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Post by ninathedog on May 14, 2011 1:38:07 GMT 4
 map source: regionalgeography.org/ map source: www.palestinemonitor.org/jewishness.bellevueholidayrentals.com/images/west_bank__gaza_map_2007_settlements_1912940.gif"Video from Silwan today, where
16 year old was shot in stomach by live ammo" — Max B EDIT>> "He's dead." — Patrick F 13-5-2011 المواجهات الأعنف منذ استشهاد سامر سرحان [/color] www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqwSdpTPSbU(many thanks to Max B)........ — Arabic to English translation via Google Translate —
(you can just make it out)
Are now circulating in clashes between dozens of young men are sanctified and the occupation forces in Silwan in front of a tent sit This is the violence was the worst since the assassination of Samir Sarhan and wounded during the fighting until now many young people with rubber bullets and tear gas except wounding dozens suffocated with gas by firing gas is very dense random.
It also forces closed all entrances leading to the town and paralyzed traffic in the streets
We bring you more after a few
Underway estimated Balaanf clashes since the assassination of Samir Sarhan guards at the hands of settlers. The total for solace, a heavy presence of Israeli military forces in various districts with the support of the Sloan Mounted Police and undercover forces. It is also worth mentioning non-Lithuanian troops as possible from the use of tear gas and rubber bullets indiscriminately in all directions, resulting in many cases of suffocation of women and children.
And now for our response, wounding one youth shot in the head of the column directly from the live bullets and the impact has been transferred to the hospital. Newspapers added to 3 injuries to young Sloane, one of rubber-coated bullets are considered dangerous.
Tent sit Silwan meet the call to prayer millions
Will be held prayers and Friday prayers in a tent sit-in in the Bustan neighborhood in the town of Sloan will be Khatib Mufid Abed Rabbo and is expected to be praying this day mass because of the actions of stringent Israeli taken by the Israeli authorities in the Sloan private and Jerusalem in general and prevent worshipers from entering the Al Aqsa Mosque under generation 45
Underway estimated Balaanf clashes since the assassination of Samir Sarhan guards at the hands of settlers. The total for solace, a heavy presence of Israeli military forces in various districts with the support of the Sloan Mounted Police and undercover forces. It is also worth mentioning non-Lithuanian troops as possible from the use of tear gas and rubber bullets indiscriminately in all directions, resulting in many cases of suffocation of women and children.
Following Fri horn spin wave of anger in all Jerusalem neighborhoods turn into confrontations with Israeli troops and they are used the IDF all the possibilities for control using units of undercover and Mounted newspapers added to the tear gas and rubber bullets that are used intensively and which have resulted in dozens of injuries in Sloane town and the town of phase and reached the clashes and expanding access to the Ras al-Amud neighborhood and Issawiya and the old town and Kalandia.
And we are now in the burning of a settler's car tried to run down children in the town of the stage and on its impact on acute confrontations there.
We bring you more details ...
Now hear the sound of firing live bullets in the belly of fancy by the militia of settlers in the outposts "Yonatan House" and the Israeli Army military intelligence found at the point on the roof of a Palestinian buildings. These shots intensive response to the throwing of Molotov c.ocktails, many thrown in the so-called "House of Yonatan" The point of military and see the neighborhood now is a state of terror of the violent response of random. So far not reported any injuries there. map source: jewishness.bellevueholidayrentals.com/ |
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Post by ninathedog on May 14, 2011 2:18:37 GMT 4
 source: www.bilin-village.org/Bilin Weekly Demo 13.05.2011By haithmkatib@gmail.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCKyxrPqQFgVideo uploaded by haithmkatib on May 13, 2011
Today, 13th of May 2011, the people of Bil'in commemorated the Nakba day. About 200 Palestinians, Israelis and internationals marched together towards the Wall. Some had dressed up as refugees from 1948, to commemorate those who were forced from their homeland 63 years ago. Also some were carrying a large key symbolizing all those refugees who still hold the key to their homes, not being allowed to return in spite of UN resolutution 194 that clearly states that all the refugees from 1948 must be allowed back and offered compensation.
The army had declared the village a closed military zone, trying to prevent people from reaching the village by setting up closures on all the roads around Bil'in. The army had also set up sementblocks and barbed wire in front of the Eastern gate in order to prevent people from reaching the gate. Hundreds of soldiers and border police had lined up on the military post and around the fence.
Clashes erupted between army and protesters, and large amounts of tear gas and sound bombs were used, in addition to sewage water sprayed at the protesters. Many people suffered from tear gas inhalation, and some were vomiting. Ahmed Abu Rahma was hit by a tear gas canister on his arm, causing pain.
The tear gas set fire to the dry ground several times, and protesters prevented it to spread. The demonstration lasted for about 2 hours.
(many thanks to Tom V)........ 63 Years of Nakbawww.youtube.com/watch?v=bIO4W3nxGaM&feature=shareUploaded by Death2Munchkins on May 12, 2011
To reply to the Gaza youth Manifesto, and with no additional words to the ones spoken with true heart on this video, we give you, The Manifesto. A simple, true, self-explanatory, expression of what we're sick of.
As these days mark the 63rd memory of the Nakba, our people all around the world, revolt, and object to the injustice and hatred we are met with on a day to day basis, just because we're Palestinians and just because we exist.
I urge your humanity and your conscience, to spread on this video, so the 15th of May 1948, wouldn't ever be forgot, and so Palestinians would once more have their freedom and rights back; especially the right of return.
Salamat,
Two randoms from Palestine.
P.S. Offensive comments to any race, nationality or religion will be removed.
كرد على بيان شباب غزة، وبدون أي كلمات إضافية للكلمات الصادقة من القلب التي قيلت في هذا الفيديو، نقدم نحن لكم "البيان" والذي هو تعبيرنا البسيط والصريح والغاني عن الشرح، الذي يعبر عن كل الأشياء "اللي احنا زهقنا منها".
في هذه الأيام التي تمثل الذكرى الثالثة والستين للنكبة، شعبنا في مختلف أنحاء العالم ينتفض ويحتج على الظلم والكراهية التي نعامل بها على أساس يومي، فقط "علشان احنا فلسطينية".
أنا أحث إنسانيتكم وضمائركم لتنشروا بياننا، لكي يبقى 15-5-1948 يوما لا ينسى في تاريخ الشعوب، ولكي يستعيد الفلسطينيون حريتهم وحقوقهم، وخاصة حقهم في العودة.
سلامات،
عشوائيان من فلسطين.
ملاحظة: اي تعليق مهين او جارح لاي عرق، او هوية، او معتقد سيتم حذفه.
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Post by ninathedog on May 14, 2011 3:32:22 GMT 4
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Post by ninathedog on May 14, 2011 10:58:52 GMT 4
Silwan Teenager Dies of
Wounds Sustained from Israeli BulletDate : 14/5/2011 Time : 08:38
WAFA — Palestine News and Info AgencyJERUSALEM, May 14, 2011 (WAFA) – Milad Ayyash, 16, from Ras Al-Amoud in Jerusalem, died Saturday morning of wounds sustained when Israeli police opened fire at protestors in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on Friday, according medical sources. 13-5-2011 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqwSdpTPSbUSources at Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem, where Ayyash was taken after he was shot, said the teenager arrived in hospital in critical condition and had lost a lot of blood because he was late in being transported to hospital.Doctors performed immediate surgery on Ayyash that went on for several hours as family and friends gathered all night outside the hospital praying and donating blood to save his life. However, as all efforts to save life failed, doctors pronounced Ayyash dead Saturday morning.According to Wadi Hilweh Information Center, which reports on events in Silwan, it was not clear if Ayyash was hit by a live bullet from Israeli police or settlers, whom the center said were also taking part in shooting at the young protestors in Silwan. Palestinian residents of Silwan clashed with Israeli police after the weekly Friday prayer at the protest tent in Silwan’s Bustan area. Police fired tear gas at the protestors and into homes causing fire to break out in one of the houses, according to the center. Several people were hit with rubber bullets and many had to be treated from tear gas inhalation, particularly older people, as police fired the tear gas straight into the crowded homes in the neighborhood. Silwan was not the only place that witnessed clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police or soldiers on Friday as Palestinians commemorated Nakba Day, marking 63 years since their uprooting from their homes and lands in Palestine following the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948.
Clashes were also reported in several East Jerusalem neighborhoods and at Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah. Young Palestinians pelted Israeli forces with stones, who responded by firing tear gas and rubber bullets. A number of people were hit by rubber bullets and others suffered from tear gas inhalation. M.A. english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=16124
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Post by ninathedog on May 14, 2011 19:41:05 GMT 4
"He Didn't Seem Suicidal"
Salamat, Riad HamadBy GREG MOSES
Counterpunch — Weekend Edition
May 3 / 4, 2008The thing about courthouse reporting is the stories come packaged for delivery. For a thirty-dollar check and a five-minute wait, the clerk at the federal courthouse will hand you a document whose news value comes pre-certified by affiants with impeccable credentials, signed off by a U.S. Magistrate Judge. “That’s sixty pages,” she says, not meaning to remind you of the audio thud that television producers delivered yesterday when they dropped this report in front of the camera from two feet above the desk. Walking back out the silent stone building, past the metal detector, wishing the courteous guardian a nice afternoon, I wonder that times have changed so many of these heavyweight buildings into inner sanctums. Thank goodness that I could explain myself briefly. Standing later in the May shade across from the Texas capitol, sipping a short cup of coffee, I am nothing but depressed, having stopped off at the pizza joint for a stuffed slice and preview of the thudding federal litany that served in late February to warrant the search of the South Austin home of Riad Hamad. It is a summary of the last chapter of his life. “We had a very unpleasant visit from the FBI and IRS agents yesterday morning and they walked out with more than 40 boxes of tax returns, forms, documents, books, flags, cds etc.,” wrote Riad Hamad in a Feb. 29 email that was quickly forwarded across the internet. “The special agent said that they have a probable cause for money laundering, wire fraud, bank fraud..etc and I think that all of it stems from more than 35 years of watching me.”Indeed, the 60-page package, unsealed last week by the federal court in Austin, contains an affidavit which swears that Riad Hamad’s home had been under surveillance enough to be able to report license plate numbers from his car and those driven by his closest companions in life. There is a fourteen page inventory of the stuff that was taken from Riad Hamad’s house on Feb. 27. Miscellaneous bills seized from the dashboard of a BMW. Notepad with notes seized from a briefcase in a Ford Explorer. Tax return info found in a canvas bag. Deposit slips. Paycheck stubs. Spreadsheets of addresses, names, phone numbers. Articles of Incorporation for the Arab-American Cultural Society. Miscellaneous medical records. From the top stereo shelf of the kitchen the feds seized CD Roms. From the second shelf they took cassette and camcorder tapes. From the dresser in the master bedroom they grabbed various letters. From the kitchen table some W-2 forms. From luggage in the master bedroom they removed the airline luggage tags. They took the Dell Optiplex, the HP Pavillion, the Gateway laptop, and both Compaq Presarios, along with two generic thumb drives, one Kingston 2GB media card, and two floppy disks. From master closet (hers) they took passports. From master closet (his) they took 80 video tapes. From the master bedroom nightstand they took a sheet of paper with handwriting. And from the family room they took something called “Volkswagon of America.” From the master bedroom desk they took medical bills (’98 forward) and house purchase documents. From the trash can outside the house they pulled a postal service package sent from Stone Ridge, NY to Riad Hamad. And David Rovics, if you’re out there listening, they took your CD, too, from a file cabinet in the office. That’s some of the stuff listed up to page 8 of 14, but that’s enough, don’t you think, to get the picture. They came to Riad Hamad’s house, and they cleaned him out. Well, maybe we should also mention (from page 11 of 14) that on the piano they found a book entitled, “War on Freedom.” They don’t say what they found in the safety deposit box when that was searched, too. The federal agent who asked for the search warrant works for the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and he sets forth a case of probable cause involving “an illegal fraud scheme through the use of non-profit organizations, false documents submitted via U.S. Postal Service, false documents transmitted via wire communications, the failure to file federal income tax returns for the years 1999 through 2003 and 2005, and tax evasion for the years 1999 through 2006.”
There is absolutely no probable cause that Riad Hamad had anything to do with terrorism. Some sizable cash payments were allegedly delivered via ATM to the occupied Palestinian Territories. But according to Google, the man named in the affidavit as the one who received those payments appears to be a well-known nonviolent activist. In fact, the affidavit says very little about where Riad Hamad spent his money. “Hamad sends large amounts of money to the Middle East and/or to charities that forwarded these funds to the Middle East. The disposition of these funds is unknown at this time.” At the website for the Palestine Children’s Welfare Fund, is a list that has not been referenced in the affidavit or by any press reports about the affidavit. There Riad Hamad offers some accounting of his donations and spending. According to my calculations, based upon the materials that he posted online, Riad Hamad publicly declared donations in the amount of $491,751.05 and expenses in the amount of $331,897.00 for the period starting Jan. 1, 2002 and ending Jan. 31, 2008. Beginning in 2005, however, there are large gaps in the online numbers, some of them apparently due to inadvertent sloppiness. For example, Riad Hamad posted a document that purports to show donations from 2005, but actually shows donations from 2006. Therefore, he posted the 2006 numbers twice, probably without realizing that he had overwritten his previous file. “Most small nonprofits have terrible record-keeping,” writes an Austin attorney who helped Riad Hamad find a lawyer after the Feb. 27 raid. On that count, Riad Hamad appears guilty as the rest. Federal agents hinted that Riad Hamad may have been a tax protester, too. “Hamad also filed a document titled ‘Redirect TAX Money AWAY from Israel’ with the IRS,” says the affidavit. “Your affiant believes that this form is used by ‘anti-tax’ groups as a way for them to justify not filing federal income tax returns or not paying income tax to the IRS.” Riad Hamad sent in the form twice, during 2002 and 2007. He also declared zero withholding from his paychecks. And when he filed for an extension in 2005, “Hamad listed his tax liability, Total 2005 payments, Balance due, and Amount you are paying as being $0.00 for all of the line items.” So far, we have a story of a big-hearted man with a temper for justice who worked fast but loose in the cause of Palestinian children’s welfare. This is the man that everyone says they know well. It is the man that I talked to once by telephone when he was helping the incarcerated Palestinian families at the T. Don Hutto prison in Texas. As a boy growing up in Beirut, Riad Hamad would look from his widow over tented communities.
This is how he remembered it for me:
"What are those tents, Daddy?"
"Those are the Palestinians, Riad. They are waiting to return home."Could that boy grow up to be capable of killing himself at the age of 55 in despair over what things had come to? Could he put duct tape over his own eyes, bind his own feet and hands, and drown himself in Austin’s Lady Bird Lake?“He didn’t seem suicidal,” says one Austin attorney who met with Riad Hamad. And in an email to me on March 1, Riad Hamad dashed off the phrase, “will fight like hell.” But when Riad Hamad called his friend Paul Larudee via cell phone on the evening of April 14, he spoke in a hushed voice. And when Larudee shared news that a donation had arrived at the new California address of the censored WF, Riad Hamad said, “Well, it doesn’t matter.” He would be dead by April 15. Was it the ultimate tax protest? Beyond this point the affidavit veers into pathetic allegations about the background details of Riad Hamad’s home finances. Checks written via credit card accounts. Student loans from several colleges. Stock accounts. I can understand why Riad Hamad would not want to face these public humiliations. By chance on the bus home I am reading Derrida’s discussion about the role that pity plays in Rousseau’s account of human morality. Isn’t pity a good word for what young Riad Hamad must have felt as he peered out his window upon the Palestinian refugee camps of the 1950s? Isn’t pity a good word for what motivates so many people, as Paul Larudee explains, who actually travel to Palestine and experience the pain of dispossession up close? And isn’t pity what I right now feel for the kind of pain that must have consumed the last days of Riad Hamad’s life? Riad Hamad never could reconcile himself to a world where so many people could know so much about the Palestinian children, and care less.
Salamat, Riad Hamad. They are selling your suicide note down at the federal courthouse today. Salamat, Riad Hamad. Would you have us buy it? Greg Moses is editor of the Texas Civil Rights Review and author of Revolution of Conscience: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Philosophy of Nonviolence. He is a contributor to Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland, to be published by AK Press in June 2008. He can be reached at: gmosesx@prodigy.netwww.counterpunch.org/moses05032008.html......... Activist Riad Hamad Murdered – letter he wrote to Bush in 2003 Posted on April 19, 2008 by maryitalia| 17 Comments For the obituary: Annie’s Letters. For a video.
To: George Bush,
President of the United States of America
Washington, DC
I was very amused last week when I was trying to get into my car in the morning on my way to work, when my neighbor across the street came out and asked me if we could talk. Although I was in a hurry since I was late, I listened to him since he said that the topic was important. My neighbor told me that he was approached by the FBI and was asked many questions about me and was asked to put a camera in his house to watch me. The request was denied, as my neighbor, who happened to be a Libertarian, did not trust the motives of the FBI. Also, my neighbor told him that, “Riad is my friend and I would not spy on him.” Apparently, the agent did not give up and told my neighbor that he would call on him again.
Although I knew and expected such activities by the FBI, I was surprised about their lack of professionalism and the absence of decency. I carry my Iraqi flags to every rally and I am always the loudest and the most obvious. Hundreds of people come and ask me about the flags as they do not know which countries the flags stand for, and I have to say, “These are the flags of the countries that your tax money is paying to occupy, kill and maim,” since not many of them knew the colors of the flags of Palestine or Iraq. For the FBI to have to go and knock on my neighbor’s doors is very unprofessional and illegal. Besides, the FBI has been harassing members of the International Solidarity Movement and monitoring their phone calls, e-mails and movements around the nation. I assume this is an effort to harass them, intimidate them, and scare them from going around the United States to expose your lies, and that of your administration, about the real situation in occupied Palestine.
I have lived, went to college, and worked in the United States for over 30 years. I have no criminal record and not even a suspicion of committing a crime, such as your cocaine addiction, drunk driving, and going AWAL during your National Guard duty in Texas. Also, I have never sold shares of a bankrupt company to the pension fund of Bahrain National Oil Company like you did, which is nothing but fraud and insider trading.
I work with a group of individuals around the globe called the Palestine Children’s Welfare Fund in association with the Holy Land Trust out of Bethlehem, Palestine. We bring olive wood and embroidery from Palestine and raise money in the United States for the women and the children of the refugee camps. We are non-political and non-religious, and our donors and supporters are Muslims, Christians, Jews, and others who know better than to believe your message of hatred and aggression. Every penny we receive is accounted for and every penny we spend is accounted for on our Web site that I am sure that you have monitored and observed. Also, we sponsor only civilians who are either orphans or not affiliated with any political or religious groups and their only crime is that they are Palestinians.
As a patriotic citizen of this country, and to make sure that I give you a hand in combating “terrorism,” I have posted a sign near in our neighborhood letting people know that we are under surveillance. And asking our neighbors and the passers by to inform the FBI of any suspicious activities and the sign and the pictures of the house with the sign is on the Web page link.
Over the past weekend, several of our neighbors came by and apologized for your stupidity and that of the FBI and other officials. One of them told me that, “I am ashamed to say that I am an American since George Bush became president.” Others tried to apologize, and I had to remind that I am also ashamed of you and your actions and that of your administration. I have not been outside the United States since you became president, to avoid showing my passport and avoid associating with you and your administration. Besides helping you monitor me by posting the sign near our home, I will help you find some terrorists that I know and I believe that they are threat to the safety and the security of the United States. You do not have to look far to find them and apprehend them, and if you do not soon, WE THE PEOPLE will some day soon. These terrorists are now in Washington and you see them every time you have a cabinet meeting and I am afraid you are one of them.
George,
Get the hell out of my life and take your FBI thugs from our neighborhood because they are not wanted.
