, former IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz confirmed that Israel had attempted to kill Hizbullah chief terrorist Hassan Nasrallah. "We tried to get to him, but couldn't find him. I personally cannot accept that he is still free to shuttle between his bunker and his tunnels. There's no question that we would have had a great feeling if he had not survived the war, but there is no person who cannot be replaced," Halutz said. Halutz also said that he saw "his" war in Lebanon as more successful than Operation Cast Lead. "I don't want to judge the effectiveness of Operation Cast Lead, but the fact that the rockets from Gaza continued to fall the very next day – as opposed to what happened in Lebanon – casts a question mark on whether we should have stopped the war at the point we did. Not one rocket has been fired at Israel by Hizbullah since the end of the Lebanon war," he said.
http://friday- lunch-club. blogspot. .com/2009/ 05/we-tried- to-get-at- nasrallah. html
Lebanon's empty notion of justice
On 1 March 2008, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon came into effect pursuant to the request of the Lebanese government and United Nations Security Council resolutions 1644 and 1757. The trial is intended to bring to justice to those who carried out the assassination of former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafiq Hariri and 22 others. Sami Halabi comments for Electronic Lebanon.
http://electronicin tifada.net/ v2/article10498. shtml
Letter to William Marling: about Lebanon
http://angryarab. blogspot. com/2009/ 05/letter- to-william- marling-about- lebanon.html
See also:
Censorship in Lebanon?
http://angryarab. blogspot. com/2009/ 05/censorship- in-lebanon. html
William Marling Judgeth: when the White Man visits AUB
http://angryarab. blogspot. com/2009/ 05/william- marling-judgeth- when-white- man.html
Iraq
Violence kills 335 Iraqis and maims more than 1,300 in April
Some 335 Iraqis lost their lives to violence last month, according to an independent Iraqi human rights group. The group said altogether more than 1,700 Iraqis were either killed or maimed in April which it described as the bloodiest since September 2008 in which 444 Iraqis were killed. The group, The Institutional Observatory for Rights and Freedoms, relies heavily on government counts which are normally based on hospital records.
http://www.azzaman. com/english/ index.asp? fname=news\ 2009-05-02\kurd. htm
4 Iraqis killed in Baghdad twin car bombings
BAGHDAD, May 4 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from double car bomb explosions near the headquarters of Iraqi Ministry of Oil on Monday rose to four, with seven others injured, an Interior Ministry source said.
http://news. xinhuanet. com/english/ 2009-05/04/ content_11311987 .htm
Suicide bomber kills five at Iraqi cafe: police
The attack took place 50 kilometres north of the city Iraq's second largest and the scene of regular bombings in a district called Sad al-Mosul, according to a police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity.
http://www.hindusta ntimes.com/ StoryPage/ StoryPage. aspx?sectionName =NLetter&id=d358f64c- 4660-4f1a- 8302-cbaaa3bcdc6 c&Headline=Suicide+ bomber+kills+ five+at+Iraqi+ cafe%3a+police
In Iraq's Anbar province, the Awakening grapples with a new role
The group has gone from fighting militants to the task of governance after its slate wins provincial elections. It has a grand $11-billion reconstruction plan -- but a $100-million budget. At the pink mansion that is home to Anbar Awakening leader Ahmed abu Risha, the talk these days has shifted from how to fight Al Qaeda in Iraq to more mundane matters such as balancing a budget.
http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/rV5eOUPFBEg /la-fg-iraq- anbar4-2009may04 ,0,6006373. story
Iraqi interpreters 'still at risk'
"My life is destroyed. I'm still living in hiding. I've asked to be taken anywhere in the world - away from here. There's no justice in the world."
http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/uk_news/ 8029631.stm
Iraq's undaunted communists celebrate 75 years
BAGHDAD: Iraq's once-mighty communist party marked its 75th anniversary this week with red banners and fanfare, convinced the dominance of the country's Islamic religious parties will not last forever. Many people support us and I am sure that our influence will grow among the population in the coming months," the party's leader Hamid Musa told AFP at a celebration on Saturday night.
http://www.kuwaitti mes.net/read_ news.php? newsid=MTA1MzkxN zQ1
U.S.
US troops told to witness for Jesus
Christian soldiers in Afghanistan filmed with local Bibles despite anti-proselytising rules.
http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ asia/2009/ 05/2009532013158 54832.html
Obama outreach to Muslims worries Israelis
A solid majority of Jewish Israelis worry that President Barack Obama's outreach to the Arab and Muslim world will come at their expense, a new poll showed Monday.
http://www.independ ent.co.uk/ news/world/ middle-east/ obama-outreach- to-muslims- worries-israelis -1678810. html
Israeli warmongering against Iran
Next ambassador to U.S. tells AIPAC: We won't let Iran get nuclear weapons
WASHINGTON - Pouring rain did not prevent more than 6,000 people from attending Sunday's opening of the annual AIPAC conference in Washington, which is considered one of the city's 10 biggest political and media events.
http://www.haaretz. com/hasen/ spages/1082792. html
Israel must make decisions, Livni tells AIPAC
Speaking in Washington for first time since assuming role of opposition leader, Kadima chairwoman calls on Arab leaders to advance peace in Middle East, act against Iranian threat. Avoiding tough decisions is the strategic threat on State's future, she tells Israel's leaders.
http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 3710287,00. html
Livni to AIPAC: Iran threat opens door to peace with Arabs
Opposition leader and Kadima party head Tzipi Livni on Sunday said that Israel must view the threat posed by Iran as an opportunity to further peace with other neighbors in the region.
