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[OccupationNews] Digest Number 1303

Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:10 pm (PST)

***Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles*

*News*
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*International Middle East Media Center* <http://imemc. org/>


*Army Bombards Several Areas In Gaza* <http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60703>
IMEMC - Thursday February 24, 2011 - 02:16, Only two hours after the
Israeli Air Force bombarded Gaza killing one fighter and wounding
sixteen residents, an F-16 Israeli fighter jet fired at least one
missile at an agricultural facility north of Khan Younis, in the
southern part of the Gaza Strip.

*Fighter Killed By Army Fire In Gaza* <http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60702>
IMEMC - Thursday February 24, 2011 - 01:51, The Al Quds Brigades, the
armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported that one of its fighters died
of wounds suffered during clashes with Israeli forces invading Gaza City
on Wednesday morning.

*Settlers Vandalize Palestinian Property Near Nablus*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60700>
IMEMC - Wednesday February 23, 2011 - 18:37, The Ma'an News Network
reports that Israeli settlers burnt two Palestinian cars, south of Nablus.

*Soldiers Abduct Hamas Leader In Nablus*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60697>
IMEMC - Wednesday February 23, 2011 - 02:07, Israeli soldiers abducted,
on Tuesday, a political leader of the Hamas movement in the northern
West Bank city of Nablus, after breaking into his home and ransacking it.

*Hamas Slams Israel's Detention of Sheikh Raed Salah*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60696>
IMEMC - Wednesday February 23, 2011 - 01:45, Islamic Resistance
Movement, Hamas, slammed the detention of Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the
Islamic Movement in Israel, and considered the act as a "new Zionist
crime against the Palestinian people".

*Ma'an News* <http://maannews. net/en/>

*Islamic Jihad fighter killed in Gaza*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362860>
2/24/2011 - GAZA CITY (AFP) -- An Israeli tank opened fire on Wednesday,
killing a Palestinian fighter and wounding another 10 people in clashes
with militants east of Gaza City, Palestinian sources said." Eleven
Palestinians were injured by tank shell in an area east of Gaza City.
Two of them are in critical condition," Adham Abu Selmiya of....
Related:1 dead, 10 injured in Israel shelling near Gaza City
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362626>

*Israeli forces shoot Gaza man in leg*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362698>
2/23/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A 22-year-old Palestinian man was
injured by Israeli fire on Wednesday afternoon, telling medics he was
shot while collecting construction aggregates east of Beit Hanoun in the
northern Gaza Strip. Medical sources in Gaza identified the victim as
Nidhal Halwa from the Wadi Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City. They....

*1 dead, 10 injured in Israel shelling near Gaza City*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362626>
2/24/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian injured by an Israeli
shell fired east of Gaza City on Wednesday has died, medics said. Adel
Jundiyeh, a member of the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, died and 10
others were injured including three children, medics said. The shelling
came moments after four Israeli bulldozers and four.... Related:Islamic
Jihad fighter killed in Gaza
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362860>

*Israel bars Red Cross aid from homeless Bedouin*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362567>
2/23/2011 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Residents of the tiny Bedouin hamlet of
Amniyr crowded into a small cave in the rocky hills south of Hebron to
sleep on Wednesday night, after their tent homes were destroyed by
Israeli demolition crews claiming the hamlet as state land. Village
elder Hajj Mahmoud said the three families that live.... Related:Israeli
bulldozers bury Bedouin village
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362214>

Feb 23, 2011 20:52:57 GMT 4 @ninathedog said:

Israeli bulldozers bury
Bedouin village

Published yesterday (updated) 23/02/2011 13:54
Ma'an News Agency

HEBRON (Ma'an) -- The five tents giving shelter to some 50 Bedouin residents of Amniyr, a tiny community north of Susiya in the south Hebron hills, were torn down on Monday, their olive trees uprooted and water sources covered over.

*2,000 rally in Bethlehem to end rivalry - clashes erupt at checkpoint*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362717>
2/23/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Clashes broke out at the 300 Checkpoint
on Wednesday afternoon, following a rally in the city of Bethlehem that
saw an estimated 2,000 gather and call for an end to Palestinian
political division. Witnesses said protesters passing through the
checkpoint clashed with Israeli forces there. Reports said tear-gas was
deployed, and....

*Explosion kills young girl in southern Gaza*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362802>
2/23/2011 - KHAN YOUNIS (Ma'an) -- A young girl died and three others
were injured Wednesday by an explosion in southern Gaza, medics said.
Rula Nashasi, 10, was taken along with the three others to Nasser
Hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, medical officials said. It
was not clear what caused the blast. Earlier, an....

*Villagers: Settlers torch two cars near Nablus*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362556>
2/23/2011 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli settlers set fire to two cars in
the village of Burin, south of Nablus, residents said, and threw a
Molotov Cocktail at a home east of the area. The Fatah official charged
with monitoring settlement activity in the northern West Bank, Ghassan
Doughlas, said Jewish settlers from the Bracha settlement.. ..

*Amnesty: US veto undermines stance on settlements*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362543>
2/24/2011 - LONDON (Ma'an) -- Amnesty International condemned Tuesday,
the US decision to use its veto on a draft resolution seeking
condemnation of Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank and
East Jerusalem. The US veto "effectively gives Israel a 'green light' to
expand illegal settlements, " a statement from the international rights
organization said....

*Rafah crossing open for second consecutive day*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362562>
2/23/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah
crossing for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, saying another 300
Palestinians from Gaza will be permitted to cross into the country. On
Tuesday, Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing in both
directions for the first time since Jan. 25, when protests erupted
calling for....

*McEwan talks about the Jerusalem prize*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362618>
2/24/2011 - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Jerusalem Prize winning novelist Ian
McEwan dodged politics to engage in a battle of cultural faux-pas in
public discussion with Israeli writer Meir Shalev at the Jerusalem
international book fair Tuesday. To McEwan, the battle over the
political implications of the prize had already been exhaustively played
out. At the fair....

*At UN, France, UK, Germany say settlements threat to peace*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362372>
2/23/2011 - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- At the UN Security Council meeting
where the US quashed a draft resolution on settlements, UK, French and
German representatives joined forces to emphasize the dangers of
continued Israeli building in occupied Palestine. In a joint address to
the United Nations Security Council session, the three nations justified
their support for....

*Assad: Arab leaders must tune in to people's wants*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362591>
2/23/2011 - DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) -- Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad
told a delegation of visiting US senators on Tuesday that Arab leaders
should tune in to their people's needs, state-run SANA news agency
reported. As anti-regime revolts rock several Arab nations, Assad said
it is necessary "to better understand the will of the people and to....

*Islamic Jihad slams 'criminal' Gaddafi regime*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362815>
2/23/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Muammar Gaddafi's crimes against his
people are "no less than what Israel is doing to the Palestinians and
America is doing to Iraq and Afghanistan, " a senior Islamic Jihad member
said Wednesday. Mohammed Al-Hindi, a member of the movement's political
bureau, said violence against civilian protesters.. ..

*Netanyahu: Israel to allow 300 Palestinians in Libya into territories*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362833>
2/23/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israel has decided it will allow 300
Palestinians in Libya to return to their homeland as a "humanitarian
gesture," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late Wednesday. The
decision came after he "received a personal request from Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas. . . that Israel allow a number of Palestinians
to leave Libya and....

*Fayyad asks Facebook: Who to be in govt?*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362621>
2/24/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- As young people across the Middle East
are using Facebook and Twitter to bring down governments, appointed
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has asked his
followers on both sites to help put one together."In the light of the
ongoing consultations aiming to form a government list, which people
do.... Related:Fayyad Facebook page <http://www.facebook .com/Salam. Fayyad>

*Diplomat: EU ready to impose sanctions on Libya*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362809>
2/23/2011 - BRUSSELS (AFP) -- The EU ordered Wednesday sanctions to be
drawn up against Libya that could include an assets freeze, a visa ban
and legal pursuit of top figures in Moamer Kadhafi's regime, a
diplomatic source said....

*Gadhafi loses swathes of east to insurrection*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362554>
2/23/2011 - TOBRUK, Libya (AFP) - Moammar Gadhafi's regime has lost vast
swathes of Libya's east to an insurrection, it emerged on Wednesday as
pressure mounted on the strongman to step down amid growing evidence of
a "bloodbath." And as condemnation of the brutal crackdown grew and
foreigners fled the oil-rich country, Gadhafi appeared....

*Live report: Huge changes taking place in Libya*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362789>
2/23/2011 - Follow this live report for a minute-by-minute update of
events in Libya. - A Tunisian holds an old Libyan flag as he delivers
humanitarian aid Wednesday at the Ras Jdir border post between Libya and
Tunisia near the Tunisian city of Ben Guerdane. [AFP/Lionel Bonaventure. ...

*Rights group: At least 640 dead in Libyan unrest*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362805>
2/23/2011 - PARIS (AFP) -- At least 640 people have been killed in Libya
in protests against the regime of Moamer Kadhafi since they started on
February 14, the International Federation for Human Rights (IFHR) said
on Wednesday... .

*Ex-minister tells paper: Gadhafi ordered Lockerbie bombing*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362806>
2/23/2011 - STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Libyan leader Moamer gadhafi personally
ordered the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, former justice minister Mustapha
Abdeljalil told Swedish daily Expressen, it reported on its website
Wednesday... .

*Officials: Journalists inside Libya illegally are outlaws*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362807>
2/23/2011 - TRIPOLI (AFP) -- Journalists who entered Libya illegally are
considered "outlaws," the country's deputy foreign minister said
Wednesday... .

*US eyes sanctions against Libya*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362840>
2/23/2011 - WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The United States is considering a "full
range of tools" including sanctions against Libya to stop a deadly
crackdown on anti-regime protesters in the North African nation, the
State Department said Wednesday... .

*Clinton: Libya govt will be held accountable*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362855>
2/23/2011 - WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Wednesday again condemned the use of violence in Libya and warned that
the government of Moamer Kadhafi will be held accountable for its
actions....

*Palestine Note* <http://palestinenot e.com/cs/>

*Low wheat reserves in Gaza*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ low-wheat- reserves- in-gaza.aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Ma'an - The goods coordination committee in
Gaza said on Tuesday it was holding UNRWA responsible for a worrying
shortage of wheat in the coastal enclave. The committee also said the UN
agency for Palestinian refugees...

*A UN First! Both Israel and Palestine Co-Sponsor Resolution Condemning
Libya Violence*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ a-un-first- both-israel- and-palestine- co-sponsor- resolution- condemning- libya-violence. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Mark Leon Goldberg, UN Dispatch - Leave it
to Muammar Qaddafi to bring together the Israelis and Palestinians at
the United Nations. I have just obtained the copy of a draft resolution
from the Human Rights...

*Egyptian regime change hope for Gaza*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ egyptian- regime-change- hope-for- gaza.aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - IRIN - Possible regime change in Egypt,
sparked by mass popular protests against President Hosni Mubarak since
25 January, could usher in a new leadership not as committed to
maintaining the Gaza blockade, observers say. Opening...

*Egypt's cabinet, under attack, meets for first time*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ egypt-s-cabinet- under-attack- meets-for- first-time. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Reuters - Egypt's new cabinet met for the
first time on Wednesday with security high on its agenda and under
attack from the Muslim Brotherhood and others who want it purged of
ministers appointed by ousted...

*Old-guard prime minister asks assistance from new guard*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ old-guard- prime-minister- asks-assistance- from-new- guard.aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Los Angeles Times - Palestinian Authority
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has decided to play the political game
right, before it is too late. Learning from what is going on around him
in the Arab world, Fayyad...

*Will Arab revolt spread to Palestinian territories? *
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ will-arab- revolt-spread- to-palestinian- territories. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - BBC News - "There's a problem of legitimacy
within the Palestinian leadership," proclaims Ghassan Khatib, peering
over his spectacles, in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Tell me something we don't know, would...

*Every Revolution Is Different*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ every-revolution -is-different. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Anne Applebaum, Slate - That could be the
first paragraph from a future history of the Arab revolutions of 2011.
In fact, it comes from the introduction to a book about the European
revolutions of 1848....

*Tweeting From Tahrir*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ tweeting- from-tahrir. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - IWPR - I stood in the northern end of
Tahrir Square, near the Egyptian museum, frantically taking notes,
snapping pictures, and reporting live on the ongoing battle. It was
February 2, the day the authorities re-established. ..

*The Clinton doctrine*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ the-clinton- doctrine. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Maximilian Forte, Al Jazeera - A wall of US
supported dictatorships across North Africa and the Middle East is
beginning to crumble and collapse, and the US as an empire in recession
is looking for ways...

*Losing the Middle East*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ losing-the- middle-east. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Benny Morris, The National Interest -
Prediction is always risky or plain silly, but my guess is that when the
dust settles, which it will, in a month or two or three's time, one will
see...

*Algerian government adopts order ending emergency law*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ algerian- government- adopts-order- ending-emergency -law.aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Al Arabiya - Algeria's cabinet on Tuesday
adopted an order to lift the 19-year-old state of emergency, a
concession designed to keep out a wave of protests sweeping the Arab
world. An instruction to lift the...

*Saudi royal concern over growing regional unrest*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ saudi-royal- concern-over- growing-regional -unrest.aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - BBC - With protests continuing in Sanaa,
the capital of Yemen - with which the Saudis share a 1,100 mile (1,770
km) border in the south - and with an uneasy calm settling in Bahrain to...

*Saudi king announces new benefits*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ saudi-king- announces- new-benefits. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Al Jazeera - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah
has announced a series of benefits for citizens amounting to $10.7
billion, as he returned to the country after he spent three months
abroad for health treatment, state television.. .

*Finally, Turkey Looks East*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ finally-turkey- looks-east. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Elif Shafak, New York Times - I started
reading the fiction of the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz with a delay
that embarrasses me, not until my early 30s. In the Turkey of my
formative years, he...

*Jordan opens graft probe into $7 bn housing scheme*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ jordan-opens- graft-probe- into-7-bn- housing-scheme. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Al Arabiya - Jordan on Wednesday opened an
investigation into a seven-billion- dollar housing project for low-income
citizens after calls by MPs to probe the scheme over suspected
corruption. "Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit today referred the case...

*Mr. Netanyahu: The End of Dictatorship is now!*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/23/ mr-netanyahu- the-end-of- dictatorship- is-now.aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - As a Palestinian- American, I have always
thought that there was at least one thing that I had in with Benjamin
Netanyahu. Here it is: Most probably, the both of us were intensely
glued to the TV...

*Egypt cultural scene gets facelift after revolution*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ egypt-cultural- scene-gets- facelift- after-revolution .aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Al Arabiya - Egyptian culture in the
aftermath of the January 25 revolution that ousted the regime of former
president Hosni Mubarak is taking a new shape as intellectuals state
their rejection of hypocrisy and youths...

*Laugh, O Revolution: Humor in the Egyptian Uprising*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ laugh-o-revoluti on-humor- in-the-egyptian- uprising. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Anna Louie Sussman, The Atlantic -
Revolutions can be messy. They can be tragic. As long as the Internet is
working, they can be tweeted. And, as Egyptians demonstrated during
their 18 days of protest, they...

*After Mubarak, Israel Is Unsettled Over Hamas*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ after-mubarak- israel-is- unsettled- over-hamas. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - The Wall Street Journal - Three years
behind bars in Egypt made Ayman Nofal a symbol of President Hosni
Mubarak's clampdown on the enemies of Israel. A week on the run turned
him into a symbol...

*Israel's road to a warm peace with Egypt*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/23/ israel-s- road-to-a- warm-peace- with-egypt. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - As echoes of the ouster of Israel's "cold
peace" partner, Hosni Mubarak, reverberate throughout the Middle East
and beyond, the people of Israel are now faced with various permutations
of what are effectively two choices: they...

*U.S. Reviews Arms Sales Amid Turmoil*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ u-s-reviews- arms-sales- amid-turmoil. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - The Wall Street Journal - The Obama
administration has launched a review of military assistance and
prospective weapons sales to countries caught up in a wave of popular
revolts, underlining growing uncertainty about how the turmoil...

*Obama's moment in the Middle East - and at home*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ obama-s-moment- in-the-middle- east-and- at-home.aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - William Kristol, The Wall Street Journal -
It is of course possible, and probably likely, that the Arab Spring of
2011 will fail, as other springs in the Middle East and elsewhere have
never come to...

*Libya in crisis as Gadhafi digs in*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ topnews/archive/ 2011/02/23/ libya-in- crisis-as- gadhafi-digs- in.aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Italy's foreign minister estimates as many
as 1,000 killed in clashes BBC News - Pressure has mounted on isolated
Libyan ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi after a chorus of international
condemnation and resignations by top officials. The...

*Why Israel Worries About Jordan*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ why-israel- worries-about- jordan.aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Asaf Romirowsky, The National Interest -
Along with much of the rest of the Middle East, Amman is facing a rising
tide of anti-government fervor. The Jordanian monarchy is under
increasing pressure. After the fall of...

*Is Libya the nightmare version of the dream that began in Tunis and
Cairo?*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/23/ is-libya- the-nightmare- version-of- the-dream- that-began- in-tunis- and-cairo. aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Last Saturday morning I blogged that I
thought that the epicenter of the Arab revolt was now in Libya and that
it was the place to watch in the immediate term, and that Yemen probably
would...

*Counting the post-revolution costs*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/23/ counting- the-post- revolution- costs.aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - IRIN - Many people in Egypt have been
directly or indirectly affected by 17 days of street protests which
ended on 11 February with the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak. Up to
365 civilians and 32...

*America talks the talk but fails to walk the walk on Democracy*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/23/ america-talks- the-talk- but-fails- to-walk-the- walk-on-democrac y.aspx>
Palestine Note 23 Feb 2011 - Yalla Peace: Talking, but not walking By
RAY HANANIA 02/22/2011 JERUSALEM POST By using its veto at Friday's
Security Council vote on Israeli settlement activity, the United States
has shown how weak it is. No amount...

*Obama's Veto At the UN, Its Causes and Its Effects, Part II*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/22/ obama-s-veto- at-the-un- its-causes- and-its-effects- part-ii.aspx>
Palestine Note 22 Feb 2011 - Originally published at The Third Way See
Part I here Last week, I detailed part of the price the US is likely to
pay for this veto, the first one in over four years (seven Mideast...

*Aljazeera* <http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/>

*Rocket from Gaza lands in Israel*
<http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/ 2011/02/20112241 3827437111. html>
AlJazeera 23 Feb 2011 - There was no casualty but Israel responded with
a number of air strikes in Gaza Strip.

*Egypt government buildings torched*
<http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/ 2011/02/20112231 3610183200. html>
AlJazeera 23 Feb 2011 - Interior ministry building suffers damage after
protesters set fire to adjacent administration block, says official.

*Palestine News Network* <http://english. pnn.ps/>

*Fatah Official: 28 Jerusalem Area Municipalities to Boycott USAID in
Response to Veto*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9606&Itemid= 62>
PNN - Jerusalem -- PNN - Hatem Abdul Qader, the Fatah official in charge
of Jerusalem affairs, announced on Wednesday that 28 Jerusalem area
municipalities had decided to boycott and refuse money from the...

*PLO Executive Ashrawi Expresses Support for Libyan People*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9605&Itemid= 61>
PNN - Ramallah -- PNN -- As government crackdowns on protesters in Libya
continued on Wednesday, PLO Executive Committee member and legislative
council member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi expressed her support for the Libyan
people...

*Gaza: Rafah Opens, Two Shot Collecting Rubble, 11 Injured in Artillery
Strikes*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9604&Itemid= 56>
PNN - Gaza City -- PNN - Two Palestinians were injured on Wednesday when
Israeli troops opened fire on them as they collected material for
concrete near the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit...

*EU Tells Lieberman: Civil Society Has "Vital Role"*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9603&Itemid= 61>
PNN - Tel Aviv -- PNN - After talks with Israeli Foreign Minister
Avigdor Lieberman, the European Union released on Tuesday a statement
criticizing the right-wing politician for seeking to investigate leftist
NGOs. The...

*MADA Trains Lawyers to Handle Freedom of Expression Violations*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9602&Itemid= 63>
PNN - Ramallah -- PNN - The Palestinian Center for Development and Media
Freedoms (MADA) started on Tuesday a three-day workshop aimed at
enhancing lawyer's abilities to manage freedom of expression cases, with
a...

*Palestinian Center for Human Rights* <http://pchrgaza. org/>

*Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory (10 -- 16 February 2011)*
<http://www.pchrgaza .org/portal/ en/index. php?option= com_content& view=article& id=7231:weekly- report-on- israeli-human- rights-violation s-in-the- occupied- palestinian- territory- 10--16-february- 2011&catid= 84:weekly- 2009&Itemid= 183>
Palestinian Center for Human Rights

*Jerusalem Post* <http://jpost. com/>

*Landau: Israel must break its addiction to 'black gold'*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=209606& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - National Infrastructures minister says
addiction to oil linked to an addiction to automobiles, declaring that
"we are addicts of states who provide the oil."

*'Most African migrants treated at clinic suffered abuse'*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=209604& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - PHR-Israel: Most who report for treatment
in Jaffa report being locked up against their will or suffering physical
abuse during their journey to Israel.

*Only four MKs vote to annex West Bank*
<http://www.jpost. com/DiplomacyAnd Politics/ Article.aspx? ID=209603& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - National Union slams other right-wing
factions for failing to support bill that would normalize status of West
Bank communities.

*Mother worries even though son escaped quake unscathed*
<http://www.jpost. com/JewishWorld/ JewishNews/ Article.aspx? ID=209602& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - Orna Barashi from J'lem fears the worst on
hearing that earthquake had hit the city of Christchurch and that its
Chabad House had been destroyed.

*As turmoil persists, Mideast leaders bow to pressure*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=209594& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - Bahrain frees 100 political prisoners;
Saudis enact economic reforms; Jordan loosens protest rules.

*J'lem police arrest 4 minors on suspicion of killing Arab*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=209591& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - Remand of four suspects, aged 16- 17,
extended; Jerusalem district attorney to indict them soon.

*Rocket falls on Beersheba; FM demands UN action be taken*
<http://www.jpost. com/Defense/ Article.aspx? ID=209584& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - Following Katyusha fire in Negev which
causes extensive damage, Lieberman says "Israel will not remain
indifferent to these acts"; residents treated for shock; IAF responds by
striking Islamic Jihad cell in Gaza.

*Israel to allow 300 Palestinians in Libya into the PA*
<http://www.jpost. com/DiplomacyAnd Politics/ Article.aspx? ID=209562& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - PM says entry permits were given out of
humanitarian considerations; request was made by PA President Abbas.

*Cameron: Mideast leaders use Israel as a distraction*
<http://www.jpost. com/Internationa l/Article. aspx?ID=209554& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - UK Prime Minister says rulers use the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict to deflect criticism, expresses optimism in
political protests.

*Israeli and Iranian warships in the Suez Canal*
<http://www.jpost. com/Magazine/ Features/ Article.aspx? ID=209547& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - Egypt could have prevented the Iranian
warships from entering the Suez Canal by repeating the claim it made in
the 1950s to Israel, namely that the ships present a threat to its defense.

*Palestinians to 'boycott US' over Security Council veto*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=209546& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - Palestinian local councils boycott
American officials, journalists; Fayyad says he would give up any aid
that is dependent on political conditions.

*Netanyahu: Mideast instability may last for years*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=209537& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - PM says there is uncertainty about
Palestinian partner for peace; Livni says Netanyahu "works against the
world."

*Police reveal 4 arrested on suspicion of stabbing Arab*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=209529& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - Indictments to be submitted against 4
Jewish boys from settlements and Je'lem after Husam Rawidi was murdered
in nationalistic attack.

*Demand for Birthright-Taglit hits new high in N. America*
<http://www.jpost. com/JewishWorld/ JewishNews/ Article.aspx? ID=209502& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - Organization receives over 40,000
applications for 10-day trip to Israel, hopes to bring 33,000 young
adults to country in 2011.

*Fayyad willing to visit Gaza to discuss Hamas unity deal*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=209497& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - Comments come after PA prime minister
offers Hamas unity gov't allowing them to continue ruling Gaza.

*Chilean miners arrive for 'pilgrimage of thanks'*
<http://www.jpost. com/VideoArticle s/Video/Article. aspx?ID=209466& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 22 Feb 2011 - Survivors of mine collapse to arrive in
Israel today, visit Via Dolorosa, King David's Tomb as guests of Tourism
Ministry.

*TA woman chosen to head Ladies Circle International*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=209459& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 22 Feb 2011 - Sharon Taitz, who was president of Ladies
Circle Israel 2009-2010, will take over the prestigious post in August.

*Young Arabs in Jerusalem demonstrate against US veto*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=209451& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 22 Feb 2011 - General Union of Palestine Youth gathered
at the Damascus Gate to protest the veto of a UN resolution calling
settlements illegal.

*International Solidarity Movement* <http://palsolidarit y.org/>

*Adalah-NY: New Yorkers protest Israel Philharmonic for whitewashing
apartheid, protests planned in other US cities*
<http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 02/16756/>
2/23/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - February 22 - Seventy
New Yorkers protested the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra's (IPO)
performance at Carnegie Hall Tuesday evening, using chants, songs and
street theater to highlight the IPO's role in whitewashing Israel's
apartheid policies against the Palestinian people. The orchestra's
performances are being met with protests in six.... Related:YNet:
'Philharmonic has role in Israel's apartheid'
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4031782,00. html>

*Ha'aretz Defense page*
<http://haaretz. com/hasen/ pages/LiArt. jhtml?contrassID =1&subContrassID =5&sbSubContrass ID=0>

*Grad rockets fired at Be'er Sheva for first time since Gaza war*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/grad- rockets-fired- at-be-er- sheva-for- first-time- since-gaza- war-1.345280>
Ha'aretz - One missile hit building in residential area, causing damage;
no casualties reported; Palestinians report Israeli air strike
retaliation, wounding two Islamic Jihad militants.

*Israel to let 300 Palestinians return to West Bank from Libya*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/israel- to-let-300- palestinians- return-to- west-bank- from-libya- 1.345272>
Ha'aretz - Netanyahu makes humanitarian gesture to Palestinians as
foreigners from all over the world flee Libya; More than 12 countries
send planes to help their citizens escape an increasingly unstable
situation.

*Chilean miners arrive in Israel for Holy Land pilgrimage*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/chilean- miners-arrive- in-israel- for-holy- land-pilgrimage- 1.345267>
Ha'aretz - Several miners to be baptized near Sea of Galilee during what
they call a 'pilgrimage of thanksgiving' in Israel's holy sites.

*Netanyahu: Mideast instability could last for years*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/netanyah u-mideast- instability- could-last- for-years- 1.345257>
Ha'aretz - PM stresses the importance of guaranteeing that peace
agreements with Egypt, Jordan don't 'evaporate' like the relations
Israel once had with Turkey and Iran.

*Peres: Iran ships in Suez should serve as warning to Europe*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/peres- iran-ships- in-suez-should- serve-as- warning-to- europe-1. 345225>
Ha'aretz - Passage of the ships doesn't in itself present a threat to
the region, but it does threaten Europe and the rest of the world, the
president says while on visit in Spain.

*IDF fires on militants on Gaza border, wounding 11*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/idf- fires-on- militants- on-gaza-border- wounding- 11-1.345219>
Ha'aretz - Palestinians report three children were among the wounded,
while the rest belonged to Islamic Jihad; IDF says explosive device was
detonated towards soldiers patrolling border.

*Ha'aretz National page*
<http://haaretz. com/hasen/ pages/LiArt. jhtml?contrassID =1&subContrassID =7&sbSubContrass ID=0>

*Majority of asylum-seekers in Israel are seriously abused in Sinai,
report reveals*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ majority- of-asylum- seekers-in- israel-are- seriously- abused-in- sinai-report- reveals-1. 345220>
Ha'aretz - A Physicians for Human Rights survey reveals that most
sub-Saharan Africans seeking refugee status in Israel suffer horrible
violence at the hands of those that smuggle them into the country.

*Prosecution demands former President Moshe Katsav be given long prison
term*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ prosecution- demands-former- president- moshe-katsav- be-given- long-prison- term-1.345031>
Ha'aretz - Prosecuting lawyers demand that Katsav also be accused of
moral turpitude and that he pay a fine to the complainants in the case.

*Palestine Telegraph* <http://paltelegraph .com/>

*In Gaza: Jeans, Hookah, a Bike, My Rights?*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ gaza-strip/ 8553-in-gaza- jeans-hookah- a-bike-my- rights.html>
23 Feb 2011 - London, (PalTelegraph) - Jeans, Hookah, a Bike, My Rights?

*Israeli forces shell east Gaza, wound 11*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ gaza-strip/ 8548-israeli- forces-shell- east-gaza- wound-11. html>
23 Feb 2011 - Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)-eleven Palestinian citizens
were injured during artillery shelling targeted Al-Zeitoun suburb in the
east of Gaza Strip. Witnesses told SAFA News Agency that three Israeli
bulldozers accompanied with tow military vehicles invaded Al-Zeitun
suburb in the east part of Gaza city and opened massive fire at civilian
houses and agricultural lands.

*Two Gazan workers shot by Israeli army*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ gaza-strip/ 8547-two- gazan-workers- shot-by-israeli- army.html>
23 Feb 2011 - Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)-Two Palestinian citizens were
shot Wednesday by Israeli gunfire during their work in the north of Bait
Lahia, northern Gaza Strip.

*Israeli soldiers burn 2 cars, storm houses in Nablus*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ west-bank/ 8546-israeli- soldiers- burn-2-cars- storm-houses- in-nablus. html>
23 Feb 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli settlers set fire
Wednesday with two cars and stormed houses owned by Palestinian
citizens in Burin village, southern Nablus .

*Hamas condemns Israeli detention of Sheikh Salah*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ west-bank/ 8545-hamas- condemns- israeli-detentio n-of-sheikh- salah.html>
23 Feb 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Hamas strongly condemned
Israeli's detention of Sheikh Raed Salah , head of the Islamic movement
in occupied Palestine, for participating in a non-violent protest held
by Palestinian youths to defend their homes and holy places .

*Occupation brutality continues in Silwan*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ west-bank/ 8544-occupation- brutality- continues- in-silwan. html>
23 Feb 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Violent clashes erupted
Tuesday evening between Palestinian residents and Israeli forces in
several districts of Silwan town, southern Al-Qsaa mosque.

*Uruknet* <http://uruknet. info/>

*Torture prosecutions and aid to Israel*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75290& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 23, 2011 - ... In the meantime, I recorded a
Bloggingheads session on Monday with former Bush speechwriter David Frum
over several issues about which we've disagreed: (1) Frum argued --
first on his blog and then on CNN.com -- that no other countries have
the right to prosecute Bush officials for the torture regime they
created; that's a...

*1 dead, 10 injured in Israel shelling near Gaza City*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75289& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 23, 2011 - A Palestinian injured by an Israeli shell
fired east of Gaza City on Wednesday has died, medics said. Adel
Jundiyeh, a member of the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, died and 10
others were injured including three children, medics said. The shelling
came moments after four Israeli bulldozers and four tanks entered into
the Gaza...

*As Clinton Hawks 'Freedom to Connect,' Justice Department Shields 'War
on Terror' Fraudsters, Targets WikiLeaks*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75287& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 23, 2011 - While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was
praising the role that the internet played in toppling oppressive
regimes (ironically enough, close U.S. allies), the Justice Department
was in court in Alexandria, Virginia seeking to invade the privacy and
political rights of WikiLeaks supporters even as it shields
well-connected "War on Terror" fraudsters. Scarcely batting an...

*Iranian Refinery Workers on Strike*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75283& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 23, 2011 --- The workers at one Iran's largest
refineries have been on strike since last Monday when the opposition
movement called for a nationwide day of protest to show solidarity with
people in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East. Abadan's oil refinery
is the largest refinery in Iran. The striking workers announced they
have not been...

*Palestinian house inside cage in Jewish settlement*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75279& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 23, 2011 -- The al-Ghirayib family lives in one of the
stranger manifestations of Israel's 43-year occupation of the West Bank:
a Palestinian house inside a metal cage inside an Israeli settlement.
The family's 10 members, four of them children, can only reach the house
via a 40-yard (meter) passageway connecting them to the Arab village of
Beit...

*Egyptian junta clamps down on strikes*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75278& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 23, 2011 - Egypt's military regime has threatened to
illegalise strikes in the face of the ongoing social unrest following
the removal of President Hosni Mubarak. Beginning February 14, a wave of
strikes erupted in Egypt. Industrial action closed down textile plants,
chemical and pharmaceutical factories and Cairo airport. Transport
workers put sleepers on the tracks to stop...

*Murder of Palestinian highlights Israeli judicial discrimination*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75274& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 23, 2011 -

*Israel bars Red Cross aid from homeless Bedouin*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75273& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 23, 2011 - Residents of the tiny Bedouin hamlet of
Amniyr crowded into a small cave in the rocky hills south of Hebron to
sleep on Wednesday night, after their tent homes were destroyed by
Israeli demolition crews claiming the hamlet as state land. Village
elder Hajj Mahmoud said the three families that live in the area spent...

*UN condemns Israeli demolitions*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75268& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 22, 2011 - Following his visit to the village of
Khirbet Tana, where Israeli forces demolished tent homes and animal
shelters on Monday for the fourth time this year, a UN official
condemned the move as illegal. "Under international law, Israel, as the
occupying power in the oPt, is prohibited from destroying property
belonging to individuals or communities. ..

*Hitting Israel where it hurts most*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75265& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 22, 2011 - On July 9, 2005, a Palestinian grassroots
movement launched its Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign
against Israel until its government complied with international law and
universal principles of human rights. The BDS National Committee (BNC)
is calling all people to join the Global BDS 'day of action' on Land Day
--- March 30 ---...

*Is the West Bank next?* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m75262& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 22, 2011 - If Binyamin Netanyahu's govenment, and its
lobby in Washington, were rational they would be rushing to plan
Israel's evacuation from the occupied territories, and encouraging the
establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East
Jerusalem. That is because they would understand that the Arab
revolution will not stop at the gates...

*Fayyad proposes unity govt with Hamas*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75259& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 22, 2011 -- Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam
Fayyad has proposed forming a unity government with Hamas, under which
the Islamist group would have responsibility for security in Gaza.
Speaking to Palestinian journalists late Monday, Fayyad said the
"security concept" applied by Hamas in Gaza, where the group has sought
to enforce a ceasefire with Israel, could provide...

*Iran hails warships' mission in Mediterranean*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75254& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet - Iranian officials on Tuesday hailed the passage of two
warships through Egypt's Suez Canal as a milestone in Iran's effort to
play a greater role in maritime affairs. Israeli officials called it a
worrisome provocation at a time of upheaval and deepening tension in the
Arab world.The Alvand frigate, one of the oldest vessels in the Iranian
navy's...

*Why I tried to arrest Avigdor Lieberman*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75252& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 22, 2011 - If apartheid is a crime, there is only one
way to treat its practitioners: arrest them. That is precisely what I
tried to do when I confronted Avigdor Lieberman, the architect of a
series of laws designed to make Israeli apartheid even more draconian
than it already is. As the Israeli foreign minister was about...

*Home demolitions in Amniyr, a community north of Susiya in the south
Hebron Hills* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m75251& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 22, 2011 - This morning the Israeli army demolished
homes, wells and trees in the village of Susiya, South Hebron Hills. Two
families were made homeless. A total of five tents, two wells and a
number of olive trees were demolished. Tens of troops and two bulldozers
were used. Neighbours were prevented from reaching the families, and
teachers...

*Israeli army will cash in on Egypt's upheavals*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75250& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 22, 2011 - Israel has been indulging in a sustained
bout of fear-mongering since the Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was
toppled earlier this month. The ostensible aim has been to warn the
international community that the lengthy "cold peace" between the two
countries is on the verge of collapse. In reality, the peace treaty
signed three decades ago...

*Gaddafi's former number two resigns in support of protesters*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75249& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 22, 2011 - Libya's Interior Minister Abdul Fatah Younis
resigned from his post on Tuesday, saying he had 'joined the revolution'
against leader Moamer Gaddafi. Speaking to the broadcaster al-Arabiya,
the military general described as Gaddafi's former number two called on
the Libyan army to meet protesters' demands. 'Our plan now is to support
the youth in Tripoli...

*The National* <http://thenational. ae/section/ FOREIGN?profile= 1011>

*Cairo court says Al Dahra land deal was illegal*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ cairo-court- says-al-dahra- land-deal- was-illegal>
The National 23 Feb 2011 - The ruling has thrown into doubt the future
of a US$500 million (Dh1.83bn) agricultural project south-west of Aswan
that represents one of the UAE's largest investments in Egypt.

*Voices of Egypt's revolution*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ voices-of- egypts-revolutio n>
The National 23 Feb 2011 - Nine Egyptians look to a new life after
protesters forced the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. They're hopeful of
change but worried about the right time frame to usher in the transition
to democracy.

*Alternative Information Center* <http://alternativen ews.org/>

*European Policy Centre: Don't Host Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister!*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ news/3339- european- policy-centre- dont-host- israeli-deputy- foreign-minister>
Alternative Information Center - The European Policy Centre is inviting
Danny Ayalon, a leader of the extremist Israeli party, Yisrael Beitenu,
for a breakfast briefing on Tuesday, 1 March 2011 at 8:00 am, to be held
at the Silken Berlaymont *...

*AIC Video: Jerusalem Racist Attacks*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ jerusalem/ 3340-aic- video-jerusalem- racist-attacks->
Alternative Information Center - 24-year-old Palestinian Hussam Rwidy
was killed in the early morning hours of Friday February 13, when he and
a friend, Murad Khader Joulani, were returning home from work.

*Daily Star* <http://dailystar. com.lb/>

*The people want an end to American support for settlements*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125258>
Daily Star 23 Feb 2011 The wave of liberation revolutions sweeping the
Arab world has shown the world that the Arabs are alive and deserve
freedom and are prepared to fight and die for it. But the strangest
thing about it...

*Jordan's Cabinet announces reforms as Islamist opposition plans
protest*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125257>
Daily Star 23 Feb 2011 Jordan's Cabinet has approved laws making it
easier to organize protests and will revive a government body that works
to ensure basic commodities remain affordable to the poor. A government
official said the reforms had been...

*East Jerusalem bodies boycott U.S. consulate over veto*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125256>
Daily Star 23 Feb 2011 RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank: Palestinian
organizations in East Jerusalem are boycotting the U.S. consulate in
protest over a veto that torpedoed a Security Council resolution on
Israeli settlements. Hatem Abdel Kader, the senior Fatah official who...

