New
UN report highlights conflict over resources in West Bank
Israeli
settlements in the West Bank are having a severe humanitarian impact
on rural Palestinian areas, according to a report by the UN Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on 30 August.
http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/984a79aae72bd3a03e4376fc7f066b47.htm
Settler
Intimidation in Tel Rumeida
An
incident occurred on the road between Tel Rumeida settlement and the
checkpoint at the top of Tel Rumeida Road. At around 2pm one settler
youth approximately 17 years old was walking around insulting
Palestinian children. The settler then encouraged other young
children to join in the abuse of the Palestinians. He then attempted
to grab a camera from an ISM human rights worker (HRW) who had come
to film the incident.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/09/10/settler-intimidation-in-tel-rumeida/
Almost
Another Massacre in Jenin
In the
early morning hours one of the biggest Israeli invasions since weeks
occurred in the refugee camp of Jenin. It was also close to becoming
one of the biggest massacres. At around 7:30am this morning, nine
Palestinian boys were injured by Israeli gunfire in the refugee camp
of Jenin. Locals reported that at approximately 3am numerous IOF
jeeps entered the camp, coming from several directions. While the
governorate officially confirmed the presence of at least 11 Israeli
military vehicles, many eyewitnesses reported more then thirty.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/09/11/almost-another-massacre-in-jenin/
DCI:
"Israeli police systematically violate the rights of West Bank
children"
Israeli
police and military forces systematically arrest, beat, and detain
Palestinian children without formally charging them, according to a
new report by the advocacy group Defense for Children International
(DCI).
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=48380
An
Israeli tank wounds three children in northern Gaza
Four
Palestinian residents, including three children, were reportedly
injured on Tuesday morning after an Israeli rank fired a shell on
their house in northern Gaza Strip.
http://www.imemc.org/article/50360
Israeli
Army attacks Jenin refugee camp, injuring seven
At
least 20 armored Israeli army vehicles and two bulldozers invaded the
northern West Bank city of Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp in the
early hours of Tuesday morning, inuring seven civilians, several of
whom were children.
http://www.imemc.org/article/50364
Teenager
shot by Israeli army dies from wounds
A
Palestinian teenager who was last Friday shot by the Israeli army in
Jenin, died on Monday from his wounds.
http://www.imemc.org/article/50351
Israeli
army kidnaps two and injures one woman in Nablus invasion
The
Israeli army kidnapped two Palestinian in Nablus and injured one
woman from the Ein Beit El Ma refugee camp in the early hours of
Tuesday morning.
http://www.imemc.org/article/50359
Israeli
Army imposes complete closure over the West Bank because of the
Jewish Holidays
As
usual, the Israeli army completely closes the West Bank everytime
there is Jewish holidays allowing some people to celebrate, and
others to be imprisoned in their areas. The closure means that
Palestinians can not go through roadblocks and checkpoints even
inside the West Bank. This is what is called collective punishement,
but this time, for a guilt that is not committed.
http://www.imemc.org/article/50347
Israeli
Media: secret meeting between Palestinian, Israeli and Egyptian
officials
The
Israeli right-wing newspaper Yedot Ahranot, reported Tuesday that a
secret meeting took place on Monday in the Egyptian capital of Cairo
between Palestinian, Israeli and Egyptian officials.
http://www.imemc.org/article/50371
Clinton
commits on borders, Jerusalem
Hillary
Clinton committed to an Israel with "defensible borders"
and "an undivided Jerusalem as its capital" in her Israel
position paper. "Hillary Clinton believes that Israel's right to
exist in safety as a Jewish state, with defensible borders and an
undivided Jerusalem as its capital, secure from violence and
terrorism, must never be questioned," the Democratic senator
from New York and frontrunner for the presidential nomination said in
her paper released Monday to JTA.
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/104094.html
Hamas
responsible for Qassam attack, says Livni
Ministers
to discuss response to attack on army base after Rosh Hashana. After
meeting with French FM, Tzipi Lvini blames Hamas for attack, says
Israel has tools to operate, but Qassams cannot be stopped.
Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu demands ground operation in
Gaza.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3448639,00.html
Livni:
Hamas could have stopped Qassam attack
Foreign
Minister Tzipi Livni, responding to a Tuesday Qassam rocket attack
that wounded 69 soldiers at a Negev army base, said Hamas bore
ultimate responsibility for the strike.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/903296.html
Palestinian
rockets wounds 50 Israeli troops
A
Palestinian rocket exploded in an Israeli army base early Tuesday,
wounding 50 soldiers and drawing Israeli calls for a major military
operation against rocket squads in the Gaza Strip. The wounded
soldiers were all recent recruits undergoing basic training at a base
just north of the Gaza-Israel border, and were asleep when the rocket
hit an empty tent, the army said. Eleven soldiers in nearby tents
were seriously wounded in the attack, another 39 were lightly
injured, and several others were suffering from shock, according to
the army.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/11/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Rocket-Attack.php
Hamas
forces storm home of caretaker gov't minister in Gaza
Dozens
of Hamas security forces stormed on Monday afternoon the home of
Ashraf el-Ajrami, Minister of Prisoners' Affairs in Salam Fayyad's
caretaker government in Gaza City, his neighbors and witnesses said.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/6259467.html
To
my people in Nahr al-Bared… refugees for a second time… , As'ad
Abu-Khalil
Liars,
that's what we are. Don't rely on us. We are sweet-talkers. Don't
trust us. Mean-spirited, that's what we are. We bow before the mighty
and armed while we brutalize the poor and defenseless. Did you see
them, those who applauded the intelligence services of the Syrian
regime while the Syrian army was in Lebanon, suddenly discovering the
Syrian lack of democracy only after its army left Lebanon? This is
Lebanon – the Lebanon which you won't see on LBC. We obey our
oppressors and dream of heroism in those boring and vacuous plays
Mansur Rahbani excels in. We shower our enemy with praise in his
face, only to draw cardboard swords as soon as he turns his back. As
for our resistance fighters, we slander their names and bury them in
our hypocrisy. The leading role of the freedom fighters in Lebanon is
reduced to that of cake sellers for the Syrians, to clueless
subcontractors of Syrian works. Our past is ugly, and our present is
even uglier. When we were shouting "We're all fedayyeen" in
demonstrations during the sixties and the early seventies (the
gentleman director Gary Garbatian – does Amin Gemayyel count him
among the 'intruders'? - died while recording his film "We're
all fedayyeen" in the sixties) we didn't mean what we were
shouting. We didn't mean a word.
http://middeno.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/to-my-people-of-nahr-al-bared-refugees-for-a-second-time/#more-46
Reflections
from an Irish Activist in Palestine (Part 1/3)
The following is not an attempt at a
comprehensive analysis of the current situation in the Occupied
Territories of Palestine. Instead, it is a reflection on the past few
weeks I have spent with the International Solidarity Movement in the
city of Hebron and its environs and what brought me here in the first
place. It is completely subjective and deliberately intended to be
so. I am a firm believer that the shortest distance between a person
and the truth is a story. Many stories I have heard and read about
regarding resistance to occupation, capitalism, imperialism have
formed my sense of what is right and wrong - and on which side of the
fence I am on. So if you manage to read through this lengthy piece of
writing, I hope the stories of resistance I have encountered over the
past few weeks will also inspire you also to keep on fighting the
powers that be, wherever and whenever you encounter them.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/09/10/reflections-from-an-irish-activist-in-palestine-part-13/
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