Discuss issues surrounding the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 25 May 2013 12:23:38 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:23:38 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – A court in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday sentenced two people to death and a third to hard labor after they were found guilty of collaboration with Israeli intelligence.

A Ma’an reporter said two convicts, one of whom is 43 years old, were sentenced to death by hangin... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442184 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:55:04 A community of animals elects its new king. The candidates are a wily green crocodile who makes grandiose promises and a yellow lion whose father was the previous king. In the end, the lion is too confident that he will win and loses the elections to the mendacious crocodile. An Election Day in the ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442183 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:53:03 http://worldnewstrust.com/images/stories/2011/ramzy-baroud5.jpg

[b]Ramzy Baroud[/b] -- World News Trust

May 22, 2013

In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, “Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the int... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442177 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:31:55 William Hague's two-day round of talks in Jerusalem have got off on the wrong foot, with Britain's foreign secretary facing sharp criticism from a senior Israeli cabinet minister.

A few hours before Hague crossed the famous Allenby Bridge between Jordan and the West Bank, Yuval Steinitz, Israel's... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442173 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:26:29 By Roi Bachmutsky

Demonstrations in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah have come alive again as of this past Friday, aiming to show solidarity with the Shamasneh family who have appealed the impending eviction from their home. Unbeknownst to many, the struggle in Sheikh Jarrah reach... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442172 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:25:19 http://worldnewstrust.com/images/stories/2011/ramzy-baroud5.jpg

[b]Ramzy Baroud[/b] -- World News Trust

May 15, 2013

It is an event “of cosmic proportions,” said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description regarding Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442171 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:00:18 [b]'Wars on Gaza have become part of Israel's system of governance': An interview with filmmaker Yotam Feldman

[i]In his new documentary, ‘The Lab,’ Yotam Feldman explores how Israel’s weapons industries interact with the country’s politics, economy and military decision-making. Israeli weapons, ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442166 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:17 [b][i]A Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem found himself dehydrated in a Hebron hospital after border policemen and soldiers handcuffed, blindfolded and abadoned him in a car on a hot day in May.[/b][/i]

By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz

About two weeks ago, A. was on his way from Heb... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442165 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:46:16 and this article is pointed at many of the posters here....and in so many other forums....

I personally like the writing as well as his opinion and viewpoint....the question is, if those hes writing to, if they will be able to respect him enough, this Palestinian, to recognize that hes writing ab... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442163 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:26:19 Ben-Gurion appeared to have known the facts well. Even though much material about the Palestinian refugees in Israeli archives is still classified, what has been uncovered provides enough information to establish that in many cases senior commanders of the Israel Defense Forces ordered Palestinians ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442145 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:59:47 [div class="excerpt"]Israeli forces detained three PA security officers overnight Tuesday accused of being involved in the 2011 death of a settler in Nablus, locals said.

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In 2011, settler Ben-Yosef Livnat, 24, was sho... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442138 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:33:34 Excerpt:

The restriction on the Palestinians' right to freedom of movement is not exclusively Israeli-imposed however. The Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip has imposed further restrictions on Palestinians willing to travel via the Erez crossing, and, has recently banned several Palestinians... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442117 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:12:18 Suspected double murder in northern Negev: The bodies of two girls, aged three and five, were found in a house in the Bedouin village of Al Furah near the southern city of Arad Tuesday.

Police forces arrived at the unrecognized village together with Arad Police Chief Superintendent Yonni Zeitek. ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442111 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:36:51 HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Settlers assaulted a 16-year-old handicapped boy in Yatta on Tuesday, leaving him with bruising all over his body, official news agency Wafa reported.

Mohammad Shawaheen, 16, was attacked east of Yatta by settlers from Maon. He was taken to hospital for treatment

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Isra... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442106 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:10:55 Israelis from a Negev kibbutz attacked a Bedouin village on Sunday, setting fire to a tent, a Ma'an reporter said.

Residents from the Kibbutz of Retamim attacked the adjacent Bedouin village of Bir Hadaj and set fire to a tent belonging to Eid Abu Habbak, head of the local village council, Salman... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442095 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:10:57 RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Tuesday shot and injured a Palestinian teenager in Jalazoun refugee camp near Ramallah, witnesses and the Israeli army said.

Witnesses told Ma'an that Atta Sabah, 13, was walking with school friends when Israeli forces opened fire at the group and hit him in ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442087 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:31 By Mark R. Cohen

On one of my many trips to Israel, in January 2012, words spoken at the celebration of the founding of the PLO in Ramallah were disseminated far and wide via the Internet by Palestine Media Watch, shocking many in and outside of the country. Introducing the Grand Mufti of Jerusal... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442085 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:45:11 On May 14, the Union of Comoros, represented by Turkish attorneys, sent the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) a referral requesting it commence an investigation into Israeli conduct, due to alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The complaint does not refer to Israel’s... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442072 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:08:42 [div class="excerpt"] Down the road, another dead fighter’s uncle, Fayez Shukor, welcomed mourners under a tent overlooking the valley as the sun set on a day that had seen Hezbollah’s death toll rise to unexpected heights as the group joined Syrian forces trying to storm the rebel-held Syrian city ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442065 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:03:32 The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) held Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah personally responsible for the situation in the Syrian border town of Qusayr, as sectarian tension was on the rise in neighboring Lebanon.

