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.

US overseeing mysterious construction project in Israel

The US Army Corps of Engineers plans to supervise construction of a five-story underground facility for an Israel Defense Forces complex, oddly named “Site 911,” at an Israeli Air Force base near Tel Aviv.

WELCOME TO GAZA!

This video will piss #Israel off. This is the #Gaza they try to smother  

After UN Vote, Israel Plans J’lem Housing

Peace Now is calling this a “deal breaker for the two-state solution,” which is a great joke after yesterday’s UN debacle. This is Israel’s reply to the Palestinian Authority’s resolution, and why not? You’d think shredding the 17-year-old Oslo framework might merit some sort of response.

Israel to build 3,000 settler homes after UN vote

Israel has authorised the construction of 3,000 more housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, according to Israeli officials.

It is also speeding up the processing of 1,000 planning permissions.

The benefits and risks of Abbas's historic moment

WASHINGTON: The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, returns to the United Nations to seek an upgrade in status in the 193-member General Assembly to ''observer state'', a move opposed by the US and Israel because of the implied recognition of a Palestinian state. Mr Abbas is scheduled to speak at 3pm Thursday in New York (6am Friday Sydney time), and a vote will take place soon after.

Medics: 1 hurt by Israeli fire near Jabaliya

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces opened fire and injured a Palestinian man east of Jabaliya on Thursday, medics said.

Wahid al-Fasis, 20, was shot in the Tal Abu Safayeh area and transferred to Awdeh hospital, medics said.

Gillard's actions speak louder than weasel words

Australia shows little appetite for Palestinian statehood, Peter Rodgers writes


Julia Gillard's shame this week has a lot less to do with the AWU slush fund than her foolishness over the Palestinian Authority. The first is about grubby deal-making. The second is about how our national leader behaves on the world stage.

Palestine Wins Status of State in Vote by U.N. Assembly

UNITED NATIONS — More than 130 countries voted on Thursday to grant Palestine the upgraded status of nonmember observer state in the United Nations, a stinging defeat for Israel and the United States and a boost for President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, who was weakened by the recent eight days of fighting in Gaza.

Limited Israeli incursion near Khan Younis

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Israeli military vehicles crossed near the al-Qarara town northeast of Khan Younis on Thursday in a new breach of the Gaza ceasefire, a Ma’an reporter said.

Genocide at the Service of Greater Israel

Israeli Terror: The “Final Solution” to the Palestine Question

Genocide at the Service of Greater Israel

In Israel, almost an entire people – over 80% of Jews – support, with varying degrees of intensity,  the terror bombing and slaughter of the people of Gaza.  Setting aside the profound sociopathic disorders of the raging and racist multitude in Israel, what is politically more significant are the totalitarian rants of leading Israeli public figures, published as editorials, in such newspapers as the respectable Jerusalem Post:

Israel’s War for Gaza’s Gas

“It is clear that without an overall military operation to uproot Hamas control of Gaza, no drilling work can take place without the consent of the radical Islamic movement.”
__Moshe Ya’alon, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Strategic Affairs

Stevie Wonder to pull out of IDF fundraiser

Representatives for Wonder, who performed at a 1998 gala honoring Israel's 50th anniversary, say the performance would be incongruent with his status as a UN 'Messenger of Peace.'

Sixty-year-old warnings still relevant for today's Palestine

Very few people today still read Michel Chiha to understand the continuing confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians. And yet quite a bit of what we are witnessing was predicted by this Lebanese thinker, writing in his newspaper, Le Jour, between 1945 and 1954.

U.S. and Israel Look to Limit Impact of U.N. Vote on Palestinian Authority

WASHINGTON — After failing to head off a vote in the United Nations on Thursday that would upgrade the Palestinian Authority’s status, the United States and Israel are looking ahead to how they can contain the damage from the approval of a resolution that even some European allies have signaled they will support.

Hamas Chief Revives Talk of Reuniting With P.L.O.

