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Residents of Kufr Thulth to March in Non-Violent Protest
Kufr Thulth invites all Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals who oppose the building of illegal settlements and the military occupation of Palestinians lands to participate in a non-violent act of resistance on Sunday, November 7. You are invited to assembly at the village council (Baladiyye)
http://www.palsolidarity.org/DesktopModules/Articles/ArticlesView.aspx?TabID=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en-US&ItemID=592&mid=10400
PHR-Israel Intervenes to Remove Shackles from Patient
Muhammad Adwan, 58 years old, from Jerusalem, has been held in Israeli jails for the past twenty years. For the past 5 years he has been held in the Prison Service Medical Center (“Marash”) due to his deteriorating health. About 13 days ago his condition worsened and he was taken to Assaf HaRofeh hospital.
http://www.unobserver.com/layout4.php?id=1993&blz=1
Succession politics in Palestine - By Daoud Kuttab
My barber, Abu Salah couldn't wait for me to come to his shop. He had been very concerned this week and wanted an answer to his question. He was searching hard in his mind for a solution to what he felt was a complicated problem: how could Marwan Barghouthi spring out from the Israeli jail he is kept in.
http://www.jordantimes.com/fri/opinion/opinion2.htm
Two Palestinian children said killed by IDF tank fire in Gaza
Palestinians reported on Friday morning that two children, aged 8 and 10, were killed by a tank shell fired at their house in the Al-Qarara area, east of the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/498077.html
Chief of UN aid agency for Palestinians asks striking workers to return to jobs
Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) , voiced his growing distress over the effect the strike by 4,000 workers, which began 11 October, is having on the humanitarian situation for over 660,000 Palestinians.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=12455&Cr=palestin&Cr1=
Israel Tightens Blockades in Palestinian Territories
An Israeli army spokesman said that male Palestinians under the age of 50 are banned from entering Israel even if they have permission, but that Palestinian women above the age of 35 are free to pass through to Israeli territory.
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20041105&hn=13606
Was Arafat Poisoned?
The most popular story among Palestinians points to the possibility that Arafat was subject to gradual poisoning. The lack of information on the results of the week’s long medical checks is feeding the poisoning theory and creating more suspicions among Palestinians.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/November/week1/110504/was%20arafat%20poisoned.htm
Rival Palestinian factions meet in Gaza in show of unity
In a meeting of senior members of the PLO and the ruling Fatah movement on Thursday, Qureia received greater authority to deal with urgent financial matters. In Gaza City, representatives of 13 Palestinian factions, including Fatah and the two Islamic militant groups, met Friday at the parliament building to find ways to try to ensure calm during Arafat's absence.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/498070.html
Arafat Stable, Hospital Says
"The state of health of President Yasser Arafat has not got worse. He is considered to be stable compared to the last health bulletin (24 hours earlier)," said Christian Estripeau, chief doctor at the Percy hospital where Arafat is being treated.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6731248
Chirac refuses comment on Arafat's condition
Attending a European Union summit in this Belgian capital, Chirac told a press conference that he shook hands with Arafat when he visited the Palestinian leader on Thursday afternoon in the French military hospital where Arafat had been receiving treatment since October 29.
http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IEH20041105094455&Title=Top+Stories&Topic=0
EU leaders react to latest deterioration in Arafat's health
Goeran Persson, the Swedish prime minister, said "it was too early to speculate" about the way forward in the Middle East. "We are very concerned," said Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, the summit's chairman. "It is not proper to talk about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at a time when the health of Mr. Arafat is so bad."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=498073&contrassID=1&subContrassID=8&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Interfaith vigil a gesture of solidarity outside Arafat's hospital
Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss said he had just arrived from the United States to show solidarity with Arafat and the Palestinians. Another Orthodox Jewish supporter who travelled from Vienna, Austria, shook hands with a Muslim prayer leader at a makeshift shrine set up outside the main gate of the military training hospital where Arafat is said to be in a coma.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1856&ncid=732&e=8&u=/cpress/20041105/ca_pr_on_wo/france_arafat_vigil
Hamas Eyes its Future Role
Hamas realises, as does the rest of the Palestinian political class, that the political diminution of Arafat, and certainly his death, signals the end of an era, with all the uncertainty that that involves. And it is the prospect of uncertainty that is forcing the movement to think in a more proactive manner and not leave anything to chance.
