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Jerusalem Arab threatens suicide over barrier
The outlying Jerusalem neighborhood, located on the city's northern rim, is one of at least five Jerusalem Arab villages which are slated to fall on the Palestinian side of the (APARTHEID) barrier when it is completed next year, much to the dismay and anger of tens of thousands of local Arab residents who want to remain on the Israeli side of the barrier in order to maintain the freedom of movement that living in (OCCUPIED) Jerusalem affords them.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475679093&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
The truth you don't hear - By Mustafa Barghouti
But the Israelis did not get out of Gaza. A big fuss was created about the great sacrifice Israel was making and how painful it was for settlers to leave. If you steal a piece of land and keep it for 20 years, of course it becomes painful to leave it but it is still something stolen that should be returned to its owners. Prior to the disengagement, a total of 152 settlements existed in the occupied territories: 101 in the West Bank, 30 in East Jerusalem, and 21 in the Gaza Strip.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/771/op2.htm
Moving into East Jerusalem
The Israelis, aided by ultranationalist groups that buy up Arab properties and by the tacit support of the government, see themselves as pioneers. But Palestinians see them as settlers - and the European Union, soon to release a controversial report attacking "the construction and expansion of illegal settlements, by private entities and the Israeli government, in and around East Jerusalem" - appears to agree.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1202/p06s02-wome.html
Israeli Soldiers Beat up Driver while Bringing School Boys
Operation Dove (nonviolent peace corp.) revealed that Israeli soldiers shoved and beat the driver after ordering him to go outside the car. "The 10 children ran away , scared, toward At-Tuwani. Two member of CPT (Christian Peacemaker Teams), an international nonviolent project to accompaniment kids and shepherds threaten by colonizers in the area
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=4795
IDF makes hospital keep Palestinian teen in restraints
A 14-year-old Palestinian who was hospitalized in Israel after being shot in the leg by Israel Defense Forces soldiers has been held in arm and leg restraints since Friday, even though he is guarded 24 hours a day by two Military Police officers. The teen, Taher Ouda, and his father, who is licensed to deliver domestic cooking-gas canisters, claim that Taher was delivering a canister to a home on the outskirts of the village by hand when he was shot.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653161.html
Palestinians to Hold Press Conference to Call for Release of the Four CPT Hostages in Iraq
Tomorrow (Monday the 5th of December) Ikram al Sabri, the head Mufti of Palestine joined by personal Palestinian friends of Harmeet Sodeen, James Loney and Tom Fox, three of the four Christian Peacemaker Teams ( CPT ) hostages being held in Iraq will hold a press conference to call for their release unharmed.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/12/04/palestinians-to-hold-press-conference-to-call-for-release-of-the-four-cpt-hostages-in-iraq/
3 Border policemen indicted over beating of Palestinians
The Police Investigation Department on Sunday indicted three Border Policemen over suspicions of assaulting and beating Palestinians under severe circumstances in two separate incidents. According to the indictment, a Palestinian taxi carrying passengers arrived on January 25
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653494.html
Palestinian film wins European Oscar
Palestinian director Hani abu-Assad has won the European Film Academy's Best Screenplay award for his work on “Paradise Now.” Abu-Assad, who is currently attending the international film festival in Dubai, did not take part at the awards ceremony and was represented by his co-writer and one of the film's producers, Bero Beyer.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3179249,00.html
Rajoub big winner in Fatah primaries
Rajoub, the former commander of the PA's Preventive Security organization and a native of Dura in the Hebron area, is expected to win second place on the national Fatah list. First place on the national list will apparently go to jailed Fatah Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653163.html
Palestinians Probe Rafah Violation Report
The inquiry comes a week after the Palestinians took control of the Rafah crossing. The investigation, ordered by Mohammed Dahlan, the top Palestinian official at the border, indicated the Palestinians want to make a success of their first international border.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians_16
Israel fires missile into Gaza building - witnesses
An Israeli helicopter gunship fired a missile into Gaza city on Sunday, hitting the offices of an Islamic charity and causing damage to the building, Palestinian witnesses said. There were no reports of casualties.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051204/ts_nm/mideast_gaza_missile_dc_3
Palestinians fire two Qassams at open area in eastern Negev
The two rockets fell near a community not far from the town of Netivot, which indicates the rockets' range might have been improved. The Israel Defense Forces officials nevertheless claimed this was the Qassam rocket's average range.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653501.html
Palestinian police shoot driver for not stopping for inspection
West Bank police recently launched a campaign to confiscate illegal weapons and stolen cars, and have been carrying out snap inspections. This was the first incident of violence in Ramallah since the campaign began late last month.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653486.html
Palestinian police chief demands more weapons
The head of the Palestinian police has said that his forces needed more weapons and better equipment if they were to successfully combat a tide of lawlessness in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051204/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinian_051204123718
Beyond Yachimovich's view
In days that are almost free of terror, the heart is tempted to believe the time has indeed come to deal with the "social" problems and to leave the "barren issue" aside. No terror attacks, no Arabs: We are again liable to send the message to the Palestinians that without terror, their issues will be put on the back burner, as was the case during all of the long and relatively quiet years of occupation prior to the eruption of the first intifada.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653181.html
Netanyahu plot unlikely bid to halt Israeli election
Deputies from Israel's right-wing Likud party, fearing a wipe-out at the polls, have been plotting to force an unlikely delay to March's general election, according to MPs.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051204/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelpolitics_051204121414
Netanyahu, Peretz trade barbs over economic policies
Likud primaries front-runner MK Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday blasted Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz, saying he had launched hundreds of strikes during his years as head of the Histadrut labor federation for his own personal promotion.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653415.html
Peretz to quit labor federation in January
Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz announced Sunday that he will resign his role as Histadrut labor federation chairman on January 2. However, he said, "I see the government is using legislation in order to crush elderly people, single mothers and new immigrants."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3178989,00.html
Judgement day looms for new Red Cross symbol
Arab countries have previously resisted any attempt to accommodate the Israelis within the international movement. But last week's recognition by Israel of the Palestine Red Crescent Society and the improved situation in the occupied territories has led to a softening of their stance.
