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Review of From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map : Essays by Edward W. Said
Both President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry back Israel's apartheid wall in the Palestinian West Bank, which, when completed, will separate an estimated 300,000 Palestinians from the land they farm. Consequently, these agricultural laborers will be forced into the wages system. Said analyzes the propaganda of the Israeli lobby and America's corporate media.
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Oct04/Sandronsky1019.htm
Guava in Jabalia: First Bite, Last Breath
Craving for eating the ripe guava with his cousins led Saber to head to the orchard close to his house. He was so happy as he had new hair cut style and new clothes. "Dad, look, it is a new hair style. Is it nice dad?, Saber asked his father, soon after he had his fresh haircut minutes before being murdered.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3246.shtml
A Bullet Fired for Every Palestinian Child
It was a bullet for every Palestinian child, said one of the officers in that meeting, or at least this is what the Israeli daily Maariv revealed two years ago, when the horrible figures were first leaked. It didn't much change "public opinion", neither here nor in the West, neither two years ago nor 4 months ago when Malka finally opened his mouth.
http://www.counterpunch.org/laor10202004.html
Israel arrests 2,500 Palestinian children
A total of 2,500 Palestinian childrenhave been arrested since the intifada (uprising) against an Israelioccupation began four years ago, the Palestinian Ministry ofPrisoners said in a report on Wednesday. Of the total, 391 children were still in the Israeli Jails, andmore than 400 were under 18 when they were arrested.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/21/content_2118600.htm
Study: Settlements get more aid money than other towns
West Bank and Gaza Strip settlements received at least twice as much money in Interior Ministry financial aid as did other Jewish communities in 2002 and 2003 - and three times as much as Israeli Arab communities, according to a Tel Aviv University study released Tuesday. ( I L L E G A L - Settlements)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=490957&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
4 Killed in Gaza, 4 Arrested in West Bank
A citizen was slain early Wednesday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Rafah city area of Tal Zourob, witnesses said. They told WAFA that Ahmed Baraka 29, was shot dead when an Israeli tank opened its heavy machineguns at the houses.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1797
Jerusalem Women Promote Peace on U.S. Tour
In a promotion-for-peace tour titled, “Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision,” the speakers talked about their life experiences with occupation, not prevalent in U.S. mainstream media. The UN-registered organization, Partners for Peace, sponsors their tour. “By omitting the occupation, we will no longer have violence,” Albina said.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0410/S00247.htm
Vatican, Chief Rabbinate slam assault on Armenian Patriarch
In a joint statement released Tuesday in Rome, the Vatican and the Chief Rabbinate called on religious authorities to publicly protest when actions of disrespect towards religious persons, symbols and Holy Sites are committed.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/491292.html
Israel's Olmert starts secretive S.Africa tour
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived in South Africa on Wednesday on a secretive tour that has outraged pro-Palestinian groups. South Africa's black-led government has encouraged factions in the Middle East conflict to draw on its experiences in negotiating the end of apartheid white rule in 1994.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20616921.htm
Boycott threat hangs over Israeli visit
The South African NGO Coalition (Sangoco) has also condemned the visit. In a statement, Sangoco said: "The visit of a hate monger like Olmert is not in the best interests of the people of Israel and Palestine. We urge all our members to show their displeasure at the visit and meeting by joining in the protests."
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=vn20041020064818593C377596
US envoy has 'no illusions' on Israeli-Palestinian two-state solution
The assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, who made no reference to the killing of 129 Palestinians in Israel's three-week campaign in the Gaza Strip that ended over the weekend, acknowledged that reviving trust on both sides would be an uphill struggle.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&ncid=1312&e=2&u=/afp/20041020/pl_afp/mideast_gaza_us_roadmap_041020145133
Israel more corrupt, third year running, says corruption index
The Palestinian Authority also showed a substantial increase in its level of corruption, and was ranked 108th, with 2.5 points, a drop from its 78th-place ranking last year.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/491353.html
Arab MKs propose bill to block disengagement referendum
The Hadash Knesset faction submitted a bill Tuesday calling for no referendum to be held on "issues that do not fall within [Israel's] sovereignty and recognized borders." As such, the party is aiming to thwart plans for the disengagement plan, which it has recently said it opposes.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=490862&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Mideast "roadmap" in a coma: Palestinian minister
Shaath, who is on a tour of European states, on Monday in London restated the Palestinian Authority's commitment to the peace roadmap and to a simultaneous ceasefire by Israel and the Palestinians. But he added that during the recent three-week Israeli offensive which left 129 Palestinians dead his people had felt "very alone."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=12&u=/afp/20041021/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_spain_041021000312
Katsav apologises for killings
"I am very sorry and I apologise for the deaths of civilians, women and children," Mr Katsav, in Austria for the first visit by an Israeli head of state, was quoted by the Austria Press Agency as saying. "That's accidental. They are never our targets." (Except in Proved cases, which is Anti-Semite to mention?)
