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Jewish settlers storm al-Aqsa mosque
Lebanese PM praises Meshaal’s efforts for refugee camp ceasefire
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Erdogan to break Gaza’s sea, air blockade
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Netanyahu loses ground to radical right within his party
New Emir pledges Qatar›s support for Palestinians
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Gaza signs contracts for the Israel has a lot to gain implementation of Malaysian grant projects from unrest in Egypt
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CONTENTS News of Palestine
Lebanese PM praises Meshaal’s efforts for refugee camp ceasefire
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Jewish settlers storm al-Aqsa mosque
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Erdogan to break Gaza’s sea, air blockade
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New Emir pledges Qatar›s support for Palestinians
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Kerry extends Mideast peace mission into third day
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Israel escalates demolition of Palestinian houses
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Israel Insider
Netanyahu loses ground to radical right within his party
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Malaysia & Palestinian Cause
Gaza signs contracts for the implementation of Malaysian grant projects
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Articles & Analyses
Israel has a lot to gain from unrest in Egypt
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News of Palestine
Lebanese PM praises Meshaal’s efforts for refugee camp ceasefire
25/06/2013 Lebanon’s prime minister has praised Khaled Meshaal’s efforts to keep Palestinian refugee camps out of the current unrest in the country. Najib Mikati called the head of the Hamas political bureau to express his thanks personally. Meshaal was able to broker a ceasefire in a flare-up on the edge of Ein Al-Hilwa camp near Sidon earlier this week.
shaal has told the prime minister that the Palestinians in Lebanon are very keen on maintaining good relations with their Lebanese neighbours.
Along with Hamas’s representative in Lebanon, Ali Barakeh, Meshaal has been active on the ground to make sure that Palestinian refugees do not get dragged into the violence. His efforts included a discussion with the Speaker of the parAccording to media reports, Hamas has actually liament in Beirut, Nabih Berri to brief him about played a “significant” role in keeping the camps the situation. out of the fighting between the Lebanese Army Source: MEMO and followers of a Salafi shaikh in Sidon. Mr Me-
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Haniyya urges Muslim nation to rescue Jerusalem
Jewish settlers storm al-Aqsa mosque
27/06/2013
Jewish settlers, supporting MK Moshe Feilgin, broke into al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem through the Maghareba gate on Thursday morning. The settlers roamed the holy compound’s various plazas under tight police protection.
The Israeli settlers have escalated their assaults against al-Aqsa mosque recently under the protection of the Israeli soldiers.
Eyewitnesses said that a small number of settlers stormed the site at first comprising five males and seven females then another group of 15 settlers broke into the site along with Feilgin who promised them in a speech that more such acts would follow.
which arrived in the Gaza Strip during the last days.
Meanwhile, Palestinian premier Ismail Haniyya called on the Muslim nation to mobilize support for Jerusalem people and help them stand up in A group of Feiglin’s supporters had vowed to the face of the occupation and its Judaization storm the holy site on Thursday in line with what plots. they called the “monthly ascension to the temple Premier Haniyya made his remarks on Tuesday mount”. during his meeting with solidarity delegations
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Premier Haniyya hailed the humanitarian efforts that are made by the solidarity delegations to support the steadfastness of the Palestinians.
Source: Agencies
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Erdogan to break Gaza’s sea, air blockade
said Tuesday following a meeting with his ruling Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to ar- Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) parliarive to the Gaza strip on a navy ship which is mentary group he “would make a surprise visit to to move to Gaza’s international Mediterranean the Gaza Strip,” but “Turkish preparations for the waters, Turkish diplomatic source revealed. visit were delayed because of the recent protests Alray news agency quoted a Turkish source as in the country.” saying that Erdogan “would then board a heli- Meanwhile, the Secretary General of the Councopter to the landing pad of late president Arafat cil of Ministers, Abdul Salam Siam, said that the in Gaza’s Ansar security facility.” Gaza government has not yet been officially noti“Turkish PM will break Israel’s sea and air fied of the visit’s date.
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blockade on the Gaza Strip in honor of the Mavi Marmara flotilla nine passengers killed in an Israeli raid, as their hopes for a free Gaza outweighed Israeli apologies and compensation,” the source added.
“The visit of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan is a historical and exceptional event, it would contribute significantly in breaking the siege imposed on Gaza,” Siam said.
