19/11/07

The One-State Reality
By 08yawitz
The “one-state solution” is something I never really thought about until I read this opinion piece on the electronic intifada. It’s by Ben White, who, according to his website (www.benwhite.org.uk) is a “freelance journalist …
fsmiddleeast.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-one-state-reality/

A wall runs through it
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
It will furthermore have to complete an electronic and fibreoptic fence and
on the wall separating the two sides, so that the obstacle will be
operational. …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/925404.html

Israeli, Palestinian leaders to announce economic projects: Blair
International Herald Tribune – France
AP Among the projects will be a Turkish-sponsored industrial park in the southern West Bank, a sewage project in northern Gaza and road construction in the …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/18/af
rica/ME-GEN-Palestinians-Economy.php

Fatah: Palestinian people can end Hamas “coup”
Xinhua – China
The pro-Abbas security forces intensified pressure on Hamas for fears of plans to take over the West Bank modeling after the Gaza takeover in June. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/18/content_7100657.htm

PA’s security forces attack a West Bank refugee camp
International Middle East Media Center – Beit Sahour,West Bank,Palestinian Territories
Hundreds of the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) security personnel in the West Bank attacked on Sunday the Ein refugee camp in the outskirts of Nablus city. …
www.imemc.org/article/51582

PFLP’s armed brigades warn of PA’s crackdown ‘on their men’
International Middle East Media Center – Beit Sahour,West Bank,Palestinian Territories
Maan News Agency reported today that a high-ranking three-way meeting was held in the West Bank city of Ramallah between Palestinian, Israeli and American …
www.imemc.org/article/51588

Roger Cohen: Israel, Palestine, Annapolis
International Herald Tribune – France
Hopelessness is no option although the current “West Bank first” strategy comes just two years after a “Gaza first” approach that had Secretary of State …
www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/18/opinion/edcohen.php

Peres feels way to peace with heels
Times Online – UK
… West Bank, will undermine Hamas and strengthen Mahmoud Abbas, the moderate Palestinian president who has been at odds with Hamas since it seized Gaza in …
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w
orld/middle_east/article2891076.ece

A Palestinian Patient Died, a Child Wounded In Opt
International Press Center (press release) – Palestinian Territories
In the West Bank a child in Al-Aroub refugee camp of Hebron was wounded today morning as well 21 residents were rounded up throughout the West Bank. …
www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=20114

Gaza’s Interior Ministry criticizes West Bank arrests
International Middle East Media Center – Beit Sahour,West Bank,Palestinian Territories
The Hamas-controlled Interior Ministry in Gaza on Sunday criticized the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) actions across the West Bank, mainly the recent arrest …
www.imemc.org/article/51589

Fatah Confident but Leadership in Doubt
San Francisco Chronicle – CA, USA
After its violent takeover, Hamas closed most Fatah offices and media outlets in Gaza and senior Fatah leaders fled to the West Bank. …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/11/1
8/international/i120016S63.DTL&type=politics

17/11/07

UN Report Criticizes Israel’s West Bank Separation Barrier
Voice of America – USA
Israeli soldiers walk along the separation barrier between the Gaza Strip and Israel, 8 Nov. 2007 A UN report found that most of the 30000 West Bank farmers …
voanews.com/english/2007-11-17-voa17.cfm

Shooting at Arafat’s legacy
Boston Globe – United States
… Islamist program – coincided with a recent opinion poll by a Palestinian research institute that found support for Hamas in both Gaza and the West Bank …

The historical fact of Israel
Ottawa Citizen – Ontario, Canada
But the Palestinian Fatah leadership, which is to inherit control over the entire West Bank (after losing it to Hamas in Gaza), do not recognize Israel as …
www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorial
s/articles/2007/11/17/shooting_at_arafats_legacy

Gaza Palestinian militants fire rockets into S Israel
Xinhua – China
Meanwhile, in the West Bank, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said its snipers have shot an Israeli soldier in the …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/17/content_7095136.htm

The hawk who turned dove
Daily Pioneer – New Delhi,India
I believe we shouldn’t have taken on the job of managing Gaza and West Bank,” he adds. Twenty years ago Peres wouldn’t have said this. But Israel wasn’t to …
www.dailypioneer.com/columnist1.asp?main_variable=Columni
st&file_name=kanchan%2Fkanchan130.txt&writer=kanchan

