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US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart		Associated Press - Ynet - "In Jerusalem, Kerry lauds Netanyahu`s `seriousness` in search for ways to jumpstart peace talks with Palestinians, says `I know this region well enough to know there is skepticism, and there are reasons for it.` PM: When there`s a will, we`ll find a way." - id (for rh)	23/5/2013
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J Street’s pipe dreams of peace		Miko Peled - The Electronic Intifada - "“It’s an energizing time to be here. After years of frustrating deadlock, talk of peace is in the air again.” What air is he breathing?" - id (for rh)	23/5/2013
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Peace debate exposes deep rifts in Israeli government		Jeffrey Heller - Yahoo News - ""Two states for two peoples might be Netanyahu`s position, but it is not the official government position. It is not part of its basic guidelines," Orit Struck of the Bayit Yehudi party said at the Foreign Affairs and Defense committee session." - id	22/5/2013
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Playing your role: A Middle East peace drama		Jason Alexander - Ynet - "We have a role to play, no matter how small. I have taken a part, but this cast is large. And the players need you. It is a great story. You really shouldn`t miss it." - id	22/5/2013
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Jamal al-Dura: Israel killed my son in cold blood		Ma`an - An Israeli report by the ministry of international affairs and strategy said raw footage of the incident Sept. 30, 2000 showed that Muhammad was seen alive in the video. According to father Jamal al-Dura "the Israelis come up every year with a new narrative." [The version which was circulated years ago as if Muhammad had died from a Palestinian bullet seems to have become obsolete-bz]	21/5/2013
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Israel calls off UNESCO Jerusalem tour, blaming Palestinians		Reuters - The UNESCO experts were to examine the state of conservation of the walled Old City, a World Heritage site. The Netanyahu governemnt called off the visit, charging that the Palestinians had "politicised" it - i.e. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki`s reference to the UNESCO tour as a "probe (of) the occupation measures" in the city. ak	21/5/2013
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Erekat throws his weight behind Kerry`s bid to revive talks		Reuters - Jerusalem Post - "Make no mistake we are exerting every possible effort in order to see that Mr. Kerry succeeds. No one benefits more from the success of Secretary Kerry than Palestinians and no one loses more from his failure than Palestinians," Erekat said. He said that in the past two months Kerry had met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas five times, Erekat three times and that the three spoke by phone almost weekly. "Mr. Kerry is keeping things (close to) his chest. He likes to work very, very, very below the radar and grow things like mushrooms," Erekat said. "We did everything ... in order to enable him to succeed. He is not going to wait for years or months actually, he`s working very hard." bz	21/5/2013
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Israel Demands French TV Retract 2000 Report on Gaza Child’s Killing		Jason Ditz - AntiWar - Israeli Officials Insist Boy Might Be Alive Somewhere	20/5/2013
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Israel jails conscientious objector Natan Blanc for tenth time		Harriet Sherwood - The Guardian - "I have no idea how long this will go on for," Blanc told the Guardian last month. "The bad scenario is that I will be put in front of a military court and sentenced to something like a year in prison. The better scenario is that they`ll get tired of this, and will let me do [alternative] national service instead." bz	20/5/2013
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Silence is no longer an option: A call to action from Israel		Daniel Bar-Tal - +972 - It is imperative that Jews around the world who cherish humanistic values publicly express their concern about the current situation in Israel, and call for the government to return to peaceful, moral, democratic, and humanistic values	20/5/2013
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Israel is largest drone exporter in the world		Yaakov Lappin, Reuters - The Jerusalem Post - Global reliance on US drops; Paris seeks to purchase drones from J`lem "straight away"	20/5/2013
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Anti-Zionist playing cards new fad in haredi sector		Akiva Novick - Ynet - Against the backdrop of the massive anti-draft haredi demonstration in Jerusalem on Thursday, new playing cards promoting anti-Zionist beliefs are gaining popularity in Israel`s various orthodox communities. Though they originated in the relatively marginal Neturei Karta sect, the playing cards` distributor claims they garner much enthusiasm in the haredi mainstream outside the group`s Jerusalem cloister. bz	19/5/2013
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Catastrophic thinking: Did Ben-Gurion try to rewrite history?		Shay Hazkani - Haaretz - Most historians today agree that in at least 120 of 530 villages, the Palestinian inhabitants were expelled, and that in half the villages the inhabitants fled because of the battles and were not allowed to return. Ben-Gurion appeared to have known the facts well (...) in many cases senior commanders of the Israel Defense Forces ordered Palestinians to be expelled and their homes blown up. The Israeli military not only updated Ben-Gurion about these events but also apparently received his prior authorization, in written or oral form, notably in Lod and Ramle, and in several villages in the north. bz	19/5/2013
