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As if We Needed a Reminder That Puppets Don't Make Decisions on Their Own....

Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Palestinian panel to sidestep vote ABBAS WOULD STAY IN POST Move embodies 'political consensus of the PLO' The Washington Post "JERUSALEM -- To keep the Palestinian Authority government working after its term expires in January, Palestinians are turning to an unelected group of political insiders instead of holding new elections , according to Palestinian officials and outside analysts. The Palestine...

James Zogby: Not Serious, Again

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

It was 1988, with the first Intifada in full bloom and the Palestine Liberation Organization in the lead up to their November 29th declaration of...

Let's share power, says moderate Arab

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

John Lyons, Middle East correspondent AS the shock departure of Mahmoud Abbas sinks in for Palestinians, Ahmad Aweidah is rising fast in the new generation of leaders. Mr Aweidah, 39, insists he is not interested in politics, though he's rarely shy about entering the major debates. He argues that Mr Abbas's successor be Nasser al-Qudwa, nephew of the late PLO chief Yasser Arafat, rather than the contender...

Extensive Israeli Campaign Against Palestinian Civil Construction Activities

Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Nicholas Salmons 11/20/09 4:46 pm Over the last year, Israel has initiated multiple campaigns to prevent development in areas along the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip occupied legally by Palestinians. These efforts are "aimed at undermining the Palestinian presence," though this presence is entirely legitimate and authorized internationally by the Oslo Accords which were signed...

Devout Muslims In Key Homeland Security Posts

Corruption Chronicles (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Days after a devout Muslim terrorized a U.S. Army base in Texas several news reports remind that two key Homeland Security posts are occupied by equally devout Muslims, one of them a former Los Angeles deputy mayor who eliminated a crucial program that tracked terrorist activities in the city. Earlier this year President Obama appointed Arif Alikhan to be the nation’s Assistant Secretary for...

Rabin Turns in His Grave

Truthdig (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Uri Avnery remembers Yitzak Rabin, Yasser Arafat and the historic Oslo agreement that has since turned to mush. “The public memory,” Avnery warns, “is trying nowadays to obliterate” Rabin’s “inner revolution” toward peace with the Palestinians. Rabin was assassinated 14 years ago this November. Uri Avnery in Gush-Shalom: MORE THAN anything else, I respected...

PLO slams Israel for approving new settlement buildings

People Daily (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Palestine Liberation Organization(PLO) on Wednesday slammed Israel for approving the building of new homes in a Jerusalem settlement. "Israel, the occupying power, steals the occupied Palestinian land to build illegal settlements by force and violence," the PLO said in a statement sent to the media. "Israel undermines all international efforts to make fair peace in the region."...

The politics of sporting rivalry

Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

By As'ad Abu Khalil Al-Jazeera "The hooliganism and viol ence that have accompanied the football matches between Egypt and Algeria as they each seek to qualify for the 2010 World Cup have brought something new to Arab sports and political cultures . The vehemence, fanaticism, and recriminations that were blatantly expressed in the media and on the streets of Algeria, Egypt, and Sudan [the host...

Your Federation Dollars Hard at Work: American Jews fund anti-Israel organizations

Jewish Internet Defense Force (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

By Samuel Sokol and David Bedein, WND A U.S. organization has been receiving money from perhaps unsuspecting Jewish donors to support blatantly anti-Israel groups. American Jews wishing to donate money to Israeli causes routinely utilize local city Jewish federations as a middleman. Hundreds of millions of dollars per year are sent to Jewish federations across the country with the expectation contributions...

PLO's legislative body to extend Abbas term

People Daily (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

The legislative body of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) will extend Mahmoud Abbas' term as Palestinian president, a Fatah official said Tuesday. The decision will be announced when the Palestinian Central Council (PCC) convenes on Dec. 15, said Mohammed Dahlan, a member of Fatah central committee. Abbas has called for presidential and parliamentary elections in January 2010, but Hamas, which...

• PLO will keep Abbas as Palestinian president - Reuters UK

Hamas says declaring state needs to annul Oslo accords,reconsider PLO

People Daily (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Gaza Strip-ruling Islamic Hamas movement said Tuesday that a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian statehood needs to annul the Oslo peace accords signed with Israel and to reconsider the reality of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Hamas said in a statement that declaring a Palestinian statehood must be the fruit of the Palestinian people's success of their resistance to get rid of the military...

The Goldstone report resonates deeply in Gaza city

Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

Tariq Abu Dia, owner of the late President Yasser Arafat souvenir shop in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, said: “Today we put out 50 keffiyehs made of white fabric with the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the name ‘Goldstone’ embroidered on them, to honor his work.”

'Abbas to Continue to Wear Three Hats Until Elections Are Possible

News from TheMediaLine.org. (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

Word that Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud 'Abbas will step-down is premature. The Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization told the Reuters news agency that 'Abbas will continue to serve as head of the P.A.; and as head of the PLO "until [the P.A.] is able to hold presidential and legislative elections." 'Abbas also heads the Fatah faction. Formal action on the extension...

Palestinians throw down challenge to Obama and UN

Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

By Donald Macintyre The Independent ( Left: A cartoon by Emad Hajjaj showing that the Palestinian "cause" has become just a game for Palestinian "leaders.") "As so often in the Middle East, we have been here before . The latest suggestion – that a frustrated Palestinian leadership would unilaterally declare a state and invite international recognition for it – is...

Argentina protesters to Peres: You deserve Nobel for murder

Israeli Occupation Archive (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

The banner referred to 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, which Peres won together with former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for the peace talks that resulted in the Oslo... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...