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Eizarya Halt Cccupation Bulldozers for Fourth Day Running
In the village of Eizarya, south east Jerusalem, the Apartheid Wall will encircle and isolate the village. Against this imprisonment stands the commitment and determination of the people of Eizarya, who for the fourth day running halted the bulldozers that threaten to destroy their lives and lands.
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1037.shtml
Israeli comander cleared over slain Palestinian schoolgirl
An Israeli officer has been cleared by a military court of emptying his weapon into a Palestinian schoolgirl after she had already been shot dead, in an incident last year in the Gaza Strip. "The officer was totally innocent of all the charges filed against him," said an army spokesman on Tuesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051115/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestisraelarmyjustice_051115163346
Father: Court legtimitzed killing children
"I'm shocked and it hurts," he said. "If the soldier murderer my daughter with 30 bullets, the court murdered her again today 100 times." Samir added that he did not have high expectations from the Israeli judicial system, "but I hoped there would be something for appearances, that they would give him two to three years in jail and then release him, something small to silence people.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3169770,00.html
24 injured in police-Bedouin scuffle
Twelve Israeli Bedouin Arabs and as many policemen were lightly injured Tuesday in a scuffle when officials from the Interior Ministry accompanied by police entered an unrecognized Bedouin village to issue demolition decrees for 25 illegal buildings.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3169761,00.html
Army arrests Leader of Islamic Jihad Leader in Hebron
Israeli troops used the microphones calling the residents to leave their homes, and surrounded a house which belongs to Ahamd Hussein Al Haddar. At least 30 armored jeeps and vehicles invaded the village after the Special Forces surrounded the home of Al Haddar.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15040&Itemid=1
Eight residents arrested in the West Bank
Five were arrested in the West Bank city of Hebron during an invasion to the city. The residents are said to be members of Fateh movement. Also troops arrested another one in Tiqua village, south of Bethlehem, and two others were arrested in Al Obeydiyya village near Bethlehem, and Al Samoa’ village near Hebron.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15046&Itemid=1
After killing of top Hamas man, Palestinians fire on Israeli car
Palestinian militants on Monday evening opened fire on an Israeli vehicle in the Halhul region south of Hebron, causing no casualties. One bullet, however, penetrated the vehicle.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/645188.html
Israelis, Palestinians reach Gaza border deal
The agreement instead routes the feed through a liaison office led by European monitors, said the text of the accord. A European diplomat said 50 to 60 observers will deploy on the border and that surveillance feeds would be conveyed to the Israelis with a 15-minute lag.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051115/wl_mideast_afp/mideastus_051115170815
EU Gaza mission set to depart with limited mandate
An EU mission consisting of around 60 policemen and customs officials will start work at the Gaza-Egypt border next week, but the EU monitors will have no active enforcement role, EU diplomats say.
http://euobserver.com/9/20330
Rice paves way for $2bn in aid with Gaza border deal
The deal puts the Palestinians in charge of a strategic border crossing between Gaza and Egypt and eases the flow of exports from the territory, opening the way for the international community to plough a promised $2bn (€1.7bn, £1.2bn) a year into regenerating the Palestinian economy.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/c239403e-55fe-11da-b04f-00000e25118c.html
Concluding session, Fourth Committee takes action on situation of Palestinians, Israeli practices in Occupied Territories
The Committee approveda draft on assistance to Palestinian refugees by a recorded vote of 151 in favour to 1 against (Israel) with 8 abstentions (Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Cameroon, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau and United States, after which Antigua and Barbuda announced it should have voted in favour).
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6J63CB?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Rice: U.S. expects Israel to halt settlement expansion
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday she expects Israel to fulfill its obligations to put a halt to settlement expansion and evacuate illegal outposts. Rice told Palestinian Authority officials in Ramallah, including PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, that settlements are contrary to U.S. policy, which opposes any steps likely to influence final-status arrangements. ( She meant it? )
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=645410
Rice: Israel and PA clinch deal on Gaza-Egypt border crossing
Rice praised the deal as a "big step forward" in strained Israeli-Palestinian relations. She personally presided over the final rounds of talks. "This agreement is intended to give Palestinian people the freedom to move, to trade, to live ordinary lives," Rice told a news conference.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=644942
Abbas: Independent state not an illusion
"The creation of the free and independent Palestinian state is not impossible even if it took time to see the light..." Abbas said. "Our true battle is centered on creating a state according to the terms of the struggling Palestinian people and not according to the terms of the occupation force."
