Human Rights Watch: Israel preventing Palestinian development (Haaretz)

Israel prevents Palestinian development in some parts of the West Bank and East Jerusalem busy pouring financing on the Jewish settlements, the Group Human Rights Watch said Sunday.

Its 166 pages report by Human Rights Watch based on Israeli policies in the areas of the West Bank, where the Palestinian Authority holds not domination of provisional peace processes and annexed Jerusalem-East, Israel after his capture in a war of 1967.

"Israeli policy in the West Bank severely discriminate against resident Palestinians, depriving them of necessities providing amenities sumptuous Jewish settlements," said the organization based in New York.

Asked about the report, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Human Rights Watch has repeatedly demonstrated anti-Israeli bias.

"Unfortunately for years a series of documented cases showed Human Rights Watch reports to have clearly been polluted by an agenda anti-Israel,", said spokesman Mark Regev.

A Palestinian farmer harvest cucumbers in a field near the West Bank town of Jenin on 4 May 2010.

The report highlights cases in which he told Palestinian villages in the West Bank are denied the possibility of developing electricity and water and road running, infrastructure while nearby settlements had daily conveniences daily in place.

A case cited by the report was Jubbet al-Dhib Palestinian village near Bethlehem. Human Rights Watch said the village of 150 people can be reached only by a dirt track and Israel refuses to connect to an Israeli grid.

The small colony of Sde, just 350 metres later, has dedicated paved road and all modern amenities, the report added. Fifty people live in the colony.

Human Rights Watch said that Israel has cited problems of safety as a reason for any difference in treatment.

But Carroll Bogert, a spokesman for the group, said that Israel was to "systematic discrimination merely because of (Palestinian) race, ethnicity, and national origin, without electricity, water, schools and access to roads."

Approximately 2.4 million Palestinians live on the West Bank alongside over 400,000 settlers.

Call for nuclear Israel inspections (The Australian)

Kevin Rudd lays a wreath in Jerusalem yesterday evening at the Centre of education, and Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. Photo: AP source: The Australian

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has arrived in Israel with a blunt message: enable international inspectors in your nuclear installation.

It also asked Israel stop building in Jewish West Bank settlements and Jerusalem-East.

In an interview with the Australia before arriving in Israel, last night, Mr Rudd staked strong positions on both issues.

While in many countries call for Israel curb growth of the colony, strong position of Mr Rudd Israel nuclear facilities which are bound to be more controversial in Israel.

Israel refuses to confirm that there even weapons nuclear, but familiar with the foreign intelligence program analysts believe that Israel has over 200 nuclear warheads at its plant in Dimona southern Israel. Israeli officials have confirmed to The Australian Israel had nuclear weapons but will not put a figure on them.

Mr Rudd said The Australian: "our assent since a long period of time, and it is that all States in the region should accede to the NPT, which includes Israel.".

But this is what he said then referring to the inspectors of the international agency of atomic energy which drew Israeli officials by surprise: "And their nuclear installations should therefore be subject to inspections of the IAEA."

He spoke before cable WikiLeaks proposed with United States, reports the Australia, can be drawn in a nuclear war in the Middle East if Israel attacking the Iran to try to disable its nuclear program.

Israeli officials were not surprised by the appeal of Mr. Rudd to sign the NPT by Israel, but was taken aback by his call for IAEA inspections. A senior Israeli official said: "I don't remember any Australian Minister saying facilities (Israel) must be placed under inspection."

Another Israeli official, who spoke on the condition that he not be named, said: "it is very surprising. Firstly, as we are not the signatory of the NPT, we do are not bound by its obligations; and, secondly, the NPT has proved ineffective. Its signatories include the Iran the Syria, the Libya, Iraq, speaks for itself.

"In unlike Iran, we were not wrong about any of our obligations."

Mr Rudd stated that, in view of the security challenges, Israel faced 1950s in the second intifada, Australia could understand why Israel became more in more preoccupied with its needs in terms of security, particularly in view of the challenges of the Iran.

He said that the second part of the Australia on nuclear weapons in the Middle East, politics as it was Iran, is as clear. "Already, non-proliferation Treaty namely the Iran have give effect to their obligations and that they are not." They are in violation, a point I reiterated in discussions there are only a few days with the Iranian Foreign Minister".

Institutions, who have been at the centre of the collapse of the direct peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, Mr Rudd said: "the position of the Australian Government has long been clear." We only approve new construction regulations and the reason is undermining the prospects for the continuation of the peace negotiations.