http://www.haaretz. com/hasen/ spages/1082900. html
Survey: majority of Israeli Jews support attack on Iran
JERUSALEM, May 4 (Xinhua) -- About 66 percent of Israeli Jews support a military action aimed at destroying Iran's controversial nuclear facilities, said a survey carried by local daily Ha'aretz Monday.
http://news. xinhuanet. com/english/ 2009-05/04/ content_11310322 .htm
Other world news
Iran labels U.S. as main supporter of "Zionists" state terrorism
TEHRAN, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said on Monday that Washington is the main supporter of the "Zionists" (Israeli) state terrorism, the official IRNA news agency reported. "Israeli state terrorism is the biggest threat against the whole world," he addressed reporters in his weekly press briefing.
http://news. xinhuanet. com/english/ 2009-05/04/ content_11312396 .htm
Moderate Arab...torturers
As more videotapes emerge documenting the torture inflicted on numerous victims by Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a prince of the United Arab Emirates, the controversy is beginning to jeopardize the UAE's relationship with the United States, a country that absolutely loathes torture and demands real accountability for those who do it:". It will not jeopardize any relations with anything. One arms sale to UAE will calm the waters. And notice that none of the American press coverage of the matter say a word of the extent of the story among Arabs: on internet sites and email messages and in all manners of communication that are outside of the control of Arab oppressors.
http://angryarab. blogspot. com/2009/ 05/moderate- arabtorturers. html
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www.TheHeadlines. org
Israeli settler bulldozes Palestinian orchards near Bethlehem
Local sources reported that a lone Israeli settler took a bulldozer and completely destroyed 5 acres of Palestinian almond groves and vineyards, damaging at least 70 more acres, in Al Khadr village near Bethlehem.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60218
Israeli troops set fire to wheat and barley fields in Gaza
Gaza – Ma'an – Israeli troops on Monday morning set fire to Palestinian- owned fields of wheat and barley in Juhor Ad-Dik, in the southeastern Gaza Strip.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37562
Settlers chop down Palestinians' olive, fig trees near Ramallah
Ramallah – Ma'an – Dozens of Israeli settlers chopped town Palestinians' olive and fig trees in the village of Sinjil, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday. Sinjil's Mayor Imad Abdullah Masalmeh explained that the settlers cut the trees owned by the sick father of four disabled children, Shawqi Hussein Ghafari.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&Do=&ID=37571
Palestinians demonstrate against Susiya settlement expansion
Over one hundred Israeli and Palestinian members of Combatants for Peace gathered peacefully in the Palestinian village of Susiya on 5 May to mark the installation in the village of solar panels and a wind turbine which will provide electricity to the Palestinian village in the South Hebron Hills.
http://palsolidarit y.org/2009/ 05/6464
The Jerusalem municipality hands out more demolishing orders to Palestinian- owned homes
The Israeli municipality handed out a new wave of demolishing orders on Monday to Palestinian families in Jerusalem old city and around it.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60227
Yishai vows to settle Jews in east Jerusalem
Interior minister tells Jews who purchased property in Silwan village that they have right to land because 'City of David is bedrock of our existence'; PA official retaliates: 'Israeli gov't is gov't of settlers'.
http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 3710259,00. html
Israeli Interior Minister confirms support to illegal settlement outposts in Silwan
Hatim Abdul-Qader, Jerusalem Affairs Advisor to the Palestinien Prime Minister, sated that Israel's vice Prime Minster, Interior Minister, Eli Yisha, stated during a Sunday night meeting with extremist settler groups at a Palestinian home illegally captured in Silwan town, in East Jerusalem, that his government will approve all settlement plans provided by settlers groups.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60224
IPCRI Panel on Settlement Expansion: If Current Settlement Trends Continue, They Will Devastate Two-State Solution — But Analysts Remain "Cautiously Optimistic"
Isabel Nicholson - AIC - "The rise of the ultra-orthodox settlements is a new trend in recent years […]. Given that the ultra-orthodox are traditionally very poor and prefer to live in enclosed areas among themselves, settlements in the West Bank are ideal, as the cost of living is dramatically cheaper, and they are secluded from the surrounding population. As for political gains, support for ultra-religious settlements was helpful for Prime Minister Olmert because along with it came support from the religious party Shas, who threatened to leave the last coalition if Olmert did not support the growth of their settlements. "
http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/1892- ipcri-panel- on-settlement- expansion- if-current- settlement- trends-continue- they-will- devastate- two-state- solutionbut- analysts- remain-to- be-cautiously- optimistic- for-the-future. html
Attacks/Aggression/ Testimonials
Israeli troops apprehend Gaza boy after shooting him
Gaza – Ma'an – Israeli forces apprehended a young Palestinian after injuring him east of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Local sources said Israeli troops seized 12-year-old Ayman Shamiyya after shooting him while he was playing. There was no word about how serious the boy's injuries were.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37555
Two Palestinians injured by military fire in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources reported that one Palestinian man was moderately wounded on Sunday at night by Israeli military fire targeting an open area east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Another Palestinian was injured in a separate attack in northern Gaza.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60221
Two Palestinians shot during settler riot in Saffa
For three days in a row settlers from the right-wing extremist settlement Bet Ayn have entered the land of Khirbet Saffa, an area of Beit Ommar Municipality, shooting at Palestinian homes and damaging agricultural land. On Friday, May 1, approximately 20 settlers set fire to fruit trees belonging to residents of Saffa. Israeli soldiers arrived and chased the settlers away, but then prevented residents from accessing the land to put out the fire, which continued for hours. Soldiers used tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets on Palestinians who gathered in the area to defend the land.
