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Bil'in and Aboud Protest Theft of their Lands
International pacifists, villagers, Palestinian and Israeli Parliament members and Rachel Corrie's Parents protested Friday in Bil'in village west of Ramallah, against the construction of the Apartheid Wall. Palestinian political figures Kaddoura Fares, Mustafa Barghouti, and Kais Abu Leila as well as Cindy and Craig Corry, parents of the American peace activist Rachel murdered by an Israeli solider, attended the protest.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=5034
Villages in South Hebron Isolated between Apartheid Wall and Jewish-only Road
Hundreds of people will be forced to leave their villages and homes. Around 25,000 dunams of their land, planted with olive trees, wheat and vegetables, is also set to be annexed for the colonies in the area.
http://english.wafa.ps/cphotonews.asp?num=1042
Irenaios makes reappearance
“The Church cannot have two patriarchs,” said the Greek Orthodox Church secretary, Archbishop Aristarchos. The current patriarch, Theophilos, replaced Irenaios after the latter was ousted in May amid allegations of leasing Church property in Jerusalem’s Old City to Jewish settler groups. Israel has not recognized Irenaios’s removal or the Church’s election of Theophilos.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100013_30/12/2005_64649
40 + Jewish & Palestinian organisations defy EU secrecy
"The EU are burying their heads in the sand and are thus co-responsible while East Jerusalem residents face repeated violations of international law and of simple standards of humanity, all at the hands of the Israeli state. This is not a time for thumb twiddling or inaction; if the EU sits on this report, we see it as our duty to make it as widely available as we can."
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/12/1723424.php
Suppressed EU report
Several inter-linked Israeli policies are reducing the possibility of reaching a final status agreement on Jerusalem, and demonstrate a clear Israeli intention to turn the annexation of East Jerusalem into a concrete fact: the near-completion of the barrier around east Jerusalem, far from the Green Line; the construction and expansion of illegal settlements, by private entities and the Israeli government, in and around East Jerusalem;
http://www.palestinecampaign.org/campaigns.asp?d=y&id=140
Militants join calls to free Britons
On Thursday night a masked leader of the al-Asqa Martyrs Brigade called for the release of Kate Burton, 24 and her parents, claiming the kidnapping "harms the resistance effort". Militant group Hamas also called for the the Britons to be freed, while Palestinians took to the street in their support. The family of the Burtons spoke of their "deep concern" for them.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2475842005
Palestinians attack kidnap of Briton devoted to their cause
Having lived in Gaza for the past three years and being an Arabic speaker, she would have been acutely aware of the heightened tensions and the Foreign Office warning that Britons should leave. But she told friends that she often felt that Western organisations were too eager to evacuate to a more comfortable billet, leaving behind those they were supposed to be helping. “She was that rare breed who cared for others more than herself,” the friend added.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-1963174,00.html
No demand from Britons' kidnappers
"They have not made any demand and they have not revealed their identities," Ala Hosni told a news conference. Human rights worker Kate Burton was seized along with her visiting parents in southern Gaza on Wednesday.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1539973.htm
Israelis Born in Iraq Plan Visit to Area
Most Jews left for Israel, unable to even think about returning to visit until the U.S.-led assault toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein. ( Most Palestinians left Palestine, unable to even think about returning to their homes/lands, as supposed to by international law, until LAW gets to be above everyone! )
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051229/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_visiting_iraq
Gunmen kill Palestinian policeman in Gaza
The Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security strongly denounced the murder of a Palestinian policeman by gunmen in Gaza city; three other policemen and three residents were injured.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15779&Itemid=1
WaSPR Delegation Diary 5: Living In Isolation and Under Siege in Hebron and Bethlehem
11.2 percent of the population have directly experienced war trauma themselves. With children, this results in psychosomatic symptoms such as somatization into chronic physical complaints that have no medical explanation, hyperactivity, nightmares, and bedwetting, amongst others. Symptoms can differ in boys and girls.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4367.shtml
Eight residents arrested in Atteel
The source stated that soldiers arrested Sameer Abu Al Haija, Moawiya Al Shalabi, Sa'id Abu Khazna, Mohammad Rizya, two brothers from the family of Abu Hasna, and two other brothers from the family of Abu Khaleel; most of the arrestees are students, and are said to be members of the Islamic Jihad.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15781&Itemid=1
Army seals the southern entrance of Jenin
The Israeli army sealed, on Thursday, the southern entrance of the West Bank city of Jenin, and installed four military checkpoints at Jenin-Nablus road and Arraba road junction, south of Jenin, local sources reported.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15765&Itemid=1
Fatah files united list just minutes before PLC deadline
Some 20 minutes before the cut-off time yesterday for registering candidates in the upcoming elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council (the parliament), Fatah representatives submitted their united list to the offices of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=663581
Mofaz orders police, IDF, Shin Bet probe of felled olive trees
The announcement comes in the wake of several incidents over the past month in which more than a thousand olive trees were cut down, mainly from areas near (ILLEGAL) Jewish settlements adjacent to the northern (OCCUPIED) West Bank city of Nablus.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=664080
