Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Marian Houk
Israel’s Prime Minister has sent about 20 messages to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the last year, feeling out the possibility of resuming peace talks between the two countries, according to a report by correspondent Barak Ravid published on Sunday in Haaretz newspaper.
The source for the story was an unnamed “senior Israeli minister”, who told [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Syria, United Nations
Posted on March 30th, 2008 by Marian Houk
In fact, there seem to be 580 checkpoints in the West Bank.
But, an announcment by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak that he had already previously decided to remove 50 dirt barriers in the West Bank is one of the concrete outcomes of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice’s energetic efforts in Jerusalem on Sunday.
Rice was [...]
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Posted on March 29th, 2008 by Marian Houk
In advance of the Arab League Summit Meeting — which is being attended by very few heads of state or government — that opened Saturday in Damascus, the UN rushed through several steps in its preparation for the formation of the tribunal to judge those responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq [...]
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Filed under: Hariri Commission of Inquiry, International Tribunals, Lebanon, Syria, The Hague, UN Secretary-General
Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Minimedia guy writes: “Tsk, tsk on Paid Content today for taking a snarky potshot at Yahoo’s Hot Zone, the series in which ( dangerously handsome) roving reporter Kevin Sites serves up pathos from world hotspots. Paid Content says this magical misery tour attracted only 1.38 [million, it turns out -- see below] visitors in March, [...]
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Filed under: Blogging, Journalism and Journalists
Posted on March 27th, 2008 by Marian Houk
This account, by a Norwegian woman living and working at the moment in Nablus, was published today on Electronic Intifada:
“Recalling the first time I passed through Huwwara checkpoint, I remember that my physical and psychological reaction revealed fear. As I and two colleagues moved slowly forward in the line of other women, children and elderly, [...]
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Filed under: Human Rights, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on March 27th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Haaretz reported today that “The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has requested a criminal investigation into the deaths of four wanted Palestinian militants in Bethlehem on March 12, saying that the deaths during the Israel Defense Forces raid appeared to have been an execution. In a letter to the attorney general and the IDF [...]
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Filed under: Human Rights, International Law, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on March 27th, 2008 by Marian Houk
“Blogs are treated somewhat differently from news stories because they are somewhat different. They must adhere to the same standards, in that a blogger can’t make unsupported allegations and needs to have done some reporting, but they have a different tone and purpose from news articles. And because blogs are by nature reactive, blog postings [...]
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Posted on March 26th, 2008 by Marian Houk
At a news conference with foreign journalists in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was asked when he will be meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Olmert replied: “I am ready. I hope to resume meetings with President Abbas as soon as possible – it’s entirely up to the Palestinians”.
He indicated [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Israel’s Defense Minister (and former Prime Minister) Ehud Barak said on Monday and Tuesday (after the recent visit of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney that he would not remove the West Bank checkpoints and roadblocks that all the members of the Quartet have called on Israel to remove.
Reuters reported that “Israel is under increasing U.S. [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2008 by Marian Houk
From a report on the BBC from Nablus in the northern West Bank:
” ‘They come any time they want, in the morning, or in the middle of the night. It scares us’. says Mr Nasif. ‘Sometimes they stay for a night, sometimes for weeks. They use anything they want. They have used my [...]
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