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Member of the Online News Association
Member of the Foreign Correspondents Association (in Israel)
+ Marian Houk is a past President (1986) of the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) at UNHQ/NY
Palestine-Mandate is a news website.
This blog will attempt to analyze and report on the Middle East peace process, as well as on what’s actually happening on the ground.
Though this blog will NOT be primarily about history, it hopes to be informed by history. Facts that are being created on the ground now are a continuation of strategies and ambitions forged in the First World War and its aftermath. The Mandatory System that the victorious allies later had endorsed by their own League of Nations set the basis of the foundation of the State of Israel (as well as of modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq ). It is also the basis of what Palestinians refer to as “international legitimacy”.
The editor + writer of this blog is Marian Houk, a reporter, journalist and analyst with experience at the United Nations and in the Middle East, who has followed the peace process from the June 1967 war to the present, and is currently based in Jerusalem.
Palestine-Mandate is hosted on servers that are set up and maintained by Zero-Analog in San Francisco.
Here are links to some of Marian Houk’s recently-published articles:
Palestinian President Abu Mazen is back at work in Ramallah
Marian Houk
February 15, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/141594
Was British journalist detained by Hamas in Gaza looking for captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit?
Marian Houk
February 15, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/141543
The “Knock on the Door” in the middle of the night – IDF detains West Bank Palestinians + foreigners
Marian Houk
February 12, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/141288
Jerusalem Palestinian families come out against building on their ancestors graves
Marian Houk
February 10, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/140972
Astonishing Israeli travel ban on Palestinian East Jerusalem map expert for “security reasons”
Marian Houk
February 04, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/140125
New revelations continue to emerge about Israeli military’s conduct in last year’s war in Gaza
Marian Houk
February 04, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/140031
It’s Friday in East Jerusalem + the West Bank – the time for protest demonstrations
Marian Houk
January 29, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/139119
No mention of Israeli-Palestinian stalemate in Obama’s State of the Union speech
Marian Houk
January 28, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/138922
President Obama’s Order to Close Guantanamo Bay Naval Base detention facility expired yesterday
Marian Houk
January 23, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/138048
Israeli police threaten to break up Israeli anti-occupation demonstration in East Jerusalem
Marian Houk
January 22, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/137881
Jared Malsin said after deportation from Ben Gurion Airport that he was tricked by Israeli guards
Marian Houk
January 22, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/137879
Shock turn-around: American editor working for Palestinian news agency to be deported soon
Marian Houk
January 20, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/137487
Israeli Judge agrees to hear deportation case against American working for Palestinian company
Marian Houk
January 19, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/137388
Jared Malsin, American editor for Palestinian news agency in Bethlehem, remains in Israeli detention
Marian Houk
January 18, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/137266
How is Gaza now – One year after Israel + Hamas enter separate unilateral cease-fires?
Marian Houk
January 18, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/137221
Israeli prosecutor still has not filed charges against American editor working for Palestinian news
Marian Houk
January 17, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/137096
Why detention pending Israeli deportation for American editor working for Palestinian news agency?
Marian Houk
January 16, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/137029
American editor working in Bethlehem denied re-entry into Israel + held for deportation hearing
Marian Houk
January 14, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/136702
Meanwhile, in Gaza (continued, again)
Marian Houk
January 05, 2010
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/135184
West Bank occupation drama: Israeli settler shot, then Israeli Forces kill three Fatah men in Nablus
Marian Houk
December 28, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/134262
Provocation at the holy religious sites in the Old City of East Jerusalem? By whom?
