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Thousands protest in Europe against Israeli barrier, support Palestinians
In the French capital between 2,000 and 6,000 joined a rally called by leftist and aid groups. The demonstration was "part of an an international campaign against the construction of the wall" annexing Palestinian territory, said Christian Piquet, a leading figure of the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR).
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=33627
ISM Update on the Deportation of International Activist
She and others were protesting the stealing of Palestinian land for settlement development and "military areas." Hannah was first charged with "not carrying her passport". However it was clear that this was not a regular arrest.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palsolidarity/message/1086
Jailed Fatah leader to be 'kingmaker' in Arafat succession
With recent polls showing that, before Mr Arafat's death on Thursday, Mr Barghouti was the second most popular Palestinian politician after him. Mr Barghouti's wife Fadwa yesterday issued a pointed warning that the transitional Palestinian leadership should be "more aware of their need to have Marwan Barghouti standing beside them".
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3610104&thesection=news&thesubsection=world
U.S.: E. J'lem Residents Should Be Allowed to Vote in PA Election
The same sources also said that Washington will not demand a full withdrawal of Israeli troops to the pre-September 2000 lines, but will ask Israel to withdraw troops from Palestinian cities and to ease Palestinian travel throughout the West Bank.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/November/week2/111404/us%20ej%20should%20be%20allowed.htm
Al-Aksa: New 'Yasser 1' rocket can reach Ashkelon
The Aksa Martyr's Brigades in the Gaza Strip announced that it has developed a new rocket called 'Yasser 1' capable of reaching the Israeli city of Ashkelon, Army Radio reported Sunday. The group described the new rocket as an improved version of the Kassam with a record firing range of 15 km.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1100405848248
Two killed as gunmen clash with Abbas' bodyguards in Gaza
One of the two killed in the shooting is believed to have been a bodyguard for Abbas. The second fatality has not been identified. The former prime minister, who was named earlier Sunday as Fatah's candidate for the Palestinian Authority chairmanship, was unhurt in the shooting; five other people were wounded.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/501473.html
Dahlan denies assassination attempt targeting Abbas
The slogans accused Abbas of not following the same strategy adopted by late Arafat, said al-Jazeera. After the shooting incident, Abbas' bodyguards escorted him outof the tent to the Palestinian headquarters.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/14/content_2218724.htm
Fatah picks Abbas to stand in Palestinian elections to succeed Arafat
PLO leader Mahmud Abbas was placed in pole position to succeed Yasser Arafat as Palestinian Authority president after being chosen as the dominant Fatah faction's candidate in upcoming elections.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1503&ncid=1503&e=3&u=/afp/20041114/ts_afp/mideast_041114152342
PLO Leader Abbas Denied He Was Chosen As Candidate For Palestinian Presidential Elections
Gaza. Leader of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Mahmud Abbas denied the information that he was chosen as candidate for President of the Palestinian Authority, reported RIA Novosti. He said that it was too early to choose a candidate of Fatah.
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=138&newsid=51835&ch=0&datte=2004-11-14
Palestinian PM named security council chief
The decision was taken by the Fatah faction, Arafat's party, and the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) at a meeting in Ramallah in the West Bank, the official said. The decision means that Qorei will have for the first time the real security powers
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=4&u=/afp/20041114/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_palestinian_security_qorei_041114134413
Hamas calls for general elections
"If the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is able to hold presidential elections, why not to hold general elections as well," said Abu Zuhri, who made the remarks at a mourning tent in Gaza for the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/14/content_2217914.htm
U.S., allies drawing up plans to aid Palestinians
The United States also is talking to Israel about steps that would make it easier for the Palestinians to hold elections, officials said. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom will meet with Secretary of State Colin Powell in Washington on Monday.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14188034.htm
Sharon resists calls to change tack on Gaza pullout plan
"We are going to implement our unilateral disengagement plan," a source close to Sharon told AFP on Sunday. "We want to separate ourselves from the Palestinians and we hope that they will separate themselves from Arafat's terrorism heritage."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&ncid=1312&e=5&u=/afp/20041114/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_israel_sharon_gaza_041114160100
Sharon may allow east Jerusalem Palestinians to vote in elections
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his Cabinet Sunday that he won't rule out the possibility of allowing Palestinians living in east Jerusalem to vote for the upcoming Palestinian elections, Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/14/content_2218477.htm
Israel bans E. Jerusalem Palestinians from vote
Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Sunday that Israel will not allow Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem to participate in the upcoming elections, Israel Radio reported.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/14/content_2217807.htm
PNA wants international guarantee for holding elections: Dahlan
Former Palestinian internal security minister Mohamed Dahlan said Sunday that the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is waiting for an international guarantee to hold presidential elections in January.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/14/content_2217958.htm
Democracy crucial for viable Palestinian state: Blair
"You're not going to get a viable Palestinian state unless you have the democratic institutions in place, unless you have the economic development in place and unless you have the security infrastructure that means that we can bear down on the terrorism that threatens the process," Blair told NBC
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=6&u=/afp/20041114/wl_mideast_afp/us_mideast_blair_interview_041114162851
Presbyterian Church receives arson threat over Middle East policies
A church spokesman says the letter threatened to set churches on fire while people were inside in retaliation for "anti-Israel and anti-Jewish attitudes." The church's General Assembly decided in June to begin the process of selective divestment from corporations supporting the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank
http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=2561665
IDF: PA cooperation now the best it has been in long time
While Ya'alon noted enhanced cooperation with the Palestinians, he denied published reports that Israel had granted Palestinian Authority security forces official permission to carry weapons throughout the West Bank.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/501402.html
The Passing of Arafat - With Him Goes the Two-State Solution
And when you are the reference point, you can afford to shift your position at will. More or less. That's why only Arafat was able to shake hands and sign less-than-just interim deals with Israeli leaders of all convictions -- including accused war criminals -- without being seriously accused of treason.
