Como si fuera algun tipo de campaña en el ultimo año he obsevado ciertos movimientos y declaraciones a favor de Israel, defendiendo su causa o criticando las criticas, y digo campaña por que no puedo evitar pensar en algun tipo de iniciativa concertada para mejorar una imagen exterior que todo el mundo reconoce no es la mejor posible






Las susceptibilidades estan a flor de piel y resulta realmente complicado meterse en este jardin sin que te carguen algun sanbenito, ya sea antisemita o propalestino, imperialista o rojo radical, y os aseguro que quien escribe estas lineas ni es lo uno ni lo otro.






Es cierto que la imagen de Israel es tratada con dureza en algunos momentos, otro tema es si este tratamiento es justo o no, si la informacion esta tergiversada por los medios o responde al simple hecho noticiable, es dificil de decir por quien no ha vivido nunca en Israel (pero si ha conversado con personas que han estado alli ) , siempre resulta dificil desgranar que es verdad y que es informacion tendenciosa, que puede ser generalizable o que es esencialmente subjetivo, la unica solucion a este problema es escuchar a todas las partes que quieran decir algo y asi durante el proceso ir conformando un criterio propio con el mayor de los rigores posibles dada las limitaciones que un simple individuo tiene para acceder a la "verdadera informacion"






Dado que en "teoria" es el Estado de Israel el que suele estar mas en la picota de los medios he pensado a raiz de un articulo que he leido en Blogus dar visibilidad a paginas y grupos Pro-Israel, pero esto no significa en modo alguno que este de acuerdo en sus planteamientos... ni que este en contra, tengo opinion acerca del tema pero no es para hoy, solo pretendo dar a conocer algunos enlaces en españa o en español en apoyo al Estado de Israel:

Etiquetas: aliados, conflicto, defensa, israel, palestina

Sábado 24 de Mayo de 2008

Un crimen de derechos humanos en Gaza

Columna de Jimmy Carter

Es hora de que voces enérgicas en Europa, Estados Unidos, Israel y otras partes expresen y condenen esta tragedia de derechos humanos entre el pueblo palestino. (more…)

Etiquetas: articulos, derechos humanos, gaza, palestina

Territorios Palestinos es una de las denominaciones que recibe el territorio formado por las regiones de Cisjordania y la Franja de Gaza, que formaban parte del Mandato Británico de Palestina hasta 1948 y que fueron conquistadas, ocupadas militarmente, y administradas en consecuencia por Egipto y Jordania en 1948 y, desde 1967 y hasta la actualidad, por Israel como resultado de su victoria en la Guerra de los Seis Días. En el año 2005 Israel se retiró de la Franja de Gaza, como consecuencia de lo cual la administración de dicho territorio pasó de facto a la Autoridad Nacional Palestina.

Este es el resumen de la actuación de Palestina (Pre-Israel) en las Eliminatorias para la Copa del Mundo.

Eliminatorias 1934
16/03/34 en El Cairo: Egipto 7 (Mahmoud Moukthar Rafai "El-Titch" 3, Moustafá Kamel Taha 2 y Mohammed Latif 2), Palestina Pre-Israel 1 (Abraham Nudelman)
06/04/34 en Jerusalem: Palestina Pre Israel 1 (Yohanan Sukenik), Egipto 4 (Mahmoud Moukthar Rafai "El Titch" 2, Mohammed Latif y Abdel-Rahman Fawzi)
Eliminado

Eliminatorias 1938
22/01/38 en Tel Aviv: Palestina Pre Israel 1 (Neufeld), Grecia 3 (Vikelidis 2 y Millakis)
20/02/38 en Atenas: Grecia 1 (Vikelidis), Palestina Pre Israel 0
Eliminado en Primera Ronda

Leer Palestina (Pre-Israel) en las Eliminatorias para la Copa del Mundo en Historia y Fútbol

Etiquetas: asia, copa mundo, eliminatorias, fifa, futbol

El 15 de mayo de 1948  se creó el Estado de Israel, en un territorio que estaba bajo mandato británico. Los países árabes vecinos, disconformes, pretendieron invadir al recién nacido, declarándole la guerra. Empezaba así la catástrofe (Al-nakba) palestina y terminaba la diáspora judía.

