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In Qaffin: The Apartheid Gates and the Policy of “Permits”
Only 650 people from Qaffin have “permits”, while the number of people that have requested to access their lands which the Occupation Forces have now made inaccessible due to the building of the Apartheid Wall, is some 1600 people. At present, it is the olive harvest season, with people unable to access their groves.
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/789.shtml
High Court freezes fence construction near Budrus
The court, however, allowed the security forces to continue the infrastructure work on the fence's planned route near five villages in the southern West Bank area. The state has promised to restore the condition of the area where the fence is being built should the petition be accepted, Israel Radio reported.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=494910&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
The Wall, Israeli Apartheid and the Right of Return in Focus at the Norwegian Social Forum
The humanitarian and political consequences of the Apartheid Wall were discussed in a seminar organised by the Norwegian Tear Down the Wall Campaign in which the Norwegian Association of NGOs for Palestine is a driving force.
http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/790.shtml
Israel: 'Disengagement' Will Not End Gaza Occupation
“The removal of settlers and most military forces will not end Israel's control over Gaza,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa Division. “Israel plans to reconfigure its occupation of the territory, but it will remain an occupying power with responsibility for the welfare of the civilian population.”
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/10/29/isrlpa9577.htm
Underage Female detainee deprived of their basic rights
Lawyer of the Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs reported that female detainees under the age of 18, in Al-Ramlah prison are suffering from inhumane conditions and treatment, in violation of international law and the basic rights of children.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/October/week4/103004/underage%20F-detainees.htm
Two Children Killed in Less than 24 Hours in Jenin
IPC correspondent in Jenin said Israeli forces shot dead 12-year-old schoolboy, Ibrahim Kmail, in front of his school in the city. During the third day of the invasion of Jenin City, medical sources told our correspondent that at least seven civilians were wounded by Israeli gunfire, including three children whose injuries were described as moderate.
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=779
13 homes razed north of Rafah
WAFA news Agency said on Saturday, that soldiers razed 13 homes and destroyed an agricultural barracks in Al-Arabeyya area, in Rafah, near the Egyptian borders, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/October/week4/103004/Rafah%20demolish.htm
PCHR: “26 Palestinians killed last week”
Moreover, the report said that soldiers conducted vast military raids in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip killing 17 residents including three P.A security men, and shot wounded 76 residents, including 26 children, and eight residents who were killed by missiles fired by military apaches
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/October/week4/103004/PCHR.htm
Young girl demands compensation for being shot inside her classroom
A 13 years old girl from Khan Younis, who was shot wounded while sitting inside the classroom, filed charges against the army, seeking compensations. It is worth mentioning that the girl is now blinded, paralyzed and continuously suffers from pain in her head in addition to physiological problems.
http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/October/week4/103004/young%20girl.htm
Israeli Troops Rampage Throughout Palestinian Territories
In the meantime, the Israeli bulldozers razed earlier on Saturday vast areas of arable Palestinian-owned lands in the Farta neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip City of Beit Hanoun. Also, the bulldozers knocked down several green houses in the area, witnesses confirmed.
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=789
Rally in Tel Aviv to mark nine years since Rabin assassination
Organizers of the rally decided not to invite politicians to speak this year in order to make the rally more stately and to appeal to an audience that may have stayed away due to the political nature of past memorials.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/495387.html
PLO gathers for crucial meeting as Arafat undergoes urgent medical care
Although a weekly event, analysts have predicted that the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) executive meeting will be an attempt to reassure the world and the Palestinians that there will be a smooth transition of power during Arafat's absence.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/114420/1/.html
Abbas urges Palestinians to unite
Abbas spoke after chairing the first Palestine Liberation Organisation executive meeting without Arafat, amid speculation that the Palestinian leadership could fall into chaos should the veteran leader not return. "We call on all our people and factions to unite and work together in responsible fashion to protect our destiny and homeland,"
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=32306
French Tend to Ill Arafat, Aides Dismiss Leukemia
"The tests already carried out exclude any possibility of leukemia, and I say it again, any possibility of leukemia," she said, speaking in French. "There are other possibilities and the doctors are still examining."
