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Cancer didn't kill my mother, the occupation did
Early this morning, I received the sad news that my mother (54 years old) passed away after serious health complications last night. I am sending this message to you and many other people around the world because I promised my mother before she died to let everybody know that it wasn’t cancer that killed her, it was the occupation. Yes, the Israeli occupation killed my mother, but this time not using missiles and tank rockets, but through collective punishment and humiliation.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article6212.shtml
Israeli settler rams a Palestinian child in Hebron
An Israeli settler driving in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, rammed a Palestinian child causing moderate wounds, Palestinian medical sources reported. Resident Jihad Jaber reported that his child Mohammad, 5, was hit by an Israeli settler's vehicle while heading to his school in the old part of Hebron city.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/23164/1/
Two Jerusalem House Demolitions
Last night human rights workers learned that there were going to be demolitions of houses in the Jerusalem district today so we travelled to Al ‘Isawiya. When we arrived we found that the house had already been destroyed and that the bulldozer had come at 5am. The father of the family was there but the children and mother were all 'sick' – stressed by the events of the day.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/12/12/two-house-demolitions/
Aged woman dies due to an Israeli army sound bombs fired into her house in Qalqilia
Palestinian sources reported that Palestinian aged woman died after Israeli army fire a sound bomb into her house in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia on Tuesday morning.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/23168/1/
Rival forces trade gunfire in Gaza
Palestinian security forces loyal to Mahmoud Abbas have exchanged gunfire with policeman loyal to the ruling party, Hamas, after the president's decision to deploy his Fatah forces in Gaza. Hospital officials said two members of Fatah's security forces were wounded
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/56CB765D-C813-456C-B7AF-7FE2DB1F527D.htm
OPT UN fact-finding mission to Beit Hanoun still awaiting Israeli authorization
An investigative mission into the killing of 19 Palestinians by the Israeli Army has been delayed due to lack of cooperation by the Israeli government. "This is a time in our history that neither allows for indifference to the plight of those suffering, nor refusal to search for a solution to the present crisis in the region.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/YSAR-6WENM2?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Soldiers abduct eleven Palestinians from several West Bank areas
Israeli army abducted eleven Palestinian men during morning invasions to several parts of the West Bank on Tuesday. Soldiers fired sound bombs and rounds of live ammunition at the residents and theiur houses, no injuries were reported.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/23165/1/
Israeli official 'not sorry' Tutu's Beit Hanun mission canceled
The mission was due to set out for the Middle East at the end of last week and report its findings by mid- month to the UN Human Rights Council. Tutu said yesterday that he has been trying to obtain an entrance permit both to Israel and the Gaza Strip for 10 days and that the delay may make the investigation impossible.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799703.html
Maariv: “There are some who understand that Palestinians are human”
“The Supreme Court's decision proves that there are people who understand that Palestinians are human beings like any others.” - said Waji Burnat, a resident of the Palestinian village of Bil'in, this afternoon to NRG/Ma'ariv. His son Ranni, 26, was injured at the start of the Intifada and has since been confined to a wheelchair. Burnat added that any amount of money his son will receive from the Israeli state would help in his recovery.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/12/12/nrg-intifada-law/
Petition Challenges Israel’s practice of barring foreign passport holders from the Israeli occupied Palestinian territory
“This petition by JLAC is a step toward challenging Israel's racist policies against Palestinian family reunification. Israel is closing the doors on families who want to stay legally. Denying residency, even through a renewable 3-month visitor permit, is a form of de facto deportation designed to create a demographic change in the oPt by targeting the most vulnerable segment of Palestinian society and forcing them to leave”, said Basil Ayish
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/12/12/jlac-petition/
Islamic Hamas Donates Cash for Bethlehem’s Christmas
The Hamas government, often labelled by the international community as Islamic militants, has promised to donate US$50,000 to prepare Bethlehem for the traditional Christmas holidays. The offering will be twice as much as given in previous years.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/islamic.hamas.donates.cash.for.bethlehems.christmas/8685.htm
Iran pledges $250m aid to Palestine
The overall sum included $120 million in direct funds to the Palestinian government. He said the Iranian government also pledged to pay the salaries of 100,000 state employees for six months at the rate of $100 a month and to pay a similar amount to 3,000 fishermen over the same period.
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=164306&Sn=WORL&IssueID=29267
Olmert sends emissaries on secret Ramallah visit to Abbas
During the meeting, Olmert also spoke with Abbas by telephone, and the PA chairman said that he wants Israel to release Marwan Barghouti from prison independent of any deal for the release of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. However, Olmert replied that he is not even willing to discuss this issue until after Shalit is returned to Israel.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799737.html
Palestinian security forces deploy after killings in Gaza
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas ordered security forces to deploy across Gaza on Tuesday after the killing of three young sons of one of his loyalists shocked Palestinians and stoked fears of internal strife.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=799976
Israeli military court postpones trial of elected Hamas official after failing to find charges
The Israeli military court in Ofer, in a “closed military zone” in western Ramallah, postponed the trial of Hamas leader, Sheikh Hassan Youssef after failing to bring charges against him. He is a deputy in the Palestinian Legislative Council, and one of many Palestinian officials who the Israelis arrested upon resuming their new positions in government after the last elections.
