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Palestinian 'freedom riders' board Israeli buses in protest

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Christian Science Monitor - Nov. 16 (News Report) - Drawing what they say are parallels between Israeli policies in the West Bank and the laws in the Jim Crow American South, Palestinian activists emulating the 'freedom riders' of 1961 attempted to ride into Jerusalem on an Israeli bus today. ...

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Gaza militants renew rocket fire toward Israel - Ha'aretz

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Haaretz - Nov. 06 (Other) - CTV.caGaza militants renew rocket fire toward IsraelHa'aretzBoth rockets launched overnight exploded in open fields south of Ashkelon; rocket attacks come hours after IDF strikes targets in Gaza. By Haaretz Tags: Palestinians Gaza rockets Gaza Strip Hamas Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip renewed their ...Israeli air raids kill Gaza militantAFPIsrael Begins Deportation of Gaza Flotilla ActivistsVoice of AmericaIsraeli air strike kills Palestinian militant in GazaReutersNew York Times -CNN International -TIMEall 1,962 news articles »

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U.S. Pulls All Funding for UNESCO After Sweeping Vote to Support Palestinian Membership

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Nov. 01 (Interview) - In an emotional—and largely symbolic—move, the United Nations cultural organization known as UNESCO overwhelmingly voted to grant membership to the Palestinians, despite opposition from the United States and Israel. Now the United States says it will cancel a $60 million payment due in November to the U.N. body. Membership dues paid by the U.S. account for about a fifth of UNESCO's annual budget. The U.S. is also threatening to veto any Palestinian effort to be recognized by the U.N. Security Council as an independent state. "By going to UNESCO, this was a way both of gauging where the public opinion is among the various governments and, more importantly, symbolically for the world, showing that this is a moment of recognition that the 20-year-old U.S.-controlled so-called 'peace process' simply hasn't worked," said Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies. [includes rush transcript]

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Noam Chomsky on Israel-Palestine Prisoner Exchange, U.S. Assassination Campaign in Yemen

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Noam Chomsky - Oct. 18 (Speech) - MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned linguist and political dissident, spoke Monday night at Barnard College in New York City about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, just hours before Israel and Hamas completed a historic prisoner exchange. "I think [Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit] should have been released a long time ago. But there’s something missing from this whole story. There’s no pictures of Palestinian women, and no discussion, in fact, in the story of—what about the Palestinian prisoners being released?

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Fanciful ‘Facts’ At Fox News Debate

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

FactCheck - By Brooks Jackson - Sep. 24 (Fact Check) - Nine Republican presidential candidates debated for two hours in Orlando, Fla., and they served up more exaggerations and falsehoods — about Obama, each other, and even Thomas Jefferson. Perry claimed Romney supports Obama’s Race to the Top education initiative. In fact, while Romney has praised some of the program’s … More >>

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The coming U.N. debacle

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Yossi Klein Halevi, Los Angeles Times - Sep. 20 - The coming U.N. debacle

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Jimmy Carter: 'We never dropped a bomb. We never fired a bullet. We never went to war'

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Carole Cadwalladr - Sep. 11 - He may live a modest life in a one-horse town, but Jimmy Carter, now 86, retains his global vision. And 30 years after leaving the White House, the peanut farmer turned president is still a man on mission. In Plains, Georgia, we found the 39th US president full of energy… and determined to make a difference Where does Jimmy Carter live? Well, close your eyes and imagine the kind of house an ex-president of the United States might live in. The sort of residence befitting the former leader of the most powerful nation on earth. Got it? Right, now scrub that clean from your mind and instead imagine the sort of house where a moderately successful junior accountant and his family might live. It's what in America is called a "ranch house", or, as we'd say, "a bungalow". There are no porticoes. No columns. No sweeping lawns. There's just a small brick single-storey structure that Jimmy and his wife, Rosalynn, built on Woodland Drive back in 1961 when he was a peanut farmer and she was a peanut ...

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U.S. hits Israel on settlements

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:25:22 -0700

The Politico - By Mackenzie Weinger - Aug. 09 - The State Department rebukes Israel's "unilateral actions" in the the area of East Jerusalem.

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Israel keeps out bulk of 'flytilla' activists

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jul. 08 (News Report) - Israel has expelled at least 25 alleged pro-Palestinian activists who landed at its international airport and has been interrogating around 30 others, officials say. Organisers of the "Welcome to Palestine" campaign, which some have called the "flytilla"

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Ali Abunimah Responds To Israeli Claims That Gaza Flotilla Is A “Provocation”

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jul. 01 (News Report) - As the 400 international activists wait to set sail from Greece to Gaza on the Freedom Flotilla, Israeli media has been full of reports speculating about the activists' character and motivations for participating in the humanitarian aid mission. Israeli newspapers have charged that the flotilla is carrying sacks of chemicals on board because passengers plan to kill IDF soldiers. The reports come after Foreign Ministry officials informed Israeli cabinet ministers that there was no information about members of "terrorist groups" planning to take part in the flotilla. “Israel is trying to present the flotilla as a military threat, whereas nobody in the world believes that,” says our guest, Ali Abunimah, co-founder of The Electronic Intifada, “not even Israeli cabinet ministers.”

