***Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles*

*News*
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*International Middle East Media Center* <http://imemc.org/>

*Erekat: Israel is responsible for collapsing of peace process*
<http://www.imemc.org/article/62327>
IMEMC - Thursday October 20, 2011 - 18:55, Dr. Saeb Erekat, member of
the central committee of Fatah Movement and Palestinian negotiation
chief, held a meeting with the Portuguese former president, Goerge
Sambouo, top representative of UN-debate among civilizations, the
Palestinian News Agency, Maan, reported earlier on Thursday.

*Resident Kidnapped In Hebron* <http://www.imemc.org/article/62325>
IMEMC - Thursday October 20, 2011 - 12:24, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a
Palestinian resident from the southern West Bank city of Hebron while
heading to the Israeli Liaison Office on Thursday morning, and moved him
to an unknown destination, the Palestinian News & Info Agency reported.

*Abu Marzouq: "Egypt Guarantees Implementation Of Phase 2"*
<http://www.imemc.org/article/62324>
IMEMC - Thursday October 20, 2011 - 09:10, Deputy head of the Hamas
Political Bureua, Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouq, told the Hamas affiliated
Palestinian Information Center that Egypt provided grantees for the
movement regarding Israel's commitments to implement phase 2 of the
prisoner-swap deal. He added that Khaled Mashal, head of the Political
Bureau of Hamas, delayed his visit to Amman due to logistics.

*Ma'an News* <http://maannews.net/en/>

*Campaigners: EU research projects support occupation*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=430915>
10/20/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian civil society groups
called on European research bodies to halt cooperation with Israeli
institutions implicated in violating human rights, in a statement issued
Thursday. The release said Israel's association agreement with the EU
gives it equal access to research funding as members, "despite Israel's
consistent violation....

*Hamas: Egypt pledged 9 women to be freed in days*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=430956>
10/20/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said
Thursday that Egypt has assured the movement that the nine female
prisoners remaining in Israeli jail will be released "in the coming
days." On Tuesday, 27 women were released in the first stage of an
Egypt-brokered prisoner swap freeing captured Israeli soldier Gilad
Shalit in....

*PLO plans 'other options' if UN bid fails*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431054>
10/20/2011 - RAMALLAH (Reuters) -- The PLO wants the Security Council to
decide on its bid for full UN membership soon so it can pursue "other
options", the UN envoy said, repeating charges that Washington is
procrastinating to avoid a vote. Riyad Mansour, in comments to a
Palestinian newspaper, did not say what he would do once their....

*'Israel stops wife of freed prisoner at Allenby'*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=430803>
10/20/2011 - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces have denied the wife of a
released prisoner who was exiled to Qatar permission to cross the
Allenby Bridge to ahead of her journey to meet her husband, a rights
group said. Ahmad Al-Bitawi, a researcher at the international
solidarity foundation for human rights, said Abdul Hakim Aziz Hanini....

*Oxfam: Settlers cost farmers over $500,000 this harvest*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=430878>
10/20/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli settlers have cost Palestinian
farmers over $500,000 this year by destroying olive trees in the West
Bank, Oxfam and local organizations warned Thursday. Oxfam, the Union of
Agricultural Work Committees and the Palestinian Agricultural Relief
Committees estimated that olives collected this year would produce half
the oil of the 2010....

*Freed prisoner reflects on decades spent in jail*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431057>
10/20/2011 - RAMALLAH (Reuters) -- Nael Barghouti, released on Tuesday
after more than 33 years in an Israeli jail, says he never gave up hope
of being freed."From the first day I was detained, I always expected I
would released, that one day, someone would work to free me. Politics
failed in setting us free, but another....

*Abbas to visit Egypt, discuss reconciliation*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431074>
10/20/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- President Mahmoud Abbas will visit
Egypt on Saturday, officials said, after a meeting of his Fatah party
said movement on a stalled reconciliation agreement with Hamas was
"necessary". Egyptian ambassador to the Palestinian Authority Yasser
Othman told official news agency WAFA that the president would travel to
Egypt to discuss implementation....

*Fayyad: Time not ripe for peace talks*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=430877>
10/20/2011 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The time is not right for
meaningful peace talks with Israel, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister
Salam Fayyad said on Wednesday, saying they are only likely to produce a
blame game rather than a settlement. The so-called Quartet of Middle
East peace mediators has failed to meet its own goal of bringing the two....

*Abbas: We ended chaos but independence eludes us*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=430940>
10/20/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- President Mahmoud Abbas measured out
his achievements but lamented the "failure" to grasp the ultimate prize
of a Palestinian state, in a TV interview that aired on Wednesday."I
managed to end the security chaos but I still can't achieve
independence," Mahmoud Abbas told Ma'an TV in....

*Egypt arrests Israeli national at border crossing*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431078>
10/20/2011 - EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma'an) -- Egyptian authorities arrested a
Palestinian citizen of Israel at the Egypt border Thursday, saying they
discovered a weapon and large quantity of ammunition in his possession.
The Palestinian-Israeli, who was not otherwise identified, told Egyptian
security forces he worked for an Israeli tourism company and was
traveling with his wife....

*Benefits for released prisoners in Gaza announced*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431082>
10/20/2011 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian prisoners who were
released in the prisoner deal and sent to Gaza will stay in hotels for
three weeks or until they each get a private apartment, car, and a job.
Gaza's Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh gave each of the 294 prisoners
$2,000, and future income will be....

*Shalit says heard Israeli forces near his Gaza prison*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431142>
10/20/2011 - JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit heard the
sound of battle around him during a massive 2006 military operation
seeking to free him from his Gaza captors, his father said Thursday." He
was aware of the operation and everything that was going on," Noam
Shalit told journalists outside the family home in the northern Israeli....

*2 Israeli soldiers hit by car near Ramallah*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431026>
10/20/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Two Israeli soldiers were injured
Thursday after they were hit by a Palestinian-plated car south of
Ramallah in the central West Bank, an army spokesman said. The soldiers
were taken to hospital with light injuries, the Israeli official added.
A military source told Ma'an the incident was believed to....

*Iraqi Jews yearn for lost homeland*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=430899>
10/20/2011 - AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) -- Amer Musa Nasim, once one of the
last seven remaining Jews in Baghdad, says he finally had to leave
violence-stricken Iraq to live a peaceful life even though he loves his
country." I have always tried to hide my identity to avoid trouble,"
said Nasim, 38, who arrived in Jordan earlier this....

*US cannot confirm reports of Gadhafi's capture*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431005>
10/20/2011 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US State Department on Thursday
said it could not confirm that deposed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has
been captured." We've seen the media reports but can't confirm them,"
State Department spokeswoman Beth Gosselin told Reuters. White House
officials were not immediately available to comment. The Pentagon also
said....

*Turkish army says launched air, ground assault in Iraq*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431012>
10/20/2011 - VAN, Turkey (Reuters) -- Hundreds of Turkish commandos
backed by helicopter gunships were attacking Kurdish militants in Iraq
on Thursday, officials said, as Ankara weighed a wider cross-border
offensive after PKK fighters killed 24 of its soldiers. Turkish security
officials estimated their forces, numbering about 1,000 inside Iraq, had
killed 21 fighters from the Kurdistan Workers....

*NATO checking Gadhafi reports, needs time to confirm*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431018>
10/20/2011 - BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- NATO said on Thursday it was checking
reports of the capture of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya and said they could
take some time to confirm." We are checking and assessing the
situation," a NATO official said."Clearly these are very significant
developments, which will take time to confirm. If it is true, then....

*NATO says aircraft struck pro-Gadhafi vehicles near Sirte*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431041>
10/20/2011 - BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- NATO said its aircraft attacked two
military vehicles near Moammar Gadhafi's last holdout of Sirte on
Thursday, but stopped short of confirming reports that these had been
carrying Gadhafi." At approximately 08:30 local time today, NATO
aircraft struck two pro-Gadhafi forces military vehicles which were part
of a larger group....

*NTC official: Gadhafi body being taken to secret location*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431052>
10/20/2011 - MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) -- The body of deposed Libyan
leader Moammar Gadhafi is being taken to a location which is being kept
secret for security reasons, a National Transitional Council official
said on Thursday. Gadhafi died of wounds suffered on Thursday as
fighters battling to complete an eight-month-old uprising against his
rule overran his hometown Sirte....

*NTC: Saif Al-Islam Gadhafi believed still in desert*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431061>
10/20/2011 - CAIRO (Reuters) - Moammar Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam is
believed to be still at large in Libya's desert, a member of the
National Transitional Council said on Thursday after NTC officials said
the former Libyan leader had been found and killed. Abdelmajid Saif
al-Nasr told the Qatar-based Al Jazeera satellite channel that....

*Libyan NTC vice chairman confirms Gadhafi killed*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431062>
10/20/2011 - BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) -- The vice chairman of Libya's
National Transitional Council confirmed that ousted leader Moammar
Gadhafi had been killed on Friday and said the interim government would
announce the liberation of Libya "within hours". That would be a
landmark announcement, after which the interim government has said it
would begin the transition....

*West celebrates Gadhafi's end, hails own role*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431114>
10/20/2011 - LONDON (Reuters) -- Western leaders on Thursday hailed the
death of Moammar Gadhafi as a moment of liberation for Libya and held up
their own role in the downfall of the flamboyant North African
strongman. Some countries warned Libya's new leaders they still faced
tough days ahead, but the overriding sentiment was relief over....

