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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:19:17 -0700</pubDate>
      <title>Sound of zaffeh in the distance</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:01:56 -0700</pubDate>
      <title>Video: Kitten vs. Feather</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:56:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <title>I am now blogging at The Electronic Intifada</title>
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	&lt;p&gt;Thank you for reading my blog at Posterous, a rich record of my activities, talks, reportage, media appearances and other experiences over the past two years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the past few weeks I have started blogging at The Electronic Intifada:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://electronicintifada.net/blog/ali-abunimah"&gt;http://electronicintifada.net/blog/ali-abunimah&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please bookmark that blog and join me there.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I will certainly keep this blog here as an archive and may at some point post personal stuff to it.&lt;/p&gt;
	
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:23:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <title>Photo: A tree in Lifta for me and my mum - awaiting return.</title>
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	&lt;p&gt;On Land Day, Budour Hassan (@Budouroddick on Twitter), visited Lifta, the village where my mother was born, just outside Jerusalem, and planted an olive tree in honor of my mother and me, as the photo shows. &lt;p /&gt; My mother and her family, along with all other Liftawis were forced out of the village due to Zionist attacks during the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1947-48. The village still stands, however, Israel has never permitted its people to return solely on the racist grounds that they are not Jews. Now, Israel plans to demolish what's left of Lifta and turn it into a Jews-only luxury condominium complex, compounding the crime of 1948. &lt;p /&gt; Lifta's people are now engaged in a new struggle to save the village. (See "&lt;a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11879.shtml"&gt;Suspended in time, Lifta under threat&lt;/a&gt;," The Electronic Intifada, 25 March 2011). &lt;p /&gt; Thanks to Budour, and to her friend Amal who took the photo, for this very touching gesture. I hope that all Liftawis will have the chance to return one day, and see this tree grow tall!&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:41:59 -0700</pubDate>
      <title>Video: Ali Abunimah &amp; David Cronin at King's College London, March 24</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:09:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <title>Israel's negative ratings rise sharply in US, UK, BBC global poll finds</title>
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	&lt;p&gt;Israel remains one of the world's most negatively viewed countries alongside Iran, North Korea and Pakistan, according to the latest annual survey of global opinion by the BBC World Service. But most significantly, &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/05_03_11_bbcws_country_poll.pdf"&gt;according to full results of the survey&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;While overall views of Israel have not moved substantially over the past year , there have been significant increases in negative views of the country among Americans (negatives rising from 31% to 41%) and Britons (from 50% to 66%).&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;In total 28,619 citizens in 27 countries, were interviewed face-to-face, or by telephone December 2, 2010 and February 4, 2011 by the firm GlobeScan on behalf of the BBC. &lt;p /&gt; The poll does not give reasons for why this shift has taken place, but this erosion of support for Israel is no doubt due to a combination of factors: Israel's brutal massacre of Palestinians in Gaza in winter 2008-2009, the ongoing siege and the massacre aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla last May, as well as the general aura of extremism and intransigence conveyed by the country's actions (continued settlement in the occupied West Bank, ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem, racist laws against Palestinian citizens and so on). &lt;p /&gt; The reality of Israel is can no longer be hidden by slick hasbara. The world is waking up to smell the apartheid.&lt;/p&gt;
	
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:19:06 -0800</pubDate>
      <title>Award-winning Gaza journalist Mohammed Omer speaking in NYC area Mar 2-5</title>
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	Award-winning Gaza journalist and photographer Mohammed Omer will be speaking in the New York area between March 2-5. Do not miss the chance to hear him! Most recently, Mohammed has been reporting from Egypt and Gaza during the Egyptian revolution. &lt;p /&gt; &lt;a href="http://ipsnews.net/new_focus/GellhormPrize/omer.asp"&gt;http://ipsnews.net/new_focus/GellhormPrize/omer.asp&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p /&gt; Details of the events are below. &lt;p /&gt; ================== &lt;p /&gt; March 2, 2011, 7 PM &lt;br /&gt;Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ &lt;br /&gt;sponsored by the Princeton Middle East Society, Interfaith Network for Understanding. &lt;br /&gt;Main Lounge in Mackay Campus Center, Princeton Seminary &lt;p /&gt; March 3rd , 201, 7 PMTemple University , speaking together with Julia Hurley.1801 North Broad Street, Conwell Hall 103 &lt;br /&gt;Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122-6096 &lt;p /&gt; March 4th, 2011, 7 PMRiverside Church, NYC &lt;br /&gt;490 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10027-5788 &lt;br /&gt;(212) 870-6700. Subway: 116 St - Columbia University &lt;p /&gt; March 5th, 2011 from 11-4PM &lt;br /&gt;Stony Point CenterAllison House 142 W. Main St. Stony Point, NY. (reservation required, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb &lt;a href="mailto:rabbilynn@earthlink.net"&gt;rabbilynn@earthlink.net&lt;/a&gt;)This event is co-sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace Westchester,The Fellowship of Reconciliation and The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.
