2003 Archives IV
These links still have to be sorted.
6-18 - Needed: A Neutral Third Party With Teeth
6-17 - ANALYSIS: DAILY LIFE IN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Read "David"'s account about halfway down the page. Looks like he took my challenge.
6-17 - Why are Moslem groups listed and not Jewish groups
6-17 - Israeli Settlers' bus runs over four-year-old girl
6-16 - Occupied voices
Ordinary Palestinians aren't driven by hatred of Jews - they simply want ordinary lives
6-16 - Negotiations fail to broker Middle East truce
6-16 - Water war leaves Palestinians thirsty
6-15 - Israeli army arrests two Palestinian cameramen
6-15 - Italy steps out of line on Palestinians
6-15 - Working her own road map
6-15 - World View
What foreign media are saying about the United States
6-15 - The only reality that can stop destruction
6-15 - Another kid died from missile attacks
6-15 - Palestinians seek relief at the beach
Nearby, a child built a tank out of sand only to stomp it flat. "(Israeli) tanks are bad," he said, running into the surf again.
6-14 - Gaza's residents worn out by conflict, blame Israel and Hamas
6-14 - Israel, Palestinians Resume Peace Talks
Another teen stonethrower killed today by Israelis.
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6-14 - Powell Grieves for Israeli Soldiers, Not Palestinian Civilians
6-14 - A Good Week for the Extremists
A Macabre Alliance
6-14 - Israel defies restraint plea with new strike on Hamas
Mistaken identity?
6-13 - Many Evangelicals Side With Israel in Mideast Dispute
6-13 - Wheelchair-bound Hamas spiritual guide in Israeli army sights: radio
6-13 - Palestinians criticize US stand on latest Mideast violence
- They want international peacekeepers as they've sought in the past (and we vetoed those UN resolutions
that set out to afford them such).
6-13 - Annan calls for peacekeeping force in Mideast as US blames Hamas
6-13 - Poll: Israelis Oppose Military Strikes
"The poll also showed that 67 percent of Israelis agree with recent statements by Sharon that Israel must end its occupation of Palestinian areas
" - Interesting.
6-13 - Israel Moves to Target Top Hamas Leaders
even though the Israeli public is opposed to such attacks for now - Israel Vows War on Hamas, Poll Sees Public Opposed
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6-13 - Violent Week Touching Lives in Mideast
6-13 - Israeli missiles kill even those who came to help
- It seems like a common occurrence for Israel to launch a missile
into a crowd that has gathered to witness the damage of a previous missile attack.
6-12 - U.S. Shifts Criticism Away from Israel
Who's calling the shots here in the US government? The American pro-Israeli lobby's boohooing and posturing paid off - as usual.
The problem with these "targeted" assassinations is that they end up taking out more civilians than militants in
the process.
6-12 - Israel can halt this now
The original founders of the Jewish state could surely not imagine the irony facing Israel today: in escaping the ashes of the Holocaust, they have incarcerated another people in a hell similar in its nature - though not its extent - to the Warsaw ghetto.
6-12 - Is Sharon to blame? Israelis wonder
"Sceptics note a pattern of Israeli assassinations at crucial moments in the peace efforts.
" - I had noticed.
6-12 - Arab states are furious, fearful over new cycle of violence
6-12 - Saudi Faults Israel, Defends Aid to Bomber Families
6-12 - Palestinian, Israeli women seek new peace track
6-12 - Bush Under Fire in Congress for Criticizing Israel
6-12 - Israel Demolishes House Of Disabled Arab-Israeli
Terrible.
6-12 - Israeli 'Targeted Killings' in Spotlight
6-12 -
Israeli Missiles Kill Nine in Gaza City
- Another strike yet.
6-11 - Two Dead in New Israeli Airstrike on Gaza
Strike 2 for today.
6-11 - Jerusalem Blast Kills 16; 7 Die in Gaza
- "Israel struck in Gaza about an hour later.
Witnesses said an Apache helicopter fired two missiles at a car stuck in a traffic jam in a crowded Gaza City neighborhood and then fired again after a group of people gathered around the vehicle.
" - this is typical to wait until a crowd gathers and fire another missile into them.
6-10 - Richard Gere Visits Palestine
My kind of guy.
6-10 - British MPs in Gaza condemn Israeli missile strikes
6-10 - UN agency gives homes to Palestinians whose houses were destroyed by Israel
6-10 - Moscow urges Israel to show restraint
6-10 - Britain condemns Israeli strike on Hamas chief
6-10 - Hamas Vows Revenge for Israeli Attack
- Last paragraph.
6-10 - Hamas' Rantissi Vows No Safety for 'Pig' Sharon
"The gun will reach every inch of Palestine if they (Israelis) don't stop targeting Palestinian children, women and old people, destroying homes, blockading and detaining people," Rantissi said.
6-10 - CHRONOLOGY-Israeli attacks on militants
6-10 - US media ignore Israeli violence after Aqaba summit
6-10 - Pro-Palestine lobby group launched
American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights . Their website - http://www.americansforpalestine.org/ - the funny thing is,
I started a Yahoo Group by the same name to house video clips. I was going to buy the name for this site, and it was taken
just days after I made that Yahoo Group by the same name. WEIRD!
6-10 - ADL troubled by Bush's comments
Well, when Hamas takes revenge for today's strike, which they've vowed to do,
let's see how much security their actions today provided for Israel. The Anti-Defamation League, can it be anymore obvious
that they are an arm of Israel in the United States? Keep in mind that they have a say as to what Americans
can and cannot watch on television (censorship).
6-10 - Israeli soldiers beat ambulance crews, prevent them from evacuating wounded
6-10 - Bush Criticizes Israel, Struggles for Peace Plan
"Another Israeli attack on Palestinian targets followed initial U.S. criticisms of the strike on Rantissi. The White House said it was still studying the second incident. " - Interesting.
