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From Berlin to Bil'in, the Wall Will Fall
500 Palestinian protestors, 50 international and 100 Israeli peace activists protested against the Wall in Bil'in village west of Ramallah, and sat on the ground in front of the bulldozers; soldiers attacked the protestors and fired rubber coated bullets, one child suffered a head injury.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14972&Itemid=1
Bil'in demonstrators: 14-year-old hit by rubber bullet in the head
A 14-year-old demonstrator was hit by a rubber bullet in the head during clashes with security forces during a protest Friday against the separation fence in Bil'in, demonstrators said. The teen was taken to hospital and his uncondition is still unknown. At least 15 protesters were injured and three were arrested during the clashes ( Security Fence = Apartheid Wall! )
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/644420.html
Nine Palestinian Non-Violent Activists from Bil'in Sentenced
The court at the Ofer Military Base sentenced, on Thursday, eight of the 17 arrestees from the west bank village of Bil'in between two and four months detention plus a fine of NIS 1000, the International Solidarity movement media group said in press release. The other eight remaining Bil'in youth will be held in custody until the end of their proceedings. Presently only one of them has had a court date set for January 9th.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14964&Itemid=1
Occupation Forces destroy Palestinian house in Anata: Campaign Condemns Judaization of Jerusalem
The demolished house belonged to the family of Khalid Mohammad Bishara. He and his family remained steadfast to their house when Occupation Forces arrived with military orders to demolish the property. Dozens of Occupation soldiers beat the family, using their sticks and guns to force them out of their property. The house was subsequently leveled with its entire contents destroyed.
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1033.shtml
An Eyewitness Account of the Murder of Muhammad "Niinu" Al-'Assi
As I turned from the window, I caught just a glimpse of Muhammad as he ran out the side door, barefoot, wearing shorts and undershirt, into the garden on the left of the house. (Since we never walk on indoor floors wearing outdoor shoes, we were all barefoot, in fact.) Muhammad had no weapon, not even a handgun. Why would he? He had come to tell a story. The Israelis easily could have arrested him as he ran out the door—but they wanted him dead.
http://wrmea.com/archives/November_2005/0511014.html
Ahmed's gift of life
the 12-year-old Palestinian was shot by Israeli soldiers while holding a toy gun. "To give away his organs was a different kind of resistance," says Abla. "Violence against violence is worthless. Maybe this will reach the ears of the whole world so they can distinguish between just and unjust. Maybe the Israelis will think of us differently. Maybe just one Israeli will decide not to shoot."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1640037,00.html
Israel's fear of democracy
While Sharon didn't say what measures he would sanction to disrupt the first ever multi-party elections in the occupied territories, it is quite easy to predict what the Israeli army could do in this regard. Israel could order the arrest of elections organisers and campaign activists in order to render Hamas off-balance and keep the movement in a perpetual state of anxiety.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/768/re1.htm
Al-Kidwa: Israel won't evade Hague Court fence ruling
Al-Kidwa also said that Israel is consistently and relentlessly eliminating the option of two states living side by side. "Israel is rapidly closing the window of opportunity for two states. It is close to forming a binational state. Today the situation is very similar to the one in Yasser Arafat's era, and things depend on Israel much more than they depend on us. ( Fence = Apartheid Wall! )
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/644397.html
London hosts conference "Palestine, Israel and the Law"
"Israel's occupation is worse; far worse than apartheid. South African apartheid was despicable. There were bombings and shootings. But never was a one tonne bomb dropped on a township. And there were no walls or fences in a Bantustan like in Israel/Palestine...Israel needs to be turned into the pariah state of the 21st century that apartheid South Africa was in the 20th century".
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4295.shtml
Subdued Palestinians mark year since Arafat died
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, his successor, led a ceremony attended by top officials from major factions and a handful of foreign diplomats in honor of Arafat, who died aged 75 having failed to realize his dream of a Palestinian state. The focus of the official commemoration was Arafat's old headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah where he spent his final years isolated and encircled by the Israeli (OCCUPATION) army.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/644336.html
One Year after Arafat, Peace Remains Elusive
In the year since Arafat's departure, violence continues. Israel's construction of the Wall and expansion of settlements also continues. The peace process remains on hold; the Roadmap is at a dead end; and Israeli dictates on the negotiating table at Camp David have been translated into the unilateral disengagement from Gaza. Was Arafat the man really an obstacle to peace...