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11137092%255E1702,00.html
US anti-Semitism law will not dissuade Arabs from criticizing Israel: Arab League
"We Arabs do not have any feelings of hatred toward Jews because they are Jews. Arabs are Semites in the same way as Jews," he said. Mussa said Arabs would not respect the law if it is intended to "muzzle and ward off criticism of Israeli policies, which should be criticized because of their continuous crimes against the Palestinian people."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=10&u=/afp/20041020/wl_mideast_afp/arabs_bush_jews_041020195341
PM to meet Yishai in effort to convince him to support pullout
Cabinet Secretary Yisrael Maimon met Wednesday with Labor party faction whip Dalia Itzik, and discussed cooperation between the government and opposition in recruiting a majority for the disengagement plan in the Knesset vote next Tuesday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/491228.html
Olmert arrives in South Africa to protests
He is the most senior Israeli government official to visit South Africa since the fall of apartheid a decade ago, was expected to discuss strengthening economic ties between the two countries.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=491312&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Palestinan denies Israeli reports on Arafat's health
A senior Palestinian official on Wednesday denied Israeli reports that that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may be airlifted to Cairo to pass through a surgery operation.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/20/content_2117264.htm
U.S. Diplomatic Delegation Shocked by Oppression and Devastation in Palestine
IN MAY OF this year, 82 former American diplomats wrote President George W. Bush to express their firm belief that his April 14 endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's unilateral “disengagement plan” was not in the best interests of the U.S., or Israel, or the Palestinians. Through his endorsement Bush had closed the door to negotiations with Palestinians and the possibility of a Palestinian state.
http://www.wrmea.com/archives/Oct_2004/0410042.html
Rental Unit: "Holy Land"
“The Holy Land” smartly avoids placing the conflict upfront. Those tensions are more background facts of life in this coming-of-age drama, like trash and the human crush in New York. Only here the facts of life include checkpoints, constant paranoia and news updates that make mothers hold their breath. Characters channel the repercussions.
http://www.styleweekly.com/article.asp?idarticle=9258
Palestinians should head to the polls
Israel and the United States currently oppose elections for fear that Yasser Arafat will be reelected president of the Palestinian Authority, yet they are the only effective, legitimate way to marginalize him. Additionally, a Palestinian ceasefire during elections would allow the Jewish state to prepare for its withdrawal without appearing to flee under fire. .
http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/10/20/news/edshikaki.html
Leaders of Conservative movement draft prayer for PM's safety
A newly drafted prayer, in English and in Hebrew, will be added this Saturday to the ritual prayer for the safety of the State of Israel. The prayer mentions the late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated by a Jewish extremist nine years ago.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/491383.html
Shas leader could determine fate of Sharon's Gaza plan
Leading supporters and opponents of Israel's proposed withdrawal from Gaza on Wednesday set out to woo a leading rabbinical sage whose followers' votes could be crucial in next week's Knesset decision on the controversial plan.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/75450e56-22b1-11d9-be80-00000e2511c8.html
Kicking the beehive
But as David Ben-Gurion noted: "It doesn't matter what the gentiles say, it only matters what Jews do." The problem is not whether Palestinians want two states or one - the problem is unilateral Israeli action that is rapidly making, or has arguably already made, a two-state solution impossible.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/490928.html
Nablus thanks for computers
She said, “The work here has been advancing by leaps and bounds since the visit of the Dundee delegation this year, the local volunteers tell me. They are particularly appreciative of the gift of computers, which are making it easier for them to forge ahead with spreading the news about the situation in Palestine.
http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2004/10/20/story6449348t0.shtm
U.S. Rocket Attack in Fallujah Kills Six
U.S. forces fired rockets in central Fallujah early Wednesday, hitting a teacher's college and leveling a house, killing six people, police and witnesses said. A family of six was killed when U.S. jets fired two rockets at their home in the central Wahda area, said neighbor Saeed Mohammed Bassem, 40. The couple and their four children...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=20&u=/ap/20041020/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_fallujah
British forces 'will be targeted by Iraqi insurgents'
Colonel Christopher Langton said public debate about the possible redeployment of up to 1,000 British soldiers from Basra was "rather unfortunate" and could jeopardise British troops by "highlighting it so graphically". He added: "The insurgency will see this as a weakness they can attack, and the British public can now say 'I told you so'," to the Government.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=573931
Heavy fighting errupts in rebel-held Falluja
The official did not rule out a peaceful resolution, but said Falluja was different from other cities in Iraq where negotiations had led to diplomatic solutions. Any military offensive aimed at retaking the city would have to be started soon to restore control in advance of planned January elections, he said.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f54caa4e-22bd-11d9-be80-00000e2511c8.html
Anti-U.S. Iraqis Not Welcome at Conference
Top U.S. and Iraqi officials said Wednesday that Iraq's delegation to next month's international conference on Iraq would only include members of the interim government and that Iraqis opposed to the American-backed administration would not be welcome.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=9&u=/ap/20041020/ap_on_re_mi_ea/egypt_iraqi_conference
Agency halts aid projects in Iraq
Care International has suspended its aid operations in Iraq, after the director of the charity's work there was kidnapped. A video of Margaret Hassan has been broadcast on al-Jazeera TV station, showing her with her hands tied behind her back. She was abducted by an unnamed group on her way to work in Baghdad.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3758354.stm
Swimming in oil, Iraqis still made to wait hours at gas stations
"Have you ever seen anything like this in a country that is floating on a sea of oil?" the 60-year-old businessman demanded as he stood on the roadside watching a scruffy boy pour petrol into his tank from a plastic container -- a scene that is commonplace across the capital.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=4&u=/afp/20041021/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_oil_society_041021064828 |
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