We were over the metal rink, on the road now. The spring was only across the road. The soldiers began shoving and pushing us, as we continued to demand justice for Mustafa’s murder. Sound bombs were thrown right next to us. Then we saw one international activist lying face down on the ground, his hands tied behind him. We tried to stop the soldiers from taking him with our bodies. They shoved us roughly. We screamed back. I felt a rifle butt hit me on the forehead. The commander came over and said we had five minutes to clear off. I told him we wouldn’t and for them to clear off. He pointed at me and ordered for my arrest. I felt myself being dragged by two soldiers and my biggest fear was that if my parents found out I could kiss this world goodbye. Then I felt someone grab my legs, someone else around my waist, and we all collapsed to the ground. The girls, my fellow activists, my sisters were clinging to me as hard as they could, preventing the soldiers from taking me.

http://electronicintifada.net/blog/linah-alsaafin/video-and-testimony-israeli-soldiers-savagery-mustafa-tamimis-funeral

Family of man killed by tear gas canister to sue Israeli army

Ramallah: The family of Mustafa Tamimi will sue the Israeli army following the death of the 27-year-old who was struck in the head by a tear gas canister by a soldier on Friday during a peaceful demonstration against Israeli colonial activities in the West Bank village of Al Nabi Saleh. Wrapped in a Palestinian flag, Mustafa’s body was moved from the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah to Al Nabi Saleh where thousands took part in the funeral. After Mustafa was hit with the canister, he was taken to Belinson Hospital in Israel, where he succumbed to his injuries. His body was later taken to Ramallah for burial.

http://gulfnews.com/news/region/palestinian-territories/family-of-man-killed-by-tear-gas-canister-to-sue-israeli-army-1.948985



Weekly Demonstration in Beit Ommar Protests the Killing of Mustafa Tamimi

On Saturday, December 11, 2011 around 40 Palestinian villagers in Beit Ommar held their weekly demonstration land close to the Israeli settlement of Karmei Tsur. The villagers were joined by a group of Hebron University female students and they were also supported by Israeli and international solidarity activists.

Israeli officer’s tweets spark outrage

An Israeli army officer’s controversial comments posted on Twitter about the killing of a Palestinian protester has sparked much outrage. Musafa Tamimi, 28-year-old, died soon after being hit directly in the face by an tear gas canister shot by an Israeli troop. Cal Perry reports from Jerusalem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQdtmrg-Nns&feature=youtube_gdata An Israeli army officer’s controversial comments posted on Twitter about the killing of a Palestinian protester has sparked much outrage. Musafa Tamimi, 28-year-old, died soon after being hit directly in the face by an tear gas canister shot by an Israeli troop. Cal Perry reports from Jerusalem.

Eyewitness describes Mustafa Tamimi’s last moments Ibrahim Bornat, artist and activist from Bil’in, was standing next to Mustafa Tamimi when Tamimi was shot in the head with a tear gas canister at close range by an Israeli soldier (Bornat can be seen standing directly next to Tamimi in these photos). Here is his testimony about his experiences when Mustafa was critically injured on Friday, December 9

Mourning Mustafa Tamimi as Israeli soldiers escalate violence Over two thousand people attended the funeral of Mustafa Tamimi in Nabi Saleh today. Tamimi was killed during a protest in Nabi Saleh on Friday after he was struck in the face by a tear gas canister fired at close range by the Israeli military. He was 28 years old. At least six people were arrested and several people were injured as the Israeli military reacted violently to protests following the funeral. Despite the nature of Tamimi’s death, the Israeli military continued the practice of firing tear gas canisters directly at protesters. Although it is permissible to fire tear gas canisters in an arc to disperse demonstrations, it is forbidden to use them as weapons by firing them directly at protesters.

Ibrahim Bornat, artist and activist from Bil’in, was standing next to Mustafa Tamimi when Tamimi was shot in the head with a tear gas canister at close range by an Israeli soldier (Bornat can be seen standing directly next to Tamimi in the now iconic photos on the right). Ibrahim is himself no stranger to the resistance. Since 2000, he has been in the hospital 83 times for injuries sustained by the Israeli military during demonstrations, and has been arrested five times. Here is his testimony about his experiences when Mustafa was critically injured on Friday, December 10. It was translated by Rena Hamadah, a Palestinian-Canadian activist in the West Bank.

Gingrich would “instruct” CIA to “hunt down” freed Palestinian prisoners, Ali Abunimah

US presidential hopeful and former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich, has said that he would instruct the CIA to hunt down Palestinian prisoners released last October in an exchange negotiated by Israel and Hamas, presumably to kill them. http://electronicintifada.net/blog/ali-abunimah/gingrich-would-instruct-cia-hunt-down-freed-palestinian-prisoners US presidential hopeful and former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich, has said that he would instruct the CIA to hunt down Palestinian prisoners released last October in an exchange negotiated by Israel and Hamas, presumably to kill them. IDF ponders how to handle mass burial scenario

Home Front Command asks Chief Rabbinate whether to bury soldiers, civilians who might be killed in possible rocket attack in temporary graves or transfer bodies to cooling facilities.





