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[14 August 2013] Palestinian peace talks since 1967? It all been a game Alan Hart - English

[18 Apr 2014] Report: Israel has detained over 800,000 Palestinian since 1967 - English

Truth about the 1967 Arab-Israel War - P.1 - Norman Finkelstein. Delivered on April 7, 2009. On the circumstances surrounding the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Norman Finkelstein writes: “Preserving its deterrence capacity has always loomed large in Israeli strategic doctrine. Indeed, it was the main impetus behind Israel's first-strike against Egypt in June 1967 that resulted in Israel's occupation of Gaza (and the West Bank). … After Israel threatened and laid plans to attack Syria, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser declared the Straits of Tiran closed to Israeli shipping, but Israel made almost no use of the Straits (apart from the passage of oil, of which Israel then had ample stocks) and, anyhow, Nasser did not in practice enforce the blockade, vessels passing freely through the Straits within days of his announcement. In addition, multiple U.S. intelligence agencies had concluded that the Egyptians did not intend to attack Israel and that, in the improbable case that they did, alone or in concert with other Arab countries, Israel would -- in President Lyndon Johnson's words -- "whip the hell out of them." … The predicament for Israel was rather the growing perception in the Arab world, spurred by Nasser's radical nationalism and climaxing in his defiant gestures in May 1967, that it would no longer have to follow Israeli orders. Thus, Divisional Commander Ariel Sharon admonished those in the Israeli cabinet hesitant to launch a first-strike that Israel was losing its "deterrence capability...our main weapon -- the fear of us."[8] Israel unleashed the June 1967 war "to restore the credibility of Israeli deterrence" (Israeli strategic analyst Zeev Maoz).[9]” [Italicized in the original] See the full text: “Foiling Another Palestinian “Peace Offensive”: Behind the Bloodbath in Gaza.” Norman Finkelstein. Jan 19, 2009. http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=2542

Truth about the 1967 Arab-Israel War - P.2 - Norman Finkelstein. Delivered on April 7, 2009. On the circumstances surrounding the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Norman Finkelstein writes: “Preserving its deterrence capacity has always loomed large in Israeli strategic doctrine. Indeed, it was the main impetus behind Israel's first-strike against Egypt in June 1967 that resulted in Israel's occupation of Gaza (and the West Bank). … After Israel threatened and laid plans to attack Syria, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser declared the Straits of Tiran closed to Israeli shipping, but Israel made almost no use of the Straits (apart from the passage of oil, of which Israel then had ample stocks) and, anyhow, Nasser did not in practice enforce the blockade, vessels passing freely through the Straits within days of his announcement. In addition, multiple U.S. intelligence agencies had concluded that the Egyptians did not intend to attack Israel and that, in the improbable case that they did, alone or in concert with other Arab countries, Israel would -- in President Lyndon Johnson's words -- "whip the hell out of them." … The predicament for Israel was rather the growing perception in the Arab world, spurred by Nasser's radical nationalism and climaxing in his defiant gestures in May 1967, that it would no longer have to follow Israeli orders. Thus, Divisional Commander Ariel Sharon admonished those in the Israeli cabinet hesitant to launch a first-strike that Israel was losing its "deterrence capability...our main weapon -- the fear of us."[8] Israel unleashed the June 1967 war "to restore the credibility of Israeli deterrence" (Israeli strategic analyst Zeev Maoz).[9]” [Italicized in the original] See the full text: “Foiling Another Palestinian “Peace Offensive”: Behind the Bloodbath in Gaza.” Norman Finkelstein. Jan 19, 2009. http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=2542

POINT OF DISCUSSION ARE WE STILL "HOPEFUL" WITH OBAMA - BHO won presidential election campaign. Hypocrisy at his peak – Dog Chasing Dogs Tail – AIPAC Speech by OBAMA - English

