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Issue No: 26 19th Dec, 2012
Palestinian Cultural Organization Malaysia (PCOM) 1
Issue No: 26 19th Dec, 2012
Palestinian Cultural Organization Malaysia (PCOM) 2
Read in this report:
In a historic visit, Mishaal arrives to Gaza (P.4) Hamas celebrates its 25th
anniversary (P.5)
Israel kills a boy on his 17th
birthday (P.7) Calls to save the lives of hunger-strikers (P.8)
Israeli foreign minister resigns (P.8) PM Najib expresses wish to visit Gaza (P.12)
Malaysian volunteers flow into Gaza (P.14) Mishaal draws the liberation map (P.15)
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Contents
NEWS OF PALESTINE
In a historic visit, Mishaal arrives in Gaza ................................................................................ 4
Massive rally commemorates Hamas anniversary and first Intifada ......................................... 5
London and Paris consider withdrawal of ambassadors to Tel Aviv......................................... 6
Jewish settlers vandalize Islamic and Christian sites in Jerusalem............................................ 6
Israeli soldier kills teenager on his 17th
birthday ....................................................................... 7
Calls to save the lives of hunger-strikers Issawi and al-Sharawna ............................................ 8
The occupation puts 10-year-old child on trial .......................................................................... 8
ISRAEL INSIDER
Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman resigns over fraud charges ................................................ 9
MALAYSIA & PALESTINIAN CAUSE
Hamas PM: Najib expresses wish to visit Gaza....................................................................... 10
Malaysian volunteers enter Gaza Strip with RM1.8mil in aid ................................................. 11
ARTICLES & ANALYSES
“Mishaal” draws the liberation map for the Palestinians ......................................................... 12
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In a historic visit, Mishaal arrives in Gaza
08/12/2012
Khaled Mishaal, head of Hamas political
bureau, arrived, on Friday afternoon at the
head of a delegation of Hamas leaders abroad,
to the Gaza Strip, to an official and popular
reception.
Mishaal accompanied his deputy, Dr. Moussa
Abu Marzouk, and leaders Ezzat Risheq,
Mohammed Naser, and others, to the
Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing,
where they were met by Prime Minister Ismail
Haneyya, and deputy speaker of the
Legislative Council Ahmad Bahar, a large
number of members the Politburo and the
leaders of the movement, ministers and
government officials, along with many of the
leaders of the factions and national figures, as
well as lines of police officers.
Tens of thousands of people lined up along the
Salah al-Din road to welcome the resistance
and Hamas leaders returning to Gaza after the
victory achieved by the resistance. Thousands
of Qassam fighters were also lined up to
receive the leader.
The first place he visited upon arrival in Gaza
City was Sheikh Ahmad Yassin’s home, where
he was received by Sheikh Yassin’s family
and Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip who
gathered in the late leader’s house. The house
which witnessed the birth of Hamas on 14th of
December 1987.
Mishaal then visited the house of Ahmad al-
Ja'bari, deputy commander of the Qassam
Brigades, who was assassinated by the Israeli
occupation last month.
Then he visited the destroyed home of Dalou
family, where 11 family members were
massacred by the Israeli occupation airforce.
Source: PIC
NEWS OF PALESTINE
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Massive rally commemorates Hamas anniversary and first
Intifada
08/12/2012
A massive rally has been held in Gaza City to
commemorate the 25th anniversary of the
founding of Hamas and the start of the first
Intifada (Palestinian uprising) in 1987.
Hundreds of thousands braved strong winds
and rain to attend. Those in attendance
included solidarity campaigners from around
the world.
The event coincided with the first visit to Gaza
of the head of the Political Bureau of the
Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas),
Khaled Meshaal. It was his first time on
Palestinian soil for more than 40 years. Joining
him on the platform was his deputy, Moussa
Abu Marzouk and the elected Prime Minister
in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh.
Khaled Meshaal assured the crowd that the
movement will not give up "one inch" of
historic Palestine, "from the sea to the River
Jordan, from north to south". He called for the
factions to reconcile their differences and
come together for the cause.
More than 3000 international delegates from
Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Lebanon, Jordan,
Malaysia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey,
Algeria, Egypt and Europe flocked into the
Gaza strip to attend the celebration and listen
to a keynote speech by its political leader
Khaled Mishaal. The delegations include
scholars, journalists, politicians, public
opinion leaders and peace activists.
On the other hand, Mass rallies were launched
in the cities of cities of the West Bank to mark
the 25th anniversary of Hamas for the first
time since 5 years.
