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Four injured, seven arrested in protest against W. Bank "fence"
Four Palestinians were injured Tuesday in clashes with the IDF while protesting against the West Bank separation "fence" near the village Bil'in, east of Modi'in. Seven protestors, five of them Israeli, were also arrested.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/514028.html
Israeli army razes W. Bank village in preparation for barrier construction
The Israeli army on Tuesday razed the village of Bal'ein in the West Bank in preparation for the resumption of the separation wall construction in the area. Palestinian residents said Israeli bulldozers, guarded by jeeps and armored vehicles, razed large areas of Palestinian farming lands.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/14/content_2334637.htm
Israelis hasten land grab in shadow of wall
Sharif Omar has been waiting two years for the bulldozers, ever since Israel's steel and barbed wire "security fence" carved its way between his village and its land. Last week the excavators and diggers finally arrived on the outskirts of Jayyous to lay the foundations for an expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Zufim, fulfilling the fears and warnings of its Palestinian neighbours.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1372963,00.html
In Bid to Include All Settlements, Sharon Delays Wall Approval in Hebron Area
Sharon wants the new plan to include all the settlements in the area west of the separation wall; a move that would fully encircle and isolate many Palestinian villages. The original route of the wall in Gush Etzion, approved by the cabinet in October 2003, enclaves four Palestinian villages with a total of 17,000 residents.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week2/121404/bid-settlements.htm
Knesset Committee Approves NIS 2m for Tourism Projects in Settlements
The Knesset's Finance Committee approved Tuesday the transfer of NIS 2 million to various tourism projects in the Palestinian territories, including at Gaza settlements scheduled to be evacuated under the disengagement plan.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week2/121404/money%20to%20settlements.htm
Palestinians warn of plan to demolish Islamic landmark
Al Aqsa Institute Renovating the Islamic Sites warned on Tuesday of Israeli intentions to remove or demolish the wall leads to al Magharba gate next to the western wall of the Aqsa Mosque. Ali Abu Shikkha expressed to reporters his complete rejection to the Israeli plans aiming at destroying the Islamic landmarks.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/14/content_2333765.htm
A one-time Hanukkah miracle
According to Sholev, somebody mentioned the halakhic (Jewish law) ruling by a number of West Bank and Gaza rabbis that settlers may harvest the Palestinian olives. According to those rabbis, the land of Israel belongs only to Israel, and therefore so does its fruit. Most of the members, however, supported the kibbutz rabbi, Eitan Tzuker, who ruled that the act constituted theft and it was prohibited to enjoy its fruit.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/512422.html
Palestinian policeman killed
Samir Khafaja, 29, a member of the national security forces, was killed in the shooting near Gaza airport, which has been closed for several years. His two colleagues were in a critical condition.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11696828%255E1702,00.html
Abbas: Palestinians should stop violence
Abbas, near certain to win a 9 January election to succeed Arafat, made the comments in an interview published on Tuesday, two days after resistance fighters showed their muscle with the deadliest attack on Israeli troops since May.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BB3ECC6F-30DB-48AC-A13C-00CD6AB1B312.htm
Israeli army destroys Palestinian homes in Gaza incursion
The Israeli army destroyed ten Palestinian houses during a dawn incursion into the refugee camp at Khan Yunes, in southern Gaza Strip, a source at the UN agency aiding Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&ncid=1312&e=7&u=/afp/20041214/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestgaza2ndlead_041214071508
Thai worker killed in mortar strike on Gaza settlement
A foreign worker from Thailand was killed Tuesday when a pair of mortar shells struck the hothouse of a settlement of the Gush Katif bloc in the Gaza Strip where she was working.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/514263.html
ISM activist asks court to order police probe of his shooting
Brian Avery's petition claims that "operational investigations by the IDF are not reliable and cannot replace police criminal investigations." The petition quotes eyewitnesses to allege that he was wounded by IDF gunfire, while an army probe says there was no evidence that it was soldiers who fired the bullets that struck Avery.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=514287&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
ISM Election Campaign Call to Action! and Reports
We need to inform you of events and we need you to distribute the documented reports and mobilize people to put pressure on the Israeli government, the press and your political representatives to ensure Palestinian right to campaign and vote in the upcoming elections.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palsolidarity/message/1100
Mayor of Bethlehem criticizes the "silence" of the Christian world
“For more than four years, army continuously invaded the city, destroyed confiscated lands, while the Christian world stood helpless in spite that Bethlehem has a unique importance for the Christians, and non Christians, all over the world”.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week2/121404/silence.htm
Abbas election campaign to focus on ending occupation
Issues like refugees' right to return, release of Palestinian prisoners and an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders would also be addressed, the official said. He added that granting Palestinian women their due rights and reforming the Palestinian society would also be touched on.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/14/content_2334511.htm
Erekat rejects Israeli conditions to facilitate Palestinian elections
Erekat demanded that Israel must ensure the freedom of movement for the Palestinians to conduct voter registration, campaigning and voting. The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) urged the Israeli government to stop obstructing the elections by erecting checkpoints and arresting people, he said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/14/content_2333936.htm
Israel to allow voting in Jerusalem
A Palestinian official said the sides agreed to have polling stations in post offices in East Jerusalem, as they did in a 1996 vote. The official added that Palestinians would have at least five polling stations in East Jerusalem, which they want as capital of a future state, and that ballots would be tallied outside the municipal borders.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/84E50CA7-E622-496A-99A4-D1723FE21153.htm
Egypt and Israel seal trade deal
The protocol, signed in Cairo, will establish what are called "qualified industrial zones" in Egypt. Products from these zones will enjoy duty free access to the US, provided that 35% of their components are the product of Israeli-Egyptian cooperation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4095011.stm
Egyptian Police stops Palestine Solidarity
The Palestine Solidarity Committee in Egypt is a diverse group including leftists, globalization critics and islamists, which formed in 2000 after the outbreak of the intifada. One of its practices is to collect food and money from ordinary people to distibute it to people in Palestine.