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`Expect Israeli strikes on Russian arms shipment to Syria-Hezbollah`		Shlomo Cesana, David Baron, Daniel Siryoti and Israel Hayom staff - U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that another round of Israeli airstrikes could target a new Russian transfer of advanced anti- ship missiles in the near future. Israeli and Western intelligence services believe the Yakhont missiles, which have been sold by Russia to Syria in recent years, could be transferred to Hezbollah within days, the newspaper reported on its website Friday. [The US threatening again with "uncontrollable Israel", etc.-bz]	18/5/2013
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Erdogan: Hamas vital to peace talks		Yitzhak Benhorin - Ynet - Future of negotiations depends on Palestinian unity and inclusion of Hamas, claims Turkey`s PM; `Israel must retreat to 1967 line,` he says in Washington. But "as long as Israel does not accept Palestine as a state, there is not much to talk about in terms of trying to achieve peace." Erdogan also announced his intentions of visiting Gaza and the West Bank as soon as next month. bz	18/5/2013
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Porto Alegre is Palestine’s friend, so why has it embraced Israel’s war industry?		Jamal Juma` - EI "Tarso Genro, governor of Rio Grande do Sol in Brazil, concluded a deal to develop a huge Israeli military technology center in Porto Alegre over the past few weeks. One day before signing the contract with the arms company Elbit, Genro was in the occupied West Bank, where he witnessed first-hand the oppression on which Israel’s weapons industry thrives." ca	17/5/2013
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Palestinian Investment Fund		Omar Shaban - Al-Monitor "The fund`s rules of procedure state that the PIF is as a limited public company, is owned by the Palestinian people and is independent both financially and administratively. The fund has a board of directors and is an independent public body...the fund may be promoting monopolistic practices, which the Palestinians blame the high poverty and unemployment on. This kind of mixing of political power and wealth has characterized the Arab despotic regimes, against which the people revolted two years ago." ca	17/5/2013
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Promoting science, promoting democracy		Ismail Serageldin - AlAhram Weekly "Centuries before Bacon and Descartes, before the emergence of modern science in the West, our forefathers were calling for the experimental method, relying on the power of observation and the application of rationality and logic. They promoted openness to the contrarian view, balanced by a healthy scepticism...The challenge for Egypt today is to ensure that it can create an overall climate that is open and tolerant, for that is how democracy will flourish and science will advance. Democracy requires pluralism, which is based on difference of opinion, and democracy is about protecting the rights of those who hold minority opinions from the tyranny of the majority. That is why belief in the values of science, so essential to proper scientific research and for the development of new ideas, is also essential for the development of a proper democratic system." ca	17/5/2013
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Despite efforts to erase it, the Nakba`s memory is more present than ever in Israel		Noam Sheizaf - +972 - ""Sometimes we had to shoot one or two, and then the rest got the message and left on their own. You need to understand: if you didn’t destroy the Arab’s home, he will always want to come back. When there is no home, no village, there is nowhere to return."" - id	15/5/2013
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Palestinian celebrity gets the `Jewish sticker` at Ben-Gurion Airport		Ami Kaufman - +972 - "Thanks that someone whispered to you, “it’s Mira Awad,” so the “Awad” isn’t scary anymore? Thanks for upgrading me to a Class A citizen? I turned into one of “ours,” or actually one of “yours.”" - id	15/5/2013
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Marwan Barghouthi from prison: any talk of modifications on the 1967 borders must be rejected		Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - While calling on the Palestinian people to unite, Barghouti said that the Palestinians must reject all attempts that aim at forcing them to abandon their legitimate rights, to insist on a full and comprehensive Israeli withdrawal from all of the Palestinian territories Israel occupied in 1967, including Jerusalem, to ensure the full implementation of resolution 194, and the liberation of all detainees. bz	14/5/2013
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Norman Finkelstein bids farewell to Israel bashing		Natasha Mozgovaya - Haaretz - "If you go on college campuses, there are some Hillel faithfuls who are bringing an IDF soldier to try to explain that not all IDF soldiers are war criminals. And when the soldier starts to speak, many people stand up and walk out. "They`ve lost the battle for public opinion," he says. "They claim it`s because American Jews know too little - I claim it`s because they know too much about the conflict, and young liberal Jews have difficulty defending the use of cluster bombs in Lebanon or supporting the Israeli settlements. I was bashing Israel in the past because nobody else was exposing its true record. Many people are doing it now, so I switched hats from a critic of Israel to a diplomat who wants to resolve the conflict. bz	14/5/2013
