ALERT | Israel To Displace 1000 Palestinians Next Wednesday 2Jan2013

“Settling” constitutes a warcrime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’

Head of the Wadi Al-Maleh area, in the northern plains of the occupied West Bank, Aref Daraghma, stated that the Israeli army intends to displace around 10000 Palestinian Bedouins in the area in order to conduct military training.

Israel kidnapping of Palestinians including children and hospital patients

December; Army Kidnapped 88, Including 12 Children, 18 Patients In Hebron

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) – Hebron branch, reported Sunday that the Israeli army kidnapped since the begging of this month 88 Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, including 12 children, and 18 patients.

Hamas Gains Allure in Gaza, but Money Is a Problem

Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

Gaza residents returned to survey the damage to their homes last month after a cease-fire ended the eight-day clash between Israel and Hamas. 

Hamas has been riding high of late, after its professed victory in the recent conflict with Israel and the overthrow last year of Egypt’s president, Hosni Mubarak, an avowed enemy.

How The New York Times burys Israel’s crimes

How The New York Times erases Israel’s crimes

Neocons, wearing jackboots, are suddenly on the defensive over Hagel

The Chuck Hagel debate has moved into a new phase: the neoconservatives are completely on the defensive. NYT op-eds by Tom Friedman ("Give Chuck a Chance") and James Besser ("Don't Let Pro-Israel Extremists Sink Chuck Hagel") have now successfully positioned Hagel as a centrist being attacked by extremists. And the neoconservatives have got their back up, as you will see below.

American Jewish Committee Demonstrates That Lobby Effort To Sink Hagel Has Backfired

their dreams of never-ending occupation will be dashed.

by: MJ Rosenberg on December 29th, 2012

At this point, it is still not clear who will be appointed Secretary of Defense. I continue to believe that former Senator Chuck Hagel will not get the job because President Obama has never said “no” to the lobby about anything. And the lobby (whether you call it the Israel Lobby or the Jewish Lobby) has never been as united about any internal U.S. matter as it is about stopping Hagel. My guess is that Obama will choose former Pentagon official, Michele Flournoy, in the hope that the excitement about a woman as Defense secretary will make observers forget that she only got the appointment because Obama was afraid to take on AIPAC.

“I hope one day this hall will be full of children from Gaza
playing their music to us all.”

Gaza Government affirms the Palestinians’ right to repel any aggression

The Palestinian government in Gaza stressed on the right of the Palestinian people to use all resistance methods in order to repel any Israeli aggression and to defend themselves from the Israeli continued crimes.

Issawi: PA did not take prisoners’ issue to the UN

Shireen Al-Issawi, the sister of hunger striker Samer Al-Issawi, has called for greater support for the issue of hunger striking Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

US and Israel illegal self-defence doctrine

How Obama and Netanyahu Disregarded Law and Facts
Why the Self-Defense Doctrine Doesn’t Legitimize Israel’s Assault on Gaza

Stepping over the line by accident: Still possible, ever more disturbing

A stroll west of West Jerusalem can lead to a surprising discovery, confronting the casual walker with various layers of the Palestinian tragedy.

I just finished an ordeal at the Knesset. The next thing on the agenda was a long phone call, one that would last for at least an hour. Instead of walking about West Jerusalem for an hour, I decided to begin heading west on foot.

E1 Not Israeli Territory

The controversy surrounding the government's decision to promote the construction of thousands of housing units in the E1 zone, which will connect Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem and cut through the West Bank, is viewed by pundits and politicians alike as a serious diplomatic problem, but not a legal one.

The Settlement That Broke the Two-State Solution

Ma'aleh Adumim symbolizes why Middle East peace may no longer be possible.

MA'ALEH ADUMIM, West Bank — When you drive out on the highway to the West Bank settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim from Jerusalem, you're driving through big sky country. After passing Jerusalem's new Jewish neighborhoods and old Arab villages, all you've got on either side of you are the soft hills of the Judean desert.