*Gadhafi killed as hometown falls*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431117>
10/20/2011 - SIRTE, Libya (AFP) -- Ousted despot Moammar Gadhafi was
killed Thursday in a final assault by new regime forces on his hometown
Sirte, ending the last vestiges of his 42-year autocratic rule and
sparking joy across Libya." We announce to the world that Gadhafi has
died in the custody of the revolution," National Transitional Council....

*In photos: Embracing Gadhafi, the dictator and his friends*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431119>
10/20/2011 - Reuters and MaanImages - Former Libyan leader Moammar
Gadhafi died of wounds suffered in fighting as Libya's interim
government forces captured his hometown stronghold of Sirte on Thursday.
As world leaders rallied to herald his death as a new era for Libya, a
collection of images of his former friends document the dictators and....

*Gadhafi's death -- who pulled the trigger?*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431138>
10/20/2011 - SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) -- Disturbing images of a
blood-stained and shaken Moammar Gadhafi being jostled by angry fighters
quickly circulated around the world after the Libyan dictator's dramatic
death near his home town of Sirte. The exact circumstances of his demise
are still unclear with conflicting accounts of his death circulating.
But the footage....

*Iraq oil exports in September lowest in seven months*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431139>
10/20/2011 - BAGHDAD (AFP) -- Iraq's oil exports and income in September
were the lowest since February as pumping along the Ceyhan pipeline to
Turkey dropped off due to multiple stoppages, figures published on
Thursday showed. The country exported a total of 63. 1 million barrels
of oil last month at an average price of $104....

*Tunisians abroad vote in first Arab Spring election*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431146>
10/20/2011 - PARIS (AFP) -- Tunisians abroad thronged to vote Thursday
in the first post-Arab Spring free election, three days before their
compatriots at home go to the polls to turn the page on 23 years of
autocratic rule. Like many who voted on Thursday, historic opposition
figure Kamel Jendoubi, who heads the overall election organizing body
ISIE....

*Iran spy chief mocks 'stupidity' of US plot claims*
<http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=431148>
10/20/2011 - TEHRAN (AFP) -- Iran's spy chief Thursday mocked US claims
of a Tehran-sponsored assassination plot, saying the accusation reeked
of "stupidity" and detailed incredibly unprofessional tradecraft, the
website of state-run television reported. Intelligence Minister Heydar
Moslehi, who heads up Iran's espionage organizations, said the US
allegations -- involving an Iranian-American used car salesman....

*Aljazeera* <http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/>

*US suspends Bahrain arms deal ahead of probe*
<http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/10/201110195135134310.html>
AlJazeera 20 Oct 2011 - Activists say deaths include eight people in
Homs, as tens of thousands rally in Aleppo in support of President Assad.

*'Seventeen dead' in latest Syrian violence*
<http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/10/20111019131615796608.html>
AlJazeera 20 Oct 2011 - Palestinian prisoners were aware of deportation
option, Hamas official explains how deal almost fell through.

*Palestine News Network* <http://english.pnn.ps/>

*In Pictures: Palestinian and Swedish Choirs Join Hands in Ramallah*
<http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10788&Itemid=>
PNN - by Lo Yuk FaiThe Swedish Falun Peace Choir and the Ramallah-based
Zaridash choir performed a joint show on Wednesday evening at the
Bethlehem Peace Center, across the main square from the Church...

*Settlers Attack Students Exiting Cordoba School, Soldiers Arrest
Assistant Director*
<http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10787&Itemid=64>
PNN - PNNA group of Israeli settlers attacked students and teachers from
the Cordoba girls' school in the Old City of Hebron and Israeli soldiers
arrested the assistant director of the school. An eyewitness...

*Israel Blocks Hebron Governor from Entering Old City*
<http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10786&Itemid=62>
PNN - PNNOn Thursday, Israeli forces stopped Hebron governor Kamel
Hamid, as well as several teachers and students from the Cordoba girls'
school, from entering the Old City where the school is located. Governor...

*Palestinian Envoy to Canada Resigns After Linking to Anti-Semitic
Video*
<http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10785&Itemid=72>
PNN - PNNLinda Sobeh resigned from her position as the charge d'affairs
of the Palestinian delegation to Canada---Palestine's top diplomat in
the country---after tweeting a link to a video she had not watched which...

*Hamas and Fatah Wrangle over Phase Two of Prisoner Swap*
<http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10784&Itemid=73>
PNN - PNNIn a spitting match that has become typical of the main
Palestinian factions, spokesmen from Hamas and Fatah wrangled on
Thursday over the execution of the second phase of the Gilad Shalit...

*Hamas Negotiator al-JaâEUR^(TM)bari: Deporting Prisoners Was the Only
Way*
<http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10783&Itemid=73>
PNN - PNNAhmed al-Ja'bari, the head of the Palestinian negotiating team
credited with freeing 477 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for captured
Israeli gunner Gilad Shalit, said that while he was unhappy that some
Palestinians...

*Palestinian Center for Human Rights* <http://pchrgaza.org/>

*The Director of PCHR, Raji Sourani, Visits Germany as Part of Advocacy
Campaign for Accountability and Justice for Palestinian Victims*
<http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7803:the-director-of-pchr-raji-sourani-visits-germany-as-part-of-advocacy-campaign-for-accountability-and-justice-for-palestinian-victims-&catid=37:pchrnews-&Itemid=30>
Palestinian Center for Human Rights

*The Military Court in Gaza Holds another Hearing to Consider the Case
Relating to the Death of the Italian Solidarity Activist Vittorio
Arrigini*
<http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7799:the-military-court-in-gaza-holds-another-hearing-to-consider-the-case-relating-to-the-death-of-the-italian-solidarity-activist-vittorio-arrigini-&catid=37:pchrnews-&Itemid=30>
Palestinian Center for Human Rights

*Human Rights Organizations Call on the European Union to Uphold
Standards for Protection of Prisoners Rights*
<http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7801:human-rights-organizations-call-on-the-european-union-to-uphold-standards-for-protection-of-prisoners-rights-&catid=37:pchrnews-&Itemid=30>
Palestinian Center for Human Rights

*International Solidarity Movement* <http://palsolidarity.org/>

*The ongoing trial in the murder of solidarity activist Vittorio
Arrigoni*
<http://palsolidarity.org/2011/10/the-ongoing-trial-in-the-murder-of-solidarity-activist-vittorio-arrigoni/>
10/20/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - International
Solidarity Movement, Gaza - The military trial of the four men charged
with the death of Italian International Solidarity Movement Activist
Vittorio Arrigoni continued in Gaza City today. The small courtroom was
packed with friends and colleagues of Arrigoni, in addition to four or
five members of the defendants' families. All four defendants appeared....

*Alternative Information Center* <http://alternativenews.org/>

*Palestinians Welcomed Freed Prisoners with Joy, Pride and Togetherness*
<http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/topics/news/3854-palestinians-welcomed-freed-prisoners-with-joy-pride-and-togetherness>
Alternative Information Center - A man in his thirties was standing on
his tiptoes, trying to catch a glimpse of the released prisoners who
were appearing in small groups on a tiny stage, erected only meters away
from Yasser Arafat's...

*Palestine Telegraph* <http://paltelegraph.com/>

*Settlers, soldiers attack Palestinian schools*
<http://www.paltelegraph.com/palestine/west-bank/10341-settlers-soldiers-attack-palestinian-schools.html>
20 Oct 2011 - Palestine, (Pal Telegraph) - Groups of extremist Jewish
settlers and Israeli soldiers Thursday continued their attacks against
students and teachers in Qurtuba and Susiya schools in Hebron, in the
southern West Bank, according to local sources.

*Free at Last - Some of the many Palestinian Prisoners*
<http://www.paltelegraph.com/palestine/gaza-strip/10335-free-at-last-some-of-the-many-palestinian-prisoners.html>
20 Oct 2011 - Palestine, (Pal Telegraph) - The buzz of the week has
been, without a doubt, the prisoner swap reached between Hamas and
Israel. On October 18, over 400 Palestinian prisoners, some of them
serving several life sentences, will walk out of Israel's prison gates
free men and women, hopefully for the last time. In two months, the
second phase of the...

*The National* <http://thenational.ae/section/FOREIGN?profile=1011>

*Turkish troops attack Kurdish rebels in Turkey, Iraq*
<http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/turkish-troops-attack-kurdish-rebels-in-turkey-iraq>
The National 20 Oct 2011 - About 10,000 Turkish troops attack Kurdish
rebels in south-east Turkey and Iraq in retaliation for Kurdish rebel
raids near the Iraq border in which 24 Turkish soldiers died and 18 were
wounded.

*Tripoli erupts into a carnival celebration over Qaddafi death*
<http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/tripoli-erupts-into-a-carnival-celebration-over-qaddafi-death>
The National 20 Oct 2011 - Muammar Qaddafi's death ignites emotions in
Tripoli, with men in cafes dropping their coffees and sprinting towards
television screens to see for themselves

*Libya's Qaddafi is killed as his last bastion falls*
<http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/libyas-qaddafi-is-killed-as-his-last-bastion-falls>
The National 20 Oct 2011 - Muammar Qaddafi was killed yesterday as rebel
forces overran his hometown of Sirte, wiping out the last pocket of
resistance by forces loyal to the man once crowned Africa's 'king of kings'.

*Clinton thanks Oman for hiker help*
<http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/clinton-thanks-oman-for-hiker-help>
The National 19 Oct 2011 - US secretary of state thanks Sultan Qaboos
bin Said for helping secure the release of two American hikers.

