Large Scale Israeli Offensive On Gaza Likely

Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that the office of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is preparing the international public opinion for a large-scale military offensive against the Gaza Strip, adding that it seems that Netanyahu has already decided to conduct a large ground offensive against the coastal region.

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Netanyahu has sustained harsh criticism due to continued rocket fire at Israel’s south, but he understands he doesn’t have the international legitimacy to carry out an operation against Hamas at the moment.

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Over the past 72 hours, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have escalated their aerial and ground attacks against the Gaza Strip. Five Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, have been killed, and 52 others, including 6 women and 12 children, have been wounded. Four of these deaths and 38 of the injuries resulted from an Israeli attack on a football playground in al-Shoja’iya neighborhood east of Gaza City. Additionally, 2 members of the Palestinian resistance were killed, and some civilian facilities were destroyed or damaged. According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 15:30 on Saturday, 10 November 2012, Israeli military vehicles stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel fired an artillery shell at a number of Palestinian children who were playing football at al-Mentar Hill east of al-Shoja’iya neighborhood, which is east of Gaza City and nearly 1,500 meters away from the border. As a result, 2 children were instantly killed: Mohammed Ussama Hassan Harara (16); and Ahmed Mustafa Khaled Harara (17). Following this attack, a number of Palestinian civilians, who were in the consolation house of the Harara family, rushed to the area, where the IOF immediately fired another 3 shells. As a result, 2 Palestinian civilians were instantly killed.

Gaza boy killed by Israel dreamed of becoming soccer player

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamid Younis Abu Daqqa, 13, always wore his Real Madrid shirt when he played soccer with his friends. He died wearing the same shirt, killed by Israeli forces before the second half of a game with friends could be finished. His father said Hamid would imitate Real Madrid star Ronaldo while playing in front of his Gaza home. ”My house is located in an area away from clashes, nearly one and a half kilometers away from the nearest point of the borders with Israel, therefore I didn’t have a problem with my son playing in front of the house,” Hamid’s father told Ma’an.

Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that several residents were injured Saturday as Israeli soldiers attacked a funeral in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

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Citizens suffer breathing difficulty in IOF attack on funeral procession

A number of Palestinian civilians were treated for breathing problems after Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas at a funeral procession in Beit Ummar village, north of Al-Khalil, on Saturday.

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Clashes broke on out on Sunday between students and Israeli soldiers in the Bethlehem village of Tuqu, Ma’an’s reporter said. Students in the village had organized a march to commemorate the death of late president Yasser Arafat, and threw stones at Israeli soldiers who were positioned at the entrance to the village. Soldiers fired tear gas and rubber bullets in response and later clashed with students in the center of the village.

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Palestinian youth hospitalized after Jewish settlers throw rocks on him

A 22-year-old Palestinian youth was hospitalized on Sunday after a group of Jewish settlers threw rocks on him in downtown Al-Khalil.

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Thousands of zionists from around the world arrived into Al Khalil (Hebron) on Friday, camping overnight in the centre of the city for a Jewish religious holiday. Harassment and abuse were widespread and freedom of movement for Palestinian people was severely restricted. Several attacks occurred and the zionists invaded the Palestinian souq (market) for tours for around five hours.

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HEBRON (Ma’an) — Settlers in Hebron threw stones at a Palestinian man on Saturday, causing moderate head injuries, medics said. Samir Jaber, 20, was taken to hospital for treatment after settlers from Kiryat Arba threw stones at him in an unprovoked attack. Hebron was split into areas of Palestinian and Israeli control under a 1997 agreement. The Israeli military-controlled H2 zone includes the ancient Old City, home of the revered Ibrahimi Mosque — also split into a synagogue referred to as the Tomb of the Patriarchs.

Earlier in the morning, house-owner Khalid al-Hamed, his two sons and two international activists spent some hours lifting rocks out of a pit outside the house where the major water pipes are. Settlers have previously thrown those rocks down into the pit attempting to break the pipes. At around 12:15 one settler arrived and filmed this activity from the road.

