Sunday, December 2, 2012

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's Violence on Palestenians

Right to Defend itself

Israel has always cried 'holocaust' tears to the world while singing the old tune of "Defending itself and its citizens". How do they do it? By banning or killing international journalists by bribing their supportive governments. Palestine is destroyed as a State so is Gaza. Meanwhile the "chronically suffering Israel" has developed to a point it does not need Uncle Sam anymore, see their infrastructure, see their military development up to nuclear programs... and they are the eternal "poor" in need. -- --