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The
Bible and Middle East history – by
Eric Walberg
Jews, of course, stick
with the basic OT texts, insisting they alone prove their role as
God's Chosen People and their right to create a Jewish state, Israel,
in the Holy Land . This Jewish state was first
grudgingly accepted by the Christian West, and now is
enthusiastically embraced by some Christians based on their own
misreading of the Bible. So what are the "facts"? What do
modern archaeology and other sciences have to say about the Bible?
Does it allow Judaism a new lease on life, providing proof of the
existence of a Greater Israel from the Nile to
the Euphrates, with a spectacular and ancient
history?
http://www.counterpunch.org/walberg12032007.html
Weekly
digest: Reports from checkpoints 25.11.07 –
1.12.07
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=23775
Associated
Press summary of Monday
developments
http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565133364739573900
Israeli
soldiers kill unarmed Palestinian man in At-Tira, near
Ramallah
Qasqas's brother-in-law Jamil
said that they were out for an evening walk when Israeli forces
attacked them: "Firas visited me to congratulate me on the new
house. After we had dinner, we went out for a walk in the fields not
far away from my residence. My little brother joined us. All of a
sudden, seven Israeli soldiers surprised us shooting randomly at
us."
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26611
Palestinian
kidnapped as Israeli forces invade Jenin and surrounding
areas
Israeli military forces executed
a pre-dawn raid on Monday on the northern West Bank city
of Jenin as well as refugee camps and the nearby
areas of Qabatiya, Tayaseer, Raba and Al Yamoun. Some residents
reported that the army expelled them from their homes and detained
them for several hours as their houses were used as military posts by
the soldiers. Troops also ransacked houses with the aid of police
dogs and confiscated property.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51830
Israel
releases 429 Palestinian prisoners (out of some 11,000)
on
Monday as a part of a delayed "goodwill gesture" originally
scheduled to take place before the Noveber 27 Annapolis conference.
Just 21 prisoners crossed into the Gaza Strip through Erez
checkpoint. Just on Monday morning, Israeli forces seized another 42
Palestinians in raids throughout the West Bank. The Palestinian
National Initiative reported last week that Israel has
detained more than four times the number it released Tuesday since
June.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26610
Israel
blocks delivery of military vehicles to PA forces over arms
dispute
Israeli authorities, the
source said, want to deliver the tanks [?] without crucial components
such as machine guns attached, making them less militarily effective.
Donated by Russia, an original shipment of 50 vehicles has been
reduced to 25, which are to be delivered to Jericho following
final Israeli
approval.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26609
Israel
delays transfer of APCs to Abbas
Israel
has delayed a planned transfer
of 25 armored personnel carriers from Russia to
the Palestinian Authority, planned for this week in Nablus, because
the Palestinians want to have them mounted with machine guns,
security officials said
Monday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/930613.html
PA:
Dozens of Hamas charities dismantled throughout West Bank, their
accounts frozen
Government spokesman
Riad Malki described the 92 charity committees as a financial empire
for Hamas. He said the committees were quietly shuttered two weeks
ago. There was no explanation for the delay in announcing the move.
