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U.S. pop diva Madonna began a series of his tour entitled “Tour MDNA” in Tel Aviv, Israel, since Thursday (31/6). In addition to promoting her new album “MDNA”, Madonna also wanted to bring a message of peace for Israel and the Palestinians.

Madonna Make Peace Concert in Israel, As reported by the Xinhua website, Friday (1/6), the pop diva donated 600 tickets to Israel and Palestinian peace activists. But the two left-wing Israeli organization that Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement and the Anarchists Against the Wall, refused to attend the invitation because of his support to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Madonna has announced earlier this week that he will speak about peace in the stage, and held a conference on this issue with peace activists.

“Madonna has often expressed support for the policies and leaders of Israel, so when he said trying to hold a concert for peace, meaning it has lost its meaning peace,” the Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement on their Facebook wall.

Although controversial, other peace organizations plan confirmed their presence at Madonna concert, which has sold over 30,000 tickets. This is the fourth time Madonna visited Israel, a country which he has a special meaning. Madonna reportedly is a strong follower of the art of Jewish mysticism, known as Kabbalah.

Meanwhile, local media estimate the cost of MDNA concert reached nearly 4 million U.S. dollars, with the appearance of a special stage built in Belgium and brought to Israel. In addition Frozen singer will also involve more than 100 dancers and 300 technicians who brought flying from the United States.

Hezbollah: We are able to attack targets in Israel Each, “Today we are not only capable of striking Tel Aviv as a city but, God willing, also hit specific targets in Tel Aviv and anywhere else in occupied Palestine (Israel),” Nasrallah said in a televised statement.

“For every building that was destroyed in Dahiya, a building will be demolished in Tel Aviv,” he said, pointing at Hibullah headquarters in southern Beirut suburb.

Nasrallah’s statement is one of the fiercest against Israel in recent months and delivered in the middle of tensions between Israel and a major supporter Hizbullan, Iran.

Israel insists that Iran’s nuclear enrichment project used to create the atomic bomb and warned that the Jewish state could launch an attack to halt Tehran. Iran says its nuclear program is only for civilian purposes.

Hassan Nasrallah in south part of Beirut Deutsch: Plakat von Hassan Nasrallah in Südbeirut (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Hassan Nasrallah in south part of Beirut Deutsch: Plakat von Hassan Nasrallah in Südbeirut (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Hezbollah has long been regarded as a representative of Iran and Syria, and many analysts argue that if Israel attacked Iran, the hardline militant group that they will return fire.

“The days we had to leave our homes and they do not flee over,” said Nasrallah, who greeted boisterous shouts of supporters who watched the speech.

“The days when we are afraid and they are not afraid to have ended,” he said. “And we say to them: The time has come when we stayed and you disappear.”

Hezbollah is a political party that once powerful militant group in Lebanon and fought with Israel in 2006. The group has claimed victory in Lebanon despite the many victims fell, and many areas were bombed.

Nasrallah made the remarks at the ceremony marking the completion of the renovation project for Hezbollah in southern Beirut neighborhood devastated by Israeli bombing in the war in 2006.

The threat of nuclear Armageddon Israel in the World, Mark Glen of the Solidarity movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent condemned Israel for its nuclear stockpile. He said that Tel Aviv is the only regime that threatens to bring the world to Armageddon Nukli valuable in the trial if the government of Jews in the Middle East is no longer true.

“No other country is there now that say the whole world, if they fall will bring the world together in the fall,” said Glen in an interview with Press TV.

Even the most prominent according to Glen, Professor Martin Van Creveld Israel military had mentioned about Israel’s nuclear ambitions. By Glen Creveld once stressed that Tel Aviv has hundreds of atomic warheads and rockets to target in all directions.

Target is mostly directed to the capitals of European countries. Tel Aviv said it would make the whole world was destroyed even before the Tel Aviv regime disappeared.

The analysts deplored Israel’s looming threat of the world. Meanwhile, Tel Aviv continues to use the media in the world to cast accusations against nations it deems to have a nuclear program nonsipil.

Israel is widely believed to be the sole owner of nuclear weapons in the Middle East. Tel Aviv has built facilities and uranium plotonium first in Dimona, the Negev desert, in 1958.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter stated that Israel has nuclear weapons by at least 200-300 warheads. For decades there have also been repeated reports of Israeli possession of nuclear weapons.