Martyred professor, Allameh Morteza Motahhari, was born on February 2, 1919 in the town of Fariman, 75 kilometers from the holy city of Mashhad. At the age of twelve, he set off for Mashhad seminary to embark on learning the basics of Islamic sciences. In 1937, despite Reza Khan’s intense confrontation with clergymen and also opposition by some of his friends and relatives, he left for Qom seminary to complete his studies. During 15 years of his stay in Qom, he benefited from the presence of Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi (in jurisprudence and the principles of jurisprudence), Imam Khomeini (12 years in the philosophy of Molla Sadra, gnosis, ethics and principles of jurisprudence) and Allameh Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaiee (in philosophy). He had also benefited from the presence of the late Ayatollah Haj Mirza Ali Aqa Shirazi in ethics and gnosis. Among other teachers of professor Motahhari mention can be made of the late Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hojjat (in principles of jurisprudence) and the late Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Mohaqqeqdamad (in jurisprudence). While he was in Qom, in addition to education, he participated in socio-political affairs as well and he was in contact with Fadaiyan-e-Eslam group. In 1952, he migrated to Tehran though he was one of the renowned teachers and among the future hopes of the seminary. In Tehran, he taught at Marvi School and delivered well-researched speeches. In 1955, the first session of the exegesis of the holy Qur’an in the Students\\\' Islamic Association was held by professor Motahhari. In the same year, he began teaching at the faculty of divinity and Islamic teachings of Tehran University. In 1958-59 concurrent with the establishment of the Physicians\\\' Islamic Association, professor Motahhari was one of the main speakers of the Association and during 1961-1971 he was the only speaker of the Association leaving behind a number of important deliberations. In 1962, with the start of Imam Khomeini’s uprising, professor Motahhari accompanied him to the extent that one can consider the organizing of the June 5th uprising in Tehran and its coordination with Imam Khomeini’s leadership as being indebted to him and his companions. Having given an enlightening speech against the Shah on Wednesday, 5th of June 1963, Ayatollah Motahhari was detained by the police at 1 a.m. and sent to the interim police headquarters and was imprisoned with a number of Tehrani clergymen. 43 days later, following the migration of Ulema from other provinces to Tehran and public pressure, he was freed together with other clergymen. After the formation of groups called “Mo’talefe Eslami”, which was among the combatant groups of the time, Imam Khomeini called on martyr Motahhari to lead these groups along with a number of clergymen. Following Imam Khomeini\\\'s exile, professor Motahhari and his companions shouldered a heavier responsibility. At that time, he wrote books covering social requirements and delivering speeches at universities, the Physicians\\\' Islamic Association and mosques. Professor Motahhari made a lot of ideological efforts to Islamicize the content of the movement and strongly fought against diversions and falsehoods. In 1967, he established Hosseinieh Ershad with the help of some friends. In 1969, after releasing an announcement signed by him, Allameh Tabatabai and Ayatollah Haj Seyyed Abolfazl Mojtahed Zanjani calling for collection of aid for the displaced Palestinians and because of publicizing it during a speech in Hosseinieh Ershad, he was detained and held in solitary confinement for a short while. From 1970-72 he supervised publicity works by Al-jawad mosque where he was the main speaker until the mosque and the Hosseinieh were closed and professor Motahhari was detained for a while. Later, Ayatollah Motahhari gave speeches at Javid, Ark and a number of other mosques. After a while Javid mosque was also closed. Around the year 1974 he was forbidden to speak which lasted till the triumph of the Islamic revolution. Presenting genuine Islamic ideology through teaching, speech and writing books were among the valuable activities of professor Motahhari reaching its climax particularly during the years 1972-78; since in those years the leftists had increased their propaganda and groups of leftist Muslims and also those with a hotchpotch of ideas had emerged. After Imam Khomeini, professor Motahhari was the first figure who found out the ideological deviation of the heads of the so-called “Mojahedin-e-Khalq” organization and prevented others from cooperating with them and even foresaw their change of ideology. In those years, upon Imam Khomeini’s recommendation, professor Motahhari traveled to Qom twice a week to teach at its seminary where he taught important courses and at the same time he taught some courses at home in Tehran. In 1976, following an ideological dispute with a communist teacher of the faculty of divinity, he became retired prematurely. Furthermore; in those years Ayatollah Motahhari, in collaboration with some clergymen, established “Jameye Rohaniat-e-Mobarez” of Tehran hoping that such an institution would be gradually established in other cities as well. Although professor Motahhari’s contact with Imam Khomeini continued after the Imam’s exile in France via letters and other means, in the year 1976 he managed to travel to the holy city of Najaf and consulted with Imam Khomeini on the important issues of the revolution and also seminaries. After the martyrdom of Ayatollah Seyyed Mostafa Khomeini and the start of the new phase of the Islamic revolution, professor Motahhari fully devoted himself to the revolution and hence played a fundamental role in all of its phases. At the time of Imam Khomeini’s stay in Paris, Ayatollah Motahhari traveled to France where he spoke with the Imam on the important issues of the revolution and it was then that Imam Khomeini urged him to shape the Islamic Revolution Council. Upon Imam Khomeini’s return to Iran, he personally took the responsibility of the welcoming committee and till the victory of the revolution and after that he always acted as a supporter of the leader of the Islamic revolution and served as a kind and trusted advisor for him. But at 22:20 p.m. of Tuesday, 1st of May 1979 he was martyred by a grouplet called “Forqan” after leaving an ideological and political gathering. This caused profound sorrow and grief for Imam Khomeini and the Islamic Ummah who had a lot of hopes for this great man’s future. There remain tens of works by Ayatollah Motahhari. These works deal with a variety of religious issues and offer responses to many of the important questions of religious society so much so that we can name his works as a reliable source concerning the Islamic ideology system. Some of Imam Khomeini’s Words on Martyr Allameh Morteza Motahhari [Motahhari] was rare in Islamology and different Islamic and Qur’anic sciences. I have lost a very dear child. I am mourning for him who was one of the figures who was considered the fruit of my life. Martyrdom of this righteous child and immortal clergyman created a vacuum in the dear Islam that cannot be filled by any means. Motahhari, who was rare in purifying spirit, the strength of belief and the power of speech, flew to the ethereal world, but the ill-wishers should know that his Islamic, scientific and philosophical personality won’t perish with his departure. Motahhari was a dear child for me and a firm stronghold for the religious and scientific seminaries and a useful servant for people and country. I recommend the students and the committed intellectuals not to let this dear professor’s books be forgotten by non-Islamic schemes. In his short life, [Motahhari] left behind immortal works which stemmed from a wakeful conscience and a spirit filled with the love for religion. He embarked on educating and training the society with an eloquent style and an able thought in analyzing Islamic subjects and explaining philosophical facts with a popular diction and without uncertainty. His oral and written works are unexceptionally instructive and inspiring; and his advice and admonitions, which sprang from a heart filled with faith and belief, are useful both for the Ulema and the laymen. Late Motahhari was an individual who had different aspects of personality; and few people have done the service to the young generation and others as Motahhari has done. All his works are unexceptionally good and I don’t know anybody else whose works I could call unexceptionally good. His works are unexceptionally good and constructive for humans. Professor Motahhari from the Viewpoint of Ayatollah Khamenei Interview with the Supreme Leader on Martyr Motahhari ‘I consider myself Mr. Motahhari’s pupil’ As you know late professor Motahhari was a philosopher; the science sought by him was mostly the philosophical science. Later on; however, he got to the subjects of theology, i.e. he dealt with Islamic issues with new argumentation method of modern philosophy. But he spent most of his time on philosophical matters. He was considered the philosophical student of Imam Khomeini and Allameh Tabatabaiee. Thus what he maintains in theology is Hekmat Mota’aliah, i.e. the Philosophy of Molla Sadra. His behaviour was like that of the mystics who would set out to find a perfect instructor. Basically his spiritual and moral condition was in such a way. He would search to know for example if a perfect elderly instructor is somewhere in the world, and he would go to him to stay by him. Indeed, spiritually, such a situation was fitting him. Yet he had found such a perfect instructor in Iran. He was absorbed in Imam Khomeini and Allameh Tabatabaiee. He was captivated by their love and regarded their scientific and mystic status very high. Morally, late Motahhari was a prominent man; and a pure-hearted, enlightened, just, self-possessed and mature person. In his personal bonds with God he was a mystic, a man of God’s remembrance, journey towards God and worship. He used to say: “I have learnt paying attention to and worship of God from my father.” Professor Motahhari had a lot of historical information especially about the recent history, and particularly on the issues related to the Ulema, seminaries, scientific, spiritual, philosophical and mystic figures. These pieces of information were not registered in any book and are heard from the professors and great figures and kept in mind. Since he knew all professors and Ulema of Najaf, Samarra and Isfahan, he was well-informed about their events and he would talk of them in the gatherings and visits held on different occasions. Supereme Leader’s Words on Professor Motahhari’s Personality and Works “As time passes from his martyrdom, his spiritual and ideological works and bounties manifest more fresh dimensions. The ideological and scientific works of that grand clergyman become clearer in the scene of the country press and religious knowledge; and one understands that an intellectual clergyman with responsibilities could have so fruitful life.” Martyr Motahhari with his strong and decent thought stepped in the