Post by ninathedog on Feb 9, 2011 1:17:16 GMT 4
(continues from the preceding post)
[OccupationNews] Digest Number 1287
Monday, February 7, 2011
*Ha'aretz Defense page*
<http://haaretz. com/hasen/ pages/LiArt. jhtml?contrassID =1&subContrassID =5&sbSubContrass ID=0>
*WikiLeaks: Israel long viewed Egypt VP as preferred Mubarak successor*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/wikileak s-israel- long-viewed- egypt-vp- as-preferred- mubarak-successo r-1.341973>
Ha'aretz - 2008 diplomatic cable published by the Daily Telegraph quotes
Israeli official as saying that Israel was 'most comfortable' with
prospect of Omar Suleiman becoming Egypt's next leader.
*Netanyahu: Egypt could fall into hands of radical Islamists*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/netanyah u-egypt-could- fall-into- hands-of- radical-islamist s-1.341890>
Ha'aretz - Prime Minister warned that after Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak leaves power, the country could go in the direction of Iran.
*Former American VP calls on Obama to shorten Pollard's life sentence*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/former- american- vp-calls- on-obama- to-shorten- pollard-s- life-sentence- 1.341874>
Ha'aretz - Dan Quayle is the most senior former administration official
to support calls to grant clemency to the convicted Israeli spy.
*IDF chief: Hamas, Hezbollah would fail if facing IDF in conventional
battlefield*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/idf- chief-hamas- hezbollah- would-fail- if-facing- idf-in-conventio nal-battlefield- 1.341871>
Ha'aretz - Gabi Ashkenazi said Israel shouldn't discount Hamas and
Hezbollah, but 'they are not able to conquer the Negev or Galilee.'
*Lieberman: Mideast uprisings show the Arab world is weakening*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/lieberma n-mideast- uprisings- show-the- arab-world- is-weakening- 1.341859>
Ha'aretz - Lieberman denied claim that the Israel-Palestinian conflict
is a reason for the unrest of late in the Arab world, blaming it instead
on internal unrest.
*PA presses UN to make Bethlehem church first Palestinian World Heritage
Site*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/pa- presses-un- to-make-bethlehe m-church- first-palestinia n-world-heritage -site-1.341847>
Ha'aretz - Church of the Nativity built on site where Jesus was born,
according to Christian tradition; No sites under PA control on list
because Palestinian state not recognized by UN.
*Probe finds Sinai pipeline blast was caused by bomb*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/probe- finds-sinai- pipeline- blast-was- caused-by- bomb-1.341844>
Ha'aretz - Sinai security sources says 'foreign elements' targeted pipe
that supplies Jordan; supplies to Israel were halted as a precaution.
*Ha'aretz National page*
<http://haaretz. com/hasen/ pages/LiArt. jhtml?contrassID =1&subContrassID =7&sbSubContrass ID=0>
*Abandoned baby found in Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ abandoned- baby-found- in-jerusalem- s-dome-of- the-rock- 1.341834>
Ha'aretz - The baby appeared to be in good health when police arrived
upon the scene, and he has been put in the care of social services.
*Peres calls Ashkenazi among the 'best' of IDF chiefs in Israel's
history*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ peres-calls- ashkenazi- among-the- best-of-idf- chiefs-in- israel-s- history-1. 341815>
Ha'aretz - Outgoing IDF chief thanks Peres for his "personal support,
attention and warm heart,' adding that he is confident he is leaving the
IDF in good hands.
*Labor federation chief: Don't let Israel turn into Egypt*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ labor-federation -chief-don- t-let-israel- turn-into- egypt-1.341808>
Ha'aretz - Ofer Eini threatens to declare a labor dispute over the
rising prices saying that local authorities and some private sectors
could cease operations for a full two weeks.
*Labor Party primaries scheduled for September 7*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ labor-party- primaries- scheduled- for-september- 7-1.341677>
Ha'aretz - Election for leadership to be held in wake of Barak's
decision last month to quit and form his own party.
*Palestine Telegraph* <http://paltelegraph .com/>
*Israel to build 13 settlement units in Jerusalem*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ west-bank/ 8404-israel- to-build- 13-settlement- units-in- jerusalem. html>
7 Feb 2011 - Jerusalem, (Pal Telegraph) -The planning committee at the
Israeli municipality of Jerusalem decided to build 13 settlement units
in Al-Shaik Jarrah neighborhood in central Jerusalem as home to a number
of Jews.
*Israeli gunboats strike Palestinian fishermen*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ gaza-strip/ 8403-israeli- gunboats- strike-palestini an-fishermen. html>
7 Feb 2011 - Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph) -Israeli gunboats stationed
off Gaza city shore opened Monday heavy fire at Palestinian fishermen;
no causalities were reported.
*Uruknet* <http://uruknet. info/>
*Ikhwanweb: Egypt's Revolution Is a People's Revolution with No Islamic
Agenda* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m74718& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - Ikhwanweb, the Muslim Brotherhood' s official
English website editor in chief Khaled Hamza has stated that the current
uprising in Egypt is a revolution of the Egyptian people and is by no
means linked to any Islamic tendencies, despite allegations nor can it
be described as Islamic... He criticized allegations and reiterations by
some countries that...
*New Wikileaks cable shows 2008 war on Gaza was unprovoked: Israel knew
Hamas was enforcing ceasefire*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74717& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2010 -( Tel Aviv: 8/29/2008 )... Regarding the
Tahdiya [Temporary Truce], Hacham said Barak stressed that while it was
not permanent, for the time being it was holding. There have been a
number of violations of the ceasefire on the Gaza side, but Palestinian
factions other than Hamas were responsible. Hacham said the Israelis
assess that Hamas is...
*WikiLeaks: Israel's secret hotline to the man tipped to replace
Mubarak* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m74716& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - Mr Suleiman, who is widely tipped to take
over from Hosni Mubarak as president, was named as Israel's preferred
candidate for the job after discussions with American officials in 2008.
As a key figure working for Middle East peace, he once suggested that
Israeli troops would be "welcome" to invade Egypt to stop weapons being...
*Protests Demanding Mubarak's Resignation Grow Stronger, Despite Some
Government Concessions* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m74713& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - Newly-appointed Egyptian vice president Omar
Suleiman held talks on Sunday with opposition groups in Cairo in an
attempt to stem the anti-government protests that continue across the
country. Suleiman agreed to several major concessions, including ending
the country's decades-old emergency laws (he did not say when), allowing
a free press (even as another Al Jazeera...
*Suleiman: The CIA's man in Cairo*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74711& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - On January 29, Omar Suleiman, Egypt's top spy
chief, was anointed vice president by tottering dictator, Hosni Mubarak.
By appointing Suleiman, part of a shake-up of the cabinet in an attempt
to appease the masses of protesters and retain his own grip on the
presidency, Mubarak has once again shown his knack for devilish
shrewdness.. ..
*Barak to visit Washington to discuss reasons for US "abandonment" of
Mubarak* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m74710& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - The Israeli embassy in Washington has been
preoccupied with organising a number of meetings between the Israeli
Minister of Defence, Ehud Barak, and several members of the US Congress.
The aim of the meetings is to determine the reasons which prompted
Washington to 'abandon' Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, at the height
of the political crisis...
*US-based rights group: 297 killed in Egypt revolt*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74709& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 ---At least 297 people have been killed since
Egypt's anti-government uprising began two weeks ago, U.S.-based Human
Rights Watch told The Associated Press on Monday. The count is based on
visits to seven hospitals in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez that included
interviews with doctors and morgue inspections, said the group's Cairo
researcher, Heba Morayef. Egypt's Health...
*Israel Demolishes Village of El Araqib for 12th Time*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74707& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - This morning at approximately 8.15, a large
army of police officers, officials of the Israeli Land Administration
and the Jewish National Fund (JNF), demolition contractors and trucks
invaded the village of El Araqib for the 12th time in order to yet again
completely demolish it. This time numerous trucks were brought, onto
which all the...
*Pox AmericanaDriving Through the Gates of Hell and Other American
Pastimes in the Greater Middle East*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74705& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011- As we've watched the dramatic events in the
Middle East, you would hardly know that we had a thing to do with them.
Oh yes, in the name of its War on Terror, Washington had for years
backed most of the thuggish governments now under siege or anxious that
they may be next in line to...
*American Police State: FBI Abuses Reveals Contempt for Political
Rights, Civil Liberties* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m74704& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - As mass revolt spreads across Egypt and the
Middle East and citizens there demand jobs, civil liberties and an end
to police state abuses from repressive, U.S.-backed torture regimes, the
Obama administration and their congressional allies aim to expand one
right here at home. Last week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
released an explosive new...
*Palestine is the key to Arab democracy*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74703& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - Current events in Egypt and Tunisia have the
entire region and beyond glued to their television sets. The
all-too-spoken- about Arab street has risen, seemingly from the dead. But
while it is satisfying to see a dictatorial head of state being ousted
by his own people, it is far too early to rejoice. What we are...
*New flotilla aims to reach Gaza on deadly raid anniversary*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74702& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - A new flotilla of ships will try to reach
Gaza at the end of May to mark the first anniversary of a deadly Israeli
raid against a similar convoy that killed nine activists, organizers
said Monday. The flotilla that will try to break Israel's blockade of
the territory this time will consist of around 15...
*US 'desertion' of Mubarak dismays Israel*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74701& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 --- The US "desertion" of its long-time ally
President Hosni Mubarak in the face of protests shaking the Egyptian
regime has angered Israel, with analysts warning of consequences for the
turbulent Middle East. Until now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu's government has held back from any public criticism of the US
position, to avoid a row...
*A bid to derail the revolution*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74700& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - EGYPT'S NEW Vice President Omar Suleiman
presided over talks with opposition groups, including the Muslim
Brotherhood, over the weekend. But Suleiman insisted that the man who
appointed him in January, dictator Hosni Mubarak, would remain in power
until elections in September--in defiance of the mass uprising that has
put millions in the streets and reached...
*Video: Hamas could rise with Brotherhood*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74699& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - Hamas has been in power in Gaza for four
years, and is firmly entrenched in the community. The organisation' s
early origins lie in the Muslim Brotherhood, neighbouring Egypt's banned
opposition group. While Egypt's political turmoil shakes up the Middle
East, Hamas could benefit if the Brotherhood becomes a rising political
force following the country's current...
*Israel approves settler plans for Jerusalem homes*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74697& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - The city council on Monday approved plans for
construction of 16 new apartments by a Jewish settlement group in the
Sheikh Jarrah district of Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem, a councillor
said. The move drew an angry response from the Palestinian Authority,
for whom settlement construction is one of the bitterest elements of the
conflict, and which...
*Egypt: 'Omar Suleiman was part of the old system. We want a new
system'* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m74696& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - The news dribbled in to Tahrir Square in
phone calls, text messages, by word of mouth. The details were vague but
the demonstrators, some of whom have been camped in the square for
nearly a fortnight, agreed that concessions offered by the man who
increasingly appears to run Egypt, the vice president and former
intelligence. ..
*The circles in the sky over Gaza*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74693& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - People keep talking of a new war. They tell
you about their neighbors -- they're probably too shy to admit that its
their family, not their neighbors -- who already started stocking up on
food items and candles in preparation for the upcoming war. "People are
really scared," they tell you, using "people" instead of "...
*Imperialism and Egypt's "democratic transition"*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74692& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - The talks taking place between the Egyptian
regime of President Hosni Mubarak, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the
National Association for Change of Mohamed ElBaradei are a treacherous
exercise in political duplicity. Their purpose is to confuse and
suppress the revolutionary movement against the Mubarak regime,
stabilize bourgeois rule in Egypt, and preserve the country as...
