Post by ninathedog on May 10, 2011 13:18:07 GMT 4
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[OccupationNews] Digest Number 1377
Mon May 9, 2011 9:44 pm (PDT)
*Italian envoy reasserts commitment of U.N. role*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-10/Italian- envoy-reasserts- commitment- of-UN-role. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Italy's deputy defense minister, Guido Crosetti,
said Monday his country was committed to its presence in South Lebanon
through UNIFIL peacekeeping troops.
*Al-Jamaa cleric eulogized as moderate man of unity*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-10/Al- Jamaa-cleric- eulogized- as-moderate- man-of-unity. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Sheikh Faisal Mawlawi, a former secretary-general
of Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya, was eulogized Monday as a leading figure of
moderation and resistance.
*Military court sentences Israeli collaborator to death*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-10/Military- court-sentences- Israeli-collabor ator-to-death. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 A man accused of spying for Israel was sentenced
to death in absentia Monday by the Military Tribunal.
*Sidon mayor says end to waste crisis finally in sight*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-10/Sidon- mayor-says- end-to-waste- crisis-finally- in-sight. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 The Interior Ministry will take over supervision
of the collection and treatment of Sidon and nearby towns' waste, after
most regions in the Union of Sidon and Zahrani Municipalities agreed to
allocate 40 percent of their...
*Recent Gemmayzeh crime spree fades after string of arrests*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-10/Recent- Gemmayzeh- crime-spree- fades-after- string-of- arrests.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 A string of recent arrests have successfully
calmed a wave of car break-ins and thefts that have plagued the
Gemmayzeh area over the last two months, Internal Security Forces
officials said Monday.
*Parity achieved, equality a challenge*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-10/Parity- achieved- equality- a-challenge. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Caretaker Education Minister Hassan Mneimneh
lauded the progress of country's educational institutions in achieving
gender parity, but he and other speakers at a UNESCO conference
Education for All acknowledged that the country faces other obstacles.
*Visitors to Aintoura shrine mourn slain Armenian orphans*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-10/Visitors- to-Aintoura- shrine-mourn- slain-Armenian- orphans.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Hundreds of visitors flocked to a new shrine
Sunday evening at the Lazarist Saint Joseph College in Aintoura to
remember more than 350 orphans who perished there under Ottoman rule.
*Lebanese leaders urge coexistence in Egypt*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 10/Lebanese- leaders-urge- coexistence- in-Egypt. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Lebanese leaders voiced concern Monday over
sectarian clashes in Egypt which have left 10 people dead.
*Lebanese consul flees Sydney over unpaid court fees*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 10/Lebanese- consul-flees- Sydney-over- unpaid-court- fees.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 A senior Lebanese diplomat has reportedly fled
Australia after receiving a warning that he would be arrested on
bankruptcy charges if he failed to attend a court hearing.
*Casino infraction gives birth to political fracas*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 10/Casino- infraction- gives-birth- to-political- fracas.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 What began as a minor infraction has turned into a
row between the Tourism Ministry and the administration of Casino du Liban
*Jumblatt visits mufti ahead of spiritual conclave*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 10/Jumblatt- visits-mufti- ahead-of- spiritual- conclave. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt
met Monday with Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani on the eve of
a summit meeting of the country's Christian and Muslim religious
leaders, scheduled to be held Thursday at...
*U.S. seeks ways to help ailing Egypt economy*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/US- seeks-ways- to-help-ailing- Egypt-economy. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 The United States is studying ways to support
Egypt's economy following Hosni Mubarak's overthrow, the U.S. Embassy
said Monday after a U.S. newspaper said Washington had decided to
provide $1 billion in debt relief.
*Security forces fire on Yemen protesters, 3 people killed*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Security- forces-fire- on-Yemen- protesters- 3-people- killed.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Yemeni forces fired at protesters blockading a
government building Monday, killing a shopkeeper and two protesters in a
city that has seen some of the largest demonstrations against President
Ali Abdullah, witnesses said.
*Iraqi Al-Qaeda pledges support for Zawahri*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Iraqi- Al-Qaeda- pledges-support- for-Zawahri. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq reaffirmed its
support Monday for the terror network's second-in-command, Ayman
al-Zawahri, a week after U.S. commandos killed Osama bin Laden.
*Tunisia raises doubt over poll date amid new unrest*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Tunisia- raises-doubt- over-poll- date-amid- new-unrest. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Tunisia raised the possibility of a delay in July
polls called after the president was toppled five months ago, as locals
reported Monday new unrest and the killing of a man in clashes with troops.
*Ship with 600 migrants sinks off Libyan coast*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Ship- with-600- migrants- sinks-off- Libyan-coast. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 An overcrowded ship carrying up to 600 people
trying to flee Libya sank just outside the port of Tripoli, the U.N.
refugee agency said Monday, citing witness accounts.
*Ahmadinejad blames poverty on colonialism*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Ahmadinej ad-blames- poverty-on- colonialism. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Monday
blamed poverty in the world's least developed countries on the colonial
policies of leading powers and on an unfair international economic system.
*Oman arrests six as protesters call for more jobs, higher salaries*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Oman- arrests-six- as-protesters- call--for- more-jobs- higher-salaries. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Omani police arrested six people involved in a
demonstration Monday demanding jobs and higher wages in the eastern town
of Jaalan Bani Bu Ali, witnesses said.
*North and South Sudan agree on Abyei withdrawal*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/North- and-South- Sudan-agree- on-Abyei- withdrawal. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 North and South Sudan have agreed to start
withdrawing unauthorized troops from the flashpoint Abyei border region,
the United Nations said, a week after clashes there left 14 people dead.
*Egypt ups security after interfaith clashes*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Egypt- ups-security- after-interfaith -clashes. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Egypt stepped up security around churches in Cairo
Monday after two days of clashes between minority Christians and Muslims
that killed 12 people and highlighted rising interfaith tensions.
*Iran deputy FM to visit Cairo for talks on fresh ties*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Iran- deputy-FM- to-visit- Cairo-for- talks-on- fresh-ties. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Iran is to soon send a deputy foreign minister to
Cairo to draw up an agenda for talks aimed at normalizing ties with
Egypt, local media reported Monday.
*Paris raises Palestinian aid as Israel holds tax funds*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Paris- raises-Palestini an-aid-as- Israel-holds- tax-funds. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 France announced Monday it would donate 10 million
euros ($14.3 million) to the Palestinian Authority after Israel froze
tax revenue transfers following a Palestinian unity agreement.
*Western powers turn blind eye to Bahrain crackdown on demonstrators*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Western- powers-turn- blind-eye- to-Bahrain- crackdown- on-demonstrators .ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 The fate of Bahrain's protest movement is a stark
reminder of how Western and regional power politics can trump reformist
yearnings, even in an Arab world convulsed by popular uprisings against
entrenched autocrats.
*Hamas's Meshaal: U.S. had no right to kill bin Laden*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-09/Hamass- Meshaal-US- had-no-right- to-kill-bin- Laden.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said Monday the United
States had no right to kill Osama bin Laden but said this did not mean
the Palestinian Islamist group supported al Qaeda's attacks on civilians.
*Iraq's Qaeda pledges support to Zawahri, vows attacks*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-09/Iraqs- Qaeda-pledges- support-to- Zawahri-vows- attacks.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 An al Qaeda-linked militant group in Iraq pledged
support to the organization' s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, and
vowed more revenge attacks for the death of Osama bin Laden.
*Jumblatt: March 8 utterly failed in Cabinet formation*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 09/Jumblatt- March-8-utterly- failed-in- Cabinet-formatio n.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 The new majority has utterly failed in forming the
new Cabinet, Socialist Progressive Party leader Walid Jumblatt said
Monday, stressing that his party could no longer cover for the ongoing
stagnation.
*Lebanese leaders express concern over Egypt sectarian clashes*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-09/Lebanese- leaders-express- concern-over- Egypt-sectarian- clashes.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 President Michel Sleiman calls for dialogue and
expresses sympathy for victims of the violence in Cairo over the weekend.
*Security forces fire on Yemen protest, 3 dead*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-09/Security- forces-fire- on-Yemen- protest-3- dead.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Yemeni forces fire at protesters blockading a
government building, killing a shopkeeper and two protesters, according
to witnesses.
*Oman protest for jobs leads to violence, arrests*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-09/Oman- protest-for- jobs-leads- to-violence- arrests.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 A state news agency and witnesses say a
demonstration in eastern Oman turned violent over the weekend when
protesters demanding jobs vandalized government buildings.
*Jumblatt praises Christian-Muslim summit*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 09/Jumblatt- praises-Christia n-Muslim- summit.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Wednesday's meeting will be a historical step
affirming coexistence in the country, Druze leader says.
*Public transport to get fuel subsidy: Fayyad*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-09/Public- transport- to-get-fuel- subsidy-Fayyad. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Lebanon's public transport sector is to receive
fuel subsidies, according to the head of the Public Transportation
Drivers Union Marwan Fayyad.
*U.S. ambassador to Syria: stop aid to Hezbollah*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 09/US-ambassador -to-Syria- stop-aid- to-Hezbollah. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Robert Ford has said the U.S. government has
information Syria is supplying weapons to Hezbollah, and has urged its
government to end its aid for the Lebanese resistance.
*Hezbollah: STL part of foreign plans against resistance*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 09/Hezbollah- STL-part- of-foreign- plans-against- resistance. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 The court probing the assassination of former
Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is merely a political tool designed to
achieve foreign objectives, namely targeting the resistance and,
Hezbollah MP Nawaf Mousawi said Monday.
*YNet News* <http://ynetnews. com/>
*PA says can't pay salaries in May*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066606,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Palestinian PM Fayyad says government unable to
pay wages to 150,000 workers for....
