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Army to deport an international peace activist
The International Solidarity Movement, ISM, reported, on Friday, that Israeli soldiers arrested Ando Macdonald, in the Old City of Hebron and transferred him to Al Ramleh detention facility in preparation to deport him. Macdonald, from Scotland, was present in Hebron in solidarity with Palestinian families facing daily harassments and attacks
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15291&Itemid=1
Scores Wounded in Anti-Wall Protest in Bil'in
"None the less they actually pushed us physically up the road and into the edge of the village and continued shooting into the village proper: tear gas (some of which was shot into villager's homes) and rubber coated bullets at children," said international protestors who participated in today's procession.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=4773
Moving into East Jerusalem
Shoe-horned into the slopes of Sheikh Jarah, an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, is the newer Jewish enclave Shimon Hatzadik, or Simon the Righteous. The reason the newcomers came is the same reason the longtime residents would like to see them leave: The more Jews who settle in East Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods such as these, the less likely it is that Palestinians will be able to build the capital of their hoped-for state here.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1202/p06s02-wome.html
Peaceful Demonstration against the Wall in Aboud
Operation Dove peace group said Thursday that the villagers of Aboud, in Ramallah, will walk Friday toward the construction place of the Apartheid Wall and will pray on it. However, Israel is building another Wall more close to Aboud, taking one third of the village land.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=4764
Little town of Bethlehem imprisoned by Apartheid wall
In one month's time, you will be singing “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” I wonder: How you will sing it this year, having declared your support for transforming our “little town” into a big, open-air prison, leaving no green space for our children to play or our olive trees to grow?
http://www.sfbayview.com/113005/littletown113005.shtml
Boy bitten by Israeli army dog in Jenin
Twelve-year-old Mohammed Shiekh Qassem, 12 from the Jenin Refugee Camp was moderately wounded when a police dog attacked him during an Israeli army raid on his family's home.
http://www.palestinenet.org/english/archive2005/dec/week1/011205/report1.htm
Bil'in protests against the Wall, calls for the release of CPM abductees in Iraq
Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in Bil'in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Six residents were injured, dozens of residents, especially women and children, suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the army.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15295&Itemid=1
European Activists support Palestinian call to "Tear Down This Wall" during week of Action
Almost 30 different actions have been staged in France by the AFPS and other solidarity organizations. Widespread awareness raising in almost all major cities reminded the French public of the ongoing Zionist crimes against the Palestinian people, while regional demonstrations, sit-ins, information stands, video screeenings, debates and conferences took place across the country.
http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/1048.shtml
Al Najah University dean of Shariya department released
“I was arrested at the Beit Iba checkpoint west of Nablus on my way home from the university on October 26. I was then taken to a detention center in Deir Sharaf for several hours and then to the Huwarra detention center before being sent to Petah Tikva.
http://www.palestinenet.org/english/archive2005/dec/week1/011205/report2.htm
OPT: PNIC: One killed and 21 wounded by 42ed week of ceasefire
The report, released by the SIS' Palestinian National Information Center (PNIC) asserted that between November 22 and November 28, 2005 Israeli forces shot one Palestinian dead, injured 21 arrested dozens and carried out many violations varying between house shelling, raids, incursions, land bulldozing and curbing of free movement.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6JPJBP?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
VIEW: The issue of Jerusalem will never go away —Jonathan Power
Yasser Arafat always said “The Arab leader who will give up Jerusalem has not been born.” The report argues that the effort to establish illegal Jewish settlements in and around East Jerusalem and to use the route of its separation wall is “to seal off most of East Jerusalem, with its 230,000 Palestinian residents, from the West Bank” and to create “a de facto annexation of Palestinian land”.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C12%5C02%5Cstory_2-12-2005_pg3_5
Hamas demands Israel to stop it campaign against its candidates
Also, Hamas demanded that the P.A, and President Mahmoud Abbas, should declare a firm and a clear stance which rejects the Israeli threats and procedures, especially since such threats are considered direct intervention in the Palestinian internal affairs.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15281&Itemid=1
Israel PM rules out Barghuti release
"This question has no relevance," Sharon told journalists in Tel Aviv when asked if he had any intention of releasing Marwan Barghuti who was handed five life sentences by an Israeli court last year.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051201/wl_mideast_afp/mideastprisonerbarghutisharon_051201133650
Peres calls quits from politics, backs Sharon
Firmly backing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon , the veteran politician said that he will support him in the March elections as he is the most ‘‘appropriate'' person to kickstart the peace process with the Palestinians.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=83083
Fatah primaries vote halted in Qalqilyah, hits snag in Salfit
