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Film screening in Montreal to denounce the Bantustanization of Palestine
as part of the 2nd International Week against the Apartheid Wall, the Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights in Montreal, Canada, hosted Andrew Courtney (a freelance photographer that has visited Palestine over the course of 17 years) and Emily Perry, in McGill University, where they screened the film they had produced in their last trip to occupied Palestine in spring 2004.
http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/802.shtml
Interim PA chairman: No elections if no vote in East J'lem
If there are no elections for the Palestinian Authority chairman in East Jerusalem, Israel Radio quoted the interim PA leader as saying Tuesday, then there will be no elections at all.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=501784&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Rights group blasts 'racist' US media
Don Imus, of the Imus in the Morning programme aired on weekends on MSNBC, referred to Arafat as a "rat" and called him "stinky" with "beady-eyes". Imus also said that "all Palestinians look like him". The racist comments continued with one of his guests who described the Palestinians attending the funeral as "animals" and joked about their hygiene.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FB53EB48-0428-473A-BA2C-6C9000AAFA22.htm
Through No Fault of Their Own: Israel's Punitive House Demolitions in the al-Aqsa Intifada
Contrary to its argument before the High Court of Justice that prior warning is given except in extraordinary cases, B'Tselem's figures indicate that in less than 3% of the cases were occupants given prior notification of the IDF's intention to demolish their home. In addition to the punitive demolitions, Israel has demolished an additional 3,400 Palestinian homes...
http://www.btselem.org/English/Press_Releases/2004/041115.asp
A Baby between Two Worlds- and without Rights
A.B., about one month old, was born with a heart defect and needed a complicated life-saving surgery, however he was unable to receive one, since the Israeli authorities refused to register him as a resident in the Interior Ministry, and this since his father is an Israeli resident and his mother a resident of the Occupied Territories.
http://www.amin.org/eng/uncat/2004/nov/nov161.html
MK's daughter to be booted from nature reserve
The Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Civil Administration ordered Yael Yisrael, daughter of National Union MK Uri Ariel, to leave her house in the heart of the Wadi Qelt nature reserve in the West Bank within 45 days. Yisrael and her family started occupying an old building owned by the Nature and Parks Authority five years ago.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/502385.html
Israel army pulls back from Jenin
The Israelis also say that four militants suspected of carrying out recent attacks were also killed. Palestinian medic reports that nine people were killed and 25 wounded in the operation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4012751.stm
France Won't Publish Arafat Medical Records
France's foreign minister indicated Tuesday that his country has no intention of publishing Yasser Arafat's medical records and will leave the decision about what to do with them up to his family.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=10&u=/ap/20041116/ap_on_re_mi_ea/france_arafat
Al-Aqsa opposes Abbas, prefers Barghuti as Palestinian leader
The militant Palestinian group Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said it is opposed to Mahmud Abbas being elected president of the Palestinian Authority to replace Yasser Arafat and would instead back jailed West Bank Fatah leader Marwan Barghuti.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1503&ncid=1503&e=1&u=/afp/20041116/ts_afp/mideast_palestinian_vote_aqsa_041116125201
Fatah military wing vows not to hand over weapons
Al Zubeidi was quoted as saying that "so long as the Israeli occupation goes on, the resistance will continue, and the PNA's newpresident doesn't have the right to give up the Palestinian stables.""We are with democracy, but how to hold general elections under occupation? it's impossible," said al Zubeidi.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/16/content_2225529.htm
No candidates yet for Palestinian elections
After the announcement of the election date on Sunday, new Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) chief Mahmoud Abbas, or Abu Mazen, quickly denied reports that he has been chosen by the mainstream Fatah movement as its candidate for presidency.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/16/content_2222718.htm
Hamas asks Abbas to also hold elections for parliament
Abbas rejected this demand and told the Hamas representatives that their participation in the PLO or a united leadership would be made possible only after they - together with Islamic Jihad - would recognize negotiations with Israel as a method of recovering Palestinian lands.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/502364.html
Larsen: “There is a new opportunity for peace”
“Israeli should refrain for activities which undermines trust between the two parties, especially settlements, and should take steps to improve the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian areas”, Larsen said. Larsen considered the separation wall in the West Bank as an obstacle which destroys the trust needed to restart any future negotiations.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/November/week3/111604/Larsen.htm
Powell to go to Israel, Palestinian territories next week
Shalom, speaking from Washington, where he is on an official visit, said that Powell would "promote the electoral process, which will enable the emergence of a moderate and responsible Palestinian leadership."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&ncid=1312&e=1&u=/afp/20041116/pl_afp/us_powell_mideast_041116151522
Palestinians want more 'balance' from Powell's successor
"Mr Powell earned our respect from our meetings and communications with him. He was a strong man and a good man but the US policy is not about personalities," Erakat told AFP on Tuesday. "We hope that in the future, the United States and President (George W.) Bush will exercise balance with its policies in our region."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=20&u=/afp/20041116/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_palestinian_us_powell_041116101720
Dahlan warns against ignoring Arafat's red lines
Answering the Xinhua question, Dahlan explained that the red lines were the issue of East Jerusalem that is the capital of a future independent Palestinian state, the fair solution to the Palestinian refugees issue, the land-for-peace principle and related UN resolutions.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/16/content_2225159.htm
Bassi: More than 25% of Gaza settlers asked for pullout info
The head of the Disengagement Administration, Yonatan Bassi, said Tuesday that between one quarter and one third of Gaza Strip settlers slated for removal under the terms of the disengagement plan have for information on the terms of the evacuation.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/502404.html
Recession deepens; Netanyahu hints at cuts to public sector
Expenditures on individual consumption - the average amount an Israeli spends on basic goods - dropped by an annual rate of 0.8 percent. The current measure of such spending is also smaller than economists had predicted. One of the reasons for the drop in consumption is unemployment
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/502393.html
After Arafat: refracted reflections
Indeed, the death of the man who long symbolized the Palestinian struggle for liberation, rights, and statehood gives rise to troubling reflections about Palestine itself, not only as an idea or a hope but also as a set of institutions. Even Palestinians who knew and loved Arafat will admit that he kept too much information and power to himself.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3325.shtml
I and the captain are losers
The Israelis want us to accept them as victors, and then the discussion can run smoothly. Equality annoys most Israelis, even in the debates between us and them, between our children and their children. Instead there is inequality in all ways of life between the stronger party Israel, and the weaker party, the Palestinians.
