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Brigadier general cleared of negligence in Jenin deaths
The company commander, who had been authorized to fire "deterrence fire," whose purpose is to frighten residents into clearing out of the street, used shells and machine gun fire instead, causing the death of a 53-year old civilian Hilal Shata and three children, Jamil and Ahmed Gazawi, brothers aged 13 and five, and a six-year-old girl, Sujud Turki. (No Comments)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=502795&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Gaza Strip settlers may go to West Bank
Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank will be able to use the compensation they receive from Israel to build homes in other West Bank settlements, the director of the agency responsible for evacuating settlers said yesterday.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1352889,00.html
Settlers attack Palestinian olive harvesters, clash with IDF
During the past several weeks in the northern West Bank, including in the Itamar area, settlers have stolen olives from Palestinian villagers on a number of occasions. According to an unconfirmed report, the Itamar settlers also attempted to steal olives during the Wednesday morning attacks. (Skipping the part Jewish before Settlers? So, they attacked!)
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/502842.html
NIS 2.8m approved for West Bank settlement construction
The Knesset Finance Committee approved on Wednesday the transfer of NIS 2.4 million for the constructions of public buildings in the Gush Etzion settlement area of the West Bank. Another NIS 380,000 was approved to fund security for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/502883.html
British journalist, ISM activist deported
Last year, security officials said, Carson "was active in the West Bank on behalf of ISM with the goal of disrupting the activities of security forces in the area. Among other things, she shined a flashlight on IDF soldiers during a nighttime ambush
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=502794&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Poll 'must include' east Jerusalem
"Elections must be held in Jerusalem. For us, this is a fundamental matter," he said, referring to east Jerusalem where Arab inhabitants took part in the last and only Palestinian elections in 1996.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11423361%255E1702,00.html
PLO Chief Vows Crackdown on Armed Chaos
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday promised steps to halt the use of illegal arms to stem chaos in Palestinian areas and ensure calm ahead of a Jan. 9 election to choose Yasser Arafat's successor.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=574&e=1&u=/nm/20041117/wl_nm/mideast_dc_107
PLO leader tackles left-wing after failing to bring Hamas into fold
"We are against having just a presidential ballot without announcing a timetable for general elections because then we risk finding ourselves with obsolete institutions," said PFLP member Jamil Majdalawi. Saleh Zeidan of the DFLP also called for legislative and municipal polls by March at the latest.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=2&u=/afp/20041117/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_041117175717
Militants threaten to hang PA men suspected of corruption
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades groups in the northern West Bank threatened Tuesday to establish "revolutionary courts" in order to try Palestinian Authority figures and Fatah officials who served under Yasser Arafat and are suspected of corruption.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=502788&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Qurei's cabinet empowered with full executive power
Interim Palestinian President Rawhi Fattouh has authorized the cabinet and its Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei to exercise full executive power, Palestinian official sources said Wednesday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/18/content_2231333.htm
Palestinians wary of Rice
Condoleezza Rice, President George W. Bush's nomination to replace Colin Powell as U.S. secretary of state, is seen by Israel as a safe pro-Israeli bet, while the Palestinians hope she will carve out a more "balanced" policy.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=10171
France: Bush moving too slowly on Palestinian state
"I heard that President Bush says this will happen before the end of his term. I believe this does not need to wait until 2009. After all, the road map calls for the creation of a Palestinian state by June 2005," Barnier said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=502876&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Palestinians Head to Paris to Probe Arafat's Death
The decision, which followed France's refusal to release Arafat's medical dossier to the Palestinian Authority, came as the French government insisted Arafat had not been poisoned.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6842772
The PLO is his life's work
"You have nothing to worry about, and you have nothing to be happy about. The Palestinian regime has a very strong foundation. It was established over the course of decades, and it has rules of its own. You will never be privileged to see a Palestinian civil war. Forget it. You will never see conflicts that you can exploit to harm Palestinian interests."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/502532.html
With Arafat's passing, Israelis and Palestinians must advance peace - UN envoy
Mr. Roed-Larsen emphasized that "all these steps have to be taken in parallel." Striking a personal note as he delivered his final briefing as the Secretary-General's Personal Representative, Mr. Roed-Larsen paid tribute to his staff and all others working for peace and reconciliation in the Middle East
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=12533&Cr=middle&Cr1=east
Sharon Hints Limited Coordination with PA in Implementing Pullout
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon affirmed the unilateral character of disengagement, insisting that it would be based solely on the Israeli-American agreement, but hinted limited coordination with the Palestinian Authority, in the event the PA engages in fighting "terrorism."
