Palestinian TV satire Watan ala Watar unites political rivals – in anger (Guardian)
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Urgent Action: Ask Guido Westerwelle to Act for Abdallah Abu Rahmah's Release (popularstruggle.org)
10.09: Army Carries Out Five Airstrikes In Gaza (IMEMC)
Write a message on the wall in the West bank! (sendamessage.nl)
In Israel, Commerce amid Conflict (Time)
ADL: Time magazine Israel cover story rehashes anti-Semitic lies. In what will be Time's newest cover story, Israelis are depicted as caring more about cafes, booming economy than striking a peace deal with the Palestinians (Ha'aretz)
A Conversation with Noam Chomsky on Palestine/Israel (vimeo)
09.09: Hamas warns PA over recent arrests. Group in charge of Gaza Strip says Palestinian Authority will be targeted if it continues arresting Hamas members (Aljazeera)
The Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation: Book Review (aic)
Settler Violence Report, July-August 2010 (aic)
08.09: Israel: Activist Convicted After Unfair Trial Leader of Protests on Unlawful Land Confiscation Faces 20 Years in Jail (HRW)
Israel imposes full closure on WB (PT)
Gideon Levy Interview: Against the Stream (IOA)
PA official: We won't recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Senior Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath says recognizing Israel as a Jewish state would harm Israeli Arabs and negate the right of return of Palestinian refugees (Ha'aretz)
New groups enlist in public relations war in support of IDF. Bein Hakavanot founder: Group seeks to fight issues such as left-wing organizations' pressure on army and legal advice influencing orders in the field (Ha'aretz)
IDF soldier convicted of killing U.K. activist in Gaza released from jail Taysir Hayb found guilty of manslaughter over the April 2003 shooting of Thomas Hurndall during an International Solidarity Movement protest in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah (Ha'aretz)
07.09: Witnesses: Settler aims gun at Palestinian drivers (Ma'an)
Settler Open Fire At Palestinian Cars, Soldiers Arrest Civilians (PNN)
No Restrictions: Gaza Journalist Rebel Against The Rules (PNN)
Doud Kuttab: Even If Peace Talks Fail, Palestine's Independence Is Inevitable (PNN)
Report: Abbas, Fayyad demand Geneva Initiative remove pictures (Ma'an)
Abbas and Fayyad slam Israeli peace campaign for using their pictures without permission. PA Prime Minister says latest campaign by Geneva Initiative, which promotes a model agreement as a basis for peace between Israel and Palestinians, is 'too Israeli' (Ha'aretz)
06.09: Hebron: soldiers convert Palestinian home into military base (ISM)
Who are we stand in moral and legal judgment of the settlers’ killers? (mondoweiss)
The "12 Commandments" of the Israel Lobby, which allegedly doesn't exist (If Americans knew)
Happy Rosh Hashanah: Israel's population reaches 7.6 million. Central Bureau of Statistics: 14,572 new immigrants arrive in Israel this year, 28% of population under the age of 15 (Ha'aretz)
Poll: Half of Israeli teens don't want Arab students in their class. Study polling 500 teens aged 15 to 18 finds that most don't think Arabs enjoy equal rights in Israel, and most of those don't think Arabs deserve equal rights (Ha'aretz)
05.09: Dozens Injured by Gas Bombs in Bilin Weekly Demonstration (aic)
Who does he think he is fooling? Robert Grenier deconstructs the political rhetoric of former United States ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk (Aljazeera(
Settler injures 7 in Bethlehem village crash (Ma'an)
Middle East peace talks: Cynicism and mistrust stalk make-or-break negotiations in America. The Barack Obama-backed summit is a long way from the bloody realities of the West Bank (Guardian)
Erekat: Hamas could make peace with Israel (PN)
Anti-Israel economic boycotts are gaining speed. The sums involved are not large, but their international significance is huge. Boycotts by governments gives a boost to boycotts by non-government bodies around the world (Ha'aretz)
04.09: Hamas official: Israeli settlers are a legitimate military target. Member of Hamas' politburo says settlers posses more than half a million automatic weapons, as well as being regularly supported by IDF troops (Ha'aretz)
Where would Palestinian art be without politics? Palestinian street artists argue that the PLO rhetoric of putting Palestine before the Palestinian people has infused itself into local art (Ha'aretz)
03.09: Palestinian shot as Israeli forces enter north Gaza (Ma'an)
Settlers throw rocks at Palestinian cars (Ma'an)
Two Arrested, At least A Dozen Injured During West Bank Anti Wall Protests (PNN)
Marwan Barghouthi: Unity trumps peace talks (Ma'an)
Ahmad Tibi: Pressing Netanyahu is the key to success in Mideast peace talks (IOA)
02.09: Settlers harass family near settlement (Ma'an)
Palestinian Security Services waging a campaign of politically-motivated arrests (Al Haq)
Gideon Levy: The occupation corrupts every soldier in the IDF A response to Pfc. Benn. Those who force people to eat like animals are not on the strong side (Ha'aretz)
Palestinian guns – redux (mondoweiss)
Palestinians protest the PA cabinet’s announcement of an "indefinite" delay in municipal elections (palestine monitor)
Mohammed Khatib: Why Israel imprisoned my best friend Abdallah Abu Rahmah (ei)
01.09: Destroyed Gaza Seaport: Why Doesn’t Dutch Government Demand Compensation from Israel? (aic)
Not guilty. The Israeli captain who emptied his rifle into a Palestinian schoolgirl (IOA)
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (26 Aug. – 01 Sep. 2010, PCHR)
Two-thirds of Israelis support settlement building: poll (IOA)
31.08: Actor's West Bank boycott gets boost from 150 academics and artists (Ha'aretz)
Fayyad 'sorry' for response to anti-talk forum (Ma'an)
Jamal Juma: What the wall has done (ei)
Tutu calls on Israel to release anti-wall leader (Ma'an)
Educating toward indoctrination. The minister's claims of liberalism are disingenuous; under his watch, the national curriculum is whitewashed (Ha'aretz)
30.08: Amira Hass / Who's suppressing opposition rallies in Ramallah? They carried photos of Abbas, but the PA president's office says he had nothing to do with the hundreds of young men who prevented an opposition conference from taking place in Ramallah (Ha'aretz)
New Zionist Order and Nuclear Ambiguity: News from the Other Front (aic)
Fayyad: Netanyahu must explain his definition of 'Palestinian state'. Palestinian Prime Minister has expressed doubt about whether Israel is ready to offer the Palestinians a state on terms they could accept (Ha'aretz)
29.08: 53 theater figures vow not to perform in settlements. In a petition, the performers said they would not perform in Ariel or any other settlement (Ha'aretz)
Palestinians prepare to battle 'Zionist editing' on Wikipedia. Association of Palestinian Journalists chairman calls on Palestinians to prepare for 'PR war' on Israel (Ha'aretz)
Activists plaster JNF building with photos of razed Bedouin homes. The photos were posted "to protest the JNF's complicity in the crime of pushing the Arab and Bedouin residents of the Negev from their lands," according to a statement (Ha'aretz)
Israeli universities condemn 'witch hunt' by right-wing groups (IMEMC)
Gideon Levy on Middle East peace (Aljazeera)
28.08: Protests: Israeli hospitalized, medics detained (Ma'an)
DFLP supporters rally in Gaza against talks (Ma'an)
Bureaucracy Limits Rights of Palestinian Women (IPS)
'Actors' boycott on settlement Cultural Center will tear Israel apart'. Minister of Culture and Sport slams 36 actors, artists, who refuse to participate in productions at new theater in Ariel (Ha'aretz)
Education ministry revising textbook for being too critical of Israel. Offending book was written in the late 1990s and is used in nearly 90 percent of high schools (Ha'aretz)
27.08: Police threaten freedom of expression - PNI (Ma'an)
Palestinian anti-wall protester convicted by Israeli military court (ai)
Abdallah Abu Rahmah: know the facts and act now for the freedom of a nonviolent freedom fighter (ism)
Palestinian's conviction criticised (Video, Aljazeera)
"Palestinian Gandhi" Convicted for Protesting; U.S. Silent (Huffington)
No reconstruction despite siege "easing" (ei)
Wikileaks paper sites Jewish acts of terrorism in West Bank. Recently released CIA paper cited Jewish acts of terrorism in the West Bank in its analysis of whether the United States is an exporter of terrorism (Ha'aretz)
Artists to refuse to perform in Ariel culture hall.
Prominent actors, directors, playwrights send letter to boards of Israeli theaters in protest of plans to put on shows in news culture auditorium beyond Green Line. Yesha Council vows harsh response to 'vile, anti-Zionist' letter (Ynet)
In photos: Waiting to enter Jerusalem (Ma'an)
PLC member detained en route to Al-Aqsa (Ma'an)
Peace talks yet to burst Tel Aviv 'bubble'. Residents of Israel's centre are confident of their security and indifferent to talks, making a change in the status quo unlikely (Guardian)
Any bastard can be a rabbi. These masters of Jewish law act as if they have not heard of Shmaya, and contrary to his recommendations in the Mishna tractate "Avot" (Ethics of our Fathers ), they actually very much like the rabbinate (Ha'aretz)
Lebanon's law on Palestinian workers does not go far enough. Extending access to work and economic rights to Palestinians would give refugees back their dignity and benefit Lebanon (Guardian)
Norwegian Pension Divests from Israeli Companies (aic)
26.08: EU 'concerned' by conviction of Palestinian anti-separation fence activist. An Israeli military court convicted Abdullah Abu Rahmeh for incitement and organizing illegal demonstrations against Israel's barrier in the West Bank (Ha'aretz)
Nonviolent West Bank protester guilty of incitement (CNN)
Palestinians to face 'Wikipedia War' (Ma'an)
Veolia whitewashes illegal light rail project (ei)
Leaked CIA memo cites U.S. Jews among exporters of terrorism. Wikileaks releases a CIA memo titled 'What if Foreigners See the United States as an Exporter of Terrorism?' in which American Jews in Israel was one of four groups mentioned (Ha'aretz)
Palestinians to U.S.: Israeli settlement freeze must include East Jerusalem (Ha'aretz)
Rights group condemns interception of anti-talks protest (Ma'an)
Leftists protest against resumption of West Bank building.
