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25 Houses Demolished in Khan Younis
Witnesses said that the Israeli invading troops have also devastated completely 25 houses as medical crews including ambulances came under fire. As well, the Israeli troops stormed the Al-Farra residential houses of the Khan Younis city.
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1537
JNF not required to act for good of all, court told
The petitioners are asking the court to annul an ILA policy that prevents Arabs from participating in bids to purchase land owned by the JNF. The petitioners say the policy is not in keeping with the Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/515073.html
Adalah: JNF lands come from state, not Jewish contributors
The JNF holds some 2.6 million dunams, comprising 13 percent of the land in Israel. Adalah says the state gave the JNF close to two million dunams, including lands formerly owned by Arabs that were confiscated or seized. "The first million dunams were given to the JNF in 1949, and a second million were given in 1953," Adalah attorney Suhad Bishara said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=515857&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Guardian Discloses Israeli Expansion of Illegal Settlements Close To "Apartheid Wall"
Like other building work along the route of the barrier, it seems to be an attempt to ensure that the land between the fence and the 1967 border remains in Israeli hands in any final agreement with the Palestinians." "At least five other sites along the barrier have settlement work in progress, "Guardian reported
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1521
Israel Unveils New Unit to Run Checkpoints
But the Palestinians say they are a form of collective punishment meant to crush their spirit and ruin their economy. The checkpoint unit is to be stationed at 11 new high-tech terminals being built into the separation barrier going up between the West Bank and Israel, Bar El said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=1312&e=8&u=/ap/20041217/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_checkpoint_unit_1
Not one single settlement
These words are being written in the wake of the state's reply to the community of Nirit's petition to the High Court of Justice against the establishment of a new Jewish settlement with 1,200 housing units to be called Nof Hasharon, adjacent to Nirit but on the other side of the Green Line, in the West Bank.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/515683.html
Five Palestinians killed, 15 wounded in Israeli Gaza raid
Islam Al-Nabrisi and another unnamed Palestinian were the latest two victims during a day of violence in the Khan Yunis camp after an Israeli incursion began shortly before midnight. Nabrisi was shot in the head and the other man was killed by a tank shell, Palestinian security sources said.
http://www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=041217122440.91w87ct9.xml
Sixth Palestinian killed in Israeli Gaza raid
Jihad Abu Omar, 19, was killed by a bullet to the head, medical sources said, adding that 15 Palestinians had been wounded during the incursion. The latest death brings to 4,628 the overall toll since the September 2000 outbreak of the Palestinian uprising, including 3,585 Palestinians and 968 Israelis
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=20&u=/afp/20041217/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestgazatoll_041217164433
Five Palestinians buried under tunnel "still alive": witnesses
The witnesses said residents got in touch with one of the buried who had a cellular phone and were told they were all alive.Earlier reports said the five people were killed when a 14-meter tunnel collapsed Thursday night in the town linking Gaza and Egypt.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/18/content_2349409.htm
Dear soldier
What the system instills is that we are the lords of the land and the Palestinians are an inferior people who under no circumstances are entitled to what we are entitled to; that the occupation is just, obligatory in the situation, that terrorism sprang up in a vacuum, that the Palestinians were born to kill, that the terrorist attacks stem solely from their bloodthirsty character.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtVty.jhtml?sw=Gideon+Levy&itemNo=515441
11 new families settle in Gaza's Nissanit
Eleven families have recently moved into the northern Gaza Strip settlement of Nissanit with the assistance of the settlers' movement Amana. "We heard that there were empty homes, and we wanted to show God that we loved the Land of Israel. God willing, more families will join soon," (No one there to stop them, IOF busy in Khan Yunis!)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=515696&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Peace Now activists released after being detained at outpost
The activists were arrested during a trip organized by the movement for 200 of its members to three outposts in the territories - Nofei Nehemia, Givat Assaf, and Migron. Once the members arrived to the outskirts of Nofei Nehemia, they were detained by an unusually large number of soldiers and police who declared the area a closed military zone.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516021.html
Life stops at coastal road block
Thousands of Palestinian students, merchants, patients and drivers were forced to take cover behind trucks, vehicles and carts on the blocked Gaza coastal road when Israeli soldiers stationed at the watchtowers of Nitzarim colony opened fired on them as they were passing.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3440.shtml
`Historic breakthrough' possible, Sharon says
"The biggest and most genuine opportunity to build a new and different relationship with the Palestinians was created with the passing of Yasser Arafat, who was the main obstacle to peace," Sharon said in an address to the annual Herzliya Conference on security and strategy.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2027&ncid=1312&e=3&u=/chitribts/20041217/ts_chicagotrib/historicbreakthroughpossiblesharonsays
EU praises Palestinians' peaceful transition
In the draft of a statement to be issued after a two-day EU summit, the Europeans urged Palestinians and Israelis to "maintain their current positive and cooperative attitude" in the wake of the death of the former Palestinian leader.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/515902.html
British PM visit region, meet Abbas, Sharon
Blair, who wants to hold a Middle East conference in London early next year to help revive Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking after Arafat's death last month, will also meet Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on his 24-hour midweek trip.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/515878.html
Sharon expects breakthrough with Palestinians
"To achieve big breakthroughs, one needs to make concessions. Israel's biggest concession is the disengagement plan and the withdrawal from Gaza," he said, adding that "it is clear to everyone that we will not be in Gaza after a final status agreement."
