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Anti-Wall protest near Hebron, several protestors wounded Report
A number of Palestinian and International activists managed to reach a military bulldozer and attempted to lie down in front of the blades of the bulldozers while soldiers attacked them and kicked them and threw tear gas canisters and concussion grenades at them.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/September/week3/092004/Protest.htm
Israel to mount diplomatic blitz ahead of UN meeting
The talks would be used "to stress our agreement with the fact that the international community has an important role in promoting peace," while "making it unequivocally clear that Israel insists that the international community, in order to fulfill that role, must adopt a balanced, unbiased attitude," a senior official traveling with Shalom said Sunday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=479184&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Occupation Forces Begin Building New Settlement in Qalqiliya District
The Occupation and its settlers have placed some 40 new settlement housing units for the establishment of the new settlement which has been named Nof Hasharon; 350 dunums of Izbat Salman and Izbat Jalud lands have already been destroyed to build the new settlement.
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/756.shtml
Beyond the Advisory Opinion: Possible Future Strategies
It also insisted that states party to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 had "additional obligations to ensure Israel's compliance" with the Conventions. Finally, the Court (ICJ) declared that United Nations General Assembly and Security Council ought to "consider further actions" against Israel to bring an end to the "illegal situation".
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3105.shtml
High Court turns down petitions against outpost evacuation
Residents of the outpost said they had received a "governmental assurance" that the IDF would not evacuate the outpost and would begin the process of legalizing it. The petitioners said the assurance was given by the defense minister and the IDF head of Central Command.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=479404&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
17 Palestinian Prisoners Placed under Administrative Detention in Harsh Conditions
In recent times, the Israeli occupying authorities began to place large numbers of Palestinian prisoners under administrative detentions, extending in some cases to 14-months periods, attributing such detentions to confidential reasons, thus ignoring all relevant international laws and norms...
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_e/ipc_e-1/e_News/news2004/2004_09/120.html
Qassam lands in Sderot; IDF kills unarmed Palestinian
Meanwhile, Israel Defense Forces troops on Monday killed an unarmed Palestinian approaching a military outpost near a Gaza Strip settlement, the IDF said... Four Israelis were treated on the scene for shock. The rocket also left a number of homes damaged.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=479395&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Two Hamas Activists assassinated in Gaza, eight wounded including two children
the bodies of Rabah Zaqqouq, 38 years old, and Nabeel Al-Sa'edy, 35 years old, from Al-Boreij refugee camp were completely deformed and that their body parts were totally separated from their bodies.... more than seven residents were wounded in the blast, including a father and his two children...
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/September/week3/092004/assasination.htm
Palestinians kill two suspected collaborators in Tul Karm area
Masked Palestinian gunmen killed a suspected collaborator in a public square in the West Bank town of Tul Karm on Monday, shooting the bound man before hundreds of onlookers, including schoolchildren, witnesses said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=479501&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Citizen Assassinated, Israeli Armoured Vehicle Ran over Civilian Car
at Beit Iba military checkpoint, west of Nablus, causing the injury of one of the passengers, witnesses revealed. "The personnel carrier purposely collided with the car while passing through the checkpoint", an eyewitness said, "The wounded was admitted to hospital so as to receive medical treatment".
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1702
Arab Games: Israel Prevents Palestinian Delegation from Leaving Occupied Territories
Israeli occupation forces have banned Sunday the Palestinian delegation from going to Algiers via Egypt to compete in the 10th Arab Sports Games, a Palestinian source announced.The Palestinian delegation, made up of 141 members, left Sunday for Rafah terminal, at the border between Ghaza strip and Egypt, but has not managed to leave Ghaza strip
http://www.aps.dz/an/pageview.asp?ID=71332
Far-right activist held on suspicion of attacking Palestinians
In another incident on Monday, police detained for questioning a female Kedumim resident on suspicion that she attacked members of the Machsom Watch volunteer group at the Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/479530.html
Palestinian economy will sink to mere subsistence without aid - UN study
The protracted conflict in the Middle East is causing the Palestinian economy to suffer severe damage which might not be repaired even if political stability is achieved, a new United Nations study warns, urging immediate action to shore up small and medium-sized businesses in the occupied territories.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11977&Cr=palestin&Cr1=
NRP to petition High Court against compensation advances
The National Religious Party announced Monday that it will submit a petition to the High Court of Justice on Tuesday to protest last week's government decision to distribute advance compensation payments to Gaza Strip and West Bank residents (illegal settlers)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/479498.html
IDF dismisses 5 conscientious objectors from military service
The Israel Defense Forces has dismissed from service the five conscientious objectors who were released last week from the civilian prisons where they were serving their sentences.
