Boise, ID, Sept 25 - 28
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Privately run checkpoint stops Palestinians with 'too much food'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. Machsom Watch discovered the policy, which Palestinian workers confirmed to Haaretz. By kwillett at 07/03/2009 - 19:02 | In The Holy Land | 2 reads
Israeli Prisons: Are Palestinian Children Abused?By TIM MCGIRK / JERUSALEM -- Time and Yahoo News By kwillett at 07/01/2009 - 23:40 | In The Holy Land | read more | 4 reads
Walking miles in Palestinian feetClaire Messud - Boston Globe Some 20-odd writers from the world over - including the popular British travel writer and comedian Michael Palin; Sweden’s preeminent thriller writer Henning Mankell; and Canada’s Giller Prize-winning M.G. Vassanji - found our events at Jerusalem’s Palestine National Theater shut down by machine-gun toting Israeli soldiers in flak jackets. By kwillett at 07/01/2009 - 23:37 | In The Holy Land | read more | 4 reads
The 2009 Annual Meeting in Boise, Idaho
NORTHWESTERN LIEUTENANCY September 25-27 BOISE, IDAHO The Annual Meeting Planning Committee is working very hard to provide a very memorable weekend of activities in Boise,Idaho, the City of Trees. Boise will be especially beautiful at the time we are visiting as the trees will be dressed in their colorful autumn attire. The Grove Hotel will be the center from which we will be directed to the beautiful liturgies at the nearby Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. The liturgies include Vespers and a Vigil on Friday evening and the Promotee and Memorial Mass on Saturday morning. The Saturday afternoon Holy Land Education Committee will provide a discussion among very knowledgeable and interesting panelists that will reflect their personal experiences in the Holy Land. This will be held at the hotel before the evening dinner which will celebrate the Basque culture at the "Basque Block", just a block from the hotel. Sunday morning will include breakfast and the annual Business Meeting. The Formal Banquet will be celebrated at the hotel following the Investiture on Sunday afternoon at the Cathedral. This is another of the very impressive liturgies that the weekend will offer to the members and their guests. By hdmehoff@aol.com at 06/28/2009 - 16:46 | Annual Meeting | read more | 9 reads
Spring Newsletter 2009EUESTRIAN ORDER OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE OF JERUSALEM By hdmehoff@aol.com at 06/28/2009 - 04:21 | Newsletter | read more | 16 reads
Israel's Barnyard StrategyBy Joharah Baker for MIFTAH By kwillett at 06/27/2009 - 02:00 | In The Holy Land | 10 reads
Lawbreakers in the Supreme CourtGideon Levy - Ha'aretz The land they live on has been plundered by either fraud or violence. In many cases this is private land that does not belong to them, in settlements whose very establishment is a violation of international law. It was their ideological choice to live in a region of lawlessness, violence and crime, as aptly described in the Sasson Report - an official Justice Ministry paper adopted by the cabinet. By kwillett at 06/27/2009 - 01:58 | In The Holy Land | 7 reads
Solving the Problem of the Old CityMichael Bell, former Canadian ambassador to Egypt, Israel and Jordan; co-director, Jerusalem Old City Initiative, University of Windsor. Interview with Middle East Bulletin. The city is overwhelmingly important in Judaism and in Islam, as well as Christianity, of course. Jews the world over, and Israelis, Muslims and Christians, Arabs and others, feel a particular attachment to it. In this case, both Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Muslims, want to control the holy sites physically; that’s a difference from Christian attitudes today. The city is such a part of their self image, of their narrative, of their belief system, that its possession is critical to both. By kwillett at 06/24/2009 - 16:52 | In The Holy Land | 11 reads
The language that absolves IsraelBy SAREE MAKDISI - Los Angeles Times On Monday morning, however, newspaper headlines across the United States announced that Netanyahu had endorsed the creation of a Palestinian state, and the White House welcomed the speech as "an important step forward." By kwillett at 06/22/2009 - 15:39 | In The Holy Land | read more | 11 reads