	
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:24:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <title>Toward Palestine's 'Mubarak moment' | Ali Abunimah, Aljazeera.net</title>
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&lt;div class="articleSumm"&gt;The Palestinian Authority should dissolve itself, as it is acting in Israel's interest, writer says.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="byLine"&gt;By Ali Abunimah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; Last Modified: &lt;span&gt;24 Feb 2011 16:25 GMT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New elections will not give Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the credibility he needs, writer says&amp;nbsp;[Reuters]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The slow collapse of Palestinian collective leadership institutions in recent years has reached a crisis amid the ongoing Arab revolutions, the revelations in the &lt;a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/" class="InternalLink"&gt;Palestine&amp;nbsp;Papers&lt;/a&gt;, and the absence of any credible peace process.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) controlled by Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah faction has attempted to respond to this crisis by calling elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and the PA presidency.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Abbas hopes that elections could restore legitimacy to his leadership. Hamas has rejected such elections in the absence of a reconciliation agreement ending the division that resulted from Fatah's refusal (along with Israel and the PA's western sponsors, especially the United States) to accept the result of the last election in 2006, which Hamas decisively won.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;But even if such an election were held in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, it does not resolve the crisis of collective leadership faced by the entire Palestinian people, some ten million distributed between those living in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, inside Israel, and the worldwide diaspora.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Read the whole article&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/2011224141158174266.html"&gt;english.aljazeera.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;In Arabic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://alquds.co.uk/index.asp?fname=data%5C2011%5C03%5C03-01%5C01qpt478.htm"&gt;السبيل لحل أزمة القيادة الفلسطينية | علي أبو نعمه&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;In Spanish:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://cibernoticiasexpress.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/hacia-el-momento-del-mubarak-de-palestina/"&gt;Hacia el &amp;ldquo;momento del Mubarak de Palestina&amp;rdquo;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;In Italian:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://comitatopalestinabologna.blogspot.com/2011/02/la-palestina-verso-lesempio-egiziano.html"&gt;La Palestina verso l&amp;rsquo;esempio egiziano&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;In French:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://info-palestine.net/article.php3?id_article=10231"&gt;Vers un &amp;laquo;moment Moubarak&amp;raquo; en Palestine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;In Turkish:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.timeturk.com/tr/2011/03/01/filistin-in-mubarek-anina-dogru.html"&gt;Filistin'in 'M&amp;uuml;barek Anına' doğru&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <title>Palestinians in Washington DC to hold Feb 28 protest telling PA: "You're fired!"</title>
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	    &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="left" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 36pt;"&gt;Please join us and forward widely...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 36pt;"&gt;NOTICE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 20pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Old English Text MT; FONT-SIZE: 36pt;"&gt;We the Palestinian People&lt;a name="_GoBack" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 20pt;"&gt;Find you have failed to keep your oath to represent the Palestinians&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 22pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 36pt;"&gt;PA…YOU’RE FIRED!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt;"&gt;Suspend and terminate the Oslo Accords&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt;"&gt;Dissolve the Palestinian Authority – Abbas must resign&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt;"&gt;End the Blockade of Gaza&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt;"&gt;End all security arrangements with Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt;"&gt;Release all Palestinian political prisoners from Palestinian jails&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt;"&gt;Unify the resistance – Build a national platform upon which to coalesce Palestinian political parties and formations in their resistance to apartheid, colonialism and ethnic cleansing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18pt;"&gt;Notice of termination&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18pt;"&gt; served on February 28, 2011 4:00-6:00 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18pt;"&gt;at the General Delegation of the PLO Mission to the U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18pt;"&gt;1320 18th Street, NW - Washington, D.C.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18pt;"&gt;Issued by&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow; FONT-SIZE: 18pt;"&gt; the United States Palestinian Community Network-DC &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	
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      <title>The Palestine Papers</title>
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	&lt;p&gt;I was asked for some resources about the Palestine Papers, which were released by Al Jazeera on 23 January. These 1600 documents, dated from 1999 to 2010, including minutes, reports, emails, maps and presentations, constitute the largest leak and the deepest insight into the failed "peace process" ever.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was one of several experts and analysts invited by Al Jazeera to take an early look at the documents and I wrote at least eight articles about them which are linked below. I've also included some key articles by other writers and links to the document archive itself. Scholars, historians and activists should take it onwards from here because there is still much exploring to be done of these valuable documents. &lt;p /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;ARTICLES&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;p /&gt; "Jordan, PLO clash on refugee issue" &lt;br /&gt;Ali Abunimah, Al Jazeera, 24 January 2011 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/2011124122125339673.html"&gt;http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/2011124122125339673.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p /&gt; "A dangerous shift on 1967 lines" &lt;br /&gt;Ali Abunimah, Al Jazeera, 24 January 2011 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/201112411450358613.html"&gt;http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/201112411450358613.