Archive for October, 2008
Oh, gross
“President Shimon Peres is expected to be granted a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II of England in recognition of his contribution to peace and to Israeli-British relations.
In the course of Peres’s visit to the UK , which will begin on November 18, the president will meet with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and British Foreign [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, UK | 5 Comments
Tags: Butcher of Qana, knighthood, Lebanon, Qana, Shimon Peres
So says Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) in its latest annual report, published today. RSF place Israel proper 49th out of 173 countries, but its behaviour in the occupied Palestinian territories ranks a dismal 149th.
I mention this because, as you might recall, notorious “Blair Babe” Lorna Fitzsimons attempted, in a letter to the Guardian earlier this [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, Media | 1 Comment
Tags: BICOM, journalism, Laura Fitzsimons, press freedom, RSF
Nearly everyone has heard of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier who was captured by armed Palestinians in June 2006 and is currently being held hostage pending a prisoner exchange. The fate of Salwa Salah and Sara Siureh, two Palestinian girls kidnapped by Israeli forces in June, by contrast, remains virtually unknown:
“[O]n Thursday June 5th, 2008, [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian | 3 Comments
Tags: administrative detention, children, Gilad Shalit, Human Rights, Lebanon, prisoners, Racism, Salwa Salah, Sara Siureh
“Israeli naval forces on Sunday opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza Strip shores, wounding at least one fisherman, medical sources said.
The sources said a gunshot hit the fisherman in his leg, wounding him moderately, adding that the incident took place in the waters of Rafah, a city in [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, Videos | 5 Comments
Tags: blockade, ceasefire, collective punishment, fishing, Gaza, siege, truce
UN report castigates Israeli abuse of journalists:
“[UN special rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories Richard] Falk says the unfortunate incident [in which award-winning Palestinian journalist Mohammed Omer was tortured by Israeli security officials] “cannot be discounted as an accident or an anomaly involving undisciplined Israeli security personnel.”
“The treatment of Mr. Omer seems [...]
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Tags: "only democracy in the Middle East", Human Rights, journalists, Mohammed Omer, Richard Falk, UN
The “Dahiya doctrine”
“What happened in the Dahiya quarter of Beirut in 2006 will happen in every village from which Israel is fired on …
“We will apply disproportionate force on it [the village] and cause great damage and destruction there. From our standpoint, these are not civilian villages, they are military bases…
“This is not a recommendation. This is [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian | 34 Comments
Tags: collective punishment, Gabi Eisenkot, Hizbullah, IDF, Lebanon, Reuters, war crimes
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