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Israel threatens to demolish Bedouin school
Dozens of children returned to school on Sunday, taking part in an annual ritual that has taken on special meaning in this Bedouin tent camp.
link to news.yahoo.com

Jericho: Palestinian farmers ordered to leave land
Reuters reports thats Israeli authorities have given Palestinian farmers living in Jericho in the West Bank an order to uproot palm trees they have grown and leave the agricultural lands within 45 days. The orders came in the form of letters sent to the farmers in what is known as “Area C” and gave the farmers a 7 October 2012 deadline to vacate their land. Shawkat Housheyeh, a farmer who received an official warning letter to uproot his palm trees told Reuters news agency that the measure threatened the livelihood of thousands of farm workers in the Jericho area. He called on the Palestinian Authority to fight the Israeli threat to Palestinians working on farms in the 3,000 dunams (about 741 acres) of Dier Hijlah and al-Zour.
link to palsolidarity.org

IOA serves new demolition notices in the Jordan Valley
The Israeli occupation forces and the so-called the Israeli civil administration stormed Abu Ajaj in Jiftlik area on Monday morning, and handed three demolition notices to Palestinian families.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

The Israeli occupation seeks to Judaize the Buraq area
The Israeli occupation developed new Judaization schemes that target the Buraq area and its surroundings area of the Aqsa mosque, the Aqsa foundation for Endowment and Heritage revealed.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

Islamic Christian authority warns of Judaization of Bab Al-Rahma cemetery
A Palestinian organization warned against the Israeli decision to annex 1,800 meters of land from Bab Al-Rahma cemetery and described it as a new infringement on the Islamic historical sites.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

Palestinians protest wine festival at Beersheba mosque
TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Prominent Palestinian community members and MK’s protested in Beersheba on Sunday against an upcoming wine festival due to be held in the courtyard of an Ottoman-era mosque, Israel’s Haaretz reported. "They do not let us pray in our holy places, they crush us. They do what they want and hurt the feelings of all Muslims. What kind of message are they sending? Imagine if such a thing happened in a Jewish synagogue," Knesset member of Palestinian origin Taleb al-Sana was quoted as saying.
link to www.maannews.net

Israel accused of pillaging Dead Sea resources in occupied territory
Cosmetics firm Ahava singled out for criticism in report by Palestinian human rights organisation. Israel is "pillaging" the natural resources of the Dead Sea which lie in occupied Palestinian territory in violation of international law, a report which singles out the cosmetics firm Ahava for criticism. According to the Palestinian human rights organisation al-Haq, the "appropriation and exploitation of Palestinian land and natural resources in the occupied Dead Sea area by Israeli settlers and companies … meet the requirements of the crime of pillage".
link to www.guardian.co.uk

Arab Israelis erect protest tent to battle planned wine festival near mosque
Bedouin leaders, members of Knesset and Arab activists say festival, which is to be held in the courtyard of Be’er Sheva’s oldest mosque, is an insult to Muslims.
link to www.haaretz.com

Israel completes settler-outpost evacuation
Development comes two days before court deadline for residents of unauthorised West Bank settlement to clear out.
link to www.aljazeera.com

Gaza

Gaza man burns himself to death
A man from Gaza city set himself on fire in the morgue of a hospital in Gaza City to protest his family’s poor living conditions, witnesses and medical officials said on Sunday, dpa reported. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the Hamas-run ministry of health in Gaza City, said in a news release emailed to reporters that Mohamed Abu Nada, died of wounds he sustained a few days ago after he set himself on fire.
link to en.trend.az

Khudari: Gaza needs more projects to ward off future disasters
Independent MP Jamal Al-Khudari has said that Gaza was in need of a number of vital projects to ward off future disasters.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

Israeli Terrorism

Army Invades Ya’bod, Fires Gas Bombs At Homes; Injuries Reported
Palestinian medical sources in Ya’bod village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, reported Monday that several residents, including children, suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after the army invaded the village, and fired gas bombs at several homes.
link to www.imemc.org

Israeli air raid on Gaza, no casualties: witnesses
Israel’s air force raided a Hamas training camp in the Gaza Strip overnight Sunday, without causing any injuries, witnesses said.
link to news.yahoo.com

13 Israeli attacks on Palestinian fishermen in past two months
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) documented thirteen violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip perpetrated by the Israeli navy forces, during the past two months.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

Border Police caught on video beating elderly Palestinian man
Clip shows Faraj Sub-Labn, a man of around 60, collapsing on the ground after being shoved onto a parked military vehicle near his home in the northern Jerusalem village of Dahiat Al-Barid.
link to www.haaretz.com

