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In Irtah and Far'un: Demolitions, Ghettoization, Settlement Industrial Zones and Environmental Devastation
In the two villages of Irtah and Far'un, south of the city of Tulkarem, the Occupation Forces have continued their ongoing confiscation and demolition policies. In these villages, the most recent implementation of these policies show the Occupation plans for the total ghettoization of communities isolated by the Wall. They also reveal the intended fate of these ghettos...
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/819.shtml
In Tulkarem: A Buffer Zone for the Wall on the Eastern Side 300 Meters Wide, New Confiscations, and New Demolitions
These military orders emphasize the step-by-step policy pursued by the Occupation in order to impose a new reality on the ground. The completion of the Apartheid Wall in the northern part of the West Bank did not end the targeting of Palestinians living in the Tulkarem area by the Occupation Forces.
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/815.shtml
Israel's new road plans condemned as 'apartheid'
It has been repeated by Ariel Sharon and by ministers, yet now government papers suggest that Israel intends to bypass the peace plan, creating a Palestinian state of enclaves, surrounded by walls and linked by tunnels and special roads. Israel has released plans for the upgrade of roads and construction of 16 tunnels which would create an 'apartheid' road network for Palestinians in the West Bank.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1366855,00.html
Israeli army razes Palestinian lands in S. Gaza
The sources said the Israeli troops backed by bulldozers and tanks stormed the area before dawn. Hundreds of olive and palm trees were destroyed, they added. Meanwhile, the Israeli army continued its attack in the southern Gaza Strip towns of Rafah and Khan Younis, injuring six Palestinians.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/06/content_2301594.htm
International Human Rights Activist Jailed for Participating in Non-violent Protest Against the Illegal Israeli Wall
A week ago the Israeli Army brutally attacked a non-violent protest by the villagers who were protesting the theft and destruction of their land by the construction of the Wall. 20 Palestinians were injured by live fire and rubber-coated bullets from the Israeli army, one seriously.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palsolidarity/message/1096
Female prisoners in Telmond start hunger strike protest
In a deliberate effort to make the miserable living conditions even worse, guards sprayed cold water all over the prisoners' belongings, soaking their mattresses and clothes. Given that it is winter, the women were not able to dry the bedding, so were forced to sleep in cold damp beds. The prison administration cut the prisoners' electricity and water supplies, and the smell of the tear gas continues to cling to the walls of the cells.
http://www.dci-pal.org/english/Display.cfm?DocId=315&CategoryId=1
Barghouti offers Palestinians real choice
He and they were angered by Fatah's response, say friends. Once members of the old guard got what they wanted they didn't show appreciation for his backing. In particular, Mr Abbas made no statement demanding his release from prison ahead of any return to negotiations with Israel. The feeling, say friends, is that Barghouti played his only card and got nothing in return.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4066591.stm
Security forces, settlers face off at West Bank outpost
Israel Radio reported that the settlers had brought two housing units to the outpost, which connects the West Bank settlement of Ofra - located just north of Ramallah - to Jerusalem and nearby settlements Kokhav Yaakov and Psagot.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/510880.html
Four Birzeit University Students Illegally Deported to Gaza
The four students - Walid Muhanna, Bashar Abu Salim, Mohammad Matar and Bashar Abu Shahala – are all students of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Birzeit University and are all due to graduate by the end of this academic year. Israeli soldiers forcibly entered the students’ apartment building in Birzeit at 2a.m. last Thursday night and arrested the four students.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3396.shtml
General: 1 in 5 troops behave badly at roadblocks
Some 20 percent of IDF soldiers join the army with the preconception that Arab lives are worth less than Jewish lives - and subsequently behave improperly at roadblocks, the head of the Israel Defense Forces personnel branch, Major General Elazar Stern, said Monday. ( I really wish they are as few! )
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/510815.html
IDF probing charge that troops killed wounded suspect
The Israel Defense Forces is investigating a claim by the B'Tselem human rights group, which said Monday there was "serious suspicion" that IDF troops who killed a wanted Islamic Jihad man in the West Bank over the weekend shot him to death while he was lying on the ground, wounded and unarmed.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=510895&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Palestinian militants kill suspected collaborator
An Al Aqsa spokesman said al-Hindi helped Israeli undercover agents track down and kill three of its members in Ramallah on Nov. 21. A neighbor, Salam Yacob, said Al-Hindi watched the fugitives and informed on them to Israeli intelligence when the men were killed.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=510676&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Member of Jewish terrorist organization jailed for 8 years
Zeliger was tried in September of this year for belonging to a terrorist organization under an counter-terrorism order - the first time that this has been used since indictments were brought against members of the "Jewish underground" in the 1980s.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/510862.html
Court extends Fahima's remand
"I request that while the investigation continues they allow me to sleep, that they not deny me food and that I not be sexually harassed as a means of pressure. I was interrogated and went through that nightmare. I request that this time the level of abuse be lower."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/510369.html
Israel, Egypt and US to set up free-trade link
Israel, Egypt and the United States are to set up four free-trade zones under an agreement to be signed on December 14, which will give certain goods duty-free entry to the American market, according to the office of Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1506&ncid=1312&e=3&u=/afp/20041206/ts_alt_afp/israel_egypt_us_041206134704
Barghouti candidacy means out of Fatah
"Whoever resists deliberately the decisions of Fatah's Central Committee is considered to be resigning regardless of his post and rank and his membership will be eventually eliminated by the committee," Kaddoumi told a press conference late Sunday.
