IMEMC, January 29, 2014 – Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man has been shot and killed by Israeli army fire near the Ein Senia area, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The sources stated that resident Mohammad Mahmoud Mubarak, 20, was shot and killed while working. The family said […]
By Esti Shoshan. Ynet News, January 14, 2014 – There is something about the word “anti-Semitism” which shuts the mouths of accusers in a pretty efficient way. Many times, the collective Jewish trauma justifies the feeling of permanent persecution accompanying our lives, out of a paranoia of survival we have developed as a defense mechanism. True, […]
Ynet News, January 15, 2014 – The Israeli daily Globes revealed on Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously held a bank account in the Channel Islands, which is a tax haven. Netanyahu’s bank account was active between the years 1999 and 2003, while he took time off from political life, but still maintained his account […]
Ynet News, January 16, 2014 – An FBI investigation into Republican Congressman Michael Grimm’s campaign finances ties him to Israeli Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto through donations of more than half a million dollars, and has also led to suspicions of senior Israeli police officers accepting bribes from Pinto. The affair came to light due to an FBI wiretap agreed to […]
By Aviel Magnezi. Ynet News, January 16, 2014 – Israel Police is investigating senior officers on suspicion of accepting bribes from an influential Israeli rabbi, in a scandal involving the police, a former cabinet minister and even the FBI. The details of the investigation were released Thursday, after a sweeping gag order on the affair was […]
John Whitbeck’s commentary: Transmitted below is a clear-headed reflection from Fareed Zakaria, who, it may be worth noting, supported the American invasion of Iraq which, as he now realizes, blew the lid off Pandora’s Box. Making things worse in the Middle East By Fareed Zakaria. Washington Post – Over the past few months, the Middle East has […]
Joint report by Hamoked and B’Tselem. Full report, PDF Testimony of Nibal Mghari Testimony of Fatmah Abu ‘Issa Testimony of ‘Abir Sharaf B’Tselem, January 2014 – After the 1967 occupation, Israel enabled Palestinians to travel relatively freely between the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Israel. Residents of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip […]
Ma’an News, January 28, 2014 – Israeli forces on Tuesday erected an iron gate at the main entrance to the Bethlehem village of Nahhalin. Locals told Ma’an that in 2001 Israeli forces blockaded a road connecting the village to Hebron. On Tuesday, Israeli forces removed the earth mounds blocking the road and replaced them with […]
WAFA, January 27, 2014 – Israeli soldiers Monday opened fire at Palestinians east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip critically wounding one person, according to hospital sources. Soldiers stationed at a military tower in Wadi al-Salqa shot the Palestinian reported to be in his mid 30s following an explosion in the area when a […]
IMEMC, January 26, 2014 – Israeli police have shot a Palestinian man, aged 41, while he was in Israel for work, according to medical sources.
