Posted on June 9th, 2011 by Marian Houk
Hussam Khader, in left front in handcuffs, carrying his belongings in a bag – photo by Maan News The story — but not the reason, or the explanation — is published by Maan News Agency, which reported that “Israel’s Salem military court sentenced Fatah leader Hussam Khader to 6 months of administrative detention in a [...]
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Posted on June 9th, 2011 by Marian Houk
The lack of reaction to this story is astonishing. But, I will continue to pursue it as much as I can. In the absence of any official confirmation, I can say that an Israeli friend has told me that the newly-laid IDF minefields in the occupied Golan were, and probably still are, unmarked. They were, [...]
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Posted on June 8th, 2011 by Marian Houk
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay [of India] is the only UN official to deal with reports that minefields had taken a toll among protestors in the Golan Heights on Sunday. Pillay’s statement did not take on the question of reports that Israeli Defense Forces had laid new minefields in recent weeks [...]
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Posted on June 7th, 2011 by Marian Houk
There were several Israeli media reports published yesterday (in English) and today (in Hebrew) that the IDF has, in recent weeks, laid new minefields in the Golan — as part of the military preparations against continuing demonstrations at the “border”. According to these reports, new minefields were laid in the weeks between the May 15 [...]
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Posted on June 6th, 2011 by Marian Houk
The tear gas was fired in volleys, and hung in the air even after the white clouds disappeared. It affected everyone. Here is one of the photos posted on Facebook by Tamar Fleishman of Machsom [Checkpoint] Watch: Qalandia is a stressful, ugly, terrible cul-de-sac where one road, with one lane in each direction, heading towards [...]
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Posted on June 5th, 2011 by Marian Houk
A small group of protesters in today’s protest at Qalandia marking the outbreak of the June 1967 war stood up in front of — and blocked — the “skunk spray” or “sewage water” machine that was hosing demonstrators with a revolting and persistently-smelly blue-colored water. It was the first time the “skunk spray” machine was [...]
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Posted on June 2nd, 2011 by Marian Houk
Amira, the 17-year-old daughter of Hussam Khader, said she had been studying for her final exams until midnight, then went to sleep, and was in a deep stage of sleep when she was awakened just two hours later to find a man in her bedroom, next to her bed, with a black mask over his [...]
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Posted on June 2nd, 2011 by Marian Houk
Despite a spate of leaks this morning, all indications are, now, that the reports of an imminent prisoner swap involving a deal to free IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit — held somewhere in Gaza since late June 2006 — are completely premature. One good source in Ramallah says maybe next week something will happen… An answer [...]
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