Barak, don`t come to the
rally!
Moriah Shlomot - Barak is a ticking bomb, mentally fixated,
completely devoid of ideology or moral values. Barak is not Rabin`s successor,
and I am deeply disappointed that this year he would get to mount a podium which
should have been reserved for true people of peace.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=23217
Ex-Minister Aloni: Barak should be
tried by UN
Ronny Shaked - Yediot Aharonot - "Collective punishment
is an inhumane move. Ehud Barak is the most dangerous person in the State of
Israel, because of his character, because he’s a man of war, and because of his
arrogance. He does all those extreme things because he thinks that he’s beating
Bibi (Netanyahu) that way” said ex-Education Minister Shulamit Aloni.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=23212
Soldiers on the roof
ISM -
Six soldiers began occupying the roof of the house of the Ewawy family in the
old city of Hebron, while only a 14 year old girl, who had just returned from
school, was at home. The girl began screaming for help, and neighbors called for
international human rights workers to come.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=23207
Hebron update 15-21 October
2007
CPT - The Israeli young man began speaking with the settler
boy, to deter him from harassing the Palestinians. More settlers arrived, and
one man, wearing a kippa (skull cap), began to pick olives from the tree.
Israeli police arrived, followed by members of Breaking the Silence, one of whom
advised Amro to file a complaint against the settler picking olives (who left
shortly thereafter.) The Palestinians and internationals finished harvesting,
drank coffee, and departed.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=23216
“Welcome To Gaza!”
Kris
Peterson - Palestine Chronicle - It is clear that life continues with gusto in
Gaza. Conscious of Gaza’s deteriorating circumstances, Palestinians consistently
declare "Welcome to my country! My beautiful country!" followed by an overly
enthusiastic handshake. Still, whenever Mona shrugs and says, “This is Gaza!”,
whenever Raji offers a wry smile, whenever Khalil laughs sarcastically, whenever
I speak with anyone here, I detect an ounce of some profound melancholy
lingering in the eyes of my colleagues.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=23202
Gazans` place at
Annapolis
Terry Walz - Palestine Chronicle - The core issues of
borders, settlements, refugees, and Jerusalem have been put on the back burner.
The situation in Gaza is left unattended. This is peace processing, not peace
making.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=23203
Abbas prays with Hamas leaders, PA
security arrests Hamas activists
Rasheed Hilal/Ali Waked -
IMEMC/Y-Net - The startling news of senior Hamas leaders invited to share Friday
prayers with President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) in Ramallah is immediately
followed by news of PA security forces raiding and arresting Hamas militants on
the northern and southern ends of the West Bank. (Ed.)
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=23201
No `Israelis` in
Israel?
Aviram Zino - Ynet - There are currently over 132 different
nationalities recognized by the State of Israel for use in registering for an ID
card but `Israeli` is not one of them. [If it would be possible to fill in
"Israeli" this would avoid identification of ethnicity... - ed.]
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=23214
Court orders Jewish town to set aside
land for Arabs
Jack Khoury - Haaretz - The couple, Ahmed and
Fathina Zvidat, graduates of the archaeology department at Jerusalem`s Bezalel
College, tried in 2006 to find a place to live in northern Israel. When the two
wanted to move to Rakefet, they were required to undergo a "suitability test"...
etc.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=23213
Boston solidarity with beleaguered
Sabeel conference
"Attacking and demonizing someone like Archbishop
Tutu by calling him an Anti-Semite because he criticizes Israeli human rights
abuses doesn`t change the fact that the occupation is wrong," stated Martin
Federman, co-chair of the Boston chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=23215