http://palsolidarit y.org/2009/ 05/6478
Jerusalem Christian beaten by the Israeli Police in preparation for the Pope's visit
Israeli police on Tuesday evening, severely beaten Samer Andrea Karkar, a Palestinian Christian living in the Old City on the Latin Patriarchate street where he owns an Italian Restaurant and supermarket, the same street, which will host His Holiness on his visit to the Patriarchate in occupied Jerusalem.
http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content&task=view&id=5194
B'Teselem: 30 April 2009: Soldiers abuse young Palestinian men in Dura, Hebron District
Recently, B'Tselem has received reports of soldiers abusing young Palestinians in Dura, a town southwest of Hebron. Evidently, the soldiers' actions were in response to stone-throwing at cars travelling on Route 60.
http://www.btselem. org/English/ Beating_and_ Abuse/20090430_ Soldiers_ abuse_Palestinia ns_in_Dura. asp
Testimony: Soldiers severely beat four Palestinians on a trip to the Dead Sea, holding them for an entire night , April 2009
I work in a quarry in Beit Fajjar. I have a car with Israeli an license plate. It is in terrible condition, but the registration is valid and I use it to get to work. Since the second intifada broke out, I have not gone out for fun or on any trips, because we have nowhere to take a trip. My whole life is work. I wanted a bit of a change, so I decided to take a trip with three friends. Last Thursday evening [2 April], we drove in my car from Beit Fajjar on the a-Rashayida road, heading to the Dead Sea.
http://www.btselem. org/English/ Testimonies/ 20090402_ Soldiers_ abuse_Palestinia ns_near_the_ Dead_Sea_ witness_al_ Odeh.asp
3 Palestinian teens injured by unexploded ordnance northern Gaza
Gaza, May 4, 2009 (RAMATTAN) – Three Palestinian youths were injured when unexploded ordnance left by Israelis went off in the northeast Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources said Monday.
http://english. ramattan. net/newsdetails. aspx?news_ id=40333
Palestinian Retaliation
Israeli soldier claims he was attacked by Palestinian with knife
An Israeli soldier claimed to have been "attacked by an Arab" while getting off the bus in the Israeli city of Ramat Gan. He said the man stabbed him in the neck with a knife, but he was not badly injured by the attack.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60219
Detention
The Israeli military kidnaps ten Palestinians during invasions targeting West Bank communities
Ten Palestinian civilians were kidnapped during Israeli military invasions targeting a number of west Bank cities on Monday.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60226
Israeli troops kidnap a Palestinian from Beit Sahour
Israeli soldiers carried out on Sunday at dawn a fast invasion into Beit Sahour town, near Bethlehem, and kidnapped a 29-year old Palestinian man after breaking into his parents' apartment, and the apartments of his three uncles.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60223
Israeli forces arrest nine Bedouins as 'terrorists' for throwing stones, toppling poles
According to Israeli police, nine Bedouin Arabs from the town of Shfaram in Israel have been arrested as a 'terrorist cell' for throwing stones at Israeli cars while Israel was invading Gaza in January.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60220
Azmi Alchiokhi and 4 others arrested, including volunteer at march in Almasrah
Bethlehem / PNN - Palestinian sources confirmed that Israeli occupation forces arrested the Secretary General of the People's Committees Alchiokhi Azmi; he is general manager of the site in a unit on the wall and settlements in the Palestinian area. Four others were detained in the weekly march against the wall and settlements at Almasrah. Solidarity foreign marchers were amongst the detainees, including Briggip Mohamed Mahmoud Zoahrp, Hassan Briggip, and Tom Stocker, a volunteer at the Palestine News Network (PNN) and Holy Land Trust.
http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content&task=view&id=5197
Four al-Ma'sara popular committee members arrested
This week, anti-Wall demonstrations held to commemorate the first of May were met with violence and organizers arrested. Occupation forces attacked a May Day festival and demonstration in al-Ma'sara, injuring nine people and arresting the village popular committee. Soldiers also fired upon residents in Bi'lin and tried to break the protest in Ni'lin, where they occupied homes in the early morning.
http://stopthewall. org/latestnews/ 1933.shtml
Release the Palestinian activists arrested in al-Ma'sara
After arrests and injuries on Workers Day, Palestinian workers and activists call on trade unions around the globe to increase solidarity. On May 1, people from the village of al-Ma'sara and the neighbouring villages in Bethlehem area commemorated Workers Day with a march in protest against the Apartheid Wall. The Wall continues to encroach on their land and isolates their villages. The demonstration and Workers Day festival was organized by the popular committees of the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign in al Ma'sara and Bethlehem district, in cooperation with the Bethlehem branch of the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU).
http://palsolidarit y.org/2009/ 05/6473
Israel arrests 282 "illegal" Palestinians
Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Israeli Border Guard police have arrested 282 Palestinians residing "illegally" inside Israel, according to Israeli media on Monday. In raids that began on Saturday, Israeli forces seized and transferred the Palestinians to Palestinian Authority-controlle d areas. Some 21 Israelis suspected of employing Palestinians were also arrested.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37559
Humanitarian Issues/Siege
Israel 'ups questioning of Gaza patients'
AFP - Israel's Shin Beth internal security service has increased its interrogations of people seeking to leave Hamas-run Gaza for medical treatment, a rights group said in a report on Monday.
