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Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Apartheid / Restriction of Movement

The Jerusalem Observer organizes a seminar entitled “the right of prohibition in Jerusalem and C areas
The Jerusalem observer for Human rights in cooperation with Beit E’nan forum organized a legal seminar entitled with the right to prohibition right in Jerusalem and the C area. under the international conventions’ Umbrella. Mr. Zaid Tubassi al Ayoubi the head of Jerusalem Observer for human rights  spoke and addressed the significance of the prohibition rights in the international treaties within occupation. The head of the observer presented the responsibilities of the Israeli occupation in Jerusalem and the West Bank  as an occupied territory, especially according to the fourth Geneva Convention, and Lahay treaty in 1967 which banded Israel as an occupation state to harm civilians and their homes and properties , insuring that all the occupation procedures particularly, evacuation and demolish ones that are carried out in Jerusalem and the C  areas , all these are considered flagrant violations for the Human International law. He also stressed at the end of the seminar -which has the   University students participants and a number of locals from Biet E’nan â€" on the necessity to activate the tools of the International law specifically , on the level of the international criminal court according to   its basic system  for the year 1988 which says  all of what the Israeli Authority does , are considered crimes against humanity, and war crimes ,especially , the operations of evacuation, the compulsory  immigration and house demolishing. The head of Jerusalem observer demanded at the end of his seminar the international organizations to hold their responsibilities concerning the Palestinians  protection from the scheduled and mannered  violations , in addition to bringing the Israeli leaders  who  are responsible for such crimes to the International Justice.

UN: New e. Jerusalem construction plans 'unacceptable'
Israel's plan to build 2,600 housing units in Givat HaMatos detrimental to Quartet's efforts to restart peace talks, UN chief says.

Givat Hamatos project for 2,610 apartments passes major hurdle in approval process; PA chief negotiator says plan "makes a mockery of ... efforts to bring about a just and lasting peace."

PA offered to concede almost all of East Jerusalem, an historic concession for which Israel offered nothing in return.

IOF troops close all entrances to Al-Khalil village for second day
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have closed all entrances to the Beit Ummar village to the north of Al-Khalil on Saturday for the second day running.

Israeli Army Fire Tear Gas Into Town and Create Checkpoint at Entrance to Beit Ommar
September 14th October: Israeli soldiers fired tear gas into residential areas of Beit Ommar. In addition to the tear gas, the army stopped and searched cars entering and leaving the village. Due to the ongoing Palestinian solidarity and support of the prisoners` hunger strike the army do not want the residents of Beit Ommar to leave their town or to use Route 60. The main entrance to the town was closed for several hours in the night, and a road block were put up by the entrance to the fruit market.

Flying checkpoint in Wadi Rababa causes traffic jam
Israeli forces imposed a check point on the western entrance to Silwan through Wadi Rababa neighborhood on Tuesday, 11 October evening, causing a traffic jam of Palestinian vehicles. Flying checkpoints are a fact of life in Silwan, with Israeli forces erecting them regularly and without warning, tightening their grip on movement of Palestinian residents.  

Qalqilya Farmers Struggle to Cultivate Land, Navigate Separation Wall
Laila Taher Qadumi hides her 57 years and her fatigue with a shy and kind smile. For the last two years she has worked all alone in her family’s two greenhouses and four dunams of cultivated land, situated on the other side of the Separation Wall, in the outskirts of the city of Qalqilya.

Gaza doesn’t have very much farmland left.  The expanding no go zone imposed by Israeli bullets and bulldozers constantly erode the amount of land left for Palestinians to farm in Gaza.  Mohamed Ashure Shimbari lives on the edge of the no-go zone.  If you look east from his land you see the no go zone, what Israel euphemistically refers to as “the buffer zone.† Little grows there.  Israeli bulldozers regularly come to kill anything which has managed to find a life there.  You can see the destroyed well which once provided water for the orchards that used to cover the no-go zone.  Now, there is no water, and no life, only a zone of death. Israel claims that the buffer zone is “only†300 meters wide, but Mohamed’s land is about 800 meters from the border, and still he is afraid.