*Obama leads world condemnation - and inaction - on Libya bloodshed*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125254>
Daily Star 23 Feb 2011 U.S. President Barack Obama said the violent
crackdown in Libya violated international norms and that he had ordered
his national security team to prepare the full range of options for
dealing with the crisis. "It is...

*Sudanese human rights group slams 'rape' by security forces*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125237>
Daily Star 23 Feb 2011 KHARTOUM: Sudanese security forces have sexually
attacked women in Khartoum repeatedly as part of a new strategy to
repress opposition activists, a Sudan rights group said Wednesday. "Tens
of cases of sexual violence have been documented.. .

*NATO keeps eye on Iran warships in Mediterranean*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125235>
Daily Star 23 Feb 2011 BRUSSELS: The NATO military alliance said
Wednesday it was monitoring two Iranian warships that have entered the
Mediterranean Sea, a presence that has unnerved Israel. "We follow
events in the region and we follow these two...

*Security high on agenda as Egypt's new Cabinet meets for first time*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125233>
Daily Star 23 Feb 2011 CAIRO: Egypt's new Cabinet met for the first time
Wednesday with security high on its agenda and under attack from the
Muslim Brotherhood and others who want it purged of ministers who had
been appointed by...

*U.N. under fire for failing to halt bloodshed*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125229>
Daily Star 23 Feb 2011 Amnesty International accused Wednesday the
international community of failing the Libyan people in their hour of
greatest need. It said the response of the U.N. Security Council fell
below what was needed to stop violence in...

*The Guardian* <http://guardian. co.uk/world/ palestinian- territories>

*Letters: The space where anti-Zionism becomes antisemitism*
<http://www.guardian .co.uk/world/ 2011/feb/ 24/anti-zionism- becomes-antisemi tism>
The Guardian 23 Feb 2011 - Your coverage of the report by Universities
UK ( Universities must engage and debate with extremists, report says ,
19 February) quotes an unnamed "source familiar with the report" as
saying: "If someone is saying all Jews should...

*Relief Web*
<http://reliefweb. int/rw/rwb. nsf/doc106? OpenForm& emid=ACOS- 635PFR&rc= 3>

*300 Palestinians in Libya to be allowed back-Israel*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /ADGO-8ECRCR? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 23 Feb 2011 - Source: Reuters - AlertNet

*Gaza-Egypt border crossing reopens*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /ADGO-8EBNTY? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 22 Feb 2011 - Source: Agence France-Presse

*YNet News* <http://ynetnews. com/>

*Chilean miners land in Israel*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033079,00. html>
YNet News - Thirty-one miners who spent two months trapped underground
arrive in Holy Land,....

*Palestinians fire mortars, IDF fires back*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4032919,00. html>
YNet News - IDF fires into Gaza after three mortars hit Negev, explains
troops threatened by....

*Ayalon: Diplomats will tour Hebron*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4032918,00. html>
YNet News - Deputy foreign minister unveils new plan to take new
ambassadors, Foreign....

*Interpol helps catch suspected pedophiles*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4032892,00. html>
YNet News - Israel Police arrest thee men, including two fathers,
suspected of distributing. ...

*Palestinian FM: Statehood by September*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4032516,00. html>
YNet News - Riyad Al-Malki says there is still enough time for two state
solution, adding....

*Grad rocket hits Beersheba*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033209,00. html>
YNet News - A Grad rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a house yard in
Beersheba Wednesday. Damage was caused to several nearby houses and
vehicles. Ten people, including four .......

*PM authorizes entry of 300 Palestinians from Libya to PA*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033181,00. html>
YNet News - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday that
he is granting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's request to allow
300 Palestinian refugees from Libya enter .......

*Iranian naval ships arrive in Syria*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033072,00. html>
YNet News - Two Iranian naval ships arrived Wednesday afternoon at the
Port of Lattakia in Syria, after crossing the Suez Canal Tuesday,
Iranian news agency IRNA reported. An .......

*Los Angeles Times* <http://latimes. com/news/ nationworld/ world/middleeast />

*Egypt cotton mills whir again after army, workers reach pact*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/wxG3gt70LJY /la-fg-egypt- labor-20110224, 0,3181466. story>
LA Times 23 Feb 2011 - Alarmed by a sit-down protest in a town with a
history of labor defiance, army leaders threatened force to stop the
strike in the state-owned factory. But they quickly agreed to some
worker demands. The groaning industrial looms are cranking again inside
the massive Misr Spinning & Weaving Co. factory in this gritty Nile
Delta city famous for its textiles. Workers are streaming past army
tanks and concertina wire to resume production of cotton and wool
fabrics after a four-day wildcat strike.

*Egypt's 'Day of Rage' not inspired by Chicago rampage*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/q4TV- VJQl9s/la- fg-days-of- rage-20110224, 0,4518582. story>
LA Times 23 Feb 2011 - Egypt's 'Day of Rage' has a familiar ring in
Chicago. But the phrase has Arab, not American, roots and the outcomes
of the protests are worlds apart. When the young Egyptian activists
plotting President Hosni Mubarak's downfall summoned people to revolt on
Jan. 25, they announced a Youm al Ghadad , a "Day of Rage," in which the
masses would pour into the streets and tell authorities they'd had enough.

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[ninathedog]

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[OccupationNews] Digest Number 1303
Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:10 pm (PST)


*New York Times* <http://nytimes. com/pages/ world/middleeast />

*Arab Unrest Propels Iran as Saudi Influence Declines*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=be5b9887054e3a 816019df772cfa51 a6>
New York Times 23 Feb 2011 - Iran has already benefited from the ouster
or undermining of Arab leaders who were its strong adversaries and has
begun to project its growing influence, analysts say.

*As Arab Leaders Teeter, Israel Frets*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=1451aaf9fa7d8c 44b032ea91a84fbf cd>
New York Times 23 Feb 2011 - Israel finds many of its most reliable
partners buffeted or blown away, upending the region's old certainties.

*Middle East: Egypt's Tourism Industry Faces Sharp Reversal*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=896c082f85b0b8 0705c636af94b721 da>
New York Times 23 Feb 2011 - Egypt's tourism industry is losing $1
billion a month as tourists avoid the country in the wake of the
revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

*Misc* <http://vtjp. org/aboutus/ aboutus.htm>

*Israel destroys hundreds of West Bank olive trees to lay settlement
water line*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/israel- destroys- hundreds- of-west-bank- olive-trees- to-lay-settlemen t-water-line. html



Mondoweiss - A resident of Jab'a stands next to destroyed olive trees.
(Photo: Palestine Solidarity Project ) Yesterday, February 22 2011, a
number of Palestinian news agencies, including the agency that I work
for, published articles on the destruction of olive fields in the West
Bank town of Jab'a,...

*At home with The Goldstone Report*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/at-home- with-the- goldstone- report.html>
Mondoweiss - Mondo reader Alexander Van Heuverzwyn sent us this
wonderful scene of domestic bliss upon receiving his copy of the The
Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza
Conflict . Do you have your copy yet? If not, you can fix that here ....

*What do you think he will say?*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/what-do- you-think- he-will-say. html>
Mondoweiss - MIT's Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar, Andrew Bacevich,
Professor of International Relations and History, Boston University to
speak on: "US & Israeli Interests: Aligned or Diverging?" March 1, 2011
4:30-6:00pm E51-335 (Tang Center, 70 Memorial Drive)

*'The free people of Benghazi flood the streets!!!'*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/the-free- people-of- benghazi- flood-the- streets.html>
Mondoweiss - An amazing picture at the Feb. 17th Youth Movement's site .
They've asked readers of this site to go there. So please-- go there and
support these brave beautiful freedom-loving risktaking Libyans who are
imagining a better future!

*Educate. Motivate. Advocate: Come to DC March 5-7 to change US policy
in Israel/Palestine*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/educate- motivate- advocate- come-to-dc- march-5-7- to-change- us-policy- in-israelpalesti ne.html>
Mondoweiss - Above is an an announcement for an event I'll be doing
about The Goldstone Report , along with the wonderful Laila el-Haddad ,
in Washington DC. It's part of a weekend of events focused on changing
US policy in Israel/Palestine. The American Friends Service Committee is
organizing.. .

*The European Union and Israel*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1695>
Palestine Monitor - When David Cronin tried to arrest Israeli Foreign
Minister Avigdor Lieberman, he was quickly carted away by Brussel
security agents. "If apartheid is a crime, there is only one way to
treat its practitioners: arrest them," the journalist and author wrote
on Electronic Intifada . Cronin is...

*Call To Protest March 15*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1694>
Palestine Monitor - Below is a short video calling for mass protests to
end the political division in Palestine and unify to before the common
Israeli occupation.

*Let the Good Times, and the Generals, Rule the Middle East*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/0EO7c- StoK8/>
Tikun Olam - Asaf Geffen's biting satire from Ynet about Israel's
preference for military strongmen over democracy: It was not surprising
to discover that the new international star for Israelis is Egyptian
General Tantawi. Indeed, in a country ruled by generals such as our own,
what's more natural for...

*Dan Shapiro to Be Obama's New Israel Ambassador*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/VapaFh97oiY />
Tikun Olam - Dan Shapiro, U.S. ambassador-water- carrier-designat e to
Israel (Natasha Mozgovaya) In a sign that Pres. Obama is rewarding those
who devised the inert policy he's adopted toward the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, Haaretz reports that the new U.S. ambassador to Israel will be
Dan Shapiro. During the presidential election campaign,...

*World oil prices soar, stocks tumble on fears of widening unrest in
North Africa and Middle East*
<http://www.wsws. org/articles/ 2011/feb2011/ econ-f23. shtml>
WSWS - Global stock values fell broadly for the second day on Tuesday
and crude oil prices surged as the social upheaval in Libya disrupted
petroleum exports and ongoing protests in Bahrain and Yemen threatened
to spread to Saudi Arabia.

*US admiral tours Persian Gulf as protests spread*
<http://www.wsws. org/articles/ 2011/feb2011/ mull-f23. shtml>
WSWS - Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of
Staff, visited the United Arab Emirates yesterday amid a wave of mass
revolutionary struggles in the Middle East that has forced dictators in
Tunisia and Egypt from power.

*'Revenge' of the Blogger's Wife*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/o5s3833IvA4 />
Tikun Olam - My wife shared this cartoon with me, clearly entirelhy
agreeing with its sentiment regarding my own attitude toward this blog
and you, my readers. When I protested that I didn't take that attitude
toward my blog in conversation with her (of course being entirely more
modest),...

*The Shores of Tripoli Run Red With Martyrs' Blood*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/C2qEcS617wo />
Tikun Olam - The Marine Corps hymn brags of the force's presence from
the "halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli." But the Marines
haven't been in Tripoli since the early 1800s, when they attacked the
Barbary pirates. It doubtful they'll be going back there any time soon,...

*Misc 2* <http://vtjp. org/news/ news.php>

*The Knesset Passes Human Rights NGO Harassment Bill*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/jeremiahhab er/PcEx/% 7E3/Qunx7W2OGJ0/ knesset-passes- human-rights- ngo.html>
The Magnes Zionist 22 Feb 2011 - When an Israeli newspaper last Fall
published a list of Bibi Netanyahu's potential list of donors for the
2007 elections, which included certified strident rightwingers like
Kenneth S. Abramowitz, the Prime Minister's office responded that "
Netanyahu makes his decisions in accordance with what is good for...

*Eviatar: Three Dead Children*
<http://theonlydemoc racy.org/ 2011/02/eviatar- three-dead- children/>
The Only Democracy? JVP2 23 Feb 2011 - Guest Post by Aharan Eviatar The
recent ghastly events in Arizona, especially the killing of Christina
Greene, gunned down by a political lunatic at age nine, lead one to
think of the phenomenon of political killing of children and what it
implies for society. In particular,. ..

*Hate crimes against Palestinians in the heart of West Jerusalem go
unnoticed in Israel*
<http://josephdana. com/2011/ 02/hate-crimes- against-palestin ians-in-the- heart-of- west-jerusalem- go-unnoticed- in-israel/ ?utm_source= rss&utm_medium= rss&utm_campaign =hate-crimes- against-palestin ians-in-the- heart-of- west-jerusalem- go-unnoticed- in-israel>
Joseph Dana 23 Feb 2011 - Amid the revolutionary cheer that was
emanating from Egypt last week, a group of Israeli Jews attacked and
killed a Palestinian in the heart of West Jerusalem. 24-year-old
Palestinian Hussam Rwidy was killed by a group of nationalist Jewish
youth screaming "death to Arabs" as he...

*Army Fires Skunk Water in Nabi Saleh Houses; Seven Arrested*
<http://josephdana. com/2011/ 02/army-fires- skunk-water- in-nabi-saleh- houses-seven- arrested/ ?utm_source= rss&utm_medium= rss&utm_campaign =army-fires- skunk-water- in-nabi-saleh- houses-seven- arrested>
Joseph Dana 23 Feb 2011 - The following is a report from the Popular
Struggle Coordination Committee about last week's demonstration in Nabi
Saleh. I have been closely following the events in the village including
the arrest of children as a form of collective punishment. The army is
clearly escalating it's already...

*Gaza rocket fired at Israeli city*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 12562631>
BBC 23 Feb 2011 - A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hits a house in the
Israeli city of Beersheba, the first such attack since Israel's 2009
offensive in Gaza.

*Iran*
<http://news. bbc.co.uk/ go/rss/int/ news/-/2/ hi/middle_ east/country_ profiles/ 790877.stm>
BBC 22 Feb 2011 - Key facts, figures and dates

*VIDEO: Extreme hiking on West Bank barrier*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/entertain ment-arts- 12550531>
BBC 23 Feb 2011 - Comedian Mark Thomas talks to BBC Breakfast about his
extreme ramble along the entire length of the Israeli separation barrier

*Iran Steps Up Crackdown on Opposition Leaders*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/antiwar- original/ %7E3/59qPbOx7pSA />
Antiwar.com 23 Feb 2011 - On Monday night, Iranian security agents
raided the home of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, separating him from
his wife, searching his house, and arresting his son, Ali Karroubi,
according to the local media outlet Saham News. Karroubi's own Web site
reports that percussion grenades were also...

*Refuge and return*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/SabbahsBlog /%7E3/jmvkplcwvl o/>
Sabbah report 22 Feb 2011 - Lamya Hussain* writing from Bourj
al-Barajneh refugee camp | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz "Where would
you like to go?" asks a taxi driver a little older than my father, his
thick Lebanese accent I barely understand. I reply politely, "Off the
airport road to Bourj al-Barajneh. " "The refugee...

*Craven US veto costs Washington its last shred of credibility*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/SabbahsBlog /%7E3/uwU0PTtIAr s/>
Sabbah report 22 Feb 2011 - Hang you head in shame, O Peace Prize
laureate. By Stuart Littlewood * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The
Nobel award, said Barack Obama at the time, was "an affirmation of
American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all
nations" and must be shared with everyone...

*Articles*

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*Israeli army will cash in on Egyptian revolution*
<http://www.israeli- occupation. org/2011- 02-22/jonathan- cook-israeli- army-will- cash-in-on- egyptian- revolution/>
Jonathan Cook, Israeli Occupation Archive 2/22/2011
Israel has been indulging in a sustained bout of fear-mongering
since the Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was toppled earlier this
month. The ostensible aim has been to warn the international community
that the lengthy "cold peace" between the two countries is on the verge
of collapse.
In reality, the peace treaty signed three decades ago is in no
danger for the forseeable future. The Egyptian and Israeli armies have
too much of a vested interest in its continuation, whatever political
reforms occur in Egypt.
And if the Egyptian political system really does open up, which is
still far from sure, the Israeli military may actually be a beneficiary
--- if for all the wrong reasons.
The main value of the 1979 Camp David treaty to the Israeli
leadership has been three decades of calm on Israel's south-western
flank. That, in turn, has freed the army to concentrate on more pressing
goals, such as its intermittent forays north to sow sectarian discord in
Lebanon, its belligerent posturing towards first Iraq and now Iran in
the east, and its campaign to contain and dispossess the Palestinians
under its rule.
But since Mubarak's ousting on February 11, Israeli politicians
and generals have warned that democracy for Egypt is bound to empower
the country's Islamists, supposedly bent on Israel's destruction.
Last week, Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, compared a
post-Mubarak Egypt with Iran, saying Israel was "preparing for the
worst".... -- See also:Source <http://www.jkcook. net/>more..
<http://www.israeli- occupation. org/2011- 02-22/jonathan- cook-israeli- army-will- cash-in-on- egyptian- revolution/>e-mail
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*US veto no way to peace talks*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362225>
Suhail Khalilieh, Ma'an News Agency 2/22/2011
On Friday February 18, the U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council
resolution to condemn illegal Israeli settlements' construction in the
occupied Palestinian territory.
The vote itself was not a surprise, the US government policy
toward the Palestinians is obvious and it has not changed from one
administration to the next. Palestinians just didn't take the hint.
Well, more like a slap in the face than a hint this time.
US officials have made it clear that they sympathize with the
Palestinians and may even understand the injustice that has fallen upon
them but that is as far as they will go.
Sympathy earns financial support, but Palestinians should know
better than to expect anything beyond that. With US support for
settlements going back decades with military aid and support for the
soldiers who keep back Palestinian protesters, tax breaks and rhetorical
support. It was unrealistic for Palestinians to expect a condemnation.
That the UN resolution was adopted by the other 14 members of the
Security Council and co-sponsored by 120 countries in order to get it
there is irrelevant to the United States, which sees Israel as its
ultimate ally.
Americans should not be "bullied" into abandoning an ally, US
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, told
Washington. Criticizing Israel at the United Nations "isn't leadership,
it's unacceptable, " she said.
The stated US position on Palestinians is in just as much direct
conflict with its actions as is Israel's.... more..
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362225>e-mail
<mailto:?subject= US%20veto% 20no%20way% 20to%20peace% 20talks%20& body=US%20veto% 20no%20way% 20to%20peace% 20talks%20- -%20http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362225% 20--%20link% 20courtesy% 20www.vtjp. org>

*A Pyrrhic Victory in the UN Security Council*
<http://www.counterp unch.org/ avnery02212011. html>
Uri Avnery, CounterPunch 2/21/2011
/The US Veto and the Israel Lobby/
Israel is becoming a liability to the United States, bringing US
into the same international isolation into which Israel itself was cast.
The so-called "Israel Lobby", which prevents Israeli misconduct
from ever being corrected, is a grave danger to Israel's future.
The vote in the U.N. shows the entire world unanimous in regarding
settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as manifestly
illegal and a major obstacle to any chance of peace. It is clear to the
entire world that there is no point to negotiations while the State of
Israel is daily creating accomplished facts in the territory which is
the subject of negotiations.
President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton, too, are well
aware of this. They gave unconvincing excuses for their act of imposing
a veto on a highly justified and needed resolution, which all other
countries supported. These excuses cannot hide the one and only reason
for this illogical vote: the intervention of the government of Israel in
American politics, using the power of the so-called "Israel Lobby" in
the U.S. Congress.
The veto they were forced to cast should not mislead the Netanyahu
government. It is clear for everybody to see that Israel is becoming
more and more a liability to the US - bringing the United States into
the same international isolation as that into which Israel itself was
brought by the actions of its government.more. .
<http://www.counterp unch.org/ avnery02212011. html>e-mail
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*Gaddafi follows path of ousted dictators*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/GqIOQX5jBJ8/ article11825. shtml>
Electronic Intifada: 23 Feb 2011 - CAIRO (IPS) - The brutal response by
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi against pro-democracy protestors in the
country indicates his determination not to leave office without a bloody
battle, but his moves follow the path that eventually led to ouster of
two neighboring dictators.more
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/GqIOQX5jBJ8/ article11825. shtml>

*The European Union and Israel*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1695>
Palestine Monitor: 23 Feb 2011 - When David Cronin tried to arrest
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, he was quickly carted away
by Brussel security agents. "If apartheid is a crime, there is only one
way to treat its practitioners: arrest them," the journalist and author
wrote on Electronic Intifada . Cronin is quickly becoming a forceful and
meticulous critic of the Israeli regime and it's connections to the
European Union (EU). Under the leadership of Tony Blair and Catherine
Ashton, the EU has increased its connection to Israel's occupation of
Palestine, said Cronin at The Friend's Meeting House in Ramallah. This
Valentine's Day, Cronin stood before packed pews and spoke about the
research that leading his new book Europe's Alliance With Israel.
"[Italian prime minister Silvio] Burlesconi's good dream is to have
Israel as a full member of the EU," Cronin said. "It is comical on one
level but absolutely despicable on another." Led by the...more
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1695>

*Call To Protest March 15*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1694>
Palestine Monitor: 23 Feb 2011 - Below is a short video calling for mass
protests to end the political division in Palestine and unify to before
the common Israeli occupation.more
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1694>

*Obama, Step Forward*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16677>
Palestine Chronicle: 23 Feb 2011 - By George S. Hishmeh -- Washington,
D.C. Is Barack Obama, who is marking his mid-term as president, any
different from his predecessors, except Dwight Eisenhower, as far as the
Palestinian- Israeli conflict is concerned? There had been high
expectations raised when he walked into the White House and after his
triumphant trips overseas, especially to Cairo, that he will usher a new
positive era in U.S. relations with the Arab and Muslim worlds,
hopefully bringing a quick end to the 63-year-old conflict between
Israelis and Arabs. His intimate acquaintance with prominent
Arab-American intellectuals in his hometown, Chicago, and exposure to
the other side of the coin have raised high hopes here and elsewhere in
the Middle East that a fair settlement could imminent. But to date he
has turned out to be a great disappointment and the likelihood that he
can still usher new thinking within his administration borders on
wishful...more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16677>

*Qaddafi's Sinking Ship*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16676>
Palestine Chronicle: 23 Feb 2011 - By Ali Younes The one thing clear
about the Libyan people's revolt against the dictatorial rule of Mummar
Qaddafi is the absence of any resemblance of something called the Libyan
government. The murder of scores of protesting Libyan citizens by
Qaddafi's security agencies proved that Qaddafi in 42 years of power had
built no state; no institutions, not even a real government. Any
resemblance of government had just melted away during the revolt and
most likely in disgust at the mass killing of innocent citizens. In the
meantime, the democratic revolts in the Arab World present president
Obama a golden opportunity to show the U.S. in a better light in the
Arab world. That said however, a veto vote at the UN Security Council
last week in favor of Israel and its illegal settlements has damaged
president Obama personal credibility in the region. Moreover, a muffled
reaction to the bloodbath... more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16676>

*When in Doubt, Park 'Em*
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 02/when-in- doubt-park- em/>
Dissident Voice: 23 Feb 2011 - Khadafy, Qaddafi, Gaddafi or just plain
Dick? The name of the despotic Libyan leader confounds Western headline
writers. Everyone agrees he's a bad guy. Paul Wolfowitz in the Wall
Street Journal lists dozens of good reasons why the U.S, should
intervene to unseat this nut case dictator. What he doesn't say is why
he and his neo-con cronies didn't do the job themselves while they held
power and were busy invading other Islamic countries. Instead, Dubya and
company -- including the Wolfman -- removed the U.S. sanctions against
Ghada... Kad.... Libya. Thanks, Wolfie. You can go back under your rock
now, along with Scooter and Rummy. White House Press Secretary Jay
Carney says President Obama is not likely to make any pronouncements on
Libya. No hope, no change. Reagan bombed Moammar's compound in 1986, but
that only killed a bunch of other people and didn't really shake any
sense into...more <http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 02/when-in- doubt-park- em/>

**
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[PCHR_e] Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in
the Occupied Palestinian Territory (17 – 23 February 2011)

PCHR
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
www.pchrgaza.org

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continued Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

· 3 Palestinian civilians were killed by IOF in the northern Gaza Strip.

· A Palestinian resistance activist was killed and 6 others and 3 civilian bystanders, including two children, were wounded by IOF artillery shelling on Gaza City.

· IOF continued to target Palestinian workers, farmers and fishermen in border areas in the Gaza Strip.

- Two Palestinian workers were wounded.

- IOF arrested 3 Palestinian fishermen in Khan Yunis.

· IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.

- 8 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, were wounded.

- IOF arrested 15 Palestinian civilians, including 9 children, and two international human rights defenders.

· IOF conducted 47 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 3 limited ones into the Gaza Strip.

- IOF arrested 10 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children.

· Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.

- Israeli soldiers positioned at a military checkpoints in the West Bank arrested 6 Palestinian children, including 3 children.

· IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.

- IOF destroyed 3 water wells and an agricultural room in Bani Na'im town, east of Hebron.

- IOF demolished 8 homes and two water wells in Sousia area, south of Hebron, rendering 40 Palestinian civilians homeless.

- Israeli settlers uprooted 200 olive seedlings and 70 olive trees in Qasra village, south of Nablus.

Summary

Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (17 – 23 February 2011):

Shooting:

During the reporting period, IOF killed 3 Palestinian civilians and a resistance activist and wounded 10 others (two children, two workers and 6 resistance activists) in the Gaza Strip. They also wounded 8 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children in the West Bank.

In the Gaza Strip, on 17 February 2011, IOF killed 3 Palestinian civilians who were attempting to infiltrate into Israel to search for jobs. IOF fired artillery shells and gunshots at the victims.

On 23 February 2011, IOF killed a Palestinian resistance activist and wounded 6 others and two children in the east of Gaza City. IOF fired two artillery shells at a number of activists of The al-Quds Brigades (the armed wing of Islamic Jihad).

During the reporting period, two Palestinian workers, including a child, were wounded when Israeli soldiers positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel fired at workers who were collecting scraps of construction materials.

On 23 February 2011, Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in the northern Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported.

In the West Bank, during the reporting period, IOF used excessive force to disperse peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to Israeli settlement activities and the construction of the annexation wall in the West Bank. As a result, 8 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, were wounded, and dozens of Palestinian civilians and international human rights defenders suffered from tear gas inhalation or sustained bruises. Additionally, IOF arrested 15 Palestinian civilians, including 9 children, and two international human rights defenders.

Incursions:

During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 47 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, during which they arrested 10 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children.

In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted 3 limited incursions into the southern and central Gaza Strip, during which they leveled areas of Palestinian land.

Restrictions on Movement:

Israel had continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.

Gaza Strip

Israel has continuously closed all border crossings to the Gaza Strip for over three years. The illegal Israeli-imposed closure of the Gaza Strip, which has steadily tightened since June 2007, has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the Gaza Strip.

· The illegal closure has caused not only a humanitarian crisis but a crisis of human rights and human dignity for the population of the Gaza Strip. Measures declared recently to ease the blockade are vague, purely cosmetic and fail to deal with the root causes of the crisis, which can only be addressed by an immediate and complete lifting of the closure, including lifting the travel ban into and out of the Gaza Strip and the ban on exports. PCHR is concerned that the new Israeli policy is simply shifting Gaza to another form of illegal blockade, one that may become internationally accepted and institutionalized. Palestinians in Gaza may no longer suffer from the same shortage of goods, but they will remain economically dependent and unable to care for themselves, and socially, culturally and academically isolated from the rest of the world.

· Expanding the list of items allowed into Gaza does not change the illegality of this policy, which is inconsistent with Israel’s legal obligations both as an Occupying Power and under international human rights treaties to which it is party, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

· Facts on the ground refute Israeli claims with respect to the easing of the closure imposed on the Gaza Strip and the reduction of restrictions imposed on the entry of goods.

· Israeli declaration of allowing new goods to be entered into the Gaza Strip constitutes an attempt to delude the international community, as such goods do not meet the minimal needs of the Gaza Strip.

· IOF have continued to ban the entry of raw construction materials into the Gaza Strip.

· IOF have imposed a ban on all exports from the Gaza Strip.

· Israel had continued to close Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing to Palestinian civilians wishing to travel to the West Bank and Israeli for medical treatment, trade or social visits.

· Israel has imposed additional access restrictions on international diplomats, journalists and humanitarian workers seeking to enter the Gaza Strip. They have prevented representatives of several international humanitarian organizations from entering the Gaza Strip.

· Living conditions of the Palestinian civilian population have seriously deteriorated; levels of poverty and unemployment have mounted sharply.


West Bank

IOF have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians throughout the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. Thousands of Palestinian civilians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip continue to be denied access to Jerusalem.

· IOF have established checkpoints in and around Jerusalem, severely restricting Palestinian access to the city. Civilians are frequently prevented from praying at al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

· There are approximately 585 permanent roadblocks, and manned and unmanned checkpoints across the West Bank.

· When complete, the illegal Annexation Wall will stretch for 724 kilometers around the West Bank, further isolating the entire population. 350 kilometers of the Wall have already been constructed. Approximately 99% of the Wall has been constructed inside the West Bank itself, further confiscating Palestinian land.

· At least 65% of the main roads that lead to 18 Palestinian communities in the West Bank are closed or fully controlled by IOF.

· There are approximately 500 kilometers of restricted roads across the West Bank. In addition, approximately one third of the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, is inaccessible to Palestinians without a permit issued by the IOF. These permits are extremely difficult to obtain.

· IOF continue to harass, and assault demonstrators who hold peaceful protests against the construction of the Annexation Wall.

· Palestinian civilians continue to be harassed by IOF in Jerusalem, and across the West Bank, including being regularly stopped and searched in the streets by IOF.

Settlement Activities:

Israel has continued its settlement activities in the OPT in violation of international humanitarian law, and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.

On 17 February 2011, IOF stormed Khillat al-Furn area in the west of Bani Na'im village, southeast of Hebron. They demolished 3 water wells and an agricultural room located near bypass #60.

On 20 February 2011, Israeli settlers from "Kida" settlement near Qasra village, south of Nablus, uprooted 200 olive seedlings and 70 olives trees in Qasra village.

On 22 February 2011, IOF demolished 8 tents and shelters and destroyed two water wells in Sousia area in the south of Yatta town, south of Hebron.

Also on 22 February 2011, a number of Israeli settlers from "Bat Ain" settlement to the northwest of Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, uprooted at least 250 olive trees and seedlings.

Israeli Violations Documented during the Reporting Period (17 – 23 February 2011)

The full report is available online at:

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[OccupationNews] Digest Number 1304

***Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles*

*News*
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*International Middle East Media Center* <http://imemc. org/>



*Agricultural Land Decimated by Israeli Authorities*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60707>
IMEMC - Thursday February 24, 2011 - 17:51, Ma'an News Agency has
reported, on Thursday, that the State of Israel has bulldozed cultivated
lands north of Salfit.

*Israeli Military Abducts Two Children in Hebron*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60706>
IMEMC - Thursday February 24, 2011 - 12:44, On Thursday morning, the
Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinian children from the town of Beit
Ummar, north of Hebron, and searched several houses.

*Child Killed, Three Residents Wounded, In An Explosion In Khan Younis*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60705>
IMEMC - Thursday February 24, 2011 - 07:40, Palestinian medical sources
reported on Wednesday evening that a Palestinian child was killed, and
three residents were wounded, in an explosion that took place in Khan
Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

*On Humanitarian Basis, 350 Libyan-Palestinians To Be Allowed Into The
West Bank* <http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60704>
IMEMC - Thursday February 24, 2011 - 07:18, Israeli sources reported on
Wednesday at night that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,
approved the return of nearly 350 Palestinian refugees living in Libya
into the West Bank.

*Ma'an News* <http://maannews. net/en/>

*Israeli strikes hit Gaza overnight*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362887>
2/24/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes
on multiple locations in the Gaza Strip overnight, injuring two in the
first round of bombings near Gaza City shortly after 11 p. m. Injuries
were reported in the first strike, which hit the Az-Zaytoun neighborhood
east of Gaza City, while the Abu Jarad neighborhood to....

*Israel destroys agricultural lands near Salfit*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362997>
2/24/2011 - SALFIT (Ma'an) -- Israeli bulldozers tore up recently
cultivated agricultural lands north of Salfit on Thursday morning, mayor
of the nearby Deir Istiya village told Ma'an. Starting a few hours after
sunrise, Mayor Nathmi Suleiman said, the bulldozers entered the village,
accompanied by Israeli forces, and began destroying a stone fence
separating.. ..

*Jerusalem officials announce US boycott over veto*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362993>
2/24/2011 - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Officials from 28 civil society groups
and local councils in the Jerusalem governorate announced Wednesday they
would no longer accept projects with American organizations, following
the country's veto of a draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement
construction. The boycott includes funds from USAID, and meetings with
US officials, boycott organizers.. .. Related:In photos: 2,000 rally
against US in Bethlehem
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362998>andThousands in
Nablus rally against US veto
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363037>

*Palestinians injured in Gaza airstrike*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363138>
2/24/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- An Israeli airstrike targeted southern
Gaza late Thursday, moderately injuring two Palestinians in an attack on
a vehicle in the city of Rafah. The injured were taken by ambulance to
the Abu Najjar hospital, said Adham Abu Salmiya, a spokesman for the
Gaza medical services. At least one of the....

*Thousands rally for change in West Bank*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363148>
2/25/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Palestinians rallied Thursday in the
center of Ramallah protesting against both the state of internal
political disunity and the Oslo Accords with Israel, leading to brief
skirmishes between the sides. About 1,500 protesters took to the main
streets of the city carrying flags and banners and calling for unity and
liberation.. ..

*Thousands in Nablus rally against US veto*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363037>
2/25/2011 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated
Thursday in Nablus, in the second West Bank protest in as many days
against a US veto of a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements.
Protesters backed President Mahmoud Abbas' decision to censure the US
after it blocked a resolution at the Security Council despite the
support....

*Children among 13 detained overnight*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362888>
2/24/2011 - JENIN (Ma'an) -- Overnight raids by the Israeli military saw
13 males detained from their homes and villages and taken for
questioning to unknown locations, including a child and a minor. Local
sources in Jenin refugee camp said troops entered the camp amid gunfire,
breaking into several homes during the raid on the area....

*Demolitions, drought and displacement in West Bank*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=361184>
2/24/2011 - RAMALLAH (IRIN) -- Demolition of livelihood structures and
drought are hitting already impoverished Palestinian communities living
in Area C of the West Bank hard this year, according to UN agencies and
international aid organizations working in the occupied Palestinian
territory. Demolition of livelihood structures - including commercial
structures, educational facilities, wells, water cisterns, water storage
tanks, farmland....

*Prisoner society's chief in Jerusalem detained*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362971>
2/24/2011 - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli police and border guards
entered the home of the Palestinian Prisoners Society's Jerusalem
director on Thursday morning, detaining him and moving the community
leader to an unknown location. Nasser Qaws was detained from his home in
the African Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, his brother Mousa....

*In photos: 2,000 rally against US in Bethlehem*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362998>
2/24/2011 - MaanImages / Luay Sababa - An estimated 2,000 Palestinians
block traffic at an intersection in Bethlehem during a protest
condemning the US veto of a draft UN resolution on settlement
construction in the occupied territories, on Feb. 23, 2011. Palestinians
had hoped the resolution would push Israel to halt settlements and pave
the way to peace talks.... Related:Jerusalem officials announce US
boycott over veto
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362993>andThousands in
Nablus rally against US veto
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363037>

*Don't test Israel, Netanyahu warns Gaza fighters*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363176>
2/24/2011 - JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel on Thursday warned militants in
the Gaza Strip not to "test" his state, as fighter jets pounded targets
across the coastal enclave after a Palestinian rocket attack. Slamming
into a house, it was the first rocket to strike Israel's city of
Beersheva since the devastating 2008-2009 Gaza war, significantly. ...

*Hebron preps for rallies to open iconic street*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363082>
2/24/2011 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Palestinians will soon demand access to a
street closed to them since 1994 in Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
Marking the 17fh year since the so-called Ibrahimi Mosque massacre at
the hands of an Israeli settler, the Palestinians will carry out a
series of protests calling for the opening of....

*Medical open house in Hebron*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362984>
2/24/2011 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- The Hebron Women Charity organized a
medical open house Thursday in partnership with the Hafeth Abd Al-Nabi
Center for ongoing education in Al-Ahly hospital and Saint John
Hospital. Events included patient's receptions, diabetes tests, blood
pressure and dental examinations, and blood sugar tests. More events for
people of different... .

*Islamic Jihad fighter buried in Gaza*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363115>
2/25/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Palestinians on Thursday mourned Adel
Jundiyah, a member of the Islamic Jihad movement, who died of wounds
sustained in Israeli artillery shelling of eastern Gaza on Wednesday.
The procession went from Ash-Shifa hospital to the family home before
burial. The Al-Quds Brigades announced the death of Jundiyah due to
wounds....

*Hamas: Post-Mubarak, Israel up for Shalit deal*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362925>
2/24/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Hamas officials have decided to hold
confidential discussions with Israel, reviving negotiations for a
prisoner swap, Hamas spokesman Usama Al-Maziani said Wednesday. In the
wake of the ouster of now former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the
official said, Hamas leaders in Gaza believe Israel has become "more
responsive" to a....

*Egypt: Smugglers kill soldier, enter Israel*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362950>
2/24/2011 - EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma'an) -- An Egyptian soldier was killed
and another injured Wednesday night, by what security sources said were
Egyptian smugglers operating on the Israel-Egypt border. The slain
officer was identified as Tareq Sha'ban, 22, reported to have been
attempting to halt the smugglers en route to the border area where....

*Diplomat: Iran warships dock in Syria*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363097>
2/24/2011 - DAMASCUS (AFP) -- Two Iranian warships have docked at the
Syrian port of Latakia after transiting the Suez Canal in a move Israel
has said is a "provocation, " an Iranian source told AFP on Thursday....

*US students trade unruly Cairo for uneasy Jerusalem*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363114>
2/24/2011 - JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Jerusalem wasn't on the agenda for a
group of American students in Cairo to study in a Muslim,
Arabic-speaking environment but the upheaval in Egypt, and their US
schools, decided otherwise. The group of 12 young men and women, some of
whom had freshly arrived at the American University of Cairo....

*Hamas: Fayyad lacks legitimacy to form govt*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363059>
2/24/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Salam Fayyad is not authorized to form
a government and does not represent any political faction because he is
appointed by Fatah, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhari said Thursday. In a
statement, Abu Zuhari said the key to resolving the problem in the
Palestinian arena is a comprehensive, national dialogue....

*Gaza male hairdressers barred from women's salons*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363186>
2/24/2011 - GAZA CITY (AFP) -- Male hairdressers in the Gaza Strip say
they have been ordered by the enclave's Hamas rulers to stop working in
women's salons or face prosecution and a large fine." We received an
official notice from the government to go and sign a declaration
according to which we agree....