Glitterati Stunned by Palestinian Rights Protest in NYC & More …
By David-Baptiste Chirot(David-Baptiste Chirot)
Stan van Houcke, The Electronic Intifada, 5 November 2007 Doron Livnat is co-owner of Riwal, a Dutch company involved in the illegal construction of the separation Wall in occupied Palestinian territory. In 2004 the Wall was confirmed …
davidbaptistechirot.blogspot.com/2007/
11/glitterati-stunned-by-palestinian.html

World Briefing | Middle East Gaza: Rally Detainees to Be Released
New York Times – United States
… any concessions to Israel on Palestinian rights or Al Aksa mosque in Jerusalem, threatening a “huge explosion.” Mr. Abbas governs from the West Bank and …
www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/world/midd
leeast/17fbriefs-gaza.html?ref=world

Peace is possible
Guardian Unlimited – UK
In 2002, at the height of the second intifada, with its bus bombings, martyrs and Israeli re-conquest of the West Bank (”a catastrophic, slapdash brawl …
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2212388,00.html

Israel and Abbas agree to peace talks
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Israel has also rejected demands to remove some of the hundreds of army roadblocks and checkpoints restricting access across the West Bank. …
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2212622,00.html

Abbas ‘pessimistic’ about Mideast meet in Saudi talks
AFP –
Thw writ of Abbas’s Palestinian Authority is now effectively confined to scattered autonomous areas of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hNEuo80kQ2xWrWNrENuiekmrKK2g

Weekly Report: on Israeli Human Rights violations in the Occupied …
The Muslim News – UK
2 Palestinian civilians, including a woman, were wounded by IOF in the Gaza Strip. IOF conducted 30 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank …
www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=13567

Palestinian politicians fear that Palestinian national cause is …
International Middle East Media Center – Beit Sahour,West Bank,Palestinian Territories
But the West Bank and the Gaza Strip remain under Israeli occupation, so, according to Barghouthi, there is absolutely no justification for Palestinian …
www.imemc.org/article/51555

16/11/07

Why the apathy?
By Marian Houk
The book review, published in Electronic Iraq (a sort of spin-off of Electronic Intifada), says that: “While the stories that Jamail tells still rarely make the nightly news or the front pages of US newspapers, they have been related in …
un-truth.com/iraq/why-the-apathy

Is it too late for two states?
By Marian Houk
Here is a view from a writer on Electronic Intifada: “…The real paradigmatic shift is not to be found in talking about the ‘two-state versus one-state’ solution or anything else in between, because this debate misses the point. …
palestine-mandate.com/2007/11/pale
stine/is-it-too-late-for-two-states

The one-state reality
By Bouvard Pécuchet(Bouvard Pécuchet)
Ben White, The Electronic Intifada, 13.11.07 To say that the “one-state
solution” is impractical or equals the “destruction” of Israel is
poorly concealed code for defending the indefensible and a recipe for
continual conflict in a land …
palestina-etulsai.blogspot.com/2007/11/one-state-reality.html

It’s not the one-state solution, it’s the one-state reality
By mlyon01
The Electronic Intifada, 13 November 2007. The one-state reality. Ben White. A few weeks ago, the Oxford University Union held a debate on the “one-state solution” in Palestine/Israel. Before the speakers had even taken to the floor, …
mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/it%E2%80%99s-not-th
e-one-state-solution-it%E2%80%99s-the-one-state-reality/

‘For individuals living under that rule, it is quite a serious …
WorldNetDaily – Grants Pass,OR,USA
As WND has reported, Rice has said most Israelis support giving up the West Bank to create a Palestinian state alongside Israel. That’s despite results from …
worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58706

Sadat and Annapolis
Al-Ahram Weekly – Cairo,Egypt
It is a divided authority that is engaged in an internal fight while Israel is aggressively oppressing Palestinians in the West Bank and in Gaza. …
weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/871/fe1.htm

Israeli Poll On West Bank Contradicts Rice
Evening Bulletin – Philadelphia,PA,USA
In addition, 77 percent said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas lacked the power to prevent attacks from the West Bank. In the past few days, …
thebulletin.us/site/news.cfm?newsid=19026274
&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=6

