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Rally and March Agains the Wall! Monday at Noon
A concrete wall is rapidly being built to surround the Al-Ram neighborhood from all sides. Tens of thousands of people, the entire community of this East Jerusalem neighborhood (the vast majority of whom are official residents of Jerusalem, paying municipal taxes and holding "blue" Jerusalem IDs) will be closed inside a ghetto, isolated from the rest of the world.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palsolidarity/message/1061
September 25th: Demonstrations in Germany against the Apartheid Wall and the Occupation in Palestine and Iraq!
Taking up the Palestinian and international calls for mobilization on the fourth anniversary of the al-Aqsa Intifada, September 25th has been declared a National Day of Action against the Apartheid Wall, War and Occupation by the “German Coordination against the Wall in Palestine”. Demonstrations will be held in five cities across the country.
http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/753.shtml
Israel to reevaluate 200 km of separation wall in West Bank
Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported Sunday that a delegation headed by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's advisor Dov Weisglass will try to reach an understanding this week with the US administration on the new route of the so called security fence.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/12/content_1972386.htm
Iraqi civilians killed in US missile strike
The missile attack, which also killed a Palestinian journalist, followed fierce clashes which began when US military vehicles, firing stun grenades, entered Haifa street in the centre of the capital at about 2am (1100 GMT) on Sunday, an Iraqi journalist told Aljazeera.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B13F5DC7-E9A9-4D86-8C05-235CBF641973.htm
?Three Palestinian children wounded in Rafah
Medical and security sources said the shells were fired from the Rafih Yam settlement, to the east. The sources noted that the wounded children are identified as Tareq Abu Al-Said, 10, Mohammed Abu Al-Said, 5, and Khalil Al-Said, 15.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/English/Story.asp?DSNO=663263
New party urges non-Jews' expulsion
Dozens of right-wing Israeli leaders have announced the creation of a new political party which founders say will be dedicated to the expulsion of millions of Muslims and Christians from Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. The party was launched in Jerusalem on Saturday night.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3DBAEF08-AB3D-484B-AE66-740BC803DE57.htm
Israeli leaflets warn Palestinians not to help militants
"Their houses will be demolished and their lands will be razed,"wrote the leaflet. "These leaflets are part of the Israeli Army's psychological waragainst the Palestinian people," said one resident. The residents, however, condemned and rejected the IsraeliArmy's threats and said they were determined to continue helping Palestinian militants at any time despite these threats.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/12/content_1971624.htm
Six Egyptian students charged with planning 'terrorist' attack
The suspects were carrying 14 knives, black camouflage attire, backpacks, binoculars, communications equipment, maps of Israel and various other items to help carry out their scheme.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/476845.html
Joint meeting leads to Israeli pullout from Gaza: sources
The sources said the session was held between Palestinian and Israeli liaison officials over the Israeli withdrawal. In return for the Israeli withdrawal, the Palestinian security forces would deploy troops in the area to prevent militants from firing homemade rockets at southern Israel.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/12/content_1971896.htm
Sharon calls on ministers to fight incitement
"We have witnessed in the past few days a fierce campaign of incitement, including references to civil war," Sharon said, aiming his criticism both at the settlers and at ministers who do not speak out against extreme right-wing threats.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/476596.html
Israel's speech on Arafat condemned
Last Wednesday, Shalom said that the expulsion of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat is closer than ever. Since April 2002, Israel held Arafat in his office in Rammallah for two years and accused him of supporting terrorist activities.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/12/content_1970995.htm
Mubarak meets US envoy over Mideast situation
He said he was looking forward to holding talks in Cairo within the framework of the Mideast quartet to prepare for a meeting due in New York next week. He said during their meeting, he briefed Mubarak on his visits to Syria, Jordan and Iraq before he came to Egypt.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/12/content_1971913.htm
Remnants of the Temple? Not in this garbage
However, after a petition to the High Court of Justice by the Committee for the Prevention of Destruction of the Antiquities on the Temple Mount, a temporary injunction was issued prohibiting the IAI, the defense minister, and the prime minister from authorizing the Waqf to remove the mounds. Why?