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p /&gt; "PA lobbying blocked Shalit swap" &lt;br /&gt;Ali Abunimah, Al Jazeera, 26 January 2011 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/2011126132936232554.html"&gt;http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/2011126132936232554.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p /&gt; "Israel's lawyer, revisited" &lt;br /&gt;By Mark Perry and Ali Abunimah, Al Jazeera, 24 January 2011 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/201112412759856229.html"&gt;http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/201112412759856229.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p /&gt; "The US role as Israel's enabler" &lt;br /&gt;By Mark Perry and Ali Abunimah, Al Jazeera, 26 January 2011 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/201112614122782761.html"&gt;http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/201112614122782761.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p /&gt; "US sidelined Palestinian democracy" &lt;br /&gt;Ali Abunimah, Al Jazeera, 26 January 2011 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/2011126145337346201.html"&gt;http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/2011126145337346201.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p /&gt; "The Palestine Papers and the 'Gaza coup'"Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 27 January 2011http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11756.shtml &lt;p /&gt; "If US can't be 'honest broker' in Middle East, get out of the way" &lt;br /&gt;Ali Abunimah, Christian Science Monitor, 27 January 2010 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2011/0127/Palestine-Papers-If-US-can-t-be-honest-broker-in-Middle-East-get-out-of-the-way"&gt;http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2011/0127/Palestine-Papers-If-US-...&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;ARTICLES BY OTHERS: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p /&gt; "PA relinquished right of return" &lt;br /&gt;Amira Howeidy, Al Jazeera, 24 January 2011 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/2011124121923486877.html"&gt;http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/2011124121923486877.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p /&gt; "Dayton's mission: A reader's guide" &lt;br /&gt;Mark Perry, Al Jazeera, 25 January 2011 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/2011125145732219555.html"&gt;http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/2011125145732219555.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p /&gt; 'Not worth the paper they're printed on' &lt;br /&gt;Mark Perry, Foreign Policy, 27 January 2011 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/01/27/not_worth_the_paper_they_re_printed_on"&gt;http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/01/27/not_worth_the_paper_they_re...&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Aljazeera English's special page on The Palestine Papers with many more articles and analsyes by other authors:&lt;/strong&gt; http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/ &lt;p /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;All the Palestine Papers documents can be viewed at:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ajtransparency.com/en/search_english"&gt;http://www.ajtransparency.com/en/search_english&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;VIDEO: The Palestine Papers panel discussion &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p /&gt; "Shlomo Ben Ami, former Israeli Forign Minister, Daud Abdullah, director of Middle east monitor UK and Ali Abunimah, co-founder of Electronic Intifada make up the panel of analysts who discuss the Palestine Papers. This is Part three" &lt;p /&gt;  
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      <title>VIDEO: Democracy protests in Amman, Jordan</title>
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	&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #424037; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"&gt;Short video clips of protest in downtown Amman, Jordan, 28 January 2011. Parties represented included Islamist and Leftist parties. Slogans included calls for resignation of the government of Samir Rifai; Free elections based on a fair election law; end to corruption and privatization; economic justice; cancelation of the peace treaty with Israel; an end to the withdrawal for citizenships from Jordanian citizens of Palestinian origin. Many slogans in solidarity with protests in Egypt today. Protest which began after Friday prayers at Al-Husseini mosque lasted about two hours and ended peacefully. Protests have now occurred on four successive Fridays in Amman and other parts of Jordan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:09:15 -0800</pubDate>
      <title>PHOTOS: Amman #JO protest for democracy, economic justice solidarity with Egypt #Jan25 #JO #ReformJO</title>
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	&lt;div&gt;Protest in downtown Amman, Jordan, 28 January 2011. Parties represented included Islamist and Leftist parties. Slogans included calls for resignation of the government of Samir Rifai; Free elections based on a fair election law; end to corruption and privatization; economic justice; cancelation of the peace treaty with Israel; an end to the withdrawal for citizenships from Jordanian citizens of Palestinian origin. Many slogans in solidarity with protests in Egypt today. Protest which began after Friday prayers at Al-Husseini mosque lasted about two hours and ended peacefully. Protests have now occurred on four successive Fridays in Amman and other parts of Jordan.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class='p_embed p_image_embed'&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:26:55 -0800</pubDate>
      <title>BREAKING: Palestinian students demanding democracy take over Palestine diplomatic mission in London</title>
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	&lt;div&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;blockquote type="cite"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;UK PALESTINIAN EMBASSY&amp;nbsp; SIT-IN&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;blockquote type="cite"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Announcing a sit-in at the Palestinian Embassy, London, UK, in the name of the General Union of Palestine Students, and as part of a campaign for Palestinian national representation, calling for the holding of direct elections to the Palestine National Council. More details are attached in our English and Arabic press releases. We are currently talking with the ambassador. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;General Union of Palestine Students, UK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;27 January 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p /&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;div class='p_embed p_file_embed'&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:36:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <title>Video: Ali Abunimah on right of return and The Palestine Papers - Al Jazeera English 25 Jan 2011</title>
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&lt;p&gt;I was interviewed by David Foster on Al Jazeera English on 25 January 2011 on the revelations that the Palestinian Authority had conceded the right of return for Palestinian refugees to Israel.&lt;/p&gt;
	
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:18:23 -0800</pubDate>