VIDEO: Bush 'Troubled' by Israeli Attack
6-10 - Settlers resist move to demolish homes
"But the military showed an unusual restraint, that would come as a surprise to many Palestinians, when confronted by large numbers of teenagers, mothers with babies in their arms and a few dozen well-armed men." - I see that. Double standard abounds.
6-10 - Bush upset at Israel for trying to kill Hamas chief
"Israel has repeatedly been accused of timing assassinations of Hamas militants to wreck Palestinian and Arab attempts to get a ceasefire. Last summer, a ceasefire was believed to be near when the Israeli air force bombed a packed residential neighbourhood to assassinate a Hamas leader, killing nine children as well.
" - You don't say?..
6-10 - Hamas Vows Revenge for Israeli Attack
This attack on Hamas came just as Hamas was in discussions over a truce.
6-10 - Three killed in fresh Israeli helicopter raid on Gaza Strip
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6-10 - 3 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Army
How is firing rockets into a residential neighborhood in an apparent retaliatory strike any different
than what Hamas does?
6-10 - Bush 'Deeply Troubled' by Israeli Strike
- "At the same time, Israeli troops dismantled 10 tiny, uninhabited settlement outposts in the West Bank overnight
" Painful concessions, huh? All settlements are illegal under international law and violate the Fourth Geneva Convention.
6-10 - Hamas leader Rantissi wounded in Israeli helicopter raid
6-10 - Israel dismantles first settler outposts under peace plan
6-9 - Mideast story only half there
More Americans speaking up, I like it.
6-9 - American Propaganda
And another. Excellent.
6-9 - Israeli activists seek to aid Palestinians negotiate passage in the West Bank
6-9 - Israeli troops blow up 13 houses in Gaza
6-9 - Israel Starts Dismantling Settler Outposts
6-9 - Some Lives Are Cheaper Than Others
Remembering Rachel Corrie
6-9 - Apocalypse soon
Evangelicals in the US believe there is a biblical basis for opposing the Middle East road map
45 million Christian fundamentalists? Wow.
6-7 - Dead in the Water
36th Anniversary of the Attack on the USS Liberty.
6-8 - Oliver Stone’s “Persona Non Grata” Arouses Worry Among Israelis
- I usually don't use articles from Palestinian government solely for the fact
that I will be smeared for using "Arab propaganda" but this is an interesting article about
Oliver Stone's documentary that recently aired on HBO. I was not aware that this film was that
controversial. The reviews I read preceding the airing of the special never mentioned any of this. Needless to say,
anyone who takes a gander at this situation and hears both sides, especially an American, is alright by me.
6-8 - Mid-East killings prompt US appeal
6-8 - Why Palestinians are the modern Sioux
6-8 - Settlers ready to give up homes
6-8 - Sharon plans to drive down another road
6-7 - Israel rules by force
6-7 - Fund for Palestinian, Israeli students set up
6-7 - ISRAELI GOVERNMENT FAILS TO RELEASE CHILD DETAINEES - 330 STILL IN CUSTODY
- Palestinian children in Israeli prisons for throwing stones - article from last year.
6-7 - Palestinian Officials Blast Hamas
HEBRON: Rollins released from Israeli prison
And a statement from Rollins
Mazin B. Qumsiyeh: A Summit of Peace or Pretense
Core issues in Israeli-Palestinian conflict
From 2002: Israeli Roots of Hamas Are Being Exposed
6-6 - Christians also battle for Palestinian side
6-6 - UN seeks funds for Palestinians
6-6 - Lebanon Palestinians
fear losing ‘right of return’
6-6 - Nazeeh and the Olive Grove
- Israel: stop stealing their land.
6-6 - Bush Considers Easing Palestinian Aid Restrictions
6-6 - "Mainstream" Churches Blacklist Pro-Israel Speakers
- "while others claimed that previous speakers from mainstream Jewish organizations had been rude to participants with opposing viewpoints.
" - something I've experienced often online. Rude is an understatement.
6-6 - Christian Aid's International Director Roger Riddell explains Christian Aid's work in the Middle East
6-6 - Bethlehem priest prays for peace
6-6 - Markers of Bush's commitment
6-6 - The map must show a way home
6-6 - Arafat scoffs at offer to move Israeli settlers
"Palestinian activists have purchased weapons from the Israeli mafia and arms dealers looking to make huge profits
" - Interesting.
6-6 - Anti-Israel German Politician Did Not Kill Himself
- an interesting story.
6-5 - Mideast peace requires 'full and equal rights for all'
6-5 - Jewish, Arab Groups in U.S. Work Together
6-5 - Arafat skeptical over Sharon's Aqaba statement
6-4 - Children shot in third day of Israeli army raids
What kind of a soldier could shoot even a rubber bullet into a child's head? Israeli
rubber bullets have steel inside and are still lethal, btw. Lastly, remember folks, watch what the Israeli government does, not says. Actions speak louder
than words. If these incursions that usually result in scores of casualties continue to go on, then it's clear that Israel does not want peace.
6-4 - Sharon sticks to script in front of Bush - but the backtracking has already begun
6-4 - Peace given a chance as Israel bows to US
Clarifications? More like loopholes to back out of peace deals from. Can that government commit to anything, and stick to it?
6-4 - Israel, Palestinians Promise Bush to Seek Peace
6-4 - Sharon's Security Beefed Up Over Settler 'Threat'
- Will these militant extremists ruin it for everyone (again)?
6-4 - Hamas, Jihad Say Won't Disarm, Defy Palestinian PM
6-4- Settlers Blast Sharon Over 'Surrender' Summit
Sharon needs extra security from the violent extremist settlers.