Mr Rudd said the Australian Government fully understands security Israel from Gaza, but facilities were "something else".

Concerned after comments by the head of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, if peace talks is made, it can dissolve the Palestinian Authority and deliver the daily operation of the West Bank into Israel. "It is also a second reality, which is what security challenges would be facing Israel if fully reduced peace process if completely located Palestinian Authority or Abu Mazen had to give effect to what he implied publicly in its recent statements on the authority of bending or moderate Arab States begin to adopt a different attitude against a prolonged and non-successful peace negotiation process."

Mr Rudd has warned that there may be serious consequences if the peace process had collapsed.

"Each of us, if we are students of the history of the last decade and have an understanding of what can harm and what can go wrong big time if the Palestinian people have a stake in a negotiated outcome," he said.

Israel to deport 200 Sudanese migrants, according to the report (Jerusalem Post)

12/13/2010 20: 56 Sudanese two hundred has to be transported from Ben Gourion Israel to a third country not to be disclosed Monday evening international airport asylum, channel 2 reported. The migrant Sudan will be then be repatriated to their country of origin, according to the planned operation.

Plan of the Government relocation has been in the works at the Department of the Interior for several months, depending on channel 2, and the operation would have been already received an approval.

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Israel has agreed to give the Sudanese small grants to help re - got to life in the Sudan in return for their voluntary repatriation.

Repatriation plan details have not yet cleared for publication, channel 2 reported Monday evening.

At the end of November, cabinet announced its approval of the plans to build a detention centre for illegal immigrants near Ketziot.

The same day as the cabinet approval plan Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took journalists Egyptian to see the work on a new fence bordering it, and to illustrate the scope of the problem of illegal migration.

According to the figures submitted to Netanyahu overlooking point along the border, approximately 60 kilometres north of Eilat, approximately 1 000 illegal immigrants per month or more than 12 000 per year - work is currently in Israel Egypt crossing.

The IDF official noted that this number was almost equal to the annual number of immigrants enter the country legally, a number which amounted to approximately 16,200 in 2009.

Barak said that Gates Israel concerned with weapons to Hezbollah (Jerusalem Post)

  
12/13/2010 20: 07 Replicas (3) the Minister of Defense Ehud Barak met Monday with United States, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at the Pentagon in Washington.

At the meeting, Barak fear of Jerusalem, as the Syria continues to arms Hezbollah with sophisticated weapons, it can damage qualitative military Israel edge in the region, according to a statement of the Cabinet of the Minister of defence.

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The two discussed qualitative military edge Israel, the Iran and the situation in the Lebanon surrounding the release expected the charge of Hariri tribunal.

The Declaration of Barak, published shortly after the meeting at the Pentagon said the two also discussed further cooperation to actively protect Israel rocket and missile launches.

In addition, the Minister of defence and its American counterpart discuss stalled peace process with emphasis on security measures between the two parties, in accordance with the statement made by Barak.

Barak to meet with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. National Security Advisor and the heads of the American intelligence services later in the day.

And Barak went as a thief in the night of the thereAuthor: Ben AvrahamCountry: 12/13/2010 21: 01
Author: CJMCountry: U.S.A.12/13/2010 20: 39
Gates and Barak greatly underestimate the coward enemy. Obama continues to appease them and anticipate them and their so-called "religion Pacific", just as Chamberlain did hitler in the 1930s. Always overestimate your enemies a bit and you will be prepared and triumph over the forces of evil, especially when Lord Adonai is at your side, trust him and not your weapons.
1 Olmert/Barak why you finish HisbalaAuthor: AntonCountry: 12/13/2010 20: 35
Oslo and all other agreements benefited the Arabs and hurt Israel.

Israel to deport Sudanese migrants, according to the report (Jerusalem Post)

  
Photo by: Ariel Jerozolimski KEINON JPOST.COM personal and HERB
12/13/2010 20: 56 Sudanese two hundred has to be transported from Ben Gourion Israel to a third country not to be disclosed Monday evening international airport asylum, channel 2 reported. The migrant Sudan will be then be repatriated to their country of origin, according to the planned operation.

Plan of the Government relocation has been in the works at the Department of the Interior for several months, depending on channel 2, and the operation would have been already received an approval.

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Israel has agreed to give the Sudanese small grants to help re - got to life in the Sudan in return for their voluntary repatriation.

