August 31, 2012

Ministry licensing head Kamal al-Masr said they the authorities had asked the 10 main Internet providers operating in Gaza to block the sites from Sept. 1, after a government decision a week earlier.

Any violations of the decision will be punished under Palestinian communications and penal law, he added.

Visit Israel at your own risk, warn many Western countries

Israel has long starred in other countries' travel advisories, and reading these warnings isn't particularly flattering.

The warnings about terror attacks are predictable: Most countries urge their citizens to stay alert while visiting Israel and to avoid certain areas, such as Gaza, the Lebanese and Egyptian borders, and sometimes the West Bank - though no country has yet included a warning about the Iranian threat.

Lieberman compares Palestinian FM to Goebbels

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman compared his Palestinian counterpart to infamous Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. Lieberman made the harsh statements following Riyad Al-Maliki's speech at the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Tehran earlier this week.

Ya'alon: US undermining military threat against Iran

Vice Premier Moshe Ya'alon said on Friday he feared Iran did not believe it faced a real military threat from the outside world because of mixed messages from foreign powers, including the United States.

"We have an exchange of views, including with our friends in the United States, who in our opinion, are in part responsible for this feeling in Iran," he told Israel's 100FM radio station.

UN investigator condemns Corrie court ruling

A UN investigator condemned an Israeli court on Thursday for clearing the military of blame for the death of American activist crushed by an army bulldozer, calling it a "victory for impunity".

The ruling handed down on Tuesday on the civil suit brought by the family of Rachel Corrie was part of a pattern of decisions exonerating Israeli military actions and political leaders, said Richard Falk, United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories.

War talks fails to dampen spirits in Tel Aviv

The beaches in this coastal city are heaving with holidaymakers. Restaurants, clubs and bars are packed with happy diners, drinkers and dancers.

In one cafe, couples were tapping their feet to Leonard Cohen's Dance Me to the End of Love.

They were not wearing flak jackets. Or carrying gas masks.

But some are taking precautions.

Israelis fearful that an attack on Iran might bring revenge rockets from Hezbollah have collected gas masks from distribution centres.

On Iran Strike, U.S. Should Not Be 'Complicit': General

General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of U.S. armed forces, does not wish to be “complicit” in a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran.

The Guardian reported [20] that Dempsey said in London that such an attack would “clearly delay but probably not destroy Iran’s nuclear program.” He added, “I don’t want to be complicit if they choose to do it.”

Water crisis will make Gaza strip 'unliveable'

The Gaza [22] strip faces a water [23] crisis that will soon make it "unliveable" unless plans for a $500m desalination plant are approved by banks, delegates at a water conference in Stockholm were told this week.

Settlement rabbi: Attacking innocent Palestinians ‘sacrilege’

Media Outlet: 

Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)

Date: 

August 31, 2012

Source Link(s): 

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/08/31/3105641/settlement-rabbi-attacking-in... [24]

(JTA) -- The rabbi of the West Bank settlement of Bat Aiyn defined a recent attack on a Palestinian taxi as “sacrilege.”

Rabbi Daniel Cohen said he hoped a police investigation of the attack, which occurred earlier this month, would show that youths from his community were not involved, Israel Radio reported on Friday.

The attack left six wounded after a Molotov cocktail hit the driving taxi. Police questioned several youths from Bat Aiyn about the incident, which happened near the settlement. 

Swiss experts ready to help Arafat probe, but time running out

Article Author(s): 

Stephanie Nebehay

Media Outlet: 

Reuters

Date: 

August 30, 2012

Source Link(s): 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/us-palestinians-arafat-swiss-idUSBRE87... [25]

(Reuters) - A Swiss institute has agreed to a request from the Palestinian Authority to exhume Yasser Arafat's body and determine whether he was poisoned, but time is running out for a credible scientific examination of his remains, it said on Thursday.

