Posted on February 15th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is now back in Ramallah after a visit to several Asian countries.
President Abbas presided over a government meeting this morning which ratified the new program by the new Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Economy, Haasan Abu Libdeh (who was in charge of the Palestine Investment Conference held in Bethlehem [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on February 11th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Today is the anniversary of the 1979 “Islamic Revolution” in Iran.
International tensions are running high about Iranian “intentions” as it continues its program to enrich uranium — for completely legal civilian purposes, Iranian officials continue to insist, while the U.S. says “prove it”.
[Ahmedinejad gives his answer below...]
A protracted Iranian negotiation is still continuing about whether [...]
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Filed under: International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA, Iran, Nuclear technology and weapons, Sanctions
Posted on September 20th, 2009 by Marian Houk
“Donor countries will have to keep giving large amounts of aid to the Palestinian government in the foreseeable future, unless Israel eases access of Palestinian goods to Israeli and world markets, the World Bank said in a report Friday”, according to a story published by Israel’s YNet on Friday. YNEt added that “The [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Donors, Gaza, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on September 17th, 2009 by Marian Houk
The Jerusalem Post reported today (Thursday) that “A day after the release of the scathing Goldstone Commission report that accused Israel of war crimes, Jerusalem on Wednesday revealed its defensive strategy: convince the world’s democracies the report handcuffs them in their fight against terrorism, and keep discussion of the document confined to the Human Rights [...]
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Filed under: Environment, Gaza, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, International Tribunals, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on September 15th, 2009 by Marian Houk
A UN press release reports that the Goldstone Commission looking into Israel’s 22-day Operation Cast Lead in Gaza from 27 December to 18 January has published its findings — some 574 pages worth of findings — today.
The Goldstone Commission report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva can be consulted in full [...]
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Filed under: Gaza, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, International Tribunals, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions, UN Security Council
Posted on September 2nd, 2009 by Marian Houk
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu told his government ministers at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday that in his recent visit to the UK, he discussed the calls for boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel because of its military occupation of Palestinian land and Palestinian lives.
Netanyahu said: “Regarding Great Britain, what bothers me is the [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on July 26th, 2009 by Marian Houk
Today, at Qalandia “border crossing terminal” manned by the Israeli Defense Forces, Border Police, and private contractors, in the baking afternoon sun, a Palestinian Red Crescent Ambulance coming from Nablus was pulled over to the area next to the “passenger” area.
Waiting was an ambulance from the Israeli Magen David Adom (Red Star of [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on July 13th, 2009 by Marian Houk
Qaddura Fares, head of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club, and “Young Guard” Fateh leader, said this morning in a brief phone conversation that there is no decision yet on the Leonard Cohen concert in Ramallah.
“We decided [that there would be] at least a freeze on this issue. We will wait until after the Fateh conference”, [...]
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Posted on July 9th, 2009 by Marian Houk
Leonard Cohen might not be Michael Jackson, but he has a devoted, even passionate, following in various parts of the world. Israel is one of those places.
The occupied Palestinian territory is not.
Yet, an announcement has been made that Leonard Cohen will perform in Ramallah in late September — a day after he performs on [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on July 6th, 2009 by Marian Houk
Almost a week after they were confronted by Israeli naval vessels and towed to the Israeli port of Ashdod, the Free Gaza Movement indicates that its activists captured at sea on board a boat flying a Greek flag and sailing from Cyprus to Gaza were “accused of entering Israel illegally”, but that all charges were [...]
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Filed under: Cyprus, Gaza, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Law of the Sea Convention, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
