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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
ISRAEL'S "AUSCHWITZ BORDERS" REVISITED
By Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 8 December 2008
In 1969, Israel's legendary diplomat Abba Eban warned that
withdrawal from the territories his country occupied in
June 1967 would be a return to "Auschwitz borders." Since
then some Israeli politicians have used these provocative
words to attack almost anyone who defies them. Eban's
meaning was clear -- by comparing Israel to the most
notorious and emblematic Nazi death camp, he was in effect
saying that Arabs in general and Palestinians in
particular are Nazis no less capable and desirous of
exterminating Jews than was Hitler. In Hebron, however, it
is Israeli settlers protected by the Israeli army who
frequently paint threats such as "Arabs to the gas
chambers" on Palestinian houses. EI co-founder Ali
Abunimah comments.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10013.shtml
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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
HEBRON SETTLERS TAKE THEIR FIGHT INTO ISRAEL
By Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 7 December 2008
Extremist settler groups currently involved in violent
confrontations with Palestinians in the center of Hebron
have chosen their next battleground, this time outside the
West Bank. A far-right group know as the Jewish National
Front, closely associated with the Hebron settlers, is
preparing to march through one of the main Arab towns in
northern Israel. The march, approved by the Israeli high
court back in October, is scheduled to take place on 15
December, the group announced this week. Jonathan Cook
reports from Nazareth.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10009.shtml
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PALESTINE : DEVELOPMENT:
HOW GAZA GETS POWER
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 6 December 2008
GAZA (IRIN) - Gaza's sole power station supplies about 30
percent of Gaza's electricity; 10 lines from Israel supply
about 62 percent; and two lines from Egypt about eight
percent. The station supplies about 65MW of electricity,
and is functioning at half capacity after its transformers
were bombed by Israel in June 2006, according to UN Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs field officer
Hamada al-Bayari in Gaza.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10010.shtml
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PALESTINE : ISRAEL LOBBY WATCH:
JEWISH "REFUGEE" LOBBY SEEKS TO ECLIPSE PALESTINIAN LOSSES
By Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 4 December 2008
A broad coalition of Jewish lobby groups has made a series
of breakthroughs this year in its campaign to link the
question of justice for millions of Palestinian refugees
with justice for Jews who left Arab states in the wake of
Israel's establishment 60 years ago. Referring to these
Jews as the "forgotten refugees" and claiming that their
plight is worse than that of exiled Palestinians, the
campaign has scored political successes in recent months
in Washington, London and Brussels. Jonathan Cook reports.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10004.shtml
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PALESTINE : DIARIES: LIVE FROM PALESTINE:
"WE ARE SLOWLY DYING"
By Sameh A. Habeeb, Live from Palestine, 3 December 2008
Israel has further tightened the screw on Gaza, where some
areas have been completely plunged into darkness as fuel
shortages shut down Gaza's sole power plant 25 days ago.
The power cuts affect all activities dependent on
electrical power as the remaining power sources provided
by Israel and Egypt cannot serve the needs of the whole of
the Gaza Strip. Access to drinking and irrigation water is
affected, as well as sewage treatment, risking disease.
Sameh A. Habeeb reports from the occupied Gaza Strip.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10008.shtml
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PALESTINE : DIARIES: LIVE FROM PALESTINE:
A PSYCHOLOGICAL SIEGE
By Safa Joudeh, Live from Palestine, 3 December 2008
Israel's siege on Gaza, now in its 19th month, has wreaked
havoc on all aspects of life and significant attention has
been paid in particular to the economic consequences of
border closures and blockade. However, an overlooked
epidemic threatens the social and familial ties that bond
the 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza. Living under a
constant state of crisis in which their livelihoods have
been denied, the people of Gaza's once exemplary
resilience and determination are giving way to an
unfathomable sea of depression and psychological
illnesses. EI contributor Safa Joudeh reports on one Gaza
family's story.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9995.shtml
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