6-4 - First Mideast 'Road Map' Meets Protest
Terrorism paid off for Irgun and Stern in the 30s and 40s, lest we forget.
6-4 - A bold stride along the road to peace - or a footnote in history?
Read the part about pro-Israeli influence over our policy in the region.
6-4 - Bush tells Israel to abandon West Bank settlements
'A territory they can call home'
6-4 - Peaceniks take Palestine's war to the Welsh
6-4 - Jewish Outposts Center of Mideast Dispute
6-3 - Palestinians boycott Jerusalem election
6-3 - Don't let Israel pull its old tricks
6-3 - ISM Demands Israeli Retraction and Apology over Mike's Place Bombing
Allegations
- This is the second time the ISM has had to force an IDF retraction of a completely baseless claim on the IDF's part.
See story below about journalists being questioned about "links to terror". Photographers and ISM targets for smear campaigns now -
you can guess why (they make the IDF look bad when they "got in the way of" their bullets and dozers).
6-3 - Hollywood heartthrob Richard Gere on visit to Palestinian territories
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6-3 - Bush Says Israel Must Deal with Settlements
- "Israel has got responsibilities. Israel must deal with the settlements. Israel must make sure there is a continuous territory that the Palestinians can call home," Bush said in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Story at Independent UK
6-3 - Israel to end some settlements
All settlements in the Occupied Territories are illegal under international law.
6-3 - Israel starts releasing 100 Palestinian prisoners
6-3 - Mideast Talks: 'Israel Must Act'
6-3 - Widespread Support for Palestinian State
6-2 - Bush locks Europeans out of Middle East process
6-2 - US spy agencies not taking blame if banned weapons not found
Paragraphs 5 and 6: Wolfowitz Cabal behind bad/questionable Iraq intel in their push for war.
Why did Wolfowitz Cabal want war on Iraq - Whose War? - right on, Pat.
6-2 - Journalists Questioned in Israel Bombing
- Now the photographers will be painted as terrorist-supporters too, just like how Israel wanted to paint the peacekeepers as such?
Well, we knew this was coming. They needed to cover their ass after they shot and killed one of them (James Miller) and couldn't weasel their way out of it by blaming the phoney ghost Palestinian militant. That lie was blown to bits.
6-2 - Policeman killed at security post
and some more stonethrowers wounded by Israeli fire.
6-2 -
Bush Begins His Peace Push in Mideast
6-2 - New Group Offers Alternative To AIPAC
6-2 - Chicago Tribune Cartoon Draws Cries Of Antisemitism
6-2 - Public Poll Says Most Americans Favor Evenhanded Approach in Mideast
- American views, he said, "remain relatively robust," and the public sees the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a conflict over land, and not in the context of war on terror. "It tells you that the American public is making its mind up somewhat independently from the [media] coverage, and I think that is interesting and it might need reflection particularly in terms of perhaps the fact that this issue has been on the minds of the public for so long," said Telhami. - EXCELLENT.
6-2 - Richard Gere tours Israel and the Occupied Territories - Kudos to him.
6-2 - Progress in Mideast peace requires taking on zealots
6-2 - Palestinian Uprising Leader Goes on Trial
6-2 - Pope urges separate states of Israel and Palestine to ensure Mideast peace
6-2 - Israel Will Dismantle Only Some Outposts
6-1 - Israel seeks formal "Jewish" state label
- to ensure the state remains a Jewish majority, no doubt. Read into it what you will.
6-1 - Mid-East tense ahead of summits
- Israel hasn't eased up on much.
6-1 - Settler fury at Sharon 'betrayal'
"One of the reasons I am here is to prevent the establishment of an independent Palestinian state," said Yisreal Meded, an immigrant from New York and former mayor of Shilo settlement.
6-1 - Sharon warns Jewish settlers will be relocated
6-1 - Marchers Wave Flags at Salute to Israel Parade
- "Men marching with children shot obscene gestures toward the pro-Palestinian demonstrators,"
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6-1 - The end of history
Gaza Strip activist Laura Kraftowitz speaks about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
This Congressman is alright Right on. Unfortunately, his opinion is not shared by many in our Congress, seems.
5-31 - Palestinians, U.S. Discuss Declarations
[Meanwhile, the militant group Islamic Jihad distributed fliers Saturday saying it has "no intention of attacking the American people and do not consider the American people our enemy" — a response to a warning the U.S. Embassy posted on its Web site Friday saying it had received "credible reports" of plans to kidnap U.S. citizens in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas issued a similar statement Friday.
The warning was still posted on the embassy site Saturday
] - Did we rely on "shaky intelligence" for that tidbit too? Perhaps from the MOSSAD? ...
5-31- Israel Eases Military Closures Ahead of Summit
5-31- Palestinian PM: Cease-fire to Be Reached in 20 Days
5-31 - A love under fire
- The kind of story that movies are made from :)
5-30 - Hamas demands halt to Israel's "aggression" to stop attacks
Hamas activist has stated that their operations are retaliations for Israel's agression here.
5-30 - Poll: Israelis Back Palestinian State
5-30 - U.S. Team to Monitor Israeli-Palestinian Steps
A US team? Can we really be trusted to be impartial?
5-30 - Israel pledges withdrawal from Palestinian cities
5-30 - Palestinians Demand Return to Ruins
5-30 - US issues Gaza kidnap warning
Sorry but it sounds like utter bull - a scare tactic to keep foreign peacekeepers out of the Territories.
5-29 - Activist's parents criticise Israel over shooting
'"People need to know the truth'' about Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, Anthony Hurndall said. ''Very, very few people seem to know the truth.''
- I know the truth.
5-29 - Israel will never let go of Jerusalem: Sharon
Read this UN resolution again. Jerusalem does not belong to Israel.