Marian Houk
December 16, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/132912
Security forces omnipresent in the Palestinian Authority de facto capital city Ramallah
Marian Houk
December 08, 20
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/131815
US position unclear as EU Ministers consider stand on East Jerusalem and future Palestinian State
Marian Houk
December 07, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/131625
Precious little humanity in conflict over Palestinian houses in East Jerusalem neighborhood
Marian Houk
December 06, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/131515
The Palestinian Authority de facto capital city Ramallah – a study in contrasts
Marian Houk
November 30, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/130714
Palestinian Fatah prisoners in Israeli jails suggest that Abbas help find solution to disarrray
Marian Houk
November 21, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/129688
The Israeli occupation of Palestinian lives and land continues – 21 years after State proclamation
Marian Houk
November 15, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/128781
Palestinian President Abbas says he has no desire to run for re-election: “We are at a crossroads”
Marian Houk
November 06, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/127290
Goldstone asks Obama Administration to explain its objections to his report on Gaza war
Marian Houk
October 22, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/125117
Israeli officials again mull establishment of independent — or judicial — inquiry into Gaza war
Marian Houk
October 21, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/124881
Complicated Palestinian telecommunications deal is delayed – principals threaten legal action
Marian Houk
October 18, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/124432
Fatah and Hamas – What’s the problem? A view of the Palestinian strategy from Yasser Abbas
Marian Houk
October 14, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/123988
Yasser Abbas – son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas – and the family’s house in Gaza
Marian Houk
October 14, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/123963
Palestinian Foreign Minister asks for support for plan to discuss Goldstone report
Marian Houk
October 12, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/123664
Palestinian leader finally addresses his people about Goldstone report fiasco — and it gets worse
Marian Houk
October 11, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/123456
Goldstone report fiasco blocks progress as Obama’s Envoy Mitchell visits Israel, Ramallah, and Cairo
Marian Houk
October 10, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/123393
Where is Abu Mazen?
Marian Houk
October 09, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/123111
Political chaos in Ramallah continues as Palestinian President and George Mitchell are due back
Marian Houk
October 06, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/122596
Worst Palestinian political crisis in years as reaction grows to postponement of Goldstone report
Marian Houk
October 04, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/122252
Palestinian leadership fails to explain agreement to delay Goldstone report under U.S. pressure
Marian Houk
October 02, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/121928
Goldstone tells UN Human Rights Council that Israel is still avoiding dealing with findings on Gaza
Marian Houk
September 30, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/121297
Tensions flare in East Jerusalem after clash on Old City plateau sacred to Muslims and Jews
Marian Houk
28 September 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/121136
Obama gets big victory in UN Security Council agreement on nuclear policy
Marian Houk
September 27, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/120798
Leonard Cohen plays in Tel Aviv – not in Ramallah
Marian Houk
September 25, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/120787
Alarmed Israeli experts call settlement proposals “fraud” with dangerous consequences
Marian Houk
September 09, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/118311
Washington reaction still awaited after Israel issues new building permits in Palestinian West Bank
Marian Houk
September 08, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/118119
Israel authorizes settlement increase in occupied West Bank – defying Obama’s disapproval
Marian Houk
September 07, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/118059
Palestinian veteran politician says Obama must stand firm on stopping Israeli settlements
Marian Houk
August 31, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/116802
The largest and most influential Palestinian political party, Fatah, electing new leadership
Marian Houk
August 10, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/113703
Evicted East Jerusalem Palestinians refuse Red Cross tents after Jewish settlers take over homes
Marian Houk
August 03, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/112735
The Day of the Palestinian mini-revolt at a West Bank checkpoint that the IDF says no longer exists
Marian Houk
July 28, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/111894
State of alert and anxiety in East Jerusalem as Israeli settlers press claims on Palestinian homes
Marian Houk
July 27, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/111844
Leonard Cohen in Palestine?