*Rahat objects to IDF Independence Day exhibit*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066563,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Source says Bedouin city's mayor, who represents
Islamic Movement, 'would rather....
*'Obama must leverage bin laden's death for Mideast peace'*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066569,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - New York Times opinion piece urges US president
to use political capital gained....
*New police chief vows to remember fallen*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066549,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Israel Police holds service commemorating 1,268
officers killed in the line of....
*Syrian authorities detain hundreds in fresh raids*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066526,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Rights activist says security forces moving from
house to house arresting... .
*Israel honors fallen soldiers, terror victims*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066409,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opens official
State ceremony at Mount Herzl....
*Poll: Majority of Americans agree with Obama on bin Laden photos*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066506,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - NBC survey suggests two-thirds of Americans say
president's decision not to....
*Nahal Haredi commemorates its fallen*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066460,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Thirteen of original Nahal Haredi's fallen to be
honored by Netzah Yehuda....
*Barak readies to launch Independence Party*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066451,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Defense minister takes over existing party to
cut through months of bureaucracy, ....
*Fuel crisis: El Al ships jet fuel from Cyprus*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066445,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - National air carrier devises way to ensure short
flights' viability, uses 747s....
*Report: US to forgive Egypt $1B debt*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066425,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Washington Post reports US also planning aid
package with incentives for....
*Obama: 'Getting our man' outweighed risks of raid*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066411,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - In special interview with '60 Minutes' US
president speaks of the chain of....
*Palestinian Information Center* <http://palestine- info.co.uk/ en/>
*Abu Kuwaik: Specialized committees to dismantle security apparatuses*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s71i% 2fhKrX1QLNZX7IxL 7lGJUHD72cqpuYbh 492PxozHfZy9tR9D W3Qufdkc1pgekNYY wFblqCFAL5F1OS3W CGb7i3o%2fUD5de0 d2lJ8zCuvu1w% 3d>
PIC - Sheikh Hussein Abu Kuwaik, a Hamas leader, said that specialized
committees would be formed to study means of dismantling the existing
security apparatuses then restructuring them.
*IOF troops detain minor, a man and his wife*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7GCdR% 2fYXNYMMkCmpMW% 2bHbihTjCtFVWKwz NORu6sdyXnKR3lfC CRp9XWv80thV0AxH utrlIhVQXfP9oA% 2fJgiOMwlIfnh3bt cSfthQMjm0Gn2E% 3d>
PIC - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the village of Tarqumiya
west of Al-Khalil city at midnight Sunday and detained a minor, local
sources reported.
*Ministry asks Red Cross to pressure Israel into allowing visits to
prisoners*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7wiJ4dWzA20 jZFFPScmIKtxXZp0 2%2b45HTgQoc3CVk wGxPgVISBNDQW% 2fDgPqHBLV0jKlKK CFb0mift4vBjE7hF nP%2f5Kts0DVtzLt fGx%2bdfaIA% 3d>
PIC - The Gaza ministry of prisoners called on the Red Cross to exert
more efforts to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian prisoners in
Israeli occupation jails and to reactivate the program of visits.
*Peres: Declaring Palestinian state means continuation of the conflict*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7CzQZtS6dUu PFPxTwX8WRzdRs1i vQYPdK5lLBEiPfXf y1VZsdd68pHIlTvj Md%2fNmzFoRBAosm IiqvEDj3VA3E8FoR 5CzJmCJft1% 2fRjRHlQT4% 3d>
PIC - Israeli president Shimon Peres has said that he was against the
declaration of a Palestinian state by next September, claiming that it
would not lead to solving the Palestinian- Israeli conflict.
*Islamic Jihad: Ramallah security detained five of our cadres*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7q2ITnpQ9ZT 6vOrJua5vFqp1GYz AJjPdjInny% 2bZ0xaw%2bM0X% 2fxUTUl%2bq6QLT3 lDMZos071kyMjhz% 2fR2ngyJWYbdWkEs T0Kuwui9itxRN% 2fZcbw%3d>
PIC - Islamic Jihad movement accused the PA preventive security
apparatus of arresting five of its cadres in Al-Khalil, describing the
act as deliberate to "poison" the reconciliation.
*Prisoners committee: No peace or stability without freeing prisoners*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7l3nmoGYz4h 8wPX%2f8onE4RjAF I8U0Rz136WgIXFpF zrNTpBjJ% 2ftDHz4k% 2fB7couITHPkbZJw VBupXVXQ6HAcQFqU KSlaQiSDxoF3NSc% 2bhcSK8%3d>
PIC - Nasha'at Al-Wahidi, the spokesman for the prisoners committee,
asserted the illegitimacy of Israeli military court trials and the
policy of depriving prisoners of family visits.
*IOA starts building section of separation wall around Qalandia village*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s74sFFljoV6e sT%2fcEJTJTJz0rH KGMqdowm6qhiOjkw acdYbNTeUwhJMGWi Kx4yqzLn4smA82y% 2fBFQL08xsQO0% 2b859OE9K5htmWRP 8u0oKdi8I% 3d>
PIC - The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) started building a section
of the separation wall around the village of Qalandia to the north of
occupied Jerusalem, local villagers said on Monday.
*Israeli police force storms Aqsa plaza, threatens its guards*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7LRGcS5Bt7v XBfS7l0FGRUsZlde FNXdCawkYLVLgjzi eZgRqqr%2fMpINxf XAtu2JsKpguG4gnl z7aA0FUW6S9Tc8WN da3DCB%2fsE39HgI 4lef4%3d>
PIC - An Israeli police force stormed the Aqsa mosque's plaza before
midnight Sunday and threatened its guards if they don't open the gate
into Khatneye library.
*Mishaal: Practical implementation of reconciliation to be witnessed
within days*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7oN4Hi0pJ3s CzdB%2b02nBS% 2bIyj2GeCzwmysHE UBtR7mfj2% 2fhCt0cgug% 2bMCD1Wt% 2fhk66gcSPGan5pA NGmpV8CnYsVikgmJ nXq206Q74PXtoCQI %3d>
PIC - Khaled Mishaal has said that practical implementation of the
Palestinian reconciliation would materialize within the few coming days
and would be followed up by Egypt.
*Which is more evil, al-Qaeda or Israel?*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7zXfjW7Qh4v jKs3tWX8u1t1ew% 2fNqodss4D% 2fvQSi4T0Fx1% 2fWajQS9E% 2fTmcNqbpoSYoJIX d%2beTVxckPo7D10 dBYiQo8zuDFu6ImP d8sOOClLf4% 3d>
PIC - Does anyone remember how many times the United States used its
veto power to shield Israeli criminality and terror at the U.N. Security
Council?
*Mishaal meets Egyptian revolutionary youths*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7cS3e0dbD% 2fvJhhVE% 2b9pxC3tvwUwUiOo PPhNxohMjao7qIAW 4RbG2gK2zlcensored b5hI uhzCJD%2f8rCFXup Gzmzf7sLHvfmHPFv xqxzxRyCry6CmHw% 3d>
PIC - 09/05/2011 - 10:26 AM
*Settlers storm school, post racist slogans*
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PIC - 09/05/2011 - 10:28 AM
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*WAFA - Palestine News Agency* <http://english. wafa.ps/>
*Hebron Businessmen Believe Reconciliation will Benefit Market*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16088>
WAFA
*EU Celebrates Europe Day in Ramallah*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16087>
WAFA
*Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli Soldiers in Jerusalem*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16086>
WAFA
*France Grants PA 10 Million Euros*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16085>
WAFA
*Fatah Revolutionary Council to Discuss Reconciliation Agreement?*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16084>
WAFA
*Al-Quds Index Down in Daily Trading at Palestine Exchange*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16083>
WAFA
*Israeli Forces Raid Jenin*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16082>
WAFA
*Unpaid Public Employees Worried About Returned Checks*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16081>
WAFA
*Russia: Reconciliation is Historical Event*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16080>
WAFA
*Israeli Violations Escalating Against Palestinian Journalists*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16078>
WAFA
*Newspapers Review: AL-Ayyam says Washington Waiting to See New
Government Program*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16077>
WAFA
*Intifada Palestine* <http://www.intifada -palestine. com/>
*FIDEL CASTRO: THE ASSASSINATION OF OSAMA BIN LADEN*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/intifada- palestine/ QuVY/%7E3/ _o-_87Sxp0M/>
Intifada-Palestine: 9 May 2011 - Fueling Hatred and Revenge by: Fidel
Castro - Counterpunch Those persons who deal with these issues know
that on September 11 of 2001 our people expressed its solidarity to the
US people and offered the modest cooperation that in the area...more
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/intifada- palestine/ QuVY/%7E3/ _o-_87Sxp0M/>
*Third Intifada Underway: Rallies To Kick Israel's Ambassador Out of
Egypt.*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/intifada- palestine/ QuVY/%7E3/ SCF5q8H_d4Y/>
Intifada-Palestine: 8 May 2011 - " Palestinians have not been excluded
from the Arab awakening that was dawning on the region and Israel is not
immune from its ripple effect" Benjamin Netanyahu Dr. Ashraf Ezzat "The
Arab world is experiencing an earthquake" ... thus commented Benjamin
Netanyahu ,...more
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/intifada- palestine/ QuVY/%7E3/ SCF5q8H_d4Y/>
*Los Angeles Times* <http://latimes. com/news/ nationworld/ world/middleeast />
*Scores arrested as Syrian forces seek to crush protests*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/5GK4vvrQhos /la-fg-syria- arrests-20110510 ,0,577187. story>
LA Times 9 May 2011 - Activists say protesters across the country are
being met with tanks, waves of arrests and brutality and more than 1,000
have been picked up since Friday. The regime claims it is hunting armed
militants who its says are stirring the unrest. A massive crackdown by...
