tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54475552011-07-14T20:41:47.820-04:00Israel/Palestine: C-SAW Real News & InformationLinks to the latest (and older) news, commentary, and resources on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Check frequently to keep yourself informed (most of this stuff won't be found on Fox News or MSNBC).Nicknoreply@blogger.comBlogger1561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1126102502031915302005-09-07T10:15:00.000-04:002005-09-07T10:15:02.076-04:00Israeli Soldiers Tell of Indiscriminate Killings by Army and a Culture of ImpunityNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1102364366426184552004-12-06T15:19:00.000-05:002004-12-06T15:19:26.426-05:00'They hate our policies, not our freedom': "'Muslims do not hate our freedom, but rather they hate our policies [the report says]. The overwhelming majority voice their objections to what they see as one-sided support in favor of Israel and against Palestinian rights, and the long-standing, even increasing, support for what Muslims collectively see as tyrannies, most notably Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1097691948940920572004-10-13T14:25:00.000-04:002004-10-13T14:25:48.940-04:00Army chief 'emptied his magazine' at girl in GazaNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1085750166849884732004-05-28T09:16:00.000-04:002004-05-28T09:16:06.850-04:00Gaza Strip: Only a Lull Before Another StormNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1085671660207604092004-05-27T11:27:00.000-04:002004-05-27T11:27:40.206-04:00[Barenboim] On Israel: "On May 9 in Jerusalem, conductor Daniel Barenboim was awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize, established to honor outstanding artists and scientists who have worked 'in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among people.'"Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1085336279751562262004-05-23T14:17:00.001-04:002004-05-23T14:17:59.750-04:00The day the tanks arrived at Rafah zooNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1085336240614249092004-05-23T14:17:00.000-04:002004-05-23T14:17:20.613-04:00Child Killed in Rafah; Incursion OngoingNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1085173906662268602004-05-21T17:11:00.000-04:002004-05-21T17:11:46.663-04:00The Jesus Landing Pad: "Bush White House checked with rapture Christians before latest Israel move"Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1085153557576377602004-05-21T11:32:00.000-04:002004-05-21T11:32:37.576-04:00Israel Defies World Outcry, Expands Gaza OffensiveNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1085069280224576382004-05-20T12:08:00.000-04:002004-05-20T12:08:00.226-04:00Attacks by Israel, US Will Likely Fuel Perception of War on Islam: "In a single, awful day in the Middle East on Wednesday, Israeli forces killed unarmed Palestinian protesters and Arab news reports claimed that a U.S. Army helicopter killed 40 people at a wedding party in Iraq."Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1085069215503672462004-05-20T12:06:00.000-04:002004-05-20T12:06:55.503-04:0010 Palestinians Killed as Israeli Army Fires on Protest Against Bloody RaidNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1084983069047993232004-05-19T12:11:00.000-04:002004-05-19T12:11:09.046-04:00Israel carrying out massacre in RafahNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1084976774477666582004-05-19T10:26:00.000-04:002004-05-19T10:26:14.476-04:00Blair attacks 'unacceptable' Israeli action in GazaNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1084976727529272132004-05-19T10:25:00.000-04:002004-05-19T10:25:27.530-04:00'Eight killed' as Israel fires on Rafah crowdNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1084976690711085642004-05-19T10:24:00.000-04:002004-05-19T10:24:50.713-04:00Homes wrecked, lives destroyed: Israeli tactics that fuel the IntifadaNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1084900695150425822004-05-18T13:18:00.000-04:002004-05-18T13:18:15.150-04:0018 Palestinians killed in Israeli raidNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1084900309305249282004-05-18T13:11:00.000-04:002004-05-18T13:11:49.306-04:00Amnesty International - Israel and the Occupied Territories: Under the rubble: House demolition and destruction of land and property.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1084900246673022962004-05-18T13:10:00.000-04:002004-05-18T13:10:46.673-04:00Amnesty International Criticizes Israel: "Israel is guilty of war crimes in its destruction of thousands of Palestinian homes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the human rights group Amnesty International charged in a report Tuesday."Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1084798120003828722004-05-17T08:48:00.000-04:002004-05-17T08:48:40.003-04:00Israelis Rally for Gaza Strip Withdrawal: "More than 100,000 Israelis rallied Saturday night in favor of a pullout from the Gaza Strip, a massive show of strength by the long-dormant opposition movement."Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1082738679815571302004-04-23T12:44:00.000-04:002004-04-23T12:47:39.590-04:00Pastrami & Champagne: "Three decades ago Winston Churchill's grandson asked Ariel Sharon how Israel should deal with the Palestinians. 'We'll make a pastrami sandwich out of them,' he replied.... Mission accomplished. "Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1082651396893963762004-04-22T12:29:00.000-04:002004-04-22T12:32:55.966-04:00Humiliating Our Friends: "When the final damage is calculated, the greatest victims of Bush's latest episode of public non-diplomacy may well be a group which Bush himself claims to most want by his side: Arab moderates."Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1082651114057335602004-04-22T12:25:00.000-04:002004-04-22T12:28:13.170-04:00Nuclear Hero's 'Crime' Was Making Us SaferNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1082649996485446512004-04-22T12:06:00.000-04:002004-04-22T12:09:35.780-04:00Vanunu's Opponents Turn Violent as Nuclear Whistleblower is FreedNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1082398226864597992004-04-19T14:10:00.000-04:002004-04-19T14:13:23.153-04:00The Guardian Profile: Israel's Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu: "An imprisoned hero, a Nobel prize nominee, a victim, or a traitor: Israel's nuclear whistleblower represents many things to many people. How will he and his country react when the day of his release from jail dawns next week?"Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1082397885296948032004-04-19T14:04:00.000-04:002004-04-19T14:07:41.653-04:00'It Was Bush': Bush Sealed Hamas Leader's Fate - PalestiniansNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1082046425638477932004-04-15T12:27:00.000-04:002004-04-15T12:29:57.700-04:00Arafat Warns US Could Kill Middle East PeaceNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1082046115152588652004-04-15T12:21:00.000-04:002004-04-15T12:24:47.263-04:00Bush rips up the road mapNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1081965915229608172004-04-14T14:05:00.000-04:002004-04-14T14:08:06.560-04:00The Sharonizing of AmericaNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1081963832059202412004-04-14T13:30:00.000-04:002004-04-14T13:33:24.450-04:00The Sharon-Bush Axis of OccupationNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1074724198076293702004-01-21T17:29:00.000-05:002004-01-21T17:31:25.250-05:00Bribery scandal threatens to engulf SharonNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1074399473915482462004-01-17T23:17:00.000-05:002004-01-17T23:19:17.436-05:00British Peace Activist Dies in Coma After Being Shot by Israeli SoldierNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1074395505374678992004-01-17T22:11:00.000-05:002004-01-17T22:13:08.936-05:00It's because they fear us, say teenage refuseniks jailed by Israeli armyNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1074394808980557032004-01-17T22:00:00.000-05:002004-01-17T22:01:32.686-05:00Assad: Syria Will Only Abandon WMD Stockpile if Israel DoesNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1074393819953032512004-01-17T21:43:00.000-05:002004-01-17T21:45:03.060-05:00Israel jails 5 as dissent on military risesNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1074386985721286792004-01-17T19:49:00.000-05:002004-01-17T19:51:08.670-05:00Israeli Military Police Arrest Soldier Who Shot British Peace ActivistNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1074386521948979912004-01-17T19:42:00.000-05:002004-01-17T19:43:25.000-05:00Syria Calls for Nuclear Free Middle EastNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1074385999207169032004-01-17T19:33:00.000-05:002004-01-17T19:34:42.373-05:00Shooting of Protester Sparks Debate in IsraelNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1074383777227681112004-01-17T18:56:00.000-05:002004-01-17T18:57:40.060-05:00Israeli Troops Shoot Two Peace Activists Protesting Separation FenceNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1074382025545904402004-01-17T18:27:00.000-05:002004-01-17T18:28:28.750-05:00Arabs Urge Israel to Follow Libyan Example in Scrapping WMD ProgramsNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1074381586546379762004-01-17T18:19:00.000-05:002004-01-17T18:21:09.843-05:00Bush Declares: "We Must Get Rid of Arafat"Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1074380955508413362004-01-17T18:09:00.000-05:002004-01-17T18:10:38.936-05:00Elite Israeli Commandos Refuse to Serve in Palestinian TerritoriesNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1074380911489237432004-01-17T18:08:00.000-05:002004-01-17T18:09:54.936-05:00US Peace Activists Denounce Sharon's SpeechNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1071064244722393422003-12-10T08:50:00.000-05:002003-12-10T08:51:30.403-05:00Israel trains US assassination squads in Iraq: "'It is bonkers, insane. Here we are - we're already being compared to Sharon in the Arab world, and we've just confirmed it by bringing in the Israelis and setting up assassination teams.' "Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1070889103132321292003-12-08T08:11:00.000-05:002003-12-08T08:12:26.546-05:00Palestinians Agree to Suicide Bomb Halt in Israel: "Palestinian factions said they had agreed in truce talks in Cairo on Saturday to end suicide bombings in Israel but were divided over whether to halt attacks on Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers on occupied land."Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1070343313569226482003-12-02T00:35:00.000-05:002003-12-02T00:35:50.606-05:00UN Says Israel Fails to Meet Demand to Halt WallNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1070340754322647932003-12-01T23:52:00.000-05:002003-12-01T23:53:11.746-05:00[Israel] Sends Bad Check to Peace Activist Shot by IDF: "A Defense Ministry check, sent 'without any admission of liability by the State of Israel and/or the Ministry of Defense' to the family of a International Solidarity Mission volunteer shot by an Israel Defense Forces soldier, bounced when the family tried to cash it earlier this week. "Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1070340557884173102003-12-01T23:49:00.000-05:002003-12-01T23:49:54.733-05:00Israel admits it lied over missile raid on camp: "The Israeli military has admitted that it lied about a rocket attack on a Gaza refugee camp, which according to the army led to no casualties, but which the Palestinians have claimed killed 14 civilians."Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1070339686678941892003-12-01T23:34:00.000-05:002003-12-01T23:35:23.670-05:00Pope John Paul II Criticizes Israel's West Bank BarrierNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1070339573385475662003-12-01T23:32:00.000-05:002003-12-01T23:33:30.403-05:00Guardian | Israel on road to ruin, warn former Shin Bet chiefs: "Four former directors of Israel's Shin Bet security service have given unprecedented warnings that the prime minister, Ariel Sharon, is leading the country to catastrophe by failing to pursue peace with the Palestinians."Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1070339281371879992003-12-01T23:28:00.000-05:002003-12-01T23:28:38.436-05:00Bitter harvest in West Bank's olive groves: "Jewish settlers wreck fruit of centuries of toil to force out Palestinian villagers"Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1070338619508113572003-12-01T23:16:00.000-05:002003-12-01T23:17:36.670-05:00UN Estimates Israeli Barrier Will Disrupt Lives of 600,000Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1070335952590016472003-12-01T22:32:00.000-05:002003-12-01T22:33:09.576-05:00Israel's Wall Sparks Worldwide Protests, Condemnation from Amnesty InternationalNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1070090756752086332003-11-29T02:25:00.000-05:002003-11-29T02:26:30.996-05:00What the war does to us
In all the argument surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we've rarely heard the voices of the conscripts, many of them teenagers, who make up the occupying army. Linda Grant spends five days with an IDF paratroop company, hearing their defiance and their misgivings
Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545693495148812045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069438093597849672003-11-21T13:08:00.000-05:002003-11-21T13:08:40.466-05:00Israeli Abuses the Worst in 35 Years - U.N. ReportNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069437682411543122003-11-21T13:01:00.000-05:002003-11-21T13:01:49.360-05:00Israel Destroys US-Built Wells: "The wells had just been dug by the United States Agency for International Development (USAid). A few months ago the agency announced a $20m (?12m) project to rebuild infrastructure including roads, electricity supply lines and sewers in the occupied territories. "Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069436958292681112003-11-21T12:49:00.000-05:002003-11-21T12:49:44.750-05:00100,000 call for peace at Rabin memorial rally: "Murdered prime minister was right, Shimon Peres tells huge Israeli demonstration urging an end to occupation"Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069436420420056032003-11-21T12:40:00.000-05:002003-11-21T12:40:46.950-05:00Israeli fence will leave 70,000 Palestinians in no-man's-landNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069401042323169512003-11-21T02:50:00.000-05:002003-11-21T02:51:08.170-05:00Poll controversy as Israel and US labelled biggest threats to World peaceNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069400954638253202003-11-21T02:49:00.000-05:002003-11-21T02:49:40.496-05:00Our strategy helps the terrorists - army chief warns SharonNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069400767153110562003-11-21T02:46:00.000-05:002003-11-21T02:46:33.060-05:00Israel's Chief of Staff Denounces Policies Against Palestinians: "In our tactical decisions, we are operating contrary to our strategic interest."Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069400327057127352003-11-21T02:38:00.000-05:002003-11-21T02:39:13.060-05:00Israel's Silenced Witnesses: Has the Truth Yet Been Told?: "In a seven-week period this spring, two overseas observers were killed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, and a third left brain dead. But has the truth yet been told?"Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069399856076687372003-11-21T02:30:00.000-05:002003-11-21T02:31:22.186-05:00Student Shot by Israeli Soldier to Have Life Support Turned OffNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069398636128876252003-11-21T02:10:00.000-05:002003-11-21T02:11:02.483-05:00Israel Accused of Violating International Law Over Gaza Demolitions: "Israel was accused of violating international law after troops blew up scores of apartments in the Gaza Strip in the wake of a deadly attack on soldiers guarding a nearby Jewish settlement."Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069283317501673812003-11-19T18:08:00.000-05:002003-11-19T18:09:02.576-05:00Cover-Up Alleged in Probe of USS LibertyNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069283170800300772003-11-19T18:06:00.000-05:002003-11-19T18:06:35.903-05:00Barrier turns holy city into hostile fortressNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069282731185319442003-11-19T17:58:00.000-05:002003-11-19T17:59:15.543-05:00Israel to Keep Building Barrier Despite UN CensureNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069282270441406992003-11-19T17:51:00.000-05:002003-11-19T17:51:34.903-05:00AM - Senior Israeli pilot condemns air strikes that hit civiliansNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069281778939928342003-11-19T17:42:00.000-05:002003-11-19T17:43:23.513-05:00Families seek truth over Israeli deathsNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1069281701210779342003-11-19T17:41:00.000-05:002003-11-19T17:42:05.793-05:00Israel Kills 10 Palestinians in Gaza Air RaidsNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1066668387492939462003-10-20T12:46:00.000-04:002003-10-23T16:42:47.880-04:00Moderates Present a Way Forward
Moderate Israelis and Palestinians have started drumming up support for a draft peace agreement they reached last weekend after years of negotiating. The deal does not have official standing but the Palestinian Authority (PA) has not rejected it out of hand. On the Israeli side, opinion polls show around 40 per cent support.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1066580751847733392003-10-19T12:25:00.000-04:002003-10-19T12:25:51.640-04:00The One-State Solution
In a special Books and Arts essay Daniel Lazare insists that binationalism may be the last chance for peace in the Mideast.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1066393860044675442003-10-17T08:31:00.000-04:002003-10-23T16:43:05.320-04:00Three Americans Killed in Gaza Blast
A massive explosion ripped apart a U.S. diplomatic vehicle Wednesday, killing three Americans and wounding one in the first attack on a U.S. target in three years of Israel-Palestinian fighting.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1066393847664807662003-10-17T08:30:00.000-04:002003-10-17T08:30:47.400-04:00US Vetoes Resolution Condemning Israeli 'Security' WallNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1066097741645285642003-10-13T22:15:00.000-04:002003-10-23T16:43:21.506-04:00'Israel' Threatens to Nuke Entire Region
Israel is prepared to launch an attack on Iran's nuclear sites in order to paralyzed them and prevent them for being operational, the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1066097652374046382003-10-13T22:14:00.001-04:002003-10-23T16:45:09.240-04:00Gaza raid leaves hundreds homeless
Up to 1,500 Palestinians have been left homeless by the Israeli army's two-day raid into the Rafah refugee camp, the United Nations estimates. A senior UN official who went to assess damage said it looked like there had been a severe earthquake at the densely-populated camp....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1066097670904273212003-10-13T22:14:00.000-04:002003-10-23T16:43:38.456-04:00'Israel' Boosts Nuclear/WMD Arsenal
