MEMRI: Abd Al-Bari Atwan: The Arab Leaders Are Praying That Israel Will Get Rid of the Palestinians Once and for All
16 Wednesday Jul 2014
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15 Tuesday Jul 2014
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“In 2010, Egyptian magazine Rose al-Yusuf reported that Haniyeh paid for $4 million for a 2,500msq parcel of land area in Rimal, a tony beachfront neighborhood of Gaza City. To avoid embarrassment, the land was registered in the name of the husband of Haniyeh’s daughter. Since then, there have been reports that Haniyeh has purchased several homes in the Gaza Strip, registered in the names of his children – no hardship, as he has 13 of them.”
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4543634,00.html – 7/15/2014.
15 Tuesday Jul 2014
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(Reuters) – The Iraqi soldier says he abandoned the army last week in despair. And while he still plans to fight he will not rejoin the unit he deserted in the western city of Ramadi.
Instead, he wants to sign up as a volunteer, alongside tens of thousands of others, to help defend Shi’ite shrines against Sunni insurgents who have swept the country’s north and west and who he believes now threaten his sect.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/14/us-iraq-security-volunteers-insight-idUSKBN0FF1HO20140714 – 7/15/2014.
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15 Tuesday Jul 2014
The piece, titled “Lowest deeds from loftiest heights,” disregards the extensive efforts made by the Israel Defense Forces to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza Strip, as well as Hamas’ repeated use of Gazans as human shields.
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=18803 – 7/15/2014.
15 Tuesday Jul 2014
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“In other words, Abbas demanded that the Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades be dismantled. Needless to say, from Hamas’ perspective, that was not going to happen. And there was something else Abbas did, he refused to pay the salaries of some 46,000 Hamas government officials and police officers.”
http://avimelamed.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/muqawama-money-missiles/ – 7/15/2014.
Related from 2012: http://avimelamed.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/hamas-kingdom-of-crime/
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14 Monday Jul 2014
Where Jesus was born.
Clashes in the mixed Muslim-Christian city, usually last for at least four hours every night and in recent days have pushed Palestinian Authority police to appear. When they do, however, they are able to do very little and stand armed but largely impotent against young men wielding rocks. This is in sharp contrast to the Israelis who have moved increasingly from utilising tear gas and rubber-coated-steel-bullets, to instead shooting off deadly live ammunition. In recent days, at least 20 protestors have been shot with live fire, mostly in the feet and legs.
Note the stepped measures the IDF has taken to preserve the lives of protesters.
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10 Thursday Jul 2014
There are, however, a number of rash conclusions being arrived at in the wake of the bad news. One does not have to read very far to find a series of assumptions being made about Iraq’s future—that Baghdad is about to fall, that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s days are numbered, that Kurdistan’s independence is imminent and that oil production is at risk. None of these are certain and some are extremely unlikely. Let’s cover them one by one.
10 Thursday Jul 2014
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As missiles rained down on a growing number of Israeli communities this morning and Israel launched a major operation against Gaza, four young children from Gaza were making their way to Holon for lifesaving heart treatment.
Despite threats by Hamas to attack Tel Aviv with rocket-fire, volunteer doctors at the Israeli non-profit organization Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), worked to bring the four children – all under the age of five – to Wolfson Medical Center on the outskirts of Tel Aviv for vital treatment.
http://www.israel21c.org/news/gazan-children-receive-life-saving-treatment-in-tel-aviv/ – 7/8/2014.
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