5-29 - Mid-East talks 'productive'
A UN resolution from 1982 Note the mention of Israel's violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention back then.
This was before the FIRST intifada (1987). Also note the mention of the misuse of the veto by a certain Security Council member - us.
See also
this 1993 article from wrmea.com that discusses the core issues of the conflict that date back to 1948. For all UN resolutions relating to Palestine, go here.
5-29 - Shot Protester Flown Home To UK
Thanks to all who helped get Tom home.
5-29 - Violence rages in territories ahead of Abbas-Sharon meeting
Mideast Peace Plan Gets Surprising Push
Abrams has told several pro-Israel lobbyists that the road map should not be "viewed as a bible" and that its text is not "carved in stone."
- Actually, I believe Powell and others have said the road map is NOT subject to changes. In effect, what Sharon is likely doing is giving the
lip service now about this peace deal, but will try to finagle later on down the line. Seems that his Zionist counterparts in Washington are pretty much
giving him the encouragement to believe that he will be allowed to do so.
5-29 - Palestinian leader rejects allegation of Holocaust denial
5-28 - Woman shares account of West Bank travels
5-28 - U.S. threatened sanctions if Israel blocked 'Roadmap'
5-28 - ANALYSIS: ISRAEL CRACKING DOWN ON PEACE ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES TO SUPPORT PALESTINIANS
GRADSTEIN: Bamberger paid her own way here, saying she has long wanted to do something to help the Palestinians.
Ms. BAMBERGER: This may sound corny and stupid, but it was something that I had to do. I am Jewish, and once upon a time, a lot of people sort of bore witness and saved a few of my relatives. And I just look at it as my responsibility to help other people live a humane and civil life.
5-28 - Israelis set terms for peace plan
[Israel has laid down a demand for a "complete cessation of terror" before it begins implementing the US-led "road map" to a peace settlement. However, "The road map will not state that Israel must halt violence, incitement against the Palestinians," (Israel demands)
] Speaks for itself.
5-28 - The right of return
5-28 - William Pfaff: American Jews force Sharon's hand
5-28 - Amnesty Criticizes Israel, Palestinian Militants
Israel is now arresting and deporting the international monitors. Also, the issue came up at the UN a few times, we vetoed those resolutions. We were the only nation to do so.
5-28 - Palestinians to Ask Israel for Statehood
5-28 - Ariel Sharon's change in political lexicon does not signal the end of Israel's occupation in Gaza, writes Derek Brown
5-28 - OT - We really did a great job with rebuilding Afghanistan, eh?
photo photo Poppies back in the Afghan fields - I thought our job
was to ensure that this type of thing would cease, opium is illegal... Anyway, these wars we
embarked on, have made us infinitely safer, am I right? We shouldn't
have any terror threats by now, yes? No.
5-27 - You'll never see Bush do this - or any other high profile American politician or otherwise; meet with the Palestinian people in the refugee camps - see their suffering, hear their voices.
What Sharon Wants, Sharon Gets
- Note the comments from Lieberman and the crackdown on peace activists and foreign aid workers. Lastly, actions speak louder than words.
Sharon can blather all he wants about 'peace' and 'painful concessions', but actions matter. As you can
see from the links below, a few youths were shot in the past few days. When we no longer see incidents
like these, then we know that Israel sincerely wants peace.
5-27 - ISRAELI ARABS VISIT AUSCHWITZ
as a gesture to understand Jewish history of suffering and the Holocaust. Now can we get a reciprocal visit by the Israelis to the concentration camps of the West Bank and Gaza?
I won't hold my breath.
5-27 - Sharon-Abbas Summit Postponed
Halfway down the page, Fox News report on the violence and shooting of the diplomatic cars by Israeli soldiers (which they denied).
5-27 - ICAHD Activists Arrested at House Demolition
5-27 - End of all aid work in Palestine?
5-27 - Israelis jail Lake Stevens activist
Off topic but important: US plans death camp
Not good, not good.
5-27 - European, Arab states urge rapid adoption of Mideast peace roadmap
5-27 - Palestinian premier says violence cannot be eradicated overnight: report
5-27 - Protest against Israel
5-27 -
So the blood may spin in American eyes They will do anything to dupe the American public. That's why all Americans should be getting their news online from a variety of sources.
5-27 - Sharon backtracks on term "occupation" in face of internal rebellion
'Disputed territories' only by Israel. The world regards all settlements in the Occupied Territories as illegal.
5-27 - 3 Children Killed in West Bank Violence More details in this story. This ISM report details that the Israeli army held up the ambulance (again), and the boy bled to death. VIDEO: about children killed/injured
5-27 - Ariel Sharon shocks hawks: 'Occupation' of Palestinian areas must end
5-27 - How Rachel died (cont)
5-27 - Likud leader condemns army abuses
Now let's see what they DO about it.
5-27 - Israeli settlers vow: 'We will never leave'
5-26 - Israelis shoot at diplomatic cars in Gaza -sources
5-26 - Israel clears first hurdle, but vast obstacles lie ahead
5-25 - FEATURE-Israel builds at settlements despite peace plan
5-25 - Hamas 'ready to offer new ceasefire'
5-25 - Israeli Cabinet Narrowly OKs Peace Plan Israel *conditionally* accepted the plan - article at bottom.
5-24 - Palestinian killed at Gaza border
5-24 - Israelis raid refugee camp as Sharon backs peace plan
Two American ISM activists arrested details here.
5-24 - IDF: No `smoking gun' links captured ship to PA
From Oct: Peace hopes wilt among the olive branches
Settlers often get away with murder just like
the soldiers do.