 BEIRUT, Lebanon — On the eve of the United Nations vote on whether to declare the Palestinian Authority a nonmember state, the leader of Hamas revived a long-percolating proposal for his militant party to join the Palestine Liberation Organization, the group that, with Israel, signed the Oslo Accord, which Hamas has long derided.

Israel Plays Down Importance of U.N. Bid by Palestinians

JERUSALEM — With Western support swelling in favor of a Palestinian bid for enhanced status at the United Nations, Israel engaged in damage control on Wednesday, a day before the vote.

Palestinians say UN bid is last-ditch peace effort

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A bid for U.N. recognition of a state of Palestine is a last-ditch attempt to rescue troubled Mideast peace efforts, a Palestinian spokeswoman said Wednesday, rejecting Israel's charge that it is an attempt to bypass negotiations.

US makes last-ditch bid to head off Palestinian UN vote

Deputy Secretary of State Burns, Middle East envoy Hale fail to convince Abbas to withdraw request for non-member observer state. Nuland: Resolution will not lead to independent Palestinian state. Lieberman: Move only enhances dispute

Israel warns against Palestinian U.N. bid

7:02PM EST November 28. 2012 - BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Israelis say a Palestinian appeal to the United Nations on Thursday for non-voting membership will make peace less likely, and some Palestinians have reservations, too.

Uproar over leader's call for list of Jews

THE Hungarian government and Jewish leaders have roundly condemned a politician who called for a survey of Jews thought to pose an alleged ''national security risk'', accusing him of fearmongering in a country still struggling with the legacy of the Holocaust.

Israel backs away as support for bid firms

JERUSALEM: With Western support swelling in favour of a Palestinian bid for enhanced status at the United Nations, Israel engaged in damage control on Wednesday, a day before the vote.

Upgraded status will do nothing to turn Hamas from genocidal path

It was Oscar Wilde who said ''Illusion is the first of all pleasures'', and it seems so many are basking in the pleasure of the illusion that has been created around the Palestinian Authority's bid for observer state status at the UN.

Effective pressure is essential to broker a solution

The Palestinian Authority is seeking recognition from the United Nations General Assembly for Palestine to be admitted as a non-member state in the UN. There is strong support in the General Assembly for the resolution, with at least 115 member states, representing more than 75 per cent of the world population, expected to vote yes. Sadly, Australia will not be among them.

Gillard reassures Israel of backing despite UN vote

THE Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has sought to placate an angry Jewish lobby with strong words of support in Parliament for Israel after Australia backed Palestine at the United Nations.

Abbas Arrives In New York, US Slams France For Supporting P.A Bid

Palestinian factions express support to UN bid.

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, arrived in New York accompanied by several senior Palestinian officials, in order to officially submit the Palestinian application for a non-member state status at the United Nations General Assembly.

Palestinians warn: back UN statehood bid or risk boosting Hamas

Failure to support limited recognition would undermine Abbas and validate armed resistance to Israel for many, officials warn

The Palestinian leadership is warning Europe and the US that failure to support its bid for statehood at the United Nations on Thursday will further strengthen Hamas after the Gaza fighting by suggesting that violence, rather than diplomacy, is the way to win concessions from Israel.

UK Blackmail: Thou forgave “Israel”? I hereby dub thee Exterminatus. Arise Palestine!

OK… let’s cut this short, this is not some dubbing of the knighting of Sir Lancelot by the British Monarch, but the colonial arrogance of the British Colonial Empire aided by the zionist lobby which seems to result in the most Orwellian headlines….

Palestine Statehood at UN vote, only if Mahmoud Abbas pledge not to pursue Israel for war crimes

Britain ready to back Palestinian statehood at UN

Mahmoud Abbas pledge not to pursue Israel for war crimes and resumption of peace talks are UK conditions

History of Israel and Palestine: 1947 UN Partition Proposal

Note some links not online anymore.  read more below

Palestine 1918 to 1948

Palestine is the name given by Arabs to an area in the Middle East. Palestine was absorbed into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 and remained under the rule of the Turks until World War One.