La decisión de la ONU se correspondía consecuentemente con otros acuerdos aliados después de la segunda guerra mundial. El holocausto judío, que tenía conmovidos a los países vencedores, en especial a Inglaterra, que apoyaba los planes sionistas, reclamaba una solución urgente para ubicar a los desplazados y liberados de los campos de concentración que, evidentemente, no querían volver a Alemania. Qué mejor solución que hacerles un hueco definitivo en la tierra donde cristianos y musulmanes ya habían demostrado su incapacida

Etiquetas: Nakba, Diáspora, palestinos, judíos, Palestina, guerra, éxodo, Israel, Jerusalén

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By David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey. The writers are Washington lawyers who served in the Justice Department under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. They were members of the U.N. Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights from 2004 to 2007 (THE WASHINGTON POST, 10/05/08):

Hamas claims that former president Jimmy Carter’s recent meeting with its leader, Khaled Meshal, marks its recognition as a “national liberation movement” — even though Hamas rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, which Hamas rules as an elected “government,” continue to rain down on Israel’s civilian population. While Hamas is clearly trying to bolster its legitimacy, the conflict along Israel’s southern border has a broader legal dimension — the question of whether, as a matter of international law, Israel “occupies” Gaza. The answer is pivotal: It governs the legal rights of Israel and Gaza’s population and may well set a legal precedent for wars between sovereign states and non-state entities, including terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda.

Israel’s critics argue that Gaza remains “occupied” territory, even though Israeli forces were unilaterally withdrawn from the area in August 2005. (Hamas won a majority in the Gazan assembly in 2006 and seized control militarily in 2007.) If this is so, Jerusalem is responsible for the health and welfare of Gazans and is arguably limited in any type of military force it uses in response to continuing Hamas attacks. Moreover, even Israel’s nonmilitary responses to Hamas-led terrorist activities — severely limiting the flow of food, fuel and other commodities into Gaza — would violate its obligations as an occupying power.

Israel, however, is not an occupying power, judging by traditional international legal tests. Although such tests have been articulated in various ways over time, they all boil down to this question: Does a state exercise effective governmental authority — if only on a de facto basis — over the territory? As early as 1899, the Hague Convention on the Laws and Customs of War on Land stated that “[t]erritory is considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army. The occupation applies only to the territory where such authority is established, and in a position to assert itself.”

The Hague Convention is a founding document of the modern law of armed conflict, and its definition of occupied territory was woven into the 1949 Geneva Conventions. There, the relevant provision provides that “[i]n the case of occupied territory, the application of the present Convention shall cease one year after the general close of military operations,” although certain protections for the populations continue “to the extent that such Power exercises the functions of government in such territory.” That is the key — exercising the functions of government. This proposition was recognized in a seminal Nuremberg prosecution, the Trial of William List and Others.

It is because an occupying power exercises effective control over a territory that international law substantially restricts the measures, military or economic, it can bring to bear upon this territory, well beyond the limits that would be applicable before occupation, whether in wartime or peacetime.

The Israeli military does not control Gaza; nor does Israel exercise any government functions there. Claims that Israel continues to occupy Gaza suggest that a power having once occupied a territory must continue to behave toward the local population as an occupying power until all outstanding issues are resolved. This “principle” can be described only as an ingenious invention; it has no basis in traditional international law.

The adoption of any such rule (designed to limit Israel’s freedom of action and give Hamas a legal leg up in its continuing conflict) should be actively opposed by the United States. Its adoption would suggest that no occupying power can withdraw of its own volition without incurring continuing, and perhaps permanent, legal obligations to a territory. This issue is particularly acute regarding territory not otherwise controlled by a functioning state — failed states or failed areas of states where the “legitimate” government cannot or will not exercise effective control. Such places — call them badlands — were once rare. Over the past 15 years, though, there has been an explosion in the number of such areas, notably parts of Afghanistan, Somalia and portions of Pakistan.

Gaza is exceptional only in that its international legal status is indeterminate. Its last true sovereign was the Ottoman Porte. It was part of the British Palestine Mandate and has since been administered by both Egypt and Israel. Today, no state claims sovereign authority, though it is expected that Gaza will become part of a future Palestinian state. For its part, Hamas acknowledges no higher authority and functions as a de facto government in Gaza. It is a classic example of a terrorist-controlled badland.

Unduly handicapping states that intervene in such badlands — whether to protect their own interests, those of the local population or both — is unrealistic and irresponsible. Requiring agreement by the “international community” (whatever that may be) as a precondition for extinguishing such a designation is equally unproductive if the goal is saving lives. Consider the example of Darfur.