*Libyan rebels caught in an uneasy lull*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/rfU8ZInOwWs /la-fg-libya- deadlock- 20110510, 0,4293128. story>
LA Times 9 May 2011 - Rumors of renewed fighting with Kadafi's troops
abound in Ajdabiya. The stalemate born of NATO's airstrike aid continues
with no end in sight. Rumors of renewed fighting circulate in the mostly
abandoned city of Ajdabiya in eastern Libya, even without any recent
pitched battles between...
*17 killed in Baghdad prison escape attempt*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/5EQcensored 2QqmxI /la-fg-iraq- jailbreak- 20110509, 0,6189089. story>
LA Times 8 May 2011 - Running battles inside a detention facility at the
Iraqi Interior Ministry lasted several hours. Those slain include
militant leader Huthaifa Batawi, suspected in a massacre at a Baghdad
church last year. The suspected mastermind of October's gruesome
massacre at a Baghdad church attempted a daring...
*Supplies running low in besieged Libyan rebel city*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/n_66gC_ RgL0/la-fg- libya-fighting- 20110509, 0,4148286. story>
LA Times 8 May 2011 - Attacks on Misurata's port by forces loyal to
Moammar Kadafi have disrupted the supply of aid. The city may run out of
food and fuel in a few weeks. Food and fuel supplies are running low in
the besieged western Libyan city of Misurata, where...
*Several protesters killed as Syria continues crackdown*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/46UNhXrLrns /la-fg-syria- violence- 20110509, 0,2089092. story>
LA Times 8 May 2011 - A 12-year-old boy and at least four women are
among the dead, according to activists who said protests continued in
cities across Syria. Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar Assad
appeared determined to stop persistent antigovernment protests Sunday,
with clashes in several cities leading to...
*New York Times* <http://nytimes. com/pages/ world/middleeast />
*Deaths and Injuries Reported in Yemeni Protest March*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=1cba77af1a0766 063c8fd522cb2fd2 02>
New York Times 9 May 2011 - The latest attack by Yemeni security forces
has led to concerns that the demonstrators could resort to violence in
this heavily armed county.
*Syria Proclaims It Now Has Upper Hand Over Uprising*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=16a9076cfdfe27 2c634b93ef9cbb79 17>
New York Times 9 May 2011 - A senior official gave a clear sign that the
leadership believes it will crush protests that have faltered after mass
arrests and hundreds of deaths.
*With Help From NATO, Libyan Rebels Gain Ground*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=52bac9f787cf8b 9a20fc8378dee8e6 51>
New York Times 9 May 2011 - Rebel fighters made significant gains in a
faint sign that NATO may be starting to strain the government forces.
*Woman Who Accused Militiamen of Rape Has Fled Libya*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=632fb6ab88449e 3bc6f9838a400fbd 7c>
New York Times 9 May 2011 - Eman al-Obeidy, whose complaint to foreign
journalists of being raped by security forces and subsequent forcible
removal made her a symbol of Libya's repression, says she has fled.
*Misc* <http://vtjp. org/aboutus/ aboutus.htm>
*Threat of war crimes charges levelled against Gaddafi and son*
<http://www.wsws. org/articles/ 2011/may2011/ liby-m09. shtml>
WSWS - The threat of war crimes charges against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi,
his son and other officials is a weapon fashioned and wielded by the
major powers now waging war on Libya.
*Tunisian regime imposes curfew amid protests over coup threat*
<http://www.wsws. org/articles/ 2011/may2011/ tuni-m09. shtml>
WSWS - Demonstrators in Tunisia calling for a "new revolution" were
brutally attacked by riot police after warnings of a possible military coup.
*Bin Laden's last tape said America will have no security till
Palestinians do*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 05/bin-ladens- last-tape- said-america- will-have- no-security- till-palestinian s-do.html>
Mondoweiss - Osama Bin Laden reportedly recorded a final,
thus-far-censored tape shortly before his death, intended for an
American audience. Haaretz reports that an Al-Qaida website has the
transcript : Bin Laden: "America will not be able to dream of security
until we live in security in Palestine. It...
*CUNY trustees vote to give Kushner award after all, as faculty union
calls for Wiesenfeld's resignation*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 05/cuny-trustees -vote-to- give-kushner- award-after- all-as-faculty- union-calls- for-wiesenfelds- resignation. html>
Mondoweiss - At the Kushner crisis blog , Day 6. I guess it happened at
6:15 tonight.
*Egyptian FM: George Washington & Mandela were also considered
terrorists and Iran is not our enemy...*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 05/egyptian- fm-george- washington- mandela-were- also-considered- terrorists- and-iran- is-not-our- enemy.html>
Mondoweiss - and other news from the Arab uprisings: Bahrain Bahrain
opposition leaders appear in court martial (AFP) AFP - Bahraini
opposition leaders appeared Sunday in a military court charged as part
of a group of 21 with forming a terrorist organisation and attempting to
overthrow the monarchy,...
*Shoe is now on Wiesenfeld's foot*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 05/shoe-is- now-on-wiesenfel ds-foot.html>
Mondoweiss - Jeffrey Wiesenfeld has made it a career habit to try and
marginalize anyone he perceived to be insufficiently pro-Israel and to
smear Muslims and Arabs. But in the wake of the Tony Kushner degree
controversy , it is Wiesenfeld's politics, racism and abuse of power
that are...
*Suicide, fratricide, accidents are top causes of Israeli soldier
deaths*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 05/suicide- fratricide- accidents- are-top-causes- of-israeli- soldier-deaths. html>
Mondoweiss - On Israel's Memorial Day observances for "fallen soldiers
and victims of terror attacks," the Defense Ministry's commemoration
unit claimed that 183 Israelis "were killed in the line of duty or in
terror attacks since last year's Remembrance Day," according to YNet.
The number appears to represent...
*Legalizing Outposts in the West Bank*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1801>
Palestine Monitor - At the start of May, Israel made the first move
towards what could be the sweeping legalization of illegal outposts in
the Occupied West Bank. - News / 4th-col-1st- article , Settlements ,
Occupation
*Fayyad calls for release of Palestinian tax revenues*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1789>
Palestine Monitor - At a press conference Monday, Prime Minister Salam
Fayyad criticized Israeli authorities for making it impossible for the
Palestinian Authority to pay last month's salaries to staff members and
contractors by withholding Palestinian tax revenues. - In Focus /
Economy , Theft , Occupation , Impunity , Palestinian unity
*Misc 2* <http://vtjp. org/news/ news.php>
*A Must Watch: Gibran Gala Tribute to Arab Spring*
<http://www.aaiusa. org/blog/ entry/a-must- watch-gibran- gala-tribute- to-arab-spring/>
Arab American Institute 9 May 2011 - As part of the presentation to the
four young Egyptians who we were privileged to have with us in the
audience to accept the award, we prepared this video. As you can see, it
was really made in the region by the dynamic people of Tunisia,...
*Beinart, Kushner, and Ethnic "Dry Cleaning"*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/jeremiahhab er/censored Ex/% 7E3/m95veV9FjM0/ beinart-kushner- and-ethnic- dry-cleaning. html>
The Magnes Zionist 9 May 2011 - Peter Beinart has written a post worth
reading, and worth heeding , on the Kushner-CUNY affair (which has now
been settled in favor of Kushner.) Worth heeding, because he calls for a
Jewish communal discussion on Israel that includes non- and
anti-Zionists, Worth reading, because he sees...
*Protest by relatives of political prisoners outside Juneid Prison*
<http://www.middleea stmonitor. org.uk/news/ middle-east/ 2324-protest- by-relatives- of-political- prisoners- outside-juneid- prison>
Middle East Monitor 9 May 2011 - EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Saturday, 7th
March, a group representing the families of political prisoners in the
West Bank held a demonstration in front of the Juneid Central Prison in
the city of Nablus to demand the release of their sons being detained on
political grounds within...
*Democrat senators call for end of financial aid to the Palestinian
Authority*
<http://www.middleea stmonitor. org.uk/news/ americas/ 2323-democrat- senators- call-for- end-of-financial -aid-to-the- palestinian- authority>
Middle East Monitor 9 May 2011 - Twenty-nine senators from President
Obama's Democrat Party have called on his Administration to cut off
financial aid given to the Palestinian Authority in response to the
signing of the reconciliation agreement with Hamas. The call was
initiated by Senators Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Robert...
*Fatah calls Israeli incitement against the reconciliation deal
"political terrorism"*
<http://www.middleea stmonitor. org.uk/news/ middle-east/ 2322-fatah- calls-israeli- incitement- against-the- reconciliation- deal-qpolitical- terrorismq>
Middle East Monitor 9 May 2011 - A spokesman for Fatah has described as
"political terrorism" the incitement by Israel against the Palestinian
reconciliation agreement and national unity. In a press statement, Fayez
Abu Eita said: "The incitement campaign, statements by rogue Israeli
officials, calls for the reoccupation of the West Bank and...
*Meshaal told to choose between committing to Quartet's conditions and
Bin Laden's fate*
<http://www.middleea stmonitor. org.uk/news/ middle-east/ 2321-meshaal- told-to-choose- between-committi ng-to-quartets- conditions- and-bin-ladens- fate>
Middle East Monitor 9 May 2011 - In a startling statement, the chairman
of the Israeli Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee has
threatened to assassinate the head of the political bureau of Hamas.
Shaul Mofaz, MK, said that Khalid Meshaal should declare his
organisation' s commitment to the conditions set by the International. ..
*UN concern over Syria crackdown*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 13342374>
BBC 9 May 2011 - The UN says a humanitarian mission has not been allowed
access to the city of Deraa, which is cut off by a government crackdown
on dissent.
