Israel must pull out of settlements, UN report says
ALL THE MORE REASONS TO EMBRACE THE LEVY REPORT
Jerusalem rejects ‘biased’ Human Rights Council finding that West Bank Jewish communities are illegal
TIMES OF ISRAEL January 31, 2013, 2:36 pm 4
JTA — A United Nations investigation into the impact of Jewish West Bank settlements on the Palestinian population said that Israel should immediately begin to withdraw all settlers from the territory.
The report issued Thursday by the UN Human Rights Council based in Geneva said that settlement violate the 1949 Geneva Conventions and that failure to withdraw could lead to a finding of war crimes at the International Criminal Court.
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‘PM said he’d okay provisional Palestinian state’
By SAM SOKOL, JPOST
01/29/2013 03:20
01/29/2013 03:20
While not ready to sign a comprehensive peace deal, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is willing to establish an interim Palestinian state without a final agreement, former deputy foreign minister Yossi Beilin said on Monday.
Speaking during a debate with outgoing settlement council head Danny Dayan, Beilin stated that he had heard from Netanyahu that he would be ready for establishing a “provisional border with the Palestinians.”
“This is something that I heard from him that he would be ready to do it,” he stated.
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Russia slams Israeli attack on Syria. US forces in Jordan on alert
The Syrian announcement of an Israeli air strike on a military site near Damascus Wednesday, Jan. 30, drew strong condemnation from Moscow the next day: “Such action if confirmed would amount to unacceptable military interference in the war-ravaged country,” said the statement issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry Thursday. “If this information is confirmed, then we are dealing with unprovoked attacks on targets on the territory of a sovereign country, which blatantly violate the UN Charter and is unacceptable, no matter the motives to justify it.”
Israel has made no comment on the Damascus statement which described in detail an Israeli air strike against a “military research institute” near the capital. Witnesses say it was a plant for manufacturing “unconventional weapons.” The facility was destroyed and two staff members killed.
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A farewell to the Negev?
Begin’s plan had a near unanimous support in the Cabinet.Regavim had been fighting this plan from the beginning.Regavim works to increase awareness
Sep 20, 2012 – Front Page………Stop the silent surrender of the Negev » … This Sukkot, please join Regavim, ZOA and Likud Anglos. for a two-part event to …Regavim is worthy of your financial support
Sep 11, 2012 – Regavim is the most important NGO we have, fighting the theft of our … I was putting the final touches on an article on the situation in the Negev, …Arabs illegally settling the Negev in land grab race -
Aug 23, 2012 – As stated in Regavim literature, “Israel is losing its hold on the Jewish people’s lands,” including in the “very heart” of the country. In the Negev …Illegal Housing Built on Private Land and …
Sep 30, 2012 – Of Regavim, he said that, “It seems that this is a right-wing organization that does not want the Negev to develop and will take every opportunity …
Under no circumstances should tens of thousands of dunams of publicly-owned land be turned over to private individuals simply because they assert it is theirs without proof to substantiate their claims.
BEDUIN TAKE part in a protest in Beersheba Photo: Reuters
This past Sunday, the largest act of organized theft in the Jewish state’s history took place.
And the perpetrator was none other than the government of Israel.
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Brooklyn College Poli-Sci supporting academic boycotts of Israel
Israel strikes Syrian Military Research Centre
Weasel Zippers
BREAKING: Israeli Warplanes Bomb Military Site Near Damascus – Update: Strike Targeted Military Research Center…
Just coming across the wires now, more to follow.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state news agency says Israeli warplanes bombed military site near Damascus.
Update: Pretty safe bet to say Israel was targeting Syria’s chemical weapons program..
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state TV has confirmed that Israeli warplanes bombed a military research center northwest of the capital, Damascus.State TV says the strike targeted a military research center in the area of Jermana.It says the strike caused material damage and the center was used to advance Syrian military capabilities.
Israel attacked the convoy because Syria crossed red line
Courtesy The Israel Project
Quotes from Gen. (ret.) Amnon Sofrin
(1) On the Israeli “red line,” under which Jerusalem has committed to preventing the transfer of Syria’s nonconventional weapons either to Hezbollah deliberately or to opposition forces capturing Syrian
arms caches. The Syrian non-conventional arsenal is considered the largest in the world:
arms caches. The Syrian non-conventional arsenal is considered the largest in the world:
- “I think that if we have solid evidence shared by our own partners all over the world, that chemical warheads are being transferred from Syria to Lebanon, to the Hezbollah, I think that no one will condemn Israel for trying to prevent it.”
“The first one is called Sarin… nerve gas. And the second one, which is more frightening for us and more, let’s say severe with its consequences, is called VX, and this one is lasting. Meaning… it stays on the ground on every place it is being launched to, for many, many hours and many days.”
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Ted Belman
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