Articles by Pierre Klochendler

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Israel’s Nuclear Ambiguity Prodded
Pierre Klochendler, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Nov 2013

As Palestinian-Israeli peace talks and nuclear talks on Iran’s disputed nuclear programme continue, a unique international conference, “A Middle East without Weapons of Mass Destruction”, was held in Jerusalem. “The nuclear issue is Israel’s last taboo.”

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Israel Silent on Chemical Weapons
Pierre Klochendler – Inter Press Service-IPS, 30 Sep 2013

“While we cannot confirm whether the Israelis possess lethal chemical agents,” the CIA report said, “several indicators lead us to believe that they have available to them at least persistent and non-persistent nerve agents, a mustard agent, and several riot-control agents, marched with suitable delivery systems.” It’s been known since the early 1970s that chemical tests are conducted at the secretive Israel Institute for Biological Research located in the town of Ness Ziona, 20 km south of Tel Aviv.

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‘Tell Us about Jail – Just in Case’
Pierre Klochendler – Inter Press Service-IPS, 29 Apr 2013

Hebron, Occupied West Bank, Apr 22 2013 – “Three interrogators questioned me for three hours. I was handcuffed. They beat me, slapped me, kicked me, boxed me, accused me of throwing stones; played a video of a demonstration. I denied I was there. So again, they beat me up,” recounts Zein Abu-Mariya, 17, seated on a sofa next to dad.

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Fighting Settlers’ Impunity and Immunity
Pierre Klochendler – TerraViva Europe, 19 Dec 2011

“Price tag” attacks are perpetrated by revengeful settlers against innocent Palestinians and their property. It involves not only the defacing and torching of mosques, prayer books, cars, but also the uprooting of olive trees, the destruction of crops. Recently, settlers have also vented their rage at soldiers, military bases and equipment.

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Israel: Rights Recede Under Opium of Occupation
Pierre Klochendler – Inter Press Service-IPS, 22 Aug 2011

The nationwide movement for social justice that sent tens of thousands of Israelis to the streets on the weekend was seemingly oblivious to the fact that, concurrently, the Palestinians were officially announcing their bid for U.N.- endorsed recognition of statehood.

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Israel Awaits Palestinian ‘Tsunami’
Pierre Klochendler – Inter Press Service-IPS, 2 May 2011

The “tsunami” will occur at the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting in September 2011. Then, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas will seek endorsement of statehood. Over 110 nations have already recognised Palestine. At least 30 more are expected to back the initiative. U.N. membership requires a Security Council recommendation plus a General Assembly approval by two-thirds, or 128 countries. With recognition of statehood, occupation – not of “disputed” territories”, but of a “U.N. member-state” – will thus be denounced in an unprecedentedly consensual manner.

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MAYHEM IN GAZA, RELIEF IN HAITI
Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler – IPS, Terraviva Europe, 22 Jan 2010

A week after the devastating Haiti earthquake, Israelis watched proudly as their TV channels showed the New York Fire Department rushing two young boys, extricated from the rubble of a building, to a field hospital set up by the Israeli army in Port-au-Prince. On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers from the special Home Front Command emergency unit […]

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STOLEN ROOM OFFERS A SPLIT VIEW
Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler, 10 Sep 2009

OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM (IPS) – In the early morning sunlight, the smoky window of the plush new apartment reflects back a golden tinge from the Dome of the Rock that stands at the heart of Islam’s third holiest shrine. Down across the valley from the walled Old City, families have already started moving into some […]

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