Posted on October 11, 2015 by sarahbenton
This week, 5th to 11th October, there was only one
subject: in the Palestinian and Israeli (and international) press, the news
accounts of stabbings by Palestinians and shootings by settlers / rightwingers,
border police and IDF. Palestinian houses have also been demolished by the IDF
as punishment for the action of sons. As this wave […]
Posted in News
Posted on October 11, 2015 by sarahbenton
No-one doubts the anger causing young Palestinians to
lash out; most doubt that they are organised or have clear goals or any
strategy. And, unlike the past says Jonathan Cook, they have a quite new
opposition to face – a highly aggressive, armed right wing and settler movement
who accept no rules and, like the checkpoints, serve to separate Palestinians into
isolated groups.
Posted in Analysis, commentary Tagged checkpoints, is it 3rd intifada, pacification, settlers
Posted on October 11, 2015 by sarahbenton
“The intifada continues because we stopped listening
to the president a long time ago” says one young woman. What is happening on
the streets of towns and cities where Palestinians and Israelis move has defied
all the security strategies of Abbas and Netanyahu leaving them helpless and
easy prey to their rivals and critics.
Posted in News Tagged abbas/netanyahu helpless, palestinian women
Posted on October 11, 2015 by sarahbenton
Most of the time, writes Noam Sheizaf, the
‘Israeli-Palestine conflict’ exists for one side only. The occupation allows
Israelis to continue peaceably with humdrum life, but for Palestinians it is a
daily violence. But the random violent protests by the young do not add up to a
popular intifada.
Posted in News Tagged is it 3rd intifada
Posted on October 11, 2015 by sarahbenton
Jordan is the formal custodian of Haram Al Sharif / Temple Mount
which houses the Al Aqsa mosque . It is totemic to Palestians both for
religious reasons and because it is the one spot in Israel which is officially theirs.
Thus it has also become totemic to settlers and the right-wing who want to
flout the custodial agreement. Jewish incursions into the site have been the
cause of frequent protests here from the peace-seeking Jordanian government and
new Muslim Council of Elders.
Posted in News Tagged al aqsa, haram al-sharif, jordanian government, muslim council elders, prince ghazi
Posted on October 10, 2015 by sarahbenton
When the loudest voices are of young Palestinians
disparaging their president, Uri Avnery offers some rare praise for Abu Mazen.
In the impossible situation he was put into he has managed to protect
Palestinans and keep the peace. Few leaders could have done that.
Posted on October 9, 2015 by sarahbenton
More than half the Palestinian population is under 20
and many of the younger generation were not born or were infants during the
second intifada. They do not share their parents’ disappointment at the results
of that upheaval. The youthful Killian Redden interviews those who have no time
for the elderly PNA or a mythical peace process.
Posted in News Tagged is it 3rd intifada, palestinian youth, PNA
President Abbas is due to retire – no date given –
and it is very unlikely that anyone as willing as he has been to negotiate with
Israel
will succeed him. Threatened by Hamas as well as Israel the PLO might only have
paramilitary and intelligence forces to offer suggest Uri Savir.
Posted in News Tagged abbas presidency, olmert, Oslo, peace partner
Posted on October 8, 2015 by sarahbenton
The Palestinian uprising, however partial, has sent
settlers to Netanyahu’s door demanding protection and more effective
repression. They were assured this was forthcoming.
Posted in News Tagged fearful settlers, samaria settlers' committee
Posted on October 8, 2015 by sarahbenton
West Bank Palestinians have kept the peace for ten
years – and the Israeli state just tightens the restrictions with no check from
Israelis or the wider world. Mustafa Barghouti says the PNA must support this
popular resistance. Two articles from Middle East Eye.
Posted in News Tagged is it 3rd intifada
Posted on October 8, 2015 by sarahbenton
Two articles from US publications try to find the
right epithet for the rise in violence from Jerusalem
to Hebron.
Spontaneity, popular terrorism, lone wolf, mobs (of Israelis) … Military,
intelligence, political leaders in Israel are divided over how to respond.
Posted in News Tagged is it 3rd intifada
Posted on October 7, 2015 by sarahbenton
For some it presages the 3rd intifada – for others
(including PM Netanyahu) it’s just the usual Palestinian nuisance which can be
left to the security forces. Peter Beaumont reports from Jerusalem and the Guardian provides a
briefing.
Posted in commentary, News Tagged is it 3rd intifada, netanyahu germany
Posted on October 7, 2015 by sarahbenton
Whatever happens, the routines of people in Jerusalem re-assert their
way of life. Shops re-open. The light railway resumes service, stone-throwing
Palestinian youth continue to throw stones. Only the closure of the Old City
to Palestinians is new and alarming. But get used to it says Nir Hassan.
Posted in News Tagged Jerusalem, old city, qalandia, stone-throwing
Posted on October 7, 2015 by sarahbenton
“While Jerusalem was
in shock over the murder of worshippers in the Old City
on Saturday, Tel Aviv had a rock concert and a huge rally over animal rights.”
That is, says Amos Harel, ‘terror’ attacks by Palestinians and right-wingers
are sporadic and confined to a few people and places. The cabinet has decided a
harsher response will exacerbate the violence.
Posted in News Tagged dawabasheh, is it 3rd intifada, security cabainet
In the third of Haaretz’s five articles on a 3rd
intifada Chaim Levinson argues that a new right-wing crowd has pushed aside a
relatively balanced settler movement in favour of direct action to crush and
exclude Palestinians. Plus Monndoweiss article on right-wing rally to get rid
of ‘the cancer’ and let police shoot freely (at Paestinians.).
Posted in commentary Tagged al aqsa, is it 3rd intifada, right-wing crowd
Posted on October 7, 2015 by sarahbenton
Haaretz has published five articles from its leading
columnists asking whether this is the third intifada. Here is their
introduction and pieces by Anshell Pfeffer and Amira Hass who focuses on the
authority of the PNA.
Posted in News Tagged is it 3rd intifada, PNA
Posted on October 7, 2015 by sarahbenton
This is a set of articles which say directly or by
default that we are not seeing a third intifada merely an increase in reactive
clashes between Palestinian youth and Israeli police. Deaths and injuries are
all on the Palestinian side. Plus brief histories of the first two intifadas..
Posted in News Tagged PA, Palestinian leadership, third intifada
Posted on October 6, 2015 by sarahbenton
The violent resistance to Israeli security forces –
usually the police – is no longer confined to Jerusalem as it has been for the last few
years. There have also been mass displays of resistance in the form of
barricades and stone-throwing in Bethlehem,
Jenin, Hebron
and smaller villages in the last few days.
Posted in News Tagged is it 3rd intifada, palestinian resistance, palestinian/police clashes, stone-throwing
Posted on October 6, 2015 by sarahbenton
This is a harsh assessment by Mazal Mualem on the
Israeli PM’s lack of leadership of his fractious coalition and his inability to
decide whether to accede to the pressure from the right as Palestinian ‘terrorist’
attacks increase or dump them and (try to) to draw the moderate Zionist Camp
into government. His ‘Mr Security’ platform has got cracks since the Iran nuclear
deal.
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