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US citizen shot by Israeli forces petitions Supreme
On 5th April 2003 Brian, along with another ISM activist, was standing under a street lamp on a quiet empty street wearing a high visibility medic vest with his hands in the air, clearly indicating he was an unarmed international when an APC approached at under 30kmph and without warning open heavy fire from a range of just tens of meters. After shooting Brian the perpetrators carried on driving. This was witnessed by four other activists from Sweden and Denmark who were in the vicinity.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/DesktopModules/Articles/ArticlesView.aspx?tabID=0&alias=Rainbow&lang=en-US&ItemID=679&mid=10400
Uprooting of olive trees near Jayyous on Thursday, 9th December 2004
EA Gocke stays there alone among two armed settlers, who pretend to be from the Jordan Valley, while the hydraulic excavator CAT 330B uproots one olive tree after the other. A guard from the quarry company tells the EA that they will build on the whole site a new settlement of “700 units” within four years. The driver tells the EA that he will bring the trees to the Tel Aviv area, to be sold there.
http://www.chris-on-the-bike.de/eappi_uprooting01.htm
Israeli tank injures Palestinian children
The Israeli army has fired tank shells into the Khan Yunus refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip wounding up to eight Palestinian schoolchildren. The children, all under the age of seven, suffered shrapnel wounds when one of the shells exploded in the yard behind their school in the al-Namsawi neighbourhood
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/179F83B4-C93F-4473-85FE-4EF0E04829B7.htm
Israeli soldiers "killed in Gaza blast"
After setting off a 1,500 kg bomb, militants lobbed mortar bombs and opened fire at Israeli troops evacuating the wounded, sparking a fierce gun battle that lasted for over an hour. A spokesman for the Fatah Hawks said the attack was in revenge for the "assassination" of Arafat, who died on November 11 of an undisclosed illness at a French hospital.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=637306
Man dies in crossfire in own home
Sabeer Shaloof, aged 36, was shot in the neck while in his home in the town of Rafah, near the Gaza border with Egypt, the sources said. Fierce fighting broke out between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants after at least four Israelis were killed in an explosion inside a tunnel close to the Israeli checkpoint on the volatile border.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11673523%255E1702,00.html
Israel closes Rafah terminal on borderline with Egypt
Israeli Army Radio reported that the army decided to close down the crossing, the only exit for Palestinians from the Gaza Strip tothe world, until a further notice.One Palestinian militant was killed and other managed to run away from the area after he had stolen a heavy Israeli army machinegun
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/13/content_2326228.htm
Badly Beaten Settler Found Near Nablus
Earlier on Saturday, Palestinians had alerted Israeli police to a settler who attempted to steal sheep owned by a local herder and attacked him in the process. The injured settler later told police that the Palestinians had beaten him and stolen his weapon. Israeli Security forces have detained a number of Palestinians for questioning. (Armed near Nablus, for peace?)
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week2/121204/badly%20beaten%20settler.htm
Add your signature to the open letter
Britain and France have been involved with this part of the world since the end of the 19th century. Since 1945 you have supported the forces of peace and cooperation in Europe and all over the world. We ask you to use your influence and do the same in the Middle East!
http://www.petitions.medicks.net/
Cabinet Approves Release of Some Palestinian Prisoner
While Israeli media reports mentioned the names of few jailed Palestinian leaders, including Husam Khader (Fatah) and Abdul-Rahim Malouh (PFLP) as likely to be released, Palestinian official sources described the expected release as "only symbolic", adding that it would only include prisoners who will end their imprisonment terms in a short period of time.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week2/121204/israel%20to%20release.htm
Palestinian official calls for unconditioned release of prisoners
Israel announced earlier that it will begin the process of releasing 100 to 200 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday as part of a prisoner swap, during which a convicted Israeli spy was released from an Egyptian prison last week.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/12/content_2326165.htm
Jailed Fatah leader Barghouti ends run for PA chairman
His wife, Fadwa, and his associates, Ahmed Ranem and Ziad Abu Ein, called a news conference in Ramallah on Sunday to read a letter from Barghouti, which was harshly critical of the Fatah leadership, but implied that he would pull out of the race.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/513386.html
PA to get $600m. of Arafat's funds
Farouk Kaddoumi, told members of the Palestine National Council during a meeting in Jordan last week that the money had already been delivered to PA Finance Minister Salaam Fayad. But Fayad, who is visiting Morocco, denied in an interview with the Jerusalem-based Al-Quds newspaper that he had received any money
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1102752565664
PLO chairman apologizes to Kuwait over stand on Iraq invasion
"We apologize to Kuwait and the Kuwaiti people for what we did," Abbas told reporters... Abbas spoke at Kuwait airport shortly after landing at the head of a large delegation on the first visit by a Palestinian leader since ties were frozen 14 years ago over the late Yasser Arafat's backing of the invasion by Saddam Hussein's troops.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1512&e=7&u=/afp/20041212/wl_afp/kuwaitpalestinian_041212141503
Kuwaiti PM vows to continue support for Palestinian cause
The Palestinian delegation has visited Jordan, the first leg of a its Arab-Gulf tour aiming at restoring and boosting Palestinian relations with the Arab states. The delegation will head to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman after visiting Kuwait.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/12/content_2326175.htm
Likud, Shas hold first coalition contacts, more talks planned
It is widely believed that Sharon is not interested in Shas' joining the coalition, but was merely fulfilling his promise to negotiate with the party in order to ensure the Likud Central Committee's approval of negotiations with Labor.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/513359.html
Israel's Labour opens way for alliance
Israel's opposition Labour party says it has no preconditions for joining with Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon, paving the way for a broad new government to push through his Gaza withdrawal plan.
