<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451</id><updated>2012-01-31T03:01:58.929Z</updated><category term='Christendom'/><category term='nederzettingen / settlements'/><category term='media'/><category term='NGO&apos;s'/><category term='boycots / boycotts'/><category term='Europa / Europe'/><category term='Syrië / Syria'/><category term='Hamas'/><category term='VS / USA'/><category term='Nederland'/><category term='Nederlandse politiek / Dutch politics'/><category term='Gaza Oorlog / Gaza War'/><category term='Water'/><category term='Soedan / Sudan'/><category term='Palestijnen / Palestinians'/><category term='Positief nieuws / Good news'/><category term='VN / UN'/><category term='anti-Israel lobby'/><category term='geschiedenis/history'/><category term='Arabische wereld / Arab world'/><category term='Israëlische Arabieren / Israeli Arabs'/><category term='Vrede / Peace'/><category term='Libanon / Lebanon'/><category term='Onderzoek en peilingen / Research and polls'/><category term='Westoever / West Bank'/><category term='Zionisme / Zionism'/><category term='Vrouwen / Women'/><category term='Mensenrechten / Human Rights'/><category term='Israël / Israel'/><category term='anti-zionisme / anti-Zionism'/><category term='Racisme / Racism'/><category term='Islam'/><category term='politiek/politics'/><category term='IDF'/><category term='Gevangenen / Prisoners'/><category term='Egypte / Egypt'/><category term='Jeruzalem / Jerusalem'/><category term='kernwapens / nuclear arms'/><category term='Joden / Jews'/><category term='Gazastrook / Gaza Strip'/><category term='opruiing / incitement'/><category term='Turkije / Turkey'/><category term='Iran'/><category term='Israel lobby'/><category term='Jordanië / Jordan'/><category term='vluchtelingen / refugees'/><category term='Oorlog/War'/><category term='Hezbollah'/><category term='Internat. hulpverlening / Int. Aid'/><category term='Gaza konvooi / Gaza flotilla'/><category term='terrorisme / terror'/><category term='antisemitisme / anti-Semitism'/><title type='text'>Israel &amp; Palestijnen Nieuws Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>Deze blog is bedoeld voor belangwekkende nieuwsberichten en commentaren (NL/ENG) over het Israëlisch-Palestijnse conflict. De nadruk ligt daarbij op nieuws dat de Nederlandse kranten en journaals niet haalt.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Abby</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09457229874059893830</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5624</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-7285182155645397349</id><published>2012-01-31T03:01:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-31T03:01:58.990Z</updated><title type='text'>Israelisch landbezit in Syrië?</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 35.4pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;The JNF also owns land beyond  the borders of Israel: a few thousand dunams in the Gaza Strip, which is  currently under the control of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and broad tracts  of land and in Areas A and B in Judea and Samaria, which are also controlled by  the PA. The Deheisheh refugee camp, for example, is situated entirely on land  owned by the JNF. The JNF owns 53,000 dunams of land in Syria in a region  located about 30 kilometers south of Damascus.&amp;nbsp;&lt;STRONG&gt;These lands are  registered in the name of the JNF in the Syrian land registry.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=872525402-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Additional  tracts of land owned by the JNF are located in Jordan, mainly in the area of  Naharayim that was transferred to Jordan following the peace  accords.&amp;nbsp;&lt;B&gt;These lands are registered in the JNF's name in the Jordanian  land registry&lt;/B&gt;. All the land was purchased by the JNF before the demarcation  of borders recognized today.&lt;SPAN class=872525402-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=872525402-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=872525402-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;Zouden de Israeli's niet ook in  Jordanië nog wat land bezitten? Nog te zwijgen van alle bezittingen die Joden  hebben achtergelaten in de Arabische landen waaruit ze &lt;A  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/vluchtelingen.html"&gt;na de stichting van  Israel verdreven zijn&lt;/A&gt;. Dat heet meer te zijn dan de Palestijnse Arabieren  kwijt raakten.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=872525402-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=872525402-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Wouter&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=872525402-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;______________&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 22pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-map-of-jewish-land-holdings-in.html"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=5&gt;New map of Jewish land holdings in  Syria&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-map-of-jewish-land-holdings-in.html"&gt;http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-map-of-jewish-land-holdings-in.html&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN  class=872525402-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=872525402-31012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;In  December,&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/12/jewish-national-fund-owns-53-square-km.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&amp;nbsp;I  wrote&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;about the little-known fact that the Jewish National Fund  owns some 53 square kilometers of land in Syria. I showed a map of some of their  holdings made in the 1930s:&lt;SPAN class=872525402-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=872525402-31012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BInqugOcha0/TtkKuJmRcMI/AAAAAAAAFhk/7VjHHkwJaS4/s640/jnfmap2.jpg"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cdRvP4bQgMc/TydZp11nbaI/AAAAAAAAAvY/IVr4lZNKe7w/s1600/image002-718992.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cdRvP4bQgMc/TydZp11nbaI/AAAAAAAAAvY/IVr4lZNKe7w/s320/image002-718992.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703626028449492386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Now,&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.gplanet.co.il/prodetailsamewin.asp?pro_id=1554"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Guy  Bechor&amp;nbsp;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;writes (in Hebrew) many fascinating details on this story,  about how a member of Hovevei Zion named David Rosenberg encouraged the purchase  of land in the Hauran and tried to get Jews to settle there. Some did, in  various settlements with names like Tiferet Binyamin and Nachalat Moshe. The  settlements were attacked by Arabs and the Turks disallowed any further Jews  from moving in, which doomed the enterprise.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The land was owned by the  Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (PICA), which &amp;nbsp;gave the lands to  the JNF in the 1950s.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Here are his maps:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X28_lNwJkQU/Tya26QZvIBI/AAAAAAAAGNc/HQqEJvSgA6k/s1600/hauran2.jpg"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Nq3b1ackkg/TydZqGVDthI/AAAAAAAAAvg/j_KgLsGojqA/s1600/image004-720245.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Nq3b1ackkg/TydZqGVDthI/AAAAAAAAAvg/j_KgLsGojqA/s320/image004-720245.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703626032876336658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bPYavkZ5gu0/Tya26o9jyjI/AAAAAAAAGNk/V8kCVDPOulw/s1600/hauran1.jpg"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KOGGP0kpfDA/TydZqGgVVXI/AAAAAAAAAvo/QxwStRpCvbU/s1600/image006-720690.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KOGGP0kpfDA/TydZqGgVVXI/AAAAAAAAAvo/QxwStRpCvbU/s320/image006-720690.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703626032923628914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Bechor  also shows a Hebrew poster for a tour to visit these lands in the summer of 1935  - since there were no fences along the borders, Jews could just take a trip to  Syria to visit historic Jewish lands in the Golan and  Hauran.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-element: para-border-div"&gt; &lt;P  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;He goes  on to show that in the 1940s, Syria simply confiscated much of the PICA-owned  lands. Bechor estimates that between the Golan and Hauran, the JNF owns some  100,000 dunam (100 square km.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 16pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=872525402-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 16pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT  size=5&gt;The Jewish National Fund owns 53 square km of land - in  Syria&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/12/jewish-national-fund-owns-53-square-km.html"&gt;http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/12/jewish-national-fund-owns-53-square-km.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=872525402-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN class=872525402-31012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;The  Matson Collection of old photos from Palestine includes&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/matpc/item/mpc2004005107/PP/"&gt;&lt;B&gt;this  interesting one&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, a photograph of a map, entitled&amp;nbsp;&lt;I&gt;"Map. Extent of  Jewish landholdings, issued by Jewish Natl. [i.e., National] Foundation,  Jerusalem"&lt;/I&gt;, taken between 1934 and 1939:&lt;SPAN class=872525402-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT  size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=872525402-31012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yfEFk_GaarY/TtkKTGZY_nI/AAAAAAAAFhc/bFpNA_a8SIk/s1600/jnfmap1.jpg"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ElQkwmDk1nw/TydZqbSyVMI/AAAAAAAAAwA/SIco7LB4W9A/s1600/image014-721089.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ElQkwmDk1nw/TydZqbSyVMI/AAAAAAAAAwA/SIco7LB4W9A/s320/image014-721089.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703626038503953602" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;You can see some areas that  are outside Israel's current borders that are highlighted as  well.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Blowing the image up, we can see details:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BInqugOcha0/TtkKuJmRcMI/AAAAAAAAFhk/7VjHHkwJaS4/s1600/jnfmap2.jpg"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BJz7vfFj0JQ/TydZqkReP5I/AAAAAAAAAwI/BVeGpyhw2Hc/s1600/image015-722598.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BJz7vfFj0JQ/TydZqkReP5I/AAAAAAAAAwI/BVeGpyhw2Hc/s320/image015-722598.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703626040914362258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;With a little research I  found this article from&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=381343"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Globes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;in  2000:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 35.4pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;"Globes" has further learned  that the documentation proving JNF ownership of&amp;nbsp;&lt;B&gt;53,000 dunams on the  Golan Heights deep inside Syria&lt;/B&gt;&amp;nbsp;were submitted to Prime Minister Ehud  Barak for presentation at the negotiations with Syria.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;JNF chairman  Shlomo Gravitz today confirmed that JNF owns 5,000 on the Golan Heights, and  another 53,000 dunam deep inside Syria. He said, "It's important that the public  be aware that there are lands on the Golan Heights and in Syria that belong to  the Jewish nation, not to Syria. We transferred the material to the Prime  Minister for use during the negotiations."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Also,&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.iasps.org/policystudies/ps49.pdf"&gt;&lt;B&gt;this 2001  paper&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;on the JNF says:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 35.4pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;The JNF also owns land beyond  the borders of Israel: a few thousand dunams in the Gaza Strip, which is  currently under the control of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and broad tracts  of land and in Areas A and B in Judea and Samaria, which are also controlled by  the PA. The Deheisheh refugee camp, for example, is situated entirely on land  owned by the JNF. The JNF owns 53,000 dunams of land in Syria in a region  located about 30 kilometers south of Damascus.&amp;nbsp;&lt;B&gt;These lands are  registered in the name of the JNF in the Syrian land registry.&lt;/B&gt;Additional  tracts of land owned by the JNF are located in Jordan, mainly in the area of  Naharayim that was transferred to Jordan following the peace  accords.&amp;nbsp;&lt;B&gt;These lands are registered in the JNF's name in the Jordanian  land registry&lt;/B&gt;. All the land was purchased by the JNF before the demarcation  of borders recognized today.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Interesting!&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I  wonder how many Syrians know they are living on land belonging to the Jewish  National Fund.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-7285182155645397349?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/7285182155645397349/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/israelisch-landbezit-in-syrie.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/7285182155645397349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/7285182155645397349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/israelisch-landbezit-in-syrie.html' title='Israelisch landbezit in Syrië?'/><author><name>Brassé-Limburg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11420003758775166119</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSuRcbQ8_uQ/RppIEJ5P8CI/AAAAAAAAAAY/BdRyUtbuQ6k/s200/Rol1-juni2004_00013c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cdRvP4bQgMc/TydZp11nbaI/AAAAAAAAAvY/IVr4lZNKe7w/s72-c/image002-718992.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-7415567202596861725</id><published>2012-01-31T02:54:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-31T02:54:46.350Z</updated><title type='text'>Defense for Children International en de minderjarige Palestijnse gevangenen</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=810414802-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;De Algemeiner is een Amerikaans-Joodse krant. De onderstaande scepsis  over Defense for Children International lijkt wel  gerechtvaardigd.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=810414802-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=810414802-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Wouter&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=810414802-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;___________&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;DIV id=ygrp-mlmsg&gt; &lt;DIV id=ygrp-msg&gt; &lt;DIV id=ygrp-text&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  title="Permanent Link to The Guardian and the Australian Use Suspect Sources in Israel Child Abuse Story"  href="http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/01/26/the-guardian-and-the-australian-use-suspect-sources-in-israel-child-abuse-story/"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 18pt"&gt;The Guardian and the Australian Use Suspect  Sources in Israel Child Abuse Story&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN class=date&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/01/26/the-guardian-and-the-australian-use-suspect-sources-in-israel-child-abuse-story/"&gt;http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/01/26/the-guardian-and-the-australian-use-suspect-sources-in-israel-child-abuse-story/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN class=date&gt;January 26, 2012 3:00  pm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV id=auth&gt; &lt;H4&gt;Author:&lt;SPAN class=810414802-31012012&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A title="Posts by Lakkana Nanayakkara"  href="http://www.algemeiner.com/author/lakkana-nanayakkara/"&gt;Lakkana  Nanayakkara&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;DIV id=attachment_27109&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/01/26/the-guardian-and-the-australian-use-suspect-sources-in-israel-child-abuse-story/800px-flickr_-_israel_defense_forces_-_idf_soldiers_treats_palestinian_man/"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; COLOR: blue; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=wp-caption-text&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;P&gt;The Guardian recently highlighted Israel&amp;#8217;s treatment of Palestinian minors in  two articles written by Harriet Sherwood.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;The first piece published on &lt;A  href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/22/palestinian-children-detained-jail-israel?INTCMP=SRCH"&gt;January  22, 2012&lt;/A&gt;, mentions that minors are accused of throwing stones and flinging  Molotov cocktails, but Sherwood does not consider these to be &amp;#8220;weapons&amp;#8221; or  &amp;#8220;serious offenses&amp;#8221;. Several Israelis have been &lt;A  href="http://www.btselem.org/israeli_civilians/20110926_father_and_son_killed_in_car_crash"&gt;killed&lt;/A&gt;  and numerous others &lt;A  href="http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/child_soldiers_of_hamas_not_the_sole_victims_of_a_conflict_clouded_by_propaganda"&gt;injured&lt;/A&gt;  by Palestinian stone throwing.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;The second article published on &lt;A  href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/23/uk-concerns-israels-treatment-palestinian-children"&gt;January  23, 2012&lt;/A&gt;, refers to British government concerns about Israel&amp;#8217;s treatment of  Palestinian minors, including criticism of Israel by Labour MP Sandra Osborne  who is seen &lt;A  href="http://honestreporting.com/guardian-report-misses-the-real-child-abuse/2/"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;  with Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Most of the details of alleged abuse come from Defense for Children  International (DCI) which was also the main source for similar articles in The  Australian written by John Lyons, discussed in greater length below. Sherwood&amp;#8217;s  article also refers to a report conducted by B&amp;#8217;Tselem.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;According to the &lt;A  href="http://www.btselem.org/publications/summaries/2011-no-minor-matter"&gt;B&amp;#8217;Tselem  report&lt;/A&gt;, out of 835 Palestinian minors arrested and tried in military courts  in the West Bank from 2005 to 2010 on charges of stone throwing all but one were  found guilty. That number is in stark contrast to the material provided by  Israel&amp;#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IMFA) and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)  which shows that the &lt;A  href="http://www.aijac.org.au/news/article/don-t-throw-stones"&gt;conviction  rate&lt;/A&gt; was 62.8% for 2009, 57.3%, in 2010 and 58.62% in 2011.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Sherwood &lt;A  href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/22/palestinian-children-detained-jail-israel?INTCMP=SRCH"&gt;claims&lt;/A&gt;  that &amp;#8220;few parents are told where their children have been taken. Minors are  rarely questioned in the presence of a parent, and rarely see a lawyer before or  during initial interrogation. Most are detained inside Israel, making family  visits very difficult.&amp;#8221; According to &lt;A  href="http://www.aijac.org.au/news/article/don-t-throw-stones"&gt;material provided  by IMFA and the IDF&lt;/A&gt;, the recently approved &lt;A  href="http://www.dukium.org/eng/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/FollowUp-27-10-1_State-replies.pdf"&gt;Amendment  10&lt;/A&gt; to the Security Order (Judea and Samaria) 5771-2011 provides all minors  under the age of 18 with a court-appointed defense attorney, the presence of a  parent or relative during every hearing and the notification of a parent about  any investigation. The &lt;A  href="http://www.dukium.org/eng/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/FollowUp-27-10-1_State-replies.pdf"&gt;amendment&lt;/A&gt;  was made on September 27, 2011, about 4 months prior to Sherwood&amp;#8217;s  article.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Both articles by Harriet Sherwood claim that Israel could be in breach of the  Fourth Geneva convention but the &lt;A  href="http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/full/380"&gt;Fourth Geneva convention&lt;/A&gt; does  not place any obligation on Israel to apply Israeli civil law in the West  Bank.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;In July 20, 2011, she was in a &lt;A  href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/20/gaza-fishing-boat-live-tweets"&gt;boat  off Gaza&lt;/A&gt; reporting on fishing restrictions enforced by Israel due to  security reasons, where she tweeted that Israeli gunboats were preventing them  from going further out to sea. However, according to &lt;A  href="http://cifwatch.com/2011/07/21/where-in-the-world-was-harriet-sherwood-well-beyond-the-3-nautical-mile-limit-from-gaza-coast/"&gt;her  own GPS coordinates&lt;/A&gt;, she was outside the 3 mile permitted  zone.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;A &lt;A  href="http://cifwatch.com/2010/11/28/sherwood-in-jerusalem-a-six-month-overview/"&gt;detailed  analysis&lt;/A&gt; of 138 articles written by Harriet Sherwood shows a clear  pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel slant.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Former Guardian columnist &lt;A  href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2003/nov/29/weekend.julieburchill"&gt;Julie  Burchill&lt;/A&gt; confirmed there was &amp;#8220;striking bias against the state of Israel&amp;#8221; at  the Guardian and Honest Reporting awarded The Guardian its 2011 &amp;#8220;Dishonest  Reporting Award&amp;#8221; due to &lt;A  href="http://honestreporting.com/a-year-of-dishonest-reporting-why-the-guardian-won/"&gt;at  least 10 incidents&lt;/A&gt; of misleading anti-Israel coverage.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;The Australian&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;John Lyons is the Middle East correspondent for The Australian and in an  article he penned entitled, &amp;#8220;&lt;A  href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/stone-cold-justice/story-e6frg8h6-1226202202928"&gt;Stone  Cold Justice&lt;/A&gt;&amp;#8220;, Lyons states that Palestinian child prisoners are treated  differently from those in Israel.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;According to Israel&amp;#8217;s &lt;A  href="http://www.jewishnews.net.au/juvenile-courts-furore/24048"&gt;Foreign  Ministry spokesperson Yigal Palmor,&lt;/A&gt; &amp;#8220;Israel is obliged under international  law to apply to the West Bank the legal system that was in place before it  became occupied in 1967, so it is therefore neither surprising, nor a cause for  outside international concern, that the rules for minors accused of offenses  there are different to those in Israel proper.&amp;#8221; Sandra Osborne, also mentioned  in the Guardian articles&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;The article publishes a statement from &lt;A  href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/stone-cold-justice/story-e6frg8h6-1226202202928"&gt;British  MP&lt;/A&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;Sandra Osborne,  also mentioned in the Guardian articles&lt;STRONG&gt; &lt;/STRONG&gt;who claims that &amp;#8220;&amp;#8230; A  whole generation is criminalized through this process.&amp;#8221;According to  Australia/Israel &amp;amp; Jewish Affairs Council executive director &lt;A  href="http://www.jewishnews.net.au/juvenile-courts-furore/24048"&gt;Colin  Rubenstein&lt;/A&gt;, the reason Palestinian minors are jailed, and Israeli civilians  are injured or killed is because of &amp;#8220;the exploitation and indoctrination of  children by both Palestinian terror groups and by the Palestinian Authority  official education system and media.&amp;#8221;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;John Lyons has a history of writing articles critical of Israel. In &lt;A  href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/its-make-or-break-time-for-mid-east/story-e6frg6zo-1225961699599"&gt;this  November 2010 article&lt;/A&gt;, he blames Israel for the failure of the peace  process. In &lt;A  href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/running-the-gaza-blockade/story-e6frg6z6-1225878403448"&gt;another  June 2010 article&lt;/A&gt;, he claims there is a food shortage in Gaza and that  Israel is responsible for it. The fact is that Israel allowed &lt;A  href="http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/Behind+the+Headlines/Israeli_humanitarian_lifeline_Gaza_25-May-2010.htm"&gt;over  a million tons&lt;/A&gt; of humanitarian aid to enter Gaza from January 18, 2009 to  June 5, 2010.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;The main source for the &lt;A  href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/stone-cold-justice/story-e6frg8h6-1226202202928"&gt;article&lt;/A&gt;  was Defense for Children International (DCI) represented by Australian lawyer,  Gerald Horton. Despite the name of the organization, there is no mention on its  &lt;A href="http://www.defenceforchildren.org/"&gt;website&lt;/A&gt; of Israeli children who  suffer due to rockets from Gaza and Palestinian suicide bombings. However,  Defense for Children International does have a separate and comprehensive &lt;A  href="http://www.dci-palestine.org/"&gt;Palestinian website&lt;/A&gt; which details  alleged abuses committed by Israel.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;DCI&amp;#8217;s president, &lt;A  href="http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/topics/news/2478-jerusalem-in-the-palestinian-cultural-and-political-consciousness-an-interview-with-rifat-odeh-kassis"&gt;Rifat  Odeh Kassis&lt;/A&gt;, is a Palestinian who &lt;A  href="http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/topics/news/2478-jerusalem-in-the-palestinian-cultural-and-political-consciousness-an-interview-with-rifat-odeh-kassis"&gt;supports&lt;/A&gt;  the Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. DCI  calls on Israel to &lt;A  href="http://www.dci-pal.org/english/display.cfm?DocId=1152&amp;amp;CategoryId=1"&gt;recognize  the right of return&lt;/A&gt; for Palestinian refugees, supports the &lt;A  href="http://dci-pal.org/english/display.cfm?DocId=1256&amp;amp;CategoryId=1"&gt;Goldstone  Report&lt;/A&gt; and called for &lt;A  href="http://www.dci-pal.org/english/display.cfm?DocId=1498&amp;amp;CategoryId=1"&gt;sanctions  against Israel&lt;/A&gt; after the Gaza flotilla incident. In addition, the group  accused the Israeli military of committing &lt;A  href="http://dci-pal.org/english/display.cfm?DocId=936&amp;amp;CategoryId=16"&gt;war  crimes in Gaza&lt;/A&gt; and published a list of Palestinian children killed in the  conflict that was later &lt;A  href="http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/defence_for_children_international_palestine_section"&gt;contradicted&lt;/A&gt;  by Palestinian sources.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;According to DCI-Palestine&amp;#8217;s &lt;A  href="http://www.dci-palestine.org/sites/default/files/annualreport2010.pdf"&gt;annual  report&lt;/A&gt;, revenues in 2010 were $1.2 million. Its &lt;A  href="http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/defence_for_children_international_palestine_section"&gt;funding&lt;/A&gt;  comes almost exclusively from European countries. Board member &lt;A  href="http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/defence_for_children_international_palestine_section"&gt;Shahwan  Jabarin&lt;/A&gt;, had been denied entry into Israel and Jordan due to his past  involvement with the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)  terrorist group.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Other sources John Lyons used for &lt;A  href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/stone-cold-justice/story-e6frg8h6-1226202202928"&gt;his  article&lt;/A&gt; include Yesh Din, No Legal Frontiers and Breaking the Silence. &lt;A  href="file:///\\about\blank"&gt;According to Emily Schaeffer&lt;/A&gt;, a lawyer employed  by Yesh Din, &amp;#8220;Yesh Din was founded to use law as a tool to fight the Israeli  occupation of the Palestinian territories.&amp;#8221; No Legal Frontiers &lt;A  href="http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/_no_legal_frontiers_nlf_"&gt;does not  list&lt;/A&gt; its funding sources or staff. but it&amp;#8217;s &lt;A  href="http://nolegalfrontiers.org/en/news"&gt;newsfeed prior to 2011&lt;/A&gt; was based  on DCI-Palestine reports. Breaking the Silence receives the majority of its  funding from &lt;A  href="http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/breaking_the_silence_shovirm_shtika_"&gt;foreign  sources&lt;/A&gt; and accused the Israeli military of committing &amp;#8220;&lt;A  href="http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/breaking_the_silence_shovirm_shtika_"&gt;war  crimes&lt;/A&gt;&amp;#8221; in Gaza.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Kevin Rudd is the current foreign minister and former prime minister of  Australia. Following the publication of Lyons&amp;#8217;s article, Rudd &lt;A  href="http://www.jewishnews.net.au/juvenile-courts-furore/24048"&gt;instructed&lt;/A&gt;  &amp;#8220;Australian diplomats in Israel to take up the matter with Israeli  authorities.&amp;#8221;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Rudd has &amp;#8220;&lt;A  href="http://www.smh.com.au/world/rudd-dodges-palestine-question-pushes-peace-talks-20110923-1ko5f.html"&gt;echoed  the call of US President Barack Obama&lt;/A&gt; in May, calling for two states divided  along 1967 borders, with appropriate land swaps.&amp;#8221; He also wants Australia to &lt;A  href="http://www.jewishnews.net.au/rudd-stance-a-surprise/22352"&gt;abstain&lt;/A&gt;  from a possible United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood. This may be seen  as an attempt to gain support from Muslim countries for &amp;#8220;&lt;A  href="http://www.jewishnews.net.au/rudd-stance-a-surprise/22352"&gt;Australia&amp;#8217;s  campaign&lt;/A&gt; to gain a temporary seat on the UN Security Council.&amp;#8221; Several  prominent Australian politicians expressed concern after Australia &lt;A  href="http://www.jewishnews.net.au/australia-changes-un-vote/24044"&gt;changed its  voting record at the UN&lt;/A&gt; in November 2011. Australia abstained from two &lt;A  href="http://www.jewishnews.net.au/australia-changes-un-vote/24044"&gt;anti-Israel  resolutions&lt;/A&gt; and voted in favor of a third resolution that was critical of  Israel.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Despite asking Israel for concessions, Kevin Rudd &lt;A  href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/rudd-shouldnt-join-chorus-line-of-israel-bashers/story-e6frgd0x-1226159585001"&gt;has  not made similar demands&lt;/A&gt; from the Palestinians. He also &lt;A  href="http://www.jewishnews.net.au/rudd-disappointed-at-israels-decision/23026"&gt;criticized&lt;/A&gt;  Israel&amp;#8217;s decision to build 1100 new homes in the Jerusalem suburb of Gilo. He  has &lt;A  href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/rudd-calls-for-inspections-of-israels-nuclear-facility/story-e6frg6nf-1225970522340"&gt;asked  Israel&lt;/A&gt; to adhere to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and subject Israel&amp;#8217;s  nuclear facility to IAEA inspections. Rudd had also &lt;A  href="http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/06/24/2739756/new-australian-pm-supportive-of-israel"&gt;expelled&lt;/A&gt;  &amp;#8220;an official from the Israeli Embassy in Canberra over the Dubai passports  affair.&amp;#8221;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;John Lyons could not be reached for comment. At the time of publication,  Kevin Rudd&amp;#8217;s office and The Australian, had not responded to the Algemeiner&amp;#8217;s  request for comment.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-7415567202596861725?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/7415567202596861725/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/defense-for-children-international-en.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/7415567202596861725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/7415567202596861725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/defense-for-children-international-en.html' title='Defense for Children International en de minderjarige Palestijnse gevangenen'/><author><name>Brassé-Limburg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11420003758775166119</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSuRcbQ8_uQ/RppIEJ5P8CI/AAAAAAAAAAY/BdRyUtbuQ6k/s200/Rol1-juni2004_00013c.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-4752331889907455068</id><published>2012-01-30T02:41:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-30T02:41:49.899Z</updated><title type='text'>Vredesconferentie in Joodse nederzetting Ariel</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/initiatieven_vrede.html"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;Vrede&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt; en &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/palestijnse_gebieden.html"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;nederzettingen&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;, dat gaat volgens velen niet  samen. De kolonisten pikken immers het land af van de Palestijnen, dus met hun  valt per definitie niet te praten. Maar op de Westbank zelf denken sommige  Palestijnen daar (heimelijk) anders over. Ze werken in praktische dingen samen,  en dan blijkt dat niet alle kolonisten erop uit zijn de Palestijnen weg te  pesten en te voorkomen dat er een Palestijnse staat komt. Sommigen wonen daar  omdat ze van het land houden of omdat ze er geboren zijn, en&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN  class=048000002-30012012&gt;willen vreedzaam samenleven en samenwerken met de  aanwezige Palestijnse Arabieren.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=048000002-30012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face="Trebuchet MS"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;Opvallend genoeg vinden Palestijnen en rechtse Israeli's elkaar soms in  vormen van een eenstatenoplossing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=048000002-30012012&gt;Vroeger droomden vooral Joden ter linkerzijde van een  (binationale) gemeenschappelijke staat, maar de Arabieren wilden er nooit aan.  Nu zien sommige kolonisten het als een optie om vreedzaam in hun Bijbelse land  te kunnen blijven wonen, en voor sommige Palestijnen is het wellicht  aantrekkelijker dan onder het bestuur van een (corrupte) Palestijnse regering te  leven, door zwaar bewaakte grenzen goeddeels afgesloten van de Joodse  staat.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=048000002-30012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face="Trebuchet MS"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=048000002-30012012&gt;Het idee is dat als het lukt met de mensen in het  naburige dorp goed om te gaan&lt;SPAN class=048000002-30012012&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; dat toch  ook in het groot moet lukken? Dat lijkt een naïef soort idealisme:  waarschijnlijker is dat een gemeenschappelijke  staat&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;tot een&lt;SPAN  class=048000002-30012012&gt; desastreuze &lt;/SPAN&gt;machtsstrijd&lt;SPAN  class=048000002-30012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;en een burgeroorlog&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;zal leiden totdat  een van beide het onderspit delft&lt;SPAN  class=048000002-30012012&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=048000002-30012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=048000002-30012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=048000002-30012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=048000002-30012012&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;RP &amp;amp;  WB&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=048000002-30012012&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;--------------&lt;/EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 22pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/unusual-peace-conference-in-jewish.html"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;An unusual peace  conference - in a Jewish settlement&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/unusual-peace-conference-in-jewish.html"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/unusual-peace-conference-in-jewish.html&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://makor1.wee.co.il/?p=610"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Makor Rishon&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;reports on an  interesting, if quixotic, conference that took place at Ariel  University.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;They were there to debate "What is the best peace  plan?"&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;It was sponsored by an Israeli organization that had already held  similar conferences in Tel Aviv, eastern Jerusalem and Beit Jala. The Ariel  conference was attended by Palestinian Arabs, Jews who live in Samaria, students  with yarmulkas together with Muslim men and women.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;While the organizers  were upset that some of the Arab invitees were barred and others were held up at  checkpoints, the atmosphere was described as intimate as the groups mingled over  coffee and cookies.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;One right-wing speaker said "I do not believe in  separation. Oslo failed, the disengagement failed. I believe we need to  cooperate as much as possible in creating a life together, so these discussions  are so important."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Most of the Arabs spoke about variants of a one-state  solution but all options were on the table.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The Israeli organizer,  Doron Tzur, said he wants to "create a reality where Israelis and Palestinians  participate in presenting their own ideas of peace, and design by asking  questions and answers and requests for clarification. [We want] a more detailed  plan, one that is transparent, that everyone can explore, ask questions and  expect a response. The way to build confidence, create some sort of agreement,  where a majority of both nations agree; let's do a referendum, let's make it a  reality."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;One Arab speaker stressed that DNA studies showed that many  Palestinians are of Jewish origin who converted, and wants them to embrace their  Jewish roots without abandoning Islam, and therefore being part of a single  state. Another proposed a federation of two states into one, where the Jewish  side could "even have an army."&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Tzur specializes in conflict  resolution, and he doesn't think that his idea of getting Jews and Arabs to  discuss these ideas together is too utopian.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"In 1897, Zionism was  a dream. Fifty years later we have the State of Israel. True, there are many  intersections in history, but that does not mean we are exempt from exploration  and trying to change reality. The conflict is not a tsunami, nor a decree. It is  inside the minds of people, and you can also change their hearts and minds. If  people would open up, sit down and combine their desires, it will  happen."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;While I think this is simply not conceivable, the photo  illustrating the story was worthy of a poster. Especially since Ariel University  does have Arab students - even as some left-wing Israeli academics choose to  boycott it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vRiPtRCy79Q/TyVHiHhT0gI/AAAAAAAAGM4/rYgKOO_t00c/s1600/apart+ariel.jpg"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yYjwVuAv8nM/TyYDbndw6QI/AAAAAAAAA0g/uvdSWNBEVzM/s1600/image003-709900.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yYjwVuAv8nM/TyYDbndw6QI/AAAAAAAAA0g/uvdSWNBEVzM/s320/image003-709900.