http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20051115-110118-5358r
Islamic Jihad slams Rice's call to disarm
Mohammed Hindi, a senior Jihad leader, said in a press statement to reporters that any effort by the Pales tinian National Authority (PNA) to disarm militants will foment internal clashes. "Such discussions simply allow Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon greater scope in his aggressions against Palestinians and gives him the green light...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/15/content_3781039.htm
Vote on bill to dissolve government postponed to Monday
Peretz sought the delay in order to allow Labor?s central committee to meet and decide on how the party will vote on the bills. In exchange for the delay, MK Levy said that the Labor party promised to support the bill and not to table any no-confidence votes. Furthermore, the two sides agreed to coordinate a date for the general elections.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=645263
Shalom arrives in Tunisia for 'historic visit' ahead of conference
"I am delighted to be here together with my mother. This is a first-ever visit of two Israeli ministers and the first-ever direct flight from Israel to Tunisia," Tunisia-born Shalom said upon his arrival. The ministers are also planned to meet with leaders of the local Jewish community.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/645797.html
Saudi Arabia annuls embargo on Israel
Saudi Arabia has agreed to annul its economic embargo on Israel, thus paving its way to become a member of the World Trade Organization, Israeli and American sources reported Tuesday.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3169521,00.html
Rice names new U.S. general as Mideast coordinator
She said Major-General Keith W. Dayton will replace Lieutenant-General William Ward, who was posted to the region in February ahead of Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, a move Washington hopes will spur peacemaking.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L15629200.htm
A U.S. funded program offers greater opportunities for the Palestinian youth
The five-year program will engage the youth in a number of activities, such as apprenticeships and entrepreneurships, complimentary education opportunities, youth recreation programs, secondary school civic service programs, national youth policy development and media outreach activities.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-6J6KN7?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Clinton tells Gulf Arabs to spread the oil wealth
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton criticised Gulf Arab countries on Tuesday for not spreading their huge oil wealth around the Middle East to push education, fight poverty and find alternative energy sources. Addressing business leaders in the United Arab Emirates, Clinton said Gulf governments should resist the urge to spend mainly on itself in a new period of high oil prices which analysts say is set to continue for the foreseeable future.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L15698617.htm
Arafat the obstacle has been exposed as a myth
The negative myth of Arafat prevents any understanding of the conflict or how to resolve it. This is not a conflict healed by providing economic recovery to Palestinians, since their impoverishment is entirely due to an entrenched and permanent military occupation. This is a battle over the right to call this conflict a conflict between two peoples: one that is oppressed, and the other that is denying them their right to be free.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,1642856,00.html
The Missed Opportunity
Seventeen years ago, in November of 1988, after a long process of grudging accommodation to painful realities, the Palestinians came to terms with Israel?s continued existence. Without negotiations, and without any Israeli or American quid pro quo, the PLO launched a unilateral peace initiative to end the conflict.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/645774.html
Israeli PM's son pleads guilty to perjury
Attorney general Menachem Mazuz decided to press charges against Omri Sharon in July but had to wait until a bill was passed limiting MPs' immunity against prosecution before the court formally indicted him in late August.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051115/wl_afp/israelsharoncorruption_051115165145
Palestinians condemn arrest of militia leaders
Lebanese authorities last week arrested the head of the As-Saiqa militia, Abu Hassan Ghazi, on charges of carrying out terrorist acts, and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) Central Committee member Saad Loubani for illegal weapons possession.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=20047
Extremists hijack Islam's image
Debate was prompted by the results of a Kuwaiti government survey that found the depiction of Muslims in the US and European media was "typically stereotypical and negative".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4438908.stm
Middle East Scholars Strike Out in Washington
But, as a whole, the academy has little influence in policy-making circles. This is all the more remarkable given that American specialists on the Middle East are not just talented but have replaced their British colleagues as the greatest source of knowledge on the region.
http://www.meforum.org/article/203
Would-be bomber lost three brothers fighting US in Iraq
Jordanian authorities said an Iraqi woman who confessed to taking part in a suicide bombing operation against Amman hotels has told them three of her brothers were killed by US forces in Iraq.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051115/wl_mideast_afp/jordanattacks_051115194749
AL-sponsored Iraq meeting to start Saturday
A three-day preparatory meeting on aproposed Iraqi national reconciliation conference is due to start in Cairo on Saturday, Arab League (AL) officials said Monday. The AL, which opposed the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and has since done little to assert its role in the war-torn country, has recently stepped up its diplomatic efforts in Iraq.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/15/content_3781037.htm
1,100 lawyers leave Saddam team
The lawyers said they pulled out because "there was no response from the Iraqi Government, U.S. forces and international organizations to our demands for providing protection to the lawyers and their families," according to the statement released Saturday in Baghdad.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/15/content_3781816.htm
Three US marines killed in Iraq
Three US marines have been killed during military operations near the Syrian border in western Iraq. All three died as a result of fighting in Ubaydi on Monday, the military reported on Tuesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051115/wl_mideast_afp/iraqustoll_051115121630 |
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