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Ariel College set to become a fully fledged occupation university
July 22nd,
2012
Meretz party leader Zahava Gal-On commented: “The Judea and
Samaria Council for Higher Education, which excels in ‘occupation studies,’ has
brought Israel to a moral low point by establishing an institution on stolen
land which forbids those whose land was stolen to enter through its gates.” We
carry Tilila Nesher's Haaretz report (1) and Dahlia Sheindlin's
Moshe Silman dies after self-immolation at Israeli protest
July 21st,
2012
On Saturday 14th July, Moshe Silman set himself alight at
the end of a social protest in Tel Aviv. Haaretz carries news of his death
yesterday (1) while Ami Kaufman (2), a co-founder of +972 Magazine and veteran
reporter and activist Uri Avnery (3), put what Netanyahu dismissed as a
"personal tragedy" into context.
More on the Levy report
July 19th,
2012
See our earlier posting "Defiance of law, case for one state, proof of
apartheid: responses to Levy" (at http://jfjfp.com/?p=32416) which contains 9 items on the
Levy report. Here we include a new statement from Acri (1); an analytical piece
by Jonathan Cook suggesting that the report might open the way to annexation of
Area C of the West Bank (2); and an opinion piece by human-rights advocate Sari
Bashi, executive director of Gisha, the Legal Centre for Freedom of Movement in
Israel
(3).
Speak Up – unless you’re a Second Generation refugee who cares about Palestinians
July 18th,
2012
Who better to grasp the fear of Palestinians as all means
of decent living are squeezed or destroyed, all movement checked by armed men
in uniform, than the children of refugees from the Nazis? Yet when Yvonne
Gordon, one such child, wrote an article for 2GN on Holocaust Memorial Day her
passing reference to the oPt was cut out. Five members of 2GN have now resigned
in protest and we publish for the first time an article by Yvonne about
Palestinians and the threat to their existence.
Israel’s coalition breaks on issue of drafting ultra-Orthodox
July 18th,
2012
Kadima has left the ruling coalition in Israel because
of Likud's refusal to proceed with calling the ultra-Orthodox for military
service. Avigdor Lieberman, leader of coalition partner Yisrael Beiteinu,
demands Arabs should be drafted into the IDF. Netanyahu's seeming choice of the
haredim over Kadima will create a government that is more right-wing and
obdurate on the Palestinians, but it may now be more precarious,
Arab League orders investigation of Arafat’s death as rumours fly
July 18th,
2012
Yasser Arafat died 8 years ago but the discovery of
polonium in his effects and the decision to exhume his body have released a
host of rumours, suspicions and accusations about both Israeli and Palestinian
dirty practice. The decision this Tuesday by the Arab League to conduct an
investigation will, they hope, produce results which Arabs will trust. Reports
from Ma'an, Ha'aretz and AP.
Israel refuses permits for Palestinian musicians, concert cancelled
July 17th,
2012
In the midst of the tight retrictions on Palestinian life,
Al Kamandjati was founded 10 years ago to teach and sponsor the playing of
classical music from East and West. Supported by the US
and French consulates, it got together the Orchestra Ramallah to give a concert
in Jerusalem
last month. Half the members are Palestinians. Israel refused to give travel
permits to all of them. The concert was cancelled.
If all Palestinian Israelis voted, what would be the effect?
July 17th,
2012
Voting by Arab citizens of Israel has fallen from a high of
90% in 1950 to under 50% today. Some liberal Zionists argue that if most Arab
citizens voted, and did military service, this would transform Israel and the
status of Arabs. Others, including Jerry Haber, argue that neither Arab votes
nor compulsory 'participation' can change the Jewish ethnocracy that is Israel.
UN office that bears witness is under threat for promoting ‘illegal’ acts
July 16th,
2012
The principal recorder of Israeli violations of human
rights in the oPt is the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA). Its latest Fact Sheet on the effects of the Wall (separation
barrier) is the 2nd item. First is the news that the Israeli government is
considering sanctions against OCHA for promoting illegal acts such as building
homes (to be demolished by the IOF) in the 'unoccupied' West
Bank.
Peace activists arrested by IOF in the not-occupied oPt
July 16th,
2012
The West Bank is not under
military occupation, got it? The military force which arrested five peace activists
at a Friday demonstration at Nabi Saleh had clearly failed to get the message.
As have the soldiers who are holding them in detention. Haaretz struggles to
understand this paradox (3) with reports of the arrests from PIC and AFP.
She who pays millions to entrench Islamophobia and support for Israel
July 16th,
2012
Nina Rosenwald, an heir to the Sears Roebuck fortune, has
funnelled millions of dollars into groups that promote what neo-cons regard as Israel's interests - and more millions into
groups which spread the belief that American Jews and the USA itself are
under threat from Muslims. Max Blumenthal reports.
This is the law: that the US help Israel preserve its qualitative military edge
July 16th,
2012
We bring this post with apologies for its late arrival.
There has been nothing in the news about a new act pased by the US Congress
committing the US to
enhancing strategic co-operation between the US
and Israel,
meaning the two countries must keep each other as the dominant military power
in their regions. Philip Giraldi deplores the lack of news coverage. The text
of the act is give second.
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