News Items
The following news items have been syndicated by the following sources:
- B'Tselem
- Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)
- Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU)
- The Mondoweiss Blog
- Health and Human Rights Project
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Settlement boom! 1000s of new homes underway! Gov’ts look away! and other news from
Today in Palestine:
Land and Property Theft and Destruction/Ethnic Cleansing
Israeli Settlement Construction Booms Despite Ban
In Washington, the Israelis and Palestinians are... -
Les cheveux, la chemise, les sans-boutons, l’ideologie– tout wrongee!!
Don't get me wrong, I'm against the stoning of that Iranian woman for adultery, I'm against her...
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Groundbreaking letter – ‘Israeli theatre artists have refused to allow their work to be used to normalize a cruel occupation . . .We stand with them’
Update on the groundbreaking letter from 150 American actors, writers, directors and artists in support of the...
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Smoking gun: even as it enters into talks, Israel declares policy of separating Gaza and W.B.
That I regard the following news as shocking and disgraceful is surely a reflection of my own innocence. (But innocence, naive faith, idealism--they help to drive this site.)
At the same time that it is setting forth on peace talks with the U.S. and the Palestinian Authority, Israel has...
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U.S. has ‘rock solid’ commitment to Israel’s security as Mossad impersonates U.S. intelligence
At this year's American-Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the crowd:
So from its first day, the Obama Administration has worked to promote Israel’s security and long-term...
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Neoconservatism is rightly seen as a ‘current of Jewish culture’
Longtime colleagues Leon Wieseltier and Marty Peretz are on opposite sides of the Islamic center argument, reports J.J. Goldberg in the Forward.
Wieseltier's latest...
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The lights are going out on Gaza (Mohammed Omer, Inter Press Service)
The Muslim festival Eid approaches, but not the end to power cuts that have darkened the month-long Ramadan fasting leading up to the festival. Or to the agony of Gazans, made worse by the reminder that it's approaching festive time. The prolonged electricity cuts, lasting from 12 to 16 hours...
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150 American actors, writers, directors and artists support Israeli actors’ settlement boycott
From Haaretz:
More than 150 American actors, writers, directors and other artists signed a letter of support for the Israeli actors who declared they would not perform in...
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‘NYT’ runs Indyk, then more Indyk, and you have to go to ‘Al Jazeera’ for a different view
The usual suspects are quoted in this highly-positive New York Times front-page piece today on Hillary Clinton and the peace talks: Martin Indyk, Abraham Foxman, and Aaron David Miller. You'd think...
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