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/476592.html
On This Day 1970: Hijacked jets destroyed by guerrillas
Members of the Popular Front freed the majority of the hostages... But they moved 40 hostages to a secret location - 35 men and five women whom they said were members of the Israeli army and therefore "prisoners-of-war". "If our demands are not met we will not release them - but there will be no reprisals and we will treat them well," a PFLP statement said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/12/newsid_2514000/2514929.stm
And now, here is the occupation army spokesman
At the Foreign Ministry they understood for a number of years that the battle for Arab public opinion must be fought from every possible forum. A few months ago, an official Arabic language web site was set up - www.altawasul.net, of which the Arab media section is very proud.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/476593.html
The Yesha council must decide
The Yesha Council of Jewish settlements is acting in the last few days as though it has forgotten this principle. It is threatening civil war, as though this is a decree of destiny and cannot be prevented, if the disengagement plan is carried out.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/476582.html
THE VANUNU EPILOGUE
The authorities began to take notice of him for his ties to various organizations including the Movement for the Advancement of Peace. Even while he was working at the Dimona plant he was taken to Tel Aviv and interrogated by the Shin Bet about his political activities and his sympathy for the Palestinian cause.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/September/week2/091204/vanunu.htm
US hints at force to prevent Iranian nukes
US undersecretary of State John Bolton, speaking briefly to reporters before meeting Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, said "President [George W.] Bush is determined to try and find a peaceful and diplomatic solution to the problem of Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons. But we are determined that they are not going to achieve a nuclear weapons capability."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1094959652876
Euro 3 want Iran to allay by November suspicions about its nuclear program
Britain, France and Germany are ready to set a November deadline for Iran to ally suspicions it is secretly making nuclear weapons, in a UN draft resolution that brings the Euro 3 closer to the US hard line, diplomats said Saturday.
http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/040911223820.gbbz1gt4
Arabs and Muslims see US victory, own defeat on Sept 11 anniversary
"Of course, the 9/11 attacks should be condemned, but the whole world has paid the price of the war" against terror, which is now aimed at "all those who oppose American hegemony and Zionist terrorism." It added that, after Iraq, "Sudan, Lebanon, Syria and Iran are on the list" of countries that should be worried.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=10&u=/afp/20040911/wl_mideast_afp/us_attacks_3years_040911195857
Israel to form witness protection authority
According to the report, the authority will provide services trying to hide or change the witnesses' identities, and even give them plastic surgery or move their families overseas.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/13/content_1973344.htm
Three Polish Soldiers Killed in Iraq
Three Polish soldiers were killed in Iraq Sunday when they were attacked with grenades and machine-gun fire as they returned to their base from a demining operation, a Polish military spokesman said. At least three more Poles were injured in the attack, some four miles east of Hillah
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=6&u=/ap/20040912/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_polish_soldiers
3 US armored vehicles destroyed in Baghdad
Insurgents attacked a US military convoy on Baghdad's airport road, destroying three hamvees and causing unknown casualties, a Xinhua photographer at the scene said Sunday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/12/content_1971775.htm
1,000 Iraqi rebels, civilians dead in urban warfare, Najaf leader says
That grim coda on the Najaf clashes came as the top U.S. commander in northwestern Iraq set a clock ticking on the newest front in the Iraqi insurgency, warning Saturday that insurgents who have infiltrated the northern city of Tal Afar will have a week to leave the city or face military reprisals.
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/world/9639996.htm
Retired generals compare Iraq fight to Vietnam War
For the generals, the similarities between the two conflicts are evident. "I regularly follow what is happening in the build-up to the US presidential election. The wounds of the Vietnam War still remain among Americans, in particular given the current circumstances of the war in Iraq," Thao said.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/09/12/2003202591
Three Years After 9/11: More than 40% of Americans Still Think Saddam Did It
The latest Newsweek poll, released this week, revealed that 42% of Americans continue to believe that Saddam Hussein's regime was "directly involved" in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, despite all the evidence to the contrary. That's nearly as many as the 44% who disagree.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000628367
Iran Holds Military Exercises Near Border
Hundreds of thousands of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards began military maneuvers Sunday near the border with Iraq, with a top commander saying the exercise was designed to reinforce Iran's resolve to defend itself against "big powers."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=2&u=/ap/20040912/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_military_exercise |
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