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Killing children is no longer a big deal
More than 30 Palestinian children were killed in the first two weeks of Operation Days of Penitence in the Gaza Strip. It's no wonder that many people term such wholesale killing of children "terror." Whereas in the overall count of all the victims of the intifada the ratio is three Palestinians killed for every Israeli killed, when it comes to children the ratio is 5:1. The youngest victims are 13 newborn infants who died at checkpoints during birth.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/489479.html
Gaza girl death officer cleared
The Israeli army has cleared an officer accused of repeatedly firing into the lifeless body of a young Palestinian girl of "unethical" behaviour. While Iman was lying, wounded or dead, about 70m from the Israeli guard post, the platoon commander approached her and fired two bullets from close range at her head, the soldiers said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3748054.stm
Israeli Troops Demolish Historical Buildings in Hebron for Settlement Purposes
In August,2004, the Israeli bulldozers knocked down 13 historical Palestinian-owned homes , east of the Alharam Alibrahimi mosque, for the construction of a bypass road for the use of Israeli armed settlers of the Kiryat Arba illegal settlement
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=598
October 2000, revisited
But there is another aspect to those difficult days that has been erased over the years from the awareness of Israeli Jews: the riots initiated by Jews against mosques, Arab-owned businesses, residences and Arab passersby, in mixed cities and elsewhere.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/490425.html
Disproportionate Force Suspected in Northern Gaza Strip
Among those killed were 50 civilians who did not take part in the hostilities, including 26 children under 18; The IDF damaged at least 235 homes in the northern Gaza Strip: 85 housing units were completely demolished and another 150 housing units were severely damaged.
http://www.btselem.org/English/Press_Releases/2004/041018.asp
3 Citizens, including 2 Children, Wounded, Dozens Arrested in GS and WB
Medics told WAFA that the child Hasnaa Shahwan 6, was shot with a shell shrapnel allover the body while her little brother Hassan 3, was shot in the legs. Both were wounded while they were inside their house.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1796
Two activists shot dead, three residents shot wounded in the Gaza Strip
Moreover, soldiers fired at tens of residents who were trying to cross Al-Matahin – Abu Holy checkpoint, in the south of the Gaza Strip, moderately wounding Rweida Abu Mustafa, 32 years old, sustained a gunshot injury to her head while she was heading to Al-Aqsa University in Gaza city.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/October/week3/101904/Two_killed.htm
Jihad leader's brother dies of wounds in Rafah
Mahmoud Elsheikh Khalil, the brother of Saraya's leader Mohammed Elsheikh Khalil, was seriously wounded a week ago when an Israeli helicopter shelled the refugee camp of Yebna in Rafah in an attempt to kill Mohammed.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/19/content_2107805.htm
Israeli killed in West Bank shooting attack
An Israeli man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a shooting attack near the West Bank settlement of Mevo Dotan, south of Jenin.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/490691.html
17 Palestinians arrested in West Bank
The Israeli army arrested some 17 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian security sources said. The sources said that the Israeli troops stormed the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank and arrested six Palestinian residents there.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/19/content_2112453.htm
Two Peace Cyclists and Three Palestinians Detained North of Nablus
The Israeli occupying forces took the identification cards from the three Palestinians and the passports from the two Swedes. They have been unable to leave for over eight hours. Israeli Army DCO claims incident "doesn't exist"
http://www.palsolidarity.org/DesktopModules/Articles/ArticlesView.aspx?TabID=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en-US&ItemID=519&mid=10400
Palestinian IT thrives despite occupation
For now the future appears bright for stay-at-home Palestinian programmers and designers, at least in the short run. "The ICT sector is least affected by the situation because we don't have any checkpoints on the internet" he says. "Well, we are thinking maybe Israel might start developing that someday. God knows."
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=3&article_id=9376
Israeli destruction of Palestinian homes 'violates international law'
It calls on the United States and European countries who fund the rehousing of Palestinians left homeless by Israeli action to demand reparations for victims or compensation for donors because of the unlawful nature of the destruction. The report also calls on Caterpillar Inc the US-based company that supplies Israel with powerful D9 bulldozers to suspend sales...