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703249751096486146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-4752331889907455068?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/4752331889907455068/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/vredesconferentie-in-joodse.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/4752331889907455068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/4752331889907455068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/vredesconferentie-in-joodse.html' title='Vredesconferentie in Joodse nederzetting Ariel'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yYjwVuAv8nM/TyYDbndw6QI/AAAAAAAAA0g/uvdSWNBEVzM/s72-c/image003-709900.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-6709792263419950276</id><published>2012-01-30T02:06:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-30T02:06:34.717Z</updated><title type='text'>De door Israel bezette Gazastrook?</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;De &lt;A  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/gaza_strook.html"&gt;Gazastrook&lt;/A&gt; is niet  door Israel bezet. Een bezetting betekent dat een gebied onder de controle van  de bezettende macht valt, en die er de macht uitoefent en dus ook het bestuur.  Soms is er wel nog een eigen ondergronds bestuur maar dat kan niet normaal zijn  taak uitoefenen. Vaak is de betreffende regering naar het buitenland gevlucht  zoals de Nederlandse tijdens de Duitse bezetting of de Tibetaanse nu. De Haagse  conventie zegt:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;[T]erritory is    considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the    hostile army. The occupation extends&amp;nbsp;only to the territory where such    authority has been established and can be    exercised.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Waarom  dan heeft de VN het steeds over de bezette Palestijnse gebieden, en stelt het  dat ook de &lt;A  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/gaza_strook.html"&gt;Gazastrook&lt;/A&gt;  daaronder valt? Dat blijkt te zijn omdat de VN de Westbank en &lt;A  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/gaza_strook.html"&gt;Gaza&lt;/A&gt; geen  verschillende status wil geven om hun eenheid te bewaren. Dat is natuurlijk  vreemd, want het gebeurt wel vaker dat een deel van een land of gebied bezet is  en een ander gedeelte niet. Nooit eerder werd dan het hele gebied maar bezet  genoemd omdat anders de eenheid ervan in het gevaar zou komen. Dat kan ook niet  anders: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;The wording shows that    "occupation" exists only in areas where there is in fact a physical    occupation. Obviously an army that occupies part of another nation cannot    apply the laws of occupation on the portions of that nation that are not under    physical occupation, and just as obviously the Hague allows occupation of a    portion of territory, no matter whether that territory is contiguous or not    with other territories not under occupation.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Elder  of Ziyon concludeert dan ook dat de VN de naam bezette Palestijnse gebieden  gebruikt los van de inhoud van die woorden: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;What the UN is    really saying here is that&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;the name&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;it has given to the territories is    "&lt;B&gt;Occupied Palestinian Territories&lt;/B&gt;." That name has&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;B&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;nothing to do with the    reality of whether they are legally occupied or not.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;(In fact, I would argue that the name    has nothing to do with whether they are legally considered "Palestinian" or    not.) It is a title, from which people may think that the territories are    under occupation, but&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;it is    not a legal declaration that they are occupied&lt;/B&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=240280102-30012012&gt;&lt;FONT  size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=240280102-30012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;RP&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=240280102-30012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=240280102-30012012&gt;&lt;FONT  size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;----------&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;H3  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BACKGROUND: #fefaef; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 9.0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16.5pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/uns-sleight-of-hand-in-considering-gaza.html"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;The UN's sleight of hand in  considering Gaza "occupied"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/uns-sleight-of-hand-in-considering-gaza.html"&gt;http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/uns-sleight-of-hand-in-considering-gaza.html&lt;/A&gt;  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;Recently,&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=bdKKISNqEmG&amp;amp;b=1344171&amp;amp;ct=11584771&amp;amp;notoc=1"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;UN Watch asked the  UN&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;to comment on  why it still considers Gaza to be "occupied territory" when even&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/hamas-leader-admits-gaza-isnt-occupied.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Hamas has said&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;that there is no occupation there. The  UN promised to get back with a rationale.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The UN has&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A  href="http://blog.unwatch.org/index.php/2012/01/27/un-we-still-consider-gaza-occupied-by-israel/"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;now  answered&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef; MARGIN-LEFT: 35.4pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;Spokesperson:  Under resolutions adopted by both the Security Council and the General Assembly  on the Middle East peace process, the Gaza Strip continues to be regarded as  part of the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The United Nations will accordingly  continue to refer to the Gaza Strip as part of the Occupied Palestinian  Territory until such time as either the General Assembly or the Security Council  take a different view.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Question: Can I follow up on that? It is the legal  definition of occupation and why is Gaza considered  occupied?&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Spokesperson: Well, as I have just said, there are Security  Council and General Assembly resolutions that cover this. For example, there was  a Security Council resolution adopted on 8 January 2009 &amp;#8212; 1860 &amp;#8212; and that  stressed that the Gaza Strip constitutes an integral part of the territory  occupied in 1967. And as you know, Security Council resolutions do have force in  international law.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Furthermore, there is a resolution from the General  Assembly from 20 December 2010, and while it noted the Israeli withdrawal from  the Gaza Strip and parts of the northern West Bank, it also stressed, in quotes,  &amp;#8220;the need for respect and preservation of the territorial unity, contiguity and  integrity of all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East  Jerusalem&amp;#8221;. So just to repeat that the United Nations will continue to refer to  the Gaza Strip as part of the Occupied Palestinian Territory until either the  General Assembly or the Security Council take a different view on the  matter.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;What  the UN seems to be saying is that if&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;part&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;of the territory is occupied,  then&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;all&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;of the territory is considered  occupied, since there is are UN resolutions that declare the two territories are  considered united.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;This flies in the face of logic, and international  law. The definition of "occupation" from the 1907 Hague Regulations - the only  legal definition there is - says:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef; MARGIN-LEFT: 35.4pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;[T]erritory  is considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the  hostile army. The occupation extends&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;only to the territory where such  authority has been established and can be exercised.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;The  wording shows that "occupation" exists only in areas where there is in fact a  physical occupation. Obviously an army that occupies part of another nation  cannot apply the laws of occupation on the portions of that nation that are not  under physical occupation, and just as obviously the Hague allows occupation of  a portion of territory, no matter whether that territory is contiguous or not  with other territories not under occupation.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;From the perspective of the  Geneva Conventions, the laws of occupation are meant to protect the citizens  actually under occupation. It is impossible for an "occupying army" to protect  citizens when it is not physically there.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Amnesty International&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE14/089/2003/en/7fc9a988-d6ff-11dd-b0cc-1f0860013475/mde140892003en.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;expands&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;on  this:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef; MARGIN-LEFT: 35.4pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;The  sole criterion for deciding the applicability of the law on belligerent  occupation is drawn from facts: the de facto&lt;SPAN class=240280102-30012012&gt;&lt;FONT  size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;effective control of territory by foreign  armed forces coupled with the possibility to enforce their decisions, and the de  facto&lt;SPAN class=240280102-30012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;absence of a national governmental authority in  effective control. If these conditions are met for a given area, the law on  belligerent occupation applies. Even though the objective of the military  campaign may not be to control territory, the sole presence of such forces in a  controlling position renders applicable the law protecting the inhabitants. The  occupying power cannot avoid its responsibilities as long as a national  government is not in a position to carry out its normal  tasks.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;For  example, the US occupied part of Iraq - but not all of it.&lt;SPAN  class=240280102-30012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;To say that  all of Iraq was "Occupied Iraqi Territory" would be laughable.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;What the  UN is really saying here is that&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;the name&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;it has given to the territories is  "&lt;B&gt;Occupied Palestinian Territories&lt;/B&gt;." That name has&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;B&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;nothing to do with the  reality of whether they are legally occupied or not.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;(In fact, I would argue that the name  has nothing to do with whether they are legally considered "Palestinian" or  not.) It is a title, from which people may think that the territories are under  occupation, but&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;it is not a  legal declaration that they are occupied&lt;/B&gt;.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;After all, the&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/634kfc.htm"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;ICRC says&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;"&lt;I&gt;A transfer of authority to a local  government re-establishing the full and free exercise of sovereignty will  normally end the state of occupation&lt;/I&gt;." Any way you look at it, Hamas is the  government of Gaza, and not subjected to any Israeli restrictions on how it  governs. The UN can declare the territories to be a single entity all it wants,  but the definition of occupation is at odds with the title "Occupied Palestinian  Territories."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Similarly, Area A in the West Bank is not by any definition  "occupied;" &amp;nbsp;because Israel transferred authority over the administration  of Area A to the PA, just as it did in Gaza. This is the textbook definition of  how to end occupation of a territory.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The UN's answer is a contortion  meant to obfuscate reality and international law.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-6709792263419950276?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/6709792263419950276/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/de-door-israel-bezette-gazastrook.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/6709792263419950276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/6709792263419950276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/de-door-israel-bezette-gazastrook.html' title='De door Israel bezette Gazastrook?'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-7175019801139214119</id><published>2012-01-30T01:59:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-30T01:59:55.282Z</updated><title type='text'>Lof voor heroïsche Palestijnse kindermoordenaars van Itamar</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face="Trebuchet MS"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  color=#000000&gt;Op het officiële tv station van de Palestijnse Autoriteit kunnen  mensen wekelijks hun groeten overbrengen aan gevangenen in Israel. Of zo'n  programma er ook is voor Palestijnen die in Palestijnse gevangenissen zitten  weet ik niet. Onlangs brachten verschillende familieleden hun groeten over aan  de moordenaars van de Fogel familie in Itamar, die onder Palestijnen als helden  worden gezien. Deze moordenaars verdedigden zich niet heroisch tegen een aanval  van boze kolonisten waarbij zij nu de kolonisten vermoordden in plaats van  andersom, maar drongen het huis van de familie binnen toen deze sliep, en  vermoordden onder andere een vier maanden oude baby. Dat mensen daar ook maar  het minste begrip voor kunnen opbrengen (en dat zijn er heel wat, waaronder de  bekende historicus Thomas von der Dunk) vind ik  onbegrijpelijk.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=641305201-30012012&gt;&lt;FONT  face="Trebuchet MS"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=641305201-30012012&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000  size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;RP&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=641305201-30012012&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000  size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;-------------&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  face="Trebuchet MS"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;P  style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal align=center&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 18pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=4&gt;On PA TV: Glorification of Fogel family murderers&lt;/FONT&gt;  &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal align=center&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"&gt;Mother  of Hakim Awad, killer of 5 Fogel family members: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal align=center&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"&gt;"My  greetings to dear Hakim, the apple of my eye, &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal align=center&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"&gt;who  carried out the operation in Itamar, sentenced to 5 life  sentences"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=4  face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal align=center&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Aunt  of Hakim Awad:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN class=641305201-30012012&gt;&lt;FONT  size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;"Hakim Awad, the hero, the  legend"&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=4  face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal align=center&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"&gt;PA TV  host: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"&gt;"We [PA  TV] also convey our greetings to them"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&amp;amp;doc_id=6245" target=_blank&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&amp;amp;doc_id=6245&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Itamar  Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Twice  last week, official Palestinian Authority TV broadcast greetings to the  murderers of the Fogel family from the relatives of the killers and from the PA  TV host. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;On March 11, 2011, five members of the Fogel family were killed  in their home in the Israeli town Itamar by Palestinian terrorists from the Awad  family. Hakim Awad led the attack, killing the parents Ehud and Ruth and three  of their children, aged 11 years, 4 years, and 2 months.&lt;SPAN  class=641305201-30012012&gt;&lt;FONT  size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;The weekly  PA TV program &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;For  You&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; dedicated to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons let the  mother and aunt of one of the murderers praise the terrorists as "heroes." After  the mother of the murderer Hakim Awad explained how she is prevented from  visiting her son for security reasons, the PA TV host said: "Go ahead, sister,  we can convey your voice."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;On the phone, Hakim Awad's mother "blesses"  her "dear son," and despite the fact that participants in this TV program  normally do not mention the terror attacks for which their relatives are serving  time, the mother mentions that her son is the one who "carried out the operation  in Itamar and sentenced to 5 life sentences," referring to her son's brutal  killings in the town Itamar.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Hakim Awad's aunt also participated in the  program and referred to the terrorists involved in the killings as "heroes,"  calling Hakim Awad "the hero, the legend." This prompted the PA TV host to add:  "We, for our part, also convey our greetings to them." &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;It was Hakim Awad  who killed Ehud and Ruth Fogel and their young children with a knife. The other  Awad family members praised on the program as "heroes" were either accessories  to the murders or helped destroy evidence.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Although this was a phone  conversation, the editors of the PA TV program and its host did know in advance  that the callers were relatives of the Fogel murderers. The host introduced them  before the conversation took place and a text with the names of the callers  appeared at the bottom of the screen: "Prisoner Hakim Awad's family / Awarta -  Nablus."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The program was broadcast on official PA TV on January 19 and  21.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;The  following is the full transcript of the greetings on PA  TV:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;PA TV  host:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt; "We have a call from  the family of prisoner Hakim Awad."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Mother of Hakim  Awad:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt; "I thank you for  connecting me with my son, because I and all of the family are prevented for  security reasons [from visiting him]. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Host:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt; "Go ahead, sister, we  can convey your voice."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Mother of Hakim  Awad:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt; "My greetings to dear  Hakim, the apple of my eye, from the village of Awarta, 17 years old, who  carried out the operation in Itamar (i.e., killing of 5 Fogel family members),  sentenced to 5 life sentences and another 5 years, in  prison."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Aunt of Hakim  Awad:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt; "I'm the sister of  prisoner Hassan Awad and of Salah Awad; [I am] Um Habib, from the village of  Awarta. My warm greetings to all the great heroic prisoners, to my brother  Hassan Awad, head of the village council; to my brother Salah Awad, the heroic  prisoner journalist; to the heroic, resolute prisoner, the lion, Yazid Awad, my  nephew; and to my nephew Hakim Awad, the hero, the  legend."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Host:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt; "We [PA TV], for our  part, also convey our greetings to them."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Aunt of Hakim  Awad:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt; "I dedicate this song  to Hassan Awad, Yazid Awad, Hakim Awad, and Salah Awad, in  prison:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 45pt"&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;'My  brother, in solitary confinement, your voice calls to  me&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 45pt"&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;You dare  not throw down the rifle&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 45pt"&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;That is  what the homeland asked of me&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 45pt"&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;In your  eyes, we are all self-sacrificing fighters.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 45pt"&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;I convey  greetings to the sound of the bullets of Ahmad Sa'adat and Hakim  Awad.'"&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Host:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt; "Thank you for being  with us, the family of prisoners Hassan and Salah Awad of Awarta."  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;P  style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;[PA TV  (Fatah), Jan. 19 and 21, 2012]&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Ahmad  Sa'adat, mentioned in the song recited by Hakim Awad's aunt, is serving a  30-year sentence for heading the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine  terror organization. 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Volgens onafhankelijke waarnemers vormen anno 2012 Palestijnen een absolute meerderheid in het Hasjemitische koninkrijk terwijl de oorspronkelijke bedoeïenenstammen een minderheid zijn geworden. Deze stammen stonden bekend om hun onvoorwaardelijke steun aan de Jordaanse monarchie, maar er zijn veel signalen dat deze loyaliteit tanende is. Terwijl de Palestijnse meerderheid, waarvan een groot deel in uiterst armoedige vluchtelingenkampen rondom de hoofdstad Amman leeft, zich in alle opzichten gediscrimineerd en achter­gesteld voelt.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;Beide ingrediënten vormen een explosieve cocktail, die als een tijdbom onder de fundamenten van de Jordaanse staat tikt. De Jordaanse vorst Abdullah zei vorig jaar tijdens een interview met het Israëlische Channel 2 dat &amp;#8222;Israël geen duidelijke toekomst heeft, gezien de demografische uitdaging in het land&amp;#8221;, waarmee hij de 1,5 miljoen Palestijnen in Israël bedoelde. Deze demografische uitdaging lijkt echter in Jordanië zelf veel groter te zijn, waar bedoeïenenstammen in toenemende mate vrezen voor wat zij de &amp;#8222;Jordaanse identiteit&amp;#8221; van het land noemen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;Iedereen heeft het altijd over de discriminatie van Palestijnen door Israel, en het feit dat Israel zijn Joodse meerderheid wil behouden en het daarom bijvoorbeeld voor Palestijnen die met een Israeli zijn getrouwd lastig is om in Israel te mogen wonen. Maar dit demografische probleem speelt ook in Jordanië en Libanon, waar Palestijnen geen staatsburger zijn omdat dan de balans tussen christenen, shi&amp;#8217;ieten en soennieten verstoord zou worden. Daar hoor je Meulenbelt, Von der Dunk, &lt;a href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/driesvanagt_israel_palestijnen.html"&gt;Van Agt&lt;/a&gt; en de andere usual suspects echter nooit over. In Jordanië zijn ze wel staatsburger, maar worden evengoed achtergesteld en kunnen ze die makkelijker verliezen dan niet-Palestijnse Jordanieërs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;RP&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;---------&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.75pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#223C7F;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;Jordanië worstelt om niet in chaos ten onder te gaan&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.refdag.nl/nieuws/buitenland/jordanie_worstelt_om_niet_in_chaos_ten_onder_te_gaan_1_618744"&gt;http://www.refdag.nl/nieuws/buitenland/jordanie_worstelt_om_niet_in_chaos_ten_onder_te_gaan_1_618744&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#989897;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#989897;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;27-01-2012 20:36 | gewijzigd 27-01-2012 20:41 | Van onze correspondent |&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#989897;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.75pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.75pt;line-height:9.0pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#717170;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;AMMAN &amp;#8211; De onheilspellende ontwikkelingen in Syrië overschaduwen de berichtgeving over Jordanië, dat wanhopig worstelt om niet in chaos en wanorde ten onder te gaan.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;Begin oktober 2011 was er een vreemd schouwspel te zien in de Jordaanse hoofdstad Amman. Een overmacht aan veiligheidsagenten had de centrale bank omsingeld om de directeur, de 41-jarige Sharaf, de toegang te beletten. Het was een alter­natieve manier om Sharaf te laten weten dat hij ontslagen was.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;De sociale onrust van de Arabische revolutie kreeg ook het kleine Jordanië in zijn greep, waar de regering op een volgens economen onverantwoordelijke wijze was begonnen om de salarissen van ambtenaren en subsidies op voedsel en energie drastisch te verhogen, in een poging de woede van vooral de minderbedeelden in het land in te dammen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;Sharaf had als hoofd van de Jordaanse centrale bank de regering herhaaldelijk gewaarschuwd dat deze politiek de problemen van de Jordaanse samenleving niet oploste, maar op de lange baan schoof &amp;#8211; met als schadelijk neven­effect een onacceptabele stijging van het begrotings­tekort. Kritiek die hem in oktober zijn baan kostte, wat leidde tot twijfels over de onafhankelijkheid van de Jordaanse banksector.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;Jordanië heeft een ingewikkelde sociale structuur. Volgens onafhankelijke waarnemers vormen anno 2012 Palestijnen een absolute meerderheid in het Hasjemitische koninkrijk terwijl de oorspronkelijke bedoeïenenstammen een minderheid zijn geworden. Deze stammen stonden bekend om hun onvoorwaardelijke steun aan de Jordaanse monarchie, maar er zijn veel signalen dat deze loyaliteit tanende is. Terwijl de Palestijnse meerderheid, waarvan een groot deel in uiterst armoedige vluchtelingenkampen rondom de hoofdstad Amman leeft, zich in alle opzichten gediscrimineerd en achter­gesteld voelt.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;Beide ingrediënten vormen een explosieve cocktail, die als een tijdbom onder de fundamenten van de Jordaanse staat tikt. De Jordaanse vorst Abdullah zei vorig jaar tijdens een interview met het Israëlische Channel 2 dat &amp;#8222;Israël geen duidelijke toekomst heeft, gezien de demografische uitdaging in het land&amp;#8221;, waarmee hij de 1,5 miljoen Palestijnen in Israël bedoelde. Deze demografische uitdaging lijkt echter in Jordanië zelf veel groter te zijn, waar bedoeïenenstammen in toenemende mate vrezen voor wat zij de &amp;#8222;Jordaanse identiteit&amp;#8221; van het land noemen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;De vaak zwaarbewapende bedoeïenenstammen uiten steeds openlijker kritiek op de Jordaanse vorst, die zij in toenemende mate associëren met corruptie. Deze stammen zouden het Jordaanse vorstenhuis, dat juist afhankelijk is van de steun van deze stammen, omver kunnen werpen. Om deze bedoeïenen tegenmoet te komen, zou koning Abdullah feitelijk een nog hardere politieke lijn moeten volgen tegen de toch al verbitterde Palestijnse meerderheid in het land, die op basis van haar demografische sterkte eveneens een directe bedreiging zou kunnen vormen voor de monarchie.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;De machtsverschuivingen in de Arabische regio laten overal de opkomst zien van de moslimbroeders en er zijn steeds meer aanwijzingen dat koning Abdullah in hen een oplossing ziet waarmee hij zijn troon veilig kan stellen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;Afgelopen week maakte de Jordaanse regering plotseling bekend dat Hamasleider Khalid Meshal dit weekend een officieel bezoek zal brengen aan Jordanië. Een opmerkelijke mededeling, omdat Khalid Meshal in 1999 gedwongen werd Jordanië te verlaten. Bovendien staat Hamas op een Jordaanse zwarte lijst van verboden organisaties.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;De Jordaanse premier Khasawneh zei hierbij veelbetekenend dat de verbanning van Meshal, die een Jordaans paspoort bezit, &amp;#8222;een juridische en constitutionele fout was die we dienen te corrigeren.&amp;#8221; Het voedde de geruchten­stroom dat het leiderschap van Hamas, dat zich steeds ongemakkelijker voelt in Damascus, wellicht in de nabije toekomst de Jordaanse hoofdstad Amman zal kiezen als alternatief.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;Door dit alles rijzen er twijfels over het imago dat de Jordaanse vorst Abdullah in het Westen heeft opgebouwd als een modern en seculier heerser.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;De positie van de moslimbroeders in Jordanië was én is echter fundamenteel anders dan in de omringende buurlanden. Terwijl de moslimbroeders van Tunesië tot Syrië verboden werden, mochten ze zich in Jordanië politiek organiseren in het Islamic Action Front, deelnemen aan verkiezingen en zitting nemen in parlement en regering. Ze werden de afgelopen decennia gesteund door het Jordaanse vorsten­huis &amp;#8211; wat nu zijn vruchten lijkt af te werpen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.75pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;Vanwege het aanstaande bezoek van Meshal aan Amman zijn er grote vraagtekens te zetten bij de toekomst van het vredesverdrag tussen Jordanië en Israël.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-1124834994335184680?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link 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href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/actueel/2012/01/28/voor-onderhandelingen-door-palestijnen-afgebroken/" title="Voor-onderhandelingen door Palestijnen afgebroken"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#0F3005;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'&gt;Voor-onderhandelingen door Palestijnen afgebroken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span class=post-format-icon&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=first-para style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.2pt;background:white;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: 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target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style='color:red'&gt;IMO Blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.2pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/actueel/2012/01/28/voor-onderhandelingen-door-palestijnen-afgebroken/"&gt;http://www.israel-palestina.info/actueel/2012/01/28/voor-onderhandelingen-door-palestijnen-afgebroken/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.2pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;Het was te verwachten: Abbas heeft de &amp;#8216;verkennende gesprekken&amp;#8217; die in Amman werden gehouden en tot heuse onderhandelingen moesten leiden, beëindigd. Hij had geëist dat Israel de grenzen van 1967 accepteert als basis en dat in een eigen voorstel zou vastleggen, en dat had Israel niet gedaan. Het ging zaterdag al mis, toen Israel een uitgebreid voorstel over de grenzen en veiligheid wilde presenteren en speciaal daarvoor een legerofficier was meegekomen. Die is het beste thuis in de materie en kan het dus het beste uitleggen, dacht de Israelische delegatie, maar de Palestijnen zeiden zich geïntimideerd te voelen en weigerden de presentatie aan te horen. Israel moest maar met een schriftelijke verklaring komen als het zo belangrijk was.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.2pt;background:white;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;Beide partijen steggelden al langer over de deadlines van verschillende voorstellen. Volgens de Palestijnen moest Israel voor de 26e met een gedetailleerd plan wat betreft de grenzen komen. Volgens Israel ging de termijn van drie maanden die het kwartet had gesteld echter pas in sinds men weer in gesprek is, en was er dus nog tijd. Toch had men op de valreep op woensdag een aantal algemene uitgangspunten wat betreft de grenzen gepresenteerd, maar zonder kaart.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:white;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;In een dergelijke sfeer is het natuurlijk moeilijk om het überhaupt ook maar ergens over eens te worden. Abbas stelt zich steeds compromislozer op en heeft duidelijk geen zin in praten met Israel en het bijbehorende spel van geven en nemen.&lt;a href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/gesprek-israel-en-palestijnen-in-amman.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;Verschillende commentatoren&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;wijzen erop dat Abbas de onderhandelingen&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/palestijnen-willen-nu-niet.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;vanaf het begin niet serieus nam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:24.0pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:white;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;Most people in the West believe the main reason the talks are not going anywhere is because of Israel&amp;#8217;s refusal to compromise on its settlement building programme. But while the Netanyahu government&amp;#8217;s insistence on building settlements is certainly an obstacle, I am told by Western diplomats close to the exploratory talks that are currently taking place in Jordan between the two sides that the real reason they are running into difficulty is because the Palestinian delegation, led by the veteran Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, is refusing to take the talks seriously.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:24.0pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:white;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;With Israel feeling increasingly isolated as world attention focuses on the fall-out from the recent revolts in Libya, Egypt and Syria, there is a growing suspicion among Western diplomats that the Palestinians are working on the basis that, if they draw out the process, they will be able to strike a better deal with Israel.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:white;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;Abbas weet heel goed dat de rest van de wereld overwegend aan zijn kant staat, dus waarom dan met een lastig Israel praten, en moeilijke concessies doen die zijn volk hem niet in dank af zal nemen? Hij heeft de gesprekken&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/plo-admits-it-is-not-taking-talks-with.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;vanaf het begin niet serieus genomen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, net als de gesprekken in 2010 toen Israel een bouwstop van negen maanden had afgekondigd. Op het laatst is er toen onder zware Amerikaanse druk heel even gepraat, maar ook dat stelde feitelijk niks voor. Zodra de bouwstop was afgelopen eiste Abbas niet alleen een verlenging, maar uitbreiding naar Oost Jeruzalem. Daar ging Israel uiteraard niet mee akkoord. Het was lastig genoeg geweest voor Netanyahu de bouwstop op de Westoever er in zijn coalitie door te krijgen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.2pt;background:white;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;Tijdens het Oslo vredesproces werd ook gepraat terwijl Israel de meeste tijd doorbouwde. Daarop was veel kritiek en er is tijdelijk ook minder gebouwd, maar het was nooit een breekpunt. Dat werd het pas rond 2008, toen dit ook een eis van het kwartet was geworden en daarnaast de VS geregeld kritiek had op de bouw in de nederzettingen. Onderhandelingen hebben alleen kans van slagen wanneer beide partijen de noodzaak ervan inzien. Ze weten immers dat het moeilijk genoeg zal zijn bereikte compromissen uit te leggen aan hun achterban. Als het goed is ontstaat aan de onderhandelingstafel een sfeer van vertrouwen waardoor beide kanten bereid zijn vergaande compromissen te sluiten. Maar dat gebeurt alleen als het gevoel van noodzaak, van urgentie en ook wederzijdse afhankelijkheid, aan beide kanten aanwezig is. Wanneer een van beiden een aantrekkelijk alternatief heeft vervalt die noodzaak en wordt het een spel, een tactiek.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:white;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;Overigens zijn er rond 2008 door beide partijen vergaande voorstellen gedaan door zowel&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zionism-israel.com/blog/archives/00000419.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;als de&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2011/01/saeb-erekat-ontkent-palestijnse.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;PA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Maar toen dit uitlekte in de zogenaamde Palestine Papers, ontkende Saeb Erekat direct deze concessies te hebben gedaan, omdat hij wel weet dat zijn volk dit niet weet te waarderen. Het is dan ook de vraag hoe serieus die voorstellen waren en of men ervanuit ging dat men het daadwerkelijk eens zou kunnen worden. Ook tijdens die onderhandelingen hanteerden de Palestijnen een alles of niets houding: men deed een voorstel met een landruil van circa 2%, Israel deed een&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/palestine-papers-documents/4736"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;voorstel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;met een landruil van bijna 7%, en&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/palestine-papers-documents/2618"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;stelde vervolgens voor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;dat experts van beide kanten de kaarten nog eens naast en op elkaar zouden leggen. Dit weigerden de Palestijnen, en stelden voor dat Israel eerst met Syrië gaat praten.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:white;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;Hoewel je bij de vredeswil van Netanyahu ook wel wat kanttekeningen kunt plaatsen, wilde toenmalige minister Livni, die de onderhandelingen leidde, niets liever dan een deal. Zowel Israel als de Palestijnen gingen tijdens de besprekingen verder dan wat het volk zou accepteren, maar die kloof is bij de Palestijnen vele malen groter dan aan Israelische zijde, waar in de kranten en op TV openlijk over de noodzaak tot compromissen en zelfs deling van&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/jeruzalem.