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Jordan Valley residents assist Palestinians with olive harvest
Two major Israeli youth movements, Hashomer Ha'tzair and the Working and Studying Youth Movement, plan to join in the olive harvest next week and assist villagers around the West Bank, according to Israel Radio. Attacks on Palestinians by West Bank settlers have continued during the course of the harvest.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=503827&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Presbyterians Establish ‘Criteria' for Divestment
Four of the six criteria target the Israeli occupation directly, whiles the fifth identifies multinational corporations that promote or enable violence by either Palestinians or Israelis. The sixth criterion addresses the continued construction of the separation barrier between the two nations.
http://www.christianpost.com/dbase/church/1601/section/1.htm
Olive oil harvest continues to face challenges for Palestinian farmers
Each day during the olive harvesting season here in Palestine the media is full of stories of olive oil farmers and olive pickers being harassed, detained, robbed, violently attacked, critically wounded and in some cases even being shot and killed while attempting to harvest their olives on their own land.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3353.shtml
Two Palestinian boys killed by Israeli fire in West Bank
Two 15-year-old boys were shot and killed by Israeli fire for throwing stones in Nablus. According to WAFA, the incident took place in the Old City. According to medical sources, the two victims were identified as Montaser Hararah and Amer Binat.
http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=289234&lang=e&dir=news
Justice says Muslim holy sites are not given equal protection
Statistics tell a tale of discrimination against the Arab sector when it comes to protecting its holy places, Israel Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran told the members of the Israel Public Law Association last weekend.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/503570.html
Fifteen years after the adoption of the CRC, Palestinian children are still denied their basic rights
although Article 2 of the Convention obliges State Parties to “respect and ensure the rights set forth in the present Convention to each child within their jurisdiction”, Israel has repeatedly tried to evade its responsibilities towards Palestinian children living in the occupied territories.
http://www.amin.org/eng/uncat/2004/nov/nov202.html
Olive Oil for Peace
Their new product – Olive Oil from the Holy Land – pays homage to Farouk's Palestinian family roots and the deep friendship possible between Jews and Arabs. Proceeds from the sale of Olive Oil from the Holy Land will go toward funding Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salom (Oasis of Peace), and their “School of Peace” program...
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prwebxml180466.php
More than $185 million sought by UN agency to aid Palestinians in 2005
“The statistics of death, destruction and poverty in this appeal do little to convey the real suffering of the population of the occupied territory,” Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees told a meeting of donor representatives in East Jerusalem.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=12586&Cr=palestin&Cr1=
Race to succeed Arafat begins
"There will be no election unless the residents of Jerusalem can take part," he said, urging the "international community, the United States in particular, to use its influence on Israel to allow free elections to be held".
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=5&u=/afp/20041120/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_palestinian_vote_041120174447
Palestinian Presidential Contenders
Barghouti, according to polls the most popular Palestinian politician, is expected to run as an independent if Fatah nominates Abbas without holding a primary first. Barghouti seeks a Palestinian state alongside Israel, but also justifies attacks on Israeli settlers and soldiers in the West Bank and Gaza as legitimate resistance to occupation.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=6&u=/ap/20041120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/promise_of_democracy_candidates_1
Gush Shalom: Release Barghouti for elections
Yitzhak Rabin was, under the British Mandate, the leader of the prisoners in Rafah prison camp. Yitzhak Shamir was arrested as a terrorist and exiled to a prison camp in Eritrea. Menachem Begin was branded as a terrorist with a big prize on his head and blood on his hands... All three became later Prime Ministers of Israel...
http://www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org/node.php?id=1458
Palestinian factions seeking ways to form unity gov't
A restrained committee composed of representatives of all Palestinian factions has been formed in a bid to reach a compromise over the matter, the PLO chief said. Abdel Rahim said Abbas will run as the Fatah candidate in elections in strength of him being the PLO Chairman.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=503370&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Palestinians Say They Want Democracy
Palestinians say they are eager and able to build the first real democracy in the Arab world, despite the dangers lurking on the road to Jan. 9 elections.
"Now it's real competition, the possibility of winning is there," said pro-democracy activist Mustafa Barghouti, a physician considering a presidential bid.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=5&u=/ap/20041120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/promise_of_democracy
Musa Arafat, Dahlan hold reconciliation meeting
Muhammad Dahlan met Friday evening with his rival Gen. Musa Arafat, commander of the National Security Forces in the Gaza Strip, for a reconciliation meeting in PLO executive committee chairman Mahmoud Abbas's (Abu Mazen) office in Gaza.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1100844584110
Palestinians start choosing candidates for chairman election
The Palestinian central election committee began on Saturday registering candidates for the January 9 elections of a Palestinian Authority chairman to replace Yasser Arafat. The candidate registration will continue until December 1
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/503926.html
U.K. to aid PA with security in Gaza in Arafat's death
The MI6 British intelligence agency and British police are setting up a state-of-the-art control center to boost security in the Gaza Strip, according to a report Saturday by the British newspaper The Telegraph.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=503534&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Qurei urges US to be committed to roadmap
He slammed US President Gorge W. Bush's statements that a new time limit for establishing an independent Palestinian state would be for another four years, saying "this is tantamount to giving Israel more time to confiscate the Palestinian lands."