http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/images/informationbrief.php?ID=147
Special: Rabin's last interview
In the interview, Rabin addresses tough questions about negotiations with the Palestinians, while referring to the Palestinian Authority and Arafat as "our partners" for peace.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3167681,00.html
Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 27 Oct - 9 Nov 2005
During the reported period, IOF killed 17 Palestinians, including 5 children, in the West Bank. An 18th Palestinian died from a wound he sustained last September. In addition, 58 Palestinian civilians, including 21 children, were wounded by the Israeli gunfire. IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall inside the West Bank. During the reported period, IOF issued a military order seizing 292 dunums(2) of Palestinian land
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6J23MC?OpenDocument
10 Children Detained by Israeli Army for More Than 3 Hours
"By chance they had been informed by a Palestinian who had passed As-Samù checkpoint that the children were still at the roadblock. The children´s parents had not had any news of their children for hours." It said "the volunteers reported the fact to the United Nation OCHA office, which managed through one of their officials to have the young man and the children released around 4.30 pm.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=4559
PA officials killed in Jordan to be buried
The mass funerals are expected to be attended by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, and other senior officials.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3167677,00.html
Residents of Deir al-Balah demand Hamas to halt Qassam shells
In their statement, the residents denounced destroying a house that belongs to Fathi A'fanah and seriously injuring him, when one of these shells landed at the house earlier last week.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14969&Itemid=1
Sharon faces fresh crisis as Peres is deposed
New Labour leader says he will pull out of coalition· Election could be held within three months -- Ariel Sharon is likely to be forced into an early general election after Shimon Peres, a key political ally, was unexpectedly toppled as leader of the Labour party, his main coalition partner.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1640184,00.html
Labor's Peretz to propose to PM March elections
Labor's newly elected chairman MK Amir Peretz will propose to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon early elections in March. In the meantime, Sharon is expected to decide by the end of the month whether he will stay in the Likud or quit it and form a new party. Peretz and Sharon are to meet next week to discuss early elections as well as other issues.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=644155
Peretz: I'll do everything to have Peres help me
After meeting with Vice Premier Shimon Peres on Friday, newly elected Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz said that he would do everything possible to ensure that the ousted party leader assist him in the decision-making process. Peretz added that he would ask Peres to remain in the party.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/644335.html
New Jewish Agency chair aims to focus efforts on every sector
In contrast, the new chairman will focus on Israeli society, and Bielski is quick to stress that this includes non-Jews. "Our operations in the Negev will be for the benefit of all residents of the area," he declares. "We do not believe in discriminating between different citizens of Israel. Israeli Arabs should certainly see the Agency as an approachable body, and we want them to feel we are here for them, too."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/644417.html
Statement on 30th anniversary of Inalienable Rights Committee notes 'decades of failed efforts to resolve question of Palestine'
In a report submitted to the Security Council in June 1976, the Committee affirmed that the question of Palestine was at the heart of the Middle East problem and that no solution could be envisaged without fully taking into account the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6HZTV4?OpenDocument
Salloukh appeals to UN, West to stop Israeli violations of Lebanese territory
"Israel seeks to raise tension in Lebanon and thwart the Lebanese government's efforts for a dialogue with the different Palestinian factions," he said. Salloukh contacted Premier Fouad Siniora and other concerned officials to discuss the Israeli violations.
http://www.terra.net.lb/wp/Articles/DesktopArticle.aspx?ArticleID=255259&ChannelId=1
Clintons to attend 'American-Israeli Dialog' conference Sat. night
During the week, 30 high-ranking American officials will meet with an equal number of Israeli colleagues to discuss the shared challenges facing both countries in the 21st century.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=644154
A year after Arafat - By Yasser Abed Rabbo
We both lost two men who managed to set the tone for a genuine peace agreement between the two peoples. Unfortunately, Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated ten years ago. A while later, a process of character assassination against President Arafat started. It went on even after the man was laid to rest a year ago next to his wrecked headquarters in the Muqata in Ramallah.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/644352.html
Who is Amir Peretz?
Amir Peretz was born in 1952 in Morocco and came to live in Israel with his family at age 4, where he settled in a Western Negev transit camp that eventually become the town of Sderot. In 2004, the Labor party unified with Peretz's One Nation party.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3167142,00.html
Poll: Labor significantly stronger with Peretz, Likud retains lead
It emerges that a majority of the Israeli public believes Peretz's victory in the Labor primaries increased the party's chances to regain power. Also, for the first time in a long time 82 percent of traditional Labor voters say they will consider voting for their party again.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/644341.html
CHRONOLOGY-Key events in the year since Arafat's death
Abbas meets Sharon in Jerusalem for the first talks in the holy city between an Israeli prime minister and a Palestinian president. Sept. 12 - Israeli troops leave the Gaza Strip following 38 years of occupation and after the evacuation of settlers. Oct. 20 - Bush urges Abbas on a visit to Washington to crack down on "armed gangs" so as to advance the U.S.-backed peace "road map". Oct. 27 - Sharon rules out talks until Abbas acts against militants
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L11745083.htm
New `outstretched arm' to replace IDF's human shields
The new policy is known as the "outstretched arm," and allows the IDF to ask Palestinians to assist in mediating between soldiers and the wanted men - but only in very limited situations.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/644167.html
Five American Troops Killed in Iraq
Three Iraqi police officers were killed Friday when their vehicle was ambushed near Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, officers at a regional command center said. Insurgents ambushed a U.S. convoy north of Baghdad, destroying two oil tankers, witnesses said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051111/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
Report: Jordan bombers were Iraqi
CNN said it cannot verify the authenticity of the website's claims, yet cited U.S. intelligence officials as saying they "view that claim as credible." The website posting referred to the hotels frequented by westerners as "retreats that were planted in the land of Muslims in Amman."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3167492,00.html
Former Saddam deputy reportedly dies as Rice visits Iraq
"The leader of the resistance died on Friday November 11 at 2:20 am," (Thursday 2320 GMT), according to a statement reputedly signed by the command of the dissolved former ruling Baath party. There was a 10-million-dollar US bounty outstanding on Ibrahim, 63, who was said to be gravely ill with leukemia.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051111/wl_afp/iraq_051111185915
Two Shot to Death at Oman Embassy in Iraq
Gunmen opened fire Friday on the compound of the Embassy of Oman, killing two people and wounding two others, police and hospital officials said. It was the second fatal shooting involving employees of Arab embassies in Baghdad this week.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051111/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_embassy_shooting |
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