http://news. yahoo.com/ s/afp/20090503/ wl_mideast_ afp/mideastconfl ictgazaisraelmed ical
Israel to Gaza patients: Be a TRAITOR and you can get Medication
Israel's Shin Bet internal security service has increased its interrogations of people seeking to leave Hamas-run Gaza for medical treatment, a rights group said in a report on Monday.
http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60225
New data about GSS (Shabac) unorthodox methods at Erez Crossing
- GSS has interrogated minors,
- photographed patients against their will,
- detained patients for undisclosed periods of time for interrogation,
- implemented interrogations without prior notice;
- Harassed, accused, cursed and intimidated patients during interrogations;
- Patients that did not cooperate were returned to Gaza without receiving a permit to exit for medical treatment.
http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /FJTC-7RQHZJ? OpenDocument&RSS20=02-P
EU: 24,600 Palestinian families in Gaza facing hardship to collect social allowances
Jerusalem, May 3, 2009, (Ramattan)- As of May 4th, over 24,600 vulnerable families in Gaza will be able to collect their quarterly social allowance for March 2009, delayed because of restrictions in the supply of cash to banks in the Strip, the European Commission (EC) in Jerusalem said on Sunday.
http://english. .ramattan. net/newsdetails. aspx?news_ id=40332
After three-year Israeli ban on import of paper to Gaza Strip, aid convoy stocks up for schools
Organizers of the "Hope" convoy say that preparations are complete and they are ready to board a transport ship from Milan to the port of Alexandria. From the Egyptian city the convoy that now includes several tons of medical and educational equipment will overland before reaching the Rafah border crossing between the northern Sinai and the southern Gaza Strip.
http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content&task=view&id=5216
Israeli court freezes NIS 7 million in PA tax revenue
Bethlehem – Ma'an – An Israeli central court has ordered the freezing of NIS 7 million of tax revenue Israeli authorities have collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37560
Refugee camps' committees to shut down West Bank UN offices
Nablus – Ma'an – Popular committees in West Bank refugee camps will close down the offices of UNRWA, the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees, in protest of alleged reductions in aid.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37566
War Crimes
Spanish judge to probe deadly Israeli raid on Gaza
AFP - A Spanish judge decided on Monday to go ahead with a probe into alleged crimes against humanity by top Israeli military figures over an air force bombing in Gaza in 2002 that killed 15 people.
http://news. yahoo.com/ s/afp/20090504/ wl_afp/mideastis raelspainmilitar yprobe3rdlead
Israel: Spanish probe a 'cynical move'
Foreign, Justice ministries say 'PCHR using Spanish legal system to promote move against Israel'.
http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 3710757,00. html
Arab Collaborators, Traitors and Spies
Defense of Corrupt Collaborators: In defense of nepotism and favoritism
Bethlehem – Ma'an – Challenging the fifth annual Aman: Palestinian Coalition for Accountability and Integrity report is not a good risk to take, but its conclusions warrant some deep thinking; is the nepotism the report talks about intentional corruption or is it the inner workings of a small Arab society where relatives, fellow party members or extended clan are those employers know and trust to do a job? The report, released Wednesday, said favoritism, nepotism, and misappropriation of public funds were the most widespread aspects of corruption in the Palestinian territories.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37373
Hamas blames Arab and Islamic countries for Gaza siege
Gaza – Ma'an – Hamas condemned on Monday all Arab leaders for bring responsible for the results of the Israeli blockade over the Gaza Strip, calling on Islamic leaders to begin anew and oppose Israeli practices against Palestinians.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37569
King Husayn, 1966: from unclassified US documents
"He has been--and would be--able to live with an occasional nighttime foray by Israeli forces resulting in the destruction of, say, a police station and a few houses." (The document may not link so you can search the title on the site as "Current problems for the Jordanian regime").
http://angryarab. blogspot. com/2009/ 05/king-husayn- from-unclassifie d-us.html
Three More Israel Spies Arrested in Lebanon
Lebanese authorities have arrested three more people on suspicion of spying for the Zionist entity, taking to 10 the number of alleged spies arrested since January. According to a security official, the unidentified suspects were arrested in the village of Habboush in central south Lebanon. "Initial indication shows that they were spying for Israel," the official said.
http://almanar. com.lb/NewsSite/ NewsDetails. aspx?id=84125&language=en
Security Member Part of Another Mossad-Linked Cell: Report
Security forces have arrested more people on suspicion of spying for the Israeli Mossad secret service during the weekend. Lebanese daily As-Safir on Monday said a Lebanese intelligence force last week raided the house of a security member identified only as H.S. in the southern suburb neighborhood of Bourj Barajneh.
http://almanar. com.lb/NewsSite/ NewsDetails. aspx?id=84221&language=en
'Netanyahu, Mubarak to Discuss Threats'
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will discuss major threats facing the region and their overall vision for the Middle East during their planned meeting in Egypt, which will likely take place next week, an Egyptian official said on Sunday. The two men are expected to discuss a range of topics including Iran, "how to work together to bring peace and stability to the region," and negotiations over captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, the official told The Jerusalem Post on the condition of anonymity.
http://almanar. com.lb/NewsSite/ NewsDetails. aspx?id=84198&language=en
Political Developments
Poll: Palestinians divided over unity dialogue
RAMALLAH, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Palestinians are divided over the chances of success of the national dialogue between rival groups of Hamas and Fatah, according to an opinion poll released on Sunday. About 55 percent of the surveyed said they think the talks, which aim at reconciling the two movements in a unity government, would succeed, while 45 percent believed the Egyptian-sponsored dialogue would fail, according to the poll.