*Facebook: Get married for a pound in Egypt*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=362631>
2/24/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) - After the unprecedented role Facebook
contributed to the success of the Egyptian revolution which ended in the
country's leader stepping down, youths believe the social network can
find a magic solution for daily life, namely marriage expenses. A group
of young people created a group on Facebook they named....

*'Libya to allow some foreign press into country'*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363043>
2/24/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Some members of CNN, BBC Arabic and
Al-Arabiya will be allowed into Libya to report on the uprising, State
Dept. officials said Thursday, but others are considered "Al-Qaeda
collaborators. "The State Dept. , quoting officials in the Tripoli-based
regime, said the government was not responsible for the safety of these
journalists, "who....

*Ministry: Germany sending three warships to Libya*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363098>
2/24/2011 - BERLIN (AFP) -- Germany has sent three warships to Libya to
evacuate its stranded citizens, a defence ministry spokesman told AFP,
as witnesses spoke of hellish conditions in the violence-hit country....

*Gadhafi accuses rebels of Bin Laden links*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363100>
2/24/2011 - TRIPOLI (AFP) -- Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi addressed on
Thursday the people of Az-Zawiyah, a town west of the capital, where
there was fierce fighting between his forces and rebels, accusing them
of being linked to Osama bin Laden....

*Egypt economy to take a hit from Libya turmoil*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363116>
2/24/2011 - SALLOUM, Egypt (IRIN) -- The return home of thousands of
Egyptian workers from Libya following mass protests against the Gaddafi
regime, will mean the loss of millions of dollars in remittances and
possible unemployment for the returnees, a leading economist
warns."Losing these remittances will of course make the situation worse
here," Rashad Abdu, a professor... .

*US calls for Libya's expulsion from UN rights council*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363170>
2/24/2011 - WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The United States called Thursday for
Libya to be expelled from the UN Human Rights Council because the
embattled regime was subjugating the rights of its people....

*Security source: 20,000 flee Libya to Tunisia in past days*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363172>
2/24/2011 - RAS JEDIR, Tunisia (AFP) -- Nearly 20,000 people have fled
turmoil-hit Libya by road to Tunisia over the past four days, a Tunisian
security official said Thursday....

*US man gets 25 years for South Park threats*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363173>
2/24/2011 - WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A US man was Thursday sentenced to 25
years in prison on terror charges, including threatening the creators of
the animated series "South Park," for portraying the Prophet Mohammed in
a bear suit....

*US: World has 'capacity' to deal with Libya oil disruption*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363174>
2/24/2011 - WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The White House said Thursday the United
States and the world community had the "capacity to act" in case of a
major disruption to oil supplies following events in Libya....

*Obama, Sarkozy demand immediate end to use of force in Libya*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363175>
2/24/2011 - PARIS (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama and his French
countepart Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday demanded an end to the use of
force in Libya, the French presidency said. France will demand a new
emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Libya,
Sarkozy's office added in a statement... .

*Gadhafi says Al-Qaeda behind insurrection*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363178>
2/24/2011 - BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) -- Moamer Gadhafi blamed Al-Qaeda on
Thursday for an insurrection wracking Libya as he addressed his divided
nation for the second time this week to galvanise support for his
crumbling regime. Speaking on state television, the embattled Gadhafi
insisted the uprising against his 41-year rule was not a people's revolt....

*Activist: Syrian blogger freed after six days*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363180>
2/24/2011 - DAMASCUS (AFP) -- A Syrian blogger arrested six days ago was
released on Thursday without charge, a human rights activist said."
Ahmad Hadifa was released today and no charges were brought against
him," said Abdel Karim Rehaoui, president of the Syrian Human Rights
League. Hadifa, a 28-year-old journalism student who writes under the
name Ahmad....

*Egypt ex-officials to face criminal trial*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363181>
2/24/2011 - CAIRO (AFP) -- Egypt's public prosecutor on Thursday orderd
that two former cabinet ministers and a top member of the ex-ruling
party face criminal trial for corruption. Former trade minister Rashid
Mohamed Rashid, former housing minister Ahmed al-Maghrabi and steel
tycoon Ahmed Ezz -- a member of the National Democratic Party -- face
charges of profiteering. ...

*US arrests alleged Saudi bomb plotter*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363182>
2/24/2011 - WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A Saudi man has been arrested for
allegedly buying chemicals and equipment to make a bomb, possibly
targeting the Dallas home of former president George W. Bush, officials
said Thursday. Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, a Saudi national who came to
Texas on a student visa in 2008, was arrested late Wednesday and faces....

*Diplomatic source: Iran warships dock in Syria*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363183>
2/24/2011 - DAMASCUS (AFP) -- Two Iranian warships, the first to enter
the Mediterranean from the Suez Canal since 1979, docked at the Syrian
port of Latakia on Thursday, an Iranian diplomatic source told AFP in
Damascus. Israel has put its navy on high alert, denounced the ships'
arrival in the region as an Iranian power play....

*Group: Gadhafi forces slay injured protestors in hospitals*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363184>
2/24/2011 - ROME (AFP) -- Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi
stormed hospitals in Tripoli and summarily executed injured anti-regime
protestors who were being treated, a report said Thursday. Members of
the Libyan Revolutionary Committee, the backbone of Gadhafi's regime,
"burst in hospitals and killed wounded people who had protested against
the regime," said Slimane....

*Palestine Note* <http://palestinenot e.com/cs/>

*Tipsy Livni on "democratic values" and Elie Wiesel on "remaining
silent".*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/24/ tipsy-livni- on-quot-democrat ic-values- quot-and- elie-wiesel- on-quot-remainin g-silent- quot.aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - Tangier, Morocco. Between business meetings
I have to rush to the house to follow up on what is happening in Libya.
Of course, I always thought Muamar Qaddafi was a mentally deranged man,
but watching him...

*Political Parties Rise From Egypt's Revolution*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/24/ political- parties-rise- from-egypt- s-revolution. aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - The Wall Street Journal - As hopes rise for
Egypt's first elections, political parties are sprouting like weeds.
Activists, businessmen and community leaders are all forming new parties
they hope will widen Egypt's limited menu of...

*Young Palestinians call for protests on 15 March*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/24/ young-palestinia ns-call-for- protests- on-15-march. aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - The Guardian - Their movement has no name
and no leaders. Just a goal, and a tool. The goal is to force an end to
the political divisions among Palestinians by stirring the youth of Gaza...

*Egypt has returned from the cultural backwaters*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ theater/archive/ 2011/02/24/ egypt-has- returned- from-the- cultural- backwaters. aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - Nesrine Malik, Guardian - I grew up in the
post-Sadat Arab world. The 80s was a time when Egyptian drama, music and
film monopolised Arabic media; we imbibed the Egyptian accent and
colloquialisms as well as...

*Arms deals still made amid Middle East crackdowns*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/24/ arms-deals- still-made- amid-middle- east-crackdowns. aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - Janine Zacharia, The Washington Post - As
Libya's Moammar Gaddafi ordered attacks on his own people this week,
thousands of arms sellers from the United States and other countries
hawked their aircraft, riot gear and rifles...

*Hamas: Fayyad lacks legitimacy to form govt*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/24/ hamas-fayyad- lacks-legitimacy -to-form- govt.aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - Ma'an - Salam Fayyad is not authorized to
form a government and does not represent any political faction because
he is appointed by Fatah, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhari said Thursday.
In a statement, Abu Zuhari...

*No more negotiations: Back to 1967 borders now*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/24/ no-more-negotiat ions-back- to-1967-borders- now.aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - Yossi Rapoport, +972 - For a revolution to
be successful, it needs both a common enemy and a shared alternative. In
Egypt, the revolution was united in demanding the 'isqat al-nizam' the
downfall of the regime,...

*Iran warships dock in Syria, Israeli fears dismissed*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/24/ iran-warships- dock-in-syria- israeli-fears- dismissed. aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - Reuters - Two Iran ian warships have docked
in Syria, a military commander said on Thursday, dismissing Israeli
condemnations of the maneuver as a "provocation. " Coinciding with
political turmoil in Egypt and elsewhere in the Arab...

*Transformation in the Middle East*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/24/ transformation- in-the-middle- east.aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - Robert H Pelletreau, Foreign Affairs - The
Middle East is boiling. Unprecedented popular uprisings have rocked a
number of countries, especially the three where I served as U.S.
ambassador -- Tunisia, Egypt, and Bahrain. Demonstrators, taking...

*Tunisia "needs separation of mosque and state"*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/24/ tunisia-quot- needs-separation -of-mosque- and-state- quot.aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - Reuters - Tunisia's revolution is unlikely
to trigger Islamic militancy in the traditionally secular state, but
Muslim leaders should avoid mixing religion with politics, the
government's minister of religious affairs said. North Africa's most
developed country...

*Ashrawi supports Libyan demands for freedom*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/24/ ashrawi-supports -libyan-demands- for-freedom. aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - Ma'an - PLO Executive Committee member and
member of the PLC Hanan Ashrawi expressed her support Wednesday for the
Libyan people in their demands for freedom. "Throughout the Arab world,
ordinary people are confronting outdated and...

*Thousands in Nablus rally against US veto*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/24/ thousands- in-nablus- rally-against- us-veto.aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - Ma'an - Thousands of Palestinians
demonstrated Thursday in Nablus, in the second West Bank protest in as
many days against a US veto of a UN resolution condemning Israeli
settlements. Protesters backed President Mahmoud Abbas' decision...

*Egypt's prosecutor refers more former officials to criminal court*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/24/ egypt-s-prosecut or-refers- more-former- officials- to-criminal- court.aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - Al Masry Al Youm - Egypt's General
Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud has referred several officials and
businessmen to a criminal court on charges of profiteering,
intentionally damaging, and facilitating the acquisition of public
funds. The accused...

*Sizing Up Revolutions in Waiting*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/24/ sizing-up- revolutions- in-waiting. aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - New York Times - One casualty of the
uprisings in the Middle East has been the professionals who didn't see
them coming. The International Monetary Fund has taken a hit for its
April 2010 report on...

*Israeli jets hit Gaza after Palestinian rocket attacks*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/24/ israeli-jets- hit-gaza- after-palestinia n-rocket- attacks.aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - BBC News - Israel has bombed four Hamas
training sites in Gaza, a day after Palestinian militants fired rockets
into Israel. The overnight air raids came hours after a Palestinian
militant was killed and 10 others...

*Rocket from Gaza lands in Israel*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/24/ rocket-from- gaza-lands- in-israel. aspx>
Palestine Note 24 Feb 2011 - Al Jazeera - A rocket launched from the
Gaza Strip has landed in a residential street in the Israeli city of
Beersheba and Israel responded with air strikes in the Gaza Strip,
officials on both sides...

*Palestine News Network* <http://english. pnn.ps/>

*Evangelist Church Bishop Face Deportation Out of Jerusalem*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9612&Itemid= 64>
PNN - Maysa Abu Ghazala -- PNN Exclusive- the Israeli ministry of
Interior still refuses to renew the Jerusalem residency permission of
Evangelist Church Bishop, Suhail Doany. The story began last year when
the...

*Israeli Bulldozers Plow 15 Dunums of Olive Trees Near Salfit*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9611&Itemid= 64>
PNN - Salfit -- PNN - On Thursday morning, Israeli bulldozers plowed 15
dunums of land cultivated with olive trees (a dunum is about a quarter
of an acre) in Deir Istiya, a village...

*Israeli Troops Arrest 13 Palestinians During West Bank Invasions*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9610&Itemid= 64>
PNN - Hebron -- PNN -- Israeli troops arrested on Thursday 13
Palestinian men during morning invasions targeting a number of West Bank
communities. Palestinian sources reported invasions in the cities of
Bethlehem and...

*Army Bulldozers Uproot Olive Trees in Northern West Bank*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9609&Itemid= 64>
PNN - Salfit -- PNN -- Israeli army bulldozers uprooted on Thursday
olive trees and destroyed farm land owned by a local farmer from the
village of Dier Istiya near the northern West Bank...

*Israeli Fighter Jets Attack Targets In Gaza*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9608&Itemid= 56>
PNN - Gaza -- PNN -- Israeli fighter jets attacked a number of targets
in different parts of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night and Thursday
morning. The attack comes shortly after army shelling...

*Palestinian Center for Human Rights* <http://pchrgaza. org/>

*Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory (17 -- 23 February 2011)*
<http://www.pchrgaza .org/portal/ en/index. php?option= com_content& view=article& id=7245:weekly- report-on- israeli-human- rights-violation s-in-the- occupied- palestinian- territory- 17--23-february- 2011&catid= 84:weekly- 2009&Itemid= 183>
Palestinian Center for Human Rights

*Jerusalem Post* <http://jpost. com/>

*Chilean miners give thanks for their survival in J'lem*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=209803& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 24 Feb 2011 - Twenty-three of the 33 miners, along with
their families, are visiting Israel, country's holy sites as guests of
the Tourism Ministry.

*Comment: Let the donor beware*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=209799& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 24 Feb 2011 - "No more than 20% of the money ostensibly
collected for terror victims actually ends up in their hands," a
reputable organization says.

*PA, Hamas fear Gaddafi will attack Palestinians in Libya*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=209749& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 24 Feb 2011 - Concerns come in response to charges made
by Libyan leader to the effect that Arabs living in Libya were involved
in fighting against gov't.

*Fayyad says he's determined to end Fatah-Hamas split*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=209744& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 24 Feb 2011 - Hamas says PA prime minister doesn't
represent any party, has no authority to form gov't; Fayyad:
Reconciliation necessary for statehood.

*Iranian warships arrive in Syria, witness says*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=209723& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 24 Feb 2011 - After traveling through Suez Canal,
vessels dock in Latakia seaport; Iranians reject Israeli criticism, say
ships pose no threat.

*PM on Beersheba attack: 'No one should test our resolve'*
<http://www.jpost. com/DiplomacyAnd Politics/ Article.aspx? ID=209663& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 24 Feb 2011 - Polish PM tells Netanyahu in joint
meeting: We will not let anyone deny Israel's existence, says Israel
"has a real friend in Europe."

*Why Obama was right to veto the UNSC resolution*
<http://www.jpost. com/Magazine/ Features/ Article.aspx? ID=209657& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 24 Feb 2011 - In demanding that Israel "cease all
settlement activities," and demanding nothing from the Palestinians, the
resolution ultimately rejects US policy that negotiations take place
without preconditions.

*'Fatah-Hamas unity gov't will be led by Salam Fayyad'*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=209654& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 24 Feb 2011 - Palestinian sources tell 'Al-Hayat' that
unity plan already accepted by Abbas, several Hamas leaders, say Mahmoud
a-Zahar open to the idea.

*Ofer Mizrahi's friends say he 'definitely' died in NZ quake*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=209646& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 24 Feb 2011 - Israeli backpacker's friends return to
Israel after surviving quake, say Mizrahi no longer alive after boulder
smashed into car he was in.

*City Bites: The culinary heart of J'lem*
<http://www.jpost. com/Travel/ Jerusalem/ Article.aspx? ID=209643& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 24 Feb 2011 - A breathtaking view, an impressive wine
selection and a standout menu that serves a sophisticated, contemporary
mix of flavors, Scala is not just a restaurant, it's an experience.

*Satellite images reveal 'uranium plant' in Syria*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=209630& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 24 Feb 2011 - Uranium facility discovered near Marj as
Sultan, close to Damascus, reports 'Sueddeutsche Zeitung'.

*Hamas outposts hit by IAF after grad fired on Negev*
<http://www.jpost. com/Defense/ Article.aspx? ID=209626& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 24 Feb 2011 - Attacks come after rocket falls on
Beersheba causing damage with residents treated for shock; no casualties
reported.

*Mother worries even though son escaped quake unhurt*
<http://www.jpost. com/JewishWorld/ JewishNews/ Article.aspx? ID=209602& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 23 Feb 2011 - Orna Barashi from J'lem fears the worst on
hearing that earthquake had hit the city of Christchurch and that its
Chabad House had been destroyed.

*International Solidarity Movement* <http://palsolidarit y.org/>

*Three killed in Gaza buffer zone* <http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 02/16778/>
2/24/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - 22 February, ISM Gaza -
Ashraf Abdellatif Iqtifan was born in GazaCity in 1980. He grew up
surrounded by five brothers, two sisters, and everyday violence. When
Ashraf was eleven years old, his 14-year-old brother Rami, who on his
slightly yellowed photo smiles cheekily and brightly into the camera,
threw a stone at an Israeli....

*Palestinian refugees supporters protest Canada Park*
<http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 02/16785/>
2/24/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - 21 Februar, The
Alternative Information Center - Palestinian, Israeli and international
activists gathered in front of the Representative Office of Canada to
the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and the Embassy of Canada to
Israel in Tel Aviv for protest vigils on Monday (21/2) organized by the
Committee for the Defense of the Rights of the....

*Settlers set two cars on fire in Burin*
<http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 02/16793/>
2/24/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - Settlers came down from
the illegal Israeli settlements of Bracha and Yitzar thuesday night and
harassed families in the villageof Burin. Around 7 o'clock in the
evening settlers attacked a family that live near the Yitzar settlement,
throwing red paint on their house. At about the same time settlers
entered the village throwing....

*April 20-23: The 6th Annual Bil'in Conference on the Palestinian
Popular Struggle* <http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 02/16818/>
2/24/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - As nonviolent resistance
for freedom sweeps across the Arab world, join us in harnessing the
winds of change at the 6th annual Bil'in Conference. What: 6th Annual
Bil'in Conference on the Palestinian Popular Struggle. When: 20-23 April
2011. Where: The Village of Bil'in, Occupied West Bank. From Gaza....

*'I only have you to count on.'* <http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 02/16767/>
2/24/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - Vera Macht, ISM Gaza -
"I only have you to count on. From now on, my children depend on
you."This was the desperate call of a man who sees no way out for
himself and his children, and we ISM members who came to his phone call,
received it in helpless silence. It is not....

*Ha'aretz Defense page*
<http://haaretz. com/hasen/ pages/LiArt. jhtml?contrassID =1&subContrassID =5&sbSubContrass ID=0>

*IDF targets Hamas in Gaza after rocket strike on Be'er Sheva*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/idf- targets-hamas- in-gaza-after- rocket-strike- on-be-er- sheva-1.345507>
Ha'aretz - Air strike reportedly targeted car belonging to Hamas in
Rafah; strike comes after long-range Grad missile hit Be'er Sheva on
Wednesday.

*Barak visits Be'er Sheva in wake of Grad rocket attack*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/barak- visits-be- er-sheva- in-wake-of- grad-rocket- attack-1. 345477>
Ha'aretz - The defense minister says he won't allow Be'er Sheva to enter
the radius of the Qassam rockets that are continuously fired at Israel.

*Report: Iran warships dock in Syria after crossing Suez*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/report- iran-warships- dock-in-syria- after-crossing- suez-1.345464>
Ha'aretz - Iran navy commander says 'Zionist regime' is exaggerating the
crossing to create regional tension, when in reality, the Iranian ships
are 'carrying a message of peace to nations of the world.'

*Netanyahu: Israel will not suffer the bombardment of its citizens*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/netanyah u-israel- will-not- suffer-the- bombardment- of-its-citizens- 1.345445>
Ha'aretz - Referring to the IDF reprisal of the first long-range missile
attack against the southern city of Be'er Sheva since the Gaza war,
Prime Minister warns Hamas-ruled Gaza against testing Israel's
'determination. '

*Barak: Mideast unrest mustn't culminate in revolutionary regimes*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/barak- mideast-unrest- mustn-t-culminat e-in-revolutiona ry-regimes- 1.345441>
Ha'aretz - Speaking to CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Defense Minister says ouster
Egyptian President Mubarak still enjoys respect of many Egyptians,
adding that his dignity should be preserved.

*Iran navy: Syria-bound warships carry a message of peace*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/iran- navy-syria- bound-warships- carry-a-message- of-peace- 1.345430>
Ha'aretz - Comment quoted by Israel Radio comes as Iran Iranian Admiral
Habibollah Sayyari arrives in Syria head of joint naval drill between
the two allies.

*Report: Satellite images expose covert Syria nuclear facility*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/report- satellite- images-expose- covert-syria- nuclear-facility -1.345400>
Ha'aretz - Institute for Science and International Security says new
intel proves site suspected as a nuclear facility serves as a uranium
conversion plant, adds photos prove Syrian attempts to hide its nuclear
attempts.

*IDF strikes Gaza as long-range Grad rockets hit Be'er Sheva*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/idf- strikes-gaza- as-long-range- grad-rockets- hit-be-er- sheva-1.345395>
Ha'aretz - Numerous strikes come after Gaza militants fire 2 Grad
rockets at Be'er Sheva, marking the first time city was hit since the
Gaza war in 2009.

*Gaza militants fire missile at Be'er Sheva for first time since Gaza
war*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/gaza- militants- fire-missile- at-be-er- sheva-for- first-time- since-gaza- war-1.345280>
Ha'aretz - One Grad missile hit building in residential area, causing
damage; no casualties reported; Palestinians report Israeli air strike
retaliation, wounding two Islamic Jihad militants.

*Ha'aretz National page*
<http://haaretz. com/hasen/ pages/LiArt. jhtml?contrassID =1&subContrassID =7&sbSubContrass ID=0>

*Fisherman from Gaza shot to death at Jaffa Port*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ fisherman- from-gaza- shot-to-death- at-jaffa- port-1.345463>
Ha'aretz - Man shot by motorcyclist outside The Fisherman's Restaurant;
Murderer flees crime scene.

*Can't we all just get along - separately?*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ can-t-we- all-just- get-along- separately- 1.345450>
Ha'aretz - The three MKs co-sponsoring the controversial 'community
acceptance committees' bill discuss its merits and deflect its critics.

*We saw him die, friends of Israeli missing after New Zealand quake say*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ we-saw-him- die-friends- of-israeli- missing-after- new-zealand- quake-say- 1.345438>
Ha'aretz - Ofer Mizrachi has not yet been officially confirmed dead in
wake of the forceful Christchurch earthquake, the second quake to hit
the city in 5 months.

*Four teens suspected of stabbing Arab youth to death in Jerusalem*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ four-teens- suspected- of-stabbing- arab-youth- to-death- in-jerusalem- 1.345233>
Ha'aretz - Police suspect crime had nationalistic motives; of the four
suspects, two are from Jerusalem and two are from settlements in the
West Bank.

*Palestine Telegraph* <http://paltelegraph .com/>

*Israeli bulldozers raze farmlands central WB*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ west-bank/ 8561-israeli- bulldozers- raze-farmlands- central-wb. html>
24 Feb 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli bulldozers started
Thursday razing operations to 15 dunums planted with olive trees in the
west of Dair Esta town near Salfit.

*One killed as Israeli troops invade Gaza*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ gaza-strip/ 8560-one- killed-as- israeli-invades- gaza.html>
24 Feb 2011 - Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)-One Palestinian died Wednesday
evening due to serious injuries inflicted his body during Israeli
invasion to the east of Al-Zeitun neighborhood in the east of Gaza Strip
. Adham Abu Silmya, medical emergency spokesman, said that the victim
known as Adel Jendia, 27, was evacuated to Al-Shifaa hospital after
artillery shell fired by Israeli tanks at a group...

*IDF lunches several airstrikes across Gaza Strip*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ gaza-strip/ 8559-idf- lunches-several- airstrikes- across-gaza- strip.html>
24 Feb 2011 - Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli warplanes carried out
Thursday at dawn several airstrikes targeting different parts of Gaza
Strip following two separate attacks on late Wednesday.

*Uruknet* <http://uruknet. info/>

*Father of Furkan Dogan, slain on flotilla, seeks justice*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75317& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 24, 2011 - As Dr. Ahmet Dog(an drove from his home town
of Kayseri to the Istanbul airport on 3 June 2010 -- three days after
Israel attacked the Mavi Marmara and killed nine unarmed activists
taking humanitarian aid to the occupied Gaza Strip -- he was still
firmly confident his son Furkan was returning home to him....

*Israeli internal security officers accused of "attempted rape" of a
child prisoner* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m75316& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 24, 2011 - Lawyers from the Palestinian Ministry of
Detainees' and Ex-Detainees' Affairs, have claimed that Israeli internal
security officers from Shin Bet tried to rape a child prisoner at Etzion
Prison, south of Bethlehem. The prisoner involved, a boy, gave his
testimony to this effect, under oath, to the lawyers. The Shin Bet
officers are accused of...

*The Case Against Raymond DavisThe CIA's Killing Spree in Lahore*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75315& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 24, 2011 - When CIA-agent Raymond Davis gunned down two
Pakistani civilians in broad daylight on a crowded street in Lahore, he
probably never imagined that the entire Washington establishment would
spring to his defense. But that's precisely what happened. Barack Obama,
Hillary Clinton, Mike Mullen, John Kerry, Leon Panetta and a number of
other US bigwigs have...

*Thousands rally for change in West Bank*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75314& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 24, 2011 - Palestinians rallied Thursday in the center
of Ramallah protesting against both the state of internal political
disunity and the Oslo Accords with Israel, leading to brief skirmishes
between the sides. About 1,500 protesters took to the main streets of
the city carrying flags and banners and calling for unity and
liberation. Protesters represented every faction,...

*Israel investing $1.6 million in "new media warriors"*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75313& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 24, 2011 - The Israeli military establishment is once
again on the offensive, but instead of high-tech weaponry and missiles,
it is using computer screens, keyboards and rapid wireless connections
to fight what Israeli military representatives are dubbing a "new media
war." In early February, military spokesperson Avi Benayahu announced
that approximately $1.6 million would be invested to...

*Libya and the Dogmatism of the "left" abandons the people again.*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75312& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 24, 2011 - ...It seems that the "Hugo Chavez
International Foundation for Peace, Friendship and Solidarity" is
supporting Muammar Gheddafi and accusing the uprising in Libya as being
the work of foreign services. Like classic dogmatic leftist propaganda,
their press release attempts to equate the person of Gheddafi with the
nation of Libya. Like all pieces of dogmatic...

*Vanishing East Jerusalem: EU Must Use Association Council to Ensure
Israel Respects International Law*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75310& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 24, 2011 - In view of the upcoming EU-Israel
Association Council scheduled for 21 February 2011 we, the undersigned
Palestinian human rights organisations committed to the promotion and
protection of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT),
would like to express our grave concerns about the continuous
deterioration of the human rights situation. In particular, we are...

*Young Palestinians call for protests on 15 March*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75305& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 23, 2011 - Their movement has no name and no leaders.
Just a goal, and a tool. The goal is to force an end to the political
divisions among Palestinians by stirring the youth of Gaza and the West
Bank to emulate their brothers and sisters in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.
Their tool -- as elsewhere -- is...

*Israeli strikes hit Gaza overnight*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75302& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 24, 2011 - Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on
multiple locations in the Gaza Strip overnight, injuring two in the
first round of bombings near Gaza City shortly after 11 p.m. Injuries
were reported in the first strike, which hit the Az-Zaytoun neighborhood
east of Gaza City, while the Abu Jarad neighborhood to the south was
pummeled with four...

*Did Israeli media sideline racist motives in killing of Arab youth?*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75298& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 23, 2011 - Amid the revolutionary cheer that was
emanating from Egypt last week, a group of Israeli Jews attacked and
killed a Palestinian in the heart of West Jerusalem. 24-year-old
Palestinian Hussam Rwidy was killed by a group of nationalist Jewish
youth screaming "death to Arabs" as he was walking home from work. The
Israeli government quickly...

*Obama's folly: the human cost of the West Bank settlements*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75293& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 23, 2011 - A few days ago the US finally had the
courage to let us all in on the truth: it supports the continued
annexation of the West Bank by Israeli settlers. All of its
protestations to the contrary have been erased by a simple veto---a
monumentally cowardly act. When we read about the settlements, and too...

*Breaking the siege of Gaza is high priority for Egypt's young
revolutionaries* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m75292& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 23, 2011 - Young participants in the 25th January
Egyptian revolution have told the Palestine Information Centre that
Egypt has been freed from a tyrannical regime and breaking the siege of
Gaza is high on their list of priorities. Ousting Hosni Mubarak was
difficult, they said, but it was just the beginning of the revolution,
not the end....

*The National* <http://thenational. ae/section/ FOREIGN?profile= 1011>

*Israeli jets pound Gaza Strip after rocket attack on Beersheva*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ israeli-jets- pound-gaza- strip-after- rocket-attack- on-beersheva>
The National 25 Feb 2011 - Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu warns: 'We
are determined to defend our citizens and will not accept anyone bombing
our people and our civilians.'

*Alternative Information Center* <http://alternativen ews.org/>

*Israel Exploiting Chilean Miners to Increase Tourism Revenues, Generate
Positive PR*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ news/3344- israel-exploitin g-chilean- miners-to- increase- tourism-revenues -generate- positive- pr->
Alternative Information Center - Israel is currently exploiting the
plight of the Chilean miners who survived a record 69 days underground
following an August 2010 cave-in at the San Jose copper-gold mine in
order to increase its tourist revenues and...

*Vanishing East Jerusalem: EU Must Use Association Council to Ensure
Israel Respects International Law*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ news/3342- vanishing- east-jerusalem- eu-must-use- association- council-to- ensure-israel- respects- international- law>
Alternative Information Center - In view of the upcoming EU-Israel
Association Council scheduled for 21 February 2011 we, the undersigned
Palestinian human rights organisations committed to the promotion and
protection of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT),

*Daily Star* <http://dailystar. com.lb/>

*Netanyahu warns fighters not to test Israel after exchange of fire*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125302>
Daily Star 24 Feb 2011 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel Thursday warned
fighters in the Gaza Strip not to "test" the Jewish state, as fighter
jets pounded targets across the coastal enclave after a Palestinian
rocket attack. Slamming into a house, it was...

*Egypt military says it will not allow counterrevolution*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125301>
Daily Star 24 Feb 2011 Egypt's new military rulers assured the nation
Thursday they would guard against what protesters have called a
counterrevolution by associates of Hosni Mubarak. Meanwhile, the public
prosecutor referred two former ministers and several prominent
businessmen to...

*U.S. keeping all options open on Libya*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125300>
Daily Star 24 Feb 2011 The United States Thursday kept all options open
for actions on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, including sanctions and
military action, as Washington sought broad consensus on measures
against the regime. Meanwhile, Britain urged the world to...

*Yemen's Saleh orders security forces to protect demonstrators*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125278>
Daily Star 24 Feb 2011 Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered
his security forces to protect demonstrators trying to end his 32-year
rule, said a statement relayed by Yemen's press attache in Washington
Thursday. It said Saleh had "demanded security...

*The Guardian* <http://guardian. co.uk/world/ palestinian- territories>

*Letter: McEwan's criticism appears hypocritical*
<http://www.guardian .co.uk/books/ 2011/feb/ 25/mcewans- criticism- appears-hypocrit ical>
The Guardian 24 Feb 2011 - After rejecting the Palestinian call to
boycott the state-sponsored Jerusalem Prize , Ian McEwan has massaged
his conscience by demonstrating against home demolitions in East
Jerusalem, criticising Israel in his acceptance speech, and donating his
prize money...

*Young Palestinians call for protests on 15 March*
<http://www.guardian .co.uk/world/ 2011/feb/ 24/palestinian- young-people- protests>
The Guardian 24 Feb 2011 - Movement organised on Facebook aims to end
the bitter divisions between Hamas and Fatah Their movement has no name
and no leaders. Just a goal, and a tool. The goal is to force an end to...

*Relief Web*
<http://reliefweb. int/rw/rwb. nsf/doc106? OpenForm& emid=ACOS- 635PFR&rc= 3>

*Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory (17 -- 23 February 2011)*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /MMAH-8EE334? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 24 Feb 2011 - Source: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

*OPT: If not now, when?*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /MMAH-8EE2NQ? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 24 Feb 2011 - Source: Al Mezan Center for Human Rights

*Agriculture in the West Bank and Gaza*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /VVOS-8EDTBH? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 24 Feb 2011 - Source: American Near East Refugee Aid

*Briefing Security Council, Special Coordinator Paints Stark Contrast
between Deadlocked Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, Dramatic Changes
in Region*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /EGUA-8EDQTM? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 24 Feb 2011 - Source: UN Security Council

*Inter Press Service* <http://ipsnews. net/middle. asp>

*Never Tip the Army in Egypt* <http://ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews= 54611>
IPS Abu Mustafa Al Matriah and Abu Ahmed Abu Amrah, both Bedouins in
Northern Sinai are thankful to the army that they can complete their
daily deliveries without having "to pay so much baksheesh" (gratuity).

*EGYPT: Net Tightens Around Mubarak Cronies*
<http://ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews= 54601>
IPS Toppled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's cronies and political
allies could not be touched for years, but his departure has stripped
them of protection. Now they are under investigation for corruption and
graft -- and many Egyptians expect to finally see justice.

*YNet News* <http://ynetnews. com/>

*Hamas to exchange terror for unity?*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033645,00. html>
YNet News - Sources tell al-Hayat new plan for Palestinian unity
government may end....

*Ya'alon: Assad shouldn't challenge us*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033625,00. html>
YNet News - In response to ISIS report saying Damascus built four
nuclear facilities aside....

*Egypt's FM: Suleiman survived assassination bid*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033584,00. html>
YNet News - Aboul Gheit says witnessed shooting attack on former VP's
vehicle; claims gunmen....

*Beersheba resident: Where's the Arrow?*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033569,00. html>
YNet News - Woman whose home was hit in Wednesday's Grad attack says,
'Israel would have....

*Friends of traveler missing in NZ land in Israel; 2 more feared dead*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033474,00. html>
YNet News - Foreign Ministry says 'leaving no stone unturned' in search
for Israelis who....

*4 nuclear sites found in Syria*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033407,00. html>
YNet News - Satellite images show Damascus established four facilities
to accompany reactor....

*Barak: I hope Gaddafi will fall*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033369,00. html>
YNet News - Defense minister tells CNN developments in Tunisia and Libya
'very important';. ...

*Grad rocket hits Beersheba; IDF retaliates*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033209,00. html>
YNet News - Gaza Strip terror reaches Negev capital for first time since
Operation Cast....

*Terrorists hurt in Gaza strike*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033850,00. html>
YNet News - Israeli response to terror: Four Hamas men were wounded
Thursday evening after the Air Force targeted terrorists in Rafah,
Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported. .......

*Report: Iran hunts for uranium*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033838,00. html>
YNet News - Iran is expanding its covert global search for the uranium
it needs for its nuclear activities and a key focus is Zimbabwe, says a
new intelligence report acquired .......

*Turkish TV crew snubbed by PM's Office*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033832,00. html>
YNet News - No entrance to Turks? A Turkish television crew hired by the
Polish media in order to cover Poland's prime minister's visit to Israel
was not allowed to enter the Prime .......

*Southern residents: Rockets to reach Tel Aviv*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4033815,00. html>
YNet News - Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited Beersheba Thursday -- a
day after a Grad rocket directly hit the southern city. Barak visited
the houses that sustained damage and .......

*Palestinian Information Center* <http://palestine- info.co.uk/ en/>

*Woman accuses Mossad after husband went missing in Ukraine*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7v0F74EYL6P ZNmUrqiEibfM5X% 2bRs8AWFg% 2b7OQqC4rdGTwiSh P0WgTdQFsMr77U2f yVzu2aAcKkGCFsqc Zs%2fqXpwJrJqw9y oKy5A0xKdxMny8% 3d>
PIC 24 Feb 2011 - A Ukrainian woman has pointed the finger at the
Israeli Mossad after the suspicious disappearance of her husband on
February 18.

*Israel allows return of 300 Palestinians from Libya to WB from a total
of 70,000*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7GqtNCMydXR PHYnnOz%2biFl57% 2blxUngkF29gHF0j 7yhCHiuiQwvg0jaW ByzydSlf8YXim% 2fwgGDBkIBtC9HtF Vb7fgYZpqSue2b2i X7saAwNGc% 3d>
PIC 24 Feb 2011 - The Israeli occupation authority refused to allow the
return of Palestinians residing in Libya and only allowed 300 of them
back to the West Bank out of a total of 70,000.

*Dozens treated for breathing problems in Shufat night clashes*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7sk0kqpy33% 2fyJy3PKHWPqAvLg TkiCBluqP5LiH3DP O3CP2WlrMI2AHorr TpEnx2zQvMI8zRsh Jx11UpqYsxA9MMVJ mSTtUxMz2wmDLOwC Cpc%3d>
PIC 24 Feb 2011 - Dozens of Palestinian young men were treated for
breathing difficulty in Shufat refugee camp, occupied Jerusalem, on
Wednesday night after Israeli forces used teargas in abundance against them.

*Conference at UN headquarters to shift world attention to Palestinian
POWs*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7q3KOtfJbiB Qf9uYVVoq3ROby0u ukPXjC52KgIoeZFF u2vb9tWE8BIBy1sY YfZ6epvOoo1u6O4X 5K7O1OdonU9Qh6lQ ZYHBPB6hOQ9s9sq7 Q%3d>
PIC 24 Feb 2011 - Fouad Al-Khafsh, director of the Ahrar human rights
center in Gaza, anticipated that the conference on prisoner rights to be
held in Geneva is sure to shift the world's attention to Palestinian POW's.

*Israeli court extends isolation of prisoner Assayed*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7towjjZivzl NP4XngDexe1lrIqJ DzUPa7%2f83QFkoj VQMh3FjJIxp9z4Ze pdc5J1KjudGuwvon NNe%2bNQyFa8L9Fl 76eg1CYOgmBxUITX Wb9QI%3d>
PIC 24 Feb 2011 - Ahrar center for prisoners' studies and human rights
said that an Israeli court extended the solitary confinement of
Palestinian prisoner Abbas Assayed for six additional months.

*Relatives: None of Palestinian detainees in Egypt released*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7Qufl5LPxLA hdqs7DE3aIjwKcL5 OuYC%2fhlzlzr57B EGJ%2bapyPqH6fHv Qr6W10FCC45BHRE8 bQYhpFrCkyDLUEeV nI2YRrYe% 2fHwW3HQQlemSQ% 3d>
PIC 24 Feb 2011 - The Cairo authorities did not release any of the
Palestinian detainees in Egypt, relatives of those prisoners in the Gaza
Strip said in a statement on Wednesday.