The committees are formed by prominent local and religious leaders
under the supervision of the Ministry of Religious Affairs. The
committees collect money and distribute it to the poor, usually
during religious holidays. Muslims will celebrate their holy day of
Eid al-Adha in late
December.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/930693.html
PA
security arrests 22 from Iqaba village south of Nablus
on
Monday on political and security charges, Akram Rajoub, the director
of Nablus preventive security service said. Hamas
says 15 of its members were arrested in the village. This campaign
was the fourth of its kind in villages in the Nablus district
and was carried out in coordination with the Israeli authorities
because those villages are under Israeli
control.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26604
PA
security seizes 9 Hamas members in West Bank on Sunday evening
Hamas
said that seven of the arrestees are from the Nablus district
in the northern West Bank, including journalist, Bassam As-Sayih, and
a member of the local council of Zuwata west of Nablus, Aktham
Ilaiwi. The statement added that another Hamas member was seized in
Surif, north of Hebron in the southern West Bank
and one from Marda village, north of Salfit in the
northern West
Bank.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26599
Gaza
fuel companies reject Israeli deliveries for the second day
in
protest against drastic cuts in supplies on Monday.The Palestinian
General Petroleum Corporation said that Israel allowed
half the normal supply on Monday, up from one quarter on
Sunday.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26614
Officials:
Shin Bet use emergency regulations on 17% of Gaza detainees
The
Shin Bet said that in 44 cases it delayed bringing a detainee before
a judge for 48 hours; in three of those cases the delay was 72 hours,
and in one case, 96 hours passed before the detainee was brought
before a judge. The Military Advocate General (MAG) sent the
committee a document stating its opposition to extending the
emergency regulations. In it, MAG argued that the orders "impair
basic human rights such as the right to personal liberty, the right
to remain silent, the right to an attorney,
etc."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/930368.html
700
Gazan pilgrims enter Egypt through Rafah crossing
The
Egyptian authorities on Monday allowed the passage of 700 Hajj
pilgrims from the Gaza Strip into the Egyptian territories en route
to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. This is an
unprecedented step following efforts by the deposed Palestinian
government in the Gaza Strip to lift the crippling siege on the
coastal region. Rafah ground crossing is completely closed and
hundreds of Palestinians were stranded on the Egyptian side of the
crossing. Now, the Gazan pilgrims will head to Saudi Arabia in
tandem with the West Bank
pilgrims.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26602
Hamas-affiliated
police storm Al-Azhar University in Gaza City
Police
officers affiliated to the Hamas-led de facto government stormed the
main campus of Al-Azhar University in
Gaza City shooting into the
air, the university's management said on Monday. This is the second
time Hamas forces have raided the campus. They ransacked the central
building four months ago, confiscating chemicals used for scientific
research.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26615
Al-Quds
Brigades threaten bombing operations inside Israel if Gaza invaded
A
spokesperson of Islamic Jihad's military wing, the Al-Quds Brigades,
on Monday threatened to carry out bombing operations deep inside
Israel and to launch homemade projectiles that can reach as far as
the far north of Ashkelon city if Israel invades the Gaza
Strip.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26608
Israeli
soldier wounded on Gaza border, fighters say
The
military wing of Islamic Jihad, the Al-Quds Brigades claimed
responsibility on Sunday for shooting and injuring an Israeli soldier
near Kisufim, on the Gaza Strip border. [As usual] Israeli sources
neither confirmed nor denied the
incident.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26593
For
Israeli doctor, a time to kill and heal
Nasima,
a Palestinian from Gaza, had brought her two-year-old son Ahmad to
Israel for a heart operation. She was eager to
return to Gaza. There was trouble at home, clashes with Israeli
soldiers. Fear had kept her family up all night, the chop of hostile
helicopters. Two years ago, a missile fired from a helicopter had
killed two cousins. If Nasima ever met an Israeli pilot, she would
"faint and die from fear," she said. A pediatrician named
Yuval patted Ahmad on the head. The surgery would be soon. Later,
Nasima called Yuval "our savior of the children." Yuval
does save children. He is also an attack helicopter pilot. It was
Yuval in his Cobra - though Nasima didn't know it - hovering over her
town, as Israeli troops battled armed
Palestinians.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/12/02/
for_israeli_doctor_a_time_to_kill_and_heal/
Guerrilla
artist Banksy in Holy Land
The
Bristol-born artist has struck again with a series of stencilled
works on and around the highly controversial security barrier ringing
Bethlehem - with six ironic images, including a
dove wearing a flak jacket and a soldier being frisked by a young
girl. Banksy, who has successfully outfoxed the art world over his
identity, has "tagged" the 436-mile West Bank wall
before.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2221002,00.html
Fugitive
right-wing author to serve 18 months for Holocaust denial
Vienna's
highest court on Monday confirmed an 18-month prison term handed down
to a right-wing Austrian writer who had fled to Spain after being
convicted on Holocaust denial charges 15 years ago. The court ruled
that Gerd Honsik, 67, must serve out the sentence, which was handed
down in 1992. [Hmm, is there any penalty for Nakba denial? Guess not,
or there would be a lot of people in
prison]
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1195546793808&pagename=
JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Five
life sentences for Palestinian convicted of killing former Israeli
tourism minister
The Israeli central
court in Jerusalem on Monday sentenced
Palestinian Hamdi Qur'an to five consecutive life sentences for the
murder of the right wing former Israeli minister of tourism Rehavam
Ze'evi in 2001 and other "terrorist" acts.
