Former army interrogator had been accused of torture.

Rund 1500 israelische Polizeibeamte haben am Dienstag ein Dorf von palästinensischen Beduinen in der Negev-Wüste zerstört.

The gremlins were very unhappy with Yossi Gurvitz and me yesterday for exposing the identity of Doron Zahavi as the military intelligence agent alleged to have tortured Mustafa Dirani and threatened East Jeruslem Palestinians in his new role as Arab affairs liaison to the Jerusalem police. An Israeli colleague posted a link to my post at the right-wing Rotter forum last night and at 5:30AM this morning a sustained DOS attack began on my site.

Yesterday, I reported here on a Haaretz story about the notorious “Captain George,” an IDF military intelligence interrogator accused in 2004 of sodomizing a Lebanese kidnap victim in order to secure information about the location of IDF officer, Ron Arad.

The State of Israel has just passed a “loyalty oath” required of all prospective citizens living in Israel illegally to swear allegiance to a “Jewish democratic state.”

Nicholas D. Kristof reports on the living conditions of Bedouins...

Participants in May`s Turkish-sponsored flotilla to Gaza have been offered "Palestinian citizenship" as a gesture of thanks. But after learning that the Palestinian Authority is refusing to issue passports to some Gaza residents, most of them decided to decline the offer.

Erstmals seit dem Mord am libanesischen Ex-Ministerpräsidenten Rafik Hariri vor fünf Jahren besucht der syrische Präsident Baschar al-Assad das Nachbarland.

Der ägyptische Präsident und der König von Saudi-Arabien haben bei einem Treffen ihre Meinungen über den Verlauf des Friedensprozesses im Nahen Osten ausgetauscht.

Der Chef des zionistischen Regimes Schimon Peres will mit seinem ägyptischen Amtskollegen Husni Mubarak über die Zukunft des Nahost-Friedensprozesses sprechen.

Eine Verlängerung des Moratoriums über den Siedlungsbau im Westjordanland ist „in politischer Hinsicht“ unmöglich und kann die Regierungskoalition sprengen.

Israeli settlers accompanied by police took over a building in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem early Thursday morning, evicting families from three of the building`s apartments.

The Israelis broke down the doors of the two-floor, 11-room building while most of the family was not there.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has conditioned upgrading to direct negotiations with Israel on a continued halt on West Bank construction.

Israel`s Arabs are forced to build illegal housing due to the government`s refusal to recognize many of their communities as official towns or to grant them permits for legal construction, according to a study released by the Dirasat - Arab Center for Law and Policy.

One of the neighbors reported that the residents of the neighborhood rushed to confront the Israeli assailants when women inside the house screamed for help, but the policemen encircled the house to prevent them from approaching.

Ezzat Al-Resheq, a member of Hamas`s political bureau, warned the Arab peace initiative follow-up committee of giving Mahmoud Abbas the green light for direct talks with Israelis, asserting that Abbas only sells illusions to the Palestinian people.

Israel is aiding an exiled Arab sheikh who is vying to seize control of a strategically important Gulf emirate only 40 miles from Iran.

Minister of Public Works and Housing, Dr. Yousef Mahmoud al-Mansi, warned in a press statement Wednesday of the seriousness of recently revealed bids to build hundreds of settlement units in occupied Jerusalem for new Israeli projects in the Neve Ya’akov and Pisgat Ze’ev settlements in northern Jerusalem.

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has reinstated a military order issued in 1967 that prohibits demonstrations in the occupied Palestinian lands and imposes a ten-year imprisonment term and/or a hefty fine on violators.

Political advisor to the Palestinian premier Dr. Yousuf Rizqa called on the Arab peace initiative follow-up committee to revoke the authority given to Mahmoud Abbas to engage in talks with Israelis, warning that Abbas makes grave concessions on the Palestinian rights and constants.

Five International Solidarity Movement volunteers participated in a demonstration against the bufferzone near Nahal Oz border crossing, east of Gaza City on Wednesday (July 28th).

In the cool summer evening air of the Jerusalem hills last Tuesday evening, hundreds of Palestinians and Israelis descended on the small village of al-Walaja for a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary Budrus. The screening was jointly organized by Israelis and Palestinians who are working to non-violently resist the construction of Israel’s separation barrier on the village’s land.T

In January, 2009, an 18-year-old man presented to the emergency department after suffering an attack with an incendiary shell. He had many painful patches of full-thickness burns, which were surrounded by sloughed tissue.

Adding that he was “full of doubts” over Israel’s seriousness, Al-Thani said Abbas would decide whether to resume talks, and under what conditions.

Palestinian Authority security forces arrested two Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank on Thursday.

Robert Serry, the UN special envoy to the Middle East peace process, condemned the takeover by armed settlers of a building in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday.

Undercover Israeli soldiers shot at two Palestinians, injuring one, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah, witnesses said.

If my first visit home to Gaza after more than four years was a drama, seeing my mother would have been its climax. It would have been the inevitable conclusion that every thread in the story leads to. And it was.

Settler violence in occupied territory has resurfaced in recent days, even as pressure is growing on Palestinians to start direct negotiations, regardless of any extension to a partial Israeli settlement construction freeze currently in force.

Damaskus(Mehr News)- Der saudische König ist am heutigen Donnerstag auf der zweiten Station seiner Reise in einige arabische Länder in der syrischen Hauptstadt eingetroffen.

Damaskus(IRIB)- Der bulgarische Außenminister Nikolaj Mladenow hat bei einem Treffen mit dem syrischen Staatschef, Beschar el Assad, die Politik der gegenwärtigen Regiering in Israel für Spannungen in der Region verantwortlich gemacht und erklärt, um diese Spannungen abzubauen, bedarf es gemeinsamer Anstrengungen aller Länder der Region.

Ultra-Orthodox groups learn of ancient graves at site of Ben-Gurion Airport renovation, demand work be halted. Authorities fear disruption to crucial improvements

„Yetmez ama evet“ so heißt eine Kampagne von Bürgerinitiativen in der Türkei – nicht genug umfasst das geplante Reformpaket, aber es ist ein weiterer Schritt in die richtige Richtung. Dem schließen sich auch die nichtmuslimischen Minderheiten in der Türkei an. Die bisherige Verfassung, erstellt unter Kriegsrecht nach dem Militärputsch des 12. September 1980 soll jetzt 30 Jahre später in wesentlichen Punkten geändert werden.

...Palestinian Authority Chief of Jerusalem Affairs Hatem Abdel Qader told Ma’an Thursday that the documents presented by the settlers were faked.

David Sitbon, suspected of stealing IDF weapons and handing them over to suspected terrorist Haim Pearlman, released from prison

Rightists, officials reach compromise; Marzel clashes with judge:

Arab man convicted of rape after telling woman he was Jewish, single submits appeal to High Court of Justice; `Judges represent outdated worldview whereby only men enjoy sex,` attorney claims

Three anti-gay protests held in Jerusalem to counter Thursday`s Pride Parade; Rightist activist Marzel: Homosexuality contagious disease, like AIDS.

Land of the free? Human rights? Democracy? The Israeli parliament is seeking new laws that could seriously impact the ability of citizens to criticise the government, according to rights groups.

The Union of Agricultural Work Committees in the northern West Bank village of Aqraba organized a large march Thursday toward lands confiscated by Israeli settlements.

Ethnic Cleansing Law- Ethnic cleansing is the forcible deportation of a population and is defined as a crime against humanity under the statutes of both International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

This is what ethnic cleansing looks like in 2010. These peaceful people have been living in the Negev Desert since the Ottoman Empire. Israel destroys a whole Negev Village -- 200 Children left Homeless. The villagers, mostly children and old people, were left stunned near the destroyed village, shelterless and waterless under the blazing sun.

...Speaking with Ma`an`s correspondent following the decision, Attoun called on Jerusalem residents to gather outside the trial to convey to the world "that we stand against the decision to deport Jerusalem`s lawmakers."

Infolge der Passivität und Nachlässigkeit der Arabischen Welt und der Staatengemeinschaft zerstörten die israelischen Bulldozer ein palästinensisches Dorf völlig und machten seine Bewohner obdachlos.

