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Christian Peace Group Supports Divestment from Israel
The 10th anniversary assembly of Pax Christi Aotearoa-New Zealand, held in Auckland on 1-2 October, endorsed the Anglican Peace and Justice Networks and Presbyterian Church of the United States in their recent call for divestment in Israel modelled on the popular boycott of apartheid South Africa.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0410/S00270.htm
Sound and vision - By Daniel Barenbolm
Edward Said was many things for many people, but in reality, his was a musician's soul, in the deepest sense of the word. He wrote about important universal issues such as exile, politics, integration. However, the most surprising thing for me, as his friend and great admirer, was the realisation that, on many occasions, he formulated ideas and reached conclusions through music; and he saw music as a reflection of the ideas that he had regarding other issues.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,,1335260,00.html
22 Per Cent of Palestinian Children Permanently Malnourished
In an annual report issued Wednesday to the United Nations General Assembly, Ziegler underlined the humanitarian tragedy affecting the 3.8 million Palestinians saying that 85 per cent of water in Palestinian aquifers had been diverted to illegal Israeli colonies in contravention of the Geneva Convention.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=tech_news&id=1822
A Released Female Prisoner: Israeli Prisons Sign of Humiliation
"In July2004, I fell down to the ground, and my head was hit severely, then the prison's administration evacuated me to a hospital just for one hour", Samar accounted on. She emphasized to the IPC's that the Israeli prisons are merely 'sign of humiliation of human dignity'
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=763
Palestinian girl killed by Israeli troops, witnesses say
An eight-year-old Palestinian girl who was on her way to school in a Gaza Strip refugee camp was shot and killed by Israeli troops on Thursday, Palestinian witnesses say. Rania Iyad Aram was killed by random machine gun fire from an army outpost near the neighbouring Jewish settlement of Ganei Tal
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/10/28/palestinian041028.html
Civilian Dies of Wounds as Israeli Forces Invade Jenin
IPC correspondent said yesterday that Esam Abu Tueima, 30, died of wounds he sustained on October 2, during the Israeli onslaught on northern Gaza Strip. Abu Tueima was critically wounded when an Israeli unmanned drone fired a missile at a group of civilians in Jabalia refugee camp.
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=751
3 Palestinians injured in Jenin
The sources said that Israeli troops, backed by about 50 tanks and armored vehicles, stormed the city and the refugee camp of Jenin, adding that the army imposed curfew on residents at predawn. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers seized several houses and searched inside, and turned them into army outposts
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/28/content_2150564.htm
Palestinian fire wounds 7 soldiers in Gaza
In a gun battle near the southern Gaza settlenent of Morag, Palestinian gunmen hit an IDF position with mortars and sniper fire, wounding seven soldiers, one of them listed in extremely critical condition. The injuries of three other wounded troops were described as serious.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/494672.html
Jordan sends choppers for Arafat
JORDAN sent two helicopters to the West Bank this evening to transport ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to the kingdom en route for medical treatment in France, government spokeswoman Asma Khader said.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11222121%255E1702,00.html
France Sending Plane to Airlift Ailing Palestinian Leader
Thursday evening, a spokesman for French President Jacques Chirac called the airlift "imminent." Arafat aides in the West Bank say he will depart the region early Friday morning.
http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=10936
Annan gives full backing to head of UN agency helping Palestinians
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today gave his complete backing to the head of the United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees after Israel's allegation that a rocket had been loaded into a UN ambulance was disproved. (The text does not dare to criticize Israeli fabrication)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=12362&Cr=palestin&Cr1=
Charity night to back Palestine
"These families are so poor that they don't even have a morsel of food to eat while we're here enjoying ourselves." Donations and charity will be collected at the event that also includes a bazaar featuring well-known Palestinian embroidery such as clothes and shawls.
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=94954&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=27220
Qorei speaks with Sharon over Arafat health crisis
Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei spoke by phone with his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon who agreed to his request that Israel ensure that all the needs of ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat be met, an Israeli official said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&ncid=1312&e=8&u=/afp/20041028/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_arafat_health_041028102702
Aide denies Arafat named three-man team to run affairs
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's senior aide, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, denied Thursday that Arafat had formed a special three-man committee to run affairs in his absence.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=494353&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Palestinian foreign minister cancels visit to Russia
"Shaath was planning to visit Moscow, but now the visit will not take place," the Interfax news agency cited the unnamed sourceas saying, without specifying the reasons.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/28/content_2150838.htm
IDF has 'A New Leaf' plan, for day after Arafat's death
For the past year, the Israel Defense Forces Central Command has been working on a plan entitled "A New Leaf," which explores military options for "the day after" Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's death.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/494629.html
Chirac sends get-well wishes to stricken Arafat
French President Jacques Chirac on Thursday addressed his "warmest wishes" for the recovery of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who has fallen badly ill and who, according to his doctors, requires foreign medical treatment.
