Netanyahu calls for resuming settlement activities quietly and Zionist settlers bulldoze lands in Yatta

Netanyahu calls for resuming settlement activities quietly NAZARETH, (PIC)– Israeli media sources said that the Israeli premier’s office asked the cabinet ministers not to make statements about the end of settlement freeze and demanded the right-wing parties to cancel celebration plans in this regard and to continue settlement construction quietly. Sources also quoted Israeli Knesset [...]

12 Palestinians killed since the outset of direct peace talks

GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation authorities are responsible for the deaths of 12 Palestinians since direct peace talks kicked off between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah in early September, the Quds Press reported. The Gaza Strip saw the majority of killings of Palestinians during the talks. Eight Palestinians were killed there against three [...]

The Hesder Quiz: Where is “Israel”?

by Mahmoud El-Yousseph, source Here is something you’re not likely to see on evening newscasts or your home town newspapers: A July 28, 2010 survey of Israeli religious school teachers, designed to gauge their level of education, was conducted by Yediot Ahronot, Israel’s largest newspaper. The conclusions were shocking. One young teacher described the Jewish [...]

Clegg Now Singing off Zionist Hymn-sheet

by Stuart Littlewood – London, source In the space of a few short years Nick Clegg has shot from obscurity to stardom in British politics, joining Conservative leader David “I’m-a-Zionist” Cameron at the head of Britain’s new coalition government. Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, is deputy prime minister and gets to play PM [...]

Two Palestinians injured in fourth day of Silwan protests and Palestinian man shot south of Gaza

Two Palestinians injured in fourth day of Silwan protests OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The fourth day of clashes on Saturday in the Silwan district of Jerusalem was heated, as the area saw an unusually heavy presence of Israeli soldiers, who turned the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood into a military zone, local residents said. Ali al-Ruwaidi, 19, sustained [...]

Israeli officers block investigation into minor sex crime

RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Defense For Children International (DCI) is accusing Israel of stonewalling investigations into a complaint filed by a Palestinian minor who was physically and sexually assaulted by an Israeli investigator. The organization said the minor filed a complaint in August that he was beaten and forced to confess by Israeli soldiers who arrested [...]

Sheikh Qaouq: July War Goals Won’t Be Achieved through STL

Al Manar 25/09/2010 Hezbollah official in southern Lebanon Sheikh Nabil Qaouq stressed on Saturday that no indictment, international accusation, or international resolutions would affect the party’s determination in its resistance, stressing that the July war goals wouldn’t be achieved through the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.   “The camp of the July 2006 war has now [...]

Lockerbie, Hariri Case and the Perversion of the International Justice

by Yusuf Fernandez, Al Manar   The case against the Libyan citizen Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi has served to remind the world that it should not have illusions about the workings of the international justice system. Megrahi was condemned by a tribunal but that does not mean he was guilty of the attack which destroyed [...]

Our Next Wars: Yemen and Somalia

America’s clandestine activities in both nations only provoke the conflicts they are meant to prevent. by Philip Giraldi, source There appear to be some good business opportunities in Yemen, but they may not be what they seem. Yemen is the poorest Arab nation, and one of the poorest countries in the world, with an estimated [...]

IAEA votes down Arab arms resolution against “Israel”

VIENNA, (PIC)– Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) rejected by a small margin a resolution tabled by Arab nations calling on Israel to undersign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a decision that signaled a diplomatic victory for the United States. The U.S. urged member states to vote against the resolution, saying it could [...]

Palestinian baby killed due to inhaling teargas and dozens injured in clashes

Palestinian baby killed due to inhaling teargas OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A Palestinian child died at hospital on Friday evening as a result of teargas inhalation in the northern Jerusalem suburb of Eisaweyyah. A source in Jerusalem informed the PIC correspondent that 12-month-old Muhammad Abu Sneimah was taken to hospital after suffering breathing difficulties as a [...]

Tens of thousands attend Aqsa Mosque in danger festival in Umm Al-Fahm town

NAZARETH, (PIC)– Tens of thousands of Palestinians attended the 15th festival of “Al-Aqsa Mosque in danger” held in Umm Al-Fahm town in the 1948 occupied lands on Friday evening and listened to a written speech sent by Sheikh Ra’ed Salah from his cell in Ayalon prison. “I like to tell you that I am still [...]

‘Americans seek probe into 9/11′

Press TV An international lawyer says many now question the truth behind the 9/11 attacks, and that American citizens are demanding an international probe into the incident. “Ahmadinejad is absolutely rational and correct on this, that the American people are now coming to the point of demanding an international inquiry (into the 9/11 attacks), ” [...]

Why Mitchell Said ‘No’: Hamas is Not Ready to be ‘Engaged’

by Ramzy Baroud, source One key difference between Hamas and its rival, the Fatah movement in the West Bank, is that Hamas is accountable to a much more complex set of priorities and expectations. While Fatah is effortlessly co-opted, Hamas remains confined by ideological standards and the stringiest political space. Although, on one hand this [...]

US Businessman: Blackwater Paid Me to Buy Steroids and Weapons on Black Market for its Shooters

by Jeremy Scahill, source A Texas businessman who has worked extensively in Iraq claims that Blackwater paid him to purchase steroids and other drugs for its operatives in Baghdad, as well as more than 100 AK47s and massive amounts of ammunition on Baghdad’s black market. Howard Lowry, who worked in Iraq from 2003-2009, also claims [...]