5-24 - US concession draws Israel into road map vote
5-23 - Despite pledge US may not meet all Israeli concerns
5-23 - Woman collapses after N.Y. judge asks if she's a terrorist
5-23 - Israeli activists questioned by Israeli security service
5-23 - Tenders issued for housing in territories
- It's not their land to sell.
5-23 - Powell says no changes to be made to Mideast roadmap for peace
5-23 - Bush Wins Israel's Approval of Peace Plan
5-23 -
Sharon Accepts U.S.-Backed Peace Plan
5-23 - Palestinians confident of no change in Mideast plan
5-23 - Palestinian refugee dispells media portrayal of Middle East
5-23 - Islamic states to boycott Israel chairing arms body
Despite Israel having nuclear weapons, it has
refused to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) or submit their nuclear installations to inspection.
5-23 -
Films aim to stir Americans' interest in peace process
5-23 - Israel's Concerns May Alter Road Map
BUSH CAVED IN TO SHARON. Sharon will Barak-ize the road map, no doubt. Unreal. This was probably the game plan all along.
5-22 - Canadian activist saved from deportation by last-minute Israeli court order
5-22 - US prods Israel over outposts amid last-ditch roadmap rescue efforts
Remember, all settlements are illegal under international law - annexing territory taken by force is illegal regardless of the
cirumstances of the conflict. Neither Berlin nor Tokyo were annexed at the end of World War II. And another stonethrowing youth seriously wounded by Israeli forces.
5-22 -
Suspected Al Qaeda Activities in Iran Contributed to Orange Alert
I believe Al Qaeda is in Iran as much as I believe that Iraq's WMDs were the reason we invaded that country - I DON'T BUY EITHER. Iran harbors Hezbollah - a Wolfowitz/JINSA target. That's the real reason for the Al Qaeda-Iran "connection". Our government using more contrived BS to whip the sheep into another panicky frenzy, scared enough to allow the government to embark on yet another unjustified war that largely benefits Israel.
5-22 - Support for Israel changes, study says
"Israeli-Palestinian fighting has led some liberal and black members of Congress to identify with Palestinians
" - hence this tidbit - AIPAC Reaches Out To Black Legislators
5-22 - Abbas says Israeli acts fuel hatred
5-22 - On rescuing Private Lynch and forgetting Rachel Corrie
- Of interest.
Text of the Rockford College graduation speech by Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges is the one that wrote this diary. His speech was interrupted and booed - source. I'll bet you can figure out why.
5-21 - Israel told to accept road map `formally'
I will remind you, Israel has no legal claim to the territories it has occupied since 1967 - Annexing territory taken by force is illegal under international law regardless of the circumstances of the conflict.
Neither Berlin nor Tokyo were annexed at the end of World War II.
Foreign Secretary was target for assassination by Zionist groups
"A separate memo from MI5 to senior police officers warned that "Zionist propaganda" had whipped up feeling about a Jewish state to such an extent that "virtually every Jew is today to some extent in sympathy with Zionist aspirations".
" - Zionist propaganda abounds to this day, especially in the American press.
5-21 - Palestinian woman, teen killed by IDF near Ramallah
Cloudcroft chief stops Israelis with suspicious cargo
Keep in mind, some Israelis were arrested after they were spotted cheering and celebrating when the FIRST plane went into the WTC. They just so happened to be at Liberty Park (which has a clear view of the towers) when the event occurred. Bomb sniffing dogs reacted to their van, and the police noted that the Israelis had maps linking them to the blasts. The original article saved in the Internet Archiver - article
5-21 - Settlement-building continues, despite calls to stop by US government
5-21 - Israeli troops kill two Palestinians
5-21 - Chinese envoy meets Arafat in Ramallah
5-21 - Terrorists plotted death of Bevin
- The first to use terror in Palestine were the Zionists.
5-21 - Palestinian PM halts Gaza visit
- Story 2
5-21 -Peace burden must be shared
Zionist meeting brands 'road map' as heresy
What these Zionists clearly fail to realize is that that land in Palestine was already
inhabited by rightful owners of the land, and still is and that these same people do not subscribe to the same God.
Lastly, basing land ownership on religion is the HEIGHT of inanity. It does not hold water in the legal realm of the international community. That is why Zionists
have latched on to the US (superpower) and have managed to brainwash American Christians in the process. No good Christian
supports what Israel is doing and has done to the Palestinians all of these years.
Google bowed to pressure brought upon them by an email campaign organized by (those who cry "anti-Semitism!')
Silence/smear those with whom we do not agree = FASCISM.
From 2001: US aid to Israel - Tax Dollars Soaked in Blood
Right on the money.
5-20 - Crushed: the farmers caught between the Israeli army and Hamas
- Collective punishment and the wanton destruction of private property
by the Occupying power violates the Fourth Geneva Convention.
5-20 - Rachel Corrie procession - Boston 5/20/03
5-20- Anne Gwynne beaten, threatened by Israelis - not the first time for either.
From May 16 - Palestinian filmmaker denied entry to Israel on "security" grounds
- "But this latest incident also seems to be part of a political war which the Israeli government is fighting against the British government and its citizens in response to rising popular support for the Palestinians in Britain
" This is what happens when the public is allowed to see both sides of the issue, unlike here in America.
5-20 - The Killing Zone We need to get this kind of thing aired in the mainstream US press.
5-20 - Outrage over beating of two Palestinian journalists by Israeli soldiers
This isn't the first time they beat photographers - article.
5-20 - UK panel nixes complaint over anti-Sharon cartoon
5-20 - 'One day in five, the IDF attempts assassination'
Of interest.
5-20 - Christian Peacekeeper Teams in Hebron now marked and restricted
5-20 - Israel Leaves Gaza Town After 5-Day Siege
- Some of the damage described here.