With the official policy of nuclear ambiguity, Tel Aviv does not confirm or deny its nuclear holdings. They also refused to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty and did not allow inspections at nuclear facilities.

“They discussed bounded issues, including Syria, Iran, and the advancing changes in the Middle East,” said Aegis Department columnist secretary, George Little afterwards the affair on Wednesday (29/2), appear Columnist TV.

Little aswell said that, this is the fourth affair with Barak Panetta, who will be affidavit in as Minister of Aegis in July. “Panetta was consistently blessed to accommodated with Minister Barak and discussed means to strengthen US-Israel aegis relationship,” said columnist secretary.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama is aswell appointed to accommodated at the White House on March 5.

The U.S. and Israel has absolutely been advised to be the a lot of cardinal ally. It is characterized by, Washington has consistently provided abetment to about USD 3 billion in aggressive aid to Tel Aviv every year.

On Monday (27/2) yesterday, David Sanger, a arresting American journalist, wrote in The New York Times that the U.S. has accustomed Israel’s aggressive technology and weapons to advice Tel Aviv accompanying to accessible attacks on nuclear accessories aimed at alienated Iran’s nuclear activity program.

25 Egyptian prisoners were transferred through the Taba borderinto Sinai Desert. They were received like heroes by the locals.

Parties expect Israel prisoner exchange could help improve relations of Egypt and Israel that it begins to cool.

“I expect a prisoner exchange could help improve relations with Egypt,” said Member of Parliament of Israel, Israel Hasson told AFP on Friday (10/28/2011).

Grapples ditangkapa on 12 June by the Egyptian military andaccused the spy agency the Israeli intelligence, Mossad. 27-year-old youth was also accused of sectarian tensions sparked whenprotests against former President Hosni Mubarak was in progress in February.

But the party denied it all. They assess the allegations it was a mistake and considers Egypt a strange effect.

Turkey is ordering all senior Israeli diplomats out of the country by Wednesday in a deepening rift between the 2 countries.

The move comes when Turkey last week expelled the Israeli ambassador and downgraded diplomatic relations. Israel refuses to apologize for the deaths of eight Turkish citizens and a Turkish-American throughout last year’s Israeli raid on a shipload of aid headed to Palestinians in Gaza.

Israeli airline passengers complain they were detained and questioned by Turkish authorities at the airport in Istanbul Monday while Turkish citizens complain of comparable treatment in Tel Aviv. Some tourists from each countries say they were strip searched which their passports were temporarily bumped off.

Also Monday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met in Ankara with Palestinian official Nabil Shaath. Davutoglu said Turkey would push for recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly. Israel and also the us oppose such a move.

A United Nations report said Israel used excessive and unreasonable force when commandos boarded the help ship last year. however the report said the raid was legal because of Israeli concerns that the ship was carrying arms to Palestinian militants. The report said Turkey and {also the} flotilla organizers were also answerable for the deaths of 9 people.

Egyptians continued to sit in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo (French)

A statement issued by the government and the news agency quoted the officialMiddle East that “the Israeli statement - but was positive in the face - but that is not commensurate with the gravity of the incident and the anger of the Egyptian Israeli actions.”

Provided Israel on Saturday apologized to Egypt for the deaths of five Egyptian soldiers during a clash with Palestinian gunmen on Thursday. He said Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that “Israel regrets the death of members of the Egyptian security forces during the attack on the border between Israel and Egypt.”

An official contact with the Palestinians and Amos Gilad in Egypt earlier on Saturday that “Israel is keen to maintain the peace treaty with Egypt, and regards it as an essential element for survival in the Middle East.”

Gilad said Israel Radio: “One thing is certain, is that no one person in Israel wants to harm police officers or soldiers, an Egyptian,” and stressed that relations with Egypt based on “dialogue and cooperation,” and it was not clear who killed members of Egyptian security.

The official said on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding consultations with his government regarding the adoption of a possible response.

Withdraw Ambassador
And Egypt had decided earlier on Saturday to withdraw its ambassador to Israel to protest the killing of Egyptian soldiers, in violation of the peace treaty signed by countries in 1979.