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;Jeruzalem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;wordt gesproken. Aan Palestijnse zijde is er in het geheel geen debat, en iedereen die ook maar heel voorzichtig oppert dat een compromis nodig is, wordt bedreigd. Ondertussen verheerlijkt men geweld en terroristen. Zo heeft president Abbas vorig jaar&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2010/11/abbas-herdenkt-strijd-van-groot-moefti.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;mufti Hai Amin Al Husseini geprezen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, en hij had ook&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2011/12/abbas-ontmoet-en-prijst-palestijnse.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;mooie woorden voor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;de &amp;#8216;heldendaad&amp;#8217; van de in de Shalit deal vrijgekomen Muna die een Israelische tiener had verleid en vermoord. Onlangs vertelde de&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/palestijnse-moefti-pa-ontkent-bedoeling.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;mufti van de PA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;dat het de heilige plicht is van moslims om Joden te doden, en op het TV station van de PA&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/palestijnse-tv-wijt-alle-kwaad-op-de.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;vertelde weer een andere geestelijke&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;dat alle kwaad in de wereld door de Joden wordt veroorzaakt. Zulke dingen roepen in het geheel geen verontwaardiging of kritiek op onder Palestijnen en hun sympathisanten. Sterker nog, de mufti werd in&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/veroordeling-van-opruiende-toespraak.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;bescherming genomen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;door PA functionarissen die Israel van opruiing betichtten, van belediging van islamitische en nationale Palestijnse symbolen en natuurlijk schending van het internationale recht.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:white;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;In zo&amp;#8217;n klimaat, waarin opruiing tegen Israel en Joden de normaalste zaak is en geen enkele kritiek wordt gedoogd, zal iedere Palestijnse leider die ooit met een deal komt voor landverrader worden uitgemaakt. De Palestijnse leiders spelen een ongeloofwaardig en ook gevaarlijk spel: in de media, in moskeeën, in&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=122"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;schoolboeken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&amp;amp;doc_id=6006"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;tienerbladen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;en in de gehele cultuur worden martelaren verheerlijkt en Israel en Joden gedemoniseerd en van de meest extreme en idiote dingen beticht. Ondertussen weten ze wel dat ze toch met de Israelische duivels moeten samenwerken en sommigen verdienen daar een goede boterham aan. Dit leidt, wanneer het uitkomt, natuurlijk tot wrok en wantrouwen bij de bevolking en dus steun voor&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/hamas.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;Hamas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;en anderen die de Palestijnse Autoriteit continu voor verraders en zionistenvriendjes uitmaken. Waarop de PA moet laten zien echt wel voor de Palestijnse zaak te staan door haar retoriek tegen Israel (in het Arabisch) nog een tandje op te voeren.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:white;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;Beter zou het zijn als er eens een begin werd gemaakt met het moeilijke maar eerlijke verhaal aan de bevolking te vertellen: er zal met Israel samengewerkt en gepraat moeten worden, er zullen compromissen moeten worden gesloten, de Joden hebben ook wortels in het land en legitieme rechten en wij zijn niet alleen maar zielige slachtoffers maar hebben het er ook zelf naar gemaakt. Dit verhaal in omgekeerde zin is in Israel al vaak verteld, en het &amp;#8216;oude&amp;#8217; zionistische narratief waarin alleen de Arabieren de boosdoeners waren is er&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/actueel/2012/01/26/a-softer-touch-on-the-nakba-akiva-eldar/"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;allang ingeruild&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;voor een realistischer kijk. Het wachten is nu nog op de Palestijnen, want alleen dan maken vredesonderhandelingen een kans. Misschien dat Europa, dat zich zo graag verantwoordelijk voelt voor het&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#365E47;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;Israelisch-Palestijns conflict&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, daarbij een handje kan helpen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:white;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial'&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'&gt;Ratna Pelle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-8304649971390827043?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/8304649971390827043/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/voor-onderhandelingen-door-palestijnen.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/8304649971390827043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/8304649971390827043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/voor-onderhandelingen-door-palestijnen.html' title='Voor-onderhandelingen door Palestijnen afgebroken (IMO Blog)'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NDdVgIl-7yM/TyTp8wDmmzI/AAAAAAAAA0U/QZXVhbvXt-I/s72-c/image002-750910.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-4065693702139257858</id><published>2012-01-29T06:35:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-29T06:34:15.237Z</updated><title type='text'>De misleiding van de boycot Israel beweging (BDS)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=WordSection1&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;Een goed artikel over de &lt;a href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/israel_boycott.html"&gt;BDS (boycott, sanctions and divestment) beweging&lt;/a&gt; en wat er mis mee is. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt;line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;&amp;#8220;A few Israeli and international activists have a tendency to make the [BDS] struggle Israel-centric, arguing that ending the occupation is good for Israel, above everything else,&amp;#8221; Barghouti writes. &amp;#8220;We totally reject that &amp;#8216;save Israeli apartheid&amp;#8217; view.&amp;#8221; He goes on to say that although BDS should coalesce with diverse political forces, &amp;#8220;caution should be exercised in alliances with &amp;#8216;soft&amp;#8217; Zionists, lest they assume the leadership of the BDS movement in the West, lowering the ceiling of its demands beyond recognition.&amp;#8221;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt;line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt;line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;So what, then,&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;are BDS&amp;#8217;s demands? Although Barghouti&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/omar-barghouti/why-is-bds-a-moral-duty-t_b_816990.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:#BA0600;text-decoration:none'&gt;insists&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;that BDS is neutral on the debate about a one-state versus two-state solution, even a cursory glance at Barghouti&amp;#8217;s book reveals that this movement considers the existence of a Jewish state in the region patently unacceptable. For example, Barghouti explains that his movement cannot ally with Israeli peace groups, because even &amp;#8220;the most radical Israeli &amp;#8216;Zionist-left&amp;#8217; figures and groups are still Zionist, adhering to the racist principles of Zionism&amp;#8221; that &amp;#8220;maintain Israel&amp;#8217;s character as a colonial, ethnocentric, apartheid state,&amp;#8221; which BDS seeks to dismantle.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;BDS wijst iedere dialoog en samenwerking met Israel af, en met Israeli&amp;#8217;s die niet voor het ontmantelen van hun eigen staat zijn. Men is derhalve tegen vrede, tegen een tweestatenoplossing en voor een einde aan de Joodse zelfbeschikking. Palestina moet de 22&lt;sup&gt;ste&lt;/sup&gt; Arabische staat worden, waar Joden als minderheid op zijn best geduld worden, maar gezien de ervaring in de Arabische wereld, is de kans groot dat er geen ruimte voor Joden zal zijn. Joodse zelfbeschikking wordt gelijkgesteld aan racisme en apartheid. Dat is op zichzelf echter een racistische visie, omdat de Joden een basaal recht, namelijk dat op nationale onafhankelijkheid, wordt ontzegd. Racisme neemt de vorm van antiracisme aan, en veel mensen ter linkerzijde trappen daar helaas in. De &lt;a href="http://www.zionism-israel.com/Israel_boycott.htm"&gt;BDS beweging&lt;/a&gt; heeft al diverse initiatieven en projecten gericht op samenwerking en coëxistentie getorpedeerd. Daarmee schaadt zij niet alleen Israel, maar juist ook de Palestijnen. Zie ook deze &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnpilMYsR0I"&gt;excellente video&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;RP&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;----------&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:19.2pt'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#011C04'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/1/26/BDS-boycott-Israel-Avishai-Don-Harvard-Crimson/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#528F6C'&gt;Understanding the BDS Movement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#011C04'&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#011C04'&gt;By Avishai D. Don&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:19.2pt'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#011C04'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/"&gt;http://www.thecrimson.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:19.2pt'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#011C04'&gt;Published: Thursday, January 26, 2012&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/actueel/2012/01/29/understanding-the-bds-movement-avishai-d-don/"&gt;http://www.israel-palestina.info/actueel/2012/01/29/understanding-the-bds-movement-avishai-d-don/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;Next weekend, the University of Pennsylvania will host the second national BDS conference, an event that will&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://pennbds.org/about-us"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:#BA0600;text-decoration:none'&gt;advocate for&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;the &amp;#8220;growing global campaign to boycott, divest from and sanction (BDS) the State of Israel.&amp;#8221;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Last April, Omar Barghouti, a leader and spokesperson of this campaign,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/199878913378667/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:#BA0600;text-decoration:none'&gt;spoke at Harvard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. He insisted that anyone wanting to learn more about the fundamental tenets of BDS should read his&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/Boycott_Divestment_Sanctions.html?id=odEO0JqAuzMC"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:#BA0600;text-decoration:none'&gt;recently released book&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, aptly titled &amp;#8220;Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions.&amp;#8221;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;So I followed his advice&amp;#8212;I bought a copy of Barghouti&amp;#8217;s book and read it from cover to cover. He writes some things in this work about the aims of BDS that lead me to believe that the movement is being far from forthright about its ultimate goals.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;The Penn conference&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://pennbds.org/about-us"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:#BA0600;text-decoration:none'&gt;states&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;that the purpose of the global BDS campaign is to isolate Israel economically &amp;#8220;until it complies with its obligations under international and human rights law.&amp;#8221; Understanding this to mean ending the Israeli occupation and fostering a viable Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, a number of Zionists&amp;#8212;that is, individuals who believe in the Jewish state&amp;#8217;s right to exist&amp;#8212;have either joined the BDS Call or implicitly sanctioned it. Two years ago in the Los Angeles Times, for example, an Israeli professor&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2009/aug/20/opinion/oe-gordon20"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:#BA0600;text-decoration:none'&gt;insisted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;that he supports BDS because it is &amp;#8220;the only way to save his country.&amp;#8221; Jewish Voice for Peace, an organization composed of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/blog/adl-it-again"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:#BA0600;text-decoration:none'&gt;both&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8220;Zionists [and] anti-Zionists,&amp;#8221;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/blog/jvp-executive-director-rebecca-vilkomerson-zeek-jewish-journal-thought-and-culture"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:#BA0600;text-decoration:none'&gt;considers itself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8220;proud to be a part of the BDS movement.&amp;#8221; Last year, J Street, an American liberal Zionist organization,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://conference.jstreet.org/Boycott_Divestment_and_Sanctions_in_2011_Whos_Afraid_of_the_BDS"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:#BA0600;text-decoration:none'&gt;held a panel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;at their national conference on the efficacy of this movement&amp;#8217;s tactics &amp;#8220;as a means to end the occupation.&amp;#8221; Although J Street&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://jstreet.org/policy/issues/the-boycott-divestment-sanctions-movement/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:#BA0600;text-decoration:none'&gt;does not endorse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;the BDS movement, J Street&amp;#8217;s president&lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=bvjM0mKZx8sC&amp;amp;lpg=PA138&amp;amp;ots=lLXhDD-umQ&amp;amp;dq=%22a%20loose%20but%20growing%20aggregation%22&amp;amp;pg=PA138#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=%22a%20loose%20but%20growing%20aggregation%22&amp;amp;f=false"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:#BA0600;text-decoration:none'&gt;describes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;it in his book as a group of &amp;#8220;activists who seek to raise pressure&amp;#8230;against Israel to end the occupation.&amp;#8221;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;Clearly, these individuals have not read Barghouti&amp;#8217;s work.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;&amp;#8220;A few Israeli and international activists have a tendency to make the [BDS] struggle Israel-centric, arguing that ending the occupation is good for Israel, above everything else,&amp;#8221; Barghouti writes. &amp;#8220;We totally reject that &amp;#8216;save Israeli apartheid&amp;#8217; view.&amp;#8221; He goes on to say that although BDS should coalesce with diverse political forces, &amp;#8220;caution should be exercised in alliances with &amp;#8216;soft&amp;#8217; Zionists, lest they assume the leadership of the BDS movement in the West, lowering the ceiling of its demands beyond recognition.&amp;#8221;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;So what, then,&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;are BDS&amp;#8217;s demands? Although Barghouti&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/omar-barghouti/why-is-bds-a-moral-duty-t_b_816990.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:#BA0600;text-decoration:none'&gt;insists&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;that BDS is neutral on the debate about a one-state versus two-state solution, even a cursory glance at Barghouti&amp;#8217;s book reveals that this movement considers the existence of a Jewish state in the region patently unacceptable. For example, Barghouti explains that his movement cannot ally with Israeli peace groups, because even &amp;#8220;the most radical Israeli &amp;#8216;Zionist-left&amp;#8217; figures and groups are still Zionist, adhering to the racist principles of Zionism&amp;#8221; that &amp;#8220;maintain Israel&amp;#8217;s character as a colonial, ethnocentric, apartheid state,&amp;#8221; which BDS seeks to dismantle.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;If the BDS movement were more open about its aims to purge the Jewish state from the Middle East&amp;#8212;rather than just end some of its policies&amp;#8212;I could have written an op-ed decrying the movement for its distortion of international law rather than its duplicity. I could have asked, for example, how the movement could possibly believe that a liberal democracy cannot have an ethnic identity when democracies across Eastern Europe&amp;#8212;including members of the European Union like Finland, Slovenia and Germany&amp;#8212;explicitly privilege one ethnicity over others in areas like immigration and culture. I could have also noted how odd it is that the movement vocally opposes the ethnic nature of the Jewish state, yet says nothing about the myriad Arab states that surround it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;But the BDS movement hides its ultimate goal of dismantling the Jewish state behind its public rhetoric. As a result, it has co-opted numerous individuals&amp;#8212;and quite possibly donors&amp;#8212;who desire to see both a Jewish and Palestinian state flourish into supporting its campaign. Although some members of the movement might actually support the Jewish state&amp;#8217;s continued existence, as Barghouti makes abundantly clear, the Palestinian BDS National Committee&amp;#8212;the &amp;#8220;reference and guiding force for the global BDS movement&amp;#8221;&amp;#8212;cannot do so under any circumstances.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'&gt;So because this movement will not broadcast its ultimate aims loud enough, I will do it for them. If you support the BDS movement, you are supporting an organization that is actively working to undermine the Jewish state. Utilizing the vocabulary of international norms, the movement actually systematically attempts to undermine the international consensus that recognizes Israel&amp;#8217;s right to exist as a Jewish state. And if you support this right&amp;#8212;regardless of your politics, regardless of your stance on the occupation, and regardless of your feelings towards the current Israeli right-wing government&amp;#8212;then there is only one moral option.&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Boycott the BDS movement.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-4065693702139257858?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/4065693702139257858/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/de-misleiding-van-de-boycot-israel.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/4065693702139257858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/4065693702139257858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/de-misleiding-van-de-boycot-israel.html' title='De misleiding van de boycot Israel beweging (BDS)'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-3111828508474132899</id><published>2012-01-29T05:57:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-29T05:56:26.974Z</updated><title type='text'>Hoe EU Palestijnse vluchtelingen kan helpen</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=WordSection1&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;Elder of Ziyon heeft een goed advies voor de EU: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;Rather than enabling a UN agency whose current policies do not even allow for any refugees to lose that status, the EU should pressure the host countries to integrate and naturalize Palestinian Arabs who have lived there for decades, if they so desire. A five year plan should be made to phase out UNRWA altogether, and to move its ever-increasing budget to the host countries to allow them to build permanent communities to replace the camps.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;That would represent human rights. That would help the cause of peace. And that is what the EU should be doing.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;Het Palestijnse vluchtelingenprobleem wordt – met dank aan de UNRWA – in stand gehouden in plaats van opgelost. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;Voor de Palestijnse vluchtelingen geldt een andere, ruimere, en nogal onlogische definitie, de UNRWA (in tegenstelling tot de UNHCR) heeft niet als mandaat de vluchtelingen permanent te huisvesten en te helpen integreren, en zelfs Palestijnen die onder Palestijnse autonomie op de Westbank wonen, gelden als vluchteling.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;RP&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;-----------&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;a href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-eu-should-treat-unrwa-if-it-wants.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'&gt;How the EU should treat UNRWA - if it wants &amp;quot;peace and stability&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;a href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-eu-should-treat-unrwa-if-it-wants.html"&gt;http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-eu-should-treat-unrwa-if-it-wants.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;From&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=1228"&gt;&lt;b&gt;UNRWA&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;The European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, and the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Filippo Grandi, signed today at UNRWA's Gaza Training Centre a € 55.4 million financing agreement towards the Agency's General Fund.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The EU High Representative Catherine Ashton said during her visit [to Gaza] that &amp;quot;the continued EU support to UNRWA is an essential element of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;EU strategy to bring peace and stability to the region&lt;/b&gt;. The € 55.4 million contribution we are signing today represents our ongoing commitment to Palestine refugees.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;If the EU wants to bring peace and stability to the region,&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;it would not support UNRWA.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;UNWRA was meant to be a temporary agency with the purpose of helping provide short-term relief services to Palestine refugees (both Arabs and Jews) while encouraging resettlement in their new countries via works programs (the W of UNRWA.) Arab countries refused to allow the resettlement of the Palestinian Arabs in their countries - something that the oft-cited UNGA 194 mentions as&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/10/part-of-unga-194-that-arabs-ignore.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;a goal of the UN Conciliation Committee for Palestine&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- and as a result the works programs vanished, leaving a sizable population kept miserable as part of six decades of pan-Arab policy on permanent UNRWA welfare.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;UNRWA's definition of &amp;quot;refugee,&amp;quot; that Ashton sickeningly accepts, includes both people who have citizenship and people who are already resident in British Mandate Palestine, which flies against every normal definition of refugee used anywhere else. Adding them up and you see that&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/06/80-of-palarab-refugees-have-citizenship.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;80% of the so-called refugees aren't refugees&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- even if you allow for the definition to include descendants until the end of time, as UNRWA jarringly does.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the EU really wanted to bring &amp;quot;peace and stability&amp;quot; to the region, it would insist that the UNRWA definition of &amp;quot;refugee&amp;quot; be changed to be more in alignment with that of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Relating_to_the_Status_of_Refugees"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Refugee Convention of 1951&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, amended in 1967. In a couple of years, most of the &amp;quot;refugees&amp;quot; would disappear. Then, change the mandate of UNRWA back to its original intention.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rather than enabling a UN agency whose current policies do not even allow for any refugees to lose that status, the EU should pressure the host countries to integrate and naturalize Palestinian Arabs who have lived there for decades, if they so desire. A five year plan should be made to phase out UNRWA altogether, and to move its ever-increasing budget to the host countries to allow them to build permanent communities to replace the camps.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That would represent human rights. That would help the cause of peace. And that is what the EU should be doing.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-3111828508474132899?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/3111828508474132899/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/hoe-eu-palestijnse-vluchtelingen-kan.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/3111828508474132899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/3111828508474132899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/hoe-eu-palestijnse-vluchtelingen-kan.html' title='Hoe EU Palestijnse vluchtelingen kan helpen'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-7963524910221288213</id><published>2012-01-28T02:04:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-28T02:04:08.986Z</updated><title type='text'>Palestijnen willen nu niet onderhandelen met Israel</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=941444701-28012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;Abbas had in 2008&amp;nbsp;een redelijk voordelig vredesakkoord kunnen  sluiten met Olmert, waarschijnlijk beter dan het laatste aanbod van Barak aan  Arafat. Dat beide Israelische premiers op dat moment hun steun van een  meerderheid&amp;nbsp;in de Knesset al kwijt waren, en zeer de vraag is of die ermee  akkoord zou zijn gaan, is een tweede;&amp;nbsp;de bal zou dan bij Israel liggen.  &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=941444701-28012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;Het probleem is dat Arafat en Abbas zo'n akkoord niet aan de  Palestijnse achterban zouden hebben kunnen verkopen, zoals de 'Palileaks' ook  aantoonden. Ze presenteerden zich immers altijd als standvastig vasthoudend aan  de "onvervreemdbare Palestijnse rechten" in plaats van de achterban rijp te  maken voor een historisch compromis. Dus in plaats van 'ja' te zeggen, keek men  liever of men de druk verder kon opvoeren: Arafat door de Tweede Intifada te  orkestreren, Abbas door Obama te bewerken en&amp;nbsp;bij de VN te lobbyen voor  erkenning. Met de vorig jaar onverwacht uitgebroken Arabische Lente erbij zal  Abbas zeker liever tijd rekken, in de hoop dat de druk op Israel verder  toeneemt. De overwinning van de islamisten in Egypte lijkt hem daarin gelijk te  geven.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=941444701-28012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=941444701-28012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Wouter&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=941444701-28012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;____________&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr lang=nl class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=941444701-28012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr lang=nl class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=941444701-28012012&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 20pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/palestinians-trying-to-derail-peace.html"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;"Palestinians  trying to derail peace talks with Israel" (The  Telegraph)&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/palestinians-trying-to-derail-peace.html"&gt;http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/palestinians-trying-to-derail-peace.html&lt;/A&gt;  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=941444701-28012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;From  Con Coughlin in&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/concoughlin/100132355/the-palestinians-are-doing-their-best-to-derail-peace-talks-with-israel/"&gt;&lt;B&gt;The  Telegraph:&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 35.4pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Most people in the West believe  the main reason the talks are not going anywhere is because of Israel's refusal  to compromise on its settlement building programme. But while the Netanyahu  government's insistence on building settlements is certainly an obstacle, I am  told by Western diplomats close to the exploratory talks that are currently  taking place in Jordan between the two sides that the real reason they are  running into difficulty is because the Palestinian delegation, led by the  veteran Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, is&amp;nbsp;&lt;B&gt;refusing to take the  talks seriously&lt;/B&gt;.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;For example, I am told by a Western diplomat working  for the Quartet that when the Israeli delegation arrived for a meeting last  weekend in Amman, the Jordanian capital, to present their latest security  proposals, Mr Erekat simply refused to enter the room.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;My man in the  Jordan conference room says that he was surprised at Mr Erekat's behaviour,  especially as the topic under discussion was supposed to be one of the two main  topics the Palestinian delegation wanted on the agenda for the Jordan talks,  which are a precursor for the more formal talks that are supposed to take place  once both sides have agreed a negotiating framework.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Mr Erekat's refusal  to enter the negotiating room and hear what the Israelis had to say does not  bode well for the Quartet's attempts to get the two sides to resume full  negotiations, and raises questions about just how serious the Palestinians are  about getting a peace deal. With Israel feeling increasingly isolated as world  attention focuses on the fall-out from the recent revolts in Libya, Egypt and  Syria, there is a growing suspicion among Western diplomats that the  Palestinians are working on the basis that, if they draw out the process, they  will be able to strike a better deal with Israel.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;If that is the case,  then they are badly mistaken. The real enemy in the Middle East today is Iran,  not Israel, and by playing into the hands of Islamist militants who seek  Israel's destruction, the Palestinians could see their cause being overtaken by  a far greater regional conflict.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I  have previously shown that the&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/plo-admits-it-is-not-taking-talks-with.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Arabic  press is saying the same thing,&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;that the Palestinian Arabs never  had any intent to negotiate seriously with Israel during this round of talks in  Amman and instead have been planning their&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-threats-by-abbas.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&amp;nbsp;diplomatic  and legal offensive&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;against Israel.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Their lack of good faith  has been clear from even before the start of these current talks, as they&lt;SPAN  class=941444701-28012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/09/palestinian-arabs-slam-quartet-accuse.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;fought  against the Quartet&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;to even do these cosmetic negotiations since  September.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;(h/t P)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;B&gt;UPDATE&lt;/B&gt;: Abbas just said that&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=455209"&gt;&lt;B&gt;he does not  want to continue the Amman talks&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, trying (as usual) to blame  Israel.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-7963524910221288213?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/7963524910221288213/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/palestijnen-willen-nu-niet.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/7963524910221288213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/7963524910221288213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/palestijnen-willen-nu-niet.html' title='Palestijnen willen nu niet onderhandelen met Israel'/><author><name>Brassé-Limburg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11420003758775166119</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSuRcbQ8_uQ/RppIEJ5P8CI/AAAAAAAAAAY/BdRyUtbuQ6k/s200/Rol1-juni2004_00013c.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-8734681776802788545</id><published>2012-01-28T01:47:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-28T01:47:41.166Z</updated><title type='text'>Invoer Gazastrook neemt toe</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=713275900-28012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;De titel hieronder van Elder of Ziyon lijkt mij niet correct;  waarschijnlijk is het meeste geen hulp maar gewoon import waarvoor wordt  betaald. Hoewel ik niet weet hoeveel ervan voor UNRWA is bestemd, dat wel een  (nood)hulporganisatie is.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=713275900-28012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;Twee- tot driehonderd vrachtwagens per dag lijkt heel wat, maar het  schijnt maar een derde te zijn van wat vroeger de &lt;A  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/gaza_strook.html"&gt;Gazastrook&lt;/A&gt;  binnenkwam. Er wordt weinig in de strook zelf geproduceerd, dus het meeste moet  geïmporteerd worden. Basisproducten zoals voedsel worden in principe weer  ongelimiteerd toegelaten, maar de &lt;A  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/gaza_blokkade.html"&gt;blokkade van  Israel&lt;/A&gt; en de &lt;A  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/gaza_oorlog.html"&gt;Gaza oorlog&lt;/A&gt; hebben  wel de economie nagenoeg doen instorten, en de toch al hoge werkloosheid verder  opgedreven. Er heerst daardoor voedselschaarste bij 5 tot 10% van de bevolking  die de prijzen niet kunnen opbrengen.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=713275900-28012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=713275900-28012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Wouter&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=713275900-28012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=713275900-28012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;_&lt;SPAN  class=713275900-28012012&gt;___________&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr lang=nl class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;H3  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BACKGROUND: #fefaef; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 9.0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16.5pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-meme-daily-aid-to-gaza-proves-it-is.html"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;New meme: Daily aid to Gaza proves  it is a "ghetto"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-meme-daily-aid-to-gaza-proves-it-is.html"&gt;http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-meme-daily-aid-to-gaza-proves-it-is.html&lt;/A&gt;  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=455476"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Ma'an&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;reports:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;Israeli  forces partially opened the Kerem Shalom crossing with Gaza on Thursday in order  to allow in 300 truckloads of commercial and agricultural  goods.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A  href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zjkCCJ5FGKw/TyE7b3iSLxI/AAAAAAAAGK4/-MQgFhDws4o/s1600/kerem+shalom.jpg"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #aa0c0c; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G8-fNt01YKM/TyNTvaAsZEI/AAAAAAAAAvM/dzcGCl8kvI0/s1600/image003-761167.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G8-fNt01YKM/TyNTvaAsZEI/AAAAAAAAAvM/dzcGCl8kvI0/s320/image003-761167.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702493627082368066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN class=713275900-28012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=713275900-28012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;Israel  has also allowed two trucks of flowers and strawberries to be exported from the  coastal enclave, Palestinian border crossing official Raed Fattuh told  Ma'an.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Twenty-two cars will also enter Gaza together with communications  equipment and cement for international projects, he said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;This  is pretty much a daily event. Although Ma'an didn't mention it,&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.palpress.co.uk/arabic/?action=detail&amp;amp;id=37205"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;yesterday&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;there were 270 to 280  trucks loaded with aid and both commercial and agricultural supplies, including  12 trucks loaded with cement and iron for construction and 48 truck of gravel  for UNRWA and USAID projects, as well as the construction of a French cultural  center. On Tuesday there were 227 trucks of aid.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The amount of aid going  through Kerem Shalom has been steadily increasing over the past year, almost  doubling.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;So how to the commenters at Ma'an view this?&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Sarah from  Holland says "Whenever I read this kind of messages, I think: feeding time! Say  thank you! The zionists are so sick. They really forgot the holocaust, the  getto's, how it feld to be humiliated and treated like animals. Zionists are NO  Jews."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"AKeenReader" from the UK adds: "sarah/holland - your views are  absolutley spot on. It seems they are taking revenge against the Palestinians  for what happend to them, although if one experience such terrible acts you  would expect them to understand human suffering. Seems they haven't learnt any  lesson. Shame as they are digging their own grave. Maybe Iran's attitude towards  Israel is to give some comfort to the Palestinains because Iran can deal with  Israel unlike defenceless Palestinians. Soon time will tell."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;These  aren't Arabs saying this - they are "cultured" Europeans who are often more  anti-semitic than the Arabs are. But their Jew-hatred is buried under the  pretense of caring about Gazans, most of whom are doing economically better than  the Egyptians just over the border (whom they naturally don't give a damn about.  Guess why?)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;By the way, Egypt closed Rafah yesterday to celebrate the  January 25th revolution, and on Tuesday Gazans were complaining that there were  extra restrictions on them passing through Rafah. Sounds like Egypt is  imprisoning Gazans and treating it like a "ghetto," but you won't hear these  European human rights defenders say a word about that. (They used to, claiming  that Egypt was following Israeli policy, but they can no longer do that - so  they just ignore it.