Israeli ministries propose toll on Palestinian goods to plug budget deficit. http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/israeli-ministries-propose-toll-on-palestinian-goods-to-plug-budget-deficit
Des ministres israéliens proposent des taxes sur les produits palestiniens pour réduire le déficit budgétaire d’Israel.
Les Israéliens avaient annoncé un gel des constructions en Cisjordanie ? Eh ben non !
Report : Israel approves new settler homes in West Bank | Maan News Agency
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=593668
Processus de paix israélo-palestinien-Ralentissement des appels d’offre pour la colonisation des territoires palestiniens ?
Article 1
Netanyahu promised Kerry to ’rein in’ settlement construction until mid-June
According to senior Israeli officials, Netanyahu pledged to restrain planning and construction in West Bank, East Jerusalem, in light of U.S. efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
By Barak Ravid | 07.05.13
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/netanyahu-promised-kerry-to-rein-in-settlement-construction-until-mid-june.
Article 2
Saëb Ereqat: PLO not notified of settlement freeze
7 May 2013
►http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=593212
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel has not notified the PLO of any changes to its settlement activity, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Tuesday, as Israeli media reported a new moratorium on settler homes in the West Bank.
“We have not been notified of any changes to Israel’s colonial plans, including ongoing construction in dozens of Israeli settlements in the Occupied State of Palestine, including in and around our occupied capital East Jerusalem,” Erekat said in a statement.
Israel’s army radio reported Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered a freeze on publishing tenders for new West Bank settler homes to avoid hampering US efforts to renew peace talks.
“What we need are actions and not words," Erekat said in response to the report. “We monitor Israeli activities on the ground on a daily basis.” (…) Netanyahu’s decision to freeze the tenders was linked to efforts led by US Secretary of State John Kerry to relaunch peace talks with the Palestinians, according to the report.
Hagit Ofran of the Israeli group Peace Now, which opposes settlements, confirmed that the watchdog had seen no evidence of any new tenders published since the start of 2013. (…) “This is not a settlement freeze because construction in the settlements is continuing, but you could say it is a show of restraint by Benjamin Netanyahu who does not want to be accused by the Americans of being responsible for the failure of their efforts to restart negotiations with the Palestinians.”
Erekat: PLO not notified of settlement freeze | Maan News Agency
►http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=593212
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel has not notified the PLO of any changes to its settlement activity, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Tuesday, as Israeli media reported a new moratorium on settler homes in the West Bank.
“We have not been notified of any changes to Israel’s colonial plans, including ongoing construction in dozens of Israeli settlements in the Occupied State of Palestine, including in and around our occupied capital East Jerusalem,” Erekat said in a statement.
Israel’s army radio reported Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered a freeze on publishing tenders for new West Bank settler homes to avoid hampering US efforts to renew peace talks.
“What we need are actions and not words," Erekat said in response to the report. “We monitor Israeli activities on the ground on a daily basis.”
Neither Netanyahu’s office nor the housing ministry would comment on the army radio report, which said the premier had gone back on a pre-election pledge to push ahead with thousands of new settler homes if re-elected.
The radio said the tenders were related to construction in the major settlement blocs which are home to most of the 360,000 Israelis living in the West Bank.
Netanyahu’s decision to freeze the tenders was linked to efforts led by US Secretary of State John Kerry to relaunch peace talks with the Palestinians, according to the report.
Hagit Ofran of the Israeli group Peace Now, which opposes settlements, confirmed that the watchdog had seen no evidence of any new tenders published since the start of 2013.
“There have been no new tenders published for settlement construction in the West Bank since the start of the year, and tenders are normally issued every three months,” she told AFP.
“This is not a settlement freeze because construction in the settlements is continuing, but you could say it is a show of restraint by Benjamin Netanyahu who does not want to be accused by the Americans of being responsible for the failure of their efforts to restart negotiations with the Palestinians.”
The Oslo Illusion | Jacobin
http://jacobinmag.com/2013/04/the-oslo-illusion/?r44b=no
The Oslo Illusion
by Adam Hanieh
The Oslo Accords weren’t a failure for Israel — they served as a fig leaf to consolidate and deepen its control over Palestinian life.
Schell
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Oslo Accords between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Israeli government. Officially known as the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, the Oslo Accords were firmly ensconced in the framework of the two-state solution, heralding “an end to decades of confrontation and conflict,” the recognition of “mutual legitimate and political rights,” and the aim of achieving “peaceful coexistence and mutual dignity and security and … a just, lasting and comprehensive peace settlement.”