While the rest of the country sits in traffic, Israel Railways invests NIS 3m in track to Nablus. The planned route would run from Rosh Ha'ayin to Nablus via the settlements of Barkan and Ariel (Ha'aretz)
Israeli theater actors refuse to perform at new West Bank cultural center. Leading settler responds to refusal by Yousef Sweid and Rami Heuberger by saying that 'Israel is much stronger than such boycotts.' (Ha'aretz)
25.08: Ministry seeks to deport mother of 11-month-old Israeli boy. Her Israeli partner passed away before all of the tedious paperwork could be settled, but ministry bureaucrats are unmoved by her pleas (Ha'aretz)
Bilin Popular Committee Coordinator Convicted by Israeli Military Court (aic)
Mustafa Barghouthi MP: Refusal to engage in direct negotiations without a clear settlement freeze (Palestinian Monitor)
The PA Police Attack Leftists Rally In Ramallah (PNN)
PA forces raid meeting as dissent grows (ei)
Suppression of Freedom of Expression and Assembly and Attacks on Human Rights Defenders by Palestinian Security Services (Al-Haq)
Bad journalism at best. Panorama documentary on the Mavi Marmara incident doesn't reflect the truth (gulfnews)
Poll: Americans believe Islam no more prone to violence than other faiths. Non-partisan Pew Research Center poll finds, however, that overall view of Islam has worsened over the past five years (Ha'aretz)
24.08: PA: Palestinian water shortage at critical levels (Ma'an)
Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah cleared of stone-throwing; convicted of incitement (ism)
Gaza official says power crisis has worsened (Ma'an)
Dismal lack of classrooms in East Jerusalem (Ma'an)
Investigate Galant's responsibility for grave violations of human rights in Operation Cast Lead. Galant commanded Operation Cast Lead as GOC Southern Command (B'Tselem)
Norway government-run pension fund drops Africa Israel group shares. Oslo says EUR450bn oil fund has excluded two Israeli firms for ethical reasons (Ha'aretz)
Norway Divests from Leviev Companies Due to Israeli Settlement Construction (Al Bawaba)
Israeli Ships not Welcome in Vancouver (Vancouver Media Co-op)
23.08: Amira Hass / What West Bank road renovations say about the occupation. Why driving uphill in West Bank cities brings to mind Fatah's next general conference (Ha'aretz)
Hebron residents: Vows to solve water crisis broken (Ma'an)
Water supplied in Gaza unfit for drinking; Israel prevents entry of materials needed to repair system (B'Tselem)
22.08: Ran Greenstein: Israel/Palestine and the apartheid analogy – critics, apologists and strategic lessons (IOA)
Israel tells schools not to teach Nakba (IOA)
Fundamentalism into the mainstream. Fundamentalist rabbis have approved murder, attacks on Arabs, illegal land seizures and racist segregation, and have ignored the murder of a prime minister (Ha'aretz)
Israeli army's female recruits denounce treatment of Palestinians. Facebook images of an Israeli servicewoman posing with blindfolded Palestinians have caused a storm. Now two former female conscripts have spoken out about their own experiences (Ha'aretz)
4 British Activists Acquitted In Anti-Ahava Action (IMEMC)
21.08: Settlements 'may halt' direct talks (Aljazeera)
20.08: UN receives over 100 complaints of police, IDF abuse of West Bank teenagers this year. Since September 2009, DCI has given the UN details of more than 100 cases in which the military authorities allegedly abused minors who were held in detention (Ha'aretz)
Israel refuses to lift ban on family unification (ei)
Wikipedia Editing for Zionists (NYT)
19.08: UN report: IDF barring Gazans' access to farms, fishing zones. Humanitarian affairs office: Israel restricts entry to 17% of Gaza lands, 85% of beachfront zone, enforces restrictions with live fire (Ha'aretz)
Peace Talks in the Shadow of Demolitions (Badil)
UN unveils latest Goldstone results (Aljazeera)
Justifying Pogroms and Infanticide (Palestine Monitor)
PA police detain 6 for smoking during Ramadan (Ma'an)
18.08: Palestinian minors held 3 weeks on suspicion of arson. Two under-aged boys were each detained for a total of three weeks, including 10 days in a Shin Bet security, and six days in isolation (Ha'aretz)
Israeli settlers expand campaign to manipulate entries on Wikipedia (IMEMC)
Wikipedia editing courses launched by Zionist groups. Two Israeli groups set up training courses in Wikipedia editing with aims to 'show the other side' over borders and culture (Guardian)
Gaza’s record-breaking children (ISM)
Leftist faction says Gaza police targeted member (Ma'an)
A picture is worth a thousand lives. It seems only visual materials can break through the Israeli indifference to human rights violations against Palestinians (JP)
The real war on 'terror' must begin (Aljazeera)
17.08: Leftists denounce new bill on NGO funding as 'McCarthyist'. Bill would require Israeli NGOs to disclose every donation they receive from foreign governments, or from any source mostly funded by a foreign government (Ha'aretz)
Israeli abuse pictures 'common' (Aljazeera)
The right's latest weapon: 'Zionist editing' on Wikipedia 'Idea is not to make Wikipedia rightist but for it to include our point of view,' Naftali Bennett, director of the Yesha Council says (Ha'aretz)
16.08: Amira Hass / What the Hamas is really afraid of. Hamas suppression of any Gaza protest that it sees fit shows that the Islamic movement ruling Gaza is in dire need for some public support (Ha'aretz)
Ex-soldier presents cuffed Palestinian friends. Yung woman posts pictures on Facebook taken during her IDF service in which she is seen posing next to blindfolded detainees (Ynet)
Leftist faction condemns closure of Gaza office (Ma'an)
15.08: Jerusalem's cemetory wars. Even the dead and buried enter the conflict. The Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and the Muslim cemetery in Mamilla show how the battle for the city goes beyond the grave (Ha'aretz)
Monday may mark peace talk watershed (Ma'an)
EU ends Sri Lanka trade benefits. The European Union has ended its special import concessions to Sri Lanka. The withdrawal took effect on Sunday after Sri Lanka refused to allow scrutiny of its human rights record during its civil war that ended last year (Aljazeera)
14.08: Report: Hamas police shut down Gaza popular committee (Ma'an)
Ma'an TV crew assaulted in Jerusalem (Ma'an)
Montagnini on silent expulsion in Jordan Valley (Ma'an)
Watch: 'Internet killed Israeli PR' mocks flotilla response (Ma'an)
Fuel crisis ongoing in Gaza (Ma'an)
Arab Parliamentarians Enter Gaza To Deliver Supplies (IMEMC)
150 Irish artists announce Israel cultural boycott- Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign signs artists to pledge saying they will refrain from performing in Israel as long as it abuses Palestinian human rights (Ha'aretz)
13.08: Israeli forces demolish 5 shops in Qalqiliya (Ma'an)
Peace summit or the height of folly? Can an activists' peace summit at the top of Mont Blanc help bridge the abyss of Israeli-Palestinian conflict? (Guardian)
Arabic translator shortfall hurts Palestinians (National)
CIA evidence of an Israeli nuclear test (Guardian)
12.08: Omar Barghouti: Besieging Israel's siege. In just a few years the Palestinian campaign to boycott Israeli goods has become truly global (Guardian)
PCBS: 29% of youth drop out of school early (Ma'an)
Report: Army bans Israelis from West Bank road (Ma'an)
Israeli Army Attempts to Close Shops in Hebron’s Old City (AIC)
17 Palestinian homes, park declared illegal (Ma'an)
Palestinians 'adamant about continuing boycott on settlement goods'. PA economy minister says after meeting with Ben-Eliezer that Israel's request to end the campaign proves that it is working (Ha'aretz)
150 Irish artists pledge to boycott Israel (Irish Times)
Lebanon debates granting more rights to Palestinians. Around 400,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, many of them born there, are barred by law from any but the most menial professions and are denied many basic rights (Ha'aretz)
Lebanon defiant over US aid freeze (Aljazeera)
11.08: Amira Hass: A soldier's word. Nighttime raids, pointed guns, arrests often accompanied by beatings, kicks, curses and painful and extended handcuffing. The ordinary behavior of Israeli children in uniform (Ha'aretz)
UNRWA calls Israeli TV portrayal of Palestinian refugees a 'stack of lies'. UN relief agency lashes out at Israel Broadcasting Authority for airing on national TV what it branded a dishonest portrayal of the organization (Ha'aretz)
10.08: Israelis Bulldoze Village, Again (PM)
Israel's Gaza blockade: Millions of dollars worth of aid piles up in warehouses (Relief Web)
Israel Destroys Bedouin Village for Third Time (AIC)
09.08: Jordan Valley demolitions continue (Ma'an)
New guide puts Palestine history, debates in activists' hands (ei)
Words without Borders "dialogue" violates Palestinian boycott call (ei)
Going organic: The siege on Gaza (Aljazeera)
Israel
Suspected torturer gets key police job in Jerusalem (ei)
08.08: Year Anniversary to Sheikh Jarrah Evictions (AIC)
'Jewish terrorist' released from jail. (ynews)
Gideon Levy: Missing the forest. Does anyone actually know the meaning of the term 'Jewish state'? Wouldn't it be better to live in a just democracy? (Ha'aretz)
Rabbis refuse to be questioned on incitement to kill non-Jews. Rabbis Dov Lior and Yaakov Yosef say they will not answer police questions about whether they supported the book "The King's Torah", by Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, that described how it is possible to kill non-Jews (Ha'aretz)
