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U.S millionaire finances (ILLEGAL) Jewish settlement in (OCCUPIED) East Jerusalem
The new neighborhood is slated to be set up on a hill between the National Police Headquarters and the Hyatt Hotel, thus creating a contiguity stretch of Jewish neighborhoods through eastern Jerusalem, reaching Mount Scopus. A request to build the complex was submitted to the Jerusalem Municipality this week.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=640982
Jerusalem-area fence will imprison Palestinians, block peace
The result of this policy could be tragic: Without a Palestinian capital in eastern Jerusalem – an absolute requirement to bring the conflict to an end and resolve all outstanding claims – there will be no possibility of reaching an agreement in future. As such, this policy will ensure ongoing violence and conflict.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3163037,00.html
Prisoner Solidarity and Anti-Wall Protest to Continue in Bil'in on Friday in the Face of Continued Military Suppression
This Friday at 12:00 pm the villagers of Bil'in together with Israeli and International supporters will hold another creative non-violent march to the construction site of the Apartheid Barrier. The main theme of this week's demonstration will be prisoner solidarity. Due to the recent night-time raids by the Israeli military, seventeen non-violent protestors from the village currently remain in Israeli detention.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/11/02/prisoner-solidarity-and-anti-wall-protest-to-continue-in-bil%e2%80%99in-on-friday-in-the-face-of-continued-military-suppression/
Hillary Clinton to visit Israel, meet with Sharon
Senator Hillary Clinton will travel to Israel next week and meet with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to discuss security issues, her office said Wednesday. She also plans to tour a portion of the security fence near (OCCUPIED) Jerusalem. The fence has been the focus of international debate, and Clinton has supported Israel's right to construct it. ( Security Fence = Apartheid Wall! )
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/641299.html
Peace Now presents: Settlement course
The course, which is scheduled to begin on Sunday and is mainly intended for university students, will continue for seven weeks and will include lectures on the history of the settlement enterprise through its legal and economic aspects, the establishment of outposts and the security ramifications of the (ILLEGAL) Jewish settlement in the West Bank.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3163833,00.html
Child shot in Jenin is clinically dead
Palestinian sources in Jenin reported that the child who was shot earlier on Thursday on Jenin refugee camp is clinically dead, earlier it was reported that the child died. An Israeli military source claimed that soldiers mistook a toy gun the child, Ahmad Al Khateeb, 12, was carrying with a real one and fired at him;
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14780&Itemid=1
IOF Assaults Press Team in Jenin, Seizes Video Camera
Local sources said that a team was beaten up by Israeli soldiers as its members were covering the Israeli thrust into jenin, which caused the death of an 11-year-old boy. The sources added that Israeli soldiers seized a camera belonging to Ramattan.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=4496
Israeli Arab public to help plan Galilee development scheme
Peres' office is responsible for Negev and Galilee development, and it was harshly criticized recently by the Arab public over the campaign it ran for populating the Galilee. Among other complaints, the campaign was skewered for not presenting any data on aid to the Arab sector.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=640983
Hamas sets terms to renew truce
A senior Hamas leader said the Islamist movement would only renew an informal truce at the year-end if Israel stops all aggression and releases Palestinian prisoners.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051103/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunresthamas_051103125047
2,700 children from Hebron will celebrate the Eid Al Fitr away from their parents
According to statistics provided by the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, 2,700 children from the Hebron district will spend the Eid Al Fitr holiday marking the end of the month of Ramadan away from their imprisoned fathers, imprisoned in Israeli jails.
