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Issue No: 43 16th Mau, 2013
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Read in this report:
Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi in Gaza (P.4) Warnings of a new Nakba threatening Al-Aqsa
Mosque (P.5)
Israeli government to starts dividing Al
Aqsa Mosque (P.5) Israel approves nearly 300 new settlements
(P.6)
Report: Netanyahu spends $127,000 on
airplane 'rest chamber’ (P.9)
Article: The Nakba revisited (P.10)
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CONTENTS
NEWS OF PALESTINE
Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi in Gaza ........................................................................................ 4
Warnings of a new Nakba threatening Al-Aqsa Mosque .......................................................... 5
Israeli government to starts dividing Al Aqsa Mosque ............................................................. 5
Plan to seize 7 million square metres in Negev and displace 90,000 Palestinians .................... 6
Israel approves nearly 300 new settlements to coincide with Kerry-Livni meeting .................. 7
Palestinian hunger strikers released from Israeli jail ................................................................. 7
Churches denounce Israel violence against Christians .............................................................. 8
ISRAEL INSIDER
Report: Netanyahu spends $127,000 on airplane 'rest chamber' ............................................... 9
ARTICLES & ANALYSIS
The Nakba revisited ................................................................................................................. 10
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Haniyyah grants him a Palestinian Passport, Ramallah demands to detain him
Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi in Gaza
21/05/2013
Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi, head of the
international union for Muslim scholars, was
enthusiastically received by Palestinian
officials and massive crowds of citizens upon
his arrival on Wednesday evening in the Gaza
Strip.
The Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya,
deputy speaker of the Palestinian parliament
Ahmed Baher and a number of officials and
dignitaries participated in the reception.
Following the arrival of Sheikh Qaradawi and
his accompanying delegation, premier
Haneyya held a news conference at Rafah
border area and gave a welcome speech
praising Sheikh Qaradawi and his stature in
the hearts of the Palestinians.
Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qardawi stated that his visit
to Gaza is intended to renew his oath of
allegiance to Palestine and its people.
"We are with you and we will celebrate the
victory together if I stay alive, but if it is God's
will that I do not live [to witness liberation],
you and the future generations would celebrate
this victory which is inevitable, God willing,"
Sheikh Qaradawi said.
For his part, The Palestinian premier Ismail
Haneyya has granted Al-Qaradawi a
Palestinian passport to honour him for his
great positions in support of the Palestinian
people and their just cause and rights.
On the other hand, the Palestinian Authority
Ministry of Interior has put out a notice
informing countries that recognize Palestine
that Sheikh Yousef al-Qaradawi holds a “fake”
Palestinian passport.
In a letter, the ministry called on all countries
to take legal action to detain him and seize the
passport if it is used contrary to international
law.
Member of Hamas's political bureau Ezzat Al-
Resheq criticized the Palestinian Authority and
its de facto interior ministry for its objection to
giving Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi a
Palestinian passport in honor of his role in
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supporting the Palestinian cause. Resheq said
that such attitude by the PA was unjustified
and a departure from the Palestinian traditions,
and would contribute to deepening the inter-
Palestinian division.
Source: Agencies
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On the 65th Anniversary of Nakbah
Warnings of a new Nakba threatening Al-Aqsa Mosque
15/05/2013
A senior Palestinian official called for
protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque from a "new
Nakba" threatening it due to the occupation
practices that aim to impose Jewish control
over it in preparation to demolish it and build
the alleged temple on its ruins.
Yousef Edais, head of the Supreme Council of
the Islamic courts in Palestine, called on the
residents of Jerusalem and the 1948-occupied
territories to intensify their presence in Al-
Aqsa Mosque, in order to confront the
repeated raids into its courtyards by the settlers
and the extremist Jewish groups.
Edais said in a statement on Wednesday that
Al-Aqsa Mosque has been witnessing daily
raids by Jewish groups under the protection of
the Israeli police, warning of attempts to
divide it as they did in the Ibrahimi Mosque.
He warned of a scheme made by settlers’
leaders and senior Jewish rabbis to divide Al-
Aqsa; stressing that it is a purely Islamic
endowment and that the Jews have no right in
it.
Source: PIC
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Israeli escalation inside the mosque, popular marches to defend it
Israeli government to starts dividing Al Aqsa Mosque
21/05/2013
Israeli Ministry of Religious Affairs revealed
official attempts to divide Al Aqsa Mosque
between Muslims and Jews, claiming that
preventing Jews from performing their rituals
in Al Aqsa "is a violation of freedom of
worship."