Marian Houk
July 09, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/109385
Palestinians in East Jerusalem given Israeli “suggestions” that they move to the West Bank
Marian Houk
July 07, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/109006
Amnesty International reports on Israeli use of battlefield weapons on trapped Gazan civilians
Marian Houk
July 02, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/108398
Free Gaza ship has been boarded by Israeli Naval forces and towed to Israeli port of Ashdod
Marian Houk
June 30, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/108220
Middle East Quartet says situation in Gaza is unsustainable and in nobody’s interest
Marian Houk
June 27, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/107858
Free Gaza activists vow they will not let Israeli intimidation stop them from sailing again to Gaza
Marian Houk
June 26, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/107722
Gaza’s 1.5 million people are getting 350 calves today — the first Israeli delivery in nine months
Marian Houk
June 21, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/106938
Netanyahu: Palestinians are living in the Jewish homeland & must recognize Jewish right to be there
Marian Houk
June 15, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/106153
Newspaper report: Blockade on Gaza gives rise to smuggling and corruption in Israel
Marian Houk
June 12, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/105886
United Nations Mission with broad mandate to investigate Gaza war to arrive on Monday
Marian Houk
May 31, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/104416
Diplomats gently intervene to stand against supression of Palestinian cultural event in Jerusalem
Marian Houk
May 29, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/104248
Israel was negligent to the point of recklessness in Gaza operation, UN Inquiry reports
Marian Houk
May 06, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/101628
Israel criticizes UN report — before it is released — on IDF strikes that hit UN in Gaza
Marian Houk
May 05, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/101428
(more below)
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Middle East International, Volume II, Issue 5: 8 January 2010
Letter from…Ramallah
Marian Houk
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Institute of Jerusalem Studies
Jerusalem Quarterly
Autumn 2009 – Issue 39
A New Convergence? European and American Positions on Jerusalem
By Marian Houk
http://www.jerusalemquarterly.org/ViewArticle.aspx?id=324
Institute of Jerusalem Studies
Jerusalem Quarterly
Summer 2008 – Issue 35
Atarot and the fate of the Jerusalem Airport
by Marian Houk
www.jerusalemquarterly.org/pdfs/35_atarot.pd
Institute of Jerusalem Studies
Jerusalem Quarterly
Spring 2008 – Issue 34
Countdown to Armageddon
by Marian Houk
www.jerusalemquarterly.org/details.php?cat=5&id=268
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Jerusalem families come out against museum built on ancestors’ graves
Posted by admin on Feb 25th, 2010 and filed under FEATURED NEWS STORIES, Occupation
http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-02-25/jerusalem-families-come-out-against-museum-built-on-ancestors-graves/
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Jerusalem families come out against museum built on ancestors’ graves
Marian Houk, The Electronic Intifada, 19 February 2010
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11085.shtml
Israel slaps six-month travel ban on Palestinian map expert
Marian Houk, The Electronic Intifada, 5 February 2010
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11058.shtml
Israel’s efforts to suppress Palestinian activities in Jerusalem
Marian Houk, The Electronic Intifada, 16 June 2009
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10604.shtml
Punitive house demolitions as “deterrence”
Marian Houk, The Electronic Intifada, 15 April 2009
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10467.shtml
Report excoriates Israel’s use of white phosphorous in Gaza
Marian Houk, The Electronic Intifada, 1 April 2009
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10436.shtml
Israel may have deliberately attacked sewage infrastructure
Marian Houk, The Electronic Intifada, 31 March 2009
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10433.shtml
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Punitive engineering
By Marian Houk in Jerusalem
17 – 23 January 2008
Issue No. 880
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/880/re03.htm
Turning the screws
By Marian Houk in Jerusalem
3 – 9 January 2008
Issue No. 878
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/879/re2.htm
Gaza: Lurching from crisis to crisis
By Marian Houk in Jerusalem
3 – 9 January 2008
Issue No. 878
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/878/re3.htm
Collective punishment begins
By Marian Houk in Jerusalem
20 – 26 December 2007
Issue No. 876
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/876/re2.htm
Stop or step out
By Marian Houk in Jerusalem
18-24 October 2007
Issue No. 867
One of the UN’s own calls for the UN’s head to stop playing favourites in Israeli-Palestinian affairs
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/867/index.htm
Explosive Announcement
By Marian Houk in Geneva
13 – 19 April 2006
Issue No. 790
Iran’s declaration that its scientists have successfully
enriched uranium took the West by surprisehttp://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/790/fr1.htm
Commission to council
By Marian Houk in Geneva
9 – 15 March 2006
Issue No. 785
Iran’s declaration that its scientists have successfully
enriched uranium took the West by surprise
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/785/in2.htm
A cross affair
By Marian Houk in Geneva
15 – 21 December 2005
Issue No. 773
A new humanitarian emblem, a “crystal”, was officially adopted
by the ICRC
