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Dashed hopes at Qalqilya crossing
Workers are divided into groups by Israeli authorities and each group needs hours before being allowed entry through the iron turnstiles. This has resulted in a number of workers being fired by their Israeli employers. It should be noted that a condition for using the Qalqilya crossing is the workers must be employed by Israelis on the other side and are allowed entry into Israel.
http://www.palestinenet.org/english/archive2005/dec/week1/051205/report2.htm
Artists push against Israeli wall
Eric Laursen, one of the organisers, says the Three Cities Against the Wall exhibition, held concurrently in Ram Allah, Tel Aviv and New York, showcases paintings, sculptures, photographic montages and audio-visual installations that depict the barrier as "a form of oppression". "The message is that the wall represents a form of oppression that destroys the humanity of both the oppressor and oppressed,"
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/486D3DFB-F40C-4321-BA0D-FD69846B4F47.htm
Israeli army detains Hamas candidates in W. Bank
Israeli army arrested on Monday seven members of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas),including candidates for the January parliamentary elections amid an arrest campaign in the West Bank, Palestinian security sources and witnesses reported.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/05/content_3880312.htm
Palestinian farmers mourn loss of land to barrier
From his hilltop village, Abu Azzam can see his 175 dunums (43 acres) of avocados, mangoes, peaches, apples and apricots on the other side of the fence. Three years ago, he employed more than 2,000 workers. Today, only he and his wife have permits to tend the rotting farm. "My 58-year-old wife has to do the work of a 28-year-old. Jayyus has lost 75 percent of its land, but 90 percent of its income," he said.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=15134
US considers exchanging Jewish spy for jailed Fatah leader
Barghouti, 46, is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison after he was arrested in 2002 during the Israeli Defensive Shield operation in the West Bank. Pollard, an American Jewish citizen, has been imprisoned in the United States since 25 years ago under a life sentence for spying for Israel.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/05/content_3880530.htm
Israel still denying Gaza students permits to study in West Bank
Students from the Gaza Strip are still being met with a blanket denial of requests to study in the West Bank. The blanket denial comes in spite of Israel's pledge as part of the passage agreement with the Palestinians that bus convoy links between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank would be permitted.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653591.html
Plea for life of prisoner with cancer
Turkman was diagnosed with cancerous tumors. In letters sent to international and local rights organizations, the prisoners said Turkman has been in prison for three years and was only recently diagnosed with cancerous tumors. Turkman underwent an operation while at the Hadarim prison and was then transferred to Damoun.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15344&Itemid=1
Palestinian prisoners threaten to protest against dire situation
The prisoners gave prison's authorities an ultimatum until Sunday evening t o respond to their demands, including ending isolated detention of four prisoners, among them Abdul Raheem Mallooh, deputy secretary general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the sources said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/04/content_3876197.htm
Five killed in Israeli shopping centre blast
At least five people were killed in a suicide bombing at a shopping centre in the Israeli city of Netanya today. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for today's explosion, saying the attack was in retaliation for the targeted killings of some of its leaders in Gaza.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1658107,00.html
IDF readies for wide-scale retaliatory operations
"Operational activities are starting in the coming hours. Some of them will continue through the night and into the coming weeks. The security establishment has received explicit directives on how to operate," Mofaz said. Military sources said the operations were liable to last "several weeks or even a month."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/654009.html
Analysis: Closure on Gaza breaches PM's promise to Rice
This step contravenes an agreement reached between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on the Gaza Strip border crossings, which allows Israel to shut down a crossing for passage only in the wake of an attack or warning directly related to that crossing. In addition, if Prime Minister Ariel Sharon accepts this suggestion he would be breaching a promise he gave U.S. Secretary of State
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653956.html
Fatah armed wing threatens to attack Israel
"The brigades will hit in Israeli heart if Israel continues to violate a truce and shed Palestinians' blood," the group said in a statement. Firing homemade rockets by the group came after the Israeli army killed two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Friday night and Saturday, the statement said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/04/content_3876041.htm
Jenin: Islamic Jihad, PA police exchange fire
Police officers attempted to arrest a Jihad member, who tried to escape to the nearby refugee camp. Al-Aqsa and other Jihad members followed in an effort to help the fleeing gunman, and proceeded to open fire at the PA officers; exchanges of fire ensued, and the gunmen made their way to the Muqata compound, which contains the PA's governing offices in the city.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3179918,00.html
Hamas election campaign to focus on clean government promise
The Palestinian militant group Hamas unveiled its campaign platform Monday, saying it would promise voters clean government and reforms and plans to refrain from staging military-style rallies with gunmen and weapons.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653855.html
Mofaz okays resumption of targeted assassinations