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Director of the Ministry of Religious Affairs
announced during the Knesset session that his
ministry will seek to "amend the law" that
allows the Jews to perform rituals in Al Aqsa
Mosque, and said: "a parliamentary committee
has been charged with studying the draft, in
order to enable Jews to pray at the site."
A Hebrew radio station broadcast a discussion
held on Wednesday concerning the law and its
aims of allowing an increased number of
Jewish settlers to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque at a
time when Palestinian and international parties
concerned with Jerusalem affairs have warned
against the division of the Mosque, both in
terms of time and structure, as is the case in
the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.
In a related context, head of the Council of
Religious Endowments, Sheikh Abdel Azim
Salhab, stated that the Israeli authorities aimed
to increase the Israeli settlers' number in al-
Aqsa mosque while preventing the Palestinian
worshipers to enter the mosque. He called for
a firm position towards the Israeli continued
attacks and arbitrary restrictions against the
worshipers.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF)
violently suppressed different marches held on
Friday in the West Bank to protest Israel's
violations against the Aqsa Mosque.
On the other hand, Egyptian governorates on
Friday have witnessed mass rallies in support
of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque; called for
by the Muslim Brotherhood.
The marchers denounced the ongoing Israeli
violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque, and
demanded the Egyptian President Mohamed
Morsi to intervene to protect it from the Israeli
violations.
Source: Agencies
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Plan to seize 7 million square
metres in Negev and displace
90,000 Palestinians
07/05/2013
The Israeli Ministerial Committee on
Legislation passed a draft law yesterday
regulating Bedouin settlement in the Negev
known as the "Prawer Plan", which will allow
the seizure of approximately 700,000 dunams
of the Negev and the destruction of 40
unrecognised villages. The government will
present the draft law to the Knesset for approval
over three readings before it becomes law.
Hundreds of "1948 Palestinians", most of
whom are Negev Bedouins, protested in front
of the office of Prime Minister, Benjamin
Netanyahu, in objection to the "Prawer Plan".
The protestors held signs saying "Work
towards stopping the Prawer Project" in
Arabic, Hebrew, and English and chanted
"Listen Prawer... the land of the Negev will
not surrender to you." The protest was in
response to the Israeli Ministerial Committee
on Legislation's discussion held yesterday on
the Prawer Plan and its plans to regulate the
settlement of Negev Bedouins.
Atiya al-Aassam, head of the Regional
Committee for unrecognised villages in the
Negev, said in a speech before the protestors,
"We want to tell Prawer, Tzipi Livni (Minister
of Justice) and all decision-makers that we
have endured 65 years of water scarcity and all
forms of torture, and we will continue to
endure and will not give up one inch of our
land." He said.
Source: MEMO
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As a response to the Arabs concession in
Washington
Israel approves nearly 300
new settlements to coincide
with Kerry-Livni meeting
09/05/2013
As Israeli justice minister, Tzipi Livni, met
with US Secretary of State John Kerry in
Rome on Wednesday, the Israel Civil
Administration approved a plan to build 296
housing units in the West Bank settlement of
Beit El; an Israeli newspaper reported.
Although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu had previously made undertakings
to stop further settlement construction until
next June when he met with Kerry, his
Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon approved the
construction of the new housing units in line
with a promise the government had made to
settlers. A previous Israeli government had
promised to build 90 new housing units in the
settlements in an attempt to prevent clashes
during the eviction of the Ulpana settlement.
Recently, Kerry has achieved a diplomatic
victory when the Arab league delegation in
Washington announced an agreement to accept
that a land swap deal could be reached
between Palestinians and Israelis based on the
1967 borders.
For his part, head of the Palestinian
Legislative Council, Dr. Aziz Dweik,
confirmed that Israeli settlement construction
continued in the West Bank, saying that Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's order to
freeze settlement construction has no basis on
the ground.
Concerning the Arab League modified peace
initiative, Dweik said that it came in
contradiction to the Arab people's
revolutionary will, calling on the Arab
government to stop culture of concessions.
The modified Arab Initiative, based on land
swap, is a serious step that legitimizes Israeli
settlement construction, he added.
Source: Agencies
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Abu Sisi's isolation extended for 6
additional months
Palestinian hunger strikers
released from Israeli jail
10/05/2013
On Thursday at dawn, the Israeli occupation
released Tariq Qedan and Jaafar Izzidin, two
Palestinian hunger strikers who have been on
strike for 93 days.
