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Palestinian youths make their way into Jerusalem through Israel's apartheid wall
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PIC) 18 May — A group of Palestinian young men was able on Friday evening to knock down part of Israel's segregation wall near Abu Dis town to the east of occupied Jerusalem, particularly in the area known as Kabsa. The young men used pickaxes to make a hole in the wall and then entered Jerusalem carrying Palestinian flags in a step intended to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe). The Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in Jerusalem said that the Israeli army immediately dispatched a unit of Israeli soldiers to the area to confront the young men.
Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Apartheid / Restriction of movement
Negev demolitions 'war in the full sense'
NEGEV (Ma'an) 19 May – "What I have seen was like post-war footage rather than home demolition as the Hebrew media misleadingly describe it," says the head of the Islamic movement in northern Israel Sheikh Raed Salah. Salah's remarks Sunday came during a visit to the Bedouin Negev village of Attir where Israeli municipal staff demolished 18 houses. "Demolishing 18 houses, uprooting 460 olive saplings, cutting down olive trees and sycamore fig trees, destroying roads, power generators and solar cells is war in the full sense of the term," Salah added. He urged all Palestinian residents of the Negev and across Israel to visit the demolished village to see the truth firsthand. Salah was accompanied by other members of the Islamic Movement in Israel. The delegation was welcomed by dignitaries from the Abu Al-Quian family whose houses were demolished.
New road connects Israeli settlement with the Ibrahimi Mosque
AL-KHALIL (PIC) 18 May — An Israeli team of civil engineers from Kiryat Arba settlement, built on Palestinian territories in al-Khalil, started land surveying of a road in Husain valley, in order to pave a new road connecting the settlement with the Ibrahimi Mosque. The so-called 'Hebron's Council of Settlements' has surveyed the dirt road locating on Palestinians' lands and lined signals on the street as a prelude to establish a new road linking between Kiryat Arba settlement and the Ibrahimi mosque, local sources told Al-Khalil Reconstruction Committee. Since more than a year the settlers have been trying to establish the road at the expense of the Palestinian lands in Husain valley, the sources added.
Palestinians in West Bank's Area C suffer in limbo
MALEH, West Bank (LA Times) 18 May by Edmond Sanders — Residents largely cut off from the Palestinian Authority say Israel is trying to drive them off the land by demolishing homes and withholding services — In remote Palestinian villages of the northern Jordan Valley, children read by gas lamp, and water must be purchased from miles away, even when electricity lines and water pipes to Israeli settlements run directly past their homes. Near Nablus, a Palestinian farmer whose home is nearly surrounded by Jewish communities says settlers frequently harass him, digging up crops, and once poisoning his cow. And in Khader, south of Jerusalem, a carjacker once escaped Palestinian police by simply crossing the street into a part of town under Israeli jurisdiction. These are snapshots of an increasingly difficult reality for the tens of thousands of Palestinians living in a part of the West Bank that remains under full Israeli control.
Return to Iqrit: how one Palestinian village is being reborn
Guardian 15 May by Harriet Sherwood — On a breezy hilltop in sight of the Lebanese border, a village last populated 65 years ago is being reclaimed from the dead for the living. Vegetables and herbs have been planted amid the rubble; a couple of donkeys graze on spring grass; traditional food is cooked and eaten in a makeshift structure next to the Church of Our Lady, where mass is celebrated for up to 200 worshippers on the first Saturday of every month. This is Iqrit, a Palestinian Christian village in northern Galilee, whose inhabitants left in the bitter war that followed the declaration of the state of Israel in 1948, and who have never been permitted to return to their land and razed homes. But in recent months, a group of young men, grandsons of Iqrit's original residents, have moved back in an attempt to reclaim and rebuild the village.
Twilight Zone: 'If the settlement of Elon Moreh wasn't here, we'd be living in paradise'
Haaretz 17 May by Gideon Levy & Alex Levac — Unknown individuals – probably settlers from the nearby settlement – have started working land that belongs to Azmout, a Palestinian village near Nablus. A protest has been launched — … Several tractors of mysterious origin had begun to plow the village's 120-dunam (1 dunam = .25 acre) tract of land in Bloc 1, in the region of Habis al-Sharka, three kilometers away, as the crow flies. The village council decided to set up a popular committee and to launch a protest. Last Friday, the villagers, accompanied by Israeli and international volunteers, went to the site, prostrated themselves on the ground and prayed. Afterward, they used stones to block the dirt trail that descends from the Jewish settlement of Elon Moreh to the field, on which the tractors probably traveled. They vowed that if the trespassers were to dare to plant seeds as well, they would uproot the field and defend their land. The villagers lost about 1,000 dunams of their land when Elon Moreh was established. They are determined not to lose this plot as well…
This is an ancient Canaanite village — people here believe it might be 3,000 years old — whose name, deriving from the Arab words for boldness and death, is meant to attest to the inhabitants' resilience. The village takes pride in the fact that some 50 of its residents have obtained advanced academic degrees, including 10 physicians. No one here is ostentatiously rich and no one is dirt poor.
Israel's only real state secret. No, it's not an atom bomb
A Special Place in Hell 16 May by Bradley Burston — In a country where everyone knows everything, there is only one genuine state secret. And it has nothing to do with nuclear weapons. This week, headlines hinted obliquely at it, but several steps removed. There were finely detailed acres of newsprint devoted to the challenges of apocalyptic security concerns and to dangerous poverty in Israel, as well as the austerity measures which may make both more difficult to endure. Sure enough, the only state secret that remains securely kept was conspicuous in its absence. So here it is: No one knows how much money is poured into the settlements. No one. No one ever has. No one can know, because the money is hidden in plain sight, camouflaged and subsumed in the budgets of every conceivable ministry, as well as the unfathomable, undifferentiated, bottomless slush budget of the Prime Minister's Office.
Group: Israel to return seized land to Palestinian owners
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) 19 May — Palestinian land appropriated over thirty years ago to build an illegal settlement is set to be returned to its owners, an Israeli rights group said Sunday. The Israeli state informed the High Court of Justice last week that the land near Jenin, formally the site of Homesh settlement, will be returned to its Palestinian owners after Yesh Din submitted a petition on behalf of villagers from Burqa. "Thirty-five years have passed since the land was usurped from its lawful owners," Yesh Din lawyer Shlomi Zachary said. "It is regrettable that it has taken so many years for the state to decide to observe the law and to return the usurped land to its owners. Our main concern now is to ensure that the landowners will actually be able to reach their land." The land was seized in 1978 by Israel's military on the pretext of security needs, with the Homesh settlement subsequently built in the area. Homesh was evacuated in 2005 as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, but the land remained a closed military zone and the original seizure orders were not nullified.
Settlers regularly return to the site and try to re-establish the settlement, locals say, with some attacking Palestinian vehicles and homes.
Ministry: 27 minors from Jerusalem are under house arrest
RAMALLAH, May 18, 2013 (WAFA) – A total of 27 minors from East Jerusalem are under house arrest, the Ministry of Prisoners said Saturday. It said Israel has recently intensified using this punishment against young Palestinians from the occupied city who it claims were involved in anti-occupation activities, including throwing rocks at police and participating in protests. The ministry said the minors – the youngest is 14 years and the oldest 19 – have to stay home all the time and are not allowed to even go to school.
If a minor leaves his home for any reason, his family will be punished and forced to pay a fine, said the ministry.
Palestinians clash with Israeli forces in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Ma'an) 18 May – Clashes broke overnight Friday between young Palestinian men and Israeli forces in Jerusalem's Old City. Palestinian protesters threw stones and fireworks at Israeli forces in the neighborhoods of Hatta Gate, the Council Gate and al-Wad street. They also blocked roads with rocks and garbage skips, witnesses told Ma'an. Earlier Friday, dozens of Palestinians in Jerusalem protested after Israel granted access to Israeli right-wingers at the al-Aqsa compound. Protesters raised Palestinian flags and chanted for the protection of al-Aqsa in a rally in the Old City.
Another protest was held in the Sheikh Jarrah area in Jerusalem with the participation of Palestinian and Israeli activists.