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State to court: IDF to halt use of phosphorous shells		Aviel Magnezi - Ynet - In response to petition filed by human rights group, army says will use incendiary munitions in urban areas only in `extreme cases.` Yesh Gvul: IDF`s position proves use of phosphorous shells during 2009 Gaza op was `illegal, immoral` bz	14/5/2013
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An organic intellectual and social justice pioneer: A profile of Shlomo Swirski		Yossi Dahan - +972 - A profile of one of the most influential people in the struggle for social justice in Israel. Although he was kept out of academia, perhaps it was for the better. Who knows how much we would have lost had he wasted his days trying to sneak an article into the American Journal of Sociology	13/5/2013
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Yacimovich to Abbas: Israel, Palestinians must renew peace process now		Barak Ravid and Jonathan Lis - Haaretz - Labor is committed to the solution of two states for two peoples, Yacimovich told Abbas, emphasizing that Israel must preserve the safety of its citizens in any future deal [whatever that may mean-bz].	12/5/2013
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Noam Chomsky helped lobby Stephen Hawking to stage Israel boycott		Robert Booth and Harriet Sherwood - The Guardian - "It will be easier now for other academics who have been supportive of Palestinian rights but were reluctant to act on their support," was the comment of Samia Botmeh, board member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.	11/5/2013
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San Francisco bus ads condemn Israeli apartheid: backlash begins		Cecilie Surasky - Muzzlewatch - According to the 6 million dollar Israel Action Network, which provides talking points and strategy to defenders of Israeli government policy, the aim of delegitimization is to “isolate Israel as a pariah state and reject the notion of a two- state solution.” If that were at all true, you’d think they’d go after the original two-state solution killers– the settlers, the Israeli government and Bibi Netanyahu whose party openly opposes a two-state solution. But nary a peep. bz	11/5/2013
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Red Rag column: The secret plan		Gideon Spiro - The secret plan - Racism in the Knesset, the religion, Orit Struk and Shai Dromi - Purity of the race - May Day - Gideon Spiro`s judicial victory	11/5/2013
Egyptian Women: Between Revolution, Counter-Revolution, Orientalism and Authenticity		Nicola Pratt - Jadaliyya "The legitimacy of the Egyptian female revolutionary has been increasingly contested in the post-Mubarak period through the use of sexualized violence against women protesters. Under the rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the military undertook “virginity tests” against women revolutionaries, widely condemned by Egyptian and international human rights organizations. The “blue bra woman” (that is, a video of a woman being dragged across Qasr al-Einy Street and beaten by military police forces in December 2011) has become an iconic image of SCAF-sponsored violence." ca	10/5/2013
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Israel asks Russia to block Syria arms sale		Reuters - Haaretz "Israel has asked Russia not to sell Syria an advanced air defense system which would help President Bashar Assad fend off foreign military intervention as he battles a more than two-year-old rebellion, Israeli officials said on Thursday.Israel told told Washington that Syria had already began payments for a 900 million Euro purchase of the S-300, and an initial delivery was due within three months." ca	10/5/2013
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Israel air strikes an obstacle for Kerry`s Syria talks with Putin		Associated Press - The National - "Russia, alongside China, has blocked US-led efforts three times at the United Nations to pressure Mr Al Assad into stepping down and US officials are hoping Syria`s behaviour could shift Russia`s stance." - id	8/5/2013
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`Israel Under Fire slogan damaged Israeli tourism marketing efforts`		Amir Mizroch - Israel Hayom - "A further issue which may complicate tourism marketing, if only for some, is the recent decision by the Attorney-General`s Office allowing the Shin Bet security service to ask suspicious tourists for their email passwords." - id	8/5/2013
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Yesh Atid blocks referendum on peace deals		Moran Azulay - Ynet - The Yesh Atid faction, headed by Finance Minister Yair Lapid, decided on Monday to oppose Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett`s initiative to pass a Basic Law requiring a referendum before any peace treaty with the Palestinians is signed. bz	7/5/2013
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Deputy FM Elkin asks Google to rethink ‘Palestine’ tagline		Tovah Lazaroff - Jerusalem Post - The General Assembly agreed to upgrade its status to that of a nonmember state. The UN has since then agreed to refer to it as the State of Palestine, even though it has not been accorded full state rights. bz	7/5/2013