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=573565
Rights groups slam Israeli attacks
Israel's policies in the Gaza Strip have come under severe criticism after a leading rights group and a UN agency chief both accused Tel Aviv of violating international law. Israel has systematically expelled tens of thousands of Palestinians from the border area in the southern Gaza Strip, and plans to expel thousands more as part of its "disengagement plan", the report also said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E0EE1985-06BD-4AF0-AE69-61B59FE19234.htm
UNICEF starts distribution of 40,000 school bags in Gaza Strip
UNICEF today began distribution of more than 40,000 school bags to children in the Gaza Strip, starting with schools damaged by the recent military incursions into the North.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3244.shtml
Rival Palestinians Clash in Gaza, 6 Hurt
Witnesses said six people were hurt in gunfights in Gaza City between officers of the Palestinian Authority's internal security service and military intelligence agents loyal to the cousin of President Yasser Arafat, Moussa Arafat.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6534216
Qurei asks for two more weeks to defend cabinet's performance
Qurei had been summoned to present a report to parliament on Oct. 20 after accusations that his government, appointed by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, failed to act on wide spread demands for reform.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/19/content_2112493.htm
PA offices closed by Jenin gunmen
"We have been appealing to the Palestinian Legislative Council for the last eight months to pass a bill that would protect the families of martyrs," Zakaria Zubeidi - head of al-Aqsa Brigades in Jenin - told the AFP news agency. "These offices will remain closed until the law is adopted", he said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3756800.stm
Peres: Sharon risks assassination for Gaza plan
Peres, head of the centre-left Labour party, said the divisive atmosphere recalled the climate when Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was killed in 1995 by an ultra-nationalist Jew opposed to his peace deals with the Palestinians. ( had no impact on Peace Process, White House said)
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19303216.htm
PM mulls abolition of gov't settlement division
It has functioned as the chief conduit for financing West Bank and Gaza settlements, as well as settlements in the Golan Heights. Its operations, however, were only officially recognized in 1998, during Benjamin Netanyahu's term as prime minister. (had no impact on Peace Process, White House said)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/490830.html
FM criticizes EU decision to sign cooperation treaty with Syria
Syria's was delayed by its reluctance to sign up to a clause committing to the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction that the EU has insisted upon in all such agreements since late 2003. (Skipping Israel?)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/490834.html
Public Security Min. approves controversial police appointment
Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra authorized on Tuesday the appointment of Brigadier General Benzi Sau to Border Police Staff Commander, despite the fact that the Or Commission, which investigated the October 2000 clashes in which 12 Israeli Arabs and a Palestinian were killed by police, recommended his promotions be frozen for four years.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/490842.html
Poll: 49% of Arab-Americans back Democratic candidate Kerry
Other causes of the Arab American political swing include the stagnation of the Middle East peace process, Bush's unwavering support for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the war in Iraq - all of which have further distanced Bush from the Arab vote.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=490686&contrassID=1&subContrassID=8&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
July deadline seen for settlers leaving Gaza-official
Jewish settlers slated for evacuation from Gaza will have until next July to go and anyone resisting will be forced out by September, the chief architect of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's withdrawal plan said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19657823.htm
SA under pressure to call off Israeli visit
Olmert, who is due to begin four days of talks in South Africa on Wednesday, will be the most senior Israeli official to visit since the end of apartheid a decade ago. The Palestine Solidarity Group umbrella grouping said the visit by Olmert was a "national shame" for the governing African National Congress, Africa's oldest liberation movement.
http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/zones/sundaytimesNEW/newsst/newsst1098192113.aspx
An author's catharsis: Arab-Israeli MP gets his message across
"I wrote 'Checkpoint' during the hardest year of my life. It was the beginning of the second intifada and I myself was an object of violence," says Bishara, referring to attempts to set fire to his home in Nazareth, and living and working in a general atmosphere of intense hostility.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=9353
Palestine Takes Center Stage at European Social Forum
"End the oppression, end the occupation" was the rallying cry at the European Social Forum in London last weekend, where thousands of delegates from all walks of life descended on Alexandra Palace united in the belief that "another world is possible."
http://www.counterpunch.org/kattan10192004.html
Michelin drops case against Israeli jail satirist
The pamphlet tells readers to begin the "guided tour of Israel's prisons, concentration camps and torture chambers" by being arrested. "The safest way to be arrested, although this also carries a risk with it, is to look like a Palestinian Arab."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1330431,00.html
Arafat aide reports improvement after Egyptian doctors called
Arafat caught his cold last Tuesday, while walking in the windy courtyard of his headquarters, aides said. That evening, he felt nauseous during dinner, couldn't finish his meal and went to bed early, an aide added.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=490675&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Fallujah enjoys respite as US troops await manpower
Part of the reinforcement will be US soldiers freed for Fallujah with the expected arrival next week of British troops from Basra to replace them. Although no final decision had been made, it was believed that a mechanised infantry battalion of 650, the Black Watch, will move into an area...
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=573593
Baghdad to extend arms for cash plan across Iraq
The initiative is largely the result of an experimental "arms for cash" handover in the Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, which has been largely successful. Sadr City residents say the handover scheme has inadvertently increased the flow of arms into the suburb from traders throughout Iraq, hoping to make a profit.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/991223dc-21c1-11d9-8c55-00000e2511c8.html
General Reported Shortages In Iraq
The lack of key spare parts for gear vital to combat operations, such as tanks and helicopters, was causing problems so severe, Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez wrote in a letter to top Army officials, that "I cannot continue to support sustained combat operations with rates this low."
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=6413&s2=19
US soldier's non-combat death raises toll to 1,100
The soldier's corpse was found in his bunk house after he did not return to guard duty, the military said in a statement. A spokesman declined to comment on whether the soldier had committed suicide and said the cause of his death would be announced after the completion of an official probe.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=15&u=/afp/20041019/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_toll_041019120203 |
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