*Cairo protest after church attack*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 13331628>
BBC 9 May 2011 - Egyptian Coptic Christians hold a vigil near Tahrir
Square in Cairo following an attack on two churches in which 12 people died.
*Palestinian wages unpaid over tax*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 13339561>
BBC 9 May 2011 - The Palestinian Authority says it is unable to pay
thousands of staff as Israel withholds taxes owed in protest at a
Hamas-Fatah unity deal.
*Egypt*
<http://news. bbc.co.uk/ go/rss/int/ news/-/2/ hi/middle_ east/country_ profiles/ 737642.stm>
BBC 9 May 2011 - Key facts, figures and dates
*Articles*
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*Hollow 'reconciliation' in Palestine*
<http://english. aljazeera. net/indepth/ opinion/2011/ 05/2011596293940 2933.html>
Ali Abunimah, Al Jazeera 5/9/2011
/Hamas and Fatah's agreement will only maintain the status quo of
division, called 'unity' only for public consumption. /
By deciding to join the US-backed Palestinian Authority led by
Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas risks turning its back on its role as a resistance
movement, without gaining any additional leverage that could help
Palestinians free themselves from Israeli occupation and colonial rule.
Indeed, knowingly or not, Hamas may be embarking down the same
well-trodden path as Abbas' Fatah faction: committing itself to joining
a US-controlled "peace process", over which Palestinians have no say -
and have no prospect of emerging with their rights intact. In exchange,
Hamas may hope to earn a role alongside Abbas in ruling over the
fraction of the Palestinians living under permanent Israeli occupation
in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Whether Hamas realises it or not, it has effectively entered into
a coalition with Israel and Abbas to manage the Occupied Territories, in
which Hamas will have much responsibility, but little power.
Hamas bows to pressure
Many Palestinians celebrated the hugs and handshakes between Hamas
leader Khaled Meshaal and Mahmoud Abbas as they signed the
reconciliation paper in Cairo on May 4. But few took the time to examine
what was at stake. The deal reportedly included several key provisions:
formation of a "national unity government" with a prime minister chosen
by consensus; preparation for Palestinian Authority elections in the
West Bank and Gaza Strip in a year; combining the security forces
controlled by the separate factions; and reactivating the Palestinian
Legislative Council - in which Hamas won an overwhelming majority in
2006....more. .
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*How not to be an apartheid state?*
<http://www.amin. org/articles. php?t=ENews& id=3617>
George S. Hishmeh, Arabic Media Internet Network (AMIN) 5/6/2011
The Arab Spring, which has upturned the Arab world like a
tsunami, led many in Israel and their allies in the West, especially the
United States, to mistakenly believe that it has muffled for good the
Palestinian drive to regain their rights in their Israeli-usurped
homeland. But the uprisings continued undeterred in some of the key
autocratic Arab regimes since last January.
In Tunisia and Egypt, for example,the Western media virtually
dropped any mention of the 63-year-old Palestinian- Israeli conflict.
Some Palestinians seemed disheartened. But an unexpected American
poll, conducted in Egypt, turned the situation upside down. A majority
of Egyptians (54 per cent), according to the American-led poll,
conducted by the respected Pew Research Centre and based on face-to-face
interviews, wanted to annul the 1979 peace treaty with Israel. Only 36
per cent voted to keep the agreement, which has been described as "a
cornerstone of Egyptian foreign policy and the region's stability"
during the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak, now in jail.
The finding, reported The New York Times, "squares with the
overwhelming anecdotal evidence that Egyptians feel Israel has not lived
up to its commitments in its treatment of the Palestinians" .
Interestingly, the poll also found that 39 per cent of Egyptians
believe the US response to the uprising in their country was negative,
compared to only 22 per cent who said it was positive.more. .
<http://www.amin. org/articles. php?t=ENews& id=3617>e-mail
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*An opportunity for Hamas moderation*
<http://www.bitterle mons.org/ inside.php? id=73>
Mkhaimar Abusada, Bitterlemons 5/9/2011
The signing of the reconciliation agreement between Fateh and
Hamas can be considered a golden opportunity for the Palestinian people
and their cause. Four years have passed since Hamas took over the Gaza
Strip in June 2007 after violent clashes with its rival Fateh. Four
years of political split and two governments, one led by Fateh in the
West Bank and the other one led by Hamas in Gaza. Four years of
incitement, hatred, imprisonment and torture of political opponents.
There are a number of valid questions being asked by the
Palestinians and their supporters. Will the agreement put an end to the
internal rift between Hamas and Fateh? Will the agreement bring
moderation within Hamas? Or it will cost the Palestine Liberation
Organization, the Palestinian Authority and Fateh international
recognition and legitimacy?
It is no secret that both Hamas and Fateh were pushed by internal
and regional factors to sign the reconciliation agreement. Less than a
month and a half ago, Hamas expressed no interest in reconciliation.
When President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his willingness to visit the Gaza
Strip on March 16, Hamas' military wing al-Qassam Brigades provoked
Israel and escalated the security situation to sabotage the visit and
reconciliation efforts. The question is: what happened to cause Hamas to
accept the Egyptian initiatives?
A number of regional and internal factors have pushed Hamas to
sign the reconciliation agreement. First, there were the political
changes in the region, especially in Egypt, the collapse of the Mubarak
regime and the coming of a new government that is considered friendly to
Hamas. Second, the political upheavals in Syria and the bloody crushing
of the Syrian freedom movement caused Hamas to reconsider its special
relationship with Damascus. Finally, Hamas' resistance program reached a
deadlock after Israel's Cast Lead operation in 2008-09.more. .
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*US freezes Chicago Palestinian leader's bank accounts*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/SkH-Fv1uGUo/ 9926>
Electronic Intifada: 9 May 2011 - The Electronic Intifada The US
government has frozen the bank accounts belonging to Hatem Abudayyeh, a
Palestinian community organizer and director of a social service
organization serving the Arab community in Chicago, and his wife,
Naima.more
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/SkH-Fv1uGUo/ 9926>
*Elia Suleiman's sublime "The Time That Remains"*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/Lwe3Df3E82A/ 9924>
Electronic Intifada: 9 May 2011 - Jimmy Johnson The Electronic Intifada
The Time That Remains: Chronicle of a Present Absentee is a must-see by
writer-director- co-star Elia Suleiman.more
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/electronicI ntifada/% 7E3/Lwe3Df3E82A/ 9924>
*Legalizing Outposts in the West Bank*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1801>
Palestine Monitor: 9 May 2011 - At the start of May, Israel made the
first move towards what could be the sweeping legalization of illegal
outposts in the Occupied West Bank. - News / 4th-col-1st- article ,
Settlements , Occupationmore
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1801>
*Tides of Change and Its Implications for Palestinians*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16850>
Palestine Chronicle: 9 May 2011 - By Dr. Ahmed Yousef Speaking 150 years
ago about political judgments, [Otto von] Bismarck said if we listen
carefully, we can hear the sound of hoof-beats in the distance and plan
accordingly. The hoof-beats are near today, not distant, so there is
little time to waste before we readjust our thinking and map out new
strategies that correspond to rapidly emerging facts on the ground.
There are 5 critical factors to consider regarding recent events in the
Arab and Muslim world. The first point is that the winds of change now
being unleashed in the Middle East have pushed Islamists from the
margins into the very center of political decision-making. Islamists
will assume a partnership role in government; and they will, as leaders
of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt have re-iterated, work on behalf of
national unity and national re-building. The second point is that the
Palestinian question, the Palestinian. ..more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16850>
*Vittorio Knew the Risks, and Accepted Them*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16849>
Palestine Chronicle: 9 May 2011 - By Daniela Loffreda Over ten thousand
people joined together on Easter Sunday April 25, 2011 to pay homage to
Vittorio Arrigoni in his home town of Buciago, Italy. The bittersweet
moments were celebrated first in a religious ceremony by the Archbishop
of Jerusalem Hilarion Capucci and then it was followed by a lay ceremony
by fellow humanitarians, activists, associations, friends and one of the
most tenacious women I have ever seen, Egidia Beretta, Vittorio's
mother. Music and poems were the backdrop to unity, pride and
solidarity. Humanity radiated everywhere. Just like Vittorio would have
wanted. We flew in from Italy, Spain, Ireland, Germany, The UK, France
and Palestine, drove in and even cycled in to celebrate the life of a
man whose biblical presence has fated us to our consciousness and to our
divine calls for a better world. His signature closing statement,
"Restiamo Umani" "Stay Human" took shape as...more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16849>
*Academic Freedom under Attack?*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16848>
Palestine Chronicle: 9 May 2011 - (Interview with Prof. Neve Gordon) By
Dahlia Scheindlin It has been a troubled year for Israeli academia. The
rising nationalist sentiment in the government, legislature and civil
society has spilled over into bitter struggles on campuses throughout
the country. Nationalist groups such as IsraCampus, Israel Academia
Monitor, and the ultra-nationalist Im Tirtzu have set their crosshairs
on academia, seeking the dismissal of faculty members and control over
curricula, and urging foreign donors to withdraw funds unless the
faculty they have targeted are removed. They have published blacklists
and ranked each university and department according to political
legitimacy. Much of the fire has been directed at Ben Gurion University.