Announced the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor Saturday that Tel Aviv did not report calls the Egyptian ambassador in Israel to Cairo, the Egyptian television after he announced the official decision.

On the other hand, arrived in Cairo on Saturday evening, the United Nations Coordinator for the peace process in the Middle East, Robert Serry, coming from Jordan on a visit to Egypt two days.

An official at the United Nations Office in Cairo – who requested anonymity – during a meeting with Siri Cairo International Airport, “The UN envoy will hold talks with a number of Egyptian officials and Arab League, at the behest of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, to follow the recent developments between Egypt and Israel, and to try to calm and restraint to protect the peace process between the two major partners in the region to give the opportunity to appeal to the rest of the process stalled. “

Demonstrations
Continued to hundreds of Egyptians angry demonstrations outside the headquarters of the Israeli Embassy in Giza south of Cairo for the second consecutive day to protest the killing of Egyptian soldiers.

One of the demonstrators managed in the early hours of Sunday morning to climb the front of the embassy building, and the disarmament of the Israeli flag and a place of the Egyptian flag.

Ahmed El-Shahat, the island that took advantage of a period of change and shifts of security and began climbing, and added that the Israeli flag, a rupture be dispelled, and that the demonstrators joined him in burning the rest of it.

The witness said that Shahat climbing a few floors in a building adjacent to gain access to the two floors occupied by the embassy without the surveillance troops and police guarding the building.

And tried to elements of the military police arrested him, and that hundreds of demonstrators managed to remove him from them.

The Movement, “6 April Youth” has announced its accession to sit in front of the embassy and called on all members of the descent and participation, “with the warning to its members not to storm the embassy and stay away from any unnecessary clashes.”

Demonstrators chanted slogans demanding the expulsion of the ambassador and the cancellation of the Camp David, such as “people want to drop the Camp David,” and “not walking Henmshee their ambassador,” and “right answer you die their uniforms.”

The security forces continued military and police to protect the embassy building, prompting the army and armor in the street outside the embassy and in the surrounding streets. And six armored vehicles deployed on the bridge next to the University of the demonstrators, and spoke of some elements of the military police with the protesters and assured them that they are not.
 

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies

Shed and estimate the position paper issued by “Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies,” light on the movement of protests in Israel in the recent period.

And stop at the motives that animated the events leading to future prospects, and their impacts on the options of the Israeli government to force them to re-adjust the economic and social policies away from previous policies, which gave the security aspect of paramount importance Come with some voices call for reconsideration of the settlement policy.

The paper, titled “motives and prospects of the protest movement in Israel,” that the protest movement taking place in Israel since mid-July last as a precedent than ever, not in terms of size or continuity in terms of the quality of the labor involved.

Has confused the protest movement – which began putting up tents in one of the major fields in Tel Aviv to denounce the high cost of apartment prices – especially with the Securities politicians took the momentum and increase the numbers of demonstrators who have attained in a demonstration about three hundred thousand demonstrators.

It is well known that segments of the Israeli middle class is initiated and the current protest movement, unlike the previous Israeli protest movements by the oppressed segments of the Sephardi Jews against the backdrop of ethnic discrimination against them.

Movement protest the current due to the erosion of the ability of the middle class to face the financial burdens of life due to the high cost of living sharply in the various requirements of the basic life and necessary for housing, food, clothing, drink, transportation, telecommunications, electricity and gasoline, cars and other consumables necessary.

The paper that the roots of the crisis due to the socio-economic policy pursued by the Israeli governments for more than two decades, marked by the abandonment of the welfare state approach and followed a free economy, privatization and reduce spending on public services such as education, health and housing.

Affected in Tahrir Square
See the editors of the paper that the pioneers of the movement of protest Israeli affected are can not be ignored revolution in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, in terms of the emergence of this movement and the form chosen for the organization, assembly, and the nature of the forces involved and the role of opposition parties in support and is the leader, especially with a statement by some activists are clearly the impact of scenes Tahrir Square in them.

Has insisted the protest movement since its inception until today to limit the demands in the socio-economic issues only, without addressing the political issues, particularly the Palestinian issue, in order to maintain the unity of their ranks and avoid anything that would make a division between the groups is not homogeneous, which it has acceded.