Palestinian Student Elections Show Support for Hamas - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/04/palestine-student-elections-hamas-support.html
Palestinian universities have witnessed in recent weeks consecutive elections for their student councils. Rivalry has been heated between two blocs affiliated with the two main traditional rivals in the Palestinian arena. Fatah was represented by the “Fatah Youth Organization,” while the “Islamic Bloc” represented Hamas.
Analyse, parue dans la presse du Hamas, détaillant les raisons pour lesquelles Salam Fayyad a démissionné tout en rappelant qu’au-delà de motifs strictement palestiniens, Salam Fayyad était placé devant un dilemme insurmontable : développer l’économie d’un pays qui reste soumis à une occupation militaire étrangère.
The Voice of Palestine/ The Palestinian Information Centre (Hamas)
Fayyad’s resignation: Not Quite a good riddance
A news analysis by Khalid Amayreh in Ramallah
[ 4/04/2013 - 03:25 PM
http://palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7W9p1hRmbdTlEm
Fayyad represents the unreal part of the problem. Now, with his removal, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will have to be the cannon fodder himself, or find another Fayyad-like figure that would have to satisfy the Palestinian Main Street and be acceptable to Israel and her guardian-ally, the United States. This is certain to be a near impossible task.
(…) Fayyad may be brilliant as an economic or financial manager, but he has displayed a great deal of naïveté in presuming that he could build a prosperous economy under a crippling foreign military occupation. His job is as impossible as throwing a man, thoroughly handcuffed and foot-shackled, in a pool of water and asking not only to remain afloat but also not to get wet.
#Salam_Fayyad #Abbas #Nabil_Qessis #George_Bush #John_Kerry #Azzam_al_Ahmad #Rami_al_Hamdalla #Muhammed_Mustafa
Israel bombs Gaza, shoots down West Bank youth - World Socialist Web Site
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/05/gaza-a05.html
Israel bombs Gaza, shoots down West Bank youth
By Bill Van Auken
5 April 2013
Israel announced that it has placed its military on “high alert” Thursday as popular anger erupted following the deaths of a prominent Palestinian prisoner and two young protesters in the occupied West Bank.
Thousands joined funeral processions Thursday for Maysara Abuhamdia, a 64-year-old Palestine Liberation Organization veteran who died Tuesday in Israeli custody, and for two teenage cousins, Amer Nassar, 17, and Naki Belbisi, 18, who were shot down Wednesday night by Israeli troops using live ammunition against protests over Abuhamdia’s death.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to suspend unilateral moves at UN to give U.S. mediation a chance
News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper
Barak Ravid
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to suspend all unilateral measures vis-à-vis United Nations agencies to give U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry time to jump-start a new round of Israeli-Palestinian talks. This, according to one high-level official on each side. Both men asked not to be identified.
Abbas passed a resolution to this effect at Tuesday’s Fatah Central Committee meeting in Ramallah.
“For a limited and specified period of time a new opportunity will be given to international efforts under way to break the deadlock in the peace process,” the resolution read. It went on to say, “In the event Israel thwarts such efforts, we will again turn to international organizations.”
The Israeli negotiator who thinks the two-state solution is still possible | +972 Magazine
http://972mag.com/the-israeli-negotiator-who-thinks-the-two-state-solution-is-still-possible/68259
Veteran Israeli negotiator Shaul Arieli discusses the failure of the Oslo Accords, various Israeli prime ministers’ commitment (or lack thereof) to ending the occupation, and the only solution he believes both sides could live with, however unsatisfied they might be with it.
The PLO has failed Palestinians; let’s start again from scratch | The Electronic Intifada
http://electronicintifada.net/content/plo-has-failed-palestinians-lets-start-again-scratch/12300
Envoys work to end UN’s Palestinian refugee status
| JPost
Israël veut en finir avec le statut des réfugiés palestiniens
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=305868
NEW YORK – At a small conference at the Harvard Club in Manhattan on Thursday, a host of dignitaries and experts, including Israel’s envoy to the UN Ron Prosor, addressed the UN’s classification of Palestinian refugees as the principal stumbling block to a peace agreement between Israel and the PLO.