*Hundreds of Gazans stranded at many int'l airports due to Egyptian
restrictions*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7WNFa49t8x4 e728PUNOB3LpVMpc iNV4s19FwUt% 2bX3GRPmyoVLahGZ muVrYaaOuVBjfuvU fJQsz85evYWbgVIm ho3Ojy3CKLtFaxcj GNkIi%2bc% 3d>
PIC 24 Feb 2011 - Hundreds of Palestinian passengers are stranded
outside Egypt and their suffering is exacerbating because of the
Egyptian authorities' refusal to allow them to fly back to Cairo airport.

*Palestinian resistance fighter killed during Israeli attack on east
Gaza city*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7ZVNzoKkY9q 9Wl1frA1xB9lQS73 3bQbrkUNQ0dIdc8I agQh6j0HzoeSaWfH ctQrXZ00Maz5QSYV AbN9MLUmOC74NiYc 90btlWnk868N5L92 s%3d>
PIC 24 Feb 2011 - A Palestinian resistance fighter affiliated Islamic
Jihad was proclaimed dead on Wednesday evening after he sustained
serious injuries from an Israeli military attack on east of Gaza city.

*Thursday of rage in Negev to protest Israeli demolitions*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7SzPLn% 2f%2bQNgWr8CE% 2fNUxf1rgO6H7O0r hTuU3l45sLANR6T5 j5lXCOijZzN6d5YQ ilDNwHg4FLbEbp% 2fHfM0ZqAahZnms8 6Bpx6efEZUIFHVYU %3d>
PIC 24 Feb 2011 - The Arab higher follow up committee has called on the
Palestinian masses in 1948 occupied Palestine to participate in the day
of rage against the Israeli demolition of Arab villages on Thursday.

*Israeli warplanes blast Gaza targets*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7JA5bKp0hef tHq8mwCEQdj9J% 2fVDhsFcxC4NJQYp bRf9CUZ7TAa8N68M %2bpuOqrFZS5V25X cIsnGy2L4R7Gqd3F naJX3WpiJtWfjtG9 xtHfHAc%3d>
PIC 24 Feb 2011 - Israeli warplanes blasted a number of targets in the
Gaza Strip overnight Wednesday only hours after artillery shelling that
killed a citizen and wounded 16 others.

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[OccupationNews] Digest Number 1303
Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:10 pm (PST)

*Los Angeles Times* <http://latimes. com/news/ nationworld/ world/middleeast />

*In Jordan, King Abdullah II getting earful from tribal leaders*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/3Gh0k58xL- 8/la-fg-jordan- tribes-20110225, 0,4453115. story>
LA Times 24 Feb 2011 - At the heart of the discontent is Jordan's
growing Palestinian population, which threatens to erode the tribes'
hold on money and power. The king also faces pressure to end corruption
and his grip on political power. Faris Fayez grew up hearing about the
day in 1970 when his father and other Jordanian tribal leaders summoned
the late King Hussein to complain about entrenched Palestinian fighters
who were virtually occupying the country.

*New York Times* <http://nytimes. com/pages/ world/middleeast />

*Chilean Miners, in Israel, Count Blessings Amid Media Glare*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=a6829e234a9dc1 7a0bd19af6ba54cd 4c>
New York Times 24 Feb 2011 - As turmoil shakes the region, 25 of the
rescued Chileans are being hosted by Israel this week.

*World Briefing | Middle East: Syria: Iranian Warships Arrive With
'Message of Peace'*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=1a683112ffd6d4 c20d5e5349c1bbe6 aa>
New York Times 24 Feb 2011 - Two Iranian warships have docked in Syria,
arriving Wednesday after passing through the Suez Canal, the first
Iranian Navy vessels to do so since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.

*Misc* <http://vtjp. org/aboutus/ aboutus.htm>

*Haaretz ad recommends 'return'-ing Palestinians to Jordan*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/haaretz- ad-recommends- return-ing- palestinians- to-jordan. html>
Mondoweiss - A friend writes: I found this via Gaza mom Laila
El-Haddad, her twitter feed: " Retweeted by gazamom and 100+ others
anyone else see the vile ad on haaretz that calls for the expulsion of
Palestinians to Jordan?? about 23 hours ago via web" I went to...

*Working around America: a new strategy on Israel/Palestine*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/working- around-america- a-new-strategy- on-israelpalesti ne.html>
Mondoweiss - Last Friday's vote in the UN in which the US refused to
follow the other 14 members of the Security Council in condemning
Israel's ongoing settlement project -- including, it should be noted,
such traditionally pro-Israel stalwarts as Britain, France and even
Germany and India (for...

*Netanyahu seems as delusional as Qadhafi*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/netanyahu- seems-as- delusional- as-qadhafi. html>
Mondoweiss - If he wasn't he would be analyzing the events in the region
and scrambling desperately to make peace with surrounding Arab
countries. Instead, since the fall of Ben Ali and Mubarak and now the
impending fall of Qadhafi the world is witnessing increased brutality and...

*Ahmet Dogan: 'US failure to support my son comes from the same policy
that has led to support for Middle East autocrats & Israeli governments
that have long oppressed Palestinians' *
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/ahmet- dogan-us- failure-to- support-my- son-comes- from-the- same-policy- that-has- led-to-support- for-middle- east-autocrats- israeli-governme nts-that- have-long- oppressed- palestinians. html>
Mondoweiss - Ahmet Dogan, Furkan Dogan 's father, writes about his son
today in the Albany Times Union. It's really worth reading the whole
article " A father speaks for his son ."Dogan is currently on a speaking
tour in the US. Furkan's particular sensitivity was always for the...

*NY's LGBT center cancels pro-Palestinian event after
donor/porn-merchant says it's 'anti-Semitic' *
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/nys-lgbt- center-cancels- pro-palestinian- event-after- donorporn- merchant- says-its- anti-semitic. html>
Mondoweiss - This is awful. New York's LGBT Center was to host a "Party
to End Apartheid" on March 5 during Israeli Apartheid Week. The event
has been cancelled, under explicit financial pressure from a large
donor. (Forward did the story yesterday.) Here, under the title "Don't
let...

*Bibi Rewrites History--and Reality*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/ZPEHxsCGhqw />
Tikun Olam - Bibi Netanyahu, in a Knesset speech covered by Haaretz ,
announced some sweeping revisions to history and Israeli-Arab reality.
For example, did you know that a Palestinian state already exists?
Sure does, according to the Beeb, who said with regard to the Arab
uprisings toppling dictators right...

*Mass protests continue in Bahrain*
<http://www.wsws. org/articles/ 2011/feb2011/ bahr-f24. shtml>
WSWS - Tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators took to the
streets of Bahrain's capital, Manama, this week. Defying government
demands to end protests, amid vicious police attacks on crowds last week
that left an estimated eight people dead and hundreds more wounded,
crowds called for the fall...

*April 20-23: The 6th Annual Bil'in Conference on the Palestinian
Popular Struggle*
<http://www.populars truggle.org/ content/april- 20-23-6th- annual-bilin- conference- palestinian- popular-struggle>
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee - As nonviolent resistance for
freedom sweeps across the Arab world, join us in harnessing the winds of
change at the 6

*Misc 2* <http://vtjp. org/news/ news.php>

*How the NGO Transparency Bill Covers Up Its Supporters' True
Intentions*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/jeremiahhab er/PcEx/% 7E3/YjfUs3E526U/ how-ngo-transpar ency-bill- covers-up- its.html>
The Magnes Zionist 24 Feb 2011 - Now that the bill mandating Israeli
NGOs to publicize donations received from foreign governmental entities
has passed, it is time to look at the motives and the intentions of
those who supported it -- and these are anything but transparent. The
"transparency" campaign has been waged...

*Umberto Eco does not understand the cultural boycott*
<http://josephdana. com/2011/ 02/umberto- eco-does- not-understand- the-cultural- boycott/? utm_source= rss&utm_medium= rss&utm_campaign =umberto- eco-does- not-understand- the-cultural- boycott>
Joseph Dana 24 Feb 2011 - Everywhere you look the boycott debate is in
the news. Last week, acclaimed British writer Ian McEwan captured
headlines for refusing Palestinian calls to boycott the 2011 Jerusalem
Book Festival . Instead, McEwan accepted this year's award with a sharp
speech denouncing Israeli behavior towards the Palestinians. ..

*Did Israeli media sideline racist motives in killing of Arab youth in
Jerusalem?*
<http://josephdana. com/2011/ 02/hate-crimes- against-palestin ians-in-the- heart-of- west-jerusalem- go-unnoticed- in-israel/ ?utm_source= rss&utm_medium= rss&utm_campaign =hate-crimes- against-palestin ians-in-the- heart-of- west-jerusalem- go-unnoticed- in-israel>
Joseph Dana 23 Feb 2011 - Amid the revolutionary cheer that was
emanating from Egypt last week, a group of Israeli Jews attacked and
killed a Palestinian in the heart of West Jerusalem. 24-year-old
Palestinian Hussam Rwidy was killed by a group of nationalist Jewish
youth screaming "death to Arabs" as he...

*Egypt detains minister, TV boss*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 12564550>
BBC 24 Feb 2011 - Egyptian police detained the former information
minister and state broadcasting chief as part of an anti-corruption
probe following the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak.

*Saudi held on Texas terror charge*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- us-canada- 12571648>
BBC 24 Feb 2011 - US authorities say a Saudi student sought to make a
bomb and prepared a list of targets including former President George W
Bush's house.

*Israel bombs Hamas sites in Gaza*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 12564546>
BBC 24 Feb 2011 - Israel bombs Hamas sites in Gaza, a day after
Palestinian militants fired rockets into Israel and one man was killed
by Israeli tank fire.

*VIDEO: Livni: Middle East is at a 'crossroads' *
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 12574692>
BBC 24 Feb 2011 - Israeli Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni says the the
Middle East is at a crossroads following recent uprisings in the region.

*The Push of Conscience and Secretary Clinton*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/antiwar- original/ %7E3/RFxtfVPNWyc />
Antiwar.com 24 Feb 2011 - Ray McGovern on his assault at a Clinton speech

*Articles*

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*Toward Palestine's 'Mubarak moment'*
<http://english. aljazeera. net/indepth/ opinion/2011/ 02/2011224141158 174266.html>
Ali Abunimah, Al Jazeera 2/24/2011
/The Palestinian Authority should dissolve itself, as it is acting in
Israel's interest/
The slow collapse of Palestinian collective leadership
institutions in recent years has reached a crisis amid the ongoing Arab
revolutions, the revelations in the Palestine Papers, and the absence of
any credible peace process. The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority
(PA) controlled by Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah faction has attempted to
respond to this crisis by calling elections for the Palestinian
Legislative Council (PLC) and the PA presidency.
Abbas hopes that elections could restore legitimacy to his
leadership. Hamas has rejected such elections in the absence of a
reconciliation agreement ending the division that resulted from Fatah's
refusal (along with Israel and the PA's western sponsors, especially the
United States) to accept the result of the last election in 2006, which
Hamas decisively won. But even if such an election were held in the West
Bank and Gaza Strip, it does not resolve the crisis of collective
leadership faced by the entire Palestinian people, some ten million
distributed between those living in the occupied Gaza Strip and West
Bank, inside Israel, and the worldwide diaspora.
A house divided There are numerous reasons to oppose new PA
elections, even if Hamas and Fatah were to sort out their differences.
The experience since 2006 demonstrates that democracy, governance and
normal politics are impossible under Israel's brutal military
occupation.more. .
<http://english. aljazeera. net/indepth/ opinion/2011/ 02/2011224141158 174266.html>e-mail
<mailto:?subject= Toward%20Palesti ne%E2%80% 99s%20%E2% 80%99Mubarak% 20moment% E2%80%99% 20&body=Toward% 20Palestine% E2%80%99s% 20%E2%80% 99Mubarak% 20moment% E2%80%99% 20--%20http://english. aljazeera. net/indepth/ opinion/2011/ 02/2011224141158 174266.html% 20--%20link% 20courtesy% 20www.vtjp. org>

*'I only have you to count on.'* <http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 02/16767/>
Vera Macht, ISM Gaza, International Solidarity Movement 2/24/2011
"I only have you to count on. From now on, my children depend on
you."
This was the desperate call of a man who sees no way out for
himself and his children, and we ISM members who came to his phone call,
received it in helpless silence. It is not the first time that we have
visited this family, and every time we go home more horrified.
The last time we were there was on the 14th July 2010, a day after
his wife died; was murdered, there is no other way to say it. Nasser
Jabr Abu Said lives in Johr al-Dik, 350 meters away from the border with
Israel. On the evening of the 13th July, Nasser's wife was in the garden
with two other women from the family when they were fired at with
artillery shells from a nearby tank. They used flechette shells, which
explode in the air so that five- to eight-thousand nails shoot out of
them, piercing everyone and everything in a cone of 300 by 100 meters.
They are also illegal under international law.
Nasser's wife was not injured, but the Nasser's sister was wounded
in the shoulder, and a third woman, Sanaa Ahmed Abu Said, 26, was
wounded in the leg. The family took shelter in the house and called an
ambulance, which was unable to approach because it was stopped by
machine gun fire from the nearby Israeli soldiers. At this point, the 33
year old wife of Nasser, Nema Abu Said, realized that the youngest of
her children, Jaber, was asleep in the garden. As Nema ran outside to
bring him to safety, she and her brother-in-law were pierced by the
nails of another flechette shell. It took four endless hours before the
ambulance finally got the permission to help the family, but by then
Nema had died.
When we first visited the family, no one had yet had the heart to
explain to Jaber that his mother had died. He kept asking for her while
we were there, but how do you explain something like that to a three
year old child?more.. <http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 02/16767/>e-mail
<mailto:?subject= %27I%20only% 20have%20you% 20to%20count% 20on.%27% 20&body=% 27I%20only% 20have%20you% 20to%20count% 20on.%27% 20--%20http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 02/16767/ %20--%20link% 20courtesy% 20www.vtjp. org>

*Demolitions, drought and displacement in West Bank Area C*
<http://www.irinnews .org/report. aspx?ReportID= 91971>
Ramallah, IRIN - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs 2/18/2011
Demolition of livelihood structures and drought are hitting
already impoverished Palestinian communities living in Area C of the
West Bank hard this year, according to UN agencies and international aid
organizations working in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).
Demolition of livelihood structures - including commercial
structures, educational facilities, wells, water cisterns, water storage
tanks, farmland and animal pens - by Israeli authorities in the West
Bank and East Jerusalem increased by about 85 percent in 2010 and so far
in 2011, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(OCHA) told IRIN.
"Over 12,500 Palestinians were affected by the demolition of
livelihood structures in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2010,"
Ramesh Rajasingham, head of OCHA in Jerusalem, told IRIN, and "the
majority of people effected, were impacted by the demolition of water
cisterns in Area C."
During 2010, 21 cisterns were demolished by the Israeli army, of
which 9 were built thanks to funding from international donors. Of those
demolished, 20 were in Hebron and one in Bethlehem, and two were built
before 1948, OCHA says.
Cisterns - used to collect rainwater - are the only water source
for livestock in these herding communities and the demolitions create
economic hardship for thousands of people. During summer cisterns are
also a domestic water source.
Forced to buy costly fodder, water
The West Bank is facing a rainfall shortage this season
(September-March) , which decreases grazing pastures and water levels in
cisterns, forcing herders to purchase costly fodder and water from
private tanks to sustain their animals, said the Palestinian Authority
(PA) agricultural ministry.more. .
<http://www.irinnews .org/report. aspx?ReportID= 91971>e-mail
<mailto:?subject= Demolitions, %20drought% 20and%20displace ment%20in% 20West%20Bank% 20Area%20C% 20&body=Demoliti ons,%20drought% 20and%20displace ment%20in% 20West%20Bank% 20Area%20C% 20--%20http://www.irinnews .org/report. aspx?ReportID= 91971%20- -%20link% 20courtesy% 20www.vtjp. org>

*Israel investing $1.6 million in "new media warriors"*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/B26L5QIQaaU/ article11828. shtml>
Electronic Intifada: 24 Feb 2011 - In early February, Israeli military
spokesperson Avi Benayahu announced that more than a hundred Israeli
"media warriors" are to be trained to use social media tools to
disseminate Israeli propaganda to audiences around the world.more
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/B26L5QIQaaU/ article11828. shtml>

*Father of Furkan Dogan, slain on flotilla, seeks justice*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/TjAO6vO2Xw4/ article11826. shtml>
Electronic Intifada: 24 Feb 2011 - What had started out on 3 June 2010
as a confident journey portending reunion had turned unexpectedly into
mindless tragedy. In an interview with The Electronic Intifada
contributor Kristin Szremski, Dr. Ahmet Dog(an describes his quest for
justice for his son slain on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.more
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/TjAO6vO2Xw4/ article11826. shtml>

*Palestinian fashion designer's uncompromising debut*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/OcOKm- gRQvg/article118 27.shtml>
Electronic Intifada: 24 Feb 2011 - With style gurus and editors reveling
in another pageant of new creations flaunted at London Fashion Week, a
talented young Palestinian is bucking the trend with his own
captivatingly unconventional designs.more
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/OcOKm- gRQvg/article118 27.shtml>

*Till September: The PA's Meaningless Deadlines*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16678>
Palestine Chronicle: 24 Feb 2011 - By Ramzy Baroud Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas and his supporters in the Fatah party want us to
believe that dramatic changes are underway in the occupied Palestinian
territories. This is part of a strategy intended to offset any public
dissatisfaction with the self-designated Palestinian leadership in the
West Bank. The PA hopes the 'news' will create enough distraction to
help it survive the current climate of major public-regime showdowns
engulfing the Middle East. Anticipating a potential popular uprising in
the occupied territories - which could result in a major revamping of
the current power, to the disadvantage of Abbas - the PA is now taking
preventive measures. First, there was the resignation of the chief
Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Ereka on February 12. Erekat was clearly
implicated in negotiating, if not squandering, Palestinian rights in
successive meetings with Israeli and American officials. This was
revealed through nearly 1,600 leaked documents,.. .more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16678>

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If All Rabbis Were Like Arik Ascherman,
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At Tunisian border,
tales of terror from Libya

By Hadeel Al-shalchi, Associated Press – Fri Feb 25, 2:51 pm ET

RAS AJDIR, Tunisia – One Egyptian said he was forced to kneel in front of members of the Libyan army who carried out a mock execution. Another man locked himself in his home for five days, running low on supplies and hearing shots and screams outside. A group of Indian workers hid in the desert while awaiting a rescue plane.

Thousands of expatriate Egyptians, Indians, Turks and Tunisians crossed the border into Tunisia on Friday, and many of them appeared to be in shock. They carried their belongings and horrific memories of the violence tearing apart Moammar Gadhafi's Libya.

Tunisian aid groups offered them embraces, food and shelter.

Many Egyptians who had crossed Thursday night said they lived in the embattled towns of Zawiya and Zwara, which encountered some of the worst fighting in recent days.

Volunteer doctors and nurses tended to the new arrivals in medical tents, and volunteers from the Tunisian Red Cross, Boy Scouts, and the Tunisian Trade Union handed out soup and sandwiches.

At sunset, hundreds more crossed the border — many of them families. They collected a free blanket, some cartons of milk and sandwiches as they waited for buses to take them to the airport or to shelters. Red Crescent worker Khaled Faqeeh said 7,050 people — 4,200 of them Egyptian — arrived from Libya from morning until about 6 p.m.

Doctors said they hadn't seen any serious wounds but added that most were suffering from shock and trauma.

A few miles (kilometers) from the border, Egyptian men lined up to wash their faces from water gushing from a pipe at a camp set up by the Tunisian army. The camp, which housed about 5,000 people, was built after shelters at the border couldn't handle the large numbers coming across.

Many of the evacuees looked confused and frightened, sitting in the sand near their tents or lounging on suitcases. They wrapped their blankets around themselves for protection against a cold wind.

Some of those fleeing Libya were afraid to talk, fearful for their jobs or for fellow expatriates still inside. Others, however, weren't so reticent.

Ali Mohammed, an Egyptian construction worker from Cairo, said he locked himself in his home for five days in the embattled town of Zawiya, running out of food and supplies, while listening to gunfire and screams from outside.

"Our government didn't bother to ask after us and did nothing to help us get out," Mohammed said.

He and some other workers had to pay 200 Libyan dinars (about $160) — 10 times the usual cost — to rent a car to take them from Zawiya to the border. The driver dropped them off nearly two miles (three kilometers) from the frontier, forcing them to walk with their belongings the rest of the way to the Tunisian border.

Once there, the Egyptians said they were harassed by Libyan authorities.

"They kept telling us we needed papers that have never been required before to leave the country," said Syed Mohammed, who worked at the port in Zwara. "We eventually had to fork over a bribe to keep us moving."

All the Egyptians said the Libyan army and police they encountered on the way confiscated and destroyed the memory cards from their mobile phones to get rid of any stored photos or video.

Another man, Ahmed Ibrahim, said he had moved to Zawiya to work as a barber four months ago before being forced to leave because of the violence.

He said a group of Egyptians he fled with Thursday were sheltered by Libyan families, their journey protected by community watch groups from the opposition that had taken over control of the streets there.

"They would transfer us from one checkpoint to another to ensure our safety," he said.

Others had more terrifying experiences.

Taher Nasri, 25, who worked as a sailor in Zwara, said his car was pulled over at a gas station by the Libyan army.

"They pulled us out of the car, dropped us to our knees and then shot rounds next to us on the ground to scare us," Nasri said.

Among the hundreds of Egyptians, a handful of Indians who worked as caterers at a BP oilfield in the Sahara desert pulled their luggage behind them as they crossed the border into Tunisia.

Shocked and exhausted, the Indians said they were forced to hide in the desert for three days before their company could secure a plane to rescue them.

"Everything was going smoothly one day and then, we don't know exactly who the attackers were, but we were told one day to just run," said Anthony Caruz, 57, who headed the catering staff in the desert compound.

He said that after hiding in the desert, they were told it was safe to go back to their compound, where they found their apartments ransacked and destroyed. Caruz said they had to walk to a nearby landing strip where their company had chartered a flight from Malta to bring them to Tripoli.

"It was traumatizing. ... We couldn't sleep, we were panicking and running wherever we could just in the desert, just running as far as possible. We simply escaped from the jaws of death," Caruz said, choking back tears.

Mohammed Abdelaziz, 22, said he and his wife packed up their belongings and left Zwara for the Tunisian border on Thursday but were turned back by Libyan authorities. When they returned home, they found their apartment ransacked, he added.

"We didn't find anything left — my fridge, my bedroom set, my clothes — they were all stolen," added his wife, Sana Mohammad.

When they left again Friday for the border — this time paying 300 Libyan dinars ($240) per person to get a ride to the border — the Zwara police headquarters and other police stations, as well as the courthouse, were ablaze, and "the Libyans were all shooting in the air," her husband said.

"Everyone is carrying a weapon. I even saw a small boy carrying a gun," he said.

While the aid efforts were largely based on volunteers from Tunisian civil society groups and donations, the Tunisian army was in charge of keeping order and organizing the traffic.

"I wanted to go into Libya and help in there because I know the poor state of the medical health inside," said one of the volunteers, Hussein Saleh, 32, showing his green Tunisian passport. He said he worked in Libya for four years as an X-ray technician.

Saleh said officials were getting so much donated food and medical supplies "we're running out of room to store it."

A group of teachers from the Tunisian province of Sidi Bouzid brought an ambulance and two carloads of donated food and medicine. The province is the site where an unemployed man set himself afire Dec. 17 in the uprising that eventually toppled longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and then spread across the Arab world.

"We are the country of the first revolution," said Hassan Adi, who helped organize the aid caravan. "We have a duty to help our Libyan brethren ... as they revolt."

An abandoned home owned by the government had been used to store water bottles, packs of dried pasta, cans of food, and long-life milk. Hundreds of Egyptians lined up with their luggage, waiting for buses to the airport to catch flights to Cairo. They smoked, talked about the kindness of the Tunisians, and held a short-lived rally chanting anti-Gadhafi and pro-Arab unity slogans.

In the late morning, dozens of young men calling themselves the "Caravan of Victory" accompanied truckloads of aid. Posters of Gadhafi's face and a noose were taped all over the trucks and buses carrying the men.

The organizer of the caravan, Mohammed ben Mohammad, said his group was able to collect 20,000 Tunisian dinars (about $14,200) via text-messaging and Facebook. He said the money was used to bring 18 trucks filled with perishable food, water, milk and medicine for the refugees at the border.

The caravan started from the capital, Tunis, and moved across the country, collecting young men and aid along the way, he said.

"As Tunisians, we are rediscovering ourselves after the fall of Ben Ali," said ben Mohammad. "Our leaders have always tried to divide Arabs, but this event has proven that we can stand with each other."

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[OccupationNews] Digest Number 1306

Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:29 pm (PST)

***Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles*

*News*
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*International Middle East Media Center* <http://imemc. org/>

*Settlers Attack Palestinian Village Near Nablus, Torch Vehicle*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60723>
IMEMC - Saturday February 26, 2011 - 11:02, For the second day in a raw,
a group of fundamentalist settlers of the Yitzhar illegal settlement,
near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, invaded on Saturday at dawn
Burin Palestinian village, and torched a vehicle that belongs to a local
resident.

*Israeli Air Force Carries Out A Series Of Air-Strikes Targeting Gaza*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60722>
IMEMC - Saturday February 26, 2011 - 10:39, The Israeli Air Force
conducted on Saturday at dawn a series of Air Strikes targeting a number
of areas in the Gaza Strip leading to excessive damage; no injuries were
reported until the time of this report.

*Settlers Uproot Lands Planted With Wheat Near Ramallah*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60721>
IMEMC - Saturday February 26, 2011 - 10:11, A group of extremist
settlers uprooted 150 Dunams planted with wheat near the central West
Bank city of Ramallah.

*Three Palestinians Wounded; 1 Israeli Arrested In Anti-Wall Demos In
Bil'in, Nil'in, Nabi Saleh* <http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60719>
IMEMC - Saturday February 26, 2011 - 09:46, In the central West Bank
villages of Bil'in, Nil'in and Nabi Saleh, non-violent protests were
held Friday afternoon to challenge the Israeli Wall construction and
support the Libyan people in their uprising against Moammar Gaddafi.

*Clashes Continue in Silwan* <http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60714>
IMEMC - Friday February 25, 2011 - 17:22, Confrontations erupted on
Thursday evening between Israeli forces and Palestinian residents of the
East Jerusalem village of Silwan,

*Ma'an News* <http://maannews. net/en/>

*Fresh airstrike targets Gaza home*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363562>
2/26/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli F16 fighter jets launched the
sixth air strike of the day on Gaza on Saturday afternoon, witnesses
said. The most recent strike hit Ahmad Abu Shareb's home, east of
Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Abu Shareb told Ma'an
the Israeli army told.... Related:Israel warplanes strike Gaza; no
injuries <http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363430>

*Israel threatens force against Fatah leader's guards*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363542>
2/26/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) - Israel has warned the Palestinian
Authority that its soldiers would target a top member of Fatah and his
guards should he be allowed to join rallies against the separation wall,
a Palestinian official said. The liaison office, according to the
source, explained that it had obtained information that Central
Committee member....

*Settlers disrupt Beit Ummar rally*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363618>
2/26/2011 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Settlers disrupted an anti-wall
demonstration Saturday in Beit Ummar near Hebron, protest organizers
said. Local popular committee spokesman Mohammad Awad said the rally
ended peacefully despite attempts by settlers to intimidate protesters
with an aggressive dog. Local and international activists headed toward
the illegal Karmi Tzur settlement chanting slogans, Awad said....

*Israeli forces raid Palestinian leaders' prison cells*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363647>
2/26/2011 - BETHLEHEM(Ma' an) -- Israeli forces raided the cells of two
Palestinian leaders held in solitary confinement in Israel's Nafha jail,
their lawyer said Saturday. Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine secretary-general Ahmad Sa'adat and elected Hamas lawmaker
Jamal Abu Al-Haya told their lawyer the searches lasted for three hours....

*Mayor: Settlers damage field near Ramallah*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363380>
2/26/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Settlers attacked a village northeast of
Ramallah on Friday and ruined wheat fields, officials said. Al-Magheer
village mayor Faraj An-Na'as said Adei Adsettlers used a tractor to
spray the wheat with chemicals. He said farmers cannot reach their land
except except during certain times of the year after getting....

*Israel set to close Gaza crossing completely*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363439>
2/26/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli officials plan to completely
shut down Gaza's bulk goods Karni crossing in two weeks for "security
reasons," the official Israeli news agency reported Friday. Israeli
officials told Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Assleborn that they
decided to shut down the terminal, according to a report that appeared
in Arabic....

*Israel warplanes strike Gaza; no injuries*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363430>
2/26/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) - Israeli warplanes struck several targets
in the southern and central Gaza Strip early Saturday. No injuries were
reported. A Ma'an correspondent in the southern Gaza Strip said several
missiles hit an Islamic Jihad military base in Khan Younis. Warplanes
also fired at an open area in the Nuseirat.... Related:Fresh airstrike
targets Gaza home <http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363562>

*PA official: Extremists torch Palestinian car*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363456>
2/26/2011 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Extremist settlers attacked a village in
the occupied West Bank and torched a Palestinian car, an official said
Saturday. Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors Israel's northern
settlements, told Ma'an that settlers from an illegal outpost attacked
the home of Bashir Az-Zein in Burin. They poured fuel.... Related:Mayor:
Settlers damage field near Ramallah
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363380>

*Fatah Youth vows non-violent resistance*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363665>
2/26/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- The Fatah Youth Movement said Saturday
that despite a US veto of an anti-settlement resolution at the UN, it
remained committed to non-violent resistance. On February 18, the US
torpedoed Palestinian efforts to pass a motion condemning illegal
settlement construction at the UN Security Council. In light of the
veto, US....

*Minister: Russia will continue supplying missiles to Syria*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363481>
2/26/2011 - MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russia intends to fulfil its contract
supplying Syria with supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles, news agencies
quoted Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov as saying Saturday....

*Luxembourg FM visits Gaza, urges peace*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363425>
2/26/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean
Assleborn on Friday urged both the Palestinians and Israelis to "avoid
violence and work hard to reach a peaceful solution to the prolonged
conflict." During a briefing at the UNRWA office in Gaza City, after a
short visit to Gaza's fishing port, Assleborn told....

*Obama: Sanctions target Gadhafi, not Libya*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363436>
2/26/2011 - WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama said Friday
that new US sanctions against Libya target its leader Moamer Gadhafi
over his crackdown on protesters, and not the assets of his nation....

*Four killed in police raid on Yemen demo*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363437>
2/26/2011 - ADEN, Yemen (AFP) -- The death toll from a police raid on an
anti-government demonstration in the main southern Yemeni city of Aden
rose to four on Saturday with 40 others wounded, medics told AFP....

*Hospital: 2 more dead in Aden protests*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363438>
2/26/2011 - ADEN, Yemen (AFP) -- Two more people were killed late Friday
as security forces in the southern Yemen city of Aden battled to
disperse thousands of protesters, bringing the toll to three, a hospital
source said Saturday....

*Pressure mounts on Security Council to end Libya deaths*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363443>
2/26/2011 - UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday
demanded decisive action by the UN Security Council against Moammar
Gadhafi's bloody crackdown in Libya, warning that any delay would add to
the growing death toll. Ban's call and an emotional speech by the Libyan
ambassador to the United Nations -- in which....

*Source: Major Yemen tribes join anti-regime protests*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363486>
2/26/2011 - SANAA, Yemen (AFP) -- Important Yemeni tribal leaders,
including those of the Hashid and Baqil, on Saturday pledged to join
protests against Prseident Ali Abdullah Saleh at a gathering north of
the capital, tribal sources said....

*Free Libyan media start talking back*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363502>
2/26/2011 - TOBRUK, Libya (AFP) -- Tucked away in a small back room
beyond the clamor of the city, four Libyan journalists sit around
microphones in a makeshift studio and freely discuss a whirlwind
fortnight of change: Radio Free Tobruk is up and running. After four
decades of having to hold its tongue, the media is starting to....

*Yemen unrest timeline*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363518>
2/26/2011 - SANAA, Yemen (AFP) -- Key dates in the revolt in Yemen:--
January 27: Inspired by the overthrow of the regime in Tunisia and a
growing revolt in Egypt, thousands of Yemenis protest to demand that
President Ali Abdullah Saleh quit after 32 years in power. -- February
2: Saleh says he will not seek a new mandate....

*Berlusconi: Gadhafi apparently no longer in control*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363524>
2/26/2011 - ROME (AFP) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appears to be no
longer in control of the situation in his country, Italian Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi said at a political rally in Rome on Saturday....

*US slaps sanctions on Gadhafi*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363533>
2/26/2011 - WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama has imposed
personal sanctions on Libya's Moammer Gadhafi and four of his sons, in a
clear attempt to further weaken his teetering regime and punish brutal
assaults against his people. Obama wielded presidential power in an
executive order Friday to seize the assets of Gadhafi and named....

*State Dept: Americans 'may' still remain in Libya*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363584>
2/26/2011 - WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The US State Department said early
Saturday that there "may be" Americans still remaining in Libya after US
efforts to evacuate all US nationals... .

*Police fire tear gas to disperse new Tunisia protest*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363585>
2/26/2011 - TUNIS (AFP) -- Security forces in the Tunisian capital fired
tear gas to disperse about 300 protesters chanting anti-government
slogans at a fresh protest outside the interior ministry, an AFP
reporter said....

*Opposition leader Mashaima arrives in Bahrain*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363586>
2/26/2011 - MANAMA,Bahrain (AFP) -- Opposition leader Hassan Mashaima
arrived Saturday in Manama, a day after he was arrested in Lebanon on
his way to join anti-government protests in Bahrain....

*Facebook page calls for Qatar emir's ouster*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363587>
2/26/2011 - DUBAI (AFP) -- A Facebook page demanding the ouster of
Qatar's moderate, pro-Western emir, accusing him of being an agent of
Israel, had attracted 18,262 fans by Saturday in the latest web-driven
push for change in the Arab world. In what is apparently the first call
for change in the gas-rich state since popular....

*Bahrain king reshuffles cabinet as thousands rally*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363589>
2/26/2011 - MANAMA, Bahrain (AFP) -- Bahrain's king reshuffled his
cabinet on Saturday, under pressure as an exiled opposition leader
returned and thousands of protesters marched in Manama to demand the
Sunni rulers stand down." His Majesty King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa
today formally swore in new ministers covering five cabinet portfolios,"
the government said in....

*Egypt protesters in Tahrir after army apology*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363652>
2/26/2011 - CAIRO (AFP) -- Some 2,000 protesters marched onto Cairo's
Tahrir Square on Saturday to call for a new government, denouncing
violence by authorities after military police beat and arrested
demonstrators. Protesters demanded the replacement of the government of
Prime Minister Ahmad Shafiq, which includes several ministers from
toppled President Hosni Mubarak's regime....

*UN Security Council holds Libya sanctions talks*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363659>
2/26/2011 - UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- The UN Security Council on Saturday
embarked on an urgent debate over how to sanction Libyan leader Moammer
Gadhafi for his deadly offensive on opposition protesters. Ambassadors
held formal negotiations on a sanctions resolution one day after UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned them that a delay in taking
"concrete action" would....

*Kuwait marks liberation with massive parade*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363663>
2/26/2011 - SUBBIYA, Kuwait (AFP) -- The Gulf state of Kuwait Saturday
marked the 20th anniversary of its liberation from Iraqi occupation with
a massive international military parade as 17 world leaders watched.
Warplanes, helicopters, tanks and armored vehicles from the United
States, France, Britain and 25 other countries, whose militaries took
part in freeing Kuwait from Saddam....

*Palestine Note* <http://palestinenot e.com/cs/>

*US Senators Press Lebanon on International Tribunal*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/25/ us-senators- press-lebanon- on-international -tribunal. aspx>
Palestine Note 25 Feb 2011 - American leaders continue to demonstrate
that changes in the rest of the world, and the deep flaws in our foreign
policy which they reveal, will have no impact on our thinking
whatsoever. The latest case in...

*Aljazeera* <http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/>

*Egypt proposes presidency reform*
<http://english. aljazeera. net//news/ middleeast/ 2011/02/20112261 63611509450. html>
AlJazeera 26 Feb 2011 - Proposed rules would open up competition for
presidency and restrict terms.

*Egypt protesters dispersed by force*
<http://english. aljazeera. net//news/ middleeast/ 2011/02/20112262 21957428. html>
AlJazeera 26 Feb 2011 - Army uses batons to break up demonstrations in
capital Cairo demanding purging of Mubarak loyalists from government.

*Iran nuclear plant suffers setback*
<http://english. aljazeera. net//news/ middleeast/ 2011/02/20112261 35213774297. html>
AlJazeera 26 Feb 2011 - Tehran announces plans to remove fuel from
Bushehr reactor while it carries out "technical work".

*Palestine News Network* <http://english. pnn.ps/>

*HRW: Pro-Gaddafi Thugs Terrorize Egyptian Migrants, Causing Flight to
Tunisia*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9619&Itemid= 63>
PNN - Ras Ijdir, Tunisia -- HRW to PNN - Libyan security forces and
pro-government groups in the western city of Zawiyah have violently
attacked anti-government protesters and Egyptian migrant workers, Human
Rights Watch...

*The Coming Government and Media Law*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9618&Itemid= 56>
PNN - Fadi Abu Sa'da -- PNN Editor in chief -- without a doubt PM Salam
Fayyad faces many changes in the formation of the new Palestinian
government. It was known that during his...

*Palestinian Center for Human Rights* <http://pchrgaza. org/>

*Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory (17 -- 23 February 2011)*
<http://www.pchrgaza .org/portal/ en/index. php?option= com_content& view=article& id=7245:weekly- report-on- israeli-human- rights-violation s-in-the- occupied- palestinian- territory- 17--23-february- 2011&catid= 84:weekly- 2009&Itemid= 183>
Palestinian Center for Human Rights

*Jerusalem Post* <http://jpost. com/>

*Iran aiming to exploit anarchy in post-Mubarak Sinai*
<http://www.jpost. com/IranianThrea t/News/Article. aspx?ID=210019& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 26 Feb 2011 - Tehran studying new military presence in
trying to establish mass smuggling mechanisms, according to defense
officials.

*Analysis: The plagues of Egypt*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=210012& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 26 Feb 2011 - Lacking a significant democratic culture,
Egypt will likely be providing alarming headlines almost daily.

*Symposium to address Israel advocacy on US campuses*
<http://www.jpost. com/JewishWorld/ JewishNews/ Article.aspx? ID=210005& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 26 Feb 2011 - J'lem symposium comes before Israel
Apartheid Week; aims to change approach to Israel advocacy by looking at
Palestinian side.