Separately, clashes continued into the night in Abu Dis and al-Eizariya in East Jerusalem, after protesters on Friday tore a hole in Israel's separation wall at a demonstration marking the Nakba anniversary
Occupation cuts off eastern from central West Bank
RAMALLAH (PIC) 19 May — The Israeli occupation forces on Saturday closed the main entrance to the village of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah city, effectively cutting off villages in the eastern West Bank from the Central West Bank. Local sources said that IOF troops accompanied by military bulldozers raided at an early hour on Saturday the village of Deir Jarir and closed the road linking Ramallah to Jericho which passes through the village. The sources added that this road is the only one used by Deir Jarir and six other villages in the vicinity to reach Ramallah. Head of the Deir Jarir council, Imad Alawi, said that the occupation measure was most probably a punishment for the villagers who are involved in peaceful resistance
Clashes as locals try to unblock road closed by Israel
RAMALLAH (Ma'an) 19 May — Israeli forces and Palestinians clashed on Sunday as locals tried to unblock a road near Ramallah which Israel's military closed a day earlier. Israeli forces on Saturday blocked a road between Ramallah and Deir Jarir with cement blocks. Locals tried to re-open the road with the help of a bulldozer, but were stopped by Israeli forces, who fired tear gas canisters, rubber-coated steel bullets, and water cannons. Locals briefly managed to unblock the road three times on Saturday, before Israeli forces closed it again. The closure followed frequent clashes in the area between Israeli troops and Palestinian protesters. The mayor of Deir Jarir, Imad Ulwei, condemned the road's closure as collective punishment in response to peaceful protests. Locals said they will be forced to take a long and bumpy detour to Ramallah via Qalandia.
Israel effectively barring tourists from West Bank by neglecting to explain mandatory permit
Haaretz 19 May by Amira Hass — Since the beginning of 2013, Israel has forbidden tourists from the United States and other countries to enter the territories under Palestinian Authority control without a military entry permit – but it has not explained the application process to them. Haaretz has learned of a recent case where clerics from the United States had to sign a declaration at the Ben-Gurion International Airport, promising not to enter Area A without permits from the Coordinator of Activities in the Territories … The American clerics, who spoke with Haaretz on condition of anonymity, were sent by their church to work with Christian communities in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. As a result of the declaration they signed and their inability to decipher the procedure for obtaining the permit, they have been unable to meet with the members of Christian communities in West Bank cities or visit holy places, like the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. One of the signers, who turned to the United States Consulate in Jerusalem for help, told Haaretz that the consulate employees are unaware of the existence of the declaration. http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israel-effectively-barring-tourists-from-west-bank-by-neglecting-to-explain-mandatory-permit.premium-1.524784
Groups say US visa waiver for Israelis should be reciprocal
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2013 (WAFA) – Over 50 American organizations signed a letter asking US senators to oppose the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act on the ground Israel mistreats US citizens travelling to its country, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation said in a press release on Friday. It said section nine of this legislation would include Israel in the Visa Waiver Program without requiring Israel extend reciprocal privileges to citizens and nationals of the United States through an exemption that allows Israel to arbitrarily deny entrance to US citizens under the rubric of national security. "Israel has a history of discriminating against Palestinian-, Arab-, and Muslim-American travelers and denying them entry," said the release.
Violence / Attacks / Clashes / Raids / Arrests
Kibbutz residents attack Bedouin village in the Negev
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) 19 May — Israelis from a Negev kibbutz attacked a Bedouin village on Sunday, setting fire to a tent, a Ma'an reporter said. Residents from the Kibbutz of Retamim attacked the adjacent Bedouin village of Bir Hadaj and set fire to a tent belonging to Eid Abu Habbak, head of the local village council, Salman Ibin Hamid, told Ma'an. Abu Habbak filed a complaint with Dimona police department. "The setters of Retamim are acting like they are in the West Bank," Ibn Hamid added. "These people have the mentality of the occupying settler to attack every Arab." Israeli police said that Bir Hadaj residents hurled stones at residents of Retamim, a claim which Ibn Hamid denied.
Settlers attack West Bank farmer twice a week
ASIRA AL-QIBLIYA, West Bank (IPS) 17 May by Jillian Kestler-D'Amours — Ibrahim Makhlouf reached for two wooden planks lying in the hallway and placed them expertly in an L-shape along the seams of his front door. "Open [the door]," he beckoned, knowing that doing so was nearly impossible. "Every night, we put this here," he said. "For the settlers." Makhlouf's home sits on the outskirts of the West Bank village of Asira al-Qibliya, only 500 meters from the illegal Israeli settlement outpost of Shalhevet Farm, an offshoot of the equally illegal settlement of Yitzhar. Makhlouf said that his house was attacked by Israeli settlers at least two times per week and has been vandalized more than 100 times. The windows on Makhlouf's two-story home all have bars on the outside to prevent them from shattering when settlers throw stones.
UPDATE: Woman arrested in Hebron is accused of stone throwing by a settler
Hebron (ISM) 19 May by Team Khalil — UPDATE: Zleikha was released from custody at around midnight, on the condition that she reports back to the police station today. During Zleikha's interrogation, an Israeli settler was brought by the Police and asked, 'is this the woman who threw stones at you?' to which she replied 'yes'. This fundamentally flawed method of identification further illustrates how far removed the Israeli military is from any credible system of justice — Israeli forces tonight,18th May, abducted 51 year old Zleikha Muhtaseb from her home on Shuhada Street, in the old city of Hebron. Zleikha was helping her son complete his homework when a squad of Israeli soldiers invaded her house and took her. She was subsequently taken to be interrogated at the police station in the illegal Israeli settlement of Givat Ha'avot. Israeli forces claim she was taken on suspicion of stone-throwing, although she was abducted from her home. Such unfounded allegations are regularly used in Hebron to justify arbitrary arrests and detention, of young and old alike … It is more likely that Zleikha was arrested for her defence of human rights and resistance to Israeli Occupation. Zleikha Muhtaseb's home is on Hebron's Shuhada Street — an area closed to Palestinian access by the israeli military. Because of these closures, she and her family can only access their home from a back entrance, experiencing the extreme restriction of movement imposed by the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian city of Hebron. Zleikha speaks out strongly about the injustices suffered by Palestinians in Hebron — a more likely reason that she was arrested than throwing stones.
Israel uses snipers against Palestinian protest
Ramallah (KUNA) 19 May — Israeli Army used snipers to stop a Palestinian protest near Beit El settlement in the West bank town of Ramallah last week, Maariv newspaper said on Sunday. A group of Palestinians from Jalazoun refugee camp, which is separated from Beit El by only one street, protested against the Israeli-built West Bank fence, digging a hole in the wall, but the Israeli Army brought in snipers that used live ammunition, injuring five Palestinians. The newspaper said the Israeli Army soldiers followed their leaders' commands to open fire, claiming the protesters were approaching the settlement.
3 injured as settlers attack Nablus villages
NABLUS (Ma'an) 18 May — Three Palestinians were injured in clashes in Urif village south of Nablus, a local official said. Settler monitoring official Ghassan Daghlas told Ma'an that three people were injured with both live and rubber-coated steel bullets. They were taken to a nearby hospital. Dozens of settlers set fire to lands in the villages of Urif, Einabus, and Asira al-Qibliya south of Nablus. They assaulted citizens and threw burning tires at people's homes, Daghlas added.
