Palestinian refugee counsels Syrians

The Daily Star - Monday 20th May, 2013

Lebanon for the next several weeks. "I know what it’s like to feel like the ‘other’ and be different in the world. This gives me compassion for people who don’t feel at home," says Ashtan, a warm and outgoing woman who takes an immediate interest and empathy in those around her – an invaluable trait for someone who is working with refugee children as well ...

Israel and Palestine Consequences of Deterrence

World Press Review - Monday 20th May, 2013

"Deterrence has to be maintained," said Gabi Siboni, a colonel for strategic affairs at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. "It was only a question of time until this moment arrived." It seems the Palestinians are of like mind. As things stand, this latest round of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians was probably inevitable. Escalation and ...

When It Comes to Syria Israel Frequently Redrawing Red Lines

IPS - Monday 20th May, 2013

- Israel is being drawn into Syria’s quagmire as it threatens to act further on transfers of ';game-changing'; weapons to hostile protagonists involved in Syria’s civil war, be they Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah, Jihadist Sunni rebels, or loyalist forces of President Bashar al ...

Official Palestinians holding off on UN agency membership mainly to give US effort a chance

Canada.com - Monday 20th May, 2013

A top official says Palestinians have done all the legal work necessary to join 63 U.N. agencies, conventions and treaties, but haven't applied yet mainly to give the U.S. peace effort a chance to succeed. Chief Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat said Monday that Palestinians have done "everything" to enable President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to ...

Israel and Palestinians still battling over how boy who became symbol was killed in 2000

Canada.com - Monday 20th May, 2013

Baraa al-Dura, sister of Mohammed al-Dura poses with a picture of Mohammed at her home in Bureij Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip, Monday, May 20, 2013. Mohammed al-Dura was killed during an exchange of gunfire between Israeli troops and Palestinian police on Gaza Strip on Sept. 30, 2000. More than a dozen years later, the death of a Palestinian boy allegedly shot by Israeli troops in Gaza ...

Palestinian Presidency Spokesman Rudeyne Israels decision is to sabotage the …

Turkish Press - Monday 20th May, 2013

Palestinian Presidency Spokesman Rudeyne: "Israel's decision is to sabotage the peace efforts which Obama and Kerry are trying to start in the region" JERUSALEM/CAIRO - Palestinian Presidency Spoekesman Nabil Abu Rudeyne said Israeli settlements which would be built in West Bank would sabotage the peace efforts in the region."Israel's decision is to sabotage the peace ...

Scuffles erupt as Palestinians mark anniversary

MSNBC - Monday 20th May, 2013

Clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces on Nakba Day, a day when Palestinians commemorate the loss of their homes in the 1948 war that resulted in the creation of Israel. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ...

Iran Hangs Spies Accused Of Providing Information To CIA Israel

Web Pro News - Monday 20th May, 2013

Iran is a dangerous place for anyone who might even be remotely in contact with foreign countries. That danger was clearly demonstrated over the ...

Chief Palestinian peace negotiator backs Kerrys efforts

Reuters - Monday 20th May, 2013

Saeb Erekat (R), a Palestinian senior politician and chief negotiator speaks during a visit to a tent set-up in protest against the construction of a road in the Arab neighbourhood of Beit Safafa in Jerusalem March 14, ...

On Gazas border an unexpected haven for mentally-handicapped Israelis

Christian Science Monitor - Monday 20th May, 2013

RECOMMENDED: These individuals are paid only a nominal amount for showing up here, since they already receive considerable government stipends - even though they are doing work for corporations, not the government. In that light, the companies that contract with this factory could perhaps be seen as taking advantage of cheap labor from a disadvantaged population.But on the other hand, ...

Omar Palestinian thriller has a strong plot and a strong message

The Globe and Mail - Monday 20th May, 2013

). His new film, considered the first feature fully financed within the Palestinian cinema industry, is also a thriller, built around an anti-occupation message. Omar, a young baker (Adam Bakri), climbs back and forth over the Israeli security wall that separates him from his girlfriend, Nadia, and his childhood friend, Amjad, until one day he is stopped and roughed-up by Israeli police. Omar ...