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-8734681776802788545?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/8734681776802788545/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/invoer-gazastrook-neemt-toe.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/8734681776802788545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/8734681776802788545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/invoer-gazastrook-neemt-toe.html' title='Invoer Gazastrook neemt toe'/><author><name>Brassé-Limburg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11420003758775166119</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSuRcbQ8_uQ/RppIEJ5P8CI/AAAAAAAAAAY/BdRyUtbuQ6k/s200/Rol1-juni2004_00013c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G8-fNt01YKM/TyNTvaAsZEI/AAAAAAAAAvM/dzcGCl8kvI0/s72-c/image003-761167.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-7046526887565874387</id><published>2012-01-27T00:58:00.003Z</published><updated>2012-01-27T19:32:04.214Z</updated><title type='text'>Vrouw in Beit Shemesh aangevallen door ultra-orthodoxe extremisten</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class=WordSection1&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Correctie:&lt;/b&gt; de buschauffeur in de beschrijving van het incident knikte de vrouw die bleef zitten juist instemmend toe. Hij was het met haar eens, maar wellicht bang de halve bus over zich heen te krijgen als hij het voor haar op zou nemen. Volgens de huidige wet zijn buschauffeurs dat overigens wel verplicht. De scheiding van man en vrouw in de bus gaat in tegen de wet, en daarom heeft het hooggerechtshof besloten dat het alleen vrijwillig mag plaatsvinden en daarop moeten de chauffeurs toezien.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Laatst  vertelde een vrouw me dat ze al in 2006 in een bus in Jeruzalem werd aangevallen  en bespuugd toen ze weigerde om achterin te gaan zitten. De buschauffeur keek  instemmend toe. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;blockquote style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;&lt;p    style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;span    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;font    color=#000000&gt;She said before help arrived members of the crowd smashed her    car windows and punctured the tires, before someone spilled bleach on her. "I    thought, this was it, this is the end, I am going to die," she said, adding,    "The look in their eyes reminded me of the lynching in Ramallah," an apparent    reference to a 2000 lynching by two Israeli reserve soldiers by a group of    Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah. "I yelled to them, 'But I'm    Jewish,'" she said. She said at that point one of the assailants leaned into    the car and took the car keys.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Het is  onbestaanbaar dat dit blijkbaar met enige regelmaat in Israel gebeurt, en de  ultra-orthodoxe gemeenschap daar blijkbaar zelf geen korte metten mee maakt. Men  kent elkaar in die gemeenschap, en men weet waarschijnlijk dondersgoed wie dit  doen. Toch blijft het gebeuren, de voorbeelden zijn legio: fysiek geweld, en  niet weinig, intimidatie, vernielingen van auto&amp;#8217;s, winkels, posters, eigen  regels instellen en met geweld handhaven, en spugen, heel veel spugen. Men heeft  nergens respect voor en voelt zich boven de wet verheven.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;span  class=617035400-27012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;span  class=617035400-27012012&gt;&lt;font size=3&gt;&lt;em&gt;RP&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;span  class=617035400-27012012&gt;&lt;font  size=3&gt;&lt;em&gt;--------------&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;h1  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 24.75pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #00527c; FONT-SIZE: 18pt"&gt;&lt;font  size=4&gt;Woman in Beit Shemesh attacked by ultra-Orthodox  extremists&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H1&gt;&lt;h2  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 9.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/woman-in-beit-shemesh-attacked-by-ultra-orthodox-extremists-1.409065"&gt;&lt;span  style="COLOR: blue"&gt;http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/woman-in-beit-shemesh-attacked-by-ultra-orthodox-extremists-1.409065&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;&lt;h2  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 9.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;In  latest incident sparked by 'immodest dress,' crowd of ultra-Orthodox men smash  car of Natali Mashiah, 27, who says she believes they were going to set her on  fire.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;&lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 11.25pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span  class=writer&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;By&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;span  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;span  class=writer&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/oz-rosenberg-1.381370"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  style="COLOR: #434141"&gt;Oz Rosenberg&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td      style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;     &lt;td      style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;p  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;font  color=#000000&gt;A woman was attacked in her car in Beit Shemesh Tuesday by  ultra-Orthodox extremists - the latest in a series of incidents apparently  sparked by what members of the town's Haredi community view as immodest  dress.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;font  color=#000000&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;font  color=#000000&gt;A crowd of ultra-Orthodox men jumped on 27-year-old Natali  Mashiah's car in the Haredi Ramat Beit Shemet Bet neighborhood, she said.  Members of the crowd smashed her car windows and punctured her four tires before  spilling bleach on the inside of her car, said the Beit Shemesh resident, adding  that she believed the men were going to set her on fire. As she fled the car,  she said she was hit on the head by a rock thrown from very close  range.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 1pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;font  size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;font  color=#000000&gt;Police arrested three suspects when they arrived on the scene, and  searched the area for other suspects. Although a crowd was said to have gathered  during the attack, no one reportedly came to Mashiah's  assistance.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;font  color=#000000&gt;The incident follows the highly publicized case of 8-year-old  Na'ama Margolese last month, who was reportedly spat at for her supposedly  insufficiently modest dress despite the fact that she comes from a religious  family.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;font  color=#000000&gt;In a separate incident about a week ago, a third-grade American  immigrant boy was attacked in Beit Shemesh by a group of young Haredim as he  walked home from school.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;font  color=#000000&gt;The incident occurred at about 1 P.M. when Mashiah came to the  neighborhood for her work, in order to post advertisements. Mashiah parked her  car and set out to hang the ads. "All of a sudden a man came up to me and called  me a shikse [a derogatory term for a non-Jewish woman] and a slut," she said,  and told her to leave.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;font  color=#000000&gt;Mashiah said she then called the police, who told her to remain  there until a police cruiser came, she recounted. She said she was then  immediately approached from several directions by about 10 ultra-Orthodox men  carrying rocks and bottles. She ran to her car, she said, but before she could  start the engine, they jumped on her car and started pounding on  it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;font  color=#000000&gt;She said she begged them to stop and promised to leave the area.  She also called her brother, Omri, a company commander in the Givati Brigade who  was at the family home at the time.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;font  color=#000000&gt;She said before help arrived members of the crowd smashed her car  windows and punctured the tires, before someone spilled bleach on her. "I  thought, this was it, this is the end, I am going to die," she said, adding,  "The look in their eyes reminded me of the lynching in Ramallah," an apparent  reference to a 2000 lynching by two Israeli reserve soldiers by a group of  Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah. "I yelled to them, 'But I'm  Jewish,'" she said. She said at that point one of the assailants leaned into the  car and took the car keys.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;font  color=#000000&gt;Mashiah said she managed to get out of the car and started to flee  the scene when she was hit on the head by a rock. She ran to a nearby building  with members of the crowd in pursuit, but said that at that point the police  cruiser arrived. "When they saw the lights of the police car, they ran away,"  she said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #353434; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;font  color=#000000&gt;At about the same time, Mashiah said, her brother arrived by cab.  He said he was aware of what was happening before he got to the scene because he  had been in constant contact with his sister from her cell phone. "I heard her  screaming," he said. "I heard the sound of the smashing  [windows]."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;font  size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-7046526887565874387?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/7046526887565874387/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/vrouw-in-beit-shemesh-aangevallen-door.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/7046526887565874387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/7046526887565874387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/vrouw-in-beit-shemesh-aangevallen-door.html' title='Vrouw in Beit Shemesh aangevallen door ultra-orthodoxe extremisten'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-7280292869183730290</id><published>2012-01-27T00:53:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-27T00:54:05.877Z</updated><title type='text'>Gesprek Israël en Palestijnen in Amman was nauwelijks serieus</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Het  was te verwachten: Abbas heeft de verkennende gesprekken die in Amman werden  gehouden en tot heuse onderhandelingen moesten leiden, beeindigd. Hij had geeist  dat Israel de grenzen van 1967 accepteert als basis en dat in een eigen voorstel  zou vastleggen, en dat had Israel niet gedaan. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Israël presenteerde deze    week een 21 punten tellend document tijdens de gesprekken in Amman. De    Palestijnen weigerden dat echter te accepteren, onder het mom dat zij zich    geïntimideerd voelden door de onaangekondigde verschijning van een hoge    Israëlische officier die het plan moest  toelichten.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Onderhandelaar Erekat weigerde  naar de beste man te luisteren en zei dat Israel maar met een schriftelijke  verklaring moest komen. In een dergelijke sfeer is het natuurlijk moeilijk om  het uberhaupt ook maar ergens over eens te worden. Abbas stelt zich steeds  compromislozer op en heeft duidelijk geen zin in praten met Israel en het  bijbehorende spel van geven en nemen. Hij weet dondersgoed dat de rest van de  wereld overwegend aan zijn kant staat, dus waarom dan met een lastig Israel  praten? Hij heeft de gesprekken vanaf het begin niet serieus genomen, net als de  gesprekken in 2010 toen Israel een bouwstop van negen maanden had afgekondigd.  Op het laatst is er toen heel even gepraat, maar ook dat stelde feitelijk niks  voor.&lt;SPAN class=730194800-27012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;RP&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&lt;FONT  size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;----------&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 6.75pt"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #223c7f; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=4&gt;Analyse: Gesprek Israël en Palestijnen was nauwelijks  serieus&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.refdag.nl/nieuws/buitenland/analyse_gesprek_israel_en_palestijnen_was_nauwelijks_serieus_1_618271"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2  face=Arial&gt;http://www.refdag.nl/nieuws/buitenland/analyse_gesprek_israel_en_palestijnen_was_nauwelijks_serieus_1_618271&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #989897; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #989897; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;26-01-2012 10:28 | Mr. Richard Donk&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #989897; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  color=#000000&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-RIGHT: 9.75pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  title='"Mahmud Abbas. Foto EPA" '  href="http://www.refdag.nl/polopoly_fs/mahmudabbas_epa_1_548704!image/2383682658.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_804/2383682658.jpg"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #223c7f; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2 face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 9pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-RIGHT: 9.75pt"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #717170; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2 face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;AMMAN  De vredesbesprekingen met Israël zijn  voorbij, verklaarde de Palestijnse president Abbas woensdag. De vraag is of er  überhaupt van serieus overleg sprake was.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;Onderhandelaars van Israël en de Palestijnen voerden  woensdag voor de vijfde keer verkennende gesprekken" in de Jordaanse hoofdstad  Amman. Na afloop trok de Palestijnse leider Mahmud Abbas de stekker uit het  overleg. Volgens hem zit er geen millimeter beweging in de Israëlische  standpunten.&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;Het is allereerst de vraag waarom er verkennende  gesprekken" nodig waren. De partijen kennen na twintig jaar overleg elkaars  posities zo langzamerhand wel.&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;Het heropenen van het overleg lijkt eerder een poging  goede sier te maken naar het kwartet (de VS, de VN, Rusland en de EU), dat de  partijen tot vandaag de tijd had gegeven om hun standpunten met betrekking tot  de grenzen van een Palestijnse staat en veiligheidsvraagstukken kenbaar te  maken.&lt;SPAN class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;Israël presenteerde deze week een 21 punten tellend  document tijdens de gesprekken in Amman. De Palestijnen weigerden dat echter te  accepteren, onder het mom dat zij zich geïntimideerd voelden door de  onaangekondigde verschijning van een hoge Israëlische officier die het plan  moest toelichten.&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;In plaats daarvan herhaalden de Palestijnen hun eis  dat Israël een bouwstop afkondigt in de nederzettingen op de Westelijke  Jordaanoever. Die eis blokkeert al twee jaar elk substantieel overleg tussen  Israël en de Palestijnen.&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;Het is overigens de vraag of een bouwstop in de  nederzettingen wél beweging in het vastgelopen vredesproces zou brengen. De  Israëlische premier Netanyahu kondigde eind 2009 een tien maanden durende  bevriezing van de uitbreiding van nederzettingen op de Westoever af. Die  maatregel leidde echter niet tot enige vooruitgang.&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;Abbas gaat nu bij de Arabische Liga te rade voor  vervolgstappen. De liga, die zich al maanden met grote onrust in de Arabische  wereld geconfronteerd ziet, zal de Palestijnen nauwelijks soelaas kunnen  bieden.&lt;SPAN class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;Dat zal de Palestijnen waarschijnlijk doen besluiten  hun pogingen om VN-lidmaatschap te verwerven, te intensiveren. Vroeg of laat  zullen zij daarbij op een Amerikaans veto stuiten, zodat ook die weg heilloos  lijkt te zijn.&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=730194800-27012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #303030; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;Maar wellicht worden er tegen die tijd weer  verkennende gesprekken" aangekondigd.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-7280292869183730290?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/7280292869183730290/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/gesprek-israel-en-palestijnen-in-amman.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/7280292869183730290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/7280292869183730290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/gesprek-israel-en-palestijnen-in-amman.html' title='Gesprek Israël en Palestijnen in Amman was nauwelijks serieus'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-1232076670882908089</id><published>2012-01-26T19:37:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-26T19:37:45.872Z</updated><title type='text'>Veroordeling van opruiende toespraak Palestijnse moefti is 'opruiing' volgens PA</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  color=#000000&gt;Vorige week vloog de &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A  href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/palestijnse-moefti-pa-ontkent-bedoeling.html"&gt;mufti  van de Palestijnse Autoriteit&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt; flink uit de bocht met  zijn oproep de Joden te doden. De kritiek die hierop kwam leidde er echter niet  toe dat de Palestijnse Autoriteit (de mufti is door Abbas persoonlijk benoemd)  hem duidelijk maakt dat dit niet acceptabel is, of, beter nog, hem de laan  uitstuurt. Nee, hij wordt in bescherming genomen en de Israelische kritiek is  &amp;#8216;opruiing tegen de Palestijnse nationale en religieuze leiders&amp;#8217;, het zijn  &amp;#8216;beledigingen van de Palestijnse religieuze symbolen&amp;#8217; en men noemde de  Israelische veroordelingen &amp;#8216;een grove aanval op Sheikh Hussein en een schending  van het internationale recht&amp;#8217;. Bij de Palestijnen is iedere kritiek een  schending van hun rechten, symbolen en volk, en een belediging van alle moslims  en hun heilige Jeruzalem, maar de manier waarop ze de volkomen gerechtvaardigde  Israelische kritiek wegzetten als betrof het hier de grofste  mensenrechtenschendingen, overtrof mijn verwachtingen. Het spreekt natuurlijk  ook boekdelen over al die duizenden andere Palestijnse aantijgingen van het  meest vreselijke wangedrag door Israel. Misschien kunnen Westerse journalisten,  politici en mensenrechtengroeperingen deze eens iets kritischer gaan  bekijken?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=510562419-26012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=510562419-26012012&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000  size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;RP&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=510562419-26012012&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000  size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;---------&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;PA Chairman of the  Supreme Council for Shari'ah Law, Sheikh Yusuf Ida'is:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"Chairman  of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah Law, Sheikh Yusuf Ida'is,  &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;emphasized  that the decision by the occupation Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to open  an investigation against the Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories  and speaker at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, is &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;an insult to Muslims, an escalation of  Israeli measures against our people,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; and an attempt to silence  and intimidate the voice that defends Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Ida'is  emphasized that &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;our  people will not agree to insults to its religious authorities and  symbols.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; He described Netanyahu's call as a political step  designed to strengthen the occupation with its discriminatory laws, and as a  dangerous precedent that joins the occupation's [other] precedents and repeated  violations. He declared the occupation fully responsible for [protecting] Sheikh  Muhammad Hussein's life. &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Idai's called for restraint of the  official and unofficial Israeli mouthpieces which incite against Palestinian  religious and national leaders. He demanded of the Islamic and Christian sources  of authority around the world, legal institutions, and international human  rights organizations to denounce the brutal attack against Sheikh Hussein, since  it runs contrary to international  law.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;"&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;[Emphasis  added,&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; Al-Hayat  Al-Jadida,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; Jan. 24, 2012]&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; 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&lt;P class=MsoNormal align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;FONT  size=4&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;International condemnation of PA Mufti&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=510562419-26012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=510562419-26012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=4&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;following PMW exposure&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=510562419-26012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=4&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;of religious hate speech&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT  size=4&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=4&gt;PA rejects condemnation as "incitement"&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&amp;amp;doc_id=6196"&gt;http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&amp;amp;doc_id=6196&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal  align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques  Zilberdik&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  color=#000000 face=Arial&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Palestinian  Media Watch's exposure of the PA Mufti's speech citing the Islamic tradition  (&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;) that  anticipates the killing of Jews by Muslims has brought Israeli and international  condemnation of the Mufti and the Palestinian Authority. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The PA has  rejected this international condemnation, calling PMW's exposure of the story  and the responses "incitement" against Palestinian leaders, and called for  "international human rights organizations to denounce the brutal attack against  [Mufti] Sheikh Hussein, since it runs contrary to international  law."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;The following are some  of the Israeli and international condemnations of the PA Mufti followed by a  senior PA religious leader's rejection of the condemnations as "incitement," and  the NY Times' coverage of the story:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Israeli President Shimon  Peres to Justice Minister: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"President  Shimon Peres met with Justice Minister Yaakov Ne'eman and asked him to take  steps against the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Sheikh Mohammed Hussein who called to  kill Jews. 'Israel's law enforcement must use all means to prevent such calls,'  said Peres." &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;[JPost.com,  Jan. 23, 2012]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Israeli PM Benjamin  Netanyahu: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"The call  to murder Jews simply because they are Jews is terrible from an ethical  point-of-view and is an obstacle to peace. Incitement in general is an obstacle  to peace. What is especially serious is that as of today, not only has the  Palestinian Authority neither condemned nor taken exception to the remarks, it  enabled them to be broadcast on official Palestinian television. I expect senior  PA officials to condemn this act."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;[http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Communication/Spokesman/2012/01/spokelikud230112.htm]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Israeli PM  Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Israeli Parliament:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"Today,  most governments around the world are silent in the face of calls by the  Palestinian mufti to kill Jews simply because they are Jews. What is most  chilling is the fact that there is here a legacy of hatred and annihilation  because this mufti is following in the footsteps of that previous mufti. [Mufti]  Haj Amin al-Husseini was one of the architects of the Final Solution."  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Speeches+by+Israeli+leaders/2012/PM_Netanyahu_incitement_Mufti_24-Jan-2012.htm]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;UK Minister for the  Middle East Alistair Burt:&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"I condemn  the inflammatory words used by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and others at a  recent event marking the 47th anniversary of the Fatah movement. To refer to the  Jewish people in such a way and to talk of killing Jews is anti-semitism, pure  and simple."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;[http://ukun.fco.gov.uk/en/news/?view=News&amp;amp;id=719743582]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Americans for Peace  Now:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;"Americans  for Peace Now strongly condemns the belligerent anti-Jewish comments made by the  Palestinian Authority's Mufti of Jerusalem at a public event in the West Bank  earlier this month... 'We are appalled by these comments, coming from the most  senior Muslim cleric on the Palestinian Authority's payroll,' said Debra DeLee,  APN's President and CEO. DeLee added, 'What we find particularly disturbing is  that these vile comments were broadcast on the Palestinian Authority's official  television channel, amplifying their inciting affect.'"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;  &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"  align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;[http://peacenow.org/entries/press_release_apn_condemns_palestinian_muftis_offensive_comments]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;PA Chairman of the  Supreme Council for Shari'ah Law, Sheikh Yusuf Ida'is:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"Chairman  of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah Law, Sheikh Yusuf Ida'is,  &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;emphasized  that the decision by the occupation Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to open  an investigation against the Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories  and speaker at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, is &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;an insult to Muslims, an escalation of  Israeli measures against our people,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; and an attempt to silence  and intimidate the voice that defends Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Ida'is  emphasized that &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;our  people will not agree to insults to its religious authorities and  symbols.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; He described Netanyahu's call as a political step  designed to strengthen the occupation with its discriminatory laws, and as a  dangerous precedent that joins the occupation's [other] precedents and repeated  violations. He declared the occupation fully responsible for [protecting] Sheikh  Muhammad Hussein's life. &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Idai's called for restraint of the  official and unofficial Israeli mouthpieces which incite against Palestinian  religious and national leaders. He demanded of the Islamic and Christian sources  of authority around the world, legal institutions, and international human  rights organizations to denounce the brutal attack against Sheikh Hussein, since  it runs contrary to international  law.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;"&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;[Emphasis  added,&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; Al-Hayat  Al-Jadida,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; Jan. 24, 2012]&lt;SPAN  class=510562419-26012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=510562419-26012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;The following is the  Mufti's words at the Fatah event that show the context in which he cited the  &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Hadith&lt;I&gt;, followed by  excerpts from The NY Times:&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=452&amp;amp;fld_id=452&amp;amp;doc_id=6099"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;A  href="http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=452&amp;amp;fld_id=452&amp;amp;doc_id=6099"  target='"_blank"'&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=452&amp;amp;fld_id=452&amp;amp;doc_id=6099"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Moderator at Fatah  ceremony:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"Our war  with the descendants of the apes and pigs (i.e., Jews) is a war of religion and  faith.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Long Live  Fatah! [I invite you,] our honorable Sheikh."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;PA Mufti Muhammad  Hussein comes to the podium and says:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"47 years  ago the [Fatah] revolution started. Which revolution? The modern revolution of  the Palestinian people's history. In fact, Palestine in its entirety is a  revolution, since [Caliph] Umar came [to conquer Jerusalem, 637 CE], and  continuing today, and until the End of Days. The reliable &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; (tradition  attributed to Muhammad), [found] in the two reliable collections, Bukhari and  Muslim, says:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;"The Hour [of  Resurrection] will not come until you fight the Jews.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;The Jew will hide behind  stones or trees.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Then the stones or trees  will call:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;'Oh Muslim, servant of  Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Except the  &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Gharqad&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; tree [which will keep  silent]."&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Therefore  it is no wonder that you see &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Gharqad&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; [trees]  surrounding the [Israeli] settlements and colonies. This is Palestine, when we  talk about it, from the beginning of the Jihad, with the continuation of the  Jihad, with the struggle, and with the way of the Martyrs."  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" class=MsoNormal align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;[PA TV  (Fatah), Jan. 9, 2012]&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=452&amp;amp;fld_id=452&amp;amp;doc_id=6099"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Click to  view&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;Following PMW's exposure, the Mufti and PA's Minister of Religious  Affairs defended the Mufti's quoting of the &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;, saying it was  merely a quote from an Islamic source, not intended to incite to hatred, and not  relevant for today's context. However, the Mufti's words introducing the  &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; and  following the quote clearly shows that he intended to apply the &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; about Muslims  killing Jews within the context of today's conflict.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;New York  Times:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"Prime  minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, called on the leaders of the Palestinian  Authority to condemn remarks by its top cleric, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, who  recently recited an ancient Islamic text at a ceremony broadcast on Palestinian  Authority television advising that Judgment Day will come only when the Muslims  fight and kill the Jews. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"Whoever  wants peace should not permit such incitement and should not allow calls to  murder Jews," Mr. Netanyahu said Monday. ...&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;The mufti  of Jerusalem, Sheikh Hussein, addressed a crowd at an event marking the 47th  anniversary of the founding of Fatah, the mainstream movement led by the  Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas. He quoted a hadith, a saying  attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, stating: "The Hour will not come until you  fight the Jews. The Jews will hide behind stones or trees. Then the stones or  trees will call: Oh Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and  kill him." ...&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Mr.  Netanyahu described the words of the mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Hussein, as  "morally heinous" and compared the remarks to those of Haj Amin al-Husseini, the  grand mufti of Jerusalem who notoriously aligned himself with Hitler in the  1930s. Palestinian television broadcast the mufti's comments on Jan. 9 and  Palestinian Media Watch, an Israeli monitoring group, drew attention to them on  Jan. 15. An Israeli official said that the prime minister became aware of it  only in the past few days. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;The mufti  denied calling for the killing of Jews, telling Israel Radio on Sunday that he  was only quoting the words of the Prophet Muhammad. He told Voice of Palestine  radio on Monday that "these allegations come within the Israeli incitement  campaign against Jerusalem and its figures."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/world/middleeast&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;/israeli-police-arrest-2-protesting-palestinian-legislators.html]&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; 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volgens PA'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-1198985728187853651</id><published>2012-01-25T03:31:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-25T03:35:23.394Z</updated><title type='text'>SGP: Palestijnse ophitsing bestraffen</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=WordSection1&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;Naar aanleidng van de ronduit walgelijke &lt;a href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/palestijnse-moefti-pa-ontkent-bedoeling.html"&gt;uitspraken van de mufti van de Palestijnse Autoriteit&lt;/a&gt; heeft de SGP kamervragen gesteld, en vraagt zij onze regering van de PA te eisen onmiddellijk afstand te nemen van deze woorden. Doet zij dit niet, dan moet de subsidie aan de PA worden verminderd, aldus de SGP. Jammer dat de SGP, een partij die tegen gelijke rechten voor man en vrouw en hetero en homo is, zoiets oppakt en niet een progressieve partij. Progressieve partijen zouden dit soort jodenhaat ook verschrikkelijk moeten vinden en dit aan de kaak moeten stellen, maar je hoort hen helaas alleen maar wanneer een Joodse haatbaard tekeer gaat.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:35.4pt;line-height:12.75pt'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#363636'&gt;De SGP wijst erop dat de Palestijnen conform de Oslo-akkoorden ophitsing actief moeten bestrijden. In het door Hamas gecontroleerde Gaza zijn deze oproepen normaal, maar in het gebied dat gecontroleerd wordt door Fatah tot op heden niet. Van der Staaij vindt dat Nederland de Palestijnse Autoriteit ter verantwoording moet roepen. Als die geen afstand neemt van deze woorden, moet de hulp aan de Palestijnse autoriteit worden beperkt. De SGP wil dat Nederland deze ophitsing ook op Europees niveau aan de orde stelt.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;RP&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;----------&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FC6A04'&gt;Palestijnse ophitsing bestraffen&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sgp.nl/Home/homelijst_1_11014/Palestijnse%20ophitsing%20bestraffen.wli"&gt;http://www.sgp.nl/Home/homelijst_1_11014/Palestijnse%20ophitsing%20bestraffen.wli&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#515050'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:12.75pt'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#363636'&gt;De Palestijnse autoriteit moet onmiddellijk afstand nemen van de ophitsende woorden van moefti Muhammad Hussein. Zo niet, dan moet Nederland snijden in de subsidie aan de Palestijnse autoriteit. Dat stelt SGP-fractievoorzitter Van der Staaij in schriftelijke vragen aan minister Rosenthal van Buitenlandse Zaken.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#363636'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#363636'&gt;Aanleiding voor de SGP-vragen is wat moefti Muhammad Hussein op de Palestijnse Staatstelevisie zei bij de 47e verjaardag van Fatah. De presentator noemde de Joden &amp;#8220;afstammelingen van apen en varkens.&amp;#8221; De moefti, de belangrijkste geestelijke op de Westbank, citeerde islamitische geschriften: &amp;#8220;De dag des oordeels zal niet komen totdat jij de Joden bevecht. De Joden zullen schuilen achter rotsen en bomen. Maar zij zullen roepen: &amp;#8216;Oh moslim, dienaar van Allah, er is een Jood achter mij, kom en dood hem.&amp;#8221;&lt;a href="http://likud.nl/2012/01/palestinian-authority-mufti-calls-for-genocide-of-jews/"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#515050'&gt;http://likud.nl/2012/01/palestinian-authority-mufti-calls-for-genocide-of-jews/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De SGP wijst erop dat de Palestijnen conform de Oslo-akkoorden ophitsing actief moeten bestrijden. In het door Hamas gecontroleerde Gaza zijn deze oproepen normaal, maar in het gebied dat gecontroleerd wordt door Fatah tot op heden niet. Van der Staaij vindt dat Nederland de Palestijnse Autoriteit ter verantwoording moet roepen. Als die geen afstand neemt van deze woorden, moet de hulp aan de Palestijnse autoriteit worden beperkt. De SGP wil dat Nederland deze ophitsing ook op Europees niveau aan de orde stelt.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'&gt;&lt;hr size=3 width="100%" noshade style='color:#515050' align=center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#515050'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;Schriftelijke vragen van het lid Van der Staaij (SGP) aan de minister van Buitenlandse zaken over Palestijnse ophitsing ten aanzien van de Joden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&amp;nbsp;Heeft u kennis genomen van de oproep van de Moefti Muhammad Hussein &amp;#8211; prominent uitgezonden door de Palestijnse staatstelevisie op de Westbank &amp;#8211; tot het bevechten en doden van Joden? Hoe beoordeelt u deze oproep, die werd gedaan op een plechtigheid ter gelegenheid van de 47e verjaardag van Fatah?&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&amp;nbsp;Hoe beoordeelt u het feit dat deze oproep werd gedaan in een context waarin ronduit gesproken werd over een bestaande oorlogssituatie tussen Palestijnen en Joden (&amp;#8216;de afstammelingen van apen en varkens&amp;#8217;) en werd gestaafd met een letterlijk beroep op de islamitische leer?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&amp;nbsp;Is het bericht juist dat deze Moefti benoemd is door de Palestijnse autoriteit?