Near the concrete wall which separates Bil’in from Modiin Illit colony, occupied by ultra-Orthodox Jews, there is an olive tree.  It is impossible to know how it survived the construction of the wall and how it continues to resist to the lack of a few cares that the specie demands â€" a lack caused by the Israeli barbed wire fence that prevents the access of the residents to the point where it is, in the buffer zone.  This survivor came to the attention of the villagers since some time ago. Today they finally managed to breach the fence and to go to the lonely olive tree for harvest.

Israeli Violence Against Palestinians

Special forces storm Adeeleh neighborhood
Eyewitnesses reported that a team of Israeli special forces stormed Adeeleh district of Ras al-Amoud neighborhood in Silwan, on Wednesday 12 October. No reason for the attack is known.

Beit Ula 14.th October 2011: For the Friday prayer a large number of people gathered by the demolished house and fields of Abdul Jabar Ahtal.After the prayer the crowd walked about and looked at the damage. A military jeep appeared on the patrol road connected to the apartheid fence built on Beit Ula land. After some time more jeeps turned up and soldiers appeared in the distance on foot. The soldiers started to shoot tear gas, and the whole situation escalated. The main part of the crowd withdrew and left in cars and by foot. The soldiers followed all the way back to the cars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2TzmBHmYToU

Settler Terrorist Violence Against Palestinians

Religious settlers assault Palestinian minor
A group of religious settlers assaulted a Palestinian minor whose identity remains unknown, on Thursday 13 October. The attack occured after a Jewish prayer meeting in Al-Mosrarah district, under the observation of Israeli troops. The child was reportedly apprehended and dragged by soldiers to the area where the assault then took place. One witness stated that the events, though tragic and reprehensible, are not unusual, and in fact take place on a near-daily basis as more Palestinians fall victim to Israeli suspicion and violence.

Israeli Settlers Invade Neighborhoods in Ertas Village
Hundreds of Israeli settlers invaded Sha’ab Salman and al-Nahleh neighborhoods in the village of Ertas just south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, to establish a base, the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) reported on Friday.

Netanyahu has condemned attacks on mosques and cemeteries by Israeli extremists but his government is facilitating such violence.

Child Abductions


Youth abducted from Al-Ein al-Foaka
Israeli forces abducted Muhammad Abbasi, 11, from Al-Ein al-Foaka neighborhood in Silwan on Thursday, 13 October. The neighborhood is notorious for its settler and military presence, who often target Palestinian residents and make clear their agenda of Judaisation of the neighborhood.
http://silwanic.net/?p=21180

From the clothesline to her son, Hebron mother copes
On Thursday 13th October Mohammed Maher Abu Rumaila was arrested by the Israeli Army as he was returning to his home in Hebron’s Old City. The Israeli army allege that Mohammed had been throwing stones in the Old City earlier that day, and he is now being held in Asion Prison.  In an interview today with ISM volunteers Mohammed’s mother, Fatihia Abu Rumaila,explained. Mohammed was arrested in the street. The Israeli’s said he had thrown stones, but he didn’t. He was working in Israel at the time they say he was throwing stones.†The 21 year old’s family believes he will appear in Court on Sunday 16th October 2011. Fatihia explained that the family cannot afford to pay for a lawyer, and therefore Mohammed will be represented by a lawyer from the Prisoners Club. She feels “heartbroken, sad and scared,†and all she can do is hope for justice. Fatihia and her family live in the heart of the Old City, an area known for it’s confrontational and violent Zionist settlers, she says. â€œWe are suffering from the Jewish settlers. They throw stones at us about twice a month, and they steal our clothes from our clothes lines.â€

Political Detainees

Red Cross slammed for silence over arrest of Palestinian lawmaker
Undercover Israeli forces arrested Palestinian lawmaker Ahmad Attoun in late September from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) compound in occupied East Jerusalem, where he had taken refuge with two colleagues to avoid deportation from the city of his birth.  Palestinians and their supporters have largely condemned the arrest, viewing it as just another example of Israeli intransigence and of the country’s complete disregard for Palestinian rights and freedoms.