      <title>Just received this really charming email signed "your Israeli friend"</title>
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	&lt;blockquote type="cite"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;From: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"&gt;ofer kagan &amp;lt;&lt;a href="mailto:opozik@hotmail.com"&gt;opozik@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Date: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"&gt;January 23, 2011 10:09:54 AM CST&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;To: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;a href="mailto:gazaflotillamap@gmail.com"&gt;gazaflotillamap@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;you sopund more and more not like ali but....&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=""&gt;&lt;div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;ali-baba....&lt;p /&gt;&amp;nbsp;ther will be on state....but not with arabs ya tembel....&lt;p /&gt;&amp;nbsp;say hi to your sharmota mom for me..... she had a good time with me and the army boys last night....&lt;p /&gt;&amp;nbsp;allah is a pig and muhamed a dog....&lt;p /&gt;&amp;nbsp;you on the other hand.... gonna get it right in the x:&lt;p /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;(.) X (.)&lt;p /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;i&lt;br /&gt;+++++++&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;your israeli friend.....&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
	
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:53:11 -0800</pubDate>
      <title>When did butcher Ehud Barak cease to be VP of the Socialist International?</title>
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	As recently as January 5, Israeli defense minister and Gaza war criminal Ehud Barak was listed as Vice President of the Socialist International, bringing that organization into eternal disrepute and irrelevance. On January 17, Barak announced he was breaking away from Israel's ostensibly "socialist" Labor Party and forming his own "Centrist, democratic and Zionist" party called Atzmaut ("Independence"). Well Barak is no longer listed as a VP of the Socialist International as the pictures show. When did they have time to remove him?&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class='p_embed p_image_embed'&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:22:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <title>LA Times oped: "Israel leaves us no choice but to boycott" ~ Ali Abunimah</title>
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&lt;h1&gt;Israel leaves us no choice but to boycott&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; padding: 0px;"&gt;Palestinians have already given up so much since 1948. It's up to Israel to end its campaign of ethnic cleansing for the peace process to move forward.&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;div class="articlebody " style="color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="toolSet" style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;div class="byline" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; color: #292727; font-size: 13px; float: left; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline" style="display: block;"&gt;By Ali Abunimah&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;p class="date" style="margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: #930000; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="dateString" style="display: inline;"&gt;December 17, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="date" style="margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: #930000; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/intl/west-bank-PLGEOREG0000030.topic" class="taxInlineTagLink" title="West Bank" style="font-weight: normal; color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Israel's&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;deputy minister of foreign affairs, Danny Ayalon, paints a picture of an innocent&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/intl/israel-PLGEO0000010.topic" class="taxInlineTagLink" title="Israel" style="font-weight: normal; color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;yearning for peace, virtually begging the intransigent Palestinians to come negotiate so there can be a "two-states-for-two-peoples solution" ("Who's stopping the peace process?" Dec. 14). But it's one that bears no resemblance to the realities Palestinians experience and much of the world sees every day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div class="articlebody " style="color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;Ayalon claims that the settlements Israel refuses to stop building on occupied land are a "red herring" and present no obstacles to peace because in the "43 years since Israel gained control of the West Bank, the built-up areas of the settlements constitute less than 1.7% of the total area."&lt;p /&gt;But let us remind ourselves of a few facts that are not in dispute. Since the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/intl/palestine-PLGEOREG000001.topic" class="taxInlineTagLink" title="Palestine" style="font-weight: normal; color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Palestine&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Liberation Organization and Israel signed the Oslo peace agreement in 1993, the number of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has tripled to more than half a million. Ayalon's deceptive focus on the "built-up areas" ignores the reality that the settlements now control 42% of the West Bank, according to a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.btselem.org/Download/201007_By_Hook_and_by_Crook_Eng.pdf" style="font-weight: normal; color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;"&gt;report last July&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;from the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="articlebody " style="color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-oew-abunimah-israel-settlements-20101217,0,3057091.story"&gt;Read the rest at latimes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 07:53:17 -0800</pubDate>
      <title>Video: Ali Abunimah, Congressman Brian Baird, Jonathan Sacerdoti debate peace process on Riz Khan show</title>
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	&lt;div&gt;&lt;object height="301" width="500"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rik0oYANEoQ" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="301" width="500"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"&gt;Is the US losing its grip on the Middle East peace process?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Israeli-Palestinian talks have reached a deadlock following US failure to convince Israel to extend a freeze on illegal settlement-building in occupied Palestinan territories.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president,&amp;nbsp;says there can be no negotiations until there is a complete halt to the construction of Israeli settlements. Abbas has also been campaigning for international recognition of the Palestinian state, which so far has been accepted by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Washington has condemned those actions as detrimental to the peace process.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, some former European leaders are pushing for a tougher stance against Israel, urging the European Union to impose sanctions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Monday's&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Riz Khan&lt;/em&gt;, we ask: Where exactly is this roadmap to peace going?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We will be joined by: Ali Abunimah, the co-founder of Electronic Intifada, a non-profit online publication that covers the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Brian Baird, a US congressman who has visited Gaza several times; and Jonathan Sacerdoti, an independent commentator on the Middle East.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This episode aired on Monday, December 13, 2010&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
	