5-20 - Road Map Failure Would Wreck Iraq War Gains-Canada
5-20 - Bush Phones Abbas, Sharon on Mideast Plan
5-20 - Angry Palestinians Lash Out at Militants
See also this article.
5-20 - Bush Still Backing New Palestinian PM
From 1999 - The Kafr Kassem massacre of 1956
- note the soldiers' "punishment" for this incident. The Israelis never apologized for the massacre.
From 1997 - Fulbright Called for U.S. Defense Pact With Israel But Was Labeled Anti-Semite
- No critics of Israel allowed in Congress. A proposal by our government in the 70s to secure Israel's pre-67 borders to ensure its safety that was REJECTED by Israel.
Wonder why? THEY WANTED ALL OF THE LAND, THAT'S WHY.
5-19 - AJC: Palestinian Terrorist Groups Obstacle to Road Map
My, how quickly they moved to blame the spate of bombings the past few days as the obstacle to peace,
when we know that all last week Sharon backpeddled on the road map deal and never accepted it.
His subsequent cancellation of his scheduled trip to Washington that he blamed on the recent
attacks further proves he's not interested in the road map to peace. Why else would he cow to terror?
5-19 - Bush says attacks will not stall Middle East peace
5-19 - Envoy: Israel Hinders Gaza Relief Efforts
5-19 - Four dead in suicide bomb attack
All of the draconian efforts by the Israeli government including the deaths of scores of Palestinian civilians in recent weeks/months, did little
for the security of the Israeli people. Have the Israeli people been any safer since Sharon has been in power? Maybe it's time to rethink the current strategy.
5-18 - Their pain is the same
5-18 - Speech by Tom Hurndall's sister given at yesterday's pro-Palestine rally in the UK Note the information given with regard
to the IDF's investigation into the death of her brother.
5-18 - Sharon Delays U.S. Trip After Two Blasts
5-17 - Secrecy over shoot-to-kill fear in Gaza Read the part about the IDF's impunity.
5-17 - Israel Says Barrier Will Keep Out Bombers
5-17 - Pro-Palestine rally in London
From 2001: Israel castigated for 'rights abuses'
I am disgusted at my country's shameful submission to Israel
in spite of the massive global outcry at Israel's grave
human rights violations.
5-17 - Israel: Sharon’s rejection of US “road map” has powerful support in Washington
From Wed: Activist's death in Gaza moved Atlanta cousin to push Palestinian rights
5-16 - ISM: Report of the Beit Sahour IDF raid from Kristin Razowsky
5-16 - Erakat resignation plunges Palestinian govt in crisis ahead of Sharon meet
5-16 - Tikkun community seeks to establish presence in KC
5-16 - UN rights chief slams Israeli raids in Gaza
- Site is down at the moment.
5-16 - Australian activist caught up in crackdown
5-16 - Israelis' largest raid in months kills five
5-16 - Controversial Hebrew-speaking British ambassador to leave Israel
He's right,
it is the largest detention camp in the world. Speaking the truth though, is a no-no.
5-16 - Hamden synagogue gives voice to uprooted Palestinians in Israel
5-16 - Additional US Aid for Palestinians Draws Fire
I have news for Mr. Bauer, not only is American taxpayer money funding ISRAELI state-sponsored terror, but
Israel is the one who teaches its students to fear/hate Arabs - article here. AND,
the myth that Palestinian children are taught to hate Jews in school was debunked.
We owe the Palestinian people much much more than the paltry $50 million dollars that this moron is
complaining about. We unwittingly helped destroy their lives.
5-16- One in three Israelis back peace plan,survey shows
- Do they prefer terror? I don't get it..
5-16 - Two French nationals arrive home after being expelled from Israel
- Filmmakers, along with peacekeepers, are now also being expelled for "suspected links to militants". Please. Israel will do ANYTHING to expel the foreigners. They make
credible eyewitnesses.
5-16 - Israel stops Norwegian diplomat
- Now diplomats aren't allowed in either.
Israeli paratrooper Ishai Menuchin went to prison for disobeying orders to enter Palestinian areas.
5-15 - Survey: Israel hasn't yet grasped concept of democracy
- Now there's a shocker.
5-15 - Federal lawyer cites Israeli 'war crimes'
5-15 - Israeli Troops Kill 5 in Gaza Raid
- Israelis held up the ambulances for four hours, a common
occurrence. * VIDEO: the 12 year old boy shot dead by Israelis was unarmed
See also 'Left to Die' and Palestinians Say Israeli Troops Blocked Ambulances from Gaza Town
- Israelis do hold up ambulances all of the time - From B'tselem
From 5-13 - Settlements Unsettling Peace Progress
- last paragraph. Surprising to see on a major American news site.
5-15 - Powell Looks to White House on Mideast
5-15 - Israeli Armor Invades Gaza Town
- this lists another dead teen boy yet. That makes 3 in two days.
5-15 - Palestinian boy killed by Israeli troops in Gaza
- another one.
`Restrain Israel before seeking support'
5-14 - AUDIO REPORT - from Anne Gwynne, Welsh granny activist read the transcript from the account if you
cannot listen in. Children shot for throwing rocks - and Americans paid for the bullets.
5-14 - Sharon criticises Government for 'unnecessary intervention'
5-14 - Palestinians Mark Homeland Loss Amid Peace Push
5-14 - Palestinian boy killed by army
- Israelis used Palestinians as human shields and shot this boy in the head -
* Photo ISM report on above .
* Photo from funeral
* Photo from funeral
* Photo of a different boy shot for throwing stones
* Photo of a different little boy yet, shot for unknown reason
* Photo of a Palestinian woman telling the stonethrowers to stop
VIDEO from today featuring Israeli soldiers in jeeps chasing down those evil, horrible,
Palestinian stonethrowing youth. Similar VIDEO from Reuters.