Qedan, 42, and Izzidin, 41, from Arraba
neighbourhood in South Jenin, went on hunger
strike in protest at their administrative
detention by the Israeli occupation.
It is worth noting that the sessions of their trial
were held at the notorious Al-Ramleh hospital
while both prisoners were sat in wheelchairs.
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The released prisoners described the lives of
Palestinian inmates of Israeli prisons, who are
mistreated and receive poor health care, as
"hell".
On the other hand, the Israeli Central Court
has decided to extend the prisoner Dirar Abu
Sisi's solitary confinement for six additional
months, Tadamun Foundation for Human
Rights revealed.
Ahmed al-Beitawi, a researcher at the
Foundation, said that the court extended Abu
Sisi's isolation until October under the pretext
of being a threat to Israel's security.
Abu Sisi was transferred in March from his
isolation cell in Ashkelon prison to another
one in Ohli Kedar jail under worse conditions,
al-Beitawi said.
Source: Agencies
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Churches denounce Israel violence against Christians
12/05/2013
Patriarchs and heads of Christian churches in
Jerusalem on Sunday released a joint
statement denouncing attacks by Israeli police
officers on worshipers and pilgrims during
Holy Saturday at the Church of Holy
Sepulchre.
Signatories of the statement highlighted that
they saw “awful scenes of the brutal treatment
to clerics, average people and pilgrims in
Jerusalem during Holy Saturday.”
They added: “A day of joy was turned into a
day of severe sadness and pain for several of
our faithful brothers who were mistreated by a
number of Israeli police officers at the gates of
the Old City of Jerusalem leading to the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre.”
It is unacceptable, according to the statement,
that clergymen and average people “get beaten
brutally and indiscriminately and be denied
access to their churches under the pretext of
keeping order.”
The statement was signed by heads of all
recognized churches in the Holy Land
including the Roman Orthodox Church, the
Latin Church, the Armenian Orthodox Church,
the Custodian of the Holy Land, the Coptic
Orthodox Church, the Syriac Orthodox
Church, the Ethiopian Church, the Roman
Catholic Church, the Maronite Church, the
Episcopal Church, the Lutheran Church, the
Syriac Catholic Church, and the Armenian
Catholic Church.
Source: Ma’an News Agency
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Report: Netanyahu spends $127,000 on airplane 'rest chamber'
11/05/2013
TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- Benjamin
Netanyahu's office spent $127,000 of tax
payers' money on an airplane "rest chamber"
for the Israeli premier, Israeli media reported
Friday.
The walled-off chamber included a double bed
for the prime minister and his wife and was
installed on the airplane that took the couple to
London in April, Channel 10 reported.
The installation required electricians,
engineers, porters and additional workers and
cost $127,000.
Responding to the report, the prime minister's
office said the expenses for the trip to attend
Margaret Thatcher's funeral were reduced "as
much as possible," the Ynet news site
reported.
"The flight was scheduled for midnight after a
hectic day. The following day, the PM was
supposed to represent the State of Israel in a
number of formal international events,
including meetings with Canadian Prime
Minister Stephen Harper and British Prime
Minister David Cameron," Netanyahu's office
said.
"In light of this, it is appropriate that Israel's
Prime Minister will be able to rest the night
between such busy days."
Source: Ma’an News Agency
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The Nakba revisited By: Khalid Amayreh*
Today marks the 65th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the violent
usurpation and occupation of Palestine by Zionist Jewish invaders
coming from around the world. The seizure of Palestine can be
considered as one of the greatest acts of theft in the history of mankind.
Israel itself therefore is a gigantic war crime and a crime against humanity.
Thanks to the infamous Balfour declaration of
1917, Palestine, an Arab country since the
seventh century, was given by another country
(Britain) to a third people (the Jews) without
even consulting the native people of the
country.
According to the British Philosopher Bertrand
Russell:" The tragedy of the people of
Palestine is that their country was ‘given’ by a
foreign power to another people for the
creation of a new state."
In fact, it can be safely argued that the West,
particularly Britain, committed the original sin
by envisaging, planning and implanting Israel
in the heart of the Arab world in order to
protect its colonial and imperialistic interests.
In 1905, Britain's Prime Minister Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman invited the Western
Imperial powers for conference which
continued until 1907.
The conference of the thieves recommended
the establishment of " a state on the lands of
Palestine, to serve as an advanced base for the
covetous colonialists, and protect their
interests, implement their plans and schemes
and ensure the outflow of natural resources
from the region, as well as the import of their
goods and products into the markets of the
region."
