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Sun, 2009-11-08 11:03

CMOT Dibbler

MAHMOUD ABBAS is fed up. The day before yesterday he withdrew his candidacy for the coming presidential election in the Palestinian Authority.

I understand him.

He feels betrayed. And the traitor is Barack Obama.

A YEAR ago, when Obama was elected, he aroused high hopes in the Muslim world, among the Palestinian people as well as in the Israeli peace camp.

Sun, 2009-11-08 13:36

#3

al-Qa'bong

I dunno, Abu Masen has been denounced as a collaborator for years by Palestinians. He's been a US/Israeli puppet almost right from the beginning.

Sun, 2009-11-08 16:05

#4

N.Beltov

Robert Fisk called those corrupt men from Fatah associated with Abbas "the men of the gold-plated bathrooms" for the extravagent toilets they had. The contrast between the bought off leadership and ordinary Palestinians is shocking. But such contrasts well served their imperial masters in Washington.

Fri, 2009-11-13 01:35

#5

NDPP

yes collaborators and sellouts are a serious problem to any society seeking to free itself from oppression. Canada of course, has this feature as well but we won't drift there today..

http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/from-the-river-to-the-sea-by-gilad-atzmo...

"Let's once and for all stop getting excited about America mounting pressure on Israel to freeze West Bank settlements..."

Sat, 2009-11-14 23:26

#6

CMOT Dibbler

Scoundrel With Permission

WHEN THE TV news starts with a murder, people are relieved.

This means that no war has broken out, no suicide bomb has exploded, no Qassam rocket has been launched at Sderot. Ahmadinejad has not test-fired a new missile that can reach Tel Aviv. Just another murder.

Not that Israel is the world's murder capital. We shall have to work much harder to reach the heights of New York or Moscow, not to mention Johannesburg. Statistics even show our murder rate is declining.

Tue, 2009-11-17 10:10

#7

CMOT Dibbler

Documentary: Settlers and the Olive Harvest 2009

Tue, 2009-11-17 10:14

#8

CMOT Dibbler

Documentary: Effects of Ariel's sewage outflow on Palestinian Village

Wed, 2009-11-18 11:28

#9

CMOT Dibbler

RAMALLAH - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said yesterday that the declaration of a Palestinian state would be a mere formality once the institutions of a Palestinian state are created.
Fayyad: Institutions first priority, declaring statehood comes later

Wed, 2009-11-18 11:33

#10

CMOT Dibbler

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1128403
Protesters say the Israel Defense Forces used live ammunition from Ruger rifles last Friday to disperse a demonstration near the separation fence at the West Bank town of Na'alin. In 2001, the military advocate general ordered a halt to the use of such rifles for crowd control.

Sat, 2009-11-21 14:31

#11

CMOT Dibbler

Federation? Why Not?

THESE DAYS mark the 5th anniversary of the murder of Yasser Arafat, and bring back to me our last conversation in his Ramallah compound, a few weeks before his death. It was he who brought up the idea of a threefold federation - Israel, Palestine and Jordan. "And perhaps Lebanon, too. Why not?" - the same as he did at our very first meeting, in Beirut, July 1982, in the middle of the battle. He mentioned the term Benelux - the pact between Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg that predated the European Union.

Sat, 2009-11-28 17:37

#12

CMOT Dibbler

Amira Hass (1) with 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award

Sun, 2009-11-29 10:43

#13

CMOT Dibbler

"...And A Little Child Shall Lead Them"

THOMAS FRIEDMAN, the New York Times columnist, has an idea. That happens to him quite often. One might almost say - too often.

It goes like this: The US will turn its back on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The entire world will follow. Everybody is fed up with this conflict. Let the Israelis and the Palestinians sort out their problems by themselves.

Sounds sensible. Why must the world be bothered with these two unruly children? Let them kick each other as much as they like. The adults should not interfere.