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China rebukes Israel ahead of Netanyahu visit		Ivan Watson and Feng Ke - CNN - This week the world`s second largest economy appeared to be flexing its diplomatic muscles in the Middle East, proposing a four-point peace plan and repeating its call for the establishment of a Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem. bz	7/5/2013
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Chinese President makes four-point proposal for settlement of Palestinian question		An - Xinhua - The immediate priority is to take credible steps to stop settlement activities, end violence against innocent civilians, lift the blockade of the Gaza Strip and properly handle the issue of Palestinian prisoners in order to create the necessary conditions for the resumption of peace talks.	7/5/2013
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Search engine Google recognises Palestine		AlJazeera - Internet search giant confirms changing the name "Palestinian Territories" to "Palestine" across all platforms	6/5/2013
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The personal and the political: Territorial swaps and population exchanges		Muhammad Jabali - +972 - When Israeli politicians talk about land swaps, they rarely consider the rights of those affected – or at least the Palestinian ones. As personal as it is political, the entire situation shows the lack of civil discourse in so-called peace negotiations	6/5/2013
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Professor: Our Boycott and Sanctions Campaign is Growing		Eliran Aharon - Arutz Sheva [settler site] - When asked why there are no similar campaigns against countries such as Syria and North Korea, Messick said, “People oppose all sorts of oppressive regimes, in all sorts of contemporary colonial circumstances. This is one that has world implications.” bz	5/5/2013
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Abbas in China, partly simultaneously with Netanyahu		Ma`an - Abbas told Xinhua he plans to (...) ask Chinese leaders to "use its relationship with Israel to remove the obstacles that obstruct the Palestinian economy". bz	5/5/2013
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Israeli Army Bombards A Syrian Military Center In Damascus		Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - A `Syrian Human Rights Monitor`, based in Britain, quoted eyewitnesses in Syria stating that the Israeli Air Force bombarded the Jimraya military base, and a nearby weapons facility, and at least two centers for the Syrian Presidential Guards. bz	5/5/2013
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Israel confirms Syria strike, says hit Hezbollah-bound missiles		Roi Kais - Ynet - A US official, who declined to be identified, told Reuters on Friday the air strike apparently targeted a building and not a convey. The officials say the shipment was not of chemical arms, but of "game changing" weapons bound for the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group. bz	4/5/2013
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`Jews shouldn`t take God`s promise to Abraham literally` says Church of Scotland report		Amir Mizroch - Israel Hayom - (...) the exact geography of the land is unclear, and in any case the land was given "conditionally to the Jewish people, on the understanding the land is God`s, given in trust to be cared for and lived in according to God`s instruction." bz	4/5/2013
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Israel`s Netanyahu, Palestine`s Abbas head to China		Sui-Lee Wee - Reuters - China will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas next week for separate bilateral talks as it tries to shore up its role in a region where its diplomatic influence is limited. bz	4/5/2013
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To Break Their Strike; Israel Denies Jordanian Detainees Access To Liquids		Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - 25 Jordanians imprisoned by Israel decided to start a hunger strike demanding the Jordanian government to act for their release. All liquids, except for water, have been banned for all the striking Jordanian detainees. Usually, hunger-striking detainees have access to water and other liquids such as mild. Palestinian detainees have been unable to contact the Jordanian ones after Israeli authorities ordered them into solitary confinement. bz	4/5/2013
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Danes, Finns upgrade Palestinian diplomatic status		AP - Ynet - Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said Friday "We`re changing the name `Palestinian territories` to `Palestine` across our products." bz	4/5/2013
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US State Dep’t echoes David Sheen’s documentation of Israeli racism toward refugees– as infiltrators, disease-bearers		Annie Robbins - Mondoweiss ""Government officials and media outlets periodically referred to asylum seekers as ‘infiltrators’ and characterized them as directly associated with rises in crime, disease, and terrorism,” the report said. “Interior Minister Eli Yishai made several inflammatory comments about African migrants and organizations that provided them with assistance, and threatened mass arrests and deportation of illegal migrants. Yishai publicly stated the purpose of the Prevention of Infiltration Law was to make the lives of asylum seekers unbearable.” ca	3/5/2013
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Video: Palestinian refugees from Syria speak out		Mosireen - VIDEO "Listen to these Palestinians, now yet again refugees in another land. First the Zionist armies exiled them from their villages in Palestine in 1948, now the armies of Bashar exiled them from Syria, which had become a temporary home." ca	3/5/2013