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&amp;nbsp;Vormt deze oproep geen flagrante schending van de Oslo-akkoorden, waarin de Palestijnse leiding zich verplicht ophitsing tegen de Joden actief te bestrijden?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&amp;nbsp;Welke consequenties c.q. sancties verbindt u aan deze handelwijze van de Palestijnse autoriteit?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&amp;nbsp;Bent u bereid om de Palestijnse Autoriteit te vragen om klip en klaar afstand te nemen van de gewraakte uitspraken van de Moefti en zo mogelijk te bevorderen dat de Palestijnse autoriteit haar banden met de betreffende Moefti verbreekt?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&amp;nbsp;Bent u bereid &amp;#8211; als de Palestijnse autoriteit niet onmiddellijk afstand neemt van deze ophitsing - de subsidie aan de Palestijnse autoriteit te beperken nu onvoldoende werk wordt gemaakt van het tegengaan van geweld en ophitsing (zoals onder meer is verzocht in de Kamermotie-Van der Staaij, 21501-02, nr. 1039)? Bent u tevens bereid dit ook op Europees niveau te bewerkstelligen?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-1198985728187853651?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/1198985728187853651/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/sgp-palestijnse-ophitsing-bestraffen.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/1198985728187853651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/1198985728187853651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/sgp-palestijnse-ophitsing-bestraffen.html' title='SGP: Palestijnse ophitsing bestraffen'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-4306050213837674588</id><published>2012-01-25T03:25:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-25T03:27:27.261Z</updated><title type='text'>Lawaaidemonstratie tegen Hamas en Fatah op 1 februari</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=WordSection1&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;Een Palestijnse demonstratie die niet gericht is tegen Israel of de bezetting. Het komt voor, maar opvallend genoeg stond dit bericht alleen op de Arabische site van Ma&amp;#8217;an. Voor westerse media en publiek is dit blijkbaar niet interessant. Ik verwacht er ook geen aandacht voor van Meulenbelt, Pessoptimist en de andere zogenaamde sympathisanten van de Palestijnen. Als Israel er niet bij betrokken is, is men een stuk minder geëngageerd en betrokken. EoZ schrijft:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;The protesters are smart, calling not for people to gather in central squares where they can be harassed by security forces but to protest loudly from their homes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;Aangezien ze niet op veel Westerse aandacht en sympathie hoeven te rekenen, kunnen de veiligheidstroepen van Fatah en Hamas (ik begrijp uit het bericht dat de actie op zowel de Westoever als in Gaza zal plaatsvinden) hun gang gaan, en kun je je daar dus maar beter op voorbereiden.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;RP&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;-----------&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;a href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/palarabs-plan-pots-and-pans-protest.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'&gt;PalArabs plan pots and pans protest against Hamas, Fatah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;a href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/palarabs-plan-pots-and-pans-protest.html"&gt;http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/palarabs-plan-pots-and-pans-protest.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;I wrote&lt;a href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/palarab-leader-may-elections-impossible.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;this morning&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;that I was astonished that the people in Gaza and the West Bank who protested against Hamas and Fatah selfishness had not caught on to the fact yet that their &amp;quot;unity&amp;quot; has been a sham to shut them up.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.maannews.net/arb/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=455133"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ma'an Arabic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;reports that 160 Palestinian Arab media figures and intellectuals are calling for a mass protest on February 1 against the PalArab leadership for precisely this reason.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Their document refers to the nearly five years of Palestinian division, their leaders' violations of human rights, the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. It notes the reconciliation agreement signed in Cairo in May &amp;quot;which has not yet become a reality.&amp;quot; It calls for a political system that offers a decent living and is &amp;quot;pluralistic and democratic, open to all cultures, a system that respects women and ensure their freedom and equality.&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It goes on to say that &amp;quot;the use of methods of peaceful protest organized and sustained and directed clearly against both sides of the split is a key factor to the success of our campaign.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The first phase is to organize a pan-Palestinian Arab protest on February 1 at 7:00 PM where people will go in the streets and bang pots and pans on roofs and from open windows for ten minutes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The document does not name Fatah or Hamas by name.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The protesters are smart, calling not for people to gather in central squares where they can be harassed by security forces but to protest loudly from their homes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Last time, Hamas tried to sabotage the popular protests; it will be most interesting to see how they react to this, if it gains traction.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-4306050213837674588?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/4306050213837674588/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/lawaaidemonstratie-tegen-hamas-en-fatah.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/4306050213837674588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/4306050213837674588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/lawaaidemonstratie-tegen-hamas-en-fatah.html' title='Lawaaidemonstratie tegen Hamas en Fatah op 1 februari'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-2591421100467959075</id><published>2012-01-25T02:33:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-25T02:35:23.906Z</updated><title type='text'>Hamas en de economie van Gaza</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=WordSection1&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-left:35.4pt;line-height:11.25pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;Soon after its 2006 electoral victory in Gaza, Hamas faced great financial difficulties, leading the group to smuggle millions of dollars in cash through Egypt. Today, however, Hamas has managed to develop local sources of steadily growing income, mainly by exploiting the huge aid sums transferred by the PA and international donors to sustain the general population. No effective mechanism is in place to prevent the group from taking advantage of the constant cash flow into Gaza; as a result, a significant part of the money intended to help alleviate the hardship of the region's inhabitants has gone to waste. More rigorous measures are needed to restrict Hamas's ability to siphon off such funding for its own purposes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;Kortom, de economische sancties tegen Hamas hebben nooit gewerkt en effect gehad. In tegenstelling tot critici van Israel, die altijd meenden dat de sancties averechts werkten en &lt;a href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/hamas.html"&gt;Hamas&lt;/a&gt; extra populariteit verschaften, waren ze in feite gewoon non-existent. Het artikel legt ook uit hoe Hamas van hulpgelden van de Palestijnze Autoriteit profiteert:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='margin-left:35.4pt;line-height:11.25pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;Where does all this cash come from? Many assume that substantial sums have been entering Gaza via the tunnels since 2008, but this can be only partially confirmed. Instead, the cash inflow seems to come primarily through banks. According to Palestinian banking officials, an average of $2 billion per year has been transferred into Gaza via the Palestinian banking system since Hamas's June 2007 military takeover. The PA alone wires an estimated $1.2 billion per year into Gaza banks, much of it as pensions and salaries for the 77,000 employees kept on the payroll even though they are not working. In fact, this estimate may be conservative; according to PA prime minister Salam Fayad, 54 percent of the PA's $3.17 billion 2010 budget went to Gaza. Most of that figure appears to be salaries, although it also covers what the PA pays directly for electricity, fuel, and water provided to Gaza by Israeli firms.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;--------------&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:17.25pt'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#31495C'&gt;Gaza's Economy: How Hamas Stays in Power&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style='height:3.0pt'&gt;&lt;td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.0pt'&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:3.0pt'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#31495C;mso-fareast-language:NL'&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Exb6y_RswcE/Tx9qbNtoZvI/AAAAAAAAA0I/7pdWjCGUbMI/s1600/image001-723907.png"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Exb6y_RswcE/Tx9qbNtoZvI/AAAAAAAAA0I/7pdWjCGUbMI/s320/image001-723907.png"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701392669044401906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#31495C'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=3287"&gt;http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=3287&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=author2&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span class=author2&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'&gt;By&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=author2&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC10.php?CID=90" title="Ehud Yaari"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#31495C'&gt;Ehud Yaari&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=author2&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'&gt;and Eyal Ofer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style='background:white'&gt;January 6, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333;background:white'&gt;Since Israel's August 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Hamas has evolved from a relatively small movement into a well-funded conglomerate. Instead of being crippled by sanctions and siege, the organization has found ways to surmount early difficulties -- such as frequent payroll delays -- and establish an effective system of governance, ever tightening its grip over its fiefdom. As a result, Hamas has been able to empower loyalists while leaving the main burden of responsibility for Gaza's 1.6 million residents to others. Unfortunately, both the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) and international donors have tolerated this situation, effectively contributing, if indirectly, to Hamas coffers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;Gaza's Economy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;Reliable data regarding Gaza's finances is very difficult to obtain. Hamas has tight lips, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) release little information, and international agencies such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank generally aggregate Gaza and the West Bank when presenting statistics. Much of the information in this article is derived from Palestinian news reports and interviews with informed sources in Gaza; accordingly, most of the figures below should be treated as rough approximations.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;The IMF estimated Gaza's 2009 gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 12 percent, an impressive number. According to a September 2010 IMF report, the total Gazan and West Bank GDP was $7 billion, while the gap in per capita income between the two areas was 48 percent; this data, combined with other relevant statistics, implies that Gaza's per capita GDP was around $1,400, much of which derives from payments by the PA. Transfers and remittances added 50 percent more income, implying that average total per capita income was, in fact, $2,100. Yet much of this income does not represent productive economic activities, and unemployment remains high -- probably around a third of the workforce.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;One must also take into account the considerable trade conducted via the more than 800 tunnels into Egypt. Based on fragmentary evidence, this trade likely peaked at around $600-850 million per year. Much attention has already been devoted to the goods smuggled into Gaza, such as fuel and cement. Less well understood is the fact that, in exchange for these goods, cash has been steadily exported out of Gaza through the tunnels, at a rate of roughly $750 million per year. Cash is also flowing out of Gaza -- through the tunnels and via bank transfers -- to safe havens in Persian Gulf countries and Europe. The new wealthy class -- many associated with Hamas -- as well as established capital owners are concerned about keeping their money inside Gaza, preferring to move it abroad. And even with huge sums flowing out of the territory, there is still more cash than opportunities to invest it. In February 2009, for example, Gaza banks actually turned to Israel's Central Bank with an odd request: to deposit excess cash reserves in Israel.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;Where does all this cash come from? Many assume that substantial sums have been entering Gaza via the tunnels since 2008, but this can be only partially confirmed. Instead, the cash inflow seems to come primarily through banks. According to Palestinian banking officials, an average of $2 billion per year has been transferred into Gaza via the Palestinian banking system since Hamas's June 2007 military takeover. The PA alone wires an estimated $1.2 billion per year into Gaza banks, much of it as pensions and salaries for the 77,000 employees kept on the payroll even though they are not working. In fact, this estimate may be conservative; according to PA prime minister Salam Fayad, 54 percent of the PA's $3.17 billion 2010 budget went to Gaza. Most of that figure appears to be salaries, although it also covers what the PA pays directly for electricity, fuel, and water provided to Gaza by Israeli firms.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;In addition, the UN Relief and Works Agency annually transfers about $200 million in cash to Gaza, along with $250 million per year worth of goods, grains, and fuel. Cash is also transferred into Gaza by the 160 nongovernmental organizations operating there, by international organizations such as the World Bank, and by foreign government aid organizations, although much of what they spend arrives in the form of goods shipped via Israel.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;Hamas Resources&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;Hamas officials consistently refuse to disclose budgetary details or any other information regarding their sources of income. One official, Jamal Nasser, claimed that the group derives only $60 million per year from fees and taxes, with the rest coming from gifts and foreign aid. That does not appear to be the case, however. According to Israeli military intelligence, Iranian subsidies to Hamas total around $100 million annually, or less than 20 percent of the group's proclaimed budget, stated to be $540 million in 2010. Iranian funds are directed mostly toward the Hamas Political Bureau in Damascus, primarily for weapons purchases and shipments, rather than toward Gaza. PA president Mahmoud Abbas has offered a much higher estimate, claiming that Iranian aid is approximately $250-500 million, but little evidence supports his figure.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;Hamas likely raises as much as $250 million annually via taxes. The group has imposed all sorts of new fees and taxes, such as charging three Israeli new shekels (NIS) on every pack of cigarettes (which may generate around $80 million annually) and an NIS 1,400 auto registration fee (which may generate an additional $25 million based on estimates of 60,000 registered cars in Gaza). Hamas also regulates many types of businesses -- from street vendors to Gaza's twenty money-changing companies -- requiring them to pay license fees. In addition, taxes are collected on &amp;quot;luxury&amp;quot; goods coming from Israel, and even on motorcycles and carts.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;Hamas also takes a hefty cut from the Egyptian tunnel trade, imposing high &amp;quot;customs&amp;quot; duties and a daily fee on local tunnel contractors. Such trade has been dramatically reduced since June 2010, when Israel quadrupled the number of trucks permitted to bring goods to Gaza through legal terminals. To replace lost tunnel income, Hamas is reportedly taking advantage of the relative drop in prices on goods arriving via official Israeli channels, imposing new taxes on various items. For example, from early July to September 20, 2010, the group barred the importation of new cars from Israel until the taxation issues were resolved.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;Hamas is also exploiting its control over various Gaza resources, such as leasing government-owned heavy machinery to private contractors for a daily fee. This is one of many ways the group has been able to indirectly benefit from the international reconstruction funds flowing into Gaza.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;Hamas Expenditures&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;In 2005, Hamas was a modestly sized organization of 4,000-7,000 military personnel, with a small charity and education network and a skeletal party bureaucracy. From 2006 to 2010, however, the funds at the group's disposal reportedly grew from $40 million to $540 million. At the same time, Hamas has gained full control over all government ministries and municipal councils in Gaza, as well as many civilian agencies. It also holds a monopoly of power over every security and intelligence service in the territory, such as the 10,000-strong &amp;quot;blue&amp;quot; police. In total, Hamas pays salaries to at least 35,000 employees, among them many of the 20,000-plus armed personnel. Given this apparent payroll and an estimated average monthly salary of NIS 1,500 ($425), the group may be spending -- according to Prime Minister Ismail Haniyah -- as much as $300 million per year on salaries, a sum greater than the entire PA payroll. Hamas also claims that it allocates $30 million annually to its activities in the West Bank, without disclosing the methods by which funds arrive there.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;To help curb illicit financing, the United States has designated the Hamas Islamic National Bank and the Gaza Postal Bank as &amp;quot;terrorist entities,&amp;quot; but it is not clear how much this measure has affected their operations. Both banks continue to conduct business in NIS, and they seem to have developed ways of working with moneychangers used by individuals who receive their salaries in U.S. dollars. The Islamic National Bank even has sufficient liquidity at present to offer home mortgages. This state of play demonstrates Hamas's major success in overcoming the system of blockade, boycott, and denial of recognition and assistance imposed by Israel, the PA, most Arab countries (especially Egypt), and the West. In addition to its own direct spending, Hamas has been able to tap into financial resources transferred by the PA and aid agencies, ensuring payments to supporters who have replaced Fatah loyalists in government jobs. Lists used by donors to screen for terrorists include very few Hamas operatives; even if this problem were addressed, the screening of PA employees is largely done by Hamas sympathizers. In total, thousands of Hamas members, including many military personnel with fake civilian positions, are paid by outside donors.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;The movement has also recently turned to purchasing all sorts of businesses and initiating new ventures, such as the Islamic Bank, the al-Multazim insurance firm, housing projects, hotels, a shopping mall, resorts, agricultural farms, and a fish hatchery. In fact, Hamas's economic mini-empire is fast becoming the main player in Gaza's private sector. The group often forces businesses to close down in order to eliminate competition. It also coerces owners into selling items for cheap or &amp;quot;contributing&amp;quot; to Hamas either in cash or in kind (e.g., building materials). Frequently, new Hamas businesses are registered under the names of straw owners or individuals from Hamas cadres. The group has also taken over all the land belonging to the former Israeli settlement of Gush Katif, along with parts of the Gaza beachfront.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;Soon after its 2006 electoral victory in Gaza, Hamas faced great financial difficulties, leading the group to smuggle millions of dollars in cash through Egypt. Today, however, Hamas has managed to develop local sources of steadily growing income, mainly by exploiting the huge aid sums transferred by the PA and international donors to sustain the general population. No effective mechanism is in place to prevent the group from taking advantage of the constant cash flow into Gaza; as a result, a significant part of the money intended to help alleviate the hardship of the region's inhabitants has gone to waste. More rigorous measures are needed to restrict Hamas's ability to siphon off such funding for its own purposes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=103"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#31495C'&gt;Ehud Yaari&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'&gt;is an Israel-based Lafer international fellow with The Washington Institute. Eyal Ofer is a researcher specializing in the Palestinian economy.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style='line-height:11.25pt;background:white'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-2591421100467959075?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/2591421100467959075/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/hamas-en-de-economie-van-gaza.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/2591421100467959075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/2591421100467959075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/hamas-en-de-economie-van-gaza.html' title='Hamas en de economie van Gaza'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Exb6y_RswcE/Tx9qbNtoZvI/AAAAAAAAA0I/7pdWjCGUbMI/s72-c/image001-723907.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-4826872014731658109</id><published>2012-01-25T02:15:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-25T02:18:00.838Z</updated><title type='text'>Als Israel iets goed doet, kan het niet deugen</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=WordSection1&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;Onlangs ben ik uitgebreid ingegaan op de zogenaamde &amp;#8216;&lt;a href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/actueel/2012/01/17/pinkwashing-2/"&gt;pinkwashing&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#8217; aantijging en het fenomeen dat Israel juist wordt bekritiseerd om de goede dingen die het doet. Het is één ding wanneer mensen Israels wandaden overdrijven en uit hun contekst halen, maar wanneer je een land ook gaat bekritiseren wanneer het slachtoffers van een aardbeving helpt, zieke kinderen geneest, zorgt dat de gezondheidszorg goed geregeld is of homo&amp;#8217;s goed behandelt, dan zit er toch een klein steekje los. In de woorden van Elder:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;In other words, there really are people out there who would prefer that a few more Japanese would die than to have Israel save them. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;They wouldn't admit it, of course, but it is a fair bet that anyone who ever uses the term &amp;quot;&lt;a href="http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2012/01/19/new-pro-israel-hasbara-meme-blackwashing/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;XXXwashing&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; in a derogatory way towards Israel is, deep down, one of these who would prefer to see the victims of disasters die than have to deal with Israel saving their lives.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;Het ongelofelijke is dat &amp;#8216;&lt;a href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/actueel/2012/01/14/blackwashing-israel/"&gt;pinkwashing&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#8217; inmiddels al een begrip is dat respectabele kranten als het NRC haalt.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;Elder voorspelde onlangs dat ook de &lt;i&gt;crosswashing&lt;/i&gt; in opkomst is. Immers, in Israel neemt het aantal christenen toe terwijl hun aantal onder de Palestijnse Autoriteit juist afneemt. Dat doet Israel vast expres, om de Palestijnen de schuld te kunnen geven.&lt;span style='color:#1F497D'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;RP&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;----------- &amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFAEF'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;a href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/heres-some-quake-washing.html"&gt;&lt;span style='color:#AA0C0C;text-decoration:none'&gt;Here's some &amp;quot;quake-washing&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:#FEFAEF'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;a href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/heres-some-quake-washing.html"&gt;http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/heres-some-quake-washing.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:#FEFAEF'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'&gt;From the&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/idfonline/6743280473/in/photostream"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:#AA0C0C;text-decoration:none'&gt;IDF:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:#FEFAEF'&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VYkGbUYVFno/Txxqv-GZggI/AAAAAAAAGHE/d9YnvAw9c-4/s1600/japan1.jpg"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#AA0C0C;mso-fareast-language:NL;text-decoration:none'&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_serrjSbggA/Tx9mWfJnN2I/AAAAAAAAAz8/FbwHh1LUkLc/s1600/image002-780839.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_serrjSbggA/Tx9mWfJnN2I/AAAAAAAAAz8/FbwHh1LUkLc/s320/image002-780839.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701388189779310434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt;background:#FEFAEF'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lt. Col. Dr. Ofir Cohen-Marom receives a delegation from Japan that came to Israel to thank the IDF for their efforts in helping the residents of Minamisanriku, Japan after it was devastated by a heavy earthquake in April 2011.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FEFAEF'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FEFAEF'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'&gt;There are real people out there whose blood boils when they see photos and stories like this. They would prefer that Israel never does anything admirable, because to them, demonization of the Jewish state is their entire&lt;span class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;raison d'etre&lt;/i&gt;, and this stuff makes it harder. for them to do their job.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In other words, there really are people out there who would prefer that a few more Japanese would die than to have Israel save them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They wouldn't admit it, of course, but it is a fair bet that anyone who ever uses the term &amp;quot;&lt;a href="http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2012/01/19/new-pro-israel-hasbara-meme-blackwashing/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='color:#AA0C0C;text-decoration:none'&gt;XXXwashing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; in a derogatory way towards Israel is, deep down, one of these who would prefer to see the victims of disasters die than have to deal with Israel saving their lives.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-4826872014731658109?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/4826872014731658109/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/als-israel-iets-goed-doet-kan-het-niet.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/4826872014731658109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/4826872014731658109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/als-israel-iets-goed-doet-kan-het-niet.html' title='Als Israel iets goed doet, kan het niet deugen'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_serrjSbggA/Tx9mWfJnN2I/AAAAAAAAAz8/FbwHh1LUkLc/s72-c/image002-780839.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-8391431876107645887</id><published>2012-01-24T18:35:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-24T18:35:29.183Z</updated><title type='text'>Palestijnse moefti PA ontkent bedoeling oproep Joden te vermoorden</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;Vorige week zond Palestinian Media Watch &lt;A  href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/pa-mufti-calls-for-genocide-of-jews.html"&gt;een  filmpje uit&lt;/A&gt; waarin de mufti van de &amp;#8216;gematigde&amp;#8217; Palestijnse Autoriteit  pleitte voor het doden van Joden. Nu ontkent de mufti dat hij dat zo heeft  bedoeld. Zo zei hij: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;"We are not calling to    kill Jews and we did not call to kill Jews, we never said 'kill Jews.' The    &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt; says [it]. I am not    responsible for the &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;. The    &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt; is in the book. The    &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt; is a noble    &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;, it is not my    &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;."    &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;Maar hij haalde niet slechts deze hadith aan (wie zegt dat je zo&amp;#8217;n tekst  uberhaupt aan moet halen als je het er niet mee eens bent?) maar paste die ook  toe op de huidige situatie: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Moderator at Fatah    ceremony:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"Our war    with the descendants of the apes and pigs (i.e., Jews) is a war of religion    and faith.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Long Live    Fatah! [I invite you,] our honorable Sheikh."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"47 years    ago the [Fatah] revolution started. Which revolution? The modern revolution of    the Palestinian people's history. In fact, Palestine in its entirety is a    revolution, since [Caliph] Umar came [to conquer Jerusalem, 637 CE], and    continuing today, and until the End of Days. The reliable &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; (tradition    attributed to Muhammad), [found] in the two reliable collections, Bukhari and    Muslim, says:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;"The Hour [of    Resurrection] will not come until you fight the Jews.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;The Jew will hide    behind stones or trees.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Then the stones or    trees will call:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;'Oh Muslim, servant of    Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Except the    &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Gharqad&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; tree [which will keep    silent]."&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Therefore    it is no wonder that you see &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Gharqad&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; [trees]    surrounding the [Israeli] settlements and colonies. This is Palestine, when we    talk about it, from the beginning of the Jihad, with the continuation of the    Jihad, with the struggle, and with the way of the Martyrs."    &amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Overigens  is deze beste man, een echte man van de vrede, benoemd door.... juist ja,  president Abbas. Het wordt ons wel heel erg moeilijk gemaakt nog te geloven in  de vredeswil van de Palestijnse Autoriteit en de &amp;#8216;gematigde&amp;#8217; president Abbas,  lieveling van het westen.&lt;SPAN  class=479322518-24012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=479322518-24012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=479322518-24012012&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;RP&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=479322518-24012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;----------&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=479322518-24012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=479322518-24012012&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=4&gt;Mufti denies applying&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt"&gt; &lt;FONT  size=4&gt;Hadith&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; about Muslims killing Jews to today's  conflict&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal  align=center&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=4&gt;PMW report shows that Mufti did apply call to kill Jews to current  conflict&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Following PMW report, PM Netanyahu calls for  criminal investigation of PA Mufti&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal  align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&amp;amp;doc_id=6119"&gt;http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&amp;amp;doc_id=6119&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal  align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik&lt;SPAN  class=479322518-24012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal  align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=479322518-24012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=479322518-24012012&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;The PA  Mufti Muhammad Hussein repeatedly denied yesterday that he intended to teach  Palestinians that their destiny is to kill Jews when he spoke at a Fatah  celebration that was broadcast on PA TV earlier this month. His denial follows  &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Palestinian Media Watch&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;'s exposure of  the &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;PA Mufti's speech&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt; in which he cited  the Islamic tradition attributed to Muhammad,  saying:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"The Hour  [of Resurrection] will not come until you fight the Jews. The Jew will hide  behind stones or trees. Then the stones or trees will call: 'Oh Muslim, servant  of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill  him."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;However,  the Mufti explained to AP, Reuters and Israeli radio and TV that he simply  quoted Islamic tradition and therefore he is not responsible for its content.  When interviewed on Israeli radio Reshet Bet, the PA Mufti claimed:  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"We are not  calling to kill Jews and we did not call to kill Jews, we never said 'kill  Jews.' The &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; says [it]. I am not  responsible for the &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;. The &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; is in the book. The  &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; is a  noble &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;, it  is not my &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;."  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal  align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;[Reshet Bet (Israeli radio), Jan. 22,  2012]&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;The PA  Minister of Religious Affairs, Mahmoud Al-Habbash, also defended the Mufti,  saying on the same radio program: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"This is  not incitement to kill Jews. We cannot change the historical religious writings  and we don't want to change them. However, we are talking now about the reality.  The reality is that we want to achieve a just  peace."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;PMW rejects PA Mufti's  and Minister of Religion's claims:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;The  statements of the two highest religious authorities in the Palestinian Authority  are misrepresentations of what the Mufti said. In fact, the words he chose to  provide a context for the &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; show that he quoted  this &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; that  anticipates Muslims killing Jews, to make it relevant for the current  Palestinian-Israeli conflict. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;The Mufti  introduced the &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; by referring to the  "47 years" of Fatah's and the Palestinian "revolution," thus placing the  &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; in  today's context. He then added that this is a "reliable &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;" from the reliable  collections and part of accepted Islamic law and belief. After citing the  &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;, the  Mufti claimed that Israelis are planting the "&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Gharqad&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; tree surrounding  the [Israeli] settlements and colonies," thus suggesting that Israel is  preparing for when the Muslims fulfill this &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; and come to kill  them. According to the Islamic tradition the &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Gharqad&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; tree will be the  only tree that will not call out to Muslims to kill the Jews hiding behind them.  By saying Israelis are already planting &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Gharqad&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; trees around their  cities, the Mufti was explicitly relating the &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; about the killing  of Jews to the current time. He was not merely citing "historical religious  writings," as claimed.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;AP,  Reuters, and Israeli radio and TV all cited the Mufti's quote and his denial  that he did not present the &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; as relevant today.  However, none of the media quoted the context in which the Mufti cited the  &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;, which  shows his denial to be a misrepresentation and that he did relate it to today's  conflict. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;In  addition, the Mufti claimed to MENA [Middle East News Agency] that "possibly  some sentences or phrases were cut from his speech, which were interpreted  incorrectly." PMW affirms that we have the entire 5-minute speech as was  broadcast on PA TV and that this is the authentic context.  