Author: Kevin Duewel

While closing “proceedings on all the other incidents … mentioned in the Goldstone Report,” the IDF has filed manslaughter indictments against two soldiers for acts that “include manslaughter and disobeying a military directive”: IDF Prosecutor To Bring New Indictments Against Soldiers for Conduct in Gaza War (Haaretz) “If we infringe their freedom — we infringe…

“Elad Orian, an Israeli human rights activist, nodded toward the poultry barn and noted: ‘Those chickens get more electricity and water than all the Palestinians around here””: The Two Sides of a Barbed-Wire Fence (New York Times) Commercial flights between Turkey and Israel may be banned unless Israel agrees to just compensation for its attack…

“Israel wants to ease the pressure on itself, not the blockade”: Chocolate and Ketchup Flow into Gaza, but Still no Cement (Haaretz) “If the state can, in the guise of a commitment to liberty, limit expressions of religious liberty, then Christians are surely next in line for legal limitations”: Religious Liberty at Risk: Islam in…

Faced with the loss of its monopoly under the Israeli embargo, Palestine Food Industries Co. puts rent seeking above the plight of their fellow Gazans and demands Hamas ban juice imports to “protect local industries”: Gaza Juice Maker Seeks Protection as Israel Relaxes Blockade (Bloomberg) “Conditions … have reached ‘crisis point’ with 79 per cent…

Israeli West Bank settlers see themselves above the laws imposed by their own government over the occupied West Bank territory … West Bank Settlers Outraged by Israel Police Curb on Handguns (Haaretz) … meanwhile in Gaza, Israel confiscates Medical equipment needed to save lives, given by a Norwegian group, on allegation “of possible use for non-medical…

“What is most disappointing, however, is not the Zionist self-righteousness and narcissism; rather it is the Western acceptance and support of this attitude”: The Roots of Israeli Exceptionalism (Al-Jazeera) The French PM urges French Muslims to reject niqabs and burqas as a “minority practice, which flouts the basic rules of living together and scandalises our…

Pakistan moves to monitor Google, Yahoo, and YouTube for blasphemous content, a month after it temporarily blocked Facebook for the “Everyone Draw Muhammad Day” controversy: Pakistan Watches Google, Other Sites for Blasphemy (Washington Post) Jerusalem’s decision to demolish homes for a new shopping center threatens to renew U.S.-Israel tensions, and shows a blatant disrespect for property rights…

Muslim world leaders see the possibility to rediscover the “entrepreneurship of the Prophet Mohammed”: Muslim Countries’ Search For Harmony Is Encouraging (Business Daily) “This follows last weekend’s reports of an American fleet passing through the Suez Canal, triggering fears that the United States and Israel were preparing for an attack on Iran, with Egypt’s cooperation”: Report: IAF…

Iranian “ayatollah ship” set to break the Gaza blockade from Lebanon, as the potential for conflict between Israel and Iran continues to escalate … Iran to Send Blockade-Busting Ship to Gaza, Israeli Commandos Train For Confrontation (Fox News) … meanwhile, the Swedish Dockworkers Union institutes a boycott of Israeli cargo in protest of the blockade; similar boycotts…

Activists picket port dock in solidarity with blockaded Gaza Strip: Historic Day in Oakland: Israeli Ship Blocked From Unloading (Daily Kos) Five men detained and questioned after stopping to pray on a road trip: Muslim Advocacy Group Criticizes FBI for Questioning of 5 SoCal Muslims (Los Angeles Times) Israeli High Court refuses to stop the…