Posted on September 9th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Here is the report by Machsom (Checkpoint) Watch on the passage of Palestinians from the West Bank through the major Qalandia checkpoint to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on the first Friday of Ramadan: —————————————————————————- Qalandia, 5.9.08 – Hours: 9:30-13:00 “JERUSALEM IS CLOSED ON THE POLITICAL ASPECT AND OPEN ON THE RELIGIOUS ONE. WE [...]
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Filed under: Human Rights, International Law, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, NGOs, Palestine & Palestinians, Register of damages due to The Wall, Uncategorized
Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Marian Houk
You could get the impression, from some of the statements made by the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the Israeli Defense Forces, that Israel’s checkpoints in the West Bank are monitored by attractive and polite young people in crisp uniforms and maybe even wearing white gloves, holding baskets of hard candies (it is too hot [...]
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Posted on July 26th, 2008 by Marian Houk
The Associated Press has just posted this photo of the present situation in my neighborhood: This photo is interesting for several reasons: (1) the main intrigue is that the woman is rather exposed. My next door neighbor puts on her scarf and robe to hang out her laundry. It is rare to see this state [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, International Law, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians, Register of damages due to The Wall, Uncategorized
Posted on June 28th, 2008 by Marian Houk
“Tensions may be heating up again about Israeli reconstruction plans for a damaged ramp leading from the Western Wall Plaza in the Old City of Jerusalem, where Jewish worshippers pray at Judaism’s most sacred and revered site, up to the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Haram as-Sharif mosque esplanade, the third holiest site of Islam. [...]
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Posted on June 24th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Here are glimpses of the press at work — covering the summit meeting today in Sharm as-Sheikh between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Egyptian President Husni Mubarak:
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Filed under: Egypt, Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Uncategorized
Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Marian Houk
Nothing better than the full text… Here is an extended excerpt from Monday’s U.S. State Department briefing, with an extended exchange between the spokesman and several journalists, on what happened, exactly, concerning the Gazan students and their possible Fulbright scholarship study in the coming academic year: “QUESTION: Just on the Fulbright matter. MR. MCCORMACK: Yes. [...]
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Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Marian Houk
The Jerusalem Post has reported that in today’s meeting of Israel’s Security Cabinet — at which Defense Minister Ehud Barak was not present, to the great annoyance of Prime Minister Ehud Barak, thus apparently preventing the taking of any decisions — “Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilna’i reported that Israel was transferring fuel to the Gaza [...]
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Posted on April 20th, 2008 by Marian Houk
The IDF has announced it will conduct a “field investigation” into the killing by an IDF tank shell filled with “flechettes” of a Reuters cameraman working in Gaza on 9 April. Actually, what the announcement says is that it will “look into the claims regarding the circumstances“. Here’s the full text: “Following the fighting in [...]
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Filed under: Gaza, Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Palestine & Palestinians, Uncategorized
Posted on March 5th, 2008 by Marian Houk
With all these intensive talks in recent days, there is still no indication of any deal near on the important issue of reopening the Gaza-Egyptian border at Rafah. No question has been asked in any of the press conferences given over the past few days by any of the principals involved. There are only two [...]
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Filed under: Egypt, Gaza, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Uncategorized, USA
Posted on February 3rd, 2008 by Marian Houk
Haaretz reported that the Winograd Report (the full report was published only in Hebrew) recommended that “Israel must consider whether it wants to consider using cluster bombs in the future, because its current manner of employing them does not conform to international law. The Winograd Committee made this recommendation in the chapter of its report [...]
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