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Israel arrests Palestinian candidate in E. Jerusalem
"The police told him, 'We have an arrest warrant for you', and dragged him away," Ihad al-Jariri, campaign manager for the independent candidate, told Reuters. Earlier this month, Barghouti said Israeli troops beat and briefly detained him at a checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Jenin.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/519735.html
Israeli Police Arrest Palestinian Presidential Candidate
The arrest came a day after the Israeli Cabinet approved a series of measures meant to facilitate the January 9 election, including allowing candidates to campaign in disputed east Jerusalem.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3932232
Universal jurisdiction: Reflections on the 'Case of Ariel Sharon'
The 1982 massacre at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut, most of whose victims were stateless Palestinians, was slowly entering the deep sleep that characterizes losers in this competition when, on June 18, 2001, a criminal complaint on behalf of 28 witnesses and survivors was brought before a court in Belgium.
http://dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=11287
Case of Israeli soldier charged with killing girl seen as complex
So egregious was the Oct. 5 killing that Capt. R is the first Israeli soldier to face such charges, says the military prosecutor. The case prompted Israeli soul-searching unparalleled since a 12-year-old Palestinian boy was filmed dying in the arms of his anguished father during a firefight between soldiers and demonstrators four years ago.
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/10499593.htm
Israeli army invades Abu Haddaf area
Monday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Abu Haddaf area, east of Al-Qarara in the north of Kahn Younis and called the residents out of their homes using load speakers. Residents of Al-Qarara, an area repeatedly invaded and lost most of its homes, fear additional escalation and further demolishing of homes.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week4/122704/Abu%20Haddaf.htm
Aged Woman Wounded, 6 Arrested, Including Girl in GS and WB
An aged woman was wounded early Monday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Khanyounis city, southern Gaza Strip (GS), witnesses and medics said. In Nablus city of the West Bank (WB), Israeli soldiers arrested five citizens, including a girl as they stormed several areas in the city
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1986
Citizen Murdered, another Kidnapped in Nablus
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers assaulted today three children from Jayyous village of Qalqilya City, witnesses said. Israeli soldiers, guarding the Apartheid Wall being built in the village, beat up three children and held them up at an Israeli military jeep for several hours, before releasing them.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1987
Students used as human shields
Israeli soldiers forced dozens of students to lineup in front of military jeeps and bulldozers as human shields while the army invaded Betunia, near Ramallah, in the northern part of the West Bank.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week4/122704/students.htm
Release of children should be a priority
Some 350 Palestinian children currently remain in Israeli jails, detention centers, and interrogation centers. Under international law, their release should be a priority. As it is, not one child has been named on the list of prisoners to be released as part of this initiative.
http://www.amin.org/eng/uncat/2004/dec/dec27.html
Zobeidi: “Our response will be painful”
In an Interview with the Israeli news Website ArabYnet, leader of Al-Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fatah said that the brigades' response to the assassination of his assistant Taher Abu Kamel will be painful, and within the Israeli areas.
http://www.imemc.org/interviews/2004/december/zubeidi.htm
PLO Chairman Meets Chinese Deputy PM: We Can Achieve Peace when Israel Believes in it
"I am sure, in the time the Israeli side believes in peace, it is possible to achieve it," Abu Mazen said in a joint press conference, held in Ramallah, with the Chinese State Councilor, deputy Prime Minister Tang Jiaxuan.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1988
Palestinians: Inmate release a PR ploy
"These liberations can be seen as a public relations operation," Abd al-Razzaq said. "It is the fruit of an understanding between Egypt and Israel which has no effect on our relations with Israel or the peace process."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/52268FF4-E6C3-412C-8B00-DE91466352B6.htm
Israel starts Palestinian prisoner release
"I respect every prisoner that is released but we need a serious release process," Abbas told reporters. A list provided by the Israel Prisons Authority showed that most of the prisoners going free on Monday were nearing the end of their terms.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27262468.htm
Israel takes hand in Palestinian poll
The Israeli government was to approve Sunday a range of measures meant to ensure a smooth Palestinian presidential election, including granting Palestinians freedom of movement and allowing candidates to campaign in predominantly Arab east Jerusalem, officials said.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/12/27/2003216918
Sharon Moves Up Gaza Withdrawl Date
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday he will seek final Cabinet approval for a Gaza withdrawal in February, four months earlier than planned, and he threatened harsh retaliation if Palestinian militants try to disrupt the pullback
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=2&u=/ap/20041227/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians
Knesset approves opposition's no-confidence motion
Labor MKs abstained in protest over the fact that a special amendment to the Basic Law on the Government to enable party chairman Shimon Peres to be appointed deputy premier has still not been approved, thus delaying the signing of a coalition agreement.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=519658&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Arab MKs demand National Union's Eldad resigns
Knesset members from the Arab factions are demanding the resignation of MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) as chairman of the Knesset Ethics Committee, due to his lack of objectivity in handling complaints filed with the committee against Arab MKs.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=519725&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
PM: Cabinet to vote on start date for pullout next month
MK Yossi Sarid (Yahad) said during the meeting that instead of staging a drama before and during the evacuation, the government should announce a final date for evacuation. Following that date any person remaining will not enjoy the provision of water and electricity, education, health services and supply of goods.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/519209.html
Egyptian observers head for Palestinian territories
Fourteen Egyptian diplomats on Sundayheaded for the Palestinians territories as observers in thepresidential elections slated for Jan. 9, the official MENA newsagency reported.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/27/content_2383509.htm
Hamas scores at the ballot box in challenge to Fatah
Both Hamas and the late Yasser Arafat's Fatah party claimed victory. Hanan Yousef, a West Bank Hamas leader, said: "This election has proved that we have a strong presence here. This means the Hamas programme of resistance has many supporters."
