Bullying Abbas into talks

The US and the EU continue to pressure the Palestinian Authority leadership to embrace direct talks with Israel, but to what end, asks Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah, source. July 30, 2010 The Obama administration is exerting intense pressure on Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to move “sooner than later” to direct talks with Israel. [...]

Hague Whitewashes Israeli Crimes on the High Seas

by Stuart Littlewood – London, source ‘We have to be steeped in the Middle East, way back to historical matters. Because you can’t understand it without the history.’ My MP, a Foreign Office minister in the shiny new coalition government, has written to me saying he believes the Foreign Secretary was “extremely fair, tough and [...]

“Israel” razes Christian ancient site in O. Jerusalem and deliver demolition notice against mosque

“Israel” razes Christian ancient site in O. Jerusalem OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Father Atallah Hanna, the Greek orthodox patriarchate of occupied Jerusalem, said the Israeli municipal council in the holy city demolished and obliterated Christian ancient monuments dating from the Byzantine era in Ein Kerem area. “We strongly condemn this heinous crime committed against the Christian [...]

“Israel” Says STL Goal: Putting “Israel’s” “Most Ferocious Enemy” in Deep Quagmire

Al Manar 31/07/2010 Israeli Media uncovered Saturday more and more details on the delusive Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s verdict. It also revealed the goal that lies behind the verdict which Israel has sought: To put “Israel’s most ferocious enemy” in a deep quagmire.   Quoting sources in the United Nations, Israeli Media reported that following [...]

US Firms Used to Transfer Money to Mabhouh Case Suspects

Al Manar 31/07/2010 American investigators working on the international probe of the assassination of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai, have identified links to US companies believed to have been used to transfer money to suspects in the case, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.   According to the report, this find brings the authorities [...]

Protest against Israeli Razing of Al-Araqib Village as Arabs Support Direct Talk

Al Manar 30/07/2010 Two days after Israel demolished the Al-Araqib village across the Negev, Arab foreign ministers gave the Palestinians another slap in the face during their meeting on Thursday. Instead of halting the indirect talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, the Arab League declared in its meeting that it would give  the Palestinian [...]

US accused of leaving legacy of waste in Iraq: video

Qana…Where Jesus’s 1st Miracle Turns Bloody

by Batoul Wehbe, Al Manar 30/07/2010 “We have lived through hell,” Qana resident, Fawzeya Atwi cried. “The people were chopped into pieces by the Israeli bombs. They bleed these people. You should have seen the heads.”   “Do you know what the dogs did at night after the killings? They were hungry and I saw [...]

Blair’s undisclosed business dealings conflict with Quartet role

by Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 29 July 2010 Tony Blair’s term as envoy of the Quartet (US, UK, Russia, UN) has been marked by many photo opportunities but few, if any, accomplishments. Indeed, research shows that Blair’s relationship with one of the world’s richest men poses a clear and significant conflict of interest with [...]

Why Muslims Should Rethink Palestine

by Ramzy Baroud, source Thousands of faithful assiduously listened as I outlined the challenges facing Palestine and its people. Cries of ‘Allahu Akbar’ – God is Great – occasionally resounded from a corner of the giant South African mosque. Many whimpered as I described the tragedy that had befallen Gaza as a result of the [...]

Israelis continue land and house theft…

Netanyahu: “Israel’s” Government Will Fall If Settlement Freeze Continues Al Manar 29/07/2010 Continuing the construction freeze in West Bank settlements after it expires on September 26 would be impossible politically and would bring down the coalition, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.   Moratinos told [...]

“Israel” plans coup in emirate, report says

Thu, 29 Jul 2010, Press TV Israel is aiding and abetting an exiled Arab sheikh in his efforts to stage a “coup” in the Persian Gulf emirate of Ras al-Khaimeh, which is part of the United Arab Emirates, a report says. The Israeli ambassador to Britain, Ron Prosor, has met Sheikh Khalid bin Saqr al-Qasimi, [...]

Do drone attacks make life and death worth less?

by Jonathan Cook, The National, July 27, 2010 The thousands of US officer reports from Afghanistan appearing on Wikileaks yesterday show how technology can imperil a military’s secrecy and operations. But there is another side to that relationship. The technologies used by militaries to kill by remote control, which are becoming increasingly sophisticated and prevalent, [...]

Chilcot inquiry: too late, Hans Blix, too late

The weapons inspector has spoken out at the Chilcot inquiry. If only he had done so in 2003 by Sami Ramadani, The Guardian With its sedate pace and genteel drip, drip revelations, one could be forgiven for thinking of the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war as an academic exercise, delving into some distant historical [...]

Ethnic cleansing and land theft in Palestine continues…

Israeli data: “Israel” revoked residency of over 86,000 Jerusalemites since 1967 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) — Official Israeli data obtained by the Jerusalem center for social and economic rights said Israel has deprived more than 86,000 Jerusalemite Palestinians of their residency rights in the holy city since it occupied the eastern side in 1967. According to [...]