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:57:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <title>Defending Palestinian solidarity - Opinion - Al Jazeera English</title>
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	&lt;div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Defending Palestinian solidarity &lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;div class="articleSumm"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There has been a recent escalation by the 'Israel Lobby' to muzzle the growing Palestinian solidarity movement.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Uri Rosenthal, the Dutch foreign minister, has taken it upon himself to&amp;nbsp;investigate the source of&amp;nbsp;The Electronic Intifada's funding, at the ushering of the 'Israel Lobby'&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;[EPA]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The Electronic Intifada, the online publication about Palestine that I co-founded in 2001, finds itself at the centre of a storm as a pro-Israel group applies pressure to have a grant from a Dutch foundation withdrawn.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This assault on our freedom of conscience is about much more than our website. It is part of a well-coordinated, escalating Israeli government-endorsed effort to vilify individuals and cripple organisations that criticise Israel's human rights record and call for it to respect Palestinian rights and international law.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The latest salvo came in a scurrilous article in The Jerusalem Post based on allegations from a group called NGO Monitor, accusing The Electronic Intifada of "anti-Semitism" - without citing a single example from the almost 12,000 articles we have published. The&amp;nbsp;Electronic Intifada &lt;a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11651.shtml" class="InternalLink" target="_blank"&gt;has responded to NGO Monitor's accusations&lt;/a&gt;. Of course the charge of "anti-Semitism" has long been a weapon in the hands of Israel's apologists when they cannot find a factual basis to challenge the site's reporting and analysis.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;Read the rest:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2010/12/2010126104756228834.html"&gt;english.aljazeera.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <title>Waarom NGO-Monitor de Electronic Intifada aanvalt, ofwel een aanval van extreem rechts op de vrijheid van meningsuiting</title>
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&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Waarom NGO-Monitor de Electronic Intifada aanvalt, ofwel een aanval van extreem rechts op de vrijheid van meningsuiting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;30 november 2010&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Oorspronkelijk gepubliceerd op &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11651.shtml"&gt;http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11651.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Vertaald door G. Daniel Bugel-Shunra, &lt;a href="http://dutch.shunra.net/"&gt;http://dutch.shunra.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;De lastercampagne van &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; tegen de &amp;lsquo;Electronic Intifada&amp;rsquo; richt zich op de steun die deze nieuwssite van een Nederlandse stichting ontvangt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;&amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo;, een extreem-rechtse groepering met nauwe banden met de Isra&amp;euml;lische regering, het Isra&amp;euml;lische militaire apparaat en Joodse kolonisten op de Westoever, met een man in de organisatie die is veroordeeld werd wegens het misleiden van het Amerikaanse Congres, en met banden met notoire Islamofobe personen en organisaties in de Verenigde Staten, is een campagne gestart tegen de steun die door een Nederlandse stichting aan de &amp;lsquo;Electronic Intifada&amp;rsquo; wordt gegeven. &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; beticht deze nieuwssite, die in februari 2001 is opgericht en door dagelijks door duizenden wordt geraadpleegd, onder andere van &amp;ldquo;antisemitisme&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;De lastercampagne van &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; tegen de &amp;lsquo;Electronic Intifada&amp;rsquo; (EI) heeft nu de steun die deze nieuwssite van de Nederlandse ICCO ontvangt op de korrel genomen. &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; oefent druk uit op de Nederlandse overheid, die ICCO subsidieert, om de steun aan EI te be&amp;euml;indigen. Minister Uri Rosenthal van Buitenlandse Zaken zou de lastercampagne tegen EI steunen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;De aanval van &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; is onderdeel van een goed geoliede en door de Isra&amp;euml;lische overheid gesteunde poging om verslaggeving over en kritiek op Isra&amp;euml;l de mond te snoeren door het afschieten van zogenaamde &amp;ldquo;delegitimizers&amp;rdquo; &amp;ndash; personen en organisaties die documentatie over de schendingen van mensenrechten verspreiden, de boycot en sanctiebeweging (BDS) ondersteunen, of voor gelijke rechten voor Palestijnen opkomen. In februari dit jaar meldde EI dat een toonaangevende Isra&amp;euml;lische denktank adviseerde om critici van Isra&amp;euml;l gericht te saboteren, bij wijze van regeringsbeleid (&amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11080.shtml"&gt;Israel&amp;rsquo;s new strategy: &amp;ldquo;sabotage&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;attack&amp;rdquo; the global justice movement&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo;, 16 februari 2010).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;In het verleden nam &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; reeds het voortouw bij het smoren van proteststemmen van Joodse dissidentengroeperingen binnen Isra&amp;euml;l, toen deze trachtten het Isra&amp;euml;lische humanitaire beleid te verbeteren.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;De in Jeruzalem gevestigde &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; pretendeert een project te zijn dat zich bezig houdt met het doorlichten van niet-gouvernementele organisaties (NGO&amp;rsquo;s), maar zoals de Isra&amp;euml;lische mensenrechtenactivist en journalist Didi Remez opmerkte, is NGO Monitor &amp;ldquo;geen objectieve waakhond: Het is een partijdige onderneming die vermeende ideologische tegenstanders door middel van McCarthy-achtige technieken probeert klein te krijgen: het plaatsen op zwarte lijsten, suggestieve aantijgingen van medeschuld, en een selectieve weergave van feiten&amp;rdquo; (&amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/bring-on-the-transparency-1.3326"&gt;Bring on the transparency&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Haaretz,&lt;/em&gt; 26&amp;nbsp;november 2009).