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Not guilty. The Israeli captain who put 17 bullets into a Palestinian schoolgirl
"They did not charge him with Iman's murder, only with small offences, and now they say he is innocent of those even though he shot my daughter so many times," he said. "This was the cold-blooded murder of a girl. The soldier murdered her once and the court has murdered her again. What is the message? They are telling their soldiers to kill Palestinian children."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1643573,00.html
Mofaz: Strengthen (ILLEGAL) settlement blocs
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Wednesday that Israel must continue to promote the building of the separation fence in order to provide its citizens with maximum security, as well as to strengthen the settlement blocs in Beitar Ilit, Efrat, Gush Etzion, Maale Adumim, Beit Aryeh, Ariel and the Jordan Valley. ( APARTHEID WALL & ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS! )
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3170332,00.html
(ILLEGAL) Settlers disrupt Palestinian olive harvest
"The soldiers saw everything, but didn’t do a thing. The Civil Administration commander promised to handle the matter, but the girls continued to go wild. There were more than 10 soldiers and only 10 girls, but they didn’t prevent them from doing anything," he charged. "An entire day of harvest went to ruin," he said.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3170264,00.html
The frog is exhausted
If you throw a frog into boiling water, it will jump out and save its life. But a frog swimming in room temperature water that is gradually heated will grow used to the heat; by the time the water boils, it's too late and the frog dies. That's another metaphor for the resilience of the Palestinians against any new weapon with which they are attacked, a new Israeli regulation further limiting them, a land expropriation. True, the frog doesn't die, but it is exhausted.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/645914.html
Kfar Etzion becomes standard-bearer for rebellion against fence
By its close, the flagship community of Gush Etzion had become the standard-bearer for rebellion against the separation fence within the settlement bloc. Kfar Etzion announced it was opposed to the fence, which harms Jews and Arabs alike. ( Fence = Apartheid Wall !!! )
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/645899.html
Vatican Seeks Pieces of Jerusalem
Christian publications in Italy and around the world—including the official Vatican newspaper El Messagero —are reporting that an agreement is to be signed on this visit that would transfer sovereignty of parts of Jerusalem's Mount Zion to the Vatican.
http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?page=article&id=1841
Army captain cleared of unlawfully shooting girl
A tape recording of army exchanges at the scene revealed the soldiers knew she was a frightened child when they first shot her. The tape, broadcast on Israeli television after the killing, showed a soldier in a nearby watchtower had identified the victim - before she was shot -as "a girl of about 10, she's behind the embankment, scared to death".
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article327345.ece
IDF court acquits officer accused of 'confirming kill' of Gaza girl
The father of Iman al-Hams, Samir, reacted with anger and shock to Captain R's acquittal. "I am a teacher and I object to the killing of Jewish or Arab children under any circumstances, but the court has proven there is one law for Jews and another for Arabs," he said after the verdict was issued.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=645818
Six arrested in Hebron, one home occupied
Israeli soldiers arrested six residents in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and occupied one home, using it as a military post and a monitoring tower. The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that soldiers invaded several neighborhoods in the city, broke into dozens of homes and arrested six residents.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15049&Itemid=1
Senior PA official: Arafat died after poison was injected into his ear
According to Abdul Rahman, who is also a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, Arafat was poisoned at the end of September 2003 and lost 13 kilograms during the course of 16 days. Doctors were unable to identify Arafat's ailment during this period.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/646290.html
Rafah accord shows need for more assertive action: analysts
According to Siegman, her decision to remain in the region was prompted by threats issued by James Wolfensohn, the Middle East envoy for the quartet to return to Washington in the face of Israel's reluctance to move ahead on the issue.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051116/wl_mideast_afp/mideastuspalestinians_051116154500
Hamas, Jihad reject deal on Gaza crossings
The two groups said in two separate statements that the agreement reached under the sponsorship of the United States has harmed the Palestinian sovereignty and despised the Palestinian dignity.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/16/content_3790113.htm
Sources: EU monitors to take 'active role' at Gaza border
In addition, Israeli and PA security officers will monitor remote-control cameras at an EU-run control room a few kilometers from Rafah. If the Israelis want someone stopped or detained, they must ask their Palestinian counterparts to do so. If the Palestinians refuse, an appeal can be made to the EU team while the person in question is held for up to six hours.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/646355.html
Abbas meets Shalom in Tunis, praises Gaza deal
"I reminded him that this [Gaza deal] was the first agreement signed in five years and that now we should really close that gap and not only implement what has been signed but sign new agreements," Abbas said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/645797.html
Hillary Clinton visits Western Wall
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton visited Jerusalem's Western Wall yesterday, and slipped a personal note between the stones before heading to a memorial service for assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. Clinton did not go to the Palestinian territories or meet any Palestinian officials during her three-day visit to the region.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=645415&contrassID=19
