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Court annuls administrative detention of anti-fence activist
A military judge annulled Tuesday an order for the administrative detention of a Palestinian resident of the village of Budrus near Ramallah, saying that the order was instated as a result of the man's record of anti-separation fence activities. (Anti-Apartheid Wall is what Haaretz ment by "anti-separation fence")
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=496766&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
List of Planned Activities for the International Week Against the Apartheid Wall, November 9-16
The 9th – 16th& of November 2004 marks the 2nd International Week against the Apartheid Wall called for by the Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and since then endorsed by various movements, groups, networks, and international civil society conferences.
http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/795.shtml
Israel and South Africa
It's not every Saturday in downtown Johannesburg that one sees a crowd of kaffiyeh-clad protesters shouting slogans about Palestinian liberation. But then again it's not every day that South Africa's government of former freedom fighters plays host to a top official from what many now refer to as an “apartheid state”.
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=6545
Internationals Protect Family in Askar Camp
The activists are from the United Kingdom, the United States, Denmark and Sweden. At 3:10AM, the Israeli Army entered the home, using Palestinians as human shields and forced the international activists up against the wall of the home as the activists formed a protective line around the father.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/DesktopModules/Articles/ArticlesView.aspx?TabID=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en-US&ItemID=585&mid=10400
Palestinian Farmers Warily Harvest Olives
However, the farmers of Beit Furik have only picked olives close to their village, shunning their 1,500 trees near Itamar because of military restrictions and fear of settlers. On Oct. 17, 2000, Farid Nasasra, a 28-year-old farmer from Beit Furik, was killed and three villagers were wounded near Itamar as they harvested olives.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=1&u=/ap/20041103/ap_on_re_mi_ea/guarding_the_harvest
Israeli troops kill taxi driver in Gaza -witnesses
Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian taxi driver on Wednesday as he drove near an Israeli army post in a southern Gaza refugee camp, Palestinian witnesses said. The army said there had been troops in the area and it was investigating the report.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L03502037.htm
One killed, 3 wounded, 16 homes leveled in Rafah
A Palestinian security source said that soldiers killed one youth, wounded three others and leveled fifteen homes, in a wide-scaled operation in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip initiated overnight.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/November/week1/110304/Rafah%20Raid.htm
Palestinian dies of wounds as Israel imposes closure in Nablus
General security administration said that Fadi Kafeesha was seriously wounded in al Basha street late Tuesday in Nablus when the Israeli army opened intensive fire at gathering Palestinians inthe area.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/03/content_2173853.htm
Militants fire mortars at southern Gaza
In another leaflet, the brigades also claimed responsibility for attacking two Israeli army bulldozers. The leaflet said the brigades fired anti-tank shells at two bulldozers during an Israeli operation in the Block O area in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/03/content_2173877.htm
Israeli court rejects releasing a detainee suffering from Tumor
Raed Mahameed, lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, said that a military court in Al-Ramla rejected a motion to release Abdul-Rahman Saleh, 57 years old from Ramallah, suffering from heart disease and tumor in his back.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/November/week1/110304/Detainee.htm
UNRWA chief accuses Israel of inciting hatred against his work
The head of the UN agency that helps Palestinian refugees accused Israel on Monday of a smear campaign against his agency and crippling its work by destroying its property, blocking aid convoys, and keeping Palestinians from work.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/496324.html
2100 detainees held in “Ansar 3” detention camp
Palestinenet news website said that the number of detainees imprisoned in Ansar 3 detention camp in the Negev Desert, is currently 2100 detainee, which revealed that the number of detainees has multiplied in the past few months.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/November/week1/110304/2100.htm
Rafah crossing closure enters 4th day
The closure on the crossing, the only passage in and out of Gaza, has stranded thousands of Palestinians who wanted to travel to Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/03/content_2174250.htm
A Tunisian NGO donates USD 65,000 to schooling of Palestinian children in Jenin
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday that a Tunisian non-governmental organization 'Children First' is contributing USD 65,000 to UNICEF in support of emergency education activities for Palestinian children in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT).
http://www.kuna.net.kw/English/Story.asp?DSNO=677437
Israeli MPs approve first reading of Gaza compensation bill
Deputies voted 64-44 in favour of the project, which also envisages a strengthening of Israeli control over larger West Bank settlement blocs. Its total budget of 900 million dollars also covers the cost of evacuating all troops who have occupied the Gaza Strip for 37 years.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1512&ncid=1512&e=5&u=/afp/20041103/wl_afp/mideast_gaza_israel_041103164855
Israel postpones 2005 budget vote amid rebellion
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, weakened by a party rebellion over his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, postponed Wednesday's planned vote on the 2005 state budget, an official of his Likud faction said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L03658975.htm
Israel does not expect greater US pressure after election
"So far we have cooperated with all American administrations and we will continue to do so. I don`t think pressure will be necessary, Israel wants to advance on the road to peace," Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told army radio on Wednesday.