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Equal rights for gentile troops		Hassan Kaabiya - Ynet - "Bedouin, Druze soldiers have sacrificed their lives so rabbis could write their halachic rulings safely," - id	1/5/2013
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Yachimovich: Ignoring the Palestinian issue cost us four Knesset seats		Noam Sheizaf - +972 - "... she conveyed the message that the entire Palestinian problem is not important." - id	1/5/2013
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Israel gets 5th German submarine		Elior Levy - Ynet - The diesel-powered submarines are widely regarded as an Israeli vanguard against foes like Iran. Last year the German government approved the sale of a sixth submarine, which is expected to arrive in Israel by 2017. bz	30/4/2013
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Arab League seems to soften Israeli-Palestinian peace plan		Reuters - Speaking on behalf of an Arab League delegation, Sheikh Hamad appeared to make a concession to Israel by explicitly raising the possibility of land swaps, although it has long been assumed that these would be part of any peace agreement. He made the comment after he and a group of Arab officials met U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. bz	30/4/2013
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What`s so special about one Israeli TV personality`s racism?		Rawia Aburabia - Haaretz - It’s not only shepherds or farmers who live in the unrecognized villages. Doctors, lawyers and teachers live there too. They know very well what is happening around them. They see how many communities the Jews have established around them, with admissions committees to make sure that no Arab will ever be able to live there. They know that the few farms that prosper, with their cheese and wine and eco-tourism, exist only because the Israel Lands Administration prefers to give out land for free as long as the recipients are Jews. They know that the unrecognized Bedouin villages are several times more crowded than the Jewish communities, and yet the government prefers to establish new Jewish communities rather than recognize the existing Bedouin ones. bz	30/4/2013
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Jewish Agency to bring tourists to West Bank settlements		AIC - "Rany Trainin, the Acting Deputy Chairperson of the Jewish Agency Executive, has agreed to help bring local and international tourists to sites in the West Bank settlement bloc of Gush Etzion"	29/4/2013
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French court: Jerusalem light rail project legal		JTA - Haaretz - The judges ordered the plaintiffs - the Palestine Liberation Organization and the France-Palestine Solaridite association - pay a total of $117,000 in legal costs to the three firms: Veolia Transport, Alstom and Alstom Transport. bz	28/4/2013
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Lapid-Bennett initiative: Referendum on any peace deal		Itamar Eichner - Ynet - According to Bennett, the continued rocket attacks have led Israelis to lose all faith in a solution that includes the establishment of an independent Palestinian state (...). Lapid, on the other hand, supports a two-state solution. Once the budget is approved, he plans to take on a more active role in the diplomatic process. bz	28/4/2013
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Israeli coalition parties join forces to reduce land allocated to Bedouin		Noam Sheizaf - +972 - Prominent members of Knesset from all major coalition parties agreed to further limit the already controversial Prawer Plan. MKs from Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party, Netanyahu’s Likud and the settlers’ Jewish Home decided to remove modifications made in the plan by former Minister Benny Begin, who was appointed by the previous government to adjust the initial outline to the needs of the population on the ground.	27/4/2013
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EU countries to accurately label illegal Israeli settlement goods		Akiva Eldar - Al Monitor - As the United States attempts to renew the diplomatic process between Israel and the Palestinians, the European Union is adopting tougher measures toward Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Al-Monitor has learned that 13 member states, including Britain, France, Spain and the Netherlands, have decided to label the products imported from the settlements.	27/4/2013
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Planned protests force cancellation of JNF and Friends of the IDF fundraiser in St Andrews		Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign - bdsmovement.net - Palestine activists, human rights campaigners and students joined forces to speak out against the inclusion of Friends of the IDF and the JNF in the list of organisations that will benefit from the fundraiser.	27/4/2013
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Syria’s Christians Threatened		Jean Aziz - Al-Monitor "Since the beginning of the civil war, Syrian church officials have been warning of a dark fate awaiting the country`s Christians, a fate similar to that of Iraq’s Christians. On June 16, 2011, the bishops of Damascus called on Syrian Christians to avoid getting dragged into the “battle of the axes” and to not bet on foreign entities. A few months later, in September 2011, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris and warned him that Syria’s Christians were in danger. Afterward, almost all Christian religious officials, from every denomination, started speaking out on the issue." ca	26/4/2013
