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Confiscation of the Jordan Valley
The northeastern West Bank district is under the same siege as the northwest and the south. Mayor Daraghma continued to tell PNN Monday, “Farmers have their land ownership documents, but the occupation forces are preventing them from reaching their lands under the pretext that those lands have become closed military zones.”
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1041&Itemid=29
What's the problem with the UN Register of Damage caused by Israel's Wall in the occupied Palestinian territories?
The Court also ruled that all states should abstain from recognizing and rendering assistance to the maintenance of Israel's Wall regime, and consider what further action is required to bring and end to the illegal situation. On 2 August 2004, the UN General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to establish a 'Register of Damage' caused by the Wall to all natural or legal persons. The Register has remained the only practical response of UN members states to Israel's illegal Wall and it has not yet materialized.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6VQ42K?OpenDocument
Chris Hedges: Bring Down That Wall
The last hope of halting Israel's steady ghettoization of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and calculated destruction of the Palestinian economy is the imposition of sanctions against Israel, especially the revoking of the $9 billion in U.S. loan guarantees. If we allow Israel to complete its massive $2-billion project to ring Palestinians in militarized, pod-like encampments in Gaza and the West Bank with security barriers, walls and electric fences, we will condemn Israel and the Palestinians to endless cycles of violence... doom the Jewish state
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20061120_chris_hedges_bring_down_that_wall/
Human Shields Stop Israeli Air Attack
Israel phoned Mohammad al-Barud, a commander of the People's Resistance Committee, a militant group affiliated with Hamas, to warn him and another Hamas militant that an air raid was imminent. In immediate response to a call made by Hamas leaders, hundreds of Palestinians including women and children gathered around the homes to prevent the Israeli attack.
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20061120&hn=38467
Human shields prevent Israeli air strikes in Gaza
Speaking after the two incidents in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya at the weekend, an Israeli army spokesman said: "We warn people in advance because we don't want to harm innocent civilians, but after they took advantage of it we will have to think again."
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1998865.ece
PA unity gov't talks suspended as Abbas walks out on Haniyeh
"President Abbas ended the meeting in anger when Haniyeh told him Hamas insisted on the interior and finance ministries and wanted Abbas to approve the employment of Hamas members in senior PA positions," an Abbas aide involved in the talks said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/790248.html
UN Human Rights Chief arrives in Gaza' Beit Hanoun
During her Beit Hanoun visit, Arbour stated that she came there to “express her concern, bring some comfort, and to show the victims that the world has not abandoned them”. “We cannot continue seeing civilians suffering while they are not the authors of their misfortune”, Arbour added. As Arbour was visiting Beit Hanoun, the Israeli military bulldozers were uprooting nearby fields.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/22761/1/
After several hours of military offensive in Bethlehem, troop take Islamic Jihad activist prisoner
Monday evening, Israeli soldiers took resident Shareef Abu Hadeed prisoner after surrounding his house in the West Bank city of Bethlehem for several hours, and after detaining and interrogating several members of his family. Several residents, including a reporter, were injured during the offensive.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/22754/1/
Eight families of October 2000 riot victims reject payout deal
The settlement, which was approved by the Nazareth District Court on Thursday, orders a one-time payout by the state to 11 families of victims on the condition that the state not be required to take any responsibility for the riots and/or the loss of life caused in their wake.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/790350.html
Israel ups the stakes in the propaganda war
Gissin said the words of his English-speaking spokespeople could not compete with the power of the pictures of civilians killed in the Israeli attack on Lebanese towns like Qana. And the Israeli parliament will not spend the money on an Israeli counterpart to al-Jazeera. But Gissin was not down-hearted. He declared there to be a "war on the web" in which Israel had a new weapon, a piece of computer software called the "internet megaphone"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1952099,00.html
Gaza suffering "massive" rights violations - U.N.
"The call for protection has to be answered. We cannot continue to see civilians, who are not the authors of their own misfortune, suffer to the extent of what I see." "We need to collectively call on leaders, political, military and militia leaders, to have the courage to break the cycle of violence to ensure the well-being of civilians."
http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L20575408
Study: 71% of Palestinian Refugees living below poverty line
Jamil Rabah, head of the Institution, said in a press conference in Ramallah that poverty levels among the refugees had increased by 18% within the last seven months. Poverty percentage among the refugees was 53% last March.