fields of Islamic subjects that hitherto nobody had stepped; and considering the ideas that had prevailed or were going to prevail in the country---through translation and import from the west and east, he entered a profound, vast and interminable scientific challenge. He both embarked on a very clever struggle to confront with the Marxists and entered the scene to confront with the western and Liberalist thoughts. This role is very important; it needs both courage and self-confidence, it requires both thinking strength and Ijtihad (being well- qualified in jurisprudence and different theological fields), it both needs certainty and resolute belief. This great man had all these together; he was both a learned man and very faithful, he was firm in his belief and had self-confidence, too; these are all necessary.” Leader’s Visit with Martyr Motahhari’s Family (1996) He had three characteristics regarding ideological issues: First, he had a strong thought and he was a true thinker. Secondly, while presenting and spreading the ideological principles, he had no intention but God’s nearness, promotion of the truth and fighting against the false. There was sincerity in him and his personal actions which would naturally make the second characteristic tangible. For example think of some people who are thinkers, yet do not present their thought for God’s sake, but they present it to show that they are knowledgeable, to draw people’s attention and to say that they are philosophers. Martyr Motahhari was not such. He would present thought for God’s sake and for Islam. He would truly burn up [like a candle] and would gush forth [like a fountain] and would present [Islamic ideas]. The reason for his survival is his second characteristic. It means that sincerity will have its impact and the Almighty God will grace any deed done with sincerity. The third characteristic was his working hard and his inexhaustibility. The truth is that he wouldn’t sit till he might be referred to; but rather he would himself go after activity. He had these three characteristics.” Leader’s Visit with Martyr Motahhari’s Family (1998) “We should introduce Mr. Motahhari to the world especially the Islamic world. And if we want to introduce him, which points should be highlighted? I think this is your most important job. Some aspects of a figure’s personality are either unique that must be highlighted or are very outstanding that should be stressed. In the life of the late Martyr Ayatollah Motahhari, his personality and his scientific identity there are numerous examples of these. One point, that in my opinion has the prime importance, is the new interpretation of the Islamic teachings. This is apart from his philosophical aspect and his strong and compelling arguments in the footnotes of ‘The principles of philosophy’ by ‘Ayatollah Tabatabaiee. This is another point. He elucidated Islamic concepts and teachings with a novel diction and expression which was much needed. I don’t say that if the works of the predecessors were pondered and scrutinized signs of this exegesis would not be found. Really if one had attentively studied the works of the Ulema he would have found some hints and cues; but I want to say that nobody had done this. As far as we know, nobody had done it before Mr. Motahhari. Even the modernist writers, who had emerged in the Arab countries, and we knew some of them, had not done this. These Egyptian authors, who were modernists and would write things with a broader sight and who knew the world somewhat more than Martyr Motahhari, most of them had traveled a lot and had visited different universities. Yet he [Ayatollah Motahhari] was not so, he was confined. I mean he was inside Iran and Tehran but his profound vision of the Islamic issues and his novel understanding of the verses [of Qur’an] and the narrations [of the Ahl-ul-Bayt], in my opinion, was one of his most outstanding aspects. It was he who, for the first time, substantively expressed the subjects related to principles of ideology, piety, patience, love, fairness, justice, and so on in the ideological atmosphere of Iran. We thank God that Mr. Motahhari’s name was not forgotten in our society and the mental atmosphere of this country; but rather it became more prominent day by day. Many of the world phenomena are naturally perishable and by the lapse of time they become older. Most of the world phenomena are such. Yet there are some phenomena that not only do not fall into oblivion via lapse of time but become brighter, more manifest, more spectacular and more impressive. The phenomena based on reality are usually such. I clearly feel that, thank God, Martyr Ayatollah Motahhari’s thoughts are such.” Memoirs of Dr. Ali Motahhari (Martyr Motahhari’s Son) Night Supplication in front of the Word Allah As it is said he didn’t give up midnight vigilance, midnight prayer, and wakefulness since his youth till the end of his life. It was his practice both at the time of studentship and after that and even at the time of martyrdom. I remember that facing our house there was the house of one of the previous regime’s officials which was usually guarded by two police officers. Apparently since the official had seen that the lamp of our house was lit at midnight, had worried to find the reason and it was important for him from the security point of view. He had told the guards to look for the reason. Professor [Motahhari] had a neon board of Allah which was green when lit. He would turn it on and perform his midnight prayer in its light. After the revolution one of the officers said, we had examined several nights and I had looked through the window to see what was going on inside the house. At the end I myself saw that he came at midnight and started worshipping for an hour. We were somehow absorbed by the professor, and despite much negative propaganda against the clergymen and him in particular to make us pessimist to them, we became very interested in him so much so that some would say we got our salary from the government but it was as if we were guarding him. A Voice vis-à-vis MHe was very sensitive against ideological deviations and believed that we were seeking Islamic revolution and not mere revolution. It is not important that Shah goes but it is important to see what system is established after his going. Because if after the ouster of the Shah, for example the Mojahedin-e-Khalq take the lead, it is much better not to stage a revolution at all. Thus the deviated groups had found out professor Motahhari’s sensitiveness and had become his enemy. Three or four months before the victory of the Islamic revolution, a person, who had some tendencies to Mojahedin-e-Khalq and the leftists and was intended to be religious, too, was freed from the prison. Professor [Motahhari] said we had better visit him. I was with the professor. There was a man by the name of Ashuri as one of the heads of the Forqan group. He spoke of Islam and Marxism and said: ‘These two religions say one single thing and their content is the same with different forms. They speak of the laborers and we speak of the oppressed. Therefore our word is the same. We should unite to topple the regime of Shah and basically there is no difference between Islam and Marxism, etc.’ Professor was very upset and that man knew that professor Motahhari would answer him. That’s why he rose to leave. The professor said: ‘No, Be seated! Be seated!’ He made him sit and explained him in detail that our path is fundamentally separate from that of the Marxists. In no way can the forms be different with the same content. And we cannot unite with the Marxists in any way. Immortal among People Prior to the victory of the Islamic revolution, at the time of Imam Khomeini’s staying in Paris, it was heard everywhere that the regime of Shah wanted to arrest the leaders and prominent figures of the revolution. Some people told him [Ayatollah Motahhari] it was better to go somewhere else to hide. He said: ‘Such actions are not good for clergymen. It is not good for us to escape from one place to another to hide; such things are not good for us.’ He stayed at home like before and nothing happened. His Method of Training Children One of the features of the professor’s training method for his children was that he would never resort to force and coercion and he would let them to realize and choose the right path with their own thought and wisdom. About choosing the field of education and the way of spending leisure time and the like he would never force us to do something necessarily; but he would show us the way. As the holy Qur’an says: ‘…be he grateful or ungrateful.’ And it was we who would choose the way. There was never force over our heads and we would choose one way with interest and free will. The Professor’s Arrest after anti-Israel Speech I have another memory from the year 1969 when he delivered the provocative speech on Palestine in Hosseinieh Ershad. This speech has been broadcast many times by IRIB. It was a very provocative, important and interesting speech which shook the regime of Shah; and it required a lot of courage to deliver such a speech when the regime of Shah was in the zenith of power and had the highest level of relations and unity with Israel. When the Israeli planes would refuel in Iran’s airport(s) during the 1967 war and would fly over the heads of the Arabs and Muslims, much bravery was needed to give such a speech and we saw that professor Motahhari gave that speech and was promptly arrested and taken away. When he was freed he said, ‘They made me sit in a car and blindfolded me and the car set out. I told them there is no need to blindfold and I will not look. If you want me not to look I will close my eyes. But they didn’t agree. Yet I realized the route till Ferdowsi square but didn’t realize after that.’ Apparently they had taken him to the committee of the SAVAK which was presumably located in the same Ferdowsi Street. Allameh Tabatabaiee’s Message on the Occasion of Ayatollah Motahhari’s Martyrdom In the name of the Almighty God In memory of a scientific and philosophical personality who cast a world into grief and made the world of science and merit mournful with his departure. Late Motahhari, who was a scientist, a thinker and a researcher with an overflowing intellect, a bright thought and a realistic mind, has left behind marvelous works and researches written about scientific and argumentative purposes that are seen in his books. Late Motahhari, through his precious and blissful life that was abundant with scientific effort and philosophical thinking, sends an expressive and valuable message to the enthusiasts of science and philosophy never to repose from effort towards perfection and never forget scientific struggle for perfection; and in the market of realities turn their life--which is the best human commodity-- to the spiritual life— which is the lofty human life and is lasting till the world exists; and not to be absorbed and deceived by fabricated and imaginary personalities in this short life. Yes, a narrow route opened by a scientist towards realities will bestow eternal life upon him and this is more valuable than the world and what it contains.

