ÿþ<html> <head> <title>December 04 Archive</title> </head> <body bgcolor=ffffff text=000000> <b><font color=red size=3>December '04 Archive</font></b> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4136631.stm">12-31 - Two killed in Gaza missile strike</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-31-2.htm">12-31 - Abbas takes election campaign to Gaza as death toll mounts</a> A Palestinian teenager was also shot dead by Israeli troops in Rafah. <br><br> <a href="http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/world/10538268.htm">12-31 - Uneven race may chill Palestinian turnout</a> <br><br> <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6692BFBE-0FEF-4E2B-BD88-A165605E3A6E.htm">12-31 - Israeli railway to cross West Bank</a> The announcement on Friday was immediately criticised by Palestinian representatives and raised questions about Israel's intentions for the occupied territory<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-31-3.htm">12-31 - Brazil Town to Honor Arafat With Statue </a> "We decided to build the memorial to demonstrate our solidarity with the Palestinian cause," <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-31-6.htm">12-31 - Heavy Security Surrounds Abbas During Gaza Visit</a> Tens of thousands of Palestinians pledged support to front-running presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas on Friday as he made his first visit to Gaza since the start of a campaign <br><br> <a href="http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week4/123104/pchr.htm">12-31 - PCHR: "Palestinian Civilians Pay the Price as the International Community fails to stop the continuous Israeli attacks" </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/10539077.htm">12-31 - Israel's tsunami efforts get cool response</a> the sight of Israeli army uniforms might touch a raw nerve, particularly in countries with a large Muslim population<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-31-4.htm">12-31 - Foreign sources say ... </a> The poison was intended to cause symptoms that would indicate he had died of a heart attack. <b><a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/10/content_313373.htm"> what happened to this guy always seemed a bit suspect</a>...</b><br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4138021.stm">12-31 - Bungled Israeli killing revealed </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-31.htm">12-31 - Leaders Fear Probe Will Force Pro-Israel Lobby To File as 'Foreign Agent' </a> <b>Why the concern if this group has nothing to hide?</b><br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/01/content_2403799.htm">12-31 - France expresses concern over Israeli operations</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/hassen12312004.html">12-31 - We're Still Waiting for a Home of Our Own</a> A View from Syria on the Palestinian Right to Return<br><br> <a href="http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=20041231092752203">12-31 - US Applying "Israeli Tactics" in Felluce</a> Halid Ibrahim, 42, describes the situation as "humiliating" and says they are being treated like Palestinian refugees<br><br> <a href="http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week4/123104/anti-wall.htm">12-31 - Hundreds Join Anti-Wall Protest in Jayyous</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.valleystar.com/business_more.php?id=56192_0_16_0_M">12-31 - Mideast delegates visit to study water issues</a> To prepare for cooperative water use, delegations from the Israel-Palestinian Authority Transboundary Water Citizens Exchange Program have been visiting Texas to learn how the vital liquid is managed here<br><br> <a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/news/4038425/detail.html">12-31 - Iraqi Boy To Receive New Legs In Cleveland </a> The Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, based in Kent, is turning its attention to Iraqi children war victims.<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-31-5.htm">12-31 - Israeli army rabbi offers to resign over Gaza withdrawal</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=75103">12-31 - Miracle recipe of non-violence just might end the occupation </a> <br><br> <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/206060_worldyear.html">12-31 - Five who made news in the world in 2004</a> Yasser Arafat<br><br> <hr> <a href="2004/12/12-30-3.htm">12-30 - Israeli Troops Kill Nine Palestinians in Gaza Raid</a> After the raid, medics and witnesses said Israeli soldiers killed two 17-year-old youths, including one with Down's syndrome, watching clashes<br><br> <a href="http://www.deepikaglobal.com/ENG4_sub.asp?ccode=ENG4&newscode=87053">12-30 - Gaza militants detonate bomb near Israeli post</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1753">12-30 - Schools under Israeli fire : 7 Killed, Tens Wounded And Havoc Wrecked Schools in Tulkarem</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week4/123004/BTselem.htm">12-30 - B'Tselem: "Army killed 182 minors in 2004"</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-30.htm">12-30 - Official Seeks Larger West Bank Pullout </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-30-2.htm">12-30 - Israel Barrier to Include Palestinians</a> A section of Israel's West Bank separation barrier will leave 17,000 Palestinians on the Israeli side, hampering their access to the West Bank, settler and security officials said Thursday. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-30-6.htm">12-30 - Cabinet to see new fence route after PA vote </a> the fence will penetrate deeply into the West Bank in order to encompass the Gush Etzion settlements. The revised route will encompass 10 Israeli settlements with some 50,000 residents, and four Palestinian villages with some 18,000 residents. A sizable amount of Palestinian land in the Bethlehem area will also end up on the Israeli side of the fence.<br><br> <a href="http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1478262004">12-30 - Israelis braced for new tunnel attacks </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1381273,00.html">12-30 - Forgers 'tried to rewrite biblical history' </a> had been "trying to change history". Scholars said the forgers were exploiting the deep emotional need of Jews and Christians to find physical evidence to reinforce their faith<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-30-4.htm">12-30 - Peres deal ensures Gaza withdrawal</a> <br><br> <a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200412/31/eng20041231_169264.html">12-30 - Fatah condemns escalated Israeli operations</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/31/content_2399336.htm">12-30 - Jordanian, Chinese officials hold talks on bilateral relations, Middle East peace process </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.vermontguardian.com/global/0904/Gaza.shtml">12-30 - Smoke rises in Gaza</a> A Palestinian student witnesses Israel's "days of penitence"<br><br> <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=6398">12-30 - Israel violates Lebanon airspace for second day </a> The violation came a day after eight Israeli drones caused panic by staging mock raid over villages in south Lebanon <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/30/content_2395392.htm">12-30 - China raises Mideast peace proposal</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/10521410.htm">12-30 - Neo-cons can't escape responsibility for their Iraq miscalculations</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13652811&BRD=1425&PAG=461&dept_id=154733&rfi=6">12-30 - Cause celebre: WSU orders, then removes pro-Israel literature from Arab artist's show</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=52285">12-30 - Ties with Israel not at the cost of Arabs: Natwar: </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2004/december/12_21_1.html">12-30 - U.S. INCREASES INTEL AGAINST ISRAEL </a> The United States has increased intelligence operations against Israel as part of an effort to prevent a war in the Middle East.<br><br> <a href="http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,11819174-23210,00.html">12-30 - Israeli takes Palestinian job</a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="2004/12/12-29-7.htm">12-29 - Israeli Missiles Kill Three Palestinians in Gaza Raid</a> An Israeli drone fired two missiles into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Thursday, killing two Palestinian militants and an 18-year-old youth<br><br> <a href="http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week4/291204/three.htm">12-29 - Three children wounded by an explosive left by Israeli army </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-29-5.htm">12-29 - Abbas Urges Israel to Tear Down Barrier </a> International opinion about the barrier, however, almost unanimously backs the Palestinians<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-29.htm">12-29 - Abbas warns barrier will not bring Israel security</a> "Neither settlements, nor the wall will bring peace and security," <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1380831,00.html">12-29 - Israel stops Palestinians voting in Jerusalem </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-29-9.htm">12-29 - Sharon to visit China</a> The United States, which fears the military technology could be used to threaten Taiwan and endanger U.S. forces in case of war with China, torpedoed a $2 billion Israeli-Chinese deal in 2000. <br><br> <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3465.shtml">12-29 - Release of children should be a priority</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/29/content_2392328.htm">12-29 - Two Israeli soldiers wounded in militant attack </a> <br><br> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2002133322_rams29.html">12-29 - Israel's circuitous wall puts chokehold on Palestinians</a> Here is a map that tells a story few Americans know. <br><br> <a href="http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Diplomacy/4683.htm">12-29 - Stonewalling Defense official hints at gravity of crisis with U.S. and China</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.rense.com/general61/isre.htm">12-29 - Israeli International Anti-Terror Financing Law Approved </a> Under the international cooperation clauses, Israel will be able to confiscate property in Israel of persons or organizations declared terrorist by another country, even if the terror is not directed against Israel. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-29-6.htm">12-29 - 4 Indicted on Charges of Antiquities Fraud</a> Scholars said the forgers were exploiting the deep emotional need of Jews and Christians to find physical evidence to reinforce their beliefs<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-29-4.htm">12-29 - Summary: Artifacts Israel Says Were Forged</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-29-3.htm">12-29 - Israel Charges 'Jesus Box' Relics Ring with Fraud</a> "Had they pulled off this fraud, they would have succeeded in changing the history of the Jewish and Christian people," said Israeli police spokesman Gil Kleiman <b>Looks like they did pull it off for a time</b><br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-29-2.htm">12-29 - Sharon gives army carte blanche to respond to Palestinian rocket attacks</a> <b>Like they didn't have it already? ..</b><br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-29-8.htm">12-29 - Israeli dealers accused of antiquity fraud </a> The state has first claim on any finds and it is illegal to sell or export antiquities without the Antiquities <br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1273812.htm">12-29 - Sharon orders zero tolerance for Gaza pullout disobedience</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.christiantoday.com/news/meast/248.htm">12-29 - Jerusalem Christian Leaders remain Faithful to Holy Land's Future</a> "All these works have also meant many Christian families have had their land confiscated from them," <br><br> <a href="http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42156">12-29 - Are freelancers running our Russia policy? by Patrick J. Buchanan</a> Are the neoconservatives and their neo-liberal collaborators in the global crusade for democracy pushing America into confrontation and a second Cold War with Russia? So it would seem. <br><br> <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3463.shtml">12-29 - A parade of charlatans</a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C797A584-FC28-44B8-A827-C847341BC565.htm">12-28 - Israel shells Palestinian refugee camp</a> A 13-year-old boy and a girl aged about 10 were among those injured by the shelling on Tuesday<br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4129803.stm">12-28 - Israel targets Gaza 'mortar crew' </a> Hours later, an Israeli tank fired a shell in the centre of Khan Younis wounding at least four Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy. <br><br> <a href="http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200412/200412290006.html">12-28 - Palestinian Minister Calls for US Election Observers </a> Mr. Erekat says it is important that Americans see that Palestinian voters are not operating in an independent state, but rather under Israeli occupation<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-28-3.htm">12-28 - US hands over 20 million dollars in vote of confidence to Palestinians</a> A statement issued by the US embassy in Tel Aviv said the funds would be used for projects earmarked as priorities by the Palestinian finance ministry, including for electricity, water and sewage in the West Bank and Gaza Strip<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-28-4.htm">12-28 - Abbas Vows Peace Push at Post-Arafat Election Rally</a> Emergent Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas drew cheers at his first election rally on Tuesday <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-28-5.htm">12-28 - Abbas leans on Arafat legacy as he hits Palestinian campaign trail</a> "Our common enemy and our common foe is the occupation, the restrictions, the apartheid wall (Israel's West Bank separation barrier), the oppression, the killings, the assassinations, and we have to be united to put an end to this ugly occupation,"<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-28.htm">12-28 - Sharon rejects European role in Mideast peace </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-28-2.htm">12-28 - 'Not a glimmer of hope' for Palestinian state: Arab League head</a> "I do not see any change in the positions of Israel, the United States and their allies or that the situation is going to calm down. I don't see a glimmer of hope," <br><br> <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3459.shtml">12-28 - Elections without Democracy</a> In short, for those who would receive the honor of being elected to a Palestinian democratic institution, there will be nothing to legislate, nothing to be legislated over, and no resources with which to legislate. This is the democracy Palestinians are b<br><br> <a href="http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week4/122804/Gush%20Shalom.htm">12-28 - Gush Shalom: "New settlements in the West Bank"</a> <br><br> <a href="http://canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041228/CPW/48664027">12-28 - Israeli parliamentary