*Talks fail to end Egypt protests*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74690& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - Pro-democracy protesters are continuing their
sit-in in Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square, showing no signs of being
appeased by talks held a day earlier between the government and
opposition groups. Demonstrators seeking the immediate ousting of Hosni
Mubarak, the president, were still camped out in the square on Monday,
while life was slowly getting back to...
*The National* <http://thenational. ae/section/ FOREIGN?profile= 1011>
*Yes, Mr Miqati was at Harvard ... but 'could you keep it vague?'*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ yes-mr-miqati- was-at-harvard- but-could- you-keep- it-vague>
The National 8 Feb 2011 - Najib Miqati says on his website that he
attended Harvard University. But Lebanon's prime minister-designate
never attended a four-year programme there.
*Egypt's young step up to mark as revolt demands new roles*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ egypts-young- step-up-to- mark-as-revolt- demands-new- roles>
The National 8 Feb 2011 - Spontaneous spokesmen, like Ashraf Moh, have
arisen in Cairo's Tahrir Square as the revolt without a leadership
enters its third week, giving the international media the same message:
Mubarak must leave.
*Egyptian couple wed in Tahrir Square amid Cairo protesters*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ egyptian- couple-wed- in-tahrir- square-amid- cairo-protesters>
The National 8 Feb 2011 - As thousands continue the demonstrations in
Cairo's Tahrir Squaue in an attempt to get Egypt's President Hosni
Mubarak to step down, one couple among the protesters tie the knot.
*Alternative Information Center* <http://alternativen ews.org/>
*Rejoinder to Open Letter to JNF Leadership*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ news/3265- rejoinder- to-open-letter- to-jnf-leadershi p>
Alternative Information Center - As chairperson of AL-BEIT: Association
for the Defence of Human Rights in Israel, which is the publisher of the
current volume*, I was utterly dismayed to have come across the text of
an " Open Letter to...
*Israel Demolishes Village of El Araqib for 12th Time*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ news/3262- israel-demolishe s-village- of-el-araqib- for-12th- time->
Alternative Information Center - This morning at approximately 8.15, a
large army of police officers, officials of the Israeli Land
Administration and the Jewish National Fund (JNF), demolition
contractors and trucks invaded the village of El Araqib for the 12...
*New Settler Housing Approved in East Jerusalem, Palestine Homes to be
Demolished*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ jerusalem/ 3264-new- settler-housing- approved- in-east-jerusale m-palestine- homes-to- be-demolished->
Alternative Information Center - The Jerusalem Municipal Planning and
Construction Committee approved on Monday (7 February) a plan for 13 new
housing units for Jewish settlers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood
Sheikh Jarrah.
*Daily Star* <http://dailystar. com.lb/>
*Egypt's opposition grows bolder, Brotherhood may quit talks*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=124676>
Daily Star 7 Feb 2011 KHARTOUM: South Sudan voted overwhelmingly to
declare independence in final results of a referendum announced Monday,
opening the door to Africa's newest state and a fresh period of
uncertainty for the fractured region. Hundreds of South...
*Tide turns in favor of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=124675>
Daily Star 7 Feb 2011 CAIRO: The first time Essam al-Erian went to jail,
he was 27. On January 30 he left prison for the eighth time at the age
of 57. The medical doctor's crime for each incarceration was belonging...
*Egypt discussions making progress: Obama*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=124674>
Daily Star 7 Feb 2011 WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama said
Monday that talks to resolve Egypt's crisis were making progress despite
few concrete advances between President Hosni Mubarak's government and
protesters demanding his immediate ouster. "Obviously, Egypt has to
negotiate...
*Jordan's tribes warn of revolt if there is no reform*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=124672>
Daily Star 7 Feb 2011 AMMAN: Members of Jordan's major bedouin tribes,
normally a bedrock of support for King Abdullah II, added their weight
Monday to opposition calls for sweeping reforms to open the country's
politics and reverse spreading poverty. Failure...
*Official brutality, torture continue amid Egypt revolt: activists*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=124668>
Daily Star 7 Feb 2011 CAIRO: Egypt's feared state security services are
using torture as much as they ever did, rights activists say, with no
sign that their horrifying tactics are about to change despite the
regime's promise of reform. Rights...
*Egypt's protesters settle in for long haul*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=124666>
Daily Star 7 Feb 2011 CAIRO: Cairo protesters dug in for a long fight
Monday, pressing their demand for an overhaul of the political system
and the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak as many Egyptians tried
to resume their normal lives.
*The Guardian* <http://guardian. co.uk/world/ palestinian- territories>
*Palestine is the key to Arab democracy | Sam Bahour*
<http://www.guardian .co.uk/commentis free/2011/ feb/07/palestine -arab-democracy- unrest>
The Guardian 7 Feb 2011 - Protesters in Egypt and Tunisia can learn from
events in Palestine, the region's barometer for reform Current events in
Egypt and Tunisia have the entire region and beyond glued to their
television sets. The all-too-spoken- about Arab...
*The Promise: powerful TV drama at its best*
<http://www.guardian .co.uk/world/ view-from- jerusalem- with-harriet- sherwood/ 2011/feb/ 07/israel- palestinian- territories>
The Guardian 7 Feb 2011 - Peter Kosminsky's 4-part series on mandate-era
Palestine and modern-day Israel is vivid, harrowing and utterly
compelling I was lucky enough to see a preview of The Promise, the Peter
Kosminsky four-part drama that switches between mandate-era. ..
*Relief Web*
<http://reliefweb. int/rw/rwb. nsf/doc106? OpenForm& emid=ACOS- 635PFR&rc= 3>
*Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concludes
forty-eighth session*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /EGUA-8DUV87? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 7 Feb 2011 - Source: UN Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women
*OPT: PM Fayyad and EU Representative lay the cornerstone at 'School of
Hope' in Ramallah*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /VVOS-8DUSWU? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 7 Feb 2011 - Source: European Union
*GAZA STRIP: Acess (as of 30 Jan 2011) - Location Map*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /RKRR-8DUSU2? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 7 Feb 2011 - Source: ReliefWeb, OCHA
*UK gives new aid to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /EGUA-8DUSNQ? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 7 Feb 2011 - Source: Department for International Development
*Inter Press Service* <http://ipsnews. net/middle. asp>
*Palestinian Streets Quiet as PA Suppresses Protests*
<http://ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews= 54390>
IPS The Palestinian Authority (PA) is using brute force and intimidation
tactics - similar to those deployed in Cairo - to suppress pro-Egyptian
and Tunisian protests in the West Bank.
*EGYPT: Political Energy Powers Exhausted Protesters*
<http://ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews= 54389>
IPS Tens of thousands of protesters continue to occupy Cairo's Tahrir
Square to demand the ouster of longstanding President Hosni Mubarak. The
regime is waging a war of attrition aimed at exhausting demonstrators -
and the population at large. But the protest is holding firm.
*Stop The Wall* <http://stopthewall. org/>
*Global actions for Jawaher Abu Rahmah*
<http://stopthewall. org/latestnews/ 2469.shtml>
Stop The Wall - Activists around the world have organized for Jawaher,
following a call from the Bil'in Popular Committee, Stop the Wall, and
General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW). In honor of Jawaher and the
struggle of Palestinian women, a commemoration will be held in Bil'in on
the February 10, supported by a number of global actions. [
*YNet News* <http://ynetnews. com/>
*Lieberman: Radical Islam taking over*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4025221,00. html>
YNet News - Speaking to European diplomats, foreign minister says
Israeli-Palestinian ....
*Clinton: Don't force Mubarak out*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4025070,00. html>
YNet News - US says Egyptian president must get reform process started
before he steps down.....
*Soldiers deliver, save Palestinian baby*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4025082,00. html>
YNet News - Infant born with breathing problems rescued by medics
alerted to Jordan Valley....
*Anti-secular MK to be reinstated*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4024870,00. html>
YNet News - Israel Eichler, who called Israel 'evil regime', seculars
'two-legged animals',... .
*Israelis to receive expedited clearance in US airports*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4024868,00. html>
YNet News - Israel joins US program that will allow travelers go through
automated... .
*Ghajar withdrawal on hold*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4024810,00. html>
YNet News - Israel freezes plan to pull out of border village of Ghajar
as result of....
*Netanyahu: Egypt could follow Iran*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4025339,00. html>
YNet News - Egypt may follow in Iran's footsteps, oppress its own people
and threaten neighboring countries, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
said Monday at the European Friends of .......
*Nasrallah: Egypt win to change region*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4025270,00. html>
YNet News - Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah attacked the
"hypocritical" US over its treatment of the crisis in Egypt and said
Israel was the last country still supporting the .......
*Army Chief Ashkenazi: Prepare for all-out war*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4025266,00. html>
YNet News - Given recent changes in the Middle East, Israel must prepare
for a battle in several theaters, outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Gabi
Ashkenazi said Monday at the Herzliya .......
*High Court petition: order JAG's decision in killing case*
<http://www.btselem. org/English/ Firearms/ 20110207_ Qasqas_petition. asp>
B'tselem 6 Feb 2011 - On 2 Dec. '07, soldiers shot Firas Qasqas to
death. He was unarmed and posed no threat. For more than a year and a
half, the JAG's Office has delayed the decision whether to prosecute the
soldiers or close the file.
*Palestinian Information Center* <http://palestine- info.co.uk/ en/>
*Planning board approves construction of 16 settler homes in East
Jerusalem*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7jxmkRcevbp %2fBZmNzsdehT93N fDr36krOkA6ozuqH sUYQ%2f5D4tB7z24 Vwnny4t88BDBdP% 2bWG6NV0hh4Ugzwl ekC%2fiss1% 2feNzMgpC7UgtmZK k%3d>
PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Israel's Jerusalem municipality has approved a project
to erect 16 residential units set to house Jewish settlers in the east
Jerusalem Sheikh Jarrah district.
*Israel suspends army's withdrawal from northern Ghajar*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7iDdoQS0Zgb DjYAoVscFsYlxIqp XdNceAtLsEsKRK3B xtY%2bLT7L6c2SHU TX3YW66qYVTPx3Ze sVhlQSKcfMFfFCCu cjLjtJK7k52K0YvP WaA%3d>
PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Israel has suspended a decision to withdraw its army
from the divided village of Ghajar on its border with Lebanon after the
fall of Saad Hariri's government, a high-profile official told the AFP.
*Jihad: Quartet biased in favor of Israel*
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PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Political bureau member of the Islamic Jihad movement
Sheikh Nafedh Azzam has described the international quartet committee's
statement at conclusion of its Munich meeting as "unethical".
*Palestinian worker shot by IOF soldiers*
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PIC 7 Feb 2011 - A Palestinian worker collecting gravel east of Gaza
city was shot by the Israeli occupation forces and sustained injuries,
medical sources said on Monday.
*Haneyya: Gaza will not detract from Jordan's sovereignty*
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PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Ismail Haneyya, receiving a medical delegation from
Jordan, expressed strong refusal of an Israeli proposal that would have
Palestinian refugees resettle in Jordan as an alternative homeland.
*Israel turns down another Egyptian request to send more troops to
Sinai*
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PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Israel has refused an Egyptian request to send more
troops to the Sinai Peninsula to confront growing dangers as described
by Egyptian sources, Hebrew daily Maariv reported on Monday.
