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Report: Security (OCCUPATION) forces beat four protesters near Bil'in village
Security forces beat four anti-fence (Anti APARTHEID WALL) protesters near the West Bank village of Bil'in, and one of them was beaten after he was arrested, demonstrators in the area said Friday. The fence (APARTHEID WALL) cuts village residents off from approximately half of their lands.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661809.html
Army evacuates a legal Caravan in Bil'in
“We told them that they should go and evacuate the caravans which were illegally placed by the settlers in our orchards”, Abu Rahma said, “Our caravan was installed on farmlands which we own, and was officially licensed by Bil'in village council”.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15657&Itemid=1
Construction Begins on First of Five Ghetto “Terminals” Imprisoning Hebron!
This week the occupation bulldozers started uprooting lands in the South of Jaba`. The village is situated north of what will become the border between the Bethlehem ghetto and the Hebron ghetto, which will be isolated from one another by the Wall and the Jewish-only road.
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1066.shtml
Arab researcher for civil rights group refused entry to gov't compound
A researcher for the Association of Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) was refused entry to the Defense Ministry's Kirya compound in Tel Aviv Thursday because she was an Arab. Kholod Badawi, an ACRI researcher and ACRI lawyers were scheduled to meet a Defense Ministry team that deals with the separation fence Thursday.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=661680
IDF raids headquarters of anti-fence (ANTI-WALL) organization
Israel Defense Force soldiers confiscated documents belonging to the Committee for the Popular Struggle against the (APARTHEID WALL) Separation Fence during a nighttime raid on the northern West Bank village of Qafin, a committee activist said yesterday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661591.html
Isolated Bethlehem struggles for its survival
Leila Sansour, a Palestinian film-maker who launched an international Open Bethlehem campaign last month, said: “If Christianity cannot survive in the birthplace of Christ, it is in jeopardy everywhere. The loss of Bethlehem to the world would have a devastating effect on the cause of open democracy in the Middle East and on the relationship between Christian nations and other countries.”
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f755c8fc-73d4-11da-ab91-0000779e2340.html
Farmers Replants Olive Trees Destroyed by Colonizers in Salem
International Solidarity Movement (ISM) said that the replant took place in the area of "Alon More" colony, revealing that Israeli colonizers cut down on November 27, 200 trees, and in October burned 50 acres and destroyed more than 300 trees.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=4977
On apathy
Cases of abuse of Palestinians, whether by soldiers or by settlers, have stopped making headlines in the press or eliciting shock. Nor do investigations of these incidents appear to be serious, and complaints are ignored until the story is either published in the media or dealt with by one of the human rights organizations active in the territories.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=661708
EU envoys boycott tour of crossing at Qalandiyah
The representatives of the European Union and other diplomats boycotted a tour last Monday - sponsored by the West Bank Civil Administration - of the new Qalandiyah crossing for pedestrians. A diplomatic source told Haaretz they refused the invitation to tour the facility, which opened the next day, because it is located in the heart of occupied territory.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661595.html
Israeli police 'tied Palestinian to galloping mule'
A Palestinian man, said to have been last seen in the custody of Israeli border police, died after being found wounded and comatose beside a mule to which he had apparently been tied and dragged along a dirt road.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article334816.ece
Defense officials: IDF should target civilian areas in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces should target civilian areas in the Gaza Strip as part of its attempt to halt Qassam rocket fire on Israeli targets, current and former defense officials (OF ZIONIST STATE) said Friday.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/661722.html
Fatah in crisis: Qureia threatens to quit
Tensions in Fatah are rising ahead of the Palestinian Court's decision on whether to permit the faction to submit a unified candidates list headed by Marwan Barghouti instead of the two separate lists.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3189255,00.html
Deal: Barghouti to form PA government
The newspaper has released the details of what it defined as the "bargain deal," between the rivaling sides, revealing that in the framework of the agreement Barghouti has consented to the movement's unification in exchange for an effort to persuade the factions to carry on with the state of intra-Palestinian lull set to expire at the end of the month.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3189064,00.html
Qurie and Fattouh to quit Fattah election list
In a letter to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Ahmad Qurie and head of the Palestinian Legislative council Rawhi Fattouh announced, on Friday, that they are quitting the Fateh reunified list for the parliamentary elections, the Maan News Agency reported.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15661&Itemid=1
Palestinian says Israeli secrecy compromises U.S. terror case
Salah's lawyer, Michael Deutsch, said his requests to prosecutors for documents detailing Salah's arrest at a West Bank checkpoint, subsequent interrogation and the methods and policies of the Israeli security agency have been stymied.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=661576
ISRAEL: VATICAN OWES JERUSALEM MOST OF 65 MILLION DOLLAR DEBT
As the Vatican and Israel prepare to meet in January in a fresh attempt to resolve a long-standing tax dispute, Jerusalem officials said this week that the Catholic Church owes most of a 65 million dollar debt in unpaid property taxes in the city.