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/17/content_2344990.htm
Sharon could doom peace talks, Abbas says
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's hope of annexing West Bank settlements and keeping all of Jerusalem under a final peace deal is a disaster that could torpedo efforts to restart peace talks, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Friday.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041217.wpale1217/BNStory/International/
?Abu Rdainah warns of dangerous Israeli military operations in Gaza Strip
He warned of "escalation of aggression and the wide-scale military operations in Gaza Strip", that include targeting Palestinian civilians, assassination attempts, and the destruction of homes, which could negatively affect the preparations for running the Palestinian presidential elections.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/English/Story.asp?DSNO=689306
Sharon suspends coalition talks with Labor
Sharon allowed the resumption of talks to take place Friday only on condition that Itzik would not be present. According to the report, Labor will receive eight portfolios in the new government. An official agreement is expected to be signed on Sunday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/515725.html
FM thanks Annan for efforts to hold UN Holocaust session
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom thanked United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan early Friday for his efforts to dedicate a special commemorative session in the General Assembly to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. (And for Annan's silence while Palestinians are killed)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516023.html
Settlers split over anti-Sharon campaign
A crisis appears to be brewing at the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip as settler leaders said they were split over whether to call on the public to escalate the struggle against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza Strip disengagement plan.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1103170793007
'Easy access' to boost tourism in Holy Land
The Israeli and Palestinian tourism ministers announced in a meeting last month - their first since fighting broke out in 2000 - that they intended to guarantee easy access for visitors traveling between Jerusalem and nearby Bethlehem, simplifying security checks. ( & The Apartheid Wall)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&article_id=11064
More groups reject Abbas call to demilitarize intifada
The proposal by Abbas to demilitarize the intifada has not only been snubbed by radical groups but is also unpopular with the Palestinian public, according to a poll that was published Thursday. Over 65 percent of those surveyed by Bir Zeit university in the West Bank said they were opposed to the disarmament
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=11078
"Message received": Hatem Abdel Qader on Barghouti's presidential election withdrawal
I think Marwan wanted to make a point about democracy in Fateh, that it's not only Abu Mazen, that the door should be open to more people to run in Fateh. I think he feels that inside Fateh we should hold a conference and at this conference people should nominate themselves, in a kind of primary, before we agree on one [candidate].
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3438.shtml
Israel's Holocaust victims are bilked by their own
But another, yet more embarrassing, Holocaust banking scandal is belatedly playing itself out today in Israel, even if no one - not even the reparation funds or the Israeli government - is drawing attention to it. But rather than settle accounts with the Holocaust families, the banks, led by Leumi, are trying to silence the inquiry... (Can't be called Anti-Semite, COOL)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=11068
Palestinian textbooks: Where is all that 'incitement'?
No country's textbooks have been subjected to as much close scrutiny as the Palestinian. The findings? It turns out that the original allegations were based on Egyptian or Jordanian textbooks and incorrect translations. Time and again, independently of each other, researchers find no incitement to hatred in the Palestinian textbooks.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/17/opinion/edavenstrup.html
Living on burrowed time
Hamas, the senior rejectionist organization, is indeed wrestling with this dilemma. The organization decided to refrain from launching Qassam rockets at the Negev town of Sderot when it discovered that Israel was reacting more sharply than the Palestinian public was willing to absorb (about 130 Palestinians were killed in Operation "Days of Penitence" in the northern Gaza Strip).
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/515618.html
Sharon backs Blair's London summit plan
Mr Sharon's support is a boost for Mr Blair's plan. The Israeli government is normally suspicious of Middle East conferences, fearful of the international community dictating a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Mr Blair and Mr Sharon are trying to keep details of the conference under wraps so that they will have something to announce after their meeting...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1375672,00.html
U.S. Designates Al-Manar TV as 'Terrorist'
A designation by the State Department may only be the first step against al-Manar. The Treasury could decide to include al-Manar on its terrorism blacklist, blocking its assets and making any financial dealings with the channel illegal.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=20&u=/nm/20041217/ts_nm/security_usa_manar_dc_1
Four Iraqis killed in US airstrike near Fallujah
Inside Fallujah, clashes raged in the southern districts.The resistance forces accused in a statement that the US-Iraqi forces used internationally prohibited weapons in its last attack.US and Iraqi forces started a major offensive on Nov. 8 to crush insurgents...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/18/content_2349693.htm |
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