Where Peaceful Protest Begets JailBy David Shulman - Ha'aretz By kwillett at 06/21/2009 - 22:46 | In The Holy Land | 10 reads
Stonewalled - A humanitarian trip runs aground in GazaAmerica Magazine By kwillett at 06/17/2009 - 15:15 | In The Holy Land | 13 reads
A farcical position on statehoodby Ghassan Khatib - Bitter Lemons To all others, without exception, the speech was disappointing. The Palestinians and Arabs reacted angrily. The Kadima party criticized the speech as harmful to the interests of the Israeli people. Further afield, meanwhile, European and American reactions focused on reiterating international demands for a complete cessation of settlement building including so-called "natural growth", something Netanyahu failed to commit to in his speech. By kwillett at 06/17/2009 - 15:12 | In The Holy Land | read more | 10 reads
Netanyahu, Mideast peace and a return to the Axis of EvilBy Akiva Eldar - Ha'aretz By kwillett at 06/15/2009 - 03:53 | In The Holy Land | 14 reads
Crunch TimeM J Rosenberg - Israel Policy Forum One can only hope that the content of the speech justifies the atmospherics. If Netanyahu accepts the two-state solution, the settlement freeze, and the demolition of the illegal outposts, his speech will indeed merit the hype. By kwillett at 06/12/2009 - 17:20 | In The Holy Land | read more | 18 reads
Some Unclean Drops to DrinkMel Frykberg - IPS News Faqua's problems started in 1948 with the establishment of Israel, when 24,000 of Faqua's 36,000 dunums of land (one dunum is 0.10 hectare) and most of the underground springs were appropriated by the new Jewish state. By kwillett at 06/12/2009 - 16:44 | In The Holy Land | read more | 10 reads
A sign of optimism for Palestinian freedomBy MUSTAFA BARGHOUTHI - Chicago Tribune President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo last week was the most compelling I have ever heard from an American president. He articulated an understanding of the roots of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that we have not heard from previous American presidents. By acknowledging the legitimate aspirations of Palestinians for freedom, dignity and a state of our own, Obama has shown that he may have what it takes to provide the constructive, evenhanded peace-brokering that past American efforts lacked. By kwillett at 06/10/2009 - 20:13 | In The Holy Land | read more | 9 reads
Political Options for Jerusalem's FutureBy Dan Lieberman – Palestine Chronicle By kwillett at 06/09/2009 - 21:53 | In The Holy Land | 8 reads
The Tone and the MusicUri Avnery He walked onto the stage in Cairo, alone, without hosts and without aides, and delivered a sermon to an audience of billions. Egyptians and Americans, Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Arabs, Sunnis and Shiites, Copts and Maronites – and they all listened attentively. He unfolded before them the map of a new world, a different world, whose values and laws he spelled out in simple and clear language - a mixture of idealism and practical politics, vision and pragmatis By kwillett at 06/08/2009 - 17:48 | In The Holy Land | read more | 9 reads
When Settlers AttackBy Joharah Baker for MIFTAH For the past four days, Jewish settlers near the West Bank city of Nablus have been burning Palestinian fields, blocking roads and attacking Palestinians in response to the Israeli government's decision to evacuate a few tiny settlement outposts. On May 31, six Palestinian men were injured after being attacked by Jewish settlers near the Qadumim settlement. Since then, incidents of violence have been taking place almost continuously, the latest being the raging fires in Palestinian fields. By kwillett at 06/04/2009 - 17:22 | In The Holy Land | 9 reads
Netanyahu cites secret deal with Bush to justify more settlementsBy Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem The rift between Mr Netanyahu's government and the US appeared to deepen yesterday, with a clear declaration by President Barack Obama that a freeze – including on "natural growth" of West Bank settlements – was among Israeli "obligations". By kwillett at 06/03/2009 - 19:00 | In The Holy Land | 13 reads
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