Netaniahu’s Kafkaesque vision of Palestinian statehood Khaled Amayreh There is no doubt that Benyamin Netanyahu’s odious screed at Bar Ilan University Sunday night was a slap in the face to all those who gave the so-called “peace process” between the Palestinian people and Israel the benefit of the doubt…. Undoubtedly, Netanyahu’s speech amounted to a complete negation of all the “understandings and agreements” reached since the conclusion of the infamous Oslo Accords more than 16 years ago. Netanyahu did say that he w ould be willing to accept a castrated Palestinian state somewhere in “the Land of Israel”. However, he insisted that such an entity would have to be tightly controlled by Israel and bereft of any semblance of sovereignty or dignity… Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55136 Report: US, Syria Discuss Cooperation on Iraq Al-Manar A US military delegation has met officials in Syria to discuss ways of cooperating on the security situation in Iraq, a daily newspaper close to the government reported on Sunday. Syrian daily Al-Watan said Friday’s talks, the first of their kind since 2004, were held “at the request of the Americans” and focused on “ways to begin cooperation on security matters between the two parties in Iraq.”.. Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55131 Video: Palestinian factions losing people’s trust AljaeeraEnglish Palestinians enter a third year of political split following the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in 2006. Rivalry between Fatah and Hamas continues to create bitter divisions. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports from the West Bank town of Ramallah, where people fear continuing differences could tear society apart. Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55130 Live blog sites 4 Iran events Scott Harrop Regarding the intensifying “controversy” {e.g. “rioting, unrest, civil protest, hooliganism, or (in A/N’s terms) “traffic violations” — take your pick} about the Iranian Presidential election results (and whether or not there’s been massive fraud or even a coup within the system), two valuable live blogs for following events… Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55137 Brief Iran update Laura Rozen Iranian opposition presidential candidate Mir Hussein Moussavi is planning a march of his supporters at 4 p.m. Monday in Tehran, Iranian sources said. He apparently went to see the supreme leader Sunday to seek a permit for it, but one hasn’t yet been obtained. If he is prevented from getting permission, he has said he plans to march to the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomenei, an act that Iranians say the authorities of the Islamic Republic would be disinclined to prevent. Iranian sources said fo rmer Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is in Qom, seeking to persuade clerics not to certify the Iranian elections. Another presidential candidate, Mohsen Rezai, the former head of the Revolutionary Guards, issued a statement today saying he wants to have the ballots examined, Iranian sources said. Incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held a press conference and victory rally Sunday, attended by tens of thousands.. Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55138 Iraq’s Talabani Congratulates Iran’s Ahmadinejad AFP Iraqi President Jalal Talabani congratulated Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday on his re-election as Iran’s president, a statement on his official Web site said. Talabani in a cable offered his “warm congratulations” to Ahmadinejad on his victory over moderate ex-premier Mir Hossein Mousavi and said he is certain relations between Baghdad and Tehran would “grow stronger” in years to come. The Iraqi president asked Ahmadinejad to “accept warm congratulations and blessings on the occasion of your re-election as president… and obtaining the trust of the people and their support for you, personally.”.. Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55132 Two boats to set sail to Gaza carrying solidarity activists, relief material Palestinian Information Center The Palestinian-international campaign to lift the siege on Gaza Strip announced on Sunday that two boats would set sail to the Strip late this month. It added that the two boats’ voyage organized by Gaza movement in its summer of hope campaign would head from the Cypriot port of Larnaca to Gaza harbor on 25/6 in a 30-hour sea trip. The campaign in a statement said that a number of Arab and foreign solidarity activi sts from 17 countries would be on board the boats including a Noble peace laureate and a former American congress member… Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55134 Full text of Netanyahu’s speech Benyamin Netanyahu – Aljazeera On June 14, Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, gave a long awaited speech in which set he out the conditions he was willing to see the formation of a Palestinian state. Here is the full text of the speech he gave at Bar Ilan University near Tel Aviv… Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55135 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Malcom Lagauche …Then, the propaganda machines went into full gear. According to many media pundits, Mousavi’s victory would reverse all the negative aspects of Iran. They began affixing names and colors to the revolution. These were identical to the Western depictions of elections in Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, and other former Soviet republics that the U.S. was courting. Even the bogus Iraqi “elections” of 2005 were designated the “purple” revolution. With Iran, the same script writers emerged. The y tried to affix a name to the occurrences in Iraq, such as the “velvet” revolution. But, I think that name had already been used. A few days before the election, young Iranians took to the street to show their support of a new Iran. Few, however, realized that Mousavi did not include a revolution in his agenda… Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55127 Hamas, Fatah women protest political arrests in Gaza Ma’an News Hamas and Fatah women’s groups held two separate demonstrations in Gaza on Sunday calling for the release of political prisoners held by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Gaza government, respectively. Following its takeover of Gaza exactly two years ago, Hamas has consolidated control and cracked down on opposition. The Fatah-led PA did the same in the West Bank, shutting down Hamas’ ability to operate as a public force there… Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55133