*UK Embassy in Kuwait closes because of 'terror threat'*
<http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/uk-embassy-in-kuwait-closes-because-of-terror-threat>
The National 19 Oct 2011 -

*Ha'aretz* <http://haaretz.com/>

*Report: Egypt will release accused Israeli spy within a week*
<http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/report-egypt-will-release-accused-israeli-spy-within-a-week-1.391074>
Ha'aretz - Egyptian newspaper reports that Israeli and U.S.
representatives met with Ilan Grapel and told him that negotiations to
free him had been concluded, but Egyptian prosecutors have not closed
the case.

*Palestinian PM Fayyad: Time is not right for serious peace talks*
<http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/palestinian-pm-fayyad-time-is-not-right-for-serious-peace-talks-1.391067>
Ha'aretz - Salam Fayyad tells lobby group American Task Force on
Palestine it aims for a two-state solution, but that if that doesn't
occur, Palestinians will likely demand the right to vote in Israeli
elections.

*Noam Shalit doubts Hamas claims that Gilad wasn't tortured in
captivity*
<http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/noam-shalit-doubts-hamas-claims-that-gilad-wasn-t-tortured-in-captivity-1.391123>
Ha'aretz - Gilad Shalit's father says IDF soldier slowly getting back to
normal life, meeting up with friends, playing table-tennis and riding
bicycle in village.

*Obama: Gadhafi's death is chance for Libya to determine its destiny*
<http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/obama-gadhafi-s-death-is-chance-for-libya-to-determine-its-destiny-1.391128>
Ha'aretz - U.S. President Barack Obama says death of Gadhafi and end of
his rule proves brutality and ruling with an iron fist inevitably must
come to an end.

*Libya PM: Gadhafi died in crossfire between loyalists, NTC*
<http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/libya-pm-gadhafi-died-in-crossfire-between-loyalists-ntc-1.391142>
Ha'aretz - Mahmoud Jibril, citing a forensic report, says Gadhafi was
alive when taken from Sirte, but died before reaching hospital; NTC says
no order was given to kill the ousted Libyan leader.

*Libyans pour into streets to celebrate end of Gadhafi era*
<http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/libyans-pour-into-streets-to-celebrate-end-of-gadhafi-era-1.391095>
Ha'aretz - The fugitive leader was captured and killed while driving in
a convoy of cars fleeing from his hometown of Sirte.

*Gadhafi's legacy: An oil-rich country with a traumatized people*
<http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/gadhafi-s-legacy-an-oil-rich-country-with-a-traumatized-people-1.391096>
Ha'aretz - During nearly 42 years in power in Libya, Gadhafi was one of
the world's most eccentric dictators, so mercurial that he was both
condemned and courted by the West.

*UN rights expert: Palestinian children subject to arrests, violence by
Israel*
<http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/un-rights-expert-palestinian-children-subject-to-arrests-violence-by-israel-1.391147>
Ha'aretz - UN human rights rapporteur for the Palestinian territories
Richard Falk calls on Israel to adopt international guidelines for
protection of Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation.

*A tale of a(nother) captured soldier*
<http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/a-tale-of-a-nother-captured-soldier-1.390951>
Ha'aretz - Dr. Abraham 'Avi' Ohry was one of only eight men out of 21
who survived an Egyptian onslaught on his Suez Canal bunker during the
Yom Kippur War. Recollections of his period of captivity and later
dealings with his captors.

*Lockerbie relatives feel sense of victory over news of Gadhafi's death*
<http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/lockerbie-relatives-feel-sense-of-victory-over-news-of-gadhafi-s-death-1.391132>
Ha'aretz - 'I'm just going to go out and buy an expensive bottle of
champagne to celebrate,' says Susan Cohen, whose daughter was blown out
of the sky in the 1988 terrorist bomb allegedly directed by Libya's
Muammar Gadhafi.

*UN chief: Gadhafi's death marks historic transition for Libya*
<http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/un-chief-gadhafi-s-death-marks-historic-transition-for-libya-1.391119>
Ha'aretz - British PM, French President and German Chancellor urge
democracy in advent of Gadhafi's death.

*Turkey commences massive operation against Kurdish rebels in Iraq*
<http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/turkey-commences-massive-operation-against-kurdish-rebels-in-iraq-1.391088>
Ha'aretz - About 10,000 elite soldiers take part in offensive that began
after Kurdish rebels killed 24 Turkish soldiers, wounded 18 in deadliest
one-day attack since mid-1990s.

*Jerusalem Post* <http://jpost.com/>

*'My son needs time to recover,' says Noam Schalit*
<http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=242570&R=R2>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - Gilad Schalit needs his time to transition
back to normal life, his father says; President Peres is expected to
visit this week.

*From the magical to the mundane*
<http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?ID=242565&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - I can't help but sometimes be touched by
the stories that emerge from our unique life here in Israel.

*Grapevine: ZAKA celebrates 10 years*
<http://www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Article.aspx?ID=242562&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - 'You do a sacred job here and around the world'

*PostScript: Leave religion out of it*
<http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?ID=242559&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - And do we really need Palestinian
recognition of a Jewish state that does not formally recognize the
Jewishness of many of its own citizens?

*Egypt says it's preparing to release Ilan Grapel in swap*
<http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?ID=242555&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - In announcement of upcoming prisoner
exchange, cabinet spokesman in Cairo specifically names Israeli-American
detained on spying charges.

*Libyan Jews recall a tyrant who forced them into exile*
<http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?ID=242550&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - "He wanted to eliminate the memory of 2,000
years of Jewish history in Libya," David Gerbi says of Muammar Gaddafi.

*'Gadaffi was caught alive, later beaten, killed by rebels'*
<http://www.jpost.com/VideoArticles/Video/Article.aspx?ID=242548&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - Libyan interim PM confirms deposed leader
is dead; images, videos of bloodied Gaddafi are released; last minute
escape attempt is stopped by French air strike; formal liberation
expected to be declared.

*Obama to Libyans: You have won your revolution*
<http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=242545&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - US president looks forward to "inclusive,
democratic Libya that stands as ultimate rebuke to Gaddafi's Libya";
warns of difficult days ahead.

*Noam Schalit: Gilad underwent difficult things in captivity*
<http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?ID=242542&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - Gilad Schalit needs his time to transition
back to normal life, his father says; President Peres is expected to
visit this week.

*Preterm babies: Do bigger brains make smarter children?*
<http://www.jpost.com/Health/Article.aspx?ID=242533&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - Study finds the faster the rate of cerebral
cortex growth in infancy, the higher scores were on developmental,
intelligence tests as children.

*12 Arab-Israelis arrested at rally calling more kidnappings*
<http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?ID=242532&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - Some 40 people arrive at Hadarim Prison in
Sharon to call for more kidnappings of IDF soldiers, freeing all
Palestinian prisoners.

*US accusations turn up heat in simmering Gulf*
<http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?ID=242528&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - Saudi Arabia appeals to UN after Iran
charged with plotting to kill Saudi ambassador in Washington;
long-standing rivalry grows.

*Justice served by Gaddafi death, Lockerbie families say*
<http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=242524&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - Victims' relatives say they're sure the
former Libyan leader ordered 1998 bombing; "I hope he's in hell with
Hitler," PanAm 103 widow says.

*Analysis: Big expectations, power plays in Libya's future*
<http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?ID=242520&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - Libya's rulers may see rise in
factionalism; militias expected to compete for the prestige; Libyans'
hopes of better a life are set to soar.

*World leaders: Gaddafi death turns a new page for Libya*
<http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=242509&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - Sarkozy says now is the time for
"reconciliation in unity, freedom"; Merkel: Path is now clear for fresh
political start, in peace.

*Libya timeline: From protests to the death of a dictator*
<http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=242507&R=R3>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - Eight months have passed since the arrest
of a human rights activist in Libya sparked a civil war that ousted
42-year dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

*Palestinian vehicle runs over 2 soldiers in West Bank*
<http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=242491&R=R2>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - Driver speeds toward checkpoint, strikes
soldiers in apparent hit-and-run; soldiers lightly injured; nationalist
attack not suspected.

*'Gilad Schalit was not tortured, did not receive beatings'*
<http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=242490&R=R3>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - PRC commander says Israeli soldier was
treated much better than Palestinian prisoners in Israel; promises more
kidnappings.

*Libyan govt forces say complete capture of Sirte*
<http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=242486&R=R3>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - Last remaining bastion of pro-Gaddafi
fighters reportedly captured more than 3 months after Libyan
dictatorship was overthrown.

*'Hezbollah delegation visits Moscow, meets lawmakers'*
<http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=242468&R=R3>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - First official visit to Russia by terror
group headed by MP Muhammad Raad, 'Daily Star' reports.

*Fayyad: Conditions not ripe for renewing talks with Israel*
<http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?ID=242466&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - Palestinian Authority PM says Palestinians
not ready to resume dialogue; Blair hints Middle East mediators want
border proposals.

*Chosen Bites: Italy does it*
<http://www.jpost.com/FoodIndex/Article.aspx?ID=242464&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - Wind up the High Holidays with a relaxed
and laid-back Italian classic pasta dish.

*Iran slams UN human rights report; attacks US, Britain*
<http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=242457&R=R3>
Jerusalem Post 20 Oct 2011 - UN special rapporteur on human rights in
Iran says gov't in Tehran had not allowed him to visit Iran while making
assessment for report.

*'We'll demand security prisoners be freed in Schalit deal'*
<http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=242453&R=R3>
Jerusalem Post 19 Oct 2011 - Hamas spokesman says Egypt will mediate
second phase of deal to free 550 prisoners; Abu Ubaida: Priority given
to elderly, sick prisoners.

