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David Cronin, The Electronic Intifada, 8 December 2011

This morning I tried to arrest an Israeli military strategist over his development of weapons intended for use in killing Palestinians.

Yitzhak Ben-Israel, a former head of research in both Israel’s army and its defense ministry, was standing outside a meeting room in a luxurious Brussels hotel when I arrived shortly after nine o’clock. Initially, I walked past him and approached the registration desk for the “terrorism technology” conference at which he was speaking.

“Good morning,” I said to a woman behind the desk. “My name is Cronin.”

A man in a dark suit then approached me. “Cronin?” he said. “You are David?” (I hadn’t given my first name).

Click here to continue reading “My attempt to arrest Israeli weapons chief” by David Cronin.

Photo and caption via “Italian TV Exposes Experimental IDF Use of U.S. Weapon Which Severs and Burns Limbs Below Genitals” by Richard Silverstein.

New legislation proposes to restrict call of Muezzin, claims that use of public address system disruptive to residents

Ynet reporters
Published: 12.08.11, 16:51 / Israel News

A bill proposing to restrict the noise made by mosques will be up for discussion at the Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs on Sunday.

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“The freedom of religion shouldn’t compromise quality of life,” Anastassia Michaeli (Yisrael Beiteinu) and a group of her fellow MKs wrote in the proposal.

Click here to continue reading “Bill aims to silence mosques”.

But constructing yet another illegal settlement, “in the heart of a Palestinian neighbourhood of annexed East Jerusalem“, is copasetic.

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“Animals. Animals. Like the Discovery Channel. All of Ramallah is a jungle. There are monkeys, dogs, gorillas. The problem is that the animals are locked they can’t come out. We’re humans. They’re animals. They aren’t humans we are.”
– Israeli border police (you can find at 5:03 of this video)

H/T: US continued arms shipments to Egypt despite proof they were being used on protesters

As Source Changes Her Story To Mother Jones Reporter…

Looks like the source used by former camp guard Jeffrey Goldberg to try to smear Max Blumenthal’s investigative article is proving unreliable. Karen Greenberg has already completely changed her story from a clear-cut denial that she had ever said the words attributed to her… to telling a different reporter that Blumenthal got the “sense” wrong, but not the words.

Click here to continue reading ” Update! Jeffrey Goldberg’s Smear Against Blumenthal Falls Apart” by Mark Ames.