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Apologists for Israel take top posts at BBC		Amena Saleem - EI - "... during the Israeli massacre in Gaza in late 2008 and early 2009, when more than 1,400 Palestinians were slaughtered, Harding wrote a Times editorial titled, “In defense of Israel”" - id	24/4/2013
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Fatma forgotten yet again		Ali Zahalka - Ynet - "She wants to shout out one thing: I too am a citizen of the State of Israel, and I don`t even live too far from Hadera – where `Riki Cohen` lives. I am here too." - id	24/4/2013
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Spanish FM: Abbas wants negotiations with Israel		TOVAH LAZAROFF & TAMARA ZIEVE - J-Post - "He spoke with Peres after meeting with Abbas in Amman on Saturday and explained to the Israeli president that his country wanted to help ensure that a two-state solution is reached." - id	24/4/2013
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US State Department: Israel practices "institutional discrimination"		Ben White - The Electronic Intifada - The annual country report on Israel contains uncomfortable reading for pro-Israel advocacy groups, particularly given who is publishing it. With regards to problems faced by Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, the State Department notes the following.-rh	24/4/2013
Rightists alarmed by Palestinian demand, supported by US, for `release of terrorists`		Nadav Shragai and Gideon Allon - Israel Hayom - Palestinians said to be demanding release of 120 prisoners, many with "blood on their hands", as a condition for renewing peace negotiations • Habayit Hayehudi MK and Hebron settler Orit Struck claims U.S. is exerting heavy pressure on Israel to release them. [Article from "the lion`s den"-bz]	23/4/2013
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Former AG: Settlements worse than Darfur		Tova Zimuki - Ynet - Discussing a Yesh Din report on facebook, Michael Ben-Yair wrote: "The settlement movement is a political act by a state against another people and as such is the most evil and immoral act since the end of World War II." bz	23/4/2013
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PPS: “No Official Proposal To End The Case Of Eesawy”		Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - Al-Eesawy will not make any decision without an official, documented, Israeli offer regarding his release. He also boycotted a court session held Monday after stating: “The Jerusalem District Court sentenced me to eight months, those eight months ended in March. “There is no reason to continue my detention and imprisonment, and I do not recognize your committee and its decisions”. When the Israeli judge asked an Israeli Physician about the situation of Al-Eesawy, the physician said that Al-Eesawy stopped taking vitamins, and refuses to conduct any medical tests, adding. bz	23/4/2013
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Israeli settlers to evacuate disputed building in Hebron		Chaim Levinson - Haaretz - Noam Arnon, spokesperson for the settlers in Hebron: "Those who were supposed to barricade themselves with us in Beit Ezra are now in the government, yet this is the situation." [Haaretz articles are fully accessible only for subscribers, but with our excerpt and what you get from Haaretz you at least have the basics-bz]	23/4/2013
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Video: Bethlehem Marathon`s inaugural race		The Guardian - Palestinian runners and those from elsewhere in the world compete in the first ever Bethlehem Marathon in the West Bank on Sunday. Around 1,000 runners competed in the race which looped four times around Bethlehem. The first to arrive at the finish line was Abdul Nasser Nawaj`a, a Palestinian from Jericho	22/4/2013
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US to finalise Middle East weapons deal		AlJazeera and Agencies - Chuck Hagel, US defence secretary, says arms deal with Israel, UAE and Saudi Arabia sends "clear signal" to Iran	22/4/2013
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IDF produces film to counter allegations raised in documentary `Jenin, Jenin`		Zvi Harel - Israel Hayom - "Jenin, Jenin" is a Palestinian account of events during a 2002 IDF operation in the West Bank city of Jenin • Israel`s Supreme Court described the film as making false allegations • New film to be used internally, shown mainly to Israeli soldiers [ sic!- bz].	21/4/2013
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Jordan Valley troops prepare for W. Bank violence		Yaakov Lappin - Jerusalem Post - Scenarios simulated in the drill included attempts to infiltrate Israeli [settler] communities, mass-casualty incidents, and attempts by hostile elements to get past the West Bank security fence. bz	21/4/2013
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Amnesty International: Israeli government must scrap plans to forcibly evict Bedouin		AI press release - Forcibly evicting tens of thousands of Bedouin from communities where they have lived for generations cannot be justified in the name of economic development or any other reason – Israel’s new leaders must have the courage to venture where previous governments have ignored human rights standards.” bz	21/4/2013