Zwei zionistische Rabbiner haben das Töten palästinensischer Kinder oder deren Nutzung als menschliche Schutzschilde als erlaubt bezeichnet.

Die ägyptische Regierung hat die Erlaubnis erteilt, für die vier iranischen Parlamentarier, die nach Gaza reisen wollen, ein Visum auszustellen.

Gaza farmers gathered in Beit Hanoun on Wednesday demanding access to arable lands currently under Israeli control as part of a unilaterally imposed no-go zone.

For decades, Israel is refusing to recognize the Bedouin claim for the land. A couple of years ago, an official inquiry committee, formed by the government and headed by a retired justice of the Supreme Court, recommended recognizing many of the villages and putting an end to the problem. The government buried this report, along with many other.

The Jerusalem/Al Quds Multi-day tour is a unique experience that allows you to get to know the city and its many different communities in the most intimate way. During these days you will be given a comprehensive picture of the modern history of the city with a focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the way it affects people`s lives

After a rather unsuccessful day in court, we have only a few pieces of information which are hardly worth reporting. We waited at the entrance for an hour and half after being told that the families would be admitted first.

GAZA, (PIC)-- The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said Wednesday that comments by British Prime Minister David Cameron, who recently described the Gaza Strip as a “prison camp”, are “a step in the right direction.”

GAZA, (PIC)-- A Palestinian young woman was seriously injured Wednesday morning in the explosion of ordnance left by Israeli forces in the vicinity of the Gaza International Airport, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Hamas’s De facto government in Gaza decided to issue some regulations related to Women’s clothing shops...

Around 8:45pm on 13 July, 2010, a few of the women of the family were enjoying the cool of the evening in the courtyard in front of their house. They heard a muffled shooting sound, followed soon after by another, and then by a loud buzzing noise, as if a swarm of insects was approaching at full speed. The facade of their home was reduced to Swiss cheese and the flesh of the women was attacked

...The village has been destroyed. Crushed water tanks drip onto parched earth. A chicken hides under the branches of a felled olive tree. The Special Patrol Unit squadron stops for a souvenir photo near a large pile that had been, until an hour ago, a family’s home. The warriors laugh. They stand there, arms over each other’s shoulders. They seem to be happy.

State Prosecutor`s Office asks High Court to reject request made by right-wing activists to rally in Arab town, citing police and Shin Bet assessments that lives may be in danger

(PIC)-- Deportees from the West Bank and 1948 occupied Palestine to the Gaza Strip have asked the world community and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to pressure Israel into allowing them back to their homes from where they were forcibly evicted.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Israeli policemen and border guards fired rubber bullets and teargas canisters at hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators in Silwan suburb in occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday night.

DAMASCUS, (PIC)-- Hamas political bureau member Ezzat al-Resheq called on the Palestinians in the territories occupied in 1948 to revolt against plans by the Israeli occupation aimed at destroying Palestinian villages in the Negev desert, at the same time paying tribute to the residents of Araqib, some of whom were injured and arrested during an attempt to face the Israeli war machine that destroyed the entire village.

The Gaza government delivered the second part of its follow-up report to the UN on Tuesday, responding to allegations brought forward by justice Richard Goldstone into Operation Cast Lead, officials said.

Two Palestinians were injured in an explosion in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, medics said.

The military is preparing to demolish a Jewish seminary building at the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar after residents lost an appeal against its destruction, Army Radio reported Wednesday.

Drei Jahre nach der Gründung Israels wurden die Bewohner des Dorfes Al-Araqib schon einmal vertrieben, doch sie kehrten zurück. Jetzt hat Israel Tatsachen geschaffen. Das 40 Gebäude umfassende Dorf, das schon lange vor Israel existierte, wurde gestern gänzlich zerstört, damit der Jüdische Nationalfond (JNF) einen Wald auf dem Land anpflanzen lassen kann.

Police arrest fourth suspect in case of espionage against Israel...blares a Haaretz headline about the arrest of an Druze mother living in the Golan, whose son had earlier been arrested as part of the same alleged spy conspiracy:

If anyone ever wants to know why relations between Israel and the Arabs are so incredibly messed up, you have but to examine the story I’m about to tell.

The former interrogator for Unit 504 of Military Intelligence known as "Captain George" has been appointed as adviser on Arab affairs for the commander of the Jerusalem District Police, sources have told Haaretz.

Interesting to note that a Ynet article profiling one of the Zionists who bombed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on July 22, 1946, killing almost one hundred people including dozens of civilians, refers to the act as "Jewish resistance

The Ramallah-based government led by premier Salam Fayyad will be disbanded and a new Palestinian Authority cabinet will be formed next week, a high-ranking Fatah official said Tuesday.

Besetztes Palästina (Press TV) - Der zionistische Außenminister betonte die Fortsetzung des Siedlungsbaus im Westjordanland.

Eine pro-palästinensische Gruppe aus den USA hat vor, die Gaza-Blockade Israels durchzubrechen.

Planting initiatives in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem began Tuesday on land threatened with confiscation for Israel`s separation wall, officials said.

March 2005 For centuries, the Bedouin have lived in the Negev desert. Now, they`re being driven out by the Israeli government to make way for Jewish settlers.

...Without provocation, an Israeli tank fired two artillery shells at the family’s home. Amira Jaber Abu Said, 30, was hit and wounded in the shoulder by a piece of shrapnel and by steel darts, called flechettes...According to the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, flechettes are loaded into shells fired by tanks. When the shells explode in mid-air, 30 meters from the ground, they propel a swarm of 5,000 to 8,000 flechettes, covering a cone-shaped radius, 300 meters wide and 100 meters long.

The entire village of Twail abu Jarwal was demolished – again – for the 15th time in the last three years.

Verteidigungsminister Ehud Barak droht dem Libanon mit einem Vergeltungsschlag, sollte die Hisbollah Israel angreifen.

Israeli police began evicting and demolishing homes Tuesday morning in a so-called unrecognized Bedouin village in southern Israel, local committees and Israeli activists said.

Sana (Mehr News) - Bei anhalten Gefechten in Jemen wurden dutzende Menschen getötet und verletzt; die Militärstellung Al-Zaala in Saade wurde eingenommen, 200 jemenitische Soldaten wurden von den Al-Houthi-Kämpfern gefangen genommen.

Amman (Mehr News) - Arabische Medien meldeten eine plötzliche Visite des zionistischen Ministerpräsidenten Netanjahu in Jordanien und sein Treffen mit dem König von Jordanien, um sich über die Sackgasse der Friedensverhandlungen zu beraten.

Beirut (IRNA) - Ein hoher Verantwortlicher der Hisbollah im Libanon berichtete von Plänen der USA, um im Libanon neue Verschwörungen im Fall Hariri durch das internationale Gericht anzustiften.

News reports confirm the report we ran last night of Israel’s bulldozing of a Bedouin village in the Negev, uprooting 40 families, to make way for what–a forest created with the auspices of the Jewish National Fund?

Witnesses told CNN that the Israeli forces arrived at the village accompanied by busloads of civilians who cheered as the dwellings were demolished. They said armed police deployed with tear gas, water cannon, two helicopters and bulldozers.

We have just received the following information from the UN and NGOs that have been in the Jordan Valley with one of our Jordan Valley Solidaritycoordinators:

"When the soldiers don’t do anything to us at the checkpoint, it is not normal," says Samar, a 12-year-old girl from An Nu’man.

Six Israeli servicemen and one Romanian were aboard an Israeli Yasur helicopter that crashed Monday. IDF rabbis, rescue team en route to site to identify bodies.

Israeli forces entered the northern West Bank village of Beit Furik Monday night, residents reported, and sealed off a military checkpoint at its main entrance.

The Palestinian government in Gaza deplored the imprisonment sentence issued by Israel against Sheikh Ra`ed Salah, the head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands, and said it is part of previous attempts to get rid of him and keep him away from occupied Jerusalem.

The arrest by Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet, of an Israeli Jew accused of killing at least four Palestinians threw a rare light on the secret police, including bringing to the fore attempts by one of the police agents to enlist the accused in a plot to assassinate a Palestinian spiritual leader.

Israeli authorities detained a doctor returning Monday from five years of medical study in Ukraine, witnesses said.