Riad Hamad
Riad Esolh a martyr for Palestine. (by Adib S Kawar)We were greatly shocked and saddened with the news of the murder of Riad Hamad Esolh. Riad’s body was found floating in Lady Bird Lake in Austin after he was reported missing since the beginning of the week. Riad was a dedicated man as chairman of the “Palestinian Child Welfare Foundation”, he was helping disabled children in Palestinian refugee camps, and he used to ask for my help to contact these unfortunate children to hand them financial help for medical treatment, education and food. I am sure that these young people and families who had highly appreciated Riad’s help and humanity shall be saddened and in tears with the dreadful sad news of Riad’s murder. We are sure it is a murder, and not a suicide, for a man who dedicated his life to help the unfortunate to recover from their sickness, complete their schooling, and have enough food so as to live a decent life, even in their retched refugee camps, would not commit suicide. He was helping people to live, then how would he take his own life!!! What shocked me was to hear that some security agents broke into his house and carried away with them his files and CDs and other things, I didn’t know what happened after that, but I was sure that he would be accused of supporting some “terror organizations” or “white washing money”! This is a big joke that Zionists and those who collaborate with them would want to see even disabled Palestinian children helped to overcome the hardships Zionism had brought them. We call on all those who are in a position to donate to Riad’s fund so as his good work will be continued, not to hesitate in doing so. I am sure that with continuing the hard and honest work shall make his soul rest in peace. Riad comes from a Beirut and lived in Beirut not far from the Palestinian refugee camps that surround Beirut, which see first hand their hardships, for who he decided extend his help to enable his Arab compatriots practice their Right of Return to their homes and land. God bless his soul. A friend that I had never met face to face, but heart to heart. Adib Riad Hamad, Palestine Children's Welfare Fund, murderedwww.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6333239&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1Go to link for news video Body Found in Lake Lady Bird Is Austin Middle School Teacher04/17/2008 — A family spokesperson has confirmed that the body found floating yesterday in Lady Bird Lake is Riad Hamad. He was a teacher at Clint Small Middle School and President of the Austin Chapter of The Palestinian Welfare Fund. Police have not stated how he might have died. See Video Grief counselors on hand at AISD middle school11:19 AM CDT on Thursday, April 17, 2008 KVUE News Staff reports www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/041708kvueAISDteacher-cb.7215ba7a.html?ncensored # Grief counselors were called to an Austin ISD middle school Tuesday. AISD officials confirm that counselors are on hand at Clint Small Middle School on Monterey Oaks Boulevard in Southwest Austin. AISD officials would not comment on the reason counselors were called to the school, but parents told KVUE News that they were informed Thursday morning a teacher had been killed. They also told KVUE the teacher is Riad Hamad who was the technology teacher at the school. Parents said they did not know if a letter had been sent home about the teacher. KVUE News questioned AISD officials about the information, but officials said they could not say anything more than counselors were at the school. Body found in Lady Bird Lake (04/16)Austin police investigators Thursday said a body found near Festival Beach in Lady Bird Lake is that of an Austin ISD teacher reported missing earlier this week. Riad Hamad was the technology teacher at Clint Small Middle School on Monterey Oaks Boulevard in Southwest Austin. APD Sgt. Joseph Chacon said they have not ruled out foul play, but they believe that Hamad, who is a peaceful activist for Palestinian causes, may have committed suicide. They do not believe his activism was related to his death. Police say Hamad was seen walking from his car to the shoreline of Lady Bird Lake alone just before he was reported missing. Family members said Hamad was dealing with intense pressure and had been experiencing suicidal thoughts. His vehicle was found on the south shoreline. In a statement to the media, representatives said his family and friends are devastated by their loss. They said Hamad had been an AISD educator for 10 years and that he was pursuing a graduate level degree in educational technology. “He was a peace activist who worked tirelessly on behalf of those less fortunate than him and was loved and admired by many members of the local, as well as international community,” the statement said. Police are asking anyone who saw him to call them with information. A student told KVUE News the principal of Clint Small Middle School announced Thursday morning that Hamad had been found dead. Grief counselors were on hand to talk to students. This entry was posted in activism, Palestine and her occupier, US and tagged activism, activist murdered, Hamad, Palestine. Bookmark the permalink. ← Israeli “settler” in Italy’s Parliament The Legacy of Riad Hamad →17 Responses to Activist Riad Hamad Murdered – letter he wrote to Bush in 2003 1. Pingback: Activist Riad Hamad Murdered - letter he wrote to Bush in 2003 2. Pingback: George Bush » Activist Riad Hamad Murdered - letter he wrote to Bush in 2003 3. inpursuitofjustice | April 19, 2008 at 11:25 am | Reply Thanks for the update! The story I had heard was the he had committed suicide but murder makes much more sense 4. John Smith | April 19, 2008 at 4:11 pm | Reply One thing you can be sure of… Big Brother is not just watching. He is very threatened by any dissent or independent thinking. 5. Robin | April 19, 2008 at 6:29 pm | Reply Mary, listen to this interview found here- windowintopalestine.blogspot.com/2008/04/remembering-riad-hamad-on-gcnlive-radio.html Go to the replay will be at (link) Talking about Riad doesn’t start til about 25 minutes. 6. thepoetryman | April 20, 2008 at 4:51 am | Reply So sad. So very sad. This is a terrible loss. May we all hang our heads in shame… 7. maryitalia | April 21, 2008 at 3:55 pm | Reply www.infowars.com/?p=1582 good article on this crime. 8. Johnny Bartee | April 22, 2008 at 5:29 am | Reply This looks very d**ning for the FBI, CIA and Zionist Jews.They had him killed and the Feds were involved. PERIOD. I believe it can be proved the Austin Police Department is fabricating press stories to sway public perception into believing this was a suicide. But it’s really hard to kill yourself with your hands and feet bound and blindfolded. Then to throw yourself in the river? This was no suicide. This was a hit by US Government Terrorists.9. kim edwards | April 22, 2008 at 6:49 am | Reply they murdered him. period. i hang my head in shame because my country has entered into a pact with the most wicked regime. they murdered him and he was such a good, good man. now is the time to stand up and shout no, no no. we will not be silenced!10. Ish kabibble | April 22, 2008 at 6:07 pm | Reply I really doubt that any actual authority was concerned. But time will tell. 11. maryitalia | April 23, 2008 at 1:40 pm | Reply More about the death of Riyad Hamad Please circulate to everyone you know who is interested in immigrants’ rights and human rights. Riad Hamad, who was active in the movement to stop the imprisonment of immigrant children, and to close the T.Don Hutto family prison at Taylor, was murdered Wednesday in Austin, Texas. There was nobody in Texas who worked more tirelessly for justice than Riad Hamad. A few weeks ago a gang of thugs broke into his house and stole his documents and computers,
and it is probable that the murderers were members of the same gang. John Wheat Gibson John Wheat Gibson, P.C. 701 Commerce Street, Suite 800 Dallas, Texas 75202 (214)748-6944 12. Shea Barton | April 23, 2008 at 10:14 pm | Reply This is really sad.. I had him for a keyboarding teacher in middle school. I will never forget all of the “Camel Booger” comments he made, or every time you walked by his room he told you go “get a hair cut”. I do not get why people can even think that he committed suicide; he was duck taped, and had a gunshot wound. I knew him well enough to know that he DID NOT commit suicide. The police also forgot to mention the knock on the door at 1:30 in the morning a week before, or the phone call asking “Where do you keep your Camel”.13. Dan | April 25, 2008 at 7:54 pm | Reply People want to believe there was a man behind the curtain. This man committed suicide, plain and simple. There is no evidence to support he was murdered. The APD never said it was investigating a “murder” only to quickly change their minds to cover it up. There was no gunshot wound, no severe injuries, etc. It is unfortunate that too many people take Alex Jone’s word as absolute truth without looking into it for themselves. 14. intifada | April 30, 2008 at 11:53 am | Reply Democracy Now reported that police said Hamad was “found gagged and bound in the lake” while at the same time saying that “he likely committed suicide”. I would say that he was murdered. The Kidon should be afraid that more than one can play that game. la.indymedia.org/news/2008/04/216918.php 15. intifada | April 30, 2008 at 12:17 pm | Reply Democracy Now reported that police said Hamad was “found gagged and bound in the lake” while at the same time saying that “he likely committed suicide”. Who would not say that he was murdered. They should worry that more than one can play at that game. la.indymedia.org/news/2008/04/216918.php 16. Igor Alexander | May 17, 2008 at 10:30 pm | Reply Dan wrote: “This man committed suicide, plain and simple. There is no evidence to support he was murdered.” How many people commit suicide by binding themselves with duct tape and throwing themselves into a lake? Not many, I’d wager. If I was the police, I’d be investigating this as a murder. Dan wrote: “There was no gunshot wound, no severe injuries, etc.” How could you possibly know that? Not a single report that I’ve seen has mentioned the cause of death. Again, you really expect people to believe that a man who had no apparent reason to kill himself bound himself up with duct tape and threw himself into a lake? I’ll grant you that Alex Jones should always be taken with a heaping spoonful of salt, but in this case, I do find the circumstances highly suspicious. 17. Elvin Diablo | May 31, 2008 at 3:59 pm | Reply Dan is a cop, period. Stop trying to tell Dan anything. He’s unreachable. He’s with the ones that killed this man. He doesn’t care about the truth. He tries to cloud the issue by invoking the name of Alex Jones. He gives himself away. He IS a pig. Thanks Dan we got your IP. peacepalestine.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/activist-riad-hamad-murdered-letter-he-wrote-to-bush-in-2003/US freezes Chicago Palestinian leader’s
bank accountsThe Electronic Intifada
9 May 2011The 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. Hatem Abudayyeh leads chants during a protest of former Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the University of Chicago, October 2010.
(credit: Maureen Clare Murphy)Meanwhile, several members of Congress have written to the Obama administration to express their concerns about violations in civil liberties as a result of earlier government actions toward Abudayyeh and other activists.
The freezing of the Abudayyeh family’s bank accounts on Friday, 6 May is the latest development in a secret grand jury investigation that has been launched by US District Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s office in Chicago. The freezing of the accounts has raised concerns that criminal indictments in the case may be imminent.“I was downtown [in Chicago] on Friday, I had parked my car in a garage and when I tried to use my debit card to get out, it was declined,” Hatem Abudayyeh, director of the Arab American Action Network, told The Electronic Intifada. “I talked to Naima right away and she said she had no access with her card either, so I had to call a friend in the [Chicago] Loop to borrow money to get my car out of the garage.” The next day the couple went to their bank branch, where the manager said that he had no information but that their accounts were frozen as a result of a government order. The Abudayyehs’ accounts were frozen just two days before Mother’s Day is observed in the United States. “We were planning on having lunch with my mom and her family, and I couldn’t buy flowers or anything like that,” Hatem Abudayyeh said. Last September, federal agents raided and searched the Abudayyehs’ home and confiscated the family’s belongings, including financial records and, as Hatem Abudayyeh told The Electronic Intifada last November, “everything that said ‘Palestine’ on it.” Federal agents also confiscated home videos that Naima Abudayyeh, a Palestinian immigrant, had recorded during a family visit to Palestine last summer. The Abudayyehs’ five-year-old daughter was present during the raid and the family was mainly confined to their small living room during the hours-long search through their home. That same day, federal agents raided several other homes and offices across the Midwest, serving subpoenas to 14 anti-war and international solidarity activists to appear before a federal grand jury in Chicago. After those activists refused to testify to a grand jury, saying that they were being unfairly targeted because of their work organizing in opposition to US foreign policy in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Colombia, nine additional activists were served subpoenas around the month of December.
The nine additional activists served subpoenas are all residents of Chicago and all are Palestinians or those who have organized in solidarity with the Palestinian people. The Electronic Intifada’s managing editor, Maureen Clare Murphy, was served a subpoena on 21 December. The subpoena issued to Murphy is not connected to her work with The Electronic Intifada, but likely targets her because of her Palestine solidarity activism. All 23 activists who have received subpoenas since September have refused to testify, despite risking being jailed for doing so. A grand jury, no longer in use anywhere outside the US, is an investigative tool that allows the government to compel citizens to testify even if they are not suspected of any crime. Activists targeted by these subpoenas, their lawyers, and their supporters, believe the government is using the grand jury as a form of political inquisition and intelligence gathering, targeting groups and individuals working for a more peaceful US foreign policy.
Attack on the US Palestinian communityAccording to a statement made by the Committee to Stop FBI Repression and the Coalition to Protect People’s Rights and also distributed by the US Palestinian Community Network, “Not only does the government’s action [to freeze the bank accounts] seriously disrupt the lives of the Abudayyehs and their five-year-old daughter, but it represents an attack on Chicago’s Arab community and activist community and the fundamental rights of Americans to freedom of speech” (“Demand US Attorney Fitzgerald unfreeze the bank accounts of the Abudayyeh family,” 8 May 2011). Of the total of 23 activists who have been subpoenaed, seven are Palestinians from Chicago — home to one of the largest Palestinian communities outside of the Middle East. Scores of Arab community and Palestine solidarity organizations, as well as anti-war groups, civil liberties organizations and faith groups, have issued statements condemning the investigation and attempts to criminalize the Palestine solidarity movement in the US. The investigation for which the 23 activists have been targeted takes places in the context of widespread surveillance and repression of the Muslim and Arab communities in the US. And as The Electronic Intifada reported in November of last year, the investigation targeting the subpoenaed activists is just the latest chapter in a long history of US government attempts to criminalize Palestine community organizing and support work in the country. In December 2001, the US government shut down the largest Muslim charity in the US, the Holy Land Foundation, which sent direct humanitarian aid to Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation, amongst other places. Five defendants prosecuted in relation to the case are serving out lengthy prison sentences of 15 to 65 years (for more information, see the Holy Land Foundation case website). Other prominent Palestinian community organizers in the US who have been put on trial in recent years because of their work educating Americans about the impact of US military aid to Israel and raising funds for humanitarian assistance for Palestinians living under occupation are Dr. Sami al-Arian, Muhammad Salah and Dr. Abdelhaleem Ashqar. All three were acquitted by juries of US citizens of all terrorism and racketeering-related charges but have been charged with or convicted of obstruction of justice or contempt of court for refusing to name the names of other Palestinian activists in the US and in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Investigation into material support law violationsWhile the US government does not comment on grand jury investigations or even confirm that they are underway, search warrants used to raid activists’ homes last September indicate that the home invasions and subpoenas are part of an investigation into violations of the law banning material support for foreign terrorist organizations. The material support legislation was enacted under the Clinton administration, expanded with the PATRIOT act under Bush and expanded even further last summer after the Supreme Court ruled in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project that political speech can be considered material support for foreign terrorist organizations if done in a “coordinated way.” The broad scope of the material support laws — especially after last summer’s Supreme Court decision — has provoked sharp criticism from civil liberties groups. Humanitarian agencies have also protested the breadth of the laws, saying it impacts their ability to carry out their work. Critics of the legislation have pointed out that had these laws been in place during the South Africa anti-apartheid movement, it would have criminalized the entire movement in the US. At the peak of the movement, the Reagan administration’s State Department placed Nelson Mandela’s party, the African National Congress (ANC), on the designated foreign terrorist organization list. The South Africa solidarity movement in the US took direction from the ANC. Undercover agent at center of caseThe basis of the investigation for which Abudayyeh and the 22 other activists have been targeted appears to be the word of an undercover law enforcement agent who infiltrated anti-war groups in Minneapolis. The agent, who went by the name of Karen Sullivan, became involved in the anti-war movement in Minneapolis around the time of the 2008 Republican National Convention — one of the largest anti-war protests in the US in years (“Who was Karen Sullivan?” City Pages, 20 January 2011). The 14 activists subpoenaed in September were all involved in organizing permitted marches to protest the convention. In addition to apparently surveilling activists, the undercover agent also disrupted their work. “Sullivan” elected to join an educational trip to Israel and the occupied West Bank in the summer of 2009. When she and the two women from Minneapolis with whom she was traveling arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, they were detained and ultimately deported. The two women with whom the agent was traveling have since been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury. The identity of the undercover agent has been confirmed in discussions between the activists’ legal team and the US attorneys. However, the undercover agent’s identity was not disclosed during the discovery process of the lawsuit filed by Mick Kelly — one of those raided in September — after Kelly was shot at close range and injured by a high-velocity marking device during one of the Republican National Convention marches. Attorneys representing Kelly, one of the organizers of the march, filed a motion in March of this year to reopen the lawsuit discovery process and subpoena “Sullivan” as she was present when he was shot (“Lawsuit against police violence at Republican National Convention to go forward,” Fight Back! News, 4 March 2011). Call to actionThe Committee to Stop FBI Repression and the Coalition to Protect People’s Rights are calling on supporters to call US District Attorney Fitzgerald’s office today to protest the ongoing investigation and the freezing of the Abudayyeh family’s bank accounts (“May 9: Demand US Attorney Fitzgerald unfreeze the bank accounts …”). Meanwhile, hundreds of concerned citizens have signed a pledge issued by the Committee to Stop FBI Repression to take action in the event of activists being jailed for refusing to testify to a grand jury or being indicted (Pledge to resist FBI, grand jury repression). Activists across the country have built a broad support movement that has seen trade union resolutions in support of the targeted activists from locals representing more than 600,000 workers in the US. They have also lobbied to elected representatives and several members of Congress have written letters to the Obama administration raising concern of the investigation’s violations of civil liberties (see “Statements from legislators about the case,” Committee to Stop FBI Repression). ..... 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Rahm Emanuel's inaugurationMay 13, 2011
USA TODAYcontent.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/05/rahm-emanuel-chicago-mayor-inauguration-/1....... Ill. high court:
Emanuel can run for Chicago mayorBy DON BABWIN and DEANNA BELLANDI, Associated Press – 11 mins agoCHICAGO – The Illinois Supreme Court put Rahm Emanuel back on the ballot for Chicago mayor on Thursday, reviving his campaign to lead the country's third-largest city. The former White House chief of staff was thrown off the Feb. 22 ballot by an Illinois appellate court for not meeting a residency requirement because he hadn't lived in Chicago for a year before the race. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in his favor. Emanuel lived for nearly two years in Washington working for President Barack Obama until he moved back to Chicago in October to run for mayor. Emanuel, who has said he always intended to return to Chicago and was only living in Washington at the request of the president, had asked the Supreme Court to overturn the appeals court ruling. Within minutes of the ruling, Emanuel was at a downtown Chicago public transit station shaking hands with residents. He never stopped campaigning as the controversy evolved. His spokesman said Emanuel was en route to the campaign appearance when he received word of the ruling and was scheduled to participate in televised debate Thursday evening. In their appeal, Emanuel's attorneys called Monday's appeal court ruling "one of the most far-reaching election law rulings" ever issued in Illinois, not only because of its effect on the mayoral race but for "the unprecedented restriction" it puts on future candidates. His lawyers raised several points, including that the appeals court applied a stricter definition of "residency" than the one used for voters. They say Illinois courts have never required candidates to be physically present in the state to seek office there. In its ruling, the Supreme Court called the appeals court's basis for deciding that Emanuel could not be on the ballot "without any foundation in Illinois law." The mayoral race and Emanuel's campaign had been thrown into disarray after the appellate court ruling on Monday. The following day, the state Supreme Court ordered Chicago elections officials to stop printing ballots without Emanuel's name on them. Chicago election officials said they had printed nearly 300,000 ballots without Emanuel's name before they abruptly stopped. Emanuel had been the heavy favorite to lead the nation's third-largest city, and had raised more money than any of the other candidates vying to replace Mayor Richard M. Daley, who announced he was retiring after more than two decades as mayor. After Monday's appeals court ruling, Emanuel had been pressing ahead with confidence and said was doubling his campaign by adding more stops to his schedule. Meanwhile, the other main candidates in the race — former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, city Clerk Miguel del Valle and former Chicago schools chief Gery Chico — moved quickly to try to win over Emanuel supporters. The residency questions have dogged Emanuel ever since he announced his candidacy last fall. Emanuel tried to move back into his house when he returned to Chicago but the family renting it wanted $100,000 to break the lease and move out early. The tenant, businessman Rob Halpin, later filed paperwork to run for mayor against Emanuel, only to withdraw from the race a short time later. The Supreme Court was also impressed with Emanuel's testimony before the city's election board in which he listed all the personal items in the house he rented in Chicago when he moved to Washington — including his wife's wedding dress, photographs of his children and clothes they wore from the hospital as well as items belonging to his grandfather. "The Board determined that, in this situation, the rental did not show abandonment of the residence," the court wrote. "This conclusion was well supported by the evidence and was not clearly erroneous." More than two dozen people testified on the residency issue at a Chicago Board of Elections hearing in December. The three-day hearing got progressively stranger as attorneys gave way to Chicago residents who filed objections to his candidacy, including one man who asked Emanuel if he caused the 1993 siege at Waco, Texas. The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners and a Cook County judge has previously both ruled in favor of Emanuel, a former congressman, saying he didn't abandon his Chicago residency when he went to work at the White House. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110127/ap_on_go_ot/us_chicago_mayor ......... ......... Speculation mounts over Obama aide
Rahm Emanuel28 September 2010 Last updated at 12:39 ETThere is growing speculation in the US media that Barack Obama's chief of staff will leave the White House and run to be Chicago's mayor. Unnamed sources close to Rahm Emanuel are quoted as saying he will announce a decision as soon as Friday. No final decision has been made due to family considerations, the Associated Press reported. Mr Emanuel is a native of Chicago and represented Illinois's 5th district in Congress for six years. When he was appointed as chief of staff, some commentators drew attention to his reputation for abrasiveness. Pundits have tipped Mr Emanuel to replace Richard M Daley, since the latter announced on 7 September that he would be stepping down.
