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Palestine-Israel, The daily struggle continue
the army raided the village the day before and picked up people suspected of demonstrating. The reason for the decoration was an appearance by Abas Zaki, a member of the central committee of the Fatah... He arrive at 10:25 and spoke for about 20 minutes along with other dignitaries. From there we marched to the Bulldozers who were working just north of the school.
http://www.ainfos.ca/ainfos27137.html
We will not be stopped! No to the apartheid fence! no to the state violence!
Monday, October the 18th will start the court hearing of 11 activists who demonstrated against the apartheid wall at the war ministry compound in Tel Aviv - 23d Februar 2004 - the day the international court in Hage started deliberation on the apartheid wall.
http://www.ainfos.ca/ainfos27138.html
Update on the International Day of Anarchist Solidarity against the Wall
At the request of the comrades in Crete, Greece, we are sending an update on the day of international anarchist solidarity which they are promoting for 22nd October 2004 in support of the non-violent struggle of the Palestinians against the Apartheid Wall being constructed in Palestine and in support of the Israeli conscientious objectors.
http://www.ainfos.ca/en/ainfos15109.html
Foreign Ministry warns Israel, Europe on collision course
A secret report prepared by the Foreign Ministry warns that Israel's global standing could deteriorate in the coming decade and could even resemble the pariah status of apartheid South Africa. Israel could become increasingly isolated in the coming years if Europe becomes more influential, the Foreign Ministry report says.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/488303.html
Israel to limit Temple Mount worshippers during Ramadan
Adnan Husseini, director of the Islamic Trust in Jerusalem, denied an area of the compound was in danger of collapse. No request has been received to limit the area where Muslims can worship, Husseini said, adding that he would not agree to such a demand.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=488295&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Child Shot in UNRWA School Dies
At 09:15hrs this morning, Ghadeer Jaber Mokheimer, a grade five pupil at UNRWA’s Co-Ed Elementary D School in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip died of her injuries from a gunshot wound received while sitting at her desk in an UNRWA school.
http://www.un.org/unrwa/news/releases/pr-2004/hqg34-04.pdf
IDF suspends commander implicated in death of girl, 13
The probe exposed contradictions between the company commander's version of the event and some of the soldiers' versions. Soldiers complained that after the first shots were fired at the girl, the company commander, Captain R., "confirmed the kill" - he approached her body and shot a large number of bullets into her at close range.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/487788.html
Seven Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday
Dr. Mohammad Al-Najjar, head of the Reception Desk Kamal Adwan Hospital, in Beit Lahia, in the north of the Gaza Strip, said that two residents were killed after army shelled Beit Lahia, on Wednesday afternoon.
The bodies of the two residents were mutilated after being directly hit by the shell.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/October/week2/101304/killed.htm
Israeli army expands deadly northern Gaza offensive
Dozens of tanks and army bulldozers rolled into the town of Beit Lahiya in the early hours as the focus of Operation Days of Penitence, which has claimed the lives of 116 Palestinians, shifted north from the nearby Jabaliya refugee camp. They flattened several buildings and fields as they entered the area...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1503&ncid=1312&e=1&u=/afp/20041013/ts_afp/mideast_041013153102
Double Standards That Kill
Israel is engaged in the mass destruction of the Gaza Strip, subjecting people who have been suffering for decades from what in any other circumstances world leaders would denounce as ethnic cleansing if not outright genocide. Yet, other than pro forma criticism, there is great tolerance for the ongoing massacre.
http://www.world-crisis.com/analysis_comments/915_0_15_0_C/
US church piles pressure on Israel
The church has nearly $8 billion invested in companies currently operating in Israel. Although one official said any actual divestiture of stock would take more than a year to complete, the church has already begun researching which companies may be engaged in business activities deemed harmful to the Palestinian people and the peace process.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C99827C4-3DAD-4239-BCA5-5263F6C2EC8A.htm
Israel's Christians spitting mad
Christians in Jerusalem have attacked what they say is the increasingly common phenomenon of ultra-orthodox Jews spitting on them. The statement followed a brawl between an orthodox Jewish yeshiva (religious school) student and an Armenian archbishop.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/13/wspit13.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/10/13/ixnewstop.html
Mofaz: Arrest of Hebron Hamas leader should reduce attacks
"Kawasme is a mass-murderer whose hands were soaked in blood of many of Israel's civilians. I very much hope that the arrest will disrupt the [Hamas] infrastructure in Hebron and reduce the number of attacks emanating from the region," said Mofaz.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/488250.html
Double Standards and Curious Silences - Amnesty International: A False Beacon?
