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Israeli Army bulldozes Palestinian vinyards south of Bethlehem
Salah Shahin, the owner of the land, said that the bulldozers have so far destroyed 85 grapevines - used to produce grapes that are sold in local markets. Shahin added that the army often attacks his land in order to force him to leave, so that his land could then be annexed to the nearby illegal Israeli settlement known as 'Kfar Atzion'.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/23148/1/
Jimmy Carter: Israel's 'apartheid' policies worse than South Africa's
"When Israel does occupy this territory deep within the West Bank, and connects the 200-or-so settlements with each other, with a road, and then prohibits the Palestinians from using that road, or in many cases even crossing the road, this perpetrates even worse instances of apartness, or apartheid, than we witnessed even in South Africa."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799476.html
Tough times in birthplace of Jesus as Christmas nears
Israel's separation barrier which snakes deep inside the West Bank has taken a particular toll on this city of some 40,000, cutting off access to farm land and isolating laborers from jobs in Jerusalem just minutes to the north. "Today we live in what is similar to a big prison,"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061211/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinian_061211173611
Bethlehem mayor calls on world Christians to visit his town this Christmas
"With the closure of Jerusalem to Palestinians and the limitation of permits granted by the Israeli authorities, unemployment has soared to 65 percent, which simply means that 65 percent of the people of Bethlehem live under the poverty line," he said. Israel says the wall, which blocks the main entrance to Bethlehem from the north, is necessary
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/11/africa/ME_GEN_Bethlehem_Christmas.php
Fatah official’s sons shot dead in Gaza
Palestinian gunmen killed the three young sons of a senior intelligence official close to President Mahmoud Abbas in the Gaza Strip on Monday, reigniting fears of an escalation in factional clashes.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9b34c0c2-892d-11db-a876-0000779e2340.html
Israel blocks UN mission to Beit Hanoun
The Israeli government has blocked a UN human rights fact-finding mission led by South African Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu that was formed last month to investigate Israel’s killing of 19 Palestinian civilians in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=12712
Israel decries Iran-sponsored Holocaust denial conference
"By denying or questioning the Holocaust, the most extreme form of genocide to date, [Ahmadinejad] is challenging the essence of the notion of universal human rights, which was developed by the international community after - and because of - the Shoah," added the statement.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799480.html
Palestinian political prisoners taking Israeli government to the International Court of Justice
In light of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 11,000 political prisoners in Israeli jails are filing a suit against the Israeli government at the International Court of Justice in the Hague. They are calling for an official investigation into “abuse and serious violations in Israeli prisons against life and humanity.”
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/23156/1/
Checkpoints in the West Bank: This is the day of Women
Israeli forces demanded that women leave cars to have their identities checked. Driver Firas Mahmoud described what happened. “They drew their weapons in our direction when one of the young men went to the soldiers and told them that they could not treat his wife in such a way after a group of women had been held in the cold for two hours.”
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1186
Palestinian shot, seriously wounded by Israeli military east of Gaza City
The man was shot when Israeli forces began firing randomly at Palestinian homes and farmland, according to eyewitnesses.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/23138/1/
Israeli soldiers attack barber shop in Yatta village, beat three Palestinian brothers badly
Israeli forces attacked a barber shop and assaulted three men who were inside the shop on Monday morning. The attack occurred during an Israeli military invasion of Yatta village, south of the West Bank city of Hebron.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/23153/1/
Four schoolboys injured in Israeli invasion of Tubas
Soldiers apparently opened fire at a group of schoolboys leaving school, injuring four, one seriously. Ibrahim Shoubaki, 17, was taken to the hospital in critical condition after being shot with live ammunition by the invading Israeli troops. The names of the three other injured boys have not yet been released.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/23139/1/
One Hebron resident abducted by Israeli army
Israeli forces abducted a Palestinian resident of the southern West Bank city of Hebron after attacking his home on Monday. Al Qudsi is the 26th Hebron resident to be abducted by the Israeli army since December 1st, according to the Hebron Prisoner Support Society.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/23150/1/
No solutions for newly homeless
The F-16 fighters and Apache gunships may now be absent from the Gaza skies - but that doesn't help Omar Mohammed Mamlouk and his 18-strong family, living in a tent amid the rubble of their home. The Israeli military destroyed 251 homes in Gaza between July and November 15 this year, leaving 1,577 people homeless, according to the Israeli human rights organisation B'tselem.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article6200.shtml
High Court to rule on petitions demanding Intifada Law annulled
Nine human rights organizations, spearheaded by the Adalah Center, submitted petitions to the court in September 2005. The petition calls the law, which has absolved the state of financial responsibiliy in nearly all "non warlike" instances of personal and property damages since 2000, "racist and immoral."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799603.html
Abbas condemns killing of PA official 3 children at Gaza school
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas condemned as an "ugly and inhuman crime" the killing of three young children of a senior PA intelligence official outside their school in Gaza City Monday morning.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799484.html