On Monday, President Obama said: "I think that Rahm will have to make a decision quickly, because running for mayor of Chicago is a serious enterprise. And I know this is something he's thinking about."Mr Daley has been mayor of Chicago since 1989, the second-longest serving in the city after his father Richard J Daley. Mr Emanuel has made no secret of his desire, one day, to be mayor of Chicago."One day I would like to run for mayor of the city of Chicago," he said earlier this year. "That's always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives." If Mr Emanuel does decide to leave, senior White House adviser Peter Rouse has been tipped to replace him, even if only on a temporary basis.Candidates to permanently replace Mr Emanuel include Deputy National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, and the vice-president's aide Ron Klain, and even former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and ex-Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, Politico reported. Any decision on permanent replacement may not be taken until after November's mid-term elections.www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11428979............... Profile:
Rahm Emanuel28 September 2010 Last updated at 12:05 ETRahm Emanuel's appointment as chief of staff to President Barack Obama came after a long period as a powerful player in the Democrat party.A strategist and fundraiser in his early years, he spent six years as a congressman before becoming the president's right-hand man. Mr Emanuel, 50, has a reputation for a tough and aggressive style in the political arena, and has been dubbed "Rahmbo" by some in the US media. His abrasiveness has been the cause of negative news reports in the time since his appointment. But it was another member of his family who caused him difficulty soon after he took up the job. Mr Emanuel had to disavow himself from comments made by his father to an Israeli newspaper. Benjamin Emanuel managed both to suggest that his son would have a pro-Israeli bias and at the same time offending Arabs, saying: "Obviously he'll influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn't he? What is he, an Arab? He's not going to be mopping floors at the White House." Controversy struck again when the chief of staff was reported to have sworn and referred to some liberal activists as "retarded" in a private meeting. The remark drew fire from disabled groups as well as Sarah Palin. There was also negative coverage in March 2010 when Democrat Congressman Eric Massa complained that Rahm Emanuel had approached him in the gym showers, while naked, and harangued him over a budget vote.
"Do you know how awkward it is to have a political argument with a naked man? ... It's ridiculous," Mr Massa said.The role of the chief of staff is a vital one, acting as the President's most senior adviser, counselling him and attempting to get his proposals passed by Congress. He also guards the door to the Oval Office and needs to be able to say "no" when the president needs him to. Some Washington observers have portrayed Mr Emanuel as the "bad cop" to Mr Obama's "good cop". Mr Emanuel graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in New York in 1981 after turning down a dance scholarship. He received his Masters in Speech and Communication from Northwestern University in 1985. He launched his political career at consumer rights organisation Illinois Public Action. He has had a rapid rise up the party hierarchy since his election in 2002 as congressman for Illinois' Fifth District in Chicago. In his second term Mr Emanuel served on the House Ways and Means Committee, which is responsible for overseeing taxes, trade, Social Security and Medicare issues. He was appointed to serve as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2006. Under his leadership, the Democrats gained 30 seats in the House of Representatives, allowing them to gain control of the House after 12 years of Republican control. In 2007, he was elected to serve as the Democratic Caucus Chair, the fourth highest ranking Member of the House Democratic Leadership. Stories of Mr Emanuel's focus and determination are widespread around Washington and Chicago, and he has developed a reputation as an aggressive operator. He once confessed to the Chicago Tribune that he was acutely aware of how others thought of him: "I wake up some mornings hating me too," he told the newspaper. A practising Jew, Mr Emanuel's Israeli heritage has prompted positive headlines in Israel, where some were concerned earlier in the election campaign about the likely direction of Mr Obama's Middle East policy. The prospective chief-of-staff himself volunteered to serve in Israel's army during the first Gulf War of 1991 — rust-proofing brakes in northern military bases, Israeli media reports.Back in the US, Mr Emanuel became the director of finance for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992. Chicago speculationHe then went on to serve as a senior adviser to President Clinton from 1993 to 1998 - first as an assistant to the president for political affairs and then as senior adviser for policy and strategy. After his time in the Clinton administration, Mr Emanuel became a managing director for a leading global investment bank in Chicago, reportedly earning $16m. Mr Emanuel worked on Paul Simon's 1984 US Senate election and served as an adviser and chief fundraiser for Chicago Mayor Richard M Daley in 1989. When Mr Daley recently said he would stand down, speculation immediately started that Mr Emanuel would run to replace him, having privately said that mayor of Chicago was a dream job. A dedicated family man with a wife, Amy, and three young children, one of Mr Emanuel's main considerations in choosing whether to run for mayor will be the effect of uprooting his family from Washington. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11428981 The FBI Visits a Palestine Peace Activist
(Austin, Texas) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceQuQfkYYs4AustinActivistArchiv — June 12, 2010 — The Joint Terrorism Task Force Division of the FBI Visits an Austin Peace Activist to Question About Pre-Crimes. On April 21, 2010, two agents of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) came to my house to talk to me, a part time peace volunteer for Palestine. After verifying that they really were with the FBI, I asked them to wait. I shut my door, took a deep breath, and grabbed my video camera.
In an ideal world what prevails is "the truth." Therefore, if you are innocent, you have nothing to fear since ultimately you will be found innocent. But the real world is not ideal; and what really counts in this world of ours is the "perception of truth." Powerful governmental institutions with insurmountable resources at their disposal in terms of skills, money, manpower, organization, computer systems, etc. can create a perception of truth that ends you up in prison—even though you are innocent. This is why there are innocent people in Death Row. Consequently, the only prudent answer, when interrogated by government officials, is to exercise your Right to Remain Silent, and request an attorney, specially, during the current times of political agitation and war hysteria.
I want to thank Jeffry Zavala for:
* Helping me remain anonymous in this video
* For creating something to help you if the FBI ever knocks on your door to question you about pre-crimes,
* For helping me to tell others about my number one cause: Promoting the "One-State" Solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict, instead of the apartheid-like "Two-State" scenario.
For more information about what to do if you FBI knocks on your door go to: www.scribd.com/doc/8578721/What-to-Do-if-the-FBI-Comes-to-Your-Door
and aclu.org
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Category: News & Politics Tags: activist activism fbi precrime pre-crimes palestine civil Rights JTTF Joint Terrorism Task Force Government Terrorism Constitutional Rights (many thanks to Mary W)
Also occurring in Austin (Texas), and related to the FBI and
an activist for Palestine --The Uneasy Death of Riad HamadBY MICHAEL KING
MAY 9, 2008: NEWS
The Austin ChronicleAccording to Austin Police Department Sgt. Joe Chacon, the death of Austin schoolteacher and peace activist Riad Hamad remains under investigation.  Riad HamadChacon says homicide investigators are "open to all possibilities" but that the initial investigation reflects that Hamad appears to have committed suicide. Hamad had been reported missing by his family on Monday night, April 14, and (partly by means of a cell-phone GPS search authorized by his wife) his car was found Tuesday afternoon in a parking lot off South Lakeshore Boulevard, on the south side of Lady Bird Lake. A land and water search turned up nothing more, but a little after 2pm on Wednesday, passersby on the hike-and-bike trail on the opposite (north) side of the lake, just east of the I-35 bridge, spotted a body floating near the shore. Hamad's eyes were covered in duct tape, his legs and his hands also bound – fueling Internet-amplified rumors that he had been murdered. According to a report that day by KXAN-TV news, "Park-goers who saw the body said the death did not look accidental. They said the man's face was wrapped with duct tape, and his arms appeared to be tied in front of his body."On Thursday, April 17, APD released a statement saying, "The bindings of his hands and legs and placement of the tape were consistent with Hamad having done this to himself." Chacon told the Chronicle that additional evidence – including a security videotape of the parking area where Hamad's car was found and statements from persons who knew him that "he had been experiencing suicidal thoughts" – also support a finding of suicide but that police are waiting for completion of the entire investigation, including the full autopsy and toxicology report, which will take several weeks. "For all intents and purposes, as far as we know right now," Chacon said this week, "this was a suicide." An autopsy was performed by Travis County Chief Medical Examiner David Dolinak, generating yet another controversy over official autopsy procedures. On April 17, when Hamad's body was transported by a funeral home from the medical examiner's office to the Islamic Center of Greater Austin on Manor Road, said Imam Ibrahim Dremali, it was in a "barbaric" condition, one that he had never seen in 20 years of preparing bodies for burial. Dremali said the body was seeping blood from one incision and was inadequately sutured, and in spots the flesh was torn as though "an animal might have attacked him." He said two experienced colleagues working with him "panicked" at the sight of the corpse and left the room, and he had to use towels and tape to clean Hamad's body and to pad the brain cavity and the torso, in order to make it presentable for burial. Later, he demanded and received a meeting with Dolinak and APD Chief Art Acevedo. Afterward, Dremali and Dolinak each told the Chronicle that they believe the meeting was useful and should lead to better medical examiner practices, but Dremali said he "cannot accept" the apology offered by Dolinak for any misunderstanding or mistakes. "I believe they were sending us a message," he said, "and that's what I told the people here [at the mosque], that they believe they do not have to respect the bodies of Muslims." Asked about Dremali's charges, Dolinak said that although there may have been some misunderstanding over his office's expectation that the funeral home would be doing the final, cosmetic preparations of the body, he insisted, "We did absolutely nothing on our part to show any intentional disrespect." He said they followed standard autopsy procedures and that he simply can't say what Dremali may have experienced in similar situations before. "In most cases, all the final preparations [of the body] occur at a funeral home," he said, "but as in any religion, there is a whole spectrum of practices, depending on the family's wishes. We'll certainly try to work with [local Muslim clerics] better on the next case." Dolinak also could not confirm what Dremali described as apparent facial bruising on the body. Hamad, who was originally from Lebanon but had lived in Austin for more than 30 years, taught business education and keyboarding at Small Middle School, was a graduate student at UT (already with several degrees), and was very active in Austin-based charity work aimed at easing living conditions in the occupied territories of Palestine – most specifically via the Palestine Children's Welfare Fund, through which he sold Palestinian crafts to raise funds for destitute Palestinian families. He was also very outspoken about international politics, objecting strongly to Israeli and U.S. policy in the Middle East. Partly as a consequence, he had been investigated by federal authorities, who asked questions of some of his neighbors, and in February, the FBI and Internal Revenue Service raided his South Austin home and seized 40 boxes of materials related to his charity work, reportedly pursuant to an investigation of alleged "wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering." Although no charges had been brought...
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Riad, this is for you:50,000 Palestinians
gate crash borderMon May 16, 2011 10:35AMFor the first time in 63 years of being outcast from their home land, some
50,000 Palestinians have flooded the border of Lebanon and Palestine.www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPlLc9uge-0Interview with Franklin Lamb, International lawyer at
the Lebanese border with Palestine.
Press TV speaks with Franklin Lamb, international lawyer participating in
the NAKBA commemoration and witnessing the extraordinary scenes at
the Lebanese border. Following is a transcription of that interview.
Press TV: On this anniversary of NAKBA, so far we have 65 people injured and at least one person killed; we have reports of a journalist being critically injured in Gaza. We also have reports of 30 Palestinians hurt and four killed in Southern Lebanon. Do you think the Israelis are feeling they can get away with this violence without pressure or consequences from the international community? Franklin Lamb: I'm at Maruno rock and your report is not accurate. There are 7 killed and maybe 18 wounded. I'm standing in the midst of thousands and thousands of Palestinians pushing their way into Palestine. Thousands more are still arriving here even though the ceremonies have ended because they are arriving late from areas far away. Literally hundreds of buses have arrived. Hezbollah has arranged for 200 more buses to come from Syria; Palestinians from Syria. They are still arriving and I am amazed at what I am seeing. I've seen so many babies and so many pregnant women on so many buses here that you have to walk the last four or five miles up hills and through fields; there are people on crutches, old people. If there is anybody who thinks Palestine is not going to be liberated let them come to Maruno rock this May 15th.This is a historic event similar to the freedom marches America used to have in the 1960s civil rights movement -- the spirit is so great. This is a momentous historic event of NAKBA and the need to be liberated because of the Arab and Islamic awakening and this is part of that awakening. It's amazing -- I've been to a lot of demonstrations -- nothing like this. Nothing like this has occurred on the question of Palestine for the past 63 years. Press TV: On other occasions of the NAKBA there have been commemorations. So you're saying that it's starkly different from previous commemorations? Franklin Lamb: Yes. The Palestinians of Lebanon have virtually no civil rights, it's a huge crime. But they have never been allowed -- I see people now looking at Palestine crying -- they have never been allowed to come south of the Litani river by discriminatory laws passed by the Lebanese parliament. So what's unique about this and why it caught on is that this is the first chance in 63 years for many of these people crowded on hundreds and hundreds of buses to see Palestine. That's why it's different. What happened is certain objected to it, but the resistance of Palestinians said we're coming so they allowed them to come for the first time in more than half a century. They're sitting here and many want to go to Akka. If you stand on a pole here you can see Akka -- it's about 30 miles away from here, but you can see it. There are 250,000 Palestinians in Lebanon living in terrible conditions; I'm going to guess that there are at least 50,000 or 20% of the Palestinians in Lebanon here today and I think it's the beginning of a massive massive intifada.[/color] Press TV:[/i] From what you're describing and I think any human could possibly imagine not being able to go back to their homeland after being taken away; and as you said seeing it for the first time, the sheer emotion that you must be witnessing out there. Franklin Lamb: Exactly that. The young people have tears -- before they only heard stories from their grandfathers, but now they see it and they see the Zionist soldiers in their arrogance driving around and pointing guns. You can imagine what the resistance is thinking. I'm not predicting there's going to be an incident here, but the tension is very high. The ceremonies have been over for hours, but the people are still coming. There is no way to leave this area because there are so many buses and taxis jamming all of this part of southern Lebanon. It's amazing; the people are in great solidarity -- there are quite a few Europeans here and lots of Lebanese. Some people say they've had enough of the Palestinians, but there is lots of Lebanese here. Press TV: What is the goal of the people still coming out? Is it just to take a look or to continue a commemoration service? Franklin Lamb: I think the reason they're coming, beside the fact that the roads have been clogged, is that feeling of solidarity and the special connection with the rest of their brothers and sisters here who are literally thousands upon thousands. SC/MMAwww.presstv.com/detail/180166.html(many thanks to Africa to Gaza Aid Convoy)
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[OccupationNews] Digest Number 1385
Tue May 17, 2011 6:23 pm (PDT)
***Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles*
*News*
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*International Middle East Media Center* <http://imemc. org/>
*Local Palestinian Elections Due To Be Delayed*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 61259>
IMEMC - Tuesday May 17, 2011 - 15:00, The Palestinian Authority has
stated it will delay local elections due to be held in July. The
elections are now due to be held on the 22nd of October in order to give
time to allow for voters to be registered in the Gaza strip.
*Israeli Demolitions More Than Double Since Last Year*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 61258>
IMEMC - Tuesday May 17, 2011 - 12:51, The UN Agency for Palestinian
refugees has stated that Israel has displaced 149 children, through
housing demolitions, in the West Bank so far this year. The figures show
a stark increase on numbers displaced and housing units demolished for
the same period last year.
*Netanyahu Claims He Would Give Up "Isolated Settlements" For Peace*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 61257>
IMEMC - Tuesday May 17, 2011 - 11:15, Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that
he would be willing to return some of the illegal Israeli settlement
blocks established in the West Bank for the sake of peace. Netanyahu
stated he would be willing to give up isolated settlements but not the
major blocs. In what has been described by Israeli pundits as
Netanyahu's most "dovish" speech to date, the Israeli PM laid out his
position ahead of a major address to US congress next Tuesday.
*Israeli authorities cut off soldiers' access to internet*
<http://www.imemc. org/article/ 61256>
IMEMC - Tuesday May 17, 2011 - 08:51, After a number of controversial
posts on Facebook and other websites in recent months, the Israeli
military has ordered its commanders to cut off access to the internet
for nearly every computer accessed by soldiers.
*Ma'an News* <http://maannews. net/en/>
*Salfit area declared closed military zone*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388578>
5/17/2011 - SALFIT (Ma'an)-- Israeli forces declared an area in Salfit a
closed military zone. Local official Nathmi Salman Deir Estaya said
soldiers deployed and evacuated farmers. The soldiers in Wadi Qana
refused to show documents explaining the ban, he said....
*Palestinian Authority delays local elections*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388503>
5/17/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- The caretaker Palestinian Authority
decided Tuesday to delay municipal elections until October 22, a cabinet
statement said. The elections had been planned for July, but were
postponed on the recommendation of the Central Elections Committee, the
government statement said. Citing the 2005 elections law stipulating
that elections must take place simultaneously. ...
*Army dogs wage war on Palestinian workers*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388564>
5/17/2011 - HEBRON (AFP) -- Palestinians desperate for work in Israel
will go to extremes to sneak past the West Bank barrier, but now they
face a new hurdle -- army attack dogs sent to sniff them out. Workers
say the use of dogs to hunt down anyone trying to enter Israel illegally
is a new phenomenon which has....
*Arafat adviser: Mitchell resigned over deputy's 'bias'*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388408>
5/17/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- A political adviser to the late
president Yasser Arafat issued a statement Tuesday, alleging that US
Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell resigned because of the "extreme
bias" of his deputy Dennis Ross. Bassam Abu Shareef said Ross obstructed
all US initiatives aiming to achieve progress in the peace process, and
blamed....
*Israel expels 2 Palestinian returnees from Syria*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388659>
5/17/2011 - JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Two Palestinian protesters who entered
Israel from Syria on Sunday during huge demonstrations on the armistice
line were deported on Tuesday, a military spokeswoman said." Two people
who infiltrated the Golan from Syria were returned through Quneitra,"
she said, referring to a crossing post situated on the United
Nations-supervised armistice line between Syria....
*Official: Malaysia flotilla to dock at Egypt port*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388675>
5/17/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A Malaysian aid flotilla docked in the
El-Arish port after Israeli forces forbade it from reaching Gaza, port
director Maj. -Gen. Jamal Abdul Maqsoud said Tuesday. The Egyptian
authorities will allow the flotilla remain in post until preparations
are made to transfer the goods to the Rafah border crossing between....
*Report: Hamas, Fatah ready to form government*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388652>
5/17/2011 - CAIRO (Ma'an) -- Egypt on Tuesday announced that Hamas and
Fatah have reached agreements on all issues discussed in Cairo,
particularly the formation of a new government. In a statement issued
following their negotiations, the two Palestinian factions pledged on
implementing everything they agreed on, according to a report in Egypt's
independent. ...
*Witnesses: Israeli forces detain 6 near Bethlehem*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388412>
5/17/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) - Israeli forces raided the southern west
Bank town of Al-Khadir near Bethlehem overnight Monday and detained six
young men, local sources said. Al-Khadir resident Khalid Mahmoud Marzouq
told Ma'an on Tuesday morning that Israeli forces ransacked the home of
his neighbor Mahmoud Abdullah Subih shortly after midnight. Marzouq said....
*Golan's Druze community divided over protests*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388653>
5/17/2011 - MAJDAL SHAMS, Syria (IRIN) -- When thousands of Palestinian
refugees gathered on the Syrian border with Israel near the
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights recently, local villagers were stunned.
It was the first time in more than 20 years that there had been trouble
on this border. As the crowd surged toward Israeli territory, the
Israeli military shot....
*Shaath: Slovenia to recognize Palestine before September*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388711>
5/17/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Slovenia has promised to recognize an
independent state of Palestine before September, a Fatah official said
Tuesday. Nabil Shaath met with the Slovenian president and others during
a visit to Slovenia heading a delegation of Fatah leaders. The
Palestinians are planning a unilateral declaration of statehood at the
United Nations General....
*300 truckloads of goods enter Gaza as siege continues*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388417>
5/17/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israel will permit 300 truckloads of
goods and humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Israeli
officials informed Palestinian liaison officers. Palestinian official
Raed Fattouh said the sole operating crossing, Kerem Shalom, would open
for goods including 10 loads of cement for projects run by the German
Development. ...
*PA: Palestine may join Gulf Cooperation Council*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388454>
5/17/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestine may join the Gulf Cooperation
Council when it establishes its statehood, a Palestinian Authority
official said Monday. PA cabinet chief Naim Abul Huomos said joining the
council was important on political, economic and geographic levels.
