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Army installs a barbed wire fence near Azone Village
Local residents said that the fence looks like it will surround the village, cutting it off completely from the nearby village and Qalqilia City. The village of Azon is already surrounded by illegal Israeli settlements, which were built on lands stolen from the local farmers who are now forced to pass through two checkpoints to reach their lands.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/22618/1/
Israel plans to annex lands north of Jerusalem for the Wall
Israeli Authorities plan to annex Palestinians lands in Anata town, north of Jerusalem, for the construction of the Annexation Wall and for “military purposes”. The decision (T -06/84) states that the lands will be annexed for the construction of a wall north of Maali Adumim settlement.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/22606/1/
Jerusalem Post: “Rabbis for Human Rights volunteer held”
Theresa McDermont came to Israel to pick olives with Palestinian farmers for one month. Instead, she has been sitting in a detention cell for 12 days at Ben-Gurion airport. McDermont, a Scottish post office worker, said she hoped to be a volunteer for Rabbis for Human Rights, the organization that runs the olive harvest project designed to help Palestinian farmers cultivate land near the Green Line. According to McDermont’s lawyer, Gabi Lasky, there is no reason for her detention and she is being detained under no charges.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/11/13/jpost-theresa/
Palestinian hospital starts blood donation campaign to aid injured in Beit Hanoun
The campaign is aiming to collect blood to aid the scores of injured residents who are still in the hospitals due to the continuous Israeli invasion of Beit Hanoun. Most of the injuries have resulted from Israeli artillery shelling and gunfire, and many of the injured were inside their homes when they were hit.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/22623/1/
Historians won't believe it
You can't just kill 20 innocent civilians in Beit Hanun and say: "Oops, we made a mistake. We're sorry." You can't. At the very least, the prime minister should appeal personally to the victims and the Palestinian people and express regret, offer compensation and request absolution. Anything less is unacceptable. Anything less is inhuman and un-Jewish and inconceivable. Inconceivable? In the land of hollow leadership, anything is possible, anything goes.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/786912.html
How a Beit Hanun family was destroyed
At first she did not notice she had been wounded, that she was bleeding and her leg was torn down to the bone. She sat down among the bodies and tried to bring Sa'ed back to life. Her second son, Fadi, was injured. She doesn't know which shell did it. Her third son, Rami, fled into the garden of his uncle and neighbor, Dr. Hussein Athamneh, but the sixth shell found him there. Rami then ran into the street, toward the house of his uncle and aunt. The seventh shell found him outside their house, where it exploded. ( US Veto makes it LEGAL ! )
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/786928.html
OPT: UN expert urges Israel to stop destruction in Gaza, calls for military sanctions
"Since 25 June 2006, the most recent Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip, I continue to receive alarming reports about deliberate attacks by Israeli forces resulting in the destruction of homes, civilian property and infrastructures in the Gaza Strip. Such acts have a devastating impact on civilians particularly, women and children, and create insecurity and psychological trauma. Thus, these forced evictions and unjustifiable destruction constitute breaches of international laws of human rights, war and humanitarian norms.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6VH5J8?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Arab League, Palestine Angry over UN Veto
The veto paves the way for Israel to continue military actions and shows support by the United States of Israel's actions, showing "a signal that the US had given legitimacy to the massacres and a green light to Israel to carry out more massacres," Palestinian spokesman Ghazi Hamad said.
http://www.torontodailynews.com/index.php/WorldNews/2006111202arab-palestine
Army invades Bethlehem city for the second time in less than 12 hours and takes six prisoners
Late Sunday night, less than 12 hours ago, troops invaded a nearby area of the city, surrounded a building and took a child prisoner after searching ad ransacking residents' homes.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/22621/1/
Olmert: We'll talk to PA unity gov't if Hamas recognizes Israel
The European Union will also insist that any new Palestinian unity government respects international demands to recognize Israel, renounce violence and commit to new peace talks, a top EU official said Monday. ( RECOGNIZE PALESTINE! ! ! )
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/787329.html
Support grows for new intifada
The two other main Palestinian militant groups, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, declared last week that they intend to respond with suicide attacks after 19 people, most of them members of a single family, were killed by Israeli shells that crashed into their homes while they slept Wednesday morning. Mr. Awar, 24, said the al-Aqsa Brigades, which are loosely affiliated with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement, are plotting to do the same.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061113.wmideast13/BNStory/International/home
Claims: Troops executed Palestinians
One of the neighbors confirmed the claim: "One of the gunmen killed was seen shot in his legs. He was removed from the house and one soldier directed his weapon at him and shot the Palestinian in the head." According to the neighbor, the second wounded Palestinian was shot in his legs and stomach, and was also executed as troops fired at the upper part of his body.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3327772,00.html
Yesha settlement council head announces his intention to resign
Yesha council sources said they believe Lieberman will try to see through efforts to reach an agreement with the government on the fate of the unauthorized West Bank outposts prior to his resignation taking effect.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/787395.html
Arab MK presents injured child's picture at Knesset
The Knesset eventually decided to remove the issue from its agenda. The Knesset was scheduled to discuss two no-confidence motions on Monday, one of them submitted by the Arab factions under the title "The military operations and the massacre against civilians in Beith Hanoun."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3327679,00.html
In classrooms with 40 students, two-thirds of the lesson are spent keeping order
However, there are great differences among various sectors in the education system. For example, in the ultra-Orthodox sector, there are merely 10-14 pupils per class in about 11 percent of the classes, while in the state school system, only 1 percent of the classes claim so few pupils. And in the Arab educational sector, fewer than half a percent of classes have only 10-14 pupils.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/786891.html
Taibeh architect to design Palestinian culture museum
The Umm al-Fahm museum will be the first of its kind in Israel, and will be broader in scope than the contemporary art gallery, says Abu Shakra. It will be built on a lot allocated by the Umm al-Fahm municipality, adjacent to the city soccer stadium and the public pool. The museum will both display art, and document and preserve the Palestinian cultural heritage.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/785674.html
Arabs lift Palestinian financial blockade
Amr Moussa, the Arab League secretary-general, said at a meeting of the organisation in Cairo on Sunday: "There will be no compliance with any restriction imposed ... The Arab banks have to transfer money [to the Palestinians]. "Our message is loud and clear to those who take unfriendly positions against Arabs."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/46E9AA45-460C-4269-B979-52DD5458E781.htm
Russia calls for unblocking situation on Palestine-Israel track
Ten members of the U.N. Security Council (Russia included) voted in favour of the text and four abstained (Britain, Denmark, Slovakia and Japan). The United States vetoed the draft resolution.
