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IDF raids headquarters of anti-fence organization
Israel Defense Force soldiers confiscated documents belonging to the Committee for the Popular Struggle against the Separation Fence during a nighttime raid on the northern West Bank village of Qafin, a committee activist said yesterday. ( Separation Fence = Apartheid Wall! )
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661591.html
Report: Security 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.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/661809.html
Walls of Bethlehem more imposing than Jericho's
The dusty road to the town of Jesus's birth has been the gateway to Bethlehem since biblical times and would have been the likely path taken by Mary and Joseph. But today it leads to what the mayor of Bethlehem calls "the world's largest prison".
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17651054%255E954,00.html
Qureia: I quit elections over East Jerusalem ban
Israel has allowed east Jerusalem Arabs to participate in past Palestinian elections. But it is threatening to ban voting in the parliamentary election if the Palestinian Authority does not prevent the Islamic group Hamas from running.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661364.html
Woman forced to undress at a military roadblock near Tubas
Witnesses at the checkpoint said that they were surprised by this procedure, especially after the army stopped using it more than two years ago after several residents and human rights organizations filed complaints against such acts since it violate the basic principles of human rights.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15673&Itemid=1
Bethlehem lacks Christmas spirit
Bethlehem residents are finding it difficult to get into the Christmas spirit this year, despite the fact that tourists are pouring into the West Bank city for Saturday's Evening Mass at the Church of the Nativity. Residents say the holiday spirit is hurt by the fact that they are not permitted to leave the city due to the IDF roadblocks and West Bank security fence(APARTHEID WALL)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3189278,00.html
Arab League blasts Israel for banning Palestinian vote
"The Israeli ban was aimed at prejudging the fate of Jerusalem," AL Assistant Secretary General Muhammad Sobeih said in a statement. Israel captured East Jerusalem in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and then annexed it in a move not recognized by the international community.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/24/content_3965827.htm
Two Palestinian policemen wounded by Hamas gunfire in Gaza
Officials said the policemen stopped a group of armed Hamas members at a routine checkpoint in Gaza City. When they demanded the gunmen hand over their weapons, they opened fire and fled.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661364.html
Two homemade shells fired into Israel
The two factions reported that these attacks come is response to the assassinations of four resistance fighters in the West Bank cities of Nablus and Jenin last week. They vowed additional attacks against Israeli soldiers and military posts.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15670&Itemid=1
Army arrests representative of the Islamic bloc in Bier Zeit University
Israeli soldiers arrested on Saturday Ala' Al Natour, 22, from Tulkarem, and a senior student of Bier Zeit University, and the representative of the Islamic bloc.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15665&Itemid=1
Sharon approves Gaza security zone
The radio on Saturday said that the zone would be a no-man's land, where those entering would do so at their own risk. Despite the approval, the Israeli army would await an improvement in the weather before starting to enforce the measure.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051224/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelgazasecurity_051224111451
U.S. and EU: “Dishonest brokers”
It's very difficult that parties who do not condemn violence ... can be partners for the future.” Solana later warned that if the Palestinian Authority (PA) let Hamas run in the parliamentary elections, the EU could cut tens of millions of dollars of funding to the PA. ( Solana accept Zionist-Right, Likud & Kadima...., as partners for future??? )
http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=10325
Top Fatah man: Jerusalemites will vote
"We are determined to hold the elections in Jerusalem," he stressed. "I believe the Jerusalemites will eventually participate in the elections, whether Israel likes it or not." Abdel Kader said that the US and EU support the participation of the Jerusalem Arabs in the elections, although they are deeply concerned at the possibility that Hamas might score a landslide victory.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1134309632270&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Israel leaning to permitting PA balloting in east J'lem
The issue, he said, was much more a symbolic than practical one, since so few east Jerusalem Arabs actually voted in the post offices in the last elections. He said Israel was considering allowing the balloting despite Hamas' participation so that Israel would not be blamed for torpedoing the elections.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1134309640972&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Members of Fatah old guard quit parliamentary election
They conceded Qureia would likely fail to win a seat in his East Jerusalem district. Qureia would, however, still seek to be appointed a minister in the next government. The officials refused to be identified because they weren't authorized to speak to the media.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=661364
Fatah lists may merge