Jordan's decision to join the GCC encouraged officials to seriously
consider the move....
*Abbas: UN statehood bid no 'stunt'*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388504>
5/17/2011 - NEW YORK (AFP) -- President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that
his bid to secure international recognition for a Palestinian state was
no "stunt" and would contribute to peace efforts with Israel. Plans to
demand UN recognition of a Palestinian state in lands occupied by Israel
in 1967 have drawn criticism from the United States and Israel....
*Palestinian rights body slams Fatah, Hamas, Israel*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388575>
5/17/2011 - JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Palestinians face human rights abuses by
Israel, the government of President Mahmoud Abbas and the Hamas rulers
of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian rights group said Tuesday. In its
annual report for 2010, the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human
Rights accused the Palestinian governments in the West Bank and Gaza of
using torture....
*Israel, Lebanon make rival UN protests over clashes*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388397>
5/17/2011 - UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- Israel and Lebanon filed rival
protests to the United Nations over deadly clashes involving thousands
of Palestinian demonstrators who converged on Israel's borders,
diplomats said. Israel blamed Lebanon for the 10 deaths and hundreds
wounded when its troops shot at the thousands of Palestinian refugees
commemorating the mass displacements of....
*Obama to meet Jordan's King Abdullah*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388495>
5/17/2011 - WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama is set to meet
with Jordan's King Abdullah II on Tuesday, kicking off a week of intense
Middle East diplomacy at a moment of deep pessimism over prospects for
an Israeli-Palestinian deal. Obama will also meet Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu this week, with the leader staged....
*Netanyahu: Palestinians rejected partition*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388727>
5/17/2011 - TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu of Israel responded Tuesday to an op-ed by President Mahmoud
Abbas, saying the Palestinians were the ones who rejected a UN partition
plan in 1948. Netanyahu said that "Arab armies assisted by Palestinian
forces were those who attacked the Jewish state with the aim of....
*Gaza coast guards demand pay rise*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388546>
5/17/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Coast guards stationed along Gaza's
beaches protested Tuesday, demanding a salary increase. The workers
demonstrated in front of the Ministers' Council in Gaza city, raising
banners reading "Pay us as much as we work."Coast guard spokesman Omar
Ayyash told Ma'an the workers had received....
*President Abbas: Barcelona fan*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388699>
5/17/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- President Mahmoud Abbas hopes Spain's
Barcelona will win the Champions League final showdown against
Manchester United. Abbas told the Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta
dello Sport that "I follow sports especially football, basketball and
volleyball. All of my grandchildren love Barcelona," which is why he
became a fan of....
*Police seize expired food from Gaza markets*
<http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=388514>
5/17/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Police in Gaza have launched a campaign
to remove expired food from markets across the coastal enclave. On
Tuesday, police conducted surprise inspections and seized cheese and
juice past their expiry date. Officers warned retailers that expired
goods were a health and safety risk to residents... .
*Palestine Note* <http://palestinenot e.com/cs/>
*Here comes your non-violent resistance*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ news/archive/ 2011/05/17/ here-comes- your-non- violent-resistan ce.aspx>
Palestine Note 17 May 2011 - The Economist - For many years now, we've
heard American commentators bemoan the violence of the Palestinian
national movement. If only Palestinians had learned the lessons of
Gandhi and Martin Luther King, we hear, they'd have had their state long...
*Fatah and Hamas agree on details of new government*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ topnews/archive/ 2011/05/17/ fatah-and- hamas-agree- on-details- of-new-governmen t.aspx>
Palestine Note 17 May 2011 - Local elections to be postponed to give
Gaza more time to prepare Al Masry Al Youm - Egypt on Tuesday announced
that Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have reached agreements on all
issues discussed during the past two days in...
*Lessons From Nakba Day Disturbances Go Unlearned*
<http://palestinenot e.com/blogs/ blogs/archive/ 2011/05/17/ lessons-from- nakba-day- disturbances- go-unlearned. aspx>
Palestine Note 17 May 2011 - Wise leaders in Jerusalem and Washington
were given a great deal of very useful information yesterday in Israel
when a popular action led to hundreds of Palestinian refugees crossing
the border into Israel, leading to the deaths of ten of...
*Aljazeera* <http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/>
*'Dozens killed' in Syrian border town*
<http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/ 2011/05/20115172 2757252901. html>
AlJazeera 17 May 2011 - Security forces killed at least 27 civilians in
three-day attack on Tel Kelakh, a rights lawyer told Al Jazeera.
**
<http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ americas/ 2011/05/20115172 21530948335. html>*Mystery
persists over Al Jazeera journalist*
<http://english. aljazeera. net/video/ middleeast/ 2011/05/20115172 03018440621. html>
AlJazeera 17 May 2011 - Syria says Dorothy Parvaz was deported to Iran,
but Tehran has not shed any light on her whereabouts or wellbeing.
*Mubarak's wife released from detention*
<http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/ 2011/05/20115171 8219682587. html>
AlJazeera 17 May 2011 - Suzanne Mubarak still faces investigation
regarding wealth she amassed during time spent as Egypt's first lady.
**
<http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ asia-pacific/ 2011/05/20115171 81542379456. html>*Bahrain
accepts resignation of opposition MPs*
<http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/ 2011/05/20115171 34644881491. html>
AlJazeera 17 May 2011 - Resignations over crackdown leave lower house
with just 22 members as more accusations of torture are levelled.
*Syrian agents 'break up Aleppo protest'*
<http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/ 2011/05/20115171 342517390. html>
AlJazeera 17 May 2011 - Dozens of students reportedly injured in
second-largest city as authorities continue to crack down on protesters.
*Iranian aid ships turned back from Bahrain*
<http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/ 2011/05/20115162 12347351820. html>
AlJazeera 16 May 2011 - Two ships carrying Iranian activists return to
docks after facing "threats" from warships en route to Bahrain.
*Israel unblocks Palestinian funds*
<http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ middleeast/ 2011/05/20115161 0649153885. html>
AlJazeera 16 May 2011 - Palestinian Authority set to receive $86m in
taxes, withheld by Israel following unity deal between Fatah and Hamas.
*Palestine News Network* <http://english. pnn.ps/>
*The Israeli Knesset to Discuses New Law that Bans Muslim calls for
Prayers*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=10053& Itemid=64>
PNN - Bethlehem -- PNN -- Israeli sources reported on Tuesday that
Anastasia Michaeli, from the right wing Israel Betanu party submitted a
bill of a law that forbids using loudspeakers to call for...
*Israelis Troops Arrest 11 Civilians from the West Bank; Tanks Open Fire
at Gaza Farmers*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=10052& Itemid=56>
PNN - Bethlehem/Gaza -- PNN -- Israeli troops arrested on Tuesday 11
Palestinian civilians during raids targeting West Bank communities. Six
of those arrested were taken from the village of al-Khader, near
Bethlehem in...
*Gush Shalom Respond to Netanyahu's Speech; the Root of the Conflict is
the War of 1948*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=10051& Itemid=56>
PNN - Jerusalem -- PNN -- The Israeli human right group, Gush Shalom,
issued a press release on Tuesday titled The root of the conflict is the
war of 1948, the resolution of the...
*Munib Masri: "I will Pursue the Dream of Return"*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=10050& Itemid=61>
PNN - Beirut -- PNN - Munib Rashid Masri, the President of Palestine
Forum, denounced the Israeli shooting of Palestinian demonstrators who
joined peaceful marches on the Lebanese and Syrian borders and in the...
*Tel Aviv University Promotes âEURoePro-Israeliâ EUR? Delegations to
International Campuses*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=10048& Itemid=61>
PNN - By Connie Hackbarth, AIC to PNN - An invitation to an information
meeting about "pro-Israel" student delegations was sent by the
secretariat of Tel Aviv University's Department of Political
Communications to all...
*When Obama Blinked First, MitchellâEUR^ (TM)s Mission was Doomed*
<http://english. pnn.ps/index. php?option= com_content& task=view& id=10047& Itemid=58>
PNN - By Daoud Kuttab - The appointment of George Mitchell as Special
Envoy for Middle East Peace for the newly-sworn- in U.S. president was a
source of much hope in the Middle East. Senior...
*Palestinian Center for Human Rights* <http://pchrgaza. org/>
*Young Man Killed in Family Dispute in Gaza*
<http://www.pchrgaza .org/portal/ en/index. php?option= com_content& view=article& id=7406:young- man-killed- in-family- dispute-in- gaza&catid= 61:field- update-security- chaos-&Itemid= 211>
Palestinian Center for Human Rights Sunday, 24 April 2011
*Unknown Persons Blow Women's Beauty Salon in Rafah and Car of The
Assistant Comptroller General of the Security Services in Gaza*
<http://www.pchrgaza .org/portal/ en/index. php?option= com_content& view=article& id=7307:unknown- persons-blow- womens-beauty- salon-in- rafah-and- car-of-the- assistant- comptroller- general-of- the-security- services- in-gaza-& catid=61: field-update- security- chaos-&Itemid= 211>
Palestinian Center for Human Rights Sunday, 20 March 2011
*International Solidarity Movement* <http://palsolidarit y.org/>
*39;Silwan is the next Hebron' : an interview with a resident of Silwan*
<http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 05/18365/>
5/17/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - International Solidarity
Movement - On 14 May 2011, the ISM went to Silwan, East Jerusalem after
hearing about the tragic death of Milad Ayyash, a Palestinian teenager,
who was killed during the Friday demonstrations against the Occupation
in Batten Al Hawwa. Milad Ayyash was pronounced dead in the early hours
of May 14. His death came....
*Settler attacks with Molotov cocktails on Nakba day in Hebron*
<http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 05/18368/>
5/17/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - International Solidarity
Movement - A Palestinian house was attacked by settlers from the illegal
settlement of Kiryat Arba in Western Hebron on May 15, the Nakba day.
Jamal Abu Saifan told the International Solidarity Movement that around
6. 30 pm on Sunday, four masked settlers appeared and started to throw
Molotov cocktails and glass bottles towards....
*Former IDF spokesperson and Southern Brigade Commander to testify final
court hearing of Corrie civil trial on May 22*
<http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 05/18379/>
5/17/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - Rachel Corrie Foundation
- Former IDF Spokesperson Brigadier General Ruth Yaron and former
Southern Brigade Commander, Colonel Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz are both
scheduled to testify on May 22 in what is anticipated to be the final
hearing in the Corrie family's civil lawsuit against the State of
Israel. The lawsuit, filed in 2005 by....
*Spirit of Rachel Corrie attacked by Israeli navy*
<http://palsolidarit y.org/2011/ 05/18385/>
5/17/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - 16 May 2011- Perdana 4
Peace - The Spirit of Rachel Corrie Mission, involving a Malaysian owned
ship carrying aid for Palestine, has been intercepted and attacked by
the Israeli naval forces in the Palestinian security zone this morning
at 0654 Jordan time. Currently the ship has been forced to anchor in the
Egyptian waters at.... Related:Perdana 4 Peace
<http://www.perdana4 peace.net/ ?p=2654>
*Alternative Information Center* <http://alternativen ews.org/>
*Hamas-Fatah Agreement and Palestinian Popular Mobilisation*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ news/3605- hamas-fatah- agreement- and-palestinian- popular-mobilisa tion->
Alternative Information Center - The Hamas-Fatah agreement signed in
Cairo on 4 May ended five years of internal strife and division.
*Tel Aviv University Promotes "Pro-Israeli" Delegations to International
Campuses*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ economy-of- the-occupation/ 3603-tel- aviv-university- promotes- pro-israeli- delegations- to-international -campuses->
Alternative Information Center - An invitation to an information meeting
about "pro-Israel" student delegations was sent by the secretariat of
Tel Aviv University's Department of Political Communications to all of
its graduates on Monday (16 May).
*Relief Web*
<http://reliefweb. int/rw/rwb. nsf/doc106? OpenForm& emid=ACOS- 635PFR&rc= 3>
*Abbas urges U.N. recognition of Palestinian state*
<http://reliefweb. int/node/ 402325>
Relief Web 17 May 2011 - Source: Reuters - AlertNet Country: occupied
Palestinian territory Israel lobbying against Palestinian U.N. bid U.S.
pressure on Israel failed to stop settlements- Abbas (Adds Netanyahu
statement, Israeli official comment) JERUSALEM, May 17 (Reuters) -
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the international. ..
*UN humanitarian chief ends four-day visit to the occupied Palestinian
territory* <http://reliefweb. int/node/ 402269>
Relief Web 17 May 2011 - Source: UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs Country: occupied Palestinian territory
(Jerusalem/New York, 17 May 2011): United Nations
Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief
Coordinator (ERC) Valerie Amos has just completed a four-day visit to
the occupied...
*Lebanon's Palestinians bury victims of Israeli shooting*
<http://reliefweb. int/node/ 402151>
Relief Web 17 May 2011 - Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Israel ,
Lebanon , occupied Palestinian territory By Khaled Soubeih (AFP) TYRE,
Lebanon --- Thousands of bereaved Palestinians in camps in south Lebanon
on Monday laid to rest victims of a cross-border Israeli shooting, as
shops and schools...
*Palestine Telegraph* <http://paltelegraph .com/>
*Haifa university prevents Arab MK Zoabi from delivering lecture*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ palestinian- refugees/ 9203-haifa- university- prevents- arab-mk-zoabi- from-delivering- lecture.html>
17 May 2011 - Palestine, (Pal Telegraph) - The Haifa university
administration disallowed a lecture for Arab MK Hanin Zoabi on the
occasion of Nakba under the title of "No to racism on Nakba anniversary" .
*Israeli army invades Qana valley*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ west-bank/ 9202-israeli- army-invades- qana-valley. html>
17 May 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli occupation forces
invaded Tuesday at morning Qana valley near Deir Estia in Salfit city,
declaring it as a military closed area.
*Israel fires at civilians in Gaza Strip*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ gaza-strip/ 9201-israel- fires-at- civilians- in-gaza-strip. html>
17 May 2011 - Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli occupation forces
opened fire today at Palestinian farmers in Al-Farahin area in the east
of Khan Younis city, southern Gaza Strip.
*Israeli forces detain Palestinians in Bethlehem*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ west-bank/ 9200-israeli- forces-detain- palestinians- in-bethlehem. html>
17 May 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Six Palestinians were arrested
Tuesday by Israeli forces from Al-Khader town in the south of Bethlehem,
in the occupied West Bank.
*12 Palestinians arrested by Israel in Hebron*
<http://www.palteleg raph.com/ palestine/ west-bank/ 9197-12-palestin ians-arrested- by-israel- in-hebron. html>
16 May 2011 - West Bank, (Pal Telegraph)-Israeli occupation forces
clashed Monday with residents of Al-Uroop refugee camp in Hebron,
arresting 12 Palestinians who participated in the clashes.
*The National* <http://thenational. ae/section/ FOREIGN?profile= 1011>
*Q&A with Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the International
Criminal Court*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ asia-pacific/ q-a-with- luis-moreno- ocampo-chief- prosecutor- of-the-internati onal-criminal- court>
The National 17 May 2011 - Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Argentinian who heads
the prosecution team at the International Criminal Court, believes the
charges he¿s brought against Colonel Muammar Qaddafi¿s regime will set a
precedent in dealing with crime internationally.
*Syria was building atomic plant when Israel bombed site*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ syria-was- building- atomic-plant- when-israel- bombed-site>
The National 17 May 2011 - Satellite imagery, procurement, and
infrastructure information points to destroyed building at Dair Alzour
being 'indeed, a nuclear reactor at an advanced state of construction'
says former senior UN nuclear inspector.
*Suzanne Mubarak freed after she hands over millions in assets to Egypt*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ suzanne-mubarak- freed-after- she-hands- over-millions- in-assets- to-egypt>
The National 17 May 2011 - Former Egyptian president's wife freed by
judge after she gave the Illicit Gains Authority power of attorney over
a villa in Cairo and two bank accounts, worth up to $4 million.
*Obama to talk of 'historic change' in speech on Middle East*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ obama-to- talk-of-historic -change-in- speech-on- middle-east>
The National 17 May 2011 - Commentators question what US president will
say and whether he will speak specifically about the Israel-Palestine
issue, so central to US opinion.
*Bahraini protester tells court he was threatened with rape after
arrest*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ bahraini- protester- tells-court- he-was-threatene d-with-rape- after-arrest>
The National 17 May 2011 - Human rights activist Abdulhadi al Khawaja
said he was threatened with rape while in custody after he refused to
apologise to Bahrain's king over his role in anti-government protests.
*Officials investigate graves found near Syrian protest city*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ officials- investigate- graves-found- near-syrian- protest-city>
The National 17 May 2011 - Up to 26 bodies discovered near Deraa, city
where unrest first erupted in March, under mounds of earth in wheatfields.
*Mahmoud Abbas warns Palestinians 'cannot wait indefinitely' for
statehood*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ mahmoud-abbas- warns-palestinia ns-cannot- wait-indefinitel y-for-statehood>
The National 17 May 2011 - Palestinian president renews call for UN
recognition, days before the Israeli prime minister heads to the US to
meet President Barack Obama and deliver a speech before Congress.
*Diplomats and Yemeni opposition try to resurrect GCC plan for Saleh's
departure*
<http://www.thenatio nal.ae/news/ worldwide/ middle-east/ diplomats- and-yemeni- opposition- try-to-resurrect -gcc-plan- for-salehs- departure>
The National 17 May 2011 - Modifications to deal would let the ruling
party appoint a unity government for the transition period until
elections and would also change which opposition representative would
sign the deal.
*Ha'aretz* <http://haaretz. com/>
*Netanyahu: Abbas is distorting known historical facts*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/netanyah u-abbas-is- distorting- known-historical -facts-1. 362362>
Ha'aretz - Responding to Palestinian PM's New York Times op-ed, PM says
Palestinian leadership sees establishment of independent state as a way
to continue the conflict with Israel, rather than end it.
*Obama: Israeli-Palestinian peace talks more vital than ever*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/obama- israeli-palestin ian-peace- talks-more- vital-than- ever-1.362344>
Ha'aretz - Following talks with Jordan's King Abdullah, U.S. president
says Mideast talks should relaunch and create 'two states living side by
side in peace and security.'
*Netanyahu's former top aide leaked secret information to media*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ netanyahu- s-former- top-aide- leaked-secret- information- to-media- 1.362368>
Ha'aretz - Uzi Arad, who was previously thought to have resigned, was
fired from his post as national security adviser after he was found to
have inadvertently leaked confidential security information.
*Akiva Eldar / Netanyahu strays left while winking at the right*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/netanyah u-strays- left-while- winking-at- the-right- 1.362349>
Ha'aretz - PM's speech on foundations of final status agreement did not
include the truly important things, such as recognizing 1967 borders.
*U.S., EU planning new steps in response to Syria crackdown*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ mideast-in- turmoil/u- s-eu-planning- new-steps- in-response- to-syria- crackdown- 1.362331>
Ha'aretz - Clinton says new moves planned for days ahead; Ashton: Syrian
government must make changes now.
*Bradley Burston / For Palestinians, every day is Nakba Day*
<http://www.haaretz. com/blogs/ a-special- place-in- hell/for- palestinians- every-day- is-nakba- day-1.362322>
Ha'aretz - We owe Palestinians what we demand of them: recognition of
our right to an independent state, and compromise for the sake of a
shared future.
*'Waqf Temple Mount excavation damaged archaeological relics'*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ waqf-temple- mount-excavation -damaged- archaeological- relics-1. 362332>
Ha'aretz - State Comptroller' s report finds that the Muslim religious
trust carried out works without permits and used heavy equipment
damaging the Jerusalem holy site.
*State comptroller: Many shortcomings in Home Front Command control
systems*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/state- comptroller- many-shortcoming s-in-home- front-command- control-systems- 1.362354>
Ha'aretz - State Comptroller' s report says lack of communication between
Home Front Command and other emergency services puts Israeli security at
risk.
*Palestinian Authority postpones local vote to give Gaza time to
organize*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/palestin ian-authority- postpones- local-vote- to-give-gaza- time-to-organize -1.362297>
Ha'aretz - Delay means the election will be held after September, when
Abbas has said he will ask the United Nations General Assembly to
recognize a Palestinian state.
*Abbas urges UN: Recognize Palestinian state, pave way for legal action
against Israel*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/abbas- urges-un- recognize- palestinian- state-pave- way-for-legal- action-against- israel-1. 362254>
Ha'aretz - In a New York Times op-ed, Palestinian President says a UN
move to authorize an independent Palestinian state come September would
rectify what he calls the 'unfulfilled' 1947 UN partition plan.