http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10977860&PageNum=0
Zapatero Asks for International Intervention in Palestine
The European Union has reacted to the Israeli massacre in Beit Hanoun Gaza where 19 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced that the EU would soon launch an initiative to tackle the problem.
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20061113&hn=38213
How Israel put Gaza civilians in firing line
The warning, delivered in Israel's high court by six human rights groups, came after the Israeli Defence Force reduced the so-called 'safety range' in Gaza from a 300-metre separation from built-up areas to just 100 metres - within the kill radius of its 155mm high-explosive shells, generally regarded as being between 50 and 150 metres.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1945798,00.html
Elections not good news for PA
Tom Lantos, one of the most zealot pro-Israel cheerleaders in the House of Representatives, is set to become the chairman of the House International Relations Committee. The man who engineered the selection of congressional candidates who defeated enough Republicans to swing control to the Democratic Party is Congressman Rahm Emanuel, who is a pro-Israel congressman who served as a volunteer in the Israeli military.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3327741,00.html
International force for Gaza
Israel has been deterred in the past from "internationalizing the conflict." It traditionally opposed any international intervention on the assumption that deploying foreign soldiers would limit the Israel Defense Forces and make it difficult for the military to protect Israel. However, the recent war in Lebanon changed the approach.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/786917.html
Prisoners' deal is the next step
According to the agreement between Abu Mazen and Hamas, a government of technocrats and neutral leaders will be established, to be elected by representatives of the various factions, headed by Hamas and Fatah. The prime minister will be a candidate acceptable to Hamas. Those who imposed the siege - Israel and the United States, and most of the nations in the world, including Arab nations, can congratulate themselves on their success. The Hamas government is being forced to resign.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/786914.html
Palestinian Women Pay Health Toll at Checkpoints
Palestinian women have for decades faced a multitude of health risks shared by the overall population, including restricted access for patients and medical professionals due to the occupation, the deteriorating economic situation, traditional cultural beliefs, and lack of adequate services and facilities. Since the second intifada, or Palestinian uprising, in September 2000, those hardships have been aggravated.
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2958/context/archive
Nobel winners petition Israel to outlaw targeted killing
Hundreds of Israeli peace activists, joined by three foreign Nobel laureates, asked the nation's high court to rule against targeted assassinations carried out by the army in the Palestinian territories, saying the attacks were killing civilians.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061113/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictisrael_061113181025
Palestinians vow US attacks after UN Gaza veto
"Through its position completing the (Israeli) aggression, America has pushed us to take a serious decision to (consider it) a legitimate target for us, exactly like Israel," said the statement, whose authenticity could not be confirmed.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061113/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaunusvetothreat_061113102912
In meeting with Olmert, Bush calls for isolating Iran
The United States and Israel say they believe Iran is working on nuclear weapons, though Iran says its work on the technology is aimed only at producing energy. "Iran's nuclear ambitions are not in the world's interest," Bush said. "If Iran had nuclear weapons it would be terribly destabilizing."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/787238.html
France: IAF stops 'hostile' mock attacks on UN troops in Lebanon
"There is no more of that attitude - that is, an openly hostile attitude -like we had over a French vessel, a German vessel and the French ground forces, which caused a real danger of legitimate defense measures being taken," Alliot-Marie told reporters at an EU meeting.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/787384.html
For parents of fallen soldiers, resignation is 'about time'
The parents and former reserve soldiers who led the protest movement called on Chief of Staff Dan Halutz to follow in Hirsch's footsteps, and those of GOC Northern Command Udi Adam, who also resigned from the military.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/786897.html
UK: Israel desecrated British graves in Gaza
According to the report, The British embassy in Tel Aviv wrote to the Israeli government four months ago after six headstones and a perimeter wall were destroyed by an Israeli army bulldozer but has not yet received an answer.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3327504,00.html
Ten die on Baghdad bus as Iraq mulls new cabinet
At least 10 people died in a Baghdad bus bombing, as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was expected to carry out a sweeping cabinet reshuffle in a bid to address some of Iraq's myriad problems. Police around the Iraqi capital also found 46 bullet-riddled corpses, many of them tortured, of men shot to death in apparent sectarian attacks, a security source told AFP.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061113/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_061113184645 |
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