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Week Against Apartheid Wall Kicks-Off Across Globe
The window display contained the Call for boycott, divestment, sanctions on Apartheid Israel as well as information about the Wall and the Occupation. The shop, which enjoys good relations with the local community and students, is a non-profit outlet known for its ethical and moral stances
http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/1032.shtml
Internal Affairs: Police lied about Issawiya killing; man was shot in back
On Wednesday, Border Police officers said Samir Ribhi Dari, 36, of the East Jerusalem village of Issawiya, was shot after he attempted to run over an officer. According to the unnamed senior official, in contradiction to the police's version of events, Dari was not even in his vehicle at the time he was shot.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=643650
IDF using phosphorus shells to train, against international law
Several weeks ago, four Bedouin goatherders were badly hurt by the detonation of an unexploded phosphorus shell they found near their home in the South Hebron Hills. Fadal Abu Aram, 17, died of his injuries several weeks later; Hani, 12, is still in serious condition at his family's shack in the village of Carmel; Mahmoud, 14, and Yusef, 24, were also injured by the explosion.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=643725
Israel warns Greek Patriarchy not to swear in Theophilos
The ceremony is being planned despite the fact that the Israeli government has not yet recognized him as the elected patriarch and is actively supporting Irenios, who was removed in the wake of an international furor over a series of Patriarchate real estate deals authorized by Irenios.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=643726
OPT: Israel vows to continue extra-judicial executions
Statements of the Israeli Prime Minster and the Israeli Military Chief of Staff that Israel will continue to carry out "targeted killing" against Palestinian political and field activists prove that the Israeli political and military establishments insist to continue to commit war crimes against Palestinian civilians.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6HZ43R?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Four Palestinian officials among dead in Amman suicide bombings
Chief of military intelligence in the West Bank and former head of the Palestinian Special Forces Major General Bashir Nafeh,high-ranking official of Preventive Security forces Colonel Abed Allun, commercial attache of the Palestinian Embassy in Cairo Jihad Fatouh, who is brother of Palestinian Legislative Council Speaker Rawhi Fatouh, and deputy chairman of Cairo-Amman Bank in the Palestinian territories Mosab Khorma were killed in the bombings.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/10/content_3762442.htm
Resident killed in Al Boreij refugee camp
A Palestinian medical source in Gaza reported, on Thursday morning, that a resident Radwan area in Gaza was shot and killed by Israel soldiers, earlier on Thursday morning, while he was in an area east of Al Boreij refuge camp.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14939&Itemid=1
Haaretz: “Phosphoric bombs killed a resident in Hebron”
Fadel Abu Arram, 17, died of his wounds, while his brother Hani, 12, remained in the Intensive Care Unit at a hospital in the Carmel. Their two other brothers, Mahmoud, 14, and Yousef, 24, suffered light injuries. The phosphoric bomb is 1 meter long and 155 millimeters round.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14943&Itemid=1
Soldiers invade several villages near Hebron, four injured
Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday the Bank city of Hebron, and the neighing villages of Yatta, Bani Neim, Sa'ir, and Beit Ummar, east and north east of Hebron; four residents were injured during clashes which erupted in the villages.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14954&Itemid=1
New Labor leader Peretz vows to achieve peace, security for Israel
The new Labor chairman emphasized this move is a direct continuation of Rabin's political heritage: "I came today to make a vow to Rabin, once again, that I intend to do everything I can to continue his way, I intend to do everything I can so that [Rabin's] assassin would know he failed to murder peace."
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=643724
Peretz to PM Sharon: We must set date for early elections
Only hours after his dramatic victory, newly-elected Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz said on Thursday that he told Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that an agreed-upon date for early general elections must be determined.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/643952.html
Fateh Condemns Amman Terrorist Attacks
Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fateh) condemned the terrorist attacks hit Amman city last night and caused the death of 67 and the injury of dozens.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=4551
Hamas Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Amman
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) condemned the cowardly attacks, that targeted three hotels in Amman and claimed the lives of dozens of innocent people. The movement issued a statement in which its expressed condolences to the Jordanian people and the families of victims.
http://www.petra.gov.jo/nepras/2005/Nov/10/28689500.htm
Negotiations on reopening Rafah crossing deadlocks
However, disputes are still unsettled on the authority of the inspectors, as Palestinians consider them advisers while Israel wants them to have veto power. The Palestinians who insisted on no Israeli involvement in the operation of the crossing, also objected to an Israeli demand for cameras installed at the crossing
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/10/content_3763047.htm
$5b sought to bring Palestine back on track
He said: "At present we are receiving $900m to $1 billion a year from the international community. The Israeli aggression had brought the per capita income of $1800 in 1999 to $1100 in 2004. We are seeking massive growth between 7 to 8 per cent every year starting next year under the five-year programme."