*Link between menopause, obesity, cognitive impairment*
<http://www.jpost.com/Health/Article.aspx?ID=242425&R=R1>
Jerusalem Post 19 Oct 2011 - Findings show that obese post-menopausal
women outperform their counterparts of normal weight in cognitive tasks.

*The Guardian* <http://guardian.co.uk/world/palestinian-territories>

*When a white face becomes the face of Congo | Lara Pawson*
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/20/gilad-shalit-palestinian-white-media>
The Guardian 20 Oct 2011 - White narratives still dominate, from a
Médicins Sans Frontières campaign to the release of Gilad Shalit We have
learned a lot about the 25-year-old Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit since
his arrival in Egypt on Tuesday. We...

**
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/20/tunisian-elections-2011-tunisia4>*Letters:
Prisoner swap and prospects for peace*
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/19/prisoner-swap-prospects-for-peace>
The Guardian 19 Oct 2011 - This week's prisoner exchange will have
brought joy for Gilad Shalit's family and the newly reunited relatives
of some 500 Palestinian prisoners ( Report , 19 October). But this
release could be seen as a cynical ploy by...

*Is an Israeli life really more important than a Palestinian's?*
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/19/israeli-lives-more-important-palestinian>
The Guardian 19 Oct 2011 - The transfer of prisoners tacitly
acknowledges acceptance of that obscene idea It's quite something, the
prisoner swap between Hamas and the Israeli government that returns
Gilad Shalit to his family, and more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners...

*How lessons learned in Palestinian elections are informing Tunisia's
vote*
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/19/tunisian-elections-2011-tunisia>
The Guardian 19 Oct 2011 - Lizzy Davies talks to Maxim Sansour, a
consultant bringing his experience of Palestinian elections to bear on
Tunisia's first free polls Ahead of Sunday's vote, the Tunisians are
welcoming journalists from all over the world, observers...

*Gilad Shalit will be allowed time with his family before debriefing*
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/19/gilad-shalit-time-family-debriefing>
The Guardian 19 Oct 2011 - Israeli officials say they will establish the
freed soldier's physical and psychological health before asking about
his captors Israeli intelligence officials are planning to wait for at
least several days before beginning the delicate process of...

*Eyewitness: Freedom ride*
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/picture/2011/oct/19/israel-palestinian-territories>
The Guardian 19 Oct 2011 - Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series

*'New Stuxnet' worm targets companies in Europe*
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/19/stuxnet-worm-europe-duqu>
The Guardian 19 Oct 2011 - Experts suspect Duqu worm is from same source
that targeted Iran's nuclear facilities - widely said to have been US
and Israel A highly sophisticated computer worm which has many of the
same characteristics of the...

*Inter Press Service* <http://ipsnews.net/middle.asp>

*As 2012 Polls Loom, Caution's the Word for Obama Foreign Policy*
<http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105548>
IPS U.S. presidents seeking a second term are not known for taking risks
in foreign policy in election years.

*OP-ED: A Long and Winding Road to the End for Gaddafi*
<http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105546>
IPS I came across an anti-Gaddafi demonstration for the first time in
February 2011 in Baghdad's Tahrir square.

*Doubts Shadow Egyptian Election*
<http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105535>
IPS Egypt's interim government has begun accepting candidacy
applications for parliamentary polls slated to begin Nov. 21. But as the
country prepares for its first post-Mubarak elections, a number of
political parties say they are considering boycotting the contest.

*Uruknet* <http://uruknet.info/>

*Videos: Al Muatassim Al Gaddafi captured alive before being tortured
and murdered* <http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82441>
Uruknet

*The Sirte Massacres: 42 Bodies by Muttassim's House*
<http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82439>
Uruknet October 20, 2011 - l. CNN had Dan Rivers there to report (a
Youtube posting). His crew filmed a number of bound and executed men
piled next to a wall (see image below). A rebel-affiliated "hospital
official" named Abdullah al-Manghoosh told CNN: We're here to check. We
don't know what happened. We don't know the story. But clearly...

*Libya : NATO war crimes charges* <http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82438>
Uruknet October 20, 2011 - Is NATO using forbidden weaponry in Libya?
Below is video footage of what is purported to be attacks using white
phosphorous (as it did in Kosovo, as it did in Iraq). The graphic images
of the effects upon human beings this horrific substance has are too
horrendous for us to place here, but a...

*GADDAFI'S EXECUTION* <http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82437>
Uruknet October 20, 2011 - The latest reports of Gaddafi's death show
that he was captured alive and likely executed. This of course should
come as no surprise. As soon as the uprising in Libya began it was a
zero sum game, and with NATO's participation Gaddafi's fate was well
nigh assured. This is a huge victory for NATO...

*Video: Gaddafi Alive when captured* <http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82436>
Uruknet October 20, 2011 - A video has emerged which purports to show
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi captured alive by NATO-led "rebels. The
video shows a wounded Gaddafi with a blood-soaked shirt and bloodied
face leaning up against the bonnet of a truck and restrained by
"rebels". They then push him toward another car, as he shouts and
struggles...

*Unguarded Guardians: The Rampant Abuses of our Prison Profiteers*
<http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82435>
Uruknet October 20, 2011 - The ACLU has just released documentation of
the rampant sexual abuse of female immigration detainees at the hands of
our enlightened guardians. The latter include the Corrections
Corporation of America, the private prison company that has parlayed its
insider poitical connections to become one of the nation's largest
profiteers of human suffering. This news...

*The Son of Africa claims a continent's crown jewels*
<http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82434>
Uruknet October 20, 2011 - On 14 October, President Barack Obama
announced he was sending United States special forces troops to Uganda
to join the civil war there. In the next few months, US combat troops
will be sent to South Sudan, Congo and Central African Republic. They
will only "engage" for "self-defence", says Obama, satirically. With
Libya secured,...

*Syria News - October 19, 2011 (Warning: Graphic Videos)*
<http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82432>
Uruknet October 19, 2011 - Number of martyrs today in Syria reached 19,
16 from Hom and one each in Douma, Sarghaya and Madaya in Damascus
Suburbs... Homs: Qosair: Joseyeh: martyrdom of the three sisters:
Nareman (17 years old), Rupa (11 years old), and Noor (15 years old)
from Zoghby family in Qosiar when security forces and army shelled...

*Yes, Rejoice for Precious Shalit, But ..*
<http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82431>
Uruknet October 19, 2011 - On the other hand why is there such a torrent
of sympathy for Shalit when the much-hyped thousand-for-one prisoner
swop leaves 8,000 Palestinians still rotting in Israeli jails, some of
them having languished in captivity far longer than our Israeli hero?
And for those 8,000 it's no picnic. A United Nations Human Rights Council...

*Mustafa Barghouthi: "This reminds us and the prisoners that the prison
door will not close"* <http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82430>
Uruknet October 19, 2011- Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of
the Palestinian National Initiative, commented that yesterday's release
of prisoners is a great achievement and a day of joy for families
throughout the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Dr. Barghouthi noted that
the joy all Palestinians feel is bittersweet in light of the nearly six
thousand remaining prisoners...

*Djamel Beghal: the beginning of the War on Terror*
<http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82428>
Uruknet October 19, 2011 - Regardless, the torture of Djamel Beghal was
definitely a triggering factor of the "war on terror" in Europe as his
false and forced confessions engendered a wave of arrests in France, the
UK, Netherlands and Spain. Ten years later, we now know that the first
"Al Qaeda network" dismantled in Europe after the 9/11...

*US trainers ok after 'full withdrawal': Moqatada al-Sadr*
<http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82427>
Uruknet October 19, 2011 - ...."It has been said that the weapons (Iraq
is purchasing) are American, so the trainers should be American also,"
Sadr said in an address broadcast on Al-Masar television....Sadr's
remarks were his first public comments since returning to his movement's
home base in the holy Shiite city of Najaf in southern Iraq on Monday.
The...

*Nizar and Ahlam; Fatah and Hamas: from an Israeli cell to a wedding
ceremony* <http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82426>
Uruknet October 19, 2011 - He was sentenced to life in prison and she
was sentenced to 16 consecutive life terms. He is affiliated to Fatah;
she is a member of Hamas. Today, however, Nizar Al-Tamimi, 38, and his
cousin Ahlam Al-Tamimi, 31, are both free and are going to be married in
Amman, Jordan. The Al-Tamimi family from...

*Endangered Palestinian village gets int'l media attention- except from
the U.S.* <http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82425>
Uruknet October 19, 2011 - Haj Sami Sadeq is a mayor in Palestine.
Behind him is the Jordan Valley. Around him are the lands of his little
village, Al Aqaba. The entire village is under Israeli demolition
orders. In fact, the Israeli army bulldozed the road to his village on
Sept. 15, 2 weeks before I shot this picture....

*OCHA: Israel Cuts Access to 85% of Gaza Fishing Waters*
<http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82423>
Uruknet October 19, 2011 - A recent report published Tuesday by the
Untied Nation Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
showed that 35% of Gaza's farmland and 85% of its fishing waters are
totally or partially inaccessible due to Israeli military measures. The
report said that the population of Gaza is 1.6 million, with over 50%
under...

*Iraq snapshot - October 19, 2011* <http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82422>
Uruknet October 19, 2011. Chaos and violence continue, Turkish forces
enter Iraq, the press plays the blame game, the US Defense Dept
identifies the fallen, Nouri thinks Iraq needs to educate other
countries about how to run elections, and more....Turkey continues
attacking northern Iraq and, for years now, Turkish war planes have been
bombing northern Iraq. The latest wave...