*State comptroller: Barak did not act as expected of a minister*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ state-comptrolle r-barak-did- not-act-as- expected- of-a-minister- 1.362310>
Ha'aretz - In a special opinion section of the annual State
Comptroller' s Report, Micha Lindenstrauss blasts defense minister for
deviating from public norms in regards to the consulting firm he
transferred to his family upon entering the cabinet.
*Jaffa gang suspected of plotting to kill sheikh, blame rightists for
crime*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ national/ jaffa-gang- suspected- of-plotting- to-kill-sheikh- blame-rightists- for-crime- 1.362301>
Ha'aretz - Attorney Gur Finkelstein, who represents the Scientology
Center in Israel, was detained several weeks for allegedly hiring this
gang to help him with his own criminal endeavors.
*Ireland mounts huge security operation ahead of Queen Elizabeth's
visit*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ international/ ireland-mounts- huge-security- operation- ahead-of- queen-elizabeth- s-visit-1. 362295>
Ha'aretz - Army destroys makeshift bomb found on bus in Dublin; the
visit, the first by a British monarch since Ireland won independence
from London in 1921, is designed to show how warm neighborly relations
have replaced centuries of animosity.
*Syria denies existence of mass grave near Daraa*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ international/ syria-denies- existence- of-mass-grave- near-daraa- 1.362293>
Ha'aretz - Syrian and international rights groups say Syrian forces have
killed at least 700 civilians across the country since protests first
broke out in Daraa on March 18.
*'Mubarak to apologize to Egyptian people and plead for amnesty'*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ international/ mubarak-to- apologize- to-egyptian- people-and- plead-for- amnesty-1. 362288>
Ha'aretz - According to Egyptian daily, the former president will
explain that some of his mistakes were due to 'faulty information' ; he
will also reportedly tell the people that he is willing to give up
assets pending investigations.
*BOI Governor Fischer named as potential successor to IMF chief*
<http://english. themarker. com/boi-governor -fischer- named-as- potential- successor- to-imf-chief- 1.362203>
Ha'aretz - Strauss-Kahn was arrested in New York for allegedly
assaulting a hotel maid in the city, an arrest which rattled Europe,
particularly France.
*Mortgage demand down as housing grants approved*
<http://english. themarker. com/mortgage- demand-down- as-housing- grants-approved- 1.362202>
Ha'aretz - Gov't puts last details on plan that would give money to
young couples buying homes in periphery.
*Teva seals takeover of Japanese generic power*
<http://english. themarker. com/teva- seals-takeover- of-japanese- generic-power- 1.362211>
Ha'aretz - Taiyo is country's third biggest generic drug seller.
*Netanyahu strays left while winking at the right*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/netanyah u-strays- left-while- winking-at- the-right- 1.362349>
Ha'aretz - PM's speech on foundations of final status agreement did not
include the truly important things, such as recognizing 1967 borders.
*Inspired by Arab Spring, Palestinian protest is bursting with new
energy*
<http://www.haaretz. com/news/ diplomacy- defense/inspired -by-arab- spring-palestini an-protest- is-bursting- with-new- energy-1. 362271>
Ha'aretz - The pro-democracy revolts in the Arab world have instilled a
new sense of possibility among Palestinians, who had been dejected after
two failed uprisings against Israeli rule and fruitless peace talks over
the past 20 years.
*Jerusalem Post* <http://jpost. com/>
*TA court extends remand of Syrian who 'hitchhiked to city'*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=221047& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Hijazi's attorney calls on the state to
release him and deport him back to Syria, saying there would be "no use
in his continued custody."
*Justice Ministry confirms: Uzi Arad was PMO leak source*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=221034& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Following Channel 10 report saying Arad
was responsible for the leak, Justice Ministry confirms Shin Bet
investigation led to nat'l security adviser.
*Channel 10 claims Uzi Arad was source of PMO leak*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=221028& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Report says Justice Ministry, Shin Bet
fingered Arad as unintentional leaker of sensitive information, leading
to his ultimate resignation.
*Report: Uzi Arad was source of PMO information leak*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=221011& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Despite passing polygraph, former nat'l
security adviser resigned because he gave classified information to
journalists, Channel 10 reports.
*'Haredi girls' schools 'fertile ground for discrimination' '*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=220994& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - State Comptroller report slams lack of
procedures for acceptance into state-funded religious girls' schools,
leading to racial discrimination. .
*Cars trump guns as cause of death in Middle East*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=220992& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - As UN begins its Decade of Road Safety,
region has its work cut out for it; road deaths in Middle East occur
twice as often as in US.
*Ex-IAEA official adds weight to Syria atom suspicion*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=220988& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Diplomats say Syria may be referred to
Security Council; West, IAEA accuse Damascus of stonewalling nuclear
probe; Syria blames Israel.
*Palestinian rights group accuses PA and Hamas of torture*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=220987& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Report warns against "security mentality"
at the expense of rights, rule of law; points to fallen Arab dictators
as examples of failed policies.
*'Tax Authority doesn't use tools to chase debtors'*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=220973& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - State Comptroller' s report criticizes
Finance Ministry, urges Tax Authority to improve tender process, slams
Housing Authority's accounting for state assets.
*'70% of Palestinians expect third intifada if talks fail'*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=220974& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Palestinian poll shows one quarter oppose
new intifada, 70% oppose firing rockets from Gaza; majority believes
Israel interested in peace deal.
*'Men are responsible for 74% of accidents causing injury'*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=220970& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - CBS releases study comparing driving
habits of Arab and Jewish citizens, old and young drivers, and those
involved in fatal accidents.
*Lindenstrauss submits longest-ever report to Knesset*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=220969& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Report deals with issues including
activities of gov't ministers, treatment of elderly; Hasson: Report is
one of the most severe to ever come out.
*Washington blames Syria for 'Nakba Day' Golan incident*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=220961& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - White House: Damascus trying to distract
attention from its own violent crackdown on protests; UN condemns
Israeli fire in Lebanon.
*Israel again threatens to withhold tax funds to PA*
<http://www.jpost. com/DiplomacyAnd Politics/ Article.aspx? ID=220957& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Steinitz: No funds if PA forms new gov't
with Hamas; official says there will be consequences if Hamas doesn't
accept Quartet principles.
*Palestinian Authority delays local vote to October*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=220954& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Delay was expected following unite deal
bewteen Fatah and Hamas; PA spokesperson says delay intended to give
time to organize in Gaza.
*Bomb found near Dublin ahead of UK Queen's visit*
<http://www.jpost. com/Internationa l/Article. aspx?ID=220950& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Security tight after bomb discovered and
destroyed; event marks first time a British monarch has visited Ireland
since 1911.
*Saudi Arabia opens world's largest women's university*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=220949& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - But where will graduates of mammoth
institution find jobs? Women only comprise 14.4 percent of the Saudi
national work force.
*Amidror denies he tried to have Obama's speech altered*
<http://www.jpost. com/DiplomacyAnd Politics/ Article.aspx? ID=220943& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - National sec. adviser says he did not try
to convince White House to change president's speech calling on Israel
to return to 1967 borders.
*Police: Mobsters planned to blame mosque bomb on far-Right*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?ID=220942& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Jaffa suspects allegedly hired by lawyer
to kill Tel Aviv municipality official, bomb Scientology center; eight
suspects, including brothers from two families had already prepared bomb.
*Police: Mobsters planned to blame bomb on far-Right*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=220942& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Jaffa suspects allegedly hired by lawyer
to kill Tel Aviv municipality official, bomb Scientology center; eight
suspects had already prepared bomb.
*'Mubarak to apologize to Egypt, plead for amnesty'*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=220932& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Broadcast of former president apologizing
for "any offense caused to the people" will be shown on Arabic channels,
Egyptian report says.
*Syria says report of mass grave in Deraa 'untrue'*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=220931& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Witnesses say 13 bodies uncovered in mass
burial site; hundreds of Syrian refugees flee to Lebanon escaping
violence in border towns.
*More hotel rooms expected as tourists keep coming*
<http://www.jpost. com/Travel/ AroundIsrael/ Article.aspx? ID=220929& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Number of foreign tourists has risen from
1.2 million in 2001 to 3.45 million in 2010.
*Israeli chess player heads to FIDE Candidates final*
<http://www.jpost. com/LifeStyle/ Article.aspx? ID=220921& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Boris Gelfand, a Rishon Lezion resident,
will face off against Russian Alexander Grischuk to advance to finals;
Ayalon sends congratulations.
*Israeli couple names baby 'Like' in honor of Facebook*
<http://www.jpost. com/Features/ InThespotlight/ Article.aspx? ID=220920& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Lior and Vardit Adler have 2 other
children named Dvash and Pie; baby naming comes after man in Egypt named
daughter 'Facebook.'
*Police to request remand extension for Syrian infiltrator*
<http://www.jpost. com/NationalNews /Article. aspx?id=220917& R=R2>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Hassan Hijazi, 28, hitched a ride from
Majdal Shams to Tel Aviv; two other Syrian infiltrators returned backed
to Syria.
*Egypt's former first lady relinquishes her assets*
<http://www.jpost. com/MiddleEast/ Article.aspx? id=220912& R=R3>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - Suzanne Mubarak returns Cairo villa, up to
$3.4 million; doctor says former first lady too sick for transfer to prison.
*Abbas: 'Palestinian quest for statehood isn't a stunt'*
<http://www.jpost. com/DiplomacyAnd Politics/ Article.aspx? ID=220911& R=R1>
Jeruslalem Post 17 May 2011 - In 'NY Times' op-ed, PA president appeals
to int'l community to support UN recognition of state after 20 years of
failed talks with Israel.
*The Guardian* <http://guardian. co.uk/world/ palestinian- territories>
*Facebook tool inspires name for Israeli couple's third child*
<http://www.guardian .co.uk/technolog y/2011/may/ 17/facebook- children- celebrity- names>
The Guardian 17 May 2011 - Daughter named Like Adler adds to modern
trend of inflicting unusual names on children The poor child got off
lightly: she could just as well have been called Status, or even Poke.
Instead an Israeli couple...
*Hamas and Fatah can work together | Tareq Baconi*
<http://www.guardian .co.uk/commentis free/2011/ may/17/hamas- fatah-palestinia ns-eu-us- israel>
The Guardian 17 May 2011 - Both parties seek to strengthen Palestinians
for future statehood. The EU, US and Israel should welcome this deal The
recent reconciliation deal between Hamas and Fatah could hold more merit
than past deals between the two...
*Netanyahu and Obama: is this the final showdown? | Aluf Benn*
<http://www.guardian .co.uk/commentis free/cifamerica/ 2011/may/ 17/netanyahu- obama-washington -showdown>
The Guardian 17 May 2011 - This week, Israel's PM goes to the US hoping
for a diplomatic victory -- but reality is decided on the ground, not
Capitol Hill This week the Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu
will fly to Washington.. .
*Palestinian collaborator: 'I am a traitor. I sold my people. But for
what?'*
<http://www.guardian .co.uk/world/ view-from- jerusalem- with-harriet- sherwood/ 2011/may/ 17/israel- palestinian- territories>
The Guardian 17 May 2011 - New film The Collaborator and his Family
charts informant's dark struggle to make fresh start in Israel I went to
see a film at DocAviv, the Tel Aviv documentary film festival, at the
weekend about a...
*Inter Press Service* <http://ipsnews. net/middle. asp>
*Obama Faces Mounting Arab Disillusionment*
<http://ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews= 55677>
IPS On the eve of a much-anticipated address by President Barack Obama
on U.S. policy in the Middle East, a new survey suggests that
disillusionment with both Obama and Washington's approaches to the
region are once again on the rise throughout the Muslim world.
*Egypt Hunts Down The Right to Love*
<http://ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews= 55674>
IPS Abeer Fakhry, a young Christian woman, had only wanted to live with
a man who would love and respect her, and not with her abusive husband.
But within months of trying to escape her marriage, and her faith, Abeer
finds herself chased by her family, by the Orthodox Christian Church,...
*Israel Prepares to Confront Historical Shifts*
<http://ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews= 55665>
IPS Back in August 2000, just weeks after the failed Camp David peace
summit and weeks before the outbreak of the second Palestinian Intifadah
uprising, Marwan Barghouthi, leader of the Fatah armed forces, laid out
his alternative strategy for ending the Israeli occupation.
*Yemen Faces Older Birth Pangs As Well*
<http://ipsnews. net/news. asp?idnews= 55664>
IPS An estimated 2,555 women in Yemen die annually during childbirth
because they do not have access to proper health facilities or
experienced medical professionals.
*Uruknet* <http://uruknet. info/>
*[uruknet.info] Syrian refugees describe gangs fomenting sectarian
strife* <http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77802>
Uruknet May 17, 2011 - Since Saturday, thousands of residents of the
besieged town have slipped into Lebanon, some braving sniper fire to
cross the small stone bridge at Arida, others creeping through the
rugged stony hills to find fordable reaches of the Kabir River. The
refugees are bringing with them tales of bloodshed and terror that, if
true,...
*[uruknet.info] Killing Rachel Corrie Twice*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77801>
Uruknet May 17, 2011 - On May 16, at 6:54AM Gaza time (3:54AM GMT), in
international waters, an Israeli naval vessel attacked the Malaysian
owned Spirit of Rachel Corrie ship (officially the MV Finch), carrying
humanitarian aid to Gaza. More details below. Lawless Monday followed
Nakba Day's bloody Sunday, Israeli security forces assaulting
unprecedented numbers of nonviolent demonstrators in...
*[uruknet.info] Syrian activists call general strike in new tactic*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77800>
Uruknet May 17, 2011 - Syrian protesters called Tuesday for a one-day
nationwide general strike, urging students to skip school and workers to
bring commerce to a halt in a new strategy of defiance against
government crackdowns that appear to be turning more brutal and bloody.
The strike, planned for Wednesday, marks a shift by opposition forces to
strike...
*[uruknet.info] The truth about civilized transitions' *
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77799>
Uruknet May 17, 2011 - "What about giving Gaddafi an exit strategy?" -
Channel 4 News presenter to somebody or other, 16 May, 2011 . This is
what it comes down to: A TV 'news' presenter reveals in all its
starkness, how the Empire corrupts totally. Here we have an apparently
intelligent and educated person dismissing the leader of a...
*[uruknet.info] "Violent Crackdown" on Pro-Palestinian Protesters in
Cairo Leaves Over 350 Injured* <http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77797>
Uruknet May 17, 2011 - Egyptian police violently crushed a Sunday
protest marking the anniversary of the 1948 establishment of Israel. At
least 350 people were injured outside of the Israeli embassy in Cairo
when police reportedly fired live ammunition, tear gas grenades and
rubber bullets at the crowd. Meanwhile, former Egyptian president Hosni
Mubarak is expected to plead...
*[uruknet.info] Egypt watchdog slams teenager's death sentence*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77796>
Uruknet May 17, 2011 - An Egyptian rights group said on Tuesday it was
"deeply troubled" by the sentencing of a teenager to death and called
for the verdict to be overturned. A military court on Monday sentenced
the 17-year-old and three other men to be hanged for kidnapping and
raping a young woman, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal...
*[uruknet.info] Analysis: The Nakba continues*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77795>
Uruknet May 17, 2011 - Nakba, in Arabic, simply means "catastrophe" or
"tragedy." For Palestinians, it is the most tragic nightmare to happen
to a whole nation in modern history. The irony is that while
Palestinians commemorate the 63rd anniversary of their catastrophe, the
Palestinian exodus, Israelis celebrate what they call "Independence
Day." Their independence was achieved by expelling...
*[uruknet.info] Thousands at the border*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77792>
Uruknet May 17, 2011 - I grew up in Lebanon during the civil war and the
Israeli occupation of the south. During that time a revolutionary song
by Julia Butros, "Wayn al-Malayeen? " (where are the millions), was
continually heard. But as a child I never understood what she meant when
she sang "Where are the millions? Where are the...
*[uruknet.info] Israel to hand over Palestinian tax revenues*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77790>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 -- The Civil Servants' union said the Palestinian
Authority would pay government employees' salaries on Monday, following
confirmation that Israel would resume transfers of Palestinian tax
revenues. A PA government spokesman, however, said he could not confirm
the announcement, adding that the salaries would be paid when Israel
transferred the cash...
*[uruknet.info] Jane Mayer on the Obama war on whistle-blowers*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77789>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - In a just released, lengthy New Yorker article,
Jane Mayer -- with the diligence and thoroughness she used to expose the
Bush torture regime -- examines a topic I've written about many times
here: the Obama administration' s unprecedented war on whistleblowers
generally, and its persecution of NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake in
particular (Drake exposed...
*[uruknet.info] The Good Don't Triumph and There is No Justice Brian De
Palma's "Blow Out" Thirty Years On* <http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77788>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - This July 21 is the 30th anniversary release date
of Brian De Palma's political/conspirac y thriller "Blow Out," starring
John Travolta, Nancy Allen and John Lithgow. Critics praised De Palma's
artful weaving of references to other directors and movies and real life
events into "Blow Out" but audiences were turned off by the film's
ravagingly.. .
*[uruknet.info] Update on Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77787>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - As of now at local time Monday morning 2 a.m. May
16, 2011, Mazin is still being detained. His cell phone battery died as
he called and wanted me to write down the names and countries of the
seven internationals that were detained with him so that I can get help
calling their respective.. .
*[uruknet.info] Libyan government asks why ICC isn't also seeking to
prosecute Syria* <http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77786>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - Libyan officials have described the international
criminal court's move to seek an arrest warrant against Colonel Muammar
Gaddafi as irrelevant, claiming it would have little impact on the
country's embattled leader. Libya's deputy foreign minister, Khaled
Kaim, cited the continued liberty of Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir,
as an example of the ICC's "impotence", saying...
*[uruknet.info] Horrific picture emerges of besieged Syrian town*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77785>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - Residents interviewed by The Associated Press on
Monday as they crossed into Lebanon said their town, which has held
weekly anti-government rallies, came under attack by the army, security
forces and shadowy, pro-regime gunmen known as "shabiha." Residents
recognized the shabiha by their black clothes and red arm bands -
apparently worn so they...
*[uruknet.info] Proud to be Palestinian*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77784>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - It has been quite some time since I have swelled
with pride at a collective act from my people. Yesterday, May 15, I was
reminded of how it feels to burst with emotion and awe at the
Palestinians. Yesterday, the day all Palestinians commemorate Al Nakba -
the 1948 Catastrophe - throngs of Palestinians, ...
*[uruknet.info] Iraq snapshot - May 16, 2011*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77783>
Uruknet May 16, 2011. Chaos and violence continue, Iraq continues to
have no heads for the security ministries, Parliament gears up for their
vacation, the governments in England and Canada reel from Iraq
revalations, Nouri plans to shut down Camp Ashraf, and more... Nouri
al-Maliki wants political blocs to consider the extension of US forces
on the ground in...
*[uruknet.info] Do to Libya what was done to Gaza and Iraq says head of
UK army* <http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77782>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - As predicted by Stop the War, the Nato attack has
already gone far beyond a no-fly zone, with the killing of eleven Libyan
clerics the latest "collateral damage" caused by Nato bombing raids, of
which there have been over 2000 in just two months. Now, the head of the
British army, General Sir David...
*[uruknet.info] Iraq's current status quo will not continued*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77781>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - Those who believe that the current form of
government in Baghdad - the outcome of the occupation of Iraq by
American forces - is sustainable are hugely mistaken. This is exactly
what worries the current nervous prime minister, who is working hard to
strike a new deal that will give U.S. military presence an...
*[uruknet.info] Exclusive: Shi'ite groups behind Iraq killings,
officials say* <http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77780>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - Shi'ite militias rather than Sunni Islamist al
Qaeda are behind a recent wave of assassinations of Iraqi government,
police and military officials in Baghdad, security officials said.
Militants have used silenced guns and bombs stuck to their targets to
kill more than 38 officials in the last five months, according to
Baghdad security operations.. ..
*[uruknet.info] Libya: Kwame Nkrumah Foresaw Western Re-Conquest of
Africa* <http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77779>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - In the 1960s Kwame Nkrumah warned that unless the
African continent united into a single continental government with a
Africa-wide national army and command, the individual countries would
never be able to protect their independence and secure their rich
natural and mineral resources. NATO's illegal war against Libya and the
vicious bombardments is the...