Military court rejects motion to release Bassem Tamimi
A judge at the Ofer Military Court ruled yesterday that Palestinian protest organizer, Bassem Tamimi, will remain in prison indefinitely, until the end of his trial. The judge denied a motion filed by Tamimi’s defense lawyer, adv. Labib Habib, to revisit a prior decision to hold Tamimi until the end of legal proceedings. The motion to release Tamimi was filed nearly seven months after his arrest, and while only one witness was heard by the court in his case during that period. The defense argued that with the trial being conducted at such a slow pace, Tamimi will not receive a fair trial or a chance to fight for his innocence. With only one of 24 prosecution witnesses heard in seven months, the duration Tamimi’s trial is expected to exceed the anticipated sentence, even in case Tamimi will be convicted by the court.

Three Arrested in another Late-Night Army Raid in Beit Ommar
Beit Ommar 14.th October 2011. At about three o’clock in the morning three persons were arrested in a late night millitary raid in Beit Ommar; Abed Helail aged 41, Mohammad Yousef Bahar 17 years old, and Ahmad Mahmoud Sohaibe 20 years old. No reason was given for the arrests.
http://palestinesolidarityproject.org/2011/10/14/three-arrested-in-another-late-night-army-raid-in-beit-ommar/

Adnan Ghaith returns to Silwan
Exiled activist Adnan Ghaith returned to Silwan on Wednesday 12 October after serving a 9 month ban sentence from his home town. Ghaith’s exile was extended by one month after serving the original 8 month sentence, when he was arrested and removed from Jerusalem the day that he finally returned home last month. The order was enabled on the strength of an old military order from the Mandate era in Palestine. Ghaith has frequently been targeted by Israeli officials for what they deem “illegal activities†â€" Ghaith’s role as a local activist in the Popular Committee and his position as Secretary-General for Fatah in Silwan. Ghaith has been arrested and detained many times in recent years, including a 6-month administrative detention sentence.

Prisoner Exchange

Hezbollah is credited with teaching Hamas how to secure release of prisoners; Hezbollah kidnapped 6 Israeli soldiers in past decade. Shortly after kidnapping Gilad Schalit in 2006, Hezbollah sent Hamas a report detailing how to successfully broker a prisoner swap deal with Israel, Hamas said on Saturday. Hamas' political bureau and negotiating team said they studied the report thoroughly, and credited it with helping them successfully secure the release of 1,027 prisoners from Israeli prisons in exchange for the captive soldier. 

Egypt says 550 Fatah prisoners in Shalit deal; Israeli victims appeal to court on pact
Egypt has secured the release of 550 members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party in a prisoners swap it mediated between Israel and Hamas, an Egyptian diplomat said on Friday, as an Israeli group representing victims of Palestinian attacks petitioned a court to delay the deal.

The leading figure of Hamas, Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahar, stated that the moment the ex-detainees enter the West Bank and the Egyptian territories, Hamas will immediately release Gilad Shalit, the Ma’an News agency reported

Radwan: Deported captives will return Gaza at a later date
Hamas senior official Ismail Radwan said on Friday that Palestinian captives who will be deported upon their release from Israeli occupation jails will be able to return to Gaza at a later stage.

Haneyya: Our joy will not be complete until all captives are released
The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haneyya, said that feelings of joy over the release of captives will not be complete until all captives are released from Israeli occupation jails.

RAMALLAH: The Israeli Prisons Service (IPS) will not ease restrictions imposed on jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi, a senior Palestinian official said on Saturday. Issa Qaraqi’, the Palestinian Minister of Detainees and Ex-detainees, said that the IPS decided to prolong the solitary confinement of Barghouthi until further notice “after recommendations from Shin Bet (Israel’s internal intelligence agency).†Al-Barghouthi was placed in solitary confinement in the Hadarim prison last July after he urged the Palestinians to took to the streets in September to support the Palestinian leadership in its bid obtain recognition of an independent state from the United Nations.

Palestinian Prisoners: The Names Behind the Numbers
While Israeli soldiers like Gilad Shalit become household names the moment they are captured, the names of thousands of Palestinian prisoners remain largely unknown during captivity and after they are freed. Al-Akhbar translated the names of Palestinians slated for release as part of the prisoner exchange deal struck between Israel and Hamas in October. The list of Arabic names was published by the Palestinian news agency Sama.

