Monthly Archives: April 2014
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P-004941/2014Question for written answerto the Commission (Vice-President/High Representative)Rule 117Bastiaan...
Salzburg Austria’s Antisemitic Shadows: Finding Jew Alley
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4199&sec=1&title=Salzburg_Austria's_Antisemitic_Shadows:_Finding_Jew_Alley
I had travelled to the enchanting and beautiful city of Salzburg Austria, a two hour train ride from Munich, and was just about to leave its old town when I went into a store...
UNRWA: Blurring the Lines between Humanitarianism and Politics
http://jcpa.org/unrwa_blurring_the_lines/
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has become one of the largest UN programs, with over 30,000 personnel operating in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the...
Israel Braces For Palestinian Attacks
Israel's military has been bracing for a Palestinian insurgency campaign.
The Israeli military has intensified exercises and other operations to help prevent the outbreak of a Palestinian revolt in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Israel...
Abbas’ fictional state
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=8151
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has heard about the latest videotape by al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in which Zawahri calls Abbas a "traitor who is selling out Palestine," and has gotten cold feet.
But even...
Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat: Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands
http://ngo-monitor.org/article/human_rights_and_international_humanitarian_law_secretariat_denmark_sweden_switzerland_and_the_netherlands
Overview
Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands jointly fund Israeli and Palestinian NGOs through The Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat (the “Secretariat”). This funding mechanism has a projected budget of $17.6 million over...
Waiting for the Palestinian Godot
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.586945
There are some moments a journalist will never forget. In early 1997, Yossi Beilin decided to trust me, and show me the document that proved that peace was within reach. The then-prominent and creative...
Hamas wins, Abbas loses
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4512703,00.html
When one examines the articles of the reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah, one can quickly understand that this is an old soup that has been reheated. The agreement the two sides signed was...
Financing the Flames — NIF Parade Fracas Pushes Outraged Jewish Groups to Define Mainstream
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edwin-black/financing-the-flames-nif-_b_5186281.html
If a small group of grass-roots Jewish organizations have their way, more than one hundred protestors will assemble in New York City on April 29, 2014, each carrying a shofar. On cue, at 5:30...
Baird Decries Setback Between Israelis and Palestinians
http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2014/04/23b.aspx
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement:
“Canada is disappointed and concerned by today’s announcement regarding a potential Palestinian unity government.
“Canada has long stated that we will deal only with a Palestinian...