The video showed an Israeli police using excessive force against a defenseless woman in front of a child while kicking a young boy who is detained minutes later, Press TV reported on Saturday. Meanwhile, a report released on Thursday by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said that Israel has since 1967 detained about 750,000 Palestinians including some 12,000 women and tens of thousands of children. PCBS said that Israel currently holds some 6,000 Palestinians in prisons, including 35 women and 285 children. In addition, one or more members of almost every Palestinian family have been detained by the Israeli police. PCBS further said that more than 200 detainees have since 1967 been killed as a result of medical negligence, torture or murder by Israeli soldiers and prison guards. On Friday, about 12,000 Gazans staged a mass rally, which was called for by the democratically elected Hamas government, to express their solidarity with the Palestinians prisoners who are on a hunger strike for the second consecutive week in response to harsh measures used against them. �We will not rest until every Palestinian prisoner has returns to his family, we will continue our activities and resistance until we secure the release of all of our brothers and sisters who are being held captive by the Zionists,� one of the demonstrator told Press TV.

An analyst says Israel is \'absolutely not\' interested in peace as Tel Aviv\'s violation of peace agreements, attacks on Palestinians and continual construction of new settlements in the occupied territories clearly indicate. The comment comes as Last month; Israeli officials said they would go ahead with plans to build 6,500 settler units on Palestinian territory despite the opposition of the United Nations and the international community. The presence and also the continued expansion of Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine are major obstacles for the efforts to establish peace in the Middle East. More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel\'s occupation of Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds in 1967. The UN and most countries regard the Israeli settlements as illegal because the territories were captured by Israel in a war in 1967 and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbids construction on occupied lands. Press TV has conducted an interview with Hani al-Bassous to further discuss the issue. He is joined by Abdallah Abdallah with the Palestinian Legislative Council and reporter and political analyst Maxine Dovere.

The Americans including the Jewish citizens, are really getting fed up with Israel\'s violations of Palestinians\' rights as they get more informed thanks to the Internet, says an analyst. The Palestinian Authority (PA) has threatened to take legal action against Israel at the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the Tel Aviv regime builds new settler units on the occupied Palestinian land. The move comes as the Zionist regime of Israel is planning to build new settler units in a Palestinian area called E1 outside the suburbs of East al-Quds (Jerusalem). More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel\'s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds in 1967. The UN and most countries regard the Israeli settlements as illegal because the territories were captured by Israel in a war in 1967 and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbids construction on occupied lands. Press TV has conducted an interview with Paul Larudee, Co-Founder of Free Palestine Movement to further discuss the issue at hand.

A speech by Martin Luther King Jr. against the Vietnam War. Audio. Excerpts of a Sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 30 1967. His concerns and insights are as true today as they were 40 years ago. Courtesy noncorporatenews from youtube.

Palestinians in a West Bank village are taking two Canadian companies to court for allegedly breaking international law. The companies are building a neighbourhood on property that Zinist regime seized after the 1967 war an action that is contrary to the Geneva Convention. The new construction apparently cuts local Palestinians off from nearly half the village.

On June 8 1967 the unarmed spy ship USS Liberty was on duty in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula when it was bombarded by Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats.

A great discussion on Lebanese post election situation. The Lebanese Army has condemned recent Israeli deployments inside Lebanon's borders, saying that it will follow up the move through international bodies. The army said in a statement on Friday that the recent erection of an observation post and a military facility by Israel on the outskirts of the Kfar Shouba Hills of Lebanon is against the international resolutions and also against the United Nations' frontier line between Lebanon and Israel. Responding to the Israeli violation of Lebanese territory Lebanon called the action “provocative” and deployed its own army units in the area on Friday. "In a clear violation of a restricted area of Lebanese territory, and in an attempt to impose a new reality on the ground, the Israeli enemy on Wednesday set up an observation post at the edge of Kfar Shouba and a military position overlooking Baathaeel pond, violating the imaginary line that (UNIFIL) delineated anew, which it considers to be the Israeli withdrawal line," said the statement, making reference to the Blue Line designated by the UN in 2000. "Given this provocative stance, Lebanese Army units in the region deployed patrols along the border," it added. The army said it was following up on Israel's violation with UNIFIL officials in order "to resolve this urgent situation", The Daily Star reported. Israel seized control of the Farms in 1967, when it also captured the Syrian Golan Heights. UN Resolution 1701 was adopted in August 2006 following Israel's 33-day war against Lebanon. The resolution binds Israel to pull its forces out of the village of Ghajar and the Kfar Shouba Hills.

Contributed by Abuzari. Since its pre-emptive war of 1967, Israel had maintained an aura of "invincibility" and "legitimacy". The first got bitterly crushed in the Summer of 2006 and later in the 2008-9 aggression on Gaza (where Israel failed to neutralize the resistance). As for legitimacy, for Israel it matters most of all in the US. Israel however paid a high price for its inhumane massacres in Lebanon and Gaza because it failed to achieve a clear and tangible victory in these military campaigns (the "birth pangs" of Condi Rice did not yield the desired outcomes which could have been used as justification for Israeli atrocities.) Especially during the Gaza massacre, Israel's image was severely damaged by graphic images and information that got disseminated over internet and through hundreds of protest gatherings in North America and Europe. Israel still had a tighter control on information flow in the corporate media. Due to all of these developments, the entity of Israel is in a deep crisis right now, struggling to survive with whatever means it can, and it may resort to unrealistic steps, including another military warfare. However, what's becoming clearer with every passing day is that it probably won't take too long before this racist entity is finally dismantled like the Apartheid South Africa. See http://gazaawareness.blogspot.com/