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;In een artikel in&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Jerusalem Post&lt;/em&gt;, van 6 november j.l. kondigde de directeur van &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; Gerald Steinberg aan dat zijn groep deel uitmaakt van een nieuw door de &amp;lsquo;Jewish Federations of North America&amp;rsquo; (JFNA) en het &amp;lsquo;Jewish Council of Public Affairs&amp;rsquo; (JCPA) opgericht &amp;lsquo;Israel Action Network&amp;rsquo;, dat als doel heeft de boycotbeweging te ondermijnen (&amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=194275"&gt;Turning the tables on BDS&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Jerusalem Post&lt;/em&gt;, 6 November 2010). JFNA zal het &amp;lsquo;Israel Action Network&amp;rsquo; over de komende drie jaar met 6 miljoen dollar financieren om &amp;ldquo;delegitimatie&amp;rdquo; tegen te gaan, die volgens JFNA-directeur Jerry Silverman door &amp;ldquo;Isra&amp;euml;lische leiders ... als het op &amp;eacute;&amp;eacute;n na grootste gevaar voor Isra&amp;euml;l wordt gezien, direct na het streven van Iran naar nucleaire wapens (&amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://jta.org/news/article/2010/10/25/2741418/jfna-and-jcpa-create-6-million-network-to-fight-delegitimization-of-israel"&gt;Federations, JCPA teaming to fight delegitimization of Isra&amp;euml;l&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;rdquo; JTA, 24 oktober 2010).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Het doel van &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; en het &amp;lsquo;Israel Action Network&amp;rsquo; is blijkbaar niets minder dan het sluiten van onafhankelijke nieuwsorganisaties zoals de &amp;lsquo;Electronic Intifada&amp;rsquo; en van mensenrechtenorganisaties in Isra&amp;euml;l, op de bezette Westoever en in de Gazastrook, en elders ter wereld. In zij artikel van 6 november j.l. noemde Steinberg specifiek de Electronic Intifada en haar medeoprichter en directeur-bestuurder Ali Abunimah, evenals de Palestijns-Christelijke oecumenische vrede- en rechtvaardigheidsbeweging Sabeel en haar stichter, dominee Naim Ateek, als doelwitten van de campagne. &amp;ldquo;Om deze politieke oorlog te winnen moet het [Israel Action] netwerk zich met gedetailleerde informatie over de oppositie wapenen, en op basis daarvan een effectief tegenbeleid voeren. Dit houdt in het verspreiden van informatie aan studenten op de campussen en activisten in de samenleving, zodat deze de groeperingen die de demonisering [van Isra&amp;euml;l] aanvoeren en financieren aan de kaak kunnen stellen&amp;rdquo;, aldus Steinberg.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Steinberg stelde verder vol trots dat &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; reeds heeft &amp;ldquo;bewezen dat deze aanpak erg effectief kan zijn. Na zorgvuldig onderzoek heeft de Canadese overheid flink gesneden in fondsen die voor mensenrechten en ontwikkelingshulp bestemd waren, maar in feite werden gebruikt voor haat en opruiing. Vergelijkbare stappen worden door Europese overheden overwogen met betrekking tot een aantal van de meest verderfelijke NGO&amp;rsquo;s die bij de boycotbeweging zijn betrokken.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Als nieuwste doelwit van een laster- en sabotagecampagne van &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; bevindt zich de Electronic Intifada in het goede gezelschap van eerder beschuldigde organisaties, waaronder Amnesty International, Artsen Zonder Grenzen, Human Rights Watch, Adalah, Al-Haq, Mada al-Carmel, evenals Isra&amp;euml;lische groepen zoals B&amp;rsquo;Tselem, Breaking the Silence, HaMoked, het New Israel Fund, en tientallen anderen. Een blik op de publicaties van &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; toont aan dat deze organisatie elke beschrijving van &amp;ndash; of oproep tot het be&amp;euml;indigen van &amp;ndash; de stelselmatige Isra&amp;euml;lische schendingen van mensenrechten, de gewelddadige kolonisatie van de bezette West Bank inclusief Jeruzalem, de blokkade van Gaza, en de uitvoerig gedocumenteerde oorlogsmisdaden en misdrijven tegen de menselijkheid als &amp;ldquo;haat&amp;rdquo;, &amp;ldquo;opruiing&amp;rdquo; en/of &amp;ldquo;antisemitisme&amp;rdquo; karakteriseert.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Aanval op financiering om vrijheid van meningsuiting en gedachten te ondermijnen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;In 2007 begon &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; een reeks acties tegen de Canadese ontwikkelings- en mensenrechtenorganisatie &amp;lsquo;Alternatives&amp;rsquo;, die zich met ontwikkelingswerk in de bezette West Bank en Gazastrook bezig hield. Na een ferme campagne door pro-Isra&amp;euml;lische lobbyisten kortte de conservatieve Canadese regering haar subsidie voor &amp;lsquo;Alternatives&amp;rsquo; en voor een aantal andere groeperingen die zich voor de rechten van Palestijnen inzetten (&amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11102.shtml"&gt;Canada&amp;rsquo;s neoconservative turn&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;rdquo; The Electronic Intifada, 26&amp;nbsp;februari 2010).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Eerder dit jaar stopte het door de Canadese overheid gesteunde internationale centrum voor ontwikkelingsonderzoek (IDRC) haar onderzoekstoelagen aan Mada al-Carmel, een onafhankelijk onderzoekscentrum in Haifa en het enige in zijn soort in Isra&amp;euml;l, dat zich op de rechten, behoeften en toekomst van Palestijnse burgers richt. Volgens het Isra&amp;euml;lische dagblad &lt;em&gt;Haaretz&lt;/em&gt; zouden de toelagen, bestemd voor een onderzoek van de &amp;ldquo;Arabische politieke betrokkenheid in Isra&amp;euml;l en de toekomst van de Isra&amp;euml;lische democratie,&amp;rdquo; en van &amp;ldquo;Palestijnse vrouwen in Isra&amp;euml;l en de politieke economie&amp;rdquo;, zijn stopgezet onder druk, uitgeoefend door het Isra&amp;euml;lische Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken op de regering van Canada (&amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/did-foreign-ministry-lobby-to-stop-canadian-funding-of-israeli-arab-group-1.308879"&gt;Did Foreign Ministry lobby to stop Canadian funding of Israeli Arab group?&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Haaretz&lt;/em&gt;, 19 augustus 2010).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Intifada onder vuur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Op 26 November publiceerde&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Jerusalem Post&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;een artikel van Benjamin Weinthal met als titel &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=196852"&gt;Dutch will look into NGO funding of anti-Semitic website&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;rdquo; Volgens Weinthal geeft de Nederlandse overheid steun aan de interkerkelijke organisatie voor ontwikkelingssamenwerking (ICCO), &amp;ldquo;een Nederlandse hulporganisatie die de &amp;lsquo;Electronic Intifada&amp;rsquo; steunt, een website dat, zoals de &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; tegenover donderdag tegenover de &lt;em&gt;Jerusalem Post&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;verklaarde, antisemitisch is, en Isra&amp;euml;lisch beleid regelmatig met dat van het Nazi-regime vergelijkt.