*Unjust Libyan war far from over* <http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82419>
Uruknet October 19, 2011 - Seven months ago the Libyan people enjoyed
free universal medical care, free education through university level,
were well housed and well nourished. The U.S. and NATO decided to wage
another unprovoked war for more direct control by western corporations
and banks of the oil wealth and financial institutions of Libya. Though
Gaddafi called for...

*Margaret Hassan: Victim of "Operation Iraqi Liberation" - 17th October
2004* <http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82418>
Uruknet October 19, 2011 - With the passage of time and the onset of
hindsight, usually, eventually, tragedy can be pieced together, the dead
finally wept over, laid to rest, their graves marked, visited, flowers
layed. Margaret Hassan, who was kidnapped seven years ago today and shot
by her kidnappers little over three weeks later, probably on 14th
November...

*Major Media Liars Never Quit* <http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82417>
Uruknet October 19, 2011 - Whenever major media Libya reports appear,
truth is distorted, manipulated and falsified. For seven months, despite
daily terror bombing and ground attacks, courageous loyalists bested the
ferocity of NATO and its rebel army. As a result, they control most of
Tripoli, Benghazi and other cities across the country. Fighting,
however, still rages. Loyalists are...

*The Dale Farm Eviction: Using Planning Laws to Justify Racism Towards
Gypsies and Travellers* <http://www.uruknet.info/?new=82416>
Uruknet October 19, 2011 - What a disgraceful day to be British. In
Basildon today, riot police have been leading the eviction of 86 Gypsy
and traveller families from land they own at Dale Farm, but for which
they do not have planning permission, hospitalising several residents,
tasering others, and generally creating a situation that is reminiscent
of the...

*Daily Star* <http://dailystar.com.lb/>

*Aridi: Government isn't in good shape*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-21/151830-aridi-government-isnt-in-good-shape.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 The Cabinet is delaying the approval of the 2012
budget to avert confrontation between its members over Lebanon's funding
of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, a minister said Thursday, warning
that the government isn't in good...

*Gemayel urges guiding charter for the Arab Spring*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-21/151831-gemayel-urges-guiding-charter-for-the-arab-spring.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 The Arab League should produce a guiding charter
to correct the vague and dangerous course of Arab uprisings and protect
minorities, Kataeb (Phalange) Party leader Amin Gemayel said Thursday.

*Rival Lebanese leaders hail Gadhafi's death*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-21/151850-rival-lebanese-leaders-hailgadhafis-death.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Rival Lebanese leaders reacted Thursday with joy
to the news of the death of Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi...

*Draft drug law stresses treatment, not punishment*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Oct-21/151835-draft-drug-law-stresses-treatment-not-punishment.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 The Lebanese Addictions Center Skoun Thursday
presented a draft law aiming to replace the current Narcotics Law, which
they say criminalizes drug users instead of providing them with adequate
treatment.

*Police shut down fake drug operation in Bekaa village*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Oct-21/151834-police-shut-down-fake-drug-operation-in-bekaa-village.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 The Internal Security Forces shut down a
counterfeit medicine operation in the Bekaa Thursday, arresting two men
and confiscating materials used for the production of fake medication.

*STL sets deadline for in absentia trials of 4 indicted suspects*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Oct-21/151829-stl-sets-deadline-for-in-absentia-trials-of-4-indicted-suspects.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 The legal teams of the United Nations-backed
court investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik
Hariri will have until next month to submit cases on in absentia trials
against four Hezbollah members accused of the...

*Maritime natural resources could spark conflict, experts say*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Oct-21/151828-maritime-natural-resources-could-spark-conflict-experts-say.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Lebanon is gearing up for a long-term oil and gas
production program although the looming diplomatic crisis with Israel
over each country's share of undersea fossil fuels threatens full-scale
conflict...

*Turkey strikes back at Kurdish militants in northern Iraq*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-21/151852-turkey-strikes-back-at-kurdish-militants-in-northern-iraq.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Hundreds of Turkish commandos backed by
helicopter gunships attacked Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
Thursday, officials said, in an offensive to avenge the deaths of 24
soldiers a day earlier.

*West casts killing of Libyan leader as opportunity*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-21/151851-west-casts-killing-of-libyan-leader-as-opportunity.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 World leaders hailed the death of former Libyan
strongman Moammar Gadhafi Thursday as the end of despotism, tyranny,
dictatorship and war in the North African country.

*Gadhafi's bloody end*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-21/151846-gadhafis-bloody-end.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 The exact circumstances of his demise are still
unclear, but it appears Moammar Gadhafi was eventually summarily
executed by his captors...

*Iran's Beirut envoy slams U.S. murder plot charges*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-21/151854-irans-beirut-envoy-slams-us-murder-plot-charges.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Ghadanfar Ruknabadi
slammed Thursday American accusations that the Islamic Republic had
plotted to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States,
saying the allegations were based on hypotheses.

*Hezbollah delegation cites success of Moscow visit*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-21/151853-hezbollah-delegation-cites-success-of-moscow-visit.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 The head of a Hezbollah delegation said Thursday
the party's first official visit to Moscow has paved the way for
cooperation between the two sides.

*Unknown assailants beat Syriac Union party official*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Oct-21/151855-unknown-assailants-beat-syriac-union-party-official.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 A Syriac Union Party official was severely beaten
by unknown assailants overnight in the Ashrafieh neighborhood of Beirut.

*Campaign train Officials visit Jeita Grotto to urge votes in 7 Wonders
contest*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Oct-21/151827-campaign-train-officials-visit-jeita-grotto-to-urge-votes-in-7-wonders-contest.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Prime Minister Najib Mikati and President Michel
Sleiman, joined by Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud (back seat), visit the
Jeita Grotto Thursday

*Women's rights activists set to wage new campaign*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Oct-21/151832-womens-rights-activists-set-to-wage-new-campaign.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Sit-ins, lobbying the government and further
public awareness will be part of a new drive to eliminate gender-based
discrimination, activists said Thursday.

*'Brother Leader' through the years*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-21/151820-brother-leader-through-the-years.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 During nearly 42 years in power in Libya, Moammar
Gadhafi was one of the world's most eccentric dictators, so mercurial
that he was both condemned and courted by the West...

*Gadhafi death avoids an awkward show trial*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-21/151821-gadhafi-death-avoids-an-awkward-show-trial.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Moammar Gadhafi's apparent death from wounds
received during the fall of Sirte means a long and complex trial that
could have divided Libya and embarrassed Western governments and oil
firms will be avoided.

*Tunisian expats cast first free Arab Spring votes*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-21/151844-tunisian-expats-cast-first-free-arab-spring-votes.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Tunisians abroad thronged to vote Thursday in the
first post-Arab Spring free election, three days before their
compatriots at home go to the polls to turn the page on 23 years of
autocratic rule.

*British Embassy in Kuwait closed after terror threat*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-21/151849-british-embassy-in-kuwait-closed-after-terror-threat.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 The British embassy in the Gulf state of Kuwait
has temporarily suspended services because of an increased threat toward
the mission, a statement on the embassy website said Thursday.

*Syria to receive Arab League next week, violence rages on*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-21/151841-syria-to-receive-arab-league-next-week-violence-rages-on.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Clashes raged Thursday in Syria between troops
and suspected army deserters as more civilians were reportedly killed in
the crisis-hit country, a rights group said.

*Jubilant Libyans look to an unknown but free future*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-21/151822-jubilant-libyans-look-to-an-unknown-but-free-future.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Libyans erupted in celebration Thursday as the
news of Moammar Gadhafi's death rippled across the country, marking an
end to dictatorship and hopefully, the start of democracy and freedom
that many have only dreamed of for...

*Pundits shift their gaze toward remaining Arab despots*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-21/151823-pundits-shift-their-gaze-toward-remaining-arab-despots.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 The bloodied corpse of deposed Libyan leader
Moammar Gadhafi will send a clear message to other Arab leaders who are
battling to stay in power against the will of their people, some Arabs
said Thursday.

*Palestinians to push for UN membership Nov. 11*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-20/151803-palestinians-to-push-for-un-membership-nov-11.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Palestinian diplomats are trying to muster
support for a U.N. Security Council vote in New York on Nov. 11 on their
bid for membership in the global body, a senior Palestinian diplomat
said Thursday.

*Gadhafi death a lost chance for Lockerbie answers: relative*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-20/151804-gadhafi-death-a-lost-chance-for-lockerbie-answers-relative.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 The father of a woman who died in the 1988
Lockerbie bombing said Thursday the death of Libyan leader Moamer
Kadhafi was a lost opportunity to find out the truth about the attack.

*Hariri lauds Libyans, hopes Syrians can conquer tyranny*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-20/151801-hariri-lauds-libyans-hopes-syrians-can-conquer-tyranny.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Former PM Saad Hariri said Libya had turned a
black page of its history with the death of Moammar Gadhafi and
expressed hope the Syrian people would also achieve a similar victory
over tyranny.

*One Gadhafi son dead, another being surrounded: NTC*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-20/151802-one-gadhafi-son-dead-another-being-surrounded-ntc.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 One of Moammar Gadhafi's sons, Mo'tassim, has
been killed by fighters from Libya's NTC while another, Saif al-Islam,
is trying to flee the fallen city of Sirte but is being surrounded, a
senior NTC military official...

*IMF, World Bank to visit Libya again-IMF spokesman*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-20/151800-imf-world-bank-to-visit-libya-again-imf-spokesman.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 The International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank have visited Libya and will return there in "coming weeks" to
assess economic and financial needs, an IMF spokesman said on Thursday.