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IOF killed two kids playing soccer then fired at approaching residents killing another two

Over the past 72 hours, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have escalated their aerial and ground attacks against the Gaza Strip. Five Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, have been killed, and 52 others, including 6 women and 12 children, have been wounded. Four of these deaths and 38 of the injuries resulted from an Israeli attack on a football playground in al-Shoja’iya neighborhood east of Gaza City. Additionally, 2 members of the Palestinian resistance were killed, and some civilian facilities were destroyed or damaged. According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 15:30 on Saturday, 10 November 2012, Israeli military vehicles stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel fired an artillery shell at a number of Palestinian children who were playing football at al-Mentar Hill east of al-Shoja’iya neighborhood, which is east of Gaza City and nearly 1,500 meters away from the border. As a result, 2 children were instantly killed: Mohammed Ussama Hassan Harara (16); and Ahmed Mustafa Khaled Harara (17). Following this attack, a number of Palestinian civilians, who were in the consolation house of the Harara family, rushed to the area, where the IOF immediately fired another 3 shells. As a result, 2 Palestinian civilians were instantly killed.

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Hundreds of Palestinians are being evacuated from the northern Jordan Valley to make way for an Israeli military training exercise, local officials told Ma’an news agency. According to several village council heads in the Jordan Valley, an estimated 1,500 Palestinians will be displaced by the exercise, which begins on Sunday. Al-Malih and al-Madareb council chief Aref Daraghmeh said some families would be permitted to return after the two-day exercise, while others were told to leave their homes permanently. He said several Israeli departments were working together to pressure Palestinians to leave the Jordan Valley in order to build Jewish settlements and military bases. Al-Malih resident Abu Mohammad told Ma’an that despite having lived in the village for decades, he would be leaving out of fear for his safety. His house had been hit by Israeli artillery before, he said.

Ehud Barak approves plans for 500 new homes in Itamar According to documents obtained by Haaretz, the defense minister approved the plan in September; Jewish council has been pressing for construction since murder of Fogel family.

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The Displaced Working Group (DWG) had received reports that more than 40 eviction orders were distributed to over 50 Palestinian families in the northern Jordan Valley, giving them between three hours and two months to leave their homes (see below). More recent reports indicate that Israeli authorities actually intend to issue as many as 150 eviction orders affecting as many 250 families living in or near areas designed as “firing zones” in the Jordan Valley, in areas extending between Ma’ale Efrayim checkpoint and the junction between road 578 and road 90 (the Allon Road) and eastward from Road 578 to Tayasir checkpoint.

http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/news/news/5607-report-israel-to-evict-up-to-250-families-in-jordan-valley.html

Plaques containing serious Jewish temple claims walled near Aqsa Mosque

The IOA has placed many street plaques on the walls of Arab historical sites near the Aqsa Mosque inscribed with Hebrew names as well as hints claiming the temple of Solomon was once in the area.

Refugees

Palestinian youth in Lebanon: Abbas must apologize to refugees, Nour Joudah

Protest and statement by Palestinian youth in Lebanon against Abbas’ statements on the right of return. Protest and statement by Palestinian youth in Lebanon against Abbas’ statements on the right of return.

Putting Palestine on the Map

With the US embroiled in Afghanistan’s endless theater, the debate around insurgencies has once more taken hold. In 2007, Jeffery Record’s Beating Goliath detailed the story of how some insurgencies end up defeating their much more powerful adversaries. Three years later, the RAND Corporation published Ben Connable and Martin Libicki’s How Insurgencies End, which showed that such struggles last for ten years, giving the stubborn Goliath the best odds if they are able to quell public opinion in their own country and break the support networks for their David. The US War College’s Thomas Mockaitis’ 2011 study Resolving Insurgencies found that most rebellions degenerate into criminal organizations or small terrorist networks, both unable to sustain the political goals that initiated them. All this is salutary reading for tone-deaf policy makers, who would like to see the Afghan story follow this script: let it become a drug infeudated oligarchy and lose popular support. It is simply not what has happened.

A Zionist Tribute to Fred Halliday (I): A Critique of Susie Linfield’s Review in The Nation, Asad AbuKhalil

The Nation magazine has long ceased to be a leftist magazine. It has served for years now as a mere propaganda sheet for the Democratic Party. On foreign policy, it has pretty much adhered to the Zionism of Amos Oz: the Zionism that accepts and approves of Israeli massacres of women and children, but then feigns concern when the number of victims reaches too high a figure, for their taste. The magazine has surrendered its coverage of Palestine, either to no one at all, or to people who parrot Zionist principles.

5 Broken Cameras: Film Screening

a Cinema Politica Film Screening Weekly protest in Bi’ilin Monday November 12, 2012 Screening begins at 7pm Room H-110 Concordia University 1455 de Maisonneuve West Admission is free. Donations are welcome Described as “part resistance journal, part home movie, and part memorial”, 5 Broken Cameras charts five years of popular resistance through the eyes of one family.

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