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Israel shuts Palestinian poll offices in Jerusalem
About 1,000 registration centres have been opened in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem for presidential and legislative elections which are nearly four years overdue. But Israel holds that Jerusalem, including the Arab eastern sector, is its capital and objects to Palestinian electioneering in the city.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L13282619.htm
Residents of Three Villages to Block Bulldozers
The villages of Deir Samit, Beit Awwa and Al Koun, southwest of Hebron, are loosing agricultural lands to the construction of the Israeli Separation Wall. Over 2,200 dunums of land, that belongs to the village residents and is used to produce olives, almonds and other sources of income for the villages, will be annexed by Israel once the wall is completed.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/DesktopModules/Articles/ArticlesView.aspx?TabID=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en-US&ItemID=436&mid=10400
Palestinian children's fence protest ends in clashes
The demonstration - held under the slogan "Let us learn" - took place in the village of A-Ram, where some pupils have been unable to reach their school due to the separation fence that runs through the town.The Jerusalem education authorities are unprepared for the implications of the fence in the north of the city...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=477405&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
The Family of a Palestinian Prisoner call to save their son's life
Shakshak is suffering serious health condition and is still on an open ended hunger strike he started for the 26 day in protest to the lack of medical treatment in prison. "Um Mohammad" Shakshak's mother said, she is very concerned on the life her son...
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/September/week2/091304/prionsers-call.htm
Should 250 cave dwellers interfere with the fence?
Last week, the High Court of Justice postponed for four months the state's request to destroy the structures and tents in Susiya, a village of caves in the southern part of the Hebron Hills. By then, the residents must obtain building permits for their animal pens, toilet structures and covered caves. None of the residents believes that the Civil Administration...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/477023.html
"Dismantlement 101: Introduction to removing an outpost"
Etkes returned to the site 2 days after the action. The trailer, as in the case of other removed outposts, had been returned to its original location by force. Nevertheless, he succeeded to make his point to the public. "It's not that the government can't remove these outposts, they just don't want to. But they now have no excuse if we were able to do it."
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3082.shtml
US missile attack kills 13 civilians in Iraq
"I am a journalist. I'm dying, I'm dying," screamed Mazen al-Tumeizi, a correspondent for the Arabic television channel al-Arabiya, after shrapnel from a rocket fired by an American helicopter interrupted his live broadcast and slammed into his back. Mr Tumeizi, a Palestinian, was the sixth Arab journalist to be killed by American troops since Baghdad was captured
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=561021
Three die in Jenin missile strike
In a statement to AFP news agency, Mr Zubeidi immediately vowed to carry out revenge attacks for the killings. "This attack will not pass in silence and our response will be in Tel Aviv in the next 24 hours," he said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3652704.stm
Two Palestinians die of wounds; Settlers protest against Sharon plan
Late Sunday, a 19-year-old Palestinian, identified as Daoud Abu Jazar died in Cairo after suffering gunshot wounds over a year ago during an Israeli raid on the Gaza Strip town of Rafah. Medical sources in Rafah said that Abu Jazar was hit with a bullet in the head on 18/11/2003.
http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=284877&lang=e&dir=news
Hebron raided, 7 residents apprehended, one bruised
Soldiers conducted a wide scaled operation in Hebron, in the south of the West Bank, and apprehended seven residents in Hebron and the neighboring villages of Al-Thaheriyya and Al-Sammou' and Al-Fawwar refugee camp.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/September/week2/091304/Hebron_Raid.htm
Israeli tank badly damaged by roadside bomb in Gaza
Palestinian militants blew up a roadside bomb under an Israeli army tank that was driving south of the Jewish settlement of Dogit in northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses reported Monday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/13/content_1977934.htm
Population stands at 6.8 million on eve of Rosh Hashanah
Israel's population on the eve of Rosh Hashanah 5765 stands at 6.8 million people - 5.5 million Jews, comprising 81 percent of the total, and 1.3 million Arabs - according to the latest census figures published by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday. (Russian non Jewish immigrants skipped?)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/477480.html
The Absence of Israel's Occupation in the Press
Recently, the Glasgow University Media Group released a study suggesting that press coverage obscures, rather than facilitates, popular understanding of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict [2] . This is perhaps best evidenced by the general failure of the press to describe the conflict within the accurate context of an occupation.
http://www.amin.org/eng/uncat/2004/sep/sep13.html
Five Israeli Refuseniks To Be Released From Prison
Five young Israelis who were jailed in January for refusing to serve in the army as a protest against the occupation of the Palestinian territories are to be released, the mother of one of the group said Monday.
http://www.turkishpress.com/turkishpress/news.asp?ID=27000
Northern Gaza Lies in Ruins… Again
"We've just finished building our new home and prepared to move in, when – at about three in the morning – Israeli forces attacked the area and demolished the house. They also tore down my 24-meter-long construction materials' warehouse. My seven sons and I put every cent we had for five years into this warehouse.