According to an NRG story that appeared after the interview below, one
donor threatened to suspend funds if certain political positions were
not officially repudiated by Ben Gurion's administration (Hebrew). One
striking result has been the politicization of very basic social
concepts...more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16848>
*O'Keefe and Survivors of Cast Lead Massacre Join Forces*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16847>
Palestine Chronicle: 9 May 2011 - By Stuart Littlewood No fewer than 29
members of the Samouni family, including many of the women and children,
were callously slaughtered by Israeli troops during their assault on the
Gaza Strip, known as Operation Cast Lead, some two years ago. For the
benefit of those who have not seen the Goldstone Report, extracts
describing events in considerable detail are included in an appendix
below. After reading the report it is no surprise that the Israeli
regime has pulled out all the stops to discredit Judge Goldstone and his
colleagues for daring to reveal the true behaviour of 'the most moral
army in the world'. The dispassionate way Goldstone tells it is horrific
enough. Other sources say the killing spree was actually much, much
worse... nothing less than a cold-blooded massacre. Having assured us at
the time that he "took every precaution to check and double-check" the
facts, Goldstone has...more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16847>
*Murder without Corpse*
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 05/murder- without-corpse/>
Dissident Voice: 9 May 2011 - In a photograph, Bush is shown in an Army
jacket, his hands holding a tray with a picture-perfect turkey,
garlanded by grapes. He is surrounded by American troops, most of whom
are not looking at him. This is meant to convey that the photo was
spontaneous, casual, and not posed. It is authentic. In another
photograph, Obama is shown in the Situation Room of the White House,
surrounded by his top security advisors. They are watching something. Of
the thirteen faces, none is looking at the camera. Again, this is to
convey that the photo was natural and spontaneous. Obama is shown in a
casual jacket, Biden in shirt sleeves, details that indicate they are at
work, and not posing for a propaganda photo, god forbid. This image is
so authentic, in fact, that it borders on the illicit. This was a secret
session, after all. That's why all of...more
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 05/murder- without-corpse/>
*Third Intifada Underway*
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 05/third- intifada- underway/>
Dissident Voice: 9 May 2011 - "The Arab world is experiencing an
earthquake," commented Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minster, on
the power of popular uprisings sweeping across the Middle East and North
Africa. Passing that quick judgment, Netanyahu overlooked the fact that
that mighty earthquake was actually taking place next door and that
Israel was bound to feel the aftershocks sooner or later. It is very
true that the whole Arab spring with revolutions erupting almost all
over the Arab world has nothing to do with Israel as far as motivation
is concerned, but that doesn't mean that Israel is immune from its
ripple effect. Arabs set out on these unprecedented rallies to protest
decades of domestic political and economic injustices, but there are
more grievances that Arabs share than just lost democracy and freedom of
expression, there are more things lost from the Arabs worthy of their
solidarity and collective struggle, namely the land of...more
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 05/third- intifada- underway/>
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Mon May 9, 2011 9:44 pm (PDT)
*Italian envoy reasserts commitment of U.N. role*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-10/Italian- envoy-reasserts- commitment- of-UN-role. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Italy's deputy defense minister, Guido Crosetti,
said Monday his country was committed to its presence in South Lebanon
through UNIFIL peacekeeping troops.
*Al-Jamaa cleric eulogized as moderate man of unity*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-10/Al- Jamaa-cleric- eulogized- as-moderate- man-of-unity. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Sheikh Faisal Mawlawi, a former secretary-general
of Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya, was eulogized Monday as a leading figure of
moderation and resistance.
*Military court sentences Israeli collaborator to death*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-10/Military- court-sentences- Israeli-collabor ator-to-death. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 A man accused of spying for Israel was sentenced
to death in absentia Monday by the Military Tribunal.
*Sidon mayor says end to waste crisis finally in sight*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-10/Sidon- mayor-says- end-to-waste- crisis-finally- in-sight. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 The Interior Ministry will take over supervision
of the collection and treatment of Sidon and nearby towns' waste, after
most regions in the Union of Sidon and Zahrani Municipalities agreed to
allocate 40 percent of their...
*Recent Gemmayzeh crime spree fades after string of arrests*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-10/Recent- Gemmayzeh- crime-spree- fades-after- string-of- arrests.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 A string of recent arrests have successfully
calmed a wave of car break-ins and thefts that have plagued the
Gemmayzeh area over the last two months, Internal Security Forces
officials said Monday.
*Parity achieved, equality a challenge*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-10/Parity- achieved- equality- a-challenge. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Caretaker Education Minister Hassan Mneimneh
lauded the progress of country's educational institutions in achieving
gender parity, but he and other speakers at a UNESCO conference
Education for All acknowledged that the country faces other obstacles.
*Visitors to Aintoura shrine mourn slain Armenian orphans*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-10/Visitors- to-Aintoura- shrine-mourn- slain-Armenian- orphans.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Hundreds of visitors flocked to a new shrine
Sunday evening at the Lazarist Saint Joseph College in Aintoura to
remember more than 350 orphans who perished there under Ottoman rule.
*Lebanese leaders urge coexistence in Egypt*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 10/Lebanese- leaders-urge- coexistence- in-Egypt. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Lebanese leaders voiced concern Monday over
sectarian clashes in Egypt which have left 10 people dead.
*Lebanese consul flees Sydney over unpaid court fees*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 10/Lebanese- consul-flees- Sydney-over- unpaid-court- fees.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 A senior Lebanese diplomat has reportedly fled
Australia after receiving a warning that he would be arrested on
bankruptcy charges if he failed to attend a court hearing.
*Casino infraction gives birth to political fracas*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 10/Casino- infraction- gives-birth- to-political- fracas.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 What began as a minor infraction has turned into a
row between the Tourism Ministry and the administration of Casino du Liban
*Jumblatt visits mufti ahead of spiritual conclave*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 10/Jumblatt- visits-mufti- ahead-of- spiritual- conclave. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt
met Monday with Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani on the eve of
a summit meeting of the country's Christian and Muslim religious
leaders, scheduled to be held Thursday at...
*U.S. seeks ways to help ailing Egypt economy*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/US- seeks-ways- to-help-ailing- Egypt-economy. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 The United States is studying ways to support
Egypt's economy following Hosni Mubarak's overthrow, the U.S. Embassy
said Monday after a U.S. newspaper said Washington had decided to
provide $1 billion in debt relief.
*Security forces fire on Yemen protesters, 3 people killed*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Security- forces-fire- on-Yemen- protesters- 3-people- killed.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Yemeni forces fired at protesters blockading a
government building Monday, killing a shopkeeper and two protesters in a
city that has seen some of the largest demonstrations against President
Ali Abdullah, witnesses said.
*Iraqi Al-Qaeda pledges support for Zawahri*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Iraqi- Al-Qaeda- pledges-support- for-Zawahri. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq reaffirmed its
support Monday for the terror network's second-in-command, Ayman
al-Zawahri, a week after U.S. commandos killed Osama bin Laden.
*Tunisia raises doubt over poll date amid new unrest*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Tunisia- raises-doubt- over-poll- date-amid- new-unrest. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Tunisia raised the possibility of a delay in July
polls called after the president was toppled five months ago, as locals
reported Monday new unrest and the killing of a man in clashes with troops.
*Ship with 600 migrants sinks off Libyan coast*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Ship- with-600- migrants- sinks-off- Libyan-coast. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 An overcrowded ship carrying up to 600 people
trying to flee Libya sank just outside the port of Tripoli, the U.N.
refugee agency said Monday, citing witness accounts.
*Ahmadinejad blames poverty on colonialism*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Ahmadinej ad-blames- poverty-on- colonialism. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Monday
blamed poverty in the world's least developed countries on the colonial
policies of leading powers and on an unfair international economic system.
*Oman arrests six as protesters call for more jobs, higher salaries*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Oman- arrests-six- as-protesters- call--for- more-jobs- higher-salaries. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Omani police arrested six people involved in a
demonstration Monday demanding jobs and higher wages in the eastern town
of Jaalan Bani Bu Ali, witnesses said.
*North and South Sudan agree on Abyei withdrawal*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/North- and-South- Sudan-agree- on-Abyei- withdrawal. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 North and South Sudan have agreed to start
withdrawing unauthorized troops from the flashpoint Abyei border region,
the United Nations said, a week after clashes there left 14 people dead.
*Egypt ups security after interfaith clashes*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Egypt- ups-security- after-interfaith -clashes. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Egypt stepped up security around churches in Cairo
Monday after two days of clashes between minority Christians and Muslims
that killed 12 people and highlighted rising interfaith tensions.
*Iran deputy FM to visit Cairo for talks on fresh ties*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Iran- deputy-FM- to-visit- Cairo-for- talks-on- fresh-ties. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Iran is to soon send a deputy foreign minister to
Cairo to draw up an agenda for talks aimed at normalizing ties with
Egypt, local media reported Monday.
*Paris raises Palestinian aid as Israel holds tax funds*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Paris- raises-Palestini an-aid-as- Israel-holds- tax-funds. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 France announced Monday it would donate 10 million
euros ($14.3 million) to the Palestinian Authority after Israel froze
tax revenue transfers following a Palestinian unity agreement.
*Western powers turn blind eye to Bahrain crackdown on demonstrators*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-10/Western- powers-turn- blind-eye- to-Bahrain- crackdown- on-demonstrators .ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 The fate of Bahrain's protest movement is a stark
reminder of how Western and regional power politics can trump reformist
yearnings, even in an Arab world convulsed by popular uprisings against
entrenched autocrats.
*Hamas's Meshaal: U.S. had no right to kill bin Laden*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-09/Hamass- Meshaal-US- had-no-right- to-kill-bin- Laden.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said Monday the United
States had no right to kill Osama bin Laden but said this did not mean
the Palestinian Islamist group supported al Qaeda's attacks on civilians.
*Iraq's Qaeda pledges support to Zawahri, vows attacks*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-09/Iraqs- Qaeda-pledges- support-to- Zawahri-vows- attacks.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 An al Qaeda-linked militant group in Iraq pledged
support to the organization' s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, and
vowed more revenge attacks for the death of Osama bin Laden.