The conference was the opening salvo in the direction of drafting of US legislation meant to end the automatic transmission of refugee status to the descendents of Palestinians that has been taking place since 1948, just as Filippo Grandi, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), prepared to hold a press conference on Monday on Palestinian refugees becoming a “forgotten population” in an increasingly turbulent region.
The Occupation Returns to Center Stage — FMEP
http://fmep.org/reports/archive/vol.-22/no.-6/the-occupation-returns-to-center-stage
By Geoffrey Aronson
November-December 2012 Settlement Report
Military and diplomatic confrontation between Israel and Palestinians in the waning days of 2012 have drawn renewed international attention to the conflict. Israel’s limited assault on the Gaza Strip and the UN General Assembly’s overwhelming November 29 vote supporting Palestine’s admission as a non-member observer state catapulted the issue to the international center stage and prompted calls for a renewed diplomatic effort led by the United States.
Palestine refuses to disappear (Le Monde diplomatique)
http://mondediplo.com/2012/12/02palestine
The Gaza ceasefire negotiated by Egypt has reinforced the position of Hamas regionally and internally. Meanwhile the UN voted to grant Palestine the upgraded status of non-member state, a success for Mahmoud Abbas. But the PA president faces opposition from the US, Israel and some countries in Europe — and scepticism from the Palestinians themselves. Source: Le Monde diplomatique
Passionnante interview de George Azar, qui a photographié la guerre du Liban :
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/8670/beirut-photographer_interview-with-george-azar
I was very reticent to return to Beirut this year with the photos I had taken in Lebanon 30 years ago. I expected the subjects to be angry with me for photographing them at such vulnerable, horrible moments. I was conscious that I’d frozen that moment forever, and I didn’t imagine it would be anything like giving them a gift. So I was really wary of coming face to face with the Takkoush family on Rue Jean d’Arc in Hamra for example. It was hard for me to step through the door to their shop. To make matters worse, one of the first things Badr said to me was “Oh yes, that was the day my son died.” I felt the same reticence meeting the family of the young Palestinian fighter Samir Salamon, who was killed days after I took his picture. However, they were all very pleased to have the photos. Each held them in a tender way, and you could see they were being transported back to the moment of the photo. Watching them regard the photos so deeply as physical objects reignited my appreciation of still photography.
DRAFT RESOLUTION [26 November 2012]
67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Agenda Item 37: Question of Palestine
Status of Palestine in the United Nations
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, and stressing in this regard the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples,
Recalling its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970 [Declaration of Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations (24 October 1970)], affirming, inter alia, the duty of every State to promote through joint and separate action realization of the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples,
Stressing the importance of maintaining and strengthening international peace founded upon freedom, equality, justice and respect for fundamental human rights,
Recalling its resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947,
Reaffirming the Charter principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force,
Reaffirming relevant Security Council resolutions, including, inter alia, resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 446 (1979), 478 (1980), 1397 (2002), 1515 (2003) and 1850 (2008),
Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, including, inter alia, with regard to the matter of prisoners,
Reaffirming its resolution 3236 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974, and all relevant resolutions, including resolution 66/146 of 19 December 2011, reaffirming the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including the right to their independent State of Palestine,
Reaffirming its resolution 43/176 of 15 December 1988, resolution 66/17 of 30 November 2011, and all relevant resolutions regarding the “Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine”, which, inter alia, stress the need for (a) the withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem; (b) the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, primarily the right to self-determination and the right to their independent State; (c) a just resolution of the problem of the Palestine refugees in conformity with resolution 194 (III) of 11 December 1948; and (d) the complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Reaffirming also its resolution 66/18 of 30 November 2011 and all relevant resolutions regarding the status of Jerusalem, bearing in mind that the annexation of East Jerusalem is not recognized by the international community, and emphasizing the need for a way to be found through negotiations to resolve the status of Jerusalem as the capital of two States,
Recalling the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 9 July 2004,
Reaffirming its resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004, affirming, inter alia, that the status of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, remains one of military occupation, and that in accordance with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions, the Palestinian people have the right to self-determination and to sovereignty over their territory,