The American Jewish writer Noam Chomsky
described this evilness committed by these
European powers, especially Britain:
"When a man brings a snake and puts it in the
bed of a child and it stings the child, the man
is responsible for the child’s death, not the
snake,”.
The person who brings the snake into the
child’s bed is the real criminal, not the snake.
This person cannot claim innocence and say 'I
did not know that the snake is so poisonous!'"
The famous British historian Arnold Toynbee,
in his book "A Study of History" said that
"while the direct responsibility for the
calamity that overtook the Palestinian Arabs in
A.D. 1948 was on the heads of the Zionist
Jews who seized a lebensraum for themselves
in Palestine by force of arms in that year, a
heavy load of indirect, yet irrefutable,
responsibility was on the heads of the people
of the United Kingdom.
But the "snake" (Israel) has acquired a life of
its own, and it no longer depends on its
erstwhile western benefactors for its survival
and continuity."
None the less, there is no guarantee, historical,
moral or religious that the "snake" will have an
extended life, e.g. live longer than a century.
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In the final analysis, Israel is an immoral and
illegal being that will have to go. Yes, Israel is
a regional superpower, has a prosperous
economy, is technologically advanced and
tightly controls the government, Congress and
media of the United States .
But nations don't live by modern fighter jets
and nuclear bombs alone. The Soviet Union
had a plenty of these.
In order to have a sustained existence nations
must possess a moral justification. Justice, not
military might, is what guarantees the
longevity and continuity of states.
In 1948, Zionist leaders such as Ben Gurion
thought that that the Palestinian people would
go into oblivion, slowly but surely. Indeed,
just as the genocidal invaders from Eastern
Europe and elsewhere bulldozed and
obliterated more than 500 Palestinian villages,
Zionist elders thought that old Palestinians
will die and young Palestinians will forget!
But to the Zionists' chagrin, the Palestinian
cause is still as vivid and relevant in the minds
and hearts of the Palestinian people today as it
was in 1948.
Thousands of Palestinians still retain the keys
to their homes from which they were expelled
at gunpoint when Israel was created 65 years
ago. The trust is bequeathed by the older to
younger generations.
Today, even the least patriotic Palestinians
who would rather reach "a peace deal" with
Israel by hook or by crook wouldn't even dare
suggest that they would sell out the right of
return even in return for a state in the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Today, one is really affronted by these
fanatical Jewish settlers who terrorize and
savage peaceable Palestinian villagers, poison
and kill their livestock, burn down their fields
and orchards.
And when the unprotected helpless
Palestinians seek redress at Israeli courts, they
are told by the Jewish judges that the settlers
have a point because "your homes and land
once belonged to the settlers' ancestors some
three thousand years ago."!!!
Such a state where inequity and oppression are
rampant can't and will not live long, even if it
possessed all the modern warplanes in the
world.
The Demographic situation in
Israel/Palestine
Apart from the historical rights and moral
high-ground, the Palestinians also have a
strategic advantage over Zionism, namely the
demographic asset. According to the
prominent Israeli demographer Della Pergula,
there are already more non-Jews than Jews
between the River Jordan and the
Mediterranean.
"We have already reached the demographic
critical mass, the establishment of a
Palestinian state now is therefore more of an
urgent Israeli need than a Palestinian need"
But the possibility for establishing a viable
Palestinian state no longer exists in light of the
phenomenal expansion of Jewish settlements
mentioned earlier. More to the point, the
concept of a bi-national state is a kind of
anathema for most Israelis as it would mean
the end of Israel as a Jewish state. Hence, the
problem.
There are millions of Israelis who would think
or probably are already thinking of
unthinkable scenarios such as expelling large
number of Palestinians. But expulsion can't
really be carried out without some sort of a
genocide. None the less, the Palestinians have
thoroughly learned and imbibed the lessons of
1948 and would never ever leave their
country. They would rather die in their own
homes, towns and villages rather than give
Zionists the joy of watching them repeat the
Nakba scenario.
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The Israeli Zionists have already committed
huge and numerous crimes against the
Palestinian people. Needless to say,
committing still more crimes would be
suicidal and fraught with grave consequences
for Israel and Jews.
In the final analysis, the repetition of what
happened in 1948 could speed up the process
of Israel's demise and extinction.
* Khalid Amayreh is a Palestinian journalist based in Dura, near Hebron. He is barred from leaving
the West Bank. For many years Amayreh was confined to his home village of Dura near Hebron by
the Israeli military occupation authorities.
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