Don’t Let Pro-Israel Extremists Sink Chuck Hagel

POLITICAL movements that depend on broad popular support but are driven by extremists can eventually become self-destructive — a lesson the Republican Party learned at great cost in November, and which the gun-rights lobby may be about to learn in the wake of the latest school shooting.

Israel wants concessions but to give any in return

Israel sets offers to Palestine knowing they will be rejected but 'an offer is an offer' to the international eyes who do not recognise the Israeli strategies.

Netanyahu launches Israeli re-election bid

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put Iran at the top of his re-election campaign, pledging that halting Tehran's nuclear program would be his first priority as premier.

Stanley L Cohen’s Speech at the ICC Conference in Zurich Dec 2012

I am pleased to speak to you here today at this important gathering. As an American, I want to address a global-historical fact you already know about, from your direct experiences in your home countries, but perhaps without seeing the full picture.

Amira Hass: The anti-Semitism that goes unreported

Tens of thousands of people live in the shadow of terror

Here’s a statistic that you won’t see in research on anti-Semitism, no matter how meticulous the study is. In the first six months of the year, 154 anti-Semitic assaults have been recorded, 45 of them around one village alone. Some fear that last year’s record high of 411 attacks – significantly more than the 312 attacks in 2010 and 168 in 2009 – could be broken this year.

Israel’s formula for a starvation diet to inflict on Gaza a "shoah"

How 400 trucks to feed Gaza became just 67

Six and a half years go, shortly after Hamas won the Palestinian national elections and took charge of Gaza, a senior Israeli official described Israel’s planned response. “The idea,” he said, “is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.”

On Torture: Adalah the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel

This edited volume is part of a joint initiative by Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR-Israel) and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza to prevent and fight against torture and ill-treatment in Israel. It is the product of a two-day international expert workshop held in Jerusalem in April 2011 on the subject of “Securing Accountability for Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment in Israel: New Trends and Comparative Lessons”.

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
Physicians for Human Rights – Israel
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights

A 122 pages pdf file... 
On Torture: Adalah the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel

5 injured by Israeli fire in Gaza

It makes no sense the Israeli firing into "Palestenian" soil.  The soldiers are on a fenced border, once the attempt to cross the fence then there is a reason to shoot but not when the people are behind the fence, that is criminal.  The news follow.

Facts on Israeli Occupation and Bethlehem

Colonizing Christmas: Facts on Israeli Occupation and Bethlehem

Bethlehem is a vivid example of the severe and appalling effects that Israeli colonization policies have had in Palestine. Illegal confiscation of land, expulsion of Palestinian families and on-going construction of Israeli

US dissapointed of Israeli 'continuous pattern of provocative action'

US hits Israel hard on settlement plans

In unusually rare and blunt criticism of its top Mideast ally, the Obama administration on Tuesday slammed Israel for continuing to announce new settlement construction on land claimed by the Palestinians.

With Israel all is possible: Sandy Hook Massacre

Israeli death squads involved in Sandy Hook bloodbath: Intelligence analyst

Days later, the Sandy Hook Massacre, the iconic slaughter of twenty small children, is now looking like a terrorist attack, not a “murder suicide.” Was “lone gunman” Adam Lanza a “patsy,” the same word Lee Harvey Oswald used to describe himself before being “silenced” in November 1963?

The goal is not security, it's systematic Genocide.

(SACRAMENTO / BOSTON) - How Many Kids in Gaza have to die before Americans open their eyes to this unfolding religious/political tragedy?

Israel’s military indoctrination of children

“I picture a dead Arab and that makes me happy” says young Israeli boy.

Another child tells the interviewer he predicts “he’s going to kill 85 people”

Video contradicts Israeli occupation soldier’s account of Hebron teen’s killing

Even doctored pictures tell the real story.

Children of any race and or belief have the Divine RIGHT to live and enjoy peace

Give a CHILD of the WORLD that chance to enjoy life as well. STOP HATE, STOP KILLING (guns are the tools only)

The baby of the picture was killed about 4 weeks ago and there are over 80+ killed during within a week. A gorgeous child that remains in my mind was cruelly burnt to death and nobody screamed their governments to stop the killing, most of them tottlers.