committee deals setback to Gaza withdrawal plan</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1725">12-28 - Israeli Occupation Troops Uproot Trees of a Local Palestinian Farmer</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-28-6.htm">12-28 - Palestinians give Israeli couple money to flee Thailand after tsunami disaster </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=60794">12-28 - Syria's foreign minister dismisses U.S. and Iraqi accusations it is aiding insurgents in Iraq</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_international&Number=293221148#Post293221148">12-28 - Who Is Israel's Yair Klein And What Was He Doing In Colombia And Sierra Leone? </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0407066.htm">12-28 - This year, Christmas Eve in Bethlehem brings hope for some residents</a> "It is a special thing to realize there are a lot of Arab Christians." <br><br> <a href="http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=2740470&nav=3YeXUc64">12-28 - Senator sees improved American relationship with Palestinians</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3755686.stm">12-28 - The Power of Nightmares: Baby It's Cold Outside </a> the neo-conservatives turned to fear in order to pursue their vision<br><br> <a href="http://www.palsolidarity.org/DesktopModules/Articles/ArticlesView.aspx?tabID=0&alias=Rainbow&lang=en-US&ItemID=703&mid=10400">12-28 - Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals to Replant Bulldozed Olive Trees in Jayyous Friday </a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=d881c4bcff7be595">12-27 - Fatah militant slain in West Bank </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week4/122704/students.htm">12-27 - Students used as human shields</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-27-2.htm">12-27 - Israel frees 159 prisoners but Palestinians dismiss move as PR gimmick</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-27-3.htm">12-27 - Israelis Arrest Palestinian Candidate in Jerusalem</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1380177,00.html">12-27 - Israel accused of obstructing Palestinian election in east Jerusalem </a> This election is a challenge to Israeli authority and they will fight it in every way they can. The reality on the ground is very different from the statements they are making to the media<br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4128637.stm">12-27 - Israelis hold candidate Barghouti </a> Mr Barghouti was "detained for questioning because he has the right to transit through Jerusalem but not be in Jerusalem itself", a Jerusalem police spokesman <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-27-4.htm">12-27 - Palestinian Women Win Big in Elections</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-27.htm">12-27 - Israel army chief says professional failures behind Egyptians' deaths</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/world/10508964.htm">12-27 - In Gaza City, graffiti artists take up democracy's cause</a> <br><br> <a href="http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041227-055623-3038r.htm">12-27 - Israeli foreign minister criticizes Abbas</a> "You cannot speak of 'continuing the struggle in all forms,' or to sell the illusion of the refugees, nor to speak of Jerusalem in that manner," Shalom argued. <br><br> <a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200412/28/eng20041228_168889.html">12-27 - Tang Jiaxuan kicks off visit in Palestine </a> <br><br> <a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200412/28/eng20041228_168908.html">12-27 - Senior Chinese official calls for UN-sponsored international conference on Mideast peace </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-27-6.htm">12-27 - Universal jurisdiction: Reflections on the 'Case of Ariel Sharon'</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/story/1966156p-8335799c.html">12-27 - One-sided pressure from Bush</a> Make no mistake, both democracy and development are important. But for Palestinians the major immediate issue is how to get out from under the boot of Israeli subjugation. <br><br> <a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1104122539656">12-27 - US Senator Lieberman to visit region Tuesday</a> <br><br> <a href="http://antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=4214">12-27 - 'Staying the Course' Won't Do </a> by Patrick J. Buchanan<br><br> <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/eagle/10503911.htm">12-27 - Palestinian art exhibit to stand alone</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.jinsa.org/articles/articles.html/function/view/categoryid/1701/documentid/2774/history/3,2360,655,1701,2774">12-27 - Israel Assists U.S., Forces, Shares Lessons-Learned Fighting Terrorists</a> "Fallujah Success Capitalized on IDF Know-How" <b>Iraqis must love knowing that. <A href="2004/12/12-27-5.htm">Falluja Returnees Angry, 'City Unfit for Animals'</a></b><br><br> <hr> <a href="http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1673">12-26 - Israeli Troops Kill Three Palestinians, A Little Girl Dies of Wounds</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-26-2.htm">12-26 - Palestinian election favourite says abandon arms, Israel vows to aid ballot</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-26-4.htm">12-26 - First Jewish settlers agree Gaza move</a> With government assistance, they plan to rebuild their greenhouses and <u>continue</u> growing tomatoes, peppers and other salads for export to Europe <b>I thought Europe did not buy products made in illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories</b><br><br> <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=6525">12-26 - Israel prepares for Gaza offensive before withdrawing</a> Israeli premier Ariel Sharon is preparing to launch devastating strikes on Gaza Strip before withdrawing soldiers and settlements, Israeli press sources said on Sunday.<br><br> <a href="http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/December/week4/261204/israel%20plans%20defacto%20borders.htm">12-26 - Israel Plans Turning Separation Wall into De Facto Borders </a> The Israeli security establishment revealed plans to hand crossings between Palestinian Territories and Israel, as marked by the separation wall, to civil authorities; a strategic move that creates de facto borders along the separation wall<br><br> <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D6D9EEAE-ECC2-4C34-84C1-21204CCFEC4F.htm">12-26 - Palestine groups slam Blair conference</a> The revised nature of the meeting means that it will serve "American interests and the interests of [Israeli Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon's government," said the factions<br><br> <a href="http://www.larouchepub.com/pr/2001/011229bury_spy_story.html">12-26 - From 2001: Zionist Lobby Mobilizes to Bury</a> EIRNS has confirmed that Camera ("Committee for Accurate Middle East Reporting in America") has launched an e-mail, fax, and phone call campaign, to force Fox TV to drop its probe of the Israeli dope, spy, and terror scandal (indeed, Fox has removed the transcripts of the coverage from its website). <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-26-3.htm">12-26 - Israeli woman charged with 'collaborating with the enemy'</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4126373.stm">12-26 - Israel to lift curbs before vote </a> Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the whole world had to see that Israel would allow a free and fair poll. <br><br> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1227/p06s01-wome.html">12-26 - Hamas gains grassroots edge</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-26.htm">12-26 - US-Israeli military ties uneasy</a> More broadly, the US and Israel have been at loggerheads over the sale of military technology to China because of US fears that the systems could be used against US personnel <br><br> <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3460.shtml">12-26 - Gazan students' fugitive lives</a> In October, more than 130 men, women and children were killed by Israeli soldiers in Jabaliya. Last month five of Walid's family's neighbors were killed by Israeli gunfire <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/27/content_2383511.htm">12-26 - Israel to allow East Jerusalem Palestinians to vote in election</a> <br><br> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=ec2ebb4aab97d6b6">12-26 - Intellectuals support end of Intifada </a> About 560 Palestinians, including Palestinian ministers, lawmakers and intellectuals signed on an appeal published on Sunday to end the intifada. <br><br> <a href="http://www.menareport.com/en/business/178615">12-26 - Palestine: health expenditure per capita amounts to US$138.4 per year</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031779865442&path=!news&s=1045855934842">12-26 - Palestinian hopeful charged in U.S.</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4120639.stm">12-26 - Training for the 'war on terror' </a> He knows that in many parts of the Arab world the thought of Israelis training US guards who work in Iraq will not go down well<br><br> <a href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1103802174241&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795">12-26 - Glimmer of hope in Holy Land</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1227/p09s01-coop.html">12-26 - Palestinian elections: chance for a model democracy</a> In fact, elections considered free and fair by the international community were carried out by the Palestinian Authority in those 1996 elections, and it remains one of the handful of governments in the region with a democratically chosen head of state<br><br> <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/10503473.htm">12-26 - WSU art exhibit stirs some controversy</a> "The exhibition is not intended to give a complete background and history on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict," Butler said. "This is an art museum. We are presenting this as art. If you are going to treat this exhibition like that, then you have to provide the same opportunity for every exhibition and with every work of art that we show."<br><br> <hr> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1272257.htm">12-25 - Senior Palestinian militant killed</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1272268.htm">12-25 - Palestinian presidential contest begins</a> "What we want to achieve is an end to the whole occupation," he said. "We want a state on the lands of '67 and that means we will not concede Jerusalem," <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-25-3.htm">12-25 - Bethlehem Rings in More Hopeful Christmas</a> "The wall is being built eight meters (26 feet) high around Bethlehem. It's not easy for us to send a message of Christmas joy to the world when our town is being inexorably encircled by concrete, barbed wire and Jewish settlements," <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-25-2.htm">12-25 - Abbas Echoes Arafat in Campaign Kickoff </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/26/content_2380752.htm">12-25 - Israelis, Palestinians to sign deals to facilitate elections</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=74447">12-25 - Japan to give $60m more to Palestinians: Envoy </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4121695.stm">12-25 - School breaks down Israeli barriers</a> Established in 1997, it was the first mixed school in Israel to host fully integrated classrooms teaching in both Arabic and Hebrew. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-25.htm">12-25 - UK cardinal laments wasted billions of M.East wars</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2004/12/24/hbeth24.xml&sSheet=/health/2004/12/24/ixhmain.html">12-25 - In Bethlehem, a child is treated...</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.palsolidarity.org/DesktopModules/Articles/ArticlesView.aspx?tabID=0&alias=Rainbow&lang=en-US&ItemID=699&mid=10564">12-25 - Israel Targets Humanitarian Workers </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/boyle12242004.html">12-25 - Another Christmas Under Occupation</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.freep.com/money/business/banks24e_20041224.htm">12-25 - Donations from 5 local banks are under fire </a> Some in metro Detroit's Arab-American community are wondering why five local banks recently donated to a nonprofit group that aids Israeli soldiers<br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4124597.stm">12-25 - Police keep Vanunu in Jerusalem </a> He was taken into custody but freed again on Saturday<br><br> <hr> <a href="2004/12/12-24-2.htm">12-24 - Israel Kills Three Palestinian Militants -- Medics</a> The shootings occurred hours before Christmas celebrations were to begin in another West Bank town, Bethlehem, site of Jesus' birth<br><br> <a href="http://www.christiantoday.com/news/meast/245.htm">12-24 - Christmas Story as a Message of Hope amid Israeli Oppression</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1103858785765">12-24 - Enraged Gaza settlers block intersections, set tires alight</a> The settlers apparently beat one Palestinian woman who tried to prevent their entrance into the house, said settler spokesman Yigal Kirshenzaf of Neveh Dekalim. <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4124713.stm">12-24 - Bethlehem marks hopeful Christmas</a> Despite the air of hope, the Palestinians were mostly left to themselves for Christmas, without the tourists they need, says the BBC's James Reynolds in Bethlehem<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-24-3.htm">12-24 - Worshippers descend on Bethlehem, Fatah leads Hamas in local elections</a> The late Yasser Arafat was a regular guest at midnight mass after his return to the Palestinian territories in 1994 but was then confined by Israel since early December 2001 to his offices in Ramallah. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-24-6.htm">12-24 - Bethlehem holds its breath for peace as Christmas draws near</a> Muslims come from nearby villages joining Christian pilgrims from afar to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ in his hometown. <br><br> <a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200412/25/eng20041225_168620.html">12-24 - Peace needs Israel's full readiness: Abbas </a> <br><br> <a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200412/24/eng20041224_168538.html">12-24 - Palestine: no guns with militant groups after Israeli pullout</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-24.htm">12-24 - Lara Croft actress visits Palestinian orphans in Lebanon </a> Hollywood actress and UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie and her four-year-old adopted son paid a Christmas visit to Palestinian orphans living in refugee camps in Lebanon<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-24-5.htm">12-24 - Israel detains nuke whistleblower</a> Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has been detained after he tried to enter the West Bank city of Bethlehem for Christmas in defiance of restrictions imposed after his release<br><br> <a href="http://www.religionnews.com/press02/PR122304.html">12-24 - PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN GROUP SAYS THE CHRISTMAS STORY IS "GOD'S MESSAGE OF DEFIANCE" ANNOUNCING PEACE AND GOODWILL IN THE MIDST OF ROMAN EMPIRE AND MILITARY OCCUPATION AND CALLS FOR NONVIOLENT DEFIANCE AGAINST ISRAELI OCCUPATION </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4124077.stm">12-24 - Hamas makes mark in local polls </a> <br><br> <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3457.shtml">12-24 - Living into Hope: Christmas in Zababdeh, Palestine</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-24-8.htm">12-24 - Jerusalem patriarch slams Israeli occupation in Christmas mass</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4692348,00.html">12-24 - Children in Gaza Headed for Sweden </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-palvote24dec24,0,5134026.story?coll=ny-leadworldnews-headlines">12-24 - Long Lines and High Hopes Greet Palestinian Municipal Elections</a> "We want the world to see us differently. They call us terrorists. We are not that. We want a state. We want something better for our people," <br><br> <a href="http://anglicanjournal.com/extra/news.html?newsItem=2004-12-24_xx.news">12-24 - Work of Bethlehem carvers saved from closure by church</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-24-4.htm">12-24 - Indian security delegation ends secret visit to Israel </a> Russia has recently demanded that India buy more weapons from Russia and threatened that if it won't, Russia will supply Pakistan with arms. Israel hopes that any worsening in relations between those two countries will make Israel an even bigger weapons exporter.<br><br> <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak23.html">12-24 - Neocons pin Iraq on Rumsfeld </a> Kristol.. and the other neocons do not want to be blamed for what has become a very unpopular venture in Iraq. Thus, it is important to get the word out now that the war in Iraq has gone awry because of the way Rumsfeld fought it<br><br> <a href="http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=100594">12-24 - Peace on earth; good will toward men</a> the visitors screened a slide show about Palestine. It depicted the everyday life of Palestinians -- growing grapes, attending classes, blowing glass, worshiping together, getting married, dancing with joy, playing folk music, strolling down streets, laug<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-24-7.htm">12-24 - No immediate plans for new US sanctions on Syria, Iran</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041224/THINGS0206/412240307/1055/news">12-24 - Comedian takes her disability in stride</a> Zayid's stand-up earnings pay for an art program she runs for disabled and wounded children in Palestinian refugee camps <br><br> <a href="http://www.etruth.com/news/story/338024/">12-24 - Stop aid to Israel until it complies with conventions</a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1271522.htm">12-23 - Two killed in Gaza blast</a> Palestinian sources say the blast was caused by an Israeli tank shell<br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1271497.htm">12-23 - Palestinian teenager killed in Gaza</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-23-3.htm">12-23 - Some 15 Israeli youths attack Palestinian family in Jerusalem </a> <br><br> <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3452.shtml">12-23 - Religious tourism and freedom of movement denied in isolated Bethlehem</a> "The guides and tourists say when they come to Bethlehem, the soldiers at the checkpoints hold them up for such a long time that they think Bethlehem is unsafe," so they are afraid to sleep in Bethlehem and they immediately return to Jerusalem after visit<br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1379490,00.html">12-23 - Blair bowed to Israel, say Palestinians </a> They claimed the prime minister had proposed a peace conference but had scaled it back when Israel objected.<br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4119925.stm">12-23 - Palestinians vote in council poll </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-23-7.htm">12-23 - UN Envoy Slams U.S., European Silence on Mideast</a> Top U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi accused Europe and the United States on Thursday of turning a blind eye to alleged Israeli abuses of Palestinians' human rights<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-23.htm">12-23 - Hope? Not in conditions like these, Mr Blair</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4111915.stm">12-23 - Battling against Israeli 'apartheid' </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1224/p01s04-wome.html">12-23 - In Bethlehem, a stronger feeling of Christmas this year</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=74037">12-23 - IDF Officials Breaking Silence on Ineffectiveness of Fence </a> The security fence isn't going to protect anyone, it is simply a way to abandon those living on the 'other' side.<br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/24/content_2374304.htm">12-23 - Israel should pay more for peace: US congressman</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-23-2.htm">12-23 - Grand jury query of AIPAC officials postponed until new year </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-23-4.htm">12-23 - Court erupts over expert's testimony on 'Arab mentality'</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-23-5.htm">12-23 - Israel, like Palestinians, may seek extra funds</a> Bush provided $20 million to the Palestinian Authority earlier this month, but on condition that the money be used to pay Israeli utility bills.<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-23-6.htm">12-23 - Right-wing Israeli MPs vow to disrupt Gaza pullout</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050110&s=kimmerling">12-23 - Israel's Culture of Martyrdom</a> The obsessive commemoration of the Holocaust and of Jewish victimhood has blinded much of the Jewish community to Israel's real position in the world and to the humanity of the Palestinian people<br><br> <a href="http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20041221-074429-8040r.htm">12-23 - Outside View: Israeli hubris vs. the U.S.</a> Clearly Israel has aroused the formidable bull and will be made to pay a price.<br><br> <a href="http://canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041223/CPW/74583033">12-23 - Israeli army promises its troops will be on best behaviour in Bethlehem</a> <b><a href="2004/12/12-21-6.htm">Bethlehem is ringed by illegal settlements</b><br><br> <a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1103776318226">12-23 - EU to help Israel in UN, Dutch envoy says</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.registerguard.com/news/2004/12/23/d5.wa.movers.1223.html">12-23 - Movers convicted of extortion</a> Robert Leen, Deri's lawyer, said the three Israelis face deportation after serving their sentences<br><br> <a href="http://www.nola.com/newsflash/topstories/index.ssf?/base/national-36/110381634251880.xml&storylist=topstories">12-23 - Bowling alley to return Arafat investment</a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1274&storyid=2422820">12-22 - Four dead in Gaza violence</a> A fourth, unnamed Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli troops in a separate incident in the Beit Hanun region, north of Gaza City, medical sources said. Medics were prevented from reaching the man, who bled for several hours before dying of his wounds, th<br><br> <a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/23/content_402616.htm">12-22 - Four Palestinians, Israeli killed in shootings</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-22-2.htm">12-22 - Third Palestinian killed by Israeli troops in Gaza</a> A Palestinian policeman was shot dead in the Khan Yunis region <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1379021,00.html">12-22 - Meanwhile, cycle of violence goes on in Gaza </a> "It's not just that we are losing our homes," said Umm Mohammad. "No children are getting an education. We are losing our future as well." <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-22.htm">12-22 - Blair builds 'bridge' on road map to peace</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1270847.htm">12-22 - Abbas sees Israel talks after Palestinian vote</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/23/wmid123.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/12/23/ixnewstop.html">12-22 - Palestinians dismiss visit as 'just another publicity stunt'</a> plans were almost complete for a new town of 55,000 residents, Givat Yael, to be built on a Palestinian village's land between Jerusalem and Bethlehem<br><br> <a href="http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041222-012332-1779r.htm">12-22 - 1,000 police redeployed in West Bank</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.christianaid.org.uk/news/stories/041222.htm">12-22 - Israel's land grab continues in shadow of Blair?s visit </a> Expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank is continuing unabated<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-22-3.htm">12-22 - Palestinian Students Need Army Escort </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.wfn.org/2004/12/msg00189.html">12-22 - Separation Wall Impedes Access to Medical Care Provided by LWF-run AVH</a> One example is Israel's plan to impose an "employer's tax" on the hospital, although the tax exemption status agreed in 1966 between the LWF and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan after the Six-Day War was adopted by the state of Israel in 1967<br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,1379061,00.html">12-22 - Blair visit secures London talks on Middle East peace </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0412/S00308.htm">12-22 - Jewish American Plans Put Israel's Wall On Trial</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-22-4.htm">12-22 - Iran says arrests atomic spies</a> Iran has arrested more than 10 people this year for spying on its atomic programme for Washington and Israel<br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4118545.stm">12-22 - Iran 'will defend nuclear sites' </a> The US magazine Atlantic Monthly reported that the Pentagon had simulated a three-stage attack on Iran, beginning with operations against suspected nuclear bases<br><br> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=a71d8c1a10cd9354 ">12-22 - Sudan accuses Israel of Darfur involvement </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11767051%255E1702,00.html">12-22 - UN Arab report 'won't be issued'</a> US pressure has prompted a UN agency to scrap a report on freedom and governance in the Arab world whose sections on Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict angered Washington<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-22-5.htm">12-22 - Don't return drones to China, U.S. tells Israel</a> <b>Feith and Wolfowitz attempting to make it look as if they put America first</b><br><br> <a href="http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/index.php?ntid=22054&ntpid=1">12-22 - UW grad in Israeli prison </a> she said she was arrested while filming a teenage boy being beaten by Israeli soldiers. <br><br> <a href="http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_international&Number=293208381#Post293208381">12-22 - Fifth Columnists</a> The first real case (Benedict Arnold aside) of Fifth Columnists inside America working for foreign interests are the neoconservatives<br><br> <a href="http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42053">12-22 - Scapegoating Rumsfeld</a> Nonetheless, when one considers all that Rumsfeld has done for the neocons, the depth of the betrayal astonishes <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,1379058,00.html">12-22 - Road map to London </a> If other leaders made even half the effort that Mr Blair makes on the Middle East, the year would be ending amid rather greater international optimism than it actually is. <br><br> <a href="http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=war_israel_palestine&Number=293208442#Post293208442">12-22 - Imagining Palestine </a> I am a Palestinian. I say I am a Palestinian to express my solidarity and that of many silent Americans with a suffering people under Israeli domination<br><br> <hr> <a href="2004/12/12-21-8.htm">12-21 - Israeli Military Begins Operation in Gaza </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1583">12-21 - Israeli Troops Wound Palestinian Citizens, Raze Vast Areas of Lands</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-21.htm">12-21 - West Bank barrier has made Bethlehem a 'giant prison': Jerusalem patriarch</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-21-6.htm">12-21 - U.N. Report: Bethlehem Is Isolated Town</a> Urban Bethlehem, with a population of about 61,000, is now surrounded by nine Israeli settlements, roads restricted to Israelis, a multitude of checkpoints, 78 physical obstacles, and an Israeli barrier nearing completion on two sides of the town to prote<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-21-7.htm">12-21 - World Bank Head Pushes Palestinian Reform </a> The World Bank has said the withdrawal from Gaza must be accompanied by Israeli moves to dismantle roadblocks and lift travel restrictions in the West Bank and Palestinian steps to reform their bureaucracy and end violence<br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/21/content_2364008.htm">12-21 - Israel imposes closure on Gaza coastal road </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1270157.htm">12-21 - PLO chief hails 'eternal' Arafat</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-1411661,00.html">12-21 - No room at the inn, the shop or café in stranded Bethlehem</a> A few days before Christmas, Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, has an air of despair as Christian families flee and the economy is strangled<br><br> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1222/p08s03-comv.html">12-21 - Israel's Unsettling Settlers</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4114967.stm">12-21 - Gulf call for Palestinian state </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3911768">12-21 - Eyewitness Describes Gaza Shooting of British Student </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/10469576.htm">12-21 - Hamas searches for direction as political winds shift</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-21-5.htm">12-21 - Target: The Temple Mount </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-21-3.htm">12-21 - Ha'etzni apologizes for comparing settler to Jesus</a> <b>He apologizes not for insulting Jesus or Christians, but for insulting the man he compared to Christ in a derogatory way. <a href="2004/12/12-21-4.htm">See original article here</a></b><br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-21-2.htm">12-21 - Israelis Compare Gaza Pullout to Holocaust </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1103612214176630.xml">12-21 - Slaying of woman baffles friends</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3910969">12-21 - Bomb Detection Gift for Palestinians </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1378132,00.html">12-21 - A rare, hopeful calm </a> Tony Blair will find the most conducive climate in years when he arrives on a peacemaking mission in Israel today, writes Ian Black <br><br> <a href="http://www.ujafedny.