Gaza families wait for release of prisoners in Hamas-Israel deal
Families in Gaza wait to hear if their loved ones, imprisoned in Israeli jail cells, will be on the list as part of a prisoner swap deal that includes the release of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.

The protesters bypassed Yaakov Neeman’s guards, knocked on the front door and chanted slogans against the justice minister's decision to release Palestinian prisoners.

Prisoners' Strike

Palestinian hunger strike continues despite Israeli prisoner swap
Click here to view the embedded video. Thousands are demanding better treatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and the release of prominent activists.
http://palsolidarity.org/2011/10/palestinian-hunger-strike-continues-despite-israeli-prisoner-swap/

Solidarity with Prisoners

Beit Ummar collectively punished for peaceful demonstration
October 14th was the seventeenth day of the hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. People took to the streets for a solidarity demonstration in the village of Beit Ummar, Hebron. This is the second such demonstration in this village, a similar march last week led to several arrests in a dawn raid on Thursday 13th October. There have been numerous demonstrations across the West Bank since the Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike began. These are in support of the 9 demands of Palestinian prisoners, which include the right to family visits, end to the use of isolation as a punishment, and an end to the profiteering of Israeli prisons from financial penalties charged against prisoners.

The Friday demonstration in Nabi Saleh celebrated the release of three long term prisoners but protested the continued imprisonment of the remaining 5,000. A demonstrator stands his ground as the Israeli military fires tear gas canisters. The demonstration started out by visiting the house of prisoner Said Tamimi.  Tamimi has been in prison since 1993, but his fellow prisoners who were arrested with him, Nizar Samir Tamimi and Ahmad Tamimi, will be released on Tuesday.

HAIFA, October 15, 2011 (WAFA) â€" An Arab youth group based in Haifa, north of Israel, said on Friday that the number of people who had joined the open hunger strike declared last Saturday in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike has increased to 10. The Hungry for Freedom Arab youth group said on its Face book page that they are committed to supporting the hunger strike of the prisoners started September 27. The Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails went on hunger strike to demand an end to solitary confinement policy imposed against the top leaders and to improve conditions inside the prisons.
The Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB) is holding a sit in, on Friday outside the BBC offices in the city of Manchester, to support Palestinian hunger-strikers in Israeli occupation jails.

Racism and Discrimination

UNHCR recommends granting collective protection for Somali citizens originating in south and central parts of Somalia. In Israel, the ministry’s decision to reject the application was based on out-of-date information.

Boycott. Divestment & Solidarity / Activism / Solidarity

Fund Community Needs or Israel's Misdeeds?
Hey everyone! My name is Ramah Kudaimi and I am pursuing my MA in Conflict Resolution at Georgetown University. I am spending this semester interning at the US Campaign to better understand how grassroots organizing can lead to high-level policy change. Last week we decided to head down to Freedom Plaza here in DC to ask people who were occupying the square in protest of our government’s policies what they thought about U.S. aid to Israel. While talking to people, I was encouraged that almost everyone understood how the United States helps sustain the Israeli occupation and that it was time we supported human rights and justice. Check out the video below as well as our website http://aidtoisrael.org/ to see how much of your tax dollars go to Israel and what that money can instead provide for us at home. And make sure to share!

Diplomatic / Political Developments

EU 'regrets' Israeli mosque demolition
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- EU representatives said on Thursday they "regret" Israel's demolition of a mosque in northern West Bank village Khirbet Yarza, a statement said. On Tuesday, Head of Al-Malha village council Aref Daraghma told Ma’an that Israeli bulldozers and civil administration officials demolished the mosque, which is less than 60 square meters, and several Bedouin structures.  This is the third time in seven months that the mosque has been demolished, Daraghma said.

IDF commander opposes cutting PA funds
In rare interview to NYT, Brig.-Gen. Nitzan Alon warns against freezing financial aid to Palestinians over push for statehood. 'If there is no political horizon, cooperation is endangered,' he claims.