Though the Palestinian Central Elections Commission refused yesterday to reopen the candidate lists, which officially closed last week, this decision was appealed to the PA's special electoral court, and Palestinian sources predicted that the judges would approve reopening the lists.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661582.html
U.S. Congress approves transfer of $600 million in aid to Israel
Of the $600 million, $133 million will be used to develop the Arrow missile program, a collaborative project between Israel Aircraft Industries and Boeing. Some $10 million will be invested in developing a missile capable of intercepting short-range missiles.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661833.html
Sharon to Christians: I will make every effort to reach peace
"We all need it and I intend to make every effort to reach it," Sharon was quoted as saying in a statement issued by his office. Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch Michel Sabah said Israel's separation fence (APARTHEID WALL) has turned Bethlehem into a prison, Israel Radio reported Saturday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661840.html
Today's Joseph and Mary would face 15 checkpoints
Any direct route that foot passengers would have taken in the era of Caesar Augustus, retraced today, inevitably draws you into the tangled skein of modern Middle East politics, through Israel and the occupied West Bank, past Hamas strongholds and extremist Jewish settlements lying Islamic cheek by Zionist jowl. But first you slam into a checkpoint. The first, that is, of 15 Israeli military roadblocks and mobile checkpoints that now control passage along the roads south from Nazareth.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-1957446,00.html
IDF to fortify base near Gaza
The IDF will begin to fortify the "Zikim" army base south of Ashkelon as early as Sunday morning, Ynet has learned. The base was hit by a Qassam rocket last week, and another Qassam hit a nearby base later in the week, wounding five soldiers.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3189526,00.html
‘Colonialist business mentality' slammed
The failure of joint businesses with Arabs is also Israel's failure, because Israel has a lot more to gain, leading businessman Benny Gaon said during the Jewish-Arab Business Conference organized by the Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3187992,00.html
FM: Likud willing to make concessions in talks with PA
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Saturday evening during a Channel Two broadcast of "Meet the Press," that the Likud will not carry out any unilateral withdrawals from the West Bank but that "in the framework of negotiations, we will be willing to compromise" with the Palestinians.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661857.html
Internet trend: Talkbacks for sale
"I work three to five hours every day from my computer at home and make NIS 2,700-3,400 (about USD 600 – 700) per month," she says. "If I'll reveal who my company's clients are, I'll be sent packing in no time." Politicians, companies hire 'professional respondents' to boost their image online
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3189520,00.html
MK Ramon: We'll make peace in stages
"Look what happened in the last elections. Two-thirds of Likud voters voted in the primaries for candidates who objected to the Gaza disengagement. If that's not radical Right, what is?" Ramon said. Ramon also charged both Likud and Labor were attempting to blur their identify in an effort to mislead the public.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3189497,00.html
Egypt court sentences politician Ayman Nour to 5 years in prison
Nour, leader of the liberal Ghad (Tomorrow) Party and the main challenger to President Hosni Mubarak in the September elections, will appeal against the conviction, his lawyer said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661838.html
Vatican-Israeli talks hit snag on taxes
This week, however, city officials in Jerusalem announced that Catholic institutions are liable for nearly $65 million in property taxes. The public announcement seemed to indicate a hardening of negotiating postures as the talks on a legal-financial pact are set to resume.
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=41423
Moscow formally offers to move Tehran's enrichment program to Russia
Now that Russia's offer has become official, pressure on the regime to come to an arrangement increases in the run-up to discussions with Iran which are scheduled for January.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661847.html
Israel to seek cash for pre-WWII investments in Palestine
Many European and American Jews bought property in British-mandated Palestine in the first half of the 20th century in keeping with their Zionist ideology aimed at setting up a permanent Jewish state in PALESTINE
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051224/wl_mideast_afp/israeljewsholocaustpalestinian_051224132447
4 US soldiers killed in western Iraq
"An Iraqi truck ran over a US Humvee parking near a checkpoint at the southern entrance of Fallujah, killing four U.S. soldiers aboard," the source said on condition of anonymity.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/24/content_3965330.htm
Iraq Militants Threaten to Kill Jordanian
Militants in Iraq released a video of a Jordanian hostage on Saturday, giving Jordan three days to cut ties with the Baghdad government and free a female would-be suicide bomber involved in November attacks in Amman.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051224/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_jordanian_hostage
Army Seeking to Hand Iraqis More Posts
The U.S. Army is hastening efforts to hand over command of military posts to Iraqis after parliamentary elections that many hope will produce a more stable government and set the stage for American soldiers to begin going home.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051224/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_the_handover |
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