Recalling its resolutions 3210 (XXIX) of 14 October 1974 and 3237 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974, by which, respectively, the Palestine Liberation Organization was invited to participate in the deliberations of the General Assembly as the representative of the Palestinian people and was granted observer status,
Recalling its resolution 43/177 of 15 December 1988, by which it, inter alia, acknowledged the proclamation of the State of Palestine by the Palestine National Council on 15 November 1988, and decided that the designation “Palestine” should be used in place of the designation “Palestine Liberation Organization” in the United Nations system, without prejudice to the observer status and functions of the Palestine Liberation Organization within the United Nations system,
Taking into consideration that the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, in accordance with a decision by the Palestine National Council, is entrusted with the powers and responsibilities of the Provisional Government of the State of Palestine [A/43/928 of 9 December 1988],
Recalling its resolution 52/250 of 7 July 1998, by which additional rights and privileges were accorded to Palestine in its capacity as observer,
Recalling the Arab Peace Initiative adopted in March 2002 by the League of Arab States,
Reaffirming its commitment, in accordance with international law, to the two-State solution of an independent, sovereign, democratic, viable and contiguous State of Palestine living side by side with Israel in peace and security on the basis of the pre-1967 borders;
Bearing in mind the mutual recognition of 9 September 1993 between the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people,
Affirming the right of all States in the region to live in peace within secure and internationally recognized borders,
Commending the Palestinian National Authority’s 2009 plan for constructing the institutions of an independent Palestinian State within a two-year period, and welcoming the positive assessments in this regard about readiness for Statehood by the World Bank, the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund and as reflected in the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee Chair Conclusions of April 2011 and subsequent Chair Conclusions, which determined that the Palestinian Authority is above the threshold for a functioning State in key sectors studied,
Recognizing that full membership is enjoyed by Palestine in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, and the Group of Asian States and is also a full member as in the League of Arab States, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Group of 77 and China,
Recognizing that, to date, 132 States Members of the United Nations have accorded recognition to the State of Palestine;
Taking note of the 11 November 2011 report of the Security Council Committee on the Admission of New Members,
Stressing the permanent responsibility of the United Nations towards the question of Palestine until it is satisfactorily resolved in all its aspects,
Reaffirming the principle of universality of membership of the United Nations,
1. Reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to independence in their State of Palestine on the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967;
2. Decides to accord to Palestine Non-member Observer State status in the United Nations, without prejudice to the acquired rights, privileges and role of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the United Nations as the representative of the Palestinian people, in accordance with the relevant resolutions and practice;
3. Expresses that the Security Council will consider favorably the application submitted on 23 September 2011 by the State of Palestine for admission to full membership in the United Nations;
4. Affirms its determination to contribute to the achievement of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and the attainment of a peaceful settlement in the Middle East that ends the occupation that began in 1967 and fulfills the vision of two States, an independent, sovereign, democratic, contiguous and viable State of Palestine, living side by side in peace and security with Israel, on the basis of the pre-1967 borders;
5. Expresses the resumption and acceleration of negotiations within the Middle East peace process, based on the relevant United Nations resolutions, the Madrid terms of reference, including the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative and the Quartet Roadmap, for the achievement of a just, lasting and comprehensive peace settlement between the Palestinian and Israeli sides that resolves all outstanding core issues, namely the Palestine refugees, Jerusalem, settlements, borders, security and water;
6. Urges all States and the specialized agencies and organizations of the United Nations system to continue to support and assist the Palestinian people in the early realization of their right to self-determination, independence and freedom;
7. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to implement the present resolution and to report to the Assembly within three months on progress made in this regard.
Source: The Rights Forum
Par « assassinat ciblé », il faut comprendre qu’Israël « cible » très largement : pour essayer de tuer Ahmad Jaabari, ils avaient déjà massacré avec précision son fils ainé, son frère et plusieurs de ses cousins :
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/58131/World/Region/Ahmed-alJaabari-A-life-of-fighting-Israeli-occupat.aspx
Jaabari had previously been the apparent target of more than one Israeli assassination attempt, including a 2004 air strike that killed his eldest son Mohammed, along with his brother and several of his cousins.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=537970
19:07 Hamas leader Ahmad Yousef tells Ma’an that Israel lost Egypt’s trust by breaking a Cairo-mediated ceasefire to kill Hamas commander Ahmad al-Jaabari. Al-Jaabari had a close relationship with Cairo and was Egypt’s point of contact to mediate truces and prisoner swaps.
