Occupation

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• Israël envisagerait de doubler le nombre de colons en Cisjordanie
  2 mars 2009
  Le gouvernement sortant israélien a préparé des plans de colonisation intensive visant à quasiment doubler le nombre de colons en Cisjordanie occupée, selon un rapport publié, lundi 2 mars, par le mouvement anti-colonisation La Paix maintenant. Ces plans de colonisation, élaborés par le ministère de l’habitat et qui doivent encore être soumis par le prochain gouvernement de droite, prévoient la construction de 73 000 logements dans les prochaines années, dont 5 700 dans des quartiers de (…)
• Israeli plan for settlement building angers US
  5 September 2009, by Steven Gutkin
  Israel said Friday it will construct hundreds of new housing units in West Bank settlements before any slowdown in building, an announcement that drew harsh criticism from Washington, which demands a complete settlement freeze as a prelude to renewing Mideast peace talks. Israeli officials painted the move as a concession to the U.S. demand because it might bring a temporary halt to other construction. But since it would also mean building the new units and finishing some 2,500 others now (…)
• Utopia as Alibi: Said, Barenboim and the Divan Orchestra
  20 December 2009, by Raymond Dean
  As a classical musician involved in pro-Palestinian activism, I frequently encounter the assumption that I am an unconditional admirer of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (WEDO). My reservations on this score tend to produce shocked disapproval: How could I not enthuse about such an idealistic project, particularly since it was co-founded by the late Edward Said, a figure for whom I have frequently expressed respect and admiration? In truth, I have always been a little wary of Said’s (…)
• مساء الخير ياعرب.. مسا أمة كلها عطبّ ..؟؟
  21 كانون الأول (ديسمبر) 2012, بقلم بلال فوراني
  مساء يليق بكم .. ولا عندي لياقة لاستقباله بالشكل الجميل فعذراً منكم مساء الوجعّ الذي لا أفردّ له جناحي .. لكنه بكل شطارة يسرقّ ريشي مني ويطير مساء الموت الذي فاحت رائحته من جثث أبناء غزة وما زال العرب يتغزلون بعطور فرنسا مساء الدم الساخن…الذي ينسكب على الأرض الفلسطينية كي يسقي العرب بعض الكرامة مساء ضحكة طفل فلسطيني مات تحت التراب قبل أن يتعلمّ البكاء على أرض الميعاد مساء الأقنعة المزيفة .. التي سقطت بكل تطرفّ أعمى أمام أمة يفترضّ بأنها أمة وسطى مساء التسولّ الرخيص من أنصاف رجال يجلسون في (…)
• Israel’s Kafkaesque "Matrix of Control"
  3 février 2007, par Stephen Lendman
  Finding an equitable solution to the intractable, festering decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the Gordian Knot that must be cut to achieve peace overall in the Middle East. Today, no solution is in sight nor are any serious efforts planned to find one despite occasional rhetoric to the contrary like what’s now being heard from Washington with similar disingenuous echos inside Israel. Palestinians know otherwise from long experience. They’ve heard this siren song before. It’s the (…)
• Ethnic Cleansing and Israel
  4 March 2009, by Conn Hallinan
  One of the more disturbing developments in the Middle East is a growing consensus among Israelis that it would acceptable to expel—in the words of advocates “transfer”—its Arab citizens to either a yet as unformed Palestinian state or the neighboring countries of Jordan and Egypt. Such sentiment is hardly new among Israeli extremists, and it has long been advocated by racist Jewish organizations like Kach, the party of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, as well as groups like the National Union, (…)
• Mahmoud Abbas and Barack Obama: tragic hero vs political prostitute
  24 September 2011, by Uri Avnery
  A wonderful speech. A beautiful speech. The language expressive and elegant. The arguments clear and convincing. The delivery flawless. A work of art. The art of hypocrisy. Almost every statement in the passage concerning the Israeli-Palestinian issue was a lie. A blatant lie: the speaker knew it was a lie, and so did the audience. It was Obama at his best, Obama at his worst. Being a moral person, he must have felt the urge to vomit. Being a pragmatic person, he knew that he had to (…)
• Israeli Economy for Beginners
  14 August 2011, by Gilad Atzmon
  We learn from the press and political analysts that, against all odds and in spite of the global financial turmoil, Israel’s economy is booming. Some even suggest that Israel is one of the strongest economies around. ‘How come?’ you may ask; besides maybe avocado, oranges, and some Dead Sea beauty products, none of us has actually ever seen an Israeli product on the shelves. They don’t make cars; nor do they make electric or electronic appliances, and they hardly manufacture any (…)
• Learning the Nakba as a condition for peace and reconciliation
  5 April 2009, by Norma Musih
  The Jewish people in Israel, or at least most of them, live in complete ignorance or even denial of the Palestinian disaster that took place in 1948, the Nakba. The Nakba has no place in the language, the landscape, the environment, and the memory of the Jewish collective in Israel. Traveling in Israel, one may find signposts, landmarks and memorials that create and sustain the Jewish-Israeli narrative. Jewish-Israeli events that took place more than 2,000 years ago are celebrated through (…)
• مع المقاومة مش ح تقدر تغمضّ عينيك ..؟؟
  21 كانون الأول (ديسمبر) 2012, بقلم بلال فوراني
  كانت تبكي فرحاً وتوصفّ لي المشهد الذي لا أستطيع أن أراه عن طريق محادثتي لها بواسطة برنامج للأنترنت اسمه " السكاي بي" كانت سعيدة وهي تخبرني عن منظر الفئران الاسرائيلية وهم يختبؤون في مجاري الصرف الصحي , كانت نبرة صوتها ترقص وهي تروي لي المشهد الذي لم تراه منذ ٤٠ سنة وهو عمرها الافتراضي في هذه البلدة الفلسطينية . وكانت الدهشة تغمرها وأنا أرى تعابير وجهها التي ستنفجر غبطة مما ترى وتسمع وكان الدنيا لا تسع حدود ضحكتها بل تريد أن تتمزق و تصير بطول الخط الاستوائي عرضاً. لقد فعلوها أطفال الحجارة (…)