*Peres: We were wrong when we thought Palestinians would insist on RoR*
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PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Shimon Peres said during a speech at the 11th annual
Herzliya Conference on Sunday night that the Palestinian negotiators did
not insist on the Palestinian refugees' right of return.
*Leading rabbi calls Israelis to prepare to build alleged temple*
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PIC 7 Feb 2011 - A leading West Bank rabbi said Saturday that the Aqsa
Mosque must be taken from Palestinian hold in order to pave the way for
the alleged temple.
*Analysts: Israeli threats to re-capture Philadelphi only mind games*
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PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Analysts say Israeli threats to restore control of the
Salahuddin axis are only mind games, assuring that the occupation would
pay a hefty price for such a move.
*Israel razes Araqib village for the 12th time*
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PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Bulldozers of the Israeli interior ministry, escorted
by big numbers of Israeli police and army forces, on Monday razed all
houses in the village of Araqib in the Negev for the 12th consecutive time.
*Los Angeles Times* <http://latimes. com/news/ nationworld/ world/middleeast />
*Egypt's new cabinet meets as protests continue*
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LA Times 7 Feb 2011 - The government attempts to reassert stability over
country rocked by more than a week of protests. Large numbers of
anti-government demonstrators are expected to remain in Tahrir Square.
Egypt's newly appointed cabinet met Monday as the government attempted
to reassert stability over the turbulent country with protesters in
Cairo's Tahrir Square continuing to resist the new administration.
*Jerusalem OKs new Jewish housing in hotly disputed neighborhood*
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LA Times 7 Feb 2011 - The latest project could mean more evictions in
Sheik Jarrah, which has become a battleground between Palestinian
residents and right-wing Jewish groups. The city of Jerusalem gave the
go-ahead Monday to a new Jewish housing project in the Arab-dominated
neighborhood of Sheik Jarrah, raising the prospect of more Palestinian
evictions in East Jerusalem.
*KFC gets a bad rap in Egypt*
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LA Times 7 Feb 2011 - Rumors spread that anti-Mubarak protesters were
paid money and given a KFC meal, a symbol of Western influence.
Witnesses say otherwise. Officials have called the protesters seeking
President Hosni Mubarak's resignation many things: thugs, foreigners,
paid troublemakers. But what made Rehab Salah curious were reports on
state television that the demonstrators were sitting in Tahrir Square
eating Kentucky Fried Chicken.
*New York Times* <http://nytimes. com/pages/ world/middleeast />
*In Backing Vice President, U.S. Plays Tricky Hand in Egypt*
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New York Times 7 Feb 2011 - White House support of Vice President Omar
Suleiman shows a reliance on the existing regime to make changes it has
steadfastly resisted for years.
*Egypt Releases Google Executive, Company Says*
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New York Times 7 Feb 2011 - Wael Ghonim, a marketing executive and hero
of the revolt, had disappeared more than a week ago.
*Iran's Opposition Seeks Rally to Back Egypt and Tunisia*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=36494d88883f5a a63c39257ca17f39 06>
New York Times 7 Feb 2011 - Opposition leaders challenged Iran to permit
a demonstration, ostensibly in support of the uprisings in Tunisia and
Egypt.
*Misc* <http://vtjp. org/aboutus/ aboutus.htm>
*Window of democracy has likely already shut (and Hillary knocks at
Suleiman's door)*
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Mondoweiss - It helps to know something about Egypt if you're writing
about it. (I guess). Here's a really smart piece by Joshua Stacher of
Kent State at Foreign Affairs saying that the "democratic window has
probably already closed," that the regime has never broken down, its
central...
*Who built the Suez Canal?*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/who-built- the-suez- canal.html>
Mondoweiss - My old history books gave the credit for constructing the
Suez Canal to Ferdinand de Lesseps, a French developer. But he had help
. The excavation took some 10 years using forced labour (Corvée) of
Egyptian workers during a certain period. Some sources estimate that
over 30,000...
*Mike Huckabee's ill informed and dangerous views on Israel/Palestine
may end up in the White House*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/mike-huckabee s-ill-informed- and-dangerous- views-on- israelpalestine- may-end-up- in-the-white- house.html>
Mondoweiss - Arutz Sheva is an Israeli news service associated with the
settler movement. I find former pastor, turned politician and political
commentator, Mike Huckabee's recent statements in Jerusalem quite
inflammatory and incredibly uninformed. I am an evangelical pastor
volunteering for 3 months in Israel/Palestine with an international. ..
*Gaza Justice minister asks U.N. to follow up on the Goldstone Report*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/gaza-justice- minister- asks-u-n- to-follow- up-on-the- goldstone- report.html>
Mondoweiss - And other news from Today in Palestine: Land, property,
resources theft and destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Settlers 13 Jewish
homes approved in Sheikh Jarrah 7 Feb - Construction plans drawn up
'with sole aim of creating trouble,' says Meretz councilman, but head of
Israel Land Fund argues, '...
*The Bush-Obama line on Palestine: forget '67*
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Mondoweiss - The election of President Barack Obama brought great hope
that his administration could be the one to bring about a settlement to
the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. But Obama has largely followed the
Bush administration' s pro-Israel slant. New documents released by
WikiLeaks and Al Jazeera shed further light...
*Kamm Agrees to Plea Bargain, Israel's Assange Gets Nine-Year Sentence*
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Tikun Olam - In a plea bargain that could serve as a precursor for what
might be in store for Julian Assange should he ever be extradited to the
U.S., Anat Kamm agreed to a plea deal with Israeli authorities by which
she agrees to plead guilty to leaking...
*What the Hell are They Worried About?*
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Tikun Olam - Egyptian Muslims and Copts parade through Tahrir Square
together (Amel Pain/EPA) Bibi Netanyahu is shreying about the Muslim
Brotherhood in terms redolent of Al Qaeda. Mubarak uses the Brotherhood
and a combination of impending chaos and religious holy war as the
reason he can't relinquish power....
*Obama, Suleiman: Selling Out the Revolution*
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Tikun Olam - Suleiman meets with select group of opposition aiming at
"consensus" favoring his elite retaining power (Soliman Oteifi/AP) The
accompanying photo reveals precisely what was wrong with Day 13 of the
Egyptian Revolution. There you see Suleiman sitting around an opulent
Louis XIV-channeling table "negotiating" with his...
*Misc 2* <http://vtjp. org/news/ news.php>
*Detainee enters 22nd year in Israeli jail*
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Sabr 7 Feb 2011 - GAZA CITY ( Ma'an ) -- A detainee from Ramallah
entered his 22nd year in an Israeli prison on Thursday, the Gaza
government Detainees' Ministry said. Hassan Yousef Mahmoud Ghafri, 40,
was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1990, accused of killing Israeli
soldiers, ministry spokesman Riyad Ashqar said....
*Haneyya calls on released Qassam leader*
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Sabr 7 Feb 2011 - [ 07/02/2011 - 10:39 AM ] GAZA, ( PIC )-- Palestinian
premier Ismail Haneyya on Sunday evening visited the Qassam Brigades
commander Ayman Nofal who managed to get out of his Egyptian jail a few
days earlier and headed back to Gaza. Haneyya congratulated Nofal over
his safe...
*Palestinians held in Etzion prison to announce hunger strike if demands
not met*
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Sabr 7 Feb 2011 - [ 07/02/2011 - 01:01 PM ] RAMALLAH, ( PIC )--
Palestinians held in the Israeli Etzion prison are in the process of
announcing a hunger strike in protest of inhumane treatment at the
facility, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said. The prison
administration has yet to offer a reason...
*Nofal: We got out of jail against the will of the oppressors*
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Sabr 7 Feb 2011 - 07-02-2011,09: 40 Al Qassam website - Gaza -Qassam
Brigades leader Ayman Nofal told the PIC on Saturday night that the
Palestinian prisoners got out of the Egyptian jail "against the will of
the oppressors". He expressed appreciation for all those who arrived to
his home in Gaza...
*Egypt ups pay as protests go on*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 12387181>
BBC 7 Feb 2011 - Egypt increases public-sector pay and pensions by 15%
as protesters defy attempts to return the country to normality.
*Dutch recall envoy in Iranian row*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- europe-12381284>
BBC 7 Feb 2011 - The Netherlands recalls its Tehran ambassador and
formally protests over the "sudden burial" of executed Dutch-Iranian
Sahra Bahrami.
*Palestine is the key to Arab democracy*
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Sabbah report 7 Feb 2011 - Egyptians would be well advised to learn from
the Palestinians that the window of opportunity for real change comes
all too infrequently. They should therefore be very clear on what they
desire from this historic episode. I'd guess that the US state
department already has more...
*Field Notes on American-Style Democracy*
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Sabbah report 7 Feb 2011 - Throughout Egypt, millions courageously keep
protesting for democratic freedoms, including free and open elections
for candidates they choose. In contrast, old order Egyptians, imperial
Washington, other Western powers, and Israel are determined to prevent it.
*Letter From A Soldier's Parent To Israel*
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Sabbah report 7 Feb 2011 - My son Jeff, a U.S. Army soldier, is sworn to
defend Israel against all its enemies. America and Israel have exactly
the same interests. Our countries are like one. Perfect allies!
*(en) Palestine-Israel, The weekly report on the joint struggles the
AAtW* activists are involved with*
<http://www.ainfos. ca/en/ainfos2478 7.html>
A-infos 7 Feb 2011 - The on going struggles the few dozens activists of
the Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall initiative began in Maskha camp
2003 on the route of separation fence. The direct actions of one sided
non violent activities together with popular grass root Palestinian
activists became the focus...
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*Palestine is the key to Arab democracy*
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Sam Bahour, Ma'an News Agency 2/7/2011
Current events in Egypt and Tunisia have the entire region and
beyond glued to their television sets. The all-too-spoken- about Arab
street has risen, seemingly from the dead. But while it is satisfying to
see a dictatorial head of state being ousted by his own people, it is
far too early to rejoice.
What we are witnessing is the removal and replacement of leaders,
not an upgrading of the political systems that allowed someone like the
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to remain in power for 30 years and
then have the audacity to position his son to succeed him, while the
Egyptian people sank into deepening poverty.
Unrest across the region will force these reactionary regimes to
make some minimal changes, such as introducing term limits, which should
have been done decades ago. But these knee-jerk legislative changes are
solely aimed at persuading the demonstrators to go home.
Likewise, no one should belittle the fact that hundreds of
thousands of average citizens are challenging their governments in the
streets. This is not like demonstrations as we know them in western
countries. It is the real thing. Serious conviction -- and sustained
repression -- is the prerequisite to get many people to challenge a
police state that ignores even the most basic human rights.
In the Arab world, civil uprisings -- or intifadas, as they are
frequently called -- were coined in the Palestinian context. However,
the context of the first Palestinian intifada was very different to what
we are seeing today. Back in 1987 Palestinians genuinely became fed up
with the foreign military occupation that Israel maintains to this day.
Communities across the West Bank and Gaza took to the streets and
sustained their efforts for nearly six years.more..
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*Israeli economy for beginners*
<http://www.redress. cc/palestine/ gatzmon20110208>
Gilad Atzmon, Redress 2/8/2011
/Israel is "doing well" because it is the leading trader in blood
diamonds. Israel is also the fourth biggest weapon dealer on this
planet. Clearly, blood diamonds and guns are proving to be a great match./
We learn from the press and political analysts that, against all
odds and in spite of the global financial turmoil, Israel's economy is
booming. Some even suggest that Israel is one of the strongest economies
around.