http://news. xinhuanet. com/english/ 2009-05/03/ content_11305107 .htm
Preparations for Fateh Sixth General Conference on hold as party struggles internally
Palestinian sources confirmed yesterday that the local Fateh Central Committee has decided to postpone meetings of the Preparatory Committee of the Sixth General Conference. Central Committee members Mohammad Ghneim (Abu Maher) and Ahmed Qureia' were involved in the decision making after several problems were raised within the movement.
http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content&task=view&id=5214
Abbas to tell Obama: No peace talks until Israel backs two states
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday he will tell U.S. President Barack Obama at an upcoming meeting that Middle East peace talks hinge on Israel's support for a two-state solution.
http://www.haaretz. com/hasen/ spages/1082659. html
Abu Marzouk: Palestinian negotiators committed unforgivable mistake
Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk, the deputy political bureau chairman of Hamas, has expressed fears that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu might insist on the idea of a "Jewish" state.
http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/En/
Syria's Assad urges US to talk to Hamas, Hezbollah
AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad urged the United States on Sunday to reach out to militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah as part of the search for Middle East peace, in an interview with French television.
http://news. yahoo.com/ s/afp/20090503/ wl_mideast_ afp/syriadiploma cyuslebanonmidea stiran
Israeli FM commits to peace, not Palestinian state
AP - Israel's foreign minister, whose anti-Arab statements have frayed diplomatic nerves, committed himself on Monday to Mideast peace, but did not endorse the idea of a Palestinian state as sought by the United States and the European Union.
http://news. yahoo.com/ s/ap/20090504/ ap_on_re_ eu/eu_italy_ israel
Other News
De facto police ban loud celebrations in light of exams
De facto police in the Gaza Strip announced on Sunday that they will ban street celebrations without licenses due to upcoming final exams in the Palestinian territories. , The police said in a statement they will give out licenses for celebrations on the condition that hosts agree they will end by 11pm., Loudspeakers will also have to be turned to low to provide an appropriate atmosphere for students in the Gaza Strip to study, the de facto police statement added.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37545
Hamas denies turning Abbas house in Gaza into a prison
Gaza, May 4, 2009 (RAMATTAN) – Hamas movement Monday denied an Israeli report that the movement's security apparatuses turned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' house in Gaza into a place for holding Fatah activists.
http://english. ramattan. net/newsdetails. aspx?news_ id=40336
US defense chief headed to Egypt, Saudi
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US Defense Secretary Robert Gates departs Sunday for talks in Egypt and Saudi Arabia focused on "regional security" and Middle East peace efforts, a Pentagon official said. Gates and officials in both countries "are likely to discuss the regional security situation, Iraq and Afghanistan, the Middle East peace process," as well as Iran's role in the region, a US defense official told reporters.
http://www.google. com/hostednews/ afp/article/ ALeqM5j1S1- olH8A5GAkKY8- l-s7aIWYXA
1st May Workers Day Demonstration, Gaza, 30/9/2009
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=DHjt5hNOPds&feature=player_ embedded
Young Israelis more skeptical of Obama
Survey conducted by Bar-Ilan University Professor Eytan Gilboa on US-Israel ties shows public less fond of new US president than they are of America. Younger respondents more skeptical of president's policies than older ones, while total majority of 66% support military strike in Iran if all efforts fail.
http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 3710300,00. .html
Emanuel: This is Israel's moment of truth
On eve of Peres-Obama meeting and two weeks before Netanyahu's arrival, White House chief of staff tells AIPAC donors ability to confront Iran depends on ability to make progress on Palestinian front.
http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 3710297,00. html
Second annual Palestine Festival of Literature launches this month
The second Palestine Festival of Literature will take place from 23-28 May 2009. Because of the difficulties Palestinians face under military occupation in traveling around their own country, the festival group of 17 international writers will travel to its audiences in the West Bank. It will tour Ramallah, Jenin, al-Khalil/Hebron and Bethlehem. To mark Jerusalem's status as Cultural Capital of the Arab World for 2009, the festival will begin and end in Jerusalem.
http://electronicin tifada..net/ v2/article10502. shtml
Rabbis call on govt to "guard" Israel's daughters
Israeli rabbis want the government to reduce the number of foreign female workers entering the Jewish state because the country's male employers are being seduced by their charms, which poses a risk to Jewish women, a report said on Monday. The plea follows an appeal lodged at a rabbinical court south of Tel Aviv by a scorned wife whose husband had an affair with a Filippina employee, said the Hebrew paper Maariv daily.
http://www.alarabiy a.net/articles/ 2009/05/04/ 71986.html
270-year-old Palm tree knocked down by strong winds in Tulkarem
Tulkarem – Ma'an – Hajj Abu Ala Al-Eteili wept when he awoke to find that high winds knocked down a 270-year-old palm tree in his garden in the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Monday morning. Al-Eteili told Ma'an that that the tree was knocked down in the early morning hours. He said his father and grandfather were born during the tree's lifespan.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37572
Media Bias
Ha'aretz Meets The Soft Bigotry Of Low Expectations, And Still Manages To Fail
I hear so many Americans talk gushingly about Ha'aretz that I always feel a bit like the Grinch Who Stole Christmas whenever I suggest that, despite having some remarkable quality journalists on its staff, Ha'aretz is overall far less "liberal" than its reputation deserves. (I think the exact term I may have used for it in an earlier post was,"collectively and institutionally a piece of propagandizing crap"). And I'm not really won over by the argument that at least it reports things about Israel that the U.S. newspapers won't. I would acknowledge that having an Israeli newspaper that is willing to criticize Israeli policy vis-a-vis the Palestinians does open the door for non-Israelis to enter the debate, just as Jewish Americans who speak up create a space for non-Jews who would otherwise be deterred by fear of the blanket smear of antisemitism. But that doesn't change the fact that "Ha'aretz: It's Less Dreadful On Israel-Palestine Than U.S. News Media!" is not exactly setting the bar very high. Nor does it change the fact that Plucky Little Ha'aretz is perfectly capable of publishing reports that are just as awful on the I/P issue as anything you read over here.