http://www.palestinenet.org/english/archive2005/nov/week1/021105/report1.htm
Palestinians hit by sonic boom air raids
The Palestinian health ministry says the sonic booms have led to miscarriages and heart problems. The United Nations has demanded an end to the tactic, saying it causes panic attacks in children. The shockwaves have also damaged buildings by cracking walls and smashing thousands of windows.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1607450,00.html
Students protest against racism at Hebrew University sports center
Dozens of students demonstrated at Hebrew University in Jerusalem on Thursday to protest the Lerner Sports Center's refusal to allow Arabs to obtain memberships. The university said discrimination against Arabs at the sports center in neither a written nor official policy.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/641391.html
Petition circulating in West Bank calls on youth to refuse IDF draft
A petition has begun circulating in the West Bank, calling on settler youth to refuse enlistment into the Israel Defense Forces, Army Radio reported Wednesday.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=640544
Mofaz: We won't bar PA vote even if Hamas runs
Prime Minister Sharon and Mofaz himself had earlier indicated that Israel would make it difficult or impossible for the Palestinian Legislative Council elections to take place if the militant group participates in them.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=641288
USAID invests $17 million in West Bank roads improvement
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Palestinian Ministry of Public Works, is funding the rehabilitation of three new roads as part of the third phase of a program to improve transportation, create jobs and support the development of a sustainable economy in the (OCCUPIED) West Bank.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-6HSHMA?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Spain steps-up support for education in occupied Palestinian territory
The Government of Spain has stepped-up its support to UNICEF education humanitarian action through contributing €1 million (US$ 1.2 million) for Palestinian children in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KOCA-6HSJ8L?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
MKs meet with Sharon, rebels in attempt to avoid split in Likud party
Coalition Chairman MK Gideon Sa'ar and MK Michael Eitan met on Thursday morning with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in an attempt to find common ground between Sharon and the Likud rebels and prevent a split in the party.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/641368.html
Indifference to Israeli aggression makes U.S. policy look imbalanced
U.S. President George W. Bush has frequently expressed his determination to bring justice to the Middle East. But while the U.S. administration is rapidly pressing ahead with efforts to prosecute regime leaders in Iraq and Syria, another kind of injustice - Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people - continues to go ignored.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&article_id=19800&categ_id=17
Israel begins commemorations for Rabin anniversary
Carried out by the Israel Democracy Institute, the poll suggested that 84 percent of Israelis fear the possibility of another such killing. The survey also claimed 42 percent of Israelis believe civil war could break out over the question of the future status of the Palestinian territories.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051103/wl_mideast_afp/mideastrabin_051103175916
Dershowitz Discusses Middle East
Opening his remarks, Dershowitz criticized the Harvard Law School group “Justice for Palestine” for inviting Norman G. Finkelstein to speak on campus Thursday. Stating that “the end result has to be two states,” Dershowitz said that any future Palestinian state “will not be contiguous.”
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=509530
Rivlin: Israelis alienated from democracy, police, judiciary
As an Israeli think tank readies its publication of the "Democracy Index" in Israel, a growing number of Israelis feel alienated from the Israeli democracy, police and judiciary, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin said Thursday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/641350.html
Police arrest right-wing teen suspected of attacking senior officer
The suspect, arrested by police at the entrance to the West Bank settlement of Itamar, is from the center of the country. He recently moved to the northern West Bank farm of Avri Ran, seen as the leader of the "hilltop youth."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/641371.html
Katsav invites Moroccan King Mohammed VI to visit Israel
President Moshe Katsav has invited Moroccan King Mohammed VI to Israel. Katsav extended the invitation Wednesday to Andre Azoulay, a Jewish senior adviser to the king who is currently in Israel.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/640977.html
China, Israel sign trade agreement
Olmert welcomed the agreements, and said that so far this year, trade between the two countries has grown by 26 percent, to $2.37 billion. However, the ministry said yesterday that most of this amount - $1.8 billion - is imports from China.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/641031.html
Israel begins commemorations for Rabin anniversary
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has made enemies among the far-right for his withdrawal of troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip, will not attend the event because of security concerns, the Haaretz newspaper reported.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051103/en_afp/mideastrabin_051103175916
Yemeni president calls for unity among Arab countries
In a televised speech, Saleh said the Arab countries should realize that they have failed to demonstrate unity and coordination, notably recently in the face of a UN Security Council resolution on Hariri probe. Syria on Monday called for an emergency summit of the 22-member Arab League
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/03/content_3724005.htm
U.N. Envoy Happy With Hezbollah Comments
The top U.N. envoy for Syria and Lebanon said Wednesday he was encouraged by the Hezbollah leader's recent comments about the prospects of the militia eventually disarming, even though the remarks were extremely tough.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051103/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_syria_lebanon
Israel opens fire in disputed border area
One military source said troops fired warning shots following intelligence about a possible Hezbollah attack. Another military source said it was merely an army gunnery exercise. An army spokesman flatly denied any exchange of fire with Hezbollah fire and reported no hits on Israeli army positions.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051103/wl_mideast_afp/mideastlebanonisrael_051103180136
U.S. Circulates Draft Resolution on Iraq
The United States on Wednesday circulated a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would extend the mandate of the nearly 180,000-strong multinational force in Iraq for a year, a move that could face opposition from Russia and others.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051103/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iraq
Five US soldiers killed in Iraq
The deaths bring to at least 2,029 the number of US military personnel who have died in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion, according to an AFP tally based on Pentagon figures.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051103/wl_mideast_afp/iraqustoll |
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