Seventy-five-year-old Ze'evi was shot dead on 17 October 2001
in the Jerusalem Hyatt hotel, Mount Scopus. He is the
only Israeli politician to have been assassinated during the Al-Aqsa
Intifada.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26607
Most
Arab MKs boycott special Knesset session commemorating partition
Arab
MKs boycotted Monday a special Knesset session commemorating the 60th
anniversary of the 1947 United Nations decision to partition
British-mandate Palestine into an Arab and a
Jewish state. In his address to the plenum, Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert said, "The choice, both 60 years ago and today, is
between a Jewish state on part of the Land of
Israel and a binational state on all of the Land
of Israel. That is the choice we are faced with today -
the existence of two nation-states, Israel and
Palestine, in the Land of Israel." Netanyahu
and Livni also addressed the session . . .
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/930703.html
Peretz
calls for dialogue with Hamas and release of Marwan Barghouti
The
Israeli daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth quoted former Israeli
defense minister Amir Peretz as saying that he recently met with
Barghouthi twice in his prison cell at Hadareim prison and got the
impression that Barghouthi is a man of peace. He also suggested that
Barghouthi, as a strong Fatah leader, could create balance with Hamas
which, according to Peretz should be negotiated with over a mutual
ceasefire and prisoner
exchange.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26616
Arab
racism must go
The organizers [of the
peace conference] were warned about the need to ensure that no Syrian
or Saudi official unintentionally encounters some Zionist pest. Even
if all the roadblocks will be removed, there will be no peace around
here as long as Muslim Arabs don't view Jews as human beings. [a
little psychological projection
there….]
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3478505,00.html
Palestinians
promise coordination with Syria in Israel peace
negotiations
DAMASCUS, Syria :
A visiting envoy for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas promised
Monday to continue coordination with Syria as the
Palestinians work to reach a peace agreement with Israel
before the end of next year. Former Palestinian Prime
Minister Ahmed Qurei's comments came after a meeting with Syrian Vice
President Farouk al-Sharaa and Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem to
discuss the recent U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace
conference.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/03/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Palestinians.php
Bush
draws skepticism with hands-off approach to Mideast
President
Bush last week laid out an American role in the upcoming Mideast
peace talks that challenges the accumulated wisdom of former
secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and James A. Baker III and
Presidents Carter and Clinton. Bush has defied a diplomatic consensus
reaching back decades by insisting that the United States
would encourage Israelis and Palestinians and would
offer ideas if asked, but wouldn't sit continuously at a negotiating
table or establish positions of its
own.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usmideast2dec02,1,4929352.story?ctrack=1&
cset=true
Fuses
in Gaza
The one option that doesn't
seem to be getting serious consideration is perhaps the only one that
Hamas itself might accept: a cease-fire with Israel that
would end attacks by both sides, open Gaza to
normal commerce and allow the peace negotiations to go forward
without interference. Such a deal, which is favored by the
out-of-power Israeli left, doesn't fit with the Bush administration's
vision of a polarized Middle East in which Iran
and its allies are irreconcilable. Hamas might indeed be
unyielding in its opposition to peace. But if there is no cease-fire,
prepare for
war.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/02/AR2007120201603.html
U.S.
says Iran ended atomic arms work
A
new assessment by American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran
halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the
program remains on hold, contradicting a previous intelligence
report.
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
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