Palestinian Political Movement Launched
The Associated Press –
In June, Hamas forces overran Gaza, prompting Abbas to dismiss the Hamas-led government and appoint his own, which, in effect, rules only the West Bank. …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ilPeI5r4
S7h8jrAx0KdnLfVcQbkAD8SUBD1G1

Palestine Today 111507
International Middle East Media Center – Beit Sahour,West Bank,Palestinian Territories
Today Palestinians conducted rallies across the West Bank and Gaza Strip to commemorate the 19th anniversary of their independence. The rallies were calling …
www.imemc.org/article/51542

The search for spirit and courage
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
For Israel, said Rabbo, this means freezing the construction of new settlements in the West Bank and reducing the number of military checkpoints and …
www.thestar.com/News/article/276679

FEATURE-Palestinians begin rebuilding symbols of authority
Reuters – USA
By Adam Entous and Wael al-Ahmed JENIN, West Bank, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Work crews are laying foundations for a Palestinian state, clearing away the twisted …
www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSL14585058

Israel’s economic blockade stops Gaza’s strawberry-farmers selling …
Independent – London,England,UK
Mr Shafi, who has a prized businessman’s permit that makes him one of the few Gazans still allowed to travel to the West Bank or Israel, …
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article3166415.ece

15/11/07

Visiting Palestine
Bay Area Indymedia – San Francisco,CA,USA
by via the Electronic Intifada Thursday, November 15, 2007 :Almost every
day, I think, talk, and read about Palestine. But it had been more than
three years …
www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/15/18461354.php

Palestinian, Israeli scholars to advance one-state solution in …
By 2Shay(2Shay)
SOURCE: THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA (Complete Article). While I don’t nearly enough know as much as I should about the whole Israel/Palestine debacle, for as long as I can remember it has always been ever present on the world stage, rarely, …
thoughtsfromthehead.blogspot.com/2007/1
1/palestinian-israeli-scholars-to-advance.html

free_palestine @ 2007-11-14T18:53:00
By a thing with feathers(Palestinian Solidarity Community)
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14/11/07

Hamas in West Bank pays tribute at Arafat tomb
AFP –
Speaking to reporters, Nasseredine al-Shaer, a Hamas official for the West Bank, condemned incidents “that made Palestinian blood flow” at a demonstration …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iBlSBC9HL8khAQiAvs2FgT1uskRg

INTERVIEW-Israeli-Palestinian deal ‘doable’ in 9 months – EU
Reuters – USA
By Adam Entous JERICHO, West Bank, Nov 13 (Reuters) – The EU’s top diplomat said on Tuesday an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal was “doable” within nine …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL13883559

Israel to hold major war games in West Bank
AFP –
The drills will simulate a scenario whereby Palestinian militants carry out a wave of attacks across the West Bank amid widespread demonstrations and …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jJOhwKO4n4yygqmWtSn3zn_Cy7mA

‘PM’s peace plan perilous for Israel’
Jerusalem Post – Israel
Furthermore, he warned, Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank would endanger Israel’s security. “It is clear that [Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=11923
80807558&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

The danger is there
Media Monitors Network – CA,USA
Israel confronts these non-state actors on two fronts: Hizballah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and to some extent the West Bank as well. …
usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/47454

Leaders meet for peace in Ankara, agree to begin industrial …
New Anatolian – Ankara,Turkey
On his part, Abbas said Israel would also live in an area of peace, security and stability in the Middle East if Palestine and Israel ensured peace. …
www.thenewanatolian.com/tna-29531.html

The bumpy road to Annapolis
Daily Star – Lebanon – Beirut,Lebanon
In other words, if Syria and Hamas remain ostracized they are more likely to increase their efforts to escalate violence from Gaza and the West Bank. …
www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?editi
on_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=86738

Palestinian police arrest 18 in West Bank
Africasia – London,UK
Palestinian security services on Wednesday arrested 18 people, mostly members of the Islamist Hamas movement, in a northern West Bank village, …
www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?
area=mideast&item=071114131114.mf5k9cxn.php

How’s this for an Israeli position at Annapolis:
Israel Insider – Tel Aviv,Israel
Forcing Israel to make further Gaza-like “goodwill gestures” on the West Bank and the Golan Heights will have the same effect as throwing red meat to a …
web.israelinsider.com/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Views&enPage=
ViewsPage&enDisplay=view&enInfolet=authorArchive.jsp&en
DispWhat=Zone&enZone=Views&authorId=1087