US report: Israel discriminates Arabs, women and migrants		Yitzhak Benhorin - Ynet - Israel is guilty of "discrimination of women, Arabs and Ethiopians, mistreatment of refugees and asylum seekers and violations of migrants` rights, says a State Department report. Furthermore, towards the Palestinians, the report accuses Israel of "excessive use of force against civilians, including killings; abuse of Palestinian detainees, particularly during arrest and interrogation; austere and overcrowded detention facilities; improper use of security detention procedures; demolition and confiscation of Palestinian property. and limitations on freedom of expression, assembly, and association; and severe restrictions on Palestinians’ internal and external freedom of movement." bz	20/4/2013
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Eminent Europeans: Drop The Oslo Peace Process		Ali Gharib - The Daily Beast - "The present political stalemate, while the situation deteriorates on the ground, is unsustainable, given the disturbed politics of the region and the bitterness generated by the harsh conditions of life under the Occupation. The concern of the European Union at this deterioration, clearly expressed in a series of statements, not least the European Council Conclusions of 14 May 2012, has not been matched by any action likely to improve the situation. The aspirations of Palestinians and Israelis and the interests of the European Union (...) cannot be met by the current stagnation. bz	20/4/2013
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Palestine activists call on Netherlands prince to disassociate from JNF water project		Adri Nieuwhof - Electronic Intifada - According to the JNF charter and the “Basic Law: Israel Lands,” the JNF may exchange and lease land only to Jewish legal persons, to the state and the government-controlled Development Authority bz	20/4/2013
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Whose land is it anyway?		D.H. | TEL AVIV - The Economist "Published by an Israeli NGO called Zochrot (which means “remembering” in Hebrew) the guidebook offers maps, tips, and tours through 18 areas of Israel where Palestinian villages once stood. Written in Hebrew with an Arabic translation alongside it, the guidebook, according to its editors, is an acknowledgment of the Nakba (catastrophe) that befell Palestinians after 1948 when they were driven out of, or fled from, their homes. Purged of most of their Arab inhabitants, only ruins and remnants of these former communities peak out from the ground or appear behind trees and along trails." ca	19/4/2013
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A hundred Deir Yassins and counting		Ramzy Baroud - Al-Ahram Weekly "Few with any sense of intellectual or historical integrity would still question the bloody massacre that took place in the village of Deir Yassin 65 years ago, claiming the lives of over 100 innocent Palestinians. Attempts at covering up the massacre have been dwarfed by grim details unearthed by well-respected historians, including some of Israel’s own." (note from this editor: the attached picture is obviously a Holocaust one. Maybe to make a point, but it had me fooled for a second.)" ca	19/4/2013
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Like the Mossad? Israeli intelligence makes social media recruitment drive		Harriet Sherwood - The Guardian "The Mossad has launched an online recruitment campaign appealing for "creative men/women who love challenges [to apply] for an interesting, out of the ordinary and dynamic job", according to Israel`s biggest-selling newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth." ca	19/4/2013
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Continuity from Rupture: Deir Yassin’s Absent Presence in an Unmade Film		Hanan Toukan - Jadaliyya "Enter Uriel Orlow’s multi-part Unmade Film. This impossible film – this not-yet-made film, this fragmented film that never fully becomes one, despite its “plan” to do so – has been emerging over an extended and ongoing period of research and production that excavates multiple narratives and layered meanings that converge in Deir Yassin. Yet by never actually being realized, Orlow’s Unmade Film reconstructs a narrative of space, time and historical blind-spots that adds layers of unsettled new meaning to questions of subconscious pain, trauma and suffering in the contexts of obliterated geo-histories." ca	19/4/2013
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Not an empty sand dune: A Palestinian mansion in downtown Tel Aviv		Allison Deger - Mondoweiss " a Palestinian mansion only a five-minute walk from the nexus of the city`s transport system.Dubbed the "Red House" by architects and former graduate students at Tel Aviv University this structure serves as a reminder that Israel`s first city was not built from empty sand dunes. And now the future of the Red House, a marker of four Palestinian villages that were destroyed after Israel declared independence in 1948 may be just as dim as its past. The municipality set to purchase the property sometime this year, which could signal historical preservation, or demolition." ca	19/4/2013
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After all-night debate, Berkeley student senate calls on university to divest from 3 companies profiting from occupation		Philip Weiss and Annie Robbins - Mondoweiss "In a dramatic vote that was emotional for all sides, the ASUC [Associated Students at the University of California] Senate voted 11-9 to divest from companies affiliated with Israel’s military early Thursday morning. The heated debate began Wednesday evening and carried on for 10 hours, continuing into Thursday. Anna Head Alumnae Hall overflowed with hundreds of UC Berkeley students, faculty and community members engaging in a contentious debate regarding the bill, SB 160." ca	19/4/2013