Tony Judt, historian and critic of Israel, dies at 62. A Pulitzer Prize finalist for his nearly history of modern Europe, 'Postwar', Judt was diagnosed in 2008 with ALS (Ha'aretz)
Tony Judt obituary. Outstanding historian of the modern world with a trenchantly clear-sighted take on international politics (Guardian)
06.08: Masked settlers attack international peace activists in Hebron (ISM)
05.08: 'Turkish gov't's J'lem Old City wall is legal' (JP)
Calling Gaza a prison camp is an understatement. There may be some semblance of civil life and stability in Gaza, but it is our freedoms that are under siege (Guardian)
Restricting freedom of movement: an Israeli attempt to silence leaders of the popular struggle (ISM)
04.08: Barghouthi: 'Talks harm Palestinians' (Ma'an)
Media center: Serious deterioration in press freedom (Ma'an)
Ramallah radio station: PA confiscated equipment (Ma'an)
» Events » ICAHD Rebuilding in Anata featured on Al Jazeera (ICAHD)
Hamas: PA forces detain 2 university lecturers (Ma'an)
Medics: Airstrike kills 1 in south Gaza (Ma'an)
Watch: PA raids Ma'an's Nablus station (Ma'an)
2009 settlement report says population up 40 fold (Ma'an)
Bil'in popular committee official barred from travel (Ma'an)
Hamas "morality" campaign restricts civil liberties in Gaza (ei)
Israel
Police clash with Bedouin attempting to rebuild razed village. A number of injuries have been reported, among them MK Talab El-Sana, who apparently fainted while entrenched in a tent constructed to protest the village's demolition (Ha'aretz)
Andere Länder
British Muslims urged to boycott Israeli dates during Ramadan. New protest at occupation of Palestinian territories, as Israeli ambassador counters with 'two-date solution' pun (Guardian)
03.08:
Press union condemns PA closure of TV stations (Ma'an)
Rights group condemns wave of political arrests (Ma'an)
Israel
Who will speak up for Israeli citizens' right to free speech? Liberal Israelis who dare to speak out against the treatment of Palestinians may soon be facing prosecution (Guardian)
Israel criticised over demolition of 'unrecognised' Bedouin villages. Human rights groups say latest round of bulldozing of illegal homes will lead to forced removals of nomadic Arabs (Guardian)
Islam
Understanding the Muslim world (Aljazeera)
02.08: Update from the ‘Tent of Nations’ (Mondoweiss)
Why Muslims should rethink Palestine - Ramzy Baroud (Ma'an)
Allenby needs humanitarian attention - Daoud Kuttab (Ma'an)
Rights group condemns wave of political arrests (Ma'an)
Source: 20 Hamas leaders detained, funds seized (Ma'an)
Explosion at Gaza home of Hamas commander wounds 24 Palestinians. Hamas blames Israel for the blast, which it said targeted field commander Alaa al-Danaf, but IDF denies involvement (Ha'aretz)
Israel
Israel Takes Another Step Away from Democracy (PM)
Israel agrees to UN probe of Flotilla attack (IMEMC)
Andere Länder
Do Arabs care about Palestine? (Aljazeera)
American Journalist Speaks About How American News Media "Works In Favor Of Israel" (IMEMC)
01.08: Portrait of an occupied country (Aljazeera)
Israel declares village closed to foreigners (Ma'an)
Making Gaza a 'European ghetto' (Aljazeera)
‘Boycott Israel’ protest held Friday in Bil’in village; two injured (IMENC)
Israeli MK demands end to Allenby travel crisis (Ma'an)
Erekat denies date set for direct talks (Ma'an)
31.07: Evicted families spend first night outdoors (Ma'an)
Rebuilding Palestinians' homes (Aljazeera)
Trapped in Gaza (Aljazeera)
Collaboration (Ma'an)
The “Summer Camp Of Destruction:” Israeli High Schoolers Assist The Razing Of A Bedouin Town (Max Blumenethal)
30.07: Anti-wall protestors report injuries, detentions (Ma'an)
Ashkelon Struck By Missile Fire (IMEMC)
Desmond Tutu endorses US grocery chain boycott decision (Ma'an)
Sokolow's niece 'not Jewish enough' to marry here. After being told she needed to prove the Jewishness of her maternal lineage for four generations, Hillary Rubin is questioning her decision to move to Israel (Ha'aretz)
29.07: Israel speeds up West Bank barrier construction following court injunction. Planned route for the West Bank separation fence surrounds village of Walajeh on three sides, separating it from large tracts of its land (Ha'aretz)
Roadblocks continue to halt life in West Bank (Ma'an)
Irland
6,000 Irish shoppers demand supermarket stops stocking Israeli goods (BDS-Movement)
28.07: Ethnic cleansing in the Israeli Negev. Around 300 Bedouins living in Israel's Negev desert are homeless after police raided their village and razed their homes (Guardian)
OPT: West Bank Bedouins worse off than Gazans (IRIN)
The Palestinian Authority is imprisoning Gazans. The same government that includes a call to end the blockade on Gaza, in practice aids in imprisoning the Gazans by preventing them from holding valid Palestinian passports (Ha'aretz)
Center alleges medical experiments in Israeli prison (Ma'an)
Is Israel a liability for the US? (Aljazeera)
27.07: Police release rabbi arrested for inciting to kill non-Jews. Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, head of the Od Yosef Hai Yeshiva, released from police custody hours after being arrested for encouraging the killing of non-Jews (Ha'aretz)
Cameron Gaza 'prison camp' comments divides conservatives. Some on right applaud David Cameron for standing up to Israel, while others say he is simply courting Muslim support (Guardian)
David Cameron: Israeli blockade has turned Gaza Strip into a 'prison camp'. Prime minister intervenes in Middle East dispute and hopes Turkey can stop Iran's nuclear weapons programme (Guardian)
Israel
Israel demolishes Bedouin village (Aljazeera)
When Zionists carried out atrocities, Israeli press calls it "resistance" (Ali Abunimah)
26.07: Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Accountability must be paramount as UN considers investigations on Gaza conflict (amnesty)
Top settler rabbi arrested for allegedly inciting to kill non-Jews. Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira is the alleged author of a book which deems as legal, according to 'Jewish law,' the killing of non-Jews (Ha'aretz)
25.07: Oxfam calls for compensation from Israel (Ma'an)
‘Anti-Zionist’ Palestinian bishop elected to a top Lutheran post (Jewish Journal)
Facebook prohibits the word ‘Palestinian’ (mondoweiss)
Gideon Levy: The public wants a police that kills, but only Arabs (Ha'aretz)
French university cancels writer's conference due to anti-Israel protest. Israeli author Esther Orner says she did not expect such a decision by the University of Provence Aix-Marseille (Ha'aretz)
Obama's friend raising funds for new Gaza aid ship. Rashid Khalidi, a well-known critic of Israel, hopes to raise at least $370,000 in the next month (Ha'aretz)
24.07: Hamas: UN favors occupation (yetnews)
1 injured, 2 detained at Al-Ma'sara anti-wall rally (Ma'an)
Israel
A Un Fact-finding Mission To Probe Flotilla Attack (IMEMC)
Jethro Tull: Won't be pressured into canceling planned Israel show (Ha'aretz)
UN urges peace by Twitter. Under-Secretary-General for Communication and Public Information Kiyo Akasaka urged journalists from Palestine and Israel to take advantage of new social media to further dialogue (Ma'an)
23.07: Leader In The Non-Violent Resistance Sentenced By Occupation (IMEMC)
Israel to release Turkey ships seized during Gaza flotilla raid. Turkey has formally asked Israel a number of times to free vessels; Spanish activists aboard Mavi Marmara to sue Israel for crimes against humanity (Ha'aretz)
Third Prison Term for Conscientious Objector Shir Regev (New Profile)
Netanyahu brokers deal to block new legislation on conversions to Judaism. Cabinet and Jewish movements agree to freeze controversial bill that would give Chief Rabbinate a monopoly on Jewish conversions in Israel (Ha'aretz)
22.07: Amnesty Condemns Palestinian Home Demolitions In The West Bank(PNN)
Israel sentences popular struggle leader Abdallah Abu Rahmah (Ma'an)
TIAA-CREF: Divest from the occupation (Jewish Voice for Peace)
Focus U.S.A / Whatever happens, Israel can always count on U.S. evangelicals. Thousands of Christian activists descended on Washington this week in a show of strength by America's pro-Israel Christians (Ha'aretz)
21.07: Why I’m Fasting Today. Today is Tisha B’av, the ninth of the Jewish month of Av, a day when Jews traditionally remember the destruction of the Temples and other tragedies of our history by fasting and reading from the Book of Lamentations (JVoices)
IDF destroys West Bank village after declaring it military zone. Since 1967, Israel has prevented the growth of Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley by cutting off their water supply or declaring large areas as live fire zones (Ha'aretz)
Report: Germany reconsiders funding Israel's latest submarine. The American weekly Defense News said the collapse of the deal presents the Israel Navy with major difficulties in renovating its aging fleet of ships and submarines (Ha'aretz)
20.07: Ramzy Baroud:Beyond Violence and Non-Violence: Resistance as a Culture (Al-Jazeerah, CCUN)
IKEA contributes to a better everyday life for the many settlers (bdsmovement)
Washington state food co-op boycotts Israeli products The Olympia Food Co-op announced last week that no more Israeli products will be sold at its two grocery stores (Ha'aretz)
IDF soldier who shot British peace activist to be released from jail (ISM)
Israeli 'loyalty oath' approved (Aljazeera)
Israeli right embracing one-state? (Aljazeera)
19.07: Olympia Food Co-op removes Israeli goods from shelves; first US store to institute boycott (Olympia BDS)