FULL TEXT OF DRAFT RESOLUTION PALESTINE PLANS SO SUBMIT TO UNGA | Occupied Palestine | فلسطين
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/full-text-of-draft-resolution-palestine-plans-so-submit
FULL TEXT OF DRAFT RESOLUTION PALESTINE PLANS SO SUBMIT TO UNGA
November 10, 2012 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments
Mitchell Plitnick Blog | Nov 10, 2012
Pasted below is the full text, as it currently stands, of the resolution the Palestinian Authority is planning to bring to the UN General Assembly, apparently on November 29.
The resolution is extremely mild, calling for the State of Palestine to be accorded the same status in the GA as the Vatican has. It also calls for a two-state solution, the resumption of talks based on the relevant resolutions and past negotiations, and for the Security Council to consider “favorably” the application for full membership submitted last year.
None of this can be considered radical or extremist, and most of it is obviously necessary if there is to be any progress toward any resolution. While it can be argued that the two-state solution has already passed the point where it can be reasonably implemented, this remains the stated goal of the US, EU, Palestinian Authority, Arab League and even Israel. It’s pretty hard to see any reasonable argument against this resolution, and even harder to see why this would send the US and Israel into the tizzy it has.
The submission of a resolution which, absent the fanaticism of the Israel Lobby, with its unshakable dedication to obstructing a better future for Israelis as well as Palestinians, and their toadies in Congress, would give President Obama a great opportunity to try to rescue the two-state solution should be cause for celebration. Yes, the passage of the resolution would potentially allow the PA access to the international legal system, but the US and Europe could probably prevent that and Israel would defy the court anyway.
There just isn’t that much to fear here, and the adoption of this resolution would give some life to a moribund peace process, and at least in a small way begin to address the imbalance in negotiating power between Israel and the Palestinians. The US should allow its adoption, though I see little chance that Obama will want to start his second term that way.
In any case, here is the resolution:
DRAFT [8 November 2012]
67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Agenda Item 37: Question of Palestine
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, and stressing in this regard the
principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples,
Recalling its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 19701, affirming, inter alia, the duty of every
State to promote through joint and separate action realization of the principle of equal rights and self determination of peoples,
Stressing the importance of maintaining and strengthening international peace founded upon
freedom, equality, justice and respect for fundamental human rights,
Recalling its resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947,
Reaffirming the Charter principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force,
Reaffirming relevant Security Council resolutions, including, inter alia, resolutions 242 (1967), 338
(1973), 446 (1979), 478 (1980), 1397 (2002), 1515 (2003) and 1850 (2008),
Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons
in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Reaffirming its resolution 3236 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974, and all relevant resolutions, including
resolution 66/146 of 19 December 2011, reaffirming the right of the Palestinian people to selfdetermination,
including the right to their independent State of Palestine,
Reaffirming its resolution 43/176 of 15 December 1988, resolution 66/17 of 30 November 2011, and
all relevant resolutions regarding the “Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine”, which, inter
alia, stress the need for (a) the withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian territory occupied since
1967, including East Jerusalem; (b) the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people,
primarily the right to self-determination and the right to their independent State; (c) a just resolution
of the problem of the Palestine refugees in conformity with resolution 194 (III) of 11 December
1948; and (d) the complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Reaffirming also its resolution 66/18 of 30 November 2011 and all relevant resolutions regarding the
status of Jerusalem, bearing in mind that the annexation of East Jerusalem is not recognized by the
international community, and emphasizing the need for a way to be found through negotiations to
resolve the status of Jerusalem as the capital of two States,
1 Declaration of Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in
accordance with the Charter of the United Nations (24 October 1970)
2
Recalling the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 9 July 2004,
Reaffirming its resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004, affirming, inter alia, that the status of the
Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, remains one of military
occupation, and that in accordance with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions,
the Palestinian people have the right to self-determination and to sovereignty over their territory,
Recalling its resolutions 3210 (XXIX) of 14 October 1974 and 3237 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974,
by which, respectively, the Palestine Liberation Organization was invited to participate in the
deliberations of the General Assembly as the representative of the Palestinian people and was granted
observer status,
Recalling also its resolution 43/177 of 15 December 1988, by which it, inter alia, acknowledged the
proclamation of the State of Palestine by the Palestine National Council on 15 November 1988, and
decided that the designation “Palestine” should be used in place of the designation “Palestine