Gaza crossing reopens after standoff
Witnesses said policemen, backed by armed men from the ruling Fatah faction led by Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, prevented vehicles from reaching the Rafah crossing. They fanned out in the terminal, forcibly ejecting would-be travellers.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/164D4CC3-0854-467A-814D-C3B7E2C330E0.htm
Marwan Barghouti apologizes to Palestinians for Fatah corruption
Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti apologized Friday for the ruling Fatah party's failures but urged Palestinians to give it another chance in upcoming elections - a rare admission of guilt that highlighted party members' growing concern about the political rise of Hamas
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=663557
UN, as part of diplomatic Quartet, welcomes upcoming Palestinian elections
The Quartet repeated its earlier assertions that “those who want to be part of the political process should not engage in armed group or militia activities, for there is a fundamental contradiction between such activities and the building of a democratic State.” It called on all participants to renounce violence, recognize Israel's right to exist, and disarm. ( Quartet skips existence of ILLEGAL Apartheid Occupation! )
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17051&Cr=Palestin&Cr1=election
Poll: Likud up, Labor down
According to the Mina Tzemach poll, published Friday morning by Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Kadima is holding steady at 39 Knesset seats were elections held today, Labor is falling to 21 mandates and the Likud going up to 14 seats
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3192414,00.html
The lie of Palestine
How do you know if you have the disease? There are a number of telltale signs. Do you find yourself denying my right to live here? Do you find yourself dismissing my history in this place as a pack of contrived myths? Do you consider my crimes to be responsible for the civilian victims of your attacks? Do you assume and thus declare that I want to ethnically cleanse you?
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/664106.html
Workshop on Media and Nonviolence in Bethlehem
The study shows that ABC reported on 305 Israeli and 327 Palestinian deaths in the first year of the Intifada, whereas actual death cases were 165 Israeli and 549 Palestinian death cases as a result of the conflict. Meanwhile CBS reported on 344 Israeli, 296 Palestinian death cases, and NBC reported 227 and 190 Palestinian deaths.
http://www.pnn.ps/english/archive2005/dec/week5/291205/report6.htm
Imperialism and its young admirers - By Azmi Bishara
The US still acts as though it is at the beginning of a historic mission in the region, as Britain had in the wake of World War I. Bush showered Sharon with promises in an exchange of letters in April 2004 that have a strong whiff of the Balfour Declaration. Then, as surreptitiously as Sykes and Picot, the US began to draw up plans for dividing the Middle East. Washington is carving up countries along sectarian and ethnic lines.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/775/op201.htm
Feiglin set to announce withdrawal from Knesset seat race in Likud
Netanyahu will seek on Sunday evening to have the party protocol approved so that persons convicted and sentenced to three years or more would not be able to run for Knesset as a Likud candidate - unless their offense does not carry moral implications.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/664194.html
A decisive year
The de facto ceasefire was brokered in Cairo in March and was inclusive of all the Palestinian resistance factions, including Fatah and Hamas. Israel, however, displayed little respect -- indeed, if any -- for the ceasefire, regarding it as an intra-Palestinian affair and not binding on Israel.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/775/re150.htm
Arab MK: Syria will hasten Palestinian J'lem
Barakeh, who spoke during a rally of solidarity with Syria in Nazareth, added that "we can clearly see the cobwebs of the big spider, the United States, as well as the cobwebs of the small spider, Israel, who are trying to drive a wedge between Syria and Lebanon in order to devour Syria after what happened in Iraq."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3192263,00.html
Peres looks forward
Peres dismisses the current speculation that, despite having announced his resignation from political life, he has decided to become a Kadima MK so that he can become prime minister if something happens to Sharon. The law states that only a Knesset member is allowed to serve as prime minister.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/664400.html
Lebanese army sappers defuse rockets intended for Israel
Army engineers in south Lebanon dismantled Friday two rockets mounted for firing at Israel, a senior military official said of a move that suggested Lebanon was exerting greater control over its border area.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/664445.html
US oil majors return to Libya after two decades
"We are pleased to be resuming our long and productive partnership with the people and the state of Libya in this strategic asset," said Jim Mulva, chief executive of ConocoPhillips, the biggest of the three US firms.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051230/wl_mideast_afp/uslibyaoilcompany_051230183035
Vice president resigns, turns back on Syrian regime
Khaddam said he was "convinced that the process of development and reforms, be they political, economic or administrative, will not succeed" and that he preferred to choose "the motherland" over "the regime".
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051230/ts_afp/syriapoliticskhaddam_051230195540
Iraqis Line Up for Gas; 15 Die in Attacks
Long lines formed at gas stations in Baghdad on Friday as word spread that Iraq's largest oil refinery had shut down in the face of threats against truck drivers, and fears grew of a gas shortage.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051230/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq |
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