Mideast News & World News

A US drone strike has killed at least 15 civilians and injured dozens of others in the southern region of war-torn Somalia,. This recent strike follows a similar strike in the same region on Friday, which killed at least 70 people.
Security forces shot dead at least 12 people protesting against the rule of Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital Sanaa today and al-Qaeda insurgents blew up a pipeline, halting the nation's gas exports.
A US air strike has killed the media chief for al-Qaida's Yemeni branch along with six other militants, the Ministry of Defence said on Saturday, in the second high-profile American missile attack in as many weeks to target the terror group in the country.
Six more killed in drone attack: The American planes in yet another missile hit in North Waziristan agency Friday killed at least six more people. The drone attack was carried on second consecutive day and was third within 48 hours.
A Marine and a Navy medic killed by a U.S. drone airstrike were targeted when Marine commanders in Afghanistan mistook them for Taliban fighters, even though analysts watching the Predator's video feed were uncertain whether the men were part of an enemy force.

Cost of "Arab Spring" more than $55 billion: report (Reuters)
Reuters - The uprisings that swept the Middle East this year have cost the most affected countries more than $55 billion, a new report says, but the resulting high oil prices have strengthened other producing countries.

Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood accuses government of attacking pro-reform rally
Attack on a tribal pro-reform rally north of Amman leaves several injured; activists say injuries occurred when unknown assailants dispersed rally with firearms, stones and sticks.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/
jordan-s-muslim-brotherhood-accuses-government-of-attacking-pro-reform-rally-1.390118

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday formed a committee to draft a new constitution within fours months, as activists reported more killings, arrests and gunfire in several cities.
http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Gcc/Syria-moves-towards-new-constitution-3-killed

US drops plans to keep troops in Iraq
AP - The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline, The Associated Press has learned. The decision to pull out fully by January will effectively end more than eight years of U.S. involvement in the Iraq war, despite ongoing concerns about its security forces and the potential for instability.

Opposition mounts to Bahrain arms sale
Five Democratic senators wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday to ask her to delay a planned $53 million arms sale to Bahrain because of the island kingdom's continued violence against protesters. "We recognize the administration's commitment to the United States' strategic relationship with Bahrain... However, the Bahrain government's repressive treatment of peaceful protesters during the past several months is unacceptable," the senators wrote in their Oct. 12 letter, obtained byThe Cable.

Family: Jailed Bahrain Shiite leader gravely ill
AP - A Shiite opposition leader jailed in Bahrain is gravely ill and prison authorities have not provided him with proper treatment, relatives said on Friday.

OSLO, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Anders Behring Breivik, who has confessed to the bomb and shooting attacks that killed 77 people in Norway in July, says there are up to 80 cells in Europe with militant anti-Islamic ideals like his own, Norwegian investigators said on Thursday.

U.S. / Saudi Fabrications on Iran

White House Says Data Shows Iran Push on Nuclear Arms
President Obama wants United Nations inspectors to release intelligence showing that Iran’s nuclear program is designing and experimenting with weapons technology.

'Iran-backed plot' accused seen as shambolic
Friends say Mansoor Arbabsiar is the most unlikely lynchpin of the alleged plot to murder Saudi envoy to US.

U.S. considers sanctions on Iran's central bank
Such a move, in response to the alleged assassination plot on a Saudi envoy, could severely damage Iran's economy. Some Iranian officials have said they would consider it an act of war. The Obama administration said it was "actively" considering sanctioning Iran's central bank in retaliation for an alleged Iranian assassination plot, a move that could severely damage Iran's economy and potentially provoke a strong response from Tehran.
The Obama administration has been in intensive discussions with foreign leaders about the alleged Iran-sponsored assassination plot and, among other steps, is asking countries around the world to stop letting Iranian leaders stop by for official visits.

Targeting Iran: US Playing the Saudi Envoy Game
In a 'united against Iran campaign,' the US government has accused Tehran of orchestrating an assassination plot against the Saudi envoy in Washington, a move which is to be seen as part of a US stratagem to carry on with its plan of demonizing and isolating the Islamic Republic of Iran.

There is no question that there is a regional cold war heating up in the Middle East pitting Saudi Arabia against Iran. But the confrontation is only regional as far as Iran is concerned. Saudi Arabia is acting on behalf of the US and Israel, and not on its own behalf. Iran occupied UAE islands and yet the latter is less aggressive in its regional posture than Saudi Arabia. It is not the first time that the House of Saud has imposed its hegemony on behalf of the American patron: that was the Saudi role during the Cold War although Nasser (until 1967) frustrated these efforts.