Israel - Palestine: The Sobering Reality

Israel-Palestine Violence Timeline: The Sobering Reality (INFOGRAPHIC)

A Synopsis of the Current Situation in Israel/Palestine

Fortunately, the American media cover many events in Israel with great detail and thoroughness. Therefore, we are not repeating that coverage here. Instead, we are attempting to fill in the many important news items – most of them about incidents in the Palestinian territories – that are not available in the U.S. media.

How Palestine Became Israel

The Catastrophe - Al Nakba

In the late 1800s a small, fanatic movement called “political Zionism” began in Europe. Its goal was to create a Jewish state somewhere in the world. Its leaders settled on the ancient and long-inhabited land of Palestine for the location of this state.¹

Cairo will invite factions for reconciliation talks

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Egypt will invite Palestinian factions to Cairo to resume reconciliation talks after Palestine's bid for a UN status upgrade this week, a political official said Saturday.

Occupied Palestinian Oil & Gas Reserves

Israel wargames' reason to raid and clear the way ...
with support from USofA

TO FREE PALESTINE, Palestenians must control the urge to respond to Israel attacks
SUPPORT the Palestine's bid to upgrade at the United Nations.   

Palestine territories 1947-1967

Hamas says fishing limit to extend under ceasefire deal

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) – Egyptian, Israeli and Palestinian officials representing the Hamas-run government in Gaza will meet next Monday in Cairo to discuss the aftermath of the ceasefire agreement.

On Israel, Obama can learn from Bill Clinton

President Obama was right to dispatch Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Middle East this past week to help broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. But as the president enters his second term, he faces the prospect of bigger challenges in the Middle East, most notably on Iran’s nuclear program. To make sure the Israeli government does not act on its own on Iran, Obama needs to gain the trust of the Israeli public.

Palestinian political spectrum is united, split-propaganda started

For Palestinians, Gaza conflict deepens sense of futility with nonviolent approach toward Israel

Obama changes course between courses

For a time there, it looked like business as usual in the Middle East. Barack Obama had made his ''pivot'' to Asia and it would be up to the parties slaughtering each other, oppressors and oppressed, to ask themselves and each other the Sarah Palin question: "How's that hopey-changey stuff working out for ya?"

WikiLeaks: Israel aimed to keep Gaza economy on brink of collapse

Cable from the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv says Israeli officials wanted Gaza's economy 'functioning at the lowest level possible consistent with avoiding a humanitarian crisis.'

Israel used 'calorie count' to limit Gaza food during blockade, critics claim

Defence ministry files on 'avoiding' civilian malnutrition are proof Israel used food restrictions to hit Hamas, says Palestine group

HRW calls for accountability after Gaza violence

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Human Rights Watch on Friday urged Israel and Hamas to address the ongoing human rights abuses and impunity for violations of the laws of war, after a ceasefire deal ended eight days of deadly fighting.

Palestine envoy says Beijing backs UN entry

BEIJING (Reuters) -- President Mahmoud Abbas' envoy to China said on Friday that Beijing backs their United Nations membership bid, a day after France indicated it would support a diplomatic upgrade for Palestine.

Israeli forces detain Hamas lawmaker in Nablus

NABLUS (Ma’an) – Israeli forces detained a Hamas-affiliated Palestinian lawmaker early Saturday after ransacking his home in Nablus in the northern West Bank, locals said.

Tension and Confusion Linger in Gaza Strip After Cease-Fire

KHAN YUNIS, Gaza Strip — In the 12 years that he has lived here in the Abassam neighborhood adjacent to Gaza’s eastern border, Eyad Qudaih said, he had never ventured more than 20 yards east of his white stucco home because Israel said the area was off limits.

America’s Failed #Palestinian Policy

MORE than 160 Palestinians and 5 Israelis are dead, and as the smoke clears over Gaza, the Israelis will not be more secure and Palestinians’ hopes for self-determination remain dashed. It is time for a significant re-evaluation of the American policies that have contributed to this morass.