Tue, 2009-12-01 11:24

#14

CMOT Dibbler

Riz Khan - Changing perspectives on Israel - 30 Nov 09 - Part 1

Thu, 2009-12-03 14:53

#15

CMOT Dibbler

Last Sunday, the water supply to the village of Arab al-Ramadin, south of Qalqilyah, was suddenly cut off. Anyone who used the remaining water in the rooftop tanks that morning heard only the frustrating sound of dry pipes by afternoon. In this tiny village of 300, running water is the only evidence of modern infrastructure.

Notes from Area C / Between forced and 'voluntary' expulsion

Thu, 2009-12-03 18:23

#16

CMOT Dibbler

"All Palestinians I met were killed"

Thu, 2009-12-03 18:39

#17

CMOT Dibbler

Should the US sell arms to Israel?

Sat, 2009-12-05 16:07

#18

CMOT Dibbler

The Height of Kitsch

IT WOULD have been the epitome of political kitsch.

Binyamin Netanyahu and ten of his ministers were to hold a joint meeting with Angela Merkel and ten members of the German cabinet.

What for? To demonstrate Germany's love for Israel.

Tue, 2009-12-08 12:22

#19

NDPP

Jews Against Zionism:

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com

Wed, 2009-12-09 12:24

#20

CMOT Dibbler

The Jadallah family lives by a forbidden road

(this video is in Hebrew and Arabic)

Wed, 2009-12-09 12:26

#21

CMOT Dibbler

B'Tselem Campaign on Security Forces Violence

Wed, 2009-12-09 21:17

#22

CMOT Dibbler

Would any of the settlers who opposed the Civil Administration inspectors this week be living in the territories had the governments of Israel not established and encouraged them? Would the Gush Katif evacuees have moved to mobile homes in Ariel in the expectation of spacious permanent housing had the government clearly declared that this was forbidden - because the settlements will be evacuated in the near future for a peace agreement - and that evacuation-compensation money would not be paid to anyone who moves to the West Bank?

Israel has made settlers of all its citizens

Wed, 2009-12-09 22:52

#23

Frustrated Mess Frustrated Mess's picture

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There is an amazing story in Ha'aretz today on the "pro-Israel" litmus test that determines who is permitted to serve in the United States government. Here's the sort of lede you're not likely to read in the New York Times or Washington Post . . .

Ha'aretz says U.S. officials face 'pro-Israel' background check

Thu, 2009-12-10 02:11

#24

NDPP

From Nafha Prison: Israeli Prisons as Revolutionary Universities

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10936.shtml

"I was first imprisoned at the age of 16..."

Thu, 2009-12-10 11:07

#25

CMOT Dibbler

Every appointee to the American government must endure a thorough background check by the American Jewish community.

They need to be cross examined by 5 million people? How the hell does that work anyway?

Thu, 2009-12-10 20:33

#26

CMOT Dibbler

Palestinian women are being forced into prostitution in both Ramallah and Jerusalem - including in Jewish neighborhoods of the city, according to a report prepared by the Palestinian organization SAWA, which fights violence against women.

The report, released yesterday, says the victims come from various parts of the West Bank - mostly urban areas - as well as the Gaza Strip and Israel.

It also notes that some eastern European women who were originally trafficked to Israel to work as prostitutes are ocassionally sent to the West Bank.

Ground-breaking report documents forced prostitution in Palestinian society

Thu, 2009-12-10 20:38

#27

CMOT Dibbler

I.'s story of abuse
A 23-year-old Jerusalem resident identified only as I., the mother of three children, told a SAWA researcher that when she was 16, her father, who regularly abused her, forced her to marry. She fled her husband after he began beating her as well, and reported him to the police, who arrested him.

Fri, 2009-12-11 11:19

#28

CMOT Dibbler

This is a story of return, the return of Palestinians to their land in Area C. Just over a month ago, on November 8, two out of 15 families returned to Khirbet Bir al-Idd, in south Mount Hebron. By yesterday their number had reached eight.

Notes from Area C / The right to return to the caves

Fri, 2009-12-11 21:06

#29

Frustrated Mess Frustrated Mess's picture

Quote:

Israeli settlers in the occupied Palestinian West Bank have vandalised a mosque, torching its library and spraying hate messages in Hebrew on the building.

Who does such things?