http://lawrenceofcy beria.blogs. com/news/ 2009/05/i- hear-so-many- americans- talk-gushingly- about-haaretz- that-i-always- feel-a-bit- like-the- grinch-who- stole-christmas- when-i-su. html
World Press Freedom Day: Israel drops to 'partly free'
Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israel's press was downgraded to "partly free" by the annual US-funded Freedom House rankings of media freedom around the world on Sunday. Tying with Benin, Israel was dropped from "free" for the first time in the ranking's history due to its policies of self-censorship over military matters, and particularly the Government Press Office's decision to ban reporters from entering the Gaza Strip during the country's devastating assault that began in late December 2008.
http://www.maannews .net/en/index. php?opr=ShowDeta ils&ID=37553
Israeli Propaganda
Wikipedia editors say 'problematic' coverage of Israel reflects discourse
Wikipedia's coverage of Israel-related issues is "problematic, " leading Israeli internet researchers claimed Sunday at the Wikipedia Academy 2009 Conference dealing with the world's largest encyclopedia. The conference was organized by Wikimedia's volunteer-based Israel chapter and Tel Aviv University's Netvision Institute for Internet Studies. However, the Web site's leading manager said it merely reflected public discourse.
http://www.haaretz. com/hasen/ spages/1082777. html
Solidarity/Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment
Open letter from an Israeli woman to Barack Obama
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=EcGm-gxmxHw&feature=player_ embedded
Play about Mideast adds extra showing
MONTREAL – A strong turnout by local theatregoers forced Independent Jewish Voices Montreal to schedule an extra Sunday-afternoon performance of a provocative and controversial new play by English playwright Caryl Churchill.
http://www.montreal gazette.com/ Entertainment/ Play+about+ Mideast+adds+ extra+showing/ 1560079/story. html
Anti siege committee asks Palestinians in Europe to intensify media efforts
The higher committee against the siege has highly appreciated the Palestinians living in Europe for their insistence on their right of return to their homeland Palestine.
http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/En/
Anti-Solidarity/ Pro-Apartheid
Petition seeks expulsion of Palestinian activist from Israeli university
A self-styled McCarthyist academic monitor group in Israel has launched a petition calling for the expulsion of Omar Barghouti, a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, from Tel Aviv University, where he is enrolled as a doctoral student.
http://electronicin tifada.net/ v2/article10503. shtml
Analysis/Op- ed
Follow Mondoweiss from AIPAC on Twitter
Phil and I are in DC taking in all AIPAC has to offer. We'll be posting longer reports soon, but in the meantime you can follow us on Twitter. Just go to twitter.com/ mondoweiss for the latest.
http://www.philipwe iss.org/mondowei ss/2009/05/ follow-mondoweis s-from-aipac- on-twitter. html
Dropping the AIPAC Spying Case
On August 4, 2005 American Israel Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC) operatives Steven J. Rosen and Keith Weissman were arrested on charges relating to espionage on behalf of Israel. This had a lot to do with Iran. It followed the arrest in May 2004 of Larry Franklin, the Pentagon's top Iran analyst by the FBI after he had been caught turning over secret documents (including ones pertaining to Iran) to Israeli Embassy staffers including Mossad Station Chief Naor Gilon.
http://www.counterp unch.com/ leupp05012009. html
Pogrom at Umm Safa
David Shulman - TPMCafe - Pogroms: it`s something the Jews know about. I grew up on those stories — Cossack raids on the shtetl, the torture and killings and wanton destruction. My grandmother had a brother. They lived in Mikhalayev, in the Ukraine . One day the Cossacks came, and everyone panicked, and the seventeen-year- old brother tried to hide in a pond, and he drowned.
Centrist Zionism
Tzipi Livni, another so-called centrist, holds similar discriminatory views. On January 23, 2002, she urged members of the Knesset to reject an equal-protection clause according to which equality is the right of every citizen in the state regardless of his or her nationality, religion, or views. The proposed bill was rejected, and formal equality remains outside the Israeli book of laws. Livni also supported bills in the Knesset that would grant settlement and allocation of land for Jews only, such as the one submitted by MK Rabbi Haim Druckman on February 18, 2002. Finally, she repeatedly argued that Israel will never be the national home for its Palestinian citizens and averred that, if they have a collective aspiration, they should look for it elsewhere.
http://angryarab. blogspot. com/2009/ 05/centrist- zionism.html
The Silent Population
If it weren't for two little boys hitching a ride with us, this article would never have been written. Thanks to the mysterious way the universe operates, I will admit I am glad for the bizarre events of yesterday so that I could be reminded of a sector of Palestinian society all too often disregarded. I am talking about the Bedouins, those silent nomads of whom I was reminded because of two tiny first graders who needed a ride home.
