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Palestinians, left-wing activists rebuild 'outpost' in village of Bil'in
"Private Palestinian land is in question here, not state land. The village council approved setting up a caravan and thus this is a legal structure," Attorney Michael Sfard, who represents the Bil'in residents, said last week. "This will be blatant proof of the fact that there is selective law enforcement if they deal with the poor caravan before the hundreds of housing units built illegally in Upper Modi'in," he added.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/662203.html
Police allegedly beat detained protesters at Bil'in
Adib Abu-Rahma, 33, of Bil'in, was taking part in the demonstrations when officers began pursuing him. Video footage shows one of the policeman punching him in the face. Abu-Rahma fell, after which he says about 10 policeman began hitting him. "I was hit in the head, the chest and the legs, with clubs as well as hands," the father of eight reported. Israeli witnesses confirmed his account.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661870.html
Settlers cut down 90 olive trees in Palestinian village – Palestinians
Palestinians from the West Bank village of Borin near Nablus claimed Sunday that Jewish (ILLEGAL) settlers cut down 90 olive trees in an orchard belonging to a local farmer.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3189949,00.html
Bethlehem bishop: End the injustice
Sabbah told worshippers: "To our political leaders, who by their policy can decide for the life or the death of so many in this land, we say: Be builders of life, not of death. "Any delay of a solution, with the ongoing injustice under its different aspects, the wall, the gates, the prisons or the assassinations, will only add fuel for violence.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6AB21AB6-1DEF-49F8-8E0B-D18A03EE63A3.htm
Israel detains Australian activist
Israeli authorities refused entry to the Australian, Italian and South African when they flew into Ben Gurion airport to attend a peace conference in the West Bank town of Bethlehem next Tuesday. The three peace activists refused to fly out, instead lodging an appeal with a district court in Tel Aviv, hence they were detained.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17663907%255E1702,00.html
Islamic Jihad detainees in P.A prisons on Hunger Strike
“It hurts when you face injustice practiced against you by you own people”, the statement reads, “detainees of the Islamic Jihad are deprived of their basic rights, barred from visitations, and even are barred from meetings their lawyer or representatives of humanitarian organizations”.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15677&Itemid=1
EU to Israel: Keep PA elections on schedule
An observer in the January 2005 election, De Keyser said the presence of Hamas in the election has made it much more difficult. The EU's position has been to call on Hamas to stop the violence rather than seeking to ban it from the elections. Allowing Hamas to participate in the political process could force it to change its tactics, she said.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1134309641752&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Israel 'contemplating' Palestinian vote in east Jerusalem
"Israel has no intention of giving Mahmud Abbas an excuse to cancel the election because he fears a victory for Hamas and allow him to accuse us before the international community of being responsible for his decision." ( Extreme likes Extreme! Sharon is Extreme! )
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051225/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinianvote_051225091704
Forming unified Fatah list enters final stage
Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Nabil Shaath, also a veteran member of the dominant Fatah movement, declared on Sunday that efforts entered the final stage to form a unified Fatah list of candidates for the upcoming legislativeel ections.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/25/content_3967526.htm
Israel extends closure of (OCCUPIED) Palestinian territories
Israel is to extend a general closure of the Palestinian territories until January 3 because of Hannukah, the Jewish festival of lights.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051225/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestclosure_051225160151
EU monitors turn away wanted Palestinian
The crossing agreement states that although EU monitors have the power to ban wanted suspects from crossing through Rafah, Palestinian Minister for Civilian Affairs Mohammad Dahlan vowed Israel would not have a veto power to prevent the movement of Palestinians through the crossing.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3189993,00.html
PM orders defense chiefs to repel Qassam launchers in Gaza
Sharon on Sunday told ministers that he has ordered a tough military response to the Palestinian rocket attacks. Mofaz said he has directed the Israel Defense Forces to pursue a policy of intensive operations and targeted killings
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/662097.html
PNA Rejects Israel's Buffer Zone in Northern Gaza Strip
Presidency Spokesperson Mr. Nabil Abu Rdeneh stressed that peace and security cannot attained through imposing such zones. The spokesperson called on the American Administration to pressurize Israel to stop this dangerous decision.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=4997
Islamic Jihad: “More Qassams, attacks, if Israel impalements its security strip in Gaza”
The Islamic Jihad movements threatened to increase the firing of Qassam homemade shells should Israel carry out its plan to establish a “security strip” in the northern part of the Gaza Strip
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15676&Itemid=1
Archbishop urges Bethlehem visits
The leader of Catholics in England and Wales has urged Christians to visit Bethlehem despite a "blockade" of the West Bank city. He said the continuing conflict in Holy Land was "a terrible wound on humanity" and urged both sides to "bind that wound" and "build bridges, not walls".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4558684.stm
US calls for holding Palestinian election on time: sources
Meanwhile, General Keith Dayton, the new U.S. security envoy to coordinate the PNA and Israel, has informed Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and PNA officials of the U.S. point of view over the election.