*[uruknet.info] MI6 made secret plan for anti-Saddam coup in December
2001* <http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77778>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - MI6 drew up proposals to support a coup against
Saddam Hussein three months after the terrorist attacks on 11 September
in the United States, previously classified documents indicate. The
papers outline a proposal for regime change in Iraq backed up by
airstrikes. The files were read by the then Foreign Secretary Jack
Straw, who...
*[uruknet.info] UN: Israel displaced 149 Palestinian children in 2011*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77776>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - Israel's policy of demolishing Palestinian homes
has displaced 149 children in the West Bank so far this year, figures
from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees show. Between January and
April, Israel destroyed at least 193 Palestinian structures, including
78 residential units, forcibly displacing 333 Palestinians, UNRWA said.
The figures show a sharp rise...
*[uruknet.info] Ayatollah: Iran's president bewitched' by senior aide*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77775>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came under
new pressure Sunday, as an influential cleric charged that he has been
"bewitched" by a controversial senior aide and key lawmakers renewed
their impeachment threat. Ahmadinejad is behaving "unnaturally" and
needs to be "saved," Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, a former
supporter of the president, told the weekly...
*[uruknet.info] Former Israeli soldiers break the silence on military
violations* <http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77773>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - Transgressions by the Israeli army in the
occupied Palestinian territories will be disclosed by a group of former
soldiers in an internet campaign aimed at raising public awareness of
military violations. Video testimonies by around two dozen ex-soldiers -
some of whom are identifying themselves for the first time - will be
posted on...
*[uruknet.info] 60 More Days in Libya: Obama Does Bush Lawyers Proud*
<http://www.uruknet. info/?new= 77772>
Uruknet May 16, 2011 - Now we know why Obama has gone to such outrageous
lengths to keep Bush's lawyers out of prison, claiming powers of secrecy
and immunity beyond Cheney's wildest dreams and pressuring foreign
nations to clamp down on any outbreaks of law enforcement. If the Bush
lawyers who "legalized" aggressive war, lawless imprisonment, and
torture were...
*Daily Star* <http://dailystar. com.lb/>
*Obama: Middle East peace needed more than ever*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-18/Obama- Middle-East- peace-needed- more-than- ever.ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday it was
more vital than ever to work to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts
even as political upheaval engulfs much of the broader Middle East.
*EU, U.S. put Syria on notice*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-18/EU- US-put-Syria- on-notice. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 The United States and the European Union said
Tuesday they plan to implement steps against Syria soon if it does not
abandon its brutal crackdown, and diplomats said both would impose
sanctions on Syrian officials for...
*As Nakba dust settles, Lebanon's Palestinians adamant to return home*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 18/As-Nakba- dust-settles- Lebanons- Palestinians- adamant-to- return-home. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 When Abu Awasif left his home in Deir al-Assad,
he was 11 years old. It was 1948, and Abu Awasif fled with his parents
from their village near Akka to stay with friends across the Lebanese...
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Tue May 17, 2011 6:23 pm (PDT)
*Flow of Syrian refugees into Lebanon dwindles*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 18/Flow-of- Syrian-refugees- into-Lebanon- dwindles. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Around 160 Syrians, mostly women and children,
fled into northern Lebanon through the Hekr Jenin border crossing
Tuesday, a senior security source told The Daily Star.
*Talks on Cabinet formation resume after latest suspension*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 18/Talks- on-Cabinet- formation- resume-after- latest-suspensio n.ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati resumed
consultations with representatives from the Hezbollah-led March 8
alliance on the formation of a new government Tuesday night as Free
Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun accused President Michel Sleiman.
*Syrian refugees receive warm border welcome*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-18/Syrian- refugees- receive-warm- border-welcome. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Rocking gently to and fro with her 2-year-old
daughter in her lap and her 8-year-old son clinging to her side, Nibal,
a Syrian mother of four, who fled to Lebanon from the besieged Syrian
town of...
*Al-Akhbar, employees fined for murder incitement*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-18/Al- Akhbar-employees -fined-for- murder-incitemen t.ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Al-Akhbar newspaper and two of its employees have
been fined a total of LL13 million for the defamation and incitement to
murder of Sheikh Abdallah Hasan al-Hameed, also known as Dweik.
*Putting smiles on the faces of critically ill children*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-18/Putting- smiles-on- the-faces- of-critically- ill-children. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 On a Friday morning in the pediatric unit of
Geitawi Hospital, a dozen children are sitting at tables in a room whose
walls are covered with children's drawings.
*Land mine victims share experiences at regional workshop*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-18/Land- mine-victims- share-experience s-at-regional- workshop. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Thirty-three land mine survivors participated in
an innovative week-long training workshop and rehabilitation program
aimed at assisting land mine survivors in overcoming their disabilities
and facing the challenges.
*Road safety as important as any issue in Arab world: Baroud*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-18/Road- safety-as- important- as-any-issue- in-Arab-world- Baroud.ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Caretaker Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud said
Tuesday at a conference on road safety that the crisis of traffic
accidents is ... as important as any other political, economic or
security crisis in the Arab world.
*Border shooting divides Lebanese politicians*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 18/Border- shooting- divides-Lebanese -politicians. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Lebanese political leaders and officials were
divided Tuesday over their interpretation of the incident at the
Lebanese-Israel border Sunday.
*Lebanese-Syrian ties governed by Taif, Shami says*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 18/Lebanese- Syrian-ties- governed- by-Taif-Shami- says.ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Shami said Tuesday
Lebanese-Syrian ties were governed by the 1989 Taif Accord, which
stipulates that Lebanon's security is dependent on that of Syria and
vice versa.
*Bristol cancels anti-Syrian regime meeting, cites neutrality*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 18/Bristol- cancels-anti- Syrian-regime- meeting-cites- neutrality. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 A gathering of Lebanese activists in solidarity
with demonstrators in Syria was called off by the management of Hotel
Bristol Tuesday, after pro-Syrian groups warned against such an event.
*Hoss: Cabinet delay is no longer acceptable*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 18/Hoss-Cabinet- delay-is- no-longer- acceptable. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Former Prime Minister Salim Hoss said Tuesday
that the Cabinet delay is no longer acceptable.
*Williams: Government must be formed soon*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 18/Williams- Government- must-be-formed- soon.ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael
Williams said the country faces major challenges, which necessitate a
swift formation of the government.
*U.S. eyes Syria unrest from the sidelines*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 18/US-eyes- Syria-unrest- from-the- sidelines. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 The United States continues to watch developments
of the two-month-long popular uprising in Syria.
*Teachers strike to vent anger at politicians*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 18/Teachers- strike-to- vent-anger- at-politicians. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Lebanon's teachers are set to stage a national
strike Wednesday, suspending classes in both public and private schools
to protest the ongoing political vacuum in the country.
*Omani youths vow protests over slow job creation*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-18/Omani- youths-vow- protests- over-slow- job-creation. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Jobless Omani activists vowed Tuesday to organize
more protests, complaining that not enough has been done to appease
street protesters demanding better pay, more jobs and an end to graft in
the country.
*Libya's top oil official defects, U.K. hits spy hub*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-18/Libyas- top-oil-official -defects- UK-hits-spy- hub.ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 The chairman of Libya's National Oil Corporation
has defected from Moammar Gadhafi's administration and fled to
neighboring Tunisia, a Tunisian security source said Tuesday.
*Mubarak's wife released from detention, still faces probe*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-18/Mubaraks- wife-released- from-detention- still-faces- probe.ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 The wife of Egypt's ousted president was released
from detention Tuesday after giving up assets but is still being
investigated, said an official leading a probe into whether she amassed
wealth illegally.
*Yemen opposition to consider modified Gulf deal*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-18/Yemen- opposition- to-consider- modified- Gulf-deal. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Yemen opposition leaders will consider
modifications to a Gulf Arab plan that aims to ease the entrenched
President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of nearly 33 years in power, an
opposition leader said Tuesday.
*Rights group accuses PA and Hamas of torture*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-18/Rights- group-accuses- PA-and-Hamas- of-torture. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 A human rights body Tuesday accused the
Palestinian Authority of torture and arbitrary detention and warned it
not to repeat the mistakes of Arab states by allowing security forces to
become too powerful.
*Thousands of Kurds attend funeral of 12 Kurdish rebels shot by Turkish
police*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-18/Thousands -of-Kurds- attend-funeral- of-12-Kurdish- rebels-shot- by-Turkish- police.ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Reports say hundreds of supporters of Kurdish
rebels attacked police with stones and fire bombs Tuesday following the
funeral of one of 12 Kurdish rebels killed by Turkish troops as they
attempted to sneak into Turkey...
*Bahraini activist threatened with rape in custody: report*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-18/Bahraini- activist- threatened- with-rape- in-custody- report.ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 A prominent Bahraini human rights activist said
he had been threatened with rape while in custody after he refused to
apologize to the king over his role in anti-government protests.
*Five guards taken hostage by Salafist prisoners in Morocco*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-18/Five- guards-taken- hostage-by- Salafist- prisoners- in-Morocco. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Inmates at a Moroccan prison took five guards
hostage Tuesday in a second day of unrest that appeared to spread to
other jails in the North African country, the state news agency and an
independent news...
*Iran says Al-Jazeera reporter committed violations*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-18/Iran- says-Al-Jazeera- reporter- committed- violations. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Iran said Tuesday that a missing Al-Jazeera
reporter attempted to enter Syria last month with an expired Iranian
passport and without proper press clearance, but offered no details on
whether she is being held in Iran.
*Iranian woman seeks 2 mln euros to spare attacker blinding*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-18/Iranian- woman-seeks- 2-mln-euros- to-spare- attacker- blinding. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 It will cost an Iranian man convicted of throwing
acid in the face of a fellow student 2 million euros to escape a
court-ordered blinding, the Arman newspaper quoted his victim as saying
Tuesday.
*Mikati, Sleiman, Hariri blocking Cabinet: Aoun*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 17/Aoun-accuses- Mikati-Sleiman- of-conspiring- with-Hariri- to-block- Cabinet.ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 FPM leader says prime minister-designate and
president conspiring with Hariri to keep country in a state of paralysis.
*Number of Syrian refugees into Lebanon continues to decline*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 17/Number- of-Syrian- refugees- into-Lebanon- continues- to-decline. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Number of refugees crossing border continues to
decline as Syrian authorities blockade several towns.
*Pressure mounts on Mikati to form Cabinet or quit*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 17/Pressure- mounts-on- Mikati-to- form-Cabinet- or-quit.ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Former Prime Minister Salim Hoss adds to
criticism of Mikati, saying failure to form government is no longer
acceptable.
*MPs urge Kuwait to cut ties with Syria*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-17/MPs- urge-Kuwait- to-cut-ties- with-Syria. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Half of Kuwait's MPs urge the government to sever
ties with Damascus and expel its ambassador in protest at Syria's deadly
crackdown on anti-regime demonstrators.
*Libya's top oil official has left post: rebels*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-17/Libyas- top-oil-official -has-left- post-rebels. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 The chairman of Libya's National Oil Corporation
(NOC) has defected from Muammar Gaddafi's administration and fled to
Tunisia, a Tunisian security source said Tuesday.
*Two Syrian Army defectors held in Lebanon: activist*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-17/Two- Syrian-Army- defectors- held-in-Lebanon- activist. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Two Syrian soldiers who escaped across the border
to Lebanon are being held by the Lebanese army along with the body of a
third, a human rights activist said Tuesday.
*For Syria refugees, Lebanon provides sanctuary*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-17/For- Syria-refugees- Lebanon-provides -sanctuary. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Exhausted, terrified and penniless, Syrians
fleeing a deadly government crackdown have been finding sanctuary in
north Lebanon, taking advantage of family ties that straddle the
normally porous border.
*Teachers to strike over Cabinet formation*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 17/Teachers- plan-strike- to-demand- Cabinet-formatio n.ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 About 100,000 teachers in the private and public
sectors are to stage a one-day strike Wednesday to put pressure on
politicians to establish a new government.
*Syrian activists call general strike in new tactic*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-17/Syrian- forces-beat- dozens-of- university- students. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 The strike, planned for Wednesday, marks a shift
by opposition forces to strike at President Bashar Assad's regime from
new angles: its economic underpinnings and ability to keep the country
running during two months of widening...
*Court fines Al-Akhbar LL13 million for defamation, incitement of
murder*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Local- News/2011/ May-17/Court- fines-Al- Akhbar-LL13- million-for- defamation- incitement- of-murder. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 The newspaper and two of its employees have been
fined over an article featuring Sheikh Abdallah Hasan al-Hameed, also
known as Dweik.
*Syrian crosses border, hitchhikes to Tel Aviv*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Middle- East/2011/ May-17/Syrian- crosses-border- hitchhikes- to-Tel-Aviv. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 A Syrian man who crossed into Israel in a large
crowd that breached a border fence this week hitchhiked across the
country, even sitting beside Israeli soldiers on a public bus, to find
the home he...
*LF MP blames UNIFIL, Lebanese Army for border violence*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Politics/ 2011/May- 17/LF-MP- blames-UNIFIL- Lebanese- Army-for- border-violence. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 A key member of Samir Geagea's Lebanese Forces
party has placed blame with U.N. peacekeepers and the Lebanese Army for
Sunday's deadly border confrontation between Israeli troops and
pro-Palestinian protesters.
*Palestinians test tactic of unarmed mass marches*
<http://www.dailysta r.com.lb/ News/Analysis/ 2011/May- 17/Palestinians- test-tactic- of-unarmed- mass-marches. ashx>
Daily Star 17 May 2011 Palestinian activists are calling it a preview of
new tactics to pressure Israel and win world support for statehood:
Masses of marchers descending on borders and military posts -- and
daring Israeli soldiers to shoot.
*YNet News* <http://ynetnews. com/>
*State Comptroller: Barak violated public norms*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4070111,00. html>
YNet News, 17 May 2011 - Micha Lindenstrauss fiercely criticizes defense
minister for handing over his....
*PA delays elections until October*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4070018,00. html>
YNet News, 17 May 2011 - Palestinian government postpones municipal
elections by 3 months, arguing they....
*Experts: Biometric database system unsafe*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4069922,00. html>
YNet News, 17 May 2011 - Information security experts warn government's
chosen storage method for....
*Iran: Jewish MP slams killing of 'Nakba' protesters*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4069926,00. html>
YNet News, 17 May 2011 - Iran's parliamentary representative for Jewish
community condemns IDF actions....
*Watch: Syrian army beats students*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4069953,00. html>
YNet News, 17 May 2011 - (Video) Human rights group claims Assad's
agents chase, beat down 2,000 students....
*Conspiracy to frame rightists for criminal acts exposed*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4069940,00. html>
YNet News, 17 May 2011 - Major police operation uncovers plot to mask
string of criminal assaults as....
*Moshe Dayan named new Civil Service commissioner*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4069904,00. html>
YNet News, 17 May 2011 - Senior Appointments Committee unanimously
approves former Justice Ministry's.. ..
*Syrian infiltrator awaits remand ruling*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4069841,00. html>
YNet News, 17 May 2011 - As two Syrian infiltrators apprehended during
'Nakba Day' protests near Majdal....
*Small Claims Courts term to end?*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4069765,00. html>
YNet News, 17 May 2011 - New government proposal could end judicial
involvement in small claims cases in....
*Obama's draft speech to urge '67 borders, negate PA's state bid*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4069775,00. html>
YNet News, 17 May 2011 - US president's coming speech about Washington's
Mideast policy to demand PA....
*Abbas: Statehood bid no stunt*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4069757,00. html>
YNet News, 17 May 2011 - Palestinian president publishes NYT opinion
piece, says 'choice is not between....
*IMF chief denied bail, jailed in sex assault case*
<http://www.ynetnews .com/articles/ 0,7340,L- 4069748,00. html>
YNet News, 17 May 2011 - Dominique Strauss-Kahn' s fight against assault,
attempted rape charges takes....
*Palestinian Information Center* <http://palestine- info.co.uk/ en/>
*Gaza government concerned over continued West Bank arrests*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7vmhSZ9AVNA %2fvcC6EQlBncvHC 0qJv5ps1woIwiYb5 c7B56BDes29U9NNi kxA7e7SNobN4f9QS WZiN4ZPEM9ObGXcH tifyizHnsbczLExY JTg%3d>
PIC - The Palestinian government in Gaza expressed concern over
developments in the continued detention of elements from the Islamic
Jihad movement by West Bank security agencies.
*IOF soldiers fire at Palestinian farmers*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7UxmSBpOJab 69I9mrPEfYX8oeaf S1jksbnrPYvRnZHm gHVwT87vKZ8FPGS9 lwDBDrKiIPcgqFVa l0Md0%2bsxhNX% 2bvcdojvR5P34iXl wg0VGEw%3d>
PIC - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at
Palestinian farmers in southern Gaza on Tuesday while reaping their
crops, local sources said.
*Family says Israeli jailers poured boiling oil on its son*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7Y7IcgsmSfW HKx%2fZx4LZ% 2bqZXzuLFhomF% 2fjjnxaDUZiYn7ql g%2byqC%2fTQFhqV FpEQAP0bWXExWet7 3LX0Z6sa56EU9y40 yhv3O6EIgz8tHZuR g%3d>
PIC - A Palestinian family said its son, Raf'at Bani Odeh, was exposed
by Israeli jailers to excruciating physical and psychological torture at
the time of his six-year detention.
*Prisoners on hunger strike in honor of nakba anniversary martyrs*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7Mn2Ns% 2fbkUT4syBHn80MX scGFMVak72n0wNYH inb9Gw1V3Ohx7Dr4 loO3V9jRC77ZVrDH aFgH4SQ19kGNBxKB DOsx3JiRva2RCRkf ZRhmvyE%3d>
PIC - The Palestinian ministry of prisoners' affairs said that the
Palestinian prisoners decided to go on hunger strike on Tuesday in honor
of the martyrs who were killed on the anniversary of the Nakba.
*IOF rounds up 11, attacks elementary school in West Bank crackdown*
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PIC - The Israeli occupation force heavily targeted civilians in the
West Bank following Nakba Day protests on Monday, arresting eleven
"wanted" persons, among them three minors.
*IOF troops storm Wadi Qana, block entry of farmers*
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PIC - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the Qadi Qana region near
Salfit and expelled farmers from it after declaring it a closed military
zone.
*Resheq: Hamas, Fatah tabled their nominations for new unity government*
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PIC - Ezzet Al-Resheq declared conclusion of two days of meetings in
Cairo under Egyptian patronage of Hamas and Fatah delegations on the
mechanism for applying the reconciliation agreement.
*Jewish settlers storm Palestinian school in OJ, attack homes in
Al-Khalil*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7%2fs0J540w liYLgN%2bGyWu8Qj 8EadYe9HruZNbANu YX7KkJ%2fw8yuMoC aBbaLG065IoZC09M OLjnhX11vuC21Gc2 O6tRD2SKeeAg2V8a QA9h8lE%3d>
PIC - Jewish settlers, escorted by Israeli occupation forces, stormed a
school for orphans in occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday and assaulted a
number of students.
*Davutog(lu: We will continue efforts to incriminate Israel over
flotilla attack*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s79LS0WyWbAS PJQOiAmMNQZRX2Qo bBblrtUWldD13% 2fN%2bPfTaPfKQj5 iTp0GJPmzy0s9inB 7gf2VRhPQUI7YRqI BUkEU3oaYguevHBp SmsM5vc%3d>
PIC - Turkey's Foreign Minister has said that his country would not pull
out from the investigative committee formed by the UN human rights
council to probe Israel's navy attack on the Freedom Flotilla.
*Beitawi: Security apparatuses impeding reconciliation*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7QN4J6sNaDL w3c%2fwPZbzU7De4 KhLbchapH% 2fiUn%2fVc1PaeWc 17vfXMYp4rp8h0xW RouwHBJymm9VW9rN YDFJiyAV% 2fiP1WYrWmotT1Dx tALHIY%3d>
PIC - Hamas MP Sheikh Hamed Al-Beitawi charged the PA security
apparatuses in the West Bank with putting sticks in the wheels of
national reconciliation.