Sat, 2009-12-12 12:56

#30

CMOT Dibbler

Kant-Weltbürgerpreis 2009 - Dankesrede Jeff Halper, Teil 1 von 4

This video is in English.

Sat, 2009-12-12 15:05

#31

CMOT Dibbler

Spot the Difference
A SHORT historical quiz: Which state:

(1) Arose after a holocaust in which a third of its people were destroyed?

(2) Drew from that holocaust the conclusion that only superior military forces could ensure its survival?

(3) Accorded the army a central role in its life, making it "an army that had a state, rather than a state that had an army"?

(4) Began by buying the land it took, and continued to expand by conquest and annexation?

(5) Endeavored by all possible means to attract new immigrants?

(6) Conducted a systematic policy of settlement in the occupied territories?

(7) Strove to push out the national minority by creeping ethnic cleansing?

Wed, 2009-12-16 12:13

#32

CMOT Dibbler

Israel effectively allows Palestinians to build in only 1 percent of Area C, the 60 percent of the West Bank over which it retains full control, according to a new report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

The report also said that so far this year Israel has demolished 180 Palestinian structures in Area C. As a result, 319 Palestinians, including 167 children, have lost their homes.

UN: Much of West Bank closed to Palestinian building

Sat, 2009-12-19 17:57

#33

CMOT Dibbler

Oybama
THIS WEEK I enjoyed an hour of happiness.

I was on my way home, after collecting William Polk's new book about Iran. I admire the wisdom of this former State Department official.

Sun, 2009-12-20 23:46

#34

NDPP

A Clear and Present Danger: Rabbi Dov Wolpe - uncensored: (vid)

http://palestinenote.com/cs/blogs/blogs/archive/2009/12/20/a-clear-and-p...

Israel Admits Harvesting Palestinian Organs

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/20/israel-admits-harvesting-pal...

Mon, 2009-12-21 15:10

#35

CMOT Dibbler

Thirty-five days after returning from Barcelona on a Sun D'Or flight, items belonging to documentary film director Sahera Dirbas, which Israeli security people had removed from her luggage and sent separately, were returned to her. Among them was a bronze figurine she had won at the International Euro-Arab Amal Film Festival in Spain for best documentary - awarded for her film "Stranger in My Home."

Arab filmmaker wins film award, Israel airline security nabs it

Mon, 2009-12-21 15:15

#36

CMOT Dibbler

The Civil Administration has been too busy in the past two weeks enforcing the construction freeze in the settlements in the West Bank to demolish the nearly-completed soccer stadium in the Palestinian town of El Bireh. The explanation came in the state's response to a petition submitted to the High Court of Justice in November by the settlement of Psagot and the Regavim Movement, requesting the demolition of the stadium and three adjacent homes. Representatives of Psagot argue that the presence of thousands of Palestinians at the stadium, which is near the settlement, would constitute a threat to Psagot. They also say the stadium did not have the proper construction permits.

State too busy to tear down El Bireh stadium

Mon, 2009-12-21 15:18

#37

CMOT Dibbler

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1135887
This is the profile of a construction offender in the Qalqilyah district: a young father, who is trying to work in his profession (as an electrician, carpenter, handyman, car repairman) and live an independent life. He is fed up with life in his parents' crowded, noisy house with his brothers and their children. He is part of a new generation that aspires to privacy and independence. He does not have enough money to move to a large city like Ramallah or Nablus like some of his acquaintances. Immigrating abroad is beyond the realm of his imagination. He also prefers to stay in the environment he knows. He considers it absurd to pay rent, and in any case there are very few rental apartments. He might consider buying an apartment in a housing project if his village and the provincial capital Qalqilyah had land to enable centralized planning and housing projects for young couples.

Wed, 2009-12-23 12:12

#38

CMOT Dibbler

Danger: Popular struggle

There is an internal document that has not been leaked, or perhaps has not even been written, but all the forces are acting according to its inspiration: the Shin Bet, Israel Defense Forces, Border Police, police, and civil and military judges. They have found the true enemy who refuses to whither away: The popular struggle against the occupation.