Messages from the war zone

Both sides of the Middle East conflict tell Daniel Flitton how they are heard.

The shouting had gone on long enough. "The problem is, the microphone is shoved in front of the face of some person who is going to yell in either broken English or Arabic," despaired Moammar Mashni.

"When was the last time you saw an articulate, educated Palestinian - who there are millions of - before the cameras?"

A fragile peace: in pursuit of a solution

After eight days of battle, hopes of a lasting truce rest with a new power axis in the Middle East, writes Ruth Pollard in Gaza City.

Hamas says Israeli troops kill farmer in Gaza after ceasefire

A Palestinian was shot dead in the Gaza Strip by Israeli border guards and 25 were injured, Hamas said, in the most serious clashes since a cease-fire accord ended more than a week of air bombardment.

#WestBankUnderAttack | Israeli forces detain Members of Parliament around West Bank

NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained at least five members of the Palestinian parliament in the West Bank who are affiliated to Hamas, among 28 Palestinians detained at dawn Friday.

Palestine: China special role in the Middle East

Palestinian envoy seeks 'special role' for China

 AFP news agency reports that Bassam al-Salhi, a representative of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, at talks in Beijing on efforts to upgrade his people's status at the United Nations and maintain calm in the region, said China can play a "special role" in the Middle East.

As Gaza is savaged again, understanding the BBC’s role requires more than sentiment

We must understand the BBC as a pre-eminent state propagandist and censor by omission, says John Pilger.

The BBC’s “Reithian values” of impartiality and independence
are almost scriptural in their mythology.

The IDF Gamified Its War Blog

Unbelievable! The IDF Has Gamified Its War Blog

In Gaza Conflict, Fighting With Weapons and Postings on Twitter

 @netanyahu ‘national information effort’ is really hard to put in 140 characters. can we just use propaganda from now on?”

You furnish the pictures, the American press baron boasted a century ago, as the story goes, and I’ll furnish the war.

As CeaseFire Holds in Gaza, Palestinians Press for Unity

GAZA — A cease-fire that halted eight days of lethal conflict between Israel and Hamas brought jubilation to Gaza on Thursday (22Nov'12) as thousands of flag-waving residents poured into the streets and competing Palestinian factions sought to use the moment to revive their efforts to unify. In Israel, where the mood was more cynical and subdued, troops deployed to the border began pulling back.

Obama praises Israel leaders over ceasefire

Obama praises Mid-East leaders over ceasefire

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama has heaped praise on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for agreeing to the Egyptian ceasefire plan and offered increased US funding to beef up Israel's air defences.

Gaza ceasefire: Obama and Clinton promised Netanyahu incentives

 Behind the scenes of Israel's decision to accept Gaza truce

Barak wanted to end it, Lieberman demanded a ground invasion, and Netanyahu vacillated. Behind the scenes of the Forum of Three's meetings on the Gaza operation.

Q&A: Palestinian bid for upgraded UN status

President Abbas received a standing ovation when
he delivered his application to the UN last September

The Palestinians are to ask the United Nations to upgrade their status to become a "non-member observer state" by the end of 2012. 

It follows a failed bid to join the international body as a full member state in 2011 because of a lack of support in the UN Security Council.

Here is a guide to what is likely to happen and its significance. 

Ceasefire, Peace Treaty are not enough for Israel that wants full control over Palestine

Israel ministry paper proposes 'toppling' Abbas over UN bid

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We take Israel's threats seriously and we do not rule out any attempt on Israel's part to hurt the president”  - Saeb Erekat Chief Palestinian negotiator

Who blasted the bus? 'with other means' and shall use them

Before Mrs Clinton’s visit, Mr Netanyahu said ‘‘I prefer a diplomatic solution, I hope that we can get one,
but if not,

 we have every right to defend ourselves with other means and we shall use them"

why is essential to de-escalate the Israel-Gaza situation?

In Jerusalem, Mrs Clinton said,

‘‘The American commitment to Israel’s security is rock solid and unwavering,’’ at a brief press appearance with Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, before the two entered closed-door talks.