5-14 - U.S. Church Leaders Urge Boldness by Israeli and Palestinian Leaders
Excellent.
5-14 - Israel’s New Anti-Activist Strategy
Speech at Rachel Corrie memorial: Israel's blanket immunity
5-14 - Israeli Army Kills 5 Palestinians in Gaza, W.Bank - More details about this raid here.
5-14 - No Evidence Israel Arabs Financed Attacks
From May 11: The Daughter I Can't Hear From
- by Rachel Corrie's mother.
If pressure won’t move settlers,
activists think cash might do it
I think this is a great idea if it would work, and if Israel doesn't filch
on the deal and re-settle the land anyway. Our tax money slated for Israel should cover this
expense. In the long run, it would save the Israeli government money and thus the US taxpayers because
this military occupation is largely to protect the settlements, and it is a costly one.
5-13 - Top Leaders of Israel Arab Group Arrested
People and Politics / Sharon's Bantustans are far from Copenhagen's hope
5-13 - Chacour says education, justice are keys to peace for Israelis, Palestinians
OPED - Palestine divided and conquered by roadmap
5-13 - FEATURE-New Palestinian PM knows refugees' plight first-hand
5-13 - Sharon rejects US pressure on settlements
This conflict has always been about the land - Israel's illegal annexation of it.
5-13 - Villagers fear being forced out by being locked in
5-13 - Israeli Tanks, Troops Enter Refugee Camp
Israeli forces fired into a crowd in a revenge attack. * Photo
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Why friends of Israel should see Gaza
5-13 - Sharon Seeks to Keep Areas of West Bank
Not interested in peace, only the peace with which he can
keep the illegal settlements and control over the Palestinian territories.
5-13 - Sharon Says Settlements 'Not an Issue on Horizon'
5-13 -
13 Israeli Arab Islamic Leaders Arrested
From Jan'03: What Makes a Massacre?
5-12 - Soda Club exits territories under EU pressure
5-12 - 1500 Israeli, Palestinian Leaders Sign People's Road Map; Initiative to Allow People of Region to Negotiate Concrete Plan to End Conflict
5-12 - Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian in Gaza Strip
- a 17-year old. * Photo
Israel reimposes Gaza travel restrictions
- bottom of the page: Palestinian farm worker shot dead.
Palestinian held for a year
Sounds an awful lot like Israel's "administrative detention". Shame on our country.
Sign or Else -
Declaration of Allegiance to the State of Israel
5-12 - Sharon ruled out freezing settlement activity during Powell meet
- Sharon trying to lay a guilt trip on Powell so the Israelis can
keep their ill-gotten gains (settlements). You might want to read this article again. They actively recruit and convert Peruvians to
fill the settlements - the Likudnik's way of making sure there's no more land left for a Palestinian state.
5-12 - Israel Tightens Gaza Ban Despite Pledge to Powell
That didn't last long.
5-11 - Mideast Deadlock Lands on Bush's Desk
5-11 - Powell Wins Israeli Gestures, No Deal on Peace Plan
Two Israelis who witnessed Palestinians being shot by the IDF could not believe their eyes.
5-11 - VIDEO: Powell Speaks to Mideast Officials About Road Map
5-11 - Palestinians doubt Israeli peace commitment, Powell visit bears little
5-11 - More than 5,000 Palestinians held by Israel for security offences
- actually, make that 3 million being imprisoned by Israel as well - in the ghettos of the West Bank and Gaza.
5-11 - Israel Should Ease Life for Palestinians-Powell
5-11 - Palestinians Drop Peace Plan Reservations
5-11 - Sharon set to frustrate US
5-11 - The martyr who charmed children
- about James Miller, the British cameraman who was shot and killed by the IDF.
5-11 - Laura Gordon: Portrait of a US, Jewish pro-Palestinian peace activist
5-10 - Israeli interior ministry orders expulsion of US peace activist
5-10 - Lecturers reject call to boycott Israel
5-10 - Settlers vow to resist any move to expel them
5-10 - Danish foreign minister hints at sanctions if road map stalls
5-10 - Rabbi helps to sow seeds of hope in Berkeley
5-9 - Boycott Plan of Israel Academics Rejected
FBI switches terror focus from al-Qaeda to Hamas, Hezbollah: report Neither
are threats to the US.
5-9 - Amnesty Says Israel Shutting Out Foreign Scrutiny
- ISM statement 1 ISM statement 2 ISM statement 3
5-9 - Israeli Army Raids Foreign Activists' HQ
- Story from AFP - * Photo
5-9 - Israel imposes Gaza Strip curbs on foreigners, bars access to flashpoints
- Story at the BBC
5-8 - Gaza visitors must sign waiver in case army shoots them
5-8 - Israeli troops shot British journalist in neck: autopsy
Shot with an M16 assault rifle, and the IDF was trying to claim the photographer
was shot from behind by a Palestinian militant? Right. Story at the Independent - IDF caught in a lie.
5-8 - Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian civilian near Nablus
5-8 -
Israeli Soldiers Shoot Dead Palestinian in Gaza
5-8 - FBI turns up focus on Islamic groups
Now that we've gotten rid of almost all of the military threats to Israel,
time for us to hunt down all of those who provide any support financially to Israel's enemies - Hezbollah and Hamas.
Neither group has committed any terror attacks on US soil. Hezbollah bombed our marine barracks in 1982. But we know
that's not why we're going after them now, don't we? -
Who's in running the show in our government, I ask you again?
"Ambassador Daniel Ayalon said the U.S. invasion of Iraq (news - web sites ) and overthrow of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites ) helped create great opportunities for Israel but it was "not enough."
"It has to follow through. We still have great threats of that magnitude coming from Syria, coming from Iran," he told a conference of the pro-Israeli Anti-Defamation League.
