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UN: 39 Gaza homes destroyed; 3 hurt in Qassam fire on Sderot
Palestinians began trickling back to their homes in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Khan Yunis on Sunday, in the wake of an Israel Defense Forces operation in the area that left 11 Palestinians dead and, according to the United Nations, 39 houses in ruins.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516138.html
Travel limits on PA candidates lifted
Still, Barghouti complained that he had been delayed for two hours at Gaza's Erez checkpoint for nearly two hours and that the IDF did not allow some of his aides to accompany him into the Gaza Strip. He also criticized the PA leadership for failing to seek assurances from Israel regarding the freedom of movement for all the candidates.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1103429251819
Khanyounis: Child Wounded, Death Toll Mounts to 11
A child was wounded early Sunday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Khanyounis city, southern Gaza Strip (GS), Palestinian medics said. Mohammed Abu Shab 14, was shot with a live bullet in the belly and the right hand when Israeli soldiers, stationed at vicinity of Israeli colony of "Naveh Dikalem"
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1952
Israel to release 170 Palestinian prisoners
The panel, headed by Sharon, agreed to release 120 Fatah activists and 50 Palestinians arrested in Israel without legal entry permits. The prime minister also spoke Sunday of his "deep friendship" for Mubarak. Sharon's office said the prisoners would be released within days.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516359.html
Israeli aircraft fires missiles at northern Gaza
unmanned Israeli aircraft fired at least three missiles at a group of Palestinians in Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza on early Sunday, Palestinian officials said. The airstrike came hours after Palestinian militants fired three rockets into the southern Israeli city of Sderot.
http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/19/content_2355393.htm
UN employees to return to Gaza
The UNRWA decided to pull out its international staff from the Gaza Strip five months ago after they faced difficulties in having a free access to and from Gaza, as well as moving freely inside the area. The Israeli army incursions and roadblocks have prevented them from reaching areas that need humanitarian aids.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/19/content_2355537.htm
Expert: Philadelphi route pullout ends occupation in int'l law
According to Matias, "When we quit Philadelphi, even if the Palestinians don't yet have a port or airport, the responsibility will no longer be ours. The area will not be considered occupied territory. When the Palestinians have a crossing to Egypt and additional options for transferring merchandise, even if there is no port yet, we have no responsibility."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=516344&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Islamic Movement leader, followers end hunger strike
Northern Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Raed Salah and 12 of his followers ended their hunger strike on Sunday after nine days. The five jailed men joined the hunger strike apparently to force an amendment to the indictment against them or at least to allow their release on bail.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=516402&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Israeli Arab 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 Israeli Arab 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/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=516345&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Seven candidates to run in Palestinian elections
The campaign for the presidential elections is scheduled to start on Dec. 25 and finish on Jan. 7. Meanwhile, the first 42 international observers have arrived in the Palestinian territories to monitor the election.
http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/19/content_2355505.htm
Blair pursues Mid-East mission
Such a conference - probably to be held in London in February following Palestinian elections on 9 January - would not herald the resumption of peace talks but would perhaps be a building block towards that end.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4108859.stm
Israelis warn Blair not to 'interfere' in Palestinian process
Tony Blair's attempt to stage a Middle East conference in London could "interfere" with Israel's planned timetable for withdrawal from the Gaza strip, Ehud Olmert, the country's deputy prime minister, said yesterday.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/19/wmid19.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/12/19/ixnewstop.html
Former Israeli minister arrives at Cairo to discuss Palestinian elections
Beilin, one of the chief Israeli designers of the 1993 Oslo peace accords with the Palestinians and the leader of Israeli left-wing Yahad party, will discuss the current Palestinian situation and the elections slated for Jan. 9 with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit and other officials
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/20/content_2356038.htm
Parties unite as Israel strikes Gaza
Negotiators from the opposition centre-left Labour and Mr Sharon's right-wing Likud were applying the finishing touches to the confirmed coalition deal before the official signing overnight, Israeli radio said.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11737877%255E2703,00.html
Labor won't approve coalition deal until Tuesday
The two sides reached an agreement Saturday, after late-night talks led to a solution to a crisis in negotiations. Labor sources said that the decision to delay the central committee meeting is a matter of logistics, in order to ensure a high turnout of MKs.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516137.html
Coalition in new crisis over Peres' appointment as deputy PM
According to the agreement reached Saturday night, Labor Chairman Shimon Peres is to become the second deputy prime minister, along with Trade Minister Ehud Olmert, who already holds the title. But the Basic Law: The Government provides for just one deputy prime minister
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516470.html
PNA hopes Israeli coalition to help resume peace talks
However, he stressed that whatever the type of Israeli government is "won't interest us. What interests us is to have an Israeli peace partner that would be able to implement the agreements and the roadmap peace plan."
