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Settlers/ Land, Property, Resource Theft & Destruction/Ethnic Cleansing
Israeli ministers back new Jerusalem bill
TEL AVIV (Ma'an) -- Israel's Ministerial Committee on Legislation on
Sunday backed a bill to define Jerusalem as a national priority area,
Israeli press reported. Among other financial benefits, the proposal
would give priority to construction in Jerusalem, including in occupied
East Jerusalem, the Israeli news site Ynet said. Further, the bill's
creators said it would lead to an increase in the number of Jews in East
Jerusalem, which Palestinians seek as the capital of their state, Ynet
reported.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=327163
New units to be built in East Jerusalem
Palestinian officials said Israel’s announcement of construction of 240
new units in East Jerusalem was a further blow to renewed peace talks.
Israel’s Housing Ministry announced Oct. 15 that among 3,500 tenders
throughout Israel, 240 were approved for units in Ramot and Pisgat
Ze’ev, in northeastern Jerusalem, the Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported.
“The Netanyahu government is determined to thwart any chance of resuming
direct negotiations,” Sa’eb Erekat, the top Palestinian negotiator said
in response.
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/59653/new-units-to-be-built-in-east-jerusalem/
Five east J'lem Arab homes get illegal building notices
Municipality says the notifications "are completely standard
administrative duties," not demolition orders. The Jerusalem
municipality posted court notices on five apartments in the Al Bustan
neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem on Sunday afternoon. According
to a municipality spokesman, the court notices were not demolition
orders, but rather typical administrative decisions to notify residents
that they will be summoned to a court hearing about illegal construction
on their apartments.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=192606
Israel issues 7 stop work orders in Bethlehem area
BETHLEHEM
(Ma’an)
-- Israel's Civil Administration issued seven stop work orders to home
and barn owners in the Bethlehem district village of Al-Maniya.
One of the homeowners concerned, Na’eem Muhammad Rashayda, said the
structures in question are unfinished and are being built on land
categorized as Area C, under full Israeli planning control.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=327398
Israelis 'building 600 new homes in West Bank'
Work has begun on up to 600 new homes in West Bank settlements since
Israel lifted its curb on such construction, a senior settler official
said.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/
israelis-building-600-new-homes-in-west-bank-2115868.html
Violent clashes in Bustan zone following Israeli threats to raze homes
Violent clashes broke out in Al-Bustan neighborhood in occupied
Jerusalem after a large number of Israeli troops and policemen handed
some citizens demolition orders issued against their homes.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Q
Clashes erupt again in flashpoint Jerusalem district (AFP)
AFP - Palestinian youths and Israeli police clashed on Sunday in a
flashpoint east Jerusalem neighbourhood after city officials served home
demolition orders on residents, witnesses said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101024/wl_mideast_afp/israelpalestiniansconflictjerusalem
Extremists Settlers Assualt Arab Students In Safad
On
Friday
midnight, a group of extremist settlers hurled stones at students
dorms, at the Academics College of Safad, in the Galilee.
http://www.imemc.org/article/59728
Settlers Attack Dozens of Protestors, Spray Them With Wastewater
A group of fundamentalist Jewish settlers attacked on Saturday a group
of nonviolent protestors who demanded Israel to reopen the Al Shuhada
Street, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The settlers hurled
stones at the protestors and sprayed them with waste-water.
http://www.imemc.org/article/59729
Settlers Flood Palestinian Village With Sewage, Palestine Monitor
Beit Ummar is just one of hundreds of villages in Palestine under
constant harassment from Israeli settlers. They have suffered the loss
of their land, limited access to their own water supply, rocks smashing
their windows, midnight arrests, tear gas, rubber bullets, and daily
Israeli military aggression. The most recent insult: settlers' feaces
covering the vineyards of Beit Ummar.
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article1579
Gaza's Greek Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Bishops, following a meeting in the Vatican, have urged
Israel to stop displacing Palestinians, saying that religion is not a
basis for settlement building. The Bishops were attending a summit on
the plight of Christians in the Middle East. The statement will strike a
chord in Gaza, which has one of the oldest Christian communities - the
Greek Orthodox Church. It is just one of several Christian communities
in the Gaza Strip that are less obvious than their counterparts in
Jerusalem and the West Bank. Al Jazeera's Nadim Baba reports from Gaza.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJLxjNHj1p8&feature=youtube_gdata
Children the New Target in Silwan Ethnic Cleansing Campaign, Palestine Monitor
“I asked them to give me a minute to wake him up. But they didn't wait,
they came in and took him”, said Mahmoud Mansour as he explained how the
Israeli police arrested his son. Mahmoud is the father of 12-year-old
Imran Mahmoud, the boy who was caught on video being forcefully hit by
the car of David Beeri, head of the settler organization, Elad, in the
East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. Less than ten days after Imran
was critically injured by the hit-and-run, the Jerusalem police arrested
him on charges of throwing stones.