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=32688
Sen. Kerry calls President Bush to concede White House race
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer said Wednesday that pressure on Israel would not be part of the "next president's vocabulary," but that "unfinished business" remained on the agenda between the two allies and that "certainly, a lot of work remains to be done" on commitments made by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/497121.html
Arafat welcomes Bush victory
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Wednesday welcomed US President George W. Bush's re-election, saying he hoped it would help jumpstart the Middle East peace process, one of his aides told AFP.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/115236/1/.html
MOSCOW AND ROME CONFIRM THEIR COMMITMENTS TO PROMOTE MID-EAST PEACE
Moscow and Rome confirm their obligations to promote the establishment of an equal, fair and comprehensive peace, which would put an end to the conflict in the Middle East on the basis of international law.
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5046167&startrow=1&date=2004-11-03&do_alert=0
Former Palestinian PM to visit Arafat in Paris
The former premier has temporarily taken control of both the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Arafat's dominant Fatah faction during the veteran leader's absence.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041103/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_arafat_palestinian_france_041103150932
Official Web site recognizes Green Line
The Green Line on the map does not pass through Jerusalem, as it did prior to the 1967 Six Day War, but a gap is found in its place. The line also does not appear in "No-man's land" - the Latrun-Modi'in area where the border existed before 1967.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/496791.html
Mubarak urges Bush to work with EU on Middle East
Mubarak, speaking at a news conference with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder after news of Bush's re-election broke, said: "We hope that Mr Bush's new administration, together with the European Union, can bring influence to bear to arrive at a peaceful development in the region."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L03696193.htm
Falling into an old trap
The main problem facing all parties to these debates, however, is that the plan has so far been, first vague, offering little detail to allow proper analysis, and second it has changed over time as a result of Israeli government infighting between supporters of the plan and those who oppose it.
http://www.bitterlemons.org/issue/pal1.php
Israel Closely Monitoring Arafat's Health
"We are tracking his condition very carefully," he told Israel Radio. "Our goal is to prepare for the day after, if and when he dies." Israeli intelligence was widely criticized after it was caught off guard last week when Arafat's health suddenly deteriorated and he was flown to Paris for treatment in a French military hospital.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=2&u=/ap/20041103/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_arafat
Israeli Parliament Clears Payoffs for Gaza Settlers
Right-winger Sharon only won with help from center-left opponents. In a sign of his political vulnerability, he postponed a separate vote on the 2005 budget that he could have lost without support from rebels in his ruling Likud party.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6704245
Blair seeks new Bush relationship
Mr Blair will see the job through in Iraq, but try to switch the focus of his relations with the President to the Middle East peace process and away from the other "axis of evil" countries, Iran and North Korea. The Prime Minister has publicly committed himself to making the Israel-Palestine question a priority after the US elections.
http://icealing.icnetwork.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=14829500&method=full&siteid=53340&headline=blair-seeks-new-bush-relationship-name_page.html
Knowing how to intervene
The United States wants to show more involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian arena after the presidential elections, with the friendly encouragement of the Europeans and the Arabs. Even Jerusalem is bracing for an intensification of activity, especially if Yasser Arafat is no longer the ruler of the Palestinian Authority.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/496817.html
Gunmen kill senior Iraqi oil official in Baghdad
Hussein Ali al-Fattal, director general of the oil by-products distribution company, was shot dead in Yarmouk district in western Baghdad after leaving his house heading to his work, Asim Jihad said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/03/content_2173724.htm
CARE Hostage Faces Transfer to Al-Zarqawi
The kidnappers of aid worker Margaret Hassan threatened to turn her over to al-Qaida-linked militants notorious for beheading hostages unless Britain agreed within 48 hours to pull its troops from Iraq, Al-Jazeera television reported Tuesday.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=15&u=/ap/20041103/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_hostage
Hungary to withdraw troops from Iraq by March 2005: Gyurcsany
"To stay there until the elections are held is our duty," Gyurcsany said Wednesday, referring to elections set for January in Iraq. "To stay there much longer is impossible. That is why by March 31, 2005, we are withdrawing our troops from Iraq."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=5&u=/afp/20041103/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_hungary_troops_041103160017
Navy Seal says Iraqi who died at Abu Ghraib was roughed up
The Central Intelligence Agency interrogated and roughed up Iraqi prisoners in a "romper room," where a handcuffed and hooded terror suspect was kicked, slapped and punched shortly before he died last year at the Abu Ghraib prison, a U.S. Navy SEAL testified Monday.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/11/01/state1516EST0123.DTL |
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