*Former Mossad chief: Resuming peace talks impossible*
<http://www.palestin e-info.co. uk/en/default. aspx?xyz= U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MD I46m9rUxJEpMO% 2bi1s7JH8iBNylQx HTozH44xIuYpWm9T %2bU8iXvboWpPX6K %2fxZnLEbuA9FVb2 rWBgvcOhJKMYpiJe i21mqiPoR1854SF9 QBqNqWk91zEe% 2f9%2buVeD% 2fs%3d>
PIC - 17/05/2011 - 10:10 AM
*IOF soldiers storm home of MP*
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PIC - 17/05/2011 - 10:12 AM
*Six Jerusalemites arrested following firebomb attack*
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PIC - 17/05/2011 - 10:16 AM
*Hamas and Fatah say their talks in Cairo very positive*
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PIC - 17/05/2011 - 10:49 AM
*MP Attoun says the Zionist onslaught on Jerusalem constitutes a new
nakba*
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PIC - 17/05/2011 - 12:17 PM
**WAFA - Palestine News Agency* <http://english. wafa.ps/>*
*Palestinian officials Discuss Peace Process with Maldivian Foreign
Minister* <http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16168>
WAFA
*Poll: Fayyad Best Candidate to Run New Government*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16167>
WAFA
*EU, UN Officials Highlight Difficult Life in Gaza*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16165>
WAFA
*Fatah Official Says Factions are Getting Close to Forming a Government*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16164>
WAFA
*PCBS: Half of Palestinian Households Have Computers*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16163>
WAFA
*PLO Intensifies Efforts at US Congress Prior to Netanyahu's Visit*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16162>
WAFA
*Gush Shalom: Israel Should Withdraw from all the Occupied Territories*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16161>
WAFA
*Newspapers Review: Italian President's Visit to Ramallah*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16160>
WAFA
*Palestinian Government Postpones Municipal Elections to October*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16159>
WAFA
*Turkish Red Crescent Donates Water Tank to Rafah*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16158>
WAFA
*Israeli Forces Fire at Palestinian Farmers in Gaza*
<http://english. wafa.ps/index. php?action= detail&id= 16157>
WAFA
*
*Intifada Palestine* <http://www.intifada -palestine. com/>*
*Weep Not for Strauss-Kahn*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/intifada- palestine/ QuVY/%7E3/ 27oCAKG1jB8/>
Intifada-Palestine: 17 May 2011 - By: : DIANA JOHNSTONE / Counterpunch
In a flood of carefully designed public opinion polls, editorials, and
books bordering on idolatry, the French communications industry had
already settled next year's presidential election. The loser would be
Nicolas Sarkozy, sagging in the polls. The...more
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/intifada- palestine/ QuVY/%7E3/ 27oCAKG1jB8/>
*Los Angeles Times* <http://latimes. com/news/ nationworld/ world/middleeast />
*Libya official, in Tunisia, may have defected*
<http://feeds. latimes.com/ %7Er/latimes/ middleeast/ %7E3/rZxo429DtGA /la-fg-libya- defect-20110518, 0,5271597. story>
LA Times 17 May 2011 - The nation's top oil official, Shukri Ghanem, is
visiting the neighboring country on business, Libya says. But
unconfirmed reports suggest he is the latest high-ranking official to
abandon Moammar Kadafi's government. Mystery surrounded the status
Tuesday of Libya's top oil official, Shukri Ghanem, who was...
*New York Times* <http://nytimes. com/pages/ world/middleeast />
*Iran Says Missing Al Jazeera Reporter Committed Offenses*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=27b3a80f452876 770da04963244baa c9>
New York Times 17 May 2011 - Iran said Tuesday it was pursuing the case
of a missing Al Jazeera reporter, saying she had committed "several
offenses," including traveling without a valid passport.
*Iranian Flotilla Halts Bahrain Mission*
<http://feeds. nytimes.com/ click.phdo? i=9dda2769aaf4bf 17517bb5e882811e ac>
New York Times 17 May 2011 - The Iranian government told the convoy,
which included 120 students, clerics and activists, to abandon its plan
to sail to Bahrain to support Shiite protesters.
*Misc* <http://vtjp. org/aboutus/ aboutus.htm>
*ICC prosecutor demands arrest warrant against Gaddafi*
<http://www.wsws. org/articles/ 2011/may2011/ liby-m17. shtml>
WSWS - In proceeding as it has against Gaddafi, the International
Criminal Court has revealed itself to be a pliant tool of US and
European imperialism.
*Israel's border massacre and human rights hypocrisy*
<http://www.wsws. org/articles/ 2011/may2011/ pers-m17. shtml>
WSWS - The Obama administration' s reaction to Israel's massacre of
unarmed Palestinian protesters on its borders underscores the hypocrisy
of those ascribing "humanitarian" motives to Washington's predatory
policy in the region.
*Tunisian regime creates electoral commission amid mass strikes*
<http://www.wsws. org/articles/ 2011/may2011/ tuni-m17. shtml>
WSWS - Last Monday, the Tunisian interim government announced the
formation of the independent electoral committee to oversee the July 24
election of a constituent assembly.
*Picking apart the New York Times Zionist narrative on the Nakba . . .
using the New York Times*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 05/picking- apart-the- new-york- timess-zionist- narrative- on-the-nakba- using-the- new-york- times.html>
Mondoweiss - Yesterday's deaths at various demonstrations commemorating
the Nakba remind us of one all-important fact: without a just resolution
to the Palestinian refugee issue, the state of Israel will never be
welcome or accepted in the region. Those killed highlight the importance
of a 63 year-old issue...
*If Israel is the multicultural democracy it claims to be, why is it so
afraid of the right of return?*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 05/if-israel- is-the-multicult ural-democracy- it-claims- to-be-why- is-it-so- afraid-of- the-right- of-return. html>
Mondoweiss - Prime Minister Netanyahu, like other Israeli officials,
routinely point out that about twenty percent of the population of
Israel is Arab. Most often they go on to say that Arabs have significant
roles in the Israeli community such as judges and physicians and hold
elected seats...
*Uzi Arad, Former National Security Advisor, Fired for Leaking Secret
Report*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/7L-5aY- sojI/>
Tikun Olam - 'Uzi Arad leaked to an American journalist the controller's
report on the second Lebanon war--so Wikileaks reveals' Uzi Arad Several
months ago, Uzi Arad, former senior Mossad officer and then national
security advisor to prime minister Netanyahu rather abruptly announced
he was quitting his post. At...
*Desmond Travers on Geo Mitchell: Irish-American Diaspora wanted an end
to the troubles, Jewish-American Diaspora hasn't opened its eyes*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 05/desmond- travers-on- geo-mitchell- irish-american- diaspora- wanted-an- end-to-the- troubles- jewish-american- diaspora- hasnt-opened- its-eyes. html>
Mondoweiss - On Thursday night Col. Desmond Travers, the Irish member of
the Goldstone mission, will be speaking in New York. (Click here or the
image above if you want to get a ticket.) Yesterday I phoned him at his
home in the Republic of Ireland to ask...
*Liberal Tomasky's advice to Obama: do whatever AIPAC wants*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 05/liberal- tomaskys- advice-to- obama-do- whatever- aipac-wants. html>
Mondoweiss - Further evidence of how slanted the mainstream American
discourse is by the Israel lobby. Michael Tomasky is a liberal Democrat.
But at the Daily Beast he tells Obama to get reelected by pursing the
most conservative course on Israel-- do whatever AIPAC tells you to do.
......
*Tariq Ali speaks tonight in Brooklyn on Arab revolutions*
<http://mondoweiss. net/2011/ 05/tariq- ali-speaks- tonight-in- brooklyn- on-arab-revoluti ons.html>
Mondoweiss - Gosh I want to go to this. Tonight in Brooklyn , world
intellectual Tariq Ali is speaking on the Arab revolution, from Cairo to
Madison, A World In Motion. Madison, huh. Intriguing. It's at the
Galapagos Art Gallery in Dumbo. Talk starts at 8 p.m. If I...
*AL-KHALIL/HEBRON: New video highlights the work of CPT Palestine*
<http://www.cpt. org/cptnet/ 2011/05/17/ al-khalilhebron- new-video- highlights- work-cpt- palestine>
Christian Peacemaker Teams - Palestine - "I consider the presence of CPT
really something great. They support the Palestinians and the nonviolent
resistance," says CPT South Hebron Hills partner Hafez Hereini in the
new video, "An Introduction to CPT Palestine." Produced, filmed and
edited by journalist Catherine Rabenstine, the nine-minute film features...
*HEBRON/AL-KHALIL: CPT Palestine updates now available on Twitter*
<http://www.cpt. org/cptnet/ 2011/05/17/ hebronal- khalil-cpt- palestine- updates-now- available- twitter>
Christian Peacemaker Teams - Palestine - Twitter account users may now
access updates from the CPT Palestine teams in Hebron and At-Tuwani at
@cptpalestine.
*JVP News, Spring 2011*
<http://jewishvoicef orpeace.org/ blog/jvp- news-spring- 2011>
Jewish Voice for Peace
*Jews protest Christians United for Israel in Louisville*
<http://jewishvoicef orpeace.org/ blog/jews- protest-christia ns-united- for-israel- in-louisville>
Jewish Voice for Peace
*Interview with Milad Ayyash's sister*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1817>
Palestine Monitor - 17-yr-old Milad Ayyash died 13 May. His sister told
Palestine Monitor that he hoped 15 May would be the start of something
new. - In Focus / 3rd-col-1st- article , Jerusalem , Youth , Settlements
, Arab Spring
*Abbas Pre-Empts Bibi's U.S. Visit in N.Y. Times Op-Ed*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/l70Z3baVw4k />
Tikun Olam - Mahmoud Abbas has pre-empted Bibi Netanyahu's U.S. visit
and May 24th address to a Joint Session of Congress with an eye-opening
op-ed in today's N.Y. Times. There is some interesting material in it.
But the money quote is this: Palestine's admission to the United Nations
would...
*Mossad Chief Names New Deputy*
<http://feedproxy. google.com/ %7Er/richardsilv erstein/ZOfh/ %7E3/UQdu4E9w8_ 0/>
Tikun Olam - Israel's recently appointed Mossad chief, Tamir Pardo,
whose identity was reported here before being published in the Israeli
media, has named his new senior command. His top deputy will be Yossi
Cohen. No Israeli media source has yet reported his name. Israel's
News1 , which calls him Y.,...
*Qalandiya Nakba protest*
<http://www.palestin emonitor. org/spip/ spip.php? article1816>
Palestine Monitor - Photos from the front lines of the 63rd Nakba march
in Qalandiya. - In pictures / 2nd-col-1st- article , Non-violent
resistance , Jerusalem , Youth , Checkpoints , Right to entry ,
Occupation , Nakba , Palestinian unity
*Misc 2* <http://vtjp. org/news/ news.php>
*Second generation Nakba survivors tell their family's stories*
<http://theonlydemoc racy.org/ 2011/05/second- generation- nakba-survivors- tell-their- familys-stories/>
The Only Democracy? JVP 17 May 2011 - If you followed the protests all
around the Palestinian Diaspora for Nakba Day, you saw how vividly this
issue lives on 63 years later. This site hosts videos and tweets are one
minute testimonials from second and third generation Nakba survivors,
that is people whose parents...
*Significant advances made in relationship between Hamas and Western
states*
<http://www.middleea stmonitor. org.uk/news/ middle-east/ 2363-significant -advances- made-in-relation ship-between- hamas-and- western-states>
Middle East Monitor 17 May 2011 - The Head of International Relations
for Hamas has claimed that there have been "important breakthroughs" in
the relationship between the Islamic Resistance Movement and "a number
of Western countries". Osama Hamdan also told Quds Press that "there is
a European understanding of Hamas positions" although it...
*Israel broke international law by firing at unarmed protesters*
<http://www.middleea stmonitor. org.uk/news/ middle-east/ 2362-israel- broke-internatio nal-law-by- firing-at- unarmed-proteste rs>
Middle East Monitor 17 May 2011 - A legal expert in Israel has said that
the country's soldiers "broke international law" by firing at unarmed
protesters at the weekend. A large number of Palestinians crossed the
borders between Syria and Israel, and Lebanon and Israel, to commemorate
the Nakba, the catastrophe of the...
*Egypt's Second Grassroots Resurgence*
<http://www.middleea stmonitor. org.uk/articles/ middle-east/ 2361-egypts- second-grassroot s-resurgence>
Middle East Monitor 17 May 2011 - The Egyptian people must still yet
overturn an overbearing force that has marginalized them for
generations: top-down government control of budgets and local
development. Egypt's central government administration consumes the far
majority of public resources, allocating just 15 percent for local
administration spending, which is less...
*Obama says Mid-East talks 'vital'*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- us-canada- 13429256>
BBC 17 May 2011 - US President Barack Obama says it is "more vital than
ever" for Israelis and Palestinians to restart peace talks, following a
meeting with Jordan's king.
*Mubarak's wife turns over assets*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- africa-13420327>
BBC 17 May 2011 - Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egypt's ousted president, is
released on bail after handing over assets as part of a corruption probe.
*Syrian soldiers 'held in Lebanon'*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 13426719>
BBC 17 May 2011 - The Lebanese authorities have detained at least two
Syrian soldiers and may hand them back to the Syrian regime, rights
groups say.
*Held reporter 'used old passport'*
<http://www.bbc. co.uk/go/ rss/int/news/ -/news/world- middle-east- 13426715>
BBC 17 May 2011 - Iran's foreign ministry says detained al-Jazeera
journalist Dorothy Parvaz entered Syria 'on an expired passport'.**
<http://www.ainfos. ca/en/ainfos2505 0.html>
*Nakba Day Killings: One More Reason to Boycott Bibi*
<http://www.endtheoc cupation. org/article. php?id=3001>
US Campaign to End the Occupation 17 May 2011 - May 17, 2011,
*Articles*
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*The Nakba: What Does It Mean in Human Terms?*
<http://www.counterp unch.org/ karkar05172011. html>
Sonja Karkar, CounterPunch 5/17/2011
/The Dead By Displacement/
The Nakba is the Palestinian catastrophe. It means upheaval,
violence and cataclysmic loss; it describes the terror, which drove
almost one million people out of their homeland, as well as the
perpetual terror in exile --displaced, dispossessed, stateless, lost and
forbidden to return; it remains the multiplying injustice of another
people's sin burgeoning in our collective silence.
For 63 years, the situation has dragged on, men and women holding
the papers and keys to their former homes, clutching the faded and
cracked photos of happier days: everything rendered obsolete by the
artificial creation of a state for a foreign people on land that has
been home to Palestinians for millennia.
But if that is too distant in time and complex to touch your
heart, then imagine for a moment yourself, wrenched from all that is
familiar and everything you love, hastily running into the unknown
grabbing only what you can carry from all the personal effects and
mementos accumulated overyears, but sure that you will soon return, even
if it is to pick up the pieces shattered by war or disaster and to begin
again.
Think of yourself going back only to find someone else opening
your front door and shamelessly banging it shut on the pleas you should
not have to make.
Think of your street and neighbourhood, the same and yet not the
same, as everything that once was so familiar is now given over to a
people who have never walked before in the footprints of your
forefathers. more..
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*Israel's Nightmare: Nonviolent Palestinians*
<http://www.agencegl obal.com/ Article.asp? Id=2562>
Rami G. Khouri, Agence Global 5/18/2011
BEIRUT -- The simultaneous marches Sunday by thousands of
Palestinian refugees who approached, and in places slightly breached,
the Israeli borders, causing Israeli troops to open fire and kill over a
dozen refugees, have been treated by Israel as an existential threat --
which is exactly what this is. The fact that the grandchildren of the
original Palestinian refugees made this symbolic gesture on the
anniversary of the dismemberment of Palestine and the creation of Israel
in 1948 should worry the Israelis deeply, because it speaks volumes
about the state of the Palestinian- Israeli conflict today.
The symbolism of what happened Sunday is terrifying for Israelis,
in fact far more terrifying than any military threat that Israel has
ever faced, because it reflects three cardinal realities that mean only
trouble for Israel. The first is that the element of time is working
against the Zionist strategy of creating a powerful Israeli state that
can either intimidate the Palestinians into forgetting about their
rights to return to their homes in Israel, or simply generating
hopelessness among the refugees that ultimately makes them give up their
quest for repatriation or restitution. Time since 1948 has only turned
the original 750,000 Palestinian refugees into 4.5 million refugees
today whose attachment to their lands, homes and rights is stronger than
ever.
In this respect, Israelis who take a moment to reflect on the
meaning of what happened Sunday should see in the acts of the
Palestinians a compressed historical image of the Jews' own epic
determination to return to their ancestral homeland in Palestine, after
thousands of years of exile. The combination of historical memory,
nationalist identity, and political activism is stronger than any
military means that can be used to regain one's national rights -- as
the Israelis should know from their own experiences and their own
national struggle.more. .
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*Concluding Declaration of the Conference: A Joint Struggle for an End
to the Occupation and Racism*
<http://www.alternat ivenews.org/ english/index. php/topics/ news/3578- concluding- declaration- of-the-conferenc e-a-joint- struggle- for-an-end- to-the-occupatio n-and-racism->
Alternative Information Center 5/8/2011
/Over 300 Palestinians and Israelis met in Hebron on Saturday (7 May) in
the first ever public conference between Israeli socio-political
activists and the Palestinian political parties./
Towards ending Israeli occupation and racist policies. Towards a
strategy of joint solidarity work to support the struggle of the
Palestinian people.
1- The preparatory committee concluded the work of the conference
under the slogan "A Joint Struggle for an End to the Occupation and
Racism" on May 7th, 2011, following the presentations, discussion of the
papers and recommendations of those attending the conference.
2 -- The conference opened with the Palestinian National Anthem,
followed by a moment of silence for the martyrs. The opening session
included a welcome by the Alternative Information Center (AIC) and the
conference's preparatory committee, followed by a number of greetings by
Hebron's governor Kamel Hameed, Secretary-General of Palestinian
People's Party Bassam Salihi representing Palestinian progressive
parties, representative of Tarabut-Hithabrut Johayna Saifi, and a
message from Mizrahi Jewish activists to the Arab world.
3 -- The conference sessions included the presentation of a number
of papers covering the following dimensions:
- The current political situation: opportunities and challenges
- Popular resistance to the occupation and racism.... -- See
also:Over 300 Palestinians, Israelis Meet in Historic Conference in
Hebron
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*Toward a "Palestinian Spring"*
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Electronic Intifada: 17 May 2011 - Jamal Hilal The Electronic Intifada
Palestinian youth are asking how the popular democratic uprisings in
Arab countries can inform their national struggle. They launched the
first intifada in 1987 and fueled the second intifada in 2000, and they
believe they have a role to play in the Arab youth uprisings calling for
democratic changes. Palestinian political and civil society
organizations are also seeking answers to this question. The answers
cannot be found abroad; they can only be found in an understanding of
the Palestinian condition, which differs significantly to that of Arab
states.more
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*Multinational companies mining occupied Palestinian land*
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Documentation obtained by The Electronic Intifada confirm that
HeidelbergCement and Cemex, two building materials industries from
Germany and Mexico, respectively, are involved in the operation of
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Palestine Monitor: 17 May 2011 - 17-yr-old Milad Ayyash died 13 May. His
sister told Palestine Monitor that he hoped 15 May would be the start of
something new. - In Focus / 3rd-col-1st- article , Jerusalem , Youth ,
Settlements , Arab Springmore
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*Qalandiya Nakba protest*
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of Muslims in the world has been mediated by a misleading, yet cogent
public discourse. Underscored by a narrative of fear, this discourse is
constructed and preserved by an opportunistic political class and a
craven corporate media. The West---namely Europe and North America---has
embraced a series of distorted representations of Muslims around the
world. These distortions have perverted the language employed in the
analysis of the broader public in order to make sense of 9/11 and its
analogues. While accepting the 2011 Tikkun Award from Tikkun magazine,
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf of Zaytuna College, and one of the most influential
Muslims in the West, called upon the religious communities to deal with
the " negative externalities of religion ." An "externality" is an
economic term used to refer to the unintended effects of a transaction,
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Post by ninathedog on May 18, 2011 20:49:43 GMT 4
Arafat adviser:
Mitchell resigned over deputy's 'bias'
Published yesterday (updated) 18/05/2011 13:45
Ma'an News Agency George Mitchell
source: images.politico.com/global/news/110513_george_mitchell_ap_328.jpgRAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- A political adviser to the late president Yasser Arafat issued a statement Tuesday, alleging that US Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell resigned because of the "extreme bias" of his deputy Dennis Ross. Bassam Abu Shareef said Ross obstructed all US initiatives aiming to achieve progress in the peace process, and blamed the deputy's bias for Mitchell's resignation Saturday. Abu Shareef said senior American officials informed him that Mitchell viewed the appointment of Ross a step to obstruct the peace process. He added that Mitchell believed Ross was working against US interests. The official paraphrased comments he said were made by Mitchell during a meeting, where he asked: "How can Dennis Ross assist in the peace process when he refuses to meet with the Palestinians, when he despises their leadership and hates their president?" Abu Shareef also said Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "rejects peace," and would have no part of a Palestinian state with Hamas in its leadership. "This means they are opening war on Palestinians and their nation," he added. COMMENTS:
1 ) Bob / US
17/05/2011 15:02
Big surprise! And who appointed Ross?
