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In Jayyus, Destruction of Land and Uprooting of Trees Lays the Foundation for a New Settlement on Village Land Isolated by the Wall
The new settlement, “Nofei Zufim” (“North Zufin”), has begun to be constructed by Occupation Forces on the western part of Jayyus’ lands. It lies three kilometers to the north and east of Zufin settlement, which was established on land expropriated from the village in 1993. The Wall has already isolated approximately 8600 dunums of land – some 72% of Jayyus’ lands – in addition to destroying another 550 dunums in its path.
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/832.shtml
The Writing on the Wall: Terry Boullata
But in August 2002, we suddenly woke up to see that the army had shifted the Jerusalem checkpoint towards the entrance of Abu Dis. And they brought cement blocks one meter high. So we started to have quarrels with the soldiers because they sometimes denied us access to Jerusalem and sometimes to the West Bank. Bit by bit the Wall became more tangible.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3443.shtml
International documents beating of Palestinian is then arrested afterwards
http://www.palsolidarity.org/DesktopModules/Pictures/PictureView.aspx?tabID=0&alias=Rainbow&lang=en-US&ItemID=331&mid=10439&wversion=Staging
PA says will never give up right of return
The Palestinian Authority will never give up the right of return for all refugees to their original homes inside Israel, Zakariya al-Agha, head of the PLO's Refugees Department, said on Saturday.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1103356912960
Lieberman: Transfer Arab areas of J'lem to Palestinians
Speaking at the Herzliya conference, Lieberman for the first time publicly expressed support for transfer of areas within Jerusalem's municipal boundaries to the Palestinians. Israel's primary problem, Lieberman said, is not the Palestinians but rather the country's Arab citizens.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=515600&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
More victims in deadly Israeli assault
Muhammad Gharghun, a 23-year-old Palestinian, was ripped apart by an Israeli tank shell hours after Ibrahim al-Farra, 19, was killed by a shot to the stomach, medical sources said on Saturday. Nine others Palestinians, including at least four resistance fighters, were killed on Friday after tanks supported by helicopter gunships stormed into Khan Yunus camp.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F4757861-FBCC-442B-A0A5-C1BFE5DD5F4A.htm
Palestinians rescued after Gaza tunnel collapse
Witnesses said Palestinians in the town rescued the men, including a militant, by pulling them out of shaft dug under a house that connected to the tunnel. They were greeted by cheers and many Palestinians fired guns into the air in celebration.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1268235.htm
Bedouins urged not to join Israeli army
The group said it was shocked to learn a number of Bedouin soldiers were serving in the "occupation army, especially on the borderline between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, and obey the orders of their commanders to kill our innocent children and women and demolish their homes."
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041218-095500-3899r.htm
Arab-Israeli leaders call for refusal to serve in IDF
In wake of the killing of five Israel Defense Forces soldiers from the Bedouin reconnaissance battalion last Sunday, the Arab-Israelis political leadership published a manifesto Saturday calling on all Arab youths, including Druze and Bedouins, to refuse to serve in the IDF.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516087.html
Israeli Apache helicopters strike on Gaza
The helicopters hovered on northern Gaza Strip and fired atleast six missiles, said the witnesses, adding that two explosions were heard. Fire fighters and ambulances rushed to the targeted place.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/18/content_2349793.htm
Sharon aides to meet Palestinians to coordinate elections
The talks between aides to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, including former bureau chief Dov Weisglass and political advisor Shalom Turgeman, and senior Palestinians were called despite a new spasm of violence that has shattered a brief period of calm in the Palestinian territories after Yasser Arafat died on Nov. 11.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516051.html
Court extends remand of left-wing activist Tali Fahima
The Shin Bet and police asked Justice Doron Hisdai to extend Fahima's remand by 10 days to continue investigating allegations that she divulged information and aided an enemy at time of war, made contact with a foreign agent and was involved in weapons-related crimes.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/515634.html
Deputy AG: Leaving Philadelphi Route will be seen as end of Gaza occupation
"There is a high likelihood that the international community will be willing to declare, if we withdraw from the Philadelphi Route, that the Israeli occupation is over. Withdrawal from the Philadelphi Route will be a crossroad," Matias said. (Ignoring Air & Sea... and their Right of Return...)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=516081&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
PLO slams Sharon's speech on Palestinian refugees
The Palestine Liberation Organization on Saturday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's denial of the Palestinian refugees' right to return. The Israeli proposal to resettle them in Arab countries is rejected, said Zakareya al-Agha, head of PLO refugees department.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/18/content_2351484.htm
Report: Germany to stop accepting all ex-Soviet Jews
But the fact the number of ex-Soviet Jews coming to Germany has in recent years been higher than the number going to Israel had led to a policy rethink, the newspapers said. Berliner Zeitung reported around 9,400 ex-Soviet Jews were expected to come to Germany this year, exceeding the number settling in Israel by more than 1,000 for the first time.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516070.html
Abbas briefs Omani ruler on preparations for Palestinian polls
But Abbas, who has criticized the "militarization" of the struggle against Israeli occupation, voiced optimism on Wednesday that hardliners would eventually heed his truce calls. "There has been progress in the negotiations with Palestinian factions about ending the militarization of the intifada,"... "I hope we will reach an agreement before, or perhaps after, the elections."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=4&u=/afp/20041218/wl_mideast_afp/mideastabbasomanqatar_041218191417
Likud, Labor to convene to draft coalition agreement
Representatives from the Likud and Labor parties will convene Saturday night to draft a coalition agreement. The coalition, of which United Torah Judaism will also be a member, will be presented to the Knesset next week.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/515725.html
Likud-Labour wind up Israel coalition deal as toll rises in Gaza
The exact composition of the new government -- to be the fifth time that Likud and Labour have shared power -- would not be known until next Thursday, the report said Saturday. Labour's central committee will meet from Monday to Wednesday to decide which of their 19 MPs will be handed the agreed eight ministerial posts, which include two without portfolios.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1503&ncid=1503&e=4&u=/afp/20041218/ts_afp/mideast_041218160425
Mubarak urges U.S. to advance peace process
"We would like the Americans to concentrate on solving this problem," he said, adding that he remains confident a Palestinian state will be created in the coming years. "I see the year 2008, when the second term of U.S. President George W. Bush ends, as the probable time frame," he said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516063.html
Report: Secret Israel-Syria talks expected in Amman in Jan.