Soldiers Violently Attack Palestinian Youth In Hebron
Israeli soldiers violently attacked, on Monday at night, a Palestinian nonviolent activist after stopping his vehicle, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank. The soldiers forced him out of his car and brutally attacked and kicked him.
link to www.imemc.org

Palestinian worker dies during Israeli army chase
A Palestinian worker died on Sunday morning after an IOF patrol chased him and other workers while attempting to infiltrate into 1948 occupied Palestine seeking work.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

"You want to kill him but he’s crying": More Israeli soldiers’ confessions of crimes against children
More confessions of horrifying crimes and killings by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian children.
link to electronicintifada.net

PA official: Settlers attack laborers in Nablus
NABLUS (Ma’an) — Settlers attacked a group of Palestinian laborers in Nablus on Sunday, a PA official said. Ghassan Doughlas, who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that settlers from Shilo physically assaulted workers on a main road near the village of Qaryut, which is located opposite the illegal settlement. The workers were paving roads in the area at the time of the attack and a scanning device worth around 50,000 shekels ($12,400) was destroyed in the assault, Doughlas said.
link to www.maannews.net

Settlers throw stones at Palestinian cars in Nablus
Israeli settlers continued their attacks against Palestinian citizens in various parts of the West Bank , where they threw, on Sunday, stones at passing cars, near the village of Hawara.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

Jewish settlers storm Aqsa plazas
Jewish university students stormed the plazas of the Aqsa mosque on Monday under protection of the Israeli police.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

Illegal Arrests / Hunger Strikers / Other Prisoner News

Israeli forces detain Nabi Saleh teacher, 4 others
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli forces stormed the central West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on Sunday night and detained a 40-year-old schoolteacher, one of five detained overnight. Eyewitnesses said forces seized Nasser Abdul-Qadir Tamimi, a teacher at the village’s preparatory school, after ransacking his home. He has been detained three times before and served several years in Israeli custody. An Israeli army spokeswoman said four others were detained in the West Bank overnight, two in Abud village near Ramallah and one in nearby Silwad, and another in Bethlehem-area Doha.
link to www.maannews.net

IOF set up checkpoints in al-Khalil and summon an ex-prisoner
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) set up military checkpoints on Saturday evening in the north of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank and started checking the identities of passers-by.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

IOF soldiers arrest Jenin citizen, confiscate tractor
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a large-scale search campaign in Jenin province on Saturday afternoon.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

IOF arrests three Palestinians
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested three Palestinians, while trying to sneak through the Israeli security fence east of Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

IOF soldiers arrest five citizens in West Bank
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested five Palestinians in various areas of the West Bank on Monday, the Israeli radio reported.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

Israel detains eight Palestinians overnight
Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians in separate incidents in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip overnight Sunday while also striking a Hamas military training site. The Israeli army stormed the central West Bank village of Nabi Saleh Sunday night and detained a 40-year-old schoolteacher. Eyewitnesses said forces also seized Nasser Abdul-Qadir Tamimi, a teacher at the village’s preparatory school, after ransacking his home. The teacher had previously spent several years in Israeli prison. An Israeli army spokeswoman said four others were detained in the West Bank overnight, two in Abud village near Ramallah and one in nearby Silwad, and another in Bethlehem.
link to english.al-akhbar.com

Youth’s detention extended as he recovers from police beating
A nineteen year old man from Assawiye district of East Jerusalem has had his detention extended by the Israeli courts and faces a list of charges. Muhammad Mahmood will remain in detention until 11 September and faces charges of attacking an Israeli police officer and causing him injury. Two officers have testified against Mahmood, following his arrest by an undercover Musta’revim unit near his home. Mahmood was beaten during arrest and sustained multiple injuries to his skull and body.
link to silwanic.net

Palestinian hunger strikers near death: NGOs
Three Palestinian hunger strikers being held in Israeli prison have become too weak to stand on their own and may soon die, according to a coalition of rights groups citing medics. The prisoners, Samer Al-Barq, Hassan Safadi and Ayman Sharawna have been refusing food to protest their administrative detention in Israeli prison. They have been 105, 75 and 65 days without food, respectively. According to a statement released by the coalition comprised of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Al-Haq and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, at least two of the prisoners, Al-Barq and Hassan, "are at immediate risk of death."
link to english.al-akhbar.com

Imminent danger to lives of hunger strikers Samer Al-Barq and Hassan Safadi
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Al-Haq and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-IL) fear for the lives of the three remaining Palestinian hunger strikers held by Israel.
link to www.imemc.org

