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Israeli Army Rounds-up Non-violent Activists in Bil’in
Last night in Bil'in the Palestinian village near Ramallah that has become a symbol of non-violent resistance to the apartheid wall, the Israeli army invaded the village at around 2am and kidnapped eight villagers. Five of the villagers were later released, but three remain in captivity in the Ofer military prison, west of Ramallah. The kidnappings were carried out on the western side of the village near Wajee's house.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/10/04/bilin-oct-roundups/
Palestinian killed during police round up of illegal laborers
Neighbors claim, however, that they heard police shouting "stop or I'll shoot" before shots were heard, implying that the shooting had been deliberate and not accidental, as police claim.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770344.html
Officer who shot Palestinian bore false witness
From investigations, it emerges that the officer cocked his weapon, unprovoked by the victim, causing a bullet to be fired accidentally. During the investigation, it was clarified that the border officer, 19, lied during his testimony that claimed that the Palestinian tried to grab his weapon. Despite this, the (JEWISH) officer was released
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3311176,00.html
The settlers are not resting
The semiannual Peace Now report states that expansion work, including road building and preparing ground for construction, is underway in 31 outposts. It also states that permanent structures are being constructed in 12 outposts and mobile homes are being added to 13 outposts, while 10 additional outposts are the sites of infrastructure work and the construction of new roads.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770058.html
Hamas member assassinated in Qalqilya
Palestinians sources told Ynet that the assassination was an operation of an elite Israel Defense Forces unit, and was carried out by Israeli soldiers disguised as Arabs. Military sources, however, said that they had no knowledge of any activity carried out in the area Wednesday morning, but added that "we are looking into the report."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3310806,00.html
Not an internal Palestinian matter
The experiment was a success: The Palestinians are killing each other. They are behaving as expected at the end of the extended experiment called "what happens when you imprison 1.3 million human beings in an enclosed space like battery hens." These are the steps in the experiment: Imprison (since 1991); remove the prisoners' usual means of livelihood; seal off all outlets to the outside world, nearly hermetically; destroy existing means of livelihood by...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770053.html
Gaza's chaos offers lessons for defense establishment
But in the West Bank, where Hamas' electoral victory this past January is still not accepted, violent incidents continued, with Fatah targeting its rivals. In Gaza, Hamas Interior Minister Saeed Sayem - whose life has been threatened by Fatah's military wing - met with the Fatah-affiliated leaders of the security forces in an effort to restore calm.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770045.html
Global leaders appeal for urgent action to resolve Palestine question
"There is a desperate need for fresh thinking and the injection of new political will" if the conflict, "with all its terrible consequences", is ever to be settled, they said in the statement which was organsied by the Brussels-based International Crisis Group. Shirin Ebadi, Nobel peace prize winner from Iran, former US president Jimmy Carter, ex-Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev are among the signatories to the statement.
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0610048850134257.htm
OPT: Refugee stories: "You have to Live in Darkness"
Sixteen to eighteen hours is a long time to endure without electricity, especially when people are accustomed to life with it. Especially when there are no candles. The $150 million power plant, which was destroyed a few hours after three Israeli air strikes on Gazan bridges, provided roughly half of the Strip's electricity supply. It could take approximately one year to repair the power plant and to fully restore the Gaza Strip with electricity.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-6U9CRC?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Rice: U.S. to 'redouble efforts' to help Palestinians
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that the U.S. is "very concerned" about the plight of the Palestinians, and pledged to improve living conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770312.html
Abbas: Gilad Shalit must be freed
"Rice arrived in the region in order to create a schism within the Arab world that will serve the Zionist interests at the expense of the Palestinian nation. She has come in order to divide the Arab nation and to create a political reality that serves only Israel." Haniyeh called the Arab countries not to be dragged into Rice's plans and initiatives.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3311109,00.html
Abbas accepts Qatari plan on Palestinian unity government, prisoner exchange deal
According to the Qatari plan, the Palestinian unity government will in effect accept the conditions that Israel and the international community have imposed - recognition of Israel and agreements made with Israel, and an end to violence - which will allow for the renewal of peace talks. The Palestinian government envisioned in the plan will be headed by an independent figure...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770042.html
Abbas gives Hamas two weeks on Palestinian unity cabinet
Abbas told a joint news conference with visiting Bahraini Foreign Minister Khaled bin Ahmed Al Khalifa that talks on creating a government with Hamas had halted, and vowed to exercise his ”prerogatives” should the impasse persist. “At present there is no dialogue. An agreement was reached on September 11 but was broken” by the ruling Islamist movement, Abbas said.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2006/October/
middleeast_October81.xml§ion=middleeast
Abbas builds up forces amid Palestinian crisis
Behind cinder-block walls on the edge of the West Bank city of Jericho, a 16-acre plot of parched earth is being transformed into new training grounds for troops loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. With support from the United States and its allies, Abbas's presidential guard has been expanding as a possible counterweight to the Hamas Islamists who lead the government and have been busy building up their own "Executive Force".