According to the report, Lebanese forces stormed a cheese factory in the early morning hours and arrested Peter Mug, who works at the plant

Engineer accused of passing sensitive information to handlers.

At 11:30 yesterday, 26th July 2010, settlers from the Berakha Shomronim settlement began shooting at Palestinians in the village of Burin and setting fire to crops on their land.

News reports confirm the report we ran last night of Israel`s bulldozing of a Bedouin village in the Negev, uprooting 40 families, to make way for what--a forest created with the auspices of the Jewish National Fund? Here`s a press release from several groups, speaking on behalf of the village, and picking up on the news that at Sunday`s Cabinet meeting Netanyahu described non-Jewish immigration as a "concrete threat."

Am 19. Juli verhaftete die israelische Armee einen 17- jährigen Teenager aus Bil’in während einer nächtlichen Razzia auf das palästinensische Dorf. Ahmed Burnat wird der Teilnahme an illegalen Protesten und des Steinewerfens angeklagt.

In protest of Monday`s home demolition carried out by Israeli security forces at the Givat Ronen outpost, settlers blockaded 11 intersections across the West Bank on Monday evening.

...Killing the children of a leader in order to pressure him, the rabbi continues, is also permissible. In general, according to the book, it is okay to kill children if they "stand in the way - children are often doing this." "They stand in the way of rescue in their presence and they are doing this without wanting to," he writes

Riad (Press TV) - Der Chef des israelischen Geheimdienstes Mossad hat mit saudiarabischen Funktionsträgern über einen eventuellen Angriff Israels auf Iran gesprochen.

Ni’lins Bürgerkomitee organisierte auch diesen Freitag einen friedlichen Protest gegen die Annexionsmauer und die militärische Besetzung Palästinas durch Israel.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak threatened Lebanon with the implementation of the “Dahiya doctrine” in the case of another war between Israel and Hezbollah in an interview with the Washington Post.

? Shia rebels in north Yemen have captured a strategic army post and several soldiers in clashes that killed 10 people and threatened a fragile truce in the area, army officials and rebels have said.

Amman(Jordaniens Nachrichtenagentur/IRIB)- König von Jordanien und der Chef der palästinensischen Autonomiebehörde haben heute über den Nahostfriedensprozess gesprochen.

Ramallah (IRIB) - Im Dorf Burin im Norden des Westjordanlandes wurden am Montag bei Auseinandersetzung zwischen jüdischen Siedlern und Palästinensern sowie der israelischen Armee drei Palästinenser verletzt.

Kerbela (IRIB/orf.at) - Bei zwei Anschlägen in der irakischen Pilgerstadt Kerbala sind heute Abend nach Angaben von Augenzeugen mindestens 40 Menschen ums Leben gekommen.

Tel Aviv (IRIB/AFP) - Der Regierungschef des zionistischen Regimes Benjamin Netanjahu hat die Palästinenser aufgefordert, "unverzüglich" direkte Friedensverhandlungen aufzunehmen.

"It took us 40 years for us to admit that we were even Palestinians. Another 15 years passed before we realized that the peace process started under Oslo had been a disaster," the London-based paper quoted Zuabi as saying.

An Israeli military helicopter crashed Monday in Romania killing all six soldiers on board, officials believe.

Six weeks after Israeli forces commandeered the Freedom Flotilla en route to deliver aid to Gaza, the cargo will be delivered to UN agencies, the Free Gaza Movement said Monday.

Video middleeast Justice sought over Jerusalem shooting

Sanaa(IRIB)- Dutzende Menschen sind bei neuen Kämpfen zwischen der "al Houthi-Gruppe" und einer durch die jemenitischen Regierung unterstützten Gruppe in Nordjemen ums Leben gekommen.

A report quietly submitted by IDF Military Advocate General Avichai Mandelblit to the United Nations two weeks ago regarding Israel’s conduct during Operation Cast Lead confirms the key findings of the Goldstone Report.

Beirut/Teheran(IRIB)- Ein Verantwortlicher der libanesischen Hisbollah hat die Bereitschaft des libanesischen Widerstandes auf einen eventuellen Militärangriff des zionistischen Regimes auf den Libanon unterstrichen.

One of the most prominent features of Sabar Kashour, with the exception of his large puppy eyes, is the presence of a massive wedding ring on his finger. Had this ring been on his finger in September 2008, he might have avoided the entanglement that currently stirs up great emotion among members of Israel’s legal system and human rights group.

Human rights organizations strongly criticized a military court under the authority of Fatah faction for acquitting officers charged with torturing to death Hamas-affiliated prisoner Haitham Amr in the intelligence headquarters in Al-Khalil city.

Nine Palestinian prisoners have been removed from the outside world by the Ashkelon prison department and placed in inhumane conditions in complete isolation from the rest of the prison population, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said.

Reprisals continue after Monday`s demolition of illegal structures. Settlers set fire to Palestinian fields near Har Bracha, damage two military vehicles. IDF urges settler leaders to restrain residents, warns situation to deteriorate as decision on construction freeze nears

A large group of extremist settlers escorted by troops provocatively entered the Palestinian city of Nablus at the pretext of visiting Joseph`s Tomb near Balata refugee camp in the early hours of Monday morning.

The recent escalation of settler violence in Al-Khalil (Hebron) was matched by unwarranted military violence and the arbitrary arrest of peaceful protestors at the latest protest against the closure of Shuhada Street and illegal presence of Israeli settlers on Saturday 24 July 2010.

...Below please find one final excerpt from the book, detailing the struggle of a Palestinian man named Abdul Halim whose home in Nazlit Issa in the northwestern West Bank was commandeered as a base for the Israeli army while his territorial holdings were truncated by the West Bank Wall.

A number of prisoners sitting in the prisons of the Israeli occupation said that the food served to them is not fit to eat or for human use or consumption because of its poor processing, dirtiness, very small quantity, and bad kind.

While US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu put on a show of friendship recently, it is not clear that the relationship will bear fruit, writes George Hishmeh* in Washington

Two recent reports discuss it, a July Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (PHR-IL) one titled, "A Situation Report on Obstacles Facing Gaza Residents in Need of Medical Treatment," and a June one titled, "Who Gets to Go," jointly prepared by PHR-IL, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel.

Over 100 people participated in Al Ma’sara’s demonstration today in a successful protest against the Israeli Apartheid Wall which saw one person injured. With the support of many internationals, including a large French contingent, the village – known for creatively themed protests – chose ‘European solidarity’ as the slogan this week.

When he came to Washington a few months ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was touting the multiplex cinemas and shopping malls that have supposedly sprouted up in the West Bank as evidence of the "economic renaissance" going on there. There is no such economic renaissance --

Gaza-based premier Ismail Haniyeh said Sunday he welcomed international calls for direct dialogue with Hamas and resistance factions in the coastal enclave.

Gaza (IRIB/AFP) - Kampfflugzeuge des zionistischen Regimes haben am heutigen Montagmorgen die Grenzstadt Rafah im südlichen Gazastreifen angegriffen.

Israeli residents of an illegal West Bank settlement rioted near the Huwwara checkpoint in Nablus on Monday, protesting a decision to demolish illegal structures, onlookers said.

Israeli warplanes struck two smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border in Rafah, southern Gaza and a workshop in the north on Monday morning, with no injuries reported.

A Lebanese MP warned residents of Israeli and US plans to naturalize Palestinian refugees, urging locals not to emigrate or sell land to thwart the plan, Lebanese media reported Monday.

Dieser Artikel ist nicht für jeden. Nationalisten, Rassisten und Fans von Militarismus und Faschismus können weiter mit der Entwicklung der letzten zehn Monate zufrieden sein. Ihnen bedeutet Demokratie nur eine Wahl alle paar Jahre, Tyrannei der Mehrheit und Unterdrückung der Minderheit,

A part of what palestinians prisoners must bear...Pearlman lawyer wants court to see tapes of questioning to determine whether his claims were true, and if so, to consider releasing him.

A sick police force

Israel is preparing to face four Gaza-bound aid flotillas from Lebanon, Libya, Qatar and Oman, all of them organized by Islamic factions, the Hebrew-language daily Maariv reported Sunday.