http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/19/content_2355667.htm
Jordanian government slams Sharon's statements
The Jordanian government condemned Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's statements that Israel would keep large settlements in the occupied territories and block the return of Palestinian refugees to their homeland
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/19/content_2355454.htm
UAE president reiterates support to Palestinians
The president made the remarks while receiving Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization,Mahmoud Abbas, who arrived here earlier in the afternoon with his entourage for a visit to the UAE as part of his tour of Arab countries.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/20/content_2356221.htm
World Bank president to tour Israel, territories
International aid already covers more than half of the annual Palestinian budget. The bank, which works closely with the donor community and runs aid programs in the Palestinian areas, has said further aid won't significantly help the Palestinian economy without structural changes on the ground. (Occupier enjoys Free Occupation)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=516417&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Nobel laureate compares Israeli nuclear arms to gas chambers
"When I think about nuclear weapons, I've been to Auschwitz concentration camp," Maguire said during a joint press conference with Vanunu in Jerusalem. "Nuclear weapons are only gas chambers perfected... and for a people who know what gas chambers are, how can you even think of building perfect gas chambers?"
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516461.html
Military school
it may be better to expose young people to the IDF at a young age, to prepare them properly for service in the army of occupation. Through the officers who will be sent to the schools - although it is to be assumed that these will not be the best of the lot, since those are busy fighting terror and occupying - young people will be exposed to the character of their future commanders.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516124.html
Bush Confident of Israeli-Palestinian Peace
"I want you to know that I am going to invest a lot of time and a lot of creative thinking so that there will finally be peace between Israel and the Palestinians," Bush told the leading Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth. "I am convinced that, during this term, I will manage to bring peace," he said in remarks published in Hebrew.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=1312&e=6&u=/nm/20041219/wl_nm/mideast_bush_dc_1
Look for a future Palestine in the past Two generations later
Six decades ago, my family celebrated Christmas in its Jerusalem home, as did the families of other Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem, Nazareth and throughout the Holy Land. Then, in 1948, Palestinian society was destroyed. More than 700,000 Palestinians -- many, like us, Christians, but even more Muslims -- fled or were forced into exile by Israeli troops.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/19/INGOPABFSR1.DTL
Follow me to the promised land
Target pinpointed to a yard within seconds. Ready to intercept intruder. The giggling 18-year-old Israeli girl soldiers are relaxed: it’s only the mechanical sweeper that removes stones thrown by the Palestinians. We’re on the green line that divides the Jewish state from the occupied territory of the West Bank.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-1408414,00.html
Egyptian FM calls on Palestinians to stop armed uprising
He said if the Palestinians stop the armed uprising, which was also called for by Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) chief Mahmoud Abbas, the Israeli side should also stop military operations and "acts of provocation".
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/19/content_2352849.htm
Syria must wait until after Israel-Palestinian agreement: Bush
“Now Assad needs to wait: first peace between Israel and Palestine, and then we'll see what to do with Syria,” Bush told a correspondent from the Yediot Aharonot daily during a White House reception.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2004/December/middleeast_December504.xml§ion=middleeast
Report: Iran says it has uncovered spy ring for Israel
Iran said Sunday its intelligence services have uncovered a spy ring that collected intelligence information for Israel, according to a report by Israel Radio's Persian language program.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=516450&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
George W. Bush named Time's Person of the Year
U.S. President George W. Bush for the second time was chosen as Time magazine's Person of the Year, after winning re-election and "reshaping the rules of politics to fit his 10-gallon-hat leadership style" - a reference to his cowboy image.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=516467&contrassID=1&subContrassID=8&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Saddam Tells Iraqis to Unite Against U.S.
From his prison cell, Saddam Hussein urged his compatriots to remain united against the U.S. occupation and warned that upcoming elections could divide the country, his lawyers said Sunday after the legal team's first meeting with the ousted Iraqi leader since his capture.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=2&u=/ap/20041219/ap_on_re_mi_ea/jordan_saddam_hussein |
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