*Jumblatt: March 8 utterly failed in Cabinet formation*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 09/Jumblatt- March-8-utterly- failed-in- Cabinet-formatio n.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 The new majority has utterly failed in forming the
new Cabinet, Socialist Progressive Party leader Walid Jumblatt said
Monday, stressing that his party could no longer cover for the ongoing
stagnation.
*Lebanese leaders express concern over Egypt sectarian clashes*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-09/Lebanese- leaders-express- concern-over- Egypt-sectarian- clashes.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 President Michel Sleiman calls for dialogue and
expresses sympathy for victims of the violence in Cairo over the weekend.
*Security forces fire on Yemen protest, 3 dead*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-09/Security- forces-fire- on-Yemen- protest-3- dead.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Yemeni forces fire at protesters blockading a
government building, killing a shopkeeper and two protesters, according
to witnesses.
*Oman protest for jobs leads to violence, arrests*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-09/Oman- protest-for- jobs-leads- to-violence- arrests.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 A state news agency and witnesses say a
demonstration in eastern Oman turned violent over the weekend when
protesters demanding jobs vandalized government buildings.
*Jumblatt praises Christian-Muslim summit*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 09/Jumblatt- praises-Christia n-Muslim- summit.ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Wednesday's meeting will be a historical step
affirming coexistence in the country, Druze leader says.
*Public transport to get fuel subsidy: Fayyad*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-09/Public- transport- to-get-fuel- subsidy-Fayyad. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Lebanon's public transport sector is to receive
fuel subsidies, according to the head of the Public Transportation
Drivers Union Marwan Fayyad.
*U.S. ambassador to Syria: stop aid to Hezbollah*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 09/US-ambassador -to-Syria- stop-aid- to-Hezbollah. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 Robert Ford has said the U.S. government has
information Syria is supplying weapons to Hezbollah, and has urged its
government to end its aid for the Lebanese resistance.
*Hezbollah: STL part of foreign plans against resistance*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 09/Hezbollah- STL-part- of-foreign- plans-against- resistance. ashx>
Daily Star 9 May 2011 The court probing the assassination of former
Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is merely a political tool designed to
achieve foreign objectives, namely targeting the resistance and,
Hezbollah MP Nawaf Mousawi said Monday.
*YNet News* <http://ynetnews. com/>
*PA says can't pay salaries in May*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066606,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Palestinian PM Fayyad says government unable to
pay wages to 150,000 workers for....
*Rahat objects to IDF Independence Day exhibit*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066563,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Source says Bedouin city's mayor, who represents
Islamic Movement, 'would rather....
*'Obama must leverage bin laden's death for Mideast peace'*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066569,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - New York Times opinion piece urges US president
to use political capital gained....
*New police chief vows to remember fallen*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066549,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Israel Police holds service commemorating 1,268
officers killed in the line of....
*Syrian authorities detain hundreds in fresh raids*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066526,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Rights activist says security forces moving from
house to house arresting... .
*Israel honors fallen soldiers, terror victims*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066409,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opens official
State ceremony at Mount Herzl....
*Poll: Majority of Americans agree with Obama on bin Laden photos*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066506,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - NBC survey suggests two-thirds of Americans say
president's decision not to....
*Nahal Haredi commemorates its fallen*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066460,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Thirteen of original Nahal Haredi's fallen to be
honored by Netzah Yehuda....
*Barak readies to launch Independence Party*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066451,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Defense minister takes over existing party to
cut through months of bureaucracy, ....
*Fuel crisis: El Al ships jet fuel from Cyprus*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066445,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - National air carrier devises way to ensure short
flights' viability, uses 747s....
*Report: US to forgive Egypt $1B debt*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066425,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - Washington Post reports US also planning aid
package with incentives for....
*Obama: 'Getting our man' outweighed risks of raid*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4066411,00. html>
YNet News, 9 May 2011 - In special interview with '60 Minutes' US
president speaks of the chain of....
*Palestinian Information Center* <http://palestine- info.co.uk/ en/>
*Abu Kuwaik: Specialized committees to dismantle security apparatuses*
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PIC - Sheikh Hussein Abu Kuwaik, a Hamas leader, said that specialized
committees would be formed to study means of dismantling the existing
security apparatuses then restructuring them.
*IOF troops detain minor, a man and his wife*
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PIC - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the village of Tarqumiya
west of Al-Khalil city at midnight Sunday and detained a minor, local
sources reported.
*Ministry asks Red Cross to pressure Israel into allowing visits to
prisoners*
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PIC - The Gaza ministry of prisoners called on the Red Cross to exert
more efforts to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian prisoners in
Israeli occupation jails and to reactivate the program of visits.
*Peres: Declaring Palestinian state means continuation of the conflict*
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PIC - Israeli president Shimon Peres has said that he was against the
declaration of a Palestinian state by next September, claiming that it
would not lead to solving the Palestinian- Israeli conflict.
*Islamic Jihad: Ramallah security detained five of our cadres*
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PIC - Islamic Jihad movement accused the PA preventive security
apparatus of arresting five of its cadres in Al-Khalil, describing the
act as deliberate to "poison" the reconciliation.
*Prisoners committee: No peace or stability without freeing prisoners*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7l3nmoGYz4h 8wPX%2f8onE4RjAF I8U0Rz136WgIXFpF zrNTpBjJ% 2ftDHz4k% 2fB7couITHPkbZJw VBupXVXQ6HAcQFqU KSlaQiSDxoF3NSc% 2bhcSK8%3d>
PIC - Nasha'at Al-Wahidi, the spokesman for the prisoners committee,
asserted the illegitimacy of Israeli military court trials and the
policy of depriving prisoners of family visits.
*IOA starts building section of separation wall around Qalandia village*
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PIC - The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) started building a section
of the separation wall around the village of Qalandia to the north of
occupied Jerusalem, local villagers said on Monday.
*Israeli police force storms Aqsa plaza, threatens its guards*
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PIC - An Israeli police force stormed the Aqsa mosque's plaza before
midnight Sunday and threatened its guards if they don't open the gate
into Khatneye library.
*Mishaal: Practical implementation of reconciliation to be witnessed
within days*
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PIC - Khaled Mishaal has said that practical implementation of the
Palestinian reconciliation would materialize within the few coming days
and would be followed up by Egypt.
*Which is more evil, al-Qaeda or Israel?*
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PIC - Does anyone remember how many times the United States used its
veto power to shield Israeli criminality and terror at the U.N. Security
Council?
*Mishaal meets Egyptian revolutionary youths*
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PIC - 09/05/2011 - 10:26 AM
*Settlers storm school, post racist slogans*
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PIC - 09/05/2011 - 10:28 AM
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*WAFA - Palestine News Agency* <http://english. wafa.ps/>
*Hebron Businessmen Believe Reconciliation will Benefit Market*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16088>
WAFA
*EU Celebrates Europe Day in Ramallah*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16087>
WAFA
*Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli Soldiers in Jerusalem*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16086>
WAFA
*France Grants PA 10 Million Euros*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16085>
WAFA
*Fatah Revolutionary Council to Discuss Reconciliation Agreement?*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16084>
WAFA
*Al-Quds Index Down in Daily Trading at Palestine Exchange*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16083>
WAFA
*Israeli Forces Raid Jenin*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16082>
WAFA
*Unpaid Public Employees Worried About Returned Checks*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16081>
WAFA
*Russia: Reconciliation is Historical Event*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16080>
WAFA
*Israeli Violations Escalating Against Palestinian Journalists*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16078>
WAFA
*Newspapers Review: AL-Ayyam says Washington Waiting to See New
Government Program*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16077>
WAFA
*Intifada Palestine* <http://www.intifada -palestine. com/>
*FIDEL CASTRO: THE ASSASSINATION OF OSAMA BIN LADEN*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/intifada- palestine/ QuVY/%7E3/ _o-_87Sxp0M/>
Intifada-Palestine: 9 May 2011 - Fueling Hatred and Revenge by: Fidel
Castro - Counterpunch Those persons who deal with these issues know
that on September 11 of 2001 our people expressed its solidarity to the
US people and offered the modest cooperation that in the area...more
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/intifada- palestine/ QuVY/%7E3/ _o-_87Sxp0M/>
*Third Intifada Underway: Rallies To Kick Israel's Ambassador Out of
Egypt.*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/intifada- palestine/ QuVY/%7E3/ SCF5q8H_d4Y/>
Intifada-Palestine: 8 May 2011 - " Palestinians have not been excluded
from the Arab awakening that was dawning on the region and Israel is not
immune from its ripple effect" Benjamin Netanyahu Dr. Ashraf Ezzat "The
Arab world is experiencing an earthquake" ... thus commented Benjamin
Netanyahu ,...more
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/intifada- palestine/ QuVY/%7E3/ SCF5q8H_d4Y/>
*Los Angeles Times* <http://latimes. com/news/ nationworld/ world/middleeast />
*Scores arrested as Syrian forces seek to crush protests*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/5GK4vvrQhos /la-fg-syria- arrests-20110510 ,0,577187. story>
LA Times 9 May 2011 - Activists say protesters across the country are
being met with tanks, waves of arrests and brutality and more than 1,000
have been picked up since Friday. The regime claims it is hunting armed
militants who its says are stirring the unrest. A massive crackdown by...
*Libyan rebels caught in an uneasy lull*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/rfU8ZInOwWs /la-fg-libya- deadlock- 20110510, 0,4293128. story>
LA Times 9 May 2011 - Rumors of renewed fighting with Kadafi's troops
abound in Ajdabiya. The stalemate born of NATO's airstrike aid continues
with no end in sight. Rumors of renewed fighting circulate in the mostly
abandoned city of Ajdabiya in eastern Libya, even without any recent
pitched battles between...