“We announced that Hassan Nasrallah will be held personally responsible for the current... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442059 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:54:22 [b]In unusual move, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry phones Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren to demand explanations, voice protest.[/b]

By Barak Ravid | May.21, 2013

snip*The government had previously promised to demolish the outposts, but last week informed the High Court of Just... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113442035 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:05:22 [div class="excerpt"]...As Palestinians around the world recently marked the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war over Israel's 1948 creation, the refugees in Gezirat al-Fadel say they have it worse than others who fled to Jordan, Syria or Lebanon. Unlike the millions who live ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441941 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:51:59 Countless words have been written in the past week about British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking’s decision to cancel his participation in the upcoming Israeli Presidential Conference on the biggest issues facing humanity. While many have asked whether an academic boycott of Israel can achieve... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441936 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:18:53 With one side of his family having lived through the Holocaust, and the other through the Inquisition, Bruno Frydman knows a thing or two about discrimination and racism – and the horrors they can lead to. As a half-Ashkenazi, half-Sephardi Jew who grew up in Morocco, he also knows a thing or two ab... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441928 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:56:07 On Saturday night, one Israeli driver after another fell victim to an ambush near Wadi Harmiya, near Shilo in the Binyamin region. Beginning at 1 a.m., Palestinian Authority Arab attackers waiting near the road hurled a barrage of stones at passing cars with Israeli license plates.

Among those ta... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441924 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:43:50 Former military official says poverty and anger in indigenous communities mean conditions for an "insurgency" are ripe.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/05/201358113923656697.html

This is a perennial story since the creation of Canada, only now I think Canadians are *somewhat* mo... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441917 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:56:06 Around 30,000 ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) demonstrators, many more than anticipated, showed up for a mass rally against the planned induction of Yeshiva students outside the Israeli army’s recruiting offices in Jerusalem Thursday night. The government plans to revoke a special exemption given to these u... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441855 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:39:19 In one of his recent columns for Al Jazeera, Columbia University professor Joseph Massad holds forth on the topic of “Israel and the politics of boycott.” He casually claims in this piece that “the Zionists…were pioneers in their use of boycotts to effect racial separatism,” while “the Nazis would b... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441841 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:52:40 Source: [b]Reuters[/b]

[div class="excerpt"][b][link:http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-hijacker-idUSBRE94C0R420130517|Canada deports Palestinian hijacker after 25-year legal battle][/b]

OTTAWA | Fri May 17, 2013 11:15am EDT

(Reuters) - After a 25-year legal battle, Canada has fin... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441836 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:03 The CIA chief has made an unexpected visit to Israel to meet senior political and military figures to discuss the deteriorating security situation in neighbouring Syria.

John Brennan, who took up his post two months ago, met the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, defence minister, Moshe ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441832 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:27:30 NEW YORK — A smuggling ring that made a fortune selling more than a million cartons of untaxed cigarettes in New York may have funneled some of the illicit proceeds to terrorist groups, authorities said Thursday.

The traffickers lived modestly and had alleged links to known terrorists, including ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441813 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:11:49 [b]Updated:
13 May 2013 [b]


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Update: On 2 May 2013 the Department for the Investigation of Police (DIP) informed B’Tselem that upon conclusion of the investigation, the case file was closed for lack of evi... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441809 Thu, 16 May 2013 21:17:44 By Ramzy Baroud

Thursday, May 16, 2013

[div class="excerpt"]It is an event “of cosmic proportions”, said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description of Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference slated for next June. It was also a decisive moral call which was c... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441795 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:12:13 An Israeli watchdog group on Thursday accused the government of taking steps to legalize four unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank, days before the U.S. secretary of state is set to arrive on a new peace mission.

The government announced its move this week in a filing to the Supreme... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441792 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:51:56 [b]The nongovernmental organization, Elad, which works to increase the Jewish presence in Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods, is accused of pushing a political message onto the two-day course.[/b]

By Amos Harel | May.16, 2013 | 1:10 AM

Israel Defense Forces cadets in officer training school spent... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441728 Wed, 15 May 2013 20:04:25 Iran has convinced Syria to allow Hezbollah to open a “new front” against Israel in the Golan Heights, the London-based Arabic-language newspaper al-Hayat reported Wednesday.

Tehran, seeking to prevent the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government, asked Damascus if Hezbollah could set u... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441695 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:33:22 The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories has clarified that the “forbidden” buffer zone in Gaza strip stretches 300 meters from the fence (the Israeli border), and not 100 meters as it previously announced.

Civilians who enter the area risk being shot by the army. In the past, ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441694 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:43:12 May 15 marks the commemoration of Nakba Day. The Nakba, which means "the catastrophe" in Arabic, refers to the forcible expulsion of 700,000-800,000 Palestinians from their land in the time leading up to and following the creation the state of Israel in 1948. Contrary to claims that the Palestinians... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441669 Wed, 15 May 2013 01:51:36 By: Chris Roberts | 05/14/13 8:37 PM
S.F. Examiner Staff Write

Yet another salvo has been launched in the ongoing, polarizing and divisive Israel-Palestine debate — and it’s on Muni.

Several San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency buses bearing a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel advertisement... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441662 Wed, 15 May 2013 00:29:16 Among the most common home-cooked dishes are maqluba, meat and vegetables cooked in a spicy broth, served with nuts, herbs and yoghurt; baba ghanoush or muta'abal, a dip of roasted aubergine, garlic, lemon and tahini; mujadara, rice and lentils topped with caramelised onions; and musakhan, chicken r... http://www.democraticunderground.com/113441620 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:47:16