Posted on June 27th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Why such jaded indifference to deportation? Four Palestinian politicians from East Jerusalem – Mohammed Abu Tir, Mohammed Totah, Khaled Abu Arafa, and Ahmed Atoun — all affiliated with Hamas, were recently ordered by Israeli police to turn over their Jerusalem ID cards, which are also their residence permits, and told they must leave “the country” [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on June 26th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Ben Wedeman’s report for CNN today on yesterday’s demonstration in Alexandria [there was also a big demonstration in Cairo] against the death in police custody of Khaled Said, and against torture, is posted here. One woman demonstrating told CNN that: “They want to tame us and they want to get us used to torture, even [...]
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Filed under: Blogging, Egypt, Human Rights, Journalism and Journalists, Torture
Posted on June 25th, 2010 by Marian Houk
IT’s too much! Weekly Friday demonstrations have been held since last autumn, focussing on the serial eviction of Palestinian refugee families from UNRWA-built homes (28 are targetted) who are replaced by Israeli settlers who say their aim is to restore a pre-1948 Jewish presence in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, north of the [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on June 25th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Thanks to a comment made elsewhere on this blog, my attention has been drawn to the publication of a document — that appears to be quite authentic — prepared by the Free Gaza movement as part of the strategic planning for the Freedom Flotilla that met a tragic end as it sailed toward Gaza when [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on June 24th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Posted on June 24th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Last month, Haaretz published an extensive and lengthy multi-part special report on the controvery — and fight — over the construction of a Museum of Tolerance on top of part of the ancient Mamilla Cemetary that became part of West Jerusalem and Israel as a result of the 1948 creation of the State of Israel [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Corruption, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by Marian Houk
The Washington Post reported that U.S. President Barack Obama said, after General Stanley McChrystal’s resignation today as commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, that “The conduct represented in the recently published article does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general … It undermines the civilian control of [...]
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Filed under: Afghanistan, Journalism and Journalists, USA
Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by Marian Houk
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak today in Washington, and here is what journalists were told afterwards by State Department Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley [NOTE - NO JOURNALIST TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A BIG OPENING TO ASK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE FORTHCOMING FLOTILLAS]: “[T]he meeting with the Secretary [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, International Humanitarian Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by Marian Houk
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu: “Today, after we lifted the civilian blockade of Gaza there is no reason or justification for further flotillas”… From a report in Haaretz here. According to this article, Netanyahu also said that “These people just want to break the security blockade”. And Haaretz reported, Netanyahu said that “the list of [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by Marian Houk
In response to an appeal, the Israeli District Attorney has reportedly today ordered the police to reopen their investigation into the shooting that critically injured American activist, Tristan Anderson, during an anti-Wall protest in the West Bank village of Ni’ilin on March 13th, 2009. Anderson was hit in the face by a high velocity tear [...]
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Filed under: Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Register of damages due to The Wall