Sacked Palestinian official slams dismissal as illegal
Fares added that he had proposed to Abbas to form a special committee to investigate into why Interior Minister Nasser Youssef sacked him. In addition, Fares harshly criticized Youssef for failing tohunt down the assassins of intelligence chief Mousa Arafat.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/16/content_3786122.htm
Netanyahu blasts cabinet for Gaza access links agreement
Speaking at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tuesday, the former prime minister said enabling the Palestinians to build a port in Gaza and giving them passage from Gaza to the West Bank endangered Israel.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=646182
Poll: Sharon's lead over Netanyahu is growing
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is holding on to a clear lead over his main rival in the Likud chairmanship race, MK Benjamin Netanyahu: The gap between the two now stands at 19 percent, compared to 14 percent six weeks ago.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=645939
Landau: Likud rebels will back PM Sharon if he leads the party
Likud rebel leader Uzi Landau said Wednesday that "if Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is elected by the Likud in the primaries as the party's prime ministerial candidate, we must stand behind him. MK Amir Peretz should unite us all." However, Landau added that he intends to run in the primaries against Sharon.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/645939.html
US, Israel resume talks on $1.2b special aid package
US foreign aid for 2006 includes $2.52 billion for Israel: $2.28 billion in military aid, $248 million in civilian aid, and $40 million for absorbing refugees. A special clause in the law exempts Israel from bearing operational costs related to military exercises and other activities, which saves Israel $50-75 million.
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000029504&fid=942
Israel-US per capita GDP ratio unchanged in 40 years
Bank of Israel deputy governor Prof. Avia Spivak: In 1964 per capita GDP in the US was 2.25 times that in Israel, the same as today. -- The US's ratio of per capita growth domestic product (GDP) relative to Israel's, has remained unchanged over the past four decades..
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000029283&fid=942
US exports to Arab nations may touch new highs
US exports to Arab countries may touch nearly $38 billion in 2006, a 40 per cent jump compared to the expected figure for the current year ending December 31, 2005, sources at the US Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programmes reveal, quoting the US-Arab Chamber of Commerce.
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=113498
Javier Solana, EU High Representative for CFSP, welcomes appointment of Head of EU Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories
Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, welcomes the appointment by the EU Political and Security Committee today of Jonathan McIvor as Head of the EU Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories, code-named EUPOL COPPS.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6J7MZW?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Annan calls for increased aid to organization that assists Palestinian refugees
“As we do that, the work of UNRWA and what it represents to the four generations of Palestine refugees is indispensable,” he said in the message, delivered by Ms. Karen Koning AbuZayd, Commissioner-General of UNRWA.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6J7KSU?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Hizbullah: UN passed info to Israel
"All files of internal security, communications and intelligence have been opened under the pretext of investigation. We don't know who photocopied these files and to whom they were sent," he said. "The Israelis have become acquainted with everything relating to our national security."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132053862110&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Saudi Arabia annuls embargo on Israel
The process to approve Saudi Arabia's appeal to register with the WTO has persisted for 12 years, in part due to the Arab embargo on Israel, which goes against the organizations' regulations.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3169521,00.html
Analysis / Sharon's last act on the PA stage
Sharon went much further here than Ehud Barak's proposals in Camp David and even further than Yossi Beilin's Geneva Accord, which dealt with an Israeli presence of several years on the borders of the Palestinian state.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/645900.html
Singapore National Library removes Arafat's image from terror exhibit
Singapore's National Library said Wednesday it has removed an image of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from its new terrorism exhibition after complaints from the public.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/646215.html
The loss of more than a friend
It seems the suicide attack shocked many Palestinians. The gathering at one of the hotels that was attacked in Amman was to celebrate the wedding of two Palestinian families. One of the families lost 17 people in the blast, including the fathers of the bride and groom.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/645911.html
Sunnis Seek Torture Probe; 5 Marines Die
The party "calls on the United Nations, the Arab League and humanitarian bodies to denounce these clear human rights violations, and we demand a fair, international probe so that all those who are involved in such practices will get their just punishment."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051116/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
Iraq probes US phosphorus weapons
Globalsecurity.org, a defence website, says: "Phosphorus burns on the skin are deep and painful... These weapons are particularly nasty because white phosphorus continues to burn until it disappears... it could burn right down to the bone." The UK Ministry of Defence said its use was permitted in battle in cases where there were no civilians near the target area.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4442156.stm |
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