Desmond Tutu: Israel refused fact-finding mission to Gaza
"We find the lack of cooperation by the Israeli government very distressing, as well as its failure to allow the missing timely passage to Israel," Tutu told reporters after UN officials said Israel had blocked his UN fact-finding mission to the Gaza Strip. Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said Monday that no final decision has been made.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799578.html
IDF soldier moderately hurt in W. Bank shooting
The convoy was en route to the scene of a Jeep accident, to assist in rescue efforts. The jeep had flipped over, lightly wounding four soldiers. The Palestinians opened fire at a relatively far distance from the convoy, wounding the soldier in his head. IDF soldiers earlier this month killed two Palestinians - a civilian and a militant in Qabatiyeh, the site of Monday's shooting.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799613.html
Dahlan may return to PA nat'l security post
Palestinian sources told Haaretz that while Dahlan had not yet officially accepted the appointment, he was already receiving security-related authority and dealing with security issues. Dahlan is also under pressure by some of his associates who have called on him to reject the offer
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799166.html
Palestinian PM says Iran has pledged $250 million in aid to PA
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Iran had pledged about $250 million in financial aid to Palestinians for 2007 to help ease the economic crisis caused by a Western aid boycott.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799607.html
Gazans speak out on early poll
"At the same time, Fatah should not impose its opinions on Hamas since it is, after all, in the minority now. "I oppose the idea that the government is somehow responsible for the situation we're in - it's clearly collective punishment by the West. "At the same time, Hamas should be flexible. The ministry of the interior and finance should be run independent of any faction. I voted for Hamas in January's elections to punish Fatah because of its corruption, but I'm not sure how I would vote again."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6B6152C5-1CA4-4277-BA1D-117A785FA72E.htm
Lebanon, Iran top Olmert's agenda on visit to Germany, Italy
In Berlin, Olmert will discuss the two Israeli reservists abducted by Hezbollah in July, the Prime Minister's Office said yesterday. Germany has played the role of mediator in the past, and has also been involved in current efforts.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799168.html
Olmert: Iran wants nuclear weapons like Israel
Olmert reacted angrily when asked if Israel’s alleged nuclear program weakened the Western case against Iran, saying no such comparisons should be made. “Israel is a democracy, Israel doesn’t threaten any country with anything, never did.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3338783,00.html
End the boycott of Arab parties
The issue of the Arab citizens of Israel has returned to the headlines. This is partly due to the release of the book "Whose Country is This?", which chronicles the failed attempt to develop a new pact between Jews and Arabs, and even more so to a series of new documents setting forth demands formulated by various Arab groups.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799187.html
Mashaal offers 10-year cease-fire deal
Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal has said he would be willing to set up a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders side-by-side with Israel. In an interview published Monday in the Italian newspaper Republica, Mashaal also offered Israel a 10-year cease-fire deal.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1164881867574&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Former President Talks About his Controversial New Book, ‘Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid'
In "Palestine: Peace not Apartheid," Carter says the United States, along with Russia, the United Nations, and the European Union, must implement the Bush administration's so-called "Roadmap for Peace." Former President Carter, now 82, is determined to continue making an impact on the world stage in the cause of peace. He plans to write two more books to be released next year.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-12-11-voa29.cfm
A rogue 51st state
Dig deeper in the Baker report text to discover what such "commitment" involves. "For several reasons, we should act boldly: there is no military solution to this conflict. The vast majority of the Israeli body politic is tired of being a nation perpetually at war. No American administration - Democratic or Republican - will ever abandon Israel. Political engagement and dialogue are essential in the Arab-Israeli dispute because it is an axiom that when the political process breaks down there will be violence on the ground."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,,1968974,00.html
PM: We have no indication that Syria preparing for imminent war
The Prime Minister's Bureau has not received any indication from intelligence sources that Syria is preparing for an imminent war against Israel, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday before a visit to Germany.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799201.html
Syrian guerillas 'to launch resistance within months'
If Israel does not vacate the Golan Heights within months, a guerilla organization allegedly formed in Syria will soon launch "resistance operations" against Israeli positions and Jewish communities in the Golan, an official from Syrian President Bashar Assad's Baath party told WND in an exclusive interview.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3338590,00.html
Peretz: Saudi initiative must serve as basis for talks with Palestinians
Israel has thus far avoided official consideration - at least publicly - of the 2002 initiative which calls on Israel to withdraw to the 1967 borders in return for a comprehensive peace agreement with the Palestinians and other Arab states.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799163.html
At least 26 killed in Iraq as pregnant mother murdered
The US military also reported that two powerful roadside bombs had killed four of its soldiers on Sunday, keeping December on track to be one of the deadliest months for American soldiers so far this year.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061211/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_061211155314 |
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