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Israeli PM  responds&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Israeli PM  Netanyahu responded to the PMW report on the Mufti saying: "These are grave  words that the world needs to condemn," and asked the Attorney General to start  a criminal investigation to determine if this violated Israel's incitement laws,  the Jerusalem Post reported. [Jan. 22, 2012]&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;The following is the  Mufti's words at the Fatah event that show the context in which he cited the  &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Hadith&lt;I&gt;, followed by  excerpts from AP and Reuters' reports:&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=452&amp;amp;fld_id=452&amp;amp;doc_id=6099"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;A  href="http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=452&amp;amp;fld_id=452&amp;amp;doc_id=6099"  target='"_blank"'&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=452&amp;amp;fld_id=452&amp;amp;doc_id=6099"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Moderator at Fatah  ceremony:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"Our war  with the descendants of the apes and pigs (i.e., Jews) is a war of religion and  faith.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Long Live  Fatah! [I invite you,] our honorable Sheikh."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;PA Mufti Muhammad  Hussein comes to the podium and says:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"47 years  ago the [Fatah] revolution started. Which revolution? The modern revolution of  the Palestinian people's history. In fact, Palestine in its entirety is a  revolution, since [Caliph] Umar came [to conquer Jerusalem, 637 CE], and  continuing today, and until the End of Days. The reliable &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Hadith&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; (tradition  attributed to Muhammad), [found] in the two reliable collections, Bukhari and  Muslim, says:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;"The Hour [of  Resurrection] will not come until you fight the Jews.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;The Jew will hide behind  stones or trees.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Then the stones or trees  will call:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;'Oh Muslim, servant of  Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Except the  &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;Gharqad&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; tree [which will keep  silent]."&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5pt"&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Therefore  it is no wonder that you see &lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Gharqad&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; [trees]  surrounding the [Israeli] settlements and colonies. This is Palestine, when we  talk about it, from the beginning of the Jihad, with the continuation of the  Jihad, with the struggle, and with the way of the Martyrs."  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal  align=right&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;[PA TV (Fatah), Jan. 9, 2012]&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A  href="http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=452&amp;amp;fld_id=452&amp;amp;doc_id=6099"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Click to  view&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal  align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal  align=center&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"&gt;Israeli  leader condemns Palestinian Muslim cleric&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal  align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;by Diaa Hadid&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal  align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;Published: Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 11:01  a.m.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;The  Palestinians' top Muslim cleric faced sharp Israeli criticism Sunday for a  speech in which he quoted a religious text that includes passages about killing  Jews in an end-of-days struggle.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Mufti Mohammed Hussein's comments came  at a political gathering of supporters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.  He said his remarks were taken out of context and that he didn't incite people  to kill Jews. But by speaking at the venue, Hussein appeared to be linking the  battle to the conflict with Israel.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"The hour of resurrection will not  come until you fight the Jews," Hussein told the gathering, citing a hadith, or  saying attributed to the Prophet Muhammad. "The Jews will hide behind stones and  trees. But the trees and the stones will call: oh Muslim, oh servant of God,  there is a Jew hiding behind me so come and kill him."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;...  &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;The mufti  delivered his three-minute speech on Jan. 7 in an Arab neighborhood of east  Jerusalem during celebrations of the 47th anniversary of the Palestinian  movement Fatah, said Itamar Marcus of Palestine Media Watch, an Israeli watchdog  group that tracks incitement.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Marcus' group posted excerpts of the  speech on YouTube last week. The comments drew angry reactions from Israelis on  Sunday.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"We're talking about a heinous offense that all  nations of the world must condemn," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a  statement sent to reporters by text message. He asked the Israeli attorney  general to launch an investigation.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;It is unclear what authority Israel  would have since Hussein is appointed to his position by the Palestinian  president. There was no immediate comment from Abbas' office.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Hussein,  who is based in Jerusalem, said his comments were taken out of  context.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"I was speaking about the final signs of the day of  resurrection," Hussein said. "I did not incite, and I did not call for killing.  We are not, at present, at the end of days."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The Quran, Islam's holy  book, offers contradictory attitudes toward Jews and Christians. There are texts  that enshrine tolerance and respect for other faiths, while others are spiked  with hatred and incitement. ...&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal  align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal  align=center&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"&gt;Israel  condemns Palestinian cleric over sermon&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal  align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;by Dan Williams&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal  align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;JERUSALEM | Sun Jan 22, 2012 12:30pm EST&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"&gt;(Reuters)  - Israel condemned the Palestinians' top cleric on Sunday for reciting, at a  meeting of the dominant U.S.-backed Fatah faction, a passage from Muslim  scripture that called for the killing of Jews.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;Preaching on January 9 at a rally marking the 47th anniversary of Fatah's  founding, Mufti of Jerusalem Mohammed Hussein read out a Hadith, or traditional  text attributed to the Prophet Mohammad.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"The hour of judgment will not  come until you fight the Jews," he said. "The Jew will hide behind the stone and  behind the tree. The stone and the tree will cry, 'Oh Muslim, Oh Servant of God,  this is a Jew behind me, come and kill him'."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The Palestinian Authority  denied the sermon constituted a call to arms.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;It remained unclear if  comments from such a senior cleric would derail efforts to resume exploratory  peace talks with Israel, which began this month after more than a year of  deadlock over the expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West  Bank.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has argued  peacemaking has been blighted by incitement against the Jewish state from some  Palestinian officials, said of the mufti's sermon: "This is a very serious  offence that all the countries of the world must condemn."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;He said he had  asked Israel's attorney-general to open a criminal investigation. The Justice  Ministry had no immediate comment.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Interviewed by Reuters Television,  Hussein described the Hadith as an end-of-times prophesy, not a political  precept.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"There is nothing in my speech that calls for killing," he said.  "I was speaking about my people, its steadfastness and its existence in this  land until the hour (of resurrection)."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Video of the rally circulated by  Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), an Israeli watchdog group, showed a man  introducing the mufti by saying: "Our war with the descendants of the apes and  pigs is a war of religion and faith. Long live  Fatah!"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The Koran retells the Exodus story of some Jews  rebelling against Moses after their deliverance from bondage, and says God  punished them by turning them into pigs and apes.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Palestinian religious affairs minister  Mahmoud al-Habash confirmed the details of the rally as they appeared in the PMW  video&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; but said: "Our political position remains unchanged. We  believe in peace. He (Hussein) was simply quoting a Hadith that talks about  destiny, about what could happen in the future."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Israel captured East  Jerusalem, including two major mosques that are under the mufti's authority, in  the 1967 Middle East war. Israel deems the entire city its capital, a status not  recognized abroad, where there is widespread support for the Palestinians'  demand to found a state with a capital in East Jerusalem.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;On Netanyahu's  orders, Israeli police last year detained for questioning two West Bank settler  rabbis on suspicion they had encouraged the killing of Arabs. 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&lt;DIV dir=ltr lang=nl class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=826351216-24012012&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;Gemakshalve heb ik het programma  eronder gezet&amp;nbsp;zoals op Facebook vermeld.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr lang=nl class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=826351216-24012012&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr lang=nl class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=826351216-24012012&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Wouter&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr lang=nl class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=826351216-24012012&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;____________&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr lang=nl class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=826351216-24012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;P&gt;Dit jaar organiseren CiJO en LJG-Jongeren weer een speciale  Holocaustherdenking voor jongeren.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;A style="COLOR: rgb(17,85,204)" name=13501c31e1e67b60_OLE_LINK2&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;A  style="COLOR: rgb(17,85,204)" name=13501c31e1e67b60_OLE_LINK1&gt;Het doel van  Holocaust Memorial Day is het vergroten van het bewustzijn van jongeren ten  aanzien van discriminatie en uitsluiting teneinde genociden in de toekomst te  voorkomen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN class=826351216-24012012&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;CiJO en LJG-jongeren organiseren op 29 januari 201&lt;SPAN  class=826351216-24012012&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT  face="Times New Roman"&gt;2&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; een speciale mini-collegereeks in  Amsterdam met verschillende lezingen die specifieke facetten van de Holocaust  belichten.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Deelnemers kunnen in twee rondes lezingen naar keuze bijwonen,  voorafgegaan door een plenair openingswoord van universiteitshoogleraar Abram de  Swaan. Andere colleges worden verzorgd door:&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Prof. dr. Marjan Schwegman, directeur van het Nederlands Instituut  voor Oorlogsdocumentatie (NIOD) en hoogleraar Politiek en Cultuur in de Lange  Twintigste Eeuw aan de Universiteit Utrecht;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Dr.h.c. Ad van  Liempt, journalist, publicist en programmamaker (o.m. bekend van Andere Tijden,  NOVA);&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Dr. Evelien Gans, bijzonder hoogleraar Hedendaags  Jodendom aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Prof. dr. Marian  Bakermans-Kranenburg, hoogleraar Genen en Omgeving in de Gezinsopvoeding aan de  Universiteit Leiden;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Drs. Erik Somers, historicus, verbonden  aan het NIOD en de Universiteit van Amsterdam;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Mr. Leo Frijda,  voormalig rechter en overlevende van de Holocaust;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- Drs. Maria  van Haperen, historica en educatiespecialist, verbonden aan het  NIOD.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;De Holocaust Memorial Day duurt van 19.30 tot 22.00  uur en vindt plaats in het gebouw van de Liberaal Joodse Gemeente op de  Zuidelijke Wandelweg 41 te Amsterdam (op loopafstand van Station  RAI).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Toegang is gratis.&amp;nbsp;&lt;STRONG&gt;Aanmelden kan  via&amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;A style="COLOR: rgb(17,85,204)" href="mailto:cijo@cijo.nl"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;cijo@cijo.nl&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;. Het Facebook-evenement  vind je hier:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;A style="COLOR: rgb(17,85,204)"  href="http://www.facebook.com/events/323301291019420/"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;http://www.facebook.com/events/323301291019420/&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=826351216-24012012&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN class=826351216-24012012&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=826351216-24012012&gt;&lt;SPAN class=messageBody data-ft='{"type":3}'&gt; &lt;DIV id=id_4f1ed904a1dca5278485644  class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"&gt;Rooster Holocaust Memorial Day  2012&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Plenaire toespraak&lt;BR&gt;Em. prof. dr. Abram de Swaan&lt;BR&gt;Socioloog,  universiteitshoogleraar aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=text_exposed_hide&gt;...&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=text_exposed_show&gt;  Makariazaal&lt;BR&gt;20.00 &amp;#8211; 20.20 uur&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Ronde 1&lt;BR&gt;Heldendom in de Tweede  Wereldoorlog&lt;BR&gt;Prof. dr. Marjan Schwegman&lt;BR&gt;Directeur van het NIOD en  hoogleraar Politiek en Cultuur in de Lange Twintigste Eeuw aan de Universiteit  Utrecht&lt;BR&gt;Kleine sjoel&lt;BR&gt;20.30 &amp;#8211; 21.15 uur&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;'Is dat nu wel of niet  antisemitisch?': Het debat over hedendaags antisemitisme in Nederland&lt;BR&gt;Prof.  dr. Evelien Gans&lt;BR&gt;Bijzonder hoogleraar Hedendaags Jodendom aan de Universiteit  van Amsterdam&lt;BR&gt;Dialoogzaal&lt;BR&gt;20.30 &amp;#8211; 21.15 uur&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;1e, 2e, en 3e  generatie-effecten van de Holocaust&lt;BR&gt;Prof. dr. Marian  Bakermans-Kranenburg&lt;BR&gt;Hoogleraar Genen en Omgeving in de Gezinsopvoeding aan  de Universiteit Leiden&lt;BR&gt;Muziekzaal&lt;BR&gt;20.30 &amp;#8211; 21.15 uur&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;De Nederlandse  betrokkenheid bij de Jodenvervolging&lt;BR&gt;Dr.h.c. Ad van Liempt&lt;BR&gt;Journalist,  publicist en programmamaker (o.m. bekend van Andere Tijden,  NOVA)&lt;BR&gt;Bibliotheek&lt;BR&gt;20.30 &amp;#8211; 21.15 uur&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Literatuur als spiegel van de  Joodse ervaringswereld&lt;BR&gt;Mr. Leo Frijda&lt;BR&gt;Voormalig vice-president van het  Gerechtshof Amsterdam en overlevende van de Holocaust&lt;BR&gt;Klaslokaal&lt;BR&gt;20.30 &amp;#8211;  21.15 uur&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;De Joodsche Raad in Nederland&lt;BR&gt;Drs. Erik  Somers&lt;BR&gt;Historicus, verbonden aan het NIOD en de Universiteit van  Amsterdam&lt;BR&gt;Makariazaal&lt;BR&gt;20.30 &amp;#8211; 21.15 uur&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Mini-pauze&lt;BR&gt;21.15 &amp;#8211; 21.25  uur&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Ronde 2&lt;BR&gt;Heldendom in de Tweede Wereldoorlog&lt;BR&gt;Prof. dr. Marjan  Schwegman&lt;BR&gt;Directeur van het NIOD en hoogleraar Politiek en Cultuur in de  Lange Twintigste Eeuw aan de Universiteit Utrecht&lt;BR&gt;Kleine sjoel&lt;BR&gt;21.25 &amp;#8211;  22.10 uur&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;'Is dat nu wel of niet antisemitisch?': Het debat over  hedendaags antisemitisme in Nederland&lt;BR&gt;Prof. dr. Evelien Gans&lt;BR&gt;Bijzonder  hoogleraar Hedendaags Jodendom aan de Universiteit van  Amsterdam&lt;BR&gt;Dialoogzaal&lt;BR&gt;21.25 &amp;#8211; 22.10 uur&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;De Tweede Wereldoorlog in  perspectief: de Holocaust versus andere genociden&lt;BR&gt;Drs. Maria van  Haperen&lt;BR&gt;Historica en educatiespecialist, verbonden aan het  NIOD&lt;BR&gt;Muziekzaal&lt;BR&gt;21.25 &amp;#8211; 22.10 uur&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;De Nederlandse betrokkenheid bij  de Jodenvervolging&lt;BR&gt;Dr.h.c. Ad van Liempt&lt;BR&gt;Journalist, publicist en  programmamaker (o.m. bekend van Andere Tijden, NOVA)&lt;BR&gt;Bibliotheek&lt;BR&gt;21.25 &amp;#8211;  22.10 uur&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Literatuur als spiegel van de Joodse ervaringswereld&lt;BR&gt;Mr. Leo  Frijda&lt;BR&gt;Voormalig vice-president van het Gerechtshof Amsterdam en overlevende  van de Holocaust&lt;BR&gt;Klaslokaal&lt;BR&gt;21.25 &amp;#8211; 22.10 uur&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;De Joodsche Raad in  Nederland&lt;BR&gt;Drs. Erik Somers&lt;BR&gt;Historicus, verbonden aan het NIOD en de  Universiteit van Amsterdam&lt;BR&gt;Makariazaal&lt;BR&gt;21.25 &amp;#8211; 22.10  uur&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-1796323460375270896?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/1796323460375270896/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/holocaust-memorial-day-2012-29-januari.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/1796323460375270896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/1796323460375270896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/holocaust-memorial-day-2012-29-januari.html' title='Holocaust Memorial Day 2012: 29 januari lezingen voor jongeren in Amsterdam'/><author><name>Brassé-Limburg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11420003758775166119</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSuRcbQ8_uQ/RppIEJ5P8CI/AAAAAAAAAAY/BdRyUtbuQ6k/s200/Rol1-juni2004_00013c.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-4109207901185275169</id><published>2012-01-22T20:45:00.002Z</published><updated>2012-01-23T20:02:52.264Z</updated><title type='text'>Nederland en Israel: ongezonde vriendschap volgens Trouw (IMO)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0ORTDjVH6CE/Txx1bjavqOI/AAAAAAAAAzw/k50aYs-0u98/s1600/Netanyahu2012synagoge-734576.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0ORTDjVH6CE/Txx1bjavqOI/AAAAAAAAAzw/k50aYs-0u98/s320/Netanyahu2012synagoge-734576.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700560344568539362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=981524220-22012012&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;a  href="http://www.zionism-israel.com/blog/archives/00000639.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font  size=4&gt;Nederland en Israel: ongezonde vrienschap volgens  Trouw&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color=red size=1 face=ARIAL&gt;IMO Blog, 2012&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color=red face=ARIAL&gt;&lt;font color=#000000 size=1&gt;&lt;a  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/actueel/2012/01/22/nederland-en-israel-ongezonde-vrienschap-volgens-trouw/"&gt;http://www.israel-palestina.info/actueel/2012/01/22/nederland-en-israel-ongezonde-vrienschap-volgens-trouw/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;font color=#181880 size=2 face=ARIAL&gt;Trouw (donderdag 19 jan.) hekelt  in haar &lt;a  href="http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4500/Politiek/article/detail/3128471/2012/01/19/Als-Netanjahoe-zich-door-ons-aangemoedigd-voelt-is-de-vriendschap-niet-gezond.dhtml"  rel=nofollow&gt;hoofdredactionele commentaar&lt;/A&gt; de in haar ogen te kritiekloze  houding van Nederland tegenover Israel. Het is een veelgehoord geluid  tegenwoordig. Israel zou de stichting van een Palestijnse staat 'eindeloos  uitstellen', Oost Jeruzalem verder annexeren, en een Palestijnse staat  onmogelijk maken, en Rutte zou dit beleid aanmoedigen. Netanjahoe kwam, aldus  Trouw, naar Nederland om ons te bedanken voor de steun in internationale  organen, zoals de VN Algemene Vergadering en de UNESCO.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daarmee  beloont Nederland geen fout beleid van Israel, maar verzet zich tegen fout  beleid van de VN. De Palestijnse strategie om zaken buiten onderhandelingen met  Israel om te regelen, en Israel zo voor voldongen feiten te plaatsen, werkt  averechts en daarmee ondermijnt men de onderhandelingen. Abbas is daarover zelf  heel expliciet geweest; hij kan het zich permitteren zich in de onderhandelingen  zo onverzoenlijk op te stellen omdat hij op brede steun in de VN en de EU kan  rekenen. De noodzaak pijnlijke concessies te doen aan Israel in ruil voor  bijvoorbeeld een bouwstop, overdracht van meer gebieden en meer bevoegdheden, is  niet nodig nu de rest van de wereld deze zaken (en meer) van Israel verlangt als  eenzijdige concessie. Het was dus verstandig van Nederland om deze strategie  niet te steunen en een tegenstem te laten horen bij de VN en UNESCO.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De  UNESCO staat overigens bekend om haar eenzijdige pro-Arabische beleid. Zo  hekelde men Israelische werkzaamheden en archeologisch onderzoek bij de &lt;a  href="http://www.zionism-israel.com/blog/archives/00000122.html"&gt;Mughrabi  brug&lt;/A&gt; toen die in 2007 ingestort was, ook al is die ca. 60 meter van de Al  Aqsa Moskee verwijderd en had deze op geen enkele manier in gevaar gebracht.  Arabische werkzaamheden in de Tempelberg waarbij unieke Joodse artefacten bij  het afval werden gedumpt negeerde zij echter. Ook heeft zij Rachels graf bij  Bethlehem als moskee erkend (sinds 1996 pas zo genoemd door de Palestijnen) en  dat gelijk gesteld met de millennia-oude Joodse betekenis van die plaats. UNESCO  werkte verder ook mee aan de promotie van Oost Jeruzalem als culturele hoofdstad  van de Arabische wereld. Daarmee werd de exclusief Arabische claim op dit deel  van de stad, waar eeuwenoude Joodse gemeenschappen in 1948 met geweld werden  verdreven, versterkt en de Joodse geschiedenis weggepoetst. Recentelijk bleek  bovendien in een &lt;a  href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2011/12/goed-avdies-van-hitler-in-palestijns.html"&gt;tijdschrift  voor Palestijnse tieners&lt;/A&gt; dat UNESCO meefinancierde propaganda voor Hitler te  staan. Kortom, de UNESCO is, alle mooie woorden ten spijt, helaas verworden tot  een anti-Israelisch propaganda instituut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trouw zit er op meer punten  naast. Israel annexeert geen delen van Oost Jeruzalem, maar heeft dat al in 1980  gedaan met de basiswet over Jeruzalem, zodat de gehele stad nu onder Israelisch  civiel bestuur valt. Alle Arabieren die er woonden is het Israelische  staatsburgerschap aangeboden, maar dat weigerden de meesten. Daarom hebben ze nu  een 'residentie' status en mogen wel voor de lokale verkiezingen stemmen maar  niet voor de Knesset. Ze kunnen vrij reizen door Israel en delen in de sociale  voorzieningen, en daarom wil een grote meerderheid geen inwoner worden van een  te vormen Palestijnse staat. Er worden overigens ook geregeld Joodse huizen  afgebroken in &lt;a  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/jeruzalem.html"&gt;Jeruzalem&lt;/A&gt;, en  Arabische gebouwd, dus de idee dat Israel de Arabieren wegpest en zo de stad  verder 'verjoodst' is een mythe. Er wordt wel meer in West Jeruzalem  geïnvesteerd, en omdat veel Arabieren de lokale verkiezingen boycotten zijn ze  niet goed vertegenwoordigd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trouw wijst er tot slot op dat Netanjahoe  zelf gezegd zou hebben dat het conflict onoplosbaar is en hij er daarom niet  zijn best voor doet. Dat mag zo zijn, maar geldt evenzeer voor Abbas, die zich  in de Washington Post in 2009 in vergelijkbare bewoordingen uitliet. Beide  partijen pretenderen dat de tijd aan hun kant staat en dat de ander met  concessies over de brug moet komen. Achter de schermen lijkt men elkaar soms  desondanks te zijn genaderd, zoals in 2008 toen Olmert de Palestijnen een &lt;a  href="http://www.zionism-israel.com/blog/archives/00000419.html"&gt;vergaand  voorstel deed&lt;/A&gt;, waarop nooit een duidelijke reactie kwam. Uit de &lt;a  href="http://www.zionism-israel.com/blog/archives/00000529.html"&gt;Palestine  Papers&lt;/A&gt; bleek dat de Palestijnen zelf ook met vergaande voorstellen waren  gekomen, maar weigerden erover door te praten: het was slikken of  stikken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het is daarnaast verontrustend dat de PA via haar eigen media  een heel ander geluid laat horen, en terroristen nog steeds als helden worden  geëerd. Zo werden Joden onlangs in een preek die op het &lt;a  href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/palestijnse-tv-wijt-alle-kwaad-op-de.html"&gt;officiële  PA TV station werd uitgezonden&lt;/A&gt; de bron van alle kwaad genoemd. Ook riep de  &lt;a  href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/pa-mufti-calls-for-genocide-of-jews.html"&gt;moefti  van de PA&lt;/A&gt; nog op 9 januari op tot genocide op de Joden door de moslims,  verwijzend naar een Hadith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Netanjahoe zei donderdagavond in Nieuwsuur  dat wanneer de veiligheid van Israel wordt gewaarborgd, er veel mogelijk is en  de Palestijnen een grote kans laten liggen door niet te willen praten zonder  voorwaarden vooraf. Ook zei hij dat beide partijen natuurlijk hun voorwaarden  hebben waar een vredesverdrag aan moet voldoen, maar dat je die tijdens de  onderhandelingen bespreekt. Dat klinkt plausibel, en het is zeker niet  gebruikelijk dat juist de zwakkere partij met steeds weer nieuwe eisen en  voorwaarden komt aanzetten voordat er überhaupt gepraat kan worden. Dat Israel  ondertussen doorbouwt op land waar de Palestijnen een staat willen stichten is  inderdaad niet erg bemoedigend, maar er is een bouwstop geweest buiten &lt;a  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/jeruzalem.html"&gt;Jeruzalem&lt;/A&gt; en ook die  heeft de Palestijnen niet tot onderhandelen gebracht. En Oost Jeruzalem al op  voorhand 'weggeven' is voor Israel terecht onaanvaardbaar. Naast een bouwstop  eist Abbas bovendien dat Israel op voorhand de pre-1967 wapenstilstandslijn als  grens accepteert, en soms komt hij met nog andere eisen aanzetten, zoals het  vrijlaten van een aantal gevangenen en wat al niet meer. Netanyahu wees er in  het interview donderdag ook op dat een bouwstop tijdens eerdere besprekingen  geen voorwaarde vooraf was. Ikzelf zou zeggen, dat wanneer de Palestijnen een  bouwstop eisen, daar dan ook een voorwaarde vooraf van Israel tegenover mag  staan, zoals erkenning als Joodse staat of echt eens een einde aan de opruiing  en verering van kindermoordenaars in Palestijnse (PA gecontroleerde)  media.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ratna  Pelle&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-4109207901185275169?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/4109207901185275169/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/nederland-en-israel-ongezonde.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/4109207901185275169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/4109207901185275169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/nederland-en-israel-ongezonde.html' title='Nederland en Israel: ongezonde vriendschap volgens Trouw (IMO)'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0ORTDjVH6CE/Txx1bjavqOI/AAAAAAAAAzw/k50aYs-0u98/s72-c/Netanyahu2012synagoge-734576.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-636190356533053081</id><published>2012-01-22T20:23:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-22T20:23:58.146Z</updated><title type='text'>Gretta Duisenberg weer op mars tegen het zionisme</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;Carel  Brendel geeft hieronder weer een mooi overzicht van de onfrisse  samenwerkingsverbanden tussen Gretta's hatelijke clubje en andere  extremisten.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;Ik druk  me dan voorzichtig uit....&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Wouter&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;EM&gt;________________&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr lang=nl class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 22pt"&gt;&lt;A  title="Permanente link naar Gretta Duisenberg weer op mars tegen het zionisme"  href="http://www.carelbrendel.nl/2012/01/19/gretta-duisenberg-weer-op-mars-tegen-het-zionisme/"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Gretta Duisenberg  weer op mars tegen het zionisme&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.carelbrendel.nl/2012/01/19/gretta-duisenberg-weer-op-mars-tegen-het-zionisme/#more-516"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=1&gt;http://www.carelbrendel.nl/2012/01/19/gretta-duisenberg-weer-op-mars-tegen-het-zionisme/#more-516&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;  &lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Door  Carel Brendel, 19 januari 2012&lt;SPAN class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=669171520-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Gretta  Duisenberg gaat weer op pad tegen het zionisme. Ze is een van de aanjagers van  de Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ), een wereldwijd protest tegen de Israëlische  'annexatie' van de heilige plaatsen van jodendom, christendom en islam. Vorige  week was de bankiersweduwe in Rome, waar een&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.stopdebezetting.com/acties/global-march-to-jerusalem-call-for-european-participation-and-support.html"  target=_blank&gt;Europees voorbereidend comité&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;voor de Jeruzalem-mars werd  opgericht. Duisenberg, voorzitter van Stop de Bezetting en bestuurslid van de  Free Gaza Movement, is een van de ondertekenaars van de Europese oproep. Van  Rome ging het naar Beiroet. Daar nam ze deel aan een tweedaagse internationale  conferentie, zo blijkt uit een op de&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://gm2j.com/main/2012/01/confab-condemns-judaization-of-al-quds/"  target=_blank&gt;GMJ-website&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;geplaatste foto  tweede van rechts is  Duisenberg.&lt;SPAN class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=669171520-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;De  Libanese krant&amp;nbsp;&lt;I&gt;The Daily Star&lt;/I&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Jan-18/160259-committees-set-date-for-jerusalem-global-march.ashx#axzz1jt4guz3b"  target=_blank&gt;berichtte&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;dat ook het voormalige Britse  Lagerhuislid&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Galloway"  target=_blank&gt;George Galloway&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;het woord voerde. In Beiroet werd de  datum van de mars naar Jeruzalem definitief op 30 maart vastgesteld. Galloway,  destijds Kamerlid namens de extreemlinkse Respect Party, is overigens geen lid  van het Europese steuncomité. Net als Duisenberg is de Britse politicus  omstreden, omdat hij in zijn strijd voor de Palestijnse zaak nauw samenwerkt met  vertegenwoordigers van de antisemitische terreurbeweging Hamas. Deze organisatie  streeft de vernietiging van Israël na, en verwijst in haar Handvest naar de  antisemitische, gefingeerde&amp;nbsp;&lt;I&gt;Protocollen van de Wijzen van Zion&lt;/I&gt;.&lt;SPAN  class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=669171520-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Duisenbergs stichting Stop de  Bezetting werkte in het verleden regelmatig&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.carelbrendel.nl/2010/12/14/laten-we-eens-kijken-naar-de-subsidies-voor-gretta-en-haar-vrienden/"  target=_blank&gt;nauw samen&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;met het Palestijns Platform van Mensenrechten  en Solidariteit (PPMS) van de Hamas-fondsenwerver Amin Abou Rashed. Deze  Palestijnse activist was een van de gangmakers van de Freedom Flotilla's  richting Gaza. Zijn bemoeienis met het Nederlands/Italiaanse schip riep vorig  jaar vragen op bij Nederlandse journalisten. Toen hierover geen opheldering  kwam, besloten zij om&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.carelbrendel.nl/2011/07/09/de-publicitaire-schipbreuk-van-de-nederlandse-gazaboot/"  target=_blank&gt;niet aan boord&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;te gaan. Als gevolg van de tegenwerking  van de lokale autoriteiten strandde de tweede Gazavloot overigens in de Griekse  wateren. Gretta's Stop de Bezetting maakt deel uit van de Nederlandse  Gaza-coalitie, een&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.carelbrendel.nl/2011/06/18/brekend-moslimbroeders-regelen-aankoop-van-nederlands-italiaans-gazaschip/"  target=_blank&gt;samenwerkingsverband&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT  size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;van extreemlinks en de  Moslimbroederschap.&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Duisenberg en Rashed stonden  eerder, eind 2009/begin 2010, al aan het hoofd van een&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://steunpalestina.nl/" target=_blank&gt;konvooi&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;naar Gaza. Op  weg daarheen werden zij ontvangen op de Nederlandse ambassade in Cairo.&lt;SPAN  class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=669171520-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Ook  bij de mars op Jeruzalem is er weer intensieve samenwerking tussen extreemlinks  en de Moslimbroeders. Een van de eerste oproepen voor de Global March to  Jerusalem kwam van&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://gm2j.com/main/2012/01/haniye-announcing-global-march-to-jerusalem/"  target=_blank&gt;Ismail Haniya&lt;/A&gt;, premier van Gaza. Dankzij de Arabische  revoluties staan Jeruzalem en Al-Aqsa weer hoog op de agenda, aldus de  Hamas-leider in zijn toespraak. De harde kern van het Europese comité bestaat  uit Italiaanse anti-imperialisten en Britse supporters van Hamas. Zaher Birawi,  tevens&lt;SPAN class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A  href="http://gm2j.com/main/2012/01/gmj-iec-stresses-on-on-marching-to-jerusalem-al-quds-on-30th-march-2012/"  target=_blank&gt;woordvoerder&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;van het internationale comité van GMJ, is  leider van het&lt;SPAN class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.prc.org.uk/newsite/en/"  target=_blank&gt;Palestinian Return Centre&lt;/A&gt;, volgens Israëlische  inlichtingenrapporten een&lt;SPAN class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.crethiplethi.com/palestinian-return-centre-anti-israeli-propaganda-center-affiliated-with-hamas-and-muslim-brotherhood/islam-fundamentalists/hamas-islam-fundamentalists/2011/"  target=_blank&gt;steunpilaar&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;van Hamas en ook al&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e129.htm"  target=_blank&gt;nauw betrokken&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;bij de organisatie van de twee  Gazavloten.&lt;SPAN class=669171520-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=669171520-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;De  andere&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://globalmbreport.org/?p=5645" target=_blank&gt;Britse  Moslimbroeders&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;zijn Hafiz al-Karmi, Mohammed Kozber en Ismael Patel.  'Onze' Amin Abou Rashed staat niet op de lijst van twaalf Europese  inititiatiefnemers. Van zijn platform PPMS wordt de laatste tijd weinig meer  vernomen. Hij heeft een nieuwe koepelorganisatie,&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.palestijnsehuis.nl/" target=_blank&gt;Het Palestijnse Huis&lt;/A&gt;.  Deze club doet vandaag wel mee aan de protesten tegen het bezoek van de  Israëlische premier Netanyahu.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-636190356533053081?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/636190356533053081/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/gretta-duisenberg-weer-op-mars-tegen.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/636190356533053081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/636190356533053081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/gretta-duisenberg-weer-op-mars-tegen.html' title='Gretta Duisenberg weer op mars tegen het zionisme'/><author><name>Brassé-Limburg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11420003758775166119</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSuRcbQ8_uQ/RppIEJ5P8CI/AAAAAAAAAAY/BdRyUtbuQ6k/s200/Rol1-juni2004_00013c.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-9031443428147276622</id><published>2012-01-22T20:15:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-22T20:15:19.955Z</updated><title type='text'>Intern rapport bewijst: EU nu partij in Midden-Oosten conflict</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Nog &lt;A  href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/eu-rapport-over-israelische-bezetting.html"&gt;meer  bewijs&lt;/A&gt; dat het recent uitgelekte EU rapport op onjuiste informatie is  gebaseerd en dat de EU een duidelijke politieke agenda heeft.  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P    style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;Al direct in de inleiding wordt duidelijk wat de EU wil. De    Israëlische controle over het gebied [de zogenaamde C gebieden, ca. 60% van de    Westoever] moet op zijn minst gedeeld worden met de Palestijnse Autoriteit of    zelfs opgegeven worden.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P    style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;Alhoewel het document wel de Oslo akkoorden noemt, wordt het    cruciale gegeven dat de huidige situatie een uitvloeisel is van de    ondertekening van die internationaal erkende akkoorden, genegeerd. Daarentegen    roept het rapport op tot 'de volledige en effectieve Palestijnse ontwikkeling    van gebied C met als doel de&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;herbestemming&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;van dit    gebied'.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P    style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;Wat dat inhoudt vermeld het rapport ook, het gebied moet bij de    door de PA beheerde gebieden A en B komen.&amp;nbsp; Over een bilateraal akkoord    wordt niet gesproken.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P style="border-image: initial" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Met andere woorden, de gehele  Westoever moet onder Palestijns bestuur komen en zou daarmee niet meer  toegankelijk zijn voor Israeli's zoals nu al het geval is op een gedeelte van de  Westoever. Daarmee loopt de EU vooruit op de onderhandelingen waarin Israel en  de Palestijnen gezamenlijk tot een oplossing en compromis moeten komen. Een  groot deel van het C gebied zal dan naar alle waarschijnlijkheid onderdeel  worden van een Palestijnse staat, maar niet alles. En voor sommige delen zoals  de Jordaanvallei komt er misschien een overgangsregeling, en houdt Israel op  zijn minst tijdelijk een veiligheidspresentie. De EU wordt daarmee partij in het  conflict; men stelt steeds eisen aan Israel en bekritiseert het land  voortdurend, en steunt de Palestijnse strategie om buiten onderhandelingen om  via de VN en andere organen zoveel mogelijk binnen te halen. Het is volkomen  terecht dat Nederland daar niet aan mee doet.