Palestinian vehicle burned by settlers' Molotov
RAMALLAH (Ma'an) 19 May — Settlers from Beit El on Saturday evening threw a Molotov cocktail toward Palestinian vehicles on the Ramallah-Nablus road and near al-Jalazun refugee camp north of Ramallah. The settlers threw Molotovs toward more than one Palestinian car, and even toward passers-by. A Palestinian car completely burned due to a Molotov cocktail. No injuries were recorded. The driver of the car was able to escape without incident. Civil defense crews rushed to the area and extinguished the fire. [WAFA: the driver was a woman, Fida Safi]
Updated with video: 13-year-old boy shot at by settlers, tortured by soldiers, denied medical attention
Qaryut (ISM) 19 May by Team Nablus — UPDATED: The 13-year-old Qaryut boy attacked by settlers on 16 May completed an operation on his lower leg and foot on Friday and has since been released to recover at home. He also provided a full account of his attack and the time he spent in an Israeli jeep untreated and tortured for information he neither had nor could speak of due to the pain from his untreated injury. The boy said he was alone on his land near the illegal settlement of Eli when he was attacked. His friend was coming to join him when settlers began shooting at the boy. He ran, but fell from a big drop in the land, being on the mountainside. Settlers pursued him but he dragged himself on his stomach by some bushes. He was in great pain but kept quiet, afraid of settlers or soldiers finding him and continuing to attack him. After some time, his phone rang when his sister and friend called him. The soldiers then found and descended on him, threatening him with their guns while he lay, unable to move, on the ground. Below is video of the boy's harassment when the Israeli soldiers found him
UPDATE: Cousins of teenager murdered at checkpoint arrested
'Anabta (ISM) 18 May by Team Nablus — UPDATED: Two brothers of the arrested Deiyaa' Nassar, cousins of the murdered Amer Nassar, were arrested last week Monday, May 13 past 2 am at night. Deiyaa' Nassar, 19, and Fadi Abu-'Asr continue to be held in Mejiddo Israeli prison as their trials continue to be rescheduled on each previous trial date. Deiyaa's brothers, Bahaa, 20, and Baraa, 21, were arrested randomly; Bahaa is studying at university and Baraa is an artist in calligraphy who makes wooden plaques and ornaments with calligraphic Arabic text or Palestinian images. Deiyaa, Bahaa, and Baraa are of a household of seven boys. A local Red Crescent representative met with the family and said that the boys' mother is only comforted that the brothers are said to be together in Mejiddo prison. See below for the full report on the murder of two teenagers from 'Anabta, Amer Nassar and Naji al-Balbisi, and subsequent arrests: UPDATED: The fourth of the four 'Anabta village boys who were present at the murder of Amer Nassar, 17 and Naji al-Balbisi, 18 and the arrest of Deiyaa' Nassar, 19 was taken by Israeli soldiers at about 4 AM on Tuesday April 9.
25 Palestinians injured near Ramallah
IMEMC Friday evening, May 17 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that approximately 25 Palestinians have been injured, including twelve who were shot by live rounds, during clashes that took place when Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp and Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The sources said that clashes took place at the entrance of the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, close to the Bet El illegal settlement, and added that the army fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition, wounding twelve Palestinians, mainly in their lower body.
Also, clashes took place in Silwad town, east of Ramallah, after the army invaded the town following Friday prayers, and fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets, wounding more than 10 Palestinians, one in his mouth. The soldiers also kidnapped one Palestinian after ambushing him in the town, local sources reported.
Furthermore, the army attacked several Palestinian reporters wounding one identified as Moath Mashal, a cameraman working for the Anadolu Turkish news agency.
17 Palestinians injured in the Al-Arroub refugee camp
IMEMC Friday, May 17, 2013; Palestinian medical sources reported that 17 Palestinians have been injured by rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs fired by Israeli soldiers invading the Al-'Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The sources said that several residents fainted after inhaling gas fired by the army, while one resident, identified as Luay Al-Badawi, 23, was shot by a rubber-coated bullet in his upper jaw, and another bullet in his chest. He was moved to the Al-Ahli hospital in the city; his medical condition was described as moderate but stable.
In related news, soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, Jaba' village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and broke into the home of Moath Alawna, on his wedding eve, and searched the property causing extensive property damage.
Furthermore, the army invaded Sanour village, near Jenin, broke into and searched several homes and interrogated the residents. .
Israeli troops storm Awarta near Nablus, detain Palestinian man
NABLUS (Ma'an) – Israeli forces stormed the northern West Bank village of Awarta south of Nablus on Sunday and detained a young Palestinian man, locals told Ma'an. They added that Israeli military vehicles stormed the village at midday before they detained 27-year-old Samir Faisal Qadah and took him to the nearby Huwwara military base.
Photo essay: Israeli soldiers sing 'We wish your whole village would burn down' to residents of Nabi Saleh
Nabi Saleh (ISM) 17 May by Team Ramallah — Today Palestinian, international and Israeli activists marched towards a well that was stolen from the village of Nabi Saleh by the establishment of Halamish illegal settlement. As activists walked down the hill towards the well, Israeli soldiers shot tear gas at them which set fire to the ground around them. As they did so , soldiers sang "we wish your whole village would burn down". Activists were then blocked from reaching the spring by a large group of Israeli soldiers. At the same time, a skunk water truck entered the village spraying several of the homes in the village with the putrid smelling liquid. Eight international and Israeli activists were detained by Israeli soldiers who confiscated their passports. They were released within 30 minutes.
Israeli man 'sexually assaults' 2 boys in Jordan Valley
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) 19 May — A human rights group said Saturday that it was "deeply disturbed" by reports that an armed Israeli man dressed in a police uniform sexually assaulted two Palestinian boys in the Jordan Valley in April. Defense for Children International Palestine said that in late April an Israeli man driving a white car with yellow Israeli plates approached two 14-year-old boys attending goats north of Jericho, and with his firearm visible, ordered them to strip before sexually assaulting them one at a time. The grandfather of one of the boys said that the Palestinian Authority Liaison office submitted a complaint to Israeli police, but the attacker has still not been found. "It's been three weeks since these kids were sexually assaulted, and they live in fear with their attacker still on the loose," Ayed Abu Eqtaish, Accountability Program director at DCI-Palestine, said.
Since 2009, there have been at least 20 cases of children alleging sexual abuse and threats by Israeli forces while being interrogated, DCI-Palestine says. This is the first case to be documented where sexual abuse has taken place by an Israeli perpetrator in uniform outside of arrest or interrogation, the group added.
PA forces arrest 4 Hamas supporters, summon 5 others
OCCUPIED WB (PIC) 18 May — PA Intelligence services re-arrested the liberated prisoner Nidhal Daghlas few moments after his release from Jericho prison on bail. The liberated prisoner Daghlas was detained in Israeli jails for more than 5 years after the IOF demolished his home in 2000. He was also detained more than 10 times in PA prisons where he was subjected to severe torture. In Ramallah, PA security forces summoned the former prisoner Maher Mohamed Yusuf Shritah who declared not to respond to the summon threatening to declare hunger strike in case he is arrested….
PCHR Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territory (08-15 May 2013)
4 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded during incursions in the West Bank. Israeli forces have continued to use excessive force against peaceful protestors in the West Bank. 4 protestors were wounded during peaceful protests against the annexation wall and settlement activities. 2 photojournalists volunteering in B'Tselem and a paramedic were among the wounded persons. Israeli forces conducted 61 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. 47 Palestinian civilians, including 13 children and a woman, were arrested in the West Bank. A number of university students and members of Palestinian security services were among the arrested persons … Shooting: During the reporting period, Israeli forces wounded 8 Palestinian civilians, including a child, in the West Bank; 4 civilians were wounded during Israeli dispersal of gatherings of Palestinian civilians protesting against Israeli forces' attacks in the Palestinian residential areas, while the 4 others, including 2 photojournalists, a paramedic and an 18-year-old boy, were wounded during peaceful protests against settlement activities and the annexation wall. Full Report
Army kidnapped 28 children in the first half of May, dozens injured
IMEMC 17 May — 293 Palestinian Children Kidnapped In The First Quarter Of 2013 — According to reports by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, and the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers continued their aggression against the Palestinian children, kidnapped 28 children, dozens of children have been injured by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the first half of this month. [detailed list of kidnappings follows]
Palestinian kids swept up in wave of Israel arrests
TEL AVIV 19 May by Lawahez Jabari, Producer, NBC News – Ahmed Jawabreh, 14, was asleep in his home in early April at the al-Arub refugee camp near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, when Israeli soldiers came looking for him. He had been anticipating exams at school in the morning, not a knock at the door at 3:30 a.m. Ahmed was arrested that night for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli soldiers in the camp earlier in the day and wasn't released for another 18 days, when a judge ordered that a fine of $1,100 be paid and that Ahmed be placed under house arrest. His was only one of a recent wave of arrests of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities, human rights groups say. According to Defence for Children International (DCI), an independent non-governmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, since the beginning of this year there has been a 17 percent increase in arrests of Palestinian children. An average of 198 children were arrested each month in 2012; that average has risen to 232 arrests during the first three months of 2013, DCI reported. [good to have this story on a major American network, but the appalling comments on it make it evident that it didn't make much of a dent in American ignorance of the situation]
Detainees / Court actions
Administrative detainees to start a hunger strike at the beginning of June
RAMALLAH, AL-KHALIL (PIC) 17 May — The Palestinian administrative prisoners in Israeli jails decided to launch an open-ended hunger strike at the beginning of the month of June. Sources in the captive movement inside the Negev prison said that the administrative detainees decided to go on an open-ended hunger strike after two weeks; to demand their release, and a stop to the persistent policy of extending their detention without setting a date for their release. The sources told Quds Press on Thursday that the prisoners are demanding to stop the policy of administrative detention under which the Palestinians are detained without specific charges or trial. According to Palestinian human rights data, there are 218 Palestinian detainees held under the Israeli administrative detention.