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article1581
Otherwise
occupied / Travels with an uncle; Raja Shehadeh: An attempt to revive landscape, names and social contacts, Amira Hass
On the plane on my way back from Istanbul, an acquaintance surprised me
when he asked, in the midst of our chat, "And do you have a second
passport?" The question, he explained, was the
result of our shared fear of a deterioration in the political situation
whose outcome is difficult to imagine.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/otherwise-occupied-travels-with-an-uncle-1.321004
Activism/Solidarity/Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions
'PA minister hindering boycott of settlements' goods'
Palestinian Society for Consumer Protection blames National Economy
Minister Hassan Abu Libda for giving vendors irregular permits to carry
settlement-produced goods.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3973879,00.html
Popular committee: 3 hurt in Bil'in rally
RAMALLAH
(Ma'an)
-- The Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil'in said Friday
that three were injured, including a child, during its weekly anti-wall
demonstration, a statement read. Those injured had inhaled tear gas
fired by Israeli forces, the statement read. Demonstrates condemned
Israeli policy and the persecution of anti-wall activists, notably
Abdullah Abu Rahma and Adeeb Abu Rahma.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=327325
Predawn Raids in Beit Ummar, Palestine Monitor
“They came in five jeeps,” said Mous Abu Maria, the organiser of the
Beit Ummar weekly protest. “Then they started to push the door.” The
Israeli troops woke Abu Maria up at 3 am this morning. When Abu Maria
opened his door, the soldiers demanded the IDs of him and his wife, and
then told the family to evacuate the house. Abu Maria protested in the
pre-dawn cold - his seven month old daughter Refe was sick. “We don't
care,” the military commander said. “Get out of the house.”
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article1577
TheElders join weekly protest against Palestinian evictions in East Jerusalem's #SheikhJarrah neighbourhood
http://twitpic.com/2zteo5
Dozens hurt at Ramallah-area demonstrations
RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces dispersed two protests in the West
Bank village of Nil'in and Al-Mas'ara on Friday. A 65-year-old French
activist was shot in the head with a stun grenade, onlookers in
Al-Mas'ara said. There were also reports of arrests but they could not
be immediately confirmed.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=326548
People made sick with tear gas at An-Nabi Saleh; Al Ma’asara; Bil’in
Today in the village of An-Nabi Salah, the weekly non-violent
demonstration took place against the illegal settlement Hamish. Unlike
other villages taking part in non-violent resistance, many women, young
girls and children participate in the protest. Today, there was a child
demonstration. A commemoration also took place in order to remember the
massacre during the second Intifada in a village where the children went
to school.
http://palsolidarity.org/2010/10/15166/
Weekly anti-Wall Protest Update
Oct
23,
2010-- The weekly anti-Wall protests took place across the West Bank,
with an escalation of repression by the Occupation Forces, particularly
arrests, during the annual olive harvest.
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/2385.shtml
Weekly Repression Update 18-25 October 2010
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/2386.shtml
Miriam Margolyes goes to Palestine
Much loved Jewish actress and ActionAid Ambassador Miriam Margolyes
recently visited ActionAid projects in the West Bank. Miriam has been
an ActionAid supporter for over 20 years and is dedicated to seeing both
sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Her Jewish heritage
encouraged her to look deeper into the issues in the Middle East and 15
years ago, she went to Palestine for the first time.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/216723/2eaf12f61e86a1673a623384df1448a7.htm
Police repress convergence on UK weapons factory
As Israeli warplanes flew over Gaza on 13 October, activists converged
on Brighton, United Kingdom for the annual mass action against the local
EDO/ITT factory that produces components used in weapons by the Israeli
Air Force, amongst others, to devastating effect.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11587.shtml
PETE SEEGER: IN LIEU OF A TRIBUTE
It
was
my hope that I would never have to write this post. My public silence
on the issue at hand until now was my way of protecting the image of a
man so great, a man who has been the inspiration to millions of
activists throughout the world. I tried to keep to myself what I am
about to tell you all, hoping it would never happen. But, it is happening, it’s official, Pete Seeger will be taking part in a Virtual Rally For A better Middle East. The event is sponsored by an organisation known as the Arava Institute. One of the major players is the Jewish National Fund.
http://uruknet.info/?p=m71115&hd=&size=1&l=e
#BDS: Guns N’ Roses: An Opportunity to Untie your Hands
Dear Guns N’ Roses, The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and
Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) was dismayed to read reports that you
are considering performing in Israel later this year [1]. PACBI,
supported by an overwhelming majority of Palestinian civil society and,
in particular, by almost the entire community of Palestinian cultural
workers [2], views such a performance in Israel as a form of complicity
in whitewashing Israel's occupation, apartheid and war crimes. More
importantly, your upcoming performance would violate the appeal of the
Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement [3] which
urges people of conscience throughout the world to isolate Israel until
it ends its colonial and apartheid oppression of the Palestinian people,
as was done to the apartheid regime in South Africa.
http://youthanormalization.blogspot.com/2010/10/bds-guns-n-roses-opportunity-to-untie.html
Legal Memorandum by Professor Karma Nabulsi on Israel's Accession to the OECD
Memorandum presented by Dr Karma Nabulsi, University of Oxford, to OECD
member-states about their legal obligations during Israel's accession
process (May 2010) Dr Karma Nabulsi is Fellow of St Edmund Hall and
lecturer at Oxford University
http://bdsmovement.net/?q=node/782
A Collection of Videos from Palestine
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/22/912685/-Israel-Palestine-News
Siege (Gaza & West Bank)/Rights Violations/Restriction of Movement
Israeli military prevents UN from building new schools in Gaza; 40,000 students without schools
Nearly two years after the devastating Israeli invasion of Gaza that
left 1400 dead and over 30,000 families without homes, many of the
schools that were destroyed in the invasion have yet to be rebuilt. Now a
United Nations effort to rebuild schools in Gaza has been cut short by
the Israeli military, which refuses to give the UN permission to build
several schools.