PA to renew Israeli talks without freeze Despite Israel's refusal to extend its settlement freeze, the Palestinian Authority (PA) will still resume the second round of direct talks with Tel Aviv. The upcoming meeting will be held at Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and acting PA Chief Mahmoud Abbas held the first round of negotiations in Washington on September 2. Following the first meeting, Abbas warned that he would leave the negotiations should Israel resume its illegal settlement activities. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell will also travel to Egypt to attend the meeting. The four officials will then move to al-Quds (Jerusalem) for a second day of talks on Wednesday. Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama will meet with Abbas and Netanyahu in New York next week during the UN General Assembly meeting. The second round of Israeli-PA talks comes after Israel on Monday approved the construction of more than 13,000 new settler units in the occupied West Bank. In November, the Israeli premier announced a 10-month freeze on illegal settlement expansion projects in the occupied West Bank. But Tel Aviv has repeatedly violated the freeze, which expires on September 26, by continuing to construct more settlement units. Article Source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/142352.html Israeli tanks roll into Gaza Strip Israeli tanks have attacked Palestinian refugee camp of al-Burage in their second invasion of the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours. The Israeli military claimed Monday that the attack was in retaliation for mortar attacks by Hamas fighters on southern Israel. There have been no immediate reports of casualties, a Press TV correspondent reported. The raid came after an Israeli tank on Sunday killed three people in the town of Beit Hanoun. The Israeli violation of the coastal enclave comes after the Palestinian Authority engaged in direct talks with Tel Aviv. The incursion is in violation of a Palestinian demand for Israel's complete withdrawal behind the borders of 1967, when it captured Gaza, the West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem). Gaza is still far from recovering from the Israeli war at the turn of 2009, which killed more than 1,400 Palestinians, most of them civilians. Article Source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/142340.html Recorded September 13, 2010 at 1900bst

With English Subtitles. It was the dawn of the Cuban revolution. Hassan Abbasi, Iranian political science professor tells the story of his young years. Apologies for the minor spelling in Sartre. Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (French pronunciation: [saʁtʁ], English: /ˈsɑrtrə/; 21 June 1905 -- 15 April 1980) was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the leading figures in 20th century French philosophy, existentialism, and Marxism, and his work continues to influence fields such as Marxist philosophy, sociology, critical theory and literary studies. Sartre was also noted for his long polyamorous relationship with the feminist author and social theorist, Simone de Beauvoir. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature but refused the honour. Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃe geˈβaɾa];[5] June 14,[1] 1928 -- October 9, 1967), commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, since his death, Guevara's stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol and global insignia within popular culture.[6] As a medical student, Guevara traveled throughout Latin America and was transformed by the endemic poverty he witnessed.[7] His experiences and observations during these trips led him to conclude that the region's ingrained economic inequalities were an intrinsic result of capitalism, monopolism, neocolonialism, and imperialism, with the only remedy being world revolution.[8] This belief prompted his involvement in Guatemala's social reforms under President Jacobo Arbenz, whose eventual CIA-assisted overthrow solidified Guevara's radical ideology. Later, while living in Mexico City, he met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and travelled to Cuba aboard the yacht, Granma, with the intention of overthrowing U.S.-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.[9] Guevara soon rose to prominence among the insurgents, was promoted to second-in-command, and played a pivotal role in the successful two year guerrilla campaign that deposed the Batista regime.[10] Following the Cuban Revolution, Guevara performed a number of key roles in the new government. These included instituting agrarian reform as minister of industries, serving as both national bank president and instructional director for Cuba's armed forces, reviewing the appeals and firing squads for those convicted as war criminals during the revolutionary tribunals,[11] and traversing the globe as a diplomat on behalf of Cuban socialism. Such positions allowed him to play a central role in training the militia forces who repelled the Bay of Pigs Invasion[12] and bringing to Cuba the Soviet nuclear-armed ballistic missiles which precipitated the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.[13] Additionally, he was a prolific writer and diarist, composing a seminal manual on guerrilla warfare, along with a best-selling memoir about his youthful motorcycle journey across South America. Guevara left Cuba in 1965 to foment revolution abroad, first unsuccessfully in Congo-Kinshasa and later in Bolivia, where he was captured by CIA-assisted Bolivian forces and executed.[14] Guevara remains both a revered and reviled historical figure, polarized in the collective imagination in a multitude of biographies, memoirs, essays, documentaries, songs, and films. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century,[15] while an Alberto Korda photograph of him entitled Guerrillero Heroico (shown), was declared "the most famous photograph in the world."

The Unites States vetoed the Security Council Resolution which condemns all the israeli settlements built in occupied Palestine's territory since 1967 as illegal. The other 14 members of the council voted for the resolution.

PressTV - Building freeze thaws during Netanyahu_s DC visit.

Video available upon request: email press [dot] moa [at] gmail [dot] com The speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was interrupted repeatedly by protesters opposed to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. The activists are from the Move Over AIPAC coalition led by CODEPINK: Women for Peace. The protesters, 5 in all, rose one by one, unfurled banners, and chanted slogans. In response to Netanyahu’s claim that returning to the 1967 borders would be “indefensible,” activists called out that various aspects of Israel’s policy are indefensible. They were escorted out by security, but not before they made a highly visible protest against the theft of Palestinian land, the siege of Gaza, denial of the rights of Palestinian refugees, silencing dissent, and destruction of homes and schools. “Growing up as the son of Holocaust survivor, I learned that it is everyone’s job to stand up for others when they are persecuted, and I learned what happens when we don’t defend humanity. Now, it is my job to stand up in support of Palestinians, saying, ‘bombing schools is indefensible, bulldozing homes is indefensible, ’” said Jewish American protester Rick Colbath-Hess, 53 from Cambridge, Massachusetts. “As a young Jewish person it is important for me to stand up today and tell Netanyahu and AIPAC that their voices do not represent me,” said Ariel Vegosen, 30, from Valley Stream, New York, “I will not allow my faith to be misused as a weapon, covering up the theft of Palestinians’ homes and livelihoods. Judaism teaches me to stand up when I see oppression— discrimination is not a Jewish value and does not make Israel safer. Occupying Palestinian land is indefensible.” Bruce Taub, 71, from Massachusetts and associated with American Jews for a Just Peace, was another protester. “As a Jewish man, I come from a people who have been scattered about the world without losing their identity. I will not sit by and allow Palestinian refugees to be denied their rights and peoplehood in a country that would allow me to become a citizen even though I have no ties there. Displacing refugees is indefensible.” said Taub, 71. Chelsea Byers, 21 year old college student from Arizona who is an intern with CODEPINK, said “I am protesting AIPAC and Netanyahu because I am disappointed and enraged that the US supports human rights violations by Israel. This includes killing, injuring, and locking up nonviolent protesters fighting for the same human rights I am. I am appalled that $3 billion US tax dollars goes to fund the perpetuation of violence instead of building a more sustainable future. Silencing dissent is indefensible.” “In a mere three weeks, Israel killed 1400 Gazans, and since the siege on Gaza began , thousands have died from being denied access to health-care, drinkable water, bodily security and humanity,” stated Sasha Gelzin of Washington D.C. “Since Palestinians can’t confront Netanyahu and remind him of their daily condition, we are doing that tonight. Starving Gaza is indefensible; dropping white phosphorous bombs is indefensible. ” This action is part of a week-long set of actions protesting the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC and its unconditional support for Israel. Tomorrow, activists will be in the halls of Congress during PM Netanyahu’s speech. To read more about Move Over AIPAC events, visit the website at www.MoveOverAIPAC.org.

