Australian Dr JEAN CALDER AC – Gaza Digest 30 June 09

Dear Friends, Greetings. The situation of the Palestinian people continues to go largely un-noticed as the conditions of occupation worsen. There are talks and talks abouttalks, but they seem to lead to nowhere.  The settlements on the West Bank continue to expand while the demolition of Palestinian homes continues. The siege of the Gaza Strip [...]

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WAKIM & ZWIER: Roadmap to peace needs new milestones 30 June 09

Joseph Wakim and Harold Zwier ABC As Israel announces it will expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Joseph Wakim and Harold Zwier offer hard truths to Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and say both sides must compromise if peace is to be achieved. We know that US President Barak Obama, [...]

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NAWI: Israel’s Man of Conscience

by Ezra Nawi The Nation 29 June 2009 My name is Ezra Nawi. I am a Jewish citizen of Israel. I will be sentenced on the first of July after being found guilty of assaulting two police officers in 2007 while struggling against the demolition of a Palestinian house in Um El Hir, located in [...]

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PRISONERS – CHILDREN: DCI-PS Report, June 2009

Palestinian Child Prisoners: The systematic and institutionalised ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities – Defence for Children International – Palestine Section This report documents the widespread ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children at the hands of the Israeli army and police force. It contains the testimonies of 33 children who bear witness [...]

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HE Ambassador Dr Riyad Mansour: Statement to UN Security Council

Security Council Debate on “Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict” 26 June 2009

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Dora McPhee (VIC) on Koutsoukis article “Israel defies US on settlements” The Age 30 June 2009

The Age: “Israel defies US on settlements” by Jason Koutsoukis http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/israel-defies-us-on-settlements-20090630-d2ri.html It is little wonder that there is so little optimism in resolving the Israel/Palestine conflict when the bare minimum that President Barak Obama demanded – “no new settlement construction” – is being fought tooth and nail by the present Israeli government. As the illegal [...]

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Dora McPhee (VIC) on “Israel defiant on home building” The Australian 30 June 2009

The Australian:  “Israel defiant on home building” http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25709606-2703,00.html Israel’s Ehud Barak flies to meet US Middle east envoy George Mitchell to try and do a deal on the settlements, which Israel is already pre-empting the outcome of by the approval of 50 new houses north of Jerusalem and claiming the 2000 buildings in construction in [...]

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Palestinians welcome Gillard 26 June 09

by Jason Koutsoukis Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/world/palestinians-welcome-gillard-20090625-cycs.html THE Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, visited the occupied Palestinian territories yesterday, including the Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem in the West Bank. Ms Gillard had private talks with the director-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian refugees, Karen Koning Abu Zayd, at [...]

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Privately run checkpoint stops Palestinians with ‘too much food’

by Amira Hass Haaretz A West Bank checkpoint managed by a private security company is not allowing Palestinians to pass through with large water bottles and some food items, Haaretz has learned. MachsomWatch discovered the policy, which Palestinian workers confirmed to Haaretz. The Defense Ministry stated in response that non-commercial quantities of food were not [...]

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Red Cross: ’1.5 Million Palestinians living in despair in Gaza’

IMEMC The International Red Cross reported Monday that six months after Israel’s offensive in Gaza, 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are still living in poverty, despair and are unable to rebuild their lives and structures. The Red Cross added that the strict Israeli siege and restrictions on the Gaza Strip are blocking the [...]

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