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No peace with Sharon
Five Israelis are the latest victims. Over the past months, 15 Palestinians, two of them children, have been killed by Israeli troops. Their deaths attracted no headlines, but they are dead just the same. I recently returned from leading the first British parliamentary delegation to the Palestinian Authority. What we saw is never seen by ordinary, decent Israelis, like the citizens of Netanya - who, since they dare not venture into the occupied territories, have no idea of the persecution of Palestinians being carried out in their name.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1660589,00.html
Europe and Jerusalem
European foreign ministers earlier vetoed planned publication of the report which also warns that rapid expansion of the Jewish settlements in and around East Jerusalem, along with use of the separation barrier to isolate East Jerusalem from the West Bank, risk radicalizing the hitherto relatively quiescent Palestinian population of East Jerusalem.
http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=2763
Accidental Activists
Corrie is the mother of slain activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip two and a half years ago while trying to protect a home from demolition by the Israeli military. Since then, Cindy and her husband Craig have pushed for answers about their daughter's death, and have themselves become activists, touring the country in the cause of human rights for Palestinians.
http://www.alternet.org/story/29107/
Ex-Professor Cleared on Some Terror Charges
He was fired from the University of South Florida, where he was a computer engineering professor, shortly after being indicted, and USF President Judy Genshaft said Tuesday that the school would not rehire him even if he was cleared on all charges. ( Terror = Opposing Illegal Occupier! )
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/attacks_professor
A week of Palestinian calls for the release of the CPT hostages in Iraq
Over the last week Palestinians from across the political spectrum have issued impassioned appeals and demonstrated for the release of the four Christian Peacemaker Team volunteers who were taken hostage in Iraq, three of whom had previously served in Palestine with CPT and ISM.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4332.shtml
'Palestinian economy represents golden opportunity for Arab investors'
Considering it one of the most attractive investment environments, businessmen agreed that the Palestinian economy was still green and needs to be exploited. During the first ten months of this year, the trading volume at the Palestine Stock Exchange totalled $1.275 billion.
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=116154
IOF Arrests 3 Citizens, Closes Charitable Association in WB
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested overnight three citizens from the West Bank (WB) cities of Nablus and Hebron, security sources said. In Jenin, northern WB, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) closed Wednesday Al-Bir and Al-Ihsan Charitable Association.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=4815
PRCS: IOF Continues to Violate Human Rights
PRCS also stated that Israeli soldiers restricted the freedom of movement to PRCS ambulances and its medical teams, adding that delays, denial of access and arbitrary searches had a negative impact on wounded and sick in Bethlehem city.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=4817
Resistance Committees vows to avenge Gaza hit
Mohammed Abdel-Al, spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees pledged to avenge the targeted assassination of its operative, Mahmoud Arkan. Abdel-Al said that in principle, the PRC is committed to the truce but reserves the right to retaliate for Israeli attacks.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475703080&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Security sources arrest Islamic Jihad activists in Tulkarm
Sources close to the Islamic Jihad said that Palestinian security services arrested four Islamic Jihad activists at dawn this morning from the Tulkarm district. The same sources also said the four were transported to Jericho Prison.
http://www.palestinenet.org/english/archive2005/dec/week1/071205/report1.htm
Ayalon: Evacuate all (ILLEGAL) settlements beyond the fence by 2010
Former Shin Bet Chief Ami Ayalon, who is vying for a place on the Labor Party's Knesset list, said Tuesday that if it was up to him, no (ILLEGAL) settlements outside major blocs would remain on the Palestinian side of the West Bank separation ( APARTHEID WALL) fence by 2010.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=654533
The IDF rules in the hospitals, too
A 14-year-old Palestinian wounded by IDF fire and taken to Schneider Children's Hospital had his hands and legs shackled, despite being guarded by two MPs and not being able to walk because of his wounds. The professional view of the hospital doctors was that the wounded youth, who two days earlier underwent surgery on his leg, should be freed from his shackles - but they were overruled.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=654588
IDF opts for targeted killing over large-scale W. Bank operation
This activity, which has been ongoing for the past few months ( DURING CEASE-FIRE ) in Jenin and Tul Karm, will now be expanded to the surrounding villages. In addition, targeted killings of Islamic Jihad figures are also expected in the coming days.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=654613
Five Bedouin leaders pledge support for Kadima
The heads of five Bedouin local authorities in the north of the country yesterday announced their support for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Kadima party. The endorsement came at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday evening in the village of Shibli, near Kfar Tavor.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=654566
Hamas West Bank chief urges all factions to hold their fire
Hassan Yusif, the jailed head of Hamas in the West Bank, was quoted Wednesday as urging all Palestinian factions as well as Israel to safeguard the brittle calm of recent months.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/654895.html
Fateh primaries in Qalqilya puts city's longest standing prisoner at top
The results put Ahmad Hazza' Sharim (Abu Hazza') in first place in the city and villages. Hazza' is a former prisoner who spent over 22 years in Israeli prisons and is a members of the Fateh Revolutionary Council and Fateh's treasurer in the district.