New warden’s sadist behavior triggers tension in Ofer jail
A state of tension is prevailing in Ofer jail as its new Israeli director Shlomo Jacob is trying to force the Palestinian prisoners to stand up in respect for him and his military rank.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

Palestinian prisoners embark on escalating protest steps
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails have revealed a plan to escalate gradually protest steps against the prison administrations’ delay in implementing the "Dignity" agreement.
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

BDS / Activism

Filming of Jerusalem documentary halted over criticism that it ’normalizes the occupation’
Palestinian supporters of Israel boycott demand cancelation of German-led documentary, ’24 hours in Jerusalem,’ which is co-produced by Israelis and a Palestinian company.
link to www.haaretz.com

Israeli occupation profiteer Better Place runs taxis at Amsterdam airport, with EU backing
Better Place Israel is headed by a general implicated in war crimes in Lebanon and Palestine
link to electronicintifada.net

Political Developments / Other News

Israeli leader calls for ’clear red line’ on Iran
Israel’s prime minister on Sunday urged the international community to get tougher against Iran, saying that without a "clear red line," Tehran will not halt its nuclear program.
link to news.yahoo.com

U.S. Is Weighing New Curbs on Iran in Nod to Israel
The Obama administration is taking steps it hopes will force Iran to reconsider almost stalemated nuclear negotiations — and forestall an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
link to www.nytimes.com

9 Likud MKs pledge support for Iran strike
Knesset members send letter to PM Netanyahu expressing ’unwavering support, confidence’ in his judgment on Iran
link to www.ynetnews.com

Morsi’s Egypt appoints new Israel envoy
Former Consul in Eilat Atef Salem to replace Yasser Ridah as ambassador to Israel.
link to www.ynetnews.com

Egyptian security: Mossad agents entered Sinai
Israeli soldiers stand atop an Armored Personnel Carrier at the Kerem, Shalom crossing, a military zone where the borders of Israel, Egypt and, Gaza intersect, and where an Egyptian military vehicle that was seized, by Islamist gunmen tried to storm the border into Israel on August 8, 2012. (Reuters/Amir Cohen), EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Four Israeli Mossad officers infiltrated Egyptian territory last week, reportedly to carry out an assassination operation, Egyptian security sources told Ma’an., It is the first time Israeli officials have infiltrated Egyptian territory since the 1979 peace treaty between both countries, security sources highlighted., The Mossad agents were reportedly planning to carry out an assassination operation against Jihadist militants involved in the killing of Israeli tourists., Investigations by Egyptian security forces show that Mossad agents entered over 15 kilometers into the Egyptian Sinai, accompanied by two Bedouins, with footprints and car tracks being found.
link to www.maannews.net

Israel worried about Germany-Egypt submarine deal
A report in the Israeli media claims that the government is hoping that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will veto a proposed deal for a Germany company to build two submarines for Egypt. The German Ministry of Defence has told Israeli officials that the submarines deal between a German company and Egypt needs government approval to go ahead, claimed a report in Yedioth Ahronoth.
link to www.middleeastmonitor.com

Fatah, PLO leaders to convene this week
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fatah’s Central Committee will convene on Monday and the PLO’s executive committee is due to meet on Tuesday to discuss the PA’s financial crisis and an upcoming UN bid, officials said. Fatah member Jamal Muheisin told Ma’an that the central committee would recommend that the PA leadership go ahead with the Palestinian request for non-member status in the United Nations. The bid has already received support from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Socialist International, Muheisin said.
link to www.maannews.net

Fatah should distance itself from Abbas’s scandalous remarks
In the presence of a visiting Israeli delegation in Ramallah last week, PA and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas said " Israel was created in order to stay for ever."
link to www.palestine-info.co.uk

Political climate not right for reconciliation, Abbas says
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The current political climate is not suitable for achieving Palestinian reconciliation, President Abbas said Sunday. Abbas made the comments during an interview with Egyptian daily Roz Al-Yousef. The President noted several factors affecting reconciliation, namely Hamas’ rejection of elections and Israeli plans to enhance the political division. Hamas aims to add legitimacy to its sole governance of the Gaza Strip, Abbas added, while Israel is keen to present the notion that there are two distinct governments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
link to www.maannews.net

Abbas aide: No date for UN bid
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — There is not yet a scheduled date for the bid for UN recognition of a Palestinian state, a presidential adviser said Sunday. Nimir Hammad released a statement saying that the date depends on summoning the largest number of supporters possible for the UN bid. In early August, PA Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki told reporters that the PA would ask to be made a non-member observer state at the UN General Assembly in September.
link to www.maannews.net

