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HDIP introduces its 2004 Calendar - Available now
The Health Development Information & Policy Institute (HDIP) is indeed pleased to present you its calendar that shows the effects of the Segregation Wall on human rights- in pictures as well as facts. It is a stunning assembly of a photo gallery
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/calander/index.htm
Khan Younis families stranded and scattered after weekend's assault
The Israeli assault on Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza Friday and Saturday has left hundreds homeless, searching through the rubble for their belongings, and trying to set up temporary shelter to protect them from the cold of winter.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week3/122004/Families.htm
Israeli peace overture follows Gaza destruction
"This is my house," says Qais Nofal, pointing to twisted metal rods and concrete, the remains of one of an estimated 40 houses destroyed by the Israeli army during a two-day operation that ended Saturday night. After the operation, the Israeli army said in a press release that Palestinians ordered to leave their houses for their own safety were now free to return home.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1220/p07s02-wome.htm
Al Burghothi: Sharon's Remark Is an Obstacle In The Face Of Peace
In a press briefing in Gaza Mr. Burghothi pointed out that the Israeli occupation tries by all means to obstruct the proceeding of the Palestinian elections in the occupied territories, assuring that the occupation plays the key role in the recession of the Palestinian economy and the low-standard health, educational and civil services provided to the Palestinian people
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1568
IOF Wounds Youth, Assaults Child, Dynamites 2 Houses
Meanwhile, a number of Israeli combating helicopters have been hovering over Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jabalya and the northern parts, spreading a state of panic and horror among the residents, mostly children and women.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1953
3000 Palestinians disabled in the Intifada
Dr. Jarrar stated more than half of the residents who have become disabled were under the age of eighteen. The Israeli army repeatedly attack rehabilitation centers, claiming that the attacks are carried out for security reasons.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week3/122004/3000.htm
An entire village in the balance
On Thursday, 10 days ago, the building inspectors from the Ministry of the Interior came to Al-Sidr, an unrecognized Bedouin village that is located next to the Be'er Sheva-Dimona highway. They circulated among the 70 tin shacks in the village and pasted court demolition orders on each of them bearing the heading: "The State of Israel versus Unknown."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516503.html
Israel Proposes Palestinian Refugee Plan
The Foreign Ministry is putting together a new diplomatic initiative aimed at finding a permanent solution to the Palestinian refugees problem in the West Bank and Gaza and in neighboring Arab countries, the Jerusalem Post reported. Israel intends to ask countries that support the Palestinian Authority financially to invest capital in finding a permanent housing solution for Palestinians living in the refugee camps ( AND KEEP THEIR LAND FOR ILLEGAL JEWISH SETTLERS )
http://nyjtimes.com/cover/12-20-04/Israel'sPalestineRefugeePlan.htm
It's back to business in post-Arafat Ramallah
The owners of the City Inn, at the northern entrance to Ramallah, recently asked Israel Defense Forces commanders in the region whether there would be a problem if they reopened the hotel. The officers responded that they had no objections.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516500.html
Al Aqsa Brigades calls for mobilization
Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian mainstream Fatah movement, on Monday called for urgent mobilization to respond to the Israeli military incursion in the souther Gaza town of Khan Younis.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/20/content_2359537.htm
MKs okay preliminary reading of bill to make Peres deputy PM
The Knesset on Monday passed the preliminary reading of a bill aimed at allowing Shimon Peres to become a second deputy prime minister, thereby meeting Labor's demands for joining a coalition government under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516470.html
Egypt's Suleiman to visit Israel for Gaza security talks
Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman is slated to visit Israel on Tuesday to conclude talks on deploying Egyptian troops along the Gaza-Egypt border to prevent weapons from being smuggled into the Gaza Strip.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516913.html
Poll shows Abbas to get most of votes
Palestinian mainstream Fatah's candidate Mahmoud Abbas will gain 61.8 percent of votes in all the Palestinian governorates, a Palestinian public opinion poll for the expected presidential elections showed on Saturday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/18/content_2352009.htm
Suitable atmosphere needed before Palestinian elections: minister
Rayess told the Cairo-based Voice of the Arabs radio that he was concerned about the ongoing Israeli military operations in southern Gaza. The offensive would not help create the atmosphere needed for holding the Palestinian elections, the minister said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/20/content_2359393.htm
?Japan to provide USD 60 million to Palestine for the Middle East peace
Japan decided Monday to provide USD 60 million to Palestine, in light of the recent development towards the resumption of the Middle East peace process, the Foreign Ministry said. The aid will be extended to promote the Middle East peace process through supporting the economic and social development in Palestine
http://www.kuna.net.kw/English/Story.asp?DSNO=690141
Settlers adopt calls for civil disobedience to fight pullout
The Yesha Council of Settlements decided Monday to back statements made a day earlier by the head of the Binyamin Regional Council, Pinhas Wallerstein, who called on the public to break the disengagement law, even if it meant jail.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516481.html
Palestinian minister accuses Israel's releasing prisoners as superficial move
