|
Today in Palestine! ~ Headlines ~ |
|
Three More Night-time Arrests in Bil'in; Soldiers Use Human Shield
Three jeeps of Border Police arrived about 1:30 am and went into several houses to make arrests for alleged stone throwing during demonstrations. Once again, the people of the village came out on the street to resist further arrests, and drive the military out. A group of about 50 Palestinians came out chanting and clapping in another act of non-violent resistance. ISM activists witnessed and caught on film the usage of human shields by the Israeli military last night...
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/11/01/three-more-night-time-arrests-in-bilin-soldiers-use-human-shield/
Like a Thorn in the Heart: settlements and settlers in East Jerusalem
The settler project is a well-thought-out and deeply dangerous attempt by right-wing Israelis to thwart future peace-plans. Quietly and furtively, Israel's government is using the settlers to seal up the last loopholes through which peace can conceivably make its way, and is creating significant facts liable to bury the peace process. It is not certain whether the string of settlements will manage to modify East Jerusalem's character but what is certain that they are liable to sabotage any form of agreement.
http://www.icahd.org/eng/news.asp?menu=5&submenu=1&item=282
Azoun Atma; wall and harsh military procedures
Azoun Atma is inhibited by 1700 residents living in 250 homes, at least 70% of the residents depend on agriculture as the only source of livelihood, and after Israel constructed the Wall there, and isolated the residents, most of the families lost their sources of livelihood.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14742&Itemid=1
List of Planned Activities for the 3rd National and International Week Against the Apartheid Wall, November 9-16
The 9th – 16th& of November 2005 marks the 3rd National and 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/1028.shtml
Cohen suggests a project to annex West Bank settlements to Israel
The bill specifically proposes annexing the West Bank settlements of Ariel, Jiv’at Zeev, and Gush Azion to Israel. Cohen claims at the introduction of his proposal that these settlements are part of the State of Israel, and are under Israeli laws; therefore they should be annexed to Israel and be considered part of it.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14743&Itemid=1
Palestinian: (OCCUPATION) Troops moved into my home
“Soldiers took over my house. They sat in the living room and are using my bathroom,” Ayed Abu-Dibs, a resident of Yata, south of Hebron, told Ynet. “I have children. What am I supposed to do when six solders occupy my home?” ( They are Jews, and I am not!?? )
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3162753,00.html
U.N. approves Holocaust Day
The United Nation's General Assembly unanimously approved Israel's resolution and set January 27th as the international Holocaust commemoration day. ( "The Holocaust Industry" By Norman Finkelstein )
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3162450,00.html
PA wants end to West Bank carve-up
Nablus Governor Mahmoud al-Alul lamented the closure of his town. "This border crossing-like checkpoint is cutting off Nablus and Jenin from the rest of the West Bank. Israel is really creating an isolated Bantustan here."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/EFD2D37B-F697-406B-924D-02A86035DD69.htm
Israeli troops push into Jenin
Fierce clashes erupted in the northern West Bank city of Jenin late on Tuesday as at least 40 Israeli tanks and jeeps converged on the city, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said. Two bulldozers were also seen entering the city, which is known for its fierce resistance to the Israeli occupation.
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1827337,00.html
After IAF aircraft kill two in Gaza, Hamas says 'This is an open war'
An Israel Air Force missile strike on a car killed two Palestinian militants, including a leading Hamas man, in the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon. The strike triggered threats of violence from militant groups.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/640256.html
Resistance vows fierce response to the assassination of two fighters
After the Israeli military apaches fired, on Tuesday afternoon, at least one missile at a Palestinian vehicle in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, killing two fighters and injuring ten residents, Al Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh, and Al Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas vowed “fierce retaliation”.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14755&Itemid=1
Israeli clampdown amid rise in 'sonic bombs'
The Israeli defence ministry has barred foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip in an apparent attempt to limit reporting on the killing of Palestinian civilians, the firing of artillery shells and the use of "sonic bombs" to terrify the local population.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1605781,00.html
Israel postpones signing deal on removing Gaza (ILLEGAL) settlements' remains
A senior Palestinian official denounced Israel on Tuesday for postponing signing a deal with the United Nations Developing Program (UNDP) on removing rubbles in the Gaza settlements that Israel had withdrawn from.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAR-6HQHMS?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Cabinet: EU force at Rafah is of great importance to Israel
According to the plan, only passengers registered on the Palestinian population rolls would be allowed entry into the Gaza Strip. Exceptions would be made only in extreme circumstances. Other nationals would enter the Strip at the Kerem Shalom crossing just south of Israel's border with Gaza.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/640350.html
President: Legislative Elections on its Exact Time
President Mahmoud Abbas affirmed on Tuesday that the Legislative elections will be carried out on its exact time, on January 25, 2006.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=4479