Repatriation plan details have not yet cleared for publication, channel 2 reported Monday evening.

At the end of November, cabinet announced its approval of the plans to build a detention centre for illegal immigrants near Ketziot.

The same day as the cabinet approval plan Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took journalists Egyptian to see the work on a new fence bordering it, and to illustrate the scope of the problem of illegal migration.

According to the figures submitted to Netanyahu overlooking point along the border, approximately 60 kilometres north of Eilat, approximately 1 000 illegal immigrants per month or more than 12 000 per year - work is currently in Israel Egypt crossing.

The IDF official noted that this number was almost equal to the annual number of immigrants enter the country legally, a number which amounted to approximately 16,200 in 2009.

Agreement with the Turkey can clearly Israel future responsibility for Gaza incident fleet (Haaretz)

Weekend last deadlocked negotiations between Israel and Turkey to resolve the crisis of the fleet of the band of Gaza.

Israel refused to apologize for killing of activists Turkish to Mavi Marmara Sea and Turkey refuses to promise to refrain from action in court against Israeli soldiers and declare that the soldiers had acted in self-defence.

First Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

An Israeli official told the newspaper Haaretz talks are "blocked" and that "differences are always pleasant". Nevertheless, he said that it is still early to declare the dead talks and more awaits further discussion very soon. A spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Friday that negotiations will resume soon.

For telephone conversations between the parties Thursday, it is evident as Prime Minister of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan has rejected two requests Israeli key. Erdogan has refused to absolve the Israeli soldiers of malice by acknowledging that they have acted in self-defence.

Turkish Daily News reported Saturday that the Turkey and Israel representatives gathered in Geneva to discuss an Israeli request for a formal agreement with the Turkey and the families of killed Turkish citizens to prevent future combinations against the soldiers Israel or Israel Mavi Marmara Sea.

Israel hope, thanks to such an agreement, to lift the threat posed by an international investigation into the incident.

According to published reports, Israel had offered $ 100,000 each Turkish families who lost a member of the family to the resumption of Mavi Marmara Sea. Minister Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, however, called these numbers "purely speculative."

A source Turkish higher told Haaretz newspaper that disagreement now focuses on the wording of the Israeli apologize and not the question of compensation.

The Turkish source stated that Israel wanted to Ankara to accept a project who said it is "sorry" for the murder of Turkish citizens but that Mr. Erdogan had rejected this proposal.

The current project that proposes Israel States that although he apologizes for the murder of Turkish citizens, it accepts no responsibility for their deaths that Israeli soldiers had acted in self-defence. Erdogan has not yet approved this version and it will be the last word.

Zaman, a Turkish daily newspaper that supports part of Erdogan, Saturday referred to official sources, saying that the Geneva talks have been disrupted "because of the position of the Israeli army, which is similar to [Avigdor] Lieberman." These sources also said that Minister of Defense Ehud Barak opposed Israeli, excuses though great strategic importance it attaches to relations between Israel and the Turkey.

It is also reportedly interested in bringing the issue to a close, and Davutoglu is scheduled to visit New York next week where he will meet with the US Vice President Joe Biden. Both should discuss ways of rehabilitating Israel-Turkey for strong criticism of Turkey Congressional relations.

Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek the Turkey said it will take time for relationships between the Turkey and Israel repair and it can happen that the elections of June 2011 in Turkey approach - assuming that Israel accepts the conditions of the Turkey. This suggests that the party in power, Prime Minister Erdogan, AKP members think their chances of winning the next election will depend on United States and Israel relations.

Former leaders of the EU to sanction and boycott Israel (Jerusalem Post)

Twenty-six former leaders of the European Union, including former top diplomat of the EU, Javier Solana, published a letter requesting the week past boycotts and sanctions targeting Israel due to the construction of the colony.

According to the letter, which was reported on the euobserver.com website and addressed to the leaders of the EU, the Jewish State, "like any other State" should be slapped with "consequences" and "a price tag" for the construction of housing in the West Bank.

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Ten former leaders Europe signed December 6 letter, including former President Richard von Weizsäcker Germany and Spanish ex-chancelier Helmut Schmidt, former Irish President Mary Robinson, former Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez, and Thorvald Stoltenberg, an ex-norvégien foreign and Defence Minister.

26 Signatories called for the EU to prohibit the importation of products in establishments and demanded that Israel fund much of the aid to the Palestinians. The letter also urged the EU to upgrade relations with Israel contingent on the cessation of construction of the colony.