Israel has modified American-supplied cruise missiles to carry nuclear warheads on submarines, giving the Middle East's only nuclear power the ability to launch atomic weapons from land, air and beneath the sea, according to senior Bush administration and Israeli officials.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1065979345702504422003-10-12T13:22:00.005-04:002003-10-23T16:46:13.723-04:00Listen to the Pilots
The pilots are reminding the Israelis that even if the aim of the military action is to hit a murderer who is to die, when a state orders its pilots to drop a 1-ton bomb into a residential neighborhood in the most densely populated place in the world, and with the clear knowledge that hundreds of innocent civilians are likely to get hurt, its action, to a significant extent, Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1065979356217554272003-10-12T13:22:00.004-04:002003-10-23T16:45:54.300-04:00South African Academic Dugard Slams 'Israel'
...[T]he Apartheid Wall violates the most fundamental principles of contemporary international law: the prohibition on the forcible acquisition of territory and the right to self-determination. Annexation or conquest, whether as an act of aggression or self-defense, violates the principles of the United Nations Charter, the Geneva Conventions and Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-10659793751940332003-10-12T13:22:00.003-04:002003-10-23T16:45:35.676-04:00Bush Stance on Syria Hit Shows Neo-Cons Still Hold Sway
The neo-conservatives in and around the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush may be on the defensive, but Washington's reaction to the Israeli attack on Syria Sunday show that they remain in the driver's seat at the White House. The fact that Bush has himself refused to in any way criticize the Israeli attack -- the first on SyriaNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1065979364844196472003-10-12T13:22:00.002-04:002003-10-12T13:22:44.676-04:00FBI: War on Hamas Targets Orphans, Widows
Complex, but very interesting.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1065979331121279272003-10-12T13:22:00.001-04:002003-10-12T13:22:10.960-04:00Refusenik Medic Gets 28 Days in Brig
Paratrooper medic Sergeant (res.) Dan Goldenblatt was sentenced Tuesday to 28 days in the brig Tuesday for refusing to obey orders to serve reserve duty in the territories.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1065979322546795692003-10-12T13:22:00.000-04:002003-10-12T13:22:02.380-04:00Dems Stand With Bush on Syria Attack
The top Democratic presidential candidates, who have differed sharply with President Bush over his conduct of the Iraq war, are registering their agreement with him over his support for Israel's bombing of a terrorist target in Syria.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1065979313874163352003-10-12T13:21:00.002-04:002003-10-12T13:21:53.723-04:00Hell's Journey: Coming Home to GazaNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1065979305156982112003-10-12T13:21:00.001-04:002003-10-12T13:21:45.003-04:00Israeli Terrorist Army Murders 7 Palestinians
Seven Palestinians, among them two children aged 12 and eight, were reportedly killed during an Israel Defense Forces operation deep into the Rafah refugee camp in the sourthern Gaza Strip on Friday.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1065979296414334782003-10-12T13:21:00.000-04:002003-10-12T13:21:36.256-04:00Knesset Member: "Warmonger Sharon Leading Country into Deeper Security Abyss"Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1065487753620252372003-10-06T20:49:00.000-04:002003-10-06T20:49:13.066-04:00Syria Urges U.S. Not to Veto UN Resolution on Raid
Syria urged the United States on Monday not to block a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israel's air strike near Damascus, saying Washington should help prevent escalation of tensions in the Middle East.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1065487732467483662003-10-06T20:48:00.001-04:002003-10-06T20:48:51.910-04:00UN Report Slams Israeli Wall as Illegal Annexation of Palestinian LandNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1065487713649615452003-10-06T20:48:00.000-04:002003-10-06T20:48:33.096-04:00Wider Violence Will Follow Israeli Attack, Arabs Warn
Arab leaders on Sunday condemned Israel's airstrike on a suspected terrorist training camp in Syria and warned that it could lead to an increase in violence in the region.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1065528060045579012003-10-06T20:47:00.000-04:002003-10-23T16:47:08.566-04:00Israel Strikes Syria After Suicide Bombing