State eyes 'legal' takeover of abandoned East Jerusalem properties. Pending court approval, government could assume control over properties of people who moved to enemy states during the War of Independence, as well as structures that belong to people now residing in the territories (Ha'aretz)
Chris Patten urges bolder EU approach over Middle East conflict. EU commissioner Chris Patten calls Gaza blockade an immoral failure and says bloc must be more independent (Guardian)
The brain tumor method of leaving Gaza. There are about 35,000 Palestinians who live in the West Bank but are registered as Gazans. Due to Israel's successful 20-year-old policy of isolating the population of the Strip, they are in permanent danger of deportation (Ha'aretz)
Civil Administration told to crack down on illegal Arab structures. Defense Ministry order gives priorities to building that pose a 'security threat', applying most to structures close to roads in Jordan valley and Mount Hebron (Ha'aretz)
Israel
An open letter to the Jewish people - Mairead Maguire (Ma'an)
Akiva Eldar: I am not declaring loyalty. The time has come that all of us, irrespective of whether we are Jews or Muslims, ultra-Orthodox or secular, declare our loyalty to the only Jewish democracy in the world. On one condition: the declaration ceremony would take place in the courtyard of the Tomb of the Patriarchs, following a tour of the center of Hebron (Ha'aretz)
IDF mulls lifting ban on Israelis entering Palestinian-controlled West Bank. The Palestinian Authority is interested in having Israelis visit Area A, because it could signal the resumption of trade and tourism, which would boost the Palestinian economy (Ha'aretz)
18.07: Netanyahu: US easily manipulated (Aljazeera)
Soldiers Attack Reporters In Hebron (IMEMC)
UN Report: Severe water crisis in West Bank (IMEMC)
17.07: Fatah, Hamas reject Lieberman plan (Ma'an)
'No comment' on arbitrary treatment (Ma'an)
ICAHD: US cannot, or will not, deliver peace (Ma'an)
U.S. To Grant Israel 2.775 Billion In Security Aid (IMEMC)
16.07: ‘Arab villages get bus routes’ (Mondoweiss)
Palestinians may soon have to swear loyalty to 'Jewish' state. The cabinet is expected to approve measures on Sunday that would make it harder for Palestinians to acquire permanent residency or citizenship in Israel (Ha'aretz)
Mother of five killed by Israeli artillery fire close to Gaza buffer zone. Three relatives also wounded in shelling on Gaza border, as family say no rockets were heard being fired before attack (Guardian)
They're terrorists, too. There are Jewish terrorists. They are no different from other terrorists in terms of the danger they present, except in one aspect: They are more dangerous (Ha'aretz)
Israel
Boycott the Knesset. I am hastening to call for this boycott because I want to earn a footnote in Jewish history: He tried, Canute-like, to stand against the wave of fascism that engulfed the Zionist project (Ha'aretz)
Missy Elliot rocks Tel Aviv amid recent cancellations. Elliot's show comes after several recent major artists, such as Elvis Costello, the Pixies and Devendra Banhart, canceled their Israel shows, citing recent tensions (Ha'aretz)
15.07: MESS Report / Shin Bet challenged by cases of Jewish terror. There are a number of unsolved cases of a similar nature, such as a series of shooting attacks in which Palestinians were murdered on West Bank roads (Ha'aretz)
Force Israel's hand on Palestinian home demolitions. Israel's resumption of demolition in East Jerusalem requires firm intervention to prevent a total breakdown in talks (Guardian)
Soldier Who Shot Bound Palestinian Convicted Of “Unbecoming Behavior” (IMEMC)
Israel
Endangering democracy. Tuesday's Knesset decision to revoke three key parliamentary privileges from Balad MK Hanin Zuabi is cause for concern (Ha'aretz)
The Israeli right wing and the one state debate (Mondoweiss)
14.07: Camp trains teens to build outposts. Dozens of young men flock to Mitzpe Avihai to learn how to build illegal structures in West Bank (ynet.news)
U.S.: Israel's East Jerusalem demolitions pose obstacle to peace. U.S. State Department criticizes Israel's recent demolition of three Palestinian homes, saying 'it undermines trust.' (Ha'aretz)
'Police delaying evacuation of settlers from controversial East Jerusalem building'. Jerusalem's legal advisor: Not implementing the order to evacuate given 2 years ago is liable to create feelings of discrimination and does serious damage to the rule of law (Ha'aretz)
Palestinian legislator faces jail time for not abandoning his home (IMEMC)
Palestinian Woman Killed, Five Residents Wounded, As Army Bombards Gaza (IMEMC)
Anti-Israel protesters delay El Al flight in Athens. Members of Communist-backed labor union say they blocked five El Al counters for two hours to protest Gaza siege (Ha'aretz)
13.07: Jordan Valley area declared closed zone overnight (Ma'an)
For first time in nine months, Israel razes Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem. Municipality says structures were not homes but witnesses report Palestinian family removing belongings (Ha'aretz)
12.07: Israel army to investigate death of Palestinian protester (Ma'an)
IDF blames intelligence for Gaza flotilla 'mistakes', but defends use of commandos (Ha'aretz)
Amira Hass: Israel bans Gaza woman from studying human rights in West Bank. The flow of goods into Gaza may have eased - but for Palestinians, restrictions on movement remain tight (Ha'aretz)
11.07: Neve Gordon: BDS campaign wants Israel to abide by international law. Boycott Divestment and Sanctions strategy arises from realisation that the occupation will not end unless Israelis understand it has a price (Guardian)
Israeli academics hit back over bid to pass law that would criminalise them. Backlash over threat to outlaw supporters of boycott movement aimed at ending the continued occupation of the West Bank (Guardian)
10.07:
Palestine
Toy Israeli houses for Italian kids, destroyed homes for Palestinian children (Mondoweiss)
Nablus village under curfew after man killed (Ma'an)
Israel
Israel's 'street apartheid' (Aljazeera)
USA
U.S. Presbyterians urge government to end Israel aid over settlements. Presbyterian Church publishes report on Middle East issues that was approved with 82% of the vote during the church's annual general assembly in Minneapolis (Ha'aretz)
09.07: UK marks 5th anniversary of the BDS call. BDS Global Day of Action – 9th July
Economic activism against the occupation: Working from within (Palestine Note)
Boycott, divestment and sanctions in Australia, five years on (ei)
PA to Obama: Stop tax breaks on illegal settlements (Ma'an)
Reports: Palestinian Authority in West Bank refusing to issue passports for Gazans (IMEMC)
08.07: Free Gaza Movement wants boat from the UAE for next flotilla (The National)
Recent Survey of Palestinians Reveals Opinions, Hopes, Frustrations (IMEMC)
Arab-American journalists 'under siege' (Ma'an)
Palestinians face being walled by Israeli security barrier. Al Walaja in the West Bank turned into an enclave despite residents' protests (Guardian)
Israel
Peace bullish or 'bullshit' (Aljazeera)
Education Minister defends decision to penalize Israel professors who back boycott. After petitioned over matter by hundreds of academics, Sa'ar says: Supporters of boycott are harming academic freedom (Ha'aretz)
Tel Aviv Rabbis: Renting apartments to foreign workers violates Jewish law. Residents of southern Tel Aviv declare war against the predominance of foreign workers in their neighborhoods and enlist rabbis to their cause (Ha'aretz)
USA
NEW: APN on US tax-exempt funding of settlements (APN)
07.07:
Palestine
Disloyalty on the part of the occupied. Were it not for Mohammed Abu Tir's red beard, this would perhaps be only a marginal news item: Israel is working to expel four Palestinian residents of Jerusalem affiliated with Hamas from the city of their birth (Ha'aretz)
Leading article: Time for action, Mr Obama (Indipendent)
Exposed: The truth about Israel's land grab in the West Bank. As President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet, a report reveals 42 per cent of territory is controlled by settlers (Indipendent)
Economy minister wants standards for local products (Ma'an)
Palestinian students, teachers condemn Italian university's normalization project
Statement, Palestinian Students' Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel, University Teachers' Association in Palestine (ei)
International Aid to the Palestinians Under Occupation (AIC)
Israel
Report: Secret document affirms U.S.-Israel nuclear partnership. According to Army Radio, the U.S. has reportedly pledged to sell Israel materials used to produce electricity, as well as nuclear technology and other supplies (Ha'aretz)
Israel indicts 2 soldiers over Gaza war (Ma'an)
Meg Ryan and Dustin Hoffman miss Jerusalem film festival after Gaza raid. 'It was clear it had something to do with what had happened,' says organiser after stars pulled out following flotilla attacks (Guardian)
06.07:
Palestine
ANALYSIS / On Netanyahu's map of concerns there is no room for neighbors. Instead of depicting the 1967 lines as 'Auschwitz borders,' the prime minister is inviting Abbas to negotiate on 'security borders' (Ha'aretz)
By Hook and By Crook: Israel’s Settlement Policy in the West Bank (B'Tselem)
Settlements are a blockade to peace. No Israeli words can speak as loudly as the action of a large-scale pull-out from illegal West Bank settlements (Guardian)
Poll: For Palestinians, economy trumps politics (Ma'an)
Detainees: Prison guards use dogs, sticks during night raids (Ma'an)