Wed, 2009-12-23 17:40

#39

CMOT Dibbler

Billy Bragg-Red Flag-Israeli communists on the march!

Thu, 2009-12-24 17:06

#40

CMOT Dibbler

The Israel Defense Forces consider it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a Palestinian to possess used IDF weapons, according to an indictment filed by the military prosecutor against Abdullah Abu Rahma of the West Bank town of Bil'in.

Abu Rahma, 39, is coordinator of the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall, which has been holding demonstrations against construction of the separation fence on the village's land. A teacher by profession, he was arrested by IDF troops on December 10 and indicted in a military court last Tuesday.

For Palestinians, possession of used IDF arms is now a crime

Fri, 2009-12-25 23:31

#41

CMOT Dibbler

Palestinian officials are confiscating merchandise produced in West Bank settlements as part of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's plan to remove all goods made in the settlements from Palestinian markets by the end of next year.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1137583

Sat, 2009-12-26 12:02

#42

CMOT Dibbler

Cast Lead 2
DID WE win? Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the Gaza War, alias Operation Cast Lead, and this question fills the public space.

Within the Israeli consensus, the answer has already been given: Certainly we won, the Qassams have stopped coming.

A simple, not to say primitive, answer. But that is how it looks to the superficial observer. There were the Qassams, we made war, no more Qassams. Sderot is thriving, the inhabitants of Beersheba go to the theater. Everything else is for philosophy professors.

Sat, 2009-12-26 19:49

#43

CMOT Dibbler

Arik Acherman on Judaism, Zionism and Morality

Sat, 2009-12-26 20:32

#44

CMOT Dibbler

Rabbi Arik Ascherman Air date 06 25 09 You Tube Compression

Tue, 2009-12-29 17:44

#45

NDPP

Israel Arrests Nuclear Whistleblower Vanunu

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6970966.ece

Sat, 2010-01-02 19:51

#46

CMOT Dibbler

The Iron Wall

SOMETHING ODD, almost bizarre, is going on in Egypt these days.

About 1400 activists from all over the world gathered there on their way to the Gaza Strip. On the anniversary of the "Cast Lead" War, they intended to participate in a non-violent demonstration against the ongoing blockade, which makes the life of 1.5 million inhabitants of the Strip intolerable.

Sun, 2010-01-10 12:55

#47

CMOT Dibbler

The Quiet American

THE QUIET AMERICAN was the hero of Graham Greene's novel about the first Vietnam War, the one fought by the French.

He was a young and naïve American, a professor's son, who had enjoyed a good education at Harvard, an idealist with all the best intentions. When he was sent to Vietnam, he wanted to help the natives to overcome the two evils as he saw them: French colonialism and Communism. Knowing absolutely nothing about the country in which he was acting, he caused a disaster. The book ends with a massacre, the outcome of his misguided efforts. He illustrated the old saying: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

Mon, 2010-01-11 19:07

#48

NDPP

Nablus Executions:

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11001.shtml

"How three men sleeping, at home with their families endangered an overwhelmingly armed military force is unclear. As is the justification for brutally excessive force employed lethally against the targeted men and wantonly upon their family members, including their children. Categorical execution without trial constitutes state terrorism.."

Tue, 2010-01-12 14:28

#49

CMOT Dibbler

The Civil Administration ordered Palestinian residents of the West Bank this week to stop erecting tents and building animal enclosures in the Bir el-Eid area - even though the state allowed them access to the site only two months ago, after a 10-year enforced absence and a protracted legal effort.

Civil Administration backtracks on granting Palestinians access to Bir el-Eid

Tue, 2010-01-12 14:32

#50

CMOT Dibbler

The departure from Ramses Street in Cairo, in about 20 buses, was set for the morning of Monday, December 28. However, the organizers of the Gaza Freedom March knew the buses would not arrive. Just as on Sunday night, the buses hired by a group of French activists never made it to their starting point - Cairo's Charles de Gaulle Street, near the French Embassy and across from the zoo.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1141085

Tue, 2010-01-12 19:51

#51

CMOT Dibbler

Public campaign: Lift siege on Gaza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMHTO2iVSzk

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