The five have served some two years in military and civilian prisons, including 10 months "open detention" in an army camp.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/479522.html
Syrian speaker underlines support to Palestinians
Syria underlined on Monday its support to the Palestinian Intifada (uprising) against Israel and the struggle for building an independent Palestine state with Jerusalem as its capital... Mahmoud al-Abrash made the remarks while meeting with visiting Chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Rawhi Fattouh.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/21/content_1999580.htm
Arafat should yield power to Qorei ahead of US poll: Jordan PM
"We don't expect any movement in the peace progress until after the US election. This will be a wait-and-see period, but it is important to rearrange the Palestinian house so that their position will be strong," he said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=17&u=/afp/20040920/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_jordan_040920081618
Dichter: Hamas poses major threat to Israel
Hamas is evolving from small cells of three or four people to a "people's army" with larger organizational components, he told the cabinet, adding the organization is currently concentrating its efforts on overcoming the fence surrounding the Gaza Strip.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/20/content_1995618.htm
Poll: Palestinians favor Bargouthi after Arafat
%46 of the sample preferred Arafat, while %12 preferred Bargouthi... On the other hand, Bargouthi came first, with %51 in a scenario that does not include Arafat but includes Hanieh who had %28 and the Mustafa Bargouthi, a prominent Palestinian leader and Politician who had %11.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/September/week3/092004/poll-bzu.htm
Goff likely to face Israel at UN debate
Mr Goff said nothing was planned. "If I meet up with the Israeli Foreign Minister in passing, or whatever, I will be making the same points that have been made previously. "The onus is on them at this point to come clean with us and give whatever assurance they are capable of that they don't intend to exploit our citizens and undermine the integrity of our passports."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3593186&thesection=news&thesubsection=general
Berlin bans controversial Arab-Islamic congress
Henrike Morgenstern, a spokeswoman for the Berlin interior ministry, said an advertisement for the event published in English on the Internet expressed approval for suicide attacks against Israel and the United States. The organisers said they will respect the ban but denied ever showing approval of suicide attacks...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20232636.htm
Israel on agenda for UN nuclear watchdog general conference
A Western diplomat close to the IAEA said Middle Eastern states have in the past used the conference as a forum to vent their frustration over Iran being attacked for alleged nuclear capabilities while the IAEA does not act against Israel, which is believed to have developed nuclear weapons and has not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/107550/1/.html
Netzarim-Katzrin-Ofra
according to Sharon, he wants to evacuate the territories without any compensation from the Arab side, in order to sabotage the chance of reaching a peace agreement with two Arab countries (it's almost certain that Lebanon will follow Syria). He sacrificed the Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim, if you will, so as to preserve the Golan Heights community of Katzrin.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/479167.html
Palestine & C Town Agree On Cooperation
The City of Cape Town and the Nablus Municipality of Palestine signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen working relations between the two cities. This significant partnership follows the United Nations African Meeting in support of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, which took place in here, earlier this week...
http://allafrica.com/stories/200409200518.html
Azerbaijan denies man arrested for spying on Israeli embassy
Azerbaijan officials on Monday denied that a man arrested this month was caught with videotaped footage of the Israeli embassy in the capital city of Baku. The Shin Bet security service announced Sunday in a statement...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=479436&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Sweden: Meeting extends solidarity to Palestinians
One of the main purposes was for people in Sweden to learn about the Palestinian liberation struggle from activists in Palestine. They talked about the successes they have had with this campaign. Sales of Israeli products have dropped in several countries, including Sweden, since the boycott began. The groups discussed ways of taking the boycott campaign further.
http://www.workers.org/ww/2004/sweden0923.php
After Abu Ghraib A MUST READ
Alazawi says that US guards left her sitting on the chair overnight, and that the next day they took her to a room known by detainees as "the torturing place". "The US officer told us: 'If you don't confess we will torture you. So you have to confess.' My hands were handcuffed. They took off my boots and stood me in the mud with my face against the wall. I could hear women and men shouting and weeping. I recognised one of the cries as my brother Mu'taz. I wanted to see what was going on so I tried to move the cloth from my eyes. When I did, I fainted."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1308225,00.html
Senior Sunni clerics assassinated in Iraq
In the first incident, the body of Shaikh Hazim al-Zaidi was found in front of al-Sajjad mosque in Sadr City, a mainly Shia area in eastern Baghdad on Monday, an AMS spokesman told Aljazeera. In the second incident, later on Monday, Shaikh Muhammad Jadwa was killed by armed men when he left al-Kauthar mosque in the Baya area, west of Baghdad.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C2AE88B8-9310-48B4-A273-277BAB196667.htm
US determined to cut out 'cancer of Fallujah'
American military commanders in Iraq are planning a series of major assaults before the end of the year to retake control of Fallujah and other cities held by insurgents. While commanders say they have not fixed a precise date for the new operation, much will depend on the readiness of Iraqi police and military police units which would occupy the cities once they have been taken.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=563620
Video on Web Site Shows Beheading
A video posted Monday on a Web site showed the beheading of a man identified as American construction contractor Eugene Armstrong. The video surfaced after the expiration of a 48-hour deadline set by the group in an earlier statement. The militants had demanded the release of female Iraqi prisoners detained by the U.S. military.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=1&u=/ap/20040920/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_american_hostage
US struggles to “encircle” China: Experts
“By launching the war on Iraq , Washington wanted to have a military foothold in the Arab Gulf region for encircling China and depriving China from the Iraqi oil reserves, on which China mainly depends. “The goal was to throw a spanner in the Chinese high growth rates before it becomes a major challenger to the US ,” the analyst added.
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=5739&s2=20
Gardening Saddam 'dying every day' in custody, Iraqi officials say
In his 3.5-by-3.9 meter (10-by-13 foot) cell -- furnished with a fold-up bed, a small desk and a plastic chair, and a prayer mat -- Saddam reads poetry and "tales from 1,000 years ago when Baghdad was a centre of learning and the capital of the Islamic world," the officials said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=10&u=/afp/20040920/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_saddam_040920113528 |
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