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6666601
Russian foreign ministercalled on both Israel and Palestine authorities
Lavrov also said he believed Israel would follow through with its promise to allow Arafat to return to Palestine after treatment. Arafat agreed to go to France after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, said he would let him return to the West Bank
http://www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv/news.php?newsid=4643
Israeli Arabs Send Ramadan Packages to Palestinians
Palestinians living inside what is now Israel (Israeli Arabs) are increasingly contributing to a campaign championed by several charities to help needy Palestinian families in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2004-10/30/article07.shtml
Palestinians consider life after Arafat
"We have no strategic plan for this," says a senior Palestinian security official. "He didn't want any discussion of creating an alternative in case of emergency." The official says security chiefs were only Thursday forming a plan to define responsibility for the head of each security branch if Arafat dies.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1029/p01s04-wome.htm
Who's afraid of a war of inheritance?
Until Thursday, no formal meetings were held by the cabinet or any Palestine Liberation Organization or Fatah institution. But even before it was decided to send him to Paris, there were spontaneous consultations about the next steps and how to fill the leadership vacuum, temporarily.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=495174&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Arafat's departure would alter PLO's UN mission
According to one version of events discussed by diplomats Thursday, the death of the Palestinian leader would mean a moderation in the position of the PLO's New York mission toward Israel. Sources in New York said Thursday that the PLO mission is already considering a memorial ceremony to be held for Yasser Arafat in the General Assembly.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=494993&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Reactions from the Arab press
Whether Arafat is cured and returns to his prison, or whether he is overpowered by a disease, which has worsened because of imprisonment, the Palestinians will always remember that the Israelis and the Americans are responsible... What is more important however, more than ever, is that the Palestinians thwart attempts by Israel to ignite a civil war in the territories.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1099123897601
On This Day 1991: Bush opens historic Mid East peace conference
"Territorial compromise is essential for peace," said President Bush. "We seek peace, real peace. And by real peace I mean treaties. If we cannot summon the courage to lay down the past for ourselves then let us do it for the children."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/30/newsid_2465000/2465725.stm
China, Iran sign biggest oil & gas deal
Under a memorandum of understanding signed Thursday, Sinopec Group will buy 250 million tons of liquefied natural gas over 30 years from Iran and develop the giant Yadavaran field. Iran is also committed to export 150,000 barrels per day of crude oil to China for 25 years at market prices after commissioning of the field.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/30/content_2157826.htm
Eight U.S. Marines killed in Iraq; car bomb in Baghdad kills seven people
The U.S. military said nine Marines were also wounded in the fighting in Anbar province west of the capital, which includes the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. The statement gave no further details on how or where they were killed.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/495389.html
Black Watch soldier killed on road to secure new base
The Scots Guards are on stand-by to become the second British regiment to be deployed to areas of Iraq formerly occupied by the Americans. The Guards are expected to be ordered at around Christmas or the new year to replace the Black Watch battalion, which arrived at a new base near Baghdad known as Camp Dogwood yesterday.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=577509
Iraqi armed group claims responsibility for Al-Arabiya attack
Al-Arabiya had been temporarily banned by the Iraqi authority from covering news in Iraq. However, the Saudi-funded channel has been more cooperative with the interim government led by Iyad Allawi, especially since he visited Saudi Arabia earlier this year.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/30/content_2159437.htm
Group Warned U.S. of Unsecured Weapons
Human Rights Watch said Saturday it alerted the U.S. military to a cache of hundreds of warheads containing high explosives in Iraq in May 2003, but that officials seemed uninterested and still hadn't secured the site 10 days later.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=8&u=/ap/20041030/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_weapons
Iraq Hostage's Father Hopes Son Is Alive
The father of a Japanese traveler held hostage in Iraq expressed hope Saturday that his son was alive and would be freed after a body found in northern Iraq and said to resemble him turned out to be someone else.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=7&u=/ap/20041030/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_hostages
Pope to meet with Iraqi PM at Vatican
The Vatican sources said Allawi would meet with the 84-year-old pope at around 11 am (1000 GMT) on Thursday. John Paul has been a fervent opponent of the war in Iraq, and prior to the US-led invasion last year he made a determined campaign to try and prevent it.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=6&u=/afp/20041030/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_pope_vatican_041030131718
Italians stage demo against Iraq war
"It's not enough to sign unitary motions on the withdrawal. We must also mobilise, as thousands of pacifists have done today. This large turnout shows that peace is an issue in Italian public opinion that can mobilise people."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=10&u=/afp/20041030/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_italy_demo_041030165139 |
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