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Israeli Official Condemns Gaza Flotilla, Refuses to Deny Israeli Role in Sabotage of Boats

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jul. 01 (News Report) - Ido Aharoni, Consul General of Israel in New York, defends the Israeli government’s campaign against the flotilla claiming there is no need for humanitarian aid to be shipped to Gaza now that Egypt has opened the Rafah border crossing. Aharoni also refuses to deny Israel played a role in the sabotage of two boats in the flotilla and refuses to promise that Israeli officials will not arrest the Democracy Now! journalists on board the flotilla if Israeli intercepts the ship. “I can tell you the whole idea of the flotilla is unnecessary, and we have no interest in dealing with it, and hopefully the flotilla will not be on its way to Israel,” Aharoni said.

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U.S. Ship in Freedom Flotilla Leaves Greece Headed to Gaza, Despite Threats and Risk of Sabotage

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jul. 01 (News Report) - The U.S.-flagged ship "The Audacity of Hope" left a Greek port today bound for Gaza, but the status of the 10-boat flotilla remains uncertain. At least one boat has already pulled out due to sabotage, another is still being repaired. All 10 ships were supposed to set sail earlier this week but the Greek government — already facing a financial crisis and public uproar over austerity measures — blocked the ships’ departure under international pressure. On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is entitled to stop the flotilla as part of its “full right to operate against efforts to smuggle” weapons into Gaza. Democracy Now! Producer Aaron Maté and videographer Hany Massoud are in Greece covering the journey of “The Audacity of Hope.” They were there Thursday as it was publicly unveiled. They spoke with novelist Alice Walker, Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein and others.

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It Takes People On the Outside: Prestigious Author Alice Walker to Confront Israeli Naval Blockade of Gaza on U.S. Aid Ship

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jun. 28 (Interview) - Israel continues to threaten a group of international activists planning to sail to Gaza this week with humanitarian aid. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said participants in the 10-boat flotilla are seeking "confrontation and blood." Last year, Israeli forces killed nine people aboard the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara. Meanwhile, activists say one of the 10 boats scheduled to sail to Gaza has been sabotaged in a Greek port. Saboteurs reportedly cut off the propeller shaft of a ship shared by Swedish, Norwegian and Greek activists. Organizers say the boat will be repaired in time to sail to Gaza. One of the other ships that will try to reach Gaza from Greece is the "Audacity of Hope." It’s set to carry up to 50 U.S. citizens carrying letters to Gaza residents. One of the ship’s passengers is the acclaimed author, poet and activist Alice Walker.

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The Audacity of Hope: U.S. Peace Activists to Sail to Gaza in Humanitarian Flotilla

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jun. 20 (News Report) - Dozens of Americans hope to set sail this week on a U.S.-flagged ship, “The Audacity of Hope,” as part of an international flotilla which aims to challenge Israel’s embargo of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian solidarity activists are setting sail from a number of ports just over a year after Israeli forces killed nine activists on an aid boat called the Mavi Marmara, which was part of the first such international flotilla. Israel says it will again use force to stop the aid flotilla from reaching Gaza. We speak with passengers of the U.S. boat, New York labor attorney Richard Levy and peace activist, Kathy Kelly. Levy says the flotilla’s challenge to Israel’s embargo is legal, and that it is the blockade that is illegal. “It is a violation of the Geneva accords to occupy a country as has been done here through the control of all its borders, and then block supplies, block people from moving in and out,” says Levy.

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From a Saudi prince, tough talk on America’s favoritism toward Israel

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Richard Cohen - Jun. 14 (Opinion) - He [Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal} is also angry as hell, and he lets America have it. He starts by citing what he calls President Obama’s “controversial speech last month, admonishing Arab governments to embrace democracy and provide freedom to their populations.” Saudi Arabia, he wrote, heard what Obama said and took it “seriously,” and he noted, of course, that Obama had not demanded the same rights for Palestinians under Israeli occupation. Point taken.