http://www.imemc.org/article/59730
Breaking The Siege: A Promise, Palestine Monitor
150 vehicles and $5 million of aid successfully entered Gaza on
Thursday, without the tragic cost of the May Flotilla. Viva Palestina's
Amena Saleem told us that organisers are delighted with the outcome, but
disappointed with the Egyptian authorities.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8PsZwlv0Uk
Israeli Soldiers Continue Their Facebook Displays
The Israeli Walla News website published on Sunday several pictures
published by Israeli soldiers on Facebook showing “memories” while
humiliating Palestinians during the war on Gaza. The Website said that
the pictures show Palestinian detainees in degrading positions as the
soldiers posed next to them. The pictures were taken inside Palestinian
homes that were broken into by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip. One
of the pictures shows two soldiers pointing their guns at the head of a
bound and blindfolded Palestinian, another picture shows a soldiers
writing “We will be back” and drawing the star of David at the wall of a
Palestinian home. A third picture shows a soldier carrying his gun near
a Palestinian woman inside her kitchen.
http://www.imemc.org/article/59733
Photos show Israeli troops abusing Palestinians
JERUSALEM
(AP)
— A group of Israeli reservists critical of the military's treatment of
Palestinians has released new photos that appear to show Israeli
soldiers abusing Palestinians. One picture shows a soldier holding an
assault rifle to the head of a blindfolded Palestinian man. Another
shows a soldier spray painting "Be right back" on the wall of a Gaza
home. Breaking the Silence said Monday it published the pictures on its
Facebook page to rebut the military's contention that improper conduct
by soldiers is an aberration. It was impossible to confirm the
authenticity of the photos, but they resemble others that have surfaced
in recent months. The military said it knew of the photos but had no
immediate reaction.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hWoARJk_-R3Fq0bIxrMempD2OVIw
First Day Of School For Bedouin Children In Bamboo Schoolhouse
It
is
the first day at school for the Palestinian Bedouin children of the
Jahalin community, in the Judean Desert. But this year is different:
they'll be studying in a schoolhouse made of bamboo.
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8995
Israeli Injustice System
IDF prosecutors chided for using testimony of mentally disabled Palestinian witness
Account by young man puts resident of Palestinian West Bank village of
Na'alin behind bars for nine months for a crime he did not commit.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/idf-prosecutors-
chided-for-using-testimony-of-mentally-disabled-palestinian-witness-1.320976
Violence, Aggression and Detainees
Safed clash stirs fear among Arab students
Police boosts security following weekend incident between haredim,
Arabs. 'Several female students asked if it was safe to go to school,'
says Arab students' representative at city's Academic College.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3974260,00.html
Israeli Troops Invade Hebron & Neighboring Towns
On
Monday
mornin, the Israeli military invaded the towns of al-Samu', Halhol,
Beit al-Rosh, Sa'er, Beit Kahel and the al-Fawar Refugee Camp near
Hebron, in the southern West Bank. The military conducted inspections of
Palestinian vehicles and demanded identity cards of all passengers,
apparently in search of persons who were 'wanted' by the military.
http://www.imemc.org/article/59737
Israeli Military Abducts 4 Palestinians, Burns The Holy Quran In Qalqilya
In monday morning, Israeli soldiers burned and tore up the holy Quran,
during the invasion of the town of Jayyus, east of Qalqilya,and
kidnapped 3 palestinians, 2 of whom work in the institutions of the
Palestinian's Authority.
http://www.imemc.org/article/59741
Army Abducts Two Palestinians, Invade Homes In Hebron
On Saturday morning, the Israeli army kidnapped two Palestinians in Beit
Ummar town, north of Hebron, and broke into houses of members of the National Committee Against Settlements.
http://www.imemc.org/article/59727
Relatives: 3 detained in Qalqiliya
QALQILIYA
(Ma'an)
-- Israeli forces detained three Palestinians from the Jayyus village
in the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya on Monday morning,
relatives said. Relatives said The forces also detained Wajdi Hussein
Bayda, 30, and Khaled Jamil Salim, 31, were both detained from the
village after Israeli forces raided the area. The 11-year-old daughter
of the third Palestinian detained, Ismail Bayda, 31, said troops entered
the family home at 1 a.m., and that she saw forces blindfold her father
then lead him away.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=327274
1 detained from checkpoint
JENIN (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces detained Muhammad Hammam Younis Samoudi,
20, from Jenin, while he was passing the Huwwara checkpoint south of Nablus.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=327342
IOA refuses to release Palestinian prisoner after serving his term
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) is refusing to release
Palestinian prisoner Shadi Abul Hussein despite ending his seven-year
sentence on 31/8/2010, a Palestinian human rights group said.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx
Court Decides To Keep Sa'adat in Solitary Confinement For an Additional Six Months
An
Israeli
court decided to keep the imprisoned Secretary-General of the Popular
Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in solitary confinement for
an additional six months. Ahmad Sa'adat will remain in solitary
confinement until April 21, 2011.
http://www.imemc.org/article/59739
War Criminals
Bulldozer driver testimony underscores lack of transparency in Corrie trial
Haifa, Israel – The bulldozer driver who struck and killed Rachel Corrie
in March 2003, in Rafah, Gaza, testified for the first time Thursday in
the civil lawsuit filed by the Corrie family against the state of
Israel, but did so under extraordinary protective measures that continue
to underscore the lack of transparency in the investigation as well as
the trial process.
http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/blog/2010/10/24/
bulldozer-driver-testimony-underscores-lack-of-transparency-in-corrie-trial
The Courtroom Security Fence, Palestine Monitor
HAIFA:
Journalists,
lawyers, and human rights activists were blocked from entering the
Haifa courtroom yesterday. From behind a “make-shift curtain,” the
driver who killed Rachel Corrie repeatedly contradicted his earlier
testimony and affidavit. Attorney Hussein Abu Hussein holding the
photograph contradicting key witness testimony: “The more we
hear their witnesses the more we are getting that someone is trying to
white wash what happened.” “He was lying,” Hussein Abu Hussein said.