London (Press TV) - Die internationale Wohlfahrtsorganisation OXFAM in England gab bekannt, dass das zionistische Regime für die Schäden seiner Militärs bei dem unterdrückten palästinensischen Volk Schadenersatz leisten muss.

An informed source revealed that the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah deleted lines that condemned Israel and held it responsible for its crimes before submitting its report on Gaza war earlier this month through its envoy to the UN .

Seit ich in meiner Kindheit den Aufstieg der Nazis in Deutschland miterlebte, juckt meine Nase jedes Mal, wenn ich etwas Faschistisches rieche, auch wenn der Geruch noch schwach ist. Als die Debatte über die "Ein-Staaten-Lösung" begann, fing meine Nase an zu jucken.Bist du verrückt geworden, sagte ich zu meiner Nase, dieses Mal hast du absolut unrecht. Dies ist ein Plan der Linken. Er wird von Linken mit unzweifelhaften Referenzen vorgebracht, von den größten Idealisten in Israel und im Ausland, sogar von Marxisten. Doch meine Nase blieb dabei. Sie juckte weiter. Nun sieht es so aus, als ob die Nase letzten Endes Recht hätte. Von Uri Avnery.

Israel ist weiterhin gegen den Einsatz einer unabhängigen UN-Kommission zur Aufklärung des Angriffs auf die Gaza-Solidaritätsflotte Ende Mai.

Dorfbewohner von Bil’in, israelische und internationale Aktivisten protestierten am Freitag gegen die Apartheidmauer. Unter den Teilnehmern war eine grosse Solidaritätsgruppe aus Italien mit Luisa Morgantini, der ehemaligen Vizepräsidentin des Europäischen Parlaments, die schon wiederholt an Bil’ins Protesten teilnahm.

Zusammen mit Hassan Mousa und Zaydoon Srour wurde Ibrahim Amireh vom Bürgerkomitee Ni’lin am 12. Juli zu zwei Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt. Sein Sohn Saeed berichtet:

President Mahmoud Abbas says he is prepared to meet with Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu if Israel agrees to the establishment of a Palestinian state on lands occupied in 1967 and halts settlements.

You remember, no doubt, the rage that greeted Justice Richard Goldstone‘s UN report on the Gaza massacre in which members of his faith, my faith, called him a traitor to his race, accused him of blood libel, called him a moser (betrayer of Jews)? You remember the hate-filled invective from figures as esteemed (by some) as Elie Wiesel and as rancid as Alan Dershowitz?

Palestinian sources revealed a new Israeli plan to build 200 settlement outposts in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem including the construction of new stories on a Palestinian house in Kubaniyet Um Haroun.

Hamas finds UN collaborating with Israel Hamas accuses the United Nations of collaborating with Israel over the world body`s recent efforts to discourage aid convoys from sailing towards the Gaza Strip.

In 1991 Israel ratified The Convention of the Rights of a Child. The 54 articles of the Convention focus on the human rights of a child which include civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. Despite Israel’s ratification of the Convention, Palestinian children are still victims of human rights abuses in all of these categories.

An Nabi Saleh Demo

IDF soldiers attacked Palestinian, international and Israeli demonstrators who were holding a rally in Hebron

Republicans in the US House of Representatives have introduced a measure that would green-light a possible Israeli bombing campaign against Iran.

The Chairman of the Islamic movement in the occupied territories of 1948, Sheikh Raed Salah, started from today spending time in prison for five months, according to the decision of the Israeli Central Court in Jerusalem a few weeks ago after the rejection of his appeal, against the backdrop of the events of the Mughrabi Gate in 2007.

Because summons was written only in Hebrew, the boy`s parents did not understand that the notification had been delivered by mistake.

At 6 am on the 19th of July the Israeli Army, accompanied by 2 bulldozers arrived in the village of Al Farisiya and ordered the villagers to get out of their homes. Such demolitions are only one example of the destruction the Israeli Army has been inflicting this week across the West Bank. Nicky Elliott visited Al Farisyia and talked to the homeless families.

The Israeli army said Saturday evening that four projectiles from Gaza landed in Israeli territory over the weekend.

Food Delivery at the Border between Israel and Gaza. Excerpt from "Don`t Tell My Mother I`m in the Holy Land" (2007) by Diego Buñuel . From the ""Don`t Tell My Mother I`m in ..." series of TV travelogues.

El Kuds (Al Yaum/ IRIB) - Israels Inlandsgeheimdienst "Schabak" hat den für das El Kuds-Dossier zuständigen Fatah-Verantwortlichen, Hatem Abdul Qader" bei der Einfahrt in die nordöstlich von El Kuds gelegene Stadt "Hazma" festgenommen.

This Friday over 100 people took part to the weekly demonstration against the wall in the village of Bil’in among whom Israelis and several internationals.

Schalom Habibi – nach so einem Tag nimmt man selbst die Unterbrechung unserer rasanten Rückfahrt nach Ramallah durch den israelischen Soldaten am Checkpoint etwas gelassener und begrüßt ihn mit lockerer Zunge, auch wenn unser palästinensischer Fahrer den Mittelfinger hebt, als wir passieren können.

Eine Israelin begleitete uns durch das Flüchtlingslager in Jenin. Eine von vielen, die das Gesetz brechen, um im Westjordanland zu sein und gegen die Besatzung zu kämpfen. Sie hat sich der Sache mit Haut und Haaren verschrieben und erzählte uns wohl nur einen kleinen Ausschnitt aus ihrem manchmal doch halsbrecherischem Leben.

As we have been very busy with our work on the ground there hasn’t been time to keep up with writing about it! However, today will, hopefully, afford some time to give readers information on what has been happening with IWPS in Palestine. On July 10 we joined Palestinians and other internationals at the weekly Saturday demonstration in the village of Iraq Burin, protesting the theft of village land and water by Zionist settlers . This is the same village where 2 young Palestinians were executed during a demonstration on March 20, 2010.

SEIT ICH in meiner Kindheit den Aufstieg der Nazis in Deutschland miterlebte, juckt meine Nase jedes Mal, wenn ich etwas Faschistisches rieche, auch wenn der Geruch noch schwach ist. Als die Debatte über die „Ein-Staaten-Lösung“, begann, fing meine Nase zu jucken an.

Elias Harb (Intifada) interview Archbishop Theodosios “Atallah Hanna” Archbishop of Sebastia, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem – 23 July 2010

We have a new volunteer and was giving her a tour of the village and introducing her to some of the villagers. We stopped at the balidyia (the municipality building) and was offered tea by the mayor. While having our short visit, he received a phone call from someone in the front of the village that Israeli Occupation Forces had entered the village. We immediately went out to monitor the situation. Villagers directed us to where the IOF was. There were 3 jeeps and about 12 soldiers.

As part of Israel’s increased attempt at hindering the work of Palestine solidarity activists, an Israeli court yesterday dealt a further blow. Marcus Rednander, a 26-year-old activist and nursing student from Sweden, was arrested by Israeli forces on the night of Tues. July 20.

Palästinensischer Chefunterhändler bei Nahostfriedensgesprächen hat im Zusammenhang mit den von den USA und Israel geforderten direkten Gespräche betont, dass dies dann der Fall sein wird, wenn Israel bestimmte Bedingungen erfüllt.

Two years ago, this magazine exposed a dark chapter in the life of Nahi Alon, a clinical psychologist who ordered the killing of Palestinians in the Six-Day War.

Israelische Armee hat ein ganzes Dorf im Westjordanland zerstört.

Dozens of protesters scuffled with police near the venue where Israel is playing Serbia in a volleyball tournament in Ankara on Saturday, the Associated Press reported.

Since I witnessed the rise of the Nazis during my childhood in Germany, my nose always tickles when it smells something fascist, even when the odor is still faint.

Israeli forces reportedly detained 10 foreign activists during a weekly rally calling for the re-opening of Ash-Shuhada Street to Palestinian movement on Saturday in the Old City of Hebron.

The PA security forces in the West Bank have stormed Friday the town of Shoyoukh, east of Al-Khalil city, and arrested nine Palestinian citizens, including two sons of Hamas legislator MP Samira Al-Halaika.

In the midst of its campaign against Hizbollah and Hamas "terrorists", Israel has been accused by Britain of feting Jewish "terrorists" whose bomb attack killed 28 Britons 60 years ago today.

