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Justice minister: West Bank fence (WALL) is Israel's future border
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has stated publicly that the separation fence will serve as "the future border of the state of Israel" and that, "the High Court of Justice, in its rulings over the fence, is drawing the country's borders." ( IN THE ILLEGALY OCCUPIED TERRITORIES ! ! ! )
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=652490
Israeli police arrests two Israeli youth after cutting 120 Palestinian grapevines
The Israeli Police arrested, on Thursday two, Israeli youth suspected of cutting down 120 grapevines which belong to a Palestinian farmer close to the Givat Hasrina (ILLEGAL) settlement, in the West Bank city of Hebron.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15278&Itemid=1
Braverman: Labor stands for united Jerusalem
When asked by Ynetnews about Amir Peretz's stance on Jerusalem and its status in final peace deal, the subject of much speculation in recent weeks, Braverman said that Peretz and Labor have their position clear, adding: "Jerusalem is united, the capital of Israel. What we want right now, after the election, (is) to start negotiations and move forward."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3177976,00.html
West Bank barrier designed to expand (ILLEGAL) settlements
Israel has deliberately routed its West Bank separation barrier to expand and create new Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian territory... "One of the primary reasons for choosing the route of many sections of the barrier was to place areas intended for settlement expansion on the 'Israeli side' of the barrier," said the report which has been jointly compiled by the Israeli rights groups B'Tselem and Bimkom.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051201/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelbarriersettlers_051201132953
Last few Palestinians in Moroccan quarter resist attempts at expulsion
The overwhelming majority of homes in the Moroccan quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem were torn down and turned into the Jewish quarter during the 1967 War by invading Israeli forces. Today only a few Palestinian homes remain and their owners say they will not leave in spite of continued Israeli efforts to drive them out.
http://www.palestinenet.org/english/archive2005/dec/week1/011205/report3.htm
Jewish settler population seen growing 4.3 percent in 2005
The Jewish population in the West Bank is expected to grow faster than in any other Israeli district in 2005, to more than 243,000 people, the government reported Thursday. (EXCLUDING THE OCCUPIED JERUSALEM !!! )
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652626.html
Palestinians appeal for release of Western activists kidnapped in Iraq
Palestinians, led by their top Muslim cleric, appealed to Iraqi insurgents on Wednesday to release four Western peace activists, saying three of them had spent time in the West Bank aiding the Palestinians. The four workers for the group Christian Peacemaking Teams - an American, a Briton and two Canadians - were shown in a video released Tuesday by insurgents in Iraq.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475655775&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Israelis trained Kurds in Iraq
In addition to Motorola and Magalcom, a company owned by Israeli entrepreneur Shlomi Michaels is in full business partnership with the Kurdish government, providing strategic consultation on economic and security issues. The Kurds had insisted the cooperation projects were kept secret, fearing exposure would motivate terror groups to target their Jewish guests.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3177712,00.html
Patriarch's ire at Israeli snub
Patriarch Theophilos III has sued Israel to recognize his authority and will not approve the land deal, signed during his predecessor's tenure, the official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3176376,00.html
Malloah still hospitalized
The Palestinenet news website reported that Abdul-Rahim Mallouh, the jailed member of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, vice-secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, is still hospitalized at an Israeli hospital after suffering fractures in his jaw.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15273&Itemid=1
Sharon says Israel will arrest Hamas election candidates at roadblocks
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday that Israel would immediately arrest militant Hamas candidates for Palestinian parliament if they tried to go through Israeli military roadblocks.
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/051201/w120116.html
Three Border Police officers likely to be tried for beating Palestinian
According to the Palestinian man, the three officers took him in their jeep from the Israeli Arab city of Umm al-Fahm to an area near the Megiddo junction in the north of the country. The man said the three Border Police officers then beat him and stole his money.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652621.html
IDF soldiers arrest Al Jazeera TV reporter based in West Bank
Awad Rajoub, 29, was arrested at his home, Walid al-Amari, Al Jazeera bureau chief for the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem, said on Thursday. An IDF spokeswoman said that Awad was being held "for security reasons."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652725.html
Sharon: Israel to keep Jordan Valley under any deal
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Thursday Israel intended to keep control of the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, signaling its insistence on retaining (ILLEGAL) settlements there under any future (UNJUST) peace deal.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051201/wl_nm/mideast_settlements_dc_2
Palestinian FM: Settlements threaten chance for Palestinian state
He called Israel's disengagement from the Gaza Strip in September "an important development" but said it is critical that this is followed by a return to the so-called road map to Mideast peace, starting with Israel's withdrawal from cities and other areas to pre-September 2000 positions and the release of prisoners and detainees.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/651888.html
The Israeli Government has Prevented Dr. Abdel Wahab Mahjoub from Entering Gaza
Foreigners are not allowed to enter Gaza through Erez crossing except by special coordination through the Israeli Liason Office. This in turn largely prohibits foreigner people entry into Gaza and reduces the opportunities of cooperation between the international community and Palestinian professionals in providing much needed services in many different fields.