Palestinian minister for prisoners affairs Hisham Abdel Razeq said Monday that the Israeli decision to release 170 Palestinian prisoners was a unilateral step and only for "public relations"
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/20/content_2359540.htm
Abbas says Palestinians ready to assume responsibilities after Israeli pullout
The Palestine Liberation OrganizationChairman Mahmoud Abbas said here Monday the Palestinians were ready to assume their responsibilities after the Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip but stressed final status talks must be part of the roadmap peace plan.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/21/content_2360248.htm
Lutherans Urged to Pray and Fast for the Middle East
“We believe that the babe of the manger in Bethlehem will hear the yearnings of every suffering person and will transform the hearts and minds of peoples and politicians toward justice, peace, forgiveness and reconciliation for Christ is our only hope in our troubled Middle East,”
http://www.christianpost.com/article/church/1767/section/lutherans.urged.to.pray.and.fast.for.the.middle.east/1.htm
Bush 'realistic' about prospects for Palestinian democracy
U.S. President George Bush took a cautious stance on Monday, saying that despite the upcoming Palestinian election he is "realistic" about achieving democracy among the Palestinians.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=516359&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Thai laborers flee Gaza farms
The ministerial committee for foreign workers rejected Monday a request from Agriculture Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) to bring an additional 1,200 Thai laborers into the country, Israel Radio reported.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=516492&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Hamas blasts arrest of municipal candidates
The Shin Bet security service's arrest of four Hamas candidates in the upcoming municipal elections in the West Bank town of Dahariyeh is a "political targeted killing," according to a senior Hamas leader in the town.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=516553&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
I'll bring peace to Middle East
"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," Mr Bush said in an interview with the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth. Mr Bush backs the plan by Ariel Sharon
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1449682004
U.N. envoy engages critical Israelis
"If the Palestinians and us will go to a peace process, I don't think the U.N. will disturb," Peres said cynically. "In Israel there is an obsession with the U.N.," Larsen protested. Relations have "long and often been troubled, very troubled.... If it (the United Nations) is so 'terrible' why does Israel continue to be a member?"
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20041220-103557-3816r
Christmas peace messages taken to Bethlehem
A delegation from the British Section of the catholic peace organisation Pax Christi will take more than 600 peace messages from schools, churches and religious communities in England, Wales Ireland and Scotland when it travels to Bethlehem this Christmas. Thee visit is part of a larger Pax Christi delegation, including people from the Netherlands and Germany.
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_041220pmes.shtml
Why Boycott Israel
“Where is the world? Is it dead?” exclaimed the bereaved mother in Rafah on Al-Jazeera. Before her, lied the lifeless body of her little child. Faced with overwhelming Israeli oppression, Palestinians under occupation, in refugee camps and in the heart of Israel’s distinct form of apartheid have increasingly reached out to the world for understanding, for compassion, and, more importantly, for solidarity.
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=6898
The ever-cautious Abu Mazen
During his tour of the Gulf states - this time in the Qatari capital Doha - Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) declared that when the time comes to decide on a permanent solution to the conflict with Israel, he would bring the proposal to a vote via a referendum in which all Palestinians would have a say and would decide to accept or reject it.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516535.html
The other 9/11 in Gaza
While the threat of punitive sanctions were hanging over Sudan despite scores of international humanitarian campaigns to help and protect the refugees from Darfur and Khartoum was accused of 'state terror' and 'genocide', across the Red Sea, in the neighbouring Gaza Strip, an estimated one million Palestinian refugees were bombarded from land, air and sea...
http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_14711.shtml
Sharon the Con Man - By Uri Avnery
This (in my own free translation) is what he said: America is in our pocket. President Bush supports all of Sharon's positions, including those that are diametrically opposed to Bush's own former positions. Europe has resigned itself to him. The Great of the World are standing in line to visit us, starting with Tony Blair.
http://www.counterpunch.org/avnery12202004.html
Young, restless and not very democratic
During the year of the 50th anniversary of that historic decision - an echo of which resonates in the recent ruling by Israel's Supreme Court, stating that there is to be no discrimination between Jews and Arabs in the allocation of lands by the Jewish Agency - a distressing and worrisome picture is revealed here.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516532.html
Enlightened but exasperating Europe
There is also no need to recount the persecution of Jews in the Christian world, which is at the basis of the history that every Israeli child studies. There is a more recent example: the European countries' refusal to allow landings by planes in the American airlift during the Yom Kippur War, on their way to providing vital aid to the Israel Defense Forces.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/516536.html
Democracy in the Middle East, but only on America's terms
It has always been only a matter of time until the United States' professed desire to promote reform and democracy throughout the Arab world rubbed against the reality that free Arabs would probably express strong criticisms of Israel and of America's Middle East policy.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=11146 |
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