This interview originally appeared at Electronic Intifada:

International aid agency Oxfam demanded that the Israeli government compensate Palestinians in a northern Jordan Valley village, after soldiers destroyed at least $29,000 of aid on Monday.

Israelis waste that is disposed of in the landfill at Abu Dis (the West Bank), which is under Palestinian territorial authority is in contradiction to international law which prohibits the transport and disposal of wastes across borders without mutual consent. Moreover, the landfill is near capacity, and additional landfill sites are still undesignated.

Anyone really serious about allowing Palestinians their civil rights? Part VIII of a series on The Case for Palestinian Civil Rights in Lebanon.

Ten children returned to Gaza from Slovenia on Friday, fitted with prosthetic limbs thanks to a rehabilitation project initiated by Slovenia’s president, Danilo Turk.

...Hello? Are we getting this straight? If any married man who has ever lied in order to get sex would be charged with rape, there would be no room in our prisons. It appears that the court had a problem with Kashour being Arab, rather than with him being married.

Fatah`s Jerusalem affairs chief Hatem Abdel Qader was stopped by Israeli intelligence after crossing into northern Jerusalem at the Ar-Ram checkpoint on Saturday.

The Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in the village of Ni`lin, near Ramallah, organized their weekly nonviolent protest against the construction of the annexation wall on the village`s land.

Khader Sabarneh (65 years) was seriously injured and is now in a critical medical condition after the Israeli occupation forces fired gas bombs inside his house in the town of Beit Ameer, located at...

Jewish Settlers Theft of Palestinian Land... and Sheep

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, fencing was a popular past time in the central Europe. Early Zionist youth clubs such as Beitar participated in fencing events and based youth activities around the sport.

Das ist kein Bericht über einen israelischen Militärangriff, oder über palästinensische Wiederstandskämpfer, die sich angeblich im Grenzgebiet herumtrieben, und Israel zur Selbstverteidigung noetigten. Das ist ein Bericht über die Geschichte von Samah (9), Haitham (4) Azzam (10) und Ebrahim (11).

Under the Law of Maritime Navigation, Israel has no right to intercept aid ships bound for Gaza, head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege Jamal Al-Khudari said Friday.

A leading Israeli dairy company has moved its factories from the occupied Golan Heights into Israel and will be allowed to market its produce in the West Bank, the National Dignity Fund announced Thursday.

NABI SALAH, Occupied West Bank, July 23, 2010 (IPS) - Palestinian activists are being jailed, Israeli activists are under surveillance, and the Israeli military is increasingly targeting journalists who cover West Bank protests.

Spanische Spitzensportler koennten den naechsten Hilfskonvoi fuer Gaza begleiten.

Isreal bekommt Kriegsschiffe, Waffen – alles entgegen dem Grundsatz, dass Deutschland nicht in Krisengebiete liefern darf. Auf der anderen Seite werden Vereine verboten und ihr Geld beschlagnahmt, das für Hilfe auch in Gaza und Palästina bestimmt war. Ob damit die U-Boote wohl mitfinanziert werden?

In both words and actions the MKs are undermining democracy`s fundamental values, making cynical, cheap use of parliamentary tools, dragging Israeli society to sectorial disputes and separatism, and isolating Israel from the world.

US-Präsident, Barack Obama, hat die politischen Parteien im Irak aufgefordert, sich möglichst bald auf die Bildung einer neuen Regierung zu einigen.

Der Chef des irakischen Parteinbündnisses "Al Irakiya", Ijyd allawi, und der Chef der nationalen Koalition, Omar Hakim, haben am Donnerstag bei einem Treffen über die Bildung einer neuen Regierung konsultiert.

· IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.- Ten Palestinian civilians, including two children and three journalists, were injured West Bank.- IOF arrested a journalist and four international human rights defenders. · IOF continued to fire at Palestinian farmers and workers in the border areas of the Gaza Strip.

This article follows an earlier UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Special Report titled, "The Impact of the Barrier on Health," accessed through the following link:

From The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee website: Israeli forces arrested Lusia Morgantini, the former Vice President of the European Parliament, and three others during the weekly anti-wall demonstration in the West Bank village of Bil’in earlier today.

I have known Ameer Makhoul since the day he came to my office at the Galilee Society to be interviewed for the position of director of our then new and ambitious project called ITTIJAH, the Arabic acronym for Union of Community-Based Arab Associations.

Israeli soldiers arrested former European Parliament vice president, Luisa Morgantini, and three others, in the West Bank village of Bilin on Friday during what organizers called a non-violent protest.

Israel has urged Lebanon to stop a Gaza-bound aid convoy, saying it will use "all necessary means" to stop the humanitarian convoy from reaching the blockaded coastal sliver.

Turkey has formally asked Israel a number of times to free vessels; Spanish activists aboard Mavi Marmara to sue Israel for crimes against humanity.

Dozens of settlers began building a new illegal outpost in Hebron`s Al-Buweirah neighborhood between the city center and the Kiyrat Arba settlement on Friday.

In einer Veranstaltung des Kölner Friedensforums wurde versucht, auf einige Fragen, die nach dem israelischen Überfall auf die „Gaza-Hilfsflotte” am 31. Mai kontrovers diskutiert wurden.

Die israelische Grenzpolizei vernichtete am 6. Juli mehrere palästinensische Felder östlich von Hebron im Al Beqa’a-Tal und somit die Lebensgrundlage von hunderten Palästinensern.

Residents and firefighters rushed to the scene, eyewitnesses said, but Israeli soldiers would not allow them to access the land.

Israeli forces carried out a simulation drill modeling the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday evening, the Al-Aqsa Foundation told the Hamas-affiliated Voice of Palestine news site.

Gaza(Xinhua/IRIB)- Drei Palästinenser sind bei israelischen Artillerieangriffen auf verschiedene Gebiete im Süden von Gazastreifen ums Leben gekommen.

Die syrische Regierung erließ ein Gesetz, das das Tragen des Niqabs, an Universitäten verbietet.

I’m pissed. Royally so. If Phil Weiss, Stephen Walt, Glenn Greenwald, Jim Lobe and a whole host of others can be smeared by Tabloid (er, Tablet) Magazine as anti-Israel agents of influence, why was I left out?

Real News Network, a professional online alternative to US corporate media, has this comprehensive report about a Knesset bill to criminalize Palestinian, international and Israeli efforts to promote and enact boycotts against Israel. Last week, it passed its “preliminary reading” in the Knesset, with two more rounds to go to become law.

Interview des New Left Project mit Norman Finkelstein. Norman Finkelstein gehört weltweit zu den wichtigsten öffentlichen Intellektuellen, die über den israelisch-palästinensischen Konflikt schreiben.

Israeli Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy has a very selective memory (Hebrew). Only when he faces the case of suspected settler terrorist Chaim Pearlman, who has been denied access to counsel by the Shin Bet and was a no-show in court, does he say: “Never in my life have I seen such behavior.” Apparently, he’s forgotten the fact that the Shin Bet routinely treats its Israeli Palestinian suspects in the same fashion:

In the last couple of months, residents of the Israeli villages along the Gaza Strip complain about dozens of stray dogs, some possibly diseased, fleeing the Gaza area into Israel, passing underneath the “security fence.”

“My press conference today is for the people to hear me well and not to quote me” from different sources, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah began his press conference in Beirut’s southern suburb Thursday night.

Russia Today TV interviews Jonathan Cook – 22 July 2010

Israel’s High Court rejected a petition on Thursday appealing Raed Salah`s five month sentence for spitting on a border guard in 2007.

Der Journalismus hat sich zu einem sprachlichen Schlachtfeld entwickelt – und wenn Reporter Begriffe verwenden wie: “ein Aufflammen der Gewalt”, oder “Surge”, oder “Siedler”, dann spielen sie weiter mit dem schädlichen Spiel, argumentiert Robert Fisk.

In July 2010, it published the latest in its "Am I Not a Human?" series titled, "The Suffering of the Palestinian Child under the Israeli Occupation," saying: Palestinian children grow up "under the Israeli occupation, surrounded by cruelty, oppression, killing, starvation and destruction."

