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OPT:
Protection of civilians weekly report, 28 Nov - 04 Dec
2007
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/YSAR-79NQBC?OpenDocument&rc=3
&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Lebanon:
Funds dry up for hospital in impoverished camp
A
desperately needed hospital in Lebanon's largest and most violent
Palestinian refugee camp has been unable to open on time because
funds to buy beds and other basic medical equipment have dried up.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/RMOI-79QMQ2?OpenDocument&rc=3&
emid=ACOS-635PFR
Siege
that spells slow death for the innocents
Last
week WHO reported that out of the 782 Gaza patients to have sought
specialist treatment outside the Strip since the siege was tightened
in June, 100 have been granted permits by Israel to
leave.
http://www.sundayherald.com/international/shinternational/display.var.1891492.0.0.php
Israel
continues to delay treatment of two toddlers with cystic fibrosis
Two-and-a-half
year old Muhammad a-Shanti and his brother Mustafa, who is sixteen
months old, have cystic fibrosis. They live in the Gaza Strip, where
the health system is unable to treat their serious illness. As a
result, they must go to Hadassah Hospital , in Jerusalem , once a
month for treatment. Prior to each visit, their parents have to
submit a request for an entry permit for one of them and for the
toddlers. Now and in the past, Israel has taken its time in issuing
the permits. The delays have severely increased in the past six
months.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MUMA-79NA24?OpenDocument&rc=3
&emid=ACOS-635PFR
Just
another day in Palestine
Video:
Israeli occupation forces man handle Palestinian
women.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toxHmsWO4to
Israeli
Intends to Keep Jerusalem Areas
A
key ally of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that Israel will
hold on to all Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem but would have to
relinquish Arab neighborhoods in a peace agreement with the
Palestinians. The comments by Vice Premier Haim Ramon appeared aimed
at defusing U.S. criticism of an Israeli plan to expand one of its
Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem, the section Palestinians
claim as capital of a future state.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7139637,00.html
Hamas
accuses P.A security forces of arresting 26 members
Hamas
media sources stated on Sunday that Palestinian security forces,
loyal to Fateh movement, arrested 26 Hamas members and supporters in
the West Bank on Saturday, including the manager of the office of the
detained Palestinian Legislative Council head, Dr. Aziz Dweik.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51930
Palestinian
Authority shuts down all 92 West Bank Charity Committees
The
Preventive Security forces managed by the Palestinian Authority
seized Abdul-Qahir Surur, director of the office of the speaker of
the Palestinian Legislative Council, Aziz Dweik. Aziz Dweik himself
is detained in an Israeli prison since the occupation forces'
crack-down on Palestinian lawmakers from the Hamas movement in summer
2006. The Palestinian Authority also shut down all 92 West Bank
Charity Committees Zakat, accusing them to be affiliated with Hamas.
http://www.arabmonitor.info/news/dettaglio.php?idnews=21529&lang=en
Israeli
peace activists protest settlement expansion; rightists build more
outposts
Around
forty Israeli peace activists held a protest Saturday on a site in
the West Bank approved by the Israeli government for settlement
expansion. At the same time as the protest was going on, Israeli
right-wing settlers were busy setting up three new colonial outposts
to claim for Israel more Palestinian land deep in the heart of the
West Bank.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51931
Detainees
in Al Jalama threaten to hold a hunger strike
Palestinian
detainees imprisoned in Al Jalama Israeli detention facility
threatened to hold an open-ended hunger strike in protest to the
Israeli escalations against them including solitary confinement
against several detainees, bad food and medical negligence.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51934
Israeli
army storms Nablus and Jenin
Israeli
military stormed the northern West Bank cities of Nablus and Jenin
early Monday morning. Security sources reported that military
vehicles invaded the camp and attacked homes in several
neighborhoods, no injuries were reported.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51936
Once
again Azzoun is set upon by Israeli forces
After
a few days of quiet, Israeli army jeeps re-invaded Azzoun, again
enforcing curfew on the village of 11,000. Military and police jeeps,
along with a military hummer and a large personnel carrier, overran
the village around 3pmâ€â€ﾝnot
coincidentally the time when youths are leaving school.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/12/10/once-again-azzoun-is-set-upon-by-israeli-forces/
Delegates
of Australian Churches meet with Jenin Governor
Delegates
of a number of Australian Churches met on Sunday with Jenin governor,
Qaddoura Mousa, in his office, and discussed the harsh living
conditions the residents are facing due to the Israeli siege to the
area and the repeated invasions.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51932
EU
to assist 40,000 needy Palestinian families
The
European Union distributed 41 million Shekels ( 7.4 million Euro) as
part of the sixth installment of aid for Families in extreme
financial hardship. At least 40,000 of the neediest families will
receive financial assistance of 1,000 NIS each, a raise of
15%.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51937
ICRC
calls for immediate resumption of family visits for Gaza residents to
Israeli prisons
The
visits have been suspended since 6 June 2007, following a decision by
the Israeli authorities. "It is impossible to understand that
such a decision is taken solely on security grounds. Family visits to
Israeli prisons have been organised for decades and they have always
been subject to thorough security checks by the competent
authorities, as is currently the case for residents of the West Bank.
There is no reason for this six-month suspension of family visits for
Gaza residents," says Christoph Harnisch, the ICRC's Head of
Delegation in Tel Aviv.
http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/israel-news-101207?OpenDocument
Palestinian
official hopes Bush visit to push Israel to implement roadmap plan
A
senior Palestinian official expressed hope on Sunday that an upcoming
visit of U.S. President George W. Bush to the Middle East would push
Israel to implement the roadmap plan. Palestinian
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information Riyad al-Malki said he
hoped Bush's visit to Israel and the West Bank "would contribute
in urging Israel to commit itself to implementing the roadmap plan,
mainly freezing settlements and removing checkpoints in the West
Bank."
