Jewish settler mobs rampaged in the West Bank on Monday, hurling stones, burning fields and wounding at least four Palestinians, furious that Israel may raze outposts in the territory under US pressure. Jewish extremists blocked roads, hurled rocks at drivers, set fields ablaze, cut down olive trees and opened fire at Palestinians who tried to chase the trespassers from their fields in the northern West Bank, witnesses said.
Today's Israel was palestine.. Try Not To Cry 4:55
Land Theft/Destruction .. Settlers unveil new "Obama" outpost in the West Bank
Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Israeli settlers established a new illegal West Bank outpost on Thursday, dedicating it partly to US President Barack Obama. http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?...
Violence/Siege Related Deaths/Aggression OPT: Infant dies as Israel prevents him from leaving Gaza strip to undergo medical treatment in East Jerusalem At around 7.30am on 3 June 2009, seven-month-old Zein Ad-Din Mohammed Zu'rob died in the intensive care unit at European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis. Medical sources at the hospital reported to Al Mezan that he died as a result of respiratory system and heart failure. According to Al Mezan investigations, Zein's family obtained a medical referral for him to undergo medical treatment at Al-Maqasid Charity Hospital in East Jerusalem for 30 days starting from 18 May 2009. .. link dead ..
Palestinian shot dead by Israeli troops at West Bank protest
Bethlehem - Ma'an - A Palestinian demonstratorwas killed and another injured after Israeli forces opened fire at an anti- wall rally in the West Bankvillage of Ni'lin on Friday. The slain Palestinian was identified as Yousef Akel Sadiq Srour, 36. http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?...
The military attack Bilin weekly protest injuring five civilians
Five protesters were injured and dozens surfed from Gaza inhalation when Israeli troops attack the weekly protest in Bilin village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday. http://www.imemc.org/article/60699
Israeli warships open fire at fishing boats off Gaza coast
Gaza Maan Israel's navy fired on boats off the short of Gaza City on Friday morning, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported. Witnesses said the ships, which contribute to Israel's ongoing blockade of the besieged coastal strip, often open fire on vessels sailing near the coast, preventing a major source of income for Gaza's residents. http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?...
When Settlers Attack
Joharah Baker - MIFTAH - " heavily armed settlers, who have equally heavily armed Israeli soldiers guarding them around the clock, have the freedom to take the law into their own hands whenever they deem in necessary. This week`s incidents only further support this point. Palestinians have no legal recourse against settler rampages. Their lands are burned. Their livelihood ruined, their orchards damaged and their sons and daughters attacked. " .. dead link 2. ..
Detentions (more under Fatah Collaboration section)
Soldiers seize Palestinian and his daughter in Hebron Hebron Maan Israeli soldiers detained a Palestinian man and his daughter for around two hours near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba on Thursday. Local sources told Maan's correspondent that "while 50-year-old Abed Al-Karim Al-Jabari and his 22-year-old daughter Suhair were working on their land an Israeli military jeep loaded with border guards came and detained them." The Israeli settlers had previously erected a tent on Al-Ja'baris land, which was removed under orders from Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. [end] http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?...
Two Palestinians seized in Nablus-area village
Nablus Maan Israeli troops detained two young men from Madama village south of Nablus after storming several houses on Friday at dawn. A member at the village council, Hassan Zyadeh, told Maan in Nablus that troops detained Bashir Zyadeh, 24, and Aktham Nassar, 22, after raiding their houses. http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?...
Seventy five percent of Israeli Jews support the evacuation of unauthorized outposts in the West Bank, with 57% saying that they would even support the use of force in such evacuations and 18% saying that they would support the government on the issue if the evacuations come following an agreement with the settlers. Only 25% said that they opposed any removal of outposts, according to a study conducted by the Institute for National Security Studies and released for publication Sunday.
A settler is seen at the outpost of Migron, near Ramallah.
The Public Opinion Survey on National Security Issues also found that 58% of Israeli Jews supported the continued expansion of West Bank settlements. However, only 17% supported further growth over the green line if such activity "will result in a confrontation with the United States." 42% of the public opposed all construction in settlements.
The survey found that Jewish backing for a Palestinian state has been steadily declining since it peaked at 60% in 2006. This year's survey found that 53% of Jewish Israelis accepted the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Still, the survey drew a distinction between a solution based on a "Palestinian state" and a solution based on the formula "two states for two peoples."
The survey also found that support for the "two states for two peoples" formula has been consistently above 60% in the past few years, with 64% voicing support for such a solution to the conflict in 2009.
According to the survey, Israelis were reluctant to accept a return to the 1967 borders and the evacuation of all West Bank settlements. The study found that only 15% were willing to entertain the possibility of a full pullout, up from 14% in 2007. Some 43% were willing to accept the evacuation of "small and isolated settlements" in return for peace, as opposed to 45% in 2007.
The survey, which was conducted during the first three weeks of May 2009, also gauged the public's stance regarding engagement with Hamas. Only 18% of the respondents expressed support for dialogue - direct and indirect - with the Islamic rulers of the Gaza Strip. All in all, 72% supported continued military pressure on Hamas, including 33% who were in favor of toppling the Hamas government "even by occupying the entire Gaza Strip." The remaining 10% supported the continuation of the Gaza blockade.
Regarding the nuclear threat from Teheran, the survey found that 59% of Jewish Israelis support a military strike against the Iranian nuclear facilities if Israel were to determine that the Islamic republic has obtained nuclear weapons.
Forty-one percent, on the other hand, said "Israel should use all the diplomatic means available to dismantle Iran's nuclear capability but avoid a military attack."
Still, only 21% said that they believed that Iran would "attack Israel with nuclear weapons with the goal of Israel's destruction," and only 3% said that they would leave the country if Teheran obtained such capabilities. Eight percent said they would "consider" emigrating from Israel if faced by a concrete nuclear threat from Iran.
The study also found that the Israel public is broadly opposed to a withdrawal from the Golan Heights in exchange for peace with Syria, with only 3% of respondents coming out in favor of ceding the entire territory. A vast majority, 60%, opposes any withdrawal from the plateau, and 20% stated that they were "willing to return the Golan to Syrian sovereignty but leave the Israeli settlements on the Golan."
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