Each time Israel fails to keep its `side of the bargain`, the Palestinian Authority responds with the same redundant language. The cycle has become so utterly predictable that one wonders why the Palestinian Authority officials even bothers protesting Israeli action.

A Palestinian protest organizer detained in 2005 and put on trial was sentenced Wednesday with a second trial pending, popular committee officials in Bil`in said.

The Palestinian Authority condemned the shooting of an unarmed Palestinian by Israeli forces on Thursday morning.“The Israeli practice of shooting first and asking questions later has become the norm when dealing with Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Mizrahi was convicted last year after shooting dead Israeli-Arab Mahmoud Ganaim. A court rejected his claim that he shot Ganaim in self defense.

Beit Lahia, Palestine—The northern Gaza Strip area of Beit Lahia is famous for its agriculture. The climate, the sandy clay soil and the fresh water supply create an ideal environment for growing fruit here, and the practice has become a deeply-engrained way of life for Beit Lahia farmers like Abdulfattah Al-Khateeb, who has been growing strawberries here for over twenty-five years.

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed a Palestinian citizen and wounded another who were trying to infiltrate into Barkan settlement in Salfit district at dawn Thursday, the Hebrew radio claimed. It said that the IOF soldiers detected the two Palestinians, one of them armed, while trying to cross the fence surrounding the settlement west of Hares village, Salfit district. ... However, Hebrew press later reported that the soldiers did not find any weapon on the dead Palestinian man`s body.

Palestinian municipal elections were supposed to be held last week. Instead, they were canceled....The cancellation of this election was an unjustified, unlawful, and unacceptable act. It damages democratic rights and makes a mockery of the interests of the Palestinian people.

Bulldozer des zionistischen Regimes sind in das Westjordanland eingedrungen und haben zwei Wohnhäuser der Palästinenser dem Erdboden gleichgemacht.

Der Chef der palästinensischen Autonomiebehörde wies die Aufnahme direkter Gespräche mit Israel ohne Grantien aus den USA zurück.

Khaled Mishaal, the head of Hamas`s political bureau, has explained Wednesday that his Movement follows firm and well-studied strategy in dealing with the Israeli occupation, the internal Palestinian social fabric, and the international community.

Consider this scenario – a girl meets a guy while out shopping. They make eye contact, they flirt, he tells her he’s a business mogul about to close on a billion dollar deal. she’s the most beautiful girl he’s ever seen, he’s been searching for her all his life, etc etc, you know the drill.

Sabbar Kashur wanted to be a person, a person like everybody else. But as luck would have it, he was born Palestinian.

A 23-year-old Arab man sustained serious injuries after being attacked in Tiberias, allegedly for talking to a young Jewish woman. Police are still searching for the suspected assailant, a 19-year-old who fled the scene.

Dr. Hassanen added that four of the wounded residents are children and that the Israeli army carried out an aerial strike and also fired artillery and tank shells. Medical sources at Beit Hanoun Hospital stated that the wounded residents had nails in their bodies as the shells contained nails and other materials.

Right-wing activists attempt to bump into Prison Service vehicle transporting terror suspect Haim Pearlman to court

During a break in the hearing, Kam unexpectedly encountered far Right activist Itamar Ben-Gvir, who was in court to support Haim Pearlman, suspected of murdering Palestinians. Upon seeing Kam, Ben-Gvir shouted: "You Spy! You should be ashamed of yourself. It`s the lowest of the low. You lot are stabbing a knife in the nation`s back. All of our claims against you lot will turn out to be true."

Rasan al-Jud, a former senior officer in the Lebanese Army, is thought to have escaped to Germany by commercial plane; security forces looking for four others who disappeared.

Israeli forces tore down 10 animal stables in the northern West Bank on Wednesday, onlookers said.

A Palestinian man was killed and a second injured by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank on Thursday morning, Palestinian security officials said.

Israeli forces detained 178 Palestinians on Thursday morning for residing in Israel without a permit, security sources said.

Wie aus israelischen Quellen verlautet, wird das zionistische Regime in Kürze mit dem Bau der Trennungsmauer zu Ägypen beginnen.

Zehn Tage nach seiner Teilnahme an einer friedlichen Demonstrationen wurde ein schwedischer Friedensaktivist im besetzten Hebron von israelischen Polizisten verhaftet und einem Richter in Jerusalem vorgeführt.

In the occupied towns, cities, villages and refugee camps of Palestine, stealing water and spreading drugs by the Israeli occupation are symptoms of a daily cold war in which the Palestinians are suffering of shortage of drinking water and the basic daily needs, and the increasing number of Palestinian drug dealers under control of the Israeli army and police.

Durch den Angriff der zionistischen Militärkräfte auf Beit Hanun im nördlichen Gazastreifen haben zwei junge Palästinenser den Märtyrertod gefunden.

Activists in Jerusalem protest in solidarity with Bedouin families whose land was confiscated as a result of the JNF`s discriminatory policies.

"We believe we are once again at a critical juncture in the effort to move to serious Israeli-Palestinian negotiations aimed at achieving a two State solution," the United Nations Security Council was told on Wednesday.

An improvised explosive device (IED) has killed a US soldier in Diyala province, north of Baghdad.

Days after it was reported that Netanyahu said in 2001 that Israel would defeat the two-state process by declaring military zones all across the Jordan Valley, Amira Hass reports that Israeli soldiers destroyed a Palestinian village in the Jordan Valley on Monday for just that purpose.

An Arab posed as a Jew so he could get a woman in bed. Oops! Honey, be more careful who you have sex with within minutes of knowing him. Well, apparently she hasn’t moved on: She pressed charges of rape and indecent assault (whatever that is; I suspect it’s a fancy term for miscegenation). But wait, it gets better: A judge actually agreed to hear the case. The verdict: The man was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

The Israeli government has refused to provide the United Nations assurance to discontinue its illegal usage of internationally banned white phosphorus bombs, which it used heavily in its latest war on the Gaza Strip, causing hundreds of Palestinian deaths, in addition to serious environmental damage.

Die Bildung einer neuen Regierung im Irak ist in noch weitere Ferne gerückt.

While speculation over a possible Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities intensifies, at least one influential analyst here is calling on Washington to focus more on the likelihood of a new war breaking out between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia and how to prevent or contain it.

The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Economy in Ramallah announced 31 July as the deadline for merchants to clear their shops of settlement goods or face legal action.

Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s first trial from 2005 had reached conclusion yesterday, with his sentencing to two months of imprisonment and a six months suspended sentence for participating and organizing demonstrations and for walking the streets of his village during a curfew designed to prevent a demonstration. A verdict in Abu Rahmah’s main case for which he is already in jail since December is expected soon.

A Swedish peace activist was arrested in Hebron last night and stood trial today in Jerusalem.

The following is my English translation of Yossi Gurvitz’s latest post about the Shabak, the interrogation process, and the dying Israeli legal system. Haaretz has just published an article about the trials cited by Yossi here.

The following is my English translation of Yossi Gurvitz’s latest post about the Shabak, the interrogation process, and the dying Israeli legal system. Haaretz has just published an article about the trials cited by Yossi here.

US intervention in the region has made a unity deal between rival factions Fatah and Hamas "difficult now and in the near future," the Islamist movement said Wednesday.

Six workers survived a tunnel collapse Wednesday in Gaza, medics said.

Israeli policemen and special security units accompanied municipality teams that demolished Palestinian houses in Beir Hadaj and Ma`arash villages in the Negev, occupied in 1948.

“Our people seek their historical rights and national principles, and will accept no less than expulsion of the (Israeli) occupation and establishment of an independent state,” Al-Ramahi said.

..."For two years I`ve been under house arrest for nothing," he said. "If I were Jewish they wouldn`t have even questioned me. That`s not called rape. I didn`t rape her in the forest and throw her away naked. She agreed to everything that happened."

Head of the Aqsa Mosque’s manuscripts department Najeh Bukirat said in a press statement that three groups including dozens of Jewish extremists raided the Aqsa Mosque from the Maghareba Gate under heavy protection by Israeli police.

Beim Angriff der Militärs des zionistischen Regimes auf den Gazastreifen fand mindestens ein Palästinenser den Märtyrertod.