Liberation Organization” in the United Nations system, without prejudice to the observer status and
functions of the Palestine Liberation Organization within the United Nations system,
Taking into consideration that the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, in
accordance with a decision by the Palestine National Council, is entrusted with the powers and
responsibilities of the Provisional Government of the State of Palestine2,
Recalling its resolution 52/250 of 7 July 1998, by which additional rights and privileges were
accorded to Palestine in its capacity as observer,
Recalling the Arab Peace Initiative adopted in March 2002 by the League of Arab States,
Reaffirming its commitment, in accordance with international law, to the two-State solution of an
independent, sovereign, democratic, viable and contiguous State of Palestine living side by side with
Israel in peace and security on the basis of the pre-1967 borders;
Bearing in mind the mutual recognition of 9 September 1993 between the Government of the State of
Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people,
Affirming the right of all States in the region to live in peace within secure and internationally
recognized borders,
Commending the Palestinian National Authority’s 2009 plan for constructing the institutions of an
independent Palestinian State within a two-year period, and welcoming the positive assessments in
this regard about readiness for Statehood by the World Bank, the United Nations and the
International Monetary Fund and as reflected in the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee Chair Conclusions of
April 2011 and subsequent Chair Conclusions, which determined that the Palestinian Authority is
above the threshold for a functioning State in key sectors studied,
Recognizing that full membership is enjoyed by Palestine in the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, and
2 A/43/928 of 9 December 1988
3
the Group of Asian States and is also a full member as in the League of Arab States, the Non-Aligned
Movement, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Group of 77 and China,
Taking note of the 11 November 2011 report of the Security Council Committee on the Admission of
New Members,
Stressing the permanent responsibility of the United Nations towards the question of Palestine until it
is satisfactorily resolved in all its aspects,
Reaffirming the principle of universality of membership of the United Nations,
1. Reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to independence in their
State of Palestine on the basis of the pre-1967 borders;
2. Recognizes that, to date, 132 States Members of the United Nations have accorded recognition to
the State of Palestine;
3. Decides to accord to Palestine Observer State status in the United Nations system, without
prejudice to the acquired rights, privileges and role of the Palestine Liberation Organization as
the representative of the Palestinian people, in accordance with the relevant resolutions and
practice;
4. Expresses the hope that the Security Council will consider favorably the application submitted on
23 September 2011 by the State of Palestine for admission to full membership in the United
Nations;
5. Affirms its determination to contribute to the achievement of the inalienable rights of the
Palestinian people and the attainment of a peaceful settlement in the Middle East that ends the
occupation that began in 1967 and fulfills the vision of two States, an independent, sovereign,
democratic, contiguous and viable State of Palestine, living side by side in peace and security
with Israel and its other neighbors, on the basis of the pre-1967 borders, with delineation of
borders to be determined in final status negotiations;
6. Expresses the urgent need for the resumption and acceleration of negotiations within the Middle
East peace process, based on the relevant United Nations resolutions, the Madrid terms of
reference, including the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative and the Quartet
Roadmap, for the achievement of a just, lasting and comprehensive peace settlement between the
Palestinian and Israeli sides that resolves all outstanding core issues, namely the Palestine
refugees, Jerusalem, settlements, borders, security, water and prisoners;
7. Urges all States and the specialized agencies and organizations of the United Nations system to
continue to support and assist the Palestinian people in the early realization of their right to selfdetermination,
independence and freedom;
8. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to implement the present
resolution and to report to the Assembly within three months on progress made in this regard.
Passionnant: The Political Transformation of Edward Said, par As‘ad Abukhalil
http://english.al-akhbar.com/blogs/angry-corner/political-transformation-edward-said
Edward Said then became increasingly politically radicalized. He became the most vocal champion of Palestinian rights: and the man who was accused of steering the PLO in a right-wing accommodationist direction became one of the most courageous critics of PLO stances under Arafat. He was already quite displeased with Arafat back in 1990 when he was fed up with his position on the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait […].
Note de lecture : Les mots qui font peur – Vocables à bannir de la Toile en Chine
http://www.mondialisme.org/spip.php?article1857
La #Chine n’a pas le privilège de posséder un bureau spécial chargé de déceler sur la Toile les éléments indésirables – supposés ennemis de classe, comploteurs voire terroristes : l’expansion mondiale des facilités de communication via #Internet et la diffusion d’instrument de plus en plus performants, miniaturisés et individualisés méprisant les frontières et les voies habituelles de la censure a rendu nécessaire de mettre en place d’autres moyens de contrôle de la population pour tous les systèmes politiques. Plus le régime est dictatorial, plus ces contrôles deviennent impératifs, plus certains dangers se précisent, plus il faut trouver des cibles.