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/20/content_2240339.htm
U.S. Undersecretary of State to meet with PA leaders
A senior U.S. diplomat will meet PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian leaders on the eve of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to the region, an American official said Saturday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/503912.html
Bush's plan to aid Palestinians runs into opposition
But Tom DeLay, the powerful Republican leader in the House of Representatives, expressed "serious concerns" to the administration, a source close to the talks said. DeLay has been an outspoken supporter of Israel and critic of the Palestinian Authority.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=503633&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Egyptian FM delays trip to Israel
In an overnight statement published in Egyptian media Saturday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit had discussed with Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom "choosing a new date" for the Nov. 24 visit, which will now be "in the first half of December."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/503908.html
Arafat widow given medical file
Earlier, a senior Palestinian said he expected Arafat's nephew, Nasser al-Kidwa, to pick up the report from the French authorities. But a lawyer for Mrs Arafat said she received the document at 1545 (1445 GMT) on Friday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4022969.stm
Palestinians to get Arafat's medical chart
Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie said after meeting the French Consul General in Jerusalem, Regis Koetschet, that a copy of Arafat's medical records would be given to Nasser al-Kidwa, Arafat's nephew and the Palestinian representative at the United Nations.
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5353036
The Politics of Time and Dispossession
The movement towards a just peace will require the application of international law and international pressure, diplomatic pressure by the EU and the US and for Israelis and Palestinians to engage in mass non-violent resistance opposing the Occupation. The conditions for a just peace require nothing less.
http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/11543/
Arafat 'ran $1.5bn network'
It said Bawag had later financed Arafat's private jet, a Challenger 604 make worth $23m registered in Austria. Format also alleged that Arafat had control over $800m in bank accounts in Austria, the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,6119,2-10-1462_1624329,00.html
Bodies of 9 Iraqi Soldiers Found in Mosul
The four other bodies were found Thursday. Three of the bodies were found by the roadside in a northeastern neighborhood of Mosul, while the fourth was discovered in the southwestern part of the city, Hastings said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=2&u=/ap/20041120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_mosul
Agreement reached to forgive 80 percent of Iraq's debts
Up to 80 percent of Iraq's 120 billion US dollars debts will bewritten off in three stages, they said. Finance ministers and chiefs of central banks of the Group of 20 major economies began meeting here on Saturday to discuss ways to solve global financial problems.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/20/content_2241111.htm
51 US soldiers killed in Fallujah
The US military says 51 US soldiers were killed in the 11-day fight in Fallujah, in Iraq. US and Iraqi forces ended bombardments against Fallujah on Friday and started a house-by-house search for remaining insurgents.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/20/content_2240022.htm
International Red Cross laments Falluja abuses
The ICRC said this week's killing of a wounded insurgent in Falluja - caught on video - and the execution of hostage Margaret Hassan were acts of "utter contempt" for human life and dignity that shocked the world. "For the parties to this conflict, complying with international humanitarian law is an obligation, not an option,"
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/10c3ce22-3a71-11d9-aa4d-00000e2511c8.html
The Horror of Fallujah
This is a strange time in Fallujah. They say the war is over, but there is no peace. Every day there is shooting, and there are still killings going on. There is very little left of the town now, everywhere there are buildings which have been destroyed. There is also a terrible smell. We know what it is - it is the smell of dead bodies.
http://www.counterpunch.com/abbas11202004.html
Iraq's hit-and-run insurgents outsmart understrength troops
The insurgent assault that destroyed part of the police force in the city of Mosul to the north last week also swept away all vestiges of government in the smaller towns of the Tigris valley to the south, forcing the US military to go in and rebuild Iraqi interim government control virtually from scratch.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/04cfb304-3a5a-11d9-aa4d-00000e2511c8.html
Polish woman hostage back home after being freed in Iraq
Her release, which sparked relief in Poland, a key US ally in the war which toppled Saddam Hussein, came just four days after British-Irish aid worker Margaret Hassan was feared to have been killed by her abductors in Iraq, triggering shock and outrage around the world.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=2&u=/afp/20041120/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_hostages_poland_041120182048 |
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