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Israeli Soldiers Force Palestinian Physician to Strip off before his Children
"I showed them my identity card which identifies me as a physician, yet they demanded to leave the car forcing me to strip off before my children and wife. They ordered me to stay naked for an hour before allowing me to leave", Awda added.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1841
The Children of Palestine in the Labour Market
The findings also showed that most of the younger children (80%) are still enrolled to school. This percentage decreases to reach 58% among children of age group (10-14 years) and steeply decreases to reach 9% among children of age group (15-17 years). It is noted that the majority of drop out children concentrates in the age group (15-17 years).
http://www.palestine-pmc.com/pdf/26-10-04.pdf
Ma'alot mayor bans school visit to '48 bombing victim's home
"The activity is tantamount to brainwashing the young children and poisoning their thoughts with regard to the future," Buhbut said, noting that he intervened to stop the tour in the wake of requests from the Education Ministry and the Shin Bet security service.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/497290.html
Peaceful Residents of Kufr Thulth met with Israeli Army Violence
According to eye-witness reports, Israelis soldiers beat an Israeli journalist and broke his camera. They also beat two Israeli activists. All three sustained moderate injuries. Hannah, an activist from the United Kingdom, was arrested and taken to Ariel Police Station.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/DesktopModules/Articles/ArticlesView.aspx?TabID=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en-US&ItemID=599&mid=10400
300 Palestinian Children in Israeli Prisons
among the child prisoners, there are 30 sick children. The sick prisoners are denied access to medical care and at the same time the Israeli authorities do not medically serve them. The records show that 41.6% of theses diseases resulted directly or indirectly from the deteriorating unhealthy and inhuman incarceration conditions.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1839
Zionist authorities deny medical treatment for 70-year-old Palestinian
Zionist occupation authorities have denied medical treatment for the 70-year-old Fawaz Sawalma, a resident of the Balata refugee camp in Nablus city, in an eye hospital in occupied Jerusalem.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/am/publish/article_8832.shtml
Palestinian Authority faces financial crisis
Fayyad told representatives of the donor nations that the authority has only $19 million on hand to meet payroll expenses of $225 million between now and the end of the year, and that other nonpayroll monthly expenses are running at an additional deficit of $135 million.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/11/06/palestinian_authority_faces_financial_crisis/
Palestinian Leaders Prepare Post-Arafat Security Plan
Palestinian leaders have agreed on a plan to provide security in Gaza and the West Bank as Yasser Arafat remains in serious condition in a Paris hospital. Palestinian political leaders and heads of militant groups have also called for unity in the event the ailing leader dies.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2004-11-07-voa16.cfm
French Foreign Minister Barnier says Arafat is 'alive'
"He's alive," Michel Barnier said in an interview with LCI television. "His condition is very complex, very serious and stable right now." Asked about reports that the 75-year-old leader is in fact brain dead, Barnier replied: "I wouldn't say that."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/498295.html
Top Palestinian officials to visit Arafat in France
Three of Yasser Arafat's top lieutenants were due in Paris on Monday to visit the ailing Palestinian leader, who was battling for his life in hospital, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said Sunday.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=1&u=/afp/20041107/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_arafat_041107195716
Arafat diagnosed with liver failure
"His condition is not improving," the official, who declined to be named, said on Sunday. He said Palestinian officials were considering moving Arafat from Paris to Cairo for treatment, but any decision on this would have to be taken by the Palestinian leadership.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/62812CC2-D407-4671-85F8-EF291D987BA8.htm
Top aide denies Arafat has liver failure
Rudeina's denial came shortly after reports emerged which quoted an unidentified Palestinian official as saying that Arafat was suffering from a liver failure and his condition was not improving.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/07/content_2188200.htm
In Response to Abbas-Qurei Efforts, Israel Might Offer Humanitarian Gestures, But Sticks to Same Security Policies
"it seems the old guard has taken matters to hand, and it appears they are controlling the situation and have a desire to reach internal agreement on the day after Arafat dies. It appears they are calling for a united stance and an end to violence, however, there is no guarantee they will be successful." Mofaz said.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/November/week1/110704/israel%20response%20with.htm
Panel says referendum law will not pass without PM's backing
The panel presented its findings on Sunday, just one day before an ultimatum issued by Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call a referendum expires. Netanyahu gave Sharon 14 days to decide on calling a referendum, or else he will resign
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/498587.html
IDF confirms Hezbollah-dispatched drone flew over Israel
In a statement to the Associated Press, Hezbollah said a reconnaissance drone of the Islamic Resistance, the group's military wing, carried out its first flights over "occupied northern Palestine, flying over several Zionist settlements, reaching the coastal settlement of Nahariya and returning safely to its base."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/498555.html
Blair wins talks with Bush on Middle East peace drive
Tony Blair will fly to Washington this week to launch a new Middle East peace initiative alongside George Bush, in a bid to show he can reap the rewards of the special relationship. The trip is a high risk one, since the Prime Minister's popularity at home drops every time he is pictured alongside the President.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1345582,00.html
?Palestinian factions to discuss in Cairo their own affairs
Eguyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Sunday that his country will host a meeting that groups the Palestinian factions in order to discuss how to manage their own affairs, but denied comment on the after Arafat phase noting "he is still alive".
