#Palestine News Roundup 2014.02.02 (with images, tweets) · sabbah. Interview: Erekat says no Mideast peace progress at meeting with Kerry. RAMALLAH, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said Sunday that no tangible progress was made in the Mideast peace talks he held with U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington last week. Erekat, who is currently abroad, said in a telephone interview with Xinhua that "no specific date was set up for presenting a written draft of Kerry's proposed framework peace agreement that should be signed with Israel. " Last week, Erekat held a series of meetings in Washington with Kerry on how to push forward the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and on finding a mechanism for reaching a permanent peace agreement. "So far, Kerry hasn't yet presented anything official and we are still in the circle of consultations and debates of ideas," said Erekat, adding Kerry "didn't set up any date for his upcoming visit to the region to follow up the negotiations.
" Will the ‘framework’ deal pay off? #EinHijleh LIVE (with images, tweets) · sabbah. The Palestine Daily. Hamas Facing Tightened Cash Flow, Israeli Official Says. Abbas, Hamas official meet on reconciliation. RAMALLAH, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and a senior Islamic Hamas movement leader met here Saturday on Palestinian reconciliation.
The meeting lasted two hours, said Nasser al-Din al-Sha'er, a Hamas leader and former deputy prime minister in the Hamas-led government, which rules the Gaza Strip. "I discussed with President Mahmoud Abbas how to take positive practical steps on the ground to guarantee the implementation of reconciliation," al-Sha'er told Xinhua over the phone. "We believe that there is an overwhelming Palestinian consensus to achieve an internal reconciliation, end division and go for general elections as soon as possible," al-Sha'er said.
Meanwhile, an official of the Fatah Party, which controls the West Bank, told Xinhua on condition of anonymity that the meeting between Abbas and al-Sha'er focused on ideas related to reaching full reconciliation. Israeli forces unleash attack dogs on Palestinian teens. Two Palestinians teenagers were attacked by Israeli forces, who released attack dogs on them, earlier this week, Ma’an news agency reported on Saturday.
According to a lawyer for the Palestinian Authority’s ministry of prisoners’ affairs, Israeli soldiers shot 17-year-old Adam Abdarrouf Jamous and 19-year-old Jawhar Nasser al-Din Halbieh several times at a checkpoint near east Jerusalem on Thursday evening. Tareq Barghouth said the soldiers opened fire without warning in Jamous and Halbieh’s direction, hitting them with several bullets before setting dogs on them. Barghouth added that the dogs severely mauled Halbieh, inflicting numerous wounds. Israeli forces then kicked, punched and hit the two teens with the butts of their rifles as they them on the ground over several hundred meters. Jamous and Halbieh were seriously wounded and taken to the hospital to treat their multiple fractures and bullet wounds, Ma’an reported. Sodastream presents...How to profit from Occupation, Oppression and Apartheid - YouTube.
Netanyahu: Boycott attempts won't hurt Israel. Fatah wants Kerry prosecuted before ICC for 'threatening' Abbas - Jerusalem Post. John Kerry and Mahmoud Abbas.
Photo: Reuters US Secretary of State John Kerry recently threatened Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that he would meet the same fate as his predecessor, Yasser Arafat, if he turned down Washington’s proposals for peace with Israel, a Palestinian source was quoted Sunday as saying. Jamal Muhaissen, a senior Fatah official in the West Bank, said that if the report about Kerry’s threat to Abbas is true, “this shows that Israel assassinated Yasser Arafat after receiving a green light from the US Administration.”
The Year of Palestine. By Hasan Kamoonpuri — THE UN General Assembly (UNGA) has officially proclaimed 2014 as the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
This is a unique opportunity, say experts, to redouble efforts for justice and durable peace in Palestine. Other UNGA resolutions are equally important such as the one that asks Israel to return the Golan Heights to Syria, and another telling Tel Aviv to stop imposing its jurisdiction on Jerusalem al Quds. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called on Israel and Palestine to resolve all permanent status issues in accordance with UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, the Madrid principles, the Road Map, the 2002 Arab Peace initiative and existing agreements between the parties. Israeli govt, businessmen to meet over global boycott threat.
Palestine's Peace Bomb. One of the key arguments of Israel's "peace camp" is that, without a two-state solution, the state faces a "demographic time-bomb.
" The contention is that perpetuating Israeli control over the growing Arab population of the West Bank will dilute Israel's Jewish majority, until it is a de facto bi-national state. Therefore, proponents of this line of thinking argue, Secretary of State John Kerry's push for a two-state solution is imperative if Israel hopes to remain both Jewish and democratic. Some Israeli policymakers have bought into the threat of a ticking demographic time bomb. In 2007, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned the Knesset of "a demographic battle" if a Palestinian state is not created. Palestine by sabbah. Human Rights by iverneumann Occupy by justinstoned Sabbah Report by sabbah Arab Social Revolutions by yveszieba.
Is Israel a "Jewish Nation "? Is the U.S. an "American Nation"? By Ira Chernus As the media spotlight shines on U.S. negotiators talking with Iranians and Syrians, the Israeli-Palestinian talks have faded into the background.