In Gaza, traditional industries like fishing are dominated by men but one 16-year-old girl is changing that.

A 10-year-old girl is among those injured.

Die Militärs des zionistischen Regimes griffen den Osten von Khan Junis im Süden des Gazastreifens an.

The National Resistance Brigades said its forces targeted an Israeli patrol that crossed into Palestinian territory

On Monday the Israeli government posted its latest word on the Gaza conflict of `08-`09. It`s called the "second update" on its investigation of incidents during the conflict.

A Gaza City-based bank`s recent firing of at least eight employees had nothing to do with politics, Palestine Monetary Authority officials said Wednesday.

This most recent clash on the Gaza border comes a week after sources claimed an IDF shelling killed a Palestinian woman.

On the 20 of July, the State of Israel released a report, Gaza Operation Investigations: Second Update, which details Israel’s response to allegations of international law violations committed in the context of the 27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009 offensive on the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian Authority forces detained the head of the Tarqumiya Municipality on Wednesday on allegations that he and other Hebron officials failed to commit to the Water Authority`s standards on infrastructure and water theft.

Reservists in the Israel Defense Forces have been deployed at night to guard the vineyard of a head of the former Jewish underground in the Hebron area, a reserve officer says. This would violate the IDF`s policy against guarding private property.

Israel detained a British-Iraqi rapper upon his arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport on Tuesday, the musician wrote on his website.

Das zionistische Regime hat nach Angaben von Kriegsminister Ehud Barak in der Negev-Wüste sein Raketenabwehrsystem "Eiserner Dom" erfolgreich getestet.

The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health appealed Wednesday to Israel to deliver seven oxygen machines donated by a Norwegian development agency that were seized by Israeli officials en route to hospitals in the West Bank and Gaza.

Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy on Wednesday rebuked the State Prosecutor`s Office and the Shin Bet for failing to bring alleged "Jewish terrorist" Chaim Pearlman and his alleged associate, David Sitbon, to court hearings regarding their cases.

The Israeli cabinet decision last month on easing certain terms of its blockade of Gaza is a "continuation of Israel`s attempt to bluff the world," an official said Wednesday.

Wisam Siyouri told Ma`an that an Israeli police officer assaulted him with a rifle, hitting him the chest and head, because he was holding a toy gun given to him by his grandfather who owns a store in the Al-Qattanin market, leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Letztes Jahr hat medico seinen Partner, die israelische Reservistenorganisation Breaking the Silence bei der Veröffentlichung von Zeugnissen israelischer Soldaten über das Vorgehen der Armee bei den Angriffen auf Gaza um die Jahreswende 2008/09 unterstützt. Die israelische Armee erklärte die Zeugenaussagen für falsch und hat auf die Veröffentlichung mit einer gezielten Delegitimierungskampagne reagiert

The march for the release of Gilad Shalit, which began from his family home in Mizpeh Hila and is destined for the Prime Minister`s house in Jerusalem, is winning public support for the notion that Israel should "pay the price." And what is the price?

Israel is reinventing the ancient punishment of banishment, though only for Arabs, writes Khaled Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem

An Israeli Army committee cut the prison sentence for Taysir Heib, a former soldier, who was convicted of manslaughter and other charges in relation to the shooting of a British peace activist.

Israeli soldiers, accompanied by a number of armed vehicles, tanks, and military bulldozers, invaded on Tuesday evening Abasan Al Jadeeda town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Bassem Abu Rahma starb, als ihn im April letzten Jahres ein israelischer Tränengaskanister während einer Demonstrationen am Kopf traf. Nachdem drei Videos bewiesen, dass Abu Rahma gezielt beschossen wurde, wird der Vorfall nun von der israelischen Armee untersucht.

The Gaza government`s Interior Ministry accused Israel`s intelligence services Wednesday of sending agents on humanitarian aid convoys to the Strip.

A fascinating debate has entered Israel’s political mainstream on a once-taboo subject: the establishment of a single state as a resolution of the conflict, one in which Jews and Palestinians might potentially live as equal citizens.

The commander of the CP told us that if we entered we would not be allowed back out. He called his superior and asked whether ‘Watch-Women’ were allowed into ‘red’ and was told in no uncertain terms that we were not – a new regulation “Tzav Aluf”, we promised to report and inquire.

For the third time in 12 days, Israeli Border Police carried out demolitions in Al Baqa`a valley, a fertile farming area northeast of Hebron, along route 60. On July 19, the Israeli Border Police, with the assistance of hired laborers using heavy machinery, destroyed a cistern and removed irrigation pipes from 1.5 acres (6 dunams) of vegetable fields.

In his statement of refusal (repeated here from our previous update on his case) shir wrote: I believe it is my personal duty to refuse and defect from an army whose main purpose is to serve as an occupation police for maintaining "Israeli order" and imposing it on defenseless Palestinians who are denied citizenship.

INTERVENTION Einst kämpften sie mit der Waffe gegeneinander - jetzt spielen sie gemeinsam Theater. Seit fünf Jahren engagieren sich Israelis und Palästinenser in der Theatergruppe der Combatants for Peace gegen die israelische Besatzungspolitik

The Palestinian Authority has filed suit in an Israeli court over the alleged theft of fuel by an Israeli transport company contracted by the nation`s largest oil distributor.

Der libanesische Präsident Michel Suleiman ist bemüht, die politischen Spannungen in der libanesischen Gesellschaft entstanden sind, einzudämmen.

A well-known Palestinian activist in Israel was detained by Israeli police on Tuesday on allegations that he spied for a foreign agent against Israel, Israeli media reported.

Damaskus(Irna)- Syriens Staatspräsident hat im Zusammenhang mit dem gegenwärtigen Konflikt zwischen der Türkei und Israel betont, dass Ankara auf seinen Forderungen gegen Israel bestehen soll.

Die Blockade des Gazastreifens wird für das zionistische Regime immer mehr zur Belastungsprobe.

Rom(AFP/IRIB)- Israels Generalstabschef hat am Dienstag erklärt, Israel sei bereit, notfalls Stellungen der Hisbollah auch in den Wohngebieten anzugreifen.

A Palestinian military court ruled Tuesday that Palestinian Authority Intelligence Services must compensate the family of suspect who died in prison.

Gaza-based rights groups reminded EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton that calls to ease the siege on Gaza "fall short of addressing the root cause of humanitarian suffering" and urged her to take decisive action.

Nidal Abdo lives in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Four years ago he was at a friend`s house in the nearby al-Bureij refugee camp when Israeli tanks moved in. When Abdo tried to escape the area, Israeli soldiers shot him in his left foot. Due to the injury...

The head of the Arab League has said that Palestinians cannot move into direct peace talks with Israel unless "written guarantees" are given beforehand.

The action that we recently undertook on the terrain of the old Warsaw Ghetto -- to spray the words "Liberate all ghettos" in Hebrew and "Free Gaza and Palestine" in English -- has been used by some commentators in Israel and the Jewish community in Poland to accuse us of anti-Semitism.

This piece is not meant for the false patriots, the brutes and the brainwashed, for those who want a Jewish, Arab-free Knesset; a Jewish, foreigner-free society; and a state without B`Tselem or the High Court of Justice.

There has been a strong revival in recent years of support among Palestinians for a one-state solution guaranteeing equal rights to Palestinians and Israeli Jews throughout historic Palestine.

EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton is currently visiting Gaza. She has met with local leaders and witnessed the effects of the siege on Gaza.

A fascinating debate is entering Israel’s political mainstream on a once-taboo subject: the establishment of a single state as a resolution of the conflict, one in which Jews and Palestinians might live as equal citizens.

Former Israeli air force pilot and conscientious objector Yonatan Shapira was summoned today to “a friendly talk” with the Shabak (formally known as “Shin Beit”, Israel’s internal security agency). This is Yonatan’s account of the event, as posted on Facebook:

Eigentlich war das eine ganz simple Geschichte: ein Mann und eine Frau lernen sich in Jerusalem kennen, sind sich sympathisch und haben ein gemeinsames Schäferstündchen. Beide waren volljährig und beide einverstanden mit dem was geschah. Doch dann entdeckte die Frau, dass sie Opfer eines fürchterlichen Betruges geworden war. Der Mann hatte sie angelogen. Dass Männer Frauen mit Unwahrheiten zu einem Schäferstündchen verführen, ist zwar nichts ungewöhnliches und wird auch in Israel normalerweise nicht bestraft, aber in diesem Fall war alles viel schlimmer.