According to AI, the Israeli depredations on occupied land are acceptable as long as they "respect" human rights. It is also difficult to imagine that a military occupation could ever be imposed while observing "human rights". when Palestinians kill some civilians, then it constitutes a "crime against humanity" -- one of the most serious crimes under international law, and a precursor to genocide. But, when Israel kills far more civilians...
http://www.counterpunch.com/rooij10132004.html
Bargouthi: “The Initiative is not a new faction; it is to create a wide Coalition"
Sadly, Palestinian factions are now working in order to serve themselves and not the Palestinian cause; we want to return the movements to their origins in representing the people, and not containing them.
http://www.imemc.org/interviews/2004/september/barghouthi.htm
Palestinian state more likely with Netanyahu than Sharon: Arafat
"With Sharon it's very difficult," he told the Financial Times. "Maybe Netanyahu (says he) is against the withdrawal (from Gaza) but he's in an election campaign." Netanyahu, a former premier who remains the darling of Sharon's Likud party, called last month for a national referendum on Sharon's proposed evacuation of Israeli settlers and troops from the territory next year.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&ncid=1312&e=14&u=/afp/20041013/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_palestinian_041013055743
EU's Solana unveils new approach to Mideast peace
A plan by Israel to withdraw from the occupied Gaza Strip could only be part of a wider strategy of pulling back to within Israel's 1967 borders, he said, adding: "If the exit strategy only looks at Gaza, then Israel cannot continue to count on financial assistance from the European Union."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1332247.htm
Shaath aims to boost Syria ties, warns against Israeli 'crimes'
"We have discussed all means to boost Syrian-Palestinian relations at all levels," he said. After several years of tension, relations have been on the mend, with Damascus voicing support for Yasser Arafat in the face of Israeli threats to expel the veteran Palestinian leader.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&ncid=1312&e=2&u=/afp/20041013/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_syria_041013151658
Most Israelis favor early elections: poll
Forty-six percent of respondents said Sharon should opt for early polls, 38 percent said he should enlarge his coalition and two percent deemed he should leave things as is. The remainder did not express an opinion.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&ncid=1312&e=7&u=/afp/20041013/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_israel_politics_gaza_poll_041013120248
Arab forum raises $23.5 million for Gaza inhabitants
Participants at an Arab forum in Beirut gathered $23.5 million in relief money for Gaza Strip inhabitants who have been under Israeli bombing for 13 consecutive days. The Care for Gaza initiative, begun at the UN-sponsored Arab-International Forum on Rehabilitation and Development in the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT)...
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=9214
Israel retracts rocket claim against UN agency
The UNRWA agency said it needed a full public apology to safeguard the security of U.N. staff operating in the area. Israel raised a stir at the United Nations last week with its accusation against the Gaza-based U.N. agency...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L13591613.htm
Illusions and delusions of combat
More than 100 Palestinians are dead and over 400 injured. Around 40 percent of the casualties are children. About 80 homes have been destroyed, agricultural land has been devastated - the exact amount remains to be assessed - 38,000 children have been unable to get to school, neighborhoods are under siege, streets are singed black.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/487920.html
Barghouti hopeful for Palestinians' future
"Israel is trying to divide and conquer the Palestinians; that is why building ... national unity is crucial. ... We will defeat Sharon." For Barghouti, the way to do that is by building an internal democratic system. "That is why we are very much (in favor of) elections, as this is the way to sustain Palestinian legitimacy, and this is the only way to maintain unity."
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=9217
In the land of the bluff
Labor voted against the government to increase its chances of joining the government. If it embarrasses Sharon, he'll feel more pressure in sensitive places. Dov Weisglass explained very nicely that Sharon is implementing the disengagement plan to ensure that a final wider peace deal goes to hell.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/487923.html
The Shin Bet chiefs did it
The prime minister described the alternatives that he faced in the fall of 2003. They included dismantling the Palestinian Authority and a full reoccupation of the territories, an agreement based on a deep withdrawal as in the Geneva Accord, or a proposal by "one minister" (Silvan Shalom).
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/487921.html
Arab American voters drop support for Bush
In a poll of Arab Americans in those states conducted in September after the Republican convention, 47 percent of voters favored Kerry to 31.5 percent for Bush. Nine percent favored Ralph Nader, the independent candidate who is of Lebanese descent, while 12 percent were undecided.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N13612665.htm
Iraqi PM warns Fallujah: Give up Zarqawi or face bombs
Anti-US attacks continued in Iraq, with six US soldiers killed in three separate bombings after US forces struck rebel positions in the Sunni Muslim hotbeds of Fallujah and Ramadi late Tuesday, killing 11 people.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=1&u=/afp/20041013/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_041013175249
Iraq urges donors to speed up funding
Iraq on Wednesday urged donors to speed up funding for its reconstruction and step up pledges to forgive much of its $125bn debt, saying faster project implementation was vital in the struggle against insurgency.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d4c3fe08-1cfa-11d9-abbf-00000e2511c8.html
Iraq faces soaring toll of deadly disease
Soaring rates of disease and a crippled health system are posing a new crisis for the people of Iraq, threatening to kill more than have died in the aftermath of the war. Deadly infections including typhoid and tuberculosis are rampaging through the country, according to the first official report into the state of health in the country.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=571593
Iraqi woman tells of US abuse
Iraqi businesswoman said to have been the last female prisoner at Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison said she saw soldiers there abuse other prisoners, it was reported today. Houda Al-Azzawi also said that, while held in another detention centre before being transferred to Abu Ghraib, she was beaten, deprived of food and sleep and had her shoulder dislocated by a guard...
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=6277&s2=13 |
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