They’re still grinding on, slowly, with several contentious issues unresolved. An Open Letter To University Of Maryland President, Dr Wallace Loh By William James Martin. An Open Letter To University Of Maryland President, Dr Wallace Loh By William James Martin 02 February , 2014 Countercurrents.org President Wallace Loh Office of the President University of Maryland College Park, Md 20742 Dear President Loh; I have read your response to the ASA boycott of Israeli academic institutions.
Kerry was warning Israel, not supporting boycotts, US says. US Secretary of State John Kerry does not support an economic boycott of Israel, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said Sunday, in an effort to defuse tensions with Israel.
Some Israeli politicians had responded derisively to Kerry’s statement this weekend that Israel would face a growing international boycott movement if peace talks failed. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign up! Psaki said Sunday that Kerry’s only reference to a boycott was a description of actions undertaken by others, which he has always opposed. .premium-1. Sabbah : PLZ follow these brave activists... @sabbah/EinHijleh. Kerry comments on Israel boycott ‘hurtful and intolerable’ - Middle East News. US secretary of state John Kerry is holding a gun to Israel’s head in peace talks with the Palestinians by warning it could face international isolation if negotiations failed, a senior Israeli cabinet minister said today.
The remarks by strategic affairs minister Yuval Steinitz, who is close to prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, followed recent accusations by Israel’s defence minister that Mr Kerry was being “messianic” in his pursuit of a peace deal. Sabbah : Scarlett Johansson's SodaStream... Scarlett Johansson's SodaStream scandal isn't just Hollywood fluff. Scarlett Johansson is lost in occupation (Image: Facebook) If you think the controversy of actress Scarlett Johansson’s relationships with Oxfam and the Israeli company SodaStream is a minor side story about Hollywood celebrities, think again. This is the latest signal of a major direction of Palestinian and global activism against Israeli settler-colonial policies in the occupied Palestinian territories, which reveals Israel’s weak spot globally and its growing isolation because of its occupation and treatment of Palestinians.
Johansson resigned her post Wednesday as a global goodwill ambassador for the developmental charity Oxfam after coming under intense international criticism for her contradictory role as a spokesperson for Sodastream, which manufactures carbonation machines in the Israeli settlement of Mishor Adumin in the occupied West Bank. Johansson is the most recent example of this trend. Israel finance minister suspends settlement funds. Israel finance minister suspends settlement funds (AFP) / 2 February 2014 The move announced late on Saturday not expected to affect controversial plans for settlement expansion. Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid has decided to suspend the transfer of public funds to West Bank settlements pending a probe into their alleged misuse, his office said.
The move announced late on Saturday was not expected to affect controversial plans for settlement expansion, which the Palestinians view as a major obstacle to US-backed peace talks relaunched last year. Lapid’s move came after it emerged that some funds earmarked for compensating West Bank communities were transferred to the settlement leadership for political activity, a ministry statement late on Saturday said. Israeli minister attacks Kerry over boycott warnings. Sabbah : Poll Shows Diminishing Support... Poll Shows Diminishing Support for Two-State Solution. Arabs Rise for Rights, Armed Conflicts, Civilisations Find Alliances, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Middle East & North Africa, Migration & Refugees, North America, Peace, TerraViva Europe, TerraViva United Nations Um Abed plants an olive tree in support of Palestinian farmers.
Credit: Eva Bartlett/IPS - Twenty years of the Oslo peace process between Israelis and Palestinians have made a solution more difficult to attain, rather than easier. That was the conclusion of a poll of Israelis and Palestinians released on Friday. Israel halts financing of illegal West Bank settlements over misuse of funds. Updated at 1:40 pm: Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid has decided to suspend the transfer of public funds to West Bank settlements pending a probe into their alleged misuse, his office said. The move announced late Saturday was not expected to affect plans for illegal settlement expansion, which the Palestinians view as a major obstacle to US-backed peace talks relaunched last year.
The decision came as Israeli politicians lashed out after comments by US Secretary of State John Kerry mentioned "talk of boycotts" if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict did not end. Lapid's move came after he was informed that "funds were allegedly transferred from settlements to the Yesha Council," which represents Israelis living in the West Bank, a statement late Saturday read. West Bank settlements receive compensation following the 10-month construction freeze of 2009-2010, which came as part of US-led peace efforts. The funds were intended for security and the maintenance of schools and kindergartens. Sabbah/palestine (by Haitham Sabbah. Sabbah : PLZ follow these brave activists... @sabbah/EinHijleh.
#EinHijleh LIVE (with images, tweets) · sabbah. The Palestine Daily. Oscars: Palestine, Hany Abu-Assad Earn Second Foreign-Language Nominations. Elzam812 : This will be the time to speak... Elzam. Sabbah : UN slams Israel destruction... Palestinian Media Agency - UN slams Israel destruction of Jordan. AFP - The UN humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian territories criticised Israel's demolition of 36 homes in the Jordan Valley and urged a halt to such actions in the West Bank.