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id=13389&name=Chirac+sends+get-well+wishes+to+stricken+Arafat
Israeli peace camp hails Sharon the hawk
Governments of all hues have withstood domestic and international pressure to pull out of any part of the West Bank or Gaza Strip since their occupation began after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. Sharon, who was regarded as the Israel's most right-wing ever leader, is now poised to carry out an evacuation process which was beyond all imagination when he came to power in 2001.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=11&u=/afp/20041028/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_israel_gaza_041028125446
A clearer picture of the territories
The overall number of residents of the West Bank and Gaza is now about 3.5 million (based on data of the Palestinian population registry from 1997, which include East Jerusalem). And if it is true that about 5 percent have emigrated in recent years, this is most certainly a high number...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/494410.html
Analysis: Without Arafat, it grows harder to justify pullout
The claim that "there is no partner," which has formed the basis of Israeli foreign policy over the past four years and justified the refusal to negotiate with the Palestinian Authority, would depart together with him.
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/494355.html
Analysis: Few Palestinians show support for Arafat
Despite the fact that during his public appearances on television Arafat is surrounded by cheering supporters in his headquarters, it appears that large segments of the Palestinian public felt remote from their leader, despite the fact they did not blame him directly for the deteriorated state of affairs.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/494765.html
Jordan braces for stormy demonstrations
When reports of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's dwindling health were publicized Wednesday night, Jordan raised the state of alert in its capital and in Palestinian refugee camps in the country.
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=494418&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Jewishness versus democracy - By Azmi Bishara
These same words were imposed on them under Article 7A of the Knesset Law, which the Arabs would oppose if it were put to a vote again, just as they opposed it when the law was first enacted. According to this provision any party that does not recognise Israel as a Jewish and democratic state cannot participate in parliamentary elections.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/714/op63.htm
Anti-Sharon forces swell within his own Likud party
Benjamin Netanyahu and Limor Livnat, who worked against him openly and at the end of the day gave him an ultimatum: a referendum within 14 days or resignation from the government. That move could weaken Sharon's government even further, increase opposition to Sharon within his party, and make life difficult for him in continuing to promote the disengagement plan.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/493863.html
100,000 civilians have died from Iraq War and aftermath: Lancet
Around 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died as a result of the March 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, more than half of them from violence, according to an estimate to be published on Friday by the British medical weekly The Lancet.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=3&u=/afp/iraq_toll_civilians
Falluja emptied of women and children
"Three-quarters of the people have fled to other towns to avoid the American air strikes, especially the women and children," said Abdel Aziz Ibrahim, a teacher. "I stayed but my family is in Baghdad so the kids can go to school. No schools are open in Falluja now because of the security situation."
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041027/325/f5dgp.html
160 Arabs Face Death Penalty in Iraq
Noting Iraq is still suffering under the yoke of the US occupation and its daily attacks against Iraqi cities, the reporter added that Arabs who cross into the country to resist the foreign troops must be subjected to a fair trial.
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=6644&s2=28
Iraq says 'impossible' explosives taken before regime fall
But as the issue of the missing explosives took centre stage in the final days of the US presidential campaign, some US officials have suggested they had gone before the US-led forces moved on Baghdad.
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=6651&s2=28
Iraqi police placed in the firing line without weapons
These are the men, the Iraqi police and army, that the US and British government insist will take over security in Iraq, combating the ferocious rebellion, allowing their troops to be pulled out. They are already doing the bulk of the dying for the occupation forces, as last weekend's massacre of 49 recruits highlighted.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=576794
US gave date of war to Britain in advance, court papers reveal
Secret plans for the war in Iraq were passed to British Army chiefs by US defence planners five months before the invasion was launched, a court martial heard yesterday. The revelation strengthened suspicions that Tony Blair gave his agreement to President George Bush to go to war...
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=6634&s2=28 |
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