*59 percent of Lebanese favor system of proportional representation*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-20/151794-59-percent-of-lebanese-favor-system-of-proportional-representation.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 A recent survey shows that 59 percent of Lebanese
favor proportional representation over the current winner-takes-all
system for the upcoming 2013 parliamentary elections, ARA Marketing
Research & Consultancy revealed Thursday.

*Beirut celebrates reports of Gadhafi's death*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Oct-20/151796-beirut-celebrates-reports-of-gadhafis-death.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Residents of the southern suburbs of Beirut
celebrated Thursday reports claiming Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi had
been captured and killed in his hometown of Sirte.

*Hariri tribunal to decide Nov. 11 on absentia trial*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-20/151793-hariri-tribunal-to-decide-nov-11-on-absentia-trial.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 The tribunal investigating the murder of former
Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri will hold a hearing on November 11
to decide whether to try in absentia four Hezbollah members.

*Profile: Flamboyant Gadhafi no stranger to bloodshed*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-20/151790-profile-flamboyant-gaddafi-no-stranger-to-bloodshed.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Muammar Gadhafi's love of comic-opera uniforms,
exotic female bodyguards and Bedouin tents provided a theatrical
backdrop for 42 years of bloody repression that in the end could not
withstand a determined uprising.

*Gadhafi killed in his hometown*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-20/151787-gaddafi-is-dead-ntc-military-official.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Moammar Gadhafi was killed as Libya's new leaders
declared they had overrun the last bastion of his long rule, sparking
wild celebrations that eight months of war may finally be over. See
video inside.

*Two brothers shot and wounded in Beirut*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Oct-20/151784-two-brothers-shot-and-wounded-in-beirut.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Two brothers from Hallak family were shot and
wounded in Beirut Thursday in a dispute over money, a security source said.

*Ruknabadi: U.S. allegations based on hypotheses*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-20/151782-ruknabadi-us-allegations-based-on-hypotheses.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Iranian envoy slammed Thursday American
accusations that the Islamic Republic had plotted to assassinate Saudi
Arabia's ambassador to the U.S., saying the allegations were based on
hypotheses.

*Nasrallah says Hezbollah spies did not harm resistance: report*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-20/151774-nasrallah-says-hezbollah-spies-did-not-harm-resistance-report.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah has
reportedly said that Hezbollah members - recently found to be spying for
Israel - did not harm the group.

*Turkish commandos hunt down PKK in northern Iraq*
<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Oct-20/151768-turkish-jets-keep-bombing-northern-iraq-security-sources.ashx>
Daily Star 20 Oct 2011 Turkish commandos have launched air-backed ground
operations against Kurdish militants in five different areas in
southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, military headquarters said on
Thursday, after guerrillas attacked Turkish forces on Wednesday.

*YNet News* <http://ynetnews.com/>

*Fayyad: Time not ripe for peace talks*
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4136984,00.html>
YNet News, 20 Oct 2011 - Palestinian PM says negotiations with Israel at
this time only to produce a....

*TA: 3 arrested in social protest march*
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4137199,00.html>
YNet News, 20 Oct 2011 - Hundreds of activists marched on Thursday from
Tel Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard to the city's municipal headquarters,
marking 100 days since the beginning of the social ... ....

*Egypt says preparing for prisoner swap with Israel*
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4137186,00.html>
YNet News, 20 Oct 2011 - Egypt said on Thursday it was preparing to swap
US-Israeli dual national Ilan Grapel, who was detained in June on spying
charges, for Egyptian prisoners held in Israel. ... ....

*Report: Gaddafi to be buried in secret location*
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4137182,00.html>
YNet News, 20 Oct 2011 - Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will most
likely be buried in a secret location, the Saudi Arabia-based Al-Arabiya
TV reported on Thursday. Gaddafi was killed by ... ....

*Video shows Gaddafi was captured alive*
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4137118,00.html>
YNet News, 20 Oct 2011 - Arab satellite TV stations have broadcast a
video clearly showing that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was
captured alive by revolutionary forces. The video ... ....

*Libya confirms: Muammar Gaddafi is dead*
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4137046,00.html>
YNet News, 20 Oct 2011 - A tyrant's end: Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled
Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by rebels
in a bloody civil war, was killed Thursday when ... ....

*World welcomes 'new era' in Libya*
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4137079,00.html>
YNet News, 20 Oct 2011 - "The war in Libya is over," Italian Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday, using a famous Latin quote to
mark the reported death of long-time Libyan dictator ... ....

*Report: Israeli official informs Grapel of pending release*
<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4137005,00.html>
YNet News, 20 Oct 2011 - Israeli and United States officials visited
Ilan Grapel, a dual US-Israeli national who is held in Cairo on
espionage charges, and informed him he will be released soon, ... ....

*Palestinian Information Center* <http://palestine-info.co.uk/en/>

*Jewish settler throws chemical material on Palestinian youth*
<http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7BFpoIMnNUhnUZDq%2b9Aua3kp2F%2fMSY%2fc%2bA6qlNaSfP3vMU%2fV3ALQtBD2e27ia5yevbI71zwbId%2bzutdU6F%2bcDwZkw3uGPiGmTqKijGQognNc%3d>
PIC - A Jewish settlers threw an unknown chemical material on the face
of a Palestinian youth in Hawara village, south of Nablus, on Wednesday,
his family said.

*Mashaal congratulates new Jordanian premier Khasawneh*
<http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7UO5B6U%2fpNRN0YDyChce3NtFvhURy6cMJLumbtp%2fHjt%2fJHUxAzmjKvwcQ2sRRd%2foETX09%2fjmBs%2bqDg2eSkReDfC5v2YcLPzVJHl9GRftQH8s%3d>
PIC - Head of Hamas's political bureau Khaled Mashaal congratulated over
the phone the Jordanian premier designate Awn Al-Khasawneh on the
occasion of being selected to form the new government of Jordan.

*Qasem: Exchange deal, a great achievement*
<http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7XBbNpt3rConZmsyg5mGJUch9z7rLr6cPBGH0t8Gf8fU35RTBfTHsz%2bE75ko%2b05zgGN8Wmx24lSbMTShmgqwqlp1KNG96qq%2f%2flpjAh7qI49E%3d>
PIC - Dr. Abdel-Sattar Qasem said that the prisoner exchange deal was a
great achievement for Hamas and Palestinian resistance, which managed to
achieve what "peace negotiations" could not.

*Aruri: Nine women will be freed soon from Israeli jails*
<http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7EqJzTbFe%2bBOc93dpBoUP3qe8YHHo%2flOPOYI7E8hSBUE3IoFdElNAj9I6PdfNTfRU87RUiTxZlwmmngTt%2b%2fg4QsJjymBRTOIExex02wWuopo%3d>
PIC - Senior Hamas official in charge of prisoners' file Salah Al-Aruri
said the remaining nine female prisoners would be freed from Israeli
jails within days.

*IOF troops enter the Daheya neighbourhood of Nablus*
<http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7%2fD9azv8BrEQLdugREqMrIeQ%2b3GMA0dqJTX3lpAtpMvfCbFu00YayBpGlBb8QGOoX9Oc2DdjEd4MfCVZM8OgKxcky56qxHzW9C%2f%2fSW%2bk3z%2bk%3d>
PIC - Local sources in Nablus said that IOF troops entered the Daheya
neighbourhood in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday and
went around the streets of the neighbourhood.

*IOF arrest a Palestinian girl for allegedly trying to stab a settler*
<http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7TyH9AX1PmUA0eAkkI1hoKX3Nxz1rvaTl%2bl1pmIxn1MhLZtJcWhcp%2f85rfhDocxdx6K3EA5z7ymU8eu9YzmsraIOfDjdf7il6F%2fuGGWABjAM%3d>
PIC - IOF troops arrested on Wednesday evening a Palestinian girl from
the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem for allegedly trying to stab a
Jewish settler.

*Mashaal's visit to Jordan delayed for logistical reasons*
<http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7OGr76CGrjT7hn4Cra1jx1zJMoDG2rfpmmqNG8qvZ%2fUzDyfthyFEW%2b%2fUNer5gyKnrK3npBvFtBrg3dYF5AtL%2bLHi5QrCEkT3JXyBPin2NOIE%3d>
PIC - Moussa Abu Marzouk said the official visit which Khaled Mashaal
intended to make accompanied by the Qatari crown prince to Amman was
rescheduled due to logistical circumstances.

*Settlers earmark $100,000 âEURoebountyâEUR? for anyone who kills two
liberated prisoners*
<http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7t8vDY%2bUH5wXzaA60RSx%2fDHQGWScu1UY5csmQuEySyK%2f292tTloDjieYJ97H225ssv%2fHTfhGleqmP%2buQrDhzck4rNjzS4EQtgl3KlFHUF5vc%3d>
PIC - A Jewish family in Yitzhar settlement near Nablus earmarked the
sum of 100000 dollars for anyone killing the two liberated Palestinian
prisoners Khuweiled and Nizar Ramadan..