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/773/in3.htm
Outside looking in
By Marian Houk in Geneva
8 – 14 December 2005
Issue No. 772
The Palestinian Diaspora is gearing up to get more involved
in the handling of the cause
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/772/re2.htm
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Body of Palestinian shot dead near demolition by Israeli Border Police still not returned for burial
Marian Houk
April 10, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/98024
Tragedy upon Tragedy – By the time we arrived, everything was over but the grief and the anger
Marian Houk
April 08, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/97674
In Israel, the battle over the conduct of the war in Gaza has just begun
Marian Houk
April 02, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/97062
Did Israel use white phosphorous in Gaza not as a smokescreen but as an incendiary weapon?
Marian Houk
March 27, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/96192
Israeli military’s use of white phosphorus in Gaza violated laws of war, Human Rights Watch reported
Marian Houk
March 25, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/95910
Satellite photos and casualty figures show more damage from Israel’s three-week war on Gaza
Marian Houk
March 13, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/94322
Um Kamel stays steadfast in her East Jerusalem tent – international activists bring shampoo to Gaza
Marian Houk
March 08, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/spool/articles/mine/view/93731
The logic of the Olso Accords continues as Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are on hold
Marian Houk
March 06, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/93570
Former U.S. Army guard at Guantanamo speaks out about abuse of detainees
Marian Houk
February 15, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/91131
Tzipi Livni won — or, at least she did not lose Israel’s elections. Can she form a new government?
Marian Houk
11 February 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/90752
U.S. envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell says mechanism needed for Gaza imports
Marian Houk
January 29, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/89353
Journalists enter battered Gaza Strip from Israel on Friday – but aid workers still kept out
Marian Houk
January 24, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/88837
Gaza: To lock people into a war zone evokes the worst kind of international memories
Marian Houk
January 22, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/88657
Israel opens small field hospital for Gazan patients inside Erez terminal
Marian Houk
January 21, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/88569
UN Secretary-General enters Gaza Strip through Israel for high-level visit
Marian Houk
January 20, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/88467
“We had no choice”: Free Gaza expedition turns around after confrontation at sea with Israeli Navy
Marian Houk
January 15, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/87958
Israeli human rights groups ask: Can a moral society live with the present suffering in Gaza?
Marian Houk
January 14, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/87918
Free Gaza expedition return to Cyprus just hours after setting out for Gaza – and departs again
Marian Houk
January 13, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/87776
Israel pursues attacks against Gaza as calls mount for international investigations into war crimes
Marian Houk
January 12, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/87589
Free Gaza movement announces new expedition to Gaza despite Israel’s formal naval blocade
Marian Houk
January 11, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/87516
It isn’t over yet – Israel decides to continue military operation in Gaza despite cease-fire call
Marian Houk
January 09, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/87337
Two days of Israeli “humanitarian respite” in Gaza yields grim discoveries
Marian Houk
January 08, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/87189
IDF scrambles to let aid into Gaza as world concern mounts
Marian Houk
January 07, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/87061
Nowhere to hide in Gaza
Marian Houk
January 06, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/86971
Israel announces formal naval blockade of Gaza, surrounds Gaza City
Marian Houk
4 January 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/86723
One Week into Israel’s Military Offensive in Gaza, ground operation still awaited
Marian Houk
published January 03, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/86668
Journalists still not allowed into Gaza on Day Seven of unprecedented Israeli attack
Marian Houk
published January 02, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/86631
Day six of Israeli attacks on Hamas targets: New Year’s Day messages arrive from Gaza
Marian Houk
published January 01, 2009
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/86541
Israel says it will press offensive in Gaza until all goals reached
Marian Houk
published December 31, 2008
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/86489
Free Gaza Ship intercepted in international waters and turned around by Israeli Navy
Marian Houk
published December 30, 2008
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/86364
Israel presses attacks on Gaza: Day Three
Marian Houk
published December 29, 2008
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/86305
Israeli Attacks on Gaza continue for a second day
Marian Houk
published December 28, 2008
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/86227
Israel launches unprecedented wave of attacks against Gaza targets
December 27, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/86140
Why did Israel’s Defense Minister open some crossings into Gaza today?