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?storyid=113814
Loan plan for Palestinian peace
In Israel briefly before returning to London for the terror bill vote, the chancellor said the scheme should eventually provide backing for $400m (£230m) of business loans in Gaza which could create 100,000 jobs. "We want to build a stronger economic future and we believe that peace can be advanced by prosperity," he said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1638798,00.html
Wolfensohn hired to fix Palestine economy
Agence France-Presse cited a statement by the 'quartet' of EU, UN, US and Russian teams behind a roadmap to Mideast peace as saying: 'The quartet has consulted on the importance of special envoy James Wolfensohn's mission to resolve the remaining issues associated with disengagement and to facilitate the recovery of the Palestinian economy.'
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/11/09/afx2328508.html
Palestinian refugee minister says issues with Lebanon 'will be solved'
Zaki added that the "Lebanese and the Palestinians will execute a series of measures as soon as possible to finalize the establishment of diplomatic representation. The Lebanese are serious about realizing this matter."
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=19922
Rice to meet Abbas in Ramallah on Monday
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to meet Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank on Monday, one day later than first planned, the Palestinian Authority said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051110/pl_afp/mideastuspalestinian_051110160059
A year without Arafat
On the other hand, the Palestinian Authority has gotten steadily weaker. If in the past Arafat refused to use the forces at his disposal to enforce his will on extremist forces, at the moment Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has a very different challenge.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3167246,00.html
Don't count on America
It never was President Bush's dream to find a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Those who want to advance the peace process and know - unlike Sharon - that time is working against the sane in this region, must understand that there is no chance for a Pax Americana. The only formula for a solution is "do it yourself."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/643701.html
In Nablus, the IDF is fighting a war that interests no one
The newspapers devoted much less space to the six who were killed in the Hadera market two weeks ago than to the terror attacks in the town in the years 2000-2001. This is not good news for the Palestinians, who are discovering that their gains from the disengagement fall below expectations. After their joy at the demolition of houses in the settlements, the Gaza Strip is still under siege.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=643684
A clear stand vis-a-vis Hamas
The convoluted and confused remarks by the prime minister and defense minister regarding the expected participation of the Hamas movement in the elections to the Palestinian Authority show no convincing evidence of an understanding for diplomacy or a well-formulated strategy.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/643704.html
Analysis / If PM Sharon forms a new party, does he even need Peres?
In theory, there is room for three parties that define the current Israeli mood: the left-wing party headed by Peretz (hereby known as New Labor), the right-wing party headed by Benjamin Netanyahu (known as Likud) and the center party, headed by Ariel Sharon (which is as yet unnamed). The question is, as always, what will Sharon do?
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/644043.html
Israel Used White Phosphorous, Lest We Forget
But more frightening are the number of new weapons they tested in Lebanon - that time it was the first time Israel exploded phosphorous bombs. So that when phosphorus hits someone it just burns for days and days and then if you wash it -it will burn even more, and the victims just died of phosphorus burns.
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=55&p=17629&s2=10
Twenty seven bodies discovered southeast of Baghdad
Iraqi soldiers found 27 unidentified bodies in execution style in Wasit province near the Iranian border on Thursday, an Interior Ministry source said. "The bodies were blindfolded, bound, civilian dressed and were shot with bullets in the back of their heads," the source told Xinhua.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/10/content_3763116.htm
U.N. Urges Cleanup of Iraq Waste Sites
"We are still at the beginning," said Narmin Othman, Iraq's environment minister. "We have thousands of polluted areas, and we need millions and millions (of dollars) to clean them up. The challenge now is to identify and assess all such areas of contamination in Iraq and systematically restore them."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051110/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_hazardous_waste
Court could appoint new lawyers for Saddam trial
"Defence lawyers have said they will boycott the next court hearing scheduled for November 28. The High Tribunal is the only one able to rule on this, and is free to appoint other lawyers or choose any other solution," Leith Kubba told a news conference on Thursday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051110/wl_mideast_afp/iraqsaddamtrial_051110124548
The Return of Ahmad Chalabi
Mr. Chalabi is not just any political opportunist. He, more than any other Iraqi, is responsible for encouraging the Bush administration to make two disastrous mistakes about the Iraq intervention: basing its justification for war on the false premise that Saddam Hussein had active unconventional-weapons programs, and falsely imagining that the Iraqi people would greet the invasion with undiluted joy.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/0,2759,377264,00.html |
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