The Gaza government has welcomed Erdogan’s visit to the strip, saying he will be received by the people Gaza who highly honor Turkey and its people. The government stated that such solidarity visits reinforce the Palestinian people’s steadTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan fastness. The diplomatic source stated that the 18-member Turkish delegation’s visit to Gaza came in line of the Turkish arrangements for Erdogan’s upcoming trip to the Gaza Strip.
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Hamas extends congratulations to new Emir
New Emir pledges Qatar›s support for Palestinians
26/06/2013
The new Emir of Qatar has used his maiden speech to pledge his country’s ongoing support for the people of Palestine. Shaikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said on Wednesday that his country will not accept sectarianism in the Middle East and stressed that no peace agreement can be reached with Israel unless there is also justice for the Palestinians.
to host talks or mediate in any conflict. Hamas movement extended congratulations and best wishes to the new Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani.
The movement hoped in a statement on Tuesday that Sheikh Tamim would succeed in leading his country into more progress. It also hoped that he would follow the footsteps of his father in supShaikh Tamim insisted that Qatar is obliged to porting Arab and Islamic causes especially the stand with the Palestinians in their struggle for Palestine cause. their legitimate rights. “Qatar sides with a just Hamas reiterated its appreciation of the honorpeace which upholds Palestinian rights repreable and courageous stands of the outgoing Emir sented by an Israeli withdrawal from all occuSheikh Hamad during his reign as Emir of Qatar pied Arab land, the establishment of a viable, in support of “our just cause, steadfastness of our independent state and the return of refugees to people and holy shrines”. their land.” In this sense, he added, Qatar is the Source: Agencies “destination of the oppressed” because it is ready
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Israel welcomes Kerry’s visit with more settlement building
Kerry extends Mideast peace mission into third day
29/06/2013 US Secretary of State John Kerry extended for a third day on Saturday his shuttle diplomacy between Israel and Palestinian Authority, raising speculation of progress in reviving long dormant peace talks.
talks has taken a blow, with Israel announcing more settlement building.
Israel said it had approved the construction of 69 housing units in East Jerusalem along with building permits for 22 homes in two Palestinian-popIn a commute to which he has grown accus- ulated districts. tomed, Kerry will take a helicopter from Jerusa- Peace activists such as Hagit Ofran from the NGO lem to Amman to see President Mahmoud Ab- “Peace Now” have strongly criticised the move. bas before returning in the evening to follow up “If Netanyahu was really a peace-seeking prime with Israeli leaders. minister he would have made sure that no conIn a potential sign of headway, Kerry cancelled struction in settlements would take place, because a dinner he had scheduled for Saturday night in any construction in settlements is destroying the Abu Dhabi, part of his separate tour in the past chances for peace. This is the welcome that the week through Gulf Arab states. government of Israel is making for Kerry.” John Kerry’s push to revive Middle East peace Source: Euronews + Ma’an
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Israel escalates demolition of Palestinian houses
29/06/2013 The Israeli occupation authorities on Thursday began demolishing Palestinian installations and agricultural properties in Tubas in the occupied West Bank, under the pretext they were built without license and in a military zone. Atef Bani Odeh, an employee of the municipality of Tammoun, said Israeli occupation soldiers, accompanied by bulldozers and staff from the Israeli Planning and Building Committee, stormed on Thursday afternoon the area of Peki’in and began demolishing six agricultural installations and huts belonging to Palestinian citizens.
Israeli authorities have also demolished two Palestinian houses and several agricultural structures north of Jericho last Thursday and notiďŹ ed the demolition of thirty Palestinian homes and properties in the village of Susia in al-Khalil, south of the West Bank.
occupation handed demolition notices to thirty Palestinian houses, facilities and agricultural properties in the village of Susia, noting that these houses are inhabited by 250 Palestinians.
Jabour pointed to the occupation’s attempts to deport resiJabour Rateb, coordinator of the dents of the village and annex Popular Committee against Set- their lands to the settlement of tlement in Yatta, stated that the Susia.
Israeli authorities are planning to build 900 settlement units in the south of the city of al-Khalil
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Israeli authorities are planning to build 900 settlement units in the south of the city of alKhalil. These projects will be concentrated near the small outposts scattered in the south of the West Bank, in an attempt to legitimize them.