Civil Fights: Ehud Olmert’s misplaced trust
Jerusalem Post – Israel
The agreement was meant to ensure the free flow of goods and people to and from Gaza, including between Gaza and the West Bank. Israel’s consent, however …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=119503660
8552&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Canada, Hizballah and terrorism: An interview with Tariq Ali
By via the Electronic Intifada(SF Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay))
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 : In 2002 Canada unveiled an official list of “terrorist” organizations, strikingly similar to that of the the US government. Today the Lebanese political movement Hizballah — both the military and …
www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/14/18461054.php

What YOU can do for justice in Palestine
By CRIMES AND CORRUPTION OF THE NEW WORLD…(CRIMES AND CORRUPTION OF THE NEW WORLD…)
Electronic Intifada – BADIL (Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee rights) – Middle East Facts – Palestine Monitor – Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine – Applied Research Institute (environment, water, agriculture, …
mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2007/11
/what-you-can-do-for-justice-in.html

The one-state reality by Ben White
By annie(annie)
electronicintifada.net/v2/article9097.shtml. The one-state reality Ben White, The Electronic Intifada, 13 November 2007. Israeli settlers numbering around 450000 in the West Bank and East Jerusalem make the “one-state solution” …
annies-letters.blogspot.com/2007/11/
one-state-reality-by-ben-white.html

De Israelische Terreur 273
By stan(stan)
The Electronic Intifada,. Leading Palestinian and Israeli scholars and activists will be among the speakers at an unprecendented conference to explore a one-state solution, at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London …
stanvanhoucke.blogspot.com/2007/1
1/de-israelische-terreur-273.html

13/11/07

Shuttered factories, empty shelves are backdrop to Gaza’s latest …
International Herald Tribune – France
A poll this week by the independent Palestinian Jerusalem Media and Communications Center found that Hamas’ support in the West Bank and Gaza fell from 30 …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/13/africa/
ME-GEN-Palestinian-Struggling-In-Gaza.php

When Lions think they are Lambs
American Thinker – Bellevue,WA,USA
Crucially, Israel has crushed Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank and created a situation in which it has become almost impossible for suicide-bombers …
www.americanthinker.com/2007/11/w
hen_lions_think_they_are_lamb.html

Rice: Israelis are ready to give up W. Bank for peace
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
She said she does not accept the argument that the democratization process in the region failed, citing Hamas’ takeover of the Gaza Strip. …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/923721.html

Israeli, Palestinian presidents unite behind ‘historic’ Mideast meet
AFP –
He was speaking shortly before the three leaders signed an agreement to set up joint industrial zones in the West Bank. “This agreement is a win-win …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g1O_9S_HDIMm2FbwqESktRnJZFEg

Asharq Al-Awsat Interviews Mahmud Abbas
Asharq Alawsat – London,UK
In this context, how will the dilemma of the West Bank and Gaza be resolved? [Abbas] I have told all parties that talk to us about this issue—and I …
aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=10862

IDF prepares for post-Annapolis terror wave
Israel Today – Jerusalem,Israel
The Israeli army will hold a major exercise simulating an explosion of Palestinian terrorist activity in Judea and Samaria (the so-called West Bank) next …
www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=14546

Egypt is building the Hamas army in Gaza
Gamla – Israel
… longer border with the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank (see the attached map). True, in contrast to the Egyptian-Gaza border, the Israel Defense …
www.gamla.org.il/english/article/2007/nov/g10.htm

Palestine, and the crime of being a Jewish state
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
Once the most disciplined, well-run, canny organization in the Palestinian territories, Hamas has begun to misgovern Gaza the way Israel once did. …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/923123.html

Israeli-Palestinian deal “doable” in 9 months: EU
Reuters – USA
By Adam Entous JERICHO, West Bank (Reuters) – The EU’s top diplomat said on Tuesday an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal was “doable” within nine months and …
www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1388355920071113

Mother dies after being denied access to health care…& more from EI
By annie(annie)
Rami Almeghari is currently contributor to several media outlets including the Palestine Chronicle, aljazeerah.info, IMEMC, The Electronic Intifada and Free Speech Radio News. Rami is also a former senior English translator at and …
annies-letters.blogspot.com/2007/11/
mother-dies-after-being-denied-access.html