&amp;rdquo; De &lt;em&gt;Jerusalem Post&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;citeert echter geen enkel voorbeeld uit de bijna 12.000 sinds 2001 door EI gepubliceerde artikelen die deze choquerende beschuldigingen zouden staven.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Met haar reportages en onafhankelijke commentaren heeft de Electronic Intifada sinds haar oprichting een wereldwijde reputatie verworven. Op haar&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1387.shtml"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;stelt ze dat haar &amp;ldquo;visie op het conflict in de universele beginselen van het internationaal recht en de verdragen met betrekking tot mensenrechten zijn verankerd, en dat de reportages zijn gebaseerd op een solide basis van gedocumenteerd bewijsmateriaal en zorgvuldig feitenonderzoek.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Volgens de &lt;em&gt;Jerusalem Post&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;zou de Nederlandse Minister van &lt;em&gt;Buitenlandse Zaken, &lt;/em&gt;Uri Rosenthal, hebben verklaard: &amp;ldquo;Ik zal deze zaak persoonlijk onderzoeken. Als zal blijken dat de door de overheid gesubsidieerde ICCO de &amp;lsquo;Electronic Intifada&amp;rsquo; steunt, zal het een ernstig probleem met mij hebben.&amp;rdquo; Als Minister Rosenthal juist is geciteerd (waarvan echter niet mag worden uitgegaan, gezien de vele andere fouten en onwaarheden in Weinthals artikel), moet worden opgemerkt dat het Nederlandse Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken nooit contact heeft opgenomen met de EI, voordat de minister zijn gewicht achter de door &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; gemaakte aantijgingen zette.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;De&lt;em&gt; Jerusalem Post&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;beweert verder dat director-bestuurder Ali Abunimah van de Electronic Intifada een leidende functie zou hebben in de tegen Isra&amp;euml;l gerichte delegitimatie- en demoniseringscampagnes. Tijdens zijn door het budget van de Electronic Intifada gefinancierde voordrachten en spreekbeurten zou hij oproepen tot het cre&amp;euml;ren van &amp;eacute;&amp;eacute;n [gemeenschappelijke] staat als oplossing tot het Isra&amp;euml;lisch-Palestijnse conflict, en &amp;ldquo;regelmatig gebruik maken van valse apartheidsretoriek&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;De&lt;em&gt; Jerusalem Post&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;heeft nooit gepoogd om met de Electronic Intifada of met Abunimah contact op te nemen, om deze beweringen te verifi&amp;euml;ren. Als het dit wel had gedaan, zou de &lt;em&gt;Jerusalem Post&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;hebben vernomen dat geen van Abunimah&amp;rsquo;s reizen en spreekbeurten ooit uit het budget van de &amp;lsquo;Electronic Intifada&amp;rsquo; is betaald, maar dat deze altijd door de gastgevende organisaties zijn bekostigd, en helemaal los staan van de EI nieuwssite.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Sinds 2006 is ca. een derde van het budget van de Electronic Intifada afkomstig van ICCO. Het grootste deel van de financiering van de nieuwssite is afkomstig van giften van lezers, en een klein deel wordt bijgedragen door particuliere stichtingen. Het totale budget van de Electronic Intifada bedroeg $149.208 in 2008 en $183.760 in 2009, zoals blijkt uit de openbaar toegankelijke belastingaangifte van de Middle East Cultural and Charitable Society, Inc., de non-profit stichting waarvan de &amp;lsquo;Electronic Intifada&amp;rsquo; onderdeel uitmaakt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;&amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo;, de Isra&amp;euml;lische regering, het leger, en extreem rechts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;&amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; is nauw verbonden met extreem rechts in Isra&amp;euml;l, met de regering en de legerleiding van dat land, evenals met toonaangevende anti-Palestijnse en anti-Islam-activisten in de Verenigde Staten. Op de website van &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; staat dat de organisatie een joint venture is van het Institute for Contemporary Affairs, de Wechsler Family Foundation, en B&amp;rsquo;nai B&amp;rsquo;rith International.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;De Electronic Intifada rapporteerde reeds in 2005 dat het Institute of Contemporary Affairs van het Jerusalem Center on Public Affairs een denktank is die onderdak biedt aan Isra&amp;euml;ls militaire en politieke elite. Tot de coryfee&amp;euml;n onder de Isra&amp;euml;lische ambtenaren en officieren die voor het instituut spreken en schrijven behoort bijvoorbeeld Doron Almog, die internationaal bekend werd toen hij in London Heathrow in een El Al vliegtuig bleef zitten en terug naar Isra&amp;euml;l vluchtte om een tegen hem uitgevaardigd arrestatiebevel te ontlopen in verband met oorlogsmisdaden die hij zou hebben gepleegd als divisiecommandant in de bezette Gazastrook (&amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4255.shtml"&gt;&amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; should not be taken seriously&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;rdquo; 18 oktober 2005).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Onder de leden van het internationale adviesorgaan van &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; bevinden zich wat opvallende keuzes, voor een organisatie die zich op aanspreekbaarheid zegt te richten. Naast Alan Dershowitz en Elie Wiesel (die in het openbaar heeft verklaard dat hij principieel niet in staat is om Isra&amp;euml;l waarvoor dan ook te bekritiseren) vinden we het voormalige hoofd van de CIA en Iraq-oorlogslobbyist James Woolsey, en ook Elliott Abrams, die in 1991 werd veroordeeld voor het achterhouden van informatie van het Amerikaanse Congres in de Iran-Contra affaire, waarin hij als ambtenaar in de Reagan-administratie diep betrokken was. Als plaatsvervangend adviseur voor nationale veiligheid tijdens de regering van George W. Bush was Abrams het brein achter de clandestiene Amerikaanse acties die tot doel hadden, de gevolgen van de Palestijnse parlementsverkiezingen van januari 2006 terug te draaien door Palestijnse oppositionele milities te bewapenen en hen tegen verkiezingswinnaar Hamas in te zetten. De handelingen van Abrams leidden tot een Palestijnse burgeroorlog die honderden mensenlevens kostte. (David Rose, &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/04/gaza200804"&gt;The Gaza Bombshell&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Vanity Fair&lt;/em&gt;, April 2008).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Een van de leden van het juridische adviesorgaan van &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; is de voormalige Isra&amp;euml;lische ambassadeur Alan Baker, die jaren lang in dienst van de Isra&amp;euml;lische overheid de Isra&amp;euml;lische schendingen van het internationaal recht goedpraatte, evenals het kolonisatiebeleid in de bezette gebieden, dat door alle EU-regeringen, waaronder ook de Nederlandse, formeel wordt afgewezen. De band wordt verder gecementeerd door een rapport dat onlangs door &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; is gepubliceerd in samenwerking met een partnerorganisatie, het Institute for Zionist Strategies, met als titel: &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/trojan_horse_the_impact_of_european_government_funding_for_israeli_ngos"&gt;Trojan Horse: The Impact of European Government Funding for Isra&amp;euml;li NGOs&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo;. Didi Remez wijst erop dat het Institute for Zionist Strategies, wordt geleid door Israel Harel, een van de stichters van de fanatieke kolonistenbeweging Gush Emunim.