*17 killed in Baghdad prison escape attempt*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/5EQcensored 2QqmxI /la-fg-iraq- jailbreak- 20110509, 0,6189089. story>
LA Times 8 May 2011 - Running battles inside a detention facility at the
Iraqi Interior Ministry lasted several hours. Those slain include
militant leader Huthaifa Batawi, suspected in a massacre at a Baghdad
church last year. The suspected mastermind of October's gruesome
massacre at a Baghdad church attempted a daring...
*Supplies running low in besieged Libyan rebel city*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/n_66gC_ RgL0/la-fg- libya-fighting- 20110509, 0,4148286. story>
LA Times 8 May 2011 - Attacks on Misurata's port by forces loyal to
Moammar Kadafi have disrupted the supply of aid. The city may run out of
food and fuel in a few weeks. Food and fuel supplies are running low in
the besieged western Libyan city of Misurata, where...
*Several protesters killed as Syria continues crackdown*
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LA Times 8 May 2011 - A 12-year-old boy and at least four women are
among the dead, according to activists who said protests continued in
cities across Syria. Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar Assad
appeared determined to stop persistent antigovernment protests Sunday,
with clashes in several cities leading to...
*New York Times* <http://nytimes. com/pages/ world/middleeast />
*Deaths and Injuries Reported in Yemeni Protest March*
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New York Times 9 May 2011 - The latest attack by Yemeni security forces
has led to concerns that the demonstrators could resort to violence in
this heavily armed county.
*Syria Proclaims It Now Has Upper Hand Over Uprising*
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New York Times 9 May 2011 - A senior official gave a clear sign that the
leadership believes it will crush protests that have faltered after mass
arrests and hundreds of deaths.
*With Help From NATO, Libyan Rebels Gain Ground*
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New York Times 9 May 2011 - Rebel fighters made significant gains in a
faint sign that NATO may be starting to strain the government forces.
*Woman Who Accused Militiamen of Rape Has Fled Libya*
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New York Times 9 May 2011 - Eman al-Obeidy, whose complaint to foreign
journalists of being raped by security forces and subsequent forcible
removal made her a symbol of Libya's repression, says she has fled.
*Misc* <http://vtjp. org/aboutus/ aboutus.htm>
*Threat of war crimes charges levelled against Gaddafi and son*
<http://www.wsws. org/articles/ 2011/may2011/ liby-m09. shtml>
WSWS - The threat of war crimes charges against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi,
his son and other officials is a weapon fashioned and wielded by the
major powers now waging war on Libya.
*Tunisian regime imposes curfew amid protests over coup threat*
<http://www.wsws. org/articles/ 2011/may2011/ tuni-m09. shtml>
WSWS - Demonstrators in Tunisia calling for a "new revolution" were
brutally attacked by riot police after warnings of a possible military coup.
*Bin Laden's last tape said America will have no security till
Palestinians do*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 05/bin-ladens- last-tape- said-america- will-have- no-security- till-palestinian s-do.html>
Mondoweiss - Osama Bin Laden reportedly recorded a final,
thus-far-censored tape shortly before his death, intended for an
American audience. Haaretz reports that an Al-Qaida website has the
transcript : Bin Laden: "America will not be able to dream of security
until we live in security in Palestine. It...
*CUNY trustees vote to give Kushner award after all, as faculty union
calls for Wiesenfeld's resignation*
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Mondoweiss - At the Kushner crisis blog , Day 6. I guess it happened at
6:15 tonight.
*Egyptian FM: George Washington & Mandela were also considered
terrorists and Iran is not our enemy...*
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Mondoweiss - and other news from the Arab uprisings: Bahrain Bahrain
opposition leaders appear in court martial (AFP) AFP - Bahraini
opposition leaders appeared Sunday in a military court charged as part
of a group of 21 with forming a terrorist organisation and attempting to
overthrow the monarchy,...
*Shoe is now on Wiesenfeld's foot*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 05/shoe-is- now-on-wiesenfel ds-foot.html>
Mondoweiss - Jeffrey Wiesenfeld has made it a career habit to try and
marginalize anyone he perceived to be insufficiently pro-Israel and to
smear Muslims and Arabs. But in the wake of the Tony Kushner degree
controversy , it is Wiesenfeld's politics, racism and abuse of power
that are...
*Suicide, fratricide, accidents are top causes of Israeli soldier
deaths*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 05/suicide- fratricide- accidents- are-top-causes- of-israeli- soldier-deaths. html>
Mondoweiss - On Israel's Memorial Day observances for "fallen soldiers
and victims of terror attacks," the Defense Ministry's commemoration
unit claimed that 183 Israelis "were killed in the line of duty or in
terror attacks since last year's Remembrance Day," according to YNet.
The number appears to represent...
*Legalizing Outposts in the West Bank*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1801>
Palestine Monitor - At the start of May, Israel made the first move
towards what could be the sweeping legalization of illegal outposts in
the Occupied West Bank. - News / 4th-col-1st- article , Settlements ,
Occupation
*Fayyad calls for release of Palestinian tax revenues*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1789>
Palestine Monitor - At a press conference Monday, Prime Minister Salam
Fayyad criticized Israeli authorities for making it impossible for the
Palestinian Authority to pay last month's salaries to staff members and
contractors by withholding Palestinian tax revenues. - In Focus /
Economy , Theft , Occupation , Impunity , Palestinian unity
*Misc 2* <http://vtjp. org/news/ news.php>
*A Must Watch: Gibran Gala Tribute to Arab Spring*
<http://www.aaiusa. org/blog/ entry/a-must- watch-gibran- gala-tribute- to-arab-spring/>
Arab American Institute 9 May 2011 - As part of the presentation to the
four young Egyptians who we were privileged to have with us in the
audience to accept the award, we prepared this video. As you can see, it
was really made in the region by the dynamic people of Tunisia,...
*Beinart, Kushner, and Ethnic "Dry Cleaning"*
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The Magnes Zionist 9 May 2011 - Peter Beinart has written a post worth
reading, and worth heeding , on the Kushner-CUNY affair (which has now
been settled in favor of Kushner.) Worth heeding, because he calls for a
Jewish communal discussion on Israel that includes non- and
anti-Zionists, Worth reading, because he sees...
*Protest by relatives of political prisoners outside Juneid Prison*
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Middle East Monitor 9 May 2011 - EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Saturday, 7th
March, a group representing the families of political prisoners in the
West Bank held a demonstration in front of the Juneid Central Prison in
the city of Nablus to demand the release of their sons being detained on
political grounds within...
*Democrat senators call for end of financial aid to the Palestinian
Authority*
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Middle East Monitor 9 May 2011 - Twenty-nine senators from President
Obama's Democrat Party have called on his Administration to cut off
financial aid given to the Palestinian Authority in response to the
signing of the reconciliation agreement with Hamas. The call was
initiated by Senators Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Robert...
*Fatah calls Israeli incitement against the reconciliation deal
"political terrorism"*
<http://www.middleea stmonitor. org.uk/news/ middle-east/ 2322-fatah- calls-israeli- incitement- against-the- reconciliation- deal-qpolitical- terrorismq>
Middle East Monitor 9 May 2011 - A spokesman for Fatah has described as
"political terrorism" the incitement by Israel against the Palestinian
reconciliation agreement and national unity. In a press statement, Fayez
Abu Eita said: "The incitement campaign, statements by rogue Israeli
officials, calls for the reoccupation of the West Bank and...
*Meshaal told to choose between committing to Quartet's conditions and
Bin Laden's fate*
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Middle East Monitor 9 May 2011 - In a startling statement, the chairman
of the Israeli Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee has
threatened to assassinate the head of the political bureau of Hamas.
Shaul Mofaz, MK, said that Khalid Meshaal should declare his
organisation' s commitment to the conditions set by the International. ..
*UN concern over Syria crackdown*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 13342374>
BBC 9 May 2011 - The UN says a humanitarian mission has not been allowed
access to the city of Deraa, which is cut off by a government crackdown
on dissent.
*Cairo protest after church attack*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 13331628>
BBC 9 May 2011 - Egyptian Coptic Christians hold a vigil near Tahrir
Square in Cairo following an attack on two churches in which 12 people died.
*Palestinian wages unpaid over tax*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 13339561>
BBC 9 May 2011 - The Palestinian Authority says it is unable to pay
thousands of staff as Israel withholds taxes owed in protest at a
Hamas-Fatah unity deal.
*Egypt*
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BBC 9 May 2011 - Key facts, figures and dates
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*Hollow 'reconciliation' in Palestine*
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Ali Abunimah, Al Jazeera 5/9/2011
/Hamas and Fatah's agreement will only maintain the status quo of
division, called 'unity' only for public consumption. /
By deciding to join the US-backed Palestinian Authority led by
Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas risks turning its back on its role as a resistance
movement, without gaining any additional leverage that could help
Palestinians free themselves from Israeli occupation and colonial rule.
Indeed, knowingly or not, Hamas may be embarking down the same
well-trodden path as Abbas' Fatah faction: committing itself to joining
a US-controlled "peace process", over which Palestinians have no say -
and have no prospect of emerging with their rights intact. In exchange,
Hamas may hope to earn a role alongside Abbas in ruling over the
fraction of the Palestinians living under permanent Israeli occupation
in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Whether Hamas realises it or not, it has effectively entered into
a coalition with Israel and Abbas to manage the Occupied Territories, in
which Hamas will have much responsibility, but little power.
Hamas bows to pressure
Many Palestinians celebrated the hugs and handshakes between Hamas
leader Khaled Meshaal and Mahmoud Abbas as they signed the
reconciliation paper in Cairo on May 4. But few took the time to examine
what was at stake. The deal reportedly included several key provisions:
formation of a "national unity government" with a prime minister chosen
by consensus; preparation for Palestinian Authority elections in the
West Bank and Gaza Strip in a year; combining the security forces
controlled by the separate factions; and reactivating the Palestinian
Legislative Council - in which Hamas won an overwhelming majority in
2006....more. .