MP for change and reform bloc Ahmed
Attoun, said during his participation in the
event celebrating Hamas anniversary in
Ramallah, that Hamas is strong and that the
occupation will disappear, stressing on the
adherence to resistance and to the Palestinian
reconciliation.
Source: Agencies
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London and Paris consider
withdrawal of ambassadors to
Tel Aviv
06/12/2012
Hebrew media sources have confirmed that
Britain and France are looking into the
possibility of withdrawing their ambassadors
to Israel, among other steps, in protest against
its decision to build 3,000 new settlement units
in the occupied West Bank and East
Jerusalem.
According to Haaretz newspaper, Britain and
France are concerned about the ongoing
construction and expansion of settlements in
the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Both
consider the latest announcement to be "a slap
in their faces and a crossing of the red lines",
not least because of the support given to Israel
by Paris and London during the former's recent
offensive against the Gaza Strip.
One European diplomat suggested that the
protests would include distinguishing Jewish
settlement-produced goods from Israeli
produce in British and French markets by
labelling them distinctively. Goods produced
on illegal settlements are themselves
considered to be illegal. Escalating trade,
culture and academic boycott campaigns
would also impose additional sanctions on
settlers.
Later on, Australia, Sweden, Denmark and
Italy have also summoned the Israeli
ambassadors to their countries to convey their
protest against the Israel settlement plan in
west bank.
The Israeli government decided to ratify a plan
to build 3,000 new settlement units in the area
between the huge Maale Adumim settlement
bloc in the West Bank and occupied East
Jerusalem. It would cut the West Bank in half
and isolate Jerusalem from its Palestinian
hinterland.
Source: MEMO + Agencies
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Jewish settlers vandalize Islamic and Christian sites in Jerusalem
12/12/2012
More than 70 Jewish settlers broke into the
sacred courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque on
Wednesday morning, performing Talmudic
rituals and writing racist phrases on the walls
before they left. According to Al-Aqsa
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Association for Religious Endowments and
Heritage, clashes erupted between the Jews
and Muslim worshippers who tried to stop
them.
The Association also noted that settlers
slashed the tyres on three cars and wrote
slogans insulting Jesus Christ on the walls of
Al-Mosalabeh Monastery in Jerusalem. The
monastery has been attacked several times this
year, as has Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Islamic-Christian Commission for
Protecting Jerusalem and Holy Sites
condemned the settlers' attacks on Islamic and
Christian sites. The Commission called for the
continuous violations by the Israeli settlers
against places of worship such as mosques,
churches and monasteries to be stopped.
Commenting on the timing of the attacks, Isa
said: "The Israeli authorities allow the settlers
to act in a way that hurts Christians in the run-
up to Christmas. This is unbelievable
extremism and racism."
Source: MEMO
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Israeli soldier kills teenager on his 17th
birthday
12/12/2012
“Mohammad Salayme”, 17, was shot dead on
Wednesday evening by an Israeli female
soldier near to the Abraham mosque in Hebron
city. Mohammad had spent the day in school
and was on his way to buy some cake for his
family to celebrate his 17th birthday, when
suddenly his life was cut short.
The Israeli military claimed Mohammad
Salayme was carrying a fake gun, therefore
shot him. Mohammad’s father who rushed to
administer first aid to his son said he saw no
fake gun on him. Sound bombs, tear gas and
rubber bullets were fired at Palestinians who
tried to help the dying teenager.
The Israeli military closed off all the streets
around the area where Mohammed was killed
to prevent any journalists from reaching the
incident’s place. A press car carrying four
journalists was hit with several rounds of live
ammunition and their cameras were
confiscated.
After the shooting, dozens of Palestinians
began protesting in the Old City, with Israeli
forces used tear gas and live ammunition to
quell the demonstrations.
Source: Agencies
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Calls to save the lives of
hunger-strikers Issawi and al-
Sharawna
12/12/2012
The families of the two strikers Ayman Sharawna and
Samer al-Issawi called on the official and popular
parties to move urgently to save the lives of their two
sons "before it is too late", while criticizing the lack of
solidarity events with the striking prisoners in Israeli
jails.
Tarek al-Issawi told Quds Press that the health
condition of his son Samer is very bad, where he was
recently transferred to Assaf Harovih Israeli hospital
after sharp deterioration in his health, adding that his
son went "on hunger strike since over 140 days and he
refused to take water and vitamins since four days
along with the striking prisoner Ayman Sharawna.