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Oproep tot &amp;ldquo;aanspreekbaarheid&amp;rdquo; &amp;ndash; (maar enkel voor anderen)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Terwijl &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; almaar openhartiger toegeeft dat het zijn doel is om de openbare discussie over Isra&amp;euml;ls schendingen van mensenrechten de mond te snoeren, beweert het nog steeds dat zijn bestaansreden de vergroting van &amp;ldquo;aanspreekbaarheid&amp;rdquo; en transparantie is. Deze oproep tot transparantie geldt echter niet voor zichzelf, of voor politieke bondgenoten.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Er is maar weinig informatie beschikbaar over de financiering van &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo;. De organisatie houdt de namen van de donoren en van de gegeven bedragen geheim, terwijl het tegelijkertijd eist dat andere organisaties hun boeken wel openen. Onder de &lt;a href="http://www.ngo-monitor.org/articles.php?cat_id=17"&gt;hoofddonors&lt;/a&gt; die wel worden genoemd valt naast de Wechsler Foundation ook de naam van het Middle East Forum Education Project van Daniel Pipes. Pipes is reeds vaak in de aandacht gekomen wegens zijn verspreiding van anti-Islamitische en anti-Arabische propaganda, hetgeen voor Senator Tom Harkin aanleiding was om tegen George W. Bush&amp;rsquo; benoeming van Pipes tot de raad van het United States Institute for Peace te protesteren (&amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.baltimorechronicle.com/jul03_pipes-stalled.html"&gt;Daniel Pipes nomination stalled in committee&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Baltimore Chronicle,&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;23 juli 2003).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Tot de hoofddonoren van &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; telt tevens een van Amerikaanse belastingen vrijgestelde organisatie, &lt;a href="http://www.afngom.org/"&gt;American Friends of &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(AFNGOM) genaamd. Terwijl AFNGOM begin 2009 als een van belasting vrijgestelde non-profit is erkend, is het voor non-profits verplichte Form 990 voor 2009 nog steeds niet op &lt;a href="http://www2.guidestar.org/rxg/help/faqs/form-990/index.aspx#faq1948"&gt;Guidestar&lt;/a&gt;.org, de informatiesite voor Amerikaanse non-profits, ter inzage beschikbaar. (Volgens &lt;a href="http://www2.guidestar.org/rxg/help/faqs/form-990/index.aspx#faq1948"&gt;Guidestar&lt;/a&gt; wordt een Form 990 gewoonlijk binnen twee maanden na inlevering op de website gepubliceerd).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;&amp;Eacute;&amp;eacute;n van de bestuursleden van AFNGOM is Rita Emerson. Emerson en haar man Steven Emerson zijn bekenden in de Amerikaanse pro-Isra&amp;euml;lische en anti-Islamitische gemeenschap; zij doen regelmatig schenkingen aan pro-Isra&amp;euml;lische doelen. Samen financieren zij de &amp;ldquo;Emerson Fellowships&amp;rdquo; voor de anti-Palestijnse lobbyorganisatie &amp;lsquo;Stand With Us&amp;rsquo; (die nauw met het Isra&amp;euml;lische leger samenwerkt in het organiseren van spreekbeurten van Isra&amp;euml;lische soldaten op Amerikaanse universiteiten), en tevens tellen zij tot de belangrijkste donoren van het Technion Israel Institute of Technology. &amp;ldquo;Zij zetten zich met passie in voor kankeronderzoek, de verdediging van Isra&amp;euml;l op de campussen en in de media, en de strijd tegen de wereldwijde Jihad&amp;rdquo;, zo luidde de beschrijving van het echtpaar in 2007 in een programmaboekje van een diner voor de American Freedom Alliance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;De Emersons hebben goed geboerd met hun opruicampagnes tegen Moslims. Uit een recent onderzoek van de krant &lt;em&gt;The Tennessean&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;bleek dat Steven Emerson in 2008 3,4&amp;nbsp;miljoen dollar aan honoraria aan zijn eigen bedrijf heeft betaald, afkomstig van een door hem gestichte non-profit, die volgens deze krant &amp;ldquo;donoren om geld vraagt door hen te vertellen dat zij direct door Moslims worden bedreigd&amp;rdquo;. Volgens &lt;em&gt;The Tennessean&lt;/em&gt; is Emersons non-profit in werkelijkheid een dekmantel voor een lucratieve onderneming (&amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20101024/NEWS01/10240374/Anti-Muslim-crusaders-make-millions-spreading-fear"&gt;Anti-Muslim crusaders make millions spreading fear&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Tennessean&lt;/em&gt;, 24 oktober 2010). Het is opmerkelijk dat het &lt;a href="http://www.tennessean.com/assets/pdf/DN1658731022.PDF"&gt;Form 990&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;van deze non-profit geen personeelsleden, bestuursleden of salarissen vermeldt, behalve Steven Emerson zelf, als enige functionaris van de organisatie. Een search op de website van &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; vond geen enkele verwijzing naar het gebrek aan transparantie van het &amp;ldquo;non-profit&amp;rdquo; miljoenenbedrijfje van de Emersons.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;&amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; toont een even groot gebrek aan interesse aan transparantie als het gaat om extremistische Isra&amp;euml;lische groeperingen. Zoals Didi Remez aantoont, worden &amp;ldquo;honderden miljoenen dollars aan Isra&amp;euml;lische belastinggelden en Amerikaanse belastingvrijstellingen aan de openbaarheid onttrokken en naar de kolonisatieprojecten gekanaliseerd, onder andere via organisaties zoals Elad, de drijvende kracht achter de actuele inspanningen van Isra&amp;euml;lische kolonisten om Palestijnen uit bepaalde woonwijken in bezet Oost Jeruzalem te drijven (&amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/bring-on-the-transparency-1.3326"&gt;Bring on the transparency&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Remez merkt op dat terwijl de meeste Isra&amp;euml;lische, door &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; op de korrel genomen oppositie- en mensenrechtenorganisaties reeds aan hoge normen van fiscale transparantie voldoen, dit voor de kolonistenorganisaties niet het geval is. Deze laatsten zijn volgens Remez &amp;ldquo;afhankelijk van financi&amp;euml;le ondoorzichtigheid&amp;rdquo; om hun activiteiten op lange termijn te kunnen voortzetten. &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; heeft hieraan nooit een enkel woord besteed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #191919;"&gt;Nu de internationale solidariteitsbewegingen met Palestina, waaronder de boycot- en sanctiebeweging, almaar meer toeloop krijgen, raken de leiding van Isra&amp;euml;l en Isra&amp;euml;ls apologeten in paniek, en verliezen alle scrupules. Door niets wordt dit beter ge&amp;iuml;llustreerd dan door de aanval van &amp;lsquo;NGO Monitor&amp;rsquo; op de financieringsbronnen voor media- en mensenrechtenorganisaties zoals de Electronic Intifada en zoveel andere groepen, die dringend nodige werkzaamheden verrichten.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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