http://www.amin.org/eng/uncat/2004/nov/nov16.html
Analysis / Powell was just a figurehead, not a player
There were many instances in which Powell's State Department was critical of Israel while the White House was more forgiving. This was true regarding construction in the settlements and the outposts, assassinations of wanted terrorists and the separation fence. (Zionist language, translate)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/502024.html
Israeli PM Sharon weighed military coup in 1967
Stressing that no concrete plot was ever drawn up, Sharon confirmed that the then army chief of staff and future prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, did not rule out the option after he discussed it with him.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&ncid=1312&e=8&u=/afp/20041116/wl_mideast_afp/israel_sharon_army_coup_041116114136
Palestinian exhibit to go on in NY despite local criticism
The arts and crafts show, scheduled to go on display in a county-owned building this weekend, had prompted a protest from state Assemblyman Ryan Karben. Karbed urged the county to cancel the one-day exhibit, saying it was anti-Israel
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=502290&contrassID=1&subContrassID=8&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
CIA whistleblower sees 'long war'
Al-Qaeda's hostility stemmed from US government's "unqualified support for Israel" and desire "to manipulate the price of oil" in favour of Western consumers, he said. Al-Qaeda also views US-supported Arab regimes like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan as "Muslim tyrannies". (Mr W Bush, you're either with Dictatotship or you are against it)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4012839.stm
Israel's Mossad rocked by internal crisis: report
Israel's spy agency Mossad has been rocked to the core by an internal crisis which has seen scores of resignations over the policies of its controversial boss Meir Dagan, according to a television report. Dagan, a close associate of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon...
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041115/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_israel_mossad_041115211923
Annan: U.S., U.N. Relationship Important
Relations between President George W. Bush's administration and the 191-nation world body plummeted over the U.N. Security Council's refusal to authorize the U.S.-led war against Iraq. At the height of the debate over the war, U.S. officials warned that the United Nations was destined for the dustbin of history and the fate of the League of Nations.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=14&u=/ap/20041116/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_us_relations
U.S. Marine filmed killing wounded, unarmed Iraqi prisoner
Controversy over the ongoing joint American-Iraqi military offensive in Fallujah has been fuelled by video footage showing a U.S. Marine shooting a wounded and unarmed Iraqi in a mosque in the city on Saturday. The U.S. military says it is investigating the killing.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=502371&contrassID=1&subContrassID=8&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Falluja refugees tell harrowing stories
Cowering in their house with nothing to eat or drink as bombardments and firefights shook the neighborhood, Iyad al-Mashadani and his family dug a meter-deep hole in their yard and drank the brackish water. "We were sure that we would die," said Mashadani, 32, a car mechanic.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/11/15/news/town.html
Aid convoy barred from 'starving' Falluja
The trucks laden with food, water and medical supplies will travel instead to villages around Falluja where tens of thousands of people have set up camp after fleeing the massive week-old offensive spearheaded by US marines, said Firdaus al-Ubadi.
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=7231&s2=16
US soldier shoots Bengal tiger in Baghdad zoo
It is Baghdad zoo. The "insurgent" in this case was a defenseless Bengal Tiger, locked up in its cage, shot dead by a drunken American soldier. What fun. What a brave soldier. (One of America's steps to bringing Democracy)
http://english.pravda.ru/mailbox/22/101/397/14569_tiger.html
Memories of war's horrors led to suicide
when Jeff returned to his parents’ home in July 2003 after serving six months in Iraq as a truck driver, there was nothing ordinary left about him. He started drinking too much. He became withdrawn, depressed and distant. In June, after what his parents describe as months of mental and emotional torment, the lance corporal went down to the basement and hanged himself.
http://www.marinetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-457287.php |
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