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British journalist released from Gaza jail

British journalist Paul Martin was released without charge Thursday after being held in a Gaza jail since almost a month, Ma'an News Agency reports. Upon reaching the Erez crossing into Israel, Mr. Martin remarked to a press conference, "I've...

Posted to News by Editor on 11 Mar 2010

Filed under: Hamas, journalist, arrests, Paul Martin [Edit Tags]
American-mediated talks have stalled - now what?

A New York Times editorial accuses the Obama administration of breaking diplomatic engagement rule number 1: Never publicly insist on something if you aren't sure to get your way. This has been the case with the settlement freeze. President Obama...

Posted to News by Editor on 11 Mar 2010

Filed under: Benjamin Netanyahu, George Mitchell, mahmoud abbas, proximity talks, Joe Biden [Edit Tags]
'Ajami' co-producer arrested, beaten in his neighborhood

Life is imitating art in Jaffa's Ajami neighborhood for actor Tony Copti, Al-Jazeera English report. Copti is an actor and co-producer for the Oscar-nominated ' Ajami ,' a gritty "snapshot" of the tensions in the Jaffa neighborhood...

Posted to News by Editor on 11 Mar 2010

Filed under: arrest, Ajami, Tony Copti [Edit Tags]
Israel allows UN bomb unit entry into Gaza

Israel has allowed a United National bomb disposal team into the Gaza Strip, AP reports via the New York Times . An exploded shell The team will defuse unexploded munitions from the 2008-2009 Israeli incursion into Gaza. The bomb unit is expected to be...

Posted to News by Editor on 11 Mar 2010

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Tech update: Palestine only Arab country with free Google SMS service

Google email service Gmail released a free messaging service in 2008, which allows Gmail users to send free SMS texts to mobile US mobile users from their computers. The feature has now been made available to Palestinian users in cooperation with the...

Posted to News by Editor on 11 Mar 2010

Filed under: palestine, technology, Google [Edit Tags]
Israeli supermarket spoofs Mossad Dubai assassination

Capitalizing on the notoriety Israel has been afforded since Dubai police chief Dhahi Khalfan Tamim accused Israeli spy agency Mossad of killing Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Mahsanei Kimat Hinam market has released an advertisement that parodies the...

Posted to News by Editor on 11 Mar 2010

Filed under: Dubai, Mossad, Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh [Edit Tags]
ISRAELIS OPPOSE E. JERUSALEM SETTLEMENTS

'WHAT KIND OF ZIONIST... PROTESTS THE TAKEOVER OF PALESTINIANS' HOMES? THE KIND WHO CARES ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL' Following Israeli interior minister Eli Yishai's announcement approving 1,600 new homes in a Jewish East Jerusalem neighborhood...

Posted to Top News by Editor on 11 Mar 2010

Filed under: settlements, Israeli protesters, east jerusalem [Edit Tags]
'Via Maris' still vital to Gazans

Via Maris (Latin for "Way of the Sea") refers to the "Way of the Philistines," which is one of the oldest and most strategic overland routes in history, and it is still a vital roadway is the besieged Gaza Strip, the National reports...

Posted to News by Editor on 11 Mar 2010

Filed under: Gaza, trade route [Edit Tags]
Undemocratic youth: Survey says half of Israeli students oppose equal rights for Arabs

A poll commissioned by the Maagar Mochot research institution reveals nearly half of Israeli high school students do not believe Israeli Arabs are entitled to the same rights as Israelis, and more than half feel Arabs should not be allowed to run for...

Posted to News by Editor on 11 Mar 2010

Filed under: Israel, settlements, Israeli Arabs, students [Edit Tags]
Iraq after the elections

The country, marred by years of violence, shows renewed sense of hope By most accounts Iraq's parliamentary elections, which took place on Sunday, were a resounding success. With over 60 percent turnout, voters sent a positive message to the world...

Posted to Blog Post by Osama Alsharif on 10 Mar 2010

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Israeli official attemps home takeover in Sheikh Jarrah

David Harari, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, attempted to forcibly enter the home of Rifqa al-Kurd, 89, in the East Jerusalem Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood Tuesday morning, Ma'an News Agency reports. Pictured: Al-Kurd home, now partially occupied by settlers...

Posted to News by Editor on 10 Mar 2010

Filed under: East Jerusalem, sheikh jarrah [Edit Tags]
EU ENDORSES GOLDSTONE REPORT

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT URGES ITS MEMBER STATES TO MONITOR ISRAELI AND HAMAS PROBES INTO CAST LEAD ABUSES The European Parliament endorsed the Goldstone Gaza report Wednesday, imploring its 27 member states to monitor Israeli and Palestinian war crime...

Posted to Top News by Editor on 10 Mar 2010

Filed under: hamas, Israel, Goldstone Report, EU [Edit Tags]
Security?

