Posted on August 12th, 2010 by Marian Houk
According to a report in Haaretz, the IDF Chief of Staff Gaby Ashkenazi testified Wednesday, at the Turkel Commission investigating the “maritime incident” which occurred when Israeli forces boarded the Mavi Marmara and five other ships sailing toward Gaza in a “Freedom Flotilla” on 31 May, that “the raid quickly became ‘chaotic’, and the soldiers [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Sanctions
Posted on August 10th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Barak Ravid wrote in Haaretz about Prime Minister Netanyahu’s testimony before Israel’s non-IDF commission of inquiry into the Flotilla fiasco that Netanyahu yesterday called a “maritime incident” that: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed visibly unprepared for his public testimony before the Turkel Committee yesterday – hesitating over key details, evading questions and finally [later] publishing [...]
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Posted on August 9th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said Monday to Turkel Commission investigating what Netanyahu called the “maritime incident” that occurred when Israeli naval forces boarded the Freedom Flotilla at sea on 31 May that “As part of the effort to prevent the entry of weapons into the Gaza Strip, my government has continued the naval blockade [...]
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Posted on August 2nd, 2010 by Marian Houk
Given Israel’s new-found appreciation of international law, it should not be too surprising: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (Monday), 2.8.10, informed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon that Israel would participate in the panel that he is establishing in the wake of the 31.5.10 events regarding the flotilla”, the Israeli Prime Minister’s office has announced.
According to the [...]
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Filed under: Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, UN Secretary-General
Posted on July 24th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Why don’t we dance more?
Just look at the kids in these videos:
This one is for Chris Gunness of UNRWA — and the kids: Go Gaza!
And here, too (the kids, in Rwanda):
Where the hell is Matt dot com…
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Filed under: Gaza, Human Rights, Rwanda, United Nations Agencies and Programmes
Posted on July 22nd, 2010 by Marian Houk
It has reportedly happened, again, in Gaza on 21 July – and this report comes via the International Solidarity Movement:
“This is a mother describing to us her daughter, 9-year-old Sammah [Eid El-Massry]as she came in to her home at 4pm after the Israeli army reportedly shelled and fired four bombs into and around a [...]
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Filed under: Gaza, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel
Posted on July 17th, 2010 by Marian Houk
It was a strikingly ugly act, an act of public bullying, that made the soul cringe.
It was excruciating to watch.
This is incendiary and divisive stuff, in a country that has trouble managing minority-majority relations.
Even writing about this group ganging-up against one individual human being causes revulsion.
Haneen Zoabi, elected member of the Israeli Knesset for the [...]
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Posted on July 16th, 2010 by Marian Houk
A report on CNN says that “A privacy group says the Transportation Security Administration is misleading the public with claims that full-body scanners at airports cannot store or send their graphic images. The TSA specified in 2008 documents that the machines must have image storage and sending abilities, the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information [...]
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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 Andrew [...]
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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 Libyan [...]
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