Miko Peled is a peace activist who dares to say in public what others still choose to deny. Born in Jerusalem in 1961 into a well known Zionist family, his grandfather, Dr. Avraham Katsnelson was a Zionist leader and signer of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. His Father, Matti Peled, was a young officer in the war of 1948 and a general in the war of 1967 when Israel conquered the West Bank, Gaza, Golan Heights and Sinai. Miko's unlikely opinions reflect his father's legacy. General Peled was a war hero turned peacemaker. Miko grew up in Jerusalem, a multi-ethnic city, but had to leave Israel before he made his first Palestinian friend, the result of his participation in a dialogue group in California. He was 39. On September 4, 1997 the beloved Smadar, 13, the daughter of Miko's sister Nurit and her husband Rami Elhanan was killed in a suicide attack. Peled insists that Israel/Palestine is one state—the separation wall notwithstanding, massive investment in infrastructure, towns and highways that bisect and connect settlements on the West Bank, have destroyed the possibility for a viable Palestinian state. The result, Peled says is that Israelis and Palestinians are governed by the same government but live under different sets of laws. At the heart of Peled's conclusion lies the realization that Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace as equals in their shared homeland.

[Arabic - Al-Quds Day] Hizballah General Secretary Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah Speech - August 2011 1432 A.H. Beirut Lebanon - Arabic السيد نصر الله: لبنان اصبح مأزقا لاسرائيل.. وسيأتي يوم نصلي فيه في الأقصى محرر الموقع أكد الامين العام لحزب الله السيد حسن نصر الله أنه يوما بعد يوم يؤكد الشعب الفلسطيني أن خياره لتحرير أرضه هو المقاومة. ولفت الى ان "العملية النوعية التي حصلت قبل أيام في إيلات والتي هزت الكيان الغاصب وقيادته ما هي إلا دليل على خيار الشعب الفلسطيني بالمقاومة وهو الخيار الذي اختاره هذا الشعب بإراته من دون أن يدفعه أحد إليه"، ودعا "العرب والمسلمين الى دعم خيار الشعب الفلسطيني في المقاومة لتحرير أرضه"، مؤكدا ان "كل التحولات التي تجري في المنطقة الآن هامة جدا وتصب لمصلحة القضية الفلسطينية". ونبه السيد نصر الله "لما تتعرض له القدس المحتلة من عمليات تهويد ولما تتعرض له من خطر التهديم والسعي الاسرائيلي لتهجير أهلها وبناء مستوطنات ومعابد يهودية هناك"، وأشار الى ان "هناك مسؤوليات يجب أن تتحملها دول وشعوب عالمنا العربي والاسلامي وجامعة الدول الاسلامي ومنظمة المؤتمر الاسلامي لحماية القدس وأهلها من المخاطر الاسرائيلية التي تتعرض لها المدينة المقدسة"، وشدد على انه "لا يجب التنازل عن اية حبة تراب ولا نقطة ماء في فلسطين ولا حتى التنازل عن أي حق من حقوق فلسطين النفطية وغيرها كما لا يجوز لاحد التنازل عنها أو حتى تفويض أحد للتنازل عنها". وقال السيد نصر الله في كلمة له خلال الاحتفال الذي أقامه حزب الله الجمعة في بلدة مارون الرأس الجنوبية الحدودية مع فلسطين المحتلة بمناسبة "يوم القدس العالمي" إن "إقامة دولة فلسطينية على حدود 1967 هو شأن داخلي يقرره الشعب الفلسطيني لكن بما لا يؤدي الى التنازل عن حقوق الشعب الفلسطيني"، وأكد على "إقامة دولة فلسطين في يوم من الايام على كل أرض فلسطين من البحر الى النهر"، واضاف انه "في هذا اليوم يجب استذكار شهداء فلسطين والاسرى الفلسطنيين وكذلك اللاجئين الفلسطينيين والحفاظ على حق العودة الى ديارهم"، ولفت الى ان "كل هذه المشكلات التي يعاني منها الشعب الفلسطيني سببها الاحتلال وبدل معالجة المشكلات الطارئة يجب معالجة المشكلة الاساسية المتمثلة بالاحتلال الاسرائيلي"، وتابع انه "لو عالجنا السبب الحقيقي وهو الاحتلال لاستطعنا معالجة المشكلات الناتجة عنه من اسرى وإقامة دولة ونهب خيرات وغيرها"، مشددا على أن "الاحتلال هو سبب مآسي المنطقة كلها وليس فقط مآساة فلسطين". وشدد السيد نصر الله على انه "سوف يأتي الزمان الذي لن تقفوا فيه فقط عند مارون الرأس لتنشق رائحة فلسطين بل سوف تتنشقون رائحتها من فلسطين وسيأتي اليوم لنصلي في المسجد الاقصى وكنيسة المهد ولبنان يكون حاضرا عندها بحماية المقاومة"، وأكد مخاطبا "أهل الصمود والمقاومة باسمكم جميعا وباسم كل المقاومين وشرفاء هذه الامة اقول لكم وللجنود الصهاينة المستنفرين مقابلتكم أن هذه الارض الطيبة ستعود لارضها"، وختم "هذه مشيئة الله والمقاومين فهؤلاء المؤمنون اليوم داخل فلسطين ومصر والاردن ولبنان وكل عالمنا العربي والاسلامي يتهيأون لليوم الذي يستعيدون فيه الارض والقدس والمقدسات". وذكر السيد نصر الله الى انه "تم إختيار مارون الراس لاحياء يوم القدس العالنمي هو لما لهذا المكان من دلالة في المواجهة مع العدو وفي التضحيات التي قدمها الشعب اللبناني والبطولات التي قدمها المجاهدون خصوصا في حرب تموز 2006 بالاضافة الى تضحيات الجيش اللبناني"، وأضاف أن "هذه التضحيات جعلت من بعض الأماكن رموزا ومنها مارون الراس لموقعها ولما قدمته بالاضافة الى ما شهدته خلال يوم النكبة من تظاهرة شبابية حاشدة أكدت أنه لا يمكن أن تصبح فلسطين قضية منسية كما قدم العديد من الشهداء في ذلك اليوم على طريق تحرير فلسطين". ولفت السيد نصر الله الى "ما تشهده مصر في هذه الايام من وقفة رسمية وشعبية أيا يكن حجمها وحجم التوقعات منها هي مؤشر على مرحلة جديدة في مصر"، واضاف انه "لو كانت قيادة مبارك هي القائمة لكان رد الفعل مختلفا والغضب المصري الرسمي سيحل على الفلسطينيين ويحملهم تبعات عملية إيلات"، وأشار الى انه "هناك فرق بين تحذير مصر لاسرائيل من ضرب غزة او ان تغطي عدوان غزة هناك فرق ان يتظاهر المصريون وينزعون العلم الاسرائيلي او ان يوجه الرصاض الى صدورهم"، وأوضخ انه "عندما تتحرك مصر يعني هناك تحول استراتيجي في المنطقة"، واضاف "تحركت مصر قليلا فاهتزّت اسرائيل ونتانياهو قال لا نستطيع ان نذهب الى عملية برية واسعة ضد غزة لان هذا سيؤثر على علاقتنا مع مصر"، وتابع "نراهن ان يتبدل الموقف المصري نتيجة اصالة الشعب المصري". وفي الشأن الليبي، قال السيد نصر الله إنه "لا شك ان نظام القذافي ارتكب الكثير من الجرائم والأخطاء بحق شعبه والقضية الفلسطينية ومن جملة جرائمه إحتجاز الامام السيد موسى الصدر ورفيقيه"، وأكد أن "هذه الجريمة ارتُكبت خدمة للمشروع الاسرائيلي لان كلنا يعرف ماذا يعني موسى الصدر للمقاومة وللقضية الفلسطينية وبعد إختطافه حصل كل ما جرى بعد إحتجازه وهذه من النتائج التي كانت تستهدف المقاومة"، واشار