How come? you may ask. Besides maybe avocados, oranges and some
Dead Sea beauty products, none of us has actually ever seen an Israeli
product on the shelves. They don't make cars; nor do they make electric
or electronic appliances, and they hardly manufacture any consumer
goods. Israel claims to be advanced in hi-tech industries but somehow
the only advanced Israeli software ever to settle within our computers
have been their Sabra Trojan Horses. In the land they grabbed by force
from the indigenous Palestinians, they are yet to find any lucrative
minerals or oil.
Money laundering, blood diamonds, arms dealing and organ trafficking
So how is it that Israel is impervious to the global financial
disaster? How can Israel be so rich?
Israel may be rich because, according to the Guardian,"out of the
seven oligarchs who controlled 50 per cent of Russia's economy during
the 1990s, six are Jewish". During the last two decades many Russian
oligarchs have acquired Israeli citizenship. They also secured their
dirty money by investing in the kosher financial haven; WikiLeaks has
revealed lately that "sources in the [Israeli] police estimate that
Russian organized crime [the Russian mafia] has laundered as much as 10
billion US dollars through Israeli holdings".1more. .
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*'The Arab World Is on Fire'*
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Noam Chomsky, ZNet 2/3/2011
"The Arab world is on fire," al-Jazeera reported on January 27,
while throughout the region, Western allies "are quickly losing their
influence."
The shock wave was set in motion by the dramatic uprising in
Tunisia that drove out a Western-backed dictator, with reverberations
especially in Egypt, where demonstrators overwhelmed a dictator's brutal
police.
Observers compared the events to the toppling of Russian domains
in 1989, but there are important differences.
Crucially, no Mikhail Gorbachev exists among the great powers that
support the Arab dictators. Rather, Washington and its allies keep to
the well-established principle that democracy is acceptable only insofar
as it conforms to strategic and economic objectives: fine in enemy
territory (up to a point), but not in our backyard, please, unless it is
properly tamed.
One 1989 comparison has some validity: Romania, where Washington
maintained its support for Nicolae Ceausescu, the most vicious of the
East European dictators, until the allegiance became untenable. Then
Washington hailed his overthrow while the past was erased.
That is a standard pattern: Ferdinand Marcos, Jean-Claude
Duvalier, Chun Doo Hwan, Suharto and many other useful gangsters. It may
be under way in the case of Hosni Mubarak, along with routine efforts to
try to ensure that a successor regime will not veer far from the
approved path. -- See also:Noam Chomsky's ZSpace Page
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*Smell of freedom is sweet in this small Egyptian town*
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Electronic Intifada: 7 Feb 2011 - CAIRO (IPS) - Imam Mohammed al-Saba of
the Eisa mosque here in the center of the rural town Kirdasa takes the
pulpit to tell his congregation he can smell "the air of freedom for the
first time in thirty years."more
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*The circles in the sky over Gaza*
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Electronic Intifada: 7 Feb 2011 - People keep talking of a new war. They
tell you about their neighbors -- they're probably too shy to admit that
its their family, not their neighbors -- who already started stocking up
on food items and candles in preparation for the upcoming war.more
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*Washington Faces the Arab Revolts*
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Palestine Chronicle: 7 Feb 2011 - By James Petras To understand the
Obama regime's policy toward Egypt, the Mubarak dictatorship and the
popular uprising it is essential to locate it in an historical context.
The essential point is that Washington, after several decades of being
deeply embedded in the state structures of the Arab dictatorships, from
Tunisia through Morocco, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the
Palestinian Authority, is attempting to re-orient its policies to
incorporate and/or graft liberal-electoral politicians onto the existing
power configurations. While most commentators and journalists spill tons
of ink about the "dilemmas" of US power, the novelty of the Egyptian
events and Washington's day to day policy pronouncements, there are
ample historical precedents which are essential to understand the
strategic direction of Obama's policies. Historical Background US
foreign policy has a long history of installing, financing, arming and
backing dictatorial regimes which back its imperial policies and
interests as long as...more
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*Time for Democracy in Egypt*
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Palestine Chronicle: 7 Feb 2011 - By Ralph Nader Those politically savvy
people who thought strongman, Hosni Mubarak would be out before the end
of the first week of the Egyptian uprising better rethink the odds. For
thirty years Mubarak has developed what can be called a deeply rooted
dictatorial regime with regular White House access and annual largesse
of some $1.3 billion in military equipment and payroll. A former
military man, he has been very alert to what is needed to maintain the
loyalties of the police, the intelligence security forces and the army.
If he goes, tens of thousands of those on his payroll could lose their
patronage and be on the outs if his government is really replaced.
Moreover, he enjoys the support of both the United States and Israel for
whom he has been a 'stable' force against the pressures coming from Iran
and its allies in the Middle East. Arrayed against...more
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*Out of the Frame -- Book Review*
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Palestine Chronicle: 7 Feb 2011 - By Ludwig Watzal (Ilan Pappé, Out of
the Frame. The Struggle for Academic Freedom in Israel, Pluto Press,
London-New York 2010, 246 pp, L 13.) In this intellectual autobiography,
Ilan Pappé, Professor in the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies at
the University of Exeter, tells his story of conversion from an Israeli
Zionist to an anti-Zionist. For him, it was an act of liberation or even
a kind of revelation which religious people sometimes experience. The
author does not recall the precise moment of his awakening, but there
was a moment when the un-Jewishness and immorality of the Zionist
project became clear to him. He still does equate Jewishness and
morality, not as superior to any other position, but rather as a
comfortable heritage to which he belongs and on which he can rely on
when making moral judgments. In his own words: "(F)rom this perspective,
the Zionist project...more
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*Surrealpolitik: Arab Revolt and Dream of 'Palestine'*
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Palestine Chronicle: 7 Feb 2011 - By Steve Breyman 'By this time, like
one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region
of smooth or idle dreams, our history now arrives on the confines, where
daylight and truth meet us with a clear dawn, representing to our view,
though at a far distance, true colours and shapes.' -- John Milton.
Could anything be weirder for Palestinians than that the current
intifadas, today's uprisings against illegitimate rulers, are taking
place in Tunisia and Egypt? That Arabs in Tunis and Cairo are closer to
democratic self-rule than they are? Is this a dream? Whose dream? Will
we wake up from it? Where is André Breton when we need him? Breton,
author of The Surrealist Manifesto, thought Surrealism-- -the creative
expression of dreams--revolutiona ry. Most of the painters, filmmakers,
actors, playwrights, poets, and musicians who went in for one form or
another of the post-War-to- End-All-Wars. ..more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16627>
** <http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16626>*The
Egyptian Uprising: Facts and Fiction*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16625>
Palestine Chronicle: 7 Feb 2011 - By Ahmed Amr -- Cairo As hundreds of
thousands of Egyptians entered Tahrir Square on Friday, they were
welcomed by a human corridor of young men clapping and chanting 'keep
the faith countrymen - freedom is being born.' The protest was billed as
'Yom El Raheel' - a farewell party for Hosni Mubarak. There was
something obviously different about the crowd that showed up to
participate in what turned out to be the largest demonstration since the
uprising began. For one thing, they came without their children and
there were fewer women in the crowd. That was to be expected. Fear of
violent attacks by the hired thugs of the Mubarak's ruling party haunted
the event and the square was littered with stones and debris from the
battles on Wednesday. Many of the veterans of those attacks were limping
or walking around with blood soaked bandages. The few foreign
journalists. ..more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16625>
*Israeli Economy for Beginners*
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 02/israeli- economy-for- beginners/>
Dissident Voice: 7 Feb 2011 - We learn from the press and political
analysts that, against all odds and in spite of the global financial
turmoil, Israel's economy is booming . Some even suggest that Israel is
one of the strongest economies around. 'How come?' you may ask; besides
maybe avocado, oranges, and some Dead Sea beauty products, none of us
has actually ever seen an Israeli product on the shelves. They don't
make cars; nor do they make electric or electronic appliances, and they
hardly manufacture any consumer goods. Israel claims to be advanced in
high-tech technologies but somehow, the only Israeli advanced software
ever to settle within our computers have been their Sabra Trojan Horses
. In the land they grabbed by force from the indigenous Palestinians,
they are yet to find any lucrative minerals or oil. So what is it? How
is it that Israel is impervious to the global financial disaster? How
can Israel...more
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 02/israeli- economy-for- beginners/>
*American Police State: FBI Abuses Reveals Contempt for Political
Rights, Civil Liberties*
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 02/american- police-state- fbi-abuses- reveals-contempt -for-political- rights-civil- liberties/>
Dissident Voice: 7 Feb 2011 - As mass revolt spreads across Egypt and
the Middle East and citizens there demand jobs, civil liberties and an
end to police state abuses from repressive, U.S.-backed torture regimes,
the Obama administration and their congressional allies aim to expand
one right here at home. Last week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (
EFF ) released an explosive new report documenting the lawless,
constitutional- free zone under construction in America for nearly a
decade. That report, "Patterns of Misconduct: FBI Intelligence
Violations from 2001-2008," reveals that the domestic political
intelligence apparat spearheaded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
continues to systematically violate the rights of American citizens and
legal residents. A rather ironic state of affairs considering the free
passes handed out by U.S. securocrats to actual terrorists who killed
thousands of Americans on 9/11, as both WikiLeaks and FBI whistleblower
Sibel Edmonds disclosed last week. Although illegal practices and
violations were reported by the...more
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 02/american- police-state- fbi-abuses- reveals-contempt -for-political- rights-civil- liberties/>
*Suleiman, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Illusion of Change*
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 02/suleiman- the-muslim- brotherhood- and-the-illusion -of-change/>
Dissident Voice: 7 Feb 2011 - While the drama of revolution plays out
across Egypt, the capitols of former and current western imperial powers
are abuzz with activity. Most of this activity is focused on preventing
the success of the Egyptian uprising by replacing the man Hosni Mubarak
with another agent of those powers. The top name in the hat at this time
appears to be Egypt's torture chief and recently appointed vice
president Omar Suleiman. As most observers of the region know (and as
has been reported in media around the world) Suleiman's history includes
assisting in renditions, torture and operating the Egyptian internal
security apparatus. One of the primary targets of that apparatus over
the years has been the Islamic social and cultural organization that
calls itself Jama 'at al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun (Muslim Brotherhood) .
Founded in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna, the group is best known in Egypt for
its network of cultural and social aid...more
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 02/suleiman- the-muslim- brotherhood- and-the-illusion -of-change/>
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Monday, February 7, 2011
*Ha'aretz Defense page*
<http://haaretz. com/hasen/ pages/LiArt. jhtml?contrassID =1&subContrassID =5&sbSubContrass ID=0>
*WikiLeaks: Israel long viewed Egypt VP as preferred Mubarak successor*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/wikileak s-israel- long-viewed- egypt-vp- as-preferred- mubarak-successo r-1.341973>
Ha'aretz - 2008 diplomatic cable published by the Daily Telegraph quotes
Israeli official as saying that Israel was 'most comfortable' with
prospect of Omar Suleiman becoming Egypt's next leader.
*Netanyahu: Egypt could fall into hands of radical Islamists*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/netanyah u-egypt-could- fall-into- hands-of- radical-islamist s-1.341890>
Ha'aretz - Prime Minister warned that after Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak leaves power, the country could go in the direction of Iran.
*Former American VP calls on Obama to shorten Pollard's life sentence*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/former- american- vp-calls- on-obama- to-shorten- pollard-s- life-sentence- 1.341874>
Ha'aretz - Dan Quayle is the most senior former administration official
to support calls to grant clemency to the convicted Israeli spy.