“The more we hear their witnesses the more we are getting that someone
is trying to white wash what happened.” Abu Hussein stood on the sixth
floor of the Haifa courthouse, in front of his clients Cindy, Sarah and
Craig Corrie. Seven years ago, their fourth family member was killed
under the blade of a massive military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip. They
hired Abu Hussein to represent them in a civil suit to uncover the truth
of Rachel Corrie's death.
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article1575
'Even if the Israelis confess, I don't expect any justice from them'
Maysa Samouni, whose husband Tawfiq, 21, was killed and baby daughter
Jumana, now two, was injured in the building struck by missiles on 5
January, 2009, was unmoved yesterday by the progress of the
investigation into the attack.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/
even-if-the-israelis-confess-i-dont-expect-any-justice-from-them-2114251.html
Gaza flotilla was 'Turkish provocation', Livni tells enquiry
Turkey exploitation of a diplomatic vacuum was behind the decision to
launch aid convoy raided by Israel, opposition leader says.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/
gaza-flotilla-was-turkish-provocation-livni-tells-enquiry-1.321073
Dayan: Stop probing troops for Cast Lead
Maj-Gen says soldiers who forced boy to open bags thought to contain explosives are 'not criminals'
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3974487,00.html
Israel's Arab Helpers
IDF planning for potential PA ban on West Bank raids
While officially the PA is responsible for security in the cities
defined as Area A in the Oslo agreements the IDF carry out arrest raids
there almost every night.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/
idf-planning-for-potential-pa-ban-on-west-bank-raids-1.320977
PA security militias transfer detainees to underground cells in Jericho prison
Ex-detainees released recently said that dozens of Palestinian prisoners
was transferred by the Palestinian authority's security apparatuses to underground cells in Jericho prison.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U
Hamas MPs in Jenin call on Abbas to release ex-detainees in Israeli jails
Hamas lawmakers in Jenin appealed to Mahmoud Abbas to immediately
release ex-detainees Alaa Abu Khadeer and Firas Jarrar from his jails.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq
Hamas slams PA officers for visiting Rabin center in Tel Aviv
Hamas strongly denounced PA security officers for visiting Rabin center
in Tel Aviv, saying the security apparatuses in the West Bank stooped to
a serious level in its relations with Israel.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k
Palestinians in Europe: Abbas should be stripped of powers
Palestinians in Europe said Mahmoud Abbas should be stripped of powers
over statements he made announcing plans to back down on rights of
Palestinians in return for state based on 1967 borders.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k
Egypt arrests 55 Sudanese migrants en route to Israel
Migrants were found in the back of a truck, which was stopped in a tunnel connecting Egypt's mainland with the Sinai Peninsula.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/
egypt-arrests-55-sudanese-migrants-en-route-to-israel-1.320933
Hamas, Learning From the Occupiers
Gaza govt to raze 'illegal structures'
GAZA
CITY
(Ma’an) -- The Gaza government announced Monday that it has given
directives to its interior ministry to raze what it has termed illegal
structures on public lands and enforce previous orders to arrest those
trading the land. Head of the ministry's land department Ibrahim Radwan
said those in violation of the order had been given a deadline which has
now expired and that officers would maintain permanent checkpoints,
supported by police, on public lands to prevent "any violation."
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=327246
Political Developments
Report: Mash'al says ready to accept 2 states
TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- Hamas chief Khaled Mash'al says his group is
willing to accept any peace agreement achieved between Israel and the
Palestinian Authority, as long as it enjoys a Palestinian consensus,
Israeli media reported Thursday. In an interview with Newsweek
magazine, which was not online late Thursday, Mash'al reportedly
predicted that the inception of a Palestinian state was not something
that could happen in the foreseeable future, and urged Washington to
"hear from us directly.”
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=326577
Israel can’t use Bible to justify claims, Mideast synod says
(JTA) --
A meeting of Mideast bishops declared that Israel cannot use the Bible
to justify territorial claims to land in Israel. The final statement of
the two-week Synod of Bishops of the Middle East in Rome that ended
Saturday blamed Israel for the conflict between the Jewish state and the
Palestinians. It rejected the use of the biblical position of the
Promised Land to justify Jewish settlement of the West Bank. "Recourse
to theological and biblical positions which use the Word of God to
wrongly justify injustices is not acceptable," the bishops said.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/10/24/2741414/
mideast-synod-says-israel-cant-use-bible-to-justify-claims
Israel slams 'political attacks' by Catholic bishops
JERUSALEM
— Israel on Sunday slammed critical remarks made by Middle East Catholic
bishops after a meeting chaired by Pope Benedict XVI as "political
attacks" on the Jewish state. "We express our disappointment
that this important synod has become a forum for political attacks on
Israel in the best history of Arab propaganda," Deputy Foreign Minister
Danny Ayalon said in a statement. "The synod was hijacked by an
anti-Israel majority," he added.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hQQ7BlSpLZpq4976X1P0hcqRJtkg
Deputy FM: Anti-Israel bishops have hijacked the Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI and Middle East bishops demand that Israel accept U.N.
resolutions calling for an end to its occupation of Arab lands.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/
deputy-fm-anti-israel-bishops-have-hijacked-the-vatican-1.320944
Other News
JTA: Cantor proposes separating Israel aid from foreign ops budget
House Republican Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) tells JTA in an
interview that should Republicans take the House of Representatives next
month, he would propose separating U..S. aid to Israel from the foreign
operations budget, which the GOP may vote to defund: A Republican
Congress would seek to remove funding for Israel from the foreign
operations budget, a GOP leader said. U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor, the
Republican whip and the only Jewish Republican in the House of
Representatives, told JTA that a GOP-led House would seek to defund
nations that do not share U.S. interests, even if it meant rejecting the
president's foreign operations budget. Cantor, of Virginia, said he
wants to protect funding for Israel should that situation arise. "Part
of the dilemma is that Israel has been put in the overall foreign aid
looping," he said when asked about the increasing tendency of
Republicans in recent years to vote against foreign operations
appropriations. "I'm hoping we can see some kind of separation in terms
of tax dollars going to Israel."