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/09/content_7221076.htm
Ramon:
Cede parts of Jerusalem to avoid conflict with US
While
still maintaining that construction should continue in the Israeli
settlement of Har Homa, Israeli Vice Premier Haim Ramon said Sunday
that Israel should give up some Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem to
the Palestinian Authority to avoid a conflict with the
U.S.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51933
Settlers
march to build new outpost beneath Beitar flag
A
large yellow and black flag of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer club waved
Sunday over a circle of dancing right-wing activists in the E-1 area
between Jerusalem and Ma'aleh Adumim, where they want to establish an
outpost called Mevaseret Adumim.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=932683
Hamas
burns 3 million dollars worth of illegal drugs in Gaza
Gaza
- Police on Sunday in the Gaza Strip burnt about 3 million dollars
worth of recently captured illegal drugs, officials with the
Hamas-run Interior Ministry said. Ihab al-Ghusein, a spokesman for
the ministry, said that large amounts of different kinds of drugs
were recently seized in the Gaza Strip, including hashish, marijuana,
cocaine and hallucinogenic drugs. He said the step was meant to
show that under Hamas, Gaza has not turned into an "enclave of
criminals."
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/155832.html
Hamas
shows off drugs haul, then burns marijuana
Hamas
on Sunday showed off dozens of packages of illegal drugs it said it
had seized in the Gaza Strip before burning the entire stash --
including marijuana -- in front of a crowd of journalists. "The
general authority for combating drugs has arrested 115 people since
June 15, including some of the biggest drug dealers" in Gaza,
Hamas spokesman Ihad al-Ghussein said at the press conference.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071209/wl_mideast_afp/palestinianscrimegaza_071209225552
Defense
Min.: Israel now world's fourth largest weapons exporter
Israel
has passed Britain to become the world's fourth largest exporter of
weapons, Defense Ministry Director-General Pinchas Bucharis said on
Sunday. Israel exported a total $4 billion in defense exports in
2007, Bucharis said. The United States, Russia and France lead the
world's list of exporters.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/932656.html
Israel
no nuclear threat to neighbors, says Gates
The
statement was greeted by laughter from a room filled with government
officials from Middle Eastern
countries.
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSL0866169420071208
Omar
Barghouti: "No State Has the Right to Exist as a Racist State"
Omar
Barghouti belongs to a new generation of Palestinians who never
adhered to the solution of " Two States, Two peoples". They
are advocating, instead, a secular, democratic state» solution,
where Palestinians and Israelis would share equal rights, after
historic injustices are redressed and the refugees are allowed to
return.
http://www.voltairenet.org/article153536.html
Shas
minister: Americans' attitude to report reminiscent of Auschwitz
Yitzhak
Cohen says during cabinet meeting 'US intelligence report was ordered
by someone who wants dialogue with Tehran. Minister Eli Yishai: 'We
must not play dumb in the face of the report's findings'
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3480595,00.html
Israeli
Arab woman demand end to custom that left them homeless
Women
from the Galilee village of Deir al-Asad are demanding an end to an
age-old Arab custom that has forced them out of their homes, after a
member of their clan allegedly killed a member of a rival clan.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=932987
Industrialists
try to launch Israeli-Palestinian business forum
A
group of Israeli and Palestinian industrialists have established the
Palestine International Business Forum, in order to promote projects
in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The group's board of directors
is set to hold its first meeting on Wednesday, in Bethlehem.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/932738.html
Dershowitz
jewelry purchase booed by Leviev protesters
Wealthy
Madison Avenue holiday shoppers were greeted the afternoon of 8
December 2007 by boisterous music and dancing, as 60 New Yorkers
protested in a growing campaign to boycott Israeli diamond magnate
Lev Leviev over his settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied
West Bank. Participants performed a joyous dabke, a traditional
Palestinian dance, and chanted to music from the eight-piece Rude
Mechanical Orchestra. During the protest, Harvard professor Alan
Dershowitz entered LEVIEV New York and emerged to jeers as he
displayed a LEVIEV shopping bag to the crowd.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9153.shtml
Palestinians
make 3 feature films despite no audience, funding
RAMALLAH
- In a flip-flop of reality, a surly Palestinian soldier guards a
West Bank checkpoint, as a line of haggard Israelis wait to have
their ID cards examined. The scene is from a satirical Palestinian
film that reverses the roles of occupier and occupied, one of three
full-length feature films, along with a few shorts, that were shot in
the West Bank this year. It's the most ever made in one year in a
place more accustomed to seeing news cameras filming scenes of
bloodshed. "Each Palestinian film made is a miracle," said
George Khleifi, co-author of a book on the subject.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=933044
Towards
first-rate university instruction
The
Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
produced a report in August 2002 with financial and technical
assistance provided by the World Bank. The paper has two objectives.
The first is to provide an analytic rationale for donors wishing to
finance higher education in Palestine, and the other, thornier one,
is to "build stakeholders consensus on the rationale and
mechanism for financing reform." Given the nature of the
document, it is taken for granted that the answer to the challenges
higher education faces in Palestine is "a compelling financial
strategy" and that's what the document provides. Rima Merriman
comments.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9154.shtml
In
pictures: Palestinian
Bedouin
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/middle_east_palestinian_
bedouin/html/1.stm
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