Iran, Turkey, Brazil open nuclear talks

Sun, 25 Jul 2010, Press TV Foreign ministers of Iran, Brazil and Turkey open trilateral talks in the Turkish city of Istanbul to review the Tehran nuclear declaration on possible nuclear fuel swap. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in Istanbul on Sunday to hold talks with his Turkish and Brazilian counterparts Ahmet Davutoglu and [...]

House OK’s Possible Israeli Raid on Iran

Al Manar 24/07/2010 Republicans in the US House of Representatives introduced a measure that would green-light a possible Israeli bombing campaign against Iran, Press TV said in a report.   Resolution 1553 provides explicit support for military strikes against Iran, stating that Congress backs Israel’s use of ‘all means necessary’ against Iran, “including the use [...]

The Hariri Assassination: “Israel ’s” Fingerprints

by Rannie Amiri, source In the Middle East , the link between political machinations, espionage and assassination is either clear as day, or clear as mud. As for the yet unsolved case of the February 2005 murder of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, the underpinnings of this covert operation including the role of Israel have now surfaced. [...]

Oldest Palestinian woman in detention subjected to cruel interrogation rounds

RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Fathiya Suwais, 57, has been subjected to cruel interrogation rounds and severe torture at the hands of Israeli investigators in Jalama detention center ever since her incarceration five days ago, the Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights reported. Fuad Al-Khafsh, the center’s director, said in a press release on Saturday, that [...]

Tourists Now in Their Land of Birth

Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler HEBRON, Occupied West Bank, Jul 23, 2010 (IPS) – Beyond the pernicious well-documented aspects of the Israeli Occupation, all sorts of niggling fragments of Israeli control over Palestinian life, and individual petty cases of nastiness leave new Israeli talk of “gestures” towards peace hollow. No more confidence-building measures, [...]

Hezbollah S.G.: Lebanon Pushed into Sensitive Stage from STL Gate

Hezbollah S.G.: Lebanon Pushed into Sensitive Stage from STL Gate by Mohamad Shmaysani, Al Manar 22/07/2010 “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.   The Sayyed stressed [...]

Aqsa foundation: Israeli troops simulated a military attack on the Aqsa Mosque

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage revealed that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out Wednesday evening military drills simulating a situation in which they storm the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. The foundation explained that a group of its staff made a field visit to the scene in the wilds [...]

IOF troops demolish Palestinian houses

IOF troops raze Palestinian homes, shop RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) razed two Palestinian homes and a shop in Laban Gharbi village, west of Ramallah city, on Wednesday at the pretext of lack of construction permit. Local sources said that big numbers of those soldiers in tens of armored vehicles imposed a tight [...]

Who’s aiding Judaisation?

While the massive US role in constructing the Jewish state goes unacknowledged, even more shocking is the part played by Palestinians who kowtow to Washington, writes Nicola Nasser*, source. July 20, 2010 Since 1860, when the American Jewish tycoon Judah Touro donated $60,000 — a fortune for that time — towards the construction of the [...]

Challenging the Jewish National Fund

by Hazem Jamjoum, The Electronic Intifada, 21 July 2010 For anyone taking a road trip along the highways of the part of Palestine that became Israel in 1948, one is bound to spot a blue and green structure in the shape of a bird marked with the Hebrew letters KKL, which stands for Keren Kayemeth [...]

Apartheid plain and simple

Israel is reinventing the ancient punishment of banishment, though only for Arabs, writes Khaled Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem, source.  July 20, 2010 As if the preponderance of discriminatory laws already swelling the Israeli legal system were not enough, the Israeli parliament — the Knesset — is slated to debate a fresh instalment of anti-Arab draft [...]

Jewish extremists raid Aqsa Mosque and attempt to burn historical mosque in Jaffa

Jewish extremists raid Aqsa Mosque and prevent entry of worshipers OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Tensions ran high in occupied Jerusalem after a group of Jewish extremists raided the Aqsa Mosque Tuesday morning. 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 [...]

Israeli Army Destroys West Bank Village after Declaring It Military Zone

Al Manar 21/07/2010 Israeli occupation authority’s ongoing violations against the Palestinians are continuing and each day more and more homes are destroyed, more families are dispersed and more lands are confiscated.   The Israeli occupation army’s Civil Administration destroyed a Palestinian village Monday morning that had earlier been cleared out when its water supply was [...]

It is Time We Shift Gears

by Joharah Baker, MIFTAH, July 19, 2010 The Palestinians, in general, have been extremely patient so far with their leadership. In good faith, we have tried our best to give them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to knowing what is best for our people and cause. When late President Yasser Arafat declared [...]

Palestinians in Gaza denied PA passports

by Rami Almeghari, The Electronic Intifada, 19 July 2010 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 [...]