http://www.miftah. org/Display. cfm?DocId= 19502&CategoryId=13
Gus Shamieh visited his family in Palestine every summer until being denied entry
This past April the World Affairs Council of Northern California concluded their annual educational conference in San Francisco by addressing for the first time the crisis of modern day Palestine in a mock-debate simulation. After two days of educational conferences on international affairs titled: "Critical Choices for the Obama Administration," 50 attendees participated in the "Two State Solution in Palestine" mock-UN debate, including high school, college, and graduate students as well as four teachers.
http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content&task=view&id=5198
Lebanon
Berri: Lebanon Has Right to Regain Territory through All Means
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Sunday that any Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territories did not mean that the Zionist entity had suddenly changed from "a racist and extremist entity into a peaceful one, which gives gifts."
http://almanar. com.lb/NewsSite/ NewsDetails. aspx?id=84124&language=en
'Israeli Withdrawal Plans Ploy to Divert Attention from Spy Cells'
A few hours after Israeli daily Haaretz said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to announce this week that Israel is interested in withdrawing from the northern part of the village of Ghajar on the border with Lebanon in order to "bolster" Lebanon's PM Fouad Saniora, the latter responded saying that the Israeli plans were a ploy to divert attention from spy networks uncovered in Lebanon.
http://almanar. com.lb/NewsSite/ NewsDetails. aspx?id=84250&language=en
We Tried to Get at Nasrallah
In a weekend interview with Channel Two, former IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz confirmed that Israel had attempted to kill Hizbullah chief terrorist Hassan Nasrallah. "We tried to get to him, but couldn't find him. I personally cannot accept that he is still free to shuttle between his bunker and his tunnels. There's no question that we would have had a great feeling if he had not survived the war, but there is no person who cannot be replaced," Halutz said. Halutz also said that he saw "his" war in Lebanon as more successful than Operation Cast Lead. "I don't want to judge the effectiveness of Operation Cast Lead, but the fact that the rockets from Gaza continued to fall the very next day – as opposed to what happened in Lebanon – casts a question mark on whether we should have stopped the war at the point we did. Not one rocket has been fired at Israel by Hizbullah since the end of the Lebanon war," he said.
http://friday- lunch-club. blogspot. .com/2009/ 05/we-tried- to-get-at- nasrallah. html
Lebanon's empty notion of justice
On 1 March 2008, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon came into effect pursuant to the request of the Lebanese government and United Nations Security Council resolutions 1644 and 1757. The trial is intended to bring to justice to those who carried out the assassination of former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafiq Hariri and 22 others. Sami Halabi comments for Electronic Lebanon.
http://electronicin tifada.net/ v2/article10498. shtml
Letter to William Marling: about Lebanon
http://angryarab. blogspot. com/2009/ 05/letter- to-william- marling-about- lebanon.html
See also:
Censorship in Lebanon?
http://angryarab. blogspot. com/2009/ 05/censorship- in-lebanon. html
William Marling Judgeth: when the White Man visits AUB
http://angryarab. blogspot. com/2009/ 05/william- marling-judgeth- when-white- man.html
Iraq
Violence kills 335 Iraqis and maims more than 1,300 in April
Some 335 Iraqis lost their lives to violence last month, according to an independent Iraqi human rights group. The group said altogether more than 1,700 Iraqis were either killed or maimed in April which it described as the bloodiest since September 2008 in which 444 Iraqis were killed. The group, The Institutional Observatory for Rights and Freedoms, relies heavily on government counts which are normally based on hospital records.
http://www.azzaman. com/english/ index.asp? fname=news\ 2009-05-02\kurd. htm
4 Iraqis killed in Baghdad twin car bombings
BAGHDAD, May 4 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from double car bomb explosions near the headquarters of Iraqi Ministry of Oil on Monday rose to four, with seven others injured, an Interior Ministry source said.
http://news. xinhuanet. com/english/ 2009-05/04/ content_11311987 .htm
Suicide bomber kills five at Iraqi cafe: police
The attack took place 50 kilometres north of the city Iraq's second largest and the scene of regular bombings in a district called Sad al-Mosul, according to a police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity.
http://www.hindusta ntimes.com/ StoryPage/ StoryPage. aspx?sectionName =NLetter&id=d358f64c- 4660-4f1a- 8302-cbaaa3bcdc6 c&Headline=Suicide+ bomber+kills+ five+at+Iraqi+ cafe%3a+police
3 U.S. occupation force Troops Are Killed in Iraq
The three Americans died on Thursday "while conducting combat operations against enemy forces," the statement said. It provided no other details about the circumstances of their deaths.
http://www.nytimes. com/2009/ 05/02/world/ middleeast/ 02iraq.html? _r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Sniper kills 2 U.S. occupation force soldiers in Amara
Two U.S. soldiers were killed by sniper bullets in the city of al-Amara on Thursday, said a security source from the Missan province police.
http://en.aswatalir aq.info/? p=112407
Iraq bloodshed rises as US allies defect
IRAQ is threatened by a new wave of sectarian violence as members of the "Sons of Iraq" – the Sunni Awakening militias that were paid by the US to fight Al-Qaeda – begin to rejoin the insurgency. If the spike in violence continues, it could affect President Barack Obama's pledge to withdraw all combat troops from Iraqi cities by the end of June. All US troops are due to leave the country by 2012.