*IDF chief: Hamas, Hezbollah would fail if facing IDF in conventional
battlefield*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/idf- chief-hamas- hezbollah- would-fail- if-facing- idf-in-conventio nal-battlefield- 1.341871>
Ha'aretz - Gabi Ashkenazi said Israel shouldn't discount Hamas and
Hezbollah, but 'they are not able to conquer the Negev or Galilee.'
*Lieberman: Mideast uprisings show the Arab world is weakening*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/lieberma n-mideast- uprisings- show-the- arab-world- is-weakening- 1.341859>
Ha'aretz - Lieberman denied claim that the Israel-Palestinian conflict
is a reason for the unrest of late in the Arab world, blaming it instead
on internal unrest.
*PA presses UN to make Bethlehem church first Palestinian World Heritage
Site*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/pa- presses-un- to-make-bethlehe m-church- first-palestinia n-world-heritage -site-1.341847>
Ha'aretz - Church of the Nativity built on site where Jesus was born,
according to Christian tradition; No sites under PA control on list
because Palestinian state not recognized by UN.
*Probe finds Sinai pipeline blast was caused by bomb*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/probe- finds-sinai- pipeline- blast-was- caused-by- bomb-1.341844>
Ha'aretz - Sinai security sources says 'foreign elements' targeted pipe
that supplies Jordan; supplies to Israel were halted as a precaution.
*Ha'aretz National page*
<http://haaretz. com/hasen/ pages/LiArt. jhtml?contrassID =1&subContrassID =7&sbSubContrass ID=0>
*Abandoned baby found in Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ abandoned- baby-found- in-jerusalem- s-dome-of- the-rock- 1.341834>
Ha'aretz - The baby appeared to be in good health when police arrived
upon the scene, and he has been put in the care of social services.
*Peres calls Ashkenazi among the 'best' of IDF chiefs in Israel's
history*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ peres-calls- ashkenazi- among-the- best-of-idf- chiefs-in- israel-s- history-1. 341815>
Ha'aretz - Outgoing IDF chief thanks Peres for his "personal support,
attention and warm heart,' adding that he is confident he is leaving the
IDF in good hands.
*Labor federation chief: Don't let Israel turn into Egypt*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ labor-federation -chief-don- t-let-israel- turn-into- egypt-1.341808>
Ha'aretz - Ofer Eini threatens to declare a labor dispute over the
rising prices saying that local authorities and some private sectors
could cease operations for a full two weeks.
*Labor Party primaries scheduled for September 7*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ labor-party- primaries- scheduled- for-september- 7-1.341677>
Ha'aretz - Election for leadership to be held in wake of Barak's
decision last month to quit and form his own party.
*Palestine Telegraph* <http://paltelegraph .com/>
*Israel to build 13 settlement units in Jerusalem*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ west-bank/ 8404-israel- to-build- 13-settlement- units-in- jerusalem. html>
7 Feb 2011 - Jerusalem, (Pal Telegraph) -The planning committee at the
Israeli municipality of Jerusalem decided to build 13 settlement units
in Al-Shaik Jarrah neighborhood in central Jerusalem as home to a number
of Jews.
*Israeli gunboats strike Palestinian fishermen*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ gaza-strip/ 8403-israeli- gunboats- strike-palestini an-fishermen. html>
7 Feb 2011 - Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph) -Israeli gunboats stationed
off Gaza city shore opened Monday heavy fire at Palestinian fishermen;
no causalities were reported.
*Uruknet* <http://uruknet. info/>
*Ikhwanweb: Egypt's Revolution Is a People's Revolution with No Islamic
Agenda* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m74718& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - Ikhwanweb, the Muslim Brotherhood' s official
English website editor in chief Khaled Hamza has stated that the current
uprising in Egypt is a revolution of the Egyptian people and is by no
means linked to any Islamic tendencies, despite allegations nor can it
be described as Islamic... He criticized allegations and reiterations by
some countries that...
*New Wikileaks cable shows 2008 war on Gaza was unprovoked: Israel knew
Hamas was enforcing ceasefire*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74717& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2010 -( Tel Aviv: 8/29/2008 )... Regarding the
Tahdiya [Temporary Truce], Hacham said Barak stressed that while it was
not permanent, for the time being it was holding. There have been a
number of violations of the ceasefire on the Gaza side, but Palestinian
factions other than Hamas were responsible. Hacham said the Israelis
assess that Hamas is...
*WikiLeaks: Israel's secret hotline to the man tipped to replace
Mubarak* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m74716& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - Mr Suleiman, who is widely tipped to take
over from Hosni Mubarak as president, was named as Israel's preferred
candidate for the job after discussions with American officials in 2008.
As a key figure working for Middle East peace, he once suggested that
Israeli troops would be "welcome" to invade Egypt to stop weapons being...
*Protests Demanding Mubarak's Resignation Grow Stronger, Despite Some
Government Concessions* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m74713& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - Newly-appointed Egyptian vice president Omar
Suleiman held talks on Sunday with opposition groups in Cairo in an
attempt to stem the anti-government protests that continue across the
country. Suleiman agreed to several major concessions, including ending
the country's decades-old emergency laws (he did not say when), allowing
a free press (even as another Al Jazeera...
*Suleiman: The CIA's man in Cairo*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74711& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - On January 29, Omar Suleiman, Egypt's top spy
chief, was anointed vice president by tottering dictator, Hosni Mubarak.
By appointing Suleiman, part of a shake-up of the cabinet in an attempt
to appease the masses of protesters and retain his own grip on the
presidency, Mubarak has once again shown his knack for devilish
shrewdness.. ..
*Barak to visit Washington to discuss reasons for US "abandonment" of
Mubarak* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m74710& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - The Israeli embassy in Washington has been
preoccupied with organising a number of meetings between the Israeli
Minister of Defence, Ehud Barak, and several members of the US Congress.
The aim of the meetings is to determine the reasons which prompted
Washington to 'abandon' Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, at the height
of the political crisis...
*US-based rights group: 297 killed in Egypt revolt*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74709& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 ---At least 297 people have been killed since
Egypt's anti-government uprising began two weeks ago, U.S.-based Human
Rights Watch told The Associated Press on Monday. The count is based on
visits to seven hospitals in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez that included
interviews with doctors and morgue inspections, said the group's Cairo
researcher, Heba Morayef. Egypt's Health...
*Israel Demolishes Village of El Araqib for 12th Time*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74707& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - This morning at approximately 8.15, a large
army of police officers, officials of the Israeli Land Administration
and the Jewish National Fund (JNF), demolition contractors and trucks
invaded the village of El Araqib for the 12th time in order to yet again
completely demolish it. This time numerous trucks were brought, onto
which all the...
*Pox AmericanaDriving Through the Gates of Hell and Other American
Pastimes in the Greater Middle East*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74705& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011- As we've watched the dramatic events in the
Middle East, you would hardly know that we had a thing to do with them.
Oh yes, in the name of its War on Terror, Washington had for years
backed most of the thuggish governments now under siege or anxious that
they may be next in line to...
*American Police State: FBI Abuses Reveals Contempt for Political
Rights, Civil Liberties* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m74704& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - As mass revolt spreads across Egypt and the
Middle East and citizens there demand jobs, civil liberties and an end
to police state abuses from repressive, U.S.-backed torture regimes, the
Obama administration and their congressional allies aim to expand one
right here at home. Last week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
released an explosive new...
*Palestine is the key to Arab democracy*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74703& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - Current events in Egypt and Tunisia have the
entire region and beyond glued to their television sets. The
all-too-spoken- about Arab street has risen, seemingly from the dead. But
while it is satisfying to see a dictatorial head of state being ousted
by his own people, it is far too early to rejoice. What we are...
*New flotilla aims to reach Gaza on deadly raid anniversary*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74702& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - A new flotilla of ships will try to reach
Gaza at the end of May to mark the first anniversary of a deadly Israeli
raid against a similar convoy that killed nine activists, organizers
said Monday. The flotilla that will try to break Israel's blockade of
the territory this time will consist of around 15...
*US 'desertion' of Mubarak dismays Israel*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74701& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 --- The US "desertion" of its long-time ally
President Hosni Mubarak in the face of protests shaking the Egyptian
regime has angered Israel, with analysts warning of consequences for the
turbulent Middle East. Until now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu's government has held back from any public criticism of the US
position, to avoid a row...
*A bid to derail the revolution*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74700& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - EGYPT'S NEW Vice President Omar Suleiman
presided over talks with opposition groups, including the Muslim
Brotherhood, over the weekend. But Suleiman insisted that the man who
appointed him in January, dictator Hosni Mubarak, would remain in power
until elections in September--in defiance of the mass uprising that has
put millions in the streets and reached...
*Video: Hamas could rise with Brotherhood*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74699& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - Hamas has been in power in Gaza for four
years, and is firmly entrenched in the community. The organisation' s
early origins lie in the Muslim Brotherhood, neighbouring Egypt's banned
opposition group. While Egypt's political turmoil shakes up the Middle
East, Hamas could benefit if the Brotherhood becomes a rising political
force following the country's current...
*Israel approves settler plans for Jerusalem homes*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74697& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - The city council on Monday approved plans for
construction of 16 new apartments by a Jewish settlement group in the
Sheikh Jarrah district of Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem, a councillor
said. The move drew an angry response from the Palestinian Authority,
for whom settlement construction is one of the bitterest elements of the
conflict, and which...
*Egypt: 'Omar Suleiman was part of the old system. We want a new
system'* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m74696& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - The news dribbled in to Tahrir Square in
phone calls, text messages, by word of mouth. The details were vague but
the demonstrators, some of whom have been camped in the square for
nearly a fortnight, agreed that concessions offered by the man who
increasingly appears to run Egypt, the vice president and former
intelligence. ..
*The circles in the sky over Gaza*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74693& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - People keep talking of a new war. They tell
you about their neighbors -- they're probably too shy to admit that its
their family, not their neighbors -- who already started stocking up on
food items and candles in preparation for the upcoming war. "People are
really scared," they tell you, using "people" instead of "...
*Imperialism and Egypt's "democratic transition"*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74692& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - The talks taking place between the Egyptian
regime of President Hosni Mubarak, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the
National Association for Change of Mohamed ElBaradei are a treacherous
exercise in political duplicity. Their purpose is to confuse and
suppress the revolutionary movement against the Mubarak regime,
stabilize bourgeois rule in Egypt, and preserve the country as...
*Talks fail to end Egypt protests*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m74690& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 7, 2011 - Pro-democracy protesters are continuing their
sit-in in Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square, showing no signs of being
appeased by talks held a day earlier between the government and
opposition groups. Demonstrators seeking the immediate ousting of Hosni
Mubarak, the president, were still camped out in the square on Monday,
while life was slowly getting back to...
*The National* <http://thenational. ae/section/ FOREIGN?profile= 1011>
*Yes, Mr Miqati was at Harvard ... but 'could you keep it vague?'*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ yes-mr-miqati- was-at-harvard- but-could- you-keep- it-vague>
The National 8 Feb 2011 - Najib Miqati says on his website that he
attended Harvard University. But Lebanon's prime minister-designate
never attended a four-year programme there.
*Egypt's young step up to mark as revolt demands new roles*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ egypts-young- step-up-to- mark-as-revolt- demands-new- roles>
The National 8 Feb 2011 - Spontaneous spokesmen, like Ashraf Moh, have
arisen in Cairo's Tahrir Square as the revolt without a leadership
enters its third week, giving the international media the same message:
Mubarak must leave.