A short primer on the Migron outpost

Article Author(s): 

Chaim Levinson

Media Outlet: 

Haaretz

Article Type: 

Analysis

Date: 

August 30, 2012

Source Link(s): 

http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/a-short-primer-on-the-migron-outpost.premiu... [26]

Q: What's the story with the eviction from Migron?

A: Migron is a settlement outpost that was established near the main highway in the West Bank in 2001, just north of Ramallah. Nearly 50 Israeli families live in the outpost today. All the land upon which the outpost was built belongs to Palestinians.

Violinist-composer Nassim Dakwar is back with a new trio – and a new stripped-down sound

Article Author(s): 

Ben Shalev

Media Outlet: 

Haaretz

Article Type: 

Music Review

Date: 

August 31, 2012

Source Link(s): 

http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/violinist-composer-nassim-dakwar-is-ba... [27]

If only his violin were in his hand, it would be a whole lot simpler. He would play and things would be clear. But the violin is not here, and Nassim Dakwar is sitting in his kitchen in the northern village of Tarshiha, trying to describe the inner core of his music. He talks about the emotional connection between him and the violin, and says he aspires to reach the magic behind the sounds. These attempts leave him dissatisfied, however; he sighs and appears a bit frustrated.

Bring Israel into NATO

Article Author(s): 

Yehuda Lukas

Media Outlet: 

Haaretz

Article Type: 

Opinion

Date: 

August 31, 2012

Source Link(s): 

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/bring-israel-into-nato.premium-1.461868 [28]

A nuclear Iran is virtually a fait accompli. A military strike by Israel, the United States or both may delay but will not prevent the Islamic Republic from eventually acquiring such capability.

Decision-makers ought to consider devising a new security architecture, one that would deter Iran and guarantee Israel's long-term survival. A radical alternative to war is required - one that would make Israel a member of NATO, protected by the "one-for-all, all-for-one" policy of the 28-member alliance.

How serious is Israel?

Article Author(s): 

Hassan Barari

Media Outlet: 

Arab News

Article Type: 

Opinion

Date: 

August 31, 2012

Source Link(s): 

http://arabnews.com/how-serious-israel [29]

The sense of urgency for the Israeli government these days cannot be higher. Israel’s concerns of Iranian nuclear capabilities have repeatedly been made at all international forums over the past two years. Additionally, Israeli leaders have made it perfectly clear that they would risk a war rather than coexist with an unpredictable and “irrational” nuclear Iran. Knowing the grave consequences of an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, the Israeli public has strongly supported a military option to deal with Iran.

In Israel, No Women Are Deciding Matters of National Security

Article Author(s): 

Rachel Dolev

Media Outlet: 

Yedioth Ahronoth

Article Type: 

Opinion

Date: 

August 23, 2012

Source Link(s): 

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/culture/2012/08/the-exclusion-of-women-from-the.... [30]

"The prime minister, the defense minister and the foreign minister each have their own specific authorities; there is the forum of nine ministers and there is the Cabinet and the decision, when it has to be made, will be made by the government of Israel – that's the way it has always been and that's the way it should be; not any group of citizens is going to dictate the decision nor even any press editorial." Thus said (Israeli) Defense Minister Ehud Barak at the special parliamentary session convened to approve the appointment of Avi Dichter as home front defense mi

“Destroy them, God, obliterate them from the face of the earth.”

Article Author(s): 

Emily L. Hauser

Media Outlet: 

The Daily Beast

Article Type: 

Opinion

Date: 

August 30, 2012

Source Link(s): 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/30/destroy-them-god-obliterate-the... [31]

Pop quiz: What religio-political leader said the following, about which nation?

Do good, God, wipe them out, kill them…. Destroy them God, obliterate them from the face of the earth.

If you said Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, head of Israel’s Shas Party and one of the country’s ultra-Orthodox kingmakers, and further guessed that he was talking about Iran—please take a seat at the head of the class.

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