2 ) Lukas / AntiZionist
17/05/2011 17:29
Dennis Ross, the incompetent Zionist supremacist who has destroyed countless negotiations by being Israel's lawyer. Dennis Ross has a master's degree in Russian studies. Selected by Barack "no change" Obama. I sincerely believe that Mitchell is a decent person, working in a corrupt environment. Dennis Ross needs to go immediately. But of course AIPAC is holding Obama by the balls.
3 ) betz55 / USA
17/05/2011 18:46
GET RID OF DENNIS ROSS. This horses ass has been "negotiating" on behalf of Israel under the guise of 'negotiating for the US" for 30 years with nothing to show for his "efforts" except more illegal settler terrorist squats, land and resource grabbing from the Palestinians, and world disgust and enmity for the US. The Palestinians should refuse to deal with him too. After Obama let AIPAC get rid of Chas Freeman he had to go with someone AIPAC approved of. Obama is a coward, shame on him.
4 ) Yehuda Solomon / Israel
18/05/2011 00:56
"How can Dennis Ross assist in the peace process when he refuses to meet with the Palestinians, when he despises their leadership and hates their president?" d**n GOOD QUESTION. Better question: Why DIDN'T George Mitchell, being the chief U.S. MidEast envoy FOR 2 d**n YEARS, express his OBJECTIONS ABOUT DENNIS ROSS BEFORE NOW  Did he believe his reservations should have been subordinated to Ross' role because of Ross' experience If so, Mitchell SHOULD HAVE QUIT LONG TIME BEFORE NOW.
5 ) delia ruhe / canada
18/05/2011 01:31
I keep waiting for this Obama-person to do something progressive -- assassinating OBL doesn't count -- but he just keeps knuckling under to pressure before it's even exerted. I have no doubt he will do his Uriah Heep act when he speaks at the AIPAC convention next week -- and thereby humiliate several million Americans, including many Jews.
6 ) matt / israel
18/05/2011 07:43
obama is our puppet. he does what we (israelies) tell him to do. we run america and take their money from their hard working men and women's taxes. god bless america. they have no clue of where their money go. typical americans, and they cry that they are broke and have no jobs for their citizens. ha ha ha ha.www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=388408&utm
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Post by ninathedog on May 18, 2011 20:57:33 GMT 4
Israel unblocks
Palestinian fundsPalestinian Authority set to receive $86m in taxes, withheld by Israel
following unity deal between Fatah and Hamas.Al Jazeera
Last Modified: 16 May 2011 11:03The Palestinian Authority is due to receive tax revenue funds withheld by Israel since Palestinian factions agreed a unity deal earlier this month, according to Israeli officials. Approximately $86m in tax and customs revenues from ports and border was held after Fatah and Hamas agreed the deal. Israel justified the freeze on the grounds that some of the money would go to Hamas, which it considers a terrorist organisation. The money adds up to about a third of the PA's budget, and the freeze meant Palestinian government workers had gone without salaries . english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2011/05/201151181018502978.htmlMonday's announcement came after a weekend of deadly clashes on the 63rd anniversary of the founding of Israel in 1948, dubbed the 'catastrophe' or 'Nakba' by Palestinians. english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/05/2011515649440342.htmlThe freeze was originally justified by Israel's finance minister, Yuval Steinitz, who had suggested that "communal fund would finance the terrorist activities of Hamas, and we want it established that there will be two separate funds", although a separate fund was not created. On Monday, Israeli strategic affairs minister Moshe Yaalon explained: "We have unblocked the funds because we have established that the agreement between Fatah and Hamas has had no effect." But Yaalon, also a member of Israel's security cabinet, said the freeze could happen again. "We will continue to verify that the money is not going into the accounts of terrorist organisations. If we believe that is the case, we will stop the transfers again," he said.
The freeze was widely criticised, drawing objections from UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon and European leaders, as well as some members of Israel's government, who called it a violation of the 1994 Paris accords, which require Palestinian tax and custom revenues to be handed over.Fatah and Hamas delegations are to meet in Cairo on Monday to discuss the formation of a new government, a senior Egyptian official said, quoted by Egypt's MENA news agency. The two factions are to "put in place a mechanism for immediate reconciliation, in particular the formation of a government of independent Palestinians," he said. "Egypt will help the two sides come to an agreement," over the choice of prime minister and the composition of the cabinet, the unnamed official said. Source: Al Jazeera and Agencies english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/05/201151610649153885.html
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Post by ninathedog on May 18, 2011 21:05:54 GMT 4
"Spirit of Rachel Corrie"
attacked by Israeli navyPosted on: May 17, 2011
International Solidarity Movement16 May 2011 | Perdana 4 Peace (Monday) The Spirit of Rachel Corrie Mission, involving a Malaysian owned ship carrying aid for Palestine, has been intercepted and attacked by the Israeli naval forces in the Palestinian security zone this morning at 0654 Jordan time. Currently the ship has been forced to anchor in the Egyptian waters at one and a half nautical miles from the Gazan waters. The vessel left the Port of Piraeus, Greece on Wednesday, May 11 carrying 7.5 kilometers of UPVC (plastic) sewage pipes to help restore the devastated sewerage system in Gaza.The humanitarian initiative is sponsored by Perdana Global Peace Foundation (PGPF) and participating in this mission includes anti-war activists and journalists, consisting of 7 Malaysians, 2 Irish, 2 Indians and 1 Canadian.............. Reproduced below is the transmission by Matthias Chang onboard the ship ‘The Spirit of Rachel Corrie’ to Perdana during the attack.16/5/2011 From Matthias Chang, Mission Leader Onboard The Spirit of Rachel Corrie – Mission to Gaza 10:54am KL, Gaza 5:54am:
We have been intercepted by Israeli ship and Egyptian ship.
We are disobeying the orders and sailing ahead to Gaza.
10:57am KL, Gaza 5:57am:
One Israeli warship coming to us very fast!
We are in international waters, therefore they have no right to attack us.
We are still sailing ahead.
10:59am KL, Gaza 5:59am:
They are opening fire across our ship!
We are still sailing ahead.
11:09am KL, Gaza 6:09am:
They are shooting all over the place.
We can’t continue …
11:35am KL, Gaza 6:35am:
They circled our ship twice and fired across our ship. Machine guns.
No one was injured.
One of the fishing nets caught the propeller, so we can’t move now.
11:37am KL, Gaza 6:37am (Derek Graham):
The Israeli ship was coming from one end and the Egyptian ship was coming from another end.
Firing.
We are just stalled now.
Everybody is okay.
No one is injured.——————————————————————– About PGPFThe Perdana Global Peace Foundation (PGPF), formerly Perdana Global Peace Organisation (PGPO), is a first but resolute step in the arduous journey towards global peace, moves towards the single goal of putting an end to war. Its founder, YABhg Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, envisages “a serious, active and sustained struggle against war and for peace”. Sharing and supporting this agenda are world-prominent professionals, intellectuals, authors, statesmen – all passionate advocates of international peace. Together, they have signed the Kuala Lumpur Initiative to Criminalise War. palsolidarity.org/2011/05/18385/
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Post by ninathedog on May 19, 2011 5:46:02 GMT 4
BREAKING:
FBI plans, interview questions discovered in
raided activist’s homeSubmitted by maureen on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 16:52
Electronic IntifadaActivists in the Twin Cities today announced at a press conference that they were releasing a recently-found document that was left behind by federal agents when they raided Mick Kelly and Linden Gawboy’s Minneapolis home on 24 September 2010. The FBI confirmed to the Associated Press that the documents appear to be authentic and were accidentally left behind during the raid. The Committee to Stop FBI Repression said in a statement: FBI agents, who raided the home of Mick Kelly and Linden Gawboy, took with them thousands of pages of documents and books, along with computers, cell phones and a passport. By mistake, they also left something behind; the operation plans for the raid, “Interview questions” for anti-war and international solidarity activists, duplicate evidence collection forms, etc. The file of secret FBI documents was accidentally mixed in with Gawboy’s files, and was found in a filing cabinet on April 30. We are now releasing them to the public.The press conference was held at the office of the Twin Cities Anti-War Committee, which was raided the same day as the Kelly-Gawboy home. It is believed that the key used to raid the office was one that had belonged to a woman known as Karen Sullivan, now confirmed to be an undercover agent, and whose word appears to be the basis for the investigation. The investigation has so far targeted 23 activists — several homes in the Twin Cities and Chicago were raided on 24 September 2010 and 14 activists were subpoenaed that month. After they refused to testify before a grand jury, nine more activists — all of them active in the Palestinian community or involved in Palestine solidarity work — in Chicago were subpoenaed, including myself (I believe I have been subpoenaed because of my solidarity organizing in Chicago, not because of my work with The Electronic Intifada). All 23 of us have refused to testify before the grand jury. Last week we reported that bank accounts of one of the targeted activists, Palestinian community organizer Hatem Abudayyeh, and his wife were frozen but restored after a flood of phone calls were made to protest the move.The Committee to Stop FBI Repression statement adds: Taken as a whole, the secret FBI file shows the willful disregard for the rights of anti-war and international solidarity activists - particularly the first amendment rights to freedom of speech and association. The documents make it clear that legal activity in solidarity with the peoples of Colombia and Palestine is being targeted. The documents use McCarthy-era language, which gives one the feel that the 1950s red scare has returned. And finally, the documents show the chilling plans for the armed raid that took place at the home of Kelly and Gawboy on September 24, 2010. The documents show that public advocacy for the people of Colombia was the genesis of the FBI investigation. The ‘Operations Order’ for the FBI SWAT Team states “The captioned case was initially predicated on the activities of Meredith Aby and Jessica Rae Sundin in support of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a U.S. State Department designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO), to include their travel to FARC controlled territory.” While we have no way of knowing if it was speaking tours or educational events on Colombia that got them so riled up, there is something we can state with certainty: There is nothing illegal about traveling to Colombia, or visiting the areas where the FARC is in charge. This is something that journalists, including U.S. journalists, do, and we have yet to hear of their doors being broken down. Upon returning from Colombia, Aby and Sundin spoke at many public events about their experiences. The FBI interview questions for Meredith Aby ask “1) Have you ever met Lilia [sic] Obando? 2) Where? 3) When? 4) Why?” Liliana Obando is a well-known Colombian trade unionist who spoke in the Twin Cities at an event organized by the Anti-War Committee. She received a visa to travel in the U.S. from the U.S. government. In addition to focusing on associational information and travel to Palestine and Colombia, the interview questions focus on the Freedom Road Socialist Organization: The FBI documents include 57 interview questions about Freedom Road Socialist Organization, the organization that some of those who were raided or subpoenaed to the Grand Jury are members of. The questions include; “Are you a member?” “How many members are there?” “Who are the leaders?” And on and on and on. It is like pages of the calendar have been turned back 60 years. The documents also show the amount of force used to raid the anti-war and social justice activists’ home. The committee says in the statement: In the documents, the “Operations order” for FBI SWAT for “Operation Principal Parts” the raid on the Kelly/Gawboy home has the word “DANGEROUS” in underlined bold type at the top of the page. FBI agents were told to bring assault rifles, machine guns and two extra clips of ammunition for each of their side arms. Two paramedics were to stand by in the event of causalities. Other documents include photos of Kelly and Gawboy, as well as pictures of stairs leading to their front door and the front door itself. What transpired on September 24 was this. Gawboy was awoken by the FBI pounding on the door. When she stated she wanted to see the search warrant, agents used a battering ram on the door, breaking the hardware and shattering a fish tank in the process. Gawboy was taken down the front steps in her nightgown while the FBI swat team entered her home. The justification for this armed home invasion is given in the “Operations plan” - “Kelly is believed to be the owner of an unknown number of firearms which may be at his residence…” Kelly, who learned to shoot while in Boy Scouts, owns guns - just like a lot of Minnesotans. The “Operation Plan” also claims that Kelly “offered to provide weapons training” - an outright lie that originated with the police infiltrator “Karen Sullivan” or a fiction writer at the FBI office. Those of us who have been ensnared in this fishing expedition have claimed from the beginning that activists are being targeted for organizing in opposition to US foreign policy in the Middle East and South America, and because of first-amendment activity like travel and association. The interview questions confirm that this is the focus. Imagine being asked any of the following questions — all listed in the document — knowing that if you are not able to answer them completely, you could be vulnerable to perjury or contempt-type charges (emphasis mine): “Have you, anyone from FRSO [Freedom Road Socialist Organization], or anyone you know, ever traveled to South America?” “Have you, anyone else from FRSO, or anyone you know, ever traveled to the Middle East? Gaza? West Bank? Israel?” And some questions are just incredible, like: “Have you ever taken steps to overthrow the United States government?” “What is your husband’s immigration status?” “What do you think of terrorist groups? Do you support them?” “Have you ever recruited fighters to the FRSO?” As the Committee to Stop FBI Repression concluded in its statement today: The bottom line is this: there can be no justification for the raid in the first place, and still less for it to be done by agents smashing doors and wielding machine guns. This is a recipe for people getting hurt or killed. The events of September 24 and the ongoing grand jury are not about “material support of terrorism,” as any normal person would understand it. What is happening is this: anti-war and international solidarity activists are being targeted for practicing our rights to speak out and organize. We have done nothing wrong. Our activism is making this world a better place. The documents left behind by federal agents can be downloaded from stopfbi.net. copy and paste to download directly — www.stopfbi.net/sites/default/files/CSFR May 18 documents ALL.pdf electronicintifada.net/blog/maureen/breaking-fbi-plans-interview-questions-discovered-raided-activists-home(many thanks to The Electronic Intifada and Tom V)...........
The following report contains LINKS to PDF files of the FBI's documents.
Please follow link at the end of this post to access PDFs
The MAIN LINK, to download all the material, also cited at the end of the preceding article, is here (copy and paste) —www.stopfbi.net/sites/default/files/CSFR May 18 documents ALL.pdf Secret FBI documents reveal attack on
democratic rights of anti-war and international solidarity activistsCommittee to Stop FBI Repression
Published on Wed, 2011-05-18 11:56Documents Released on May 18th (PDF format):
* CSFR Statement
* Operation Order
* Interrogation Questions
* Surveillance Photos
* Seizure and Subpoena
* Blank Forms
* Single PDF file that includes all six of the above documents[/b] copy and paste: www.stopfbi.net/sites/default/files/CSFR May 18 documents ALL.pdf Committee to Stop FBI Repression Statement
(May 18, 2011)Secret FBI documents reveal attack on
democratic rights of anti-war and international solidarity activistsFBI agents, who raided the home of Mick Kelly and Linden Gawboy, took with them thousands of pages of documents and books, along with computers, cell phones and a passport. By mistake, they also left something behind; the operation plans for the raid, “Interview questions” for anti-war and international solidarity activists, duplicate evidence collection forms, etc. The file of secret FBI documents was accidentally mixed in with Gawboy’s files, and was found in a filing cabinet on April 30. We are now releasing them to the public. The raid at the Kelly/Gawboy home was one of the many coordinated raids at Minneapolis homes and the offices of the Anti-War Committee on September 24, 2010. Two additional homes were raided in Chicago. To date, 23 anti-war and international solidarity activists have received subpoenas to appear in front of a Chicago Grand Jury headed by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. Taken as a whole, the secret FBI file shows the willful disregard for the rights of anti-war and international solidarity activists – particularly the first amendment rights to freedom of speech and association. The documents make it clear that legal activity in solidarity with the peoples of Colombia and Palestine is being targeted. The documents use McCarthy-era language, which gives one the feel that the 1950s red scare has returned. And finally, the documents show the chilling plans for the armed raid that took place at the home of Kelly and Gawboy on September 24, 2010. The documents show that public advocacy for the people of Colombia was the genesis of the FBI investigation. The ‘Operations Order’ for the FBI SWAT Team states “The captioned case was initially predicated on the activities of Meredith Aby and Jessica Rae Sundin in support of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a U.S. State Department designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO), to include their travel to FARC controlled territory.” While we have no way of knowing if it was speaking tours or educational events on Colombia that got them so riled up, there is something we can state with certainty: There is nothing illegal about traveling to Colombia, or visiting the areas where the FARC is in charge. This is something that journalists, including U.S. journalists, do, and we have yet to hear of their doors being broken down. Upon returning from Colombia, Aby and Sundin spoke at many public events about their experiences. The FBI interview questions for Meredith Aby ask “1) Have you ever met Lilia [sic] Obando? 2) Where? 3) When? 4) Why?” Liliana Obando is a well-known Colombian trade unionist who spoke in the Twin Cities at an event organized by the Anti-War Committee. She received a visa to travel in the U.S. from the U.S. government. She spoke about the sickening human rights violations that were being carried out by the Colombian government and its paramilitary allies. While we understand that the Colombian government is the third largest recipient of U.S military aid, and that government officials would prefer that that people here in the U.S. don’t get a chance to hear about human rights abuses committed with their tax dollars, the fact remains: there is nothing criminal in trying to learn the truth. The FBI is attacking the right of anti-war activists to speak out against U.S. foreign policy. Likewise, the “interview questions” make a big deal about delegations that visited Palestine. The Israeli authorities try to disrupt these trips because people return from them and expose the gross human rights violations that are carried out in the context of the military occupation. But once again – this is a legal activity that activists have every right to engage in. The documents show how the FBI investigation expanded outwards, starting with Colombia and soon focusing on Palestine. How did the FBI get involved? The most likely explanation is that an undercover police officer going by the name “Karen Sullivan” infiltrated the Anti-War Committee shortly before the 2008 Republican National Convention. Among the first people she met were Meredith Aby and Jess Sundin, who often spoke at public events about what they saw in Colombia. Karen Sullivan—the professional liar—then gave her reports to the FBI, paving the road to the September 24 raids. The New McCarthyismWhen Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy went on a red-baiting witch hunt in the 1950s, communists, socialists and progressives of all stripes were hounded out of jobs, housing, the entertainment industry and institutions of higher education. More than a few people were jailed for their ideas. The secret FBI documents indicate an investigation is underway that takes its cues from this shameful past. The FBI documents include 57 interview questions about Freedom Road Socialist Organization, the organization that some of those who were raided or subpoenaed to the Grand Jury are members of. The questions include; “Are you a member?” “How many members are there?’’ “Who are the leaders?” And on and on and on. It is like pages of the calendar have been turned back 60 years. In the United States there is a constitutional right to association. Like-minded people are allowed to form groups and political parties that promote their views. FRSO members, along with others, were very active in organizing the massive anti-war protests at the Republican National Convention. They participate in the labor movement, community organizing, and the anti-war movement too. And they advocate that capitalism should be abolished and replaced with socialism. Given the bank bailout, continuous wars and the economic crisis it is not unreasonable to see these activities and views as a breath of fresh air. “Dangerous” raidIn the documents, the “Operations order” for FBI SWAT for “Operation Principal Parts” the raid on the Kelly/Gawboy home has the word “DANGEROUS” in underlined bold type at the top of the page. FBI agents were told to bring assault rifles, machine guns and two extra clips of ammunition for each of their side arms. Two paramedics were to stand by in the event of causalities. Other documents include photos of Kelly and Gawboy, as well as pictures of stairs leading to their front door and the front door itself. What transpired on September 24 was this. Gawboy was awoken by the FBI pounding on the door. When she stated she wanted to see the search warrant, agents used a battering ram on the door, breaking the hardware and shattering a fish tank in the process. Gawboy was taken down the front steps in her nightgown while the FBI swat team entered her home. The justification for this armed home invasion is given in the “Operations plan” - “Kelly is believed to be the owner of an unknown number of firearms which may be at his residence...” Kelly, who learned to shoot while in Boy Scouts, owns guns – just like a lot of Minnesotans. The “Operation Plan” also claims that Kelly “offered to provide weapons training” - an outright lie that originated with the police infiltrator “Karen Sullivan” or a fiction writer at the FBI office. The bottom line is this: there can be no justification for the raid in the first place, and still less for it to be done by agents smashing doors and wielding machine guns. This is a recipe for people getting hurt or killed. The events of September 24 and the ongoing grand jury are not about “material support of terrorism,” as any normal person would understand it. What is happening is this: anti-war and international solidarity activists are being targeted for practicing our rights to speak out and organize. We have done nothing wrong. Our activism is making this world a better place. 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Did he believe his reservations should have been subordinated to Ross' role because of Ross' experience