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Israel Insider
Netanyahu loses ground to radical right within his party
26/06/2013 An Israeli deputy minister and a key figure of the radical right in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud has managed to score political points at the premier’s expense in internal party elections, media said Wednesday.
ous about a Palestinian state, is widely expected to be chosen as chairman of the central committee, which decides on Although Netanyahu will remain all policy issues and resoluas party head, members will on tions. Sunday choose who will preside A day before the vote for the over three key institutions -- the party conference, Netanyahu central committee, the Likud bu- “quietly withdrew from the reau, and the secretariat -- in a race... He knew he would be vote likely to highlight exactly defeated,” Verter said. how much of a threat the premier “Netanyahu now finds himself is facing from party rebels. in the worst possible situabut the move belies the growing influence of the hard line settler lobby within Netanyahu’s party, press reports said.
The Likud central committee on Tuesday began voting for the leadership of the party’s governing institutions, with deputy defense minister Danny Danon elected as chairman of Danon, 42, who recently sparked the faction’s conference. uproar when he said NetanyaThe role is largely symbolic, hu’s government was not seri-
tion for a party chairman,” he wrote. “He’s not a player. He doesn’t count.”
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Malaysia & Palestinian Cause
Gaza signs contracts for the implementation of Malaysian grant projects
28/06/2013 Minister Gariz said, during the signing ceremony of the project, that the grant projects include the redevelopment of the Malaysian Rantisi hospital, the establishment of the Malaysian vocational school, the re-building of the alNoor al-Mohammadi Mosque, The Malaysian Prime Minister and the reconstruction of the PalDato Mohamed Najib offered estinian cabinet building which his country’s grant of $ 6.5 milwas destroyed in the recent war lion for the Gaza Strip, in midon Gaza. January during his recent visit He thanked on the behalf of all to the Strip The Palestinian Minister of Public Works and Housing Yousef Subhi Gariz signed, with Palestinian construction companies, contracts for the implementation of the Malaysian grant projects.
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the Palestinian people, the Malaysian government and people for this grant, “which reflects the relationships of brotherhood and friendship between the two peoples.” Gariz called on all the donors to offer more support for the projects of reconstruction and development in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Source: PIC
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Articles & Analyses
Israel has a lot to gain from unrest in Egypt offshoot, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) is, of course, the Israeli occupation’s main adversary.
By: Ahmad Mansour* Israel has felt uneasy about the situation in Egypt since the revolution of January 2011; until now. The serious political conflict between the government and opposition and the chaos in Egypt is a source of relief and satisfaction in Israel, which has never been entirely happy about the people’s democratic choice of a Muslim Brotherhood leadership. Israelis have not forgotten the role of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Palestinian war of 1948. Brotherhood fighters were the real challenge to the Zionist terror groups in the run-up to Israel’s “Declaration of Independence”, who suffered significant losses at their hands. A Brotherhood 12 |
The fact that Egypt under President Mohamed Morsi is supportive of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip means that Israel senses a real military, demographic and geographic existential threat, although the Egyptians have said that they will remain committed to the Camp David peace treaty. Israel, therefore, cannot be distanced completely from what is happening in Egypt, as it has most to gain from the ongoing unrest which distracts the attention of the government in Cairo.
exhaust Egypt’s natural resources, especially gas. The people of Egypt now suffer from shortages although Israel continues to enjoy a cheap supply courtesy of an agreement put in place by the ousted Mubarak regime despite recent discoveries of undersea gas reserves of its own. Analysts in Israel predict serious political and economic problems for Egypt as it struggles to cope with internal unrest and external threats such as the Ethiopian dam project (which Israel has been pushing for years) which will affect the flow of the River Nile. Bloodshed and bankruptcy may follow. Israel has every reason, therefore, to feel satisfied at the Egyptian government’s present difficulties. No doubt the government in Tel Aviv will be watching the demonstrations planned by the opposition in Egypt on June 30 with great interest. It certainly has an awful lot to gain from Mohamed Morsi’s losses.
It should be borne in mind that even after signing a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat, which was protected by Hosni Mubarak, Israel sabotaged Egypt in many different ways, including espionage, misinformation campaigns and flooding the country with drugs and counterfeit US dollars. If it has been prepared to do such things to a friendly government, to what lengths will it go against *Ahmad Mansour is a famous one run by a movement it regards Egyptian writer. This article is a translation from the Arabic which as an enemy?
appeared in Shorouk Newspaper,
Moreover, Israel has sought to 24 June, 2013
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