Prisoner Youssef Shabaan's detention extended
JENIN (PIC) 17 May — The Israeli court at Jalama prison extended the arrest of the prisoner Youssef Shaaban, 30, for 8 days.
Prisoner Shaaban had started a hunger strike in November last year for 64 days protesting his administrative detention following the arrest campaign waged in the West Bank during the recent Israeli aggression on the Gaza strip, where he was released after spending 3 months administratively. However, the Israeli authorities re-arrested the prisoner on May 2 during an Israeli arrest campaign against a number of freed administrative detainees.
Israel court decides to release MP Qarawi
TULKAREM (PIC) 19 May — An Israeli court issued a decision not to renew the administrative detention of the Hamas MP Fathi Qarawi, from the city of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank. Qarawi's son Hazem told Quds Press reporter on Saturday that the Israeli Supreme Court issued on Thursday a decision not to renew the administrative detention of his father, who has been detained for nearly seven months. Hazem said that his father had earlier served more than three years in administrative detention, with no charge, noting that his release from the Negev desert prison is scheduled for May 23.
Gaza siege
Egypt closes Gaza crossing for third day in a row
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) 19 May — Egyptian police at Rafah are closing the crossing for a third day in a row Sunday after the kidnappings of Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai, officials said. They are preventing all Palestinians from traveling through the crossing or leaving the Gaza Strip, the Gaza interior ministry said Sunday. The Hamas-run Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saturday that talks were underway with Egypt to reopen the crossing … Maher Abu Sabha, the general director of crossings and borders, said 800 Palestinians were stranded on the Egyptian side of the crossing on Saturday morning. The number was expected to reach 1,000 by the end of the day. Most travelers are waiting in hotels in el-Arish for the crossing to reopen. They include sick people who had received medical treatment abroad, pilgrims and students who study abroad.
Egyptian Brotherhood leader: Hamas has nothing to do with kidnappings
CAIRO (PIC) 18 May — Saber Aboul Fotouh, a leader in the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, stressed that charging Hamas with the Egyptian soldiers' kidnapping only misleads justice. Hamas is engaged in the battle against the Israeli occupation, and it has no reason to abort the Egyptian-Palestinian good relationship, said Aboul Fotouh. The kidnapping of 7 Egyptian soldiers in Sinai is a catastrophe, he continued, calling on the Egyptian armed forces to work for their release by any possible means.Meanwhile, Director General of border crossings Maher Abu Sabha confirmed on Friday morning that the Egyptian authorities refused to re-open Rafah crossing in both directions.
Man killed in Gaza tunnel collapse
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) 18 May — A man was killed on Saturday when a smuggling tunnel in Rafah collapsed, a Gaza medical official said. Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma'an that Mousa Ghunaim, 26, was pronounced dead on arrival at a Gaza hospital after a tunnel collapsed while he was working.
Palestinian refugees outside Palestine
Ukraine deports detained Palestinian refugees to Belarus
LONDON (PIC) 18 May — Palestinian activists said that the Ukrainian authorities deported to Belarus the Palestinian refugees who had fled from Syria camps towards Ukraine where they had been detained. Working Group for the Palestinians in Syria said in a press statement on Friday that the Palestinian families arrived on Thursday evening to the Belarusian territories, where the border guards received them and took them to an unknown destination. The Working Group appealed to all humanitarian and human rights organizations, particularly the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to protect and support this group of refugees.
PFLP-GC leader dies in Syria
JERUSALEM (Ma'an) 18 May — Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command leader Ibrahim Salama passed away in Syria on Saturday, the group said in a statement. Salama, also known as Abu Arab, was one of the founders of the PFLP-GC and spent 13 years in Israeli prisons before being released in a swap deal in 1979. Salama, 65, was also a writer and poet, the statement added, and passed away in Damascus after a long illness.
Palestinian killed, 2 hurt in Lebanon clash
BEIRUT (Ma'an) 19 May — Clashes between rival Palestinian groups in a Lebanese refugee camp left one man dead and another two injured, Lebanese media reported Sunday. Clashes between Fatah and Islamist gunmen in Ain al-Hilweh in Sidon took place late Saturday and early Sunday, the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper reported.
Israel youth movement shirts display anti-Arab racism
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) 19 May – Picnickers in northern Israel were surprised Thursday when they saw anti-Arab racist slogans printed on T-shirts of a guide affiliated to a religious youth movement Ezra. "Torching Arabs for education," was written on the guide's shirt, families who were picnicking in the north told the Israeli daily Maariv. Maariv reported that it was not the first time such slogans were seen on T-shirts. A witness told the newspaper that he saw "death to Arabs" written on T-shirts wore by guides affiliated to the same movement.
Political, other news
Senior Fatah officials call for single democratic state, not two-state solution
Haaretz 17 May by Amira Hass — New initiative would allow Palestinian refugees the right of return to 'a state of all its citizens." Calling the two-state solution unrealistic, senior Fatah members issued a document Wednesday calling for the establishment of one democratic country in the area between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The initiative, which was the culmination of two years of discussion, coincided with the 65th anniversary of the Nakba ("catastrophe" in Arabic) − the forced exile of more than 700,000 Palestinians in 1948 and after and the dispersal of the Palestinian people between different countries and regimes … Most of the participants behind the initiative are identified with Fatah; a minority are members of other organizations in the PLO.
Risheq denies claims that Hamas has cells in US
BEIRUT (PIC) 18 May — Hamas Politburo member Izzat al-Risheq denied New York authorities' claims concerning the arrest of 15 elements affiliated to Hamas movement for smuggling untaxed cigarettes. These allegations are failed attempts to tarnish the Palestinian people's struggle and just cause, he said on Friday. New York authorities have claimed on Thursday the arrests of 15 Palestinians for smuggling untaxed cigarettes, pointing that some of them are affiliated to Hamas movement and another "extremist" group. New York Attorney General and Police Commissioner stated during a press conference that "the smuggling ring has made a fortune selling more than a million cartons of untaxed cigarettes in New York."
Celebrated Palestinian historian, journalist dies at 93
JERUSALEM (Ma'an) 17 May — Celebrated Palestinian historian, author and journalist Nasser al-Din al-Nashashibi died on Friday at his home in Jerusalem on Friday aged 93. Al-Nashashibi was born in Jerusalem in 1920. He studied political science in Lebanon, and joined the Arab League's Arab Office in 1945. He would later be appointed an Ambassador-at-large for the League.
His journalistic career began in 1946, when he started work as a literary commentator and political analyst at Al-Quds radio. He held top editorial posts in Egyptian and Jordanian media, and wrote over 40 books.
2 journalists say Palestinian Authority interrogated them
RAMALLAH, West Bank, May 18 (UPI) — Two Palestinian journalists said they were detained and questioned this week by the Palestinian authority, despite a promise to respect freedom of the press. One of the journalists, a documentary filmmaker, said he was forced to reveal the passwords to his personal email and Facebook page, the Jerusalem Post reported. Haroun Abu Arrah said he was questioned for more than 2 hours by agents of the General Intelligence Service and then released without being told why he had been summoned. "I went to the headquarters of the GIS two days after receiving a summons," Abu Arrah told the Samir Kassir Eyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom. "They asked me provocative and personal questions, such as whether I was having or had sexual relationships. I told the interrogator that this was none of his business. He replied: 'You better answer the questions.'" Abu Arrah said he was detained for 10 days this year after asking President Mahmoud Abbas during a news conference in Oslo about deaths in Palestinian prisons. Omar Arqoub said he was held for 11 days by the GIS and his laptop was confiscated. He said he was questioned about a film he is doing on Palestinians held in Israel.
Palestinian scales Mt. Everest
Ynet 19 May by Elior Levi — Four alpinists from Arab countries scaled Mount Everest as part of a 64-man group, thus setting a triple mountain-conquering precedent: The first Palestinian, the first Saudi woman and the first Qatari national to climb to the top of the world's highest mountain. The group dubbed themselves "Arabs with Altitude." … Raed Zidan was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents who immigrated from a village near Qalqilya. Zidan, who is living in the US, is a seasoned mountaineer who had previously scaled Mount Kilimanjaro. There, as on top of Nepal, he erected a Palestinian flag, saying he dedicates his feat to Palestinians, especially those "languishing" in Israeli prisons.