http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/1010/JTA_
Cantor_proposes_separating_Israel_aid_from_foreign_ops_budget.html
U.S. firm to build Israeli troop carrier
JERUSALEM, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Israel's Defense Ministry has awarded the
U.S. arms and aerospace giant General Dynamics a contract to build some
600 Namer (leopard in Hebrew) armored personnel carriers (APC) over the
next eight years, the Jerusalem Post newspaper reported Sunday. The
blocky-looking turretless vehicle is based on the Merkava MK4 tank
chassis. It was developed after the 2006 Lebanon War, and, after
numerous deadly Hezbollah Sagger anti-tank rocket attacks against the
Israeli troops, who were then ferried in older, more lightly-armored,
Vietnam-era M-113 APCs, the report said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-10/25/c_13573229.htm
Foxman: US must stop Palestinians from declaring state
Anti-Defamation League head says "pipe dream" of declaring statehood without making concessions or sacrifices must be given up.
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=192195
Saudi prince: Israel is America's sewer in Mideast
Riyadh's former ambassador to Washington accuses Obama Administration of
'failing to curb brutal Israeli policy of collective punishment, arbitrary arrests and killings'.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3974268,00.html
History students fight to use textbook presenting both Israeli and Palestinian narratives
Sha'ar Hanegev High students demand to meet head of the Education
Ministry's pedagogical secretariat who banned the school from using the
book.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/history-
students-fight-to-use-textbook-presenting-both-israeli-and-palestinian-narratives-1.320983
'We yeshiva students barely study'
Special: In courageous monologue, young haredi man reveals truth behind
yeshiva student stipends. 'The State gives us funds, so why should
anyone work? The seculars' money is ruining our society'.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3974053,00.html
Rise in Arab National Service volunteers
Directorate says six times more Arabs joined service in past five years, despite leaders' objections.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3974580,00.html
Analysis/Opinion/Human Interest
Sabotage: Netanyahu's New Bag of Tricks, George S. Hishmeh
While all the world was watching, silently, Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu has by all measures managed to sabotage the U.S. -
sponsored 'peace talks' with the Palestinians, led by Mahmoud Abbas,
president of the Palestinian Authority. Although most governments and
many international organizations, particularly the United Nations,
seemed handcuffed, the right-wing Israeli government has meanwhile lost
significant support at home and abroad for its extremist views and
subsequent shortsightedness.
http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=16353
Forget the Details, its all about the Land, Joharah Baker for MIFTAH
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict may seem unbelievably complicated to
most – an endless web of historical narratives, emotional claims and
bitter pasts – but it all comes down to a simple premise: the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict is about land, plain and simple. Israel
wants the rest of it and the Palestinians won't go down without a fight
in trying to keep the tiny sliver that remains. All of Israel's
hair-splitting in between – insistence on a Jewish state, more security
at its borders, the threat of Hamas in Gaza – these are all minor
details that divert attention away from its main goal, which is grabbing
as much Palestinian land as possible before a final settlement is
reached.
http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=22741&CategoryId=3
Chas Freeman, II, Max Ajl
A couple days ago I pointed out that Chas Freeman’s much-circulated
Tufts speech, when parsed carefully, still endorsed an embrace of
empire. An embrace of empire when the global North overlaps with "white"
people and its victim, the global South, are "brown" people means that
the latter group will die and suffer. I concluded perhaps too vehemently
that a policy that inexorably leads to the murder of brown people is
"racist." But Gabriel Ash of Jews Sans Frontieres very helpfully pointed
out that the terms need clarification. Chas Freeman is not a bigot. He
does not run around spitting at Arabs, supporting anti-miscegenation
laws, or garbed in a white-hooded cloak. He is of American Indian
ancestry. He probably is very lightly, if at all, prejudiced in his
personal life. I’m sure he considers African-Americans worthy of full
citizenship in America, doesn’t like the Minute Men carrying out
vigilante border-keeping on the US-Mexico frontier, and supports
affirmative action. He is not, as Gabriel pointed out, afflicted with
“racism, the theory and conscious belief of racial superiority,
exclusivity and primacy, and the practices that follow intentionally
from applying these beliefs.” Instead, he almost certainly accepts
“racism, a system of assumptions, habits of mind, knowledge, etc., that
supports unequal relations of power between racially constructed groups
and that helps to both naturalize and invisibilize the domination of one
group over another.”
http://www.maxajl.com/?p=4316
It's the Occupation, Stupid, Robert A. Pape
Extensive
research
into the causes of suicide terrorism proves Islam isn't to blame -- the
root of the problem is foreign military occupations.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/10/18/it_s_the_occupation_stupid
Rosen: ‘rogue apartheid Jewish state is not viable in current form’, Philip Weiss
Nir Rosen, to Scott Horton, on the costs of the Iraq war: As for
America’s security posture, I don’t think the Middle East should be
viewed through the prism of alleged American “interests.” And I don’t
think imposing its will on weaker countries increases American security.
Even the weak find ways to resist. America is more insecure when it
creates more enemies it didn’t need to have and meddles with the
internal affairs of other countries. Certainly the Middle East was more
stable before the war. America’s security posture in the Middle East
involves colonial and post-colonial relations. American influence there
is embattled and changing. The war in Iraq may come to be seen as a
turning point, part of a decline in American influence in the region.
