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Occupation confiscates more Land in West Bank and announces Apartheid Road
The Occupation is to isolate over 7000 dunums of Palestinian land in the Bethlehem and Hebron areas in preparation for the continuation of the Wall and the construction of an apartheid road which will carve through the south of West Bank. The new 'Jews-only' road will run virtually parallel to the existing road, linking the Gush Etzion settlement block Karmel settlement in the South and 1948 land. Israel has been seeking international funding since 2004 for 52 apartheid roads totalling 500 kilometers.
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1304.shtml
Christian presence in Holy Land small and getting smaller
The exodus of Christians from the Holy Land troubles the faithful worldwide. With tensions rising the past five years and economic conditions worsening, some have begun to whisper about a day when the native Christian population disappears entirely. Since 1948, when Christians were estimated at 20 percent of all Palestinians in the region, their numbers have dropped to roughly 2 percent, according to the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation, a group based in Bethesda, Md.
http://www.baptiststandard.com/postnuke/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=5390
NAM Rejects Israeli Annexation in Jerusalem
The support to the UN resolutions confirming Jerusalem belongs to the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel was Saturday included in the Final Declaration of the 14th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit. The document terms null measures to change character, political and demographic condition of that sacred city, whose eastern segment was occupied militarily by Tel Aviv in the 1967 war. Four resolutions by the UN Security Council and one of the General Assembly allude the issue, and they are ignored by the Israeli government.
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BBC202707-030F-4156-A0A2-FC91508C0CF7%7D)&language=EN
U.S.-born Palestinian fights for resident status; Thousands face deportation under Israeli policy
Bahour pushed on, somehow managing to do the near impossible — planning, building and opening the Plaza Shopping Centre in Ramallah during the height of an Israeli military siege. At a time when Palestinian youths were tempted by violence, Bahour instead did his all to tempt them with jobs. All of which makes the 40-something Bahour's latest project sadder still. Bahour is leading a campaign to save himself and an estimated 12,000 other foreign-born Palestinians from a new Israeli policy designed to sweep them out of the territories.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&
cid=1158357012304
It takes a village
This was the discordant opening note of the last operation to capture the "Little Triangle," consisting of three Palestinian villages located about 20 kilometers south of Haifa, which held out until the second truce of the War of Independence on July 19, 1948, and continued to block the coastal road between Zichron Yaakov and Haifa. Thanks to the truce, the fledgling Israel Defense Forces was able to throw itself into the battle against the recalcitrant villages with the unprecedented support of armored vehicles, artillery and the air force.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/762886.html
Palestinian area churches attacked
Palestinians wielding guns and firebombs attacked five churches in the West Bank and Gaza on Saturday, following remarks by Pope Benedict XVI that angered many Muslims. Relations between Palestinian Muslims and Christians are generally peaceful, and the attacks on the churches sparked concern that tensions would heighten.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3304545,00.html
Muslim Leader in Palestine reject attacks against Christians
The supreme judge of Palestine Sheikh Tayseer At-Tamimi called Saturday on the Palestinian people not to be provoked by the Pope's words which have irritated Muslims' religious feelings.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/21485/1/
ISM Responds to Internet Photos, Reaffirms Commitment to Non-violence
Possibly the most outrageous claim is that two of the foreigners in the photos are now in Israeli custody, which is totally untrue. This article is part of a long standing campaign to slander ISM and destroy non-violent Palestinian resistance by spreading false information. See previous statements on the ISM site. None of the individuals photographed ever took part in any violent activity. As non-violence is one of the three basic principles of ISM
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/09/16/photos/
Soldiers attack a vehicle that belongs to the Red Crescent Society
Local sources in Tubas reported that soldiers surrounded the building of the Society, broke the front window of the vehicle while it was parked in front of the building. Also, soldiers fired at residents who were in the area and bared them from entering the building.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/21491/1/
Irish academics call on EU to stop funding Israeli academic institutions
In a letter published in the Irish Times today (text below), 61 Irish academics from a wide variety of disciplines called for a moratorium on EU support of Israeli academic institutions until Israel abides by UN resolutions and ends the occupation of Palestinian territories.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article5736.shtml
Abbas to meet with Bush to discuss unity government
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will meet with U.S. President George W. Bush in New York next week, a Palestinian official said Saturday, and likely will seek support for his planned coalition government with ruling Hamas. The meeting will take place Wednesday, said Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. It will be preceded by talks Monday between Abbas and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Erekat said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/761964.html
Abbas, Israel FM to meet next week: official
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will meet Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York next week, a senior Palestinian official told AFP.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060916/wl_mideast_afp/mideastdiplomacyisrael_060916192909
White House unable to confirm Bush-Abbas meeting
The White House was unable to immediately confirm remarks by a Palestinian official that President George W. Bush would meet Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in New York next week. "We are not confirming it," Emily Lawrimore, a White House spokeswoman, told AFP Saturday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060916/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictpalestinianuswhitehouse_060916153012
US to spoil Arab plan for peace meeting
The US is trying to block attempts by Arab countries to turn the UN Security Council into a key player in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the upcoming General Assembly opening next week.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1157913631647&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Spokesman: No date had been set up for Abbas-Olmert summit
A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday there were no contacts to arrange a summit meeting between Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/16/content_5099323.htm
Haneya: new gov't not to recognize deals with Israel
"There are no deals with the Israeli occupation," Haneya told reporters in front of his office in Gaza City. But he showed flexibility in dealing with those agreements by saying that "they would be handled in a way that serves the higher interest of the Palestinian people."
