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Israeli military accused of targeting members of press in West Bank

INTERNATIONAL press advocacy group Reporters Without Borders has accused the Israeli... more

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Russia backs Palestinian membership of international organizations

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US army chief: Won't let Holocaust happen again

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey visited Sunday the Yad Vashem... more

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Palestine 1896

For those who say that there was no such thing as Palestine.

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Israeli students to get $2,000 to spread state propaganda on Facebook

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Zionist are not Jews only racists - 'NETUREI KARTA' Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews

Judaism dictates subservience to all nations. A message from Torah true Jews: Please give us a moment of your time to consider the following information. The Orthodox Jewish leadership and the Torah abiding Jews universally, have fought the ideology of Zionism and the State of “Israel”, since its inception and up until the present day. What could be the reason for the most devout element of Jewish adherers, to be in such vehement opposition to such a seemingly “holy” and “Jewish” cause, as the State of “Israel”? The Rabbis constantly declared that Judaism and Zionism are extreme opposites because... Judaism is a G-dliness and spirituality, Zionism is its transformation into materialism with nationalistic aspirations. The fathers of this relatively new ideology of Zionism (approximately 100 years), have taken the Almighty out of the equation. The Rabbis further declared that Jews are forbidden to have a State of “Israel”, because…

Zionist Israeli Thugs are beating up and using tasers on members of the Orthodox Jewish Faith Neturei Karta. ------- ---------------- ------------------------ ----Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews protesting the desecration of graves by a highway construction project near Haifa were attacked and brutally beaten by private security guards hired by the Ministry of Transportation. The group, known for being outspokenly critical of the State of Israel and its very existence were peacefully demonstrating at the time. This attack follows a long history of violence against the Orthodox Jewish community. Consistent with fundamental Jewish beliefs, some of these protesters often take part in demonstrations, side by side with Palestinians, against the State of Israel and its inhuman policies toward the Palestinian people." The apparent strategy of using organized violence through private security personnel against these peaceful protesters is only one of many tactics used by the State of Israel to intimidate and discourage further protests. The police were nowhere to be found at the time or even hours after the melee. Several Rabbis and children were attacked with electric stun gun devices and knives, requiring some to be hospitalized. Among the injured were Rabbi Leibl Deutsch and Rabbi Yisroel Rothchild, both of Jerusalem who were stabbed in the lower back and leg respectively. The Jewish cemetery at the heart of the incident dates back to the Second Temple era, over 2000 years ago.Some of the caves that comprise the cemetery have been destroyed as a result of the ongoing highway work and there are heightened fears of further desecration as the highway project continues unabated. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/43036-neturei-kartaJudaism dictates subservience to all nations. A message from Torah true Jews: Please... more

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Wayne State University Students Protest IDF Spokesperson In Silent Walkout

A nice counter-balance to the story about Penn State University Students rioting... more

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Juan Cole: UNESCO Vote and Current Global view of ISRAEL...

Juan Cole succinctly delineates what the vote to include Palestine in UNESCO means.... more

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Evicting the Bedouin People

In September of 2011, the Israeli cabinet approved a plan to relocate up to 30,000... more

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RAW, A family being brutally torn from their home by Israeli police 04.10.2011

A family being brutally torn from their home by Israeli police 04.10.2011

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UN vote over Palestinian statehood puts Obama administration in bind

After years of gridlock in Mideast negotiations, the Palestinians plan to seek U.N.... more

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Can it get worse? The row between Israel and Turkey is becoming increasingly bitter.

RELATIONS between Israel and Turkey, already rocky, have worsened. On September 2nd... more

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Turkey Expells Israeli Ambassador

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Rep. Hoyer promises US financial crisis won't affect Israel's aid package

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City Council of Tehran to name street after Rachel Corrie

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Can water end the Arab-Israeli conflict?

Around three weeks ago on a late Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers armed with a truck and a digger entered the Palestinian village of Amniyr and destroyed nine water tanks. One week later, Israeli forces demolished water wells and water pumps in the villages of Al-Nasaryah, Al-Akrabanyah and Beit Hassan in the Jordan Valley. In Bethlehem, a severe water shortage have led to riots in refugee camps and forced hoteliers to pay over the odds for water just to stop tourists from leaving.

Palestinians insist that the Israeli occupation means that they are consistently denied their water rights which is why they have to live on 50 litres of water a day while Israeli settlers enjoy the luxury of 280 litres. Clearly, water is at the heart of the Israel-Palestine conflict, but commentators are now insisting that shared water problems could help motivate joint action and better co-operation between both sides, which could in turn help end the conflict.

"It's a shame that water is being used as a form of collective punishment when it could be used to build trust and to help each side recognise that the other is a human being with water rights," says Nader Al-Khateeb, the Palestinian director of the environmental NGO Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME).

"We should be using water as a tool for peace and to bridge the gap of confidence in the region - not to create a water crisis," he adds. As part of his work with FoEME - which also operates in Israel and Jordan - Al-Khateeb says he has already witnessed the success of co-operative water projects. Over the past ten years, the FoEME "Good Water Neighbors" initiative has brought together 29 cross-border communities to encourage them to work together to resolve shared water problems.

According to Gidon Bromberg, the Israeli director of FoEME, the project has managed to leverage around $120 million in investments to help build sewerage plants and replace old and leaky water pipes. Most of this aid, which has come through agencies such as USAID, World Bank, the EU and other foreign governments, has gone to the occupied Palestinian territories. "There are mutual benefits to be had through co-operative work which identifies common interests and we've seen physical improvements on the ground. Nothing speaks louder than the investment of $120m," said Bromberg.

Co-operative work on water issues has also been able to tackle wider political aspects of the Israeli occupation. Bromberg recalls the case of the Palestinian village of Wadi Fuqin and Israeli community of Tzur Hassadeh who worked together to tackle water issues in 2010 but also came together to stop the separation wall from being built between their communities. "Till this day that wall hasn't been built which shows that working together on water can build real trust between individuals and presents a model where everyone benefits."

International backing

It's not just locally based environmental groups that think that water may be the solution to the Middle East's problems. This year a report titled "Blue Peace: Rethinking Middle East Water" was released by the Strategic Foresight Group and concluded that water could be a useful "instrument of peace and co-operation" in the region. Funded by Swiss and Swedish governments, the report promoted the concept of a "Blue Peace" which states that, if countries work together to protect water and the environment, this could secure peace in their own countries as well as the region.

Ambika Vishwanath, the principal researcher of the report says that we must move on from the focus on land in the Israel-Palestine conflict. "History shows that using land as a means to achieve peace and co-operation has not worked and therefore it's only prudent that we try to achieve the same through water. New avenues are worth attempting ... if not the problem is only likely to worsen."

More at the linkAround three weeks ago on a late Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers armed with a truck... more

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The Last recorded moments of the Libyan leader Major General Abdel Fattah Younes 28.07.2011‬‏

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‪RAW, INCREDABLE EXPLOSION, At Least 18 Killed in Ukraine Coal Mine Blast‬‏

A blast at a coal mine in eastern Ukraine and an elevator collapse at another today... more

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Israeli and Palestinian women share a risky day at the beach for peace

Skittish at first, then wide-eyed with delight, the women and girls entered the sea,... more

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‪RAW, Malawi erupts in anti-government protests,Chilumpha addresses the issues‬‏ -

Malawi's main cities have erupted in protest against President Bingu wa... more

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