I'm at the airport, drinking a bottle of water before going through security. I would prefer to get to my gate first, then drink the water, but of course bottles of water aren't allowed through security. This is the most minor of annoyances, far...

Posted to Blog Post by Steve Feldman on 10 Mar 2010

Filed under: US, Arab [Edit Tags]
SHOCKING VIDEO: Israeli settlers celebrate slaughter of 29 Palestinians

This is a report from Israel's largest media company, Yedioth Achronoth. Thanks to Andrew Sullivan for posting it. As Sullivan points out, most Israelis cannot stand the settlers but, thanks to Israel's parliamentary system and right-wing politicians...

Posted to Blog Post by MJ Rosenberg on 10 Mar 2010

Filed under: netanyahu [Edit Tags]
The Obama Parameters: Publicly Endorse Fayyad's Statehood Plan

I have been in the West Bank for the past two weeks meeting with several members of the Palestinian leadership about the peace process, Palestinian state-building, and the role of the United States in moving both peace and independence forward. My conversations...

Posted to Blog Post by Fadi Elsalameen on 10 Mar 2010

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Rachel Corrie family finally puts Israel in dock

Court hears how army bulldozer killed peace activist By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth Seven years after Rachel Corrie, a US peace activist, was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza, her family was to put the Israeli government in the dock today. A...

Posted to Blog Post by Jonathan Cook on 10 Mar 2010

Filed under: israel, US [Edit Tags]
The high cost of war: Gaza struggles to provide injured with artificial limbs

It is an 'uphill battle' to bring prosthetics to those injured in Operation Cast Lead , UN news agency IRIN reports. Human cost of the Israeli incursion Dr. Hazem al-Shawwa, director of the Artificial Limb and Polio Centre in Gaza, is one of the...

Posted to News by Editor on 10 Mar 2010

Filed under: Gaza, prosthetics, hospitals [Edit Tags]
Gaza comedy roasts Fatah and Hamas

"Umbilical Cord," a new play directed by Hazem Abu Hamid, has shocked and delighted audiences in the Gaza Strip, reports Middle East Online . In its three-night run this week, the biting comedy comments on the state of Gaza, taking shots at...

Posted to Theater by Editor on 10 Mar 2010

Filed under: Gaza, Fatah, Hamas [Edit Tags]
UPDATE: JOE BIDEN : PALESTNIANS DESERVE VIABLE STATE

FAYYAD: 'ISRAEL'S ACTIONS UNDERMINE PROSPECTS FOR PEACE' Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes for a Jewish E. Jerusalem neighborhood stalled the peace process yesterday , and many called the move a slap in the face for the US who is mediating...

Posted to Top News by Editor on 10 Mar 2010

Filed under: settlements, Salam Fayyad, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Proximity Talks [Edit Tags]
Hate at home: The challenges of protecting Barack Obama

Terrorism in the American mind tends to conjure up images of dastardly figures from afar, but what we forget is that the majority of our own terror is homegrown. Just ask the Southern Poverty Law Center . They have been monitoring right-wing extremists...

Posted to News by Editor on 10 Mar 2010

Filed under: obama, racism, extremism [Edit Tags]
'Middle East Channel' inspires closer analysis of the region

The 'Middle East Channel' launched this week, Foreign Policy reports. The Channel, a join effort between the New America Foundation Middle East Task Force, "Foreign Policy" magazine, and the George Washington University Project on Middle...

Posted to News by Editor on 10 Mar 2010

Filed under: Middle East Channel, Foreign Policy magazine [Edit Tags]
Mossad merchandise booms after Dubai assassination

The assassination of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh at a Dubai hotel in January has more consistently been called the work of Israeli spy agency Mossad. While many have speculated that the assassination was a sloppy embarrassment (the killers were caught on CCTV...

Posted to News by Editor on 10 Mar 2010

Filed under: Dubai, Mossad, Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh [Edit Tags]
Which one is Joe Biden?

During his current visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Vice President Joe Biden spoke to the Israelis of how the US and Israel are "inseparable" and that "there is no space between the United States and Israel when it comes...

Posted to Blog Post by Ali Younes on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: israel, obama, US [Edit Tags]
Apartheid week in Columbia university

New York, NY - Staying in an apartment on Morningside Heights, Manhattan, I pass every day on my way to the Subway through Columbia University's campus. Last Monday, as part of the Israel Apartheid Week, anti-occupation activists placed in the heart...

Posted to Blog Post by Noam Sheizaf on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: israel, US [Edit Tags]
The perils of a new intifada

If last Friday's incident at the Al Haram Al Sharif compound means anything it is this: Israel's right-wing government is out of control and is bent on executing a malicious scheme to undermine Palestinian rights. A series of deliberate provocations...