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/November/week3/111704/sharon%20hints%20coor.htm
Zionist death squad plans to assassinate Palestinian leaders: sources
The group is comprised of members of the Gush Emunim organization, which is connected with extremist Israeli settlers. The operation is led directly by Israeli intelligence agency (Mossad) chief Meir Dagan, who is strongly opposed to the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=11/17/2004&Cat=4&Num=020
Arafat loyalists view succession favourite with deep suspicion
Abbas, Arafat's one-time prime minister who is hot favourite to be voted the second president of the Palestinian Authority in a January 9 election, has established a reputation as a moderate by arguing that there can never be a military solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=14&u=/afp/20041117/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_palestinians_041117123237
Death, Delusion and Democracy - By Robert Fisk
The Israelis, with their continued occupation, their continued illegal construction of colonies for Jews and Jews only on Arab land, their air strikes and helicopter executions and live-fire shooting at stone-throwing children, are not part of this equation. They are just innocently waiting to find a new "negotiating partner"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7300.htm
After his death, still the occupation
On the day that Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat died, five Palestinians were killed by Israel Defense Forces gunfire. Four of them were killed in the Gaza Strip: three in a dawn raid by tanks and helicopters on a section in southern Gaza, and the fourth because he was moving around
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/502511.html
Colonial power predictability, native surprises
Due to stiff resistance, that had to be scaled back. Then there was the massive Palestinian uprising of 1936-1939 against both British occupation and Zionist colonization. This took the British empire by surprise. The army put down the resistance brutally demolishing whole sections of towns and villages in the process.
http://www.qumsiyeh.org/onpredictabilityandsurprises/
Optimism unrestrained
Others might be sceptical, but he is now absolutely convinced that Bush is poised to dedicate the full might of the United States to the pursuit of Middle East peace. Fainter hearts may note that Bush has promised similar resolve before. In April 2003, the president came to Belfast and promised to "expend the same amount of energy in the Middle East" as Blair had in Northern Ireland.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1353098,00.html
Neoconservatives gain strength in new Bush team
Many are watching to see whether undersecretary of state John Bolton, a hard-liner on confronting Iran and North Korea, is promoted to the number two position at the State Department. Meanwhile at the Pentagon, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and undersecretary Douglas Feith, both key neocons, remain firmly in place.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17415970.htm
US calls for Lebanon to send army into Hezbollah-controlled south
"It's the responsibility of the Lebanese government to exercise control over the border area. It's essential that this happens very quickly," Jeffrey Feltman told a press conference in the capital, adding that it was up to the government to "disarm the militias".
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=8&u=/afp/20041117/wl_mideast_afp/lebanon_syria_us_041117201939
Police Say 31 Iraqi Cops Were Kidnapped
The police officers were ambushed Sunday in the town of Rutba near the Jordanian border, said a police spokesman in the city of Karbala, south of Baghdad. "There was an attack on a hotel occupied by policemen coming back from training in Jordan," he said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=10&u=/ap/20041117/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_police_kidnapped
A Flame of Humanism Has Been Extinguished
Margaret Hassan has been murdered. That is the most probable conclusion from a video given to Al Jazeera yesterday. For one who met her and got to know her, even if just a little, it is hard to write and read that sentence. But Margaret Hassan--Umm Margaret--in Baghdad has been murdered.
http://www.counterpunch.com/oberg11172004.html
Shiites Seek to Ensure Win in Iraq Vote
The move by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani underscores the zeal with which the Shiite Muslim majority and its spiritual leader are embracing the January vote for a 275-seat assembly, whose primary task will be to draft a permanent constitution for this overwhelmingly Arab nation.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=17&u=/ap/20041117/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_preparing_for_elections
British inquiry finds 'every reason' to accept Gulf War syndrome
About 6,000 British veterans of the conflict are believed to be suffering from Gulf War syndrome -- a term that includes a range of illnesses including cancers, motor neurone disease, chronic fatigue, skin rashes, traumatic stress and aching joints. (Millions of Iraqis as well, but who cares about them)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=12&u=/afp/20041117/wl_mideast_afp/britain_gulf_health_041117131656
Don't learn from the Americans
During the lecture, I asked if anyone knew how many people were killed or injured in the previous day's bombing. No one knew. Nor did they know about the casualties in another bombing. The American press does not draw as much attention to certain aspects of this conflict as it does to certain aspects of other people's conflicts.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/502510.html
Terrorists Made in USA
According to the Western media, the same religious organizations and foundations from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States which supported the Taliban and al Qaeda including "enemy number one", Osama bin Laden, are now supporting the "terrorists" in Iraq. These reports distort the nature of the Iraqi resistance movement.
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=7272&s2=17 |
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