"Continuation of settlement activity Israel... poses an existential threat to the prospects for the establishment of a sovereign, contiguous and viable Palestinian State,"read the letter.""

In the meantime, in response to the American decision to abandon its requirement of freeze of settlement, Catherine Ashton, head of the EU for Foreign Affairs, writes, "I noted with regret that Israel was not able to accept an extension of the moratorium, as requested by the United States, the European Union and the Quartet." The position of the EU institutions is clear: they are illegal under international law and an obstacle to peace. Recent regulations related developments, particularly in Jerusalem is in contradiction with the efforts made by the international community for successful negotiations. »

In an interview with the BBC, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Yigal Palmor said fixation on settlements former EU leaders is "strange and dangerous."

"It is difficult to see how the call for sanctions and isolation of Israel will promote peace, but clearly it will decrease the capacity of the European Union to play a constructive role in promoting peace in the region," said Palmor.

He said that if the European Union accepted the recommendations outlined in the letter, it would completely "marginalize" in the peace process. "Recommend sanctions against Israel", he added, "is not only ignore the mere establishments never was an obstacle to peace and to the territorial withdrawal, but it is also the most unnecessary how to bring Israelis and Palestinians more close to compromise, reconciliation and peace".

Another government official said that the letter was completely wrong signal to send to the Palestinians at the moment. "One of the problems that we are facing today is that the Palestinians are disengaging negotiations", the official said adding Israel fears that the Palestinians have been conclusive is there any reason to negotiate because they can obtain a solution to their liking imposed from outside.

Letters such as these, properly designed, "are only will strengthen Palestinian intransigence because they think that there is another option," said the official.

Tirawi expressed the fear of an "explosion" in the Palestinian territories, of institutions, but also because of the "threat" to Jerusalem Aqsa Mosque.

He said: "I was read on official parts of the Aqsa Mosque can collapse, security warnings". "I've warned in the past and say now that we can speculate that happen if a stone of the Aqsa Mosque falls." I am afraid that we are headed toward an explosion. This could be the trigger that would create a fire throughout the region. »

Tirawi supports the idea of dismantling the PA once the peace process so Israel be held fully responsible for the West Bank has collapsed and band of Gaza.

"Israel is wearing not any responsibility for the occupation", he said. "The occupation must not be that good market for Israel.".

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Stormy times strikes Israel, signs of early winter (Haaretz)

Stormy time arrived in Israel Friday, the start of the winter, after a period of unusually dry signal.

November is the driest months in 42 years old and the forest fires which have last week in Carmel hills - the biggest fire in Israeli history - was fuelled by drought.

Isolated showers and thunderstorms appear in nationwide on Friday afternoon and evening.

Weather conditions, this weekend and early next week should be stormy, with heavy rains and snow on the Hermon.

Temperatures should abandon 2-3 degrees. Saturday, rain are expected in the North, accompanied by strong winds, speeds of 50-110 km/h.

Rain will become stronger and spread in central Israel to Saturday, with thunder and lightning. Sandstorms are expected in the South.

The storm is expected to reach its peak Saturday night.

MeteoTech meteorologist Nachum Malik said Saturday, "with rain getting stronger, there is concern flood in the Western Galilee and along the coastal plain, including the foothills of the Carmel, especially after the fire." Saturday night and Sunday will be particularly rainy. Very large amounts of rain are expected in Northern and Central, and there is concern serious flooding in cities located along the coast.

Further decreases in temperatures is scheduled for Sunday. Snow should fall on Mount Hermon and possibly peaks higher than in the North. In the Negev should shower with.

"This is a system that develops in our region and should leave the area only on Monday afternoon," says Malik.

University Hebrew climatologist Daniel Rosenfeld, explains that some than even the cold air which until recently was in Western Europe is now moving towards the East. The main body of this cold air will reach the Italy the Greece, and its edges is also reaching us, causing stormy times during the weekend.

Professor Rosenfeld says that this could be the first of several systems will be end of recent months dry sky. "The situation could be repeated, but I can't say that over the long term, we will have a complete break drought."

Israel airports have begun to prepare for the storm. Airports Authority employees were encouraged to protect smaller aircraft, especially those airports Dov and Herzliya, small private aircraft face the risk of be blown away by the wind.

In coastal areas of the South and the Negev, they prepare for flooding, and some 80 rescue volunteers to prepare for the likelihood of having to leave people caught in the flooding expected.