Posted on July 29th, 2011 by Marian Houk
The tone in Robert Serry’s voice conveyed an urgency greater than the mere words on paper. On Tuesday [26 July], during the now-regular monthly meeting of the UN Security Council on the Middle East, Serry — who is the new UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and also Personal Representative of the [...]
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Filed under: Ambassadors and other diplomats, International Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, UN Security Council, US in UN, United Nations
Posted on July 28th, 2011 by Marian Houk
Suad al-Amiry, in her closing speech at an event organized by TedXRamallah, re-told the famous story about her dog and her dog’s Jerusalem passport, which says a lot both about the occupation [and about crossing Qalandia, the main and terrible checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem], and about becoming a writer, and much more: [[ Sorry [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2011 by Marian Houk
This footage, according to @CPSGaza on Twitter, was lost at sea during this attack by Israeli Navy water cannon (and apparently live fire?), but since recovered from the sea: Who is giving the orders to this Israeli Naval vessel to attack this monitoring boat with a water cannon? Who is allowing the use of live [...]
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Posted on July 23rd, 2011 by Marian Houk
The situation here is a story that is fascinating, compelling and important. Yet, the media — the international media, at least — is scared of covering this situation, this conflict. They are scared of offending one or more likely both sides, scared of being criticized, menaced … and intimidated. Once a journalist is intimidated — [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Journalism and Journalists
Posted on July 22nd, 2011 by Marian Houk
Here are some excerpts, which I’m recording here as notes for the record, from a discussion about the Israeli seizure of the Flotillas headed to Gaza and Israel’s continuing naval blockade of Gaza, in comments made on a post on Mondoweiss, written by Steve Fake and published on 19 July, entitled “Destination? Gaza!: The Freedom [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC, International Court of Justice - ICJ, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, International Tribunals, Israel, Law of the Sea Convention, Palestine & Palestinians, United Nations Agencies and Programmes
Posted on July 21st, 2011 by Marian Houk
Speaking from Ramallah on a radio interview with the Democracy Now radio program, Amira Hass gave one of the few accounts publicly available about what happened during the Israeli Navy’s interception and commandeering of the yacht, Dignity, that was tring to sail to Gaza. NOTE: Amira Hass usually refuses to give interviews. UPDATE: Her own account [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2011 by Marian Houk
On Thursday, the Foreign Press Association (FPA) in Israel issued a statement that “strongly condemns the continued harassment of journalists attending media events at the prime minister’s office”. What happened this time? It’s really a shame that any journalist stood there and took it: “In the past two days, three female reporters in separate incidents [...]
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Posted on July 19th, 2011 by Marian Houk
The Israeli Naval interception of the French-flagged Yacht took place around 1:00 in the afternoon on Tuesday — reportedly, 40 miles off Gaza, whose agreed maritime space, as defined by the Oslo Accords, extends 20 nautical miles out into the Mediterranean off Gaza’s coastline. The Dignity, with 16 or so passengers and 3 crew members [...]
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Posted on July 19th, 2011 by Marian Houk
Özdem Sanberk, described as “one of Turkey’s most experienced diplomats”, said in an interview published in Turkey on Monday that his government does not agree with all of the still-unpublished conclusions in a 90-page report of a panel appointed by the UN Secretary General to look into the forceful Israeli interception of the Mavi Marmara [...]
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Posted on July 18th, 2011 by Marian Houk
This is a rough cut of a film, entitled The Law in These Parts, apparently made by Israeli director Ra’anan Alexandrowicz [correcting our earlier report identifying Ohad Nave as the filmmaker, with this new information posted by Joseph Dana on Monday]. This film is expected to be released later in the year, according to a [...]
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