*Egypt proposes term limits, competitive elections*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=209999& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 26 Feb 2011 - Hundreds of thousands rally across
Mideast; largest protests yet in Jordan and Bahrain; first reports of
unrest in Saudi Arabia.

*J'lem: Left-wing activists rally against racism*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=209995& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 26 Feb 2011 - Over 1,500 pack Zion Square in the capital
at demonstration targeted at policies of Lieberman under banner "ashamed
of racism."

*'Russian missiles could be passed on to Hezbollah'*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=209985& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 26 Feb 2011 - Following Russia's announcement that it
will transfer missiles to Syria, Defense Ministry fears weapons could
fall into "wrong hands."

*Aharonovitch defends Lieberman ahead of decision by A-G*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=209974& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 26 Feb 2011 - Public security minister also says country
should have tougher response against Grad rockets.

*Egyptian delegation to visit Ramallah for talks with PA*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=209961& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 26 Feb 2011 - High-level visit is 1st since Mubarak's
ouster; senior Egyptian general to head talks focused on Hamas-Fatah
dispute.

*Iran to unload fuel from Bushehr nuclear plant*
<http://www.jpost. com/IranianThrea t/News/Article. aspx?ID=209957& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 26 Feb 2011 - Senior government official says
"unspecified safety concern" reason for setback at country's first
atomic power plant.

*IDF strikes Gaza terror targets in response to rockets*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=209952& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 26 Feb 2011 - Palestinians say 4 injured during attack;
IDF says strikes are response to Kassam rockets fired on Negev.

*Palestinians say 4 injured from IDF strike in Gaza*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=209946& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 26 Feb 2011 - Report follows confirmation that IAF
strikes Islamic Jihad and Hamas targets in response to a Kassam rocket
fired in Negev.

*International Solidarity Movement* <http://palsolidarit y.org/>

*Bil'in marches against US veto in the United Nations*
<http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 02/16821/>
2/26/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - 25 February, Popular
Committee Against the Wall - Dozens were injured in the weekly
demonstration against the Occupation and settlements. The demonstration
was held against the United State's veto of a UN resolution which
condemned Israel's illegal settlements. The demonstration was attacked
with tear gas by Israeli soldiers who wanted to crush....
Related:Bil' in, A Village in Palestine
<http://www.bilin- village.org/ english/>

*Many injured and several detained at al-Shuhada street demonstration*
<http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 02/16825/>
2/26/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - Hundreds gathered in
Hebron on Friday to march against the continued closure of al-Shuhada
Street. The non-violent protestors were met with tear gas, sound
grenades, and rubber bullets from the Israeli army. Witnesses also said
that the army fired tear gas canisters directly at the protestors, which
is illegal under international law. Organizers say 20....

*Ha'aretz Defense page*
<http://haaretz. com/hasen/ pages/LiArt. jhtml?contrassID =1&subContrassID =5&sbSubContrass ID=0>

*Palestinians say two wounded in IDF strikes on Gaza*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/palestin ians-say- two-wounded- in-idf-strikes- on-gaza-1. 345849>
Ha'aretz - IDF confirms that IAF planes bombed Gaza targets after rocket
originating from the strip hit a Be'er Sheva home on Wednesday.

*Russia to sell anti-ship rockets to Syria*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/russia- to-sell-anti- ship-rockets- to-syria- 1.345838>
Ha'aretz - Despite Israeli fears that the rockets could ultimately land
in Hezbollah hands, the Russian Defense Minister says plans to sell the
rockets are moving ahead.

*Palestine Telegraph* <http://paltelegraph .com/>

*Two injured as Israeli warplanes hit Gaza*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ gaza-strip/ 8572-two- injured-as- israeli-warplane s-hit-gaza. html>
26 Feb 2011 - Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli air forces shelled
Saturday evening a house owned by a Palestinian citizen in the east of
Al-Buriage refugee camp central Gaza Strip.

*Settlers vandalize citizens' properties near Nablus*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ west-bank/ 8571-settlers- vandalize- citizens- prosperities- near-nablus. html>
26 Feb 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Dozens of settlers stormed
Saturday morning the village of Burin in the south of Nablus and set
fire with one vehicle owned by a Palestinian citizen.

*ECESG condemns Israeli closure of Gaza crossings*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ gaza-strip/ 8568-ecesg- condemns- israeli-closure- of-gaza-crossing s.html>
26 Feb 2011 - Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)-The announcement by the
Israeli government that it will permanently and completely close the
Karni crossing into the Gaza Strip demonstrates the duplicity of its
claims that it is easing the suffocating siege, charges the European
Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG).

*Israeli jets continue targeting Gaza*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ gaza-strip/ 8566-israeli- jets-continue- targeting- gaza.html>
26 Feb 2011 - Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli warplanes carried out
Saturday morning multiple airstrikes targeting different parts in Gaza
Strip.

*Israeli army attacks peaceful protest in Nabi Saleh*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ gaza-strip/ 8565-israeli- army-attacks- peaceful- protest-in- nabi-saleh. html>
26 Feb 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Dozens of Palestinians in the
West Bank village of El-Nabi Saleh were injured in the clashes erupted
during the weekly anti-wall rally held following Friday prayer.

*Uruknet* <http://uruknet. info/>

*Hebron demonstration signals a new intifada in the West Bank?*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75374& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 26, 2011 - Riding the wave of unrest in the Arab world,
the PA called for a carefully controlled 'day of rage' throughout the
West Bank against the United States for their recent veto of an
internationally accepted resolution declaring (once again) that Israeli
settlement activity is illegal. While in Ramallah the PA sponsored
demonstration was weak with...

*Fresh airstrike targets Gaza home*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75370& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 26, 2011- Israeli F16 fighter jets launched the sixth
air strike of the day on Gaza on Saturday afternoon, witnesses said. The
most recent strike hit Ahmad Abu Shareb's home, east of Al-Bureij
refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Abu Shareb told Ma'an the
Israeli army told him to evacuate his home prior to the shelling. No...

*Institutionalized Arab Inequality in Israel*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75369& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 26, 2011 - In December 2010, the Adalah Legal Center
for Arab Minority Rights in Israel published a study titled, "Inequality
Report: The Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel," saying: Affecting Jews
as well, it takes many forms, including: -- privileged v. deprived
groups; -- Western Jews (Ashkenzim) v. Eastern ones (Mizrakhim); -- men
v. women; -- Israeli-born Jews (...

*Palestine: Demands for a Unified Nation set for March 15*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75368& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 26, 2011 - In late November, one month before Mohamed
Al Bouazizi's self immolation sparked the Revolution in Tunisia, an
anonymous group called Gaza Youth Breaks Out (GYBO) emerged, yelling at
the world a manifesto full of anger, throwing words at Israel, but also
at their political leaders, and calling for change: "There is a
revolution growing inside...

*Egypt's protest dispersed by forceArmy uses batons to break up
demonstrations in Cairo demanding purging of Mubarak loyalists from
government.* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m75367& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 26, 2011 - The Egyptian army has used force to disperse
activists gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand the removal of
Hosni Mubarak loyalists from the interim cabinet. Egyptian soldiers
fired in the air and used batons in the early hours of Saturday to
disperse the crowd, the Reuters news agency reported. Demonstrators had
also gathered in...

*Shuhada Street ChaosSix hundred are teargassed and sound-bombed in
Al-Khalil/Hebron* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m75362& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 25, 2011 - Closed exactly 16 years ago when
American-born Israeli Baruch Goldstein killed 29 worshipers and wounded
125 with a IMI Galil assault rifle in the burial place of Abraham, this
effective clotting of the heart of The Old City of Hebron has devastated
the local market economy in tandem with rapacious settler colonization.
"The people want...

*Golan residents recall their Tahrir*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75352& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 25, 2011 - Siham Monder was 14 when Syrian residents of
the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights took to the streets for a strike and
protests that spanned six months of 1982. "Now I'm 43," Monder says.
"And I remember that every day in that period there was a conflict with
the [Israeli army]. There were more soldiers here than...

*The economic mirage in the West Bank - Ramallah*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75351& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 25, 2011 - Ramallah in the West Bank is seen as a
beacon of economic success and the symbol of economic development as the
Palestinian Authority has pursued peace with - Israel. As a sprawling
metropolis has begun to develop and the sound of construction can be
heard echoing across the city, Ramallah is viewed as evidence of...

*Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory (17 -- 23 February 2011)*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75327& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 24, 2011 - Israeli violations of international law and
humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (17 --
23 February 2011): Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF killed 3
Palestinian civilians and a resistance activist and wounded 10 others
(two children, two workers and 6 resistance activists) in the Gaza
Strip. They also wounded 8...

*Inter Press Service* <http://ipsnews. net/middle. asp>

*EGYPT: Women and Men, Shoulder to Shoulder*
<http://ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews= 54635>
IPS The momentous events of Tahrir Square, Egypt also signify a huge
step forward for gender equality in the region, women's rights activists
said Friday.

*"New Egypt" the Wild Card in Stalled Mideast Peace Process*
<http://ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews= 54633>
IPS The ability of the United States to broker a successful
Palestinian- Israeli peace agreement will hinge on the future of
Israeli-Egyptian relations, a panel of experts at the Palestinian Centre
argued here Thursday.

*YNet News* <http://ynetnews. com/>

*Aharonovitch: Won't fall off chair if FM acquitted*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034281,00. html>
YNet News - Internal security minister says Avigdor Lieberman fit to
lead Israel, claims....

*Israeli driver caught with Palestinian man in trunk*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034261,00. html>
YNet News - Afula resident claims he doesn't know how Palestinian man
entered his vehicle,....

*IAF strikes 2 targets in Gaza Strip*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034203,00. html>
YNet News - Air Force attacks two Hamas, Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza
Strip in response to....

*Report: Iran's nuclear plant hits setbacks*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034199,00. html>
YNet News - Iran tells IAEA it has run into major problems operating its
first nuclear....

*Qassam lands in Negev; no injuries*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034164,00. html>
YNet News - Rocket fired from north Gaza lands near Netivot; another
Qassam apparently lands....

*UN says has new info on alleged Iran nuclear arms*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034137,00. html>
YNet News - Confidential IAEA report lists 'outstanding issues which
give rise to concern....

*Russia to sell Syria cruise missiles*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034510,00. html>
YNet News - Russia vowed Saturday to fulfil its contract to supply Syria
with cruise missiles despite the turmoil shaking the Arab world and
Israel's furious condemnation of the .......

*Hundreds rally in Jerusalem against racism*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034499,00. html>
YNet News - Some 1,500 left-wing activists gathered in Jerusalem's Zion
Square Saturday to protest "the wave of racism consuming the country and
Israeli society" due to government .......

*Negev blooms with visitors*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034469,00. html>
YNet News - Hundreds of Israelis flocked to the Negev Saturday despite
the heavy fire unleashed by terror groups in Gaza on the region. Many
visited the Gaza vicinity, where .......

*Palestinians report 4 injuries in IAF strike*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034300,00. html>
YNet News - Palestinians in Gaza reported on Saturday that the Air Force
attacked several targets in the Strip. Four people were reportedly
lightly injured in the attacks, including .......

*Iran, Syria navies to cooperate on training*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034289,00. html>
YNet News - Iran and Syria have agreed to cooperate on naval training,
Iran's official news agency reported on Saturday after two Iranian
warships docked in a Syrian port. The .......

*Palestinian Information Center* <http://palestine- info.co.uk/ en/>

*MP Ashkar: Changes after Arab upheaval in favor of Palestinians*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7kRCF8% 2bfcKiHFZlUpkJXL %2bYU%2bTURXMsm3 3P2eQ19dqvhCjHIj dZbqdPacDulfoEy% 2fLqEqG3% 2bxSG1Lh3WnSMg6r SM5r1Mfrnefrfsqm 9sEH%2bs% 3d>
PIC 26 Feb 2011 - Deputy chairman of the Change and Reform bloc in the
Palestinian Legislative Council Ismail Al-Ashkar said revolutions
sweeping Arab nations will cause major positive changes to the
Palestinian cause.

*Jewish settlers organize provocative march in Al-Khalil*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7y4YlwASyRc KVhHG%2bD3QcDeiD Lw53mvK7siNnn% 2bOtoODUOZiyk9AM kvo9A0j6% 2f7GVL5txjBcFWkT cznjY1MSbJEPVWop gKX%2f3swE7kNmcl 9M%3d>
PIC 26 Feb 2011 - Hundreds of armed Jewish settlers organized a
provocative march in the Old City of Al-Khalil under heavy protection
provided by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at a late night hour on
Friday.

*Mishaal confers with Omani foreign minister*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7s5bzEc9B8p X0YGM0OBpQnXKuBG eiBm%2bIAGeeStFH mFMzxkhHvxSVVYrz X7S46bTelV4vJKME fBlaYl2XAhc8XfOp mj%2beOc3RfeIlzo XUSDs%3d>
PIC 26 Feb 2011 - Political bureau chief of Hamas Khaled Mishaal met in
Muscat on Saturday with Omani foreign minister Yousef Bin Alawi Bin
Abdullah.

*Russia to finalize large-scale arms deal with Syria*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s74cZuHRC8wh hiD6eW9BztI% 2bG5D673n2nB11OG G5asV6tVl6% 2b7dMdEfB4IqZDh3 9nzdV%2fHW0I% 2b0CH3gjJv5CFtjf nMv5leOlKIzT4oOo JvRGM%3d>
PIC 26 Feb 2011 - Regional turmoil and Israeli disapproval will not foil
a $300m cruise missile deal with Syria, Russia has announced.

*Rights movement: Israeli soldiers stole organs of Palestinian Christian
in 1988*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7v77F4wnWTZ GX4q7ZIahjLMT% 2fjN1LaACJy9Z13G mSg5G4dmL2% 2bfp%2byDohhIC% 2f1gcWmhFZdNAcST 8KM%2fO%2bzKRHx5 H6%2bMpAjh83% 2b6etE3TYW48% 3d>
PIC 26 Feb 2011 - The popular movement for the support of prisoners
renewed its accusation against Israeli soldiers of torturing and killing
a Palestinian Christian young man before harvesting his body parts in 1988.

*Qassem: Winds of change in the region will reach the PA*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7w4% 2biVBcaJwqnl8US9 prsPn0JnOEPf3tdo emh0kUVagG2nbZHj q%2fMSSYtkHDV91H CvW8%2fSBW5oVkLa ZQYlVWBR0bRAETIb AhSfBoSvepkqUs% 3d>
PIC 26 Feb 2011 - Professor of political science Abdelsattar Qassem said
that the winds of change blowing in the region is not far from the
Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah.

*Israel launches more raids on southern Gaza, wounds civilians*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7RjUzNKvsT7 hwfvqUEndIrgy% 2bu6nFiI5WzhezY2 aKAg4Y199vJITapW FaJ3Emww9lwhQxcM W3nF%2bK6hCvrmTi v%2fJ2WMETAanZ3c fMKDc7Y5o% 3d>
PIC 26 Feb 2011 - A number of Palestinian citizens including a year and
a half old toddler were wounded in Israeli air raids afternoon Saturday
on a number of targets in southern Gaza Strip, local sources reported.

*The myth of Jewish refugees from the Arab world*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7X9% 2bWK8O0JhQ2BD3jF iLbzn6fZQSCINvgv 2L87F%2flXDd7c8B 5j80B%2fQnGq7BAH KcND%2bLbMGuDip% 2fClNyT4ZCmlF1pO ZekEf8rl5fNGAW7H JU%3d>
PIC 26 Feb 2011 - In a desperate effort aimed at obliterating and
liquidating the Palestinian refugees' plight Israeli and Zionist
propagandist have been speaking of a paralleled Jewish refugee problem.

*Ministry of religious affairs slams restrictions on entry to Aqsa
Mosque*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7bZU7eJRe0I NUsY4pwK1DIMu% 2fN%2fXadWjbCdDL ec91A7IWXrgAaIbm jXb36Uxw8uoRCo8e Ds%2fZT%2fEHr1hg RjvliNXGyYlX2JRv go2qy6A59a4% 3d>
PIC 26 Feb 2011 - The ministry of religious affairs expressed concern
about the restrictions imposed by Israel on Palestinian worshipers who
want to perform prayers at the Aqsa Mosque, especially on Fridays.

*Jewish vandals set fire to car in Burin amid attacks*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7jBOV51% 2bN0J3TonJ% 2fSgYxabLMm33Onb EAMj60FYrIO0sKgK 7lSPxiTd22ydBJCQ 4tZBdcge4SO5Lpkp tIJe6aFIQsKTgVsZ fczTuiFQ4L8AE% 3d>
PIC 26 Feb 2011 - Jewish settlers have attacked the south Nablus village
of Burin setting fire to a car amid a fierce outbreak of similar assaults.

*Los Angeles Times* <http://latimes. com/news/ nationworld/ world/middleeast />

*Foreigners in Libya report being beaten, robbed*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/0EggB6jgsrM /la-fg-libya- brutality- 20110227, 0,4259996. story>
LA Times 26 Feb 2011 - Guest workers from Egypt, Tunisia and other
nations tell of being attacked by Libyan security forces, robbed and
accused of being traitors and inciting the uprising against Moammar
Kadafi. Paying $200 for a government-sponsore d taxi ride to the Tunisian
border sounded like a bad deal....

*Egyptian military council apologizes for use of force on protesters*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/IaUH41cTs_ w/la-fg-egypt- army-20110227, 0,958994. story>
LA Times 26 Feb 2011 - Subordinates acting without authority are blamed
after military police use truncheons and electric shock batons to
disperse a late-night rally in Tahrir Square, the first direct
confrontation between the protesters who toppled President Hosni Mubarak
and military authorities who have governed since. Egypt's ruling military...

*Telling Libya's story over the Internet*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/ATw8fDymVBY /la-fg-libya- information- 20110227, 0,5176350. story>
LA Times 26 Feb 2011 - An ad hoc network of information smugglers uses
social media, accessed from across the border in Egypt, to share videos
and firsthand accounts of the violence. Suleiman Zjailil is a modern-day
town crier. He spends his days driving his battered car back and forth
across...

*Iran reports safety concerns at nuclear plant*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/lgTnxklXTPM /la-fg-iran- nukes-20110227, 0,5756907. story>
LA Times 26 Feb 2011 - Fuel rods are being withdrawn from the Bushehr
facility because of safety concerns. Some experts have expressed fear of
risk of a Chernobyl-like accident at the plant. Fuel that would power
Iran's first nuclear energy facility is being removed from the reactor
this weekend because...

*Rights groups say Egyptian prison guards are gunning down inmates*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/z1l- u3t1igc/la- fg-egypt- prisons-20110227 ,0,5740880. story>
LA Times 26 Feb 2011 - Egyptian human rights group and Amnesty
International say that guards at several prisons have killed at least
200 prisoners, and that those who try to administer medical aid or move
the bodies are fired upon as well. Prison guards indiscriminately fired
on inmates during the...

*New York Times* <http://nytimes. com/pages/ world/middleeast />

*Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Wound Man and Baby*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=003923fc877879 be05002def30ef15 d6>
New York Times 26 Feb 2011 - Israeli warplanes bombed a half-dozen
targets in the Gaza Strip, wounding a 7-month-old girl and a Palestinian
man, medics in the coastal territory said.

*Iran Reports a Major Setback at a Nuclear Power Plant*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=a040b74dfa28ac add5052eaa77ccc1 31>
New York Times 26 Feb 2011 - Iran told atomic inspectors that it had run
into a serious problem at a newly completed nuclear reactor.

*Misc* <http://vtjp. org/aboutus/ aboutus.htm>

*Settlers destroy wheat field with chemicals, burn car*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/settlers- destroy-wheat- field-with- chemicals- burn-car. html>
Mondoweiss - And more news from Today in Palestine: Land, property,
resources theft and destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Settlers Mayor:
Settlers damage field near Ramallah RAMALLAH (Ma'an) 26 Feb -- Settlers
attacked a village northeast of Ramallah on Friday and ruined wheat
fields, officials said. Al-Magheer village mayor Faraj...

*Colonialism and violence*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/colonialism- and-violence. html>
Mondoweiss - As we bear witness to the daily, ever escalating,
ever-unprecedented yet routine Israeli collective punishment and cruelty
and torment inflicted on the Palestinians- --men and women, young and
old, boys and girls, children and infants, farm animals, fruit orchards,
and olive trees---one cannot but be awed at...

*J St conference begins amid the harsh crackle of neocon-Likud
walky-talkies*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/j-st-conferen ce-begins- amid-the- crackle-from- neocon-likud- walky-talkies. html>
Mondoweiss - The J Street conference begins tonight in D.C.. The liberal
lobby group will be streaming some of the conference live, including
Obama Mideast envoy Dennis Ross at 9am on Monday, here . You can see the
full schedule and what else they're streaming online here . I see that...

*Why did Bob Gates, who slams the Iraq war, meet with 2 guys who planned
it and who then go trash him on Libya?*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/why-did- bob-gates- who-slams- the-iraq- war-meet- with-2-guys- who-planned- it-and-who- then-go-trash- him-on-libya. html>
Mondoweiss - Yesterday at West Point, in his sharpest criticism of the
Iraq war, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that anyone who advises a
ground war for the U.S. in Asia ought to have his head examined. Funny--
because earlier this week Gates had a meeting about Libya...

*Under Haaretz-advertised plan, Palestinians who didn't leave annexed
West Bank for Jordan couldn't vote*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/under- haaretz-advertis ed-plan-palestin ians-who- didnt-leave- annexed-west- bank-for- jordan-couldnt- vote.html>
Mondoweiss - Yesterday David Schach sent along that repulsive ad from
Haaretz saying that Palestinians should be returned to Jordan, the
Palestinian state. Well today he has dug up the actual plan behind the
ad , put forward by Member of Knesset Arieh Eldad. If you wonder what's
wrong...

*Settlers Call for Palestinian Expulsion, Palestinians Call for Jewish
Expulsion*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/JiPZ1PnDNug />
Tikun Olam - Aryeh Eldad's radical settler proposal to expel
Palestinians to Jordan In a game of tit for tat, battling Israeli Jewish
and Palestinian groups have called for forced expulsion of their
opposite number from their native lands. Aryeh Eldad, a radical settler
leader and Israeli MK has...

*New mass protests against US-backed regimes in Egypt and Yemen*
<http://www.wsws. org/articles/ 2011/feb2011/ egye-f26. shtml>
WSWS - Protests took place Friday in Egypt and Yemen, as masses of
people press onward in an effort to rid themselves of brutal, tyrannical
regimes.

*US vetoes UN resolution criticising Israel*
<http://www.wsws. org/articles/ 2011/feb2011/ isra-f26. shtml>
WSWS - The Obama administration was forced to use its veto to block a
resolution at the United Nations Security Council condemning Israeli
settlements in the Palestinian territories as an obstacle to peace.

*Iraq "day of rage" protests shake US occupation regime*
<http://www.wsws. org/articles/ 2011/feb2011/ iraq-f26. shtml>
WSWS - Tens of thousands of people protested social conditions and
official corruption in cities around Iraq.

*Misc 2* <http://vtjp. org/news/ news.php>

*Hebron demonstration signals a new intifada in the West Bank?*
<http://josephdana. com/2011/ 02/intifada- brewing-in- hebron-demonstra tion/?utm_ source=rss& utm_medium= rss&utm_campaign =intifada- brewing-in- hebron-demonstra tion>
Joseph Dana 26 Feb 2011 - Riding the wave of unrest in the Arab world,
the PA called for a carefully controlled 'day of rage' throughout the
West Bank against the United States for their recent veto of an
internationally accepted resolution declaring (once again) that Israeli
settlement activity is illegal. While...

*Activists change street names in Tel Aviv to those in Hebron*
<http://josephdana. com/2011/ 02/activists- change-street- names-in- tel-aviv- to-those- in-hebron/ ?utm_source= rss&utm_medium= rss&utm_campaign =activists- change-street- names-in- tel-aviv- to-those- in-hebron>
Joseph Dana 26 Feb 2011 - Last Thursday evening, Israeli activists with
the Anarchists Against the Wall changed the wording of a number of
street signs in the heart of Tel Aviv to mark the closing of Hebron's
Shuhada Street. The action was done in connection with the international
day of action...

*Iran unloads Bushehr nuclear fuel*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 12588621>
BBC 26 Feb 2011 - Iran confirms it is having to remove nuclear fuel from
the Bushehr reactor, in what is seen as a setback for its nuclear ambitions.

*Egypt backs constitution changes*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 12589425>
BBC 26 Feb 2011 - Egypt's army passes a draft of constitutional
amendments to be submitted to a national referendum ahead of elections
to be held within six months.

*Support Your Own Illegal Israeli Settlement [Satire]*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/SabbahsBlog /%7E3/AZ0iKG3X2A 4/>
Sabbah report 26 Feb 2011 - WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE By Mantiq al-Tayr *
| Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The illegal town of Ariel 1. Glenn Beck
insults radical Islam by comparing it to Reform Judaism and then
apologizes not to the Muslims but to the Jews. Shows you it ain't them
there Mooselims who control...

*Institutionalized Arab Inequality in Israel*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/SabbahsBlog /%7E3/FvXo9HrwZk s/>
Sabbah report 26 Feb 2011 - By Stephen Lendman * | Sabbah Report |
www.sabbah.biz In December 2010, the Adalah Legal Center for Arab
Minority Rights in Israel published a study titled, " Inequality Report:
The Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel ," [PDF] saying: Affecting Jews
as well, it takes many forms, including: privileged v....

*Articles*

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*Palestine Papers under the spotlight*
<http://www.middleea stmonitor. org.uk/media- review/event- review/2086- palestine- papers-under- the-spotlight>
Samira Quraishy, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) 2/25/2011
A seminar planned to put the "Palestine Papers under the
spotlight" has been held in the Senate House of the University of
London. Organised by the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) in conjunction with
the Federation of Students Islamic Societies (FOSIS), the event sought
to draw attention back to the important documents leaked to and
published by Al Jazeera and the Guardian newspaper; the publication of
the papers was overshadowed by the turbulent political situation in
Egypt and elsewhere across the Middle East.
Under the capable chairmanship of lawyer and Liberal Democrat
peer, Lord Andrew Phillips, the seminar was divided into two sessions:
the first was an opportunity for political analysts and Middle East
experts to share their insights and thoughts on the Palestine Papers, as
the leaked documents are now called; former CIA analyst and author
Kathleen Christison, Britain's former ambassador to Iran Sir Richard
Dalton and Director and Co-Founder of the community empowerment charity
Forward Thinking, Oliver McTernan, led the way. In the second session,
Al Jazeera Executive Producer and author Clayton Swisher was joined by
former BBC Middle East correspondent Tim Llewellyn. Mr. Swisher is head
of the Transparency Unit at Al Jazeera which published the papers. The
evening ended with a panel of the speakers taking questions from the
audience of more than 200 people.
Opening the seminar, Lord Phillips asked the audience to stand for
a minute's silence in solidarity with those who were struggling for
their rights across the Middle East, before introducing the Director of
MEMO, Dr. Daud Abdullah, who provided a brief insight into the
significance of the Palestine Papers. The documents, he said, exposed
the main players in the Israel-Palestine peace process negotiations,
primarily the state of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the United
States; the British government and intelligence services, the French and
other Western states were also mentioned in the papers....more. .
<http://www.middleea stmonitor. org.uk/media- review/event- review/2086- palestine- papers-under- the-spotlight>e-mail
<mailto:?subject= Palestine% 20Papers% 20under%20the% 20spotlight% 20&body=Palestin e%20Papers% 20under%20the% 20spotlight% 20--%20http://www.middleea stmonitor. org.uk/media- review/event- review/2086- palestine- papers-under- the-spotlight% 20--%20link% 20courtesy% 20www.vtjp. org>

*Al-Jazeera Papers on the Palestinian- Israeli Negotiations: Do They Hold
Any Surprises?*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/blogs/ nassar-ibrahim/ 3296-al-jazeera- papers-on- the-palestinian- israeli-negotiat ions-do-they- hold-any- surprises>
Nassar Ibrahim, Alternative Information Center 2/14/2011
It is true that Palestinian reactions to the secret al-Jazeera
papers concerning the Palestinian- Israeli negotiations are diverse.
However, the content of these papers - which are being published as of
January 23rd by the Qatari television channel - including 1,600
documents and 6,500 pages, is not much of a surprise. The majority of
Palestinians who followed the Palestinian- Israeli negotiations, from the
singing of the Oslo Accords to this day, are fully aware of the
direction which the so-called peace process undertook. Furthermore,
Palestinians have experienced on their own flesh the concessions granted
(or were required to be granted) by Palestinian negotiators to the
Israelis for the sake of the alleged peace process, including on issues
such as refugees, Jerusalem, settlements, land exchange and security
coordination.
The goal of this article is not to represent what the papers
contain - they can be easily viewed on al-Jazeera's website. However, in
this article I wish to discuss the diverse reactions to these papers,
how they are being employed and used by different parties in the
Palestinian political life.
The Palestinian National Authority, while it does not deny the
authenticity of the papers, insists that their content was subjected to
distortions and deformations. In a recent interview to the Jerusalemite
newspaper al-Quds (January 24, 2011), Saeb Ereqat said that these
documents contain "forgeries and lies; also, the time of their
publication raises suspicion." The timing of the publication of the
papers was certainly inconvenient for the Palestinian National Authority
in Ramallah, which continues to fail to overcome its crises. For despite
Israel's intensifying blockade on the Gaza Strip and the recent
aggressive war of December 2008-January 2009, Hamas' control over the
Gaza Strip has been consolidated. What was uncovered by the al-Jazeera
papers - the concessions of the Ramallah PA concerning the refugees,
Jerusalem and settlements, in addition to the full security coordination
with Israel in order to weaken and combat Hamas - portrays Mahmoud Abbas
and his cabinet as collaborators with the Israeli occupation.. ..more..
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/blogs/ nassar-ibrahim/ 3296-al-jazeera- papers-on- the-palestinian- israeli-negotiat ions-do-they- hold-any- surprises>e-mail
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*US Senators Press Lebanon on International Tribunal*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/25/ us-senators- press-lebanon- on-international -tribunal. aspx>
Mitchell Plitnick, Palestine Note 2/25/2011
/The politicization of the STL has turned an unstable situation in
Lebanon into a powder keg./
American leaders continue to demonstrate that changes in the rest
of the world, and the deep flaws in our foreign policy which they
reveal, will have no impact on our thinking whatsoever. The latest case
in point is the position staked outby Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and
Joe Lieberman (I-CT) with regard to Lebanon.
Remember Lebanon? Subsequent events have pushed Lebanon out of the
news in the United States and even, to a lesser extent, in Israel, which
has more reason to be concerned with what goes on there. But the
collapse of Lebanon's government at the beginning of this year remains
at issue, and, with all the consternation these days about where a
post-Mubarak Egypt will end up, Lebanon has at least as much potential
for both international intrigue and internal strife as any country in
the Middle East.
Lebanon's political situation is always precarious; it's only a
matter of degree. But with a caretaker government currently in power and
the still-looming announcement of indictments by the UN's Special
Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), Lebanon is a powder keg. And it's not
happening in a vacuum.
The two competing coalitions are each in the favor of a different
array of outside actors. The March 8 Alliance, which currently holds 70
of the 128 seats in Parliament, includes Hezbollah and is sympathetic to
Syria and Iran.The March 14 Alliance features former Prime Minister Saad
Hariri's Future Movement and enjoys much stronger relationships with
France, Saudi Arabia and the United States.more. .
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/25/ us-senators- press-lebanon- on-international -tribunal. aspx>e-mail
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*Behind the Arab Revolt is a Word We Dare Not Speak*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16683>
Palestine Chronicle: 26 Feb 2011 - By John Pilger Shortly after the
invasion of Iraq in 2003, I interviewed Ray McGovern, one of an elite
group of CIA officers who prepared the President's daily intelligence
brief. McGovern was at the apex of the "national security" monolith that
is American power and had retired with presidential plaudits. On the eve
of the invasion, he and 45 other senior officers of the CIA and other
intelligence agencies wrote to President George W. Bush that the
"drumbeat for war" was based not on intelligence, but lies. "It was 95
per cent charade," McGovern told me. "How did they get away with it?"
"The press allowed the crazies to get away with it." "Who are the
crazies?" "The people running the [Bush] administration have a set of
beliefs a lot like those expressed in Mein Kampf ... these are the same
people who were referred to in the circles in...more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16683>

*Freedom March: My Advise to Netanyahu*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16682>
Palestine Chronicle: 26 Feb 2011 - By Uri Avnery 'Why don't the masses
stream to the square here, too, and throw Bibi out?' my taxi driver
exclaimed when we were passing Rabin Square. The wide expanse was almost
empty, with only a few mothers and their children enjoying the mild
winter sun. The masses will not stream to the square, and Binyamin
Netanyahu can be thrown out only through the ballot box. If this does
not happen, Israelis can blame nobody but themselves. If the Israeli
Left is unable to bring together a serious political force, which can
put Israel on the road to peace and social justice, it has only itself
to blame. We have no bloodthirsty dictator whom we can hold responsible.
No crazy tyrant will order his air force to bomb us if we demand his
ouster. Once there was a story making the rounds: Ariel Sharon -- then
still a general in...more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16682>

*Institutionalized Arab Inequality in Israel*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16681>
Palestine Chronicle: 26 Feb 2011 - By Stephen Lendman In December 2010,
the Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel published a
study titled, Inequality Report: The Palestinian Arab Minority in
Israel, saying: Affecting Jews as well, it takes many forms, including:
-- privileged v. deprived groups; -- Western Jews (Ashkenzim) v. Eastern
ones (Mizrakhim); -- men v. women; -- Israeli-born Jews (Sabar) v.
immigrant ones (Olim); -- Orthodox v. secular Jews; -- urban v. rural
ones; -- progressive v. hardline extremists; -- gay v. straight, and so
forth. Mostly, it represents majority Jews against minority (largely
Muslim) Israeli Arabs, indigenous people living in their historic
homeland, comprising 20% of the population or about 1.2 million people,
excluding East Jerusalem and Golan. Under international law, they're
considered a national, ethnic, linguistic and religious minority, but
not under Israel's Basic Laws. As a result, they face "compound
discrimination" as non-Jews, as well as for belonging... more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16681>

*What Really Happened In Gaza? -- Book Review*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16680>
Palestine Chronicle: 26 Feb 2011 - By Ira Glunts (The Goldstone Report:
The Legacy Of The Landmark Investigation Of The Gaza Conflict edited by
Adam Horowitz, Lizzy Ratner, and Philip Weiss; foreword by Desmond Tutu,
introduction by Naomi Klein, Nation Books, 2011. 449 pp., $18.95.
paperback.) The Israeli attack on Gaza in December 2008/January 2009 and
the subsequent investigation and unequivocal condemnation by a United
Nations team led by Judge Richard Goldstone of Israeli conduct before
and during what the Jewish State calls "Operation Cast Lead," have
radically altered the way many view Israel's brutal occupation and
oppression of the Palestinian people. Gaza and Goldstone have also
caused many to question the 18 year-old US-sponsored Israeli/Palestinian
"peace-process" which never produces any positive results. Here in
Central New York, some local activists in the Syracuse Peace Council
started the group Central New York Working For A Just Peace In Palestine
& Israel as a direct result of...more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16680>

*Greek PM: Zionism and the IMF's Last Best Friend*
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 02/greek- pm-zionism- and-the-imf% e2%80%99s- last-best- friend/>
Dissident Voice: 26 Feb 2011 - In the midst of the Arab uprisings
throughout the Middle East, at a time when even the European (EU) has
publically condemned Israel's blockade of Gaza and its illegal land
seizures in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Greek Prime Minister
George Papandreou promised a visiting delegation of American Jewish
leaders, that he would do everything possible to undermine EU opposition
and promote Israeli economic, diplomatic and political interests in
Europe. US Zionists, recently returned from a visit to Athens described
Papandreou as by far the most amenable ('servile') European leader they
have met in recent memory. Papandreou's slavish submission to Israeli
interests includes his promise, to a delegation of U.S. zionist
notables, to use his influence to pressure the new Egyptian military
junta to continue to uphold the Mubarak agreements with Israel. 1 These
include the continued blockade of Gaza and support of Israel's military
assaults on Lebanon, Syria...more
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 02/greek- pm-zionism- and-the-imf% e2%80%99s- last-best- friend/>

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***Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles*

*News*
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*International Middle East Media Center* <http://imemc. org/>

*Clashes Continue in Silwan* <http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60714>
IMEMC - Friday February 25, 2011 - 17:22, Confrontations erupted on
Thursday evening between Israeli forces and Palestinian residents of the
East Jerusalem village of Silwan,

*Ma'an News* <http://maannews. net/en/>

*Medics: 1 dead in Israeli strike*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363987>
2/27/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- One resistance fighter was killed and
two others injured, medics said, in what local sources said was an
Israeli air strike targeting a group of militants east of Gaza city
shortly after nine o'clock Sunday evening. Shells were said to have been
fired by Israeli forces toward a....

*Israel: '02 assassination justified despite mass casualties*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363986>
2/27/2011 - TEL AVIV (Ma'an) -- The results of a panel probe into the
2002 assassination of Hamas leader Salah Shehadeh made headlines in the
Israeli press Sunday, announcing findings that the assassination was
justified despite the death of 13 civilians. The others slain by the
Israeli air strike on Shehadeh's Gaza City home....
The peace group requested that the courts examined whether dropping
a one-ton bomb on a residential area constituted a criminal offense.
Women and eight children were killed in the assassination.

*Video: Israeli forces seize 11-year-old boy*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363748>
2/27/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- A resident of the West Bank village of
Nabi Salih videoed Israeli forces chasing and detaining an 11-year-old
child. The footage, from late January, shows two Israeli border police
officers chasing Karim Tamimi, who turns to a woman in the street for
help. The woman repeatedly pleads to the police.... Related:Video on
YouTube: muhammad1191985
<http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=ZkJaFJk1m8w& feature=player_ embedded>

*Hebron girl hit by settler car, medics say*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363952>
2/27/2011 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Medical officials in Hebron said an
11-year-old girl from the city was transferred to Hadassa Hospital in
Israel on Sunday, after she was struck down by a settler car at the Beit
Ainun junction. The girl, identified as Amani Al-Mutawer, was said to
have been walking to school when she....

*3 injured in Gaza tunnel collapse*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363856>
2/27/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Three Palestinians were injured Sunday
when a smuggling tunnel collapsed near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip,
medics said. Gaza medical spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said the injured
were transferred to Yousef An-Najjar Hospital....