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=596146
Gazan students' fugitive lives
In 2000, 370 Gaza students enrolled at Birzeit University. Enrollment of Gaza students in 2005 is down to 39. Those who began their degrees in 2000 have been left with two stark choices: They can either drop out or stay and risk all that this entails.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3460.shtml
1st Gaza settlers OK move
Residents of an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip have agreed to move to a community inside Israel and will begin the evacuation in March, an official in charge of the relocation said Sunday.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2027&ncid=2027&e=1&u=/chitribts/20041227/ts_chicagotrib/1stgazasettlersokmove
Israeli settlers and Law makers to discuss protest legalities
Israeli members of Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee will meet with the Yesha Council of Settlements representatives to discuss the boundaries of the legitimate protests by the settlers against the unilateral disengagement plan.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week4/122704/settlers.htm
Figures show new low in immigration to Israel
By the end of 2004, 21,744 immigrants are expected to arrive, 13 percent down from last year's 25,009 immigrants. There was a dramatic 70 percent drop in immigration from Argentina.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/519760.html
No Jordan observers to Palestine poll
Government spokeswoman Asma Khoder told journalists her country "insists any Arab participation in the Palestinian elections should take place through the Arab League."
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041227-084529-3785r.htm
One-sided pressure from Bush
The message of most of the world to President Bush about Middle East peacemaking does not appear to be getting through: It's the occupation. It's the occupation. It's the occupation. Somehow, Bush still is laboring under the misguided belief that the major issue is Palestinian democracy.
http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/story/1966156p-8335799c.html
Background/ The Gaza exit as Holocaust, the settler as victim
The activists reluctantly suspended the campaign after survivors of the Nazi annihilation campaign, some of them residents of the Gaza Strip, voiced outrage and profound pain over the use of the Holocaust in opposing the disengagement.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=519244&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Too safe
On the face of it, Abu Mazen didn't have to make much of an effort. His election is assured. His main opponent in the election, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, trails far behind him in the polls. So are the other candidates, including Bassam Al-Salhi, the representative of the People's party
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/519327.html
Palestinian factions slam Blair conference as interference
Reports say Blair had wanted to host a wide-ranging peace conference but was forced to scale back the meeting's remit in the face of Israeli pressure. The conference is now to focus on Palestinian political and economic reforms, and Israel has made clear it will stay away.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=6&u=/afp/20041227/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinianbritain_041227095411
World watch
Yasser Arafat's death and replacement by the pragmatic Mahmoud Abbas is one reason things could improve - not because Abbas will bend on the tough issues of borders, settlements and Jerusalem, but because he is likely to curb violence, embrace reform and win international backing to force Israel to accept a fair deal.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,1379983,00.html
Israel army chief says professional failures behind Egyptians' deaths
"These failures relate on the one hand to professional failure of the IDF force regarding the method of operating tanks in that area, and failure in the control and command of the forces."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=5&u=/afp/20041227/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelegypt_041227201855
Iraqi Official: Vote May Be Delayed in Some Areas
IRAQI Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in an interview with Chinese state media today that landmark elections planned for next month could be delayed in some parts of Iraq due to fragile security.
http://uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=8454&s2=27 |
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