Sources in Jerusalem denied the report, and Jordanian sources said that the reason for the report is likely the expected visit of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Amman later this month. The Jordanian sources also stressed that Jordan is not interested in mediating between Israel and Syria.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516077.html
Egyptian FM calls on Palestinians to stop armed uprising
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit Saturday called on the Palestinians to stop the "militarization" of their anti-Israel Intifada The foreign minister was quoted as saying that the Palestinians should shift towards a new phase of Intifada which would involve "active negotiations that would help achieve the Palestinian demands."
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/19/content_2352849.htm
Adalah: JNF lands come from state, not Jewish contributors
According to an agreement between the JNF and ILA at the beginning of the 1960s, JNF funds will be managed by the ILA, and in exchange, about half of the the ILA council members will be appointed by the fund. "We are dealing with a policy that discriminates on the basis of ethnicity," Adalah wrote to the High Court.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=515857&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Shalom calls Annan to voice support
"He said he knows he is going through a hard time and that Israel appreciates what he is doing for Israel since he is in office," said Anat Friedman, spokeswoman for Israel's UN mission of Shalom's telephone call to Annan.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=516023&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
WANTED: Middle East Mediator
What is urgently needed is a restructuring of the international mediation addressing the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Shuttle diplomacy by world powers unable or unwilling to commit to international and humanitarian law as a foundation for Palestinian and Israeli reconciliation is a waste of time, money, and Palestinian and Israeli lives.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3442.shtml
How to Integrate 'Disengagement' into the Road Map
Even with the leadership change on the Palestinian front, US President George Bush last week reiterated his assurances to Israel. It is safe to assume that the Israeli and American understanding of how to integrate 'disengagement' with the road map requires integration in both procedures and principles.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week3/121804/road-map-diseng.htm
US threatens UN agency funds over report - writer
The lead writer of a U.N. report on freedom and governance in the Arab world said on Saturday the United States was threatening to cut off funds to a U.N. agency if the United Nations releases it. Fergani said the United States had already penalised UNDP by $12 million because it did not like the previous report.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18687253.htm
Poll: Many want US Muslims' rights clamped
The survey found 44 percent favoured at least some restrictions on the civil liberties of Muslim Americans. Forty-eight percent said liberties should not be restricted in any way. The survey showed that 27 percent of respondents supported requiring all Muslim Americans to register where they lived with the federal government.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FFB44CD0-7CFA-4D50-B4BF-D404AA073923.htm
Lebanon mulls reprisals against French, US media for Hezbollah TV ban
Lebanon warned that it was considering reprisals against French and US media after the pro-Hezbollah television station Al-Manar was declared a "terrorist organization" by Washington and its broadcasts on two satellites halted. "This is an attempt to shut all voices that oppose Israel and describe it as a terrorist state."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=9&u=/afp/20041218/wl_mideast_afp/usmideastlebanonmedia_041218190624
Syrian troops to redeploy in parts of Lebanon
Syrian troops will start redeploying in parts of Lebanon, including moving away from the area of Beirut Airport, on orders from the leadership of both countries, the Lebanese Defense Ministry said Saturday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=516068&contrassID=1&subContrassID=8&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
US marines do not recommend return of residents to Fallujah
"At some point we'll make a recommendation, we haven't reached that point," Lieutenant Colonel Dan Wilson, a deputy commander of the First Marine Expeditionary Force, told reporters in a military base near Fallujah late on Friday. Thousands fled Fallujah last month ahead of a massive US-led onslaught...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=12&u=/afp/20041218/wl_mideast_afp/iraqfallujahusmilitary_041218125117
Turkish Embassy Guards Killed in Mosul, Turks Say
Several Turkish embassy guards were killed in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul by unidentified assailants while on their way from Turkey to the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
http://uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=8201&s2=18
Blasts pepper Iraq oil network after Al-Qaeda sabotage call
Iraq's oil infrastructure suffered five attacks in 24 hours after a voice identified as Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden ordered followers to sabotage the West's key supplies. There were two blasts on pipelines Saturday and three late Friday, all of them in restive Sunni Arab areas around the capital or in north-central Iraq, officials said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=20&u=/afp/20041218/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_041218161942
CIA Agent Says Bosses Ordered Him To Falsify WMD Reports
Although the word "Iraq" does not appear in the heavily redacted version of the suit, the Washington Post reports that "the remaining language and context make clear that the officer's work related to prewar intelligence on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction."
http://uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=8195&s2=18 |
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