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Film-maker captures Israeli spy chiefs` doubts over covert killing operations		Harriet Sherwood - The Guardian - "Ruling over the Palestinians, said Leibowitz, would effectively turn Israel into a police state, "with all that this implies for education, freedom of speech and thought, and democracy". "I agree with every word," says the former Shin Bet chief." - id	17/4/2013
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Israel Extends Family Unification Ban For Additional Year		Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - "The law does not apply to family reunification for Israeli Jews married to foreign spouses, and Israeli Arabs married to citizens of foreign countries, excluding Arab states." - id	17/4/2013
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Barbara Boxer, AIPAC seek to codify Israel`s right to discriminate against Americans		Glenn Greenwald - The Guardian - A bill introduced by the California Democrat would uniquely exempt Israel from long-standing requirements imposed on all other nations	15/4/2013
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Deputy FM blasts US Jewish leaders’ peace ‘pressure’		Ron Friedman - The Times of Israel - Ze’ev Elkin says prime minister should not be guided by external influences when making key diplomatic decisions	15/4/2013
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Cairo’s Copts attacked		Michael Adel- Al Ahram Weekly "As attacks on Egypt’s Copts continued this week, Israel has reportedly offered Coptic families political asylum. This week’s events also took place shortly after it was reported that Israel had offered what it called political asylum to Egyptian Copts. According to the Israeli press, 237 Coptic families have already moved to Israel.A senior Coptic Church official told Al-Ahram Weekly that the reports were groundless." ca	12/4/2013
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Hamas says `collaborator` campaign a success		Ma`an News Agency - "The campaign to combat espionage achieved a number of goals, and from this evening the deadline for Israeli collaborators to turn themselves in has ended," said Interior Ministry spokesman Islam Shahwan. Under Palestinian law, collaboration with Israel is punishable by death. All execution orders must be approved by the president before they can be carried out, but Hamas no longer recognizes the legitimacy of incumbent Mahmoud Abbas, whose four-year term ended in 2009.During a major eight-day confrontation with Israel in November, at least seven people were gunned down after being accused of being collaborators." ca	12/4/2013
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Rights` Groups Slams Hamas` Failure to Investigate Gaza Deaths		Ma`an News Agency - "The prisoners were publicly killed during two days in November, during Israel`s week-long assault on the enclave. An image of one of the victims being dragged behind a motorcycle through Gaza City quickly became a symbol of the conflict, which killed at least 170 Palestinians." ca	12/4/2013
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Kerry to Focus on Palestinian Economy as Part of Peace Process		MICHAEL R. GORDON and ISABEL KERSHNER - NYT - "The idea is to make the area more economically viable in the hope of giving the Palestinian leaders more of a stake in a revived peace process and providing Israel with a credible negotiating partner." - id	10/4/2013
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We must never forget the massacre in Deir Yassin		Dina Elmuti - The Electronic Intifada - "Remember the date: Friday, 9 April 1948, a day of infamy in Palestinian history. My grandmother was nine years old at the time of the Deir Yassin massacre and every day since she has lived with a steadfast commitment to never forget." - id	10/4/2013
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Wikileaks: US blamed Israel for holding back peace in 1975		ARIEL BEN SOLOMON - J-Post - "Israel depicted as panicky and suffering from a Samson complex." - id	10/4/2013
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`Jewish terrorist` Jack Teitel gets 2 life sentences		Aviel Mengazi - Ynet - "Prof. Sternhell said, "The ruling is just, important, deterring and a sign that the courts will not sit quietly in the face of politically and ideologically motivated murders. This ruling has significance exceeding the bounds of this specific case. Teitel is not just another lunatic. He is a result of his surroundings." - id	10/4/2013
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Court awards damages to Bedouin who lost arm to cluster bomb		Yanir Yagna - Haaretz - Prosecutors argued the plaintiff should have bought survey maps, never mind that the Negev firing zone was not posted. Court disagreed	8/4/2013
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Israel Shoots Down US Proposal for Concessions to Palestinians		Jason Ditz - AntiWar - Kerry Pushes Abbas to Talk, But Israel Won`t Budge on Any Preconditions	8/4/2013
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Beirut Photographer		Filmmakers: George Azar and Mariam Shahin - Al Jazeera "We began the making of Beirut Photographer in 2011, as the 30th anniversary of the siege of Beirut and the Sabra and Shatila massacres approached. Now, 30 years on, he returns to Beirut, retraces his steps and unpicks the stories and people behind some of his most iconic photographs - those that were published and many of which were unseen at the time. A photojournalist returns to Beirut to unpick the stories and people behind his iconic images of Israel`s 1982 invasion." ca	5/4/2013
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