الى ان "هذه اكبر جريمة ارتكبت ضد المقاومة وفلسطين فلو قدر للامام الصدر ان يبقى لكانت هناك تحولات كبرى للمقاومة والقضية الفلسطينية"، ودعا "الثوار في ليبيا ان يضعوا حدا نهائيا لهذه القضية الانسانية"، وأمل ان "يعود الامام ورفيقاه الى لبنان احياء". ولفت السيد نصر الله الى ان "من جرائم نظام القذافي انه اخذ ليبيا بعيدا عن فلسطين وتنكر لقضيتها"، وتابع ان "المرجو اليوم ان يعيدوا ليبيا الى فلسطين والعالم العربي"، وشدد على انه "لا يمكن لشعب قاوم الاحتلال وقدم مئات آلاف الشهداء الا ان يعود الى فلسطين لتكون حاضرة قوية في سياسته وخطته"، ونبه على "ضرورة ان يحافظ الشعب الليبي على سيادة بلده وإستقلاقله أمام الهجمة الاميركية المتوقعة عليه". وحول الوضع السوري، لفت السيد نصر الله الى "حقيقة موقع سورية والقيادة السورية في الصراع العربي الاسرائيلي والقضية الفلسطينية"، وأشار الى "تمسك القيادة والشعب والجيش في سورية بالحقوق السورية وتمسك هذه القيادة بالحقوق العربية مقابل كل الضغوط الدولية والغربية خلال العقود الماضية"، واضاف انه "لو ضعفت القيادة السورية في يوم من الايام أمام الضغوط الغربية لكانت التسوية في المنطقة سارت وضاعت قضية فلسطين"، وأكد أن "القيادة السورية لها فضل في صيانة القضية الفلسطينية ومنع تصفيتها وبقاء هذا الموقف السوري شرط اساسي لبقاء القضية الفلسطينية"، وشدد على انه "لولا وقوف سورية الى جانب المقاومة في لبنان وفلسطين ودعمها لها لما كانت الارض اللبنانية المحتلة لتتحرر فالمقاومة ما كانت لتنتصر لولا الدعم السوري". وأكد السيد نصر الله ان "قيادات حركات المقاومة الفلسطينية في غزة يعرفون فضل القيادة السورية لتصمد غزة رغم ان هذا الاداء للقيادة السورية كان دائما يستجلب المزيد من الضغوط عليها"، واضاف "كلنا يؤيد الحاجة الى اصلاحات كبيرة وهامة في سورية لتتطور وتصبح افضل نتيجة موقعها الهام في المنطقة"، ورأى انه "يجب أن يعمل كل من يدعي الصداقة والحرص على سورية ووحدتها أن تتضافر الجهود لتهدئة الأوضاع في سورية ولدفع الامور إلى الحوار والمعالجة السلمية"، ولفت إلى أن "من يطالبون بتدخل الناتو في سورية يريدون جرها إلى الحرب فقوتها أنها كانت محكومة بالشعور القومي ويريدونها ان تصبح كلبنان طائفية متناحرة"، محذرا ان "هناك من يحيي النعرات ويحرض طائفيا في سورية لانه يريد تدميرها واساقط موقعها كما يريد ان يدفعها الى التقسيم خدمة لمشروع الشرق الاوسط الجديد الذي مزقناه في لبنان وغزة". وقال السيد نصر الله إن "اميركا والغرب يريدون من القيادة السورية تنازلات لا اصلاحات"، وتابع "هناك دولا اخرى بالعالم محكومة بديكتاتوريات قاسية ولا مساحة فيها للديمقراطية ولكنها تحظى بدعم وتأييد اميركا وفرنسا والغرب"، مشيرا الى ان "المسألة ليست مسألة اصلاحات ويجب ان نقف مع سورية كي لا تتنازل وكي تتمكن من تحقيق الاصلاحات براحة وطمأنينة وثقة". وفي الشأن اللبناني، أكد السيد نصر الله أن "موقع لبنان اليوم أصبح مختلفا عما كان في الماضي"، ولفت الى انه "كان هناك خشية لدى اللبنانيين أن اي حل في المنطقة يكون على حساب لبنان لانه الحلقة الاضعف"، وشدد على ان "لبنان لم يعد الحلقة الأضعف في هذه المنطقة ولن يأتي يوم يعود كذلك فلبنان القوي يحمي سيادته وإستقلاله"، وأضاف أنه "عندما يتحدث البعض عن مخاوف التوطين فلو كان لبنان ضعيفا لحصل التوطين"، وتابع "اما لو جاء العالم كله ولبنان القوي رفض التوطين ومعه الفلسطينيين فلا أحد يستطيع فرضه على اللبنانيين والفلسطينيين"، موضحا ان "دماء الفلسطينين في مارون الرأس يؤكد انهم يرفضون التوطين واللبنانيون لو كانوا ملتفين حول معادلة الشعب والمقاومة والجيش لن يحصل توطين"، مؤكدا "لن نسمح بحصول التوطين ولو تآمر البعض لحصوله فلن يكون هناك حل على حساب لبنان". ولفت السيد نصر الله الى انه "دائما كان يخشى من تنفيس الاحتقان الاقليمي في لبنان ولكن هذا الامر انتهى اليوم"، وأكد ان "لبنان اصبح مأزقا لاسرائيل تهرب منه وفخا لها تقع فيه لا تنصبه لاحد"، وأشار الى ان "معادلة الجيش والشعب والمقاومة هي من فرضت هذا الواقع وفي يوم القدس مسؤولية اللبنانيين المحافظة على هذه المعادلة من اجل لبنان وفلسطين والقدس"، منبها ان "هناك من يعمل في الخارج ومن يساعده في الداخل كجزء من مكينة يديرها الخارج الاميركي والاسرائيلي لضرب هذه المعادلة وتفكيكها واستهداف كل منها واذا امكن ضربها ببعض من خلال بث الفن فيما بينهم". واشار السيد نصر الله الى انه "بعد الفشل في الاستهدافات العسكرية والامنية للمقاومة كان هناك سيل من الاتهامات والاستهداف وصل الى المحكمة الدولية"، وأضاف "كنت قد علقت على القرار الاتهامي الذي صدر عن المحكمة ثم عُقد مؤتمر قانوني سياسي وآخر فني عن الاتصالات ناقشا قيمة ما ورد في هذا القرار ويوما بعد يوم يتكشف كم المحكمة مسيسة ولماذا انشئت وكيف شُكلت وكيف وضع قانونها وكيف يتم العمل فيها وكيف ترفض اي قرينة او شاهد على اتهام اسرائيل"، وأوضح أنه "عندما اخرج انا واخواني لنشرح ونوضح حقيقة هذه المحكمة لا نهدف لاقناع الادارة الاميركية ولا بلمار ولا كاسيزي ولا بعض الشخصيات في لبنان بذلك فهؤلاء ركبوا المشروع ويسيرون فيه انما نحاكي الرأي العام الذي نراهن على مساندته المقاومة وادراكه لهذه المؤامرة"، وشدد على ان "المقاومة ستتجاوز هذه المؤامرة الجديدة وما صدر عن المحكمة لا قيمة له والمتهمين من المقاومة هم مظلومون ويتحملون تبعات انتصار المقاومة". وانتقد السيد نصر الله "وجود قوى داخلية تعمل على محاصرة الحكومة والدولة والجيش اللبناني واستهدافه"، وسأل "هؤلاء مع من يتلاقون عندما يقومون بذلك وعندما يحرضون على الجيش ويدعون ضباطه الى التمرد لمصلحة من ذلك؟ هل لمصلحة لبنان؟ أم لمصلحة فلسطين؟ أم لمصلحة المقاومة؟"، واضاف اليس ضرب هذا النسيج الوطني من خلال التحريض الطائفي والمذهبي يؤدي الى ضرب وحدة الشعب لمصلحة من ذلك"، ورفض "الطعن بالجيش الذي هو المؤسسة الوطنية الضامنة للسلم الاهلي والعيش المشترك"، وتابع "انا لا اتهم أحدا بالعمالة لكن من مسؤولية الشعب اللبناني الحفاظ على الجيش والمقاومة وكل من يحرض على الجيش ويتحدث بلغة طائفية يخدم إسرائيل من حيث يعلم أم لا يعلم". وشدد السيد نصر الله على انه "سوف يأتي الزمان الذي لن تقفوا فيه فقط عند مارون الرأس لتنشق رائحة فلسطين بل سوف تتنشقون رائحتها من فلسطين وسيأتي اليوم لنصلي في المسجد الاقصى وكنيسة المهد ولبنان يكون حاضرا عندها بحماية المقاومة"، وأكد مخاطبا "أهل الصمود والمقاومة باسمكم جميعا وباسم كل المقاومين وشرفاء هذه الامة اقول لكم وللجنود الصهاينة المستنفرين مقابلتكم أن هذه الارض الطيبة ستعود لارضها"، وختم "هذه مشيئة الله والمقاومين فهؤلاء المؤمنين اليوم داخل فلسطين ومصر والاردن ولبنان وكل عالمنا العربي والاسلامي يتهيأون لليوم الذي يستعيدون فيه الارض والقدس والمقدسات".