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr010=bi0pgoe262.app26a&page=NewsArticle&id=7930&news_iv_ctrl=1441">12-21 - Israeli President Unveils Plan For 'World Knesset'</a> The report was prepared by a newly-formed Jewish Agency think tank for global Jewish policy, chaired by the former American diplomat Dennis Ross<br><br> <a href="http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/969137.htm">12-21 - FBI Claims More Arab Prisoners Abused</a> Arab captives being humiliated with Israeli flags wrapped around them<br><br> <a href="http://www.christianpost.com/article/church/1767/section/lutherans.urged.to.pray.and.fast.for.the.middle.east/1.htm">12-21 - Lutherans Urged to Pray and Fast for the Middle East</a> Younan explained that in light of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, Christians must do more as the world?s peacemakers<br><br> <hr> <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=6296">12-20 - Israeli soldiers batter Palestinian child visiting his jailed brother</a> Meanwhile, Israeli occupation soldiers shot a 16- year old Palestinian child last night in Halhol town to the north of Al-Khalil city<br><br> <a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0412/S00288.htm">12-20 - Israeli Offensive: School Shelters 600 Families</a> two UN bodies have published a report on the devastating impact that Israeli policies have had on the little hilltop town, where according to the New Testament, Jesus Christ was born 2,000 years ago. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-20-2.htm">12-20 - Gaza settlers urge eviction resitance</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=517051">12-20 - World Bank president: Pullout is not enough </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=99401&Sn=WORL&IssueID=27276">12-20 - Hamas vows to avenge killings </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-20-3.htm">12-20 - Arafat cabinet chief says he knows when leader was poisoned</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-20-6.htm">12-20 - Israel to boycott Blair's peace conference</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_international&Number=293202012#Post293202012">12-20 - US up in arms over Sino-Israel ties</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-20.htm">12-20 - UN report paints a dark picture of Bethlehem</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-20-4.htm">12-20 - Bush says may step up Syria pressure</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-20-5.htm">12-20 - Bush Backs Palestinian Conference But No Shortcuts</a> <br><br> <a href="http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,333689,00.html">12-20 - "Foreign Troops Can't Do the Job"</a> Believe me, the Palestinians will get what they're entitled to. <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1377866,00.html">12-20 - Blair off to Middle East for Palestine and Iraq talks </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/11/21/wpow21.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/11/21/ixnewstop.html">12-20 - Powell 'pushed out' by Bush for seeking to rein in Israel</a> There is also the option that the US may tacitly back Israeli air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities<br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,1377814,00.html">12-20 - Why Blair's trip will not succeed </a> The US is too partisan to see that the Palestinians cannot give more <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-20-7.htm">12-20 - Bush aide draws line on Jewish settlements</a> US President George Bush's top strategist on the Middle East conflict has told private gatherings of scholars and Jewish leaders that Jewish settlements outside Israel's controversial barrier through the West Bank will have to be dismantled<br><br> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1221/p09s02-coop.html">12-20 - The 'olive branch' that ought to cross the wall</a> with new Israeli restrictions on access to the fields, Palestinian farmers now have to leave their families at home, and may never even get to their olive grove. <br><br> <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=517044">12-20 - Right-wing faithful fight against the tide </a> American politicians who made appearances at ZOA's dinner: Senator Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican, and Rep. Anthony Wiener, a New York Democrat<br><br> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=387e4083554e1579">12-20 - Hamas refuses to surrender its weapons </a> He said Hamas will never drop our guns until the end of the occupation and until we will have secure borders for a Palestinian homeland<br><br> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1221/p06s01-wome.html">12-20 - US and Iraqi officials have criticized Syria for not keeping fighters and funds out of Iraq.</a> But the influence of foreign fighters on the insurgency may have been exaggerated<br><br> <a href="http://www.counterpunch.com/avnery12202004.html">12-20 - Sharon the Con Man</a> Some of the atrocities committed by the army have shocked the Israeli public. Not one single settler has been removed. On the contrary, new settlers have still been arriving. <br><br> <a href="http://web.israelinsider.com/Views/4613.htm">12-20 - Is Ariel Sharon about to be "stung"?</a> Our choice then will be to stand up and fight the world alone, or lie back and enjoy the world's tender mercies<br><br> <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3448.shtml">12-20 - Somerville Divestment Failure is Bittersweet</a> the aldermen caved to pressure from powerful Jewish groups who blindly support Israel<br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4108669.stm">12-20 - Peres role delays Israel accord </a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/19/content_2355393.htm">12-19 - Israeli aircraft fires missiles at northern Gaza</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/19/content_2355537.htm">12-19 - UN employees to return to Gaza</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-19-2.htm">12-19 - Israel Approves Release of 170 Prisoners </a> Residents awoke Sunday to piles of broken furniture, clothing and household goods strewn throughout the destruction. Men used shovels to salvage belongings, while children stood watching, schoolbags on their backs<br><br> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1220/p07s02-wome.html">12-19 - Israeli peace overture follows Gaza destruction</a> 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. "What home?"<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-19-4.htm">12-19 - Bush Confident of Israeli-Palestinian Peace</a> "I am convinced that, during this term, I will manage to bring peace,"<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-19-6.htm">12-19 - Photographer for French TV denied press card for 'security considerations' </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1565">12-19 - Jordan Rejects Sharon's Remarks over West Bank Settlements</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/19/INGOPABFSR1.DTL">12-19 - Look for a future Palestine in the past Two generations later, Palestinians have hopes for their land </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/19/content_2355505.htm">12-19 - Seven candidates to run in Palestinian elections</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0412/S00279.htm">12-19 - Children Unable to Attend School Due to Military Curfew</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=516344">12-19 - Expert: Philadelphi route pullout ends occupation in int'l law </a> <br><br> <a href="http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/966232.htm">12-19 - Israel swoops on Iraq border lands</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-19-5.htm">12-19 - Blair hopes to allay Israeli suspicions over peace talks</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-19-3.htm">12-19 - Palestinian-Israeli Radio Aims to Unite </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-19.htm">12-19 - Report: Iran says it has uncovered spy ring for Israel</a> <br><br> <a href="http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/966343.htm">12-19 - Threatening Iran ? despite the evidence</a> <br><br> <a href="http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5225037&startrow=1&date=2004-12-17&do_alert=0">12-19 - RUSSIA MAY BUILD SEVEN MORE REACTORS FOR IRAN-RUSSIAN ATOMIC ENERGY MINISTER </a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="2004/12/12-18-2.htm">12-18 - Israeli Troops Kill Three Palestinians </a> The wounded included a Palestinian ambulance driver and five children under age 16<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-18-7.htm">12-18 - Palestinian toll rises to 11 in ongoing Israeli Gaza incursion</a> Israeli bulldozers razed houses in the camp, forcing hundreds of people to take refuge at a nearby stadium or with friends away from the frontline<br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4107391.stm">12-18 - Gaza incursion death toll rises</a> Hundreds of Palestinians who had evacuated their homes began returning on Saturday evening. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-18-6.htm">12-18 - Palestinian Refugees Left Without a Voice </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-18-3.htm">12-18 - Egypt warns Israel not to wreck post-Arafat efforts with Gaza raid</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-18-5.htm">12-18 - Hands off Iran, Mubarak warns US</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-18.htm">12-18 - Amidror: Gaza will be shelter for Al-Qaida </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-18-8.htm">12-18 - Lebanon mulls reprisals against French, US media for Hezbollah TV ban</a> after a Paris court found it guilty of anti-Semitism, is now no longer available in North America and can only be seen in Europe on the Nilesat satellite<br><br> <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=515857&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y">12-18 - Adalah: JNF lands come from state, not Jewish contributors </a> "The continued allocation of JNF lands to Jews only can cause a lot of damage to the Israeli public in general and to the Arab citizens in particular,"<br><br> <a href="http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=99323&Sn=WORL&IssueID=27274">12-18 - State in 2008 says Mubarak </a> <br><br> <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/22BF513A-4544-4840-8836-E8A671A7980C.htm">12-18 - US threatening UN over Arab report</a> Washington is unhappy, Fergani said, with sections in the report on the US presence in Iraq and the activities of its ally Israel in the Palestinian territories. <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/19/content_2352849.htm">12-18 - Egyptian FM calls on Palestinians to stop armed uprising</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/correspondents/content/2004/s1268254.htm">12-18 - Israel's wall: what happens when the world isn't watching</a> I thought they had to do something violent to get a stun grenade thrown at you, or to have tear gas? I mean, it's not a huge crowd, and they weren't chanting, they weren't doing anything threatening, they were standing in a line. I didn't realise that the<br><br> <a href="http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/964689.htm">12-18 - Neo-cons on the path to treason?</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1268446.htm">12-18 - Syria pulls more troops out of Lebanon</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.mediamonitors.net/sherri47.html">12-18 - A Conversation to Remember </a> "We Know the Israelis Run Your Congress" <br><br> <a href="http://www.wfn.org/2004/12/msg00155.html">12-18 - Advent Letter from Jerusalem</a> The main historic street into Bethlehem is being completely cut off by a wall<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-18-4.htm">12-18 - Hezbollah TV station slams US for 'intellectual terrorism'</a> "The United States calling Al-Manar a terrorist organisation is only the beginning of a new era. That of reducing to silence, in the name of the fight against terrorism, of any voice or media that dares to criticise Israel and defend the Palestinian cause<br><br> <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3443.shtml">12-18 - The Writing on the Wall: Terry Boullata</a> "Why are you renovating the hotel, we're going to take it anyway." <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-18-9.htm">12-18 - Nearly one-half of Americans favour restricting Muslims' rights: poll</a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="2004/12/12-17.htm">12-17 - Israeli army kills 8 Palestinians</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1537">12-17 - Nine Palestinians Killed, 26 others Wounded and 25 Houses Demolished in Khan Younis</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/18/content_2349793.htm">12-17 - Israeli Apache helicopters strike on Gaza</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1268093.htm">12-17 - Blair to meet Palestinian leadership in Ramallah</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-17-2.htm">12-17 - Palestinian Leader Contests Annexing Talk </a> "If the Israelis are ready to sit with us to negotiate implementing the road map, without any conditions, then we are ready to sit with them, because what we want is to implement the road map," Abbas said<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-17-4.htm">12-17 - Six Palestinians emerge unscathed from tunnel near Rafah: witnesses</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=4178">12-17 - Israel's Fifth Column in Washington </a> The AIPAC spy scandal points to a massive undercover operation <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-17-3.htm">12-17 - EU justice commissioner to push law against anti-Semitism </a> "As democracies we have to draw a clear line" between legitimate right to criticize the policies of Israel and anti-Semitism<br><br> <a href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FL18Ak02.html">12-17 - Neo-cons on the road to Damascus</a> key neo-conservative opinion shapers are calling on President George W Bush to take stronger measures against Damascus, possibly including military action. <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4106595.stm">12-17 - TV station put on US terror list </a> Anyone linked to the station could face action, the State Department warned. <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4104759.stm">12-17 - Israel forms new checkpoint force</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1268094.htm">12-17 - Israel declines to attend London conference</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-21-4.htm">12-17 - Settlers split over anti-Sharon campaign</a> "I will not support any act of violence," Goldstein said. ..... "His method of doing things is like the Christians and seeing him I begin to understand how Jesus came out of the Jewish people since he [Goldstein] is the worst of them all." Attorney Elyakim Ha'etzni<br><br> <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3440.shtml">12-17 - Life stops at coastal road block</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/041217083229.a36a7lnd">12-17 - Increase of aid to Palestinians planned: report</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-17-5.htm">12-17 - 11 new families settle in Gaza's Nissanit </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/17/opinion/edavenstrup.html">12-17 - Palestinian textbooks: Where is all that 'incitement'?