http://www.timesonl ine.co.uk/ tol/news/ world/iraq/ article6211364. ece
Combat Operations in Fallujah
Indicative of the rapidly deteriorating situation in Iraq, on May 1 the US military reported the death of a Naval petty officer who was killed "on April 30 while conducting combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq." The Department of Defense report went on to explain that the sailor "was deployed with an East Coast based Navy SEAL team." That same day, the military announced the deaths of two marines "killed while conducting combat operations against enemy forces here April 30." The dateline for the latter press release is "AL ANBAR PROVINCE, Iraq." Apparently, all is not well in Fallujah and al-Anbar province. The US military, having met the fiercest resistance throughout their occupation of Iraq in these areas, is once again conducting combat operations there.
http://www.truthout .org/050409J
U.S. says troops will not face trial over Iraq raid
U.S. soldiers will not appear in Iraqi courts to answer any charges relating to a raid this week that killed two people in Iraq and triggered condemnation from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the U.S. military has said.
http://uk.reuters. com/article/ usTopNews/ idUKTRE53P18C200 90501
In Iraq's Anbar province, the Awakening grapples with a new role
The group has gone from fighting militants to the task of governance after its slate wins provincial elections. It has a grand $11-billion reconstruction plan -- but a $100-million budget. At the pink mansion that is home to Anbar Awakening leader Ahmed abu Risha, the talk these days has shifted from how to fight Al Qaeda in Iraq to more mundane matters such as balancing a budget.
http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/rV5eOUPFBEg /la-fg-iraq- anbar4-2009may04 ,0,6006373. story
Iraq is in need 2.5 million housing units
Iraq will need massive investments to solve a housing crisis that has seen property prices soaring recently, a senior government official said. Sami al-Aarachi, head of the National Investment Commission, said alleviating the crisis would need the construction of 2.5 million new housing units. Aarachi said the government wanted to lure property investors to the country.
http://www.azzaman. com/english/ index.asp? fname=news\2009-05-03\kurd. htm
The Iraq war has been a monstrous crime
Politicians crave a whitewash – but Britain must hold a fully open public inquiry into the bloodbath it helped to create.
http://www.guardian .co.uk/commentis free/2009/ may/01/iraq- britain-inquiry
Iraqi interpreters 'still at risk'
"My life is destroyed. I'm still living in hiding. I've asked to be taken anywhere in the world - away from here. There's no justice in the world."
http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/uk_news/ 8029631.stm
Iraq's undaunted communists celebrate 75 years
BAGHDAD: Iraq's once-mighty communist party marked its 75th anniversary this week with red banners and fanfare, convinced the dominance of the country's Islamic religious parties will not last forever. Many people support us and I am sure that our influence will grow among the population in the coming months," the party's leader Hamid Musa told AFP at a celebration on Saturday night.
http://www.kuwaitti mes.net/read_ news.php? newsid=MTA1MzkxN zQ1
U.S.
US troops told to witness for Jesus
Christian soldiers in Afghanistan filmed with local Bibles despite anti-proselytising rules.
http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ asia/2009/ 05/2009532013158 54832.html
Obama outreach to Muslims worries Israelis
A solid majority of Jewish Israelis worry that President Barack Obama's outreach to the Arab and Muslim world will come at their expense, a new poll showed Monday.
http://www.independ ent.co.uk/ news/world/ middle-east/ obama-outreach- to-muslims- worries-israelis -1678810. html
Israeli warmongering against Iran
Next ambassador to U.S. tells AIPAC: We won't let Iran get nuclear weapons
WASHINGTON - Pouring rain did not prevent more than 6,000 people from attending Sunday's opening of the annual AIPAC conference in Washington, which is considered one of the city's 10 biggest political and media events.
http://www.haaretz. com/hasen/ spages/1082792. html
Israel must make decisions, Livni tells AIPAC
Speaking in Washington for first time since assuming role of opposition leader, Kadima chairwoman calls on Arab leaders to advance peace in Middle East, act against Iranian threat. Avoiding tough decisions is the strategic threat on State's future, she tells Israel's leaders.
http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 3710287,00. html
Livni to AIPAC: Iran threat opens door to peace with Arabs
Opposition leader and Kadima party head Tzipi Livni on Sunday said that Israel must view the threat posed by Iran as an opportunity to further peace with other neighbors in the region.
http://www.haaretz. com/hasen/ spages/1082900. html
Survey: majority of Israeli Jews support attack on Iran
JERUSALEM, May 4 (Xinhua) -- About 66 percent of Israeli Jews support a military action aimed at destroying Iran's controversial nuclear facilities, said a survey carried by local daily Ha'aretz Monday.
http://news. xinhuanet. com/english/ 2009-05/04/ content_11310322 .htm
Other world news
Iran labels U.S. as main supporter of "Zionists" state terrorism
TEHRAN, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said on Monday that Washington is the main supporter of the "Zionists" (Israeli) state terrorism, the official IRNA news agency reported. "Israeli state terrorism is the biggest threat against the whole world," he addressed reporters in his weekly press briefing.
http://news. xinhuanet. com/english/ 2009-05/04/ content_11312396 .htm
Moderate Arab...torturers
As more videotapes emerge documenting the torture inflicted on numerous victims by Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a prince of the United Arab Emirates, the controversy is beginning to jeopardize the UAE's relationship with the United States, a country that absolutely loathes torture and demands real accountability for those who do it:". It will not jeopardize any relations with anything. One arms sale to UAE will calm the waters. And notice that none of the American press coverage of the matter say a word of the extent of the story among Arabs: on internet sites and email messages and in all manners of communication that are outside of the control of Arab oppressors.
http://angryarab. blogspot. com/2009/ 05/moderate- arabtorturers. html
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