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=106&sid=6287224&cKey=1133718364000
Abbas is right man for peace with Israel: Italy
"It is undeniable that Sharon is a statesman of high caliber and great courage," Berlusconi said after meeting Abbas who is on a 3-day visit to Italy. "I am also convinced that, on the Palestinian side too, the president is the man capable of bringing Palestine to a definitive peace with Israel and to an independent state," he said.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-12-02T171350Z_01_YUE262005_RTRUKOC_0_US-ITALY-MIDEAST.xml&archived=False
Who wants to play with Abbas?
Yasser al-Za'atra, a Jordanian publicist of Palestinian origin, understood this in his assessment of the race. "Peretz will need to yield to Sharon on the diplomatic plan in exchange for Sharon's concession on the economic plan," he wrote this week. The statements of Sharon and Peretz indicate that al-Za'atra is treading a safe path.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653179.html
Sharon: If I win, Peres can have 'any job he wants'
"I asked Shimon Peres to pick any job he wants," Sharon told a news conference in Jerusalem with Peres by his side. "Shimon can fulfil any post, I believe with great success. Regardless of the job Shimon picks, it is crystal clear he will be a full and central partner in the diplomatic process."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653457.html
Netanyahu: Bold action needed to stop nuclear Iran
MK Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) said Sunday that Israel should take "bold and daring" action to thwart Iran's plans for nuclear armament, citing Israel's 1981 air strike on an Iraqi nuclear facility.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653454.html
Aggressive and arbitrary conduct
The prosecution and defense in Tali Fahima's trial reached an agreement under which she will plead guilty to several charges and be sentenced to a jail term of three years. In practice, Fahima will go free in 10 months, should the court approve the plea bargain.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653183.html
Mother of Canadian hostage held in Iraq pleads for son's safe release
"This is a terrible act against humanitarian aid workers who had gone to help the people of Iraq," Clark said. "Harmeet Sooden is not a spy, nor is he an evangelist," Pierard said. "He is a peace lover and an ardent supporter of the oppressed Iraqi and Palestinian peoples."
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/051204/w120416.html
Kurdish Oil Deal Shocks Iraq's Political Leaders
A controversial oil exploration deal between Iraq's autonomy-minded Kurds and a Norwegian company got underway this week without the approval of the central government here, raising a potentially explosive issue at a time of heightened ethnic and sectarian tensions.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-oildeal1dec01,0,4057840.story?coll=la-home-headlines
The great walls of Iraq
The walls have created traffic congestion in the capital and are resented by many Iraqis. "It is worse than the Berlin Wall," said Muaffaq al-Khafaji, a construction engineer from Baghdad. "It represents a slow death of the capital and it does not seem to be reaching an end in the near future. Not mentioning the abuse to the beauty of the city."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5247AE26-CACA-4036-924E-68FFC52B6201.htm
Iraqi detainee dies at US military hospital
A 67-year-old Iraqi male security detainee died in a US military hospital in Iraq on Friday, the US military said in a statement on Saturday. "The death was pronounced by the attending physician at the 344th Corps Support Hospital on Friday," the statement said without any elaboration.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/03/content_3873278.htm
Nearly 150 Iraqi candidates may be eliminated for Baath links
Nearly 150 candidates for Iraq's December 15 legislative election could be barred from running due to their links to the Baath party of former dictator Saddam Hussein, an electoral official said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051204/wl_mideast_afp/iraqelectionsbaath_051204143823
Iraq ex-PM says survives assassination
He said 60-70 men in black, armed with guns and knives, set upon his party as he prayed at the Imam Ali mosque. One took aim but dropped his gun, said Allawi, who is mounting a strong challenge to the ruling Shi'ite Islamist bloc in the run up to the December 15 parliamentary vote.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-12-04T154419Z_01_MOL449287_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ-ALLAWI.xml |
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