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/22759/1/
New rule limits Palestinians from traveling in Israeli cars
The Israel Defense Forces this week introduced new regulations limiting Palestinians without valid permits from traveling in Israeli vehicles in the West Bank and Jordan Valley.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/790355.html
Bedouin petition High Court requesting access to water supply
The petition was submitted by the Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel after the Haifa District Court, presiding as a tribunal on water issues, backed a decision by the Water Commissioner to block the water supply from several hundred families living in unrecognized communities in the Negev.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/790360.html
Vatican: Israeli-Palestinian conflict center of Mideast instability, action needed now
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is at the center of Middle East instability that the international community can no longer ignore, the Vatican told a United Nations emergency session.
http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=22055
Olmert repeatedly banned Peretz from meeting Abbas
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has on a number of occasions rejected requests Defense Minister Amir Peretz to hold talks with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, on the grounds that "no one will meet Abbas before me."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/790273.html
Israel rejects UN condemnation of Beit Hanun deaths
"I have no doubt that it is not the State of Israel that should be answering questions about the harming of civilians, especially after we voiced deep regret at the harm done," Olmert told his cabinet in broadcast remarks.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/789903.html
State agrees to build reinforced student dormitories in Sderot
A ministerial committee on Monday approved the construction of dormitories reinforced for protection against rocket fire in the Qassam-battered western Negev town of Sderot.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/790365.html
Israelis Support Large Scale War in Gaza Strip
Many adults in Israel believe their country should increase its military operations in the Palestinian territories, according to a poll by Maagar Mochot released by Israel Radio. 51 per cent of respondents support a large scale military campaign in the Gaza Strip.
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/13865
Hamas announces missile 'upgrade'
The website, which refers to the IDF as the "Israeli occupation forces (IOF)" added: "After revealing the news in press statements he made Sunday, Abu Obaida warned IOF generals and Israel's war minister Amir Peretz against carrying out any military operations in Gaza Strip."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3330424,00.html
German globe maker 'establishes' Palestine
Ravensburger said it was taking these concerns very seriously. While Bruns said there were no plans to recall the globes already on the market, the next version would be designed by a different globe manufacturer, and that it would not show a Palestinian state.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1162378436178&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
The return of the Zionist entity
On the ideological plane they don't see any possibility of recognizing the legitimacy of the existence of the Jewish state in any part of Palestine. One could have expected that in the West Bank and Gaza there would be a public campaign to pressure Hamas to change its stance. That is not happening. In several public opinion surveys it even seems that the opposite is true: Hamas continues to enjoy serious support among the public, even on the issue of non-recognition of Israel.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/789918.html
Olmert unmoved by pressure for Israel-Palestinian initiative
The prime minister rejected the international summit idea of the Arab states, but says he is willing to participate in a more limited conference, with a defined mandate. This will allow him a photo-op with the Arab leaders without having to commit to anything of substance.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/789902.html
Time for diplomacy
Since the shelling of Beit Hanun that ended in 19 civilian deaths, including those of women and children, Israel's political and diplomatic establishments have been busy deflecting condemnation and thwarting diplomatic initiatives.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/789920.html
Free Barghouti
"Informed sources" made sure to publicize the fact that there is no chance of releasing him in the context of the deal for exchanging prisoners and kidnapped soldiers - the deal that will free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. The Israeli government does not agree to release Barghouti, and that's final. And that is another of its mistakes.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/789917.html
Mideast's chicken and egg
Blair's Guildhall Speech, this week, calling for peace in the Middle East, instead of cheering me up amidst the seemingly endless exchange of fire between Israel and the Palestinians along the Gaza Strip, caused me to ponder whether this was yet another ploy to gain the sympathy of the Arabs and Iranians at Israel's expense.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3330035,00.html
Halutz: My orders curbing use of cluster bombs were 'explicit'
During the war, Halutz ordered the IDF to use cluster bombs with extreme caution and not to fire them into populated areas. Nonetheless, Israeli forces did so anyway, primarily using artillery batteries and the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS).
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/789876.html
Confusion clouds use of cluster bombs in Lebanon
A few days after the start of the second Lebanon war, a photo was published in the international media of an Israeli cluster bomb being prepared to be fired toward Lebanon. During the war, the Israeli press published many photographs of MLRS rockets being used against targets in Lebanon.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/789906.html
Envoy: Israeli and French officials meet on Lebanon overflights
An Israel Defense Forces general held talks with French officials recently about overflights of Lebanon by Israeli jets which Paris has strongly criticized, Israel's ambassador to France said on Monday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/790374.html
EU, U.S. oppose Iran request for nuclear aid at tense IAEA meet
Although IAEA approval of such requests is usually routine, Western board members say the Arak case must be rejected given Iran's record of evading IAEA non-proliferation inspections and its defiance of UN demands to stop enriching uranium.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/790375.html
Bush: I would understand if Israel chose to attack Iran
The United States lacks sufficient intelligence on Iran's nuclear facilities at this time, which prevents it from initiating a military strike against them, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has told European politicians and diplomats with whom she has recently met.
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/789940.html
Iran calls for summit with Iraq, Syria
Iran has invited the Iraqi and Syrian presidents to Tehran for a weekend summit with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hash out ways to cooperate in curbing the runaway violence that has taken Iraq to the verge of civil war and threatens to spread through the region, four key lawmakers said on Monday.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3330605,00.html |
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