‘‘That is why we believe it is essential to de-escalate the situation’’ in the Palestinian territory, she said, also welcoming Egyptian mediation efforts.

truce agreed after bloody Gaza conflict

'Calm must return': truce agreed after bloody Gaza conflict

Ceasefire for now, what about next elections?

Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas takes effect 
 Israel, Hamas ceasefire starts at 6am AEDT (22Nov'12)

'Israelis talk about fear, we Palestinians talk about death'

The current war in Gaza will lead to little other than more dead civilians and a fresh impetus to fight, say its residents

Why do journalists and media companies pretend the battle between Israel and Hamas is an even one?

 On one side you've got three generations of a family wiped out. On the other, a woman's got to ring Autoglass.
And we act like this is battle whose fate is in the balance

Israel's diplomatic strategies

The trick is to be there and pay a minimal price

Netanyahu risks loosing elections by sending troops into Gaza

Mr. Netanyahu’s calculations are numerous. He has an election looming in January,

The World expects nothing from USA Administration

“We hold no hope in Obama or Hillary Clinton to do anything, just to save the occupation in their crisis,”

Mr. Barhoum said in an interview outside Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. [they] “Just support the occupation so it can do more and more massacres.”

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Taking whatever actions necessary to defend Israel from?

“But if not, I’m sure you understand that Israel will have to take whatever actions necessary to defend its people.” 

 IDF defends its people from these ones...

Those who criticise Israel should provide a solution

When hate and greed blinds the powerful, when others disagree with certain views and decisions then, the powerful tags float around their like-environment tags such; terrorism, no humans, "enemy of the state" as US call them and the world is to believe cheap propaganda. 

Israel problem is Iran

Suspected spies killed by Hamas as Israel and Gaza near a truce

...and do not want a war with Iran but if Israel doesn't stop bombing Gaza then,,, Irsrael will a problem and a war with Iran and the WORLD.

Swedish Media The betrayal: Israel's organ harvesting from dead bodies

 The media refused to report that Aftonbladet was right about Israeli organ theft

The horrible death Gaza children endure - White Phosphorus

Question: What Is White Phosphorus? 

 

Answer: The following is excerpted from a 2009 Human Rights Watch report: White phosphorus is a chemical substance that ignites and burns on contact with oxygen, generating a dense white smoke that lasts about seven minutes, with a distinctive garlic-like odor.

Mark Regev, Israeli Spokesman, Spars With Al Jazeera Over Strikes On Media Buildings (VIDEO)

An Al Jazeera host had an extremely contentious conversation with a spokesman for the Israeli prime minister over a series of attacks on a media building in Gaza over the past two days.

Israeli Minister: “The Goal…Is to Send Gaza Back to the Middle Ages”

Israel helds children indefinetly in detention

Picture speaks for itself. 
These children are important and should be part of the ceasefire conditions to set them free, they are children.

Russia accuses U.S. of blocking U.N. action on Israel-Gaza conflict

"Council diplomats, who did not want to be identified, said the United States' UN delegation had been instructed by Washington not to engage in consultations on a statement by the Security Council"

Russia accused the United States on Monday of blocking a bid by the U.N. Security Council to condemn the escalating conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and said other council members were filibustering the issue.

Pressure mounts to end bloody Israel-Gaza conflict

Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers traded fire and tough cease-fire proposals Monday, and threatened to escalate their border conflict if diplomacy fails. No deal appeared near.

Palestine High Ranking Terrorists attacking defenceless Israel

Please take a look at the
high rank terrorists attacking Israel

Haaretz, Israel's Interior Minister, Eli Yishai,
said this about Israel's attacks on Gaza:
"The goal of the operation is to send Gaza back to the Middle Ages."