The same for this young boy, two days ago the 17yro was killed and nobody said anything, the killing continues.

But the killing has moved into sacred lands and the whole world is revolting about it...

Think about it, where does the idea start? The root has to be stopped from growing, if you care about the US kids then you must be ready to ask for all the children of the world as well.

US drones are loaded with bombs to kill children and some of them victims are US people. But politics have always an excuse because people of the world are not willing to scream loud.

It is time to pay more attention to "who" created hate and why:
http://tinyurl.com/b8l9nab

View the babies faces at http://palestine2raise.blogspot.com.au/ the full blog is full of their faces. This is one blog, I have more blogs, all are the same..

CHILDREN killed for what?
Now, father Obama's speech of how sad makes no sense as his drones are killing more innocent people around the world, hate is the worse weapon used against children...  SPEAK for them as well please, 

STOP THE WARS, stop the hate please.

The Hagel Haters

Why Israel’s supporters can’t stand the man who might be the next secretary of defense. Eli Lake reports.

Susan rice withdrew from consideration for next Secretary of State

McCain Scuttles "Pro-Israel" Nomination

Why was 17-year-old Muhammad killed?

A Palestinian teen was on his way to the bakery to buy a cake for his birthday party. A border policewoman who shot him to death claims he held a toy gun to another soldier’s head.

“We’ll be steadfast to our last breath”: Moving video of Hebron teen murdered by Israeli soldier

Why I Boycott Israel

Sydney University academic Jake Lynch has come under fire this week for his stance on Israel. Today he argues his case: Palestinians and dissenting Israelis need international support to achieve justice

Congressman Berman’s Last Gasp At Punishing Palestinians

At first glance, the only thing surprising about the Congressional letter demanding that the Palestinians be punished for taking their case to the United Nations is that AIPAC’s role in producing it is stated openly. The cover letter to House members asking for their signatures (from a staffer working for House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen) reads as follows:

The Main Purveyors of Islamophobia

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2011 are often cited as the roots of “Islamophobia” in the United States. However, attributing Americans’ Islamophobia solely to the events of 9/11 ignores the anti-Muslim propaganda that predated the attacks, and that continues today.

[YEES.. Israel is behind all these... it took me a while to find it... ]

Across the divide: boycott shocks 'unity' professor Dan Avnon

AN Israeli academic who set up one of the few centres where Jews and Arabs study together says he felt like "a fish on a hook" when he was boycotted by the University of Sydney's Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies.

Hamas chief's Gaza visit poses challenge to Israel

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) -- The image of Hamas' long-exiled chief triumphantly walking around the Gaza Strip, flashing victory signs beside Islamic militant leaders Friday, illustrates how the group's defiance of Israel is forcing a change in Palestinian politics.

‘J Street’ and ‘Peace Now’ say it’s now or never for Obama to bring Netanyahu to heel

The two liberal Zionist organizations J Street and Americans for Peace Now are demanding that the Obama administration condemn the recent Israeli announcement of a new settlement bloc in the West Bank. The two groups argue that the two-state solution is in jeopardy, and Obama must act now. J Street's statement is adamant:

Tell President Obama: Stand up for a two-state solution and demand a reversal to the E1 settlements.

No consequences (again) for Israel’s hateful conduct?

Civil society calls for trade sanctions but Hague says EU has ‘no enthusiasm.’

Why Israel-Palestine Peace Process Failed

The most significant problem with the peace process was foundational. The process, a series of diplomatic exchanges and negotiations supposedly aimed at lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace, was based on a land-for-peace formula brokered by American mediation.

Abbas: E-1 plan crosses ‘red line’

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – Israeli settlement activity in the Palestinian territory, especially the newly announced projects in the E-1 area, is a red line which cannot go unanswered because it divides the Palestinian land, President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday.

Did Israel fire chemical weapons on Gaza last month?