Even worse is pretending that groups such as Hamas are merely criminal gangs that must be dealt with as a local policing problem — just one of the potential side effects of imposing an “occupied” status on a territory. This implicates U.S. interests directly, since America’s ability to use robust armed force against al-Qaeda and similar non-state actors remains critical to defending our civilian population from attack. Efforts to limit states’ rights to use military force against such groups simply benefit the globe’s worst rogue elements and endanger the civilian populations among which they operate. Here, as in so many other areas, the traditional international law that imposes the obligations of an occupier only on states that physically occupy a territory makes perfect sense.

Hamas rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, which Hamas rules as an elected “government,” continue to rain down on Israel’s civilian population. While Hamas is clearly trying to bolster its legitimacy, the conflict along Israel’s southern border has a broader legal dimension — the question of whether, as a matter of international law, Israel “occupies” Gaza. The answer is pivotal: It governs the legal rights of Israel and Gaza’s population and may well set a legal precedent for wars between sovereign states and non-state entities, including terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda.

Israel’s critics argue that Gaza remains “occupied” territory, even though Israeli forces were unilaterally withdrawn from the area in August 2005. (Hamas won a majority in the Gazan assembly in 2006 and seized control militarily in 2007.) If this is so, Jerusalem is responsible for the health and welfare of Gazans and is arguably limited in any type of military force it uses in response to continuing Hamas attacks. Moreover, even Israel’s nonmilitary responses to Hamas-led terrorist activities — severely limiting the flow of food, fuel and other commodities into Gaza — would violate its obligations as an occupying power.

Israel, however, is not an occupying power, judging by traditional international legal tests. Although such tests have been articulated in various ways over time, they all boil down to this question: Does a state exercise effective governmental authority — if only on a de facto basis — over the territory? As early as 1899, the Hague Convention on the Laws and Customs of War on Land stated that “[t]erritory is considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army. The occupation applies only to the territory where such authority is established, and in a position to assert itself.”

The Hague Convention is a founding document of the modern law of armed conflict, and its definition of occupied territory was woven into the 1949 Geneva Conventions. There, the relevant provision provides that “[i]n the case of occupied territory, the application of the present Convention shall cease one year after the general close of military operations,” although certain protections for the populations continue “to the extent that such Power exercises the functions of government in such territory.” That is the key — exercising the functions of government. This proposition was recognized in a seminal Nuremberg prosecution, the Trial of William List and Others.

It is because an occupying power exercises effective control over a territory that international law substantially restricts the measures, military or economic, it can bring to bear upon this territory, well beyond the limits that would be applicable before occupation, whether in wartime or peacetime.

The Israeli military does not control Gaza; nor does Israel exercise any government functions there. Claims that Israel continues to occupy Gaza suggest that a power having once occupied a territory must continue to behave toward the local population as an occupying power until all outstanding issues are resolved. This “principle” can be described only as an ingenious invention; it has no basis in traditional international law.

The adoption of any such rule (designed to limit Israel’s freedom of action and give Hamas a legal leg up in its continuing conflict) should be actively opposed by the United States. Its adoption would suggest that no occupying power can withdraw of its own volition without incurring continuing, and perhaps permanent, legal obligations to a territory. This issue is particularly acute regarding territory not otherwise controlled by a functioning state — failed states or failed areas of states where the “legitimate” government cannot or will not exercise effective control. Such places — call them badlands — were once rare. Over the past 15 years, though, there has been an explosion in the number of such areas, notably parts of Afghanistan, Somalia and portions of Pakistan.

Gaza is exceptional only in that its international legal status is indeterminate. Its last true sovereign was the Ottoman Porte. It was part of the British Palestine Mandate and has since been administered by both Egypt and Israel. Today, no state claims sovereign authority, though it is expected that Gaza will become part of a future Palestinian state. For its part, Hamas acknowledges no higher authority and functions as a de facto government in Gaza. It is a classic example of a terrorist-controlled badland.

Unduly handicapping states that intervene in such badlands — whether to protect their own interests, those of the local population or both — is unrealistic and irresponsible. Requiring agreement by the “international community” (whatever that may be) as a precondition for extinguishing such a designation is equally unproductive if the goal is saving lives. Consider the example of Darfur.

Even worse is pretending that groups such as Hamas are merely criminal gangs that must be dealt with as a local policing problem — just one of the potential side effects of imposing an “occupied” status on a territory. This implicates U.S. interests directly, since America’s ability to use robust armed force against al-Qaeda and similar non-state actors remains critical to defending our civilian population from attack. Efforts to limit states’ rights to use military force against such groups simply benefit the globe’s worst rogue elements and endanger the civilian populations among which they operate. Here, as in so many other areas, the traditional international law that imposes the obligations of an occupier only on states that physically occupy a territory makes perfect sense.