The deceptive rhetoric of "Invest for Peace" (ei)
Report: U.S. tax breaks aiding illegal outposts in West Bank. Findings could embarrass Obama as he seeks to persuade Netanyahu to extend settlement building freeze, New York Times reports (Ha'aretz)
Settlement workers concerned over livelihoods (Ma'an)
IDF Face New War Crimes Allegations: Children As Human Shields (Palestine Monitor)
Settler Violence Report, May-June 2010 (AIC)
Israel
David Grossman: Lift the blockade on us all. Instead of focusing on just a prisoner exchange deal, Israel should seek to reach a broader understanding with Hamas (Ha'aretz)
Britain
Church stance on settlements angers UK Israel supporters (Ma'an)
05.07: 2,700 houses to be built as soon as West Bank settlement freeze ends (Ha'aretz)
Thousands missing out on education in Gaza (Ma'an)
Mixed response to Gaza blacklist (Ma'an)
Coalition whips to Netanyahu: Don't renew settlement freeze. Representatives of right-wing parties say extension of freeze would subvert 'autonomy and crucial interests' of Israel (Ha'aretz)
PCHR is Gravely Concerned by the Continued Summonsing and Detention of Fatah Activists in Gaza (IMEMC)
Jerusalem Legislators Receives Extended Detention By Israel (IMEMC)
Gideon Levy: And if thousands of prisoners go free? We don't have to recall Maj. Gen. Avi Mizrahi's statements to know that the danger in releasing the prisoners is less than what is being described. The opportunity, in contrast, is great (Ha'aretz)
USA
NEW: Tax-Exempt Funds Aid Settlements in West Bank (NYT)
Debate to the article about tax-exempts (NYT)
04.07: Erekat: Abbas did not offer Israel West Bank land swap. According to Al Hayat, Abbas proposed a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, with a possible land swap of 2.3 percent of the West Bank (Ha'aretz)
Egypt FM: Arab League to declare Palestinian state if talks fail (Ma'an
Barghouthi: Resistance is a strategic choice (Ma'an)
Fatah: 100 affiliates summoned by Gaza govt (Ma'an)
03.07:
Palestine
NEW: How to kill an economy. First close down the borders and refuse to allow any exports out (Aljazeera)
Hamas and Hezbollah 'beginning to embrace non-violent tactics'. Wall Street Journal reports that Hamas and Hezbollah see civil disobedience, protest marches, lawsuits and boycotts as productive tactics in their fight against Israel (Ha'aretz)
Beit Ommar’s Children Face Harassment, Detention (Palestinian Solidarity Project)
Palestinian prisoners' families to urge Hamas: Don't surrender to Israel. Families of Palestinians jailed in Israel to march in Gaza on Sunday to urge Hamas not to relinquish its demands in prisoner exchange deal with Israel (Ha'aretz)
Israel
Netanyahu: “Israel Willing To Release 1000 Detainees, But Not To The West Bank” (IMEMC)
Mousa: “Peace Without Full Israeli Withdrawal, Impossible” (IMEMC)
02.07: Crossings sealed; rights group says no change in Gaza (Ma'an)
Israel demolishes dozens of homes in Jordan Valley (Ma'an)
01.07:
Palestine
Zahalka: “Deporting Jerusalem Legislators, Part of Israel’s Ethnic Cleaning of Palestinians” (IMEMC)
100 Palestinians Kidnapped in Hebron in June (IMEMC)
Israel convicts grassroots activist to two years' imprisonment. On 30 June grassroots activist Adeeb Abu Rahmah was sentenced by Israel to two years imprisonment at a military court hearing at the Ofer Military Complex in the occupied West Bank (ei)
IDF mistakenly summons 7-year-old Palestinian boy to Shin Bet interrogation. Shin Bet spokesperson's office tells Haaretz the security service does not summon children to be interrogated and this case was obviously a mistake (Ha'aretz)
Rattling the Cage: Israelis don’t want peace (JP)
Spain
Spanish stores boycott Israeli game (ynet)
30.06:
Palestine
Security forces suspected of three cases of abusing Palestinians in recent months (B'Tselem)
Why Israeli academia will be boycotted. Education Minister Sa'ar's recent initiatives are a sign of the Israeli government's increasing self-seclusion inside a bunker of delusions, as it distances itself from considerations guided by historical, political and social wisdom. His recent statements befit benighted regimes that have lost connection to the world, like Iran and other totalitarian states (Ha'aretz)
PMRS: “52% of Gaza Children Suffer From Malnutrition” (IMEMC)
West Bank poverty 'worse than Gaza' (Aljazeera)
Israel arrests Hamas MP (Aljazeera)
Other Countries
Israel's anti-boycott belligerence. A bill seeking to outlaw boycotts of Israeli institutions and products – including in settlements – is diplomatically explosive (Guardian)
Jury clears activists who broke into Brighton arms factory. Five found not guilty after arguing they were seeking to prevent Israeli war crimes in Gaza (Guardian)
29.06: Akiva Eldar / West Bank outsposts are growing 'under the state's nose'. If the state’s claim that it is taking care of illegal building in outposts sounds familiar, it’s because it’s just the same old pabulum they’ve fed us before (Ha'aretz)
10 Jordan Valley families given 24 hours to leave (Ma'an)
Israel raid on Gaza flotilla was a premeditated 'terrorist attack', say Turkish organizers, Report drafted by IHH, the Turkish NGO which spearheaded the May 31 flotilla, calls says IDF deadly takeover 'an attack against all humanity and peace' (Ha'aretz)
6,800 Detainees, Including 300 Children, Currently Imprisoned By Israel (IMEMC)
Protestors Take Responsibility Over The Future Of Sheikh Jarrah (PNN)
Palestinian boycott of Israeli settlement goods starts to bite. Campaign to clear supermarket shelves of West Bank settlement wares forces Israeli factories to cut production (Guardian)
US and European unions' direct action stops Israeli ships (gazasolidarity)
28.06: Report: Turkey closes airspace to Israel following Gaza flotilla raid. Turkey withdrew its ambassador and canceled joint military drills with Israel in response to the deadly raid May 31 that left nine dead (Ha'aretz)
Jerusalem master plan: Expansion of Jewish enclaves across the city (Ha'aretz)
Amira Hass: The invisible Israelis. Something is missing in the PLO report (Ha'aretz)
Clashes Renew In East Jerusalem; 140 Injured (PNN)
Us, us and us. The fundamental human value of seeing others as human beings just like us is disappearing; some people even consider it a betrayal (Ha'aretz)
Jonathan Cook: Lieberman's 'Peace' Plan: Strip Palestinians of Citizenship (Palestine Chronicle)
A Tel Aviv day-trip shouldn't be a crime. Prosecuting Ilana Hammerman for taking three Palestinian girls to Tel Aviv will foment discord and do little to protect Israelis (Guardian)
The roots of Israeli exceptionalism (Aljazeera)
27.06: Omar Barghouti discusses BDS 27-06-2010.wmv (youtube)
Soldiers Attack Protestors Demanding A Main Road Opened In Hebron (IMEMC)
Thousands protest equal rights for Palestinians in Lebanon (Ha'aretz)
Hamas official facing expulsion: I won't leave my ancestral home (Ha'aretz)
Planning committee to release blueprint outlining takeover of East Jerusalem (Ha'aretz)
Occupied Palestine: Good News and Bad (Palestine Chronicle)
26.06: Likud Approves Resumption Of Settlement Activities (Ha'aretz)
The four stages of Israeli policy: crisis, pressure, cave-in and agreement (Ha'aretz)
25.06: Israel should be thankful it didn’t make it to the World Cup (Ha'aretz)
‘Safe passage’ shows the siege of Gaza is about more than just nutmeg. The Israeli NGO Gisha has just released an interactive computer game called "Safe Passage" to highlight the ongoing siege of Gaza (Mondoweiss)
Gaza: 4 Israeli strikes target north, south (Ma'an)
Child Tortured, His Privates electrified By Israeli Interrogators (IMEMC)
PCHR Weekly Report: 7 wounded, 53 abducted by Israeli forces this week
First Lebanon war, Oslo Accords missing from Israeli textbooks (Ha'aretz)
24.06: 'The wall ruined my life, separated my family' (Ma'an)
Swedish dockworkers block Israeli goods in boycott action (IMEMC)
UN urges Israel to rethink East Jerusalem construction plans. Secretary-General calls move to raze Arab homes in Silwan 'unhelpful' and 'contrary to international law.' (Ha'aretz)
FGM Collecting Evidence, Testimonies To Sue Israeli Over Flotilla Attack (IMEMC)
Lawsuit Filed in Belgium Against Barak, Livni. A Palestinian-Belgian national, and 13 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, filed on Wednesday a lawsuit against 14 Israeli military and politically officials including Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, former Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, and General Matan Vilani, and former Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, for “committing crimes against humanity and for committing war crimes in Gaza” (IMEMC)
The expulsion of Abu-Tir – the latest provocation (Gush Shalom)
British trade union calls for boycott (JP)
23.06: "IKEA violates UN code of conduct" (SN)
Justice for Adeeb Abu Rahma: Peaceful protest is not a crime (ISM)
Family says son paralyzed from torture in Israeli jail (Ma'an)
Soldiers Kidnap 21 Palestinians In Hebron (IMEMC)
Israeli Court Begins Trial Against Palestinian Official For 'Illegally Praying' At al-Aqsa Mosque (IMEMC)
Targeting Israel's Palestinians (Aljazeera)
Ben Gurion University President Defends Neve Gordon After Death Threat (Tikun)
Israeli guides in Bethlehem, as tourists can't get out (Ma'an)
Swedish dockworkers boycott Israel (Aljazeera)
Mubarak: Israel evading its responsibility toward Gaza. Egyptian President rejects Israel's ease of Gaza blockade, stresses that Cairo's top priority is fully lifting the Israeli siege of the Hamas-ruled territory (Ha'aretz)
22.06: BDS in Hebrew (Only Democracy?)