Following a recent upsurge in Palestinian rocket fire into Israel, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz on Monday approved a resumption of the practice of targeted assassinations of Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, Israel Radio reported.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653501.html
MK Uzi Landau expected to pull out of Likud leadership race
Likud hardliner MK Uzi Landau on Monday announced he was quitting the party leadership race, declaring that he now supports MK Benjamin Netanyhu, who is currently the front-runner in the Likud primaries.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653819.html
Peretz's first test
He spoke of the urgent need for negotiations with the Palestinians in order to reach an agreement, and even outlined some of its parameters. Immediately thereafter, he took care to circumscribe the extent of his concessions via two parameters accepted by most of the public: He rejected a Palestinian "right of return" to Israel and the redivision of Jerusalem.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653568.html
Shaky preview to the PA elections
This led many observers in the territories to say over the weekend that if this sort of unrest could occur during an internal party election, when the Fatah candidates were competing among themselves, there will almost certainly be much more serious violence when the candidates of two rival movements, Fatah and Hamas, run against each other.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653567.html
Analysis: Bombing places focus of elections back on security
Shortly before the suicide bomber struck, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave a speech at the Israel Business Conference that focused entirely on the struggle against poverty. The attack, along with the recently renewed Qassam fire in the western Negev, the over-hyped debate on the Iranian nuclear question and the tension along the northern border, place the focus back on the security issues.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653956.html
The withdrawal from Iraq is coming
In any case, Israel must assume that an American withdrawal from Iraq will take place in three years at the latest, when a new president enters office. It doesn't matter if it is a Democrat or Republican. The new president will surely do everything possible to find a convenient formula for a withdrawal from Iraq. Therefore, Israel must prepare strategically for an American withdrawal and carefully examine what can be achieved in the realm of arrangements with the Palestinians.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652808.html
Ex-US diplomat blames Israel for Pakistani dictator's death
A retired US ambassador has reignited the debate about one of south Asia's greatest whodunits, the death in 1988 of Pakistan's president General Zia ul-Haq, by saying that Israel was responsible. John Gunther Dean, then US ambassador to India, said he suspected Israel's secret service Mossad
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1657651,00.html
Syria boosts accuracy of its Scud D missile
Syria has introduced significant changes in the advanced model of the Scud D missile that gives it greater guidance capability and accuracy, according to Western missile experts.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653195.html
UN nuclear watchdog: Iran may be months from nuclear bomb
If Iran's Natanz enrichment plant becomes fully operational, the Iranians could be few months away from a nuclear weapon, the head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency told the British newspaper The Independent in an interview published Monday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/653454.html
Russia defends Iran missile sale
Ivanov said the weapons were strictly defensive in nature and could only be used against objects in the air and within close range of the systems. The Russian foreign ministry also confirmed the sale and stressed the defensive nature of the weapons.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051205/wl_mideast_afp/russiairanmideast_051205175406
Iraqi, Muslim and Palestinian support for peace hostages grows
Although anxiety and uncertainty about the prospects of four peace campaigners taken hostage in Iraq last week remains high, hopes for their release were given a big boost last night (3 December 2005) when five prominent Sunni Muslim groups condemned the kidnapping.
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_05124islamcpt.shtml
Iraqis turn to pills to escape their hard reality
"It is a dangerous plague that has to be confronted immediately, before it becomes uncontrollable," said Dr. Adnan Fawzi, assistant to the director of the Ministry of Health's national program to combat drug addiction.
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/88399.asp
French Engineer Latest Iraq Kidnap Victim
Unidentified gunmen abducted a French engineer as he was on his way to work Monday in Baghdad, police and the French foreign ministry said, the latest in a wave of kidnappings of Westerners.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051205/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
US defends propaganda payments
US military officials have, for the first time, detailed and broadly defended a Pentagon programme that pays to carry positive news about US efforts in Iraq. The Pentagon defends the move as part of an effort aimed at "getting the truth out"
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9D412AFC-5AFE-486E-A7B9-D5F1600D9385.htm
U.S. Forces Using 2-Track Approach in Iraq
The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq has adopted a two-track approach to bring peace — concentrating military forces on attacking foreign fighters while trying to persuade Sunni Muslims to join the political process, a U.S. general said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051205/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_two_track_war
Excerpts From Arguments in Saddam Trial
Judge: "We will give you enough time, regarding the refutation of the legitimacy of this court. This court is legitimate, legal and formed according to a law issued by the National Assembly." Saddam: "Under the American occupation!" Judge: "No, and you are not allowed to speak." Saddam: "How is it legitimate while it is the Americans who formed it?"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051205/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saddam_trial_exchange |
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