December 26, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/86068
U.S. Professor Richard Falk — denied entry into Israel and deported from Ben Gurion Airport
December 15, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/85022
“Free Gaza” ships set off from Cyprus on expedition to “break siege” of Gaza Strip
August 22, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/72046
Israel’s Foreign Minister Livni says she and Palestinian negotiators want comprehensive agreement
August 21, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/71963
Adustments required for revised plan for Jerusalem Old City religious flashpoint
August 02, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/70372
EU aid to Palestinians should be stopped, Palestinian moderate tells British Prime Minister
July 22, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/69129
New plan for Jerusalem Old City’s religious flashpoint awaiting approval
June 29, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/66654
The Spin in Sharm
June 25, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/66234
Hamas-Israel truce: Is Middle East about to experience a “Prague Spring”?
June 19, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/65590
UN Reports that Human Rights situation remains grave in occupied Palestinian territory
June 18, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/65405
Mustafa Barghouti: On efforts to bring the Palestinian Legislative Council out of deep freeze
June 10, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/64530
Gazan students may be back on track to take up Fulbright scholarships in the USA next fall
June 02, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/63778
Tzipi Livni takes a stand
May 30, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/63521
East Jerusalem Businessman says Palestinian Investment should be in Jerusalem
May 21, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/62553
Bethlehem Governor Salah Ta’amri – senior Fatah leader – supports planned Palestine Investment Conference
May 01, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/60363
Palestinian and Israeli groups issue urgent call for end to fuel cuts to Gaza as pressure mounts
April 29, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/60190
Israeli Military turns fuel tap on for Gaza’s power plant – but crisis continues
April 23, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/59511
Gaza power plant prepares for Wednesday shut-down if Israeli military does not allow fuel delivered
April 22, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/59407
Israel delivers fuel to Gaza on Wednesday as Defense Minister Barak had promised — but late
April 16, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/58713
Jerusalem Court releases radio staff from house arrest but maintains gag order
April 15, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/58519
Gaza faces another crisis as sole power plant on brink of shut-down
April 12, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/58269
Jerusalem Radio Station Raided, Equipment Confiscated, Staff Arrested — Illegally Broadcasting?
