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Fatah's only Israeli member seeks key position

The only known Israeli Jewish member of the Palestinian group Fatah announced Sunday he was seeking a position in the movement's key decision-making body.

Israeli tourist stabbed in Egyptian Red Sea resort

An Israeli tourist vacationing at an Egyptian Red Sea resort was stabbed in the face on Monday, authorities said. Israeli police said the attack was criminal and was not terrorism-related.

Dubai denies visa for Israeli tennis player

The top official in women's tennis reprimanded the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for blocking an Israeli player from a premier Dubai tournament, calling the decision to deny her a visa "regrettable."

Couple ignores Lebanese ban on Israeli film

Monika Borgmann's telephone has been ringing off the hook since she ignored a Lebanese ban on showing an Oscar-nominated film made in Israel about the Jewish state's 1982 invasion of Lebanon.

In Gaza, the attack may be televised

Derar Mohammed, a 19-year-old Palestinian, spent several hours Thursday watching a surreal scene unfold on television as Israeli forces inflicted heavy damage on the Gaza City neighborhood where he and his family lived until they fled the city nearly three weeks ago.

Q&A: The history behind Israel's Gaza strikes

Israel began a massive assault on the Gaza Strip on Dec. 27, inflicting scores of casualties over the following days. History provides some clues to what is behind this violence.

Israeli businessman kidnapped in Ghana

A top security official says an Israeli businessman has been kidnapped in Ghana and the kidnappers have contacted his family to demand a $300,000 ransom.

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PM's Jewish pitch hits a new low, critics say - thestar.com
Source: Toronto Star

OTTAWA–Angry Liberals Wednesday accused the Conservative government of reaching a new political low by circulating flyers characterizing the Liberals as anti-Semitic.

Jewish Israeli Gilad Atzmon:"Britain must de-Zionise Itself Immediately", block Zionist lobby
Source: MWC News

UK Jewish Israeli-origin musician and writer Gilad Atzmon exposes the power of the Zionist Lobby in the UK: "In order to reclaim sovereignty and dignity, Britain must de-Zionise itself immediately."

DAWN.COM | Columnists | Why not a civilian head of ISI?
Source: dawn.com

By Kamran Shafi Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009

American Palestinian Dr Elias Akleh writes on Israel's Piracy, 1967 USS Liberty attack ...
Source: MWC News

Dr Elias Akleh: " In June 8th 1967 during the Six-Day War Israeli planes and torpedo boats attacked the American USS Liberty ship while in international waters with the full knowledge of its identity killing 34 crew members..."

Racist Zionist settlers block firefighters attempting to get to a burning Palestinian home
Source: Palestine Ireland

"Israeli settlers residing in illegal outposts in the heart of Hebron obstructed the work of Palestinian fire fighters on Wednesday night, as crews attempted to access a burning building owned by a Palestinian family."

U.S. State Department: Israel is not a tolerant society
Source: Haaretz

Israel dismally fails the requirements of a tolerant pluralistic society, according to a new report from the U.S. State Department.

Pro-US, pro-Zionist Australia refuses to support Goldstone Report at UN General Assembly
Source: Australian News Network

Australia has voted against the endorsement by the UN General Assembly of the Goldstone Report on Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Jewish South African Richard Goldstone is an eminent human rights lawyer and judge.

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez accuses State of Israel of Palestinian Genocide
Source: NY Daily News

HC re Gaza: "The question is not whether the Israelis want to exterminate the Palestinians. They're doing it openly ...What was it if not genocide? ... The Israelis were looking for an excuse to exterminate the Palestinians."

UN General Assembly endorses Goldstone Report on Israeli et al Gaza atrocities
Source: JPost.com

The UN General Assembly approved on Thursday an Arab-backed resolution endorsing the Goldstone Report. 114 nations voted in favor of the resolution and 18 voted against it, with 44 members abstaining.

Clinton: Israel must stop building settlements
Source: msnbc.com

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S. stance toward Israeli settlements to worried Arab allies on Wednesday.

Israeli navy seizes ship filled with munitions
Source: msnbc.com

The Israeli navy seized an arms ship about 100 miles west of Israel's coast early Wednesday and were towing it to an Israeli port for further inspection, the military said.

How Democracy Is Destroying Pakistan
Source: Pak-Nationalists

Will Pakistan, the only Muslim nuclear country, be fragmented as it was done in Iraq? This is the common fear among Pakistanis in view of the forces-United States, Europe and Israel, which turned Iraq and Afghanistan into slaughterhouses, are responsible for the deepening quagmir …

Ahmadinejad:"Why is the Holocaust used as pretext to occupy the lands of other people?"
Source: Newsweek

In this interview with Newsweek Ahmadinejad clearly does not dispute the Jewish Holocaust as part of the 60 million people killed in WW2 but says "Why is the Holocaust used as pretext to occupy the lands of other people?"

Cook on Gaza: Where Is Frederick Douglass? Or The Return of Reverend Jeremiah Wright
Source: MWC News

Prof. Bill Cook & Frederick Douglass (1852) re US under war-maker Obama : "There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices, more shocking and bloody than are the people of these United States, at this very hour." "

1st anniversary of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) vs ethnic cleansing
Source: IJAN

On 1st anniversary of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, IJAN remembers the anniversary of Sabra and Shatila and over 61 years of Palestinian struggle against Zionist ethnic cleansing (Genocide).

BBC NEWS | Middle East | 'We have a right to go to school'
Source: BBC News

Around the world millions of children are not getting a proper education because of poverty or war. In the second report in the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Katya Adler meets children in Gaza whose schooling has been repeatedly interrupted by conflict.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israel spying devices found by UN
Source: BBC News

Israeli spying devices that were planted during the 2006 war with Hezbollah have been discovered in southern Lebanon, the UN has said. UN peacekeepers discovered the buried devices when they were blown up by remote control by Israel on Sunday.

DAWN.COM | Pakistan | A state of denial
Source: dawn.com

The GHQ attack has drawn accusations from several quarters in Pakistan that it was inspired by foreign powers; some have named India and the US among the usual suspects.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Turkish TV series angers Israel
Source: BBC News

Israel's foreign minister has ordered Turkey's ambassador to be summoned over a Turkish TV series that portrays Israeli soldiers killing children. Avigdor Lieberman said the programme, whose first episode was broadcast on Tuesday, incited hatred against Israel.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israelis mark Emirates flag debut
Source: BBC News

As analysts warn of growing diplomatic isolation, Israel has marked a small achievement this week, its flag's debut appearance in an Arab state. Israeli delegates attended a meeting on renewable energy in Abu Dhabi with the flag on their table and lapel badges.

Leading anti-racist Jewish writer: Goldstone Report's Clear Findings Of Israeli Terrorism
Source: New Matilda

Michael Brull: "Terrorism is a substantive concept. Any definition of this concept must include the intentional use of force against civilians to achieve political goals. This is exactly what the Goldstone report ... Israel is guilty of. "

Government scientist arrested on spy charges
Source: msnbc.com

A Maryland scientist who worked for the Defense Department, a White House space council and other agencies was arrested Monday on espionage charges.

Dangerous currents in Palestine
Source: PNN

The social and economic life in Jerusalem and the West Bank appears to be on a positive upwards trend.

Netanyahu: Israel Rejects International Law
Source: VOA News

Israel Refuses To Comply With International Law. The Goldstone report accuses Israeli forces of committing war crimes during the 22-day assault on militants last December and January in the Gaza Strip.

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
Source: Salon.com

Glenn Greenwald gives his critical view on Obama winning Nobel Peace Prize. Personally I have mixed feelings. Warning: Some brutal pictures

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