White House urges Abbas act against Islamic Jihad
"Palestinian President Abbas earned the trust of his people when he was elected on a platform of peace this past January. Now the Palestinian Authority must make good on that promise by fighting terrorism," Hadley said to a pro-Israeli group.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N31701956.htm
GCC calls for halt to Israeli 'aggression'
The GCC statement denounced "the terrorist conduct" of Israeli forces "against Palestinian worshippers in Jerusalem," and slammed "the racist remarks of Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz ruling out the chance of peace with the current Palestinian leadership or the present generation."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051031/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestgulf_051031182200
Palestinian Assails Sharon on Gaza Pullout
The minister of state for Jerusalem affairs in the Palestinian Cabinet on Tuesday accused Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of deception in withdrawing from Gaza. Hind Khoury, who joined Mahmoud Abbas' cabinet in February, told reporters "Gaza disengagement was used as a smokescreen to undermine Jerusalem as a subject for negotiations."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051101/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_mideast
Pakistan team to meet Palestinian leader
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said that a large Pakistani delegation whose upcoming visit to Israel was reported by the media was in fact planning to meet Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051101/wl_sthasia_afp/mideastpakistanisraelqatar_051101054934
Italian politicians to protest Iran's anti-Israel stance
But a veteran Italian communist leader, Fausto Bertinotti, indicated he would only participate in Thursday's demonstration if a separate demonstration guaranteeing a Palestinian state was also organized.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/640003.html
International Child Day: 52.6% of Palestinians Below 18
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said that the estimated population of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) was 3.8 million in mid 2005, of which 2.4 million were in the West Bank (WB) and 1.4 million in Gaza Strip (GS).
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=4477
Female Prisoner to be Deported to Ukraine
An Israeli military court in Tel-Aviv decided on Tuesday to deport the female prisoner Irena Sarahna to Ukraine. Irena, 27, is a resident of al-Dheisha Refugee camp in Bethlehem and she is Russian but married to Palestinian citizen.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=4476
VIEW: Abbas and the lame duck — By Uri Avnery
The long campaign for the elimination of Mahmoud Abbas is entering its final phase. Much to the regret of Sharon & Co, Abbas cannot be “eliminated” the usual way, as were Sheikh Ahmad Yassin and many other Palestinian leaders. In the case of Abbas, it is not even allowed to use the word “elimination” — an official term of the Israeli army, taken straight from the Mafia lexicon.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C11%5C01%5Cstory_1-11-2005_pg3_4
Mahmoud Abbas is dancing with wolves, and they may swallow him
Today the situation has reached a quandary; Palestinian areas are living in anarchy leading to a situation similar to what happened in Somalia: political factions and militias do as they please; cities and towns are divided into areas controlled by feudal lords behaving as vandals, and there is an absence of law and order.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=19729
West Bank Settlements & Outposts - New Powerpoint Presentation
The situation of West Bank Settlements and Outposts are presented in this powerpoint presenation from Dror Etkes and the Peace Now Settlement Watch...
http://www.peacenow.org/updates.asp?rid=0&cid=1626
Less democratic, more `Jewish'
Zionism had not dreamed of such a problematic meltdown. "We will not let any theocratic impulse of religious people to raise its head," Theodor Herzl wrote in "The Jewish State." "We will know to keep them in their synagogues," he wrote. "They must not intervene in matters of state."
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/640018.html
Egypt soldiers kill two would-be smugglers at Egypt-Israel border
Egyptian security forces shot dead two Egyptian men they said were trying to smuggle tobacco into Israel from Egypt, security sources said on Tuesday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/640445.html
Sharon: No IDF draft for settlers who attack soldiers
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon backed a call yesterday by Vice Premier Shimon Peres to bar citizens who attack soldiers from joining the army and to impose harsher punishments on those who harm soldiers.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/639431.html
Israeli PM berates Italy for contacts with Hezbollah
During an early-morning meeting with the Italian minister, Sharon expressed his disappointment that Italy's Lebanese ambassador Franco Mistretta had recently met Lebanese Energy and Water Minister Mohammed Fneish -- the first member of Hezbollah to hold a cabinet position.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051101/wl_mideast_afp/israelitalylebanon_051101174732
US toll in Iraq in October is fourth highest of the war
The US monthly death toll was exceeded only in April 2004 when it reached 135; November 2004 when it hit 137; and January 2005 when 106 were killed, according to Pentagon figures. The tolls include combat and non-combat deaths.
http://www.uruknet.com/?s1=1&p=17343&s2=01
US releases 500 Iraqi detainees from Abu Ghraib prison
"The US side informed us that they decided to release 500 prisoners from the US-run jail," the source said. The Interior Ministry sent several buses to Abu Ghraib prison, known for US soldiers' abuse of Iraqi prisoners, to bring the detainees to the Baghdad International Fair in the center of the capital, the source added.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/01/content_3715649.htm |
| For further information contact Shadi Fadda |
|
|