*Egyptian couple wed in Tahrir Square amid Cairo protesters*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ egyptian- couple-wed- in-tahrir- square-amid- cairo-protesters>
The National 8 Feb 2011 - As thousands continue the demonstrations in
Cairo's Tahrir Squaue in an attempt to get Egypt's President Hosni
Mubarak to step down, one couple among the protesters tie the knot.
*Alternative Information Center* <http://alternativen ews.org/>
*Rejoinder to Open Letter to JNF Leadership*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ news/3265- rejoinder- to-open-letter- to-jnf-leadershi p>
Alternative Information Center - As chairperson of AL-BEIT: Association
for the Defence of Human Rights in Israel, which is the publisher of the
current volume*, I was utterly dismayed to have come across the text of
an " Open Letter to...
*Israel Demolishes Village of El Araqib for 12th Time*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ news/3262- israel-demolishe s-village- of-el-araqib- for-12th- time->
Alternative Information Center - This morning at approximately 8.15, a
large army of police officers, officials of the Israeli Land
Administration and the Jewish National Fund (JNF), demolition
contractors and trucks invaded the village of El Araqib for the 12...
*New Settler Housing Approved in East Jerusalem, Palestine Homes to be
Demolished*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ jerusalem/ 3264-new- settler-housing- approved- in-east-jerusale m-palestine- homes-to- be-demolished->
Alternative Information Center - The Jerusalem Municipal Planning and
Construction Committee approved on Monday (7 February) a plan for 13 new
housing units for Jewish settlers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood
Sheikh Jarrah.
*Daily Star* <http://dailystar. com.lb/>
*Egypt's opposition grows bolder, Brotherhood may quit talks*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=124676>
Daily Star 7 Feb 2011 KHARTOUM: South Sudan voted overwhelmingly to
declare independence in final results of a referendum announced Monday,
opening the door to Africa's newest state and a fresh period of
uncertainty for the fractured region. Hundreds of South...
*Tide turns in favor of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=124675>
Daily Star 7 Feb 2011 CAIRO: The first time Essam al-Erian went to jail,
he was 27. On January 30 he left prison for the eighth time at the age
of 57. The medical doctor's crime for each incarceration was belonging...
*Egypt discussions making progress: Obama*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=124674>
Daily Star 7 Feb 2011 WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama said
Monday that talks to resolve Egypt's crisis were making progress despite
few concrete advances between President Hosni Mubarak's government and
protesters demanding his immediate ouster. "Obviously, Egypt has to
negotiate...
*Jordan's tribes warn of revolt if there is no reform*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=124672>
Daily Star 7 Feb 2011 AMMAN: Members of Jordan's major bedouin tribes,
normally a bedrock of support for King Abdullah II, added their weight
Monday to opposition calls for sweeping reforms to open the country's
politics and reverse spreading poverty. Failure...
*Official brutality, torture continue amid Egypt revolt: activists*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=124668>
Daily Star 7 Feb 2011 CAIRO: Egypt's feared state security services are
using torture as much as they ever did, rights activists say, with no
sign that their horrifying tactics are about to change despite the
regime's promise of reform. Rights...
*Egypt's protesters settle in for long haul*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=124666>
Daily Star 7 Feb 2011 CAIRO: Cairo protesters dug in for a long fight
Monday, pressing their demand for an overhaul of the political system
and the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak as many Egyptians tried
to resume their normal lives.
*The Guardian* <http://guardian. co.uk/world/ palestinian- territories>
*Palestine is the key to Arab democracy | Sam Bahour*
<http://www.guardian .co.uk/commentis free/2011/ feb/07/palestine -arab-democracy- unrest>
The Guardian 7 Feb 2011 - Protesters in Egypt and Tunisia can learn from
events in Palestine, the region's barometer for reform Current events in
Egypt and Tunisia have the entire region and beyond glued to their
television sets. The all-too-spoken- about Arab...
*The Promise: powerful TV drama at its best*
<http://www.guardian .co.uk/world/ view-from- jerusalem- with-harriet- sherwood/ 2011/feb/ 07/israel- palestinian- territories>
The Guardian 7 Feb 2011 - Peter Kosminsky's 4-part series on mandate-era
Palestine and modern-day Israel is vivid, harrowing and utterly
compelling I was lucky enough to see a preview of The Promise, the Peter
Kosminsky four-part drama that switches between mandate-era. ..
*Relief Web*
<http://reliefweb. int/rw/rwb. nsf/doc106? OpenForm& emid=ACOS- 635PFR&rc= 3>
*Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concludes
forty-eighth session*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /EGUA-8DUV87? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 7 Feb 2011 - Source: UN Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women
*OPT: PM Fayyad and EU Representative lay the cornerstone at 'School of
Hope' in Ramallah*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /VVOS-8DUSWU? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 7 Feb 2011 - Source: European Union
*GAZA STRIP: Acess (as of 30 Jan 2011) - Location Map*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /RKRR-8DUSU2? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 7 Feb 2011 - Source: ReliefWeb, OCHA
*UK gives new aid to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /EGUA-8DUSNQ? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 7 Feb 2011 - Source: Department for International Development
*Inter Press Service* <http://ipsnews. net/middle. asp>
*Palestinian Streets Quiet as PA Suppresses Protests*
<http://ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews= 54390>
IPS The Palestinian Authority (PA) is using brute force and intimidation
tactics - similar to those deployed in Cairo - to suppress pro-Egyptian
and Tunisian protests in the West Bank.
*EGYPT: Political Energy Powers Exhausted Protesters*
<http://ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews= 54389>
IPS Tens of thousands of protesters continue to occupy Cairo's Tahrir
Square to demand the ouster of longstanding President Hosni Mubarak. The
regime is waging a war of attrition aimed at exhausting demonstrators -
and the population at large. But the protest is holding firm.
*Stop The Wall* <http://stopthewall. org/>
*Global actions for Jawaher Abu Rahmah*
<http://stopthewall. org/latestnews/ 2469.shtml>
Stop The Wall - Activists around the world have organized for Jawaher,
following a call from the Bil'in Popular Committee, Stop the Wall, and
General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW). In honor of Jawaher and the
struggle of Palestinian women, a commemoration will be held in Bil'in on
the February 10, supported by a number of global actions. [
*YNet News* <http://ynetnews. com/>
*Lieberman: Radical Islam taking over*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4025221,00. html>
YNet News - Speaking to European diplomats, foreign minister says
Israeli-Palestinian ....
*Clinton: Don't force Mubarak out*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4025070,00. html>
YNet News - US says Egyptian president must get reform process started
before he steps down.....
*Soldiers deliver, save Palestinian baby*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4025082,00. html>
YNet News - Infant born with breathing problems rescued by medics
alerted to Jordan Valley....
*Anti-secular MK to be reinstated*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4024870,00. html>
YNet News - Israel Eichler, who called Israel 'evil regime', seculars
'two-legged animals',... .
*Israelis to receive expedited clearance in US airports*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4024868,00. html>
YNet News - Israel joins US program that will allow travelers go through
automated... .
*Ghajar withdrawal on hold*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4024810,00. html>
YNet News - Israel freezes plan to pull out of border village of Ghajar
as result of....
*Netanyahu: Egypt could follow Iran*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4025339,00. html>
YNet News - Egypt may follow in Iran's footsteps, oppress its own people
and threaten neighboring countries, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
said Monday at the European Friends of .......
*Nasrallah: Egypt win to change region*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4025270,00. html>
YNet News - Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah attacked the
"hypocritical" US over its treatment of the crisis in Egypt and said
Israel was the last country still supporting the .......
*Army Chief Ashkenazi: Prepare for all-out war*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4025266,00. html>
YNet News - Given recent changes in the Middle East, Israel must prepare
for a battle in several theaters, outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Gabi
Ashkenazi said Monday at the Herzliya .......
*High Court petition: order JAG's decision in killing case*
<http://www.btselem. org/English/ Firearms/ 20110207_ Qasqas_petition. asp>
B'tselem 6 Feb 2011 - On 2 Dec. '07, soldiers shot Firas Qasqas to
death. He was unarmed and posed no threat. For more than a year and a
half, the JAG's Office has delayed the decision whether to prosecute the
soldiers or close the file.
*Palestinian Information Center* <http://palestine- info.co.uk/ en/>
*Planning board approves construction of 16 settler homes in East
Jerusalem*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7jxmkRcevbp %2fBZmNzsdehT93N fDr36krOkA6ozuqH sUYQ%2f5D4tB7z24 Vwnny4t88BDBdP% 2bWG6NV0hh4Ugzwl ekC%2fiss1% 2feNzMgpC7UgtmZK k%3d>
PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Israel's Jerusalem municipality has approved a project
to erect 16 residential units set to house Jewish settlers in the east
Jerusalem Sheikh Jarrah district.
*Israel suspends army's withdrawal from northern Ghajar*
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PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Israel has suspended a decision to withdraw its army
from the divided village of Ghajar on its border with Lebanon after the
fall of Saad Hariri's government, a high-profile official told the AFP.
*Jihad: Quartet biased in favor of Israel*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7z3% 2byvRramN6EuZd9x 09bGEBa6z2ROFTjO gF98XjyOZGdjdTzc YVd2dU8UE0p0zY% 2ffyT8owkSiYc1EH sOzJXX8oZZwXnj3Z K4bgVCKl9Nv2w% 3d>
PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Political bureau member of the Islamic Jihad movement
Sheikh Nafedh Azzam has described the international quartet committee's
statement at conclusion of its Munich meeting as "unethical".
*Palestinian worker shot by IOF soldiers*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7tW11Oiz4wj CGbvZFo1DiEKowVf oo6%2f1unbN5VTvX xAhFiAF1MDw3GsKL 90Ojg4N9nOpJzexi %2fQ26t6PrTmig4C TLtnjUvromdxbQY0 gO8aU%3d>
PIC 7 Feb 2011 - A Palestinian worker collecting gravel east of Gaza
city was shot by the Israeli occupation forces and sustained injuries,
medical sources said on Monday.
*Haneyya: Gaza will not detract from Jordan's sovereignty*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7ef9Nlh0opG nD%2b7ysqvB4QJjX qvCa5N41kHLNqGmY BScO64qJOrbIx70z mmQoz14FHu9lS9Gq 9UC5WC6nd9Ispykz sWA6UpKKaF% 2b8BC5Ri3k% 3d>
PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Ismail Haneyya, receiving a medical delegation from
Jordan, expressed strong refusal of an Israeli proposal that would have
Palestinian refugees resettle in Jordan as an alternative homeland.
*Israel turns down another Egyptian request to send more troops to
Sinai*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7LYSVZQXM86 8dRLXRD2ha7Knkii aAGzxOgVmupASUAL 1ToNXBV5tgHX3Eq8 8gLS9BXrrHfA7tDj GnkuZOi%2bQYW3W2 P0AeUNrwJpwRb% 2fKLJYM%3d>
PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Israel has refused an Egyptian request to send more
troops to the Sinai Peninsula to confront growing dangers as described
by Egyptian sources, Hebrew daily Maariv reported on Monday.
*Peres: We were wrong when we thought Palestinians would insist on RoR*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7FXuXx3xaVv 77rsii3xiW7pAdnQ XsPesvt8obc8lTXs %2fvvVfLrRapXy1F 7Wx9z76FoiFgibKn pOcnWxsY16AZMp8H 326XS97GOZ68khOY Nb4%3d>
PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Shimon Peres said during a speech at the 11th annual
Herzliya Conference on Sunday night that the Palestinian negotiators did
not insist on the Palestinian refugees' right of return.
