Palestinian
village to be destroyed for the sixth time by Israeli authorities The
village of Ka'abna, in the Jordan Valley, has just received its sixth
demolition order in the last five years. Ka'abna is home to
eighty people, who have been displaced numerous times by Israeli
authorities since being expelled from their original homes eighteen
years ago. The land from which they are now being expelled
is the land to which they were told to move by the Israeli military
the last time their homes were destroyed.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51459
Israeli
forces destroy two wells in eastern Jenin Israeli
military forces destroyed two wells in Arabouna and Deir Abu D'eif
villages, located in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, in the
early hours of Tuesday morning.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51464
Gaza
police forces arrest Abbas advisor The Hamas-affiliated
Gaza police on Tuesday arrested Kamal Alsherafi, an advisor to
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in the northern Gaza Strip.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51482
Hamas
rounds up Fatah activists after Arafat rally in Gaza Hamas
has rounded up scores of Fatah activists in the Gaza Strip following
a Monday rally that drew more than 200,000 supporters and ended in
gunfire that killed seven people, officials said on Tuesday. Islam
Shahwan, spokesman of the Hamas-led Executive Force, said it had
detained about 50 Fatah members since the rally.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/923594.html
Six
shot dead at huge Arafat rally in Gaza Hamas police
killed six people in Gaza City on Monday as hundreds of thousands
gathered to commemorate the death of Yasser Arafat in the biggest
Fatah party rally since it was ousted by the
Islamists. http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/071112143418.1cbycetm.html
Israeli
High Court orders government to reconsider denying medical care to
dying Palestinians On Monday, the Israeli High Court ruled
that the Israeli government policy of denying entry permits to dying
Palestinians for "security reasons" should be reexamined.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51458
Israeli
court declines to rule on Gaza sick Israel's high
court on Monday rejected a petition from an Israeli human rights
group for the state to change interrogation procedures for Gazans
leaving the territory for medical care. "The court said it did
not have the mandate to discuss the mechanisms of the Shin Beth"
internal security service, according to Miri Weingarten of the human
rights group Physicians for Human Rights-Israel which lodged the
petition.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5htBM5l5wIWllJa4iZnD0acjnz7Hw
Mother
dies after being denied access to health care Ayda is yet
another victim of Israel's devastating closure of Gaza. While her
husband, 37-year-old Zakariya Abdelal from the Gaza City neighborhood
of al-Tuffah, was receiving condolences from friends and neighbors,
their youngest son, 10-month-old baby Mustafah, lay calmly in the
corner. Thirty-one-year-old mother of seven Ayda died after losing
her fight with breast cancer, which necessitated chemotherapy
treatment currently unavailable in Gaza. EI correspondent Rami
Almeghari writes from Gaza.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9096.shtml
'How
can a dying man pose a security threat?' High Court
orders State to reexamine its decision not to allow seven gravely ill
Palestinians from Gaza entry into Israel or passage to West Bank,
Jordan to receive life-saving treatment.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3470695,00.html
Gazans:
Palestinians detained by IDF return naked
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/923205.html
Zaki
rules out conflict involving refugee camps Palestinian
Liberation Organization (PLO) representative in Lebanon Abbas Zaki
vowed on Monday that "there will no war" in refugee camps
in the country. Speaking after a meeting with senior Shiite cleric
Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, the PLO representative also denied
recent media reports that his Fatah faction.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=86725
PA
official: Barak, Livni holding Olmert back on peace process Defense
Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni are preventing
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from moving forward on a joint declaration
with the Palestinian Authority, a senior PA official said Tuesday.
The official, who is currently accompanying PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas
on a visit to Ankara, Turkey, said disagreements on the Israeli side
are to blame for the lack of progress on drafting a declaration ahead
of the U.S-sponsored Middle East peace conference in Annapolis,
Maryland.
Erekat:
Palestinians will not accept Israel as 'Jewish state 'Saeb
Erekat, chief negotiator for the Palestine Liberation Organization,
rejected on Monday the government's demand that the Palestinians
recognize Israel as a Jewish state. In an interview with Israel
Radio, Erekat said that "no state in the world connects its
national identity to a religious
identity." http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/923218.html
Erekat:
Peace treaty with Israel has to contain release of all Palestinian
prisoners Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said
Monday that the Palestinian side would not sign a peace deal with
Israel lacking a clear article guaranteeing the release of all
Palestinians jailed in
Israel. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/12/content_7058541.htm
Olmert:
PA & Israel agree to bypass Israeli road map commitments The
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday announced that the
Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Israeli government had agreed to a
peace plan that involved Israel bypassing the commitments laid out to
it in the first stage of the road map plan.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51468
Uri
Avnery: The Last Refuge Since the government of Israel and
its American allies are pushing with all their political might for
the attack, Israel will not be able to avoid contributing to the
fighting, if the Americans request it.
http://palestinechronicle.com/story-11130734020.htm
Palestinian,
Israeli scholars to advance one-state solution in London Leading
Palestinian and Israeli scholars and activists will be among the
speakers at an unprecendented conference to explore a one-state
solution, at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in
London on 17-18
November. http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9092.shtml
To
Save Jerusalem, We Must Kill The Peace Process The
Coordinating Council on Jerusalem, created on October 24, 2007, is
off to a good start. The organizations joining, and there are many,
have accepted the principle that defending Jerusalem from division is
more important than unquestioned support of decisions made by the
Government of Israel. "Preserving an undivided Jerusalem is a
paramount issue not only for Israelis, but for the worldwide Jewish
Community. This is not a decision any Israeli government can make
unilaterally. Jerusalem belongs to all Jews, even those not living in
Israel, and their opinion matters."
http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=3731&cid=2&sid=1
70%
of ultra-Orthodox men don't work Study shows slight rise
in rate of full-time employment amongst ultra-Orthodox, with women
composing more than half of the workforce.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3470303,00.html
A
very bad year for humanity NEW YORK - When he talks about
the situation in the Gaza Strip and relates to Israel's
responsibility, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for
Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes
does not sound like someone whose name is adorned with the prefix
"Sir." The veteran British diplomat, who has served as head
of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
since the beginning of the year, makes no effort to smooth out rough
spots. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/923360.html
Sonja
Karkar: The Deadly Dance for Peace The only way
forward is to ensure, as former UN special coordinator for the Middle
East peace process, Alvaro de Soto said, "unity and integrity of
third party mediation efforts, and clarity of strategy.
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story-11130734230.htm
And
Now Elliott Abrams and Condoleezza Rice Bring You The Latest
Color-Coded "Revolution", The Yellow "Revolution"
of Mahmoud Abbas and Mohammad Dahlan It has been a while
since the last US-sponsored, color-coded "revolution." But
that does not mean that Elliott Abrams and Condoleezza Rice have
stopped trying. Just a few days ago, several trucks made their way
into the Gaza Strip with the help of Israel. On board supposedly were
food supplies for the starving population. However, upon inspection
the cargo turned out to be 45,000 yellow Fatah flags and an equal
number of baseball caps with Fatah logo on them and kafiyyahs to
complement the
ensemble. http://palestinianpundit.blogspot.com/2007/11/and-now-elliott-abrams-and-condoleezza.html
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