Israel is prepared to attack Hezbollah in populated areas ...

Aus Polizisten werden Taliban

A speech by Dr. Mustafa Barghouti on Palestinian political dynamics and Middle East peace.

No less than 18 months in prison for East Jerusalem Palestinian. Judge: “the Court must protect the public interest against sophisticated criminals with a smooth tongue and sweet talking, who can lead astray innocent victims”

By Stephen Lendman) In July 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled the Separation Wall illegal, saying its route inside the West Bank, and associated gate and permit system, violated Israel`s obligations under international law, ordering the completed sections dismantled, and "all legislative and regulatory acts relating thereto" repealed or rendered "ineffective forthwith."

Israel has not let in sufficient construction material under its new siege conditions, and current levels are not even enough to complete limited UNRWA housing projects, agency director John Ging said.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton held a second meeting Monday with officials in Jerusalem, where dignitaries stressed the centrality of the holy city in Palestinian life and culture.

Die Militärkräfte des zionistischen Regimes setzen die Zerstörung von Wohnungseinheiten der Palästinenser im Westjordanland fort.

On July 18, a bombshell report appeared in the Israeli daily Yediot Aharanot. The article, which has only been published in Hebrew and was buried on page 8 as a small news item, stated that 550 officers and soldiers who participated in Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip in late 2008 and early 2009 have been investigated by IDF military police for possible war crimes.

The Committee of parliamentary Justice voted as “yes” on the amendment to article 59 of the Lebanese labor law to grant the Palestinian refugees work permits to work in the Lebanese territory and shall be exempt from taxes, last monday.

Am 16. Juli 2010 beteiligten sich beinahe 100 internationale Aktivisten, darunter eine Gruppe aus Frankreich, und israelische und palästinensische Friedensaktivisten an Bil’ins Freitagsdemonstration gegen die Mauer. Die Teilnehmer gedachten Fayyes Tanin, einem Organisator des friedlichen Widerstandes in Tulkarem, der vor sechs Wochen verstarb.

Arson was behind a fire targeting the ancient western door of the Hassan Beik Mosque in the coastal city of Jaffa on Tuesday, the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Islamic Heritage and Endowments reported.

In the town of Jerusalem, a state of tension due to the severe storming groups of Israeli extremists and settlers took place today morning to the holy Aqsa mosque.

The opening of Gaza’s first commercial mall stirred a wave of resentment in Israel, an Israel website commented on that event saying “ In Gaza not only rockets exist …… but the opening of Gaza’s first mall”.

Recently, famed Israeli peace activist and conscientious objector, Yonatan Shapira was summoned for a ‘conversation’ with the Shin Bet in Tel Aviv. These ‘conversations’ with the Shin Bet happen with some regularity to Israeli peace activists and usually consist of a number of questions and intimidation techniques designed to strike fear in the interviewee.

A portion of aid unloaded in Egypt will be transferred into Gaza by Israeli crossings officials on Tuesday, a Palestinian liaison said, noting the goods would enter via a single open crossing terminal.

Con­cen­trat­ing on the last minute agree­ment between the Sadrists and “State of Law” (which is a tac­tic used by all coali­tions to advance their nego­ti­a­tions sta­tus), the media failed to report the “white coup” took place inside the Iraqi National Alliance “INA”, which is much more impor­tant of any coali­tion announcement.

Tonight, Bil`in was subjected to yet another Israeli Occupation Forces terror raid at 1.30 am when an unusually heavy number of IOF soldiers entered the outskirts of the village to arrest a local youth; 17 year old Ahmad Abed Al-Fatah Burnat - which unfortunately was effected.

Human Rights plus

There are about 35,000 Palestinians who live in the West Bank but are registered as Gazans. Due to Israel`s successful 20-year-old policy of isolating the population of the Strip, they are in permanent danger of deportation.

The Land of the Settlers is a five part documentary series created by Chaim Yavin, who was described by the Arab News as “the Israeli version of America’s Walter Cronkite”.

There is one video Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, must be praying never gets posted on YouTube with English subtitles.

A MOTHER of five was killed by Israeli artillery fire when she went to fetch her two-year-old son from outside her village home close to the “buffer zone” created by Israel along its border with Gaza.

Cabinet okays proposal requiring all citizens to swear allegiance to a "Jewish state".

The Israeli army finally decided to open an investigation into the 2009 killing of an unarmed, peaceful Palestinian protester in the West Bank village of Bil’in.

Abbas`s militias kidnapped senior Hamas official Abdullah Yassin and a university student in the West Bank, and issued dismissal orders against a number of Hamas supporters in Al-Khalil city.

Last week I toured the Israeli communities surrounding the Gaza perimeter with the Holy Land Trust, a Palestinian non-profit founded by Sami Awad, the nephew of non-violent resistance guru Mubarak Awad, whose Gandhian tactics were rewarded by the Israeli government in 1988 with an expulsion order.

The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, based in Gaza, issued a report on the Israeli violations in the Gaza Strip in June and stated that Israeli soldiers continued their attacks and killed five Palestinians in different part of the Gaza Strip.

Der Leiter des Parteienbündnisses Al-Iraqiya traf sich am heutigen Montag in Damaskus mit dem syrischen Staatspräsidenten.

Mehr News unter Berufung auf die Webseite al-Baschir zufolge begrüßte der Führer der Huthi-Gruppe die erzielte Übereinkunft zwischen der regierenden Partei und den Oppositionellen.

Der Generalsekretär der palästinensischen Volkspartei warnte vor den negativen Folgen des Beginns der direkten Verhandlungen seiner Organisation zwischen der Autonomiebehörde und dem zionistischen Regime.

The Egyptian Authorities prevented the “Ansar 1” Jordanian aid convoy from entering Egypt while on their way to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip.

Militärkräfte des zionistischen Regimes sind am heutigen Montagmorgen in Khan Junis im südlichen Gazastreifen eingedrungen und haben sich mit palästinensischen Widerstandskämpfern in Auseinandersetzungen verwickelt.

Der israelische Außenminister besteht weiterhin auf seinem Plan, den Gazastreifen der Hamas zu überlassen.

In der Nacht zum Donnerstag dem 15. Juli 2010 führte die israelische Besatzung eine Verhaftungswelle im Westjordanland durch, insgesamt werden 18 Verschleppungen gemeldet. In Beit Furik, einem Dorf nahe Nablus, stürmte die Besatzerarmee um 2 Uhr nachts mehrere Häuser von PFLP Genossen, unter Anderem das Haus von Abu Ghalamy.

Israel`s Civil Administration began demolishing over 20 farmer`s sheds in the Al-Farisiya area in the northern Jordan Valley on Monday morning, officials said.

Der frühere irakische Vizeministerpräsident Tarek Aziz und mehrere weitere Ex-Regierungsmitglieder sind gestern in Bagdad vor Gericht zitiert worden.

Islamic Jihad`s military wing said its fighters fired five mortar shells toward an Israeli force east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight.

Die islamisch-palästinensische Widerstandsbewegung (Hamas) hat den Besuch der EU-Außenbeauftragten, Catherine Aston, in Gaza begrüßt.

Während sich die Differenzen zwischen dem isaelischen Außenminister und Israels Premier mehr und mehr häufen, räumte Avigdor Lieberman nun tatsächlich ernste Meinungsverschiedenheiten im Kabinett des zionistischen Regimes ein.

He said Israeli authorities began overturning land and surrounding it with barbed wires, which he said was an attempt to thwart Palestinian land owners from protesting the confiscation. He said the work began secretly to avoid "the exposure of the Netanyahu government’s false claims of freezing settlement construction."

Damaskus (IRIB) - Die syrische Zeitung Teschrin schrieb heute: Amerika definiert Terrorismus mit Maßstab eigener und israelischer Interessen.

Die verspätete Regierungsbildung im Irak hat ernsthafte Besorgnisse in der politischen und gesellschaftlichen Szene dieses Landes hervorgerufen.