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L03334043.htm
Government spokeswoman: Illegal West Bank outposts will be removed
Israel is required to take down about 100 outposts - many of them just a few trailers on West Bank hilltops - according to terms of the internationally-backed road map peace plan that envisions a Palestinian state alongside Israel. The three-stage plan, first presented in 2003, has never been implemented. ( & the Apartheid Wall was developmed! )
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770488.html
Rice meets Fatah officials in Jerusalem
The meeting held shortly before Rice's leaving for Ramallah for a parley with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is also the head of Fatah movement. Rice is seeking to boost Abbas in his standoff with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which dominates the Palestinian parliament and controls government.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/04/content_5169412.htm
Rice hopes to exploit the Arab-Iran divide
She may be appealing to the legendary Arab-Iranian rivalry to sell the US agenda of shoring up the Arab opposition to Iran's alleged aspirations to develop nuclear weapons. The United States has tried to play that card before. The newest wrinkle in this ongoing strategic power game is that Israel is reportedly also reaching out to "moderate" Arab states of the Persian Gulf region by focusing on Iran-phobia.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HJ05Ak01.html
Rice, in Mideast, Meets Skeptics
During Rice's visit to Cairo and a stop Monday evening in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, it was clear that American allies in the region had greater ambitions for a renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace effort than the administration did. U.S. officials have said that the most they hope for now is limited progress. Bush said last week that the United States did not intend to impose a settlement on the Palestinians and Israelis.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-rice4oct04,1,6382621.story?coll=la-headlines-world
Fatah member: Abbas recognition of Israel political
"The base of our Fatah movement keeps dreaming of Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jaffa and Akko," said Abu Ahmed, Fatah member and leader of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in the northern Gaza Strip. "There is no change in our position. Abbas recognizes Israel because of pressure that the Zionists and the Americans are exercising on him. We understand this is part of his obligations and political calculations."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3311034,00.html
Tel Avivians, northerners rally against leadership
Residents of Tel Aviv and northern Israel communities are planning to hold a joint protest next Thursday against the state, which, according to them, let them down during the war in Lebanon.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3311117,00.html
Bereaved father hands Olmert ‘resignation letter'
“I am resigning out of a show of leadership and personal example that should serve future leaders of Israel as an example of correct conduct. I hope others will follow my example and resign as well,” the letter said. In response to Moshe Muskal’s request, the prime minister folded up the letter and refused to sign it.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3311051,00.html
'Smugglers' get 15 minutes to go, then house is blown up
Sami Shaher,46, was rebuilding his house 50 metres from the border after it was destroyed by the Israeli army in 2002. He said he received a call at 10.30pm on Wednesday from Abu Nimr. Thirty minutes later his unfinished house was blown up, leaving a crater 20 metres wide and 10 metres deep. A 14-year-old girl was killed by flying debris. There is no visible evidence of a tunnel.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1885267,00.html
Echoes of Ireland in Palestine
"The Wind That Shakes the Barley" is no feel-good story of a heroic indigenous resistance battling against the foreign occupier. The narrative is centred on two characters, Damien (Cillian Murphy) and Teddy (Padraic Delaney), brothers who grow up to fight side by side against the British, but then find themselves on opposite sides in the brutal civil war.
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093129553
When the Wall Street Journal Supports Palestine
The only thing the WSJ loves more than distrusting Arabs is the God of capitalism, the free market. Thus, a Palestinian businessman, Coca-Cola proprietor Zahi Khouri, was able to get on the pages of Journal by framing Palestinian rights in free market terms. Look, he said, Israel denies us and our goods free mobility, and thus economic development. That is the problem in Palestine.
http://kabobfest.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-wall-street-journal-supports.html
Israeli Fuel Company Turns Off Fuel Supply Until Debt is Paid
The Israeli Transnational Corporation fuel company will not deliver fuel to West Bank cities until the Palestinian Authority pays its debt of hundreds of millions of shekels. But with the U.S.-led diplomatic and economic boycott since January, the PA has no chance of paying its debt, resulting in a two-day rush for fuel throughout the West Bank.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/21828/1/
Group calling itself al-Qaida in Palestine posts Web video
The video surfaced as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held a news conference with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770485.html
UNIFIL says could resort to 'use of force beyond self-defense'
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said it could resort to the "use of force beyond self-defense," but did not give details on the means which will be used. "UNIFIL commanders have sufficient authority to act forcefully when confronted with hostile activity of any kind," a UN statement said.
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770012.html
Hezbollah listened in on IDF beepers, cell phones
Hezbollah intelligence listened to cell phone conversations by Israelis, including Israel Defense Forces officers, as part of its extensive intelligence gathering operation during the recent Lebanon war. The organization also eavesdropped electronically on messages sent to pagers; some of these messages were transferred through satellite uplinks.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770043.html
Arab, Muslim states blast UN human rights envoys' report on war
"The report is deferential to Israel, condescending towards Lebanon and accusatory towards Hezbollah," said Pakistan's ambassador Masood Khan speaking for the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) states.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770476.html
Lebanese army prevents Hezbollah supporters from protesting near border with Israel
Soldiers recently deployed in the border town of Kafr Kila stopped buses carrying about 100 Hezbollah supporters, mostly young boys, who were traveling to the nearby Fatima Gate border fence to stage a demonstration.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770429.html
Russian FM: Abducted IDF troops alive, in good condition
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sent a reassuring message about the fate of the kidnapped soldiers held by Hizbullah, reporting that according to information in the hands of Russia, Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser are alive and their physical condition is good.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3311148,00.html |
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