Issawi said that his son boycotted Ramla prison
hospital in which he was receiving treatment after
giving him a drug that caused loss of consciousness,
adding that he is determined to continue the strike until
his release.
Source: PIC
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The occupation puts 10-year-
old child on trial
17/12/2012
The occupation authorities have transferred today two
children from the village of Kafr Dan west of Jenin, to a
military Court for trial, to join dozens of other
Palestinian children held in the Israeli occupation jails.
The family of the two detained children appealed to
human rights organizations and to the international
movement for the defense of children to immediately
intervene and release the children.
According to a press statement issued by the family, the
detention of Ihsan Abed (10 years) and his brother
Ayman Rajeh Abed (12 years), who had been held in
Megiddo Prison, was extended by the occupation
authorities that have transferred them to the military
court on Thursday, under false and flimsy pretexts
For its part, the international movement for the defense
of children said that hundreds of Palestinian children,
under the age of 18, are held in the Israeli occupation
prisons, and are exposed to different forms of torture.
Source: PIC
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Israeli Foreign Minister
Lieberman resigns over fraud
charges
14/12/2012
Less than a day after insisting that he would
not step down as Israel's Foreign Minister in
the face of indictments for fraud and breaches
of public trust, Avigdor Lieberman has
resigned. A statement from the extreme right-
winger said that he had left his ministerial post
as well as his position as deputy prime
minister even though he knows that he "has
committed no crime" and despite his lawyer
insisting that he did not have to resign in such
a case. Lieberman said that he hopes that he
will be cleared of all charges before the
January General Election.
Investigations into Lieberman's activities
began in 2001 and spanned nine countries. The
most serious allegations included money
laundering and bribery. The Attorney General
said there was no chance of a conviction on
the more serious charges - yet.
Israel's Justice Ministry said on Thursday it
would charge Lieberman over alleged
irregularities tied to the promotion of an Israeli
diplomat who had leaked him privileged
information about a police probe into his
activities.
Avigdor Lieberman is not the first senior
Israeli politician to face corruption charges.
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resigned
in 2008 after being indicted for corruption.
Source: Aljazeera + MEMO
ISRAEL INSIDER
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Hamas PM: Najib expresses wish to visit Gaza
11/12/2012
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib
Tun Razak had expressed his wish to visit
Gaza next year.
He said Najib told him this after he phoned
Najib on Tuesday to thank him for the aid
from the government and people of Malaysia
for Palestine, and he also extended his
personal invitation to Najib to visit Gaza.
"I personally invited him and hope for an
immediate visit from the prime minister of
Malaysia. He also stated that he would surely
visit Gaza," he said when receiving a courtesy
visit from the 1Malaysia Putera Club volunteer
group (KP1M), here.
The meeting was held at a small hall on the
fringes of Gaza beach, after his original office
was destroyed during the eight days of shelling
by the Israeli military on Gaza last month.
Haniyeh, in his speech also expressed his pride
in seeing the Malaysian flag waving together
with that of Palestine on the occasion of the
25th Hamas Anniversary recently.
"This shows the very close relations between
Malaysia and Palestine. It is not strange as this
relation has been built for so long. We are
proud because Malaysia makes the Palestinian
issue as a major issue in the country," he said.
Source: Bernama
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Malaysian volunteers enter Gaza Strip with RM1.8mil in aid
09/12/2012
Some 120 Malaysians have entered the Gaza
Strip as members of the Aman Palestin
Solidarity Mission 2012 to deliver donations
worth RM1.8mil from Malaysians of all walks
of life.
Awang Sufian, chief executive officer of
Aman Palestin, said the long trip was worth it
as the team brought donations in various
forms, including medicine and the newly
planned micro-credit opportunities, a
mechanism for Gazans to rebuild their lives.
On the other hand, 52 members of “Kelab
Putra 1Malaysia” have also arrived to Gaza
last Saturday aiming to help 40,000 Palestinian
families in Gaza by providing food and
blankets according to the head of their mission
“Dato’ Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim”. Besides,
the head of the medical team, Datuk Dr Alwi
Abdul Rahman, said they would open a health
clinic besides supporting local doctors and
paramedics, including conducting training
sessions.
Several other Malaysian NGOs have flowed to
Gaza right after the recent Israeli aggression to
deliver humanitarian aid and show their
solidarity with the Palestinian people. Among
those were Aqsa syarif, MAPIM, Haluan
Palestin and Amal foundation.
Upon reaching Gaza, the Malaysian
delegations were welcomed by government
officials headed by Chief of Freedom
Blockade Abu Usama Kurd.