Posted to Blog Post by Osama Alsharif on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: palestine, israel [Edit Tags]
America's Middle East fixer?

Joseph Biden, the US vice president, left on Sunday for a head-scratching trip to the Middle East and many are wondering what he is up to. After all, the vice president has a lot on his plate already. Biden has been the person behind the White House scenes...

Posted to Blog Post by Steve Clemons on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: palestine, israel [Edit Tags]
Israel okays 1,600 new homes in Ramot Shlomo

The Israeli government continues to roll out the red carpet for U.S. vice president Joe Biden: Israel's interior ministry just announced the approval of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem's largely-haredi Ramot Shlomo neighborhood. (The neighborhood...

Posted to Blog Post by Gregg Carlstrom on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: israel, US, natanyahu [Edit Tags]
The real hope of economic peace

Everybody knows the core issues between Israelis and Palestinians, except for the one that will matter the most and can be acted on immediately, before any comprehensive deal; the one where Israel's concessions will not compromise its security but...

Posted to Blog Post by Bernard Avishai on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: palestine, israel [Edit Tags]
APN denounces new Israeli settlement plans in east Jerusalem

APN denounces in the sharpest terms Israel's announcement today of plans for new settlement construction in East Jerusalem. Speaking from Jerusalem, where he is part of an APN leadership delegation to Israel, APN spokesman Ori Nir commented: "Yesterday...

Posted to Blog Post by Lara Friedman on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: israel, jerusalem [Edit Tags]
Netanyahu disses Biden: Biden hits back (UPDATE)

What a surprise. Vice President Biden is in Israel and, right in front of him, the Israeli government announces 1,600 new settler housing units. Biden is in Israel to kick off indirect negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. Of course, as the...

Posted to Blog Post by MJ Rosenberg on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: palestine, israel, US, MJ Rosenberg, natanyahu [Edit Tags]
Family of activist killed in Gaza to sue Israel

The family of slain US activist Rachel Corrie is suing the State of Israel for damages, Reuters reports. The case brings more light to the controversy surrounding Israeli treatment of pro-Palestinian protesters. Corrie, then 23, was protesting as a member...

Posted to News by Editor on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: Gaza, Israel, Rachel Corrie [Edit Tags]
World Bank official Daboub to visit West Bank

World Bank Managing Director Juan José Daboub arrives in the West Bank today to embark on a 2-day fact-finding mission, reports a World Bank media advisory made available to Palestine Note . Daboub in the Phillippines with Marikina City Mayor Marides...

Posted to News by Editor on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: West Bank, Salam Fayyad, World Bank, Juan Jose Daboub [Edit Tags]
Biden: America's Middle East Fixer?

This article originally appeared at Al Jazeera English . Joseph Biden, the US vice president, left on Sunday for a head-scratching trip to the Middle East and many are wondering what he is up to. After all, the vice president has a lot on his plate already...

Posted to Blog Post by Steve Clemons on 9 Mar 2010

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Male hairdressers protest Hamas salon ban

Male hairdressers in Gaza are not sitting idle after Hamas' ban on men styling women's hair . Gaza's male stylists have filed a complaint with the Palestinian Center for Human Rights ( PCHR ) in Gaza City, reports the Associated Press . Stylist...

Posted to News by Editor on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: Gaza, Hamas, pchr, hair dressers, salon [Edit Tags]
1,600 new homes approved in E. Jerusalem

The Israeli Interior Ministry has approved 1,600 new housing units in the ultra-orthodox Ramat Shlomo neighborhood in East Jerusalem, Haaretz reports. The addition of public facilities and a central park have also been approved for the neighborhood. Leftist...

Posted to News by Editor on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: East Jerusalem, Settelments, proximity talks, Joe Biden [Edit Tags]
International Women's Day: Gaza's women achieve despite difficult circumstances

By Mariam Hamed - Special to Palestine Note International Women's Day marks the economic, political and social achievements of women all over the world. Gaza's women are answering in all of these areas with success. "I learned read and write...

Posted to News by Editor on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: Gaza, women, economy, technology [Edit Tags]
PA sex scandal update: No deadline on Husseini inquiry

No deadline has been assigned for government investigations into former Abbas chief of staff Rafiq al-Husseini's professional conduct, reports Ma'an News Agency . The government inquiry is investigating corruption and sex scandal allegations against...

Posted to News by Editor on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: Palestinian Authority, Fatah, mahmoud abbas, sex scandal, Rafik [Edit Tags]
IDF arrests 2 children in Hebron

Israeli Defense Forces detained two Palestinian children after a scuffle with an Israeli child near Yashai settlement in Hebron Monday, Ma'an News Agency reports. The children, 11-year old Ibrahim Abu Ayasha and 12-year old Sharif Abu Ayasha, were...