http://www.counterpunch.com/barghouti11132004.html
Play It Again Bush And Blair
It is said that one can fool some of the people, some of the time, but not all the people, all of the time. President Bush and Prime Minister Blair can't possibly believe Palestinians will fall for the same tricks that have been thrown at them for years now.
http://www.amin.org/eng/sam_bahour/2004/nov14.html
The Arafat succession scramble
Arafat's successor will need to juggle between negotiations with Israel, which will require concession on refugees' “right of return” to Palestine, and the aspirations of more than three million Palestinians who wish to come back to the homes from which they were expelled in the wars of 1948 and 1967.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_12-11-2004_pg3_7
Why I fear for the dream of my life
My parents' abiding dream was to go back to the farm and mud-brick house in Ashoud, their sleepy home town on the Mediterranean. But they spent their lives in transit, waiting for this dream to come true. Their dream lives on in me and in my children, too.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1350958,00.html
Analysis / Elections are the focus now
Ariel Sharon's office always expected U.S. President George W. Bush to stand by his promises to the prime minister and reject British Prime Minister Tony Blair's demand for immediate talks between Israel and the Palestinians. And when they saw the joint press conference given by Bush and Blair on Friday, they were not disappointed: Bush took care of Sharon.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/501158.html
Focus / Filling Arafat's shoes
There were those who saw this as a sign that the new leadership, headed by Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Ahmed Qureia (Abu Ala), will have a tough time keeping control over the intifada activists, including members of their own movement.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/501147.html
Neutrality on Mideast favoured, polls find
About 60 per cent of poll respondents believed the Palestinian Authority has connections with terrorists. What the pollsters found, however, was a basic lack of sympathy for the Israeli cause among Canadians, and widespread ignorance of the fact that Israel is a democracy.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041112/ARAFATLOBBY12/TPNational/?query=poll%20canadians%20neutral
Iraqi Red Crescent presses US troops for full access to Fallujah
The Red Crescent said it fears that civilians are dying of starvation and a lack of medical equipment inside Fallujah, which has been the scene of a week of fierce fighting pitting US and Iraqi government troops against militants.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=11&u=/afp/20041114/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_fallujah_aid_041114164823
Three marines die in booby-trapped building in Fallujah: officer
Three marines have been killed in an explosion as they entered a booby-trapped building in central Fallujah, while another 13 were wounded in a firefight nearby, a marine officer said. Of the 13, 10 were seriously injured in the gun battle just south of the main road...
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=7166&s2=14
54 US Soldiers Killed This Week
In a flurry of weekend press releases, the Department of Defense named another 23 US soldiers killed in Iraq. These deaths bring the total killed since November 8th to fifty four. Such facts contradict the "official numbers" released to the unquestioning media.
http://www.antiwar.com/ewens/?articleid=3977
Two female relatives of Iraqi PM freed -- TV
A militant group has freed two female relatives of interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi but is still holding his cousin hostage, pan-Arab al-Jazeera satellite TV reported Sunday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/14/content_2218740.htm
US to deploy hyper-missiles
The flight will be crucial in demonstrating the feasibility of hypersonic travel. Most media attention has focused on its commercial exploitation for jets that could travel from London to Sydney in two hours. The prime aim is to create hypersonic rockets that would replace current cruise missiles. ( Will Peace-Making get easier? )
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1350964,00.html |
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