Posted on July 16th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Members of the Interparliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva issued a criticism on Thursday of the pending Israeli deportations of East Jerusalem Palestinian politicians who were elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council in January 2006 on the Hamas-backed Change + Reform Party list. Mohammad Abu-Tir, perhaps the most senior of four East Jerusalem Palestinian men facing [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on July 16th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Now that George Mitchell has returned to the region (meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu today, tomorrow in Ramallah to speak with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, etc.) we are waiting for some new American move — other than just urging the return to direct talks as soon as possible. Can it be just coincidence that [...]
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Posted on July 16th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Today’s quote is written by Jerusalem Post Defense Correspondent Yaakov Katz, writing about the report commissioned by the IDF, which was recently presented to the client (with only a summary to the public) by Major General Giora Eiland: “…what is also clear from the recent flotilla affair, and others before it, is that the military [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Journalism and Journalists
Posted on July 15th, 2010 by Marian Houk
The Israeli Military Advocate General announced on 15 July that a “special military court handed down the verdict in the case of a shooting of a rubber bullet towards a Palestinian demonstrator. In its verdict the court has convicted Lieutenant Colonel B for the offence of attempt of threats and of conduct unbecoming. And Staff [...]
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Posted on July 15th, 2010 by Marian Houk
The man who is now, for a second time, Israel’s Prime Minister — Benyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu — went to visit an Israeli settler family in 2001, some two years after his defeat to Ehud Barak [the man who is now Defense Minister, and who is therefore the ruler of the West Bank, making him co-regent, [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians, USA
Posted on July 15th, 2010 by Marian Houk
The New York Times is reporting from Cairo that the port director in El Arish says the Libyan-chartered Amalthea, docked at about 1 p.m today. and was expected to immediately begin unloading its cargo. The NYTimes further reports, a propos continued speculation about some kind of “deal” or other: that “Seif al-Islam Qaddafi, son of [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on July 14th, 2010 by Marian Houk
It doesn’t make a lot of sense: the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court today offered a deal to detained Hamas-affiliated East Jerusalem politician Mohammad Abu Tir to be free on a large amount of bail, provided he agree to leave Jerusalem for a voluntary exile by the beginning of next week (18 July). If he does not [...]
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Posted on July 14th, 2010 by Marian Houk
The drama is over. Just as the plan indicated, the Amalthea, a Libyan-chartered Greek cargo ship carrying food and medicine destined for Gaza went to the Egyptian port of El-Arish, on the northern coast of the Sinai peninsula, east of the Suez Canal, and not very far from the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip. [...]
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Posted on July 14th, 2010 by Marian Houk
A Libyan-chartered Greek ship flying the Moldovan flag and carrying 2,000 tons of food and medical supplies destined for Gaza has reportedly developed mechanical problems [in the engine? with communications devices?] overnight as it approached its declared destination of the Egyptian port of El-Arish. Israeli warships are reportedly tracking the Amalthea. The Israeli Minister of [...]
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Filed under: Blogging, Gaza, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Law of the Sea Convention, Sanctions
Posted on July 13th, 2010 by Marian Houk
A Libyan-chartered boat, loaded with 2,000 tons of food and medical supplies destined for Gaza, was immobile for several hours earlier Tuesday in the waters of the Mediterranean off Port Said, Egypt. It began to move again around 5 pm. It could be headed to the Egyptian port of El-Arish, as it has apparently official [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians
