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Mustafa Barghouti says IDF soldiers beat him at gunpoint
"I identified myself as a politician, but was struck with rifles and pinned to the ground," Barghouti said, adding that he was detained for more than an hour and later treated for bruises. "This is deliberate sabotage against the elections."
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/511860.html
Israel Builds a New Settlement in Qalqilia, Plans to Divide Hebron
The Israeli occupation authorities have already commenced building a new settlement on Palestinian-owned lands in the West Bank City of Qalqilia as media reports confirmed a new dismemberment scheme is being prepared for the Hebron City.
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1385
Israeli soldiers 'shoot boy for fun'
According to the report, an undisclosed number of Givati brigade soldiers shot and killed Khalid Sulaiman Mahdi while he was working with his father on their farm. "Seven bullets pierced my son's head, so you can't talk here about a mistake or random gunfire. This was an act of direct and clear sharp shooting," he said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A4BD8038-8970-4542-9E9C-E4FD18C11051.htm
Action Needed for Jailed Non-Violent Resister ! Update on Ahmed Awadb
Ahmed Awad has been sentenced to two months in Ketziot prison. His sentence can be renewed repeatedly after that for up to 18 months. Then he can be released and then re-arrested... Ahmed has no idea what his accusers, judges and sentencers are claiming that he did. Neither does his lawyer.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palsolidarity/message/1098
Nafha detainees demand to be top priority
Lawyer Fawwaz Al-Shalloudi, from the Palestinian Prisoners Society, said that he visited Nafha detention in the Negev desert and met with several detainees, mostly leaders of political factions who informed him of increased violations and procedures conducted against them.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week2/120904/Nafha.htm
Ain el Hilweh in the heart of Montreal
For many Palestinian refugees living underground in Montreal, the Ayoub family is a local symbol of the larger Palestinian refugee struggle, representing the fate of the forgotten majority of Palestinians in the world who live in diaspora, denied the right to return to their own country.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3411.shtml
Jury awards USD 156 mn to parents of slain US teen in Israel
The parents of an American teenager killed by gunmen in the West Bank won USD 156 millions from three Islamic groups and an alleged Hamas fund-raiser, one of the first jury awards against institutions based in the United States accused of supporting terrorism. (Rachel Corrie is still for free under US law, wonder why?)
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/003200412092201.htm
Fourth Palestinian killed by Israeli troops in Rafah
A fourth Palestinian was killed by Israeli troops in the Rafah region of the southern Gaza Strip overnight, Palestinian hospital officials said. Three Palestinians had been killed around midnight while the body of the fourth was recovered at daybreak, the sources said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&ncid=1312&e=8&u=/afp/20041209/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestgazatoll_041209095723
Militants vow revenge for failed assassination attempt
An Israeli attempt to assassinate the leader of the Popular Resistance Committees, Jamal Abu Samhadana, failed Thursday when he and his two bodyguards jumped from their car seconds it was targeted by an Israel Air Force missile.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/511920.html
Palestine: Military Training Exercises in South Hebron Hills
the Israeli military engaged in military training exercises in the hills around At-Tuwani, Tuba and, Al-Mufaquara. According to a Palestinian from At-Tuwani this was the first time that the military has trained this close to the village. The exercises began without warning, leaving Palestinian residents scared and endangered.
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=04/12/09/9890685
Poll in PA: Majority of Palestinians oppose "terror" attacks
According to the poll, 52% of Palestinians oppose attacks on Israeli targets, and believe that they are counterproductive to the Palestinian national interest. This figure rose significantly since the previous poll in June, when those opposed to attacks on Israeli targets stood at only 27%.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=511909&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
EU allocates $13m for Palestinian elections
In addition to the financial support, around 2,000 international observers will arrive in the Palestinian lands to monitor the Palestinian presidential elections due to be held on Jan. 9, 2005, Najjar said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/09/content_2314570.htm
MKs, Peace Now blocked from protesting
The IDF said the delegation, which included Labor MK Amram Mitzna and Yahad MKs Haim Oron and Ran Cohen, entered Area A, which Israelis are forbidden to enter, and bypassed a roadblock. Peace Now secretary general Yariv Oppenheimer said there was no reason to invest hundreds of millions of shekels in the road.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/511394.html
Lebanon to improve living conditions of Palestinian refugees
They said the decision was made following talks between a Palestinian delegation led by PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas and Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, Prime Minister Omar Karameh on Wednesday. It is the first step of its kind to improve the living conditions of about 400,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/09/content_2315063.htm
Abbas says armed struggle is over
His comments came as he warned that the Palestinian Authority "would not able to take control of Gaza if Israel withdraws" adding "it would lead to a civil war ... we are not ready - security wise - to take over."
