CHASING MIRAGES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

CHASING MIRAGES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

ELECTRONIC INTIFADA

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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:

DID EGYPT SABOTAGE DEAL OVER GAZA, SHALIT?

By Amal Ghazal, The Electronic Intifada, 18 February 2009

As Israel and Hamas continue Egyptian-mediated talks on a Gaza truce deal, Cairo has emerged not as a mediator or an honest deal maker; its interests meet those of Israel to the extent that it is functioning as a broker on behalf of Israel. It may even have gone as far as to undermine an emerging French-mediated prisoner exchange. Amal Ghazal analyzes for The Electronic Intifada.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10317.shtml

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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:

CHASING MIRAGES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

By Hasan Abu Nimah, The Electronic Intifada, 18 February 2009

The peace mirage, however, is all deception with no fascination. The so-called "peace process" and the resulting negotiations long ago became ends in themselves:

profitable or self-serving for the participants and failure-disguising for all concerned. For Israel, it is ideal to give the impression that it is engaged in peace talks while it continues to occupy and colonize Palestinians and deny their rights, as if the situation on the ground would have no effect on any negotiations. Hasan Abu Nimah comments.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10318.shtml

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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND THE WARFARE OF INEQUALITY MANAGEMENT By Jimmy Johnson, The Electronic Intifada, 17 February 2009

The export of unmanned aerial vehicles, techniques of urban warfare and other tools of Israel's pacification industry is the occupation's contribution to the sustaining of the global power structures. Jimmy Johnson analyzes for The Electronic Intifada.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10312.shtml

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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:

GAZA'S FORGOTTEN ELDERLY

Report, PCHR, 17 February 2009

At the nursing home of al-Wafaa Hospital in the northeastern Gaza Strip, frail women lie curled in their beds, most of them bedridden. In Gaza's close-knit society, nursing homes are not very common, as most people prefer to care for their elderly family members at home.

However, the patients at al-Wafaa have nowhere else to go.

While many reports have been released on the effect of the conflict on children, other vulnerable groups such as the elderly and disabled are often disregarded.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10314.shtml

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PALESTINE : ACTION ITEMS:

QUEER ACTIVISTS CALL FOR BOYCOTT OF TEL AVIV FILM FESTIVAL Appeal, QUIT!, 17 February 2009

Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!), a San Francisco Bay Area solidarity group, is calling on international Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer filmmakers not to participate in the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival this June. QUIT!'s call for filmmakers to respect the cultural boycott of Israel initiated by more than 100 organizations of Palestinian civil society. The call has been joined by members of South West Asian and North African Bay Area Queers and a founder of Trikone, the largest South Asian LGBT organization in the world.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10313.shtml

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