Israel is world's largest exporter of drones, study finds
Haaretz 19 May by Gili Cohen — In eight years, Israel exported $4.6 billion worth of UAVs to countries ranging from Britain to India and Uganda — Israel is the world's largest exporter of unmanned aircraft, in terms of the number of systems sold, a study has found. Over the last eight years Israel has exported $4.6 billion worth of unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a study by the business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. UAVs, or drones, constitute nearly 10 percent of Israel's total military exports.
Senior BBC official insists all Jerusalem is an 'Israeli' city
EI 17 May by Amena Saleem — The BBC has provided evidence this week that it prefers to use the territorial claims of the Israeli government to the whole of Jerusalem as a framework for its reporting, rather than acknowledging international law. International law considers only West Jerusalem, conquered in 1948 — amid the expulsion by Zionist militias of tens of thousands of Palestinians — to be under de facto Israeli control, while East Jerusalem, conquered in 1967 is occupied territory. This is reflected in the UK government's position, which, since 1950, has recognized Israeli de facto authority in West Jerusalem, but not sovereignty, and considers East Jerusalem to be under military occupation. However, in a 15 May email sent to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), the BBC's Senior Editorial Strategy Advisor, Leanne Buckle, has confirmed that the BBC is happy to refer to the whole of Jerusalem as an "Israeli" city.
EU 'delays' West Bank settler goods labels
AAP 19 May — THE European Union has postponed plans to introduce separate labelling for products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reports. Citing European diplomats and Israeli officials it did not identify, the paper reported the plan, which had been due to be approved by EU foreign ministers later this week, will now not be put to ministers until the end of June. Haaretz said US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is trying to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, intervened with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton at Israel's request.
Anti-Palestinian activist heaps praise on campus BDS campaigners
EI 14 May by Abraham Greenhouse –It was meant to be an alarmist hit piece, alerting readers (and undoubtedly, potential donors) to the growing 'threat' posed by campus divestment campaigns to Israel's unconditional supporters. It was meant to instill fear and loathing. It was meant to channel these intense emotions into support (especially of the financial variety) for reinforcing the infrastructure of the organized anti-Palestinian community. It was meant to do a lot of things, but the Jewish Journal article "Attempted divestment at UCSB and the BDS machine" by Max Samarov, a University of California Santra Barbara alumnus and a staff member with anti-Palestinian advocacy group StandWithUs, may be most notable for sheer amount of unintended compliments it pays to the dedicated activists working on campuses across the United States (and indeed, the world) to shed light upon Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights and to hold businesses accountable for knowingly profiting from those abuses.
Cliff Richard will come
Haaretz 19 May — When Stephen Hawking visited here in 2006 he received the royal treatment; but then he decided to criticize Israel — This might be the most sensitive of Israeli nerves: Just try to touch it, and your fate is sealed. Anyone proposing to boycott an Israeli product, from Ahava's skin creams to the Israeli Presidential Conference, is immediately sentenced to scorn, ostracism and a total smear campaign. This Pavlovian response reached a nadir with the announcement by the esteemed scientist Stephen Hawking of his withdrawal from the birthday celebrations for President Shimon Peres. Instead of asking itself how it got to the point where even a celebrated figure like Hawking, who has never been accused of being anti-Israel, decides to boycott its gatherings, Israel is busy waging a slander campaign. Instead of listening to the synthesized moral voice of the paralyzed scientist, Israel kicks viciously at Hawking, in a manner that obviously only proves the lameness of its arguments.
Analysis / Opinion / Interviews / Reviews
Al Jazeera management orders Joseph Massad article pulled in an act of pro-Israel censorship
EI 19 May by Ali Abunimah — In an unprecedented act of political censorship Al Jazeera English has deleted an article by noted Columbia University Professor Joseph Massad after coming under intense criticism from Zionists in recent days. Massad told The Electronic Intifada that he had "received confirmation" from his editor at Al Jazeera English that "management pulled the article." The Electronic Intifada was able to independently confirm that the article was pulled. The piece, "The Last of the Semites," published on 14 May, was taken down from the main Al Jazeera English site this morning. The link now redirects to Al Jazeera's main page. The article had been one of the most viewed and emailed articles on the site and had been tweeted hundreds of times. Intense criticism Since its publication, the article generated intense criticism from Zionist extremists, including a columnist in the virulently anti-Palestinian Jerusalem Post, and condemnation on Twitter from President Barack Obama's favorite Israel lobby gatekeeper and former Israeli prison guard Jeffrey Goldberg:
The Last of the Semites / Joseph Massad
Jews sans Frontières 19 May — This is a copy and paste of the cached version of Joseph Massad's article The Last of the Semites, which seems to have been taken down from al Jazeera. "It is Israel's claims that it represents and speaks for all Jews that are the most anti-Semitic claims of all."
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Irish activist is interviewed on an Irish radio station on the present situation in the West Bank and about the occupation forces shooting him in Nabi Saleh and Silwad.
High hopes for Palestinian 3-D animated film The Scarecrow
AFP 18 May — Filmmakers in Gaza have finished making what is believed to be the first Palestinian animated feature in 3-D, in a bid to show a fresh perspective on life through a child's eyes. Called The Scarecrow, the 40-minute production tells the story of a 9-year-old orphan named Rima and the scarecrow she was given by her parents who died in a car crash. One day, the scarecrow — who represents the guardian of Palestinian land — is taken away by an Israeli soldier from the family's land near the border and Rima sets off with her school friends on a mission to find it. It is a story which evokes some of the suffering of Palestinian refugees, says the director Khalil Al Mazen. "The world is used to seeing Palestinian children surrounded by death, destruction and war, but this film focuses on their simple dreams," he said. See TRAILER here
Haaretz editorial: Stop rewriting history
19 May — Without recognizing the Palestinian Nakba it is impossible to understand the source of the Israeli-Arab conflict — For decades, successive Israeli governments have waged a resolute war over the shaping of historical consciousness. In the center of the battle over national consciousness stands the Nakba – the uprooting of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Israel's War of Independence, and the refusal to permit their return. Israel is not willing to take responsibility for these events. It even invests enormous effort, mainly educational in nature, to suppress and eliminate stories or testimony that could support the existence of the Nakba. One example of how the state tries to cause the erasure of history it finds uncomfortable can be found in the article by Shay Hazkani ("Of their own free will," Haaretz Magazine, May 17 ), about research commissioned in the early 1960s by then Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, with the aim of finding evidence for the Israeli claim that hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees left their homes of their own volition.
The Dromi Law in the service of the Palestinians / Ithamar Handelman-Smith
Haaretz 20 May — Jewish settlers in the West Bank are allowed to use live fire to defend their lives or their property, but might the same law also enable Palestinians to act in self-defense? — …MK Orit Strock (Habayit Hayehudi) wants to apply the "Dromi Law" in the occupied territories. In other words Strock, "the activist for the rights of the settler," wants to ease the orders for opening fire for the settlers, who have quick trigger fingers in any case. Strock is a representative of the extreme right in Israel, but she is also a faithful representative of the subconscious of the Israeli right, the subconscious of a victimizer who is constantly convinced that he is the victim. Now she wants to make things a little easier for the settlers, in order to help them deal with "nationalist attacks" on Jewish property by using live fire. She wants to equalize the situation in the state of the settlers with that in the State of Israel. Strock, a woman of valor, doesn't only speak loftily, she also takes action …
The big question that should now be asked is whether the "Dromi Law" also applies to Palestinian residents of the occupied territories. What does the Dromi Law say? In the context of the amendment to Section 134 of the Penal Code it was ruled that "a person will not bear criminal responsibility for an act that was required immediately in order to repel someone who breaks into or enters a residential home, business or fenced-in farm, belonging to him or anyone else, with the intention of committing a crime, or someone who attempts to break in or enter as mentioned."