Severe burns cover the face and neck of Hassan Doghmosh. Israel’s latest attack on Gaza may have ended but Doghmosh is still suffering its effects.

Tearful Israel the aggressor, wants the victim 'not' to respond the abusive crimes

'Israel has the right to respond to provocative PA moves'

Netanyahu heads to Germany to meet with Merkel, will ask EU to use its influence with Palestinians to prevent further unilateral steps; officials in Europe downplay talk of sanctions against Israel.

Visit Hillary Clinton’s settlement

In her speech to the Saban Center last week, Hillary Clinton bragged about visiting an Israeli settlement, Gilo. Well you can see Gilo in the video below, at :22-1:20. It's the colony of white houses in the background, with red roofs.

Israeli forces demolish mosque in south Hebron hills

HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces demolished a mosque in the south Hebron hills on Tuesday, locals said.

Israel defiant on settlements expansion after European condemnation

Official says Israel will 'stand by our vital national interests', after ambassadors summoned in five EU countries

Noam Chomsky: Palestine 2012 – Gaza and the UN resolution

An old man in Gaza held a placard that reads:

“You take my water, 

 burn my olive trees, 

destroy my house, 

take my job, 

steal my land, 

imprison my father, 

kill my mother, 

bombard my country, 

starve us all, 

humiliate us all 

but

 I am to blame: I shot a rocket back.”¹

Hamas to 'allow Fatah members to return to Gaza'

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Hamas will allow twenty Fatah members who fled Gaza during fighting in 2007 to return to the coastal enclave, a Fatah official said Sunday.

EU threatens to withdraw support for Israel over settlement plans

Do Is care about warnings? read more

UN not happy with Israel's settlement news

Was it UK Hague who said that;  "... in 1947? we created you and in 2012 we'll banish you? or in similar words and dates...?  Israel is getting its holocaust wish very soon if it continues provoking Palestine.

The E1 plan and its implications for human rights in the West Bank

This past weekend, the media reported that Israel has decided to advance the planning of thousands of apartments in the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, as part of the E-1 plan, in the area connecting the settlement to Jerusalem.

Israel authorising visits to Palestine

Effective annexation: Israel now stamping passports of West Bank visitors “Judea and Samaria only”

Israel attacks against Palestenian fishermen escalated

In new violation of ceasefire agreement, Israeli forces arrest 14 fishermen and confiscate 3 fishing boats: number of arrested fishermen increases to 29 and confiscated boats to 9

Unaccountable Israeli Lobby dictates US foreign policy

Special report: Inside the Israeli lobby

The Israeli Lobby. It is a term that brings up images of an entity of near-mythic strength that seems to influence all branches of US policy and has an inside track to prominent US politicians, whether Republican or Democrat. It is credited with the power to make or break Presidents and dictate US foreign policy. Unaccountable and impossible to fight, it is seen in Pakistan and in large parts of the Muslim world as the driving force behind the United States’ pro-Israel stance.

Israel's foreign "calming plan" policy

Leader of Israeli right-wing party presents Egypt diplomat with own Palestinian plan

The new leader of the Habayit Hayehudi party meets with the acting Egyptian ambassador and recounts his 'calming plan' for Israel's foreign policy. The diplomat rejected these plans.

The new leader of the right-wing National Religious party Habayit Hayehudi (Jewish Home) Naftali Bennett has met with the acting Egyptian ambassador, Mustafa Al-Kuni, and presented him with his foreign policy plans.

Israel strikes Gaza violating ceasefire - reports

Breaking news Published: 02 December, 2012, 03:26

At least four Palestinians have been injured after Israel reportedly shelled a residential area in Gaza Strip, thus violating fragile ceasefire. This comes after the UN voted to upgrade the Palestinians to a ‘non-member observer state.’

Gaza-based filmmaker and activist Harry Fear told RT that two people were critically injured with one of them being announced 'clinically dead' at Shifa Hospital.

The attack in East Deir Al-Balah occurred around 22:00 GMT. Reports from local media suggest it was a tank shelling attack. So far there has been no reaction from Hamas.