http://www.world-crisis.com/news/1035_0_1_0_M/
Ferzli (Lebanese FM) calls on Bush to use 2nd term to end 'massacre in Palestine'
Meanwhile, as far as residents of the Palestinian camp of Ain al-Hilweh are concerned, there was never any difference between Bush and his competitor Senator John Kerry. Most Palestinians interviewed by The Daily Star said Bush and Kerry were two faces of the same coin in their loyalty to Israel
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=9896
Palestinians want strong successor to Arafat
"Arafat did not concede on basic Palestinian rights like Jerusalem and the refugees," said 25-year-old policeman Saleem Eid. "Whoever would agree to negotiate for less than Arafat would be marked as a traitor and end in the garbage of history."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L05409561.htm
U.S. embassy guards get Israeli counter-terrorism training for Iraq
The guards were real, but Thursday's attack was a simulated training exercise in a course run by Israelis specializing in security duties in the Middle East. The participants hope lessons from Israel's conflicts will give them an edge both when facing real combat and in securing lucrative security contracts.
http://cbsnewyork.com/international/Israel-TrainingForIra-ai/resources_news_html
A tragedy and an opportunity
Talks also need to resume on all the West Bank issues, including the right of refugee return and the territory's final status. Otherwise Israel's attempts to turn the West Bank into a series of overcrowded bantustans without a functioning economy will continue unchecked.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,1344289,00.html
Analysis: Rivalries among Palestinian factions may soon reemerge
Despite the fears of anarchy and chaos among the Palestinian leadership, it has conducted itself in a quiet and orderly fashion over the past few days. Nevertheless, it is clear that this is a temporary lull, and that differences of opinion and rivalries among factions and individuals are liable to reemerge quickly.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/498202.html
The Mountain Shakes
We all cannot sleep, this Friday early morning. Mary, Jara and I sit around the TV to watch the latest news about Arafat. The best news on offer is the announcement that he is not yet dead but in coma, a "reversible coma," it is said later on. Palestinian spokespersons in Ramallah and Paris were yesterday contradicting each other.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3293.shtml
Analysis: Israel must prepare for a new reality
The immediate danger is that if chaos erupts in the territories, demands will be raised to place an international force in the territories. In the new reality, Israel must set new rules of conduct and perhaps even a new policy.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=497837&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
The `Palestine presidency'
George W. Bush's second term in the White House could be the "Palestine presidency," in which he realizes his vision of an Israeli-Palestinian accord for two states living side by side in good, neighborly relations, with peace and security.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/497852.html
Bush, America and the Middle East
Against this background, Bush has shifted the goal posts of the Palestine-Israel debate such that Likudist thinking is now viewed as centrist. This was demonstrated by Kerry's campaign which warmly endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's policies.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3291.shtml
Arafat Wants to Be Buried in Jerusalem
The Mufti of Jerusalem, Ikrema Sabri, said Arafat "willed to be buried in Jerusalem and from a religious perspective, we must and need to honor his will." Israel's justice minister, Yosef Lapid, however, said Israel would not permit a Jerusalem funeral, saying the city is "where Jewish kings are buried and not Arab terrorists."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=535&ncid=535&e=5&u=/ap/20041105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/arafat_israel_6
IMI developing unique submachine gun for Shin Bet
The decision was made after the Belgian government imposed an embargo on selling "personal defense weapons" made by the Belgian company FN Herstal to Israeli security forces.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=498072&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Musharraf urges Bush to focus on resolution of Palestinian issue
"If the root causes of strife and terror were resolved in a meaningful and just manner, it would usher in an era of peace and harmony," Musharraf said in a congratulatory message to the US leader on his re-election.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1535&ncid=1312&e=1&u=/afp/20041105/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistan_us_mideast_041105160929
Exhibiting Politics: Palestinian-American Artist Emily Jacir Talks About her Work
What is it like for a Palestinian-American artist to make art when each day Palestinians are suffering at home because of the Israeli occupation and the current political situation? How can art help bridge borders and open peoples' eyes to the realities of the Palestinians?
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3292.shtml
U.N. Warns of Fallujah Attack Consequences
Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi responded sharply, calling Annan's note "confused" and saying, "If he can stop the insurgents from inflicting damage and killing the Iraqis, then he's welcome, we will do whatever he wants."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=1&u=/ap/20041105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iraq_election
Prayers and tears in Falluja
If a big bomb lands somewhere nearby, you often hear crying and wailing afterwards. It is a very strange feeling because in between the screaming, there is the sound of more missiles flying. That is when I think - I could be next. Another sound you hear during the bombing is that of prayers. People pray loudly because they are so scared.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3986085.stm
EU to present aid deal to Allawi
EU leaders will present a reconstruction aid package to Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi today, as the bloc seeks a fresh start with U.S. President George W. Bush after bitter internal divisions over Iraq. But French President Jacques Chirac, a leading opponent of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, will skip a meeting between the European Union leaders and Allawi...
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=615732§ion=news
US faces gap in 'intelligence war' in Iraq
The tenacious resistance highlights the persistent difficulties the US military faces in identifying and tracking down insurgent networks in what senior military officials are increasingly calling an "intelligence war." "The fact is, we [took] Baghdad in weeks, but we're going to be fighting an intelligence war there for a very long time,"
http://csmonitor.com/2004/1105/p02s02-usmi.html |
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