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041206-072750-4724r.htm
Israel boycott row hits college
London University School of Oriental and African Studies has come under fire for agreeing to host a conference tomorrow at which academics begin a campaign to break links with Israeli universities, significantly increasing an academic boycott of Israel.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1366190,00.html
After Assad talks, Abbas says PA must coordinate with Syria
"The Palestinian-Israeli situation and the Syrian-Israeli situation require a form of coordination and consultation so that... the Israelis do not exploit our respective positions. Therefore we want to walk side by side," Abbas said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/510663.html
Germany hopes for smooth election in Palestine
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee, Fischer said he had been filled with optimism by the talks with the Palestinian leadership.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/06/content_2300028.htm
Christofias reaffirms solidarity with Palestinian people
Christofias also said the international community should ''stop shutting its eyes before actions and policies that violate the international legality and contravene every sense of just and human behaviour.''
http://www.cna.org.cy/news_ie/newsdisp.asp?a=224728&b=7857934&c=535573482513&d=1
Survey: Palestinian leader race will be tight
Forty-six percent of respondents would vote for Barghuti if elections and 44 percent for Abbas, a survey conducted by Birzeit University's Development Studies Programme revealed. Another poll undertaken by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research found that 40 percent would cast their ballot for Abbas and 38 percent for Barghuti.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=123&art_id=qw1102349340796B253
10 Palestinians qualify for election run
The qualified candidates included Mahmoud Abbas, the interim Palestinian leader who is considered the front-runner, jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti and democracy advocate Mustafa Barghouti.
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=12/4/2004&Cat=4&Num=004
Peres intent on joining government, holding talks with Palestinians
"Without us, the government doesn't have a majority. It will fall and there will be elections. I think the year 2005 should be devoted to peace and not to domestic politics," he added, speaking from his Tel Aviv private office.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&ncid=1312&e=4&u=/afp/20041206/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_israel_politics_041206130843
Vanunu: Israeli nukes push neighbor states to get atomic arms
"Iran doesn't need, I think, atomic bombs. Iran doesn't want to fight any state with atomic bombs," he said. "But because the world [is] ignoring Israel, that pushes Iran and other states to try to be equal with Israel."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=510345&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Knesset invites Azzam Azzam to visit
The Israeli Druze businessman was freed Sunday, eight years after Egypt jailed him on charges of spying for Israel. Azzam warmly thanked Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday for getting him out of jail.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/510244.html
Marwan's U-turn
Barghouti's last-minute U-turn has indefinitely changed the course of the Palestinian presidential elections. For one thing, it is already causing a split within Fatah's ranks which Barghouti knew would happen, but decided to sacrifice for reasons he has yet to declare.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/719/re1.htm
Spreading color and hope in refugee camps
"Our way to fight is not only through weapons, guns and bombs," he said. "We also know art, and we are talented enough to use art to make our voices heard." Over the summer, the dirty plain walls throughout the camp were transformed into cleaner, patriotic and colorful paintings by the new Palestinian cultural club.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?article_ID=10347&categ_ID=1&edition_id=1
Pressed between the Barghoutis
In every corner of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, groups of Fatah members, veterans and younger men, have been organizing and denouncing Barghouti's candidacy for head of the Palestinian Authority. The branches of the Shabiba, the Fatah youth organization; the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the military arm of the organization;...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/510409.html
Israel to attend Mideast summit if US supports it: official
A senior Israeli official said on Monday that Israel would take part in an international peace conference on the Middle East scheduled in London early next year if Washington supports such a summit.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/06/content_2301815.htm
Iraqis must defeat US occupiers: Palestinian Fatah leader
Speaking to reporters on Monday in Tunis, Fatah leader Faruq Qaddumi said: “We support the Iraqi resistance, and its victories will be those of the Palestinian resistance.”“We will always be against occupiers and we support those who fight occupation,” he said.
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=7881&s2=06
640 people infected with tuberculosis in southern Iraqi city
The US-led invasion and the following waves of violence have left Iraq with great damage in its infrastructure and a dire need for basic necessities such as clean water and medicine.
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=7883&s2=06 |
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