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*How not to be an apartheid state?*
<http://www.amin. org/articles. php?t=ENews& id=3617>
George S. Hishmeh, Arabic Media Internet Network (AMIN) 5/6/2011
The Arab Spring, which has upturned the Arab world like a
tsunami, led many in Israel and their allies in the West, especially the
United States, to mistakenly believe that it has muffled for good the
Palestinian drive to regain their rights in their Israeli-usurped
homeland. But the uprisings continued undeterred in some of the key
autocratic Arab regimes since last January.
In Tunisia and Egypt, for example,the Western media virtually
dropped any mention of the 63-year-old Palestinian- Israeli conflict.
Some Palestinians seemed disheartened. But an unexpected American
poll, conducted in Egypt, turned the situation upside down. A majority
of Egyptians (54 per cent), according to the American-led poll,
conducted by the respected Pew Research Centre and based on face-to-face
interviews, wanted to annul the 1979 peace treaty with Israel. Only 36
per cent voted to keep the agreement, which has been described as "a
cornerstone of Egyptian foreign policy and the region's stability"
during the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak, now in jail.
The finding, reported The New York Times, "squares with the
overwhelming anecdotal evidence that Egyptians feel Israel has not lived
up to its commitments in its treatment of the Palestinians" .
Interestingly, the poll also found that 39 per cent of Egyptians
believe the US response to the uprising in their country was negative,
compared to only 22 per cent who said it was positive.more. .
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*An opportunity for Hamas moderation*
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Mkhaimar Abusada, Bitterlemons 5/9/2011
The signing of the reconciliation agreement between Fateh and
Hamas can be considered a golden opportunity for the Palestinian people
and their cause. Four years have passed since Hamas took over the Gaza
Strip in June 2007 after violent clashes with its rival Fateh. Four
years of political split and two governments, one led by Fateh in the
West Bank and the other one led by Hamas in Gaza. Four years of
incitement, hatred, imprisonment and torture of political opponents.
There are a number of valid questions being asked by the
Palestinians and their supporters. Will the agreement put an end to the
internal rift between Hamas and Fateh? Will the agreement bring
moderation within Hamas? Or it will cost the Palestine Liberation
Organization, the Palestinian Authority and Fateh international
recognition and legitimacy?
It is no secret that both Hamas and Fateh were pushed by internal
and regional factors to sign the reconciliation agreement. Less than a
month and a half ago, Hamas expressed no interest in reconciliation.
When President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his willingness to visit the Gaza
Strip on March 16, Hamas' military wing al-Qassam Brigades provoked
Israel and escalated the security situation to sabotage the visit and
reconciliation efforts. The question is: what happened to cause Hamas to
accept the Egyptian initiatives?
A number of regional and internal factors have pushed Hamas to
sign the reconciliation agreement. First, there were the political
changes in the region, especially in Egypt, the collapse of the Mubarak
regime and the coming of a new government that is considered friendly to
Hamas. Second, the political upheavals in Syria and the bloody crushing
of the Syrian freedom movement caused Hamas to reconsider its special
relationship with Damascus. Finally, Hamas' resistance program reached a
deadlock after Israel's Cast Lead operation in 2008-09.more. .
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*US freezes Chicago Palestinian leader's bank accounts*
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Electronic Intifada: 9 May 2011 - The Electronic Intifada The US
government has frozen the bank accounts belonging to Hatem Abudayyeh, a
Palestinian community organizer and director of a social service
organization serving the Arab community in Chicago, and his wife,
Naima.more
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*Elia Suleiman's sublime "The Time That Remains"*
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Electronic Intifada: 9 May 2011 - Jimmy Johnson The Electronic Intifada
The Time That Remains: Chronicle of a Present Absentee is a must-see by
writer-director- co-star Elia Suleiman.more
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*Legalizing Outposts in the West Bank*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1801>
Palestine Monitor: 9 May 2011 - At the start of May, Israel made the
first move towards what could be the sweeping legalization of illegal
outposts in the Occupied West Bank. - News / 4th-col-1st- article ,
Settlements , Occupationmore
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1801>
*Tides of Change and Its Implications for Palestinians*
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Palestine Chronicle: 9 May 2011 - By Dr. Ahmed Yousef Speaking 150 years
ago about political judgments, [Otto von] Bismarck said if we listen
carefully, we can hear the sound of hoof-beats in the distance and plan
accordingly. The hoof-beats are near today, not distant, so there is
little time to waste before we readjust our thinking and map out new
strategies that correspond to rapidly emerging facts on the ground.
There are 5 critical factors to consider regarding recent events in the
Arab and Muslim world. The first point is that the winds of change now
being unleashed in the Middle East have pushed Islamists from the
margins into the very center of political decision-making. Islamists
will assume a partnership role in government; and they will, as leaders
of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt have re-iterated, work on behalf of
national unity and national re-building. The second point is that the
Palestinian question, the Palestinian. ..more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16850>
*Vittorio Knew the Risks, and Accepted Them*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16849>
Palestine Chronicle: 9 May 2011 - By Daniela Loffreda Over ten thousand
people joined together on Easter Sunday April 25, 2011 to pay homage to
Vittorio Arrigoni in his home town of Buciago, Italy. The bittersweet
moments were celebrated first in a religious ceremony by the Archbishop
of Jerusalem Hilarion Capucci and then it was followed by a lay ceremony
by fellow humanitarians, activists, associations, friends and one of the
most tenacious women I have ever seen, Egidia Beretta, Vittorio's
mother. Music and poems were the backdrop to unity, pride and
solidarity. Humanity radiated everywhere. Just like Vittorio would have
wanted. We flew in from Italy, Spain, Ireland, Germany, The UK, France
and Palestine, drove in and even cycled in to celebrate the life of a
man whose biblical presence has fated us to our consciousness and to our
divine calls for a better world. His signature closing statement,
"Restiamo Umani" "Stay Human" took shape as...more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16849>
*Academic Freedom under Attack?*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16848>
Palestine Chronicle: 9 May 2011 - (Interview with Prof. Neve Gordon) By
Dahlia Scheindlin It has been a troubled year for Israeli academia. The
rising nationalist sentiment in the government, legislature and civil
society has spilled over into bitter struggles on campuses throughout
the country. Nationalist groups such as IsraCampus, Israel Academia
Monitor, and the ultra-nationalist Im Tirtzu have set their crosshairs
on academia, seeking the dismissal of faculty members and control over
curricula, and urging foreign donors to withdraw funds unless the
faculty they have targeted are removed. They have published blacklists
and ranked each university and department according to political
legitimacy. Much of the fire has been directed at Ben Gurion University.
According to an NRG story that appeared after the interview below, one
donor threatened to suspend funds if certain political positions were
not officially repudiated by Ben Gurion's administration (Hebrew). One
striking result has been the politicization of very basic social
concepts...more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16848>
*O'Keefe and Survivors of Cast Lead Massacre Join Forces*
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16847>
Palestine Chronicle: 9 May 2011 - By Stuart Littlewood No fewer than 29
members of the Samouni family, including many of the women and children,
were callously slaughtered by Israeli troops during their assault on the
Gaza Strip, known as Operation Cast Lead, some two years ago. For the
benefit of those who have not seen the Goldstone Report, extracts
describing events in considerable detail are included in an appendix
below. After reading the report it is no surprise that the Israeli
regime has pulled out all the stops to discredit Judge Goldstone and his
colleagues for daring to reveal the true behaviour of 'the most moral
army in the world'. The dispassionate way Goldstone tells it is horrific
enough. Other sources say the killing spree was actually much, much
worse... nothing less than a cold-blooded massacre. Having assured us at
the time that he "took every precaution to check and double-check" the
facts, Goldstone has...more
<http://palestinechr onicle.com/ view_article_ details.php? id=16847>
*Murder without Corpse*
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 05/murder- without-corpse/>
Dissident Voice: 9 May 2011 - In a photograph, Bush is shown in an Army
jacket, his hands holding a tray with a picture-perfect turkey,
garlanded by grapes. He is surrounded by American troops, most of whom
are not looking at him. This is meant to convey that the photo was
spontaneous, casual, and not posed. It is authentic. In another
photograph, Obama is shown in the Situation Room of the White House,
surrounded by his top security advisors. They are watching something. Of
the thirteen faces, none is looking at the camera. Again, this is to
convey that the photo was natural and spontaneous. Obama is shown in a
casual jacket, Biden in shirt sleeves, details that indicate they are at
work, and not posing for a propaganda photo, god forbid. This image is
so authentic, in fact, that it borders on the illicit. This was a secret
session, after all. That's why all of...more
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 05/murder- without-corpse/>
*Third Intifada Underway*
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 05/third- intifada- underway/>
Dissident Voice: 9 May 2011 - "The Arab world is experiencing an
earthquake," commented Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minster, on
the power of popular uprisings sweeping across the Middle East and North
Africa. Passing that quick judgment, Netanyahu overlooked the fact that
that mighty earthquake was actually taking place next door and that
Israel was bound to feel the aftershocks sooner or later. It is very
true that the whole Arab spring with revolutions erupting almost all
over the Arab world has nothing to do with Israel as far as motivation
is concerned, but that doesn't mean that Israel is immune from its
ripple effect. Arabs set out on these unprecedented rallies to protest
decades of domestic political and economic injustices, but there are
more grievances that Arabs share than just lost democracy and freedom of
expression, there are more things lost from the Arabs worthy of their
solidarity and collective struggle, namely the land of...more
<http://dissidentvoi ce.org/2011/ 05/third- intifada- underway/>
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