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/16/content_5099553.htm
Police apologize for using derogatory term for Arabs
The National Police Control Center transmitted a message Friday to police officers saying that “15 thousand Arbushim (derogatory term for Arabs) have arrived so far at a rally in Umm al-Fahm.” The message was transmitted to beepers, as was reported by the IDF radio.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3304548,00.html
Pope 'sorry' his speech is seen as hurtful to Muslims
In a speech on Tuesday the Pope repeated criticism of the Prophet Mohammad by the 14th century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus, who said everything the Prophet brought was evil "such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/763199.html
Hirchson seeks closer economic ties with Jordan
The two are scheduled to meet in the framework of the annual International Monetary Fund conference in Singapore. During the meeting Hirchson, who is set to leave for Singapore Saturday night along with his ministry’s director-general Yossi Bachar, is expected to discuss possibilities of boosting economic ties between Israel and Jordan.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3304510,00.html
Avoiding the essential issues in Palestine
Rather, the national unity government being contemplated is a show of Palestinian weakness, vulnerability and irresoluteness. It is largely a desperate response to the Israeli-American-European financial embargo that is slowly starving the Palestinians. To avoid death by strangulation and malnutrition, the Palestinians must practice diplomatic submission and subservience to Israeli-American positions. In return for a resumption of aid and normal diplomatic contacts, the Palestinians must meet the three conditions that were set after the Hamas election victory in January.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=75491
Jordan's Abdullah warns U.S. mistakes since 2001 fueling terrorism
"I am warning that unless we start within the next weeks and months with a comprehensive negotiating process between the Palestinians and Israelis, resulting in the establishment of an independent and geographically contiguous Palestinian state within a specified time, then people of this region will have to live many more difficult years characterized by violence" he said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/763226.html
Arab 'ideas' agreed to revive peace process: Jordan king
"There are ideas which have been approved in coordination with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, a number of other Arab countries and Palestinian president Abu Mazen (Mahmud Abbas) to relaunch the peace process on the basis of international legitimacy, the Arab peace initiative and the roadmap," he told the pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hayat Saturday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060916/wl_mideast_afp/mideastjordanpeaceking_060916161120
Islamic Movement head: J'lem destined capital of caliphate
Israeli Arab Muslim cleric Sheik Ra'ad Salah declared that Jerusalem will soon become the capital of an Islamic nation at a rally in the northern town of Umm al-Fahm, Israel Radio reported on Friday. The leader of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement Salah, told a crowd of 50,000 gatherers that Israel's occupation of the Temple Mount was nearing its end.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/763217.html
Hamas turns to hearts not minds with wedding party
Among the excited and besuited celebrants on the platform was Saher Jarbouah, a designer-stubbled, hair-gelled 24-year-old accountancy student who admitted that only 30 of the 84 grooms were religious, and that he was not among them. But the ceremony had saved him about £1,200, he estimated. “It saves people money, it brings joy and happiness and it brings people together. It unites the families of 84 people, so that rich and poor can celebrate, not just the wealthy.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2360094,00.html
Power Play
Lieberman is critical of the style, but identified with the substance. As far as he is concerned, "There is no argument about the facts and the conduct of Israeli Arabs" - that is, about the fact that, to quote Eitam, they are "a fifth column, a bunch of traitors of the first degree," who must be expelled from the political system. The problem is that Eitam made a tactical error. He chose a fiery formulation, which damages the public relations of the expulsion.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/762932.html
Kuwaiti company wins license for Palestine''s second mobile communications
Kuwait's Wataniya Telecommunications announced on Saturday winning of the license for the second GSM in Palestine bidding 251 million Jordanian dinars as the first batch for license.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=905563
A suggestion for Judge Winograd
Looking back more than 30 years, it appears that the Agranat Commission, which investigated the Yom Kippur War, was a failure. Not only did it not resolve questions, it actually intensified the national dispute. It's important that the 2006 commission, headed by retired judge Eliyahu Winograd, learn from its mistakes.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/762971.html
UN should stick to defending Lebanon from Israel: Hezbollah
"UNIFIL (the UN Interim Force in Lebanon) is here to protect the Lebanese and Lebanon's sovereignty, and we want its mandate limited to that," in which case there "will be no problems," Nabil Qaouk, the group's chief in the south, told AFP Saturday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060916/wl_afp/mideastconflictlebanonunhezbollah_060916101602
Red Cross says it met Hezbollah guerillas held captive in Israel
"We have already visited three Hezbollah combatants currently in Israeli jails," Wigger told reporters after meeting Kaouk in the southern port city of Tyre. He said the organization would meet relatives of the captives to pass on verbal messages from them.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/763227.html
Anti-U.S. states try to cement accord
More than 40 heads of state and leaders from over 100 developing countries were debating a document supporting Iran's right to nuclear technology for peaceful ends and another sharply critical of Israel's recent war in Lebanon.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=
2006-09-16T160028Z_01_N16188844_RTRUKOC_0_UK-NONALIGNED.xml |
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