http://english.people.com.cn/200512/25/eng20051225_230707.html
Israel's Sharon returns to work after stroke
The health scare has not harmed Sharon's chances of re-election in March, polls show. The rocket attacks could be more damaging since they undermine his message that his withdrawal from Gaza this summer would improve security.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L25632937.htm
Likud poised to quit government
Newly elected Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu apparently has his mind set on having Likud ministers quit the coalition immediately after the party's Central Committee convention, scheduled to be held Monday and Tuesday, party officials told Ynet.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3189885,00.html
Likud elections for Knesset list postponed until January 12
Senior party officials believe Netanyahu postponed the election because he needs more time to influence the list of candidates the party plans to present to voters for general elections.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661914.html
Military sources: Abbas at political low point
Abbas is barely on speaking terms with some security officials, and when he succeeds in issuing an order it is not implemented, they said. Abbas even said that the Qassam rockets being fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel are "Israel's problem" and that he does not intend to interfere. "Let the Israelis deal with it," he said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661888.html
News Analysis: Abbas faces inside, outside pressure by year end
The rift in Fatah would endanger its performance in the elections in which it will face a grave challenge from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), the Gaza analyst said.Besides the internal dispute, the Palestinian leader also finds himself standing in the middle between militant groups and Israel who keep tit-for-tat actions.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/25/content_3968502.htm
Here comes the next `no partner'
The financial resources of Hamas, which have not been blocked, enabled it to continue to provide a reasonable level of services to the population, and the Israeli government's abusive treatment of the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian civilians completed the work. Hamas, even if it does not win an absolute majority in parliament, will be the leading political force that, at best, will "only" control an obstructionist bloc.
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/662101.html
Feiglin is preferable
Suddenly, "rightist" has become a dirty word. After years in which "leftist" was considered a curse, everyone is now fleeing from the opposite label. Ariel Sharon and Benjamin Netanyahu, Shaul Mofaz and even Uzi Landau are all trying to shake off any taint of the "extremist" right so as not to be tagged as such.
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/662109.html
Settlements council: “Sharon is preparing for a second Disengagement”
Israeli Settlements Council claimed on Sunday that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is preparing for another unilateral Disengagement Plan, in the occupied West Bank. Some of the settlements mentioned in the plan are Doutan, Harmeesh, Elone Moreh, Enav, and Oteniel.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15675&Itemid=1
30,000 pilgrims flock back to Bethlehem for Christmas
The Bethlehem municipality covered Manger Square - the large, stone-paved courtyard near the Church of the Nativity - with Christmas lights, bells and Palestinian flags. People wandered around with Santa Claus hats, whipping out umbrellas when rain poured down, but keeping up their holiday cheer.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/661840.html
BG Airport plans to fire its only three Arab security employees
The Airports Authority of Israel intends to fire the only three Arab workers employed in the security division at Ben-Gurion International Airport. The employees were hired after numerous complaints from Arab customers regarding security checks at the airport.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/662213.html
Nuclear search targets Muslims
Under the program, agents with the FBI and U.S. Department of Energy targeted a range of private Muslim institutions without court approval or warrants. Federal officials say they set up the program in Detroit and five other cities to thwart a nuclear attack from Islamic extremists, according to a U.S. News and World Report article that was confirmed Friday by the U.S. Justice Department.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051224/NEWS01/51224002
Iran rejects Russian nuclear offer
"We have still not received the concrete offer, but it is clear that we will accept positively the propositions and the plans that recognize the right of the Islamic republic to carry out enrichment on its own soil," he told reporters Sunday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051225/ts_afp/irannuclearrussia_051225093806
Iraq wants Dr Germ and Mrs Anthrax back in custody
"If they are freed by the Americans, we will arrest them because of their responsibility for crimes committed under the former regime," national security council advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie said Sunday. "Those people are wanted by Iraqi justice," he added.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051225/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusdetainees_051225095412
US struggles with overcrowded jails in Iraq
US military prisons in Iraq are overcrowded but the military is refusing to hand over detainees until Iraqi prisons meet US custody standards, American military authorities reportedly said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051225/wl_mideast_afp/usiraqjails_051225171658 |
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