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Trapped in Gaza: Rafah Crossing Closed to Palestinians Soon After Egyptian Pledge to Reopen It

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Nicole Salazar - Jun. 07 (News Report) - In the Gaza Strip, the Hamas government has asked Egypt to drop restrictions on the Rafah border crossing, just days after the checkpoint opened last week. In a major policy shift, Egypt’s transition government had unsealed the Rafah border after years of closure under ousted Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak. But less than a week later, Egypt imposed a cap of 400 people per day, turning back busloads of people that had been cleared for passage. On Saturday, the border was sealed completely, causing angry Palestinians to storm the gates in protests. Democracy Now!’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were one of the few teams of foreign journalists to witness the scene at the Rafah border

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After 4 Years, Egypt Reopens Its Border With Gaza

Sat, 28 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Ibrahim Barzak - May. 28 (News Report) - Egypt lifted a 4-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, greatly easing travel restrictions on the 1.5 million residents of the Palestinian territory in a move that bolstered the Hamas government while dealing a setback to Israel's attempts to isolate the militant group.

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Cheering Netanyahu's Intransigence

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Op Ed News - By Robert Parry - May. 26 (Opinion) - Congress, with repeated standing ovations, showed its love for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but the valentine may have unintended consequences by stirring dangerous passions of Likud's rejectionist wing, which is now weighing the risks of transforming Israel into an overtly apartheid state. These hardliners might well interpret the congressional obsequiousness as signaling that Israel still has a free hand to do whatever it wants, even if that means defying President Barack Obama's mild pressure for movement toward peace with the Palestinians.

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Israel Prickles Over Obama's Mideast Proposal

Sat, 21 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - By Scott Simon, Marc Lynch - May. 21 (Interview) - President Obama's speech on Middle East issues earlier this week drew a lukewarm response from Israel; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly rejected some of the president's proposals. Is there any common ground left on which the U.S. and Israel can build a dialogue? Host Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Marc Lynch, director of the Institute for Middle East Studies and of the Project on Middle East Political Science at George Washington University.

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"Obama Call For 1967 Borders For Israel To Make For Awkward Meeting With Netanyahu" and related posts

Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Andrea Stone - May. 19 (News Analysis) - The headlines made it clear. From New York to Tel Aviv, President Obama's call for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians with borders based on the lines following the Six Day War of 1967 was a first for a sitting American president.

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Israel and Palestine: Everyone will be impressed

Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Economist - May. 15 (Opinion) - It's mildly irritating when highly placed officials insist on anonymity before offering their comments, and then it's often hilarious when the comments they offer turn out to be boss-pleasing milquetoast platitudes that couldn't possibly have offended anyone if they'd offered them on the record. But here's a rare triple whammy from Ha'aretz: a comment offered by an official on condition of anonymity that's not only a boss-pleasing milquetoast platitude, but also strikes any rational listener as glaringly false.

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Thousands gather to mark 'Nakba Day' - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - May. 15 (News) - Several people have been killed and scores of others wounded in the Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Ras Maroun in Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, as Palestinians mark the "Nakba", or day of "catastrophe". The "Nakba" is how Palestinians refer to the 1948 founding of the state of Israel, when an estimated 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled following Israel's declaration of statehood. At least one Palestinian was killed and up to 80 others wounded in northern Gaza as Israeli troops opened fire on a march of at least 1,000 people heading towards the Erez crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. A group of Palestinians, including children, marching to mark the "Nakba" were shot by the Israeli army after crossing a Hamas checkpoint and entering what Israel calls a "buffer zone" - an empty area between checkpoints where Israeli soldiers generally shoot trespassers, Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston reported from Gaza City on Sunday. "We are just hearing that one person has been killed and about 80 people have been injured," Johnston said.

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Clashes erupt along Israel's border

Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - May. 15 (News Report) - Clashes erupted between pro-Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces in multiple locations along the country's borders Sunday as tensions flared on a Palestinian mourning day marking the birth of the Jewish state.

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Palestinians issue first-ever corporate bonds

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - By Agency staff - May. 11 (News) - A Palestinian investment firm has issued the Palestinian territories’ first corporate bonds in an effort to strengthen local economy. PADICO, a publicly traded company that focuses on investment in the Palestinian economy, announced on Tuesday that it is issuing 7,000 five-year bonds which are worth $70m.

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Playwright Tony Kushner Speaks Out on CUNY Controversy, Academic Freedom and Israel

Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - May. 10 (Interview) - Tony Kushner appears on Democracy Now! to announce he will accept an honorary degree at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, following a controversy that sparked national attention. Last week, the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York voted to shelve the degree after one member cited Kushner’s critical views of Israeli government policies. But on Monday night, the CUNY board reversed its decision. Kushner says he is still hoping for an apology: "In lieu of an apology, I would accept what is clearly an admission of error of judgment and a lapse of responsibility on the part of the board in defending open exchange and academic freedom."

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