But there are other things happening at the same time. The Saudi regime
is unsustainable and the Egyptian regime is disintegrating. These two
countries are pillars of the American regional architecture. And the
third pillar, Israel, is not viable in its current form as an
increasingly rogue apartheid Jewish state. Finally, the American
military is exhausted and losing its conventional skills after nearly
ten years of occupation while the power of asymmetrical tactics against a
conventional behemoth has been demonstrated.
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/10/rosen-rogue-apartheid-jewish-state-is-not-viable-in-current-form.html
Can I Be on Abe Foxman’s Hit List?
Students
for
Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, and others are on the
defensive now that the hate-monger Abe Foxman and his Anti-Defamation
League have listed them as anti-Israel. The groups respond with all the
right comments about the plight of the Palestinians. These groups
represent a wide collective of Jewish and non-Jewish pro-human rights
groups. They recognize the Nakba (ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
between 1947-49), the apartheid wall, and BDS (boycott, divestment,
sanctions). But like many on the ‘left’, they’re afraid to stand up to
the more powerful (like ADL, AIPAC, Democratic Party, etc.) and say
‘Screw You’.
http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/10/can-i-be-on-abe-foxman%e2%80%99s-hit-list/
The Legacy of Mubarak, Ali Younes
Mohammad Hosni Mubarak, former Air Force General became president of
Egypt after the assassination of President Mohammad Anwar Al Sadat by
Muslim extremists on 6 October 1981. President Mubarak, as a result,
became the longest serving president of Egypt since Mohammad Ali Pasha,
who ruled Egypt from 1805-1849.
http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=16352
One on One - Clovis Maksoud
The veteran diplomat and scholar discusses life in the center of Arab regional politics and East-West issues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEjbIcYPnTI&feature=youtube_gdata
Lebanon
Hariri hails Catholic bishops' call to end Israeli occupation
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri hailed Sunday a call by Catholic
bishops for the international community to end the Israeli occupation of
Palestinian lands, while Israeli officials reacted angrily to the
appeal. The "participation [of Christian thinkers] in challenging the
Zionist project is a necessity for Muslims not to be left alone in this
confrontation.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=120751
ITU decries Israeli breaches of Lebanese telecom sector
BEIRUT: The press office of Telecommunications Minister Charbel Nahhas
issued a statement over the weekend about the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) conference condemning Israel's violation
of Lebanon's telecoms sector, saying that the sector has been and is
still being subjected to Israeli interference, reported As-Safir
newspaper over the weekend.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=3&article_id=120740
Iraq
Sunday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 21 Wounded
The Iraqi Supreme Court ordered parliament to reconvene despite the
failure of party leaders to form the new government. Meanwhile, six
Iraqis were killed and 21 more were wounded in and near Mosul. Oddly, no
other reports surfaced.
http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2010/10/24/sunday-6-iraqis-killed-21-wounded-2/
Iraq ‘exaggerates and politicizes’ its oil wealth
Iraq’s bragging about its oil riches, future production and plans cannot
be taken seriously, according to a former oil minister. Isam al-Jalabi,
an oil expert with international status, urged the Iraqi government to
stop politicizing its oil wealth and tell Iraqis the truth
about its oil plans. “You (the government) should stop politicizing oil
and gas contracts … your (oil and gas projects) are not worth the paper
they are written on. Your projects have no economic feasibility and are
promoted merely for political purposes,” Jalabi said in an interview.
http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news\2010-10-21\kurd.htm
Iraqi leaders not following US advice on gov't:?
American influence has so dwindled in Iraq over the last several months
that Iraqi lawmakers and political leaders say they no longer follow
Washington's advice for forming a government.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/21/AR2010102103855.html
Iran, Iraq leaders discuss boosting ties (AFP)
AFP
-
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad telephoned his Iraqi counterpart
Jalal Talabani and discussed boosting relations between the two
neighbours, state media reported on Monday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101025/wl_mideast_afp/irandiplomacyiraqpolitics
Iran's role in Iraq
The
leaked
documents reveal Iran's extensive role in Iraq, with thousands of
reports of Tehran funding and suppling Shia militias. Many of these
reports implicate members of Iran's intelligence services, accusing them
of building bombs and even manning checkpoints in Baghdad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTCEtcD2PfA&feature=youtube_gdata
US State Dept. will hire another 7,000 security contractors in Iraq
Corbin
stated
that State Department will hire another 7,000 security contractors once
Congress comes through with a 2011 budget, in which State Department
has requested USD 2.6 billion for operations in Iraq.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2119754&Language=en
Drug and Alcohol Abuse Growing in Iraqi Forces
With
insurgents
still a threat in Iraq and American forces about to leave, growing
numbers of Iraqi soldiers and police officers are becoming dependent on
alcohol and drugs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/world/middleeast/25baghdad.html
Frost over the World - Iyad Allawi
The former Iraqi president and leader of the coalition that narrowly won
the parliamentary elections held in March joins Sir David from Baghdad
to talk about the ongoing electoral deadlock in his country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaVIAfBHCTk&feature=youtube_gdata
Wikileaks
Baghdad to investigate role of Blackwater in deaths
The Iraqi government says that it will investigate whether employees of
the Blackwater security company were involved in hitherto undisclosed
killings that emerged from the Wikileaks documents.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/
baghdad-to-investigate-role-of-blackwater-in-deaths-2115636.html
Iraqis respond to WikiLeaks files
The
official
reaction from the Iraqi government to the release of WikiLeaks
files about the country has been measured in tone. But many members of
the Iraqi public say the leaked documents reflect what they had long
suspected was the truth. Rawya Rageh reports from Baghdad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbppsACVlcE&feature=youtube_gdata
What did the US think of Nouri al-Maliki?