Second Palestinian aid convoy heads to Syria
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The second batch of Palestinian humanitarian aid to Syria left via Jordan on Sunday, official media reported. While Palestinian politicians have shunned comment on the conflict in Syria to avoid endangering Palestinian refugees living there, they launched the relief effort in June amid wide public sympathy. The first aid convoy arrived in refugee camps in Damascus in early August, carrying medicine, wheat and food staples. The national relief committee for Syria and President Mahmoud Abbas attended the departure of the second convoy from the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, PA news agency Wafa reported.
link to www.maannews.net

Israel’s Labor Party snubs Socialist International, leaving Palestinians to dominate meet
Party leader Shelly Yacimovich decides against sending a delegate to the South Africa conference, leaving one Meretz MK to forestall a decision naming Israel an apartheid state.
link to www.haaretz.com

Analysis / Human Interest / Op-ed

Palestine is Drying Up Before Our Eyes, DANNY MULLER
The water crisis in Palestine is 100% human-made, not a climate change catastrophe, not an issue of deforestation or drought. Don’t let the location fool you; as Ziyad Lunat from the Thirsting For Justice campaign pointed out, “Palestine and Israel get the same amount of rainfall as England. “ We say Palestine, mind you, not the West Bank and/or Gaza and/or the Occupied Territories. When we say Palestine, we mean all of it. The Palestine that is Gaza, the West Bank, the 64+ year flood of refugees in Jordan and Syria and Turkey and Chicago, the largest flood of refugees in modern history that span across the globe.
link to www.counterpunch.org

Israeli ’skunk’ fouls West Bank protests
NABI SALEH (Reuters) — Imagine taking a chunk of rotting corpse from a stagnant sewer, placing it in a blender and spraying the filthy liquid in your face. Your gag reflex goes off the charts and you can’t escape, because the nauseating stench persists for days. This is "skunk", a fearsome but non-lethal tool in Israel’s arsenal of weapons for crowd control. It comes in armored tanker trucks fitted with a cannon that can spray a jet of stinking fluid over crowds who know how to cope with plain old tear gas. While the army calls skunk an attempt to minimize casualties, rights groups dismiss it as a fig-leaf for the use of deadlier force against protesters in the occupied West Bank.
link to www.maannews.net

Palestinian Legislative Council Elections: A Different Point of View, Haidar Eid - Gaza
Following assurances and promises by U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair to spread democracy in the Middle East only to see the destruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, a third of the Palestinian population (those in the 1967 territories) voted against the existing Palestinian National Authority government, led by Fatah. Instead they voted in favor of what seemed then to be the only political force capable of challenging the remnants of the Oslo Accords. They did not vote based on their own political perspectives, but rather to punish a “Third-worldish” authority characterized by: corruption; suppression of freedom; de-prioritization of the national struggle; minimization of the Palestinian people to the population of the West Bank and Gaza; security coordination under the oversight of a U.S. general; the steady growth of layers of unproductive bureaucracy and comprador class; suppression of the national forces of opposition parties.
link to palestinechronicle.com

At This Checkpoint They Operate Only According to Orders, Tamar Fleishman –The West Bank
The camps stood opposite of each other during each one of the Ramadan Fridays. From dawn to afternoon- when the prayer at Al-Aqsa was being conducted, the Palestinians stood armed with their prayer mats on their shoulders before the army of soldier armed with rifles and grenades, a ritual reminiscent of that of the Great War, wherein once the sun had set the battles would subside until being renewed at sunrise.
link to palestinechronicle.com

Gabi Baramki: Boundless Giving, Undefeatable Spirit
Days before he departed, Gabi asked his life companion, Mrs. Haifa Baramki, to read for him the latest email from the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), so he could contribute to the discussion and share his views regarding a letter PACBI was drafting to encourage BDS campaigners in South African Universities to intensify their efforts. We in PACBI’s Steering Committee were astonished to see Gabi’s timely answer to the email! How could anyone in the intensive care unit, barely clinging on to his life, keep on thinking about resistance and his contribution to the national struggle till his last breath?
link to palestinechronicle.com

Rightwing Israeli politician plans US tour to attack Obama for lack of leadership re Iran
Yet another effort by Israeli rightwingers to affect the U.S. political discourse. This is a press release from Ronn Torossian, a New York pr guy who represents ultra-Zionists and settlers.

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