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Israeli troops reoccupy Gaza camp
Another report quoted the girl's father, Umar Siam, 50, as saying: "We were having lunch when suddenly there were some explosions and automatic gunfire." "I felt a pain in my leg, but I was only lightly injured, thank God. Our meal was splashed in blood. We then realised that Rania had been killed by a bullet to the head," he added.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8E7F48A8-2EEC-47FC-B44C-4DAED8EE9114.htm
Probe: No ethical flaw in commando killing of militant
An IDF investigation into an incident involving the commandos has concluded that its actions suffered from operational, not moral, flaws. The suspension of operations by the Shayetet 13, as the unit is know in Hebrew, followed the fatal shooting of Mohammed Kamil, a member of Islamic Jihad, when he was unarmed and injured.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=512567&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
?Young Palestinian dies in Khan Younis
A young Palestinian died Saturday in Khan Younis of serious wounds he has suffered from since a month ago during an Israeli incursion into the town of Khan Younis, Palestinian medical sources reported.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/English/Story.asp?DSNO=687438
Army to conduct a wide scale operation in Khan Younis
According to Haaretz, Golani 51 infantry division will launch the raid under commandment of Yaneef Ashour. “This is a signal to the Palestinians that we cannot tolerate the shelling of Qassams, this is only the beginning of the operation”, a military source said.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week2/121104/wide%20scaled.htm
IOF Wound Child, Arrest Another in WB and GS
A child was wounded Saturday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the refugee camp of al-Far'a in the West Bank (WB), Palestinian security sources said. Meanwhile, IOF imposed a tight curfew on the city villages of Tallooza, al-Bathan, al-Far'a and Tamoun, installing a number of military checkpoints.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1930
Jailed Barghouti to Rescind Candidacy
Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti is expected to officially announce rescinding candidacy for PA chairmen on Saturday, Palestinian source. The same source said that Barghouti's wife, Fadwa, would speak on his behalf.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week2/121104/barghouthi%20to%20rescind.htm
150 Prisoners Extra-judicially Executed by IOF
The PPS statement said that the Israeli soldiers, specially the Units of Killing in the IOF, carried out the execution of the prisoners through several methods, gunshot after arrest, torture till death, not accessing medical treatment for the wounded or shot the "wanted" while they can arrest him.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1931
Two Qassams land in western Negev
Two Qassam rockets landed in the western Negev on Saturday morning, causing damage to a home. No injuries were reported. The rocket fire originated from the northern Gaza Strip.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/512988.html
Settlers uproot Palestinian olive grove
The villagers called on the security forces for help, but police and troops only arrived in the afternoon. The settlers had by then destroyed trees. Attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers in the West Bank have continued during the course of the olive harvest.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=512917&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Israel hints at Palestinian control for Gaza
Three days after PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinian Authority "is not ready, security-wise, to take control of Gaza," Israeli security officials said Friday that Israel is prepared to turn over security in the northern Gaza Strip to Palestinians.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=10914
Palestinian elections committee accuses Israel of interference
Jamal al-Shoubaki, chief of the committee, told reporters "this is a clear breaking to what Israel promised the international society." The Israeli army arrested on Friday night Bassam al-Salhi, the candidate of the People's Party for the Jan. 9 election
http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/11/content_2322077.htm
PA welcomes Israeli coalition government
Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat expressed his hope Saturday that forming a government of coalition between the Labor party and the Likud, headed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, will revive the peace process and lead to an end of the occupation.
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041211-104732-9130r.htm
US seeks UN session marking Auschwitz anniversary
An assembly session on the Holocaust would mark a change in focus for the assembly which typically meets several days a year to discuss and vote on issues relating to Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10496016.htm
Powell: Road map must be carried out after Palestinian elections
But a senior Israeli official said Sharon would be willing to consider such a meeting if Israel and Washington's favored candidate, moderate former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, won the Palestinian presidency, and other key conditions were met.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=512987&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Kuwait welcomes key visit by PLO chief Abbas
Kuwait's prime minister said on Saturday he welcomed a visit by Palestine Liberation Organization chief Mahmoud Abbas, the first official trip by a top Palestinian official to the Gulf state since the 1990-91 Gulf War soured Kuwaiti-Palestinian ties.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/513017.html
EU says to send 2600 international observers for Palestinian elections
The EU envoy said that holding the Palestinian presidential elections "is part of a central and major process of political reforms." "It could create a new opportunity to reinforce progress of peace on the region," he stressed.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/11/content_2322913.htm
US-promoted Mideast reform talks open with call from Powell
"Countries with active political participation by all people tend to enjoy greater investment, economic growth and educational excellence," said Powell. "Now is not the time to argue about the pace of democratic reform or whether economic reform must precede political reform," he urged.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1503&ncid=1503&e=7&u=/afp/20041211/ts_afp/mideastusreformpowell_041211114048
Arabs rebuff US calls for speedy reforms
Speaker after speaker at the "Forum for the Future" conference here said progress would be difficult, if not impossible, without a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict and lambasted the perceived US bias toward Israel.
http://www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=041211165238.l4vrb3qe.xml
PA officials receive Arafat's medical records from nephew
Yasser Arafat's nephew handed over the late- Palestinian leader's medical records Saturday to Palestinian Authority officials, but did not reveal any new information on what led to his demise.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/512991.html
UN General Assembly Adopts 8 Resolutions on Palestine
Taking up draft resolutions on Israeli practices, the Assembly reaffirmed that settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan, were illegal and an obstacle to peace, economic and social development.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1929
Labor Central Committee convening to okay coalition talks
The Labor Party Central Committee convened at 8 P.M. Saturday to authorize the party leadership to begin coalition talks on forming a unity coalition with the Likud. If the talks are okayed, Labor and Likud teams will meet on Saturday night.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/512992.html
Israel Attempts to Derail Mustafa Barghouthi's Candidacy for President of Palestine
The vision Dr. Barghouthi shared with Edward Said for a just peace was through the establishment of a democratic Palestinian state on all of the territories occupied by Israel in 1967, with Jerusalem as its capital. “It would also be the first Arab democracy in the Middle East,” Barghouthi said.
http://www.amin.org/eng/uncat/2004/dec/dec101.html
Is Dimona's reactor suffering from old age?
Our neighbors Egypt and Jordan have also voiced such contentions. Others argue that because Israel is not a signatory to the international Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), it cannot receive assistance from other countries in renovating the reactor in Dimona.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/512465.html
French envoy accuses Israelis of Francophobia
"Until 1967, the relationship was close and it was a love story," said Araud. "In 1967, Israel felt betrayed by the French embargo [on arms sales to Israel] and since that trauma, Israel has continued to build the case against France. It is possible to find new reasons for the hatred, but in essence we are talking about the same pathology."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/512528.html
Bush Lets Sharon Run Loose - By Uri Avnery
In many places, Bush is seen as a crazy cowboy, the kind who rides into town shooting in all directions. He has attacked Afghanistan. He has attacked Iraq. His neo-con handlers want to attack Syria and Iran in the next phase. They want to establish subservient regimes everywhere ("promoting democracy in the Middle East"), station permanent American garrisons in the region and control the world's oil market, and - last but not least - help Ariel Sharon to fulfil his plans.
http://www.counterpunch.com/avnery12112004.html
Powell says too soon for Middle East final settlement talks
"We have had so many false starts with the peace process over the years that I think it's important for us to wait" until after the Palestinian elections and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's planned pullout from the Gaza Strip.
http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/041210185731.hljmnms9
What they said about
This was the "sweetest victory" for Mr Sharon, said Nadav Eyal in Maariv , because Likud had previously "dealt him a series of defeats - in the vote on a Palestinian state" and a "heavy blow when they rejected the [Gaza] disengagement plan". Now, though, Mr Sharon has won "the most important battle: the battle for the unity of government".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,1371576,00.html
ICRC concerned about bodies, sewage in Falluja
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday expressed concern about civilians in Falluja, where sewage is flowing in the streets and hundreds of bodies apparently lie in a warehouse since a U.S. assault.
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=8009&s2=11
CIA official sacked for not faking reports on Iraq WMD
A sacked CIA official is suing the agency for allegedly retaliating against him for refusing to falsify his reports on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction to support the White House's pre-war position, The Washington Post said Thursday.
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=7997&s2=11
US soldier jailed for murdering unarmed, wounded Iraqi
A US soldier was sentenced to three years in prison for shooting dead an unarmed and wounded Iraqi civilian in Baghdad's Sadr City, as Iraqi security forces were again targeted in attacks that killed 10 around the country.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=2&u=/afp/20041211/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_041211181344 |
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