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Illegal Israeli wall expands
Israel has begun construction work on the southern section of its controversial West Bank separation barrier. At least two bulldozers could be seen on Sunday levelling land around the village of Sikka, 15km from the city of Hebron.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C8F4817F-C155-4355-8190-B88DA1195DF6.htm
Israel asks PA donors to fund new, upgraded West Bank roads
Diplomatic sources say that the financing of these projects may violate rulings by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, which instructed the states not to assist the barrier being built in the West Bank in any way.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/473422.html
Barghouti's Health Deteriorating as His Hunger Strike Continues
The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) asserted that the health of the legislator prisoner Marwan Al Barghouti, has drastically deteriorated as he entered his 21st day of hunger strike.
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_e/ipc_e-1/e_News/news2004/2004_09/018.html
Solidarity gesture with Palestine
Hundreds of Basque citizens expressed their support for Palestinian prisoners yesterday. In the rallies and demos held in five Basque Country capitals demands were made not only for the prisoners’ rights, but also for the Palestinian people’s right to freedom.
http://www.berria.info/english/ikusi.php?id=797
Youths dig Gaza "martyr" graves
Youssef, a skinny 19-year-old who dropped out of school to dig graves in a Gaza cemetery, has already buried three of his schoolmates killed in conflict with Israel. As Youssef leaned on a tomb gesturing to the graves of his classmates which he had dug, he recalled his shock at their deaths.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=577231§ion=news
IDF troops pull out of Nablus
the army allowed a delegation of doctors from Physicians for Human Rights to enter the West Bank city for the first time since the intifada began four years ago. The doctors treated about 400 sick and wounded Palestinians on Saturday, Israel Radio reported.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=473656&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
PA promises compensation for homeless Palestinians in Gaza
Palestinian authorities in the Gaza Strip promised Sunday to set up a mechanism to compensate homeless Palestinians, after masked gunmen briefly occupied the Palestinian governor's office in the south Gaza town of Khan Yunis.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=473678&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
IOF Wounds 3 Civilians, Arrests Several and Dynamites House
the 20-year-old Aida al-Laham and Jum'a Saqer 51, sustained serious shrapnel wounds in the head and the body. Meanwhile, Israeli tanks stationed at "Neveh Dekalem" Israeli colony, west of Khanyounis, bombarded Nasser Hospital of the city, inflicting sever damage to it.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1651
Israeli Army allows Jewish terrorist group to harass Palestinians
The Israeli media on Sunday revealed that a para-military Jewish terrorist group has been operating against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank with the knowledge and tacit approval of the Israeli army.
http://scoop.agonist.org/story/2004/9/5/11937/69452
Israeli troops demolish house in Nablus
They said the Israeli soldiers planted explosives inside the house and blasted it, causing severe damage to nearby houses. Awad Amer, head of the municipality, said the Israeli soldiers storm the town daily and open intensive fire on the residents' houses, adding that they seriously injured a Palestinian on Saturday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/05/content_1947832.htm
Nablus: 324 were Killed and Wounded in 4 Months
In a report, the Governorate Department of Information said that, since last May, 13 Palestinians were assassinated,13 children were killed, three of them while being inside their houses. The report recalled the 10-year-old Khaled Osta who was shot in the heart when playing near his house.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1653
PRCS: Israel Breaches International Human Law
The IOF restricts freedom of movement to PRCS ambulances and its medical teams. Delays of access and arbitrary searches had a negative impact on the sick and wounded in Nablus, Jericho, Jenin and Gaza, PCRS said in weekly press release for the period 28 August - 03 September 2004
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1652
Israeli pro-Palestinian activist held
Israel has ordered a pro-Palestinian Israeli activist to be detained without trial for six months. The measure, taken on Sunday, is usually used against Palestinians and occasionally against ultra-nationalist Jews.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C9A5E05A-2C98-4BA1-81C1-288E71F4D902.htm
2nd day of voter registration excellent: Palestinian official
Jarbawi said some registration centers were facing problems caused by the Israeli occupation, as many villages near the West Bank cities of Jenin and Bethlehem were under curfew.
http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/05/content_1946973.htm
Justice Barak calls for end to IDF's 'early warning procedure'
Supreme Court President Aharon Barak on Sunday called on the state prosecution to end the Israel Defense Forces practice of sending Palestinian civilians, with their ostensible agreement, to knock on the doors of suspects at the beginning of an arrest raid.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/473772.html
Dialogue to merge PFLP and DFLP underway : official
A senior Palestinian official said Sunday the Democratic Front for Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) have been engaged in a dialogue to unite the two groups.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/05/content_1947285.htm
EU to Send Delegations to Tel Aviv and Washington to Revive Peace Process
The European Union (EU) has declared it would send delegations to Tel Aviv and Washington to support the EU in taking the lead to inject momentum into the stalemate Middle East peace process at a time Israel and the Palestinians welcomed any role of mediation.
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_e/ipc_e-1/e_News/news2004/2004_09/019.html
Israeli border police ready for evacuating settlers
The Israeli border police has started preparations for the evacuation of settlers under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan, Israel Radio reported Sunday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/05/content_1947368.htm
Evacuation is not a political ploy
Sharon returned from his vacation filled with anger at the obstacles to carrying out the disengagement plan that have been put in his path. Instead of being patient and finding sophisticated ways to bypass them, he is unleashing his anger by spreading hollow threats and hurling insults at ministers and senior civil servants.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/473440.html
Crypto-Jews come out of the closet
"The process of forging my identity does not include the adoption of elements of Jewish tradition and faith," he says. "I did buy Jewish ritual objects for my house and put up a mezuzah, but my return to the Jewish people is via the solidarity I feel with Israel."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/473447.html
Muslim leaders condemn killers
Islamic leaders in the Middle East yesterday denounced the slaughter of children in Russia as 'unIslamic', as commentators asked unusually soul-searching questions about the region and terrorism.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1297683,00.html
Izzat Ibrahim arrested, 70 dead in Iraqi operation
According to the spokesman, he is now in U.S. custody, but avoided giving any further details in this connection. American T.V. while quoting an Iraqi official has told that 70 people were killed during the operation.
http://www.geo.tv/main_files/world.aspx?id=38980
Confusion In Iraq Over Al-Douri Arrest Claims
But after the U.S. military -- which has a $10 million bounty on al-Douri -- said it knew nothing of his reported arrest, a top Iraqi military official also denied the reports.
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/09/2a996c82-4b8c-4c03-9438-de00ee3f6376.html |
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