*WAFA* <http://english.wafa.ps/>

*Israeli Soldiers Closes Vital Road West of Ramallah*
<http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=17826>
WAFA

*Human Rights Organizations Call on EU to Uphold Standards to Protect
Prisoners' Rights* <http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=17825>
WAFA

*Abbas Heads Fatah Central Committee Meeting*
<http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=17824>
WAFA

*Palestinian Investments Abroad Exceed Foreign Investments Here: PCBS,
PMA* <http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=17823>
WAFA

*Settlers, Soldiers Continue Attacks on Hebron Schools*
<http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=17821>
WAFA

*Israeli Soldiers Raid Houses in Bethlehem*
<http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=17820>
WAFA

*Weather Forecast: A Slight Rise in Temperature*
<http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=17819>
WAFA

**Intifada Palestine* <http://www.intifada-palestine.com/>*

*Unfolding a Plot: Mossad at Work*
<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/intifada-palestine/QuVY/%7E3/OCwOp3zXtjE/>
Intifada-Palestine: 20 Oct 2011 - Courtesy Press TV By Dr. Ismail Salami
Despite its evidently make-believe facade, the cooked-up story of the
Saudi envoy assassination plot does not seem to be something which can
be easily banished from the minds of the American powers that be....more
<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/intifada-palestine/QuVY/%7E3/OCwOp3zXtjE/>

*Provoking a Path to Persia*
<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/intifada-palestine/QuVY/%7E3/EAFCQsJKaXA/>
Intifada-Palestine: 20 Oct 2011 - The Saban Center's prescient paper on
war with Iran Saban (left) with Condoleezza Rice, Tony Blair, and Ehud
Olmert. Saban is Mossad's bagman for the biggest war criminals of our
time. A little Mossad money goes a long way when placed...more
<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/intifada-palestine/QuVY/%7E3/EAFCQsJKaXA/>

*New York Times* <http://nytimes.com/pages/world/middleeast/>

*6 Years After Stroke, Sharon Still Responsive, Son Says*
<http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=6f46638ef9f6a057b52179034c10793b>
New York Times 20 Oct 2011 - Details of Ariel Sharon's health and status
have been closely guarded by the family, but his son, Gilad, agreed to
discuss the matter as he prepares to publicize a biography of his father.

*For Israel and Palestinians, Moving Ahead and Looking Back*
<http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=45f78629a0e7b0d4f8ee8233f05588d6>
New York Times 19 Oct 2011 - Yehya Sinwar is the most senior of the
Hamas members freed into Gaza in exchange for Gilad Shalit, and he came
home to a world he could not possibly have imagined.

*Shalit's Release Came After Family's 5-Year Campaign*
<http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a65944517493e4a5c9a549f1a5cb37df>
New York Times 19 Oct 2011 - The family of Gilad Shalit spearheaded a
five-year campaign to lobby for their son's release, helping to build
overwhelming support in Israel for a deal with Hamas.

*U.S. Weighs Cyberwarfare Strategy*
<http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=41ec3de68ed596f780cf329818435b81>
New York Times 18 Oct 2011 - Officials are working to clarify a military
doctrine on waging cyberattacks after a plan for such an attack on Libya
was rejected.

*Misc* <http://vtjp.org/aboutus/aboutus.htm>

*AT-TUWANI: Israeli military fails to escort children twice in one day*
<http://www.cpt.org/cptnet/2011/10/20/tuwani-israeli-military-fails-escort-children-twice-one-day>
Christian Peacemaker Teams - Palestine - On 16 October, the Israeli
military failed, twice, to escort the school children of Tuba and
Maghayir al Abeed past Ma'on settlement and Havat Ma'on outpost. Because
Israeli settlers have attacked and harassed the Palestinian
schoolchildren multiple times in the past, the Israeli military made a...

*Gary Ackerman blasts NYU divestment campaign, NYU students and faculty
blast back*
<http://mondoweiss.net/2011/10/gary-ackerman-blasts-nyu-divestment-campaign-nyu-students-and-faculty-blast-back.html>
Mondoweiss - Gary Ackerman, the top Democrat on the House Subcommittee
on the Middle East and South Asia, has issued a statement attacking an
effort by New York University students and faculty to divest from
TIAA-CREF over its investments in companies benefiting from the Israeli
occupation. An open...

*Muammar Gaddafi captured and killed in Sirte*
<http://mondoweiss.net/2011/10/muammar-gaddafi-killed-in-sirte.html>
Mondoweiss - link to www.wideasleepinamerica.com link to
www.palestine-info.co.uk link to www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk link to
www.imemc.org link to us.rd.yahoo.com link to www.palestine-info.co.uk
link to electronicintifada.net link to www.maannews.net link to
mondoweiss.net link to mondoweiss.net link to www.globes.co.il link to
us.rd.yahoo.com link to us.rd.yahoo.com link to www.youtube.com link to
www.richardsilverstein.com Muammar...

*'Atlantic' expose on Rick Perry's affinity for Israel ignores the
H2Occupation of Palestine*
<http://mondoweiss.net/2011/10/atlantic-expose-on-rick-perrys-affinity-for-israel-ignores-the-h2occupation-of-palestine.html>
Mondoweiss - "[It is] of vital importance not only to secure all water
resources already feeding the country, but also to control them at their
source." - Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization
and the first President of Israel, at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference
"And...

*Connect the dots: In '02, NYPD began training in Israel; 9 years later,
spying against NYC Muslims exposed*
<http://mondoweiss.net/2011/10/connect-the-dots-in-02-nypd-began-training-in-israel-9-years-later-spying-against-nyc-muslims-exposed.html>
Mondoweiss - In 2002, the Los Angeles Times reported: Five New York City
police investigators are in Israel for a symposium on suicide bombers.
The officers are apparently the first members of a U.S. police
department to receive training from Israeli counter-terrorism experts.
"Obviously after 9/11 everyone's world...

*Pro-Israel donors are at the heart of Defence Ministry scandal in
Britain*
<http://mondoweiss.net/2011/10/pro-israel-donors-are-at-the-heart-of-defence-ministry-scandal-in-britain.html>
Mondoweiss - I keep saying that the Israel lobby is a central factor in
the making of our foreign policy, and some day journalists are going to
have to cover the story-- and the Liam Fox scandal in Britain ups the
ante. Liam Fox was once a rising...

*UN Security Council to Vote November 11th on Palestinian Statehood*
<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/richardsilverstein/ZOfh/%7E3/jPcxKJyK3oM/>
Tikun Olam - Reuters is reporting that western diplomats say the UN
Security Council will vote on November 11th on the Palestinian bid for
statehood.  Tantalizingly, it says the vote is very close: Diplomats
currently expect eight council members to back the Palestinians and six
to vote against or...

*Former Mujahadeen Khalq Leader Confirms Alleged Iran Terror Plot
Conspirator May Be Affiliated with MEK*
<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/richardsilverstein/ZOfh/%7E3/9hIOJ-eOdzM/>
Tikun Olam - You'll recall that the the U.S. claimed that the Iranian
alleged conspirator in the terror plot against the Saudi ambassador,
Gholam Shakuri, was a Revolutionary Guard (IRG) official.  Though many
Iranians have scoured every resource they could think of, none have
found evidence of such a...

*Misc 2* <http://vtjp.org/news/news.php>

** <http://www.ainfos.ca/en/ainfos25545.html>*Muammar Gaddafi killed in
Libya* <http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-15389550>
BBC 20 Oct 2011 - Col Muammar Gaddafi is killed after an assault on
Sirte, the acting PM says, as images of his body are aired.

*'Wrong time' for Mid-East talks*
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-15382450>
BBC 20 Oct 2011 - Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad says
the time is not ripe for "meaningful" talks with Israel, despite an
appeal by international mediators.

*Kuwait 'threat' hits UK embassy*
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-15383166>
BBC 20 Oct 2011 - The British embassy in Kuwait temporarily suspends its
services because of a terror threat, the Foreign Office says.

*Academy calls for Iran releases*
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-15384200>
BBC 20 Oct 2011 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences leads
Hollywood industry organisations in calling for the release of jailed
Iranian film-makers.

*Cambridge students to begin vote on company with Israeli settlement
ties*
<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/bdsmovement/%7E3/2riSaYXlqII/cambridge-students-to-begin-vote-8223>
Global BDS 19 Oct 2011 - Students at Cambridge will start voting Friday
in a referendum calling on the University to cut ties with a company
implicated in Israeli human rights abuses. The referendum, scheduled for
21-24 October, calls on CUSU (Cambridge University Students Union) to
campaign to have the University cut...

*Rewards are offered by Israelis for murdering ex-prisoners*
<http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/2970-rewards-are-offered-by-israelis-for-murdering-ex-prisoners>
Middle East Monitor 20 Oct 2011 - Reports from Israel allege that large
financial rewards are being offered for anyone who murders some of the
ex-prisoners freed as part of the exchange deal struck between the
Israeli government and Hamas. The Israeli media claims that a number of
radical Jews who lost family...

*34 years in prison, decades of selflessness*
<http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/articles/middle-east/2969-34-years-in-prison-decades-of-selflessness>
Middle East Monitor 20 Oct 2011 - The members of the Al-Barghouthi
family are famous for their steadfastness and resistance to Israel's
military occupation of their land. They have given martyrs, leaders and
prisoners for the sake of Palestine. Nael Al-Barghouthi ended up as the
doyen of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Together...

*Meshaal tells negotiators to learn from the prisoner swap deal*
<http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/2968-meshaal-tells-negotiators-to-learn-from-the-prisoner-swap-deal>
Middle East Monitor 20 Oct 2011 - The head of the Hamas Political Bureau
has told Palestinian negotiators to learn from the prisoner swap deal.
Khaled Meshaal described the exchange of prisoners as "a white page in
Palestine's history. Speaking at a press conference attended by 40 of
the former prisoners as they...