Israeli panel: Palestinian boy killed by IDF at start of intifada die not actually die
Haaretz 19 May by Barak Ravid — National Israeli panel of inquiry says iconic footage from start of second intifada reveals that Palestinian child apparently caught by IDF bullets did not actually die in the incident — Thirteen years after an exchange of fire in Gaza appeared to have resulted in the death of a Palestinian boy at the start of the second intifada, an Israeli investigative panel has found "there are many indications" that Mohammed al-Dura and his father, Jamal, "were never hit by gunfire" — neither Israeli nor Palestinian — after all.
Report on IDF shooting of Palestinian boy during intifada may cause Israel more damage than good
Haaretz 20 May by Barak Ravid — Its publication and the accompanying international public relations campaign only threatens to awake sleeping dogs. If international press picks up on the report, it could lead to a renewed discussion around Palestinian children getting hurt during IDF operations — The report of the committee investigating the "coverage by French TV station France 2 of the Mohammed al-Dura affair, its results and implications," which was presented Sunday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is probably one of the least relevant documents written by the Israeli government in recent years. The fact that 13 years have elapsed since the incidents addressed in the report took place turned the submission of the report into a surreal affair. Netanyahu recited slogans about "a campaign of de-legitimization directed against Israel" and Minister Yuval Steinitz, who had no part in preparing the report, muttered a few words about a "blood libel" and everyone present felt very righteous.
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text: Many workers from low-wage countries are eager to work in Japan. The Philippines, for example, has over 350,000 trained nurses, and has been pleading with Japan—which accepts only a token few—to let more in. Foreign pundits keep telling Japan to do itself a favour and make better use of cheap imported labour. But the consensus among Japanese is that visions of a future in which immigrant workers live harmoniously and unobtrusively in Japan are pure fancy. Making humanoid robots is clearly the simple and practical way to go.

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Hibernate gives a screen of black and white vertical lines
I just installed Ubuntu 5.10 today and all is going well apart from the hibernate feature. I use this very often when booting Windows to print as it does speed booting up significantly but I can't get Ubuntu's hibernate feature to work properly.
I have an nVidia 5200 graphics card and so, I followed the instructions here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NvidiaLaptopBinaryDriverSuspend
The nVidia driver itself is working correctly.
When I try to hibernate, the computer shuts down fine but when recovering from hibernation, it just hangs and the screen is filled with alternate black and white vertical stripes and I have to turn it off and back on again then reboot.
Does anybody have any ideas to try?
I finally solved it (I just tried everything I could think of in the config file).
The steps are as follows:
Open /etc/default/acpi-support
Add into the 'MODULES' field, 'nvidia'
Add into the 'STOP_SERVICES' field, 'gdm'
Save and reboot
Hibernate now works!
Thanks for posting your solution. I have the same problem and your answer helped me solve it too:)
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ADMS version 2 is available here
Note: The ADMS-AP Importer of Joinup is not updated yet to import solutions described using ADMS-AP v2.0. Therefore, federated solutions need to be compliant with ADMS-AP v1.0 specifications.
The Asset Description Metadata Schema (ADMS) is a vocabulary to describe interoperability assets making it possible for ICT developers to explore and search for interoperability assets.
ADMS allows public administrations, businesses, standardisation bodies and academia to:
describe semantic assets in a common way so that they can be seamlessly cross-queried and discovered by ICT developers from a single access point, such as Joinup;
search, identify, retrieve, compare semantic assets to be reused avoiding duplication and expensive design work through a single point of access;
keep their own system for documenting and storing semantic assets;
improve indexing and visibility of their own assets;
link semantic assets to one another in cross-border and cross-sector settings.
The ADMS revision has finished with the publication of version 2.0 of the Asset Description Metadata Schema Application Profile for Joinup (ADMS-AP).
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The ADMS Working Group has the objective to develop and reach consensus on a revision of the Asset Description Metadata Schema (ADMS) based on change requests and additional suggestions from ADMS implementers.
The Working Group takes into account implementation experience and practical requirements from implementers in order to solve problems that have been encountered in actual implementations and thereby improve the usefulness of the specification.
The Working Group consists of invited representatives of organisations that have implemented the current specification.
The work is conducted in an open and collaborative way, and decisions are based as much as possible on consensus among the members. Discussions are conducted primarily by electronic means, including virtual meetings and e-mail and supported by an issue tracker.
On 3 January 2013 the ADMS-enabled federation of semantic assets was implemented on Joinup.
On 23 May 2012, the Coordination Group of the Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations (ISA) Programme has endorsed version 1.00 of the ADMS specification.
On 18 April 2012 Version 1.00 of the ADMS specification was released on Joinup
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On 3 January 2013, a new version of Joinup was released in production. Together with it, a first wave of federated repositories and semantic assets became searchable through Joinup. >> Read more
Google Refine RDF template for ADMS
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ADMS-enabled description of a vocabulary implemented in PoolParty Thesaurus Manager 3.1.0
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ADMS export feature for XRepository
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ADMS-compliant RDF export for W3C Technical Reports
Owner: W3C
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Automatic feed to harvest ADMS-compliant descriptions of GS1 in Europe assets
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Implementation date: July 2012
Repository enabling import and export of asset description metadata conformant to the ADMS specification
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Part 2 - Making Acts
Chapter 2.5 - Coming into Force
- Overview: This section supplements section 6 of the "Cabinet Directive on Law-making." It discusses how and when Acts come into force.
- In this Chapter
- Coming into Force of Acts
- Activities and Products for Bringing an Act into Force
- Audience: Officials responsible for the general administration of the Act or for preparing orders in council required to bring it into force or regulations necessary for its operation.
- Key Messages: Bringing an Act into force is a critical step in its implementation and requires careful consideration and planning.
Coming into Force of Acts
On Royal Assent, a statute has the force of law unless it provides otherwise. Quite frequently, a statute provides that it, or any of its provisions, comes into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council. This order is prepared by officials in the department that administers the Act and is submitted to the Special Committee of Council by the responsible Minister. If approved, the order is sent to the Governor General for signature and published in the Canada Gazette. A draft order should be submitted for approval well in advance of the day or days that it proposes for provisions to come into force.
Activities and Products for Bringing an Act into Force
This table sets out what is involved in bringing an Act into force.
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Determine when the Act comes into force
An Act comes into force on Royal Assent, unless it says otherwise. If the Act says that it comes into force on a date to be fixed by the Governor in Council, determine what that date should be. This involves assessing whether any regulations or administrative arrangements are needed for the Act to operate. Coming into force dates cannot be established until these matters are settled.
Prepare draft order in council to bring Act into force
If the Act comes into force on a date fixed by the Governor in Council, prepare a draft of the necessary order in council with the assistance of the departmental legal adviser.
Send draft order in council to Minister for recommendation
Orders in council must be recommended by a Minister before they can be considered by the Cabinet.
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Send the draft order in council with the Minister's recommendation to the Assistant Clerk of the Privy Council (Orders in Council)
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) believes Iran conducted explosives tests with possible nuclear applications at Parchin, a sprawling military base southeast of Tehran, and has repeatedly asked to inspect it.
Western diplomats say Iran has carried out extensive work at Parchin over the past year to cleanse it of any evidence of illicit activities but IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said earlier this month a visit would still be "useful".
"If the trans-regional threats (against Iran) dissipate, then they will find it possible to visit Parchin," Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Qashqavi was quoted by the Iranian Labour News Agency as saying on Wednesday. The comments were also published on Thursday by online magazine Iran Diplomacy.


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Forest Service may end cave closure imposed as protection for bats
The U.S. Forest Service is considering lifting a two-year, blanket closure of caves and abandoned mines in Colorado and several other states after having imposed it in an effort to protect bats from a deadly fungal outbreak.
"We definitely have been considering various options," said Nancy Warren, regional endangered-species-program leader for the Forest Service's Region 2.
The region includes Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, Kansas and Nebraska. In July 2010, the Forest Service closed most access to caves and abandoned mines in Region 2 in an effort to prevent the spread of white-nose syndrome, which killed millions of bats in the East.
The agency first implemented a one-year emergency closure out of concern that cavers might help introduce the fungus out West. The fungus recently was discovered in Oklahoma, although there was no indication of infected bats there.
The closure was extended for another year last summer.
This winter, bats with white-nose syndrome were found in Missouri, in the first such confirmed cases west of the Mississippi River.
Richard Rhinehart, editor of Rocky Mountain Caving and a volunteer with the Colorado Cave Survey cavers group, said cavers have become restless regarding the closure order. When it was first imposed, he said, little was known scientifically about the fungus and its spread.