Abu Usama said delegations from Malaysia,
especially NGOs, were becoming a common
sight in Gaza and Gazans were highly
appreciative of the undying efforts to assist the
Palestinian cause.
Source: Bernama + Agencies
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“Mishaal” draws the liberation map for the Palestinians
By: Mo’men Bseiso / Aljazeera
Whatever were the political analyses to
Mishaal’s visit to Gaza, this visit has initiated
a new stage for the struggle of the Palestinians,
their national cause and their conflict with the
Israeli occupation. That was practically
translated through the comprehensive historic
speech delivered by Mishaal to hundreds of
thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza city who
gathered to celebrate the Hamas 25th
anniversary, added to his meetings with all the
Palestinian factions and civil society
organizations which truly form a real
liberation map and a perfect constitution for
the Palestinian people and their national and
Islamic factions throughout the coming stage.
Laying out the policies and stances
The first landmark in Mishaal’s map was
represented by gathering the Palestinian
people and factions on the adherence to the
Palestinian national rights and constants
without any abandonment or detraction,
considering that as the solid ground towards
liberation and as the basic foundation that the
Palestinian national project lies on.
Palestinian reconciliation as a priority
Mishaal realizes that any reform of the internal
Palestinian situation towards building a
comprehensive national strategy that leads to
liberation should begin with achieving a real
reconciliation and ending the Palestinian
division.
Mishaal’s visit to Gaza, his meetings with all
factions and his deep speech and statements
have all targeted facilitating the way for the
Palestinian reconciliation process to take place
and ending all the obstacles and difficulties
confronting it. He drew a road map for the
Palestinian factions showing the mechanisms
of achieving the reconciliation and regaining
the internal conciliation, starting with
providing a suitable atmosphere by ending the
ruction language in media, remembering the
culture of understanding and tolerance and
laying out the necessary bases to achieve the
reconciliation based on right foundations to
overcome the past gaps and mistakes.
The political and national options
The third landmark in Mishaal’s map was
filtering the Palestinian political and national
options that were mixed up during the past
stage following the Oslo agreement in 1993.
Mishaal statements regarding the “liberation
before the state” has returned the soul again
into the body of the Palestinian national
project and corrected the strategic
misconceptions. Where he tried to reformulate
the duties of the PA away from serving the
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occupation through security coordination
towards serving the national interest of the
Palestinian people and their national cause.
Besides, reforming the Palestinian Liberation
Organization (PLO) to represent all the
Palestinians in order to achieve a real national
partnership.
Mishaal believes that achieving the Palestinian
reconciliation and the national partnership will
bring the Palestinians closer to each others,
and will bring the PA away from the Israelis,
considering the fact that the Palestinian-Israeli
relations are tensioned after the achieved step
in the UN, the refusal of unconditioned
negotiation by “Abu Mazen” and threatening
the Israelis to bring the settlement issue to the
international court if the settlement procedures
have been continued.
Managing the conflict with the occupation
The fourth landmark in Mishaal’s map was
represented in laying out a strategic vision to
manage the conflict with the Israeli occupation
and to stop using random means and imposing
personal convictions and agenda rather than a
national agenda in the battle with the
occupation. These statements were said in the
right time after the great victory of the
resistance against the occupation in the last
war on Gaza, besides the diplomatic
achievement in the UN.
In his speech, Mishaal was trying to gather the
Palestinian national row on one vision to
manage the conflict with the occupation
politically and militarily. Where any vision
should gain a full Palestinian consensus, open
all options to confront the occupation, carry
out collective and effective moves at the
regional and international levels, choose to
quiet or escalate the resistance and choose the
means and forms of the struggle that suits the
nature of the stage and the higher Palestinian
interest.
A message to the regional neighboring and
international community
The fifth and last landmark in Mishaal’s map
was represented in a message to the regional
neighboring and international community.
In his message to the regional neighboring,
Mishaal has stressed on the importance of the
Arabic and Islamic role as a strategic
dimension to the Palestinian people and their
national cause, where he hinted to the great
support to Gaza during the 8-days war and the
level of the official Arabic and Islamic
interaction which was missing during the past
decades due to the dictatorships dominating
the region.
Mishaal’s message to the international
community aimed at creating a breakthrough
in the international position towards the
conflict with the Israeli occupation relying on
the Palestinian militant and political success
and the failure of the isolation policy that was
imposed on Hamas.
Translated & Summarized by PCOM
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