Did not submit the protest movement is the list of specific demands, but merely claims to fundamentally change overall in the policies of the government’s economic social, and called on the repeated statements of the leaders of the movement to state intervention in economic life and to reduce the gap between segments of Israeli society and to create social cohesion solid based on the response to the economic and social rights of the class Central and the poor and vulnerable in Israeli society.

She also called to fight price hikes and the imposition of government control on prices of basic materials and make housing available to various segments of society and raise the minimum wage.

Continue the protest movement of Israeli activities in the past, which dominates the modern and the public debate in Israel, and can not predict even now when and how it will end.

The paper stresses that the prospect of Israeli protest movement is limited to the Jewish Zionist state of Israel. It is a movement stemming from a society of historical migration and settlement, and built itself at the expense of others and in the spirit of racism and lack of sense of pain and suffering of its victims are still locked in a battle against them directly.

And thus confined the protest movement itself in the community and a girl between them and the Palestinians in the wall to conceal her imagination and vision to address the suffering, in time for justice, equality and prosperity for their own society and the Zionist framework.

However, keep the protest movement is important, and constitute an important challenge to the Netanyahu government and the extreme right, and take the seat of internal changes in Israeli society may lead to the crystallization of alignments political party in Israel lead to the weakening of the Alliance of the Likud, the settlers and the Haredim and Lieberman’s party, to the point where the camp opposes them win the next election. This depends on the ability of the movement to continue their protests and to maintain cohesion and to continue taking the lead.

Political conflict settlement
The paper notes that the new thing is that the leaders of the protest movement of themiddle class by calling in their areas and not across settlements in other areas likethe Galilee and Negev, as well as the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Thus, seeking the protest movement to solve problems and especially the problem ofhousing in cities and villages within the Green Line, while the government seeksalliance right to exploit the protest against the severe housing to push the affected groups of the middle class to seek a solution through the settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories, as far as tolerate or comply with the U.S. administration.

Source: Al Jazeera

According to a member of the military in Tel Aviv, the soldiers, who were alerted to the borders with Syria and Lebanon where protests could take place, only fired warning shots. 

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Soldiers tried to have hindered the young to climb the fence by several warning shouts from a megaphone. A similar protest took place last month at the anniversary of Israel’s founding 63 years. Then, 13 people were killed.

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Several dozen protesters gathered on the Golan Heights, captured by Israel with the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the 1967 conflict, where they protested with flags, shouting slogans and throwing stones.

There is only one stumbling block to peace in the Middle East and it isn’t Israel or its leadership, it’s the United States which has been the real obstacle not only in the Arab world but elsewhere on the planet. Israel owes its existence to the United States and other western powers and only these powers have ensured that it survives the onslaught leveled against it by Arab countries, some of which haven’t recognized the holy land’s very existence.

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Middle East problem requires a political solution that must include a free Palestine

I have argued in the past, and forgive me if this was wrong, that the only solution to the Middle East problem lies in creation of a free Palestine with an accountable government that will be responsible for any acts of omission or commission arising from citizens within its borders. The current amorphous arrangement can not even be trusted to check its own citizenry leave alone preventing trouble for Israel.

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Old Netanyahu is a stumbling block to peace in the Middle East

President Obama has of late bought the same idea of a free Palestine, and guess who doesn’t want this to happen, it is the same old Benjamin Netanyahu. He doesn’t want a free Palestinian state and for that reason thinks the pre-1967 borders suggested by Obama and like minded fellows like you and me are the problem. He has told off Obama in plain and simple terms to keep off Israeli affairs.

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NATO should invade Tel Aviv and kick out Netanyahu

Can you guess what Obama will be doing? He will run away from the truth with his tail firmly hidden between his legs. Since it is Israel we are talking about, you won’t hear of sanctions, you won’t hear about withdrawal of aid, you won’t hear active disapproval from the ever hypocritical western powers, and neither will you see NATO invading Tel Aviv to kick out Netanyahu and push for a settlement that will guarantee peace!

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The problem is not with Israelis but with the myopic leadership in place

The Israelis have no major problem with their Arab cousins, the ordinary Jew has the capacity to coexist with people of all races and creeds, but a leadership of the kind that is in place at the moment can not guarantee peace to anyone, leave alone Palestinians. Leaders such Ariel Sharon and now Netanyahu have a colonial mentality that wont go away in the near future unless the free world intervenes and shows them the door.