Israel No evidence Palestinian boy in infamous photo killed by IDF

MSNBC - Monday 20th May, 2013

By Martin Fletcher, Correspondent, NBC News TEL AVIV, Israel - It is an extraordinary image that became a global symbol of Palestinian victimhood at the hands of the Israelis: A 12-year-old old boy cowering behind his father moments before he was killed during a gunbattle in Gaza.But a new Israeli government report out on Sunday asserts that there is no evidence that the child, Mohammed al-Dura, ...

Palestine-Israel peace pressing Qatar

IOL - Monday 20th May, 2013

He made no mention, however, of the Arab League's acceptance last month that Israelis and Palestinians may have to swap land in any peace deal, to allow Jewish settlements in occupied territory to become part of ...

World Brief | Middle East Gunman Kills Four in Bank in Southern Israel

New York Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

An unemployed former security guard shot and killed four people in a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Monday hours after the bank had refused his request for financial assistance, the police said. The gunman committed suicide after holing up in the bathroom of the bank with a female hostage for about an hour. The hostage escaped unharmed. The gunman, who lived nearby, had ...

5 Dead in Bank Robbery in Israel Man Commits Suicide as Police Raid Building

Christian Post - Monday 20th May, 2013

Three women and two men were left dead after a botched bank robbery in Israel's southern city of Beersheba. The robbery occurred around noontime at Bank Hapoalim, according to reports. An additional three people were also injured.Investigators are still unclear about the number of robbers involved in the crime. One of the bank robbers, who had taken a female hostage, turned the gun on ...

Israel contests France TV over Palestinian boys death

Euro News - Monday 20th May, 2013

29/03/2013 19:15 CET Israel says there is new evidence that a French television report whose harrowing images helped inspire the second Palestinian uprising was unfounded. The report in 2000 showed a father and son in Gaza caught up in Israeli-Palestinian crossfire. The 12-year-old was later pronounced dead – hit, said France 2, by Israeli troops. Nearly 13 years later, the Israeli ...

The killing of 12-year-old Mohammed al-Durrah in Gaza became the defining image of the second intifada. Only Israel claims it was all a fake

The Independent - Monday 20th May, 2013

One of the most evocative and shocking episodes of the second Intifada, the shooting of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy by the Israeli army, was staged. Indeed, Mohammed al-Durrah was not even injured in the incident. Those, at least, are the findings of an investigation by the Israeli government, published today, which has described the case as a "blood libel on the state of ...

Israeli Occupation Forces Shoot Irish Activist 6 Times 20-5-2013

Infowars Ireland - Monday 20th May, 2013

PlanxtySumoud -- A very unsatisfactory interview with Keith Finnegan of Galway Bay FM radio station: not once did he enquire into the serious situation in the West Bank, instead, his line of questioning is anchored in establishing my bona fides as a card carrying journalist (non existent) and guilt tripping me with the accusatory "why do I put my life in danger," when the elephant in ...

If Youre in Washington D.C. on May 28th and Think About the Future of Israel....

The Atlantic - Monday 20th May, 2013

...Then come to an Atlantic-sponsored discussion at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue about Israeli democracy, demographics and, also, everything else. The panelists will be Ari Shavit, Israel's leading columnist and the author of the forthcoming "My Promised Land" (which I have read in galleys, and which I guarantee you, you will want to read, too), along with Goldblog. ...

Qatar Arab Spring makes Israeli-Palestinian peace more pressing

Reuters - Monday 20th May, 2013

DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's emir, who has thrown his state's riches behind Arab uprisings, said on Monday that the emergence of 'people power' had put Arabs in direct confrontation with Israel and made a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more ...

Four dead in Israeli bank shooting spree

Middle East Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

At least four people were killed and several others injured Monday in a possible bank robbery gone wrong in Israel, police said. An hour-long standoff with Beersheba police ended after the suspect released a hostage from inside the bank and then killed himself, Ynetnews.com reported. Survivors said the suspect, identified by police as a 40-year-old resident of Beersheba, did not demand any ...

Lebanon president denies receiving a warning from Israel

Ya Libnan - Monday 20th May, 2013

Lebanon President Michel Suleiman denied on Monday receiving a warning from Israel that it would destroy Lebanon in case of a Hezbollah attack on the Jewish state. The denial came after an Israeli website reported that Tel Aviv has sent a warning to Lebanon through the U.S. administration that it would "take Lebanon 50 years backwards" if Hezbollah attacked ...