*Leading rabbi calls Israelis to prepare to build alleged temple*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7qJZJybEiyW KDlZ9X21IPp% 2fpyG1%2fJ% 2fb2aibOtBXAIOVj tvxi5lD1VXxucgYh ozFpqxNqs9HVDKKr YySjOWKdJtKxUoZq nVRon6hfWNlh1t80 %3d>
PIC 7 Feb 2011 - A leading West Bank rabbi said Saturday that the Aqsa
Mosque must be taken from Palestinian hold in order to pave the way for
the alleged temple.
*Analysts: Israeli threats to re-capture Philadelphi only mind games*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7lF5ijkSLA0 e1usiBaR% 2b76oI5jX2WJufOb 5HsqOOVKqZjKXy8v Y8huwOVq9B1rtZDu wuxBQmcp9zbeJJay KbphYpjqPE0jdhB6 sKxppWcy2g% 3d>
PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Analysts say Israeli threats to restore control of the
Salahuddin axis are only mind games, assuring that the occupation would
pay a hefty price for such a move.
*Israel razes Araqib village for the 12th time*
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PIC 7 Feb 2011 - Bulldozers of the Israeli interior ministry, escorted
by big numbers of Israeli police and army forces, on Monday razed all
houses in the village of Araqib in the Negev for the 12th consecutive time.
*Los Angeles Times* <http://latimes. com/news/ nationworld/ world/middleeast />
*Egypt's new cabinet meets as protests continue*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/CHNoJ0Bdhkk /la-fgw-egypt- cabinet-20110208 ,0,1728208. story>
LA Times 7 Feb 2011 - The government attempts to reassert stability over
country rocked by more than a week of protests. Large numbers of
anti-government demonstrators are expected to remain in Tahrir Square.
Egypt's newly appointed cabinet met Monday as the government attempted
to reassert stability over the turbulent country with protesters in
Cairo's Tahrir Square continuing to resist the new administration.
*Jerusalem OKs new Jewish housing in hotly disputed neighborhood*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/_rV9wjQ28Uo /la-fg-jerusalem -housing- 20110208, 0,2794062. story>
LA Times 7 Feb 2011 - The latest project could mean more evictions in
Sheik Jarrah, which has become a battleground between Palestinian
residents and right-wing Jewish groups. The city of Jerusalem gave the
go-ahead Monday to a new Jewish housing project in the Arab-dominated
neighborhood of Sheik Jarrah, raising the prospect of more Palestinian
evictions in East Jerusalem.
*KFC gets a bad rap in Egypt*
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LA Times 7 Feb 2011 - Rumors spread that anti-Mubarak protesters were
paid money and given a KFC meal, a symbol of Western influence.
Witnesses say otherwise. Officials have called the protesters seeking
President Hosni Mubarak's resignation many things: thugs, foreigners,
paid troublemakers. But what made Rehab Salah curious were reports on
state television that the demonstrators were sitting in Tahrir Square
eating Kentucky Fried Chicken.
*New York Times* <http://nytimes. com/pages/ world/middleeast />
*In Backing Vice President, U.S. Plays Tricky Hand in Egypt*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=1aba0421bb4fc1 b2aa971b559bc75e 66>
New York Times 7 Feb 2011 - White House support of Vice President Omar
Suleiman shows a reliance on the existing regime to make changes it has
steadfastly resisted for years.
*Egypt Releases Google Executive, Company Says*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=164e556fae1b3c f0c9fd15829d79b8 65>
New York Times 7 Feb 2011 - Wael Ghonim, a marketing executive and hero
of the revolt, had disappeared more than a week ago.
*Iran's Opposition Seeks Rally to Back Egypt and Tunisia*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=36494d88883f5a a63c39257ca17f39 06>
New York Times 7 Feb 2011 - Opposition leaders challenged Iran to permit
a demonstration, ostensibly in support of the uprisings in Tunisia and
Egypt.
*Misc* <http://vtjp. org/aboutus/ aboutus.htm>
*Window of democracy has likely already shut (and Hillary knocks at
Suleiman's door)*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/window- of-democracy- has-likely- already-shut- and-hillary- knocks-at- suleimans- door.html>
Mondoweiss - It helps to know something about Egypt if you're writing
about it. (I guess). Here's a really smart piece by Joshua Stacher of
Kent State at Foreign Affairs saying that the "democratic window has
probably already closed," that the regime has never broken down, its
central...
*Who built the Suez Canal?*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/who-built- the-suez- canal.html>
Mondoweiss - My old history books gave the credit for constructing the
Suez Canal to Ferdinand de Lesseps, a French developer. But he had help
. The excavation took some 10 years using forced labour (Corvée) of
Egyptian workers during a certain period. Some sources estimate that
over 30,000...
*Mike Huckabee's ill informed and dangerous views on Israel/Palestine
may end up in the White House*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/mike-huckabee s-ill-informed- and-dangerous- views-on- israelpalestine- may-end-up- in-the-white- house.html>
Mondoweiss - Arutz Sheva is an Israeli news service associated with the
settler movement. I find former pastor, turned politician and political
commentator, Mike Huckabee's recent statements in Jerusalem quite
inflammatory and incredibly uninformed. I am an evangelical pastor
volunteering for 3 months in Israel/Palestine with an international. ..
*Gaza Justice minister asks U.N. to follow up on the Goldstone Report*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/gaza-justice- minister- asks-u-n- to-follow- up-on-the- goldstone- report.html>
Mondoweiss - And other news from Today in Palestine: Land, property,
resources theft and destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Settlers 13 Jewish
homes approved in Sheikh Jarrah 7 Feb - Construction plans drawn up
'with sole aim of creating trouble,' says Meretz councilman, but head of
Israel Land Fund argues, '...
*The Bush-Obama line on Palestine: forget '67*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/the-bush- obama-line- on-palestine- forget-%e2% 80%9967.html>
Mondoweiss - The election of President Barack Obama brought great hope
that his administration could be the one to bring about a settlement to
the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. But Obama has largely followed the
Bush administration' s pro-Israel slant. New documents released by
WikiLeaks and Al Jazeera shed further light...
*Kamm Agrees to Plea Bargain, Israel's Assange Gets Nine-Year Sentence*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/gHNKrLtr2eo />
Tikun Olam - In a plea bargain that could serve as a precursor for what
might be in store for Julian Assange should he ever be extradited to the
U.S., Anat Kamm agreed to a plea deal with Israeli authorities by which
she agrees to plead guilty to leaking...
*What the Hell are They Worried About?*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/ygBY1wxh- yE/>
Tikun Olam - Egyptian Muslims and Copts parade through Tahrir Square
together (Amel Pain/EPA) Bibi Netanyahu is shreying about the Muslim
Brotherhood in terms redolent of Al Qaeda. Mubarak uses the Brotherhood
and a combination of impending chaos and religious holy war as the
reason he can't relinquish power....
*Obama, Suleiman: Selling Out the Revolution*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/-TbcuyG6710 />
Tikun Olam - Suleiman meets with select group of opposition aiming at
"consensus" favoring his elite retaining power (Soliman Oteifi/AP) The
accompanying photo reveals precisely what was wrong with Day 13 of the
Egyptian Revolution. There you see Suleiman sitting around an opulent
Louis XIV-channeling table "negotiating" with his...
*Misc 2* <http://vtjp. org/news/ news.php>
*Detainee enters 22nd year in Israeli jail*
<http://palestinianp risoners. blogspot. com/2011/ 02/detainee- enters-22nd- year-in-israeli. html>
Sabr 7 Feb 2011 - GAZA CITY ( Ma'an ) -- A detainee from Ramallah
entered his 22nd year in an Israeli prison on Thursday, the Gaza
government Detainees' Ministry said. Hassan Yousef Mahmoud Ghafri, 40,
was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1990, accused of killing Israeli
soldiers, ministry spokesman Riyad Ashqar said....
*Haneyya calls on released Qassam leader*
<http://palestinianp risoners. blogspot. com/2011/ 02/haneyya- calls-on- released- qassam-leader. html>
Sabr 7 Feb 2011 - [ 07/02/2011 - 10:39 AM ] GAZA, ( PIC )-- Palestinian
premier Ismail Haneyya on Sunday evening visited the Qassam Brigades
commander Ayman Nofal who managed to get out of his Egyptian jail a few
days earlier and headed back to Gaza. Haneyya congratulated Nofal over
his safe...
*Palestinians held in Etzion prison to announce hunger strike if demands
not met*
<http://palestinianp risoners. blogspot. com/2011/ 02/palestinians- held-in-etzion- prison-to. html>
Sabr 7 Feb 2011 - [ 07/02/2011 - 01:01 PM ] RAMALLAH, ( PIC )--
Palestinians held in the Israeli Etzion prison are in the process of
announcing a hunger strike in protest of inhumane treatment at the
facility, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said. The prison
administration has yet to offer a reason...
*Nofal: We got out of jail against the will of the oppressors*
<http://palestinianp risoners. blogspot. com/2011/ 02/nofal- we-got-out- of-jail-against- will.html>
Sabr 7 Feb 2011 - 07-02-2011,09: 40 Al Qassam website - Gaza -Qassam
Brigades leader Ayman Nofal told the PIC on Saturday night that the
Palestinian prisoners got out of the Egyptian jail "against the will of
the oppressors". He expressed appreciation for all those who arrived to
his home in Gaza...
*Egypt ups pay as protests go on*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 12387181>
BBC 7 Feb 2011 - Egypt increases public-sector pay and pensions by 15%
as protesters defy attempts to return the country to normality.
*Dutch recall envoy in Iranian row*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- europe-12381284>
BBC 7 Feb 2011 - The Netherlands recalls its Tehran ambassador and
formally protests over the "sudden burial" of executed Dutch-Iranian
Sahra Bahrami.
*Palestine is the key to Arab democracy*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/SabbahsBlog /%7E3/vWlhpJrsWF I/>
Sabbah report 7 Feb 2011 - Egyptians would be well advised to learn from
the Palestinians that the window of opportunity for real change comes
all too infrequently. They should therefore be very clear on what they
desire from this historic episode. I'd guess that the US state
department already has more...
*Field Notes on American-Style Democracy*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/SabbahsBlog /%7E3/eLjV167Wpi w/>
Sabbah report 7 Feb 2011 - Throughout Egypt, millions courageously keep
protesting for democratic freedoms, including free and open elections
for candidates they choose. In contrast, old order Egyptians, imperial
Washington, other Western powers, and Israel are determined to prevent it.
*Letter From A Soldier's Parent To Israel*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/SabbahsBlog /%7E3/Y-i_ 09PUpss/>
Sabbah report 7 Feb 2011 - My son Jeff, a U.S. Army soldier, is sworn to
defend Israel against all its enemies. America and Israel have exactly
the same interests. Our countries are like one. Perfect allies!
*(en) Palestine-Israel, The weekly report on the joint struggles the
AAtW* activists are involved with*
<http://www.ainfos. ca/en/ainfos2478 7.html>
A-infos 7 Feb 2011 - The on going struggles the few dozens activists of
the Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall initiative began in Maskha camp
2003 on the route of separation fence. The direct actions of one sided
non violent activities together with popular grass root Palestinian
activists became the focus...
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*Palestine is the key to Arab democracy*
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Sam Bahour, Ma'an News Agency 2/7/2011
Current events in Egypt and Tunisia have the entire region and
beyond glued to their television sets. The all-too-spoken- about Arab
street has risen, seemingly from the dead. But while it is satisfying to
see a dictatorial head of state being ousted by his own people, it is
far too early to rejoice.