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="border-image: initial" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="border-image: initial" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;RP&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="border-image: initial" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;FONT  size=3&gt;------------&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; 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TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=4 face=Arial&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Intern rapport bewijst: EU nu partij in Midden-Oosten  conflict&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  href="http://missingpeace.eu/nl/2012/01/intern-rapport-bewijst-eu-nu-partij-in-midden-oosten-conflict/"&gt;http://missingpeace.eu/nl/2012/01/intern-rapport-bewijst-eu-nu-partij-in-midden-oosten-conflict/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;Door&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; 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&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #333333"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;UPDATE: Naar aanleiding van de publicatie van het artikel hieronder  zijn anderen het EU rapport ook gaan  onderzoeken.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Een van hen is professor Avraham Bell een expert op het  gebied van internationaal recht. Hij onderzocht de claim dat het overgrote deel  van de Palestijnse bevolking door de Israelische politiek uit de Jordaanvallei  zou zijn verdreven sinds 1967.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Zijn bevindingen bewijzen dat de EU onbetrouwbare bronnen gebruikte  en werden gepubliceerd op de Elder of Ziyon blog&lt;/FONT&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/eu-publishes-report-based-on-false.html"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: navy; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/eu-publishes-report-based-on-false.html&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #666666; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;De Engelse krant The Independent en de Israëlische krant&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4174682,00.html"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; COLOR: #666666; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Yediot Acharonot&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;publiceerden  vorige week artikelen over een EU rapport dat zware kritiek op de Israëlische  politiek in 'Area C' op de West Bank zou bevatten.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Het zogenaamde C gebied wordt krachtens de Oslo akkoorden legaal door  Israël beheerd. Het EU rapport staat echter bol van de halve en hele onwaarheden  en is slechts gebaseerd op pro Palestijnse bronnen waaronder de VN organisatie  OCHA.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Ontstemd&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Een dag na de YNet/Independent publicaties&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #888888; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #888888; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=253459"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #888888; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;berichtte&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;The Jerusalem Post dat de Israëlische regering uitermate ontstemd was  over de volstrekte eenzijdigheid van het rapport en over de nieuwe EU inmenging  in Israëlische aangelegenheden&lt;/FONT&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Europese regeringen en politici, onder hen de Nederlandse oud  minister van Buitenlandse Zaken&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #888888; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/3184/opinie/article/detail/3125712/2012/01/18/Stop-het-gedoog--en-beloonbeleid-jegens-Israel.dhtml"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #888888; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #888888; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Hans van  den&amp;nbsp;Broek&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;,&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt; hebben het EU rapport inmiddels gebruikt om kritiek te leveren op  Israël&lt;/FONT&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;De YNET en Independent rapportage was uitsluitend gebaseerd op  bronnen die inzage hadden gehad in het rapport.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Missing Peace heeft nu echter beslag weten te leggen op een kopie van  het volledige rapport (&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;Area  C and Palestinian state building&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;) dat in juli vorig jaar werd  geschreven.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Zie hier:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.redress.cc/cms-files/nsabir20120115.pdf" target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #666666; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;http://www.redress.cc/cms-files/nsabir20120115.pdf&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Bronnen&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Een nadere bestudering van het rapport&amp;nbsp; maakt duidelijk waarom  de Israëlische regering ontstemd was. De EU heeft namelijk uitsluitend bronnen  gebruikt die bekend staan om hun uitgesproken pro Palestijnse benadering. Veel  van die bronnen zijn NGO's die door de EU worden  gefinancierd.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Daarnaast bevat het rapport geen gegevens die afkomstig zijn van  Israëlische bronnen zoals COGAT (Coordination of Government Activities in the  Territories).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Herbestemming&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Al direct in de inleiding wordt duidelijk wat de EU wil. De  Israëlische controle over het gebied moet op zijn minst gedeeld worden met de  Palestijnse Autoriteit of zelfs opgegeven worden.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Alhoewel het document wel de Oslo akkoorden noemt, wordt het cruciale  gegeven dat de huidige situatie een uitvloeisel is van de ondertekening van die  internationaal erkende akkoorden, genegeerd. Daarentegen roept het rapport op  tot 'de volledige en effectieve Palestijnse ontwikkeling van gebied C met als  doel de&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;herbestemming&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;van dit  gebied'.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Wat dat inhoudt vermeld het rapport ook, het gebied moet bij de door  de PA beheerde gebieden A en B komen.&amp;nbsp; Over een bilateraal akkoord wordt  niet gesproken.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Illegaal&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;De Joden die in het gebied wonen worden in het rapport bestempeld tot  illegalen. Daarbij beroept het rapport zich op de vierde Geneefse  conventie&amp;nbsp; en het internationale recht.&amp;nbsp; Uiteraard wordt er niet  gesproken over de vele IR&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #888888; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://maurice-ostroff.tripod.com/id45.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #888888; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;experts&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000 size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;die het met die interpretatie volledig&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A  href="http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B6waWE69-1DTOGEwOTQ0MzQtZmFmMi00NTc5LTg2NmYtYzhkMWNmMTFiYTlk&amp;amp;hl=en"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; COLOR: #666666; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;oneens&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;zijn&lt;/FONT&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Op bladzijde 3 wordt gesproken over de hulpgoederen die aan de  Palestijnen worden verstrekt.&amp;nbsp; Het EU rapport suggereert dat het  Israëlische bestuur de hulpverlening willekeurig&amp;nbsp; hindert, als een vorm van  straf voor de Palestijnen. Verder wordt de suggestie &amp;nbsp;gewekt alsof de  situatie op de West Bank nog altijd dezelfde is als tijdens de Tweede Intifada,  toen als gevolg van&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;een  golf van terreur&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;het  aantal controle posten en wegversperringen drastisch  toenam.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Inmiddels zijn bijna al deze beperkende maatregelen&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #888888; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/HumanitarianAid/Overview/"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #888888; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;opgeheven&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;, zoals ook werd bevestigd in&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #888888; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://blair.3cdn.net/fc1b9c12114abb4bc6_z3m6becz7.pdf"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #888888; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;een  rapport&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;van het kantoor van het Quartet (Tony Blair) vorig jaar.&amp;nbsp;De EU  beschikt echter over OCHA gegevens (een VN organisatie met voornamelijk  Palestijnse werknemers) waaruit zou moeten blijken dat er nog altijd 60 bemande  controle posten zijn op de West Bank&lt;/FONT&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Dat is een volledig valse voorstelling van zaken, die ook wordt  weersproken door wat het Quartet kantoor meldde vorig jaar. De controleposten  die er nu nog zijn,&amp;nbsp; bevinden zich op de zogenaamde&amp;nbsp; groene lijn (de  1948 bestandslijn waar het veiligheidshek grotendeels op is gebouwd)&amp;nbsp; en  rondom Jeruzalem, waar nog altijd terreuraanslagen worden gepleegd. De rest van  de West Bank is nu vrij van bemande controleposten. Hierdoor is er sprake van  vrij verkeer.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Infrastruktuur&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN class=881330420-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000  size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Op bladzijde 4 wordt de infrastructuur in het C gebied  behandeld.&amp;nbsp; De EU beweert dat belangrijke infrastructuurprojecten die de PA  had willen uitvoeren niet zijn gerealiseerd door gebrek aan Israëlische  medewerking.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Daarbij wordt gesproken over waterprojecten en bijvoorbeeld  wegen.&amp;nbsp; Juist deze zomer p&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.google.co.il/url?sa=t&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;q=the+devastating+truth+about+water+and+palestinian+statehood&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;cd=1&amp;amp;ved=0CB8QFjAA&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpost.com%2FOpinion%2FColumnists%2FArticle.aspx%3Fid%3D235772&amp;amp;ei=5okWT_jaAsPo8QO16tGCAw&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFj1XF1"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; COLOR: #666666; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;ubliceerde&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;the Jerusalem Post een Missing Peace  rapport over de wijze waarop de Palestijnse Autoriteit de samenwerking op het  gebied van de waterinfrastructuur altijd heeft&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;gesaboteerd&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;.  Uit dat artikel, maar ook uit een recent&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #888888; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/MSPS94.pdf" target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #888888; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;wetenschappelijk  rapport&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;van professor Haim Gvirtzman van de Hebreeuwse Universiteit blijkt  dat de claims over water e.d. volledig onjuist zijn&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;.&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Bouw&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN class=881330420-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000  size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Even verderop gaat het over bouwen in het C gebied. Het rapport haalt  VN gegevens (OCHA) aan om te bewijzen dat Israël Palestijnse bouw in 70 % van  het C gebied onmogelijk maakt. Het rapport maakt uiteraard geen melding van het  feit dat in ieder Europees land in gebieden met een agrarische bestemming het  bouwen van huizen ook&amp;nbsp;aan banden is gelegd, of wordt verboden. Het  leeuwendeel van gebied C is namelijk ook gebied met een agrarische  bestemming.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Een ieder die zonder bouwvergunning bouwt in de C gebieden loopt het  risico dat zijn bouwsel moet worden afgebroken. In de praktijk is gebleken dat  de Israëlische autoriteiten&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #888888; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/133357"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #888888; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Arabische  illegale bouw&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;minder&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #888888; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.wnd.com/2010/10/213761/" target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #888888; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;aanpakken&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;dan de illegale bouw nabij de Joodse dorpen en steden. In Jeruzalem  Oost &amp;nbsp;is bijvoorbeeld 40 % van de Arabische huizen illegaal gebouwd,  hetzelfde verschijnsel heeft zich voorgedaan in de buurt van Hebron waar  honderden illegaal gebouwde Arabische huizen de uitbreiding van Kiriyat Arba in  westelijke richting hebben voorkomen&lt;/FONT&gt;.&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT  color=#000000&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;'Nederzettingen'&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;En zo gaat het pagina achter pagina door, de ene onjuiste bewering  volgt op de andere.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Zo zegt de EU in dit rapport dat de 'nederzettingen' sinds 1996  gesloten zijn voor de Palestijnen, terwijl uit andere&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/MSPS94.pdf" target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: gray; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;gegevens  blijkt&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;dat tussen de 20.000 en 30.000 Palestijnen in die zelfde  'nederzettingen' hun brood verdienen&lt;/FONT&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Hetzelfde geldt voor de bewering dat Palestijnen geen toegang zouden  hebben tot hun landerijen in de nabijheid van 'nederzettingen'. Er zijn plaatsen  waar dit zo is, bijvoorbeeld bij Itamar in Shomron (Noord West Bank) waar de  familie Fogel in hun slaap werd vermoord vorig jaar. De reden van zo'n maatregel  is dus het gevaar voor terroristische aanslagen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Maar bijvoorbeeld In Gush Etzion in de West Bank Zuid (Yehuda)  &amp;nbsp;werken Palestijnse boeren &amp;nbsp;ongestoord op hun land naast de Joodse  dorpen en steden.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;EU partijdig&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;De EU heeft met dit rapport definitief bewezen dat men partij is in  het Israëlische Palestijnse conflict.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Nergens in het rapport wordt de&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4167993,00.html"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: gray; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;negatieve  rol&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;belicht die de Palestijnse Autoriteit vanaf zijn oprichting in 1994  heeft gespeeld. Ook negeert het rapport de terreur die een groot deel van de  economische, maatschappelijke en humanitaire problemen op de West Bank  veroorzaakte&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Het rapport bevat verder legio onjuistheden en is gebaseerd op  ongeveer dezelfde bronnen die verantwoordelijk waren voor het hoogst&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/world/middleeast/03goldstone.html"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: gray; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;onbetrouwbare&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=881330420-22012012&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000 size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;UNHRC Goldstone rapport over de Gaza  oorlog&lt;/FONT&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Daarnaast gaan sommige aanbevelingen in het rapport voorbij aan de  Oslo akkoorden, en aan de reële situatie in de West  Bank.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Het tragische is dat afzonderlijke EU landen hun politiek lijken te  baseren op deze desinformatie. Frankrijk&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;b&lt;A  href="http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/french-parliament-report-accuses-israel-of-water-apartheid-in-west-bank-1.407685"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: gray; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;eschuldigde&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Israël deze week van water apartheidspolitiek en de Engelse premier  Cameron stelde dat de Twee Staten oplossing onmogelijk aan het worden is door de  Israëlische politiek op de West Bank.&amp;nbsp;Later werd dit gevolgd  door&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4177101,00.html"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; COLOR: #666666; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;berichten&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;dat de EU zelfs boycot maatregelen  overweegt.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;De Nederlandse ex EU commisaris Frits Bolkenstein slaat de spijker op  zijn kop wanneer&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/3184/opinie/article/detail/3125902/2012/01/18/Bolkestein-De-EU-moet-zich-niet-afkeren-van-Isra-euml-l.dhtml"  target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: gray; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;hij  stelt&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;dat de&amp;nbsp; voortdurende EU kritiek op Israël contraproductief is  voor haar rol als bemiddelaar in het Palestijns Israëlische  conflict&lt;/FONT&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P  style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.25pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15pt; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; border-image: initial"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;Echter, het meest verontrustende is dat de EU die kritiek baseert op  de incorrecte informatie en de propaganda die de organisatie krijgt vanuit  het&amp;nbsp; Palestijnse kamp en haar supporters.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-9031443428147276622?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/9031443428147276622/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/intern-rapport-bewijst-eu-nu-partij-in.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/9031443428147276622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/9031443428147276622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/intern-rapport-bewijst-eu-nu-partij-in.html' title='Intern rapport bewijst: EU nu partij in Midden-Oosten conflict'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-31316511031181509</id><published>2012-01-21T04:44:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-21T04:44:18.404Z</updated><title type='text'>EU rapport over Israelische bezetting Jordaanvallei</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Dit  rapport wordt grif gebruikt door journalisten en de bekende Israel critici om  Israel nog eens extra de les te lezen. Hieronder blijkt dat het op onbetrouwbare  bronnen is gebaseerd, die vervolgens naar elkaar linken als 'onderbouwing' van  hun anti-Israel aantijgingen. Nergens wordt duidelijk waar de cijfers die men  citeert (in dit geval het hoge percentage Palestijnen dat uit de Jordaanvallei  zou zijn verdreven) op zijn gebaseerd. Ook blijkt dat de bronnen stuk voor stuk  (sterk) anti-Israel zijn en door politici en journalisten daarom met de nodige  scepsis zouden moeten worden bekeken. Wat dacht je bijvoorbeeld van de "Popular  Struggle Coordination Committee" of "The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid  Wall Campaign". Klinkt allemaal zeer betrouwbaar, nietwaar? Toch belanden hun  cijfers in een 'respectabel' EU rapport, dat vervolgens in diverse media opduikt  als bewijs van Israels wangedrag.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=551393204-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Een  simpel onderzoekje toont aan dat de cijfers over de Jordaanvallei inderdaad niet  kloppen:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;And how good are the Ma'an sources?&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;They are obviously made    up&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;You can find Israel's 1967 census of the West Bank&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A    href="http://www.levyinstitute.org/palestinian-census/"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;here&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;There is no breakdown of figures for the Jordan Valley, but    the total West Bank figure is 598,637, with only 9,078 in the Jericho    district. Interestingly, if you take the figures for the Jericho, Nablus,    Tulkarm, and Jenin districts together, you get to 311,983. This suggests to me    that the figure of 320,000 is the entire Samaria north of Ramallah. (The other    districts are Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem and Hebron).&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;De  aantijging dat van de ca. 320.000 inwoners er maar 56.000 overbleven is dus  onjuist, want zoveel hebben er bij lange na niet gewoond. Daarmee komt ook de  aantijging dat Israel&lt;B&gt; "has caused the Palestinian population in Area C to  shrink significantly and recede into enclaves"&lt;/B&gt; op losse schroeven te  staan.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=551393204-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Hopelijk gaat iemand ook de  andere bronnen die in dit onderzoek worden gebruikt nalopen, want de kans dat  die ook niet kloppen lijkt me reëel.&lt;SPAN class=551393204-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=551393204-21012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=551393204-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;RP&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=551393204-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT  size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;-----------&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;H3  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BACKGROUND: #fefaef; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 9.0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16.5pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/eu-publishes-report-based-on-false.html"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;EU publishes report  based on false information&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/eu-publishes-report-based-on-false.html"&gt;http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/eu-publishes-report-based-on-false.html&lt;/A&gt;  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;From&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4174682,00.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;YNet&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;on January 12:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef; MARGIN-LEFT: 35.4pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;The  European Union has decided to pursue a series of steps which may undermine  Israel's control of Area C in the West Bank, an official EU document obtained by  Ynet on Thursday suggests.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The Oslo Accords divided the West Bank into  three areas of control: Area A which is under the Palestinian Authority's full  control; Area B, which is under Palestinian civil controls and shared  Israeli-Palestinian security control; and Area C, which is controlled by  Israel.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Area C makes up 62% of the West Bank, but the Palestinians make  up only 5.8% of its population.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The document, titled "&lt;B&gt;Area C and  Palestinian state building&lt;/B&gt;," harshly criticizes Israel's policies in the  West Bank,&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;claiming they have  caused the Palestinian population in Area C to shrink significantly and recede  into enclaves&lt;/B&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Is  this true?&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.redress.cc/cms-files/nsabir20120115.pdf"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;EU report  itself&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;was published last July.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Legal scholar Avi  Bell analyzed the document and the sources it gave, and wrote this  up:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal    align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;   &lt;HR align=center SIZE=3 width="100%"&gt;   &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;I first went to the EU report. This is the key paragraph:    "According to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A name=OLE_LINK1&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;A    href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7933777"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: #234786"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=Arial&gt;Save the Children    UK&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;(SCUK) Fact Sheet on the    Jordan Valley of October 2009 more than 90% of the Jordan Valley is designated    as Area C. Prior to the Israeli occupation in 1967 the Palestinian population    of the Jordan Valley was estimated at between 200,000 and 320,000. As of 2009    the population is approximately 56,000 with roughly 70% of residents    concentrated in the City of Jericho (located in Area A). ..." The citation is    to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A    href="http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/docs/English_Jordan_Valley_Fact_Sheet_and_Citations.pdf"    target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #234786; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2    face=Arial&gt;http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/docs/English_Jordan_Valley_Fact_Sheet_and_Citations.pdf&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;That link is stale, but I found the fact sheet    at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A    href="http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/opt_prot_savethechildren_Jordan_Valley_Fact_Sheet_oct_2009.pdf"    target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #234786; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2    face=Arial&gt;http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/opt_prot_savethechildren_Jordan_Valley_Fact_Sheet_oct_2009.pdf&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;. The fact sheet has the following statement in bullet    points under the heading "Background": "Prior to the Israeli occupation in    1967, the Palestinian population of the Jordan Valley was estimated at between    200,000 and 320,000. [MA'AN]". No other reference is given.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;While the MA'AN in question is not identified, it appears to be the    Ma'an Development Center, which put out a 2008 report called&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;A    href="http://www.maan-ctr.org/pdfs/JordanValleyreport-English.pdf"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Palestine's Forgotten    Displacement: The Plight of the Jordan Valley Bedouin&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&amp;nbsp;with the following    paragraph on page 18: "... While exact figures for displacement and in    particular displacement of Jordan Valley Bedouin do not exist, comparisons of    data from the time of Jordanian rule and today suggest that the region has    suffered significant forced displacement. Prior to 1967 estimates range from    200,000 to 320,000 people who lived in the Jordan Valley. Today however the    total population is set between 52,000 to 56,000 (for the greater Jordan    Valley). Local community leaders also say that approximately 90 per cent of    the villages that existed prior to 1967 have disappeared from the map."    Needless to say, no sources are cited. Page 19 offers the following, again    without sources: "Though Bedouin are disproportionately affected, residents    across the Jordan Valley are especially vulnerable to displacement. Since the    1950s, the population has decreased from around 300,000 to only 56,000    today&lt;/FONT&gt;."&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;According to subsequent Ma'an reports, the pre-1967 population has    increased to first 300,000-320,000 and then to    320,000-350,000&lt;/FONT&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Page 8 of the 2010 Ma'an publication&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A    href="http://www.maan-ctr.org/pdfs/Settlement.pdf"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2    face=Arial&gt;Bankrolling Colonialism: How US Zionist Organizations in the Jordan    Valley are Undermining a Future Palestinian State&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;," jointly published with the Jordan Valley Popular    Committees states that "The Palestinian population of the Jordan Valley is    58,000 approximately 2% of the Palestinian population in the West Bank. 70% of    Jordan Valley residents live in the city of Jericho. Prior to the 1967    occupation the population was estimated at between 300,000 and 320,000." The    latter population number is cited to "&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A    href="http://www.jordanvalleysolidarity.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=34:geographyanddemographics&amp;amp;catid=3:geography&amp;amp;Itemid=3"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=Arial&gt;Jordan    Valley Solidarity&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT size=2    face=Arial&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;That site states, "When Israel occupied the Jordan    Valley in 1967, 320,000 people resided in the area. Following the continued    Israeli campaign of creeping ethnic cleansing, only 56,000 Palestinians still    reside in the Valley on a permanent basis today." Jordan Valley Solidarity's    citation for the 320,000 figure is to a dead link in the site of the    "&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A    href="http://popularstruggle.org/content/jordan-valley#sdendnote1sym"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=Arial&gt;Popular    Struggle Coordination Committee&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2&gt;". But while the link is dead, the apparent reference is to a 2009    report by the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee called an&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A    href="http://www.popularstruggle.org/node/12"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=Arial&gt;Eye on    the Jordan Valley&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;which states, "when Israel    occupied the Jordan Valley in 1967, 320,000 people resided in the area." The    footnote cites: "'Eye on the Jordan Valley: To exist is to resist': The    Grassroots Palestinian Anti Apartheid Wall Campaign: May 07."&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A    href="http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/opt_districtprofile_maan_jordanvalley_1_may_2007.pdf"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=Arial&gt;Eye on    the Jordan Valley: To exist Is to Resist from May    2007&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;turns out to be a fact sheet put out    by Ma'an and The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign. Page 14    contains the following statement without citation: "&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #292526; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;Between 1948 and 1967, the Palestinian population of the area from    Ein Gedi in the south to Bisan in the north reached 320,000. However, once the    occupation began, hundreds of Palestinians were killed; dozens of Palestinian    communities were leveled; and Palestinian residents were forced to immigrate    to Jordan." (In other words, if you go through the string of citations, Ma'an    cited itself as the source.&lt;/FONT&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;A    href="http://www.maan-ctr.org/pdfs/Eyeon%20theJVReportFinal.pdf"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=Arial&gt;Eye on    the Jordan Valley&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=Arial&gt;, a 2010 report    jointly published by Ma'an with the Jordan Valley Popular Committees    &amp;nbsp;states on page 26, without any citation of sources, "Between 1948 and    1967, the Palestinian population of the area from Ein Gedi in the south to    Bisan in the north was around 320,000. However, once the occupation began,    hundreds of Palestinians were killed, dozens of Palestinian communities were    leveled, and Palestinian residents were forced to emigrate. Currently, only    52,000 Palestinians permanently live in the Jordan Valley."&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;Page 42 of Ma'an's 2011 "&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A    href="http://www.maan-ctr.org/pdfs/Agenda2011.pdf"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2    face=Arial&gt;Diary&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=Arial&gt;" states that    "when Israel began occupying the fertile Jordan Valley in 1967, 320,000    Palestinians lived in the region. ... Since 1967, Israel has managed to    decrease the Palestinian population in the Valley by 82.5% to only 56,000." Of    course, no sources are cited.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;A    href="http://www.maan-ctr.org/pdfs/FSReport/restricted-access.pdf"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2    face=Arial&gt;Restricted Access and Its Consequences: Israeli Control of Vital    Resources in the Jordan Valley and Its Impact on the    Environment&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=Arial&gt;, a 2011 report by    Ma'an,&amp;nbsp;states on page 2: "In addition to the extremely adverse effects on    Palestinian population levels in the Jordan Valley, decreasing from over    320,000 in 1967 to 52,000 today, the Israeli policies have had grave    consequences for the Palestinian agricultural sector and have produced a    number of continuing and residual environmental concerns." Footnote 44 on page    41, in the meantime, states: "There has been speculation that the unjust    treatment of Palestinians in the Jordan Valley is part of a strategy to    cleanse Palestinians from the area in an effort to facilitate complete    annexation of the valuable area by Israel. The Palestinian population of the    Jordan Valley has decreased by 82% since 1967, from 350,000 to 56,000 today."    No sources are cited and no explanation given of the additional retroactive    jump from 320,000 to 350,000.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;Finally, the following statement appears in the publication    "&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.maan-ctr.org/pdfs/exit.pdf"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=Arial&gt;To Exist    is to Resist: Save the Jordan Valley&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT size=2    face=Arial&gt;," jointly put out by Ma'an Development Center and Jordan Valley    Popular Committees: "Jordan Valley has been under complete occupation since    1967. Prior to the 6-day war, the population of the Jordan Valley was between    300,000 and 320,000. The population now stands at 53,000 of which about 70%    live in the city of Jericho." The August 2010 Ma'an's bi-monthly    "Developmental Focus" explains the publication as follows: "MA'AN's    publication To Exist is to Resist  Save the Jordan Valley outlines the    situation of the Jordan Valley in an easy accessible coffee table format. The    Latest Publications book is made in cooperation with the Local Popular    Committees in the Jordan Valley and funded by the Representative Office of    Norway." The same article tells us, "Together with MA'AN Development Center,    the Palestinian National Authority and international solidarity groups, the    Jordan Valley Solidarity Campaign is working with the Palestinians in the    Jordan Valley at the grassroots level. The slogan of the campaign; 'To Exist    is to Resist' emphasizes the importance of remaining in the Jordan Valley to    resist Israeli apartheid, colonialism and forced displacement in order to keep    working for a future Palestinian state." (&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A    href="http://www.maan-ctr.org/pdfs/Newsl.pdf" target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: #234786; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2    face=Arial&gt;http://www.maan-ctr.org/pdfs/Newsl.pdf&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;, page 8).&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;To sum up, the figures in the EU report, while cited to Save the    Children UK, apparently come from a report by a Palestinian organization    called Ma'an. The Ma'an figures vary from report to report, and are cited to    no external sources whatsoever&lt;/FONT&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;And how good are the Ma'an sources?&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;They are obviously made    up&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'inherit','serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;You can find Israel's 1967 census of the West    Bank&lt;SPAN class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A    href="http://www.levyinstitute.org/palestinian-census/"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: #aa0c0c; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2&gt;here&lt;SPAN    class=apple-converted-space&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;There is no breakdown of figures for the Jordan    Valley, but the total West Bank figure is 598,637, with only 9,078 in the    Jericho district. Interestingly, if you take the figures for the Jericho,    Nablus, Tulkarm, and Jenin districts together, you get to 311,983. This    suggests to me that the figure of 320,000 is the entire Samaria north of    Ramallah. (The other districts are Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem and    Hebron).&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: #454545; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal    align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT    size=2 face=Arial&gt;   &lt;HR align=center SIZE=3 width="100%"&gt;   &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P style="BACKGROUND: #fefaef" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"&gt;&lt;FONT  face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;We've seen before how NGOs and the media are willing to  believe Palestinian Arab statistics without any fact checking, even when they  are spurious. Apparently the EU is just as  sloppy.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=2  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-31316511031181509?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/31316511031181509/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/eu-rapport-over-israelische-bezetting.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/31316511031181509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/31316511031181509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/eu-rapport-over-israelische-bezetting.html' title='EU rapport over Israelische bezetting Jordaanvallei'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-8533905626764674796</id><published>2012-01-21T04:30:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-21T04:31:02.640Z</updated><title type='text'>Bolkestein: 'De EU moet zich niet afkeren van Israël'</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Een  goed artikel van Frits Bolkestein in de Volkskrant van afgelopen woensdag. Het  volgende is typerend voor de strategie van het Palestijnse 'verzet' en is door  &lt;A href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/hamas.html"&gt;Hamas&lt;/A&gt; ook  verschillende keren openlijk toegegeven. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;Vele    jaren geleden bezocht ik een vluchtelingenkamp van Palestijnen in de Libanon.    Midden tussen die vluchtelingen stond een luchtafweergeschut. Op mijn vraag of    men niet bevreesd was voor veel burgerslachtoffers ingeval van een Israëlische    aanval op dat geschut, antwoordde mijn begeleider ontkennend.    'Burgerslachtoffers vormen een aanklacht tegen Israël die het Westen zal    beïnvloeden.'&lt;BR&gt;De manier waarop de Palestijnen door de andere Arabieren, hun    broeders, worden bejegend is ten hemel schreiend.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Ik moet hierbij    aan Duitsland denken. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog zijn 12 miljoen Duitsers van    het Oosten naar het Westen gevlucht. Die zijn opgevangen en geïntegreerd. In    het Midden-Oosten hebben wij het niet over 12 miljoen Palestijnen maar over    een tiende van dat aantal. Waarom zijn zij niet in de Arabische landen    opgevangen en geïntegreerd? Omdat zij dan geen politiek wapen meer vormen dat    tegen Israël kan worden gebruikt en omdat de Arabische landen de Palestijnen    niet zien staan.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Ik zou  daaraan toe willen voegen: en waarom maken zogenaamde sympathisanten van de  Palestijnen zich nooit kwaad over onderdrukking van Palestijnen in bijvoorbeeld  Libanon of Syrië? 'Het werkelijke probleem ligt bij Israel', is altijd de smoes,  maar wanneer vluchtelingen in Nederland niet goed worden behandeld of  teruggestuurd maken we ons daar toch ook terecht boos om, en zeggen niet: het  werkelijke probleem ligt bij Iran/Irak/Congo/Soedan/Somalië? En dan is er nog  een gigantisch verschil met de Palestijnen, die in een door henzelf begonnen  oorlog om verschillende redenen zijn gevlucht en duidelijk niet als minderheid  vreedzaam in een Joodse staat willen leven, maar deze staat omvormen en de  situatie van voor 1948 herstellen. &amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;Het    laatste punt betreft het beleid van de Israëlische regering. Iedere    uitbreiding van de nederzettingen op de Westoever verergert het probleem. Daar    zal een redelijke oplossing voor moeten worden gevonden. De regering van    Netanyahu maakt niet de indruk daar haast mee te maken. Dat is de buitenwereld    niet ontgaan.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Dat  kun je wel zeggen. Niet iedere uitbreiding verergert het probleem perse, in  bijvoorbeeld wijken van &lt;A  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/jeruzalem.html"&gt;Jeruzalem&lt;/A&gt; die  dichtbij de groene lijn liggen en ook in diverse vredesplannen bij Israel zouden  blijven, kan bouwen minder kwaad dan in geisoleerde nederzettingen diep op de  Westbank. De redelijke oplossing bestaat eruit dat Israel en de Palestijnen  afspreken waar de grenzen komen te liggen en dus waar Israel nog kan bouwen en  waar niet. Dat Israel niet op voorhand alle bouw over de groene lijn wil  stoppen, kan ik wel begrijpen, want daarmee zegt men de claim op het land ook  bij voorbaat op. En voor Israel is zeker Oost Jeruzalem geen 'bezet Palestijns  gebied'. Voor 1948 woonden in wat nu 'Arabisch Oost Jeruzalem' heet Joden, en  een wijk als Sheikh Jarrah was grotendeels Joods. Ook in de oude stad woonden  duizenden Joden. De Joodse begraafplaats en tientallen synagogen liggen in  'bezet Arabisch Jeruzalem' en getuigen van de rijke Joodse geschiedenis daar. Om  tot bovengenoemde afspraken te komen moet er onderhandeld worden. En dat weigert  Abbas steeds omdat hij op voorhand allerhande Israelische concessies wil  binnenhalen zonder uiteraard zelf iets in ruil te bieden.&lt;SPAN  class=557302204-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=557302204-21012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=557302204-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;RP&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=557302204-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT  size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;-----------&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=557302204-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 25.5pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=4&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;Bolkestein: 'De EU moet zich niet afkeren van  Israël'&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/3184/opinie/article/detail/3125902/2012/01/18/Bolkestein-De-EU-moet-zich-niet-afkeren-van-Israel.dhtml"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2  face=Arial&gt;http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/3184/opinie/article/detail/3125902/2012/01/18/Bolkestein-De-EU-moet-zich-niet-afkeren-van-Israel.dhtml&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #666666; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #666666; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;OPINIE - Frits Bolkestein&amp;nbsp;− 18/01/12, 06:00&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=557302204-21012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #666666; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;FONT  color=#000000&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=557302204-21012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #666666; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 11.25pt; BACKGROUND: white"  class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;In  plaats van Israël voortdurend te kritiseren doet de EU er beter aan de  Palestijnen te bewegen tot serieuze vredesbesprekingen. Dat stelt Frits  Bolkestein.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: NL"&gt;Waarom  wordt er vanuit Europa zoveel kritiek op Israël uitgeoefend? Waarom keert Europa  zich van Israël af? Daarvoor zijn algemene en bijzondere oorzaken. Om te  beginnen de algemene.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Ten eerste de macht van het getal. Er zijn op deze  wereld 100 moslims voor elke Israëliër. Van dat grote aantal gaat invloed uit.  Daar gaat men niet zo maar aan voorbij. Als slechts 6 miljoen moslims tegenover  even zo veel Israëliërs zouden staan, zou er anders worden  geoordeeld.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Een tweede algemeen punt is de dekolonisatie. Zeker, de  Balfour-verklaring uit 1917 die een joods nationaal tehuis in het vooruitzicht  stelde, kan niet worden weggepoetst. Noch de verzekering uit 1922 dat joden in  geheel Palestina - dat wilde toen zeggen Israël en de Westoever - het recht van  close settlement zouden hebben. Dat was onderdeel van het Engelse  mandaatverdrag. Maar het stichten van de staat Israël en de dekolonisatie  verliepen parallel. Israëliërs werden als kolonisten gezien, de genoemde  verklaringen ten spijt.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Ten derde het anti-amerikanisme. Dat bestaat uit  naijver, vooral aan Franse kant, geheel ongerechtvaardigde culturele hoogmoed en  de onwil dankbaarheid te tonen voor de bevrijding van 1945. Dit doet denken aan  de ene man die tegen de andere zegt: 'Waarom ben je boos op mij? Ik heb toch  nooit iets voor je gedaan?'&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Dit anti-amerikanisme slaat terug op Israël,  vooral gezien de tot nu toe onvoorwaardelijke steun van de VS. Onlangs is in de  VS een debat over de joodse lobby gevoerd. De stelling van Mearsheimer, die  hierover is begonnen, is dat de joodse lobby er de oorzaak van is dat de VS  inzake het Midden-Oosten tegen het eigen belang in handelt. Daartegenover staat  de mening van Stanley Fischer, gouverneur van Israëls centrale bank, die zei dat  de VS een groot aantal lobbies herbergde: van boeren, van scheepsbouwers en  inderdaad van joden. Wat was daar mis mee?&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Ten vierde de olie. De  Arabieren hebben olie, de Israëliërs niet. De Arabieren kunnen het boycotwapen  gebruiken en hebben dat ook gedaan, onder andere in 1973 tegen Nederland.  Dankzij de oliemultinationals heeft dit ons niet  gedeerd.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;B&gt;Omslagpunt&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Ik kom nu bij de bijzondere oorzaken. Ik  vermoed dat de belangrijkste daarvan Israëls spectaculaire overwinning van 1967  is. Die markeerde een omslagpunt in de manier waarop naar Israël werd gekeken,  vooral door zich progressief noemende kringen. Had men daar voordien vooral  sympathie en bewondering voor het egalitaire land der Kibboetsim, door 1967  ruilden David en Goliath van plaats. Het bracht De Gaulle er toe te spreken over  'dit volk, dat zeker is van zichzelf en wil overheersen'. De zaak van de  Palestijnen kreeg daarna meer aandacht. Het bezit van de Westoever - Jeruzalem  daargelaten - vormt nu het hart van het probleem dat Israël en de Palestijnen  gescheiden houdt. In die zin kun je 1967 een Pyrrusoverwinning  noemen.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Hiermee hangt de verandering samen die de Verenigde Naties heeft  ondergaan. De VN zijn door het Westen na de Tweede Wereldoorlog opgericht om de  vrede te verzekeren. Door de dekolonisatie en andere wijzen van staatsvorming  zijn er steeds meer leden bijgekomen en vormde zich een automatische meerderheid  die zich vooral richtte tegen de VS en Israël. De VN werd a dangerous place, in  de woorden van de Amerikaanse vertegenwoordiger Moynihan daar.&lt;BR&gt;Het is een  voorbeeld hoe het westerse idealisme is geëxporteerd en door andere culturen  tegen datzelfde Westen wordt gebruikt.&lt;BR&gt;Ik wil nog twee punten toevoegen aan  de redenen dat Europa zich van Israël heeft afgewend. Het eerste betreft de  verhouding tussen Israël en de Palestijnen, het tweede het beleid van de  Israëlische regering.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;B&gt;Burgerslachtoffers&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Vele jaren geleden  bezocht ik een vluchtelingenkamp van Palestijnen in de Libanon. Midden tussen  die vluchtelingen stond een luchtafweergeschut. Op mijn vraag of men niet  bevreesd was voor veel burgerslachtoffers ingeval van een Israëlische aanval op  dat geschut, antwoordde mijn begeleider ontkennend. 'Burgerslachtoffers vormen  een aanklacht tegen Israël die het Westen zal beïnvloeden.'&lt;BR&gt;De manier waarop  de Palestijnen door de andere Arabieren, hun broeders, worden bejegend is ten  hemel schreiend.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Ik moet hierbij aan Duitsland denken. Na de Tweede  Wereldoorlog zijn 12 miljoen Duitsers van het Oosten naar het Westen gevlucht.  Die zijn opgevangen en geïntegreerd. In het Midden-Oosten hebben wij het niet  over 12 miljoen Palestijnen maar over een tiende van dat aantal. Waarom zijn zij  niet in de Arabische landen opgevangen en geïntegreerd? Omdat zij dan geen  politiek wapen meer vormen dat tegen Israël kan worden gebruikt en omdat de  Arabische landen de Palestijnen niet zien staan.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Het laatste punt betreft  het beleid van de Israëlische regering. Iedere uitbreiding van de nederzettingen  op de Westoever verergert het probleem. Daar zal een redelijke oplossing voor  moeten worden gevonden. De regering van Netanyahu maakt niet de indruk daar  haast mee te maken. Dat is de buitenwereld niet  ontgaan.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;B&gt;Voorstel&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Hoe nu verder? Op 16 september 2008 deed  premier Olmert van Israël het volgende voorstel aan Abbas, minister-president  van de Palestijnse Autoriteit. Ten eerste een oplossing voor het probleem van de  West-oever op basis van de grenzen van 1967 met een uitruil van gebieden: Israël  zou 7 procent van de Westoever krijgen, de Palestijnen compenserende delen van  het huidige Israël plus een veilige weg op palen om de Westoever met Gaza te  verbinden.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;Ten tweede wederzijdse erkenning als staat. Ten derde  Jeruzalem als hoofdstad van beide staten. De heilige plekken in Jeruzalem zouden  worden beheerd door 5 staten: Saudi-Arabië, Jordanië, Palestina, Israël en de  VS. Wat betreft de terugkeer van Palestijnen naar Israël bood Olmert de  immigratie van 5.000 Palestijnen over 5 jaar aan en financiële compensatie voor  de rest.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;De Amerikaanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Condoleezza Rice  kon haar oren niet geloven. Was de Israëlische leider werkelijk bereid bijna de  hele Westoever op te geven, Jeruzalem met de Palestijnen te delen en de heilige  plaatsen onder internationaal toezicht te plaatsen? De Palestijnen hebben dit  voorstel van Olmert als niet serieus van de hand gewezen. Abba Eban heeft  gezegd: The Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an  opportunity.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Een groep van 26 voormalige Europese leiders, waaronder  Dries van Agt en Hans van den Broek, hebben een brief op poten aan de EU en de  leiders van de Europese lidstaten gestuurd waarin zij op hardere sancties tegen  Israël aandringen. Zij hadden er beter aan gedaan om er bij de Palestijnse  Autoriteit op aan te dringen in te gaan op de voorstellen van Ehud  Olmert.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SUP&gt;Frits Bolkestein&lt;/SUP&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SUP&gt;&amp;nbsp;is oud-Europees  Commissaris.&lt;/SUP&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-8533905626764674796?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/8533905626764674796/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/bolkestein-de-eu-moet-zich-niet-afkeren.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/8533905626764674796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/8533905626764674796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/bolkestein-de-eu-moet-zich-niet-afkeren.html' title='Bolkestein: &apos;De EU moet zich niet afkeren van Israël&apos;'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-8102134505163270345</id><published>2012-01-21T04:21:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-21T04:21:57.444Z</updated><title type='text'>Mahmoud Abu Rahma - een Palestijnse held</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;Dit is wat er gebeurt met critici van Hamas in Gaza:  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P&gt;&lt;I&gt;On January 3, he was severely beaten by masked men as he was walking    toward his home in Gaza City. Last week, he was again targeted by unknown    assailants, who stabbed him multiple times, leaving him seriously wounded. He    is so afraid that he has refused to go to a local hospital out of concern for    his safety.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/hamas-says-it-will-investigate-attack.html"&gt;Elder  of Ziyon&lt;/A&gt; wijst erop dat dit past in een trend: &lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;I&gt;Hamas also has a history of&amp;nbsp;&lt;A    href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2009/12/hamas-accused-of-closing-down-another.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;attacking NGOs&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;in Gaza,    of&amp;nbsp;&lt;A    href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/04/hamas-responds-to-criticism-by.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;arresting critics&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;of its    policies, and for&lt;A    href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/04/freedom-of-assembly-gaza-style.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="COLOR: windowtext"&gt;shutting down any activity&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;that    it doesn't explicitly approve.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;Maar het voornaamste nieuws dat over Hamas in onze media komt  is dat ze relatief gematigd zijn, zich op de niet-gewelddadige strijd willen  richten en gematigd-islamitisch zijn. Ook de zogenaamde sympathisanten van de  Palestijnen hebben meestal maar weinig aandacht voor misdaden tegen Palestijnen  als Israel er niet mee te maken heeft.&lt;SPAN  class=359571704-21012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN class=359571704-21012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN class=359571704-21012012&gt;&lt;EM&gt;RP&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=359571704-21012012&gt;&lt;EM&gt;-------------&lt;/EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT  face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV id=ygrp-mlmsg&gt; &lt;DIV id=ygrp-msg&gt; &lt;DIV id=ygrp-text&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: maroon"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.stonegateinstitute.org/2770/palestinian-hero"&gt;http://www.stonegateinstitute.org/2770/palestinian-hero&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;DIV id=print_content&gt; &lt;H1&gt;&lt;FONT size=5&gt;A Palestinian Hero&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H1&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;by &lt;A  href="http://www.stonegateinstitute.org/author/Khaled+Abu+Toameh"&gt;Khaled Abu  Toameh&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;January 20, 2012 at 5:00 am&lt;/B&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV id=print_content_3&gt; &lt;P&gt;Mahmoud Abu Rahma is perhaps one of the bravest Palestinians in the Gaza  Strip. Because of his courage, he has been stabbed several times in various  parts of his body.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;This is what happens under Hamas &lt;I&gt;and&lt;/I&gt; the Fatah-dominated Palestinian  Authority governments to anyone who dares to speak out against torture and  assaults on innocent civilians and freedom of speech.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Abu Rahma's "crime" is that he dared to publish an article strongly  criticizing Palestinian armed groups as well as the Hamas and Palestinian  Authority governments for human rights violations and the use of civilians as  human shields in the war against Israel.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;In the Palestinian territories, human rights activists and journalists are  permitted to criticize only Israel. Those who do not toe the official line find  themselves either behind bars or in the hospital. The attack on Abu Rahma was  intended to deter others from endorsing his critical approach.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;As his story his reporting lack an "anti-Israel angle" --the editors of the  foreign press tell their reporters that this is the only thing in which they are  interested -- his fight against lawlessness, and the consequences of it, have  failed to make it to the pages of major international media  outlets.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Abu Rahma works for the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in the Gaza Strip.  He is perhaps the only human rights activist who has dared to come out in public  against grave violations of human rights under Hamas and the Palestinian  Authority. But the price he has paid has been tremendously high.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;On January 3, he was severely beaten by masked men as he was walking toward  his home in Gaza City. Last week, he was again targeted by unknown assailants,  who stabbed him multiple times, leaving him seriously wounded. He is so afraid  that he has refused to go to a local hospital out of concern for his  safety.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Abu Rahma's troubles began almost immediately after he published an article  entitled, "The Gap between Resistance and Governance."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;He wrote, "Every day we see detention and summoning of citizens by the  dozens, not for unlawful acts they committed, but mostly for who they are and  what they think, or for their mere political affiliation."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Noting that there are "hundreds of cases of torture and abuse" in Palestinian  detention centers, Abu Rahma said that the people of any nation have a  responsibility to criticize those who lead them. "We must look in the mirror  before we can see ourselves clearly," he said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Yet what most likely enraged his assailants was the charge that many innocent  civilians have been killed as a result of "resistance attacks" against  Israel.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;"Who will protect the people from the wrongful acts of the resistance and the  government?" he asked in a reference to the firing of homemade rockets at  Israel. "It is clear that the resistance continues to show the same carelessness  towards violations committed by the [Hamas] government against the people.  "Numerous civilians &amp;#8211; including children and a man who lost an eye &amp;#8211; have been  injured by live fire coming from training sites belonging to armed groups in the  Gaza Strip."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;The failure of the international community and media to pay attention to the  plight of people like Abu Rahma only encourages Hamas and the Palestinian  Authority to continue their violations. Turning a blind eye to such violations  also stops other Palestinians from telling the truth.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"&gt;---------------&lt;SPAN  class=359571704-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000  face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=359571704-21012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/hamas-says-it-will-investigate-attack.html"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT  size=4&gt;Hamas says it will investigate attack on human rights activist.  Sure.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN class=359571704-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000  size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=359571704-21012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=453817"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Ma'an&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;reports:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;The    Gaza government on Thursday vowed to find the perpetrators of an&amp;nbsp;&lt;A    href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/gaza-human-rights-advocate-stabbed.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;attack    on a human rights activist&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;who was stabbed in Gaza    City.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;   &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A    href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zDd_mnDupek/TxlHEEZ5qEI/AAAAAAAAGGA/XzQTHL285JU/s1600/aburahma.jpg"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-13XGKkK0xoo/Txo9ZcCv7VI/AAAAAAAAAzk/qftR-hfy6uQ/s1600/image006-717445.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-13XGKkK0xoo/Txo9ZcCv7VI/AAAAAAAAAzk/qftR-hfy6uQ/s320/image006-717445.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699935785624530258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 35.4pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;Mahmoud  Abu Rahma was attacked by masked men and stabbed multiple times while walking  back from his brother's house on Friday night, he told Ma'an.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"There were  three masked men following me, I ran quickly toward the house but I tripped on  the stairs and fell over. They began attacking me, stabbing me in my right  thigh, three times above my right knee, my back and left shoulder, and cutting  off part of my hand," Abu Rahma told MADA, the Palestinian center for media  freedoms.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;He had received death threats shortly after authoring an op-ed  calling for legal redress for victims of misfiring and other operational  mistakes by resistance groups as well as violations by Palestinian  governments.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The Hamas-led government in Gaza condemned the attack, which  it said violated religion, law and customs in a statement Thursday.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The  Interior Ministry will investigate the incident and find the perpetrators, the  statement said, adding that the government had received a complaint from the  Al-Mezan human rights group which employs Abu Rahma.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;The  main focus of Abu Rahma's article in Gaza was Hamas itself. It is highly likely  that he was attacked by one of those masked Hamas "security forces" that show up  quite often in Gaza.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Hamas also has a history of&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2009/12/hamas-accused-of-closing-down-another.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;attacking  NGOs&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;in Gaza, of&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/04/hamas-responds-to-criticism-by.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;arresting  critics&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;of its policies, and for&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/04/freedom-of-assembly-gaza-style.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;shutting  down any activity&amp;nbsp;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;that it doesn't explicitly approve.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;This  should be a fun "investigation."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: white"&gt;__._,_.___&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-8102134505163270345?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/8102134505163270345/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/mahmoud-abu-rahma-een-palestijnse-held.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/8102134505163270345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/8102134505163270345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/mahmoud-abu-rahma-een-palestijnse-held.html' title='Mahmoud Abu Rahma - een Palestijnse held'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-13XGKkK0xoo/Txo9ZcCv7VI/AAAAAAAAAzk/qftR-hfy6uQ/s72-c/image006-717445.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-3525233556331323865</id><published>2012-01-21T04:17:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-21T04:17:51.118Z</updated><title type='text'>Gaza: gematigde Hamas leider Khaled Meshal treed af</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Vorige  week prees Carolien Roelants in &lt;A  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/krantenonderzoek_nrc.html"&gt;NRC  Handelsblad&lt;/A&gt; ook al &lt;A  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/hamas.html"&gt;Hamas&lt;/A&gt;. Ze schreef:  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;"Sinds enkele weken hamert de    Israelische legerleiding op de onvermijdelijkheid van een nieuwe oorlog in de    Gazastrook, nog harder dan de vorige. Waarom is onduidelijk" schrijft    Roelants.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"Hamasleider Meshaal    heeft juist gezegd dat zijn organisatie nu vreedzaam protest tegen de    bezetting voorstaat."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Goed  zo, Carolien. Inderdaad, geen idee waarom Israel nou weer zulke oorlogszuchtige  taal uitslaat tegenover dat aardige gematigde Hamas &lt;SPAN  class=152041104-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;(&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;overigens zijn de berichten  over een nieuwe oorlog alweer flink afgezwakt in Israelische media). Misschien  dat &lt;A href="http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3257.htm"&gt;dit filmpje een idee  geeft&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=152041104-21012012&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt; De  uitspraken in &lt;A  href="http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2010/11/hamas-leider-zahar-joden-worden.html"&gt;deze  toespraak uit 2010&lt;/A&gt; liegen er ook niet om. Ook worden er steeds &lt;A  href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/16/world/meast/egypt-bedouin-threat/?hpt=hp_t2"&gt;geavanceerder  raketten&lt;/A&gt; de &lt;A  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/gaza_strook.html"&gt;Gazastrook&lt;/A&gt; in  gesmokkeld, deels uit Libië.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=152041104-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT  face="Trebuchet MS"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=152041104-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;RP&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=152041104-21012012&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;FONT  size=3&gt;-----------&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 22pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/globe-and-mails-praise-for-moderate.html"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;The Globe and  Mail's praise for a "moderate" terrorist&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 22pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/globe-and-mails-praise-for-moderate.html"&gt;&lt;FONT  size=2&gt;http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/globe-and-mails-praise-for-moderate.html&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN  class=152041104-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=152041104-21012012&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/hamas-leader-to-step-down-just-as-his-relative-moderation-most-needed/article2306045/"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Globe  and Mail&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;is upset because Khaled Meshal is ending his term as Hamas  leader - because, they say he was so,  so&amp;nbsp;&lt;B&gt;moderate&lt;/B&gt;:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr&gt;   &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN    style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;U&gt;Hamas leader to step down    just as his relative&amp;nbsp;&lt;B&gt;moderation&amp;nbsp;&lt;/B&gt;most needed&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Mr.    Meshaal will leave office at a sensitive time, just when his    relative&amp;nbsp;&lt;B&gt;moderation&amp;nbsp;&lt;/B&gt;may most be    needed.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;B&gt;quiet, intense man&lt;/B&gt;&amp;nbsp;has been pivotal in    efforts to reconcile with the secular Palestine Liberation Organization, and    even has prodded Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad to usher in    political reforms rather than attack his own people. His strategy has led to    Hamas's estrangement from its long-time benefactor, Iran.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Compared to    Sheik Yassin and Dr. Rantisi, both refugees in Gaza camps, Mr. Meshaal, born    in a village north of Ramallah in the West Bank,&amp;nbsp;&lt;B&gt;is a moderate&lt;/B&gt;,    and this may explain his voluntary swan song    now.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;This&amp;nbsp;&lt;B&gt;moderation&amp;nbsp;&lt;/B&gt;became evident in early January,    2009, in the middle of Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza, which followed a Hamas    campaign of firing rockets into Israel.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;With hundreds of Gazans killed    by Israeli aerial bombing, rocket and mortar attacks and few Israeli    casualties, many thought Hamas would bring out the one weapon in its historic    arsenal to have claimed many Israeli lives and struck fear in the whole    country  suicide bombings against Israeli civilians. Beginning in 1994 and    ending in 2005, Hamas had carried out several dozen such attacks and inspired    other groups to do the same.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;But Hamas members of parliament said that    Mr. Meshaal had ordered an end to such attacks in 2005. Despite the pummelling    Hamas was enduring in Gaza, he had no intention of resorting to the deadly    tactic that gave Hamas its notoriety for violence, according to those    parliamentarians.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Indeed, not during that time, nor any time since, has    Hamas carried out a suicide attack against Israeli civilians.&amp;nbsp;&lt;B&gt;It's now    coming up to seven years.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;As  long as you don't count the&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2008/Victims/Lyubov+Razdolskaya.htm"&gt;&lt;B&gt;suicide  bombing murder&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;of 73-year old Lyubov Razdolskaya in 2008. Its Hamas  mastermind was&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keyGoD2zes8"&gt;&lt;B&gt;killed by  Israel&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;a few months later. Shhhhh.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;As&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://honestreporting.com/mashaal-my-belle/"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Honest Reporting  notes&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, the reason that suicide bombings has gone down because of Israeli  security measures, including the security fence, a fact acknowledged by Islamic  Jihad.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;But forget that. In the twisted minds of Western journalists,  people who support shooting thousands of rockets at Israeli cities, targeting  innocent civilians, can be called "moderate." People who&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/10/hamas-brags-about-eleven-years-of.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;continue&amp;nbsp;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;to&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/12/hamas-celebrates-24th-anniversary-brags.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;brag&amp;nbsp;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;about  their suicide attacks are "moderate." Shooting a laser-guided missile at a  school bus, killing a teenager, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/04/hamas-takes-credit-for-bombing.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;bragging  about it&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;- not even claiming it was a military target - is a mark  of "moderation."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;In defense of the reporter, Patrick Martin, he did try  to make sure he threw in the word "relative" most of the times he said  "moderate."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;That's what makes his report is only moderately  disgusting.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-3525233556331323865?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/3525233556331323865/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/gaza-gematigde-hamas-leider-khaled.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/3525233556331323865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/3525233556331323865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/gaza-gematigde-hamas-leider-khaled.html' title='Gaza: gematigde Hamas leider Khaled Meshal treed af'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517102199451554451.post-8554512436789937291</id><published>2012-01-21T04:10:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-21T04:11:11.094Z</updated><title type='text'>Duizenden luchtafweerraketten naar Gaza gesmokkeld</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=351090904-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Maar het enige waar je onze  journalisten en de oppositie over hoort is de &lt;A  href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/gaza_blokkade.html"&gt;blokkade van  Gaza&lt;/A&gt;, en dat &lt;A href="http://www.israel-palestina.info/hamas.html"&gt;Hamas&lt;/A&gt;  eigenlijk best wel redelijk is en zich voortaan op de niet-gewapende strijd gaat  concentreren. Maar waar hebben ze al die wapens dan voor nodig?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=351090904-21012012&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=351090904-21012012&gt;&lt;EM&gt;RP&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV dir=ltr align=left&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=351090904-21012012&gt;&lt;EM&gt;--------&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV class=WordSection1&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 22pt"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/thousands-of-sams-smuggled-into-gaza.html"&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;"Thousands of SAMs smuggled  into Gaza"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 22pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;A  href="http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/thousands-of-sams-smuggled-into-gaza.html"&gt;http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/01/thousands-of-sams-smuggled-into-gaza.html&lt;/A&gt;  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;SPAN  class=351090904-21012012&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Buried  in a&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/16/world/meast/egypt-bedouin-threat/?hpt=hp_t2"&gt;&lt;B&gt;CNN  article&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 35.4pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;"We have smuggled thousands of  shoulder-launched (surface-to-air) SAM missiles to Gaza through the tunnels for  a transporting fee only," a Bedouin leader from Tarabeen tribe told  CNN.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;But not all those weapons may have gone to the Palestinian  territory. The same man claimed Bedouins would turn some of those weapons  against Egypt's military-led government unless their demands were  met.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"We saved some for us ... stockpiles of RPGs, machine guns. And I  personally have ten 14.5 mm anti-aircraft guns that I bought at $12,000 a  piece.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"We have declared war against the military and will not wait for  them to kill us all," he said.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;There is no way to verify the tribal  leader's claims, but an Egyptian national security officer, Usama Emam, told CNN  that weapons from Libya and Sudan had arrived in Sinai by sea.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Another  military intelligence official told CNN: "There are advanced anti-tank missiles  that come to Sinai and go to Gaza through tunnels, but I don't have information  on the SAMs coming through."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;A  href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/libyan-weapons-flooded-egypts-black-weapons-market/2011/10/12/gIQA2YQufL_story.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Washington  Post&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;reported on the SAMs last October:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 35.4pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 35.4pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;Large caches of weapons from  Libya are making their way across the Egyptian border and flooding black markets  in Egypt&amp;#8217;s already unstable Sinai Peninsula, according to current and former  Egyptian military officials and arms traders in the Sinai.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Egyptian  security officials have intercepted surface-to-air missiles, most of them  shoulder-launched, on the road to Sinai and in the smuggling tunnels connecting  Egypt to the Gaza Strip since Moammar Gaddafi fell from power in Libya in  August, a military official in Cairo said. Arms traders said the weapons  available on Sinai&amp;#8217;s clandestine market include rockets and antiaircraft  guns.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;No  problem, though. All these weapons are moderate.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3517102199451554451-8554512436789937291?l=israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/feeds/8554512436789937291/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/duizenden-luchtafweerraketten-naar-gaza.html#comment-form' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/8554512436789937291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3517102199451554451/posts/default/8554512436789937291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://israel-palestijnen.blogspot.com/2012/01/duizenden-luchtafweerraketten-naar-gaza.html' title='Duizenden luchtafweerraketten naar Gaza gesmokkeld'/><author><name>Ratna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01774570651334846712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,199