The Fatah primaries vote was halted in the West Bank city of Qalqilyah on Friday and hit a snag in the town of Salfit, near Nablus, where an election official said ballot boxes were set ablaze and the voting was halted.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653031.html
Canada decides to take more pro-Israel stance at United Nations
The decision followed a tough campaign by prominent members of the Canadian Jewish community, who directly lobbied Prime Minister Paul Martin to change Canada's voting pattern.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/652995.html
Militants enter Gaza via Rafah; U.S. to monitor border deal
Palestinian security officials said that 10-15 wanted Hamas men have recently entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing, Israel Radio reported Friday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653002.html
Peretz pledges 'relentless fight' against terror
The Labor chairman also addressed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's remarks earlier in the day, saying, “We are no less capable of safeguarding Israel's security than you are. We will be relentless in our fight against terror, but we know how to treat people better than you; we know how to make sure new immigrants can purchase apartments."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3178089,00.html
Netanyahu: Russian vote will be based on security, not economics
MK Benjamin Netanyahu believes that voters from the Russian -speaking community in Israel will not be motivated by socioeconomic considerations, but, as before, on political and security matters and how to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652775.html
New documentary a family tale older than Israel itself
It's also an amused study of misplaced premises and faulty representation. It's not a story of burning tires and bulldozed houses - a la Ijtiah , Hassan's 2002 documentary on the Jenin invasion. It's a family tale older than Israel, though its telling is fenced in by the tense courtesy of life under Israeli domination.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4330.shtml
In Sharon's shadow
In a broken voice and with eyes lowered as he read his declaration, Shimon Peres on Wednesday bade farewell to the Labor Party and went to warm himself in the fold of Ariel Sharon, whom he called "the most appropriate" person to lead the country.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652731.html
Howard Dean's Blunt Message: Forgetting Palestine
What does the AIPAC ideology entail? How about support for the current wall being erected by Israel to keep Palestinians at bay, as well as Israeli settlements in the West Bank, support for a nuclear program in the country, as well as billions in US aid? All this despite the numerous UN resolutions Israel has broken with their dealings of occupied territories of Palestine
http://www.counterpunch.com/frank12012005.html
Likud forecasts Sharon victory
A poll published Friday in Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth showed 53 percent of Likud members believe the man who betrayed them, Ariel Sharon, will be Israel's next prime minister, in comparison to a dim 25 percent who said whoever wins the Likud primaries will lead the party to victory.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3178286,00.html
The withdrawal from Iraq is coming
Israel must prepare itself for the American withdrawal from Iraq. An American withdrawal, especially if it takes place without the United States achieving its main goals in Iraq, will certainly influence the strategic situation throughout the region.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652808.html
Israel test-fires missile as Iran nuclear threat looms
Friday's test is the 14th test of the Arrow system, which is being developed with the United States, and the ninth test of the missile itself. Also Friday the Foreign Ministry condemned an agreement reported by a Russian newspaper on a missile transaction between Moscow and Iran.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653023.html
Presbyterians Say Meeting in Middle East Isn't Official
Scrambling to maintain fragile friendships with Jewish groups, local and national officials of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are distancing themselves from a meeting in Lebanon between a Hezbollah commander and a Presbyterian delegation that included the denomination's Chicago leader.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/02/national/02church.html
Former covert Israeli forces 'training Kurds in Iraq'
Iraq and Israel are still officially at war, though since the 1960s Israel and the Iraqi Kurds have had a relationship. A spokesman for the Israeli foreign ministry said his country had no relationship with the new Iraq and it remained "at war".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1655905,00.html
Blair faces allegations of complicity in torture
In The Independent, Ms Wilmshurst, now a fellow of Chatham House, said the Prime Minister could not justify breaking the international convention against torture by saying the "rules of the game have changed" because of the war on terrorism.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article330660.ece
New US-Iraqi operation launched in Ramadi
US and Iraqi forces in Iraq have launched a new operation in Ramadi, the day after militants staged a symbolic attack on the town, as a new report suggested the insurgency could get stronger.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051202/wl_afp/iraq_051202104059
Iraqi Panel Wants Baath Candidates Banned
A commission in charge of removing senior members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party from government posts has recommended that nearly 90 people be banned from running in the Dec. 15 elections, an official said Thursday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051202/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_baathists
Iraq Issues Travel Ban for Non-Iraqi Arabs
Iraq's interior ministry has banned all non-Iraqi Arabs from entering the country until further notice as part of security measures for the Dec. 15 general elections, officials said Friday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051202/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_travel_ban |
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