Nouvelles pratiques, nouvelles fabriques : (re)faire, mais (re)faire quoi ? | Véronique Routin
http://www.internetactu.net/2012/07/03/nouvelles-pratiques-nouvelles-fabriques-refaire-mais-refaire-quoi
Depuis fin mai, la Fing a ouvert un blog (RSS, @Re_Faire) accueilli par La Tribune intitulé “Produire autrement” qui a pour but de décrypter les nouveaux modes de fabrication industrielle à l’heure du numérique et de la participation. Ouvert dans le cadre d’un groupe de travail qui s’intéresse à explorer les liens entre la production industrielle et les modèles d’innovation…
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Syrian tank, troops cross Lebanon border #Syria #Lebanon http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Jun-09/176270-syrian-tank-troops-cross-lebanon-border.ashx#axzz1x6hXrvT7
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My comment: Why this syrian regime and regime don’t leave Lebanon alone ?
Unearthing Jordan’s Soviet Cinema
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/unearthing-jordan’s-soviet-cinema
Hassan’s 2004 documentary Kings and Extras followed Hassan on a search for the lost PLO film archive that was reportedly stashed in an apartment in Beirut’s Hamra neighborhood preceding the 1982 Israeli invasion. There are several theories as to the whereabouts of the archive, but Hassan said that every so often, one of the archive’s films pops up in random locations, like the film that surfaced at the Palestinian embassy in Algeria. Hassan speculates that the Friendship Society’s trove could well hold some of the PLO’s earlier work.
“The PLO media unit started first in Jordan and then moved to Lebanon, so when they moved to Lebanon, they didn’t take their stuff with them from Jordan. In a way, if this is part of the PLO’s missing archive, it’s not the missing archive, because the missing archive was in Lebanon,” said Hassan.
Beaucoup de choses étonnantes dans ce reportage sur la découverte d’un stock de vieilles pellicules abandonnées, remontant à l’amitié jordano-soviétique.
The dirty job of keeping Facebook clean: http://www.scribd.com/doc/81863464/oDeskStandards - costly associal moderation for the rich associal site.
On aura remarqué les instructions spécifiques concernant le PKK... Allez-savoir pourquoi ce groupe là est visé en particulier. Non pas qu’ils soient particulièrement sympathiques, mais c’est quand même bizarre.
Oui mais http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_designated_terrorist_organizations - et aucune autre n’a l’honneur d’être explicitement mentionnée par le manuel du parfait censeur de Facebook.
As‘ad AbuKhalil vient de publier son nouveau billet dans le Akhbar version anglaise : Lebanon On the Brink (I of II)
http://english.al-akhbar.com/blogs/angry-corner/lebanon-brink-i-ii
Ce billet me semble terriblement important, j’ai donc décidé de le traduire en intégralité.
Le Liban est toujours au bord de la guerre civile, mais cette situation ne signifie pas toujours que la guerre civile est nécessairement imminente.
Elle peut survenir demain, ou les Libanais peuvent trouver un moyen de retarder son avénement, mais la guerre civile est inévitable. Il y a quelque chose dans l’air au Liban, et cela rappelle aux gens de ma génération l’atmosphère qui a précédé la guerre civile de 1975. Mais il y a des différences.
Le parti des Phalanges et les différentes milices pro-israéliennes ont été vaincus. La présence armée palestinienne n’est pas un facteur puissant dans la politique libanaise. Il n’y a aucun grand parti au Liban qui soit impatient d’en découdre dans une guerre civile comme les Phalanges l’étaient, à la demande d’Israël et au service de la CIA en 1975. Enfin, il n’y a pas d’équilibre des forces militaire dans le pays (le Hezbollah peut facilement l’emporter en cas de conflit interne).
Mais il y a aussi des similitudes. Il y a une multitudes de puissances extérieures qui interviennent au Liban aujourd’hui. Les injustices socio-économiques sont très aiguës. Les développements régionaux pèsent lourdement sur le Liban. La division au sein de la classe dirigeante est très prononcée. Et les tensions sectaires sont pires qu’elles ne l’étaient en 1975.
Le Liban est la proie des rumeurs et les gens sont convaincus que tous les développements récents sont reliés entre eux.