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_e/ipc_e-1/e-newsstories/038.html
Annan calls on Israel, Palestinians to promptly implement Road Map peace plan
Voicing alarm at the humanitarian crisis created by Israeli activity in occupied Palestinian territory and strongly condemning the terrorism of Palestinian suicide bombers against Israeli civilians, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for prompt implementation of the so-called Road Map... (kill Palestinian civilians, Coffee says it's not terror)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11899&Cr=middle&Cr1=east
Sources close to PM: Referendum on disengagement isn't an option
Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in response that the proposal to hold a referendum was a dishonorable attempt to adversely affect the disengagement plan timetable. According to Olmert, such a move necessitates months of preparation, and would result in the postponement of the original timetable.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/477491.html
Israel to Begin Gaza Compensation Payments
Israel will offer large cash advances on compensation to Jewish settlers to entice them to leave their homes, Cabinet ministers said Monday, a day after tens of thousands demonstrated against the planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005.
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040913_163.html
A Palestinian Security Delegation Heads to Cairo for Talks
Al Qedwa said that the PA security delegation, involving Amin Al-Hindi, director general of the PA's intelligence apparatus, Sa'eb Al-Ajez, general commander of the PA police, and Musa Arafat, chief of the PA intelligence apparatus, would leave the Palestinian territories with the next 48 hours.
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_e/ipc_e-1/e_News/news2004/2004_09/066.html
Islamic Jihad to start dialogue with Egyptians in Cairo
Mohamed al-Hindi said in a statement that the dialogue will discuss three major points, namely reforms, protecting the Palestinian unity and an expected Israeli pullout from Gaza.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/13/content_1977022.htm
West Bank & Gaza: World Bank Supports Water & Sanitation Project
The project will also be part of a long-term solution for the adequate treatment and disposal of wastewater in North Gaza, which entails the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant expected to be financed by various donors. Approximately 300,000 people living in North Gaza will benefit from this project.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20252780~menuPK:34463~pagePK:64003015~piPK:64003012~theSitePK:4607,00.html
PLO: Donors' Aid Should Not Serve Sharon's Plan
The UN General Assembly, the Quartet and the donor countries are scheduled to meet in New York later this month, and the PLO will join these meetings. “Our participation in these efforts will concentrate on … ending the 1967 occupation of (Palestinian) land to the borders of June 4” of that year...
http://www.palestine-pmc.com/details.asp?cat=1&id=1430
On This Day 1993: Rabin and Arafat shake on peace deal
Under the terms of the deal, Israel has agreed to withdraw its troops from Gaza Strip and West Bank by April 1994. Elections will be held in the territories to allow the Palestinians some form of self-government. A deadline for a final settlement has been set for February 1999. Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated on 4 November 1995.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/13/newsid_3053000/3053733.stm
Analysis / Readying for extremists
Senior security sources believe that elements in the extreme right wing have concluded that a dramatic act by a single person is liable to stop the disengagement plan. This view is based on an analysis of recent statements by members of right-wing groups.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/476559.html
"God Wills It!" - By Uri Avnery
The second manifesto declares that the Halakha (Jewish religious law) commands the killing of innocent Palestinian civilians if this helps to save Jews. It is signed by the heads of the "Arrangement Yeshivot", the West Bank settlement rabbis and other religious leaders. They were later joined by one of the two Chief Rabbis (the Sephardic one).
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=22&ItemID=6219
Eitam, Orlev face off before NRP central committee
The National Religious Party convened its central committee Monday evening to decide whether to remain in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government in the midst of its efforts to advance the disengagement plan.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/477277.html
Israelis, read the writing on wall
We must do everything in our power to make sure that the Israeli negotiator has strong cards in his hand. We must do so while the Bush administration, or any successor administration, in the United States solidly supports us. We must do so while Arab leaders on the other side of the divide remain interested in talking.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=8299
PIC: Iraqi Army to Train in 1948 Zionist-Occupied Lands
According to the "Palestinian press sources," who were themselves quoting "Zionist sources," 280 Iraqi army soldiers were selected "by Iraqi and American officers and were also subjected to intensive tests at the US security headquarters...." Their training, according to the same sources, is to begin in October.
http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=68912
Turkey warns US it could stop Iraq cooperation
Turkey warned the United States that it would halt cooperation over Iraq if US forces did not stop their assault on the mostly Turkmen populated Iraqi town of Tall Afar, Anatolia news agency said. "We stated very clearly that if (the assault) continues, Turkey will end its partnership on all areas touching Iraq."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=5&u=/afp/20040913/wl_mideast_afp/turkey_us_iraq_tallafar_040913195736
15 killed in US strike on Iraqi hotspot of Fallujah
"So far we received 15 bodies. Among them is an ambulance driver and two nurses, plus five wounded who were in the ambulance when it was bombed," said undertaker Falah Abdullah. Three pick-up trucks carried the bodies to the cemetery, where a crowd of furious relatives washed and buried their loved ones, killed in the morning attacks, an AFP correspondent said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=1&u=/afp/20040913/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_040913193355
Iraqi National Congress fires Chalabi aide for visiting Israel
Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress has fired one of its most senior members for visiting Israel, a spokesman for the group said Monday. Al-Alousi, who was in Israel attending a conference on terrorism at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center, said that many elements in Iraq are interested in diplomatic ties with Israel.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/477229.html
Italian FM calls for release of Iraq hostages, says no troop pullout
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini called here Monday for the release of two women hostages threatened with execution in Iraq but said Rome would not withdraw its troops from the war-wracked country.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=3&u=/afp/20040913/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_hostages_italy_040913174048 |
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