What we are witnessing is the removal and replacement of leaders,
not an upgrading of the political systems that allowed someone like the
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to remain in power for 30 years and
then have the audacity to position his son to succeed him, while the
Egyptian people sank into deepening poverty.
Unrest across the region will force these reactionary regimes to
make some minimal changes, such as introducing term limits, which should
have been done decades ago. But these knee-jerk legislative changes are
solely aimed at persuading the demonstrators to go home.
Likewise, no one should belittle the fact that hundreds of
thousands of average citizens are challenging their governments in the
streets. This is not like demonstrations as we know them in western
countries. It is the real thing. Serious conviction -- and sustained
repression -- is the prerequisite to get many people to challenge a
police state that ignores even the most basic human rights.
In the Arab world, civil uprisings -- or intifadas, as they are
frequently called -- were coined in the Palestinian context. However,
the context of the first Palestinian intifada was very different to what
we are seeing today. Back in 1987 Palestinians genuinely became fed up
with the foreign military occupation that Israel maintains to this day.
Communities across the West Bank and Gaza took to the streets and
sustained their efforts for nearly six years.more..
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*Israeli economy for beginners*
<http://www.redress. cc/palestine/ gatzmon20110208>
Gilad Atzmon, Redress 2/8/2011
/Israel is "doing well" because it is the leading trader in blood
diamonds. Israel is also the fourth biggest weapon dealer on this
planet. Clearly, blood diamonds and guns are proving to be a great match./
We learn from the press and political analysts that, against all
odds and in spite of the global financial turmoil, Israel's economy is
booming. Some even suggest that Israel is one of the strongest economies
around.
How come? you may ask. Besides maybe avocados, oranges and some
Dead Sea beauty products, none of us has actually ever seen an Israeli
product on the shelves. They don't make cars; nor do they make electric
or electronic appliances, and they hardly manufacture any consumer
goods. Israel claims to be advanced in hi-tech industries but somehow
the only advanced Israeli software ever to settle within our computers
have been their Sabra Trojan Horses. In the land they grabbed by force
from the indigenous Palestinians, they are yet to find any lucrative
minerals or oil.
Money laundering, blood diamonds, arms dealing and organ trafficking
So how is it that Israel is impervious to the global financial
disaster? How can Israel be so rich?
Israel may be rich because, according to the Guardian,"out of the
seven oligarchs who controlled 50 per cent of Russia's economy during
the 1990s, six are Jewish". During the last two decades many Russian
oligarchs have acquired Israeli citizenship. They also secured their
dirty money by investing in the kosher financial haven; WikiLeaks has
revealed lately that "sources in the [Israeli] police estimate that
Russian organized crime [the Russian mafia] has laundered as much as 10
billion US dollars through Israeli holdings".1more. .
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*'The Arab World Is on Fire'*
<http://zcommunicati ons.org/contents /175639/print>
Noam Chomsky, ZNet 2/3/2011
"The Arab world is on fire," al-Jazeera reported on January 27,
while throughout the region, Western allies "are quickly losing their
influence."
The shock wave was set in motion by the dramatic uprising in
Tunisia that drove out a Western-backed dictator, with reverberations
especially in Egypt, where demonstrators overwhelmed a dictator's brutal
police.
Observers compared the events to the toppling of Russian domains
in 1989, but there are important differences.
Crucially, no Mikhail Gorbachev exists among the great powers that
support the Arab dictators. Rather, Washington and its allies keep to
the well-established principle that democracy is acceptable only insofar
as it conforms to strategic and economic objectives: fine in enemy
territory (up to a point), but not in our backyard, please, unless it is
properly tamed.
One 1989 comparison has some validity: Romania, where Washington
maintained its support for Nicolae Ceausescu, the most vicious of the
East European dictators, until the allegiance became untenable. Then
Washington hailed his overthrow while the past was erased.
That is a standard pattern: Ferdinand Marcos, Jean-Claude
Duvalier, Chun Doo Hwan, Suharto and many other useful gangsters. It may
be under way in the case of Hosni Mubarak, along with routine efforts to
try to ensure that a successor regime will not veer far from the
approved path. -- See also:Noam Chomsky's ZSpace Page
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*Smell of freedom is sweet in this small Egyptian town*
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Electronic Intifada: 7 Feb 2011 - CAIRO (IPS) - Imam Mohammed al-Saba of
the Eisa mosque here in the center of the rural town Kirdasa takes the
pulpit to tell his congregation he can smell "the air of freedom for the
first time in thirty years."more
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*The circles in the sky over Gaza*
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Electronic Intifada: 7 Feb 2011 - People keep talking of a new war. They
tell you about their neighbors -- they're probably too shy to admit that
its their family, not their neighbors -- who already started stocking up
on food items and candles in preparation for the upcoming war.more
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*Washington Faces the Arab Revolts*
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Palestine Chronicle: 7 Feb 2011 - By James Petras To understand the
Obama regime's policy toward Egypt, the Mubarak dictatorship and the
popular uprising it is essential to locate it in an historical context.
The essential point is that Washington, after several decades of being
deeply embedded in the state structures of the Arab dictatorships, from
Tunisia through Morocco, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the
Palestinian Authority, is attempting to re-orient its policies to
incorporate and/or graft liberal-electoral politicians onto the existing
power configurations. While most commentators and journalists spill tons
of ink about the "dilemmas" of US power, the novelty of the Egyptian
events and Washington's day to day policy pronouncements, there are
ample historical precedents which are essential to understand the
strategic direction of Obama's policies. Historical Background US
foreign policy has a long history of installing, financing, arming and
backing dictatorial regimes which back its imperial policies and
interests as long as...more
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*Time for Democracy in Egypt*
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Palestine Chronicle: 7 Feb 2011 - By Ralph Nader Those politically savvy
people who thought strongman, Hosni Mubarak would be out before the end
of the first week of the Egyptian uprising better rethink the odds. For
thirty years Mubarak has developed what can be called a deeply rooted
dictatorial regime with regular White House access and annual largesse
of some $1.3 billion in military equipment and payroll. A former
military man, he has been very alert to what is needed to maintain the
loyalties of the police, the intelligence security forces and the army.
If he goes, tens of thousands of those on his payroll could lose their
patronage and be on the outs if his government is really replaced.
Moreover, he enjoys the support of both the United States and Israel for
whom he has been a 'stable' force against the pressures coming from Iran
and its allies in the Middle East. Arrayed against...more
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*Out of the Frame -- Book Review*
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Palestine Chronicle: 7 Feb 2011 - By Ludwig Watzal (Ilan Pappé, Out of
the Frame. The Struggle for Academic Freedom in Israel, Pluto Press,
London-New York 2010, 246 pp, L 13.) In this intellectual autobiography,
Ilan Pappé, Professor in the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies at
the University of Exeter, tells his story of conversion from an Israeli
Zionist to an anti-Zionist. For him, it was an act of liberation or even
a kind of revelation which religious people sometimes experience. The
author does not recall the precise moment of his awakening, but there
was a moment when the un-Jewishness and immorality of the Zionist
project became clear to him. He still does equate Jewishness and
morality, not as superior to any other position, but rather as a
comfortable heritage to which he belongs and on which he can rely on
when making moral judgments. In his own words: "(F)rom this perspective,
the Zionist project...more
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*Surrealpolitik: Arab Revolt and Dream of 'Palestine'*
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Palestine Chronicle: 7 Feb 2011 - By Steve Breyman 'By this time, like
one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region
of smooth or idle dreams, our history now arrives on the confines, where
daylight and truth meet us with a clear dawn, representing to our view,
though at a far distance, true colours and shapes.' -- John Milton.
Could anything be weirder for Palestinians than that the current
intifadas, today's uprisings against illegitimate rulers, are taking
place in Tunisia and Egypt? That Arabs in Tunis and Cairo are closer to
democratic self-rule than they are? Is this a dream? Whose dream? Will
we wake up from it? Where is André Breton when we need him? Breton,
author of The Surrealist Manifesto, thought Surrealism-- -the creative
expression of dreams--revolutiona ry. Most of the painters, filmmakers,
actors, playwrights, poets, and musicians who went in for one form or
another of the post-War-to- End-All-Wars. ..more
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** <http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16626>*The
Egyptian Uprising: Facts and Fiction*
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Palestine Chronicle: 7 Feb 2011 - By Ahmed Amr -- Cairo As hundreds of
thousands of Egyptians entered Tahrir Square on Friday, they were
welcomed by a human corridor of young men clapping and chanting 'keep
the faith countrymen - freedom is being born.' The protest was billed as
'Yom El Raheel' - a farewell party for Hosni Mubarak. There was
something obviously different about the crowd that showed up to
participate in what turned out to be the largest demonstration since the
uprising began. For one thing, they came without their children and
there were fewer women in the crowd. That was to be expected. Fear of
violent attacks by the hired thugs of the Mubarak's ruling party haunted
the event and the square was littered with stones and debris from the
battles on Wednesday. Many of the veterans of those attacks were limping
or walking around with blood soaked bandages. The few foreign
journalists. ..more
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*Israeli Economy for Beginners*
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Dissident Voice: 7 Feb 2011 - We learn from the press and political
analysts that, against all odds and in spite of the global financial
turmoil, Israel's economy is booming . Some even suggest that Israel is
one of the strongest economies around. 'How come?' you may ask; besides
maybe avocado, oranges, and some Dead Sea beauty products, none of us
has actually ever seen an Israeli product on the shelves. They don't
make cars; nor do they make electric or electronic appliances, and they
hardly manufacture any consumer goods. Israel claims to be advanced in
high-tech technologies but somehow, the only Israeli advanced software
ever to settle within our computers have been their Sabra Trojan Horses
. In the land they grabbed by force from the indigenous Palestinians,
they are yet to find any lucrative minerals or oil. So what is it? How
is it that Israel is impervious to the global financial disaster? How
can Israel...more
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*American Police State: FBI Abuses Reveals Contempt for Political
Rights, Civil Liberties*
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Dissident Voice: 7 Feb 2011 - As mass revolt spreads across Egypt and
the Middle East and citizens there demand jobs, civil liberties and an
end to police state abuses from repressive, U.S.-backed torture regimes,
the Obama administration and their congressional allies aim to expand
one right here at home. Last week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (
EFF ) released an explosive new report documenting the lawless,
constitutional- free zone under construction in America for nearly a
decade. That report, "Patterns of Misconduct: FBI Intelligence
Violations from 2001-2008," reveals that the domestic political
intelligence apparat spearheaded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
continues to systematically violate the rights of American citizens and
legal residents. A rather ironic state of affairs considering the free
passes handed out by U.S. securocrats to actual terrorists who killed
thousands of Americans on 9/11, as both WikiLeaks and FBI whistleblower
Sibel Edmonds disclosed last week. Although illegal practices and
violations were reported by the...more
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*Suleiman, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Illusion of Change*
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Dissident Voice: 7 Feb 2011 - While the drama of revolution plays out
across Egypt, the capitols of former and current western imperial powers
are abuzz with activity. Most of this activity is focused on preventing
the success of the Egyptian uprising by replacing the man Hosni Mubarak
with another agent of those powers. The top name in the hat at this time
appears to be Egypt's torture chief and recently appointed vice
president Omar Suleiman. As most observers of the region know (and as
has been reported in media around the world) Suleiman's history includes
assisting in renditions, torture and operating the Egyptian internal
security apparatus. One of the primary targets of that apparatus over
the years has been the Islamic social and cultural organization that
calls itself Jama 'at al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun (Muslim Brotherhood) .
Founded in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna, the group is best known in Egypt for
its network of cultural and social aid...more
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