April 08, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/57891
American-Palestinian Businessman Discusses Difficulties of Living and Working in the West Bank
April 07, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/57762
Israeli security strip-searched journalists before Cheney-Olmert press event in Jerusalem
March 26, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/56514
Outlines of a Grand Deal – Israel, Egypt, Gaza – taking shape
March 20, 2008
by: Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/55920
Official Israeli hesitation over demolishing Palestinian attacker’s family home – tensions remain
March 18, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/55670
Calls in Israel for Revenge and Retaliation not being cooled
March 16, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/55446
Rice visit to Ramallah and Jerusalem – Mission Accomplished
March 06, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/54427
Long-term deal: Egyptian liquid natural gas begins to flow through undersea pipeline to Israel
February 28, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/53734
Israeli Supreme Court endorses military-ordered cuts of fuel and electricity to Gaza
January 31, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/50836
Gaza´s Power Plant is coming back on line but still at brink after one Israeli fuel delivery
January 22, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/49946
Gaza Power Plant Forced to Shut Down Operations For Lack of Fuel
January 20, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/49688
Punitive Israel fuel sanctions against Gaza modified due to negative consequences
January 15, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/49098
Gaza’s Main Power Plant Reduces Operations For Lack of Fuel
January 06, 2008
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=48115
Lurching from crisis to crisis in Gaza
December 31, 2007
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=47538
U.S. announces new emergency project to shore up sewage containment in Gaza
December 17, 2007
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/46252
Palestinian Authority struggles with Gaza sanctions
December 10, 2007
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/45273
Palestinians asked to acknowledge Israel as a Jewish State
November 13, 2007
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/42748
Rice visits the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem
October 17, 2007
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=40544
As Rice pushes for progress in Israeli-Palestinian talks, UN Rights Expert denounces the Quartet
October 15, 2007
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=40366
Shimon Peres says that Israel can now get over being nervous
September 25, 2007
Marian Houk
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=38465
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Please note — all the links to the articles published in Middle East Times. listed below, have been broken.
UNFORTUNATELY — as MIDDLE EAST TIMES has broken all the links to my published and formerly archived stories on their former website, I shall try to post the full texts in another page on this site (still to come…)
Gaza gas talks with Israel, UK firm quietly ongoing
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
June 28, 2007
JERUSALEM — While some Palestinians have angrily said they are prepared to write off Gaza in the wake of Hamas’ recent rout of Fatah forces there, cooler heads are pondering the implications concerning Gaza’s maritime assets – in particular, the natural gas deposits off Gaza’s Mediterranean coast.
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070628-090038-7580r
Analysis: Leaving Gaza
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
June 22, 2007
GAZA CITY & JERUSALEM — While there are still those reluctant to set foot outside their houses since Hamas’ climactic rout of Fatah from Gaza last week, others, newly liberated from their homes, are enjoying the relative tranquility. This shift in fear is part of a wider picture suggesting Gaza, today, may be only part of the way through a revolution.
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070622-095230-8134r
Hamas leader pledges Gaza reconstruction
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
June 21, 2007
Mahmoud Zahar, one of the founders and leaders of Hamas, whose forces overran Fatah fighters in a stunning rout in Gaza last week, said Wednesday that the priority in Gaza now was to reconstruct what had been destroyed.
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070621-084451-2362r
Torment continues at Erez checkpoint, uneasy peace holds in Gaza
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
June 20, 2007
GAZA CITY — There may be worse places on earth, but not many. The Erez checkpoint between the northern Gaza Strip and Israel is designed for hostile crowd control. Over the past few days, its concrete corridors have become fearful, squalid holding cells where hundreds of Palestinians have been trapped in fear, without food, water, sanitation, or shelter. Adamantly refusing to return to Gaza , they have been barred by Israel from passing through, even if only to reach the West Bank.
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070620-075400-2326r
Interview: Mustafa Barghouti on Palestinian ‘emergency’
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
June 18, 2007
JERUSALEM — Mustafa Barghouti, the Palestinian minister of information in the National Unity Government suspended Friday night by President Mahmoud Abbas after a stunning rout of Fatah forces by Hamas in Gaza, says he turned down the offer, this weekend, of a portfolio in the just-formed Emergency Government in Palestine.
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070618-010912-9267r
Analysis: Security first priority vows new Abbas cabinet
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
June 18, 2007
JERUSALEM — Recently-appointed Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad – also heading the new Palestinian foreign and finance ministries – has vowed that assuring law and order would be a key priority of the day-old Palestinian emergency cabinet.