http://www.kuna.net.kw/English/Story.asp?DSNO=678458
A Man and his People - By Uri Avnery
Wherever he may be buried when he passes away, the day will come when his remains will be reinterred by a free Palestinian government in the holy shrines in Jerusalem. Yasser Arafat is one of the generation of great leaders who arose after World War II.
http://www.amin.org/eng/uri_avnery/2004/nov6.html
Focus shifts to what happens after Arafat death
Global attention remains focused on Yasser Arafat -- not so much on when he will die, but what will happen afterwards, including the contentious issue of his burial site, and the future of Mideast peace. "No one thinks he'll survive," a senior U.S. State Department official told CNN.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1099833697611_2/?hub=TopStories
The re-election of Israel's enemy - By Gideon Levy
The headlines in the mass circulation papers here screamed, "The friend stays" and "Bush is good for Israel," but from Israel's point of view he is one of the worst presidents ever. An American president who will give Israel four more years of freedom to act as it pleases in the territories is not a friend of this country.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/498284.html
The tyranny of disengagement
Even those who support disengagement in its present format and who think it is a wonderful plan should therefore feel pained and ensure the right of the evacuees to oppose the evacuation, even after the decision has been made. That is a legitimate part of the democratic right of protest.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/498287.html
PLO symbol's legacy is mixed
But it has yet to answer the question of how a dispossessed, fragmented, occupied people -- its institutions in tatters, its towns and villages demarcated by roadblocks and the Wall, its children starving -- can bring any influence to bear on the sixth strongest military power in the world.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/198449_arafat07.html
Israeli MP backs Arafat burial in Jerusalem in exchange for end to attacks
Israel should allow the Palestinians to bury their leader Yasser Arafat in Jerusalem in exchange for a lasting halt to anti-Israeli attacks, opposition Labor MP Ofir Pines said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1512&ncid=1312&e=8&u=/afp/20041107/wl_afp/mideast_arafat_burial_041107083558
Syria calls for dialogue to improve strained ties with U.S.
America must begin constructive dialogue with Syria to improve strained relations between both countries, a Syrian state-run newspaper said Sunday, adding that the recently re-elected U.S. president, George W. Bush, has the chance to reassess his nation's perceived pro-Israeli policies in the Middle East.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/498566.html
US troops launch Fresh attack in Fallujah
Meanwhile, the US and Iraqi ground forces were moving towards the outskirts of Fallujah and warning the citizens to desert the city. Over half of the about 300,000 residents have so far fled.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/07/content_2187213.htm
Iraqi interim government declares martial law
Barely more than four months after he took over from Iraq's U.S.-British occupiers, Allawi's government announced a state of emergency for 60 days, but it was far from clear what impact this would have on a raging insurgency.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/399544de-30bc-11d9-a595-00000e2511c8.html
Iraqi gunmen kill three province officials
Jassim Mohammed, a governor's aide for refugee affairs, was killed along with Diyala provincial council members Shihab Ahmed and Dureid Mohammed, said Deputy Governor Ghassan al-Khadran. The three were attacked in the Mahmoudiya area, as they were heading to the holy city of Karbala for the burial of the mayor of the town of Hebheb
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2004/11/07/iraqi_gunmen_kill_three_province_officials/
21 shot dead in Iraq police station massacre
About 200 gunmen ambushed the main police station in Haditha, a town 200 kilometres, (120 miles) west of Baghdad, and another smaller station in the nearby village of Haqlaniya, said a local police officer. "The attackers disarmed the police, gathered them together and then shot them dead," he said of the Haditha raid.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=14&u=/afp/20041107/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_unrest_041107113613
Syria to sign security protocol with Iraq soon: Syrian minister
"The Iraqi and Syrian interior ministries have reached a protocol on cooperation between the two countries on border issues," Shara told reporters in Cairo after a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=6&u=/afp/20041107/wl_mideast_afp/egypt_syria_iraq_041107195242
Kuwaiti playwright forced to change title of Fallujah love story
Authorities objected to the initial title of "A Kuwaiti in Fallujah" and producer-author Mohammed al-Rashood changed it to "Love in Fallujah"... The play is about a young Kuwaiti man who goes to Fallujah to marry his Iraqi cousin, but ends up being abducted by her Iraqi cousin who claims the right to marry her according to tribal traditions.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=9&u=/afp/20041107/wl_mideast_afp/kuwait_iraq_fallujah_041107194656 |
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