Hundreds of activists, meanwhile, staged an overnight demonstration in the Jordan Valley region. The moves came as fresh opinion poll evidence showed that faith in the Middle East peace process has largely evaporated among both Israelis and Palestinians. The demolitions in the Jordan Valley community of Ain el-Helwe on Thursday displaced 66 people, including 36 children, James Rawley said in a statement.
"I am deeply concerned about the ongoing displacement and dispossession of Palestinians... along the Jordan Valley where the number of structures demolished more than doubled in the last year," he said. "This activity not only deprives Palestinians of access to shelter and basic services, it also runs counter to international law. " Sabbah : PLZ follow these brave activists... @sabbah/EinHijleh. Sabbah : Follow and amplify tweets LIVE... @sabbah/EinHijleh sur Twitter.
Sabbah : #Palestinian refugees from... Palestinian refugees from Syria struggle to attend Gaza's universities. Palestinian students gather at the campus of Al-Aqsa University, Gaza City, Feb. 21, 2013. Sabbah : Muslim pilgrims visit Occupied... Al-Qaeda now frontline threat to Israel. Israeli soldiers ride an army jeep during a patrol along Israel's border with Lebanon near the northern village of Avivim, July 3, 2013. As BDS Rises, Anti-BDS Rhetoric Falters Tikun.
In the fallout from the Scarlett Johansson imbroglio, there are lessons to be learned. First, that money trumps principles almost always. Johansson proved that. I’m not foolish enough to believe that a brilliant actress is a great humanitarian or lives her life by consistent values, but we all would like to think so, wouldn’t we? This scandal proves we are wrong. Palestine by sabbah.
#EinHijleh LIVE (with images, tweets) · sabbah. #EinHijleh - News roundup 2014.02.01 (with images, tweets) · sabbah. ManaraRam : More army is arriving into... Sabbah : A photo worth thousand word:... Sabbah/palestine (by Haitham Sabbah. Oscars: Palestine, Hany Abu-Assad Earn Second Foreign-Language Nominations. Tweet_Palestine : Sun rise after a freezing...
Elzam. Elzam. News roundup 2014.01.31 (with images, tweets) · sabbah. News roundup 2014.01.31 (with images, tweets) · sabbah. News roundup 2014.01.31 (with images, tweets) · sabbah. The Palestine Daily. Report: Israel subjected to incessant cyberattacks - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East. Palestine by sabbah. Sabbah : Weekly Report: Israeli Human... Sabbah : 900 Years Old Manuscripts Get... Old Manuscripts Get Face-Lift at Al-Aqsa Mosque. By The Associated Press In the 1920s, an urgent call went out to the literati across the Middle East from Arab leaders in Jerusalem: Send us your books so that we may protect them for generations to come. Jerusalem was soon flushed with writings of all kinds, to be stored and preserved at the newly minted al-Aqsa mosque library. But many of those centuries-old manuscripts are in a state of decay.
Now, religious authorities are restoring and digitizing the books, many of them written by hand. They hope to make them available online to scholars and researchers across the Arab world who are unable to travel to Jerusalem. Hamed Abu Teir, the library's manager, called the manuscripts a "treasure and trust. " The al-Aqsa mosque, Islam's third holiest site, is located on a hilltop compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount. Here, the gap to be bridged isn't just physical distance.
"A student in the Arab and Muslim world can't access it. Many are in tatters. Sabbah : Several Suffocation Injuries... Several Suffocation Injuries during an IOF Raid on Jenin. Sabbah/palestine (by Sabbah. Sabbah : Applause for the academic... Chicago Tribune - Applause for the academic boycott of Israel. En su último año en este equipo realizó prácticas de entrenador tutorizadas.Vilanova había iniciado su formación como técnico en su etapa alicantina, en la que consiguió el título de instructor de fútbol base (2000), al año siguiente logró el título de entrenador regional y en 2003 el de entrenador nacional.Su debut como entrenador fue en el equipo cadete B del FC Barcelona, el 12 de enero de 2002, con victoria por 3-0 sobre el cadete A del Espanyol. BARCELONA, España.- Francesc 'Tito' Vilanova falleció hoy a los 45 años tras una vida entregada al fútbol, con una carrera exitosa como entrenador de FC Barcelona, aunque nunca llegó a jugar en el primer equipo.
Comenzó a jugar al fútbol de centrocampista en las categorías inferiores del FC Barcelona. A mediados de los ochenta coincidió en La Masía con Pep Guardiola. A finales de junio de 1990 fue cedido a la Unió Esportiva Figueres, de Segunda División, con Jorge d'Alessandro en el banquillo. Norway tightens the sanctions screws on Israel. The boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel has received a boost from Norway. A history of dispossession. Israel Strikes Targets in Gaza. News roundup 2014.01.30 (with images, tweets) · sabbah. Because Silence is Complicity! Seven Palestinians Injured By Army Shells In Gaza. Friday January 31, 2014 10:38.