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=10838
City Debates Israeli Holdings
A resolution drafted by Somerville Divestment Project, a volunteer group formed in early 2003, urged the city to divest its retirement fund from an Israeli bond worth $250,000 and withdraw investments in companies holding defense contracts with the Israeli army.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=504937
Sharon almost certain of backing to invite Labour into government: TV
Around 70 percent of the 3,000 members of the right-wing Likud's central committee had cast their ballot on a motion put forward by the premier to reshape his government in order to implement next year's planned pullout from the Gaza Strip, media reports said after the 10 pm
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=3&u=/afp/20041209/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelpolitics_041209203418
Compensation amount for Jewish settlers reasonable: official
In recent weeks, some settlers have protested that the evacuation compensation paid by the government is not enough for them to pay for a new house. On Nov. 3, the Knesset approved the first reading of the compensation bill, which stipulates that settlers are to receive an average compensation of 300,000 dollars. (FOR ILLEGAL SETTLERS)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/09/content_2315038.htm
The birth of modern Arab politics?
Something important, even historic in terms of modern Arab history, is happening there these days: a real, contested election for the presidency is taking place, whose results are not known ahead of time. Multiple candidates for the presidency of the Palestinian Authority offer ordinary citizens a genuine choice among different policy approaches and governance styles.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=10778
Denmark reiterates support for UN Palestinian agency
"Denmark is deeply worried that living conditions for the most vulnerable Palestinians - the refugees and the children - have steadily worsened on the West Bank and Gaza Strip. We regret that UNRWA has been forced to suspend many of its normal operations," said the ambassador.
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/480fa8736b88bbc3c12564f6004c8ad5/c63fc78c9aadbca485256f63006f301b?OpenDocument
Election fever - By Azmi Bishara
Palestinian forces opposed to the Oslo accords boycotted the only Palestinian legislative elections that have been held until now on the grounds that these elections were "a product of Oslo". Opposing Oslo myself, I fail to understand this logical leap. It is perfectly possible to take a political stand against Oslo and to continue to oppose it within the framework of the electoral process.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/720/op2.htm
Is it Possible to Run Elections under Occupation?
The Israeli soldier’s assault on Dr. Mustafa Bargouthi, a candidate for Palestinian presidential elections, raises doubts that it is possible to run free and democratic elections under occupation. To physically attack and knockdown to ground a possible future Palestinian President is a clear manifestation that occupation and democracy can’t coexist.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week2/120904/possible-elections.htm
French ambassador: Israelis suffer from 'anti-Frenchism'
"I think there is a neurosis that causes anti-Frenchism," the ambassador, Gerard Araud, told Army Radio. "This anti-French neurosis has led to France being so hated in Israel. The relationship between the two countries is very difficult. You simply love to hate us."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/512362.html
Israeli banks profit from Holocaust
Investigations by the Israeli parliament have dug up disturbing evidence that Israel has been profiting for decades from vast sums invested in local banks by European Jews who died in the Nazi death camps. And even now the banks are delaying returning the money to their heirs.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/85B434CF-0BF0-475D-B9E6-2652F75BF30E.htm
Four Reasons Why Israel Should Disengage from East Jerusalem
It was probably convenient for Sharon to have Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom depict Sharon's granting of permission to the residents of Anata to participate in the Palestinian Authority elections as a danger to Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem. The world will see how generous Sharon is.
http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=5858&CategoryId=5
Malaysian Parliament Calls for Road Map Implementation
Speaking to reporters, Malaysian Foreign Minister Albar said that the motion and the resolutions would be sent to the United Nations, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and Asian Parliamentary Association to turn the Palestinian cause into a main agenda of the world.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1922
Israel's President Asks Assad to Return Body of Spy
But an aide to Katsav said the request for the body of Egyptian-born spy Eli Cohen was for humanitarian reasons only and was not a request for a goodwill gesture by Syria that might lead to renewing talks over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=574&e=14&u=/nm/20041209/wl_nm/mideast_assad_dc_1
Weiss: U.S must change Israel-Palestine policy
Take the most recent change in decades of policy, when the Bush administration recognized Israeli settlements built in the West Bank. The elder Bush as president denied Israel loans for the same behavior because land grabs violate the Geneva Convention, which forbids a foreign power from moving its nationals onto occupied lands.
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041209/OPINION01/412090373/1035/OPINION
Turnout in Likud vote on coalition talks with Labor hits 50%
The turnout for Likud Central Committee vote on whether to hold unity government talks with the Labor Party was causing concern for associates of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday evening, as just 50 percent of the delegates had cast a ballot two hours before the polls closed.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/511991.html
Abuse 'continued after Abu Ghraib'
US military officials witnessed the mistreatment of Iraqi detainees at a second Baghdad prison at the height of the Abu Ghraib scandal and were threatened and harassed when they attempted to report the abuse, official memos released by the Pentagon have shown.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1369658,00.html |
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