I personally do not understand how the corporate media in the US can report the following things about Manssor Arbabsiar and then go on to repeat with a straight face the US government charges that he was part of a high-level Iranian government assassination plot. It seems pretty obvious that Arbabsiar is very possibly clinically insane. Here are the top 10 reasons that he cannot be Iran’s answer to 007:

Iranian Terror Mastermind Likely Wanted Drug Deal, Not Murder, Richard Silverstein
Gareth Porter published an important story about the alleged Iran terror plot.  In it he notes that nowhere in the Justice Department criminal complaint does it say that Arbabsiar ever agreed to assassinate anyone.  In fact, it is the DEA agent who repeatedly attempts to introduce and re-introduce the notion of perpetrating an act of terror.  At no point do the charges say the Iranian ever suggested this or agreed to it.

Former Iran assassin says alleged plot 'makes no sense'
Dawud Salahuddin, an American fugitive in Tehran who carried out 1980 hit near Washington, argues that Iran would not try to kill the Saudi ambassador to the US for fear of provoking war.

Iranian Plot More Fantastical Than Real
The alleged Iranian assassination plot against the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Adil Al Jubiar can be described as the dumbest covert operation in the history of intelligence. The plot outline as reported by the American media included shooting inside a popular American restaurant that Mr. Al Jubair normally frequents while filled with innocent diners in the heart of the capital of the United States. The Washington Post, NY Times and other US outlets reported that American intelligence officials investigating the case, met the reported plot with skepticism giving how obvious and crude the plot appears to be.

The most difficult challenge in writing about the Iranian Terror Plot unveiled yesterday is to take it seriously enough to analyze it. Iranian Muslims in the Quds Force sending marauding bands of Mexican drug cartel assassins onto sacred American soil to commit Terrorismâ€"against Saudi Arabia and possibly Israelâ€"is what Bill Kristol and John Bolton would feverishly dream up while dropping acid and madly cackling at the possibility that they could get someone to believe it. But since the US Government rolled out its "most serious officials" with "very serious faces" to make these accusations, many people (therefore) do believe it. After all, US government accusations = Truth. All serious people know that. And in the ensuing reaction one finds virtually every dynamic typically shaping discussions of terrorism and US foreign policy.

Patrick Cockburn: Iran had better watch its step now Obama's chasing votes
The plot in which an Iranian-American from Corpus Christi, Texas, notorious locally for his Clouseau-like dimwittedness, tries to hire a Mexican gangster to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington at the behest of the Iranian authorities has been greeted with incredulous hilarity across much of the world.

Occupy Wall Street


Protesters in Lisbon surround parliament
LISBON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - About 40,000 people marched in Portugal on Saturday as part of a global day of protest against the financial elite and hundreds broke through a police cordon around the parliament in Lisbon to occupy its broad marble staircase. It was one of the biggest turn-outs in any country and followed the centre-right government's announcement on Thursday of a new batch of austerity measures.

‘Indignant’ protests to sweep across world
MADRID â€" “Indignant†activists, angered by a biting economic crisis they blame on politicians and bankers, vow to take to the streets worldwide on Saturday in a protest spanning 71 nations. It is the first global show of power by the movement, born May 15 when a rally in Madrid’s central square of Puerta del Sol sparked a protest that spread nationwide, then to other countries. As governments cut deep into welfare spending to try to trim huge sovereign debts, the protests have grown and this weekend’s demonstrations are being organised in Madrid, New York and around the world.

In this exclusive article for the US Campaign’s blog, Steering Committee member Peter Miller shares his thoughts on organizing to end military aid to Israel at Occupy Portland.  Download the template flyer that Peter mentions in his article for the Occupy events in your city. Sign up to get an organizing packet to end military aid to Israel from the US Campaign.

Neocon orgs seek to paint Wall St protests as anti-semitic, Phil Weiss
The Occupy Wall Street movement is aimed at the American Establishment, so it is little wonder that it is having resonance in terms of the Jewish presence in the Establishment. Two neoconservative media orgs are trying to smear the movement as anti-Semitic.