"Now there's been a couple of years that have gone by, and there has been a lot more work done scientifically in those two years," he said.
The fungus is thought to rouse bats during hibernation, weakening them. Rhinehart said questions are arising about whether smaller hibernation colonies out West and the region's more arid conditions might be inhibiting the spread of the fungus.
Warren said the Forest Service is collecting data on humidity and temperature in Region 2 caves and considering the colony size question. It is trying to determine specific risk areas within the region, which may affect its future approach to managing caves and mines.
The Bureau of Land Management opted against blanket cave or mine closures in Colorado, deciding instead to close individual sites where warranted. It has yet to close any.
On Wednesday, the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity urged the White House to direct federal agencies to enact consistent restrictions on human access to caves to protect the bats.
"This crisis is deepening by the day, and it's time for the highest reaches of government to take action," Mollie Matteson, conservation director for the center, said in a news release.
Tina Jackson, species-conservation coordinator for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, said the longer it takes white-nose syndrome to reach the state, the more time there is to do research and determine the best protective measures.
"We're going to keep monitoring for it and hopefully be ahead of the game if it ever shows up in the state," she said.


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#1: how to keep curls at night..?
Ok. So my hair is super curly, and the only way to get nice curls is to wet it. But i was wondering how i can keep my curls safe at night so when i wake up, they're still curly and pretty, cuz i dont have time to do my hair routine every morning. Does anyone have any tips? Please and thank you xD


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USDA to host webinar on proposed FSMA produce safety rules
While the agency has no formal role in developing or implementing the rule, USDA's AMS will host the webinar as a service to the produce industry.
August 5, 2013
USDA will host a webinar on the proposed produce safety rule of FDA's FSMA on Wednesday, August 28 from 2-3 EDT. Michael Taylor, FDA's Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine, will deliver remarks on the proposed produce safety and preventive controls for human food under FSMA. Following brief formal remarks, a real-time question and answer session with Taylor and members of FDA's produce safety staff. Click here to register.
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The Johannesburg Metro Police Officer (JMPD) who died in the motorcycle accident yesterday has been identified as ZP Zwane.
The 36-year-old lived in Orlando East in Soweto and was due to get married this year. He has one child.
According to JMPD's Edna Mamonyane, a motorist in a bakkie changed lanes without checking the blind spots and clipped the motorcycle Zwane was on, which spun and lost control.
He then collided with the rear-end of a double-cab bakkie. He succumbed to extensive injuries.
The incident occurred on the N1 North before the N17 and Maraisburg Road onramp.
JMPD Superintendant Wayne Minnaar said the unit Zwane worked in was been hit hard by the loss of their friend and colleague.
"This has been hard on the motorcycle unit or metro police mounted unit he was a part of because they've lost a colleague and a friend. They are heartbroken," he said.
Minnaar said a memorial service might be held next week Thursday, but confirmation will be given once preparations have been discussed with the family.
Mamonyane also pleaded with motorists to be more vigilant on the roads and remember to check their mirrors and blind spots.
"If we can learn to look around when we're driving, especially when we intend to change lanes or turn, these accidents can be avoided. Make sure you look at your rear-view mirror,especially for motorists and bakkie drivers, because someone might be travelling in between the vehicles. We feel that drivers are sometimes careless when it comes to this, as bikers regularly succumb in collisions due to motorists' negligence," she said.
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Some might find it ironic that a book by someone who has spent his life fighting for free and open access to more information isn't having his book sold in as many places as possible.
On the other hand, "Amazon, iBooks, Nook, etc — are all closed systems which restrict the way a user can use the file (and restrict the content on the site). reKiosk is 'open' — the file can be read on any machine, copied, etc — while the content on reKiosk is also uncensored," reKiosk CEO Aziz Isham told Digital Book World.
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New Julian Assange Book Cypherpunks On Digital Media Startup reKiosk
The new book by internet activist/international fugitive Julian Assange, Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet, (OR Books) was released this week – but you won't find it on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iBooks, or anywhere else that you may be used to buying books from. That's because the ebook, which brings together a group of activists from the front line of the battle for cyber-space, is only available for purchase on the publisher's website and through digital media startup reKiosk.
Cypherpunks, which Oliver Stone calls a "gripping, vital read" has been reviewed on CNN, the Guardian, and several other media outlets, is a primer on the ways that secrecy and privacy have been compromised, exploited and manipulated in the age of google and facebook. Assange's book comes at a time when the politics of the Internet have reached a crossroads: in direction one lies a future that guarantees, in the watchwords of the cypherpunks, "privacy for the weak and transparency for the powerful"; in the other lies an Internet that allows government and large corporations to discover ever more about internet users while hiding their own activities.
reKiosk is the first socially networked, turnkey solution to offer individual creators, labels, publishers and anyone interested in promoting indie media a free and easy way to sell and market digital media.
It was a natural fit for the subject matter, in part because is offers a platform that is uncensored, free and open to all, while still providing users the safety and security they would get from a major digital distributor like Amazon. Founded by brother and sister Aziz and Darya Isham, reKiosk allows anyone, anywhere to open an online store to sell digital goods.
reKiosk has already established relationships with some of the biggest names in independent publishing and music, including Grove Atlantic, OR Books, and PledgeMusic. The platform allows individuals, publishers and record labels to sell their entire catalogs, no matter how large or small.
"reKiosk is a way to sell directly to your fans, and have your fans sell for you. We believe that the digital age means that writers and musicians shouldn't have to give their products away – we're solving the distribution crisis by creating a platform that allows anyone, anywhere, to open a digital storefront and sell what they love," says co-founder, Aziz Isham.
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Four Montrose players finished in the top seven as the Indians won the Grand Valley Invitational girls golf tournament Monday at Battlement Mesa Golf Course.
Kala Keltz led the way for Montrose, carding an 84 to finish second to Rifle's Taylor Walters, who shot an 81. The Indians' Madison Gill tied for third with a 91, and Chelsea Peterson was fifth with a 94, giving Montrose a team score of 269.
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Delray Beach, FL (PRWEB) November 07, 2013
American Writers & Artists Inc. announced today the winners of its 2013 Spec Challenge, which allows any member to submit a headline and lead for any American Writers & Artists Inc. program. Entries are reviewed by the AWAI marketing team, and the best are given the chance to use their copywriting skills to fully develop a sales letter to be used in a real world marketing effort.
Winners receive a $1,000 check. And if their sales letter does well, they receive further compensation. Of more than 100 submissions this year, five made the cut.
"It's always tough to choose. We get so much good copy," says American Writers & Artists Inc. Executive Director Katie Yeakle. "But this year's winners really stood out, and I look forward to working with them in the coming year."
Here are the winners and the American Writers & Artists Inc. learning program they wrote about for the Challenge:
- Penni Smith – Professional Writers' Alliance
- Owen Pigott – How to Write Your Own Money-Making Websites
- Jimmy Sansi – Accelerated Program Live Companion Series
- Rae Robinson – The Barefoot Writer
- Robin Spillias – The Professional Writers' Alliance
The $1K Spec Challenge winners were recognized during a special awards luncheon at American Writers & Artists Inc.'s FastTrack to Copywriting Success Bootcamp and Job Fair, which took place October 23 – 26. The annual event features the top copywriting experts working in the field today speaking on industry trends, giving tips for landing clients, and offering strategies for more effective copywriting. Attendees also find valuable networking with fellow writers, and the opportunity to work with top publishers and marketing companies during the event's Job Fair.
Copywriting is advertising writing. Offline it comes in printed formats like sales letters, brochures, catalogs, and more. But in the Internet Age, a lot of marketing and advertising has moved online and copywriting has moved with it. Online copy includes sales emails, sales pages, social media, banner ads, video scripts, and more. Copywriting is a still-expanding career opportunity for those interested in making money from writing.
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Former Mitchell infielder Conner Hale, who recently completed his junior year at LSU, was selected to play in the Cape Cod League's all-star game on July 27.
Hale plays for Falmouth in the wood bat league and is currently hitting .310 with 10 runs, four doubles, three home runs and 18 RBIs.
Hale transferred from State College of Florida prior to his junior year. Last season at LSU, Hale hit .306 in 60 games played and had 29 RBI and 11 doubles. As a senior at Mitchell he hit .505 with 37 doubles.