http://www.gcmhp.net/File_files/mhjoub20nov2k5.html
Ottawa set to reject anti-Israel resolutions
Canada has traditionally abstained on a slew of resolutions introduced annually in the United Nations General Assembly, but, this year, it indicated it would join the United States and only a few other countries in voting against three of them
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3178062,00.html
Haaretz poll: Likud drops to 9 seats, Kadima on 37
The poll indicates that Kadima, headed by Sharon, is gaining more momentum and will garner 37 seats, while Labor is holding steady at 26 mandates. Shinui is likely to tumble down to only five mandates, as most of its voters seem to be moving to Kadima.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652657.html
Poll: Peres' resignation nudges 30% to vote for Kadima
Some 30 percent of Israelis said that the departure of former Labor chairman Shimon Peres from the party and his announcement that he was supporting Kadima would increase their chances of voting for the newly formed party headed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, according to a Haaretz-Dialog poll published Thursday.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=652222
Hamas names three as parliament candidates, despite fear of arrests
Hamas sources said yesterday that the group's top leaders, Dr. Mahmoud Zahar and Ismail Hanieh in the Gaza Strip and Sheikh Hassan Yousef from the West Bank, who has been imprisoned in Israel for the past month, would contend in the parliamentary elections set for January 25.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652246.html
Barak announces he's staying in Labor after meeting with Peretz
Former prime minister Ehud Barak announced on Thursday morning that he is staying in the Labor Party, after meeting with Labor Chairman Amir Peretz for the second time since Peretz's election to the post.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652557.html
In the hope that Jerusalem will wait
The document, edited apparently at the British Consulate in East Jerusalem (at a time when Britain was serving as chairman of the EU Council), was submitted for the attention of the EU foreign ministers, but they decided not to discuss it or even confirm its existence. They feared that it might harm the implementation of the Rafah border crossing agreement in which they were involved
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652262.html
Japan's Koizumi eyes visit to Israel, Palestinian territories
Koizumi, who has been seeking a greater global role for Japan, hopes to meet separately with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, Jiji Press said Thursday, quoting unnamed government sources.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051201/wl_mideast_afp/mideastjapanisrael_051201091911
U.S., Israel vie to sell early warning planes to S. Korea
A Korean defense ministry delegation, headed by the deputy defense minister in charge of acquisitions, is presently in Israel to discuss the deal, which would be worth more than $1 billion.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652240.html
OPT: Rubble of Gaza settlements to be cleared within month
The removal of thousands of tonnes of rubble from the demolished Jewish settlements in Gaza is to begin within a month, a senior UN official said Thursday after a UN-Israeli agreement was signed on funding.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/DPAS-6JNH47?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Swedish Jews, Muslims join forces
On 30 September, the Central Council for Jews in Sweden and the Muslim Council of Sweden made public a joint statement in which they advocate a method of slaughter that would satisfy religious rules and assuage concerns regarding animal welfare.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3176717,00.html
'To stop the Israelis right now'
The EU countries, unfortunately, can't even speak. European foreign ministers last week vetoed the planned publication of "a highly sensitive report" prepared by top European diplomats in the 25 EU countries. Why so sensitive? Because it criticises Israel's deliberate policy — in breach of international law — of "completing the annexation of East Jerusalem". It concludes: "Prospects for a two state solution with East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine are receding."
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=116427
Analysis / Now Shimon Peres is Ariel Sharon's problem
On both occasions, Peres failed at the polls. After Rabin's murder, Peres started in the best position in the world. In order to nail down his victory against Benjamin Netanyahu, he even donned a flak jacket and initiated a military adventure in Lebanon.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652226.html
PM: Israel part of world efforts to stop nuclear Iran
Sharon said the West has the military capabilities to handle Iran, but "before anyone decides on a military step, every effort would be made to pressure Iran to halt this activity. It seems to me such efforts can be fruitful," he said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652595.html
Peretz wants same airtime as PM
Backers of Labor Chairman Amir Peretz charged the Israel Broadcasting Authority for giving Sharon what they believed was excessive radio airtime. Sharon has used the Israel Broadcasting Authority for his campaign purposes, and was granted an hour-and-a-half long promotional commercial
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3177927,00.html
Pentagon pays Iraqi papers to print its 'good news' stories
Faced with suicide bombings, claims of Iraqi death squads, and kidnappings, the Pentagon has come up with an innovative solution to solving the problems in Iraq: buying good news. Using defence contractors or intermediaries posing as freelance reporters, the military has been paying Iraqi newspapers to publish stories written by a military propaganda unit lauding the US mission
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1654661,00.html |
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