Dozens arrested in anti-Wall Street protests
Arrests come after protesters in New York celebrated cancellation of flashpoint park clean-up.

Occupy Times Square: Occupy Wall Street Protesters Swarm Midtown (PHOTOS)
NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-Wall Street protesters rallied in New York's Times Square on Saturday, buoyed by a global day of demonstrations in support of their monthlong campaign against corporate greed. Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement, protests on Saturday started in Asia and rippled through Europe back to the United States and Canada. Protesters fed up with economic inequality took to the streets in cities from Washington, Boston and Chicago to Los Angeles, Miami and Toronto.

NYPD arrests Occupy protesters, non-protester at Citibank branch
Video has surfaced of NYPD police arresting Occupy Wall Street protesters for allegedly removing their money out of a Citibank branch. In addition, an arrest of a non-protester is shown in the video yelling, “What are you doing, what are you doing†as police took her into custody. WATCH: Video from Youtube, which appeared on October 15, 2011.

‘Occupy Wall Street’ protesters march on Chase Bank in NYC
Thousands of protesters marched in New York and Washington on Saturday as part of a global day of “outrage†against corporate greed that has seen rowdy demonstrations in dozens of countries. In New York, the protesters headed to Chase Bank in support of around 14,000 workers sacked by the lender in the wake of cutbacks made after a government bailout totaling $94.7 billion. Students, families with strollers and trade unionists, minded by a large police presence, then walked towards Wall Street carrying placards, stating: “We are the 99 percent,†“We are the people†and “Mr Obama we need you support.â€

Chicago protesters hold ‘die-in’ at Bank of America
Approximately 30 protesters affiliated with Stand Up Chicago staged a “die-in†at a Bank of America on Thursday before complying with police orders to leave. â€œWe are told in our baptismal vows and our ordination vows to resist evil,†one protester said before the event. “And I think the corruption and special interests that are going on in our country are evil. I’ve meet several dozens of people out here who have been foreclosed upon, dozens and dozens â€" hundreds perhaps â€" who are unemployed. And I think it’s quite evil when they sit in their homes, and their about to lose their homes, and while other people have many homes.â€

'Occupy' Protest Moves To Walnut Creek
With protest signs and chants ringing through downtown Walnut Creek, an "Occupy" group Wednesday evening expressed its frustration with inequities and corporate ties to the country's political elite. Clyde Rich of Rossmoor decried "a toxic politics that is not only destroying the economy but the government and the American dream."

Occupy Wall Street Protest Lands In Palo Alto
The Peninsula Peace and Justice Center organized a protest in front of a Bank of America on El Camino Real in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Protesters disrupt hearing on U.S. defense spending
WASHINGTON â€" Protesters disrupted a congressional hearing Thursday on US defense spending, with one demonstrator shouting “You are murdering people!†as police dragged him out of the room. Eight people were arrested, said Capitol Police spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider, including seven for disruption of Congress and one for simple assault. Stop the Machine, an anti-war coalition occupying Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington since last Thursday, said seven had been arrested, including Leah Bolger, vice president of the Veterans for Peace organization.

Protesters disrupt hearing on U.S. defense spending
WASHINGTON â€" Protesters disrupted a congressional hearing Thursday on US defense spending, with one demonstrator shouting “You are murdering people!†as police dragged him out of the room. Eight people were arrested, said Capitol Police spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider, including seven for disruption of Congress and one for simple assault. Stop the Machine, an anti-war coalition occupying Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington since last Thursday, said seven had been arrested, including Leah Bolger, vice president of the Veterans for Peace organization.

Some 200 people lined Cypress Avenue from Safeway to Premier West Bank on Saturday in the third, and so far largest, Redding rally opposing corporate greed in the country. Led by chants of "Banks got bailed out, we got sold out" and "We are the 99 percent," the group marched from Chase bank to City Hall and back.

A poll by Time released Thursday, which asked participants’ opinions on President Barack Obama’s job performance, the impact of the tea party and views of “Occupy Wall Street,†contains a startling revelation that the national press hasn’t quite pieced together yet: the “Occupy Wall Street†protesters have a higher approval rating than President Obama.

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