According to Israeli daily Ha'aretz, the Israeli occupation confiscated Palestinian lands northeast of the Jordan valley and gave it to Kibbutz Merav, inhabited by Israeli settlers. The Israeli occupation is systematically confiscating land and expelling Palestinians in the Jordan Valley, known as al-Aghwar. The route of Israel's apartheid wall was altered to secure the takeover of 375 acres Palestinian lands. This annexation have come during the same week as Israel plans to invite tenders for the construction of 2,230 settlement units in East Jerusalem al-Quds and other parts of the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority has condemned these Israeli plans. According to experts, a large part of the occupied land belongs to Palestinians who were driven out of the land by the Israeli occupation forces during the 1967 war. These Palestinians are considered "absentee" by Israel and under the Israeli so-called Absentee Property Law, their lands can be used for settlement activities. Thousands of acres of privately-owned Palestinian lands were given to Israeli settlers in the Jordan Valley in the 1960s and 1970s, and the confiscation of Palestinian land in the area is still ongoing by the Israeli occupation, regardless of International laws and resolutions. In most cases, Israel confiscates lands near illegally-built settlements in the West Bank under the pretext of security reasons, but in this case, they have officially annexed these occupied lands.

Egypt's grand mufti Shaikh Ali Juma'a's visit to Al-Quds (Jerusalem) last April, was criticized by some Muslim and Arab figures. He did the religious visit to Al-Aqsa mosque along with a Jordanian royal family member. They also visited Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Greek Orthodox patriarchate, both located in the Old City which has been under Israel military occupation since 1967. Jordanians say the visit was in accordance to the Prophet Mohaamad's command to visit only three mosques on pilgrimage: Al-Aqsa mosque, the Harem mosque in Mecca and the Prophet's mosque in Madina. Mahmoud Abbas also has called on Muslims to visit Al-Aqsa mosque and revitalize it by filling it with worshipers and pilgrims.

[15 July 2012] Israel continues illegal settlement expansion - English Israel constructed 130 new units in Jabal Abu Ghuneim in the Har Homa area, a Palestinian neighborhood which was occupied by Israel during the 1967 al Naksa. Press TV's Nel Burden reports from Jerusalem.

The fifth of June marks Naksa day or the setback during 1967 six-day war. At that time Israel launched a hostile war against Syria, Egypt and Jordan. After defeating Arab forces, Israel completed the occupation of the rest of the Palestinian territories and occupied vast areas of the Syria and Egypt. Forty six years later, a war veteran said Palestinians were betrayed by Arab forces. Palestinian resistance groups forced Israeli forces to withdraw from Gaza in 2005. Israel now says that it no longer occupies Gaza but facts on the ground prove otherwise. However this place under international law is occupied. You only have to be here to see the Israeli warplanes that dominate the sky and still fly over.

An Arab League delegation visited Washington and stated that the Arabs would agree to a resolution of the Arab Israeli conflict based on a return to the 1967 borders with mutually agreed swaps. Meanwhile resistance movements including Hamas have rejected, while Netanyahu himself hasn\'t shown enthusiasm. Is there some kind of deal taking place whereby the US will respond to the ongoing Arab calls to get more involved militarily in Syria on condition that Arabs on their side make this latest gesture to Israel?

Israeli forces handed 10 Palestinian families demolition orders this week in the village of Barta\'a al-Sharqiyeh in Jenin. The orders handed to the villagers have now totaled 50, with each family given one months notice to appeal before their homes, shops and animal barracks are bulldozed. Press TV attempted to reach the village but were prevented at an Israeli checkpoint erected outside the village. The guards claimed that we would need special permission as we were entering Israel, though legally the land is within the 1967 green line.

Thousand of Israelis have held a rally in Jerusalem al-Quds against talks between Tel Aviv and the Palestinian Authority. The rally was attended by several prominent rabbis within the settler community. The protesters called on Israeli authorities to halt talks with the P-A demanding that Tel Aviv expand and continue its settlement activities in the West Bank. The participants called US Secretary of State John Kerry\\\'s framework agreement for the so-called peace talks anti-Semitic. The so-called Kerry plan is expected to call for a phased Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank based on the 1967 lines with unprecedented security arrangements in the strategic Jordan Valley. Israel has recently been facing mounting international pressure and isolation over its continued settlement activities.