The leaked documents allege that Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki
operated a "detention squad," a group of Iraqi army soldiers responsible
for rounding up his political opponents. They also reveal that US troops
worried he would be perceived as using his position for sectarian
power grabs, and show him as a frequent target for assassination
attempts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTqQpjJdeeA&feature=youtube_gdata
Leaked Iraq war files portray weak, divided nation (AP)
AP - The enormous cache of secret war logs disclosed by the WikiLeaks
website paints a picture of an Iraq burdened by persistent sectarian
tension and meddling neighbors, suggesting that the country could drift
into chaos once U.S. forces leave.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101024/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/wikileaks
Files show al-Qaeda's grip on Iraq
Leaked documents show how al-Qaeda arrived in Iraq after the US military overthrew Saddam's government.
http://english.aljazeera.net/secretiraqfiles/2010/10/20101024185141883364.html
Brit soldier 'killed Iraq girl aged eight as she played'
A British soldier shot dead an eight-year-old Iraqi girl as she played
in the street, it was claimed yesterday. The explosive allegation was
made at a press conference about the secret "war logs" from the US
military released by the whistleblowing Wikileaks website. Lawyer Phil
Shiner said the murder happened while soldiers were handing out sweets
to children.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/10/24/
brit-soldier-killed-iraq-girl-aged-eight-as-she-played-115875-22654792/
Iraq war logs: Operation Steel Curtain and its 25 ignored civilian casualties
Military
trumpeted
Husaybah campaign as victory over foreign fighters but didn't
mention the innocents lying in the rubble. In press releases and other
public statements on their major offensives in Iraq, US officials
consistently downplayed the numbers of civilians they killed – or denied
killing any at all. The secret reports from the frontline that form the
bulk of the leaked war logs routinely follow this policy, giving totals
of EKIA (enemy killed in action) but providing no evidence of attempts
to check whether the bodies are those of insurgents or unarmed
civilians.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/24/steel-curtain-air-strikes-husaybah
Iraq war logs: Battle for Samarra killed dozens of innocent people
Blow-by-blow files say nothing about 48 or more civilians killed in
Operation Baton Rouge against insurgent strongholds. Laden with heavy
weaponry the AC-130 gunships were ready, the 1st Squadron of the 4th
Cavalry was poised for attack and, sitting in front of their computer
screens, US intelligence officers were about to record an extraordinary
blow-by-blow account of the biggest US offensive since the invasion of
Iraq in March 2003.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/24/samarra-baton-rouge-civilian-deaths
Iraq war logs: Apache attack's child victims speak out
Cockpit video of gunship attack that killed 19 and gravely injured two
children was first major leak of Iraq war material. On a hot July day
in 2007, taxi driver Salah Mutasher Toman swept his two young children
into the passenger seat of his white minivan. He bade his brother, Sabah
Toman, farewell and started making his way home, a short drive across
the neighbourhood, through militia-held territory. The area had echoed
with explosions that morning. A fight had been brewing. But that was
nothing new in Baghdad during that particular bloody summer. Salah
planned on bunkering down with his family for the day to ride out the
routine of heat and violence. He didn't get further than 400 metres
before his van was blown apart by a hovering American helicopter. Salah
died, along with six other people in his van. His son Sajad and daughter
Duah were gravely wounded.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/25/wikileaks-apache-attack-iraqi-civilians
Rights lawyer comments on torture claims
Arsalan Iftikhar, an international human rights lawyer, talks to Al
Jazeera about WikiLeak's revelation that US forces in Iraq turned a
blind eye to prisoner abuse. He says the US is beyond the reach of any
external repercussions because it's not a signatory to the Rome treaty
which formed the International Criminal Court.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vngb4m2K5jo&feature=youtube_gdata
Torture, killing, children shot – and how the US tried to keep it all quiet
The largest leak in history reveals the true extent of the bloodshed
unleashed by the decision to go to war in Iraq – and adds at least
15,000 to its death toll.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/torture-
killing-children-shot-ndash-and-how-the-us-tried-to-keep-it-all-quiet-2115112.html
Kucinich on WikiLeaks: ‘American people have a right to know’
from RawStory.com Headlines by Muriel Kane
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) responded to the WikiLeaks release on
Friday with a statement saying, "We need a true accounting of the war in
Iraq. The American people have a right to know how many innocent
civilians were killed in a war based on lies." "We must remember that
the Iraqi people are still grieving [...]
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/kucinich-wikileaks-american-people/
Amnesty International: USA must investigate detainee abuse claims in Wikileaks files
Amnesty International calls on the USA to investigate how much US
officials knew about the torture of detainees held by Iraqi security
forces after new evidence emerged in files released by the Wikileaks
organization. Amnesty International today called on the USA to
investigate how much US officials knew about the torture and other
ill-treatment of detainees held by Iraqi security forces after new
evidence emerged in files released by the Wikileaks organization on
Friday.
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/
usa-must-investigate-detainee-abuse-claims-wikileaks-files-2010-10-22
Spiegel: WikiLeaks logs may reveal war crimes
In
its
early analysis of the Iraq war logs released by whistleblower site
WikiLeaks on Friday, the German paper Der Spiegel pointed to several
accounts of what it calls "dubious attacks" by US Apache helicopters
that may have amounted to war crimes.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/wikileaks-logs-war-crimes/
WikiLeaks Exposes Rumsfeld's Lies (The Daily Beast)
The Daily Beast - Recent revelations by Wikileaks show how top American
leaders lied, knowingly, to the American public, to American troops, and
to the world. Ellen Knickmeyer on the carnage she saw as Baghdad bureau
chief.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/20101025/ts_dailybeast/10609_
wikileaksshowsrumsfeldandcaseyliedabouttheiraqwar
The Secret Iraq Files
It is the biggest leak of military secrets ever. Al Jazeera has obtained
access to almost 400,000 classified American documents. Torture, claims
of murder at the checkpoint - revelations that make a mockery of the
rules of combat. This special programme reveals the truth about the war
in Iraq.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU718vXkrwY&feature=youtube_gdata
WikiLeaks Iraq War Logs Expose U.S.-Backed Iraqi Torture, 15,000 More Civilian Deaths, and Contractors Run Amok
The online whistleblower WikiLeaks has released some 390,000 classified
U.S. documents on the Iraq War — the largest intelligence leak in U.S.
history and the greatest internal account of any war on public record.