</a> <br><br> <a href="http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041217-115521-5830r.htm">12-17 - Grand jury probes Marc Rich-Saddam link</a> Quoting unnamed sources, the Times said the panel is looking at whether Rich helped Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein reward the families of Palestinian suicide bombers<br><br> <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20041217-0710-palestinians-us-elections.html">12-17 - U.S. election observers to monitor upcoming Palestinian poll </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.decaturdailydemocrat.com/articles/2004/12/17/news/opinion/editorial03.txt">12-17 - A fundamental problem of credibility </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4103363.stm">12-17 - Sharon foresees 'year of peace' </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/18/content_2349567.htm">12-17 - Yearender: Mideast peace roadmap reaches dead-end in 2004</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.sfbayview.com/121504/cheguevaralives121504.shtml">12-17 - Che Guevara lives in Palestine </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=7&x_issue=35&x_article=824">12-17 - CAMERA Runs Full Page New York Times Ad on UN Bias Against Israel</a> <b>Pro-Israelis feeling the heat enough to take out full-page ads, are they? GOOD!</b><br><br> <hr> <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/670BCE0E-26D9-4C70-A5A7-1AF1C1A0F2EF.htm">12-16 - Palestinian fighters killed in clash</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-16-5.htm">12-16 - Israeli Tanks, Bulldozers Enter Gaza Camp </a> Also Thursday, 11 Israeli soldiers were slightly wounded when a mortar shell exploded in a nearby army base<br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1375672,00.html">12-16 - Sharon backs Blair's London summit plan </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1374851,00.html">12-16 - Soldier who shot Briton admits lying </a> The Israeli soldier on trial for killing the British peace activist Tom Hurndall in the Gaza Strip has admitted he was lying when he said his victim was carrying a gun, but said he was under orders to open fire even on unarmed people <b>A must read</b><br><br> <a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0412/S00250.htm">12-16 - UN Aid Agency Replaces Palestinian Homes Destroyed In Israeli Raid On Jenin</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-16.htm">12-16 - Egypt sees angry U.S. angering Middle East</a> The United States could solve half its problems with "terrorism" if it brought about a just settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the minister said<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-16-2.htm">12-16 - U.S. man admits role in smuggling arms to Israel </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-16-3.htm">12-16 - 2 Israelis said held in Jordan on suspicion of arms-smuggling </a> Two Israelis have been arrested in Jordan on suspicion of smuggling arms to Sudanese rebels<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-16-4.htm">12-16 - Abbas Says Any Gaza Talks Must Follow 'Road Map' </a> Mahmoud Abbas appeared on Thursday to reject coordinating with Israel on a plan that means quitting occupied Gaza while keeping large chunks of the West Bank. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-16-6.htm">12-16 - U.S. accuses officials of spying</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-16-7.htm">12-16 - Israeli arms deals with China raise tensions with US</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.abqjournal.com/north/273174north_news12-15-04.htm">12-16 - Palestinian Family Gets to Stay</a> A Palestinian family with six children, on the verge of being deported to the West Bank of Israel as illegal aliens, will instead enjoy a new year filled with hope<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-16-9.htm">12-16 - Gaza Plan May Bring Palestinian State-Sharon Aide</a> Weisglass said a barrier Israel is building in the West Bank would link tens of thousands of Jewish settlers to Israel. Israel has continued to expand some settlements in the West Bank<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-16-10.htm">12-16 - Lieberman: Transfer Arab areas of J'lem to Palestinians </a> he is not seeking peace but security and is not seeking a partner for the creation of a Palestinian state but rather a partner for the resolution of what he called "the problem of Arabs in the Land of Israel. <br><br> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1216/dailyUpdate.html">12-16 - FBI steps up AIPAC espionage probe</a> The Post reported that one side of the fight are neocons who want to "bring down" the government of Iran, and on the other side are intelligence officials who "view the neocons as too close to Israel." <br><br> <a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/10434134.htm">12-16 - Palestinian Gunmen Upstage Jenin Ceremony</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1103170789371">12-16 - 'Palestinian textbooks not anti-Israel'</a> <br><br> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=159b3ace2378d8e4">12-16 - Jordan rejects Palestinians' resettlement </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/16/content_2343738.htm">12-16 - PNA urges Israel to release detained candidates </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-16-8.htm">12-16 - Israeli ex-PM Barak calls for withdrawal of isolated West Bank settlements</a> <br><br> <a href="http://antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=4165">12-16 - The Neocons Haven't Won Yet </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/12.16/18-zinni.html">12-16 - Zinni describes 'way forward'</a> Resuming the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians is the single most important step the United States can take to regain its stature in the world<br><br> <hr> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=5eec990cdd0eeb1a">12-15 - Palestinian killed by Israel in Gaza </a> The victims were walking in an area to the west of Nitsarim where Palestinians are not allowed, he said<br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/16/content_2340074.htm">12-15 - Two Palestinian militants killed in central Gaza Strip</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1266239.htm">12-15 - Palestinian militants kill suspected Israeli supporter</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-15-2.htm">12-15 - Palestinian hardliners reject call by PLO chief to lay down weapons</a> Earlier a 33-year-old civilian was shot dead by an Israeli tank crew while getting into a taxi near a Jewish settlement to the south of Gaza City<br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/15/content_2338531.htm">12-15 - Israeli tanks shell southern Gaza</a> The sources said Israeli tanks stationed around the settlement of Neveh Dekalim in the west of the neighborhood fired several tank shells at some residential houses, causing severe damage<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-15-3.htm">12-15 - Ex-U.S. President Carter to Monitor Palestinian Vote</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-15-4.htm">12-15 - U.N. Mediator Ends Mideast Tenure</a> Ending 12 turbulent years of trying to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict, U.N. mediator Terje Roed-Larsen said Wednesday the solution remains simple: Israel and Palestine living side by side. <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1374609,00.html">12-15 - No way to die </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4097863.stm">12-15 - Hamas cancels massive Gaza rally</a> Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian civilian at the northern chokepoint on the Mediterranean coast road near the Netzarim settlement. The dead man's sister told AFP news agency that the Israeli forces had opened fire as they were just getting into a <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-15-6.htm">12-15 - Israel apologises over shooting incident</a> <b>Last two paragraphs</b><br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-15-5.htm">12-15 - The Israeli town where no settlers are welcome</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-15.htm">12-15 - Bush defers moving US embassy to Jerusalem</a> In a memorandum for US Secretary of State Colin Powell, Bush said the decision was "necessary to protect the national security interests of the United States." <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/16/content_2340667.htm">12-15 - Israel says peace talks with Syria conditional</a> Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said on Wednesday that Israel would resume peace talks with Syria if Syria halts its support for Palestinian militants<br><br> <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3434.shtml">12-15 - Palestinians Call for Boycott of Israeli Academia</a> <br><br> <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3431.shtml">12-15 - Leaflets of fear</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-15-7.htm">12-15 - Israel's Mossad Looks to Leaner, Meaner Future</a> Mossad and Israeli Military Intelligence were both rapped by parliament for overestimating Iraq's capabilities before the U.S. decision to topple Saddam Hussein <br><br> <a href="http://www.fox23news.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=A267205A-B042-40D0-9F23-E2BFC7D3BC9D">12-15 - State Department placing group's television channel on its terror list</a> Its television station al-Manar is being listed by the State Department as a terror group for broadcasting incitement, said the U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. <br><br> <hr> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/15/content_2335694.htm">12-14 - Fatah commander killed by Israeli troops: report</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-14.htm">12-14 - Palestinian Security Worker Killed in Gaza </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-14-4.htm">12-14 - PLO chief urges end to armed intifada, Israeli tanks raid Gaza</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4096783.stm">12-14 - Abbas calls for end to violence </a> a Thai worker on a Jewish settlement in Ganei Tal in southern Gaza was killed by a rocket fired by militants. Also in Gaza, Israeli troops shot three Palestinian security officers in Rafah, killing one and wounding two.<br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/15/content_2334902.htm">12-14 - Egyptian wounded by Israeli troops' gunfire in border town</a> Meanwhile, witnesses said a missile fired by an Israeli Apache helicopter landed on the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza, but caused no casualties<br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/14/content_2334637.htm">12-14 - Israeli army razes W. Bank village in preparation for barrier construction</a> The Israeli army on Tuesday razed the village of Bal'ein in the West Bank in preparation for the resumption of the separation wall construction in the area. <br><br> <a href="http://www.jnewswire.com/library/article.php?articleid=381">12-14 - Israel looks to head off Arab "refugee" claims</a> The plan would see many of the so-called "refugees" permanently settled in new housing in Judea, Samaria, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Others would be absorbed into European countries<br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/14/content_2334333.htm">12-14 - Two Israeli soldiers wounded by anti-tank missile</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/14/content_2333936.htm">12-14 - Erekat rejects Israeli conditions to facilitate Palestinian elections </a> Mofaz announced Monday that Israeli troops will withdraw from Palestinian cities and towns for 72 hours during the Jan. 9 Palestinian presidential election<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-14-2.htm">12-14 - Abbas calls for end to armed struggle</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/15/content_2334907.htm">12-14 - US attaches importance to fighting terror by Palestinian authority</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-14-5.htm">12-14 - Israel proposes refugee plan</a> <b>So caring are these Israelis about Palestinians and their housing. Why, they <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4671691,00.html">just made a few dozen homeless yesterday</a>...</b><br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/14/content_2333765.htm">12-14 - Palestinians warn of plan to demolish Islamic landmark</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4095011.stm">12-14 - Egypt and Israel seal trade deal </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-14-6.htm">12-14 - Mideast conflict pushes scores of Palestinians onto poverty rolls</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.chris-on-the-bike.de/eappi_uprooting01.htm">12-14 - Diary "Uprooting of 117 olive trees at the quarry on the Seam between Zufim and Jayyous </a> as witnessed by Ecumenical Accompanier Christoph Gocke<br><br> <a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_041214beth.shtml">12-14 - Number of Christians leaving Bethlehem increasing</a> Christians in the West Bank expressed sadness and anger when they were unable to visit the traditional site of Jesus' crucifixion to celebrate Easter this year. <br><br> <a href="http://www.sierratimes.com/rss/newswire.php?article=/afp/20041214/wl_mideast_afp/japanjordaniraq&time=1103020882&feed=iraq">12-14 - Japan to help send Jordanian experts to developing world</a> Japan will pay for Jordan to send experts on development projects abroad and share technology with its Iraqi and Palestinian neighbors, officials said during a state visit by King Abdullah II. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-14-3.htm">12-14 - U.S. Jewish Immigration to Israel on Rise </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_041213pa.shtml">12-14 - Radical Christian peace activists arrive in Israel </a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=62a2822feabe6a3a">12-13 - Hamas militant killed in Nablus </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1263813.htm">12-13 - Israeli helicopters in Gaza missile strikes</a> <br><br> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=b9dc4a28340e5611">12-13 - Gazans' movement curtailed after attack </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1372963,00.html">12-13 - Israelis hasten land grab in shadow of wall </a> Bulldozers go in as expansion of settlements continues <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/13/content_2330365.htm">12-13 - Israel set to take revenge operations after "tunnel attack"</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4671691,00.html">12-13 - Israeli Troops Demolish Palestinian Homes </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-13-2.htm">12-13 - Bethlehem mayor blasts 'oppressive' Israeli occupation </a> The mayor of Bethlehem blasted the Israeli occupation as an "oppressive siege" which was forcing Christians to leave the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ in ever increasing numbers. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-13-9.htm">12-13 - Israel must act to ease Palestinian vote-monitor</a> "We have noticed that with pleasure," he said of Israeli statements committing to facilitate the poll. "The problem is to implement it.<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-13-3.htm">12-13 - U.S. not honest broker in Middle East-UN envoy</a> "The United States, which uses human rights as the focal point of its foreign policy, totally forgets about human rights when it comes to the Palestinians,"<br><br> <a href="http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1477">12-13 - Israeli Troops Bar Access of Medics Across the Gaza Strip</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-13-4.htm">12-13 - EU, U.S. in Contact with Hamas, Group Leader Says</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-13-5.htm">12-13 - Israel Can't Detect Palestinian Tunnels </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-13-6.htm">12-13 - Palestinian Leader Visits Saudi Arabia </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-13-7.htm">12-13 - Bush has 50-50 chance of pulling off Mideast peace: Clinton</a> "We should do our duty to be an honest broker. At a minimum, when we are involved fewer people die" in the conflict, he said. <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4092447.stm">12-13 - Israel army to withdraw for polls </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-13.htm">12-13 - Syria blames Israel for bomb blast</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-13-8.htm">12-13 - Sharon ally calls Arabs 'worms'</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/14/content_2330712.htm">12-13 - France intends to push for implementing Mideast roadmap plan</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/14/content_2330559.htm">12-13 - British, Egyptian security experts in Gaza: sources</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3882183">12-13 - Gaza Palestinians Call for Order after Murders</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=58553">12-13 - Sharon: Peace efforts depend on Palestinians</a> Hamas has not given Abbas any guarantees. However, it has limited its attacks to the Gaza Strip in recent weeks, as part of what appears to be a tacit agreement not to carry out bombings inside Israel. <br><br> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1213/dailyUpdate.html">12-13 - US spies on ElBaradei</a> The US has listened in on dozens of phone calls between Iranian officials and Mohamed El Baradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in "a search for ammunition" to use against him...the action is being spearheaded by neocon hardliner Joh<br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4093579.stm">12-13 - France pulls plug on Arab network </a> The Council cited a 23 November broadcast in which a speaker accused Israel of deliberately disseminating Aids in Arab nations<br><br> <a href="http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?intarticleid=14834&intcategoryid=3">12-13 - Through ZOA effort, provisions pass </a> Klein resisted efforts to broaden the legislation and wanted the office to focus solely on victims of Palestinian violence, as opposed to all Americans killed overseas<br><br> <hr> <a href="2004/12/12-12.htm">12-12 - Seven Hurt in Gaza Mortar Attack </a> The Israeli army fired three tank shells at the Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, wounding seven schoolchildren<br><br> <a href="http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1274&storyid=2376067">12-12 - Man dies in crossfire in own home</a> Sabeer Shaloof, aged 36, was shot in the neck while in his home in the town of Rafah, near the Gaza border with Egypt<br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/13/content_2326242.htm">12-12 - Israeli helicopters open random fire at Rafah houses</a> Witnesses said Palestinian houses in the al-Salam neighborhood were attacked and a 36-year-old man was shot dead at home<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-12-4.htm">12-12 - Israeli helicopters fire missiles in Gaza</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-12-5.htm">12-12 - Four Israeli soldiers, two Palestinians killed after Gaza border attack</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4090299.stm">12-12 - Four die in Israel border attack </a> Fatah Hawks spokesman Abu Majad said the attack was in response to what he termed the assassination of Arafat<br><br> <a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0412/S00168.htm">12-12 - Investigation Sought On IDF Shooting Of American</a> This petition is brought against the military judge advocate for refusing to open an inquiry into the wounding of Brian Avery despite the existence of substantial evidence that the injury was the result of criminal behavior by Israeli soldiers<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-12-6.htm">12-12 - Barghuti calls off Palestinian presidential challenge</a> <br><br> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cpthebron/message/508">12-12 - Israeli police protect Palestinian children on their way to school from Israeli settler attack</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1263400.htm">12-12 - Israel to release prisoners ahead of Palestinian election</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/12/content_2325018.htm">12-12 - Palestine to probe into cause of Arafat's death</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=6847">12-12 - Violence At "Security Gate" Number 25 </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-12-2.htm">12-12 - Kuwaitis Get Apology From Palestinians </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-12-3.htm">12-12 - Feith to 'Post': US action against Iran can't be ruled out</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1213/p04s01-wome.html">12-12 - US pushes for more economic reform in Mideast</a> But US officials are already calling it a key victory on two policy fronts for the US - securing Israel and increasing regional economic cooperation<br><br> <a href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/todaysfeatures/2004/December/todaysfeatures_December25.xml&section=todaysfeatures">12-12 - Palestinian director shows co-Israeli produced film in Gulf emirate</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/business/10401862.htm">12-12 - Egypt Trade Deal With Israel Stirs Debate</a> He said while Israel was gaining the right to make 11.7 percent of the value of Egyptian exports to the United States, it was not granting Egyptian manufacturers a similar input to its exports<br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1263647.htm">12-12 - Arab actor turns gun on Hollywood stereotypes</a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1263123.htm">12-11 - Israeli troops move into Gaza</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-11-2.htm">12-11 - Nephew: Suspicions About Arafat's Death </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1421">12-11 - Actions Contradict Words: Israeli Forces Attack Palestinian Presidential Candidates</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4088293.stm">12-11 - Arafat file fails to halt rumours</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=457">12-11 - EU Calls on Israel to End Aggression on northern Gaza Immediately</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-11-4.htm">12-11 - Israeli Soldiers' Testimony Supports Claims of Abuse</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-11-5.htm">12-11 - Kuwait Welcomes Key Palestinian Visit</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4089031.stm">12-11 - Labour in Israel coalition talks </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4086865.stm">12-11 - Arab reform dreams run aground</a> Washington relies heavily on strong support from undemocratic Arab governments. More democracy is almost bound to mean less reliable support. <br><br> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/12/wmid12.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/12/12/ixportal.html">12-11 - Barghouti poised to pull out of PLO poll</a> <br><br> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=8fc7cb2e59a63391">12-11 - Hamas calls for establishing army</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/11/content_2322913.htm">12-11 - EU to send 2600 observers to Palestinian elections</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/11/content_2321553.htm">12-11 - Israel to release Palestinians in goodwill gesture to Egypt</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/12/11/sharon_will_maintain_roadblocks_to_peace/">12-11 - Sharon will maintain roadblocks to peace</a> Arafat sought peace based on international law, whereas Israel, backed by the United States, tried to impose a settlement based on Israel's superior power, a settlement rejected by almost all Palestinians<br><br> <a href="http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-554055.html">12-11 - Author tells Palestinians' story</a> made in Pennsylvania. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-11.htm">12-11 - Arabs rebuff US calls for speedy reforms</a> "What the Arab peoples cannot fathom is why these guarantees are translated into unrestricted backing of unrestrained Israeli policies (that are) contrary to international legality," <br><br> <a href="http://www.counterpunch.com/wanniski12112004.html">12-11 - The Neo-Con Smear on Kofi Annan</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.wfn.org/2004/12/msg00092.html">12-11 - [PCUSANEWS] Presbyterian group seeks moratorium on Israel</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.thesunlink.com/bsun/nw_international/article/0,2403,BSUN_19092_3392037,00.html">12-11 - Ramallah shows new vibrancy</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-11-3.htm">12-11 - Reform Needed in Arab World to Defeat Terror-U.S.</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/travel/articles/1212holyland12.html">12-11 - Israelis, Palestinians push Holy Land tourism </a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="2004/12/12-10-7.htm">12-10 - Girl, 7, killed at the dinner table as Israelis retaliate for mortar attack</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-10-3.htm">12-10 - Two Palestinians killed by Israeli troops in Gaza</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-10-2.htm">12-10 - Girl Killed By Israeli Troops</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.deepikaglobal.com/ENG4_sub.asp?ccode=ENG4&newscode=84891">12-10 - Israel detains 2nd Palestinian President candidate</a> <b> and <a href="http://www.fcnp.com/440/safire.htm">pundits say that the peace process depends on Palestinian democracy</a>, the democracy that Israel is hindering</b><br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-10-9.htm">12-10 - Settlers uproot Palestinian olive grove</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-10-5.htm">12-10 - Hopes for Mideast Peace Breakthrough High </a> <br><br> <a href="http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/worldwide/story/0,9959,1371068,00.html">12-10 - Call for Israel to readmit deported Palestinian students </a> An international campaign has been launched to demand that four Palestinian students deported from their West Bank university to the Gaza Strip be allowed to return to complete their studies<br><br> <a href="http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3867093">12-10 - EU Starts Deploys Palestinian Election Monitoring Mission </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4664769,00.html">12-10 - Israel Prepared to Turn Over Gaza Security </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=6828">12-10 - The Slow Creep of Israel's Annexation</a> This land has been taken illegally, and in direct opposition to the Military Court of Israel?s decision just last year that land would not be taken from farmers<br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/10/content_2315347.htm">12-10 - Abbas' three main challenges</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-10-4.htm">12-10 - Powell: Cannot Rush Into Mideast Peace Talks</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-10.htm">12-10 - Jordanians want peace treaty with Israel scrapped over West Bank barrier</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1370884,00.html">12-10 - Sharon victory boosts Gaza withdrawal plan </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/9739ddcc-4ad7-11d9-a0ca-00000e2511c8.html">12-10 - Israelis begin to question price of occupation </a> The accusations of unethical conduct have followed a relative lull in suicide and other attacks, which used to dominate the headlines.<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-10-8.htm">12-10 - U.S. Seeks UN Session Marking Auschwitz Anniversary</a> An assembly session on the Holocaust would mark a change in focus for the assembly which typically meets several days a year to discuss and vote on issues relating to Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories<br><br> <a href="http://www.jewishtimes.com/News/4379.stm">12-10 - FBI Probes Mysterious Jewish Death</a> For his 29 years, Korsower had lived a full life, thriving in a Jewish youth group, serving in the Israeli army in a crack infantry unit, studying religion and most recently plunging into terrorism research in Washington<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-10-6.htm">12-10 - Exclusive: Nobel judges stand by Arafat</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-10-10.htm">12-10 - Egyptian police block solidarity group accompanying aid to Palestinians</a> <br><br> <a href="http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/825.shtml">12-10 - In Norway, Protestors Demand: No Money for Apartheid, Boycott Israel Now</a> The protestors were expressing their outrage against the fact that the Israeli government was seeking $200 million from donor countries to pay for a series of roads in the West Bank designed to cement the Apartheid system imposed by the Israeli Occupation<br><br> <a href="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=11544">12-10 - Palestinian art sparks outrage</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.christianpost.com/article/church/1728/section/presbyterian.group.launches.petition.against.divestment/1.htm">12-10 - Presbyterian Group Launches Petition Against Divestment</a> <br><br> <a href="http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/11892/">12-10 - York University's Zionist Star Chamber fails to intimidate student, professor</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20041210-125251-5061r">12-10 - Kids' photos build bridges in divided Hebron</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=6841">12-10 - Bowling for Palestine </a> <br><br> <a href="http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=40558">12-10 - Law Professor/Middle East Expert Andy Martin to Hold News Conf to Condemn Anti-Islamic 'Terrorist' Verdict by Chicago Federal Judge</a> Americans have every right to fight a war against terrorists who attack the United States. But the effort of American politicians to criminalize the Palestinian people's fight for freedom is wrong<br><br> <hr> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1261832.htm">12-9 - Five Palestinians killed crossing Gaza-Egypt border</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4081985.stm">12-9 - Israel targets Gaza militant boss </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=11551">12-9 - Israeli Forces Kill 5, Wound 3 in Gaza </a> Last week, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel would not launch attacks or raids in the Palestinian territories in the runup to January ninth Palestinian elections, as long as the Jewish state is not provoked<br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4082649.stm">12-9 - Soldier on trial for Gaza killing </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-9-7.htm">12-9 - Palestinian refugees applaud leaders on 'right of return' pledge</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-9-9.htm">12-9 - Israeli Soldier on Trial in Girl's Death </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=24333">12-9 - Military clears commando unit</a> An initial military investigation has exonerated a naval commando unit accused of killing an unarmed, injured Palestinian militant during a West Bank raid last week, the army said<br><br> <a href="http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1385">12-9 - Israel Builds a New Settlement in Qalqilia, Plans to Divide Hebron</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=10242">12-9 - Pol Blasts Bush On AIPAC Probe </a> Democrat Wexler charges FBI investigation of pro-Israel lobby deliberately ?targeting? Jews. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-9-2.htm">12-9 - FBI investigating Israelis for espionage </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=CqBFB0eidDw4TCgfSzxn0Aw5Pyw5Z">12-9 - U.N. to aid Palestinian election observers</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/09/content_2315063.htm">12-9 - Lebanon to improve living conditions of Palestinian refugees</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/50298.html">12-9 - Palestinian Masrouji Group goes for growth with new IT software solution</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-9.htm">12-9 - Poll in PA: Majority of Palestinians oppose terror attacks </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.christianaid.org.uk/worship/412hope/chmag.htm">12-9 - Planting hope </a> But the Israeli army are now saying that his house is too close to the road that they have built right next door. And rather than move the road they will force Suleiman to leave his home too. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-9-8.htm">12-9 - Hamas says no truce with Israel "for now"</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-9-5.htm">12-9 - Mounting Scandal at Aipac Prompts Talk of Lobbying Powerhouse's Demise</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-9-6.htm">12-9 - FBI steps up AIPAC probe</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-9-3.htm">12-9 - Envoy Complains of 'Anti-French Neurosis' in Israel</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-9-4.htm">12-9 - Explaining issues of Presbyterians and Israel</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/columns/creese/aboutMaina.htm">12-9 - IT IS ABSURD TO SAY THAT ISRAEL IS NOT A RACIST STATE</a> <br><br> <a href="http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041209/OPINION01/412090373/1035/OPINION">12-9 - Weiss: U.S must change Israel-Palestine policy</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/rooij12092004.html">12-9 - The Carnivores and the Ivy League Apologist</a> The Voices of Sharon's Little Helpers<br><br> <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/203108_humanrightsday10.html">12-9 - Washington's double standard shows</a> A glaring example of Washington's double standard is U.S. support for Israel in the form of financial and military aid totaling $3 billion a year, along with U.S. vetoes of U.N. Security Council resolutions critical of Israel's denial of the human rights <br><br> <a href="http://www.rabble.ca/everyones_a_critic.shtml?x=35765">12-9 - A refugee camp in the heart of Montreal</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/12092004/news/52904.htm">12-9 - Peace doctor recounts trip to West Bank </a> At a presentation on Tuesday night at South Church sponsored by Seacoast Peace Response, Rothchild talked about her experience providing free health-care services with the Jewish American Medical Project<br><br> <hr> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4077989.stm">12-8 - Palestinian killed in Gaza Strip </a> <br><br> <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/61CC2D52-9C36-429D-A2E4-42D3AD11FAC5.htm">12-8 - Palestinians shot dead near Egyptian border</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-8.htm">12-8 - Ambassador Wary of Peace Conference Idea </a> <b>'There can be no talk of peace until we find a suitable scapegoat with whom we will not negotiate for peace!'</b><br><br> <a href="2004\12\12-8-6.htm">12-8 - Palestinians seek 4.5 billion dollars in aid, peace talks in sight</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-8-8.htm">12-8 - Bush Gives $20 Million Directly to Palestinians</a> But the White House imposed restrictions on the $20 million in direct aid approved by Bush: the authority will use it to pay Palestinian utility bills owed to Israeli companies <br><br> <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A4BD8038-8970-4542-9E9C-E4FD18C11051.htm">12-8 - Israeli soldiers 'shoot boy for fun'</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1261023.htm">12-8 - Sharon defends Israeli Army despite civilian deaths</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=9002430">12-8 - Israel clashes with rights group over number of dead Palestinians</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-8-9.htm">12-8 - Israel accused of foul play by Palestinian election candidate</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1260949.htm">12-8 - Barghouti offers to withdraw election nomination</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/12/08/somerville_rejects_divestment_plan/">12-8 - Somerville rejects divestment plan</a> <br><br> <a href="http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/post/tm_objectid=14955303&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=-outrageous--that-arafat-was-demonized--storms-brum-mp-name_page.html">12-8 - 'Outrageous' that Arafat was demonized, storms Brum MP </a> He has also led renewed criticism of Israel in the House of Commons, sponsoring an official Parliamentary motion which has been backed by 205 MPs. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-8-7.htm">12-8 - Palestinian Candidate Alleges Beatings </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-8-5.htm">12-8 - Suspected Hamas funders in US ordered to pay 156 million dollars for killing</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-8-4.htm">12-8 - $20 Million Aid Package to the Palestinians -- Or to Israel?</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-8-3.htm">12-8 - Poll: Over 50% of Germans equate IDF with Nazi army</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-8-2.htm">12-8 - WMD non-proliferation clause delays EU-Israeli deal </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2004%20opinions/December/8%20o/The%20Yarmulke%20and%20the%20Chopstick%20Were%20AIPAC%20agents%20accessories%20in%20the%20illegal%20transfer%20of%20Stolen%20US%20Nuclear%20technology%20to%20China%20By%20John%20Anast.htm">12-8 - The Yarmulke and the Chopstick</a> Were AIPAC agents accessories in the illegal transfer of Stolen US Nuclear technology to China? <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/08/content_2306554.htm">12-8 - Denmark reiterates support for UN Palestinian agency</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=5055">12-8 - Israel advised to "transfer" Palestinians </a> Farah, who was here recently as the keynote speaker at a Canada Christian College conference on Arab persecution of Jews and Christians, added: "Violence will be required to bring peace. People don't want to hear that. It?s not politically correct. But it<br><br> <a href="http://www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=5072">12-8 - Canada's shift at UN 'promising' </a> Jewish advocacy groups praised Canada's shift <b>in favour of Israel</b> on two key UN resolutions last week as a long-needed correction that will better reflect Canada's traditionally <b>balanced approach </b>to the Middle East<br><br> <a href="http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/12/08/41b6b67628920">12-8 - Students Speak Up to Defend MEALAC</a> A group of approximately 50 students, faculty, community members, and alumni held a press conference yesterday in Earl Hall to protest what they called the stifling of voices critical of Israel<br><br> <hr> <a href="2004/12/12-7-4.htm">12-7 - Sharon seeks support for planned coalition as Gaza violence kills three</a> Around 10 other people were also injured, including at least four schoolchildren, by Israeli tank and gunfire during an incursion in the sane area<br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4074517.stm">12-7 - Blast sparks battle in Gaza Strip </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-7-2.htm">12-7 - Ethical standards cannot slip: Israeli army chief</a> <b>Too late.</b><br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1368631,00.html">12-7 - Blair's peace initiative dismays Israel </a> But Israel's real concern appears to be that if Mr Blair succeeds in pressing the Palestinians to meet their obligations under phase one, it could lead to US pressure to move on to the creation of a Palestinian state much quicker than Mr Sharon desires<br><br> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=16669a8ca8ad91fb">12-7 - Palestinian candidate: soldiers blocked me </a> &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news/?ei=UTF-8&p=Mustafa+Barghouthi+&c=news_photos">Photos of this event</a><br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-7-6.htm">12-7 - IDF probes Palestinian teen's death during soldiers' hike </a> "Seven bullets pierced Khaled's head, so you can't talk here about a mistake or random gunfire. This was an act of direct and clear sharpshooting." <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4076935.stm">12-7 - Mid-East peace claims 'premature' </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-7.htm">12-7 - Egypt heralds Mideast peace 'breakthrough', eyes return of ambassador</a> <br><br> <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/202721_provoke08.html">12-7 - Advance U.S. -- not Israel's -- interests</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-7-3.htm">12-7 - Arab Israeli accused of spying for Iran</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-7-4.htm">12-7 - Israeli Army Conduct Under Scrutiny </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-7-5.htm">12-7 - Israeli Army Commander Admonishes Troops </a> "If we lose the moral high ground, it will undermine our military strength," <b> Too late</b> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4075215.stm">12-7 - Egyptian anger over 'spy' release </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4075673.stm">12-7 - Israeli unit banned over killing</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4073365.stm">12-7 - Egyptian cotton makers fight to survive</a> US tells Egypt's cotton workers to weave ties with Israel <br><br> <a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200412/08/eng20041208_166513.html">12-7 - Barghouti may withdraw his candidacy: sources</a> <br><br> <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3403.shtml">12-7 - Eighteen donors pledge nearly $90 million for UN Palestine refugee agency</a> <br><br> <a href="http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=40422">12-7 - OPIC Announces Insurance for Natural Gas Pipeline in Israel; CEO Credits Aspen Institute's Middle East Strategy Group</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=6219">12-7 - Israeli forces shut down two charities in Hebron</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/07/content_2305936.htm">12-7 - Israeli army arrests 21 Palestinians in West Bank </a> <br><br> <a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200412/07/eng20041207_166445.html">12-7 - Japan to grant Palestine US$1 mln for election</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4075001.stm">12-7 - Jewish extremist settler jailed </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.antiwar.com/orig/cmoore.php?articleid=4101">12-7 - Mainline Protestants Challenge Israel Lobby </a> Also writing a letter, not to the church, but to the U.S. Department of Commerce, were 13 more members of Congress, urging the shutdown of any divestment campaigns affecting Israel<br><br> <a href="http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/10361797.htm">12-7 - Bush administration planning to increase pressure on Iran</a> Rice previewed some of the ideas during a White House meeting last week with leaders of major Jewish-American groups, according to one individual who was present and others who were briefed on the session. <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/07/content_2305927.htm">12-7 - Syria stresses supports to Palestinian resistance </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.sacobserver.com/news/commentary/120604/amber_barrett_arafat.shtml">12-7 - What Will Become Of Palestine? </a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4655671,00.html">12-6 - Palestinians Kill Suspected Collaborator </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-6-2.htm">12-6 - Israeli special unit members suspended over Palestinian activists' killing</a> The Israeli troops opened fire in his direction as he was giving himself up, according to Palestinian security sources<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-6-3.htm">12-6 - Abbas, Barghouthi Running Even in Palestinian Poll</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-6-4.htm">12-6 - General: 1 in 5 troops behave badly at roadblocks </a> Some 20 percent of IDF soldiers join the army with the preconception that Arab lives are worth less than Jewish lives - and subsequently behave improperly at roadblocks<br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/06/content_2301594.htm">12-6 - Israeli army razes Palestinian lands in S. Gaza</a> The Israeli army razed some 30 dunums (2.8 hectares) of cultivated lands in al-Qarara area in southern Gaza<br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,1367949,00.html">12-6 - Palestinian poll race tight </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-6-6.htm">12-6 - Israeli jailed for role in terror group that attacked Arab schools</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-6-7.htm">12-6 - Palestinian childrens deaths draw scrutiny of Israeli forces</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-6-5.htm">12-6 - Israel, Egypt and US to set up free-trade link</a> <br><br> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=407501c565cd7d96">12-6 - British university leads Israel boycott </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1207/p14s01-legn.html">12-6 - A counterpoint to all the checkpoints</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-6.htm">12-6 - Britain, Israel Hold Out Prospect of Mideast Talks</a> Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has long resisted the idea of a peace summit, fearing it would be a forum for putting pressure on the Jewish state to make concessions to the Palestinians<br><br> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1207/p09s01-cogs.html">12-6 - Nixon in China, Bush in Mideast - the parallels</a> <br><br> <a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200412/07/eng20041207_166353.html">12-6 - Arab countries call for boycotting Israel </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.americanfreepress.net/Censored/17_02%20Victims%20Persevere-%20Court%20.htm">12-6 - Victims Persevere: Court Hits ADL With Major Fine</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_news&Number=293165261&page=0&view=&sb=&o=&part=&vc=">12-6 - ZOA: Koby Mandell Act Passes Congress; Opens Justice Dept. Office</a> <b>Americans killed by Israelis are afforded no such laws though</b><br><br> <a href="http://www.sundayherald.com/46389">12-6 - US admits the war for ?hearts and minds? in Iraq is now lost</a> The overwhelming majority voice their objections to what they see as one-sided support in favour of Israel <br><br> <a href="http://www.dailyemerald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/12/06/41b4193c9d953">12-6 - Professor settles libel suit against Post columnists</a> Pipes and Schanzer published an article in June, 2002 titled "Extremists on Campus," that claimed Card had made anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli statements in his "Social Inequality" class<br><br> <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=73148">12-6 - Israeli MK to Head Delegation of Jews to Libya </a> Earlier this year, Kaddafi stated that Jews would have an option to receive compensation or another home, but not those who "seized Palestinian lands." He explained that one must differentiate between "Jews and Zionists." <br><br> <a href="http://www.americanfreepress.net/Censored/17_02%20Media%20Lying%20to%20U.S.