UPDATE FROM THE
ELECTRONIC INTIFADA
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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
NO FREE PASS FOR RAHM EMANUEL
By Remi Kanazi, The Electronic Intifada, 19 November 2008
James Zogby isn't just an Arab American with an opinion.
He is the president of the Arab American Institute, a
well-known writer, and an esteemed leader within the Arab
American community. Many non-Arab Americans highly regard
his analysis and look to his articles as a resource to
understand the Middle East. This is precisely why his
latest article, "Rahm Emanuel and Arab Perceptions,"
published by The Huffington Post, is so disturbing. Remi
Kanazi comments.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9974.shtml
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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA AND THE PROSPECTS FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE
By Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 18 November 2008
US President-elect Barack Obama's election victory has
revived hopes that stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace
negotiations could finally lead to a two-state solution.
Few new presidents have been greeted with such optimism
and associated high expectations. However, the chances for
progress depend on more than a new American president.
There are several interrelated factors: US engagement, the
availability of a viable peace agreement, Israeli and
Palestinian internal politics and the broader
international situation. Ali Abunimah analyzes.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9969.shtml
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PALESTINE : JOURNALISTS IN DANGER:
RAMALLAH PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY BLOCKS WEBSITE REPORTING ON CORRUPTION
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 18 November 2008
The Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah has blocked
access to a popular news website because of the site's
reporting on widespread corruption among the entourage of
PA President Mahmoud Abbas. For several days, Palestinians
in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have been unable to view
the website Donia al-Watan (http://www.alwatanvoice.com)
as access has been blocked through the PA-controlled
telecom company. Readers outside Palestine and a few
inside the country using proxies are still able to access
the site. The Electronic Intifada confirmed that several
users attempting to access the website in Ramallah and
other parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank could not do
so and instead saw a message in English stating "We are
sorry, the site was blocked based on attorney General
instructions [sic].
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9972.shtml
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PALESTINE : JOURNALISTS IN DANGER:
ISRAEL BANS FOREIGN JOURNALISTS FROM ENTERING BESIEGED GAZA
By Cherrie Heywood, The Electronic Intifada, 18 November 2008
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Israel has imposed a
virtual news blackout on the Gaza Strip. For the last ten
days no foreign journalists have been able to enter the
besieged territory to report on the escalating
humanitarian crisis caused by Israel's complete closure of
Gaza's borders for the last two weeks. Steve Gutkin, the
AP bureau chief in Jerusalem and head of Israel's Foreign
Press Association, said that he personally "knows of no
foreign journalist that has been allowed into Gaza in the
last week.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9973.shtml
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LEBANON : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
MEET THE LEBANESE PRESS: STRATEGIC DEFENSE OR STRATEGIC SHIFT?
By Hicham Safieddine, Electronic Lebanon, 18 November 2008
Civil strife usually ends when there is truth and
reconciliation. In Lebanon, it subsides when a truce poses
as reconciliation. Top Lebanese leaders are doting over
each other, calling for a new pact of political rivalry
that is confined to the arena of democratic and peaceful
confrontation. Meetings between top March 14 and March 8
officials have calmed fears of further clashes on the
streets. With the notable exception of Christian leaders,
all sectarian heads are trying to unite their ranks in the
run up to next year's parliamentary elections. Meet the
Lebanese Press is The Electronic Intifada's regular review
of what is making the rounds in the Lebanese press and the
pundits' take on it.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9967.shtml
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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
THE REAL GOAL OF ISRAEL'S GAZA BLOCKADE
By Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 17 November 2008
Israel has blamed its latest shocking restrictions of aid
and fuel to Gaza on Hamas's violation of a five-month
ceasefire by launching rockets out of the Strip. But
Israel had a hand in shattering the agreement: as the
world was distracted by the US presidential elections, the
army invaded Gaza, killing six Palestinians and provoking
the rocket fire. The humanitarian catastrophe gripping
Gaza is largely unrelated to the latest tit-for-tat
strikes between Hamas and Israel. Nearly a year ago, Karen
Koning AbuZayd, commissioner-general of the UN's refugee
agency, warned: "Gaza is on the threshold of becoming the
first territory to be intentionally reduced to a state of
abject destitution." Jonathan Cook comments.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9968.shtml
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