*Israeli MP calls on Netanyahu to rethink relations with Hamas and the
Gaza blockade*
<http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/2967-israeli-mp-calls-on-netanyahu-to-rethink-relations-with-hamas-and-the-gaza-blockade>
Middle East Monitor 20 Oct 2011 - A member of Israel's parliament, the
Knesset, has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rethink the
country's relationship with Hamas. Speaking to Israel Radio on
Wednesday, MK Nachman Shai called on Netanyahu to take advantage of a
"small window of opportunity" created by the release...

*Egypt: Govt' Efforts Garnered 133 Countries Supporting Palestine*
<http://allafrica.com/stories/201110201349.html>
allAfrica.com 20 Oct 2011 - Egypt's permanent representative to the UN
Maged Abdel-Fattah announced that Egypt's efforts have succeeded in
increasing the number of countries which recognize the Palestinian state
to 133 countries.



*Articles*

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*Americans Pay Dearly to Maintain Israel's Nuclear Secrets*
<http://original.antiwar.com/smith-grant/2011/10/19/americans-pay-dearly-to-maintain-israels-nuclear-secrets/>
Grant Smith, Antiwar.com 10/20/2011
/CIA endangers NUMEC toxic waste cleanup/
      The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has just stopped its $170
million nuclear waste dump cleanup at a former Nuclear Materials and
Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) site in Pennsylvania. In the early 1960s,
NUMEC established a plutonium facility in Parks Township --- disposing
of waste in a large field adjacent to the plant. NUMEC's waste site was
staggeringly inappropriate. According to Atomic Energy Commission
surveys and more recent USACE studies, groundwater flows freely
throughout the dump at levels where waste resides. Further below the
surface, a warren of coal mine shafts from the early 20th century
creates the possibility of toxic seepage and sinkholes.
      According to what the USACE knows, a contractor failed to inspect
the contents of a 55-gallon drum holding radioactive waste before moving
it. What nearby residents, contractors, and USACE engineers don't know
could pose an even greater hazard --- and the CIA may be in a position
to provide a remedy.
      According to newly declassified FBI files [.pdf], NUMEC's venture
capitalist David Lowenthal and founder Zalman Shapiro knowingly failed
to comply with even the lax AEC standards in force in the 1960s for
handling radioactive waste at NUMEC. An FBI wiretap placed on
Lowenthal's phone picked up shocking news of a major illicit radioactive
spill on May 5, 1969. Lowenthal and Shapiro were both under
investigation for diverting enough HEU to Israel to build more than a
dozen atomic weapons. Shapiro and Lowenthal were in the midst of their
"exit strategy" --- selling NUMEC to Atlantic Richfield, which would
(along with successor Babcock & Wilcox and then American taxpayers) be
left holding the bag for massive future cleanup and health indemnity
costs.more..
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*'I was 1-day-old when my father was jailed'*
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Shahd Abusalama, Uruknet 10/18/2011
       A very confusing feeling passes through me after hearing about
the exchange of 1,027 Palestinian detainees for the only Israeli
soldier, Gilad Shalit, who was held captive by the Palestinian
resistance fighters. I don't know whether to feel happy or sad.
      Gazing at the faces of the prisoners' families in the solidarity
tent in Gaza City, I see a look that I have never seen before: eyes
glittering with hope. These people have attended every event in
solidarity with our detainees, have never given up hope that their
freedom is inevitable someday, and have stayed strong during their loved
ones' absence inside Israeli cells. Thinking about those women whose
relatives are most likely to be released and seeing their big smiles
makes me happy. But at the same time, thinking about the other 5,000
detainees who will steadfastly go on with their resistance in the
prisons makes my heart break for them.
      Hearts aching for those still in jail
      When I arrived at the tent on 12 October, the wife of the prisoner
Nafez Herz, who was sentenced to life-long imprisonment and has been
jailed for 26 years, shook hands with me and said very excitedly that
she had heard that her husband would be freed. Then she said, "But you
can't imagine how much my heart aches for those families whose prisoner
will not be released in this exchange deal. All prisoners' families have
become like one big family. We meet weekly, if not daily in the Red
Cross, we share our torments, and we understand each other's suffering."
I grabbed her hands and pressed them while saying, "We will never forget
them, and God willing, they will gain their freedom soon."more..
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*Nizar and Ahlam; Fatah and Hamas: from an Israeli cell to a wedding
ceremony*
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al-Sharq al-Awsat, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) 10/19/2011
       When Ahlam was in her third year at Bir Zeit, both she and
Mahmoud were arrested by the Israelis. He was sentenced to life in
prison and she was sentenced to 16 consecutive life terms. He is
affiliated to Fatah; she is a member of Hamas. Today, however, Nizar
Al-Tamimi, 38, and his cousin Ahlam Al-Tamimi, 31, are both free and are
going to be married in Amman, Jordan.
      The Al-Tamimi family from Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank
were looking forward to receiving their son Nizar after his release from
prison as part of the exchange deal between Israel and Hamas. He was
sentenced to life in prison for participating in an operation to kill an
Israeli settler during the nineties. Ahlam was jailed for providing
assistance to a suicide bomber who blew up an Israeli restaurant in
2001. She was the first female member of Hamas's military wing. Her
motivation to get involved developed through her growing disaffection
with the peace process and the Israeli atrocities she monitored while
working as a journalist.
      Mahmoud Al-Tamimi has lived with the knowledge of the relationship
between his brother Nizar and cousin Ahlam after spending four years in
an Israeli prison himself. In an interview with the French Press Agency
(AFP), Mahmoud said, "The story of Nizar, who is a son of Fatah, and
Ahlam, who is a daughter of Hamas, is an expression of the unified
reality of the Palestinian people." The current split is an anomalous
state of affairs, he added.
      Mahmoud spoke about having met his cousin Ahlam in Jordan when
Nizar was already in prison. According to AFP he said of her, "I found a
young girl with feelings completely bound up in Palestine. She had a
picture of Nizar hanging in her bedroom because, for her, he represented
the cause that she loved." He said that in 1998 she asked for his help
to enrol at Bir Zeit University; permission was given and she moved to
the West Bank to study.more..
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*Gaddafi Dead: What Next?*
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Palestine Chronicle: 20 Oct 2011 - By Ismail Salami The report that the
evasive Libyan ruler Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has died as a result of the
wounds he sustained during a NATO attack has flung the Libyans into a
jubilant frenzy while it has provoked mixed reactions from the political
observers who may eye the event with reasonable degree of suspicion. "He
(Gaddafi) was also hit in his head," National Transitional Council
official Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters. "There was a lot of firing
against his group and he died." Mlegta also revealed that Gaddafi had
been wounded in both legs at dawn on Thursday while he was trying to
escape in a convoy bombarded by NATO warplanes. Does this mean that the
NATO forces who were sure that Gaddafi was in the convoy did not want
him alive? If so, why would they want him dead? To the NATO forces, a
dead Gaddafi would be...more
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*Britain, France , US: 'And the Winner Is ..'*
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Palestine Chronicle: 20 Oct 2011 - By Eric Walberg -- Cairo In the
lifestyle sweepstakes, the answer is 'none of the above'. The economic
and social experiments in the past three decades by British governments
from left to right have left the plucky Brits reeling, as this summer's
unprecedented bread and ipod riots showed all too conclusively. For a
year now, fiscal austerity and financial chaos have sent Britain's
economy into a nasty cycle of low growth and rising unemployment. But
unlike Greece, which was forced into recession by misguided EU
taskmasters, Britain has inflicted this on itself. Austerity was a
deliberate choice by Prime Minister David Cameron's ruling coalition of
Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Britain's jobless numbers are the
highest in more than 15 years, with unemployment 8.1 per cent, as the
government continues to slash public-sector jobs -- more than 100,000
have been lost in recent months. This call to "balance the books"
is...more <http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=17190>

*The Wrong Occupation*
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Palestine Chronicle: 20 Oct 2011 - By Kathy Kelly In Kabul,
Afghanistan's beleaguered capitol city, a young woman befriended me
during December of 2010. She was eager to talk about her views, help us
better understand the history of her country, and form lasting
relationships. Now, she is too frightened to return a phone call from
visiting westerners. The last time I saw her, during the spring of 2011,
she was extremely anxious because, weeks earlier, U.S. Joint Special
Operations Commandos (JSOC) had arrested her brother-in-law. The family
has no idea how to find him. Once, someone working for the International
Commission of the Red Cross called the family to say that he was still
alive and in the custody of the International Security Assistance
Forces, (ISAF). Numerous families in Afghanistan experience similar
misery and fear after night raids that effectively "disappear" family
members who are held incommunicado and sometimes turned over to Afghan
National Police...more
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*The Plot behind Iran Plot*
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Palestine Chronicle: 20 Oct 2011 - By Aijaz Zaka Syed -- Dubai A great
deal of time in my adolescent years was spent with my father's books. I
was introduced to some of the finest names in Urdu and Western
literature in my dad's library. Many of them have stayed with me,
enlivening many a dull moment and showing the way when one was lost in
the face of life's complexities. One of them was Inayatulla Altamash,
the author of Dastan Iman Faroshon Ki (The merchants of faith). Woven
around Europe's Crusades to wrestle the Holy Land from the hands of the
"infidels," the five-part series is a riveting saga of endless
bloodshed, bravery, perfidy and spy games. Altamash's protagonist is
Salahuddin Ayubi or Saladin for the West, the Liberator of Palestine.
Salahuddin repeatedly faced the combined might of Christendom,
eventually succeeding in driving it out by the sheer dint of his
courage, self belief and...more
<http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=17188>
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