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5399233
Sharon accuses media of 'sick passion' for critiquing IDF
Sharon said the media has a "sick passion" for publishing reports that are liable to be proven incorrect eventually and warned that such actions could damage Israel's image in the eyes of the world. Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said such attacks coming from the Israeli media are erroneous, damaging and weaken Israel's international standing.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/513336.html
Fatah rejects Hamas call for unified leadership
"Forming a unified leadership means canceling Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people," said Ifranji, who is also the Palestinian Ambassador to Germany.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/12/content_2324449.htm
Labor Central Committee approves primaries compromise
The compromise was reached last week between party chairman Shimon Peres and former prime minister Ehud Barak. Labor faction whip MK Dalia Itzik played a key role in bridging the gap between the two sides.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/513378.html
Presbyterians urge reversal of decision to divest from Israel
The group, Presbyterians Concerned for Jewish & Christian Relations (PCJCR), issued a statement in reaction to a July resolution issued by PCUSA's governing body, the General Assembly Council, to "initiate a process of phased selective divestment in multinational corporations doing business in Israel."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=513001&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Palestinian director shows co-Israeli produced film in Gulf emirate
The 47-year-old film-maker said he was not invited to film festivals in Tunisia and Spain since making "The Olive Harvest" last year, when it won two awards in Cairo. "Organisers don't know what to do with me, they think it's a risk (inviting me). But I would love to take that risk. I want to teach them democracy," Elias said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=12&u=/afp/20041212/wl_mideast_afp/afplifestyleuaedubaifilmfestivalmideast_041212182507
Israeli Democracy
By assassinating Rabin the Israeli right not only seized political power —including inside the Labor Party—but also drove the last nail in the coffin of a certain kind of Israel. That Israel gave way to a new kind of country, with its own particular values and, in the end, a new constitutional framework and set of institutions. How was the transformation to this new Israel accomplished?
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=22&ItemID=6851
Analysis / Never-ending rocket attacks are taking a toll on two fronts
Some 100 houses have been hit directly; about 300 indirectly. Dozens have been wounded. Two people have been killed. A lot of property has been damaged - hothouses, roads, sidewalks, trees, electricity poles and lampposts, public structures and private homes.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/513048.html
No one changed the rules
The message has always been unequivocal: liquidate. The person who issued the first liquidation order, in Bethlehem, is responsible as well for the "confirmation of killing" in the village of Raba'a, near Jenin; the person who set up a checkpoint between Beit Iba and Nablus is responsible for all the acts of abuse against the residents who get stuck there - with or without a violin.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/513059.html
The Arabs are coming! The Arabs are coming!
Egypt, for example, plans to send back its ambassador to Israel after the Palestinian Authority elections because it wants to post representatives at some level in the PA as well. Jordan is waiting for the conclusion of the discussions on the release of the four Jordanian security prisoners whom Israel is holding in order to return its ambassador, too.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/513058.html
U.S. Soldier Jailed for Murdering Iraqi
A U.S. soldier was sentenced to three years in jail for the murder of a wounded Iraqi teenager... During the proceedings his action was described as a "mercy killing." He shot a youth who had survived an attack by U.S. troops on a garbage truck which they suspected of being used by guerrillas during a Shi'ite uprising in Baghdad in August.
http://english.daralhayat.com/arab_news/12-2004/20041212-Reu_MDF03738.TXT/story.html
Sadr attacks parliamentary politics
"The elections aim to separate the Iraqi from his religion. When people vote for politicians, secularists, those who co-operate with the occupation - they will not think of God," said Mr Sadr in a letter read out by one of his deputies in north Baghdad's al-Muhsin mosque.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/5db7acf6-4adb-11d9-a0ca-00000e2511c8.html
U.S. Soldiers Detain More Than 50 Iraqis
Two raids were conducted on Saturday in Hib Hib, a town about 40 miles northeast of Baghdad, in a "search for known insurgents," according to a statement released by the 1st Infantry Division. Soldiers also seized a range of firearms and other weapons in the raids, the military said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=13&u=/ap/20041212/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_arrests
Some Detainees in Iraq Refusing Meals
Badee Izzat Aref, an Iraqi lawyer appointed by the family of former Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, said another lawyer told him that some detainees once on the U.S. list of Iraq's 55 most wanted had refused meals since Friday. "They don't acknowledge the legality of their trials or their detention," Aref said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=7&u=/ap/20041212/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_detainees
US spying on head of UN atom agency, seeking to oust him: report
"The intercepted calls have not produced any evidence of nefarious conduct by ElBaradei," the Post said, quoting three unnamed US officials who had read the transcripts. "Some people think he sounds way too soft on the Iranians, but that's about it," one official was quoted as saying.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=6&u=/afp/20041212/wl_mideast_afp/usirannucleariaea_041212191402 |
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