Posted to News by Editor on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: West Bank, IDF, Settelments, children [Edit Tags]
Hamas-Fatah unity revisited

Ashraf Jum'a, a Fatah representative in Gaza, has proposed that Hamas sign Cairo's unity plan before the Arab League summit in Tripoli, Ma'an News Agency report. Jum'a says going to Cairo would be the "first of four stages" allowing...

Posted to News by Editor on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: Hamas, Fatah, reconcilation [Edit Tags]
A house divided: Palestinian couples fight racist Israeli law

Israel passed a citizenship law five years ago barring West Bank Palestinians who marry Israeli Arabs from applying for Israeli citizenship, and now affected families are speaking out, BBC reports. Couple just married photographed outside the Old City...

Posted to News by Editor on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: citizenship, Israeli Arabs, second Intifada [Edit Tags]
PEACE TALKS UPDATE: BIDEN CONDEMNS ISRAELI BUILDING

1600 HOUSING UNITS APPROVED IN EAST JERUSALEM ENDS TALKS UPDATE from Haaretz 6PM - Biden condemns Israeli action : Said US Vice President Joe Biden about the negotiations-ending decision to build an addition 1,600 homes in a Jewish East Jerusalem neighborhood...

Posted to Top News by Editor on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: George Mitchell, settlements, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Proximity Talks [Edit Tags]
Interpol issues alerts for Dubai suspects

International police agency Interpol has issued "red notices" for the 16 additional suspects linked to the January assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh in Dubai, Ma'an News Agency reports. Interpol said it issued the alerts after...

Posted to News by Editor on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: Dubai, Mossad, Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, Interpol [Edit Tags]
For Palestinian translation bridges the divide

A prominent Jerusalem lawyer, Elias Khoury, has responded to the death of his son in a unique way, the New York Times reports. Mr. Khoury, a Palestinian, had the biography of popular Israeli author, Amos Oz , translated into Arabic. But why? Mr. Khoury's...

Posted to News by Editor on 9 Mar 2010

Filed under: Jerusalem, non-violence, Amos Oz [Edit Tags]
American Arab rights jeopardized in Census 2010

There is a big push by the US Census targeting the American Arab community to participate, but it's not now. They have been saying the same thing now for 30 years: if American Arabs would just fill out the Census form and "right in" the...

Posted to Blog Post by Ray Hanania on 8 Mar 2010

Filed under: Ray Hannania, Arab [Edit Tags]
The people of Gaza and a reporter: Victims of the NY Times' stubbornness

The people of Gaza appear to have been the recent victims of the arrogance (or what some believe to be the bias) of the NY Times. The stubbornness of Bill Keller, the executive editor of the NY Times, in refusing to relocate his Jerusalem reporter has...

Posted to Blog Post by Daoud Kuttab on 8 Mar 2010

Filed under: palestine, gaza [Edit Tags]
Netanyahu's right is my wrong

One of the most common slogans used by Israeli left-wingers is "the occupation corrupts." Meaning, it corrupts Israeli society -- and even more importantly, it corrupts Israeli democracy. But the damage that Benjamin Netanyahu's government...

Posted to Blog Post by Ami Kaufman on 8 Mar 2010

Filed under: israel, natanyahu [Edit Tags]
Yediot’s Barnea outlines the nightmare that would follow an Israeli strike on Iran

Note that although Barnea's primary assertion is that the apocalyptic implications of an Israeli strike would deter a rational Israeli government, he is concerned that Netanyahu may have rhetorically painted himself into a corner: Netanyahu has upgraded...

Posted to Blog Post by Didi Remez on 8 Mar 2010

Filed under: israel, obama, natanyahu [Edit Tags]
Needed: A rational approach to Iran

APN today released new policy language to address the changing political situation in Iran. March 2010 An Iran armed with nuclear weapons represents an alarming scenario that neither the U.S. nor Israel, nor for that matter, the world, can afford to ignore...

Posted to Blog Post by Lara Friedman on 8 Mar 2010

Filed under: US [Edit Tags]
Biden, in Israel-Palestine, will announce MidEast peace talks

Vice President Joe Biden just arrived in Israel and is expected to announce the re-start of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians. The talks, which will take the form of shuttle-diplomacy mediated by Special Envoy George Mitchell, are aimed at...

Posted to Blog Post by Eileen White Read on 8 Mar 2010

Filed under: palestine, israel, US [Edit Tags]
Hosni Mubarak: Stable condition, eating yogurt

The Egyptian president is in stable condition in Heidelberg University Hospital; he's recovering well enough that he's able to sit up and eat yogurt (عربي), according to Al-Masry Al-Youm . I don't know why, but I have this funny mental image...

Posted to Blog Post by Gregg Carlstrom on 8 Mar 2010

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