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070618-085956-8501r
Hamas attempts Gaza clean-up, Fatah talks for new government excluding rivals continue
Marian Houk, additional reporting by Raja Mukahal
Middle East Times
June 16, 2007
As Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday held consultations in Ramallah, West Bank on the formation of an emergency, Hamas-free government, two days after the Islamist movement’s stunning rout of Fatah fighters in the Gaza Strip, Hamas, itself, was moving to clean up the streets and restore order in Gaza.
After its military coup – described as an attempt to restore law and order – Hamas denounced Abbas’ efforts to form a new government as being equivalent to a political coup.
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070616-074001-6435r
Israel continues Palestinian tax fund freeze, Abbas renews calls for Gaza port
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
June 14, 2007
JERUSALEM — Despite an Israeli cabinet decision that “water and electricity should be kept out of the conflict,” Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has still not agreed to lift a freeze of Palestinian funds to pay for the connection of a northern Gaza electrical substation to Israel’s electrical grid.
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070614-091456-1597r
Lawyers grapple with 40 years of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
June 11, 2007
TEL AVIV & JERUSALEM — An all-star cast of international law experts pondered Israel’s lengthy occupation of Palestinian territory last week, as the world marked the 40th anniversary of the June 1967 Six-Day war that brought the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem under Israeli control.
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070611-044656-9455r
Gaza plant still hobbled almost a year after attack
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
June 8, 2007
RAMALLAH & JERUSALEM — Nearly a year after an Israeli airstrike, Gaza’s power plant cannot yet resume full operation to supply vitally-needed electricity to one of the most densely populated areas on earth – just as demand is about to peak during the hot summer months.
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070608-063048-6715r
Israel minister, Fatah officer trade views on Gaza crisis
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
June 1, 2007
JERUSALEM — Despite the dark humor and occupation-derived anecdotes, a meeting between a controversial Fatah commander and Israel ‘s environment minister to discuss the current Gaza violence demonstrated a willingness to strive for a solution.
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070601-074306-9124r
More than a spin doctor – an interview with top Israeli strategist Eyal Arad
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
May 30, 2007
JERUSALEM — It was not Ehud Barak’s experience, nor Ami Ayalon’s position as a relative political novice, that made the 5-percent difference in the votes garnered Monday by these two frontrunners in Israel’s important Labor Party primary elections. The decisive factor was that Barak had a much better field operation, according to one of Israel’s top political strategists, Eyal Arad.
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070530-041248-9001r
Analysis: Six months of negotiations may open way to long-term Israeli deal to buy Gaza gas
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
May 26, 2007
Jerusalem — Movement was reported this week on an Israeli government decision to authorize a long-term agreement to purchase gas from Gaza’s offshore wells at market price from the Palestinian Authority.
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070526-033515-3404r
Abbas says ceasefire holds, praises Swiss peace plan
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
April 27, 2007
GENEVA — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that while there had been a “disruption” in the ceasefire with Israel during the past week, “things are going back as they were before, I hope.” He also indicated his support for an earlier Geneva proposal, aimed at facilitating a final Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement.
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070427-080405-2453r
Analysis: UN says Israel must face sensitive issues
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
March 11, 2007
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070311-014041-3498r
Analysis: UN urges Israel to counter discrimination
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
February 27, 2007
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070227-035925-7158r
Iran’s arrest of nuclear official meant to stifle debate
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
May 3, 2007
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070503-023343-8127r
Analysis: The dilemma of Iran’s nuclear program
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
March 27, 2007
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070327-064103-2569r
Interview with Iran FM – Mottaki says direct talks key
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
March 13, 2007
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070313-103525-9115r
Analysis: UN official files anti-execution brief
Marian Houk
Middle East Times
February 9, 2007
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070209-015239-1261r
UNFORTUNATELY — MIDDLE EAST TIMES HAS BROKEN ALL THE LINKS TO THE ABOVE FORMERLY ARCHIVED STORIES. I shall try to post the full texts in another page on this site.
List of earlier Middle East Times stories to come….
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