http://www.palestinenet.org/english/archive2005/dec/week1/071205/report2.htm
Palestinian soccer union plans to punish 'Peace Team' players
"We act in accordance with the attitude of our people who are against normalization (of relations with Israel) before the end of the occupation," Zaqout said, referring to Israel's hold over lands captured in the 1967 Middle East war.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/655069.html
Likud Chairman Hanegbi defects to PM Sharon's Kadima party
In a surprise move on Wednesday, cabinet minister Tzachi Hanegbi, acting chairman of the Likud and chair of the Likud Central Committee, announced that he had decided to leave the party to join Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new Kadima faction.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=654612
Dispute keeps Security Council from condemning Netanya attack
Algerian Ambassador Abdallah Baali, on the other hand, accused the American envoy of being "totally inaccurate and unfair." Baali, said he had proposed a meeting of junior diplomats to discuss the draft and make suggestions but Bolton refused.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/654905.html
Danish Muslim group charged with funding terrorism
The Justice Ministry said an investigation launched in 2002 showed the two Al-Aqsa members had collected money in Denmark and transferred it to "Middle Eastern organizations which are part of or have connections to the terror organization Hamas."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051207/wl_nm/security_denmark_dc_1
Haaretz poll: economy pivotal for 38% of voters
Some 38 percent of respondents in a Haaretz-Dialogue poll taken on Tuesday night said socio-economic concerns would most influence them if the elections were to take place now. Twenty-seven percent cited security-political issues, and 21 percent gave preference to corruption in the public sector.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=654461
PM praises Ben-Gurion's willingness to give up land in partition deal
"We never forgot that this is our country and we will never relinquish it. Nevertheless, for peace we are willing to give up some of what we are entitled to. In choosing between having all of the land without a Jewish state or a Jewish state without all of the land, we chose the latter," Sharon quoted Ben-Gurion as saying.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/655046.html
Netanyahu: Sharon will withdraw unilaterally as far as Kfar Sava
MK Benjamin Netanyahu, front-runner in the race to succeed Ariel Sharon as chairman of the Likud, said Wednesday that the prime minister would carry out unilateral withdrawals in the West Bank "as far as Kfar Sava."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/655051.html
Record number of women to contest Palestinian elections
Under a new quota system, the number of women deputies will increase to at least 13 within the 132-seat Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), up from its current total of five. In the first round, which took place in the West Bank a year ago, a record 139 women took part in the ballot and won an impressive 52 seats on local councils -- nearly 17 percent of the total.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051207/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinianvotewomen_051207051203
Last-ditch bid to clear obstacle to Israel joining Red Cross
Approval of a new emblem allowing Israel to join the Red Cross movement after nearly six decades of exclusion has been held up by Syria's demand that its humanitarian workers have access to the occupied Golan Heights.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/654857.html
PICCR says academic freedoms stunted in universities
This constitutes a blatant threat to academic freedoms in higher education institutions. PICCR noted several examples of this including student Kh. S. from Birzeit University, who on 5/7/2005 was beaten by security services until he lost consciousness. After that, the head of a security service offered to recruit him into his apparatus, according to the student's complaint to PICCR.
http://www.palestinenet.org/english/archive2005/dec/week1/071205/report3.htm
Jordan urged to reject immunity deal with US
Leading rights groups urged Jordan's parliament to reject an agreement with the United States that would shield US citizens from war crimes prosecution in the International Criminal Court. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) made the appeal in a joint statement as Jordan's 110-seat lower house was due to convene Wednesday
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051207/wl_mideast_afp/jordanusiccrights_051207175818
Urgent tasks for peace campaign - By George Galloway
Every week brings bad news for Bush and Tony Blair, and new revelations — the use of the chemical white phosphorous, the theft of Iraq’s oil through binding 30 year contracts, torture so widespread that even Washington’s once close friend, Iyad Allawi, likens it to the former regime. Yet while Saddam Hussein is in the dock the US and British governments are busy defending an international torture ring
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=18491&s2=07
Theatrics Invigorate Saddam's Followers
"This trial is a joke and politically motivated," said Yassin Mohammed al-Izzawi, a former general, in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit. "If Saddam is being tried for mass graves and mass killings, then the criminal (President) Bush should be with him in the same cage."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051207/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saddam_theater |
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