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Tag: Palestine

Palestine

Arafat poisoned: Israeli journalist

Danny Rubinstein, longtime journalist and Palestinian affairs analyst for the respected Israeli daily Ha’aretz, believes that Arafat was poisoned, but felt proscribed from writing about his conclusions in Ha’aretz. Rubinstein explained why in an interview to Keshev, The Center for… Read moreArafat poisoned: Israeli journalist

Palestine

Hillary supports Apartheid Wall

Arutz Sheva, arch-reactionary organ of the Israeli settler movement, is clearly overjoyed by this Nov. 13 tidbit: (IsraelNN.com) New York Senator and former US First Lady Hillary Clinton voiced her support for the Partition Wall Sunday. “The fence was built… Read moreHillary supports Apartheid Wall

Palestine

Israel to make “apartheid” road system permanent in West Bank?

For years, apologists for Israeli policy in the occupied territories, such as CAMERA, have claimed the system of “Jewish-only” roads did not exist, since they are intermittently open to Palestinian traffic. The system has been de facto and not de… Read moreIsrael to make “apartheid” road system permanent in West Bank?

Palestine

Israel’s “Mother of all settlements” dies

Plia Albeck, legal advisor to the Israeli government and known as the “mother of settlements,” died Sept. 27 at age 68, according to the Oct. 7 edition of New York’s weekly Jewish Press. In 24 years as head of the… Read moreIsrael’s “Mother of all settlements” dies

Palestine

Israeli refuseniks in graphic street theater

From Israel’s largest newspaper, Yediot Aharanot. A year ago, several high school students in an upscale section of Tel Aviv chained themselves to the gate of their school to keep out an army recruiter. As one of their number, Uri… Read moreIsraeli refuseniks in graphic street theater

Palestine

Secret wars for the Temple Mount

With the approval of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), the ultra-fundamentalist Jewish “Ateret Cohanim” organization “is at the moment conducting a dig” at a depth of 12 meters beneath a building just 80 meters away from the walls of Islam’s… Read moreSecret wars for the Temple Mount

Palestine

Israel takes Gaza land for “security zone”

Israel, which claims it no longer occupies the Gaza Strip and wants the world to see it that way, has not taken long to take back some Gazan land, according to AFP: Israel is to set up a “security zone”… Read moreIsrael takes Gaza land for “security zone”

Palestine

Israel makes Gaza synagogues political hot potato

Two weeks ago, the Israeli cabinet voted to demolish de-consecrated synagogue buildings left in Gaza settlements. A court challenge by settlement rabbis to not demolish them was rejected. On Sept. 9, reversing an earlier stance in favor of demolishing, the… Read moreIsrael makes Gaza synagogues political hot potato

Palestine

French FM: Israeli colonization illegal

From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency: French official praises, blasts Israel France’s foreign minister described Israel’s “colonization” of the West Bank as illegal. Visiting the Jewish state this week, Philippe Douste-Blazy praised the success of the Gaza withdrawal but said that… Read moreFrench FM: Israeli colonization illegal

Palestine

Israel represses non-violent protest in occupied West Bank

Every Friday for months now, the Palestinian village of Bi’lin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has been the scene of creative and organized non-violent protests against the illegal construction of Israel’s “separation wall,”which will cut off much of the village’s… Read moreIsrael represses non-violent protest in occupied West Bank

Palestine

Jerusalem: pious Jew spits on Christians again

The Jerusalem Post reports another incident of a pious Jew spitting at Christian clergy or symbols in the Israeli-occupied Old City of Jerusalem. According to Holocaust survivor Dr. Israel Shahak, in his book Jewish History, Jewish Religion, this practice has… Read moreJerusalem: pious Jew spits on Christians again

Palestine

De-suburbanification of Gaza: model for West Bank —and USA?

It will certainly be an edifying sight. Instead of Israeli military bulldozers destroying modest Palestinian homes to make way for garish and profligate suburban-style Jewish settlements, it’ll be the other way ’round. In the Gaza Strip, the world will witness… Read moreDe-suburbanification of Gaza: model for West Bank —and USA?

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