*Unity tops agenda in West Bank, Gaza*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363878>
2/27/2011 - RAMALLAH/GAZA (Ma'an) -- An all-factions committee was
called in Gaza, as legal professionals announced a sit-down in the West
Bank to discuss mechanisms by which to use the Palestinian Basic Law to
end the state of political division. In Gaza City, independent figures
invited Sunday, all Palestinian factions to a meeting where organizers.. ..

*2 Gaza border crossings open for limited goods*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363714>
2/27/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities will open two
crossing into Gaza on Sunday for the transfer of limited quantities of
goods, fuel and construction material, a Palestinian official said. Raed
Fattouh, who coordinates the entry of goods with the Israeli side, said
the southernmost Kerem Shalom crossing would be opened. Israeli
officials informed....

*Rocket fired from Gaza hits Israel, police say*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363747>
2/27/2011 - JERUSALEM (AFP) -- A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit
Israeli territory on Sunday morning, raising Israel's alert level but
causing no damage or casualties, according to Israel's military and
police. The latest rocket, which the military's spokeswoman said struck
a field in the Eshkol region in southern Israel.... Related:Gaza govt:
Israel lying about projectile numbers
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363913>

*Gaza govt: Israel lying about projectile numbers*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363913>
2/27/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Gaza's interior ministry released a
statement Sunday, saying recent reports of projectile from from Gaza
were false, and accused Israel of fabricating the claims in the interest
of world public opinion. The most recent reports of unconfirmed
projectile fire from Gaza came on 27 and 25 February, where....
Related:Rocket fired from Gaza hits Israel, police say
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363747>

*Ambassador: Palestinians in Libya are safe*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363746>
2/27/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The 70,000 Palestinians in Libya are
safe, but actions must be taken to ensure their continued protection,
Palestinian Ambassador in Tripoli Atif Mustafa Auda said Sunday. Clashes
between Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces and rebels have led to
growing fears that turmoil in the country could lead to full-scale.. ..

*Haniyeh congratulates Saudi king on return from surgery abroad*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363777>
2/27/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh
congratulated Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz on his return home from
surgery abroad. Haniyeh wished the monarch continuous progress in his
recovery. The 87-year-old king had two operations in New York in
November to repair a slipped disc and remove a blood clot....

*Washington: Israel safer when Mideast turmoil over*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363968>
2/27/2011 - WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Israel will enjoy greater security under
democratic regimes that may ultimately emerge from the recent
instability and unrest roiling the Middle East, senior US lawmakers said
on Sunday." In the short-term, they are obviously less secure because of
the unpredictability here and the situation is unpredictable. But in the
long-run, I think they....

*Union: Police chief issues warrants over incident with son*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363699>
2/27/2011 - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police issued
arrest warrants for university security guards who refused to allow a
commander's son to enter campus, a union said Saturday. The Al-Quds
University workers' union said guards denied entry to a police chief
commander's son in line with university regulations which allow....

*Police: Campus guards attacked son of commander*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363829>
2/27/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police on Sunday
said arrest warrants were issued for university security guards because
they "brutally attacked" a police chief's son. The university workers'
union said Saturday that police had tried to arrest security guards
because they refused to allow a police commander's son to....

*3 die in north Gaza fire*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363683>
2/27/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A mother and two children died Saturday
in a fire at their Beit Lahiya home in the northern Gaza Strip, medics
said. The father sustained critical burns in the blaze, which fire
fighters eventually controlled, a Ma'an reporter said. The injured man
and the bodies of his family.... Related:Three siblings die in Gaza home
fire <http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363905>

*Three siblings die in Gaza home fire*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363905>
2/27/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Two children and their infant brother
died Sunday, when their one-room home in the northern town of Beit
Lahiya caught fire while the family's eldest daughter made tea the night
before. Five of the eight children in the home managed to escape, an
uncle said, while Nariman Mustafa.... Related:3 die in north Gaza fire
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363683>

*Anti-regime forces take west Libyan towns*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363684>
2/27/2011 - BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) -- Forces opposed to Moammar Gadhafi
took control of several western Libyan towns, an official said on Sunday
as the strongman played down such reports after world leaders called on
him to quit. Protest leaders meanwhile established a transitional
"national council" in mainly eastern cities seized from the Gadhafi
regime and called on....

*Egypt to put first regime minister on trial*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363915>
2/27/2011 - CAIRO (AFP) -- Egypt's once widely feared interior minister
Habib Al-Adly is to appear before a criminal court on March 5 accused of
money laundering, judicial sources told AFP on Sunday. Adly would be the
first of toppled president Hosni Mubarak's regime to face trial. He was
arrested on February 17, along....

*Lebanon: Marches against denominational govt*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363961>
2/27/2011 - BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Hundreds of people marched in
Beirut on Sunday demanding an end to Lebanon's confessional system,
mobilized by a call posted on Facebook, an AFP journalist reported." The
revolution is everywhere. . . Lebanon, it's your turn," chanted
demonstrators, most of them young people, in reference to the popular
uprisings rattling....

*Palestine Note* <http://palestinenot e.com/cs/>

*JStreet or no JStreet !*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/27/ jstreet-or- no-jstreet. aspx>
Palestine Note 27 Feb 2011 - Not taking away from the courageous efforts
of JStreet in challenging AIPAC and the well-entrenched American Jewish
leadership that has always been consistently anti-peace and pro-war,
JStreet has a long way to go. The American Jewish...

*JStreet honors Israeli-Palestinian peace and two-states with broad
range of speakers*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/27/ jstreet-honors- israeli-palestin ian-peace- and-two-states- with-broad- range-of- speakers. aspx>
Palestine Note 27 Feb 2011 - JStreet honors Israeli-Palestinian peace
and two-states By Ray Hanania More than 2,500 people packed the opening
session of JStreet's second annual convention Saturday (Feb. 27) at the
Washington Convention Center in the nation's capitol. It was...

*Aljazeera* <http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/>

*Israeli airstrike hits Palestinians*
<http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/ 2011/02/20112271 9278868641. html>
AlJazeera 27 Feb 2011 - One killed in renewed Israeli bombing campaign
against the densely populated coastal region.

*Iran opposition figures 'detained'*
<http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/ 2011/02/20112275 1153687696. html>
AlJazeera 27 Feb 2011 - Rights group says Mousavi and Karroubi, accused
of illegally organising protests, moved to "safe houses" outside Tehran.

*Palestinian Center for Human Rights* <http://pchrgaza. org/>

*Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory (17 -- 23 February 2011)*
<http://www.pchrgaza .org/portal/ en/index. php?option= com_content& view=article& id=7245:weekly- report-on- israeli-human- rights-violation s-in-the- occupied- palestinian- territory- 17--23-february- 2011&catid= 84:weekly- 2009&Itemid= 183>
Palestinian Center for Human Rights

*Jerusalem Post* <http://jpost. com/>

*Benayahu sues 'Haaretz' and 'Yediot Aharonot' for libel*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=210140& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - IDF spokesman says newspapers published
advertisement accusing him of treason.

*Clinton: We're 'reaching out' to Libyan opposition*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=210129& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - US secretary of state heads to Geneva to
consult with allies on next step to end crisis; UN Security Council asks
ICC to investigate Libya.

*Turmoil spreads to Lebanon, Oman*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=210128& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - Protesters in Beirut demand end to
sectarian gov't; Tunisian PM bows to pressure and steps down; rallies
continue in Bahrain, Yemen.

*US accuses Iran of "blatant" rights violations*
<http://www.jpost. com/Internationa l/Article. aspx?ID=210123& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - US condemns Iranian arrests of political
figures, Internet meddling; 2 Iranian officials get US sanctions over
human rights abuses.

*Palestinians report 1 dead, 2 injured in IDF strike on Gaza*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=210112& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - IDF spokesperson denies launching strikes
on Gaza; Islamic Jihad spokesman claims member of group killed in incident.

*Moussa announces run for Egyptian presidency*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=210105& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - Highly popular at home, Arab League chief
has often been a scathing critic of Israel.

*Palestinians turn to technology to avoid roadblocks*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=210093& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - Checkpoint-buster program uses text
messages to warn drivers of long lines ahead in West Bank.

*Fatah says no to unity government with Hamas*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=210090& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - Official calls Fayyad's effort a "private"
plan that doesn't have Palestinian support.

*Arab League boss Moussa to run for Egypt president*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=210084& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - Moussa enjoys wide popularity in Egypt,
largely because of his scathing criticism of Israel, a country seen by
most Egyptians as an enemy.

*The Mafioso Colonel*
<http://www.jpost. com/Experts/ Article.aspx? ID=210077& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - Gaddafi is a crime-novel caricature whose
antics were tolerated by the West because they were profitable, not to
mention entertaining. While the world wakes up, Israel's Left and Right
should hit the snooze button on their nihil ad rem whining.

*Egyptian editor: Israel-peace treaty will likely be revised*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=210079& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - The Media Line interviews Egypt Daily News
editor on Egyptian role in peace process, controlling Gaza border,
future of Israel-Egypt relations.

*Clinton: US 'reaching out' to Libyan opposition groups*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=210076& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - US secretary of state heads to Geneva to
consult with allies on next step to end crisis; Italian FM says end of
Gaddafi's rule "inevitable. "

*Anti-government protests break out in Lebanon*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=210064& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - Hundreds rally in Beirut against sectarian
government, which demonstrators say is "a dictatorial system."

*Earliest human remains in US Arctic reported*
<http://www.jpost. com/LifeStyle/ Article.aspx? ID=210053& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - Discovery of 11,500-year- old burial sheds
new light on life and times of early settlers who left Asia for New World.

*Jewish teen charged with killing Arab man in brawl*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=210052& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - 3 more suspects indicted for battery and
obstruction of justice; the 3 allegedly killed Hussam Hasan, 24, in
Jerusalem.

*'Kuwait Hackers' hijack several Israeli websites*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=210049& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - "Team Kuwait Hackers" shut down sites for
the Israel Scouts and Israeli gap-year programs.

*Ha'aretz Defense page*
<http://haaretz. com/hasen/ pages/LiArt. jhtml?contrassID =1&subContrassID =5&sbSubContrass ID=0>

*Netanyahu wary of new international efforts in peace process*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/netanyah u-wary-of- new-internationa l-efforts- in-peace- process-1. 346087>
Ha'aretz - Prime Minister has yet to say whether or not he will
cooperate with an upcoming Quartet meeting with Israeli, Palestinian
officials, fearing Israel's participation could allow world to dictate
peace-talks terms.

*Report: Palestinian militant killed as IDF strikes Gaza Strip*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/report- palestinian- militant- killed-as- idf-strikes- gaza-strip- 1.346073>
Ha'aretz - Palestinian medics say Israel Air Force jets bomb coastal
Strip, hours after Gaza-based militants fired a Qassam rocket into the
western Negev.

*'Israel's 2002 hit of Hamas leader was justified, despite civilian
casualties'*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/israel- s-2002-hit- of-hamas- leader-was- justified- despite-civilian -casualties- 1.346067>
Ha'aretz - While criticizing decision makers for underestimating the
risk of civilian injuries, probe panel says Israel's Gaza assassination
of Salah Shehadeh was a necessary part of its war on 'deadly terrorism.'

*Jordan urges EU to pressure Israel to desist harmful 'unilateral
actions'*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/jordan- urges-eu- to-pressure- israel-to- desist-harmful- unilateral- actions-1. 346065>
Ha'aretz - Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and his Portuguese
counterpart Luis Amado were in Jordan to assess the prospects for
reviving peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

*Gaza militants fire Qassam rocket into Israel amid ongoing tensions*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/gaza- militants- fire-qassam- rocket-into- israel-amid- ongoing-tensions -1.345974>
Ha'aretz - No injuries reported at strike which came less than a day
after IDF forces bombed at least three targets in the coastal Strip.

*Ha'aretz National page*
<http://haaretz. com/hasen/ pages/LiArt. jhtml?contrassID =1&subContrassID =7&sbSubContrass ID=0>

*Teen who stabbed Arab youth in Jerusalem indicted for manslaughter*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ teen-who- stabbed-arab- youth-in- jerusalem- indicted- for-manslaughter -1.346019>
Ha'aretz - Three other suspects accused of assault, after the group
allegedly attacked two Arab youths after they heard them speak Arabic.

*Netanyahu calls on ministers to promote the government's achievements*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ netanyahu- calls-on- ministers- to-promote- the-government- s-achievements- 1.346003>
Ha'aretz - PM says the cabinet is taking steps that past cabinets did
not, but that some people are purposely 'distorting the truth.'

*Two found dead in suspected murder-suicide in Kiryat Ata*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ two-found- dead-in-suspecte d-murder- suicide-in- kiryat-ata- 1.345995>
Ha'aretz - Woman in her forties found stabbed to death in her home;
woman's husband found hanging in the backyard after supposedly calling a
friend to say he intended on murdering his wife.

*Jerrold Kessel, Haaretz columnist and former CNN correspondent, dies at
66*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ jerrold-kessel- haaretz-columnis t-and-former- cnn-corresponden t-dies-at- 66-1.345516>
Ha'aretz - Kessel reported for CNN in Jerusalem from 1990-2003. After
leaving CNN, Kessel wrote a column for Haaretz called 'The Sakhnin
Diaries' and a weekly sports column for the Haaretz English Edition.

*Palestine Telegraph* <http://paltelegraph .com/>

*Israeli settler hits 11-year- old girl in Hebron*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ west-bank/ 8576-israeli- settler-hits- 11-year-old- girl-in-hebron. html>
27 Feb 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)- local sources reported that a
Palestinian child was hit by an Israeli settler driving a car near Bait
Aynun crossroad in the east of Hebron city in the occupied West Bank.

*Israel continues demolishing homes in Negev*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ west-bank/ 8575-israel- continues- demolishing- homes-in- negev.html>
27 Feb 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)- As Israeli excessive violence
continues, dozens of occupation bulldozers started Sunday morning
demolishing a number of houses in Al-Zaroura village in the Negev,
southern occupied Palestine after pushing inhabitants from their poor homes.

*Israeli army intensifies its checkpoints across WB*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ west-bank/ 8574-israeli- army-intensifies -its-checkpoints -across-wb. html>
27 Feb 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)- Occupation forces stopped
Sunday a number of passing vehicles headed to Qalqilya city at a
checkpoint erected at the crossroad of Yatzhar settlement under the
pretext of searching for wanted people.

*Palestinians protest US veto near Hebron*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ west-bank/ 8573-palestinian s-protest- us-veto-near- hebron.html>
27 Feb 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)- A number of Palestinians
participated yesterday in the weekly anti-wall rally in the village of
Bait Ummer protesting the United States veto of a UN resolution
condemning Israeli's expansion of illegal settlements on the
Palestinian territories .

*Uruknet* <http://uruknet. info/>

*The Iraqi Revolution : "OUR DEMANDS"*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75408& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 27, 2011 - FIRST: We demand to take our homeland back .
We had been occupied by a great power without an international
permission, this power had adopted excuses that its leaders' them selves
confessed that they had been deceived by them, so why are their forces
still on our land then..? It has been eight years since our...

*DFLP calls on Hamas, Fatah to take lessons from Arab revolts*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75402& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 27, 2011 - A leftist Palestinian faction on Saturday
urged feuding factions of Hamas and Fatah to understand the lessons from
revolts in some Arab countries and meet the people's aspiration. The
call was made during a rally attended by thousands in the Gaza Strip to
mark the 42nd anniversary of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of...

*Palestinian Children Affected by Armed Conflict: New UNICEF Report*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75401& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 27, 2011 - In 2010, grave violations continued to be
committed against children in the occupied Palestinian territory. Eleven
Palestinian children were killed and 360 injured in Gaza and the West
Bank, including East Jerusalem. No Israeli children were killed but two
were injured. Palestinian children continued to be detained and
subjected to ill-treatment, and in some cases...

*Iran opposition figures 'detained'*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75400& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 27, 2011 - Two prominent Iranian opposition figures,
who fiercely criticised the government and called for protests, are said
to have been moved to "safe houses" outside the capital Tehran, after
being held under house arrest for almost two weeks. According to the
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHR), Mir Hossein
Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi were...

*US ready to help Libyan rebels*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75398& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 27, 2011 - The United States said Sunday it was
prepared to offer "any kind of assistance" to Libyans seeking to
overthrow the regime of strongman Moamer Kadhafi as they set up a
transitional body. As forces opposed to the longest-serving Arab leader
took control of several western Libyan towns, US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton echoed the...

*Medics: 1 dead in Israeli strike on Gaza*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75396& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 27, 2011 - One resistance fighter was killed and two
others injured, medics said, in what local sources said was an Israeli
air strike targeting a group of militants east of Gaza city shortly
after nine o'clock Sunday evening. Shells were said to have been fired
by Israeli forces toward a second location near the border of the...

*Video: Israeli forces seize 11-year-old boy*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75391& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 27, 2011 - A resident of the West Bank village of Nabi
Salih videoed Israeli forces chasing and detaining an 11-year-old child.
The footage, from late January, shows two Israeli border police officers
chasing Karim Tamimi, who turns to a woman in the street for help. The
woman repeatedly pleads to the police in Hebrew, "he is a...

*Steadfast in Occupied Jerusalem*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75386& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 26, 2011 - On the early hours of Friday, 11.02.2011,
Husam Hussein Hasan Ar-Rweidi, a 24 year old Palestinian from the
eastern part of occupied Jerusalem, was on his way to work when he and a
friend were attacked by a group of ultra orthodox Jews. Both were
stabbed several times and while his friend was seriously injured,...

*Letter from Palestine: life under occupation*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75385& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 26, 2011 - The separation wall is the biggest recurring
theme, together with the impact of settlements and military checkpoints.
I've just heard that yesterday a woman, prevented from reaching hospital
in time, gave birth at a checkpoint near where we are. This is a far
from unique occurence. On Sunday in Abu Dis we talked with a...

*Fatah-Hamas talks* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m75382& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 26, 2011 - ...Of course, Tel Aviv rejects Palestinian
national conciliation because it would represent a loss for Israel. A
vital gain for Israel from Palestinian division is preventing political
unity of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Benjamin Netanyahu can always
claim he cannot reach agreement with Abbas because the latter does not
represent all Palestinians. National...

*The National* <http://thenational. ae/section/ FOREIGN?profile= 1011>

*Israeli left holds back from criticising US over settlements veto*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ israeli-left- holds-back- from-criticising -us-over- settlements- veto>
The National 27 Feb 2011 - Fractured, tiny and marginalised, the Israeli
peace movement has been described as 'the only pro-American peace
movement in the world'.

*Alternative Information Center* <http://alternativen ews.org/>

*Weekend Demonstrations against Separation Wall: Israeli Army Fears
Third Intifada*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ news/3350- weekend-demonstr ations-against- separation- wall-israeli- army-fears- third-intifada->
Alternative Information Center - On Friday 25 February, demonstrations
against the Separation Wall took place in the West Bank villages of Al
Masara, Bil'in, Ni'lin and Nabi Salah . Demonstrations were additionally
held in the Old City of Hebron and the...

*Palestinian Children Affected by Armed Conflict: New UNICEF Report*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ news/3349- palestinian- children- affected- by-armed- conflict- new-unicef- report->
Alternative Information Center - UNICEF released a report last week, "
Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Israel & the occupied Palestinian
territory (oPt) 2010 Annual Review " , detailing violations against
Palestinian children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

*Israeli Government, Universities Support Student Delegation Sent to
Fight Israel Apartheid Week*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ economy-of- the-occupation/ 3347-israeli- government- universities- support-student- delegation- sent-to-fight- israel-apartheid -week->
Alternative Information Center - Ben Gurion University and the Weitzmann
Institute are joining forces with Israel's Public Diplomacy and Diaspora
Affairs to support and finance a delegation going to the UK to counter
Israel Apartheid Week at the end of...

*McEwan's Criticism Appears Hypocritical*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ economy-of- the-occupation/ 3345-mcewans- criticism- appears-hypocrit ical>
Alternative Information Center - After rejecting the Palestinian call to
boycott the state-sponsored Jerusalem Prize , Ian McEwan has massaged
his conscience by demonstrating against home demolitions in East
Jerusalem, criticising Israel in his acceptance speech, and donating his
prize money...

*Daily Star* <http://dailystar. com.lb/>

*Freedom fighters close in on Tripoli*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125399>
Daily Star 27 Feb 2011 GAZA CITY: A Palestinian was killed Sunday when
an Israeli tank opened fire on a group of fighters east of Gaza City,
medical sources and witnesses said.Spokesmen for the Islamic Jihad group
said the dead man...

*Israeli tank fire kills Gazan, say medics*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125403>
Daily Star 27 Feb 2011 GAZA CITY: A Palestinian was killed Sunday when
an Israeli tank opened fire on a group of fighters east of Gaza City,
medical sources and witnesses said.Spokesmen for the Islamic Jihad group
said the dead man...

*Egypt to call referendum, open up politics, says lawyer*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125402>
Daily Star 27 Feb 2011 CAIRO: Egypt's military rulers are likely this
week to lift restrictions that have long crushed political opposition
and call a referendum on constitutional reforms next month, a lawyer who
helped draft the changes said Sunday.

*Tunisian prime minister resigns amid protests*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125400>
Daily Star 27 Feb 2011 TUNIS: Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammad
Ghannouchi resigned Sunday after violent protests over his ties to the
North African state's toppled leader, triggering street celebrations in
central Tunis. Five people have been killed since Friday in clashes...

*Maliki gives his Cabinet 100-day warning after demos across Iraq*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125369>
Daily Star 27 Feb 2011 BAGHDAD: Iraq's prime minister warned his Cabinet
Sunday to shape up within 100 days or face "changes," as protest
organizers called for a fresh set of rallies and religious leaders
demanded reforms. Nouri al-Maliki's remarks came...

*Jordanian PM promises reform in effort to appease opposition*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125368>
Daily Star 27 Feb 2011 AMMAN: Jordan's prime minister pledged Sunday to
bring "true and gradual" reforms, a day after the opposition threatened
more pressure on the government, accusing it of not taking the process
seriously. "The government is not practicing.. .

*Relief Web*
<http://reliefweb. int/rw/rwb. nsf/doc106? OpenForm& emid=ACOS- 635PFR&rc= 3>

*OPT: Humanitarian & Civilian Activities in Gaza Strip - COGAT monthly
report January 2011*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /MMAH-8EF8XW? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 26 Feb 2011 - Source: Government of Israel

*Inter Press Service* <http://ipsnews. net/middle. asp>

*MIDEAST: Gaza Protesters Prepare for March 15*
<http://ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews= 54637>
IPS A look at the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings that succeeded in
ousting long- entrenched dictators confirms a universal truth: it is the
youth who are leading the way in forcing reform in the Middle East.

*Stop The Wall* <http://stopthewall. org/>

*Weekly Anti-Wall Protest Update - February 25*
<http://stopthewall. org/latestnews/ 2489.shtml>
Stop The Wall - Protests across the West Bank condemned the American
veto at the UN. A protest was held on the anniversary of the Ibrahimi
Mosque massacre in Hebron, where protestors demanding the opening of
Shuhada Street clashed with soldiers. People marched in al Ma'sara,
Bil'in and Ni'lin against the Wall, facing tear gas and rubber bullets.
In al Nabi Saleh, several people were injured in the weekly protest
against settlement expansion and land confiscation. [

*YNet News* <http://ynetnews. com/>

*Court indicts J'lem teen for manslaughter*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034967,00. html>
YNet News - Jewish stabber not charged with murder. Other teens involved
in murder of Arab....

*Video: 11-year-old Palestinian stone-thrower arrested*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4035104,00. html>
YNet News - (Video) Footage shows officers chasing down boy who took
part in West Bank riot,....

*Elderly citizens protest price-hike*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034913,00. html>
YNet News - Hundreds gather in Jerusalem under banner 'fighting over
water, bread.'....

*Jordan: Israeli hikers save British man*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034869,00. html>
YNet News - Former Yom Kippur War veteran rescues young Briton who fell
from high cliffs in....

*Egypt proposes competitive presidential elections*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4034759,00. html>
YNet News - Constitutional reform panel recommends opening Egypt's
presidential elections to....

*US accuses Iran of 'blatant' rights violations*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4035249,00. html>
YNet News - The United States on Sunday accused Iran's government of
hypocrisy and "blatant" violations of the rights of its citizens. "The
United States strongly condemns the .......

*US senators: Israel will be safer when ME turmoil over*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4035241,00. html>
YNet News - Israel will enjoy greater security under democratic regimes
that may ultimately emerge from the recent instability and unrest
roiling the Middle East, senior US lawmakers .......

*Palestinians say Gaza gunman killed in strike; IDF denies attack*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4035228,00. html>
YNet News - Palestinian security officials said one terrorist was killed
and two others were wounded Sunday evening during an Israeli aerial
strike on a terror cell east of Gaza .......

*Report: Shehadeh killing legitimate; civilian deaths due to intel
failure* <http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4035172,00. html>
YNet News - A report submitted to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on
Sunday determined that the targeted killing of senior Hamas figure Salah
Shehadeh on July 22, 2002 was .......

*Gaza assailants plant bomb under Christian car*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4035146,00. html>
YNet News - A prominent Christian surgeon in the Gaza Strip said
assailants threw a bomb at his vehicle and sent him threatening
messages. Dr. Maher Ayyad, 55, says no one was .......

*Palestinian Information Center* <http://palestine- info.co.uk/ en/>

*Khater: Coming tourism conference marks Israeli success in Judaizing
Jerusalem*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7Ynulc3Mr2V CA2Y5SO0adYGWdmH YhZqtTdAZw7dSQrY 0abRo6fwZuMVI0DR NJmI%2fL9mJKLFmS YmFQzegl% 2bmjjlhkADPjQZKW zJO0%2b7W2tz9s% 3d>
PIC 27 Feb 2011 - Dr. Hassan Khater has said an Israeli tourism
conference to be held in Jerusalem the coming month marks Israel's
success in promoting the holy city as a capital for all Jews.

*Dweik: Call for elections illegal*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s78TnNDzI% 2fShiCdyP968esXZ qT%2bT0YNxfK8hha zVuHcvQbk9C3fW1E %2bcXysA1JkEVDmG uK2FC1QEOf3Y% 2bUS%2fnALYqj9Ku VEiJWgQJPUDrOk3M %3d>
PIC 27 Feb 2011 - Speaker of the Palestinian legislative council Dr.
Aziz Dweik has said that the call for legislative and presidential
elections was illegal.

*PCHR: Thousands of Palestinians stranded abroad since Egypt events*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7phGGWy% 2bXAHW%2bs% 2bg0XjTWcq9kR% 2fcA17rgNQ1LZoT9 xNlJvhE6TkJudPsT 3vZFEYRt9LYKisoz MMsRtpglKcU6TKcy rMrOUZWTFZAoXBgs FbY%3d>
PIC 27 Feb 2011 - Thousands of Gazans have been stranded abroad for over
a month during changes in Egypt that have hindered their entry into the
Cairo International Airport, the PCHR has said.

*IOA imprisons Hamas MP for six months*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7vdTT5vCk% 2bg5m0ecVj% 2bQDtq4HpigRrDla %2fuxnNNvxoh2gVE JwR4WhdNQpAtB% 2fy7EKzflkcg2R0k FwAQWcsVO50hukBy 3r26rFdDed29iPrU g%3d>
PIC 27 Feb 2011 - The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) sentenced Hamas
MP and former finance minister Dr. Omar Abdulrazek to six months in
administrative detention.

*Provocative searches could spark prison outbreak*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7SOkLRmuZwe VRevq2c%2bgUSRPZ YHCRV2zZ1wvmtJ2Q UAZYno6MmXle0CAI DJZ6H%2bCCmNj5Gq b0kRaokcHtn3a1UY 1DuqNaOYF9p94BTj 4ojg0%3d>
PIC 27 Feb 2011 - The prisoner studies center in Ramallah has warned
that provocative searches against Palestinians detained in Israeli
prisons could spark an outbreak inside the prisons.

*IOF soldiers, settlers quell peaceful protest demo*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7z%2by5lZY3 W6RK3XC7xa3QFVRF jL96T4aYd% 2fk%2bz47LODN1De mipINvvMf5G2wrau ENhTevxvV7FuxcKr mSBZa4lQkmHusSwc UkcMu6o3KVKDY% 3d>
PIC 27 Feb 2011 - Jewish armed settlers assisted Israeli occupation
forces (IOF) in quelling a peaceful demonstration in Beit Ummar village
to protest continued confiscation of Palestinian land and settlement
activity.

*Hamas mourns death of Turkish leader Erbakan*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7CfhyrBmSvv V66dGVcGQC9EClPa 6VfuMzu4wfA9Wa% 2f6ZP81gsroz8rHy ZYoetcyoiIRA9a4k OoTAv1qxCKRR3QYA O0k79DPu5RUybvpi VkEc%3d>
PIC 27 Feb 2011 - The Hamas Movement has expressed its sincere
condolences to Turkey's leadership and people for the death of noted
Islamic intellectual and former premier Necmettin Erbakan.

*Jihad slams Lebanese gov't for changing law concerning Palestinian
refugees*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7ad% 2f5rmGxUPNHIR% 2bv3K3Pi2eRU087Y VI0Aw9wkz2JiVL14 QRWdynm%2bo8e% 2bKxR2JFL6dnXTcF 69OR5hV5y9PenNUj 1Vee8wuBqqeqWgQj hTec%3d>
PIC 27 Feb 2011 - The Islamic Jihad Movement said that the amendment
made to the law of labor and social security in Lebanon only serves the
policy of resettlement that is rejected by the Palestinian people.

*PA militias transfer detainee Annatsheh to Jericho hospital*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7Rsq% 2f7gZr0TjRy99j8K MLwgLDCwkO% 2fb1S7sm6ezmtRsD ClarrZ1oS5jvNWSb nDQJ6UhYi5KlBsU6 eof1x%2f43oqDkAH hBWQAUpAcbcdsPwn 9o%3d>
PIC 27 Feb 2011 - The family of political detainee Mutasim Annatsheh
said that the Palestinian authority intelligence apparatus in Jericho
city transferred their son to hospital after his health deteriorated.

*Jewish settler runs over Palestinian girl in Al-Khalil*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7BFGHeh80i8 E73E4FzodFGTlx3u KTXOW6qNkBX% 2f5rrK%2b8IvztAk moTXRjAzJOISom23 y1gC%2btVWEXEL0% 2fqJw1vLbesEiTWD qq5WJOZ5qVvI8% 3d>
PIC 27 Feb 2011 - An 11-year-old Palestinian girl was run over by a
Jewish settler on Sunday morning in the south West Bank province of
Al-Khalil.

*Los Angeles Times* <http://latimes. com/news/ nationworld/ world/middleeast />

*An old Jerusalem road gets a high-tech makeover*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/LVtz8LlZb9o /la-fg-israel- jaffa-road- 20110227, 0,639333. story>
LA Times 27 Feb 2011 - A light-rail train is making trial runs down the
venerable main street. It will 'revolutionize transportation and the
city too,' one official says. Jaffa Road has witnessed empires come and
go, watched camel caravans give way to stagecoaches and automobiles,
seen pilgrims and pioneers, businessmen. ..

*New York Times* <http://nytimes. com/pages/ world/middleeast />

*Israeli Panel Finds No Crime in 2002 Assassination*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=34a5a3c5493214 71ac10335f4a1b97 a6>
New York Times 27 Feb 2011 - A panel said an assassination of a Hamas
leader that killed at least 13 civilians was flawed but the deaths "did
not stem from disregard or indifference to human lives."

*Misc* <http://vtjp. org/aboutus/ aboutus.htm>

*At J Street, Eltahawy gets standing ovation when she calls on peaceful
revolution to come to Israel and Palestine*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/at-j-street- eltahawy- gets-standing- ovation-when- she-calls- on-peaceful- revolution- to-come-to- israel-and- palestine. html>
Mondoweiss - I've been at the J Street conference for two hours now and
the political program seems to be, End the Netanyahu government now,
because we're in deep trouble. But that message was overshadowed by Mona
Eltahawy, the Egyptian journalist, who actuallly actually got applause
when she...

*For Egypt's workers the revolution is far from over*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/for-egypts- workers-the- revolution- is-far-from- over.html>
Mondoweiss -

*The Continual Struggle of al-Arakib*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1697>
Palestine Monitor - On 17 February 2011, the special police forces
accompanied officials from the Israel Land Administration to demolish
the Bedouin village of al-Arakib for the 18th time since 27 July 2010.
There are 45 unrecognized Bedouin communities living in Israel's Negev,
and over the past seven months...

*Desecrating the American flag*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/desecrating- the-american- flag.html>
Mondoweiss - Since I got back from Palestine two months ago, every
Friday brings me back to the village of Bil'in. I won't even remember
the importance of Friday, as anything other than the start to my
weekend, until I stumble across a video in my Facebook mini-feed...

*'Israeli Apartheid Week' organizers respond to LGBT center's decision
to cancel event under pressure*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/israeli- apartheid- week-organizers- respond-to- lgbt-centers- decision- to-cancel- event-under- pressure. html>
Mondoweiss - Below is a statement from the organizers of New York City's
Israeli Apartheid Week responding to the decision by New York LGBT
Center to cancel a "Party to End Apartheid" under pressure from donors.
You can sign their petition here . As organizers of New York City's...

*Can you pass the Saudi Arabia quiz?*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/can-you- pass-the- saudi-arabia- quiz.html>
Mondoweiss - Saudi Arabia, an Islamic absolute monarchy, has enjoyed
extremely close relations with the United States, a constitutional
republic. This relationship highlights the gross hypocrisy of US foreign
policy: fundamentalism and dictatorship in the Arab world is only
condemned when it comes garbed in anti-Americanism. In fact,...

*J Street and the Death of Liberal Zionism*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/KOfajojR_ eY/>
Tikun Olam - At first glance, it may appear downright curmudgeonly to
speak ill of J Street as it triumphantly open its second annual
conference . I attended its first conference in 2009 and hosted an
unofficial progressive blogger panel there. Since then I've had a testy
relationship with the...

*NYC LGBT Center's Betrayals of its Values*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/Muzzlewatch /%7E3/slj83NORr2 s/>
Muzzlewatch - I have many good memories about the NY Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, and Transgender Center. When I was coming out of the closet,
the Center opened its doors to me and showed me the value of building
community and the celebration of diversity. Two decades later, the...

*Misc 2* <http://vtjp. org/news/ news.php>

*Libya exodus sparks border crisis*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- africa-12591935>
BBC 27 Feb 2011 - Libya's western border with Tunisia is being overrun
with migrants, many of them from Egypt, fleeing the turmoil in Libya,
aid workers say.

**
<http://news. bbc.co.uk/ go/rss/int/ news/-/2/ hi/middle_ east/country_ profiles/ 828763.stm>*(en)
Canada, The Seventh Annual Israeli Apartheid Week Toronto 2011* -
Institutional Complicity and Campus Resistance*
<http://www.ainfos. ca/en/ainfos2483 2.html>
A-infos 27 Feb 2011 - Time: Monday, March 7 at 12:00pm - March 13 at
3:00am --- Location: University of Toronto, York University, Ryerson
University -- www.apartheidweek. org -- Toronto, ON -- We are very proud
to announce our preliminary list of confirmed speakers along with the
specific themes of each evening...

*(en) Israel, MEDIA, Left-wing activist Jonathan Pollack* was released
from prison, demonstrated again against the occupation [machine
translation] * <http://www.ainfos. ca/en/ainfos2483 1.html>
A-infos 27 Feb 2011 - Left-wing activist Jonathan Pollak, was released
from prison. Polak was sentenced to three months in prison for the
offense of participating in a prohibited gathering demonstration
[critical bikes travel] against the siege on Gaza, held in Tel Aviv in
January 2008. On Friday, shortly after the...