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=04/12/13/0862607
Labor may join coalition solely for disengagement period
Labor MK Ophir Pines-Paz said Tuesday that the Labor party is weighing the option of entering the government for a limited period of time, and without receiving cabinet portfolios, for the sole purpose of implementing the disengagement plan.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/513889.html
France to push implementing Mideast Roadmap Plan
Barnier said that, beyond the disengagement of Gaza, France suggests speeding up the agenda scheduled by the roadmap, by immediately starting discussions on final status and limiting the transition periods.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/14/content_2331826.htm
French Jews' immigration at highest level in 30 years
The Jewish Agency, a quasi-governmental organization, said 2,236 French Jews immigrated between January and the end of October 2004, up from 1,860 during the same period in 2003 and higher than the full-year figure for any year since 1972 when 2,356 French immigrants arrived.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/514388.html
U.S. Jewish Immigration to Israel on Rise
After years of stagnation, American Jewish immigration to Israel is on the rise again, with the number of people arriving this year expected to approach a 20-year-high, immigration officials said Tuesday.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=1&u=/ap/20041214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_immigration
Hezbollah TV goes off air in France following ban
Hezbollah said earlier Tuesday that France's decision to ban the channel on grounds of anti-Semitism was politically motivated and promised to pursue its case to get back on air. Al-Manar said the decision was made under pressure from Israel and Jewish lobbies.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=514302&contrassID=1&subContrassID=9&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Lebanese PM threatens retaliation over French Al-Manar ban
"If the (French) decision is enforced, we will apply the principle of reciprocity," toward French media which are beamed to Lebanon, he told a news conference in Doha. "Certain French officials have admitted Israeli pressure was exerted on them ... Al-Manar did not make a mistake," he added.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=18&u=/afp/20041214/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonfrancehezbollah_041214171955
UN sponsors health magazine as peace bridge between Israelis and Palestinians
The magazine covers public health topics of importance to both populations, seeks to analyze the impact of the conflict on the health and well being of both societies, and provides a forum where locally significant research, programmes, activities and cooperative ventures can be published and made available.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=12798&Cr=Palestin&Cr1=
Abbas: Armed intifada was a mistake, 'has got to stop'
Abbas said that Palestinians should resist the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza without resorting to violence. It is important to "keep the uprising away from arms because the uprising is a legitimate right of the people to express their rejection of the occupation by popular and social means," Abbas said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/514306.html
More corpses surface in Mosul
More bodies, mainly of the Iraqi national guards, have surfaced in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Twenty guardsmen were found lying dead on Tuesday in an area northwest of the Iraqi city of Mosul, Aljazeera has learned. A Reuters correspondent in Iraq's third largest city on Tuesday said he saw the bodies of six young men, all shot in the head as if executed.
http://uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=8120&s2=14
Assailants Set Fire to Iraq Oil Pipeline
He said the fire, in an area about 43 miles southwest of Kirkuk, could cause nearby pipelines to explode. They include the line leading from the northern oil fields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, a principal export route. Kirkuk is about 180 miles north of Baghdad.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=3&u=/ap/20041214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_oil
Saddam being held in Camp Cropper: Iraqi minister
"Yes it is Camp Cropper," Amin told reporters, referring to the heavily fortified compound that forms part of a vast US army complex called Camp Victory, about 16 kilometres (10 miles) from the centre of the Iraqi capital. Speaking the day after the first anniversary of Saddam's capture, Amin said the former dictator was eating well and had gained weight.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=17&u=/afp/20041214/wl_mideast_afp/usiraqsaddam_041214153813 |
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