Six
Killed at Fatah Rally in Gaza Gunfire killed at
least six people on Monday at a Fatah memorial rally for Yasser
Arafat that drew hundreds of thousands of supporters of the defeated
faction in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, a medic and witnesses
said. http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3853330
Military
bulldozers uproot lands west of Bethlehem Israeli
military bulldozers uprooted on Sunday afternoon large areas of
Palestinian orchards which belong to residents of Al Ma'sar village,
south of Bethlehem; dozens of trees were uprooted.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51431
At
least 15 Palestinians kidnapped in Tulkarem district The
Israeli military army kidnapped at least 15 people from the Tulkarem
district in the early hours of Monday morning.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51436
Physicians
for Human Rights-Israel Gaza Update 10 Nov 2007 High
Court of Justice Hearing scheduled for Monday, 12.11.07, at 11.30
regarding eleven patients in life-threatening condition who are
refused exit from
Gaza. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-78V52E?OpenDocument
More
beatings and arrests in Azzoun On Friday 9th November,
Oday Abdel Odeh was arrested whilst attending his uncle's wedding in
the village of Azzoun, near Qalqilya. Oday, sixteen years old and
from the nearby village of Kafr Thulth, was standing with a group of
friends at the celebration when Israeli soldiers approached, beat the
youth and arrested him, witnesses report. He is currently being held
in custody in Hawara camp, although it is unclear as to whether any
charges have been laid against him as his family are unable to
contact him, and he has not been granted access to a lawyer.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/11/11/more-beatings-and-arrests-in-azzoun/
Detainees
in Huwwara facing abuse One of the lawyers of the
Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported on Sunday that
Palestinian detainees in Huwwara Israeli prison are facing abuse and
ongoing insults by the Israeli soldiers manning the prison.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51432
Barak:
Israel to proceed with power cut Israeli Defense
Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday stated that the Israeli government will
proceed with plans to limit the supply of electricity to the Gaza
Strip, despite the Attorney-General's ruling concerning the
illegality of the move. http://www.imemc.org/article/51424
Fateh
spokesperson: Israel is proving its not interested in the Annapolis
Summit, peace process Fateh spokesperson, Fahmi
Za'areer, stated on Sunday that by barring the head of the
Palestinian Negotiations team from entering Jerusalem on Sunday,
Israel is proving that it is not interested in any peace talks with
the Palestinians and the Annapolis peace
summit. http://www.imemc.org/article/51429
PA
negotiators forced to call off talks after blocked at
checkpoint Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud
Abbas' negotiators called off talks on Sunday ahead of a
U.S.-sponsored peace conference, saying they were stopped at West
Bank
checkpoint. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=922703&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1
Diplomatic
Memo: U.S. and Israel Play Down Hopes for Peace Talks Officials
have been so busy dampening expectations that they are not even
calling the this month's planned peace talks a conference anymore,
instead referring to it merely as a
"meeting." http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/world/middleeast/12annapolis.html?ex=1352523600&en=57388f41fc09460f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Hamas
police confiscates Fatah rally materials Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement in the Hamas-ruled Gaza on
Sunday night accused rival Hamas movement's police forces of
confiscating materials that Fatah plans to use in a rally in Gaza on
Monday. A Fatah spokesman in Gaza said in a statement that
Hamas police stormed the movement's headquarters in Gaza City and
confiscated the bonnet, Fatah Kofeyyas (scarf) and posters for late
leader Yasser Arafat that would be used in a rally.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/12/content_7053273.htm
Hamas
police accused of attacking Arafat memorial ceremony The
Gaza-based Hamas-affiliated police force was on Sunday accused of
attacking a memorial ceremony for the late Palestinian President
Yasser Arafat in the Nusayrat refugee camp, located in the central
Gaza Strip. http://www.imemc.org/article/51435
Abbas
brands Hamas a "dark force" during Arafat commemoration
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday described
the Hamas movement as a "dark force," insisting that he
would refuse to re-establish dialogue with the organization until it
relinquished the gains made in its "black coup."
http://www.imemc.org/article/51423
Israeli
MI Chief: Hamas may attempt to sour Annapolis Major-General
Amos Yadlin, the head of Israel's Military Intelligence division, on
Sunday indicated that the Hamas movement may attempt to derail the
Annapolis conference should it appear that either gains or further
losses are being made at the summit.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51427
Nablus
is key to success of upcoming Middle East peace talks NABLUS,
West Bank — Beefy, burly and full of bravado, Alaa Taha Yassin
rested his hands on the butt of his new machine gun and tried to
sound like a tough talking, modern day Palestinian Joe Friday as he
looked out on passing cars.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/21339.html
Israel
to release up to 400 Palestinian prisoners Israel will
release up to 400 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to
strengthen Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas ahead of an expected
peace conference, Haaretz reported on Monday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071112/wl_mideast_afp/mideastdiplomacyprisoners_071112073316;_ylt=Av4Uexrx0F1dtReIqJPIklaaOrgF
Good
news from Gaza The group of reservist paratroopers
returned all astir: Hamas fought like an army. The comrades of
Sergeant-Major (Res.) Ehud Efrati, who fell in a battle in Gaza about
two weeks ago, told Amos Harel that "in all parameters, we are
facing an army, not gangs." The soldiers of the Israel Defense
Forces were impressed by their enemy's night vision equipment, the
tactical space they kept between one another - and their pants even
had elastic bands to make them fit snugly around their boots. This is
good news from Gaza.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/922571.html
Palestinian,
Israeli scholars to advance one-state solution in London Leading
Palestinian and Israeli scholars and activists will be among the
speakers at an unprecedented conference to explore a one-state
solution, at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in
London on 17-18 November. Organized by the London One State Group and
the SOAS Palestine Society, the conference, "Challenging the
Boundaries: A Single State in Israel/Palestine," will explore
new models for a just peace including binationalism, secular
democracy, a 'state of all its citizens' and federalism.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9092.shtml
Abed
the martyr: Abed Shinawi has died. In the words of the Palestinians,
among others, he was martyred The notion of martyrdom, in
the context of anything Arab-related, is a loaded word in many
Westerners' understanding: it often has a negative connotation, or
insinuation of an extreme ideology or lack of love for life, and
often of suicide bombings. However, a martyr is one who has died as a
result of not renouncing their beliefs or principles, religious or
otherwise. "Martyr" in Palestine refers to anyone who has
died as a result of the Israeli occupation, as with the 38-year-old
handicapped, wheelchair-bound man killed in an Israeli Occupation
Forces (IOF) invasion in Nablus' al-Ain refugee camp a month and a
half ago. Or it refers to the elderly man shot five times in the
chest after he opened his door to IOF assurances of his safety during
the same 16 October Israeli invasion that eventually claimed Abed's
life. http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9091.shtml
E.
J'lem (Palestinian) family gives homeless Jewish family shelter after
authorities fail to help
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/922719.html
Israeli
police seek evidence against PM JERUSALEM - Police
raided more than 20 government buildings and private offices Sunday
morning, seeking evidence in a series of criminal investigations of
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, potentially weakening his position ahead
of a crucial Mideast peace conference in the United
States. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071111/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_olmert_4;_ylt=AlHoz0CaBZ85zwWkgwtplXQUvioA
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