The disclosure provides a trove of new evidence on the violence,
torture, and suffering that has befallen Iraq since the 2003 U.S.
invasion. Despite U.S. government claims to the contrary, the war logs
show the Pentagon kept tallies of civilian deaths in Iraq. The group
Iraq Body Count says the files contain evidence of an additional 15,000
previously unknown Iraqi civilian casualties. The number is likely far
higher as the war logs omit many instances where U.S. forces killed
Iraqi civilians, including the U.S. assault on Fallujah in 2004. The war
logs also show the U.S. imposed a formal policy to ignore human rights
abuses committed by the Iraqi military. Under an order known as "Frago
242" issued in June 2004, coalition troops were barred from
investigating any violations committed by Iraqi troops against other
Iraqis. Hundreds of cases of killings, torture, and rape at the hands of
the Iraqi troops were ignored. To help analyze the documents, we hold a
round table discussion with three guests including David Leigh, the
investigations editor at The Guardian newspaper of London, and
investigative journalists Pratap Chatterjee and Nir Rosen.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/10/25/wikileaks_iraq_war_logs_expose_us
Frago 242, Justin Raimondo
The biggest US security breach in our history, carried off by WikiLeaks, reveals a wealth of information – hundreds of thousands of field reports,
the raw material collected by the US military on the ground in Iraq. It
will be quite a while before the “gems” are mined from this treasure trove, but initially the one that stands out as the jewel in the crown is the revelation of “Frago 242”
– an order from high up in the US military command instructing officers
not to investigate reports of torture and other human rights violations
by their Iraqi allies. As the Guardian, one of the media outlets given privileged access to the database prior to its general release, reports.
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/10/24/frago-242/
Iran
Lieberman orders 'day after' plans for tackling nuclear Iran
While government remains committed to prevention, contingency plan hints
Israel may be losing faith in the world's ability to halt Tehran's atomic program - either diplomatically or by force.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/
lieberman-orders-day-after-plans-for-tackling-nuclear-iran-1.321068
US to check whether Venezuela-Iran deals violate sanctions
The United States will be vigilant of the deals made between Venezuela
and Iran to make sure that they do not violate sanctions against Tehran,
US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley, said on Thursday.
http://english.eluniversal.com/2010/10/22/en_pol_esp_us-to-check-whether_22A4639773.shtml
Bolivian president to visit Iran
TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Juan Evo Morales will
arrive in Iran on Sunday evening for a four-day visit, the semi-official
ISNA news agency reported on Sunday. Morales is expected to fly to
northwestern city of Tabriz on Monday to visit some industrial units,
and will officially meet with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad at the presidential office on Tuesday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-10/24/c_13573190.htm
Armenian prime minister to visit Iran on ties
TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisyan
will visit Tehran on Monday with a trade delegation, the semi-official
ISNA news agency reported on Sunday. Officially invited by Iranian
First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Sarkisyan led a trade
delegation from Armenian Chamber of Commerce to attend a economic
conference in Tehran, Iranian ambassador to Yerevan Ali Saghaian told
ISNA.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-10/24/c_13573199.htm
Inside Story - Cutting ties with Iran?
With
countries
following the sanctions and others dragging their feet, what impact are
the sanctions having on the economies of Iran's trading partners? And
are the sanctions designed to drag Iran back to the negotiating table?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz7qG_teHr0&feature=youtube_gdata
U.S. and other world news
How Paul Wolfowitz Authorized Human Experimentation at Guantánamo, Andy Worthington
Last week, Truthout published an important article by Jason Leopold,
Truthout’s Deputy Managing Editor, and psychologist and blogger Jeffrey
Kaye, revealing, for the first time, a secret memorandum dated March 25,
2002, approved by deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz, which
authorized human experimentation on detainees in the "War on Terror."
The release of the memo followed some little-noticed maneuvering in
Congress in December 2001, when the requirement of "informed consent" in
any experimentation by the Defense Department (introduced in 1972) was
quietly dropped.
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/10/24/
how-paul-wolfowitz-authorized-human-experimentation-at-guantanamo/
Filipinos aim to give US army the boot
Some
3,000
United States Marines are currently in the Philippines for joint
training exercises with their Filipino counterparts amid mounting
opposition calls to scrap a controversial bilateral military pact.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/LJ20Ae02.html
Islam in the West
Anti-Muslim crusaders make millions spreading fear
Steven Emerson has 3,390,000 reasons to fear Muslims. That's how many
dollars Emerson's for-profit company — Washington-based SAE Productions —
collected in 2008 for researching alleged ties between American Muslims
and overseas terrorism. The payment came from the Investigative Project
on Terrorism Foundation, a nonprofit charity Emerson also founded, which
solicits money by telling donors they're in imminent danger from
Muslims.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20101024/NEWS01/10240374
'Surfing rabbi' rallies with British anti-Islam group outside Israel embassy
Rabbi Nachum Shifren is running for state senate under the Tea Party
banner and is is considered a long shot to represent west Los Angeles in
the California senate.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/
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