Washington Asks For Clarifications Regarding Demolition Orders In Jerusalem (IMEMC)
NEW: Exclusive: Leaked documents show PA undermined Turkey's push for UN flotilla probe (ei)
Russia Demands Israel To Lift The Siege On Gaza (IMEMC)
Settlers target 'shared cities' (Aljazeera)
Palestinian settlers? (Ma'an)
Amira Hass / Easing of siege may have negligible effect on Gaza (Haaretz)
Barak urges UN to shelve plan to probe Gaza flotilla raid (Haaretz)
21.06: Letter from Gilboa Prison - Ameer Makhoul (Ma'an)
U.S.: East Jerusalem demolitions undermine trust vital for Israel-PA talks . Jerusalem municipal planning committee approves plan to demolish 22 Palestinian homes in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem to make room for a tourist center (Ha'aretz)
UNRWA: Israel's Gaza blockade became a blockade against the UN. UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees calls on Israel to fully lift the blockade on Gaza (Ha'aretz)
Dock Workers In California Refuse To Off-load Israeli Ship (IMEMC)
Israel's anti-Haredi hypocrisy. The ultra-Orthodox community is being blamed for their discrimination against Mizrahi Jews, but the left is guilty too (Guardian)
Israeli High Court Rejects Appeal Against Deporting Jerusalem Legislators (IMEMC)
Protesters attempt to block Israeli ship from docking at California port (Haaretz)
20.06: Israel bows to pressure and agrees to ease Gaza blockade (Guardian)Plan to pump water into Dead Sea makes environmentalists see red. Activists unite with industrialists to oppose World Bank study into project to transport water from Red Sea (Guardian)
Germany raps Israel for denying minister entry into Gaza (Haaretz)
Where Is The Palestinian Gandhi? (ameu)
4.8 million Palestinian refugees worldwide (Ma'an)
Abbas to Israel: Annul deportation of PLC members (Ma'an)
Palestinian Jerusalemites go work abroad and get residency revoked upon return (Haaretz)
EU Considering Aid to Israeli Military A leading Israeli supplier of warplanes used to kill and maim civilians in Gaza is in the running for two new scientific research grants from the European Union (ISP)
19.06:
Report: U.S., Israeli warships cross Suez Canal toward Red Sea (Ha'aretz)
Is the U.S.-Israeli "Special Relationship" Beginning to Unravel? (wrmea)
18.06:
As Mitchell Tries To Launch Talks, Israel To Demolish 22 Homes in Jerusalem (IMEMC)
PCHR Weekly Report: 1 civilian killed, 1 child wounded by Israeli forces this week (IMEMC)
The end of Sicarii Zionism (Gush-Shalom)
17.06:
GAZA NEWS
AMNESTY International Calls For Ending the Siege on Gaza. Commenting on Israel’s Thursday decision to “ease restrictions on Gaza” by allowing more “civilian goods”, Amnesty said that this decision makes it clear that Israel have no intention to lift the blockade and end its collective punishment against the Palestinians there (IMEMC)
Aid Ship Sets Sail From Iran Bound For Gaza (IMEMC)
Top Palestinian journalist barred from Jerusalem due to 'security considerations' (Ha'aretz)
German Jews 'inundated' with requests to join new Gaza aid flotilla. Jewish Voices for a Just Peace seeks second vessel, as dozens more activists ask to take part in aid mission (Ha'aretz)
Gaza: 2 crossings open, imports down (Ma'an)
OTHER NEWS
Turkey Will Not Send New Ambassador To Israel (IMEMC)
Irish Singer Concert In Israel Canceled (IMEMC)
NEW: Canada: Israel's new defender. Muted support for Palestine, funding cuts for Arab groups, now a ban on the phrase 'Israeli apartheid': what's going on in Canada? (Guardian)
16.06:
GAZA NEWS
Turkey forms committee to probe Israeli raid on Gaza flotilla. IHH tells European Parliament members it has assembled six ships for flotilla to sail next month (Haaretz)
IDF to charge soldier with killing two Palestinian women during Gaza war (Ha'aretz)
International lawmakers may probe Israeli decision to censure Arab MK (Ha'aretz)
Israel adds Turkish organizers of Gaza flotilla to terror watch list (Ha'aretz)
Reports: US halts funding for Egypt-Gaza border wall (Al Masry Al Youm)
OTHER NEWS
Fatah: Israel plans to separate West Bank from Gaza (Ma'an)
A danger called constitution. A constitution that decides fundamental questions of national identity will cause internal divisions (Ha'aretz)
In a side room at the airport. It is hard to convince the Jewish public in Israel that what happens at Ben-Gurion International Airport is a systematic injustice, if not worse (Ha'aretz)
Amira Hass: Report: Israel Police shot Palestinian instead of arresting him (Ha'aretz)
Israelis don't donate, says study. Gov't tax policy doesn't encourage altruism, private or corporate (Ha'aretz)
15.06:
GAZA NEWS
UN seeks international Gaza flotilla probe, despite internal Israeli inquiry (Ha'aretz)
Independent journalists dismantling Israel's hold on media narrative (ei)
Israel to EU: Stop your citizens from joining flotillas (Ynet)
B’Tselem: Gaza, 95% of factories are closed, 93% of water is polluted (Ramallah Online)
OTHER NEWS
OECD Selects Jerusalem to Host Its Tourism Conference (AIC)
Jerusalem: Not as free for Palestinians as Israel Claims (Aljazeera)
Israeli Arab MK to EU: Israeli leaders must be tried at The Hague (Ha'aretz)
Three American girls are left fatherless by Jerusalem killing (mondoweiss)
14.06:
GAZA NEWS
Gush Shalom slams decision to hold an Israeli probe into flotilla attack (IMEMC)
Israel names international observers in flotilla probe (Ma'an)
Catherine Ashton: Giving Gaza back its dignity can be the first step to peace (Irish Independent)
Iranian aid ships set sail for Gaza. One ship left port on Sunday with another to depart by Friday, loaded with food, construction material and toys, Iran media say (Ha'aretz)
Israel's Gaza blockade breaks law, says International Red Cros. ICRC condemns Israel in strongest ever terms, calling siege illegal for first time; report also demands access to captured soldier Gilad Shalit (Ha'aretz)
OTHER NEWS
Abuse of Palestinians 'widespread'. The death toll in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories was "much lower" in 2009 than previous years, but human rights abuses against Palestinians remain widespread, according to a new report from the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem (Aljazeera)
Demolition orders target human rights defenders in An Nabi Saleh (ICAHD)
Palestinian boycott coordinator: "The movement has a huge impact" (ei)
Conscientious Objector Diane Kogan in Prison. CO Diane Kogan, 18, of the Tel-Aviv suburb of Bat Yam, was sentenced yesterday (13 June) to 25 days of imprisonment for her refusal to enlist, and was transfered today (14 June) to Military Prison No. 400 in Tzrifin. Protest and write letters (newprofile)
B'Tselem: 83 Palestinians, Israeli Arabs killed in Gaza, West Bank since Cast Lead (Ha'aretz)
Amira Hass / Beatings, arrests, nighttime raids and dubious indictments. Israel detains Palestinian children in the middle of the night, holds them in conditions of fear and pain before their interrogations, and interrogates them without the presence of their parents or a lawyer (Haaretz)
Major Israeli supermarket chains boycott Turkish goods (Ha'aretz)
Adventures In Wild Palestine (Ramallah Online)
13.06:
GAZA NEWS
Arab League chief visits Gaza for talks with Hamas (Ha'aretz)
NEW: Chief Palestinian Negotiator Dr. Saeb Erakat denied today’s false media reports as if President Mahmoud Abbas asked President Obama to keep Gaza under siege (PLO NAD)
Wheat harvest met with live ammunition in Gaza “buffer zone” (ISM)
OTHER NEWS
Israeli minister cancels trip to weapons fair in France after French activists threaten lawsuit (IMEMC)
Injuries reported in West Bank clashes (Ma'an)
'They said crying at Al-Aqsa was incitement' (Ma'an)
Norwegian Port Union Boycotts Israeli Ships (IMEMC)
Tel Aviv fountains dyed red in protest of flotilla raid (Ma'an)
12.06:
GAZA NEWS
French Protest of Israeli Raid Reaches Wide Audience (New York Times)
11.06:
GAZA NEWS
Gaza flotilla attack: activist releases new footage. Documentary maker Iara Lee smuggles out video despite Israeli attempt to confiscate all recordings (Guardian)
Gazans pin hopes on Egypt border. Since Egypt opened the Rafah crossing, many people from Gaza have rushed south, including some in need of urgent medical treatment. Harriet Sherwood spoke to those waiting (Guardian)
Israel, Egypt, PA and Quartet discuss alternatives to Gaza blockade. Talks on easing the blockade were accelerated by the diplomatic entanglement caused by Israel's takeover of the Gaza aid flotilla (Ha'aretz)
The EU must show real courage on the Middle East. Inaction renders Europe complicit in illegal acts in the Middle East. It can no longer play third fiddle (Guardian)
OTHER NEWS
al-Ma'sara: IOF arrests and intimidates key activists (stop the wall)
Palestinian Detainee Dies In Israeli Prison (IMEMC)
Israel plans to send bill to Palestinians over boycotts (Independent)
10.06:
GAZA NEWS
Israeli document: Gaza blockade isn't about security (Missing Headlines)
Israel announces it will allow some Coca Cola, junk food to enter Gaza; Hamas rejects 'PR move' (IMEMC)
EXCLUSIVE: New Video Smuggled Out From Israel's Flotilla Assault 2 of 2 (YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/user/mediagrrl9)
50 Ships To Join Second Freedom Flotilla. Yasser Qashlaq, the head of the Free Palestine Movement, announced Thursday that Freedom Flotilla 2 could include up to 50 ships (IMEMC)
Obama says Gaza siege 'unsustainable' (Ma'an)
Egyptian Official: “Egypt Will Keep Rafah Terminal Open” (IMEMC)
Two Iranian Ships To Sail To Gaza. Abdul-Raouf Adeeb Zada, head of the International Relations Department at the Iranian Red Crescent, stated Wednesday that two Iranian ships carrying humanitarian supplies will be sailing to Gaza by the end of this week (IMEMC)
Spain seeks EU backing on plan to lift Israeli blockade of Gaza. EU scrambles for policy response after international outrage over Mavi Marmara (Guardian)
OTHER NEWS
PA: Elections canceled for sake of Gaza (Ma'an)
Jonathan Cook: Helen Thomas and the moral failure of US liberals (ei)
French TV wants 12 teenagers to find a road map to Middle East peace. Reality show Les Accords de Marseille to put six youths from Israel and six from Palestine in a house for three weeks (Guardian)
Two Iranian Ships To Sail To Gaza. Abdul-Raouf Adeeb Zada, head of the International Relations Department at the Iranian Red Crescent, stated Wednesday that two Iranian ships carrying humanitarian supplies will be sailing to Gaza by the end of this week (IMEMC)
Spain seeks EU backing on plan to lift Israeli blockade of Gaza. EU scrambles for policy response after international outrage over Mavi Marmara (Guardian)
OTHER NEWS
PA: Elections canceled for sake of Gaza (Ma'an)
Jonathan Cook: Helen Thomas and the moral failure of US liberals (ei)
French TV wants 12 teenagers to find a road map to Middle East peace. Reality show Les Accords de Marseille to put six youths from Israel and six from Palestine in a house for three weeks (Guardian)
09.06:
GAZA NEWS
After the Flotilla, will Turkey emerge as a force for Palestinian rights? (ei)
Amira Hass: Not by cement alone. The flotilla, like its predecessors and the ones still to come, serves the Israeli goal, which is to complete the process of separating the Gaza Strip from the West Bank (Ha'aretz)
Report: Israel to accept British plan to ease Gaza blockade. The Daily Telegraph reports that in exchange for decreased world pressure for an international probe into Gaza flotilla events, Israel is expected to ease the Gaza siege; U.S. says international probe into Gaza flotilla raid is 'essential.' (Ha'aretz)
Israel Expels A Sudanese Man To Gaza. In the first incident of its kind, the Israeli Authorities deported on Tuesday evening a Sudanese citizen, who worked in Israel without a visa, to the besieged Gaza Strip (IMEMC)
OTHER NEWS
Israel about to criminalize BDS (The Only Democracy?)
