Bab Al Shams in the State of Palestine

This post shows clearly how interested is the Israel government in 'establishing' peace with its neighbour the State of Palestine.

Israel is only interested in one thing and that is, to expand its dominions and complete its occupation of the State of Palestine.

It is time to note that: ALL the wars with Palestines for the past 65years have been on USA Taxpayers' account. .  The eviction from Bab Al Shams occurred in the early mornings of today 13 Jan'13.  Over 1000 Israeli soldiers to evict about 200 owners and activists.

Conveniently Israel misuse of anti-Semitism

It's no longer Israel that needs to leave the Occupied Territories;
it's the Arabs who need to free themselves of the anti-Semitism."

Rights group: Israel detains Gaza patient at border

Israeli forces detained a Palestinian at a border crossing from the Gaza Strip who was seeking medical treatment in Jerusalem, a human rights group said.

PA cancels electricity debts for every West Bank resident

The Palestinian Authority announced on Wednesday that it is cancelling outstanding electricity debts for each West Bank resident, on the heels of a deal that aims to help assuage the electricity companies' own arrears.

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

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.

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.

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.