Après tout, il y a quelques signes inquiétants. Certains pays du Golfe ont mis en garde leurs citoyens contre les voyages au Liban. Le roi d’Arabie Saoudite a envoyé une lettre au président libanais (et le texte en a été divulgué par l’agence séoudienne d’information – ce qui est sans précédent), exprimant sa préoccupation sur le sort d’une « secte majeure » au Liban. L’arrestation de Shadi al-Mawlawi et les affrontements qui ont suivi à Tripoli. L’exécution d’un religieux sunnite extrémiste armé du Akkar à un checkpoint de l’armée. La répression sanglante par les milices Hariri à Tariq al-Jadida contre un petit parti sunnite aligné avec le 8 Mars. L’enlèvement par l’Armée syrienne libre d’un groupe de pèlerins chiites libanais. Le bombardement d’un autobus transportant des pèlerins chiites libanais à Bagdad. L’affrontement bizarre à Ras Beyrouth mercredi soir. Sans oublier les diverses escarmouches sur les campus universitaires. Tous ces développements sont-ils reliés entre eux ou sont-ils de simples coïncidences ?
Il pourrait y avoir un complot israélien mis en œuvre par les clients israéliens au Liban (comme 1975) contre les ennemis principaux d’Israël. En 1975, il ciblait l’OLP et, aujourd’hui, c’est le Hezbollah. Il semble qu’il y ait un complot visant à entraîner le Hezbollah dans une guerre civile pour discréditer le mouvement de la résistance et pour saper l’énergie militaire du parti ; tout comme l’OLP a été entraînée dans la guerre civile.
Il est rarement mentionné dans les livres sur la guerre civile libanaise que l’OLP sous Yasser Arafat ne voulait pas prendre part à la guerre civile. Il y avait des organisations palestiniennes « réjectionnistes », comme le FPLP, qui considèraitent (à juste titre) que le conflit au Liban participait du conflit israélo-arabe. Mais Arafat voulait éviter cela à tout prix, comme l’ordonnaient ses patrons du Golfe qui, eux, étaient alignés sur les milices d’extrême-droite (et Arafat voulait préserver sa précieuse base Liban).
Le Hezbollah est conscient du complot. Le camp Hariri a délibérément provoqué le Hezbollah le 5 mai 2008, rendant inévitables les événements du 7 mai. En outre, il est idiot de penser que le Hezbollah et sa basse populaire ne sont pas sensibles à la mobilisation et à l’agitation confessionnelles. Alors que le parti évite, pour des raisons politiques, les discours et la rhétorique sectaires haineux trop flagrants que l’on trouve dans les médias du 14 Mars et des séoudiens, il reste un parti dont la base et l’idéologie sont confessionnels.
L’enlèvement des pèlerins chiites libanais près d’Alep a été une tentative claire d’entraîner le parti dans le conflit syrien. L’armée syrienne libre et l’organisation sœur du Conseil national syrien ont colporté pendant des mois différents scénarios selon lesquels des troupes iraniennes, irakiennes, et le Hezbollah étaient impliqués en Syrie. Comme si la machine à tuer du régime syrien avait besoin d’aide.
Le complot porte, partout, la marque d’Israël et de l’Arabie saoudite. Le Hezbollah n’a pas mordu à l’hameçon : Nasrallah a très vite fait une déclaration appelant les bases populaires de Amal et du Hezbollah au calme et à la retenue. Cependant, les voyous indisciplinés d’Amal ne peuvent pas être disciplinés et ils ont attaqué des travailleurs syriens pauvres.
Le plan était d’entraîner le Hezbollah dans la question syrienne. C’était bien trop évident et le New York Times a même colporté une rumeur selon laquelle les pèlerins chiites (parmi lesquels des personnes âgées et des familles d’Amal) étaient « des voyous armés du Hezbollah ».
Le camp Hariri ne cherche peut-être pas à provoquer délibérément une guerre civile comme leurs ennemis le supposent, mais leur leadership est tellement inepte et incompétent que la négligence est peut-être en train de lui faire prendre cette direction.
Je pense qu’ici Angry Arab explicite ce complot tel que le dénonce le 8 Mars, qui a été évoqué par Scarlett Haddad il y a quelques jours :
►http://seenthis.net/messages/70059
voir aussi, dans la même veine, http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanon%E2%80%99s-mini-states-war par Ibrahim al Amin