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Religion&loid=8.0.243079618&par=0
Israel to Enforce Off-Limits Zone in Gaza
Israel will enforce a new off-limits zone in the Gaza Strip with artillery, helicopter and gunboat fire, its latest response to Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli towns, defense officials said Friday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051223/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians
'We won't be war criminals'
"We will not be war criminals. Whoever is irresponsible, should go and face (International War Crimes Tribunal in) The Hague," the official said in response to the demand made by a number of ministers in the past few days that the IDF should strike Palestinian population concentrations, even at the price of hurting civilians. ( Comedy is Paramount! )
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3188930,00.html
Thousands celebrate Hamas anniversary in Gaza
Thousands of Hamas supporters braved the rain in Gaza City to celebrate the 18th birthday of the creation of the Islamist fundamentalist movement.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051223/wl_mideast_afp/mideasthamas_051223182414
Likud panel okays Netanyahu's proposal to oust Feiglin
The Likud constitution panel on Friday approved a proposal by Benjamin Netanyahu according to which people with criminal backgrounds will be banned from serving as MKs or filling positions within Likud institutions, Israel Radio reported. ( Likud is to get empty? )
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661765.html
Israel: Gaza Power Cut Would Violate Laws of War
A reported proposal by Israeli government officials to cut the Gaza Strip's electricity supply in retaliation for Palestinian militant groups' rocket attacks on Israel would constitute unlawful collective punishment of Gaza's civilian population, Human Rights Watch said today.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/3e683bef3c90a9bccc422e686137324b.htm
Noam Chomsky v. Alan Dershowitz: A Debate on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
In the first month of the Intifada -- I'm now using Israeli sources -- seventy-four Palestinians were killed, four Jews in the Occupied Territories. The first few days, this is reported in the press here, Boston Globe , Israel was using U.S. helicopters to attack apartment complexes. Clinton reacted with the biggest deal in a decade -- check it out. It's in the public record, not questioned by anyone -- to send military helicopters to Israel.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/23/1450216
Gov't to examine Egyptian firm's stake in Partner's parent company
Orascom, the largest mobile-phone operator in the Middle East, is buying a 19.3 percent stake in Hutchison Telecommunications International, which controls Partner. Orascom is paying $1.3 billion for the stake in Hutchison, which owns 52 percent of Partner, which operates under the Orange brand name.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661604.html
It isn't enough to defend your position in the U.S., say the marketeers
The group came to the conclusion that it is necessary to "sell" Israel by the same means used to market soap, diapers or cigarettes. The group's members, who are working on a volunteer basis, say that nowadays a growing number of countries have realized that this is the way to improve their image.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/660996.html
Brotherhood chief: Holocaust a myth
"Western democracy has attacked everyone who does not share the vision of the sons of Zion as far as the myth of the Holocaust is concerned," Mohamed Akef said in a statement on Thursday. Akef cited as evidence of Western intolerance the cases of Roger Garoudy, the writer who was convicted in France in 1998 of questioning the Holocaust, and David Irving, a British historian who faces similar charges in Austria next month.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/95F3E64C-5A43-4B89-B312-FE89142ECA15.htm
Sharon Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Normal
Ariel Sharon, who suffered a mild stroke less than a week ago, has cholesterol and blood pressure levels that are astonishingly normal for a man of his weight and age, his doctor said Friday after an Israeli newspaper revealed some of his medical records for the first time.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051223/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_sharon_s_health_1
Christian Right Leader Warns Foxman on Israel
According to one prominent Christian evangelical, support for Israel may go on the chopping block if Jewish leaders persist in publicly criticizing the religious right.
http://www.forward.com/articles/7059
Police recruit Arabs to boost equality
Israel police have launched a large-scale operation in recent weeks to recruit young Israeli-Arab men and women to its ranks, Arab newspaper Sawt al-Haq wal-Hurriya reported. According to the report, the operation have so far yielded a positive response on the part of the Arab youngsters.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3189198,00.html
U.S. Jews: Arabs want to destroy Israel
Most American Jews (78 percent) believe that the goal of the Arabs is not the return of occupied territories but rather the destruction of Israel, a new annual survey of The American Jewish Committee revealed.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3189119,00.html
Rumsfeld announces troop reductions in Iraq
Rumsfeld's announcement means the number of US troops will drop back under the level of 138,000 for the first time since April 2004. Commander of US forces in Iraq, General George Casey said that the president and Rumsfeld had accepted his recommendation not to deploy two brigades scheduled for deployment next year.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051223/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_051223191456 |
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