September 11, 2012

PA economy minister Jawad Naji made the comments during a meeting with the Turkish ambassador to the PA, Shaker Ozkan, and the executive director of Turkish development company Jovan Sak.

The Turkish company is involved in the construction of the industrial area and will begin implementing a working plan of the project, Naji said.

PA Official: Israel to confiscate Nablus land for bypass road

NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities will confiscate 800 acres of land west of Nablus to build a bypass road, a PA official said Tuesday.

Ghassan Doughlas, who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that Israeli forces handed confiscation orders to several farmers in the villages of Beit Iba, al-Naqura, Zawatta and Ijnisinya on Tuesday.

Israeli official: US resisting on Iran ultimatum

JERUSALEM — An Israeli official said Monday that Washington's refusal to issue an ultimatum to Iran over its nuclear program brings Tehran closer to producing an atomic bomb.

Israel has been pushing for the international community to give Iran "clear red lines" with regard to the disputed program, which Tehran insists is for peaceful purposes only. An Israeli official reiterated his country's position on Monday night, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

Netanyahu: Those that refuse to set red lines for Iran can't give Israel red light

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday launched an unprecedented verbal attack on the U.S. government over its stance on the Iranian nuclear program.

"The world tells Israel 'wait, there's still time'. And I say, 'Wait for what? Wait until when?' Those in the international community who refuse to put red lines before Iran don't have a moral right to place a red light before Israel," Netanyahu told reporters on Tuesday.

U.N. hits at Israel and Palestinian authorities

GENEVA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Israel on Monday that keeping its long-standing blockade of Gaza would only condemn the area's people to lasting poverty and play into the hands of extremists in the Middle East.

In a speech to the world body's Human Rights Council, Ban also blamed what he called "indiscriminate rocket fire" into Israel from Hamas-controlled Gaza and serious rights violations there for "the immense human suffering" of its population.

New Israel Police unit to battle anti-Palestinian vandals

JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli police will soon inaugurate a new unit aiming to target the so-called "price tag" vandalism attacks against Palestinian and military property.

"We must show zero tolerance to terrorism, to attacks on religious institutions and other price attacks," Aharonovich said at a toast to the Rosh Hashanah Jewish New Year holiday next week.

Hamas reaches agreement over forming joint security committee with Egypt: spokesman

The Hamas authority in the Gaza Strip announced Monday it has agreed to form a joint security committee with Egypt.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Interior in Gaza, Ihab Ghussien, released a statement on the ministry's website, confirming the agreement has been signed and the committee will cover common security issues, especially along the Palestinian-Egyptian border.

Ghussien added that the agreement was built upon issues discussed during the meeting between Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haneya in June.

In bid to counter Palestinian efforts, Israeli diplomats told to raise issue of Jewish refugees

Israeli diplomats and representatives abroad have been instructed to raise the issue of Jewish refugees from Arab countries at every relevant forum. This is part of a new international campaign to create parity between the plight of Jewish and Palestinian refugees, Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon announced on Monday

India reiterates support for Palestinian state

RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- India's prime minister stressed his country's support for a Palestinian state on Tuesday, the official PA news agency Wafa reported.

Manmohan Singh made the comments during a joint press conference with President Mahmoud Abbas, who is currently visiting the country for three days.

"India has played an active role in supporting the efforts of the state of Palestine to secure full member ship status at UNESCO," Singh said.

Crafting Peace

Article Author(s): 

Linda Gradstein

Media Outlet: 

The Media Line

Date: 

September 11, 2012

Source Link(s): 

http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=35991 [20]

 

As the sun set over Jerusalem, about one hundred women milled around tables covered with hand-made crafts. There were delicate earrings, hand-embroidered shawls, olive wood jewelry boxes and brightly colored ceramic bowls. There was chatter in Hebrew and Arabic and a lot of laughter.

 

ZOA's Uncertain Status

Article Author(s): 

Josh Nathan-Kazis

Media Outlet: 

The Jewish Daily Forward

Date: 

September 11, 2012

Source Link(s): 

http://forward.com/articles/162607/zoas-uncertain-status/ [21]

The Zionist Organization of America’s tax-exempt status has been revoked after the group missed three consecutive years of filings to the Internal Revenue Service, the Forward has learned.

The 115-year-old Zionist group has not been allowed to accept tax-deductible donations since February.

Separated by shared history: The story of Israeli Arabs and Palestinians

Article Author(s): 

Akiva Eldar

Media Outlet: 

Haaretz

Article Type: 

Opinion

Date: 

September 11, 2012

Source Link(s): 

http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/separated-by-shared-history-the-story-of-is... [22]

This column is dedicated in particular to the radical right-wingers who speak of transferring Israeli-Palestinian villages to the Palestinian side of the Green Line ("willing transfers") and to the despairing left-wingers who recommend the unification of the Israeli residents of Baka al-Garbiyeh with their neighbors in Baka al-Sharkiyeh (the binational state).

The defeatism of the left

Article Author(s): 

Akiva Eldar

Media Outlet: 

Haaretz

Article Type: 

Opinion

Date: 

September 11, 2012

Source Link(s): 

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/the-defeatism-of-the-left.premium-1.463770 [23]

The settlers are right. Had today’s Zionist left been leading the Jewish community here in the 1940s there is a good chance we never would have had a state. Had those who lay proud claim to being “the peace camp,” who explain how “it’s impossible to evict 300,000 settlers,” been running the show in the early ‘50s, the Yishuv − with its population of 600,000 − would never have taken in one million Jews. The word “irreversible” does not exist in the vocabulary of the settlers.

Refugees and peace

Media Outlet: 

The Jerusalem Post

Article Type: 

Editorial

Date: 

September 10, 2012

Source Link(s): 

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Editorials/Article.aspx?id=284588 [24]

‘Palestinians” are the first people to come to mind when the word “refugee” is uttered in a Middle East context. And Palestinians have paid dearly to reinforce this misconception.

Largely dispossessed by their fellow Arabs, Palestinians have lived as second-class citizens in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and elsewhere in the region. Palestinians’ dismal treatment by their Arab brethren is undoubtedly due in part to strongly held prejudices and exclusionary nationalist loyalties.

Will Morsi Offer Change for Gaza?

Article Author(s): 

Sophie Claudet

Article Author(s): 

Saleh Jadallah

Media Outlet: 

Al-Monitor

Article Type: 

Opinion

Date: 

September 5, 2012

Source Link(s): 

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2012/al-monitor/do-not-publish--hed-to... [25]

GAZA CITY – When Egypt reopened the Rafah crossing border [26] with Gaza late last month, Palestinians hailed the move as a possible end to their isolation from the rest of the world after years of near-total closure enforced by both Israel and former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

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