Bahrain

UK urges Bahrain to embrace reform after protests

AP – British Prime Minister David Cameron urged Bahrain’s king on Monday to quickly implement reforms recommended in a scathing report into human rights abuses during the Arab nation’s uprising. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111212/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_bahrain AP – British Prime Minister David Cameron urged Bahrain’s king on Monday to quickly implement reforms recommended in a scathing report into human rights abuses during the Arab nation’s uprising. Bahrain murder

A child victim in Bahrain. Arab League is unaware. http://www.almanar.com.lb/adetails.php?eid=148376&cid=21&fromval=1&frid=21&seccatid=221&s1=1 Bahrain’s Past and Present: An Interview with Nabeel Rajab During the period of the 1940s through the 1960s, regime forces and oil company private security contractors violently crushed anti-colonial and anti-imperialist protest movements in places like Saudi Arabia and Bahrain (among many others), with the explicit approval of and material support from London and Washington D.C. In Saudi Arabia, counter-revolutionary forces decimated these twentieth-century popular leftist and nationalist movements. They also thwarted several attempts at orchestrating anti-regime coups or implementing a constitutional monarchy. However, in Bahrain, the ruling family was not as successful, despite Saudi, British, and US support. Consequently, Bahrain continued to witness democratic liberation and constitutional movements throughout the decades, culminating in this year’s February 14 Uprising. This historical connection is often severed in mainstream western and Arab media, which often posit the current uprising as an exception in Bahrain’s history, often depicting it along purely sectarian and conspiratorial lines. http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/bahrain-washington-conference-zionist-participation-divides-opposition?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AlAkhbarEnglish+%28Al+Akhbar+English%29 “Politically Sacked Bahraini Workers Appeal for Solidarity”

Over 1,000 Bahraini workers sacked for political reasons held a protest in front of the Labor Ministry in Isa Town, Bahrain on 11 December 2011. The number of workers sacked by the Bahraini regime in its attempt to quell the uprising that began on 14 February 2011 is estimated to be about 4,500. http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/bahrain111211.html





Lebanon

Israeli warplanes fly over Beirut Israeli fighter jets penetrated deep into Lebanese airspace on Monday morning, startling residents as the jets flew over the capital Beirut, witnesses said. Four Israeli jets were seen flying over the southern Lebanese towns of Bint Jbeil at 9.40am, and Jezzine and Iklim el Toufah at roughly 10am, Lebanon’s official news agency, NNA, reported. Witnesses also saw the warplanes hover above Beirut. http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/israeli-warplanes-fly-over-beirut?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AlAkhbarEnglish+%28Al+Akhbar+English%29 Hezbollah identifies undercover CIA officers (AP)

AP – The militant group Hezbollah has revealed the identities of CIA officers working undercover in Lebanon, a blow to agency operations in the region and the latest salvo in an escalating spy war. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111212/ap_on_go_ot/us_hezbollah_cia

Syria Turmoil in Syria as death toll tops 5,000

A day of turmoil has swept across Syria on Tuesday with reports of multiple incidents from various regions, including another gas pipeline explosion near the restive city of Homs. Syria’s official news agency, SANA, reported a large blast ripping through the pipeline overnight near the town of Rastan in the Homs province, blaming “terrorists” for the attack. “An armed terrorist group in Homs bombed the gas pipeline near Rastan which caused explosions and fires in the pipeline at the point of bombing,” SANA said.

http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/turmoil-syria-death-toll-tops-5000?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AlAkhbarEnglish+%28Al+Akhbar+English%29

A day of turmoil has swept across Syria on Tuesday with reports of multiple incidents from various regions, including another gas pipeline explosion near the restive city of Homs. Syria’s official news agency, SANA, reported a large blast ripping through the pipeline overnight near the town of Rastan in the Homs province, blaming “terrorists” for the attack. “An armed terrorist group in Homs bombed the gas pipeline near Rastan which caused explosions and fires in the pipeline at the point of bombing,” SANA said.http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/turmoil-syria-death-toll-tops-5000?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AlAkhbarEnglish+%28Al+Akhbar+English%29 Syrians in General Strike as Clashes Continue Syrians closed their businesses in several parts of the country Monday in a show of civil disobedience as activists reported new and fierce round of clashes.

On Friday night Anderson Cooper did a scathing piece based on reports that Syria has killed 256 children during the uprisings. Many of these children’s “only crime was being at home,” Cooper said. ”So many children have died it risks becoming mundane.” Do I need to remind readers how many children were killed in 22 days in Gaza– nearly 400.

The Israel Defense Forces’ spin doctors are at it again. Haaretz reports on the Israeli military claiming that the killing of Mustafa Tamimi was an “exceptional” incident and that the soldier who fired the tear-gas canister at him “didn’t see” Tamimi “because his visual field was obscured by the gas mask he was wearing.”

Who Will Watch the (Pro-Israeli) Watchdog?, Maidhc Ó Cathail

On December 2, the Geneva-based UN Watch welcomed that day’s ‘strong condemnation’ of Syria by a UN Human Rights Council emergency session, and its establishment of a special rapporteur to monitor the situation there following what it called “a global campaign to create the post by a coalition of prominent democracy dissidents and human rights groups” led by UN Watch itself. The non-governmental organization, whose self-appointed mandate is “to monitor the performance of the United Nations by the yardstick of its own Charter,” expressed regret, however, that the UNHRC resolution “paid special deference” to Syria’s “territorial integrity” and “political independence,” decrying the provision as “a clear jab at NATO’s intervention in Libya, and a pre-emptive strike against the principle of the international community’s responsibility to protect civilians under assault.”

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