08.06:
GAZA NEWS
Weekend demonstrations commemorate Flotilla massacre (ISM)
Gaza siege 'tragic and unacceptable'. Israel's three-year-long blockade of Gaza is absurd, tragic and totally unacceptable, said Filippo Grandi, commissioner-general of UNRWA, the UN organization for nearly five million Palestinian refugees (Ma'an)
In their own words: Survivor testimonies from Flotilla 31 May 2010 (Free Gaza)
UNHCR says Libyan authorities have ordered it to close its offices in the country without explanation
Israel's media blackout, doctored Flotilla recording condemned (ei)
Lawsuit Filed Against State of Israel Following Flotilla Massacre (IMEMC)
Turkey Calls For International Investigation (IMEMC)
Gaza: 2 crossings partly open (Ma'an)
Reuters under fire for removing weapons, blood from images of Gaza flotilla (Ha'aretz)
OTHER NEWS
Israel detains child, teen overnight in Hebron (Ma'an)
UN refugee agency expelled from Libya (Guardian)
Obama's new vision of Jewish state guarantees rights of Israeli Arabs. New National Security Strategy defines two-state solution in a way that differs from the terminology used by previous American administrations (Ha'aretz)
07.06:
GAZA NEWS
Palestinian Trade Union Movement Calls on International Dockworkers Unions to Block Loading/Offloading Israeli Ships (bdsmovement)
We Are All IHH (Free Gaza)
Links and Video about the Gaza Freedom Flotilla (The Only Democracy?)
Ken O’Keefe: ‘We, the defenders of the Mavi Marmara, are the modern example of Gandhi’s essence’ (PULSE)
Background Information on Sheikh Raed Salah, Palestinian Leader Arrested on Freedom Flotilla (AIC)
Palestinian Political Reactions to Israel’s Attack on Gaza Freedom Flotilla (AIC)
Gaza detainees barred from visits for 4 years. Relatives of Palestinian prisoners from the Gaza Strip in Israeli prisons are appealing to the International Red Cross to resume their visitation rights (Ma'an)
Egypt authorities: Gaza border to stay open indefinitely (Ha'aretz)
Time to break the siege on Gaza. A survivor's account of Mavi Marmara (ISM)
OTHER NEWS
Israel must clarify Palestine's status. The Palestinian boycott of settlement goods demands Israel addresses the territory's ambiguous legal and political status (Ha'aretz)
Divestment Movement Gains Momentum In US And Britain (IMEMC)
Knesset panel recommends revoking Arab MK's privileges. Zuabi to Haaretz: We are victims of a witch hunt (Ha'aretz)
Dangerous incitement. Arab citizens may be the direct victims of government policy and the atmosphere in the Knesset, but all of society will pay the price of the devastation that will result (Ha'aretz)
Veteran peace activist: Israel trying to get Gaza people to overthrow Hamas. Benjamin Netanyahu is lying when he says the Gaza blockade exists in order to prevent the transfer of weapons to Gaza, Uri Avnery tells Haaretz
Palestinians killed by Israeli fire (Aljazeera)
NEW: Ilan Pappe: Essay of the week: What drives Israel? Probably the most bewildering aspect of the Gaza flotilla affair has been the righteous indignation expressed by the Israeli government and people
Ilan Pappé: The deadly closing of the Israeli mind. The decline in Israel's reputation since the brutal attack on the Gaza flotilla is unlikely to influence the country's leaders
The hijacking of the truth: Film evidence 'destroyed'. Protesters say Israel had an assassination list. Israel says soldiers fired only in self-defence. So what really happened on 31 May? Catrina Stewart reports (Indipendent)
Kidnapped by Israel and abandoned by Britain. A British-born al-Jazeera producer recalls his ordeal on the Gaza flotilla (Independent)
Israel to Deport Gaza Aid Activists After Taking Over Ship (BW)
Gideon Levy: Israel has no opposition and no alternative (Ha'aretz)
Flotilla Organizers: Israel Fakes Radio Conversation To Depict Flotilla Passengers As Anti-semites (IMEMC)
Israel Navy reserves officers: Allow external Gaza flotilla probe. Officers denounce operation as 'military and diplomatic failure', slam government for placing blame on the activists (Ha'aretz)
Israeli forces commandeer MV Rachel Corrie; seize humanitarian aid and arrest 11 aid workers (IMEMC)
Gaza flotilla attack: A week that changed Middle East politics .Israel's actions sparked an international outcry, jolted its relationship with allies Turkey and America and may yet reshape diplomacy in the region (Guardian)
Israel Agrees To Form An Investigation Committee Into Flotilla Attack, Lebanese Ship To Sail Soon
Pope appeals to world to ease tensions over Gaza flotilla. Appeal coincided with the release of a Vatican document on the Middle East that decries "disregard for international law," human rights abuses, and an exodus of Christians fleeing conflict in the region (Ha'aretz)
Hamas welcomes EU proposal to monitor crossings (Ma'an)
OTHER NEWS
East Jerusalem locals fear mass demolition immanent (Ma'an)
“The Government Is Drowning Us All”. Uri Avnery attacked by rightist thugs (Gush shalom)
Pixies cancel Israel concert. Cancellation comes on the heels of cancellations by Klaxons and Gorillaz Sound System in wake of Gaza flotilla raid (Ha'aretz)
05.06:
GAZA NEWS
Alice Walker: You Will Have No Protection (IMEMC)
What Is Not Allowed (Irish Times, Poem)
Erdogan considering visiting Gaza to 'break blockade' (Ha'aretz)
Thousands of leftists protest Gaza flotilla raid in Tel Aviv. More than 6000 demonstrators hoist signs, Israeli flags; smoke grenade hurled at protesters from unknown source (Ha'aretz)
We Will Be Back (Free Gaza)
World newspapers: Egypt opens Rafah to calm Egyptian anger (Al-Masry Al-Youm)
What happened to us is happening in Gaza (SFGate)
Jewish anti-siege activists prep for July voyage (Ma'an)
Sweden ports to block Israel ships, goods in response to Gaza flotilla takeover. Week-long ban is initiated by Swedish Port Workers Union, who says act is reaction to the 'unprecedented criminal attack on the peaceful ship convoy.' (Ha'aretz)
ISRAELI MILITARY FORCIBLY STOPS AID BOAT TO GAZA - AGAIN (Free Gaza)
IDF boards Gaza-bound ship 'Rachel Corrie'. Takeover takes place after humanitarian aid ship ignored IDF pleas to change course (Ha'aretz)
IDF: Gaza-bound ship 'Rachel Corrie' ignores order to stop. Army spokesman said Israel navy was gearing for the possibility of a forceful takeover of the Gaza aid ship if it fails to comply (Ha'aretz)
Thousands demonstrate across Arab world against Israel's raid on Gaza flotilla (Ha'aretz)
Communication cut with MV Rachel Corrie ship; hundreds rally outside Israeli consulate in Dublin (IMEMC)
Infant Dies Due To Ongoing Siege (IMEMC)
Israeli Court Orders Expulsion of Four Palestinian Officials From Jerusalem (IMEMC)
While Israeli Navy surrounds flotilla ship, right-wing Israelis harass Arab journalists in Isdud (IMEMC)
At-Tamimi: Israel turned Jerusalem into military post (Ma'an)
Gaza flotilla activists were shot in head at close range. Exclusive: Nine Turkish men on board Mavi Marmara were shot a total of 30 times, autopsy results reveal (Guardian)
Global boycotts of Israel intensify after bloody Flotilla attack (ei)
With "Linkage," Turkey and Brazil Can End the Siege of Gaza (Huffington Post)
Rachel Corrie on Her Way (Free Gaza)
Turkey mulls cutting Israel ties to 'minimum' over Gaza flotilla. Turkey gathering testimony and evidence to determine whether to open a case demanding compensation or pursuing criminal charges (Ha'aretz)
Gaza flotilla: MV Rachel Corrie heads for Israel coast. Six UK and Irish citizens on ship that Israel says cannot dock. Turkey warns it will reduce ties with Israel to a minimum. Hamas leader says humanitarian aid alone not enough
Organisers 'lose contact' with Gaza aid boat (AFP)
Israel Rejects International Investigation Into Its Attack On Solidarity Ships (IMEMC)
Gaza blockade: The next flashpoint. Free Gaza Movement plans to send ship filled with celebrities and journalists to Palestinian territory as early as next week (Guardian)
Lawyers say detained clients reporting torture. Israeli prisoners are reporting that young detainees are being tortured and harshly treated by prison guards (Ma'an)
Four civilians were injured in the weekly anti-wall protest in the village of Bil'in including Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, member of the Palestinian Parliament (IMEMC)
