Defense officials disagree over budget cut implications
Vilna'i: Pockets of fat in budget can be cut "discerningly"; Defense Ministry dir.-gen. says "the IDF's abilities will be impeded."
Vilna'i: Pockets of fat in budget can be cut "discerningly"; Defense Ministry dir.-gen. says "the IDF's abilities will be impeded."
Korea, Lockheed Martin woo IAF with aircraft deal
Lockheed Martin says KIA partnership will make it easier for Israel to use foreign military funds it receives from US to purchase aircraft.
Lockheed Martin says KIA partnership will make it easier for Israel to use foreign military funds it receives from US to purchase aircraft.
The Numbers Crunch: Al-Qaida dominates news again
Palestinian statehood bid fervor dies down; talk of new iPhone, Google+, Facebook changes flood social media; Mideast low in US coverage.
Palestinian statehood bid fervor dies down; talk of new iPhone, Google+, Facebook changes flood social media; Mideast low in US coverage.
Egyptian cabinet to meet over violence that left 24 dead
Copts clash with police over attack on church; violence casts shadow over looming vote, adds to frustration with army handling of transition.
Copts clash with police over attack on church; violence casts shadow over looming vote, adds to frustration with army handling of transition.
SPOTLIGHT
Seeking support for statehood, Abbas arrives in Bogota
Likud MKs seek to block further outpost destruction
Likud MKs seek to block further outpost destruction
October
9th, 2011
Many Bedouin have lived in the Negev
for centuries, with clear ownership rights. But these are not recognised by Israel
which wants the land as an agricultural resource. The Bedouin are thus being
evicted and deported to towns, with predictable consequences. Dr. Awad Abu
Freih of ‘Recognition Now’ and others speak at venues across Britain
October
8th, 2011
The two assaults by Anatot settlers on protesters last
Friday (see 'Phone record' this page) have had wide repercussions because these
settlers had been seen as peaceful, non-ideological types. 4 reports of the
attack, from eye-witnesses and journalists, and an account of how those just
wanting a home end up at Atantot - with an aggressive attitude. Link to the
revealing video in item 5.
October
7th, 2011
Asa Winstanley attends Salah's appeal against his banning
order, hearing that the evidence for Theresa May's actions relied on the
Community Security Trust, the CST standing for 'the Jewish Community' and Israel's
critics for anti-semites. 2, A letter of support for Salah to the Home Office
from JfJfP gives the lie to both those assumptions. 3, Tony Greenstein, quoted
at the hearing, on why he finds the CST disreputable, 4, the CST rebuts the
charge that it either doctored, or passed on doctored, quotations
October
6th, 2011
It has been a long-running scandal that young Palestinians
over age 15 are tried in military courts. After extensive lobbying, formal
complaints and reports - such as that from Defence for Children International,
from which there is an extract 2nd- Israel has agreed to bring its law
into line with other developed countries This move is welcomed by Caabu, 1st
post, and by JfJfP.
October
6th, 2011
Israel/ Palestine featured in the speeches of Ed Miliband
(1 and 2) Douglas Alexander (3) Richard Burnside MP(4) John McCarthy (5) at
Labour conference or fringe debates and but only at MAP/NS fringe meetings for
the Conservatives (6) and Lib Dems (7).
October
6th, 2011
Britain's
Foreign Office has stepped in at the last moment, to declare Kadima leader
Tzipi Livni is on a 'special mission' to London
and immune from prosecution (1). Ms Livni, a former member of Mossad, has been
accused of war crimes for her hard-line role in Operation Cast Lead. Palestine
Solidarity Campaign leads protest at her visit and another act supporting
Netanyahu's government by the UK
coalition (2 and 3). 4) Richard Irvine on the change in UK law on war criminals. (see also http://jfjfp.com/?p=25557)
October
6th, 2011
Palestinians are preparing for their hardship to increase
if the US Congress follows through its threat to cut aid if Palestinians win
statehood recognition. Hamas in particular has been active in pairing poor
Gazan families with rich Gulf ones. A detailed report from Irin news of the UN
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
October
6th, 2011
One hundred bloggers meet in Tunis for the Third Arab Bloggers meeting.
The bloggers, instrumental in creating new life in Arab societies, come from 15
countries - but not Palestine.
Eleven of the twelve who planned to attend have been denied entry visas by the
new government. No reason has been given
October
5th, 2011
The Arab Awakening has broken all the rigidities of regimes
round the southern and esstern Mediterannean. In this (abbreviated) essay, Tony
Klug clesely examines the options now facing Israel and the Palestininans -
including Hamas which must, he says, 'openly purge its Covenant of its
virulently anti-Semitic content'
October
5th, 2011
Yet another lively political event at an American synagogue
when a large audience came to discuss - and oppose - BDS (see post below). For
the Israelis on the panel, the idea and practice of BDS made Palestinians both
their leaders and their brothers in the struggle for Palestinian liberation
October
4th, 2011
From being an idealistic admirer of Israel, Rae Ablieh, a Code Pink
activist, visited the land she loved after Operation Cast Lead. Shock at the
destruction she saw set her on a new path - disrupting Netanyahu in his visit
to Congress , trying to break the siege of Gaza bearing witness. This is her synagogue
address at a Rosh Hashanah service
October
3rd, 2011
At a conference in Tehran,
Hamas leaders restate their view that Palestinian statehood can only follow
Palestinian liberation, 1. Showing great consistency over the years, Khalid
Mishaal, in a long interview in Palestine Studies in 2008, describes his
tutelage in radical politics and Islam and his beliefs now. His views on
violence were not mentioned
October
3rd, 2011
Left-wing activists went to Anatot settlement last Friday
to support Yassin Rafaeli who has set up a tent inside on land he says he owns.
Settlers beat up the protesters claiming they were responding to their throwing
stones. A phone record obtained by Ynet show they had intended violence from
the start. Reports from Ynet and 972 magazine
October
3rd, 2011
Long Netanyahu's best ally in Europe in blocking UN
recognition of Palestine , Angela Merkel is very
angry that all her moves to get talks restarted have been thwarted by the
announcement of a new 1,100-home Jewish settlement in Jerusalem
October
3rd, 2011
To the surprise of many, Monday's news carried pictures of
the occupation of Wall Street, with some banners calling for an end to military
aid to Israel
and deploring the oppression of Gazans. Blogger Max Ajl reports from the scene,
and below, an interview with him . 3rd, a report links J14 with occupy wall
street (http://occupywallst.org)
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