" - Source
5-8 - Autopsy of British cameraman shows he was killed by IDF fire
5-8 - Israel's responsibility
5-7 - Peace Plan Prescribes Uprooting Settlers
5-7 - Cornerstone ceremony marks start of expansion of West Bank settlement
Yeh, they're interested in peace alright. That's why they're laying stone to expand
a settlement, right?
5-7 - Palestinian Infant Killed in Gaza Strip
Another baby shot in the head?
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5-7 - Palestinians massacred in 1948 war
5-7 - House demolitions leave nearly 13,000 Palestinians homeless - UN agency
5-7 - Internationals, Israelis and Palestinian Farmers Injured in Attack by Armed Settler/Colonists
5-6 - US satellites monitor Israel's roadmap compliance over settlements
5-6 - Straw under fire for ignoring Israeli attacks on UK nationals
5-6 - Why was an unarmed Briton shot in the back?
5-6 - Journalist group calls for probe of cameraman's death
- "Miller and reporter Saira Shah were in Rafah, in Gaza, filming a documentary for HBO on the impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Palestinian children."
5-6 - Pilot outrages Israelis
"Israelis are killing Palestinians every day,"
5-6 - The meaning of life
- about double standards in the media.
5-6 - Road to nowhere
5-6 - Pro-Palestinian activists enforce a mock checkpoint in centre of Amsterdam
5-6 - Israeli Minister Accompanies Gang of Criminals to Break into Homes
5-6 - Israel seeks changes in peace plan; Palestinans cry foul
Learn more about the Right of Return and the refugees here
5-6 - UK envoys held at gunpoint by Israelis
A nice warm welcome from the folks who shot their son and left him brain dead.
5-5 - Israelis fire on parents of injured British peace activist
Israeli journalist gets World Press Freedom prize
From Sept: Soldier killed boy in cold blood, say British volunteers Eyewitness account audio file from BBC here. Requires Real Media Player.
This is why they do not like the foreign peace activists - they make credible witnesses to that army's atrocities.
5-5 - Protest at memorial service for Israeli soldiers
5-4 - Israel: Journalist Was Shot From Behind
On Sunday, the Israeli army said that Miller was shot from behind, meaning it was possible that he was hit by Palestinian fire
- There you go. We can always believe what comes out of that camp, right? WRONG. Why would
you let this army be in charge of the body and investigation given their track record?
5-4 - Palestinian teen shot dead by Israeli troops in West Bank
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5-4 - U.S.: Israel Needs to Ease Up on Palestinians
5-4 - Syria Tells Powell to Push Israel for Peace
The only nation that's never been pushed hard for peace is Israel. And it just happens to be the primary aggressor
in the region.
5-3 - Lecturers under fire after call for boycott of Israel
Adopting a stance in opposition of
Israel's actions in the Occupied Territories is NOT anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism is not a shield to hide
behind, nor a defense. If you cannot refute or rebut the reasons for the boycott, then get off it.
5-3 - Israeli envoy heads for US to lobby against 'road map'
Israel wants the land and nothing else will do.
5-3 - Dead cameraman 'carried white flag'
Lots more details in this story. I highly recommend you read it. See also Fury at Israeli killing of UK cameraman
. Report from Reporters Without Borders.
5-3 - Israel: Deadly bullet could be militant's
Now they're trying to say it was a Palestinian militant's bullet that killed the British
cameraman. In this article, the other cameraman present mentions that they were filming at the
time of the incident. Where is the footage? If it exonerates the IDF, surely they would want
everyone to see the footage, no? Will Israel stop at nothing to cover its hide? How many of these
"accidents" have happened in the last 2-3 months now?
5-3 - London calls for probe into Gaza death of British journalist
Israeli officials recruit Peruvians to convert to Judaism and then persuade them to live in Israeli settlements - They are so desperate to
make sure no Palestinian land is left for the Palestinians that they recruit and convert South Americans to fill
the (illegal) settlements. It's evil.
5-2 - Israeli Gunfire Kills UK Cameraman in Gaza - Radio
Does the IDF ever stop lying and trying to cover up for its trigger-happy soldiers? Another report of the incident. Another version with more details. Story at the Independent.
5-2 - American Jewish Committee Welcomes 'Road Map,' Expresses Concern about Ongoing Terror Threat to Israel
Here's a tip - don't oppress and subjugate another people and steal their land,
and I bet you wouldn't have to worry so much about terror, mm? THE GOLDEN RULE, people.
5-2 - Till Peace Do Us Part - A Palestinian woman and her hunted husband
Counting the cost in children's lives
5-2 - Palestinians Bury 12 in Mass Funeral
5-2 - Western 'Human Shields' Battered in Mideast
Israeli army will no longer allow them entrance. Story below.
Israel to bar pro-Palestinian activists from entering country
SURPRISE, SURPRISE! Can't have these peace activists witnessing or getting in the way of the IDF's murders! Murdering the peaceniks isn't working either, it's only
drawing more attention to the Israeli military's "heavy handed" actions in the Territories. Look at the Israeli army trying to say that the two British bombers were
somehow involved with ISM. Tom Wallace is right- He charged that Israel wanted to remove groups like the one he works for because Israel doesn't want anyone to see that "the army is the one that's hurting people."
ISM statement about what the Israeli army is asserting about the connection between them
and the British bomber. Story at the Independent
Imperial Geography 28-minute movie about Palestinian struggle, requires Real Media player.
What Was Newt Thinking?
Israeli officials openly brag of their control of American foreign policy in the ME.
5-1 - Israeli Troops Kill 10 Palestinians
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What You Aren’t Supposed to Know About The Arrest of Sami Al-Arian
5-1 - Israel Kills Six Palestinians in Raid
- one of them a young child.
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