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Anime Review: Cat Planet Cuties
Posted on Jul 17 2012 at 11:01:15 PM in Comics & Animation
Title: Cat Planet Cuties (Asobi Ni Iku Yo!) Original Creator: Okina Kamino Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance, Comedy Publisher: AIC Plus (JP) Funimation (U.S.) Director: Youichi Ueda Script: Katsuhiko Takayama Music: Tomoki Kikuya A Review Copy Was Provided By Funimation Cat Planet Cuties—a title that's not very well titled and essentially lets everyone know what type of show this is—was once an anime of interest to me when it aired on Crunchyroll in 2010, but like a lot of things that stopped and my focus was glued to other things. Now I had a new opportunity to check it out again, and despite what some have said about the show, I was going in with the mindset that it would be at least a solid, recommendable show for those with an open mind. However, even with my brain off, enjoying this was more difficult than it should be, and it has nothing to blame but itself for failing to actually execute a passable story, and plowing through the second half only showed me that the staff didn't know what it wanted to do, especially by repeating cliché after cliché with characters that I can barely care for.
A TV broadcast is alerting people of an alien message that said "coming to play." Soon the scene switches to a battle at sea, where Aoi "Charmed Momiji", a cool, focused fighter working for a part of the government, shows off her talents and seemed to succeed in infiltrating a ship—but after a UFO passes by and bumps into the ship she loses her balance and is knocked down. This allows the enemy soldier she was fighting to detonate a bomb. We suddenly shift to our male protagonist lead, Kio Kazuki, who was at a memorial service for his late great-great grandfather. As soon as he arrives, his uncle introduces him to Eris, who claims she's an alien, wears a plug suit, has cat ears, and a tail. After Kio stops her from drinking beer, they talk for a bit before he passes out from drinking said beer by accident due to him staring at her large breasts. When Kio happens to awake again, he's back in his bed. And not surprisingly, Eris is also with him too, and wearing nothing but a dress shirt. How does he find this out? By accidentally touching her breast.
Thus, the first cliché is established. Not to say cliché's are a problem, but they become more of a distraction when the main story is not written well. The story is Eris has been sent by her race to assess the Earth and make observations. Seems simple enough, but since this is based off a light novel comedy it was never really going to get serious enough to take the alien moniker seriously. It does certainly try: the next few episodes have various factions trying to either abduct Eris or eliminate her. From a group who sees her as the worst type of contact—in fact, an imperfect one, claiming she looks nothing like an alien—to a cult obsessed with idolizing her, Eris does have her hands full. She's not the only one in trouble though; Kio is obviously embroiled in the mess, but so is his childhood friend Manami--a gun nut who attempted to get into the CIA by trying to capture Eris--Aoi, and the rest of the Catian race that eventually descends on Earth. The only problem is the trouble is marred by the writing. It's great that I'm not supposed to take this seriously, but I would like to at the very least get some sort of enjoyment out of it. It wastes a lot of script and animation cels by attempting to make jokes using the usual method of boobs and nudity, which is can be fine for some, but it would be better if this was classified as a hentai because none of the jokes are funny. The joke where Kio happens to accidently see his two romantic interests naked then subsequently he's being beaten up (or in this case shot at) for something he didn't do has been done before. The joke where Kio is just trying to take a bath, is interrupted by Eris who stumbles in to wash his back, who then is interrupted by Manami who tries to stop our male lead for being perverted when he didn't do diddly squat, who then runs into Aoi after trying to get away (he's still naked) but during this embarrassment he accidentally grabs Eris's breasts, and then is beaten up by Manami because of his indecency, that's been done a lot in other harem anime, and it's old.
When the script only includes nothing but clichés, I kind of feel depressed. I'm now prevented from actually trying to enjoy the anime. I can barely stand any of the characters. It doesn't help Kio is your usual generic harem lead, the seemingly shy guy who's dense at all things love but gets all the girls; Eris, with the usual airhead personality with a great admirable figure; Manami, that childhood friend who claims to not have feelings for the main character but does; and Aoi, who is cool and seemingly detached in battle but is also that shy, bookwormish like girl that's popular in anime and manga series. None of these characters are that endearing; maybe Ms. Itokazu, Kio's teacher and also a part of the faction that doesn't see her as an alien, is one of the characters I could like because she's kind of loony, but otherwise, insert archetypes and here's your series. The plots of the week are pretty dull. I guess having our main characters explore a mall for research can be fun, or getting abducted by a cult and having our romantic characters dressed up in porno gear can be had for laughs, but it's just uninspiring because it wallows in clichés. There's just nothing that really compelled me. It just led to me questioning it.
The second half of Cat Planet Cuties does try and provide the real story—after all, unless you make sure you're a dumb comedy harem, there is a story in there somewhere—by introducing the foil to the Catian race, the Dogsian race. They of course want to make sure the Catian race doesn't establish relations with Earth, so they devise numerous schemes to try and prevent it. The problem ultimately with that arc is that they also tried to tie up the ongoing romantic relationship with Kio, Eris, Manami, and Aoi, and it was so frustrating to watch. In one case it felt like they randomly inserted a confrontation because the writer either realized the way the story was going was bad and/or realized there was a romantic storyline that was still going on. And you can probably guess that the story did not end well. Its first half was riddled with annoyance; its second half was just barely ineffectual. Sure, I liked certain scenes—Manami ultimately revealing her feelings due to a conversation with her interpretation of Kio (i.e, not the real Kio) in a training simulator was pretty cool—it does look good, especially in BD at certain times. But there was not a lot to like about the show. The story is inconsistent. The characters aren't very enjoyable. The soundtrack is not memorable at the least. There was one BGM I could really like, but some tracks were recycled throughout the series, and it did not help the anime in the slightest. The JP dub is not bad, pretty solid. I'm not quite so sure about the ENG dub. I thought it was fine early, but as the episodes went on, I became pretty disenchanted with it. It may have been because of two things: 1) Funimation's scripting, which aside from a few touches, was kind of stale and corny at times and 2) Kio's voice, who was dubbed by Aaron Dismuke, felt meh at times. I couldn't really enjoy it that much. I think the verdict is pretty clear; you wallow in clichés and pass on making things funny, you're just not a worthy recommendation. Cat Planet Cuties's best episode was its last one. Why? Because it was pure, dumb fun. That's the route the show maybe should have taken at the start.


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Friday morning we all gathered bright and early in the hotel lobby with our luggage in tow, ready to board our private coach. Unfortunately, our driver got hung up in West London traffic and didn't make it to the hotel until nearly an hour later, so, after loading all the bags and settling in, we were already an hour and a half behind schedule. I called Jane Austen's House Museum in Chawton as we drove away to let them know we'd be running late, and we bade a fond farewell to South Kensington and London. It had been a marvelous week, and we all looked forward to the delights of the English Countryside, traveling through beautiful Surrey, Hampshire, and Wiltshire on our way to Bath in Somerset.
The day was overcast and rather gloomy looking, and when we pulled into Chawton, the temperature was decidedly chilly. Most everyone pulled on sweaters and jackets, and I hoped this wasn't a prediction of the weather for our weekend in Bath! But the grey skies couldn't dampen our spirits, and we eagerly made our way to the lovely little cottage Jane Austen called home for eight years.
Since the last time my husband and I visited Chawton in 2007, some amazing improvements have been made. The museum foundation has built a beautiful new visitor's center in the back garden, using period architecture to make it blend in to the whole. The stables have been remodeled to house the new and vastly improved gift shop, which overflows with all things Austen. And the house itself has undergone some very tasteful renovations, using period wallpapers and paint colors to brighten the rooms and make them more like they would have looked in Jane's day. The only unfortunate "update" is the addition of several inauthentic costumes sprinkled throughout the house. Our dear Suzi walked through the house grimacing and pointing out errors — such as the Tudor lace over modern chiffon on the "1820s" ballgown reproduction you see at right. Another mannequin boasted an empire-waist "work dress" with a modern kitchen apron tied around its natural waistline, a full foot below the waist of the gown itself! Much muttering and shaking of heads…. Happily, there were several authentic pieces on display as well, plus a couple of movie costumes, which I'll share below.
And, finally, Lindsay had to capture a shot of Cassandra across the street at the tea room named after Jane's sister. It's an absolutely wonderful place to eat, but they don't do large groups (sigh), so we had to push on to Winchester…
Next time: Winchester Cathedral and Bath!


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