*Articles*

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*Permanent Temporariness*
<http://www.middleea stmonitor. org.uk/articles/ europe/2089- permanent- temporariness>
Alastair Crooke, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) 2/27/2011
It was in 2003 that I realised something fundamental had changed.
The door to the room in which I was sitting flew open. In stalked a
figure still dressed in a dark overcoat and scarf. He evidently could
contain himself no longer. I was in Downing Street with the prime
minister's foreign affairs adviser, David Manning; the overcoated figure
bursting into our meeting was Jack Straw. He wanted to tell Manning that
he had persuaded Joschka Fischer, the German foreign minister, to add
Hamas to the EU list of terrorist movements. His tale of his conversion
of Fischer was wrapped in expressions of outrage at Hamas. It wasn't so
much the proscription that shocked me. A ceasefire, which I had helped
facilitate, had broken down. What was new was the elation with which
Straw greeted the banning. I don't know what Manning thought, but he
will have been aware that the terrorist 'list' is one of those things
from which it's almost impossible to get a name removed. The
consequences for diplomacy, for the politics of peace-making, would be
profound, possibly irreversible; but Straw wasn't worried. Manning, I
knew, believed strongly that there could be no solution to the
Israel-Palestine issue without Hamas involvement and had firmly
supported EU efforts at inclusive peace-building. Officially, the EU
remained committed to a political solution, but it now seemed that two
key member states were heading in the opposite direction -- towards a
militarised resolution. The wind had changed.
There had already been hints that a political solution was no
longer at the forefront of Whitehall thinking. Not long before, a senior
British official had told me bluntly that my methods of building popular
consent -- holding 'town hall' meetings with all factions, working with
Hamas, shuttling between Palestinians on the ground and President Arafat
to ensure broad participation and continued momentum -- were passé. We
were in a new era, and it required new thinking: 'The road to Jerusalem
now passes through Baghdad,' the official insisted. He was speaking just
before the 2003 invasion. The message was clear: the Islamic resistance
in Palestine was to be neutralised, and psychologically defeated, by the
massive display of Western force in Iraq, rather than brought into the
political process....more. .
<http://www.middleea stmonitor. org.uk/articles/ europe/2089- permanent- temporariness>e-mail
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*Robert Fisk: The destiny of this pageant lies in the Kingdom of Oil*
<http://www.independ ent.co.uk/ opinion/commenta tors/fisk/ robert-fisk- the-destiny- of-this-pageant- lies-in-the- kingdom-of- oil-2226109. html>
The Independent 2/26/2011
The Middle East earthquake of the past five weeks has been the
most tumultuous, shattering, mind-numbing experience in the history of
the region since the fall of the Ottoman empire. For once, "shock and
awe" was the right description.
The docile, supine, unregenerative, cringing Arabs of Orientalism
have transformed themselves into fighters for the freedom, liberty and
dignity which we Westerners have always assumed it was our unique role
to play in the world. One after another, our satraps are falling, and
the people we paid them to control are making their own history -- our
right to meddle in their affairs (which we will, of course, continue to
exercise) has been diminished for ever.
The tectonic plates continue to shift, with tragic, brave -- even
blackly humorous -- results. Countless are the Arab potentates who
always claimed they wanted democracy in the Middle East. King Bashar of
Syria is to improve public servants' pay. King Bouteflika of Algeria has
suddenly abandoned the country's state of emergency. King Hamad of
Bahrain has opened the doors of his prisons. King Bashir of Sudan will
not stand for president again. King Abdullah of Jordan is studying the
idea of a constitutional monarchy. And al-Qa'ida are, well, rather silent.
Who would have believed that the old man in the cave would
suddenly have to step outside, dazzled, blinded by the sunlight of
freedom rather than the Manichean darkness to which his eyes had become
accustomed. Martyrs there were aplenty across the Muslim world -- but
not an Islamist banner to be seen. The young men and women bringing an
end to their torment of dictators were mostly Muslims, but the human
spirit was greater than the desire for death. They are Believers, yes --
but they got there first, toppling Mubarak while Bin Laden's henchmen
still called for his overthrow on outdated videotapes.more. .
<http://www.independ ent.co.uk/ opinion/commenta tors/fisk/ robert-fisk- the-destiny- of-this-pageant- lies-in-the- kingdom-of- oil-2226109. html>e-mail
<mailto:?subject= Robert%20Fisk: %20The%20destiny %20of%20this% 20pageant% 20lies%20in% 20the%20Kingdom% 20of%20Oil% 20&body=Robert% 20Fisk:%20The% 20destiny% 20of%20this% 20pageant% 20lies%20in% 20the%20Kingdom% 20of%20Oil% 20--%20http://www.independ ent.co.uk/ opinion/commenta tors/fisk/ robert-fisk- the-destiny- of-this-pageant- lies-in-the- kingdom-of- oil-2226109. html%20-- %20link%20courte sy%20www. vtjp.org>

*Greek PM: Zionism and the IMF's Last Best Friend*
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 02/greek- pm-zionism- and-the-imf% E2%80%99s- last-best- friend/>
James Petras, Dissident Voice 2/26/2011
In the midst of the Arab uprisings throughout the Middle East, at
a time when even the European (EU) has publically condemned Israel's
blockade of Gaza and its illegal land seizures in the West Bank and East
Jerusalem, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou promised a visiting
delegation of American Jewish leaders, that he would do everything
possible to undermine EU opposition and promote Israeli economic,
diplomatic and political interests in Europe. US Zionists, recently
returned from a visit to Athens described Papandreou as by far the most
amenable ('servile') European leader they have met in recent memory.
Papandreou's slavish submission to Israeli interests includes his
promise, to a delegation of U.S. zionist notables, to use his influence
to pressure the new Egyptian military junta to continue to uphold the
Mubarak agreements with Israel.1 These include the continued blockade of
Gaza and support of Israel's military assaults on Lebanon, Syria and
Palestinians. In other words Papandreou is openly supportive of Egypt's
past collaboration with Israeli clandestine assassinations and
kidnapping of Arab militants.
Papandreou demonstrates a greater interest in promoting Israel's
exports to the European market, than the country he ostensibly
represents. He promised a delegation from the Conference of Presidents
of Major American Jewish Organizations "to integrate Israel into the
European market"1 while he shrinks the Greeks economy by 10% between
2009-11 and doubles unemployment from 8% to 16%. Papandreou's gross
servility to Israel and the American Zionist power structure is
manifested in his cordial reception and recent agreements with Israel's
Prime Minister Netanyahu and his foreign minister, the notorious
Zionist-fascist Avigdor Lieberman -- the same Lieberman who advocates
wholesale expulsion of Palestinians from the West Bank. No Greek Prime
Minister, since the Zionist state was founded, has exhibited such a
bizarre display of active collaboration with Israel's colonial claims in
the Middle East. No European leader has so eagerly anticipated and
implemented the demands of American Zionist organizations with such
zeal.more..
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 02/greek- pm-zionism- and-the-imf% E2%80%99s- last-best- friend/>e-mail
<mailto:?subject= Greek%20PM: %20Zionism% 20and%20the% 20IMF%E2% 80%99s%20Last% 20Best%20Friend% 20&body=Greek% 20PM:%20Zionism% 20and%20the% 20IMF%E2% 80%99s%20Last% 20Best%20Friend% 20--%20http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 02/greek- pm-zionism- and-the-imf% E2%80%99s- last-best- friend/%20- -%20link% 20courtesy% 20www.vtjp. org>

*The Continual Struggle of al-Arakib*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1697>
Palestine Monitor: 27 Feb 2011 - On 17 February 2011, the special police
forces accompanied officials from the Israel Land Administration to
demolish the Bedouin village of al-Arakib for the 18th time since 27
July 2010. There are 45 unrecognized Bedouin communities living in
Israel's Negev, and over the past seven months the ILA has targeted
al-Arakib making life nearly impossible. According to Palestinian
Knesset Member, Talab al-Sana, Israel is making an example of al-Arakib
in hopes to pressure the other communities to disperse voluntarily.
Nevertheless, al-Arakib has remained steadfast, resisting pressure to
leave the land they have worked on for thousands of years. Read more
about the continual struggle of unrecognized villages in Israelmore
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1697>

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Video: Israeli forces
seize 11-year-old boy

Published yesterday (updated) 28/02/2011 10:32
Ma'an News Agency

RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- A resident of the West Bank village of Nabi Salih videoed Israeli forces chasing and detaining an 11-year-old child.



The footage, from late January, shows two Israeli border police officers chasing Karim Tamimi, who turns to a woman in the street for help.

The woman repeatedly pleads to the police in Hebrew, "he is a boy," but the forces drag him to a van.

Two minutes into the video, the child's mother rushes to the van and begs the police to give back her son, and a third officer pushes her away.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkJaFJk1m8w

The cameraman said forces detained the child in an attempt to pressure his 14-year-old brother Islam Tamimi, who is being held in an Israeli military prison.

Islam has been detained since Jan. 23 accused of throwing stones during the village's weekly anti-wall protests. His family's request to transfer him to house arrest was denied by a military judge.

A judge at Israel's Ofer military court postponed Islam's hearing scheduled for Feb. 23 until March 10, popular committee spokesman Joseph Dana said.

Court proceedings on charges against misconduct by Israeli forces during Islam's arrest are also underway. A rights organization filed charges after Islam was denied access to his lawyer or parents during the first five hours of his interrogation.

Dana said lawyer Gabi Laski would argue that Islam's testimony was coerced. However, the two trials are running simultaneously, allowing the possibility that the court could convict Islam and rule that the basis of the conviction was coerced.

In January, Defense for Children International said Israel's military had detained around 7,000 Palestinian children since 2000.

In its annual report, submitted to the United Nations, DCI said it was rare for children, or their parents, to be told the reason for the arrest or where the children would be taken.

"Children are frequently threatened and physically assaulted during interrogation often resulting in the provision of a coerced confession, or the signing of documents which the child has not had a chance to read or understand," the report found.

DCI noted that Palestinian children as young as 12 were tried in Israel's military courts, and said most children ultimately plead guilty "whether the offence was committed or not, as this is the quickest way out of the system."

Further, Israeli military courts impose sentences on most children detained.

"In 2009, custodial sentences were imposed on children by the military courts in 83 percent of cases, in contrast to a custodial sentence rate of 6.5 percent in the Israeli civilian juvenile justice system," DCI found.

www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=363748


Map is from 2001 or earlier
source: www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=136

........

DEFENSE FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL-PALESTINE SECTION
www.dci-pal.org/english/home.cfm

[ninathedog]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgkit0gLgAU

(many thanks to Max B)

I don't even know why I'm posting this. But I am.

In response to comments in the video about the historical legitimacy of Palestine:

Dec 9, 2010 2:29:58 GMT 4 @ninathedog said:

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google search:
Maps of Palestine -- www.google.com/images?q=maps of Palestine

[ninathedog]

[OccupationNews] Digest Number 1308

Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:46 pm (PST)

***Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles*

*News*
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*International Middle East Media Center* <http://imemc. org/>

*Jerusalem, Nablus roads blocked by Israeli settlers in protest against
outpost removal* <http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60737>
IMEMC - Tuesday March 01, 2011 - 03:35, Hundreds of Israeli settlers
blocked the Nablus road in the northern West Bank, and dozens more tried
to block a main road in Jerusalem on Monday, calling for the Israeli
government to allow the expansion of a settlement colony located in the
northern West Bank.

*Silwan Residents Injured by Israeli Gunfire Over Weekend*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60735>
IMEMC - Monday February 28, 2011 - 16:28, This weekend saw a
continuation of clashes in Silwan, a neighborhood in East Jerusalem
targeted for Israeli expansion, leaving many Palestinians injured.

*Army Abducts Two Palestinians From Hebron*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60734>
IMEMC - Monday February 28, 2011 - 11:52, Israeli soldiers abducts, on
Monday at dawn, two Palestinians from the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

*Israeli Settlers Demand Firing Of Bus Driver For Crime Of 'being Arab'*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60733>
IMEMC - Monday February 28, 2011 - 11:31, A Palestinian- Israeli bus
driver, who holds Israeli citizenship, has been threatened with firing
after he was assigned to a route that serves the Israeli colonial
settlement of Elazar. Jewish Israeli residents of the settlement have
launched a campaign to have the bus driver fired, submitting a letter to
the regional council to that effect.

*Elected Legislator Sentenced To Six Months*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60731>
IMEMC - Monday February 28, 2011 - 11:18, The Israeli Authorities
sentenced, on Sunday, a Palestinian legislator to six months in
administrative detention without presenting any legal charges against him.

*One Resident Wounded As Army Bombards Gaza*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60730>
IMEMC - Monday February 28, 2011 - 11:06, Palestinian medical sources
reported, Monday morning, that one resident was injured after the
Israeli army bombarded an area near the Gaza International Airport, east
of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

*Israeli Internal Probe: 2002 Bombing Which Killed 8 Children
'Justified'* <http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60728>
IMEMC - Monday February 28, 2011 - 10:45, An 'internal investigation' by
the Israeli military released a report, Sunday, stating that there was
'no wrongdoing' in a 2002 targeted assassination carried out by the
Israeli airforce, in which Israeli soldiers dropped a missile on a
crowded apartment building, killing a targeted leader of Hamas along
with 13 civilians, including 8 children.

*Palestinian Killed By Army Shells East of Gaza*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60726>
IMEMC - Monday February 28, 2011 - 10:27, Palestinian medical sources in
the Gaza Strip reported, on Sunday evening, that one resident was killed
and several were injured in a number of Israeli military attacks
targeting the Gaza Strip.

*Settlers Block Roads Leading To Nablus, Hurl Stones At Local Vehicles*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60727>
IMEMC - Monday February 28, 2011 - 09:39, A group of armed Israeli
settlers blocked, on Monday morning, a number of roads leading to the
northern West Bank city of Nablus. They hurled stones at several
vehicles while cursing and insulting the residents.

*Palestinian Child Wounded After Being Run-over By Settler's Vehicle*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 60729>
IMEMC - Monday February 28, 2011 - 04:51, A Palestinian child was
injured, on Sunday, after being run-over by a vehicle driven by a
Israeli settler in the district of Hebron, in the southern part of the
West Bank.

*Ma'an News* <http://maannews. net/en/>

*Settlers fire-bomb Palestinian home in Nablus*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364304>
3/1/2011 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Settlers set fire to a Palestinian home on
Monday, injuring two children, and attacked Palestinian cars around
Nablus, officials said. Settlers threw Molotov cocktails at homes in
Huwara village, setting fire to the home of Rabi Taha As-Sebty, said
Palestinian Authority settlement affairs official Ghassan Doughlas.
Palestinian firefighters controlled the blaze....

*Palestinian worker shot and killed in northern Gaza*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364188>
2/28/2011 - GAZA CITY (AFP) -- Israeli troops shot and killed a
Palestinian worker in Gaza on Monday, along the northern border of the
coastal enclave, Palestinian medical sources told AFP. Medics told Ma'an
that the man's body was evacuated shortly after noon....

*Israeli artillery fire injures 1 in Rafah*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364045>
2/28/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Fire from an Israeli tank injured at
least one man near the southern Gaza border Monday, witnesses told
Ma'an. An Israeli tank fired several shells near Gaza International
Airport, reports said. Gaza emergency services' spokesman Adham Abu
Salmiya confirmed that one man was moderately injured and evacuated... .

*Concerns over rising settler violence in West Bank*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364059>
2/28/2011 - RAMALLAH (IRIN) -- Violence between Palestinians and Israeli
settlers in the West Bank appears to be worsening, say UN agencies,
NGOs, and the Israeli and Palestinian communities living there. An
increased number of Palestinian civilians have been injured and had
property or land damaged in incidents involving Israeli settlers living
in the West Bank since the....

*Settlers clash with Israeli police, roads closed*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364063>
2/28/2011 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Hundreds of angered Israeli settlers
gathered in the Nablus region Monday, prompting road closures to prevent
attacks on Palestinian drivers on the Nablus-Qalqiliya road, and the
Jit-Flefleh road. The closures stopped movement between dozens of
villages, and the nearby city centers and followed the dismantling of
two buildings in an illegal....

*Settler clashes erupt in Nabi Salih*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364318>
2/28/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Clashes erupted in Nabi Salih on Monday
after settlers tried to enter the Ramallah village, locals said.
Residents of the illegal Hallamish settlement gathered at the entrance
to the village, and residents set fire to rubber tires to stop the
settlers entering, Popular Committee officials said. Israeli forces
intervened and the....

*Prisoner graduates from University in Israeli jail*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364094>
2/28/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The Gaza City Detainees Society
announced Monday that a Beit Hanoun man detained by Israeli forces in
2006 had completed his university degree from prison and sent
congratulations to the man and his family. Rami Farid Al-Za'anin, 30,
was conferred a degree in pre-law from Al-Azhar University in....

*Israeli police detain 4 teenagers in Jerusalem*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364095>
2/28/2011 - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) - Israeli police detained four Palestinian
teenagers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras Al-Amoud overnight,
after what families described as invasive home searches that left
apartments ransacked. Those detained were identified by family members
as 14-year-old Ahmad Abu Madhi, 16-year-old Yasin Abu Madhi, 16-year-old
Ahmad Nabulsi, and 19....

*Barred from travel to Egypt, Gazans abroad stranded*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364104>
2/28/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Palestinians registered as residents of
the Gaza Strip wishing to return home have been stranded since the
outbreak of protests in Egypt, when officials barred Palestinians from
entering the country amidst the overthrow of the political leadership.
On Monday, a group of the stranded Palestinians sent a letter to Egypt....

*Detainees appeal for treatment*
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2/28/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian held in Israel's Jelbou
prison is suffering from cancer and urgently needs treatment, a
detainees' center said Monday. The center urged Israeli authorities to
allow Raed Darbieh to receive medical care. He is from Jabalia refugee
camp in the Gaza Strip and is sentenced to life....

*Armed factions claim mortar attacks on Israeli forces*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364270>
2/28/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The Al-Aqsa Brigades and the Abu Ali
Mustafa Brigades claimed responsibility for firing mortar shells at
Israeli forces on Monday. The armed wings of Fatah and the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine issued statements saying fighters
targeted soldiers trying to invade the Al-Ghoul area in the northern
Gaza....

*PA: Israel assassination probe 'making excuses for murder'*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364216>
3/1/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian Authority on Monday
slammed an Israeli investigation which found the killing of 13 civilians
in Gaza during an assassination was not a disciplinary offense. In July
2002, Israeli forces dropped a one-ton bomb on the Gaza City home of
Hamas leader Salah Shehadeh, killing 13 civilians including his wife....

*Youth group: Hamas shut down unity protest*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364266>
3/1/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Gaza government security officers on
Monday detained four protesters at a demonstration calling for national
unity in Gaza City, organizers said. Nida Al-Watan (Call of Homeland), a
Palestinian youth initiative, used online social networks to issue a
call for demonstrations in Gaza and across the West Bank on February 28....

*2 Gaza crossings opened for limited imports*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364008>
2/28/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- For the second day in a row, Israeli
authorities permitted the opening of two Gaza import terminals, ahead of
the announced permanent closure of the bulk goods crossing. Palestinian
Authority liaison official Raed Fattouh told Ma'an that he was informed
that Israeli crossings officials had okayed the transfer....

*Militants have 'new tactics' to face Israeli forces*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364169>
2/28/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The Al-Quds Brigades have "new tactics"
they are ready to deploy against Israeli military action in the Gaza
Strip, a spokesman for Islamic Jihad's armed wing told Ma'an on Monday.
Militant groups will focus their efforts almost exclusively on Israeli
troops breaching the Gaza border and....

*Settler supporters protest in Jerusalem*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364290>
2/28/2011 - JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Protesters burned tires and tried to
block a main Jerusalem traffic artery on Monday in solidarity with West
Bank settlers who clashed with police earlier in the day." About 50
people tried to block the main road at the entrance to Jerusalem,"
police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP."They set fire to a....

*Israel PM meets Blair as Quartet pushes peace*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364214>
3/1/2011 - JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
met on Monday with Quartet envoy Tony Blair, as negotiators sought to
coax Israel and the Palestinians into dialogue. Israeli officials
confirmed the two had met but refused to give details of what was
discussed, as media reports suggested the premier was shying away from
sending....

*Jihad leader urges resistance to detain Israeli soldiers*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364244>
3/1/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Islamic Jihad leader Khaled Al-Batsh on
Monday called on Palestinian resistance groups to intensify their
activities and detain Israeli soldiers. Al-Batsh said resistance was the
only way to free thousands of Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons.
He issued the call at a protest marking the 26th anniversary of Israel'....

*Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri warns of US influence in Mideast*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364066>
2/28/2011 - NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) -- Al-Qaeda's Egyptian-born number two
Ayman Az-Zawahiri said the United States is installing sympathetic new
regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, demanding Muslims rise up against
"whippers" and "invaders." The SITE monitoring service said Monday that
Az-Zawahiri released the third of a series of audio messages on
uprisings in the Arab world....

*Hamas' Mash'al to attend funeral of Turkey leader*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364127>
2/28/2011 - ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- The head of Palestinian Islamist
movement Hamas, Khalid Mash'al, will attend the funeral of Turkey's
first Islamist leader Necmettin Erbakan in Istanbul on Tuesday, a former
aide to Erbakan said." Khalid Mash'al is to arrive in Istanbul to take
part in the funeral with other dignitaries. ...

*UN urges support for Mideast reforms*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364141>
2/28/2011 - GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The UN human rights chief on
Monday called on the international community to support reforms in the
Middle East and urged vigilance in Libya amid fears of violent
reprisals." The international community bears the great responsibility
of extending its support in words and deeds to assist such indispensable
reforms. It must do....

*Fatah sets new standards for cabinet selection*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=363969>
3/1/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) - Fatah's Central Committee announced Sunday
standards for the selection of cabinet ministers, as re-appointed Prime
Minister Salam Fayyad continues consultations ahead of the new cabinet's
formation. The standards did not reference reported moves to open
ministerial posts to Gaza ruling party Hamas. It remains unclear how far....

*PCBS: Construction costs rise in last quarter of 2010*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364023>
2/28/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian Central Bureau of
Statistics released its construction cost index report on Monday, with
findings indicating an overall increase in costs by 0. 87 percent since
December 2010. The overall Construction Cost Index reached 111. 55, the
report said, while the overall Road Cost Index reached 109. 02 with an....

*Egypt closes net on Mubarak clan's hidden fortune*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364182>
3/1/2011 - CAIRO (AFP) -- The net closed tighter around ousted Egyptian
president Hosni Mubarak and his family on Monday as authorities imposed
an asset freeze and banned them from leaving the country, judicial
officials said." We are freezing the assets of former officials,
including the ex-president and his family. Assets of some former
ministers and officials have....

*Libyans 'ready to die for me', says Gadhafi*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364191>
3/1/2011 - TRIPOLI (AFP) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi said Monday his
followers were ready to die for him as Western nations mulled military
options to prevent massacres and protect thousands fleeing violence in
his country. World powers ramped up the pressure on his regime, as the
United States urged the international community at a meeting in Geneva....

*EU allocates EUR3 million to aid Libyan refugees*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364178>
2/28/2011 - BRUSSELS (Ma'an) -- The European Commission announced Friday
it has allocated EUR3 million to respond to humanitarian needs in Libya
and neighboring countries. The funding will provide relief to Libyans
and Libyan-based refugees fleeing the country as Libyan leader Moammar
Gadhafi enforces a brutal crackdown on protests against his regime, an
EC statement... .

*Maliki: Iraq may be safest Arab country*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364335>
2/28/2011 - BAGHDAD (AFP) -- Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on
Monday that Iraq may be the safest country in the Arab world, as
protests and violence rage across much of the region. Maliki's remarks
came as he reiterated his optimism that an Arab League summit set to be
held in Baghdad on March 29 would....

*Palestine Note* <http://palestinenot e.com/cs/>

*Israeli Panel Finds No Crime in 2002 Assassination*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/28/ israeli-panel- finds-no- crime-in- 2002-assassinati on.aspx>
Palestine Note 28 Feb 2011 - New York Times - Nearly nine years after an
Israeli assassination of a Hamas leader in Gaza killed at least 13
civilians and led to widespread international condemnation, a
government-appointe d panel of inquiry concluded Sunday that...

*Revolution Is Easy; Democracy Is Difficult*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/28/ revolution- is-easy-democrac y-is-difficult. aspx>
Palestine Note 28 Feb 2011 - Albert R. Hunt, Washington Post - With a
rapidity that would have been unimaginable only a month ago, oppression
in the Middle East ---Tunisia, Egypt and now, hopefully, Libya --- is on
the run. Whatever the...

*Qaddafi YouTube Spoof by Israeli Gets Arab Fans*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/28/ qaddafi-youtube- spoof-by- israeli-gets- arab-fans. aspx>
Palestine Note 28 Feb 2011 - New York Times - A YouTube clip mocking
Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi 's megalomania is fast becoming a popular token
of the Libya uprising across the Middle East. And in an added affront to
Colonel Qaddafi, it...

*Egypt Prosecutor Sharpens Case Against Mubarak*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/28/ egypt-prosecutor -sharpens- case-against- mubarak.aspx>
Palestine Note 28 Feb 2011 - New York Times - The public prosecutor of
Egypt imposed an international travel ban on former President Hosni
Mubarak and his immediate family on Monday, as well as a freeze on their
Egyptian assets, as part...

*Labor and the future of the Egyptian revolution*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/28/ labor-and- the-future- of-the-egyptian- revolution. aspx>
Palestine Note 28 Feb 2011 - Since February 11 when Mubarak stepped
down, the Supreme Military Council, which has assumed leadership of
Egypt's affairs until such time as free elections are held, has
repeatedly and thus far unsuccessfully called on Egyptians to...

*Pressure for change builds across Arab world*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/28/ pressure- for-change- builds-across- arab-world. aspx>
Palestine Note 28 Feb 2011 - Washington Post - Tunisia, whose revolution
convulsed the Arab world, ousted its second leader in less than two
months Sunday, as the euphoria triggered by the uprising in January
began to give way to the realization. ..

*Negev village residents suffer Israel brutality*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/28/ negev-village- residents- suffer-israel- brutality. aspx>
Palestine Note 28 Feb 2011 - Arabiya - In the middle of Israel's Negev
desert, residents of the Arab Bedouin village al-Araqeeb are suffering
from Israeli aggression as houses are demolished, and entire families
are left homeless, and utilities cut. In al-Araqeeb,. ..

*Will the Hebron demonstration signal a new intifada in the West Bank?*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/28/ will-the- hebron-demonstra tion-signal- a-new-intifada- in-the-west- bank.aspx>
Palestine Note 28 Feb 2011 - Joseph Dana, +972 - Riding the wave of
unrest in the Arab world, the PA called for a carefully controlled 'day
of rage' throughout the West Bank against the United States for their
recent veto of...

*Hamas fights UN's 'poisonous' Holocaust lessons in Gazan schools*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/28/ hamas-fights- un-s-poisonous- holocaust- lessons-in- gazan-schools. aspx>
Palestine Note 28 Feb 2011 - The Guardian - Hamas has vowed to stop the
United Nations teaching children in Gaza about the Holocaust , saying it
will poison their minds. The history of the Holocaust is planned to be
included as part...

*Palestinians Seek New Path to State*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/02/28/ palestinians- seek-new- path-to-state. aspx>
Palestine Note 28 Feb 2011 - Wall Street Journal - Palestinian leaders
here say they have lost faith in U.S. mediation with Israel and are
weighing a new strategy to press for independence, including an appeal
for United Nations recognition of a...

*Will slow and steady win the race?*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/28/ will-slow- and-steady- win-the-race. aspx>
Palestine Note 28 Feb 2011 - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has declared
that it will form a political party -- it has settled on a name (Freedom
and Justice) and asked one of its leaders (Sa'd al-Katatni) to oversee
the effort. Since its...

*Is it fair to scrutinize Arab first ladies?*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/28/ is-it-fair- to-scrutinize- arab-first- ladies.aspx>
Palestine Note 28 Feb 2011 - In a recent article, Nesrine Malik
discusses the scrutiny placed upon the wives of Arab leaders in relation
to revolution in the Arab world. Designer-clad extensions of their
husbands' regimes, Malik points out the focus placed...

*Secularism is what the Arab world needs*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/02/28/ secularism- is-what-the- arab-world- needs.aspx>
Palestine Note 28 Feb 2011 - The wave of anti-government protests
sweeping through the Arab world, which has already toppled governments
in Tunisia and Egypt, raises very serious questions about religion and
politics in the Middle East, and reinforces the need for...

*World Urges End to Libya Violence*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ topnews/archive/ 2011/02/28/ world-urges- end-to-libya- violence. aspx>
Palestine Note 28 Feb 2011 - Gadhafi remains defiant BBC News -
Governments around the world have condemned attacks on Libyan civilians.
Speaking at a UN human rights conference in Geneva, US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton said Libya's Col Muammar Gaddafi...

*Aljazeera* <http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/>

*Clinton urges Gaddafi to step down*
<http://english. aljazeera. net//news/ africa/2011/ 02/2011228842453 494.html>
AlJazeera 28 Feb 2011 - US secretary of state says Gaddafi's government
must be held to account as EU approves new sanctions against Libya.

*Egypt imposes travel ban on Mubarak*
<http://english. aljazeera. net//news/ middleeast/ 2011/02/20112281 11333371538. html>
AlJazeera 28 Feb 2011 - Prosecutor also orders financial assets of
former president and his family inside country frozen pending investigation.

*Palestine News Network* <http://english. pnn.ps/>

*America Features in One West Bank Village's Day of Rage*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9628&Itemid=>
PNN - Ramallah -- PNN - Palestinian boys gather in a coffee shop on a
Friday in Bil'in, a village in the central West Bank that would be
largely unknown but for its often-violent. ..

*On Witness Tour of West Bank, Christians Find Empire and Understanding*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9627&Itemid=>
PNN - Bethlehem -- PNN - A bus carrying forty Christian pastors,
priests, and witnesses assembled by the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation
Theology Center stops on a windy hilltop in the southern West Bank,
blocked...

*After Israeli Army Clears Outpost, Settlers Close Roads Surrounding
Nablus*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9626&Itemid= 62>
PNN - Nablus -- PNN - After Israeli troops cleared away structures in
the illegal Israeli settlement of Havat Gilad, near Nablus in the
northern West Bank, settlers struck back against Palestinians by closing...

*Israeli Settlers Violence Report: November, December 2010*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9625&Itemid= 63>
PNN - Jerusalem -- AIC - The Alternative Information Center (AIC)
monitored and recorded Israeli settler attacks and violations during the
final two months of 2010. As will be demonstrated, settler attacks
continued during...

*Ha'aretz: Netanyahu Has Not Yet Sent Peace Envoy to Quartet*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9624&Itemid= 61>
PNN - Tel Aviv -- PNN - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has
still not decided to send Yitzhak Molcho, Israeli envoy to the Middle
East peace talks, to a meeting of the Quartet...

*HRW welcomes UNSCâEUR^(TM) s Resolution on Libya*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=9623&Itemid= 63>
PNN - New York -- HRW to PNN-- The United Nations Security Council's
unanimous resolution referring Libya to the International Criminal Court
(ICC) sends a strong signal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his...

*Palestinian Center for Human Rights* <http://pchrgaza. org/>

*Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory (17 -- 23 February 2011)*
<http://www.pchrgaza .org/portal/ en/index. php?option= com_content& view=article& id=7245:weekly- report-on- israeli-human- rights-violation s-in-the- occupied- palestinian- territory- 17--23-february- 2011&catid= 84:weekly- 2009&Itemid= 183>
Palestinian Center for Human Rights

*Jerusalem Post* <http://jpost. com/>

*Nof Zion faces upheaval after bank rejects debt repayment*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=210261& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 28 Feb 2011 - If Digal Company does not come up with
additional funds in coming days it may be forced to accept offer of
Palestinian businessman to buy e. J'lem housing complex.

*PM rebuffs faction's calls to build new settlements*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=210234& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 28 Feb 2011 - "We are currently in a very difficult
international situation," Netanyahu tells Likud members in response to
settler complaints.

*Film about s. TA school wins documentary short Oscar*
<http://www.jpost. com/ArtsAndCultu re/Entertainment /Article. aspx?ID=210218& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 28 Feb 2011 - Filmaker Goodman: 'We really had our hopes
up for the school, Israel, and for the kids, hoping that the world would
see the message."

*Netanyahu slams settlers over Gilad Farm clashes*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=210211& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 28 Feb 2011 - PM says settlers undermine current efforts
to protect settlements; activists take to J'lem streets; 24 arrested.

*Clinton: No options are 'off the table,' Gaddafi must go*
<http://www.jpost. com/Internationa l/Article. aspx?ID=210209& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 28 Feb 2011 - Speaking in Geneva, Clinton says Gaddafi
must be held responsible for violent acts; US military repositions
naval, air forces around Libya; UK PM calls on fringes of Libyan gov't
to defect.

*Clinton: UNHRC bias against Israel is wrong*
<http://www.jpost. com/DiplomacyAnd Politics/ Article.aspx? ID=210208& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 28 Feb 2011 - "Structural bias against Israel undermines
important work that we are trying to do together as member states," says
US sec. of state.

*UK to UN: Appoint a special investigator for Iran*
<http://www.jpost. com/Internationa l/Article. aspx?ID=210203& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 28 Feb 2011 - 22 foreign ministers expected to take
floor to call for establishing special raptor on Iranian human rights
abuses.

*Bibi's capital offense*
<http://www.jpost. com/Magazine/ Features/ Article.aspx? ID=210189& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 28 Feb 2011 - By caving into US dictates and refusing to
stand by Israel's rights to East Jerusalem, Netanyahu is betraying his
voters and undermining the country's capital claim.

*Egypt imposes travel ban on Mubarak, family*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=210188& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 28 Feb 2011 - Iran reportedly detains two opposition
leaders; protesters in Oman, Yemen, Bahrain stand firm.

*IAEA says Iran's Bushehr delays were caused by pump*
<http://www.jpost. com/IranianThrea t/News/Article. aspx?ID=210178& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 28 Feb 2011 - Tehran reportedly told IAEA that
mechanical issue forced it to remove fuel from nuclear reactor; expert
calls it a "serious problem."

*Speaker chastises J Street for opposing US veto at UN*
<http://www.jpost. com/Internationa l/Article. aspx?ID=210132& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - Israel activist appeals to Dennis Ross,
who will address confab in DC, to 'deliver much-needed moral clarity'.

*Get tough on Hamas prisoners*
<http://www.jpost. com/Magazine/ Features/ Article.aspx? ID=210113& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 27 Feb 2011 - 1000s of security prisoners enjoy perks,
while Schalit is held incommunicado. It's time for the government to
rectify that intolerable imbalance.

*Ha'aretz Defense page*
<http://haaretz. com/hasen/ pages/LiArt. jhtml?contrassID =1&subContrassID =5&sbSubContrass ID=0>

*IDF kills Palestinian approaching Gaza border*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/idf- kills-palestinia n-approaching- gaza-border- 1.346306>
Ha'aretz - IDF forces identified a man as he approached the Security
fence, crossing the 300-meter perimeter before the fence which is off
limits for Palestinians.

*Netanyahu: Israel can't ignore world pressure over settlement
construction*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/netanyah u-israel- can-t-ignore- world-pressure- over-settlement- construction- 1.346283>
Ha'aretz - Premier tells Likud faction that government is making efforts
to maintain existing activity in West Bank, but can't keep 'banging
[its] head into the wall' in the face of the existing international reality.

*Barak: Assad ready to consider Israel-Syria peace deal*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/barak- assad-ready- to-consider- israel-syria- peace-deal- 1.346212>
Ha'aretz - Defense minister says that if Syrian president will reach out
to Israel, he will find a willing partner, also says Israel must
strengthen peace efforts with Palestinians.

*Eight settlers arrested in clashes with police in illegal West Bank
outpost*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/eight- settlers- arrested- in-clashes- with-police- in-illegal- west-bank- outpost-1. 346198>
Ha'aretz - Clashes erupt when security forces arrive at Havat Gilad
outpost to demolish several illegal structures; settlers report 13
lightly wounded from rubber bullets.

*Ha'aretz National page*
<http://haaretz. com/hasen/ pages/LiArt. jhtml?contrassID =1&subContrassID =7&sbSubContrass ID=0>

*Haredi 'Rabbi' Elior Chen sentenced to 24 years in prison for child
abuse*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ haredi-rabbi- elior-chen- sentenced- to-24-years- in-prison- for-child- abuse-1.346249>
Ha'aretz - Chen was convicted of abusing and ordering the abuse of eight
children, which included beatings with clubs and hammers, kicks to the
head, severe shaking, burning, being handcuffed and stuffed in a
suitcase, food and sleep deprivation.

*MK Shelly Yachimovich to run for Labor Party chairmanship*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ mk-shelly- yachimovich- to-run-for- labor-party- chairmanship- 1.346227>
Ha'aretz - Yachimovich says she is aware of the immense challenge, but
she is 'not deterred'; Haaretz poll found last month that Labor would
win more seats next election with Yachimovich as its head.

*Radio host Netiva Ben Yehuda passes on at 83*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ radio-host- netiva-ben- yehuda-passes- on-at-83- 1.346226>
Ha'aretz - Ben Yehuda was also a poet and author who wrote of her former
experiences as one of the only women to command a Palmach platoon.

*Mideast turmoil sends Israel gasoline prices to record high*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ mideast-turmoil- sends-israel- gasoline- prices-to- record-high- 1.346034>
Ha'aretz - 95 octane gasoline prices will increase by 28 agorot per
liter, reaching 7.3 NIS per liter.

*Uruknet* <http://uruknet. info/>

*Hundreds of Lebanese rally against sectarian regime*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75435& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 28, 2011 - Hundreds of people braved a cold, driving
rain Sunday to march in support of toppling the country's sectarian
political system, which the demonstrators blame for corruption and
impoverishing the public. Protestors held banners reading "The people
want to topple the sectarian regime," and chanted "Revolution has
arrived in Lebanon," hoping to capitalize the wave of...

*What are the implications of Middle East-North Africa unrest for the
future of the Israel-Palestine peace process?*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75432& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 28, 2011 - The current unrest in the Middle East and,
in particular, the Egyptian revolution will have far-reaching effect on
the Israel-Palestine peace process. The mood in the region has changed
and demands are clear and simple. The domino effect triggered by the
Tunisian revolution has yet to come to rest. To ignore the opportunity
for real...

*Protecting Palestine through Cultural Heritage*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75430& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 28, 2011 - As the Palestine faces a 63-year-old
occupation, focusing on culture can seem a peripheral concern. However,
cultural heritage plays a key role in the process of nation building; it
is regarded as a main resource for sustainable development, since it
represents the history and the identity of the people and their
territory. Museums play a...

*Gaza: Hamas shut down unity protest by force*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75428& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 28, 2011 - Gaza government security officers on Monday
detained four protesters at a demonstration calling for national unity
in Gaza City, organizers said. Nida' Al-Watan (Call of Homeland), a
group of Palestinian youths, used social networks to issue a call for
demonstrations in Gaza and across the West Bank on February 28 to demand
an end to...

*Mousavi and Karroubi Transferred to Prison, Kaleme Reports*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75425& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 28, 2011 - 2009 Iranian Presidential candidates and
leaders of Iran's reformist opposition movement, Mir Hossein Mousavi and
Mehdi Karroubi and their spouses Zahra Rahnavard and Fatemeh Karroubi
have been arrested and transferred to Heshmatiyeh prison in Tehran,
according to the Kaleme website. Information on the time and date of the
transfer is not yet available. The government.. .

*Israeli Committee Rules that Fatal 2002 Bombing of Gaza Neighbourhood
"Not Criminal"* <http://uruknet. info/?p=m75422& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 28, 2011 - The 2002 Israeli bombing of the Al Daraj
neighborhood in Gaza that killed 15 Palestinians and left more than 100
injured has been ruled not criminal by Israel's Special Investigatory
Commission. According to the committee's report, submitted to Prime
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday (27/2), though intelligence
mistakes were made, none of the Israeli military...

*Egypt imposes travel ban on Mubarak*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75419& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 28, 2011 - Egypt's general prosecutor has imposed a
travel ban on former president Hosni Mubarak and his family pending
further investigations. The prosecutor Abdel Magid Mahmud on Monday also
ordered the freezing of all of their financial assets inside the
country. "The decision today is acting on complaints received on wealth
accumulated by former president and his...

*Worker killed by Israeli troops in Gaza*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75416& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 28, 2011 - Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian
worker in the Gaza Strip on Monday, along the northern border of the
coastal enclave, Palestinian medical sources told AFP. Adham Abu
Selmiya, spokesman for the territory's Hamas-run medical services, said
the man was shot by Israeli troops in an area north of Beit Lahiya. "A
Palestinian worker...

*Military Resistance: 9B 24 : "I Understood You..."*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75414& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 27, 2011 - ...It was easy enough to rename Mubarak
Children's Hospital the Al Tahrir Hospital in Gaza. Not so easy is the
task of managing patients who need to cross over to the Egyptian side
for treatment, or come back in. Crossing the border, even for medical
treatment, has always been an arduous task. Through the period...