US is better with the Arabs than Israel - quote

"God-willing, the American people will wake up and realize that it is better to stand with 350 million Arabs than to continue to support Israel."
__Khaled Mashaal, Hamas Leader

OpIsrael: We are not terrorists. We know what happens to victims of oppression when the lights go dark

[This article has been copied from Anonymous Site, I support the work the Anons have been doing specially; the great support still given to Sandy's Hurricane Victims and now to defenceless, oppressed and invaded Palestines.  Someone has to help and Anonymous are there to tell it like is and be where our governments are missing]

Palestinian Pay in their blood for Israel's government re-elections

Who is using Human Shields in the Israel-Gaza war?

Below: Israeli soldier shoots blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinian man at point blank range [VIDEO]

Story: Israeli filmed shooting prisoner The video shows a soldier aim and fire his weapon at a Palestinian man's legs (watch video) An Israeli human rights group has released a video that shows an Israeli soldier shooting a blindfolded Palestinian man with a rubber coated steel bullet at close range. BTselem released the video on Sunday, saying it had forwarded a copy to the Israeli military police and was demanding an investigation be opened.

The video shows a Palestinian man, whom BTselem named as Ashraf Abu Rahma, handcuffed and blindfolded standing by a group of Israeli soldiers.

One soldier aims his weapon at the Abu Rahma's legs, from about 1.5 metres away, and appears to fire at him.
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'Anonymous' launches cyber attack on Israel

The Israeli government has admitted it has become the victim of a mass cyber-warfare campaign, with millions of attempts to hack state websites since the start of its Gaza offensive four days ago.

Gaza toll hits 91 as truce efforts build

ISRAELI air strikes have killed 13 more Palestinians, bringing the Gaza death toll to 91 as global efforts to broker a truce gathered pace.

Gaza massacred in numbers by Israel

It started  14th November 2012

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We can talk, but we're far from beaten

Gaza's smaller militant groups say they are ready to back a Hamas- and Islamic Jihad-endorsed truce with Israel, at the same time warning that six days of shelling and air strikes had barely made a dent in their weapons stockpile.

One of the commanders from the Al-Nasser Salah al-Dine Brigades, Abu Mahmoud, emerged from hiding to speak to Fairfax Media about what it would take to stop the firing of rockets into southern Israel and in turn end Israel's six-day long bombardment of the tiny coastal strip.

"Israel says they have attacked the resistance, that they have taught us very hard lessons, but the family killed yesterday ...
were they fighters?" Abu Mahmoud

Names and ages of killed people in the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza

Because we are NOT just numbers, keep following this post of the names  and ages of murdered people who fell victim during the past days of Israeli attacks on Gaza since Wednesday (14Nov'12). The number rises to 108 and still rising: ( I hope that this battle will cost us no more souls.

"However, nothing will depress us,
no matter how much Israel escalates its inhumanity and crimes. 
We’ll remain ready to pay any price for attaining of freedom and dignity."

Fatah and Hamas unite over Gaza

RIVAL Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas say they have agreed to end their infighting in a show of solidarity over the spiralling Gaza crisis.

Stop pretending the US is an uninvolved, helpless party in the Israeli assault on Gaza

The Obama administration's unstinting financial, military and diplomatic support for Israel is a key enabling force in the conflict

Israeli Desensitization from early age

because, it is every child's right to be "educated"

by the government that respects Human Rights

The following are not postcards, they are, children from Israel learning quality skills.  The pictures speak by themselves.  Notice the 3rd picture... that is a child.

Gaza: Qatar PM slams 'wasteful' Arab League meetings

CAIRO: Qatar's prime minister on Saturday delivered a biting criticism of Arab League meetings during emergency talks in Cairo, and called for a review of the pan-Arab body's dealing with the Palestinian issue.

Israel demands 15-year lull for ceasefire,

According to reports in Cairo, Israel put forward six key demands for ceasefire, threatened ground offensive in Gaza if no response within 48 to 72 hours

Egypt will no longer tolerate attacks on Palestinians

CAIRO: Egypt's Islamist Freedom and Justice Party, formerly headed by President Mohamed Morsi, said on Wednesday Egypt would no longer stand by as Israel attacked Palestinians after air strikes killed a Hamas leader.