Israeli warplanes bombed Syria on Sunday, striking what the military called an Islamic Jihad training base in retaliation for a suicide bombing at a Haifa restaurant.... The attack -- one day after an Islamic Jihad bomber killed 19 people -- threatened to widen three years of Israeli-Palestinian violence into neighboring countries and marked a dramatic Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1064589212954120832003-09-26T11:13:00.000-04:002003-10-23T16:46:42.253-04:00Against Blind Imperial Arrogance
Edward Said closed one of his last published essays with the lines: "We are in for many more years of turmoil and misery in the Middle East, where one of the main problems is, to put it as plainly as possible, U.S. power. What the U.S. refuses to see clearly it can hardly hope to remedy."... To the extent that there has been a broadening of sympathy for the cause Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1064589192189759662003-09-26T11:12:00.000-04:002003-09-26T11:13:12.143-04:00[Israeli] Air Force to oust refusenik pilots: 27 pilots send letter calling aerial activity in territories 'illegal and immoral'Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1064583492069932292003-09-26T09:38:00.000-04:002003-09-26T09:38:11.686-04:00Angering Arabs, US Blocks UN Bid to Shield Arafat
Angering the Arab world, the United States killed a U.N. Security Council resolution seeking to protect Palestinian President Yasser Arafat from an Israeli threat to "remove" him.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1064583468603600572003-09-26T09:37:00.001-04:002003-09-26T09:37:48.233-04:00Arafat Assassination Threat a Serious Mistake, say PalestiniansNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1064583447802170062003-09-26T09:37:00.000-04:002003-09-26T09:37:27.436-04:00Palestinians Rally Round Arafat After Exile Threat 9/11/03
Israel decided in principle to exile Yasser Arafat after a wave of suicide bombings, touching off protests by tens of thousands of Palestinians and drawing pledges by some to defend him at his headquarters.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1064583411749093862003-09-26T09:36:00.000-04:002003-10-23T16:47:29.440-04:00Bombers hit back at Israel from The Guardian, 9/10/03
Two Hamas suicide bombers killed at least 15 people in attacks yesterday on a busy Jerusalem cafe and on soldiers at a crowded bus stop near Tel Aviv. The blasts came just days after the Islamic organisation had said that the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, had "opened the gates of hell" by targeting its leaders for assassination.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1062512953288129022003-09-02T10:29:00.000-04:002003-10-23T16:47:49.720-04:00Israeli panel cites anti-Arab bias: Ties citizens' deaths to country's attitude from The Boston Globe, 9/2/03
A high-level commission that investigated the police killing of 13 Arabs at the beginning of the current, three-year armed struggle between Palestinians and Israelis ruled yesterday that the root cause of the deaths was systematic discrimination by Israel against its Arab population.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1062466739824931462003-09-01T21:38:00.000-04:002003-09-01T21:38:59.823-04:00Israel Kills Palestinian Girl, Injures 5 Children from March for Justice, 8/31/03Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1062075074246286112003-08-28T08:51:00.000-04:002003-10-23T16:48:14.516-04:00Occupied Voices
The Nation is pleased to publish an excerpt from Wendy Pearlman's new book, Occupied Voices: Stories of Everyday Life from the Second Intifada, recently released by NationBooks:
I was in the fourth grade when the first Intifada started [in 1987].... I can still remember how it felt to sit in class and hear all of the shooting and screaming coming from outside. You just tried to Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1061948267276222252003-08-26T21:37:00.000-04:002003-10-23T16:50:06.796-04:00Inalienable and sacred from Al Ahram Weekly Online, August 12, 2003
Salman Abu Sitta refutes efforts and surveys that undermine the Palestinian right of return.
"...Then there is the case of Khalil Shikaki. He rose from oblivion to the prominence of a fancy office at Al-Najah University in Ramallah by churning out custom-made surveys under imputed professional objectivity. He too is not Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06333207767158946066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447555.post-1061947375186403692003-08-26T21:22:00.000-04:002003-08-26T21:22:55.310-04:00At What Price? From Mother Jones, July/August 2003
Now might be the perfect time for Israelis to debate how much their government spends to support the settlements. Except nobody knows.
...No one knows how much Israel spends on settlements -- not the settlers themselves, not even government ministers or members of the Knesset. Back in the 1980s, a left-leaning cabinet minister told me that Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06333207767158946066noreply@blogger.com