*The Continual Struggle of al-Arakib*
<http://uruknet. info/?p=m75409& hd=&size= 1&l=e>
Uruknet February 27, 2011 - On 17 February 2011, the special police
forces accompanied officials from the Israel Land Administration to
demolish the Bedouin village of al-Arakib for the 18th time since 27
July 2010. There are 45 unrecognized Bedouin communities living in
Israel's Negev, and over the past seven months the ILA has targeted
al-Arakib making life nearly impossible.. ..

*The National* <http://thenational. ae/section/ FOREIGN?profile= 1011>

*Salaam Fayyad offers 'pragmatic' olive branch to Hamas*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ salaam-fayyad- offers-pragmatic -olive-branch- to-hamas>
The National 1 Mar 2011 - The Palestinian prime minister Salaam Fayyad's
overture to Hamas did not make Israel or the US very happy, but he says
he is confident his agenda will bring positive change.

*Ehud Barak says Israel is willing to discuss peace with Syria*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ ehud-barak- says-israel- is-willing- to-discuss- peace-with- syria>
The National 1 Mar 2011 - Benjamin Netanyahu aide says Israeli defence
chief's words, 'If the Syrian president really means it, then he will
find us ready to talk,' are those of the government

*Booming population leaves Egypt's rural poor desperate for change*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ booming-populati on-leaves- egypts-rural- poor-desperate- for-change>
The National 1 Mar 2011 - As Egypt's rural population keeps growing,
central role of government in the entire agricultural economy makes
change at the top a focus of attention in the countryside.

*Alternative Information Center* <http://alternativen ews.org/>

*Israel Closing Karni Crossing into Gaza for "Security Reasons"*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ news/3356- israel-closing- karni-crossing- into-gaza- for-security- reasons>
Alternative Information Center - The Karni crossing from Israel into the
Gaza Strip will close permanently, as of mid-March, Israeli officials
have announced. The bulk goods crossing, used mainly for the transport
of wheat, animal feed and gravel into Gaza ,...

*Israeli Committee Rules that Fatal 2002 Bombing of Gaza Neighbourhood
"Not Criminal"*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ news/3352- israeli-committe e-rules-that- fatal-2002- bombing-of- gaza-neighbourho od-not-criminal->
Alternative Information Center - The 2002 Israeli bombing of the Al
Daraj neighborhood in Gaza that killed 15 Palestinians and left more
than 100 injured has been ruled not criminal by Israel's Special
Investigatory Commission.

*Israel Issues Eviction Orders to 600 Palestinian Bedouins in Jerusalem
Area*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ jerusalem/ 3354-israel- issues-eviction- orders-to- 600-palestinian- bedouins- in-jerusalem- area->
Alternative Information Center - Hathem Abdel Qader, responsible for
Jerusalem in the Fatah movement, warned yesterday of an Israeli plan to
deport some 600 Palestinian Bedouin residents of the Wadi Abu Hindi
area, located between the settlements of Maale Adumim...

*AIC Video: Silwan Roof Take-Over*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ jerusalem/ 3351-aic- video-silwan- roof-take- over->
Alternative Information Center - Israeli soldiers have taken over the
rooftop of a building in the heart of Silwan's Baten el-Hawa
neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.

*Folk Music Legend Pete Seeger Endorses Boycott of Israel*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ economy-of- the-occupation/ 3355-folk- music-legend- pete-seeger- endorses- boycott-of- israel->
Alternative Information Center - Folk music legend Pete Seeger has come
out in support of the growing Palestinian movement for Boycott,
Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel as a program for justice
for Palestinians and a route to peace in...

*Daily Star* <http://dailystar. com.lb/>

*Iran opposition says leaders jailed, judiciary official denies claim*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125447>
Daily Star 28 Feb 2011 Iranian authorities have taken senior opposition
leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi to a prison in Tehran, a
reformist website reported Monday. An unidentified judiciary official
quoted by the semi-official Fars news agency swiftly denied...

*Hamas security quashes rally as tensions mount at border*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125445>
Daily Star 28 Feb 2011 Police in Gaza City stopped around 20 youngsters
from holding a sit-in Monday to call for unity and end the split between
Gaza's Hamas rulers and the Fatah movement, on the same day Israeli
troops killed...

*Egypt seizes Mubarak family's funds, bans members from leaving*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125444>
Daily Star 28 Feb 2011 CAIRO: Egypt's top prosecutor seized all the
funds of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak and his family on Monday and banned
them from travel abroad, the latest humiliation for the once-powerful
family. It comes a day after...

*Yemen opposition spurns unity offer*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ /article. asp?edition_ id=10&categ_ id=2&article_ id=125414>
Daily Star 28 Feb 2011 SANAA/ADEN: Yemen's opposition rejected an offer
for a unity government Monday, saying it would stand with the tens of
thousands of protesters demanding an end to President Ali Abdullah
Saleh's 32-year rule. The move came as...

*The Guardian* <http://guardian. co.uk/world/ palestinian- territories>

*Letters: Crying foul over criticism of Israel*
<http://www.guardian .co.uk/world/ 2011/mar/ 01/crying- foul-criticism- of-israel>
The Guardian 28 Feb 2011 - Your letter ( The space where anti-Zionism
becomes antisemitism , 24 February) quotes a few extreme cases of
criticising Israel, as if they were the generality, in order to smear
Universities UK with alleged antisemitism for daring to...

*Hamas fights UN's 'poisonous' Holocaust lessons in Gazan schools*
<http://www.guardian .co.uk/world/ 2011/feb/ 28/hamas- un-holocaust- lessons-gaza>
The Guardian 28 Feb 2011 - Islamist group says it will do all it can to
prevent inclusion of Holocaust in human rights curriculum at UN-run
schools Hamas has vowed to stop the United Nations teaching children in
Gaza about the Holocaust,.. .

*Relief Web*
<http://reliefweb. int/rw/rwb. nsf/doc106? OpenForm& emid=ACOS- 635PFR&rc= 3>

*UNHCR High Commissioner for Refugees urges evacuation of people trying
to leave Libya*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /MDCS-8EHJJE? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 28 Feb 2011 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

*PCHR Calls for Prompt Action to Enable Return of Thousands of
Palestinians Stranded outside Gaza*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /SMDL-8EHDRJ? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 28 Feb 2011 - Source: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

*Analysis: Concerns over rising violence in West Bank*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /ASAZ-8EHBVE? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 28 Feb 2011 - Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

*OPT: IOF Injure Palestinian Civilians Collecting Scrap North of Beit
Lahyia Town*
<http://www.reliefwe b.int/rw/ rwb.nsf/db900SID /MMAH-8EH36Y? OpenDocument& RSS20=02- P>
Relief Web 27 Feb 2011 - Source: Al Mezan Center for Human Rights

*Stop The Wall* <http://stopthewall. org/>

*Fact sheet: the Apartheid Wall (2010)*
<http://stopthewall. org/factsheets/ 2490.shtml>
Stop The Wall - The Apartheid Wall fact sheet provides basic information
about the Wall, including location and costs as well as how the Wall is
part of a network, which includes checkpoints, tunnels and settler
roads. The fact sheet also explains the ghetto system and the position
of the international community. It concludes with the repression of
popular resistance to the Wall in 2010 as well as settlement expansion
and settler violence. [

*YNet News* <http://ynetnews. com/>

*IDF kills Palestinian in north Gaza*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4035702,00. html>
YNet News - For second time on Sunday, Israeli army strikes in
Hamas-ruled territory; this....

*Settlers: 15 injured in Havat Gilad*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4035338,00. html>
YNet News - Security forces that arrived at West Bank settlement at 4:30
am in order to....

*Egypt bans Mubarak, family from travel*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4035550,00. html>
YNet News - Prosecutor says Mubarak family cannot leave country while
under investigation. ....

*Knesset softens anti-boycott bill*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4035497,00. html>
YNet News - Bill revised to target only organizers of boycotts against
Israel. MK Plesner:....

*Report: IDF injured 2 in Gaza attack*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4035439,00. html>
YNet News - Palestinians say artillery fire at defunct airport caused
moderate injury, IDF....

*Clashes in J'lem, West Bank follow Havat Gilad razing*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4035747,00. html>
YNet News - Twenty-three right-wing activists were arrested Monday
evening for blocking major intersections, burning tires and clashing
with security forces in Jerusalem. The .......

*Palestinian Information Center* <http://palestine- info.co.uk/ en/>

*Mishaal participates in Erbakan funeral procession*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7i%2bkB60oT t%2bNFYLI% 2fVSJtt3imEuHfvC h0ovbvgRxSbroBzy qOu8Xyi0FAwKp97y qrkjEXuZxIbqVCo3 itw%2f0%2bmHrC6k Gpg4lAkDmYyMfmg% 2fk%3d>
PIC 28 Feb 2011 - Khaled Mishaal is to take part in the funeral
procession of Necmettin Erbakan, the former Turkish premier, and Saadet
party leader in Istanbul on Tuesday, an aide to late Erbakan said on Monday.

*Hamas slams Israeli intents to raze Palestinian real estate in
Al-Khalil and J'l*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7dpROuWHUh0 Z8U5ZTIoSEjLBr5R sxziPjN7qbLf9IEx zWT0htBtICJ1353Y 54huppr%2fKiIwg8 9wK5%2b2NvXX0EsK VtuN3Voh% 2fs%2fbgTg2uMd% 2fk%3d>
PIC 28 Feb 2011 - Hamas strongly denounced the Israeli occupation state
for intending to demolish Palestinian homes, a mosque and a school in
Al-Ramadin area of Al-Khalil city and Al-Omara tower in Beit Hanina.

*Israeli court extends detention of Sheikh Salah*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7bXq13hhzcn yyVBIVJeS6lLhsz8 HHt7QL5CF2rXto95 TIrXLHhpPTdyOEHH kSqmz4xqWw1jOovv bD505MIYCfdIn0cw 6RQ5NSYKFqB2pdV3 w%3d>
PIC 28 Feb 2011 - The Israeli Magistrate court on Monday extended the
detention of Sheikh Ra'ed Salah, the leader of the Islamic movement in
1948 occupied Palestine, till Wednesday.

*Israeli policemen detain 9 Palestinian boys including 7-year-old*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7vudraF6fzp Q71gxpc66Ch7hk4H i7GTULluc3yVXRPr fcZMlTtk7aT% 2b1O8cKCfANALZiq DZMBHWjhtOiMihK1 Mg7dneMxF% 2fTHp3hf% 2bFG5Gvc% 3d>
PIC 28 Feb 2011 - Israeli occupation police rounded up nine Palestinian
boys in Silwan and Ras Al-Amud in occupied Jerusalem on Monday including
a 7-year-old child.

*Red Cross to provide 'necessary support' to crippled health sector in
Gaza*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7jUrSa94F6V 6yrx7EHcKUiQLpSU P3To3NW9R7JRExrJ xWjlXfDnTxlT01W7 i5qnnvG1t% 2fntFGmv4Gw8f3pa SbjtqfS2fujKehkw P9xf%2fP5h0% 3d>
PIC 28 Feb 2011 - The Red Cross has promised to provide "necessary
support" to the Gaza Strip's health sector as medical challenges there
have so far not turned for the better.

*Rights group working to guarantee every last right of Jerusalem
prisoners*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7bYIBPjIMn0 WgTxfPZjOVS9dhGE 3VZFKQ80Z5NLIBPy IUK7ZK4Q1% 2bJaJeyZPCamzjKE kMuhxGpU06LOEw72 2osHus2vEiRAQQnW t9j7bF2oA% 3d>
PIC 28 Feb 2011 - A Jerusalem rights group has launched a wide-ranging
campaign in coordination with world organizations to ensure that every
last right of Jerusalem natives jailed in Israeli prisons is preserved.

*Palestinian worker killed in IOF shooting*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7QTaqfJkPKK eEvYDa7kV% 2boWnXbE70aFUpcK 7kshbrwj3bqqwJ52 nhofeoyYXhxYnH7Y BjNveA0w3iDyHY5M 9RUhk71sTNSliVrC iroJahu3A% 3d>
PIC 28 Feb 2011 - A Palestinian worker was killed in northern Gaza Strip
on Monday after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at him while
collecting gravel, medical sources reported.

*Rioting settlers block roads, stone Palestinians near Nablus*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s72%2fQnAMT7 HWJt95DFZdpyYsNi sbKof%2fZ1zT9gz2 f35mzsbU7qNjwxVL YNvtB%2fFi1% 2bKi%2fM2op5sQpI FhdDWNrmCQ% 2fpGI0oqR2AxTCqO J4j%2bLc% 3d>
PIC 28 Feb 2011 - Jewish settlers closed off roads around Nablus on
Saturday morning and began stoning vehicles of Palestinians under the
protection of Israeli soldiers.

*Palestinian passengers appeal to Egypt's army to facilitate their
travel to Gaza*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7CLx0TfrCwn OvOpVGKxOf7SZWWj gw5Knh2OSBY% 2ftTkGFSfo% 2bN%2bgJ1A% 2f%2bWnwKtuit6Oa k3QQm%2fAfZFJAsy k9HZIZX01aizb21g hywfmE3gTqY% 3d>
PIC 28 Feb 2011 - The Palestinian citizens stranded abroad appealed to
the ruling military council in Egypt to issue directives to facilitate
their return to the Gaza Strip.

*Hamas slams Israel's justification for its killing of civilians 9 years
ago*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7Low4w% 2fH0MJofALL1JxvJ 0anj6K%2fOU1OhCD GhA4fn%2f% 2b5zpaYUsklixpFF UtoXQHIYS4LPXHvi BBtt7Mlh1HegG% 2bspxfqVuqthlJZr HGPBVZw%3d>
PIC 28 Feb 2011 - Hamas denounced the Israeli occupation for acquitting
killers of Al-Qassam leader Salah Shehadeh who was among dozens of
children and civilians who were bombed during an aerial attack nine
years ago.

*Los Angeles Times* <http://latimes. com/news/ nationworld/ world/middleeast />

*Beleaguered Yemeni leader has shown staying power*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/IgeZKtg8mdA /la-fg-yemen- saleh-20110301, 0,2465153. story>
LA Times 28 Feb 2011 - Over the decades, President Ali Abdullah Saleh
has managed to manipulate the shifting alliances among tribes and
outflank his enemies to stay on top. But the pressure on him now is
enormous. Having endured wars, rebellions and an ongoing battle with Al
Qaeda, Yemeni President...

*Refugees flee Libya amid bloodshed*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/Bh4cNJqjnoI /la-fg-libya- violence- 20110301, 0,4368030. story>
LA Times 28 Feb 2011 - More than 100,000 Libya refugees have flooded
Tunisia and Egypt, the U.N. says. Meanwhile, the EU places a weapons
embargo on Moammar Kadafi's regime. Moammar Kadafi's loyalists appeared
to have strengthened their grip on the Libyan capital, while chaos
roiled much of the country and...

*Egypt didn't catch Obama by surprise, official says*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/y_YLVXR5v5Y /sc-dc-obama- mideast-20110228 ,0,7294142. story>
LA Times 28 Feb 2011 - President Obama had been preparing for possible
unrest in the Middle East and North Africa since August, says Dennis
Ross, a top foreign policy official. But the speed of Egypt's regime
collapse was unexpected, he says. WASHINGTON --- A top White House
foreign policy official...

*New York Times* <http://nytimes. com/pages/ world/middleeast />

*Egypt Prosecutor Sharpens Case Against Mubarak*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=5341b8741da9ab 05f1ffa275e05b6b e0>
New York Times 28 Feb 2011 - The public prosecutor of Egypt imposed an
international travel ban on former President Hosni Mubarak and his
immediate family on Monday, as well as a freeze on their Egyptian assets.

*Netanyahu Warns On Settlements*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=b02f232f257e0b c77df4f74142a76b 74>
New York Times 28 Feb 2011 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu berated
leaders of his Likud Party on Monday after they pressed him for more
settlement construction.

*Migrants in Israel Face Uncertainty, Despite Oscar*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=2f3ddb6e88e792 15f20603abd2c1f0 2f>
New York Times 28 Feb 2011 - An Oscar-winning film celebrated a school
in south Tel Aviv, but many of its students face deportation under new
rules.

*Misc* <http://vtjp. org/aboutus/ aboutus.htm>

*Arab Democratic Revolution: Bringing It All Back Home--to Palestine*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/xDAQAezIkyQ />
Tikun Olam - Larry Derfner wrote a suggestive column in the Jerusalem
Post about what he hopes is the coming Palestinian democratic
revolution. It got me to thinking about how such a thing might happen.
Before I lay out my ideas I want everyone to understand that I do...

*Israel preparing to deport star of Oscar-winning doc 'Strangers No
More'*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/israel- preparing- to-deport- refugees- celebrated- in-oscar- winning-doc- strangers- no-more.html>
Mondoweiss - It's big news here in Israel that " Strangers No More "---
a documentary film that focuses on a South Tel Aviv school attended by
zarim , Hebrew for foreigners or strangers--- has won an Oscar. "Thank
you most of all to the exceptional immigrant and refugee children...

*More Israeli attacks on Gaza, rising violence in West Bank*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/more-israeli- attacks-on- gaza-rising- violence- in-west-bank. html>
Mondoweiss - And more news from Today in Palestine: Land, property,
resources theft and destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Settlers Army
orders home demolitions in Hebron and Jerusalem PNN 28 Feb -- Jerusalem
-- PNN -- The Israeli army issued demolition orders in East Jerusalem
and Hebron on Monday for...

*Mona Eltahawy's speech signals shift in mainstream discourse that
Zionists don't want*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/mona-eltahawy %e2%80%99s- speech-signals- shift-in- mainstream- discourse- that-zionists- don%e2%80% 99t-want. html>
Mondoweiss - Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy's speech at the J Street
conference was more than just another good speech--it's a further
indication of the shift in discourse on the Middle East following the
uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and around the region. Slowly but surely,
alternative narratives about the...

*Pete Seeger endorses boycott of Israel*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/pete-seeger- endorses- boycott-of- israel.html>
Mondoweiss - Below is a press release issued by Adalah-NY and the
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. For more background see
these posts : Folk music legend Pete Seeger has come out in support of
the growing Palestinian movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
(BDS) against Israel as a...

*US Palestinian Community Network to PA -- 'You're fired'*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 02/us-palestinia n-community- network-to- pa-youre- fired.html>
Mondoweiss - Today in New York members of the US Palestinian Community
Network will be serving a "notice of termination" to the Palestinian
Authority at the Palestine Permanent Observation Mission to the UN. From
a press release: On the heels of a people's victory for freedom and
democracy...

*Protecting Palestine through Cultural Heritage*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1698>
Palestine Monitor - As the Palestine faces a 63-year-old occupation,
focusing on culture can seem a peripheral concern. However, cultural
heritage plays a key role in the process of nation building; it is
regarded as a main resource for sustainable development, since it
represents the history and the identity...

*The Israel Project on Arab Revolutions: 'Good for the Jews?'*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/MtEBhxfipJY />
Tikun Olam - The Forward brings to us one of the most unintentionally
funny articles of the week exploring how the Israel lobby is trying to
get the Arab democratic revolutions to work for Israel, rather than
against it. Jennifer Lazlo-Mizrahi, married to the deputy head of
Israel's DC embassy and...

*Israeli Public Inquiry: Shehadeh Assassination Justified*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/vJcmnGgwIZk />
Tikun Olam - Salah Shehadeh and the sophistries of Israel's public
inquiry into his murder In 2002, after a smaller bomb failed to murder
Salah Shehadeh , then Hamas military commander in Gaza, the IAF dropped
a 2,000 pound bomb on a residential apartment building killing him and
his entire...

*Police crackdown against protests in Egypt, Oman*
<http://www.wsws. org/articles/ 2011/feb2011/ mide-f28. shtml>
WSWS - Egyptian military police attacked and beat protesters Saturday in
Tahrir Square, the focal point of the mass popular movement that forced
the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak two weeks ago.

*Misc 2* <http://vtjp. org/news/ news.php>

*Breaking: Pete Seeger endorses BDS*
<http://josephdana. com/2011/ 02/breaking- pete-seeger- endorses- bds/?utm_ source=rss& utm_medium= rss&utm_campaign =breaking- pete-seeger- endorses- bds>
Joseph Dana 28 Feb 2011 - From +972 Legendary folklorist, singer,
songwriter and long time political activist Pete Seeger has officially
announced his support for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against
Israel, a press release by the Israel Committee Against House
Demolition (ICAHD) said today. According to the press release, Seeger,
91, took...

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[OccupationNews] Digest Number 1308

Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:46 pm (PST)


*Israeli artist arrested in Nabi Saleh demonstration*
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Joseph Dana 28 Feb 2011 - After the village was attacked with tear gas
and soldiers invaded on Friday, David Reeb , a well known Israeli artist
and documentary filmmaker of the popular struggle, was arrested from
inside a house in the village. According to reports from Israeli
activists on the scene, "this...

*Iran 'arrests opposition leaders'*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 12599837>
BBC 28 Feb 2011 - Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and
Mehdi Karroubi are removed from their houses and taken to an undisclosed
location, reports say.

*Egypt issues Mubarak travel ban*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 12596133>
BBC 28 Feb 2011 - Egypt's public prosecutor issues a travel ban and
freezes the assets of ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his family.

*VIDEO: Israel's concerns over Egyptian border*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 12604217>
BBC 28 Feb 2011 - Israel shares a long border with Egypt, which before
the fall of Hosni Mubarak, was considered a safe one

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*Folk Music Legend Pete Seeger Endorses Boycott of Israel*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ economy-of- the-occupation/ 3355-folk- music-legend- pete-seeger- endorses- boycott-of- israel->
Adalah-NY, ICAHD, Alternative Information Center 2/28/2011
/Folk music legend Pete Seeger has come out in support of the growing
Palestinian movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against
Israel as a program for justice for Palestinians and a route to peace in
the Middle East./
Seeger, 92, participated in last November's online virtual rally
"With Earth and Each Other," sponsored by the Arava Institute, an
Israeli environmental organization, and by the Friends of the Arava
Institute. The Arava Institute counts among its close partners and major
funders the Jewish National Fund, responsible since 1901 for securing
land in Palestine for the use of Jews only while dispossessing
Palestinians. Although groups in the worldwide BDS movement had
requested he quit the event, Seeger felt that he could make a strong
statement for peace and justice during the event.
During a January meeting at his Beacon, NY home with
representatives from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
(ICAHD) and Adalah-NY, Pete Seeger explained, "I appeared on that
virtual rally because for many years I've felt that people should talk
with people they disagree with. But it ended up looking like I supported
the Jewish National Fund. I misunderstood the leaders of the Arava
Institute because I didn't realize to what degree the Jewish National
Fund was supporting Arava. Now that I know more, I support the BDS
movement as much as I can."
Jeff Halper, the Coordinator of ICAHD, added, "Pete did extensive
research on this. He read historical and current material and spoke to
neighbors, friends, and three rabbis before making his decision to
support the boycott movement against Israel." Seeger has for some time
given some of the royalties from his famous Bible-based song from the
1960s, "Turn, Turn, Turn," to ICAHD for their work in rebuilding
demolished homes and exposing Israel's practice of pushing Palestinians
in Israel off their land in favor of development of Jewish villages and
cities.more. .
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ economy-of- the-occupation/ 3355-folk- music-legend- pete-seeger- endorses- boycott-of- israel->e-mail
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*Will Palestinians topple govts if rivalry continues?*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364041>
Bassam Abu Eid, Ma'an News Agency 2/28/2011
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- With announcements of renewed unity efforts
coming to naught once again, Palestinians see their dreams of dignity
and independence crumbling into factional rivalry and have become
increasingly resolute in their efforts to end division from the grassroots.
"The people want to end the division," the organizing slogans in
the West Bank and Gaza say, echoing the cries of "The people want the
end of the regime" from Egypt to Tunis, Libya, Iraq, Bahrain and Yemen.
Feeding on revolutionary sentiments throughout the Middle East,
civil society groups and independents have become more determined in
their efforts to change the Palestinian paradigm.
"In the long run, Palestinian youth will explode in the face of
political factions if they do not bring about change, but in the short
run, the explosion will be in the face of the occupation, and the main
tool for that will be social networks," Fatah leader and adviser to the
president Sabri Saydam predicted, "they will set dates and start major
non-violent protests."
Early Facebook groups, however, were divided along factional
lines, with groups in Gaza calling for the overthrow of the West Bank
regime, and in the West Bank groups encouraged demonstrations against Hamas.
Saydam did not believe that youth groups would continue to
fracture under party lines, however, saying "Despite expectations that
Palestinian youth would explode in the face of all factions, youth have
come to consensus under one slogan, ending rivalry and focusing on
national unity."
The official said that so far, factions had "not got the message,"
and were ignoring young people.more. .
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=364041>e-mail
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*Abbas running out of options*
<http://weekly. ahram.org. eg/2011/1036/ re107.htm>
Saleh Al-Naami, Al-Ahram Weekly 1/24/2011
/Amid vast regional transformations, pressure is mounting for the
Palestinian president to reconcile with Hamas and stand up to the
Israeli occupation./
There was good reason for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, his
advisers and Fatah leaders to be worried. Contrary to all expectations,
a large number of those who took part in the massive demonstrations on
the streets of Ramallah demanding an end to internal divisions were from
Shabiba, Fatah's student movement. What was particularly disconcerting
for Abbas and his aides is the clear demand of demonstrators not to
return to negotiations and to end all forms of security cooperation with
the Israeli occupation. Instead, all efforts should be invested in
reaching national reconciliation with Hamas.
"Everything has come to a halt," Khaled Eissa, a Fatah activist
told Al-Ahram Weekly. "Negotiations have reached a dead end; the US
mediator has abandoned us in an insulting and shameful manner, and great
changes are underway in the Arab world which do not serve the political
platform of our group. We must change our course entirely."
Aisha Hassan, a university student who is a Fatah supporter,
believes that President Abbas should make the next move and go to the
Gaza Strip to end divisions once and for all. "This is a moment of truth
for Abbas," Hassan told the Weekly. "It is certain that continuing
negotiations and relying on the US is suicide, not only for the
president but for Fatah as a whole."
Majed Abu Shamala, a leading Fatah figure and member of the
group's bloc in parliament, called on Abbas to sponsor a national
dialogue by inviting parliamentary blocs to initiative direct
discussions inside parliament. Abu Shamala argued that regional
developments demand "Palestinian- Palestinian dialogue" to "reach
appropriate formulas to end divisions, and work to bring the Palestinian
cause back to the top of the agenda of the Arabs and the world.more..
<http://weekly. ahram.org. eg/2011/1036/ re107.htm>e-mail
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*Arab pride reborn through revolution*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/gNim- BUihqs/article11 832.shtml>
Electronic Intifada: 28 Feb 2011 - The "Jasmine Revolution" in Tunis,
"January 25 Revolution" in Egypt and the ongoing uprisings in Libya,
Yemen and Bahrain are the true Arab awakening, for they are being led by
the people and for the people.more
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/gNim- BUihqs/article11 832.shtml>

*Interview: Jordan revoking citizenship from Palestinian refugees*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/mIUBsk69i28/ article11821. shtml>
Electronic Intifada: 28 Feb 2011 - Palestinians in Jordan constitute
both the majority of the kingdom's population, and the largest
Palestinian refugee community in the world. EI contributor Hazem Jamjoum
spoke to Anis F. Kassim, an international law expert and practicing
lawyer in Jordan to clarify what is known about the situation of
Palestinian citizenship rights in Jordan.more
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/mIUBsk69i28/ article11821. shtml>

*Protecting Palestine through Cultural Heritage*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1698>
Palestine Monitor: 28 Feb 2011 - As the Palestine faces a 63-year-old
occupation, focusing on culture can seem a peripheral concern. However,
cultural heritage plays a key role in the process of nation building; it
is regarded as a main resource for sustainable development, since it
represents the history and the identity of the people and their
territory. Museums play a dual role: firstly, in protecting the
archeological treasures of the country and secondly, in exhibiting and
interpreting it the wide public. The Ramallah Museum actively
contributes to the conservation and management of the cultural heritage
of the city and area of Ramallah. Located in the old town, the museum's
building was originally the private home of the Al-Zaro family, a native
Christian family of the city. The basement was built in 1820, while the
upper two floors were added in 1910. In 1995, the family moved to
America and the Municipality considered destroying the house....more
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1698>

*Palestine Papers Revealed Nothing: A Response to Ramzy Baroud*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16688>
Palestine Chronicle: 28 Feb 2011 - By Saeb Erekat In his article
entitled 'Till September: The PA's Meaningless Deadlines' , dated
February 26, Ramzy Baroud fails to present the real picture of the
Palestinian situation today. Characterizing the Palestinian leadership
as a ''self designated Palestinian leadership in the West Bank'', Mr.
Baroud wittingly ignores some facts while distorts others. In fact, it
was Hamas that has refused until this day to sign the Egyptian brokered
reconciliation agreement. The so called "Palestine papers" have not
revealed a single official agreement or document that offers
concessions. Rather the majority of the documents were internal draft
summaries of meetings taken in shorthand and intended for personal use
only. Moreover, Baroud's failure to differentiate between official
positions and explorations or polemical rhetoric during the course of
negotiations shows a lack of knowledge or a deliberate distortion. A
responsible and careful reading of the minutes and official Palestinian
positions reveals that Palestinian. ..more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16688>

*Empire of Lies: Why Our Media Betrays Us*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16687>
Palestine Chronicle: 28 Feb 2011 - By Jonathan Cook - Nazareth Last week
the Guardian, Britain's main liberal newspaper, ran an exclusive report
on the belated confessions of an Iraqi exile, Rafeed al-Janabi,
codenamed 'Curveball' by the CIA. Eight years ago, Janabi played a key
behind-the-scenes role -- if an inadvertent one -- in making possible
the US invasion of Iraq. His testimony bolstered claims by the Bush
administration that Iraq's president, Saddam Hussein, had developed an
advanced programme producing weapons of mass destruction. Curveball's
account included the details of mobile biological weapons trucks
presented by Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, to the United
Nations in early 2003. Powell's apparently compelling case on WMD was
used to justify the US attack on Iraq a few weeks later. Eight years on,
Curveball revealed to the Guardian that he had fabricated the story of
Saddam's WMD back in 2000, shortly after his arrival in Germany
seeking...more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16687>

*Open Letter to Congress: Study War Some More*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16686>
Palestine Chronicle: 28 Feb 2011 - By Steve Breyman Dear 112th Congress:
You are surely as inspired by events in Cairo, Tunis, and Benghazi as
the rest of us. And you are surely as distressed by events in
Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan as your fellow Americans. Now is as good
a time as any to face a grim fact: you and your recent predecessors are
abject failures at one of your most important constitutional
responsibilities- -dealing with war. But you can still redeem yourselves,
and do your constituents and your country a historic good turn in the
meantime. The Constitution requires you to declare, provide for, budget,
and oversee war and the forces necessary for it. There are few if any
analysts who believe you ably perform these duties. Instead, with the
exception of funding, you've ceded much of this authority to a
succession of presidents from both parties only too eager to supplant
you. And with...more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16686>

*Revolutionary Upheavals in the Middle East*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16685>
Palestine Chronicle: 28 Feb 2011 - Bu Mohamed El Moktar The momentum of
the current events is amazingly bewildering; it is all the more so when
the contagion is spreading at a never-before- seen pace conferring a
historical dimension to the unfolding revolutionary upheavals brewing
these days all over the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The
psychological barrier of fear shackling the minds for so long has
finally been completely shattered. Fed up with decades of corruption and
oppression, threats and intimidations, peoples have reached the utmost
limits of their humanly possible patience. They have had more than
enough with the asphyxiating status quo and its unbearable effects. All
that was needed, in this context of morally undignified existence, was a
trigger mechanism; and that hurriedly came from the least expected
quarter and in the form of the most spectacularly symbolic, albeit
desperate, human act: the daring self-immolation of a young Tunisian
street vendor called Mohamed...more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16685>

*Bahrain Bleeds for Liberty*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16684>
Palestine Chronicle: 28 Feb 2011 - By Mamoon Alabbasi -- London Just
before the Arab revolt erupted across the region there was much talk
about how minorities in the Middle East we being mistreated. Of course
such concerns were not unfounded, but many vocal critics never really
cared for finding real solutions nor did they give much attention to the
plight of minorities elsewhere around the world. In fact, they often
were the very same people who encouraged abusing minorities in Europe
and the US. Minorities in the Arab world continued to suffer. However,
what has really been missed was that the majorities in most Arab
countries felt they were discriminated against more than anyone else.
The signs were always there but few bothered to report it till the
uprisings that swept the region left no room for doubt. In Bahrain, a
persecuted majority has literally been bleeding for equality and now,
after days of anti-regime. ..more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16684>

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Palestinians try to
create 'Facebook revolution'

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and IBRAHIM BARZAK
Associated Press

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- The mass demonstrations sweeping the Middle East are touching the Palestinian territories, where West Bank and Gaza Strip activists are trying to organize their own "Facebook revolutions."

The Palestinian activists are inspired by the calls for democracy that toppled autocratic leaders in Egypt and Tunisia and threaten longtime rulers in Libya and Bahrain.

In recent weeks, activists using Facebook have brought hundreds of people onto streets of the West Bank, waving Palestinian flags and calling for change. Smaller gatherings have taken place in Gaza. The protesters hope to stage a massive demonstration in both areas on March 15.

Whether they can succeed is far from certain because of the unique situation of the Palestinians. In contrast to countries where crowds have rallied against a single, despised leader, the Palestinians face a series of intertwined problems, making it harder to rally around a common cause.

Palestinians seek an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza, areas wedged on different sides of Israel and ruled by rival governments. The Western-backed Palestinian Authority governs in the West Bank, where Israel's military still retains overall control. The militant Islamic group Hamas has ruled Gaza since 2007.

The Palestinian split has crippled efforts to negotiate an independent state from Israel. Repeated efforts to reconcile, including a Palestinian Authority proposal to hold new elections, have foundered.

The Facebook activists have divisions of their own. Some want the rival Palestinian governments to reconcile. Others demand they resign. Still others want to demonstrate against Israel's occupation.

Activist Hasan Farahat, 22, said there was enough common ground. "Everybody is sick of the situation. We want work, we want the right to speak freely. We want freedom," he said.

The governments see even the smallest demonstrations as a challenge to their rule.

On Monday, Hamas moved swiftly to break up a small demonstration in Gaza City where people called for Palestinian reconciliation. Hamas police arrested a protest organizer, seizing a tape from a German TV crew showing a security official slapping the man.

In previous protest attempts, Hamas security arrested activists and seized their phones and computers, according to the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights.

The West Bank has seen about a dozen demonstrations, including two in Ramallah, where some 2,000 Palestinians demanded reconciliation. Others urged leaders to revoke interim peace agreements with Israel.

Palestinian Authority security forces initially broke up protests by beating participants. Now, organizers are threatened and sometimes arrested, they said.
Daraghmeh and Associated Press writer Diaa Hadid reported from Ramallah.

www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/01/2091350/palestinians-try-to-create-facebook.html


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Youth group: Hamas shut down
unity protest

Published yesterday (updated) 01/03/2011 12:05
Ma'an News Agency

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Gaza government security officers on Monday detained four protesters at a demonstration calling for national unity in Gaza City, organizers said.

Nida Al-Watan (Call of Homeland), a Palestinian youth initiative, used online social networks to issue a call for demonstrations in Gaza and across the West Bank on February 28 to demand an end to the rivalry between Hamas and Fatah.

Only around 20 Palestinians, including journalists, responded to the call to gather in Gaza City's Unknown Soldier Square.

Coordinator Hassan Farahat said security forces ordered protesters carrying Palestinian flags and banners to leave the square. Officers in plain clothes detained one of the organizers, Ahmad Atawna, along with three other protesters, he added.

Farahat said the initiative notified the interior ministry of the protests in advance, but did not receive any reply.

He added that West Bank protests were not held because Palestinian Authority security forces summoned the coordinators of the initiative.

www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=364266

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Libyan refugee and
food crisis looms

Borders under pressure as foreign workers escape to Tunisia and Egypt
amid fighting and rising fears over food supplies

Julian Borger, diplomatic editor
guardian.co.uk,
Tuesday 1 March 2011 14.33 GMT

A refugee crisis is looming on the Libyan-Tunisian border as thousands of foreign workers try to escape the fighting with concern also growing over how long food stocks inside Libya can last, aid agencies have warned.

The UN high commission for refugees said 140,000 people have now fled Libya – half of them crossing into Egypt and half into Tunisia.

Most refugees are Egyptians who had been working there. On the Egyptian border they have dispersed to their home towns and villages. On the Tunisian side, local authorities' efforts to deal with them are being overwhelmed as between 1,000 and 2,000 people cross every hour, according to aid workers there.

Tunisia has tried to stem the flow to clear more space for tents and stock up on food supplies, prompting a backlog of around 20,000 refugees on the Libyan side waiting to get through, with rising fears for their wellbeing as they have little food and are left exposed at night to the cold.

Josette Sheeran, executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP) who visited the Libyan-Tunisian border on Tuesday, said the local Red Crescent organisations and the revolutionary committees set up during the Tunisian uprising had been doing an "excellent" job providing food and shelter, but added that "the system is now under severe stress".

"We are not seeing a diminishing of the numbers of people crossing the border, and we're very worried about people trapped on the Libyan side of the border," Sheeran told the Guardian in a telephone interview.

The WFP has flown in 80 tonnes of high-energy biscuits to give refugees as they arrive. They are often exhausted and starving after a long trek to safety.

Meanwhile, Sheeran said, there was concern about the situation inside Libya, which relies on imports for more than 90% of its food. Those imports have been badly hit by the turmoil inside the country.

She said she was particularly worried about the situation in Zawiya, which is held by rebels but surrounded by pro-Gaddafi forces.

"There have been some reports of a breakdown in the food supply in Zawiya," she said. "We are very concerned that food should not be used as a weapon, and it's very important that we watch this situation."

Elsewhere, Sheeran said, the situation appeared to vary from town to town. There seemed to be food in the shops but it was unclear whether there were sufficient stocks to replenish those supplies when they are exhausted.

The WFP will dispatch a team to Benghazi on Wednesday to check if the port is safe for food deliveries and to inspect the food supply situation. WFP planners were trying to assess what corridors might be used from Tunisia and Egypt for the delivery of aid if a food emergency develops in Libya.

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/01/libyan-refugee-food-crisis-looms