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Etiquetas: palestina

#1 El Nacional (República Dominicana): "Israelíes matan 5 palestinos"

#2 Gara (Pais Vasco): "Un proyectil de mortero mata a una mujer en Kfar Aza"

#3 Milenio.com (México): "Ataques aéreos dejan cinco palestinos muertos"

Etiquetas: israel, titulos raros, ignorancia, sesgo, terrorismo

Ha iniciado la tregua en Israel y la franja fronteriza de Gaza…

¿Durara?

Es la pregunta que todos se hacen, sabemos que al menos horas antes de iniciada la tregua cerca de treinta cohetes de manufactura casera fueron disparados desde la franja fronteriza de Gaza a territorio Israelí y cerca de una centena de disparos de mortero que no provocaron victimas; provocando la respuesta de un ataque aéreo con misiles de parte de un helicóptero dejando dos milicianos muertos.

Al menos ha iniciado la tregua, esta se alcanzo gracias a la intermediación de Egipto sabiendo que… las milicias detendrán toda hostilidad… mientras Israel detendrá los ataques, los bloqueos y reabrirá poco a poco los pasos fronterizos.

Nadie se hace ilusiones y todos ven esta tregua como algo pasajero, pero ojala funcione de menos los seis meses a lo que fue pactada.

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Etiquetas: medio oriente, seguridad, guerrilla, israel, medio

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El pasado Jueves entró en vigencia la tregua lograda por Egipto para cesar los enfrentamientos entre Israel y palestinos, ataques que han dejado más de 7 israelíes y 400 palestinos muertos, entre ellos civiles

Milicias palestinas dispararon este martes, varios cohetes con destino al sur de Israel, causando afortunamente sólo personas con heridas leves y un día lleno de “violencia vulgar”, tal como indicó Israel al ataque sufrido por parte de los palestinos.

La causa que alegan los palestinos para este ataque, es que anteriormente en un redada, el ejército israelí asesinó a 2 palestinos en la ciudad de Cisjordania de Naplusa, la cual no está incluida como zona en la tregua.

Este tipo de ataque, es considerado como una prueba para la tregua conseguida por Egipto. Israel no informó sobre posibles represalias, aunque de ser así probablemente la tregua dure muy poco.

Fuente | The Associated Pres


Foto | Reuters

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Jerusalén es mezcla entre lo antiguo y lo moderno, entre lo mundano y lo espiritual.


Cristianos, Musulmanes y Judíos están presentes en Jerusalén; son las 3 culturas que han marcado el caracter de Jerusalén

Una de los lugares más significativos de Jerusalén es Cúpula de la Roca (Qubbat as-Sajra) construida en honor a Alá en el S.VII, en torno a él surge el mundo islámico de Jerusalén. Para los musulmanes Jerusalén es la tercera ciudad santa del Islam, tras la Mecca y Medina.


Si visitas Jerusalén no debes dejar de ir al zoco, un lugar muy recomendable para perderse.

Para los judíos Jerusalén también es una ciudad sagrada ya que según su tradición es donde Abraham selló su pacto con Dios.


El Muro de las lamentaciones, uno de los pocos restos del Templo de David es un lugar de especial significado para los devotos de la religión judía.

En el Monte de los Olivos se encuentra la zona cristiana, donde destacan los siguientes lugares; la Iglesia Rusa, la Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro o la Basílica de todas las Naciones.


Cada viernes a las 2.30 de la tarde se rememora la procesión por la Via Dolorosa hacia la Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro donde se dice fué enterrado Jesús. También es ciudad santa para el mundo cristiano.

El viejo Jerusalén convive con la ciudad moderna donde la religión tiene un segundo plano pero sigue presente. Jerusalén es historia viva.

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....
A pesar de la difusión por los medios de comunicación de que se habían entregado las ciudades de Cisjordania a la Autoridad Palestina (A.P)de acuerdo con los planes Dayton, ésta noticia no ha sido sino una gran mentira demostrada por la intrusión por la fuerza de las fuerzas de ocupación israelíes la pasada noche en la sede de la Unión de Comités de la Mujer Palestina en Nablus.

Recordemos a Maha Nassar.

Etiquetas: gaza, derechos humanos, palestina

Etiquetas: ee uu, terror, israel, palestina

63 años después de la GESTAPO. Estas vueltas inexplicacables de la historia. Un video difundido este domingo muestra las sutiles prácticas del ejército israelí para con los prisioneros palestinos.


Infalible hoja de ruta para la paz.

Etiquetas: actualidad mundo, disparo, gaza, israel, palestina