Hamas Invites Abbas To Gaza. The Hamas movement invited Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, of the rival Fateh party, to visit the Gaza Strip as the first step to break the Israeli siege, and end internal divisions between the two movements (IMEMC)
Klaxons and Gorillaz Sound System cancel Israel shows, apparently due to Gaza flotilla raid (Ha'aretz)
03.06: Exclusive first interview with Canadian peace activist about the storming of Gaza flotilla and subsequent detention by Israel (GFM)
In Gaza, a complex, dysfunctional way of life (Washington Post)
Arab MK Receives Death Threats for Participation in Freedom Flotilla (Ha'aretz)
Gaza flotilla organizer admits activists seized weapons from Israeli soldiers. Turkish leader of intercepted ship says activists threw weapons into the sea; former French judge: Turkish judge: Turkish group linked to Qaida attack on LAX (Guardian)
Under U.S. pressure, Netanyahu may ease Gaza siege. Prime Minister willing to consider easing naval blockade on Gaza, while border crossings will remain closed (Ha'aretz)
3 most viewed YouTube clips in the world - posted by IDF (Ha'aretz)
British survivor of Gaza flotilla raid: 'Israelis ignored SOS calls'. Sarah Colborne said pleas for aid were dismissed by the troops who fired live rounds at the activists and handcuffed medical staff (Guardian)
MV Rachel Corrie waiting in Mediterranean: Reports (Ma'an)
Gaza flotilla attack: Turkish activists return to heroes' welcome. Deputy prime minister welcomes back Turkish Pro-Palestinian activists after Israel's deadly raid on flotilla (Guardian)
Islamic Movement chief involved in Gaza flotilla released to house arrest, barred from leaving Israel
Arab League Calls For Lifting The Siege On Gaza. Arab League secretary-general, Amro Mousa, stated that the Arab League will demand the United Nations to ensure Israel lifts the siege on Gaza immediately, and added that the Arab League will head to the Security Council (IMEMC)
Resident Sent To Gaza, Turkish Wife Deported. The resident and his wife were among the activists detained after the army carried out its deadly attack against the Freedom Flotilla (IMEMC)
Insani Yardim Vakfi (IHH) Press Statement
At least 60 journalists were aboard flotilla, most still held (Reporters without borders)
Gaza flotilla: Activists freed but not flown all the way home. Families angry at lack of information on whereabouts of loved ones (Guardian)
‘Soldiers Were Opening Fire’: An Account of the Flotilla Attack (Indypendent)
Israel faces growing world pressure to lift Gaza blockade. British PM: Siege has only strengthened Hamas; Netanyahu: World pressure won't stop Israeli blockade (Ha'aretz)
Palestinian Israeli MP’s terror on aid ship (Ma'an)
After flotilla raid, Sweden wants out of soccer match with Israel. The ripple effects of Monday's bloody raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla could impact Israel's Under-21 team's quest to compete in next year's European Championships (Ha'aretz)
Activists: We have funding for another larger Gaza flotilla. 'Freedom 2' expected to set sail in coming weeks; Crew members of 'Rachel Corrie' ship, part of the first Gaza aid convoy, still determined to break Gaza blockade, saying 'we are a peaceful mission.' (Ha'aretz)
UN Human Rights Council to probe Gaza flotilla raid. Council's draft resolution harshly condemns Israel, citing international law violations and Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip; last probe of this kind led to Goldstone Commission's Gaza report (Ha'aretz)
Everyone Is NOT Released. At least four Palestinian/Israelis, Free Gaza Movement board director, Lubna Masarwa, Sheik Raed Salah, leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Mohammed Zeidan, Director of International Advocacy Programme for the Arab Association for Human Rights and Hamed abu Dabis are facing multiple serious criminal offences for their participation in a peaceful voyage to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza (Free Gaza Movement)
OTHER NEWS:
01.06:
GAZA NEWS
In Response to Israel's Assault on the Freedom Flotilla: BNC Calls for Action (BNC)
MK Zoabi: Israel wanted highest number of fatalities. Arab Knesset member who participated in Gaza aid flotilla holds press conference says, 'It was clear from size of force that boarded ship that purpose was not to stop sail, but to cause largest number of fatalities to prevent future initiatives' (ynet)
Israel to deport all activists seized on Gaza flotilla. Israel will immediately deport hundreds of foreign activists seized aboard a six-ship humanitarian aid flotilla seized in an Israel Navy raid en route to the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided late Tuesday (Ha'aretz)
Ireland to Israel: Let new aid ship break Gaza blockade. More than 100 of the activists who were aboard six-ship flotilla brought Jordan border for deportation; MV Rachel Corrie set sail Monday despite Israel Navy raid (Ha'aretz)
Turkey demands U.S. solidarity in response to Israeli attack (CNN)
3 dead in Israeli air strike on Gaza (Ma'an)
Update on Israeli Attack on Humanitarian Boats (Free Gaza)
Detained flotilla activists denied lawyer, says rights group. Rights groups have expressed concern over the continued detention of 480 passengers from the six Freedom Flotilla ships (Ma'an)
Un Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting; Calls for Investigation Of Israeli Raid (IMEMC)
Egypt opens Gaza border following IDF raid on aid flotilla. Egypt opens Rafah crossing amid a storm of international criticism of Israel's blockade of the enclave, to let Palestinians cross until further notice (Ha'aretz)
Global Day to Break Israeli Siege. Let’s mark Saturday, 5th June 2010 as Global Day to Break Israeli Siege with protests and demonstrations in front of Israeli embassies and consulates all over the world
Gaza flotilla attack: world unites in condemnation of Israel's actions. Key strategic relationship with Turkey damaged and Netanyahu visit to White House cancelled (Guardian)
Gideon Levy: Operation Mini Cast Lead (Ha'aretz)
A day after fatal raid, information scant on Gaza flotilla (CNN)
Israeli-Arab leaders declare general strike to protest clash. The Higher Arab Monitoring Committee declared a general strike in Israel's Arab sector yesterday to protest the flotilla clash, an unusual step the group has tried to avoid in recent years (Ha'aretz)
One journalist beats Israeli censorship on the Gaza flotilla attack (Guardian)
COSATU condemns Israeli state piracy
A CRIME AGAINST ISRAEL (Gush Shalom)
OTHER NEWS
Haaretz publisher: Self-censorship is greatest threat to press freedom (Ha'aretz)
31.05:
GAZA NEWS
Israel attacks Gaza aid fleet (Aljazeera)
Flotilla Attack the Deadly Symptom of a Failed Policy (International Crisis Group)
1000s of Israelis march in Tel Aviv (Ma'an)
OTHER NEWS
BDS Is Vital For Palestine’s Freedom (Palestine Monitor, Video)
Israel faces child-abuse claims (Aljazeera)
The Second Haifa Conference for the Return of the Palestinian Refugees and for the Democratic Secular State in Historic Palestine
Woman dead after settler runs couple over (Ma'an)
US activist loses eye after being shot in face with tear gas canister (ISM)
NATO to hold emergency session at Turkey's request (Ma'an)
1000s of Israelis march in Tel Aviv (Ma'an)
Amira Hass / Lexicon of most misleading terms in Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Israeli media is rife with false terms and statements that distort the public's perception of reality (Ha'aretz)
30.05: Flotilla sets off for Gaza (Ynet)
UN aid group: Israel deliberately hampering West Bank, Gaza relief efforts (Ha'aretz)
29.05: Ayalon: Abbas's wellbeing depends on IDF. Deputy foreign minister says army keeping PA safe by preventing Hamas takeover of West Bank (ynetnews)
28.05: Israel’s Disinformation Campaign Against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla (ISM)
27.05: With Sea Confrontation Looming, New Yorkers Say ‘Break the Blockade’ (Indypendent)
Israeli warships, protest boats to face off with aid flotilla (Ma'an)
FGM: We will resist Israel’s attempts to stop us. As Israel continues to insist it will stop the seven-ship international Freedom Flotilla, two more ships departed from Greece to Gaza today (ISM)
25.05: EU Could Cut P.A Funds Should Talks Fail (IMEMC)
24.05: A blockade on Israel. The government has to decide right away to resume indirect talks with Hamas, to be more flexible about releasing prisoners and to lift the siege on Gaza (Ha'aretz)