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1189
UNRWA appeals for $246m in emergency funds to address deplorable humanitarian conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory
Every aspect of life has been affected. The crisis that began in September 2000 has deepened dramatically during 2006, as a result of the international isolation of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the conditions of siege imposed on Gaza and the ongoing fragmentation of the West Bank. The majority of Palestinians are now dependent on food and cash handouts. Violence, poverty and despair are overtaking hopes for recovery and prospects for development.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LZEG-6WEQPN?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Ex-president says criticism gives more attention to Palestine
Former President Jimmy Carter has taken the criticism aimed at his latest book as a sign that his views on Israeli policy are generating more interest in the plight of the Palestinians. Carter said Monday that he expected the backlash against his top-selling book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid." It has been criticized by pro-Israel groups, attacked by fellow Democrats...
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5799456
EU aid bypasses government with another 200 million euros
The European in charge of the EU's assistance to the Palestinian people, Benita Ferrero-Walner, says that the latest allocation of funds will be 200 million euros. This continuing aid package is delivered directly to the Palestinian people, as this European organization also bypasses the democratically elected Hamas government.
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1190
United Kingdom announces £76.6 million for Palestine Refugees through UNRWA
Karen Koning AbuZayd, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, today thanked the government of the United Kingdom for its contribution of £76.6 million to help support UNRWA services for Palestine refugees over the next four years.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LZEG-6WELF7?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Al-Qaeda-linked militants have arrived - Fatah chief
These 150 fighters have infiltrated from Iraq into Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon," added Abu al-Aynayn. Abu Khaled al-Amli, the head of Fatah-Intifada, a separate group based in Damascus that broke away from Fatah in 1983, was "arrested along with 10 supporters 48 hours ago by Syrian authorities, " he said. Abu al-Aynayn described Fatah-Islam as a "fundamentalist movement with an ideology close to Al-Qaeda and financed by [Osama] bin Laden."
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=77585
Olmert: We won't be first to introduce nukes to region
"I reiterate that Israel has not changed its policy on the nuclear issue and will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons to the Middle East. I stressed it twice in the interview I gave and I don't think we should elaborate or hold a public discussion on this," Olmert added.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3339192,00.html
Olmert's nuclear slip creates uproar in Israel
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sparked an uproar after an apparent slip of the tongue in which he for the first time listed Israel as a nuclear power, but few expected the blunder to alter the Jewish state's "policy of nuclear ambiguity."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061212/wl_afp/mideastisraelnuclear_061212191145
White House condemns Iranian conference on Holocaust denial
He said the United States will continue to support those in Iran and elsewhere who seek to promote human rights "and will stand with them in their efforts to overcome oppression, injustice and tyranny."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/800098.html
Ultra-Orthodox, Holocaust deniers gather in Tehran
Also attracting much attention at the conference was a small group of anti-Zionist, ultra-Orthodox Jews from the United States, Britain and Austria. One of them, Rabbi Israel David Weiss of the U.S., said: "We came here to reveal to the world the use that the Zionists make of the Holocaust."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799683.html
Syria blasts Israel over building of Golan Heights reservoir
Syria has announced its intention to host an Arab conference on water, in light of Israel's construction of a water reservoir in the (OCCUPIED) Golan Heights. The governor of the Quneitra district, Nawaf Fares, said over the weekend that the water reservoir now under construction in the eastern Golan was "a threat to the lives of the residents of the Quneitra district and to their property
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=799964
Blair to meet Abbas in Ramallah next week
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Ramallah on Monday as part of efforts to revive the Mideast peace process, a presidential spokesman has said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061212/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinian_061212113039
Israel, Palestine, peace and apartheid - By Jimmy Carter
For the past 30 years, I have witnessed and experienced the severe restraints on any free and balanced discussion of the facts. This reluctance to criticise policies of the Israeli government is due to the extraordinary lobbying efforts of the American-Israel Political Action Committee and the absence of any significant contrary voices. It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,,1970059,00.html
Murders are another stage in Iraqization of Gaza
The feeling yesterday among many Gazans was that the Strip was on the verge of civil war. Five days ago, a few extremists from a group calling itself "Swords of Islam" attacked a young girl who dared to wear jeans and was without a face covering. Later, 12 shops were destroyed that provided Internet services and rented videos.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799700.html
Arab couple to lose land, home to new Haifa road
The land occupied by the couple's house - which they legally own, by dint of half a century's residence - is due to be expropriated for the sake of another project, a road that will connect Haifa's lower and upper sections. But nobody from Yefeh Nof, the company managing that project, has approached them to discuss payment, Hassan claimed.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/799690.html
Dutch FM sees key Syrian role for Mideast peace
Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot sought to build a diplomatic bridge between Syria and the West, saying the country had a key role to play in resolving conflicts in the Middle East.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061212/wl_mideast_afp/mideastsyrialebanon_061212184449
UNIFIL, Lebanese, Israeli officers discuss Ghajar
The Israeli military has occupied the northern part of Ghajar since the war this summer. Pellegrini described the meeting as having been constructive and productive." Progress has been made on this issue, and I hope that this will help pave the way for the full withdrawal of the [Israeli military] from Lebanese territory," Pellegrini said.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=77583 |
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