%20Publi.htm">12-6 - Media Lying to U.S. Public About Palestine</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=fullnews&id=46386">12-6 - 'Time running out in Middle East crisis':</a> "Ending the occupation of Palestinian land by Israel is the only solution to the Middle East problem," <br><br> <a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_04126bet.shtml">12-6 - Christians to visit suffering church in Bethlehem for Christmas</a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="2004/12/12-5-7.htm">12-5 - Spy freed as part of prisoner exchange</a> Mr Azzam, an Israeli Arab of the Druze Islamic sect, many of whose members serve in the Israeli army<br><br> <a href="http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1312">12-5 - Israeli Troops Wound a Citizen in Rafah, Close Roads in West Bank</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2004/12/05/Worldandnation/Children_in_the_cross.shtml">12-5 - Children in the crossfire</a> On both sides, children are being killed. But far more young Palestinians have been buried in the past year, and their peers bear many scars.<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-5-3.htm">12-5 - German FM eyes 'historic chance' of progress in Mideast peace</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1367281,00.html">12-5 - Israel and Egypt in swap of prisoners </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-5-6.htm">12-5 - 'We will not boycott elections and are willing to declare a truce with Israel'</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-5.htm">12-5 - Gulf countries "should help Palestinians"</a> Israel has destroyed much of the Palestinian Authority's security and administrative facilities during a four-year-old Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-5-2.htm">12-5 - Indictments show Israeli nationals dominate Internet moving scams </a> "This isn't your run-of-the-mill back-alley criminal outfit,"<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-5-5.htm">12-5 - Hamas Deputy Vows Continuing Resistance </a> <br><br> <a href="http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=4106">12-5 - Jail the War Party </a> For treason <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-5-4.htm">12-5 - Germany Pledges Aid for Palestinian Vote </a> But in Gaza on Sunday, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said a truce was not on any agenda. "Not a single word was said about a truce," Zahar said. "We are defending ourselves and our people, pushing the Israelis out of our land." <br><br> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1206/p11s02-lire.html">12-5 - From churches, a challenge to Israeli policies</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1102115408645&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795">12-5 - Canada missteps at U.N.</a> So, let's get this straight: We're assisting Palestinians with their nation-building enterprise ? by voting against recognizing their rights?<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-5-8.htm">12-5 - The Bottom Line / Standing up to Washington </a> Israel is trying to adjust the wording of the law to avoid being placed on the U.S.'s priority watchlist for countries that violate patents<br><br> <a href="http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=7be13c02-5230-41e4-8275-164efa19e952">12-5 - Ignored in life, Yasser Arafat gains world respect in death at his grave</a> <br><br> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=da2286a850d3bc31">12-5 - PA: Jerusalem residents should vote </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/06/content_2298489.htm">12-5 - 4,800 Palestinians allowed into Israel</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041205/NEWS/41204003/1022">12-5 - Dunsmore silent on Israeli duplicity</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1206/p01s03-wome.html">12-5 - Egypt, Israel seize chance for thaw</a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/04/content_2295416.htm">12-4 - Israeli army shells Gaza </a> Medics at Abu Youssef al Najjar in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah reported that a 52-year-old Palestinian woman was wounded by Israeli fire<br><br> <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=5878">12-4 - Israeli forces shell civilians houses in Al-Zahra city</a> <br><br> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=ceec9b06ec2d6434">12-4 - Palestinian militants attack APC</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,11589155%255E1702,00.html">12-4 - Israel arrests 12 activists</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-4-4.htm">12-4 - Palestinians Slam Israel Over Raids </a> "At a time when we are moving towards democracy, unfortunately...Israel continues with its assassinations," Qureia said<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-4-3.htm">12-4 - Palestinian Donors Show Some Optimism</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1366855,00.html">12-4 - Israel's new road plans condemned as 'apartheid' </a> Israel has released plans for the upgrade of roads and construction of 16 tunnels which would create an 'apartheid' road network for Palestinians in the West Bank<br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/05/content_2295883.htm">12-4 - Hamas leader says no cease-fire in light of Israeli actions</a> "How the movement could cease fire when Israel continues closing roads, arresting innocent Palestinians and killing children andwomen?" <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-4-5.htm">12-4 - Bush tells Musharraf he will focus on Mideast issue</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-4.htm">12-4 - New slump in 2004 immigration to Israel</a> Sixty percent of immigrants from the former Soviet Union are not viewed as Jews by Israel's rabbinic authorities, but still enjoy the Jewish state's law of return that automatically grants them the Israeli citizenship as Jews or descendants of Jews<br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/05/content_2295884.htm">12-4 - Jihad rejects any ceasefire with Israel: senior leader</a> <br><br> <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/858CFE90-4FF2-4AA3-81C7-56AC54245AFD.htm">12-4 - Palestinian expectations tempered by reality</a> These statements by Sharon and other Israeli leaders prove, if further proof was needed, that Israel was against Arafat not because he was an obstacle to peace but because he refused to give up on his people's rights<br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4069451.stm">12-4 - German police raid Islamic group</a> The German government alleges that the charity raises funds for the Palestinian militant movement, Hamas<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-4-6.htm">12-4 - Right-wingers harass IDF Rabbi</a> "We won't forgive and won't forget the rabbis who work against us." <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-4-2.htm">12-4 - Baker calls for new Bush effort on Middle East</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.wfn.org/2004/12/msg00033.html">12-4 - AFSC OFFERS NEW TEACHING AID ON THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN</a> "When the Rain Returns: Toward Justice and Reconciliation in Palestine and Israel" brings the voices of leaders from Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities<br><br> <hr> <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C5C9F021-FDCC-4EB3-A1EC-49900F73DDA3.htm">12-3 - Israel kills Islamic Jihad fighter</a> The soldiers, who arrived in 20 jeeps, opened fire in his direction as he was giving himself up, Aljazeera correspondent, Shirin Abu Aqila reported. <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1366019,00.html">12-3 - Hamas to call truce </a> A top Hamas leader today signalled a significant shift in the militant group's mission, saying it would accept the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and call a long-term truce with Israel. <br><br> <a href="http://www.maltamedia.com/news/2004/ln/article_4345.shtml">12-3 - Malta presents Palestinian report at the UN General Assembly </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=71509">12-3 - World Bank urges Israel to end Palestinian closures</a> The bank urged Israel to progressively dismantle a system of more than 700 checkpoints and barriers in the West Bank and encouraged the re-establishment of an efficient and reliable Gaza-West Bank transport link<br><br> <a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7fbb9952-459a-11d9-8fcf-00000e2511c8.html">12-3 - Aid donors fear Israel's plan to leave Gaza will worsen Palestinian economy</a> A report by the bank this week raised several concerns, including an Israeli proposal to end the current customs union with the PA in Gaza and Israel's bid to win funding for road projects in the West Bank that would establish separate transport links for<br><br> <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3398.shtml">12-3 - Israel teaches Dheisheh's children a lesson they will not forget</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/04/content_2293333.htm">12-3 - Sweden to train observers to Palestinian presidential elections</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4652263,00.html">12-3 - Egypt, Israel Work to Resolve Dispute </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1101960940636">12-3 - Two in three FSU Jews choose Germany over Israel</a> Twice as many Jews and eligible relatives from the former Soviet Union are now choosing to immigrate to Germany rather than Israel<br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1366287,00.html">12-3 - Israel boycott row hits college </a> Jewish groups accuse the organisers, the school's Palestinian Society, of inciting hatred by calling the conference Resisting Israeli Apartheid: Strategies and Principles<br><br> <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041202/ISRAEL02/TPNational/Canada">12-3 - Pro-Israel shift at UN keeps balance, MPs say</a> Liberal MPs yesterday defended their government's shift on the Middle East at the United Nations, in which Canada climbed off the fence to vote with a small group of countries backing Israel on a contentious resolution. <br><br> <a href="http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,11584389%255E1702,00.html">12-3 - Arafat's brother buried in Cairo</a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="2004/12/12-1-7.htm">12-2 - Palestinian shot dead by Israeli troops near military base</a> An unarmed Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli soldiers near an army base in the Ramallah area of the West Bank<br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1255967.htm">12-2 - Abbas finds 2005 peace deal possible</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1277">12-2 - UN Reaffirms Illegality of Any Israeli Procedures to Judaize Jerusalem</a> The UN condemned, in a resolution approved unanimously yesterday, moving some embassies of countries in Israel to Jerusalem, which is in violation of UN resolution 478 of 1980. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-2-3.htm">12-2 - World Bank Cautions Palestinian Donors </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-2-4.htm">12-2 - Barghouti's Candidacy Draws Criticism </a> <b>He would make a fine young scapegoat to prevent the end of the Israeli colonial enterprise ('we can't negotiate with that 'TERRORIST')'. </b><br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-2.htm">12-2 - 'Jewish engineer' sentenced to 7 years</a> During the 'deal,' Yadgarov told the undercover policeman that the bomb could be used on buses<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-2-2.htm">12-2 - Ten Candidates to Run in Palestinian Election</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1365273,00.html">12-2 - Barghouti's natural constituents show doubts </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4061123.stm">12-2 - US family sues 'Hamas-linked' charities </a> The family of David Boim, an American teenager shot dead by Hamas at a West Bank bus stop in 1996, is suing a group of Chicago-based organisations who they say helped fund Hamas operations<br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4064299.stm">12-2 - Defiant Sharon vows Gaza pullout </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4064187.stm">12-2 - Jerusalem gas blast prompts scare </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1256852.htm">12-2 - Syria dismisses Israel's conditional talks offer</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-2-5.htm">12-2 - Charges dropped in 1995 shooting death of Palestinian by soldier</a> <br><br> <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3396.shtml">12-2 - Four Birzeit University Students Illegally Deported to Gaza</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/03/content_2289220.htm">12-2 - Hamas ready to negotiate truce with Israel</a> <br><br> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=384af0f9f1f57601">12-2 - Abbas: Israel not seeking for peace </a> <br><br> <a href="http://antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=4086">12-2 - Time to Engage Iran?</a> by Patrick J. Buchanan<br><br> <a href="http://www.vov.org.vn/2004_12_03/english/chinhtri.htm">12-2 - Vietnam calls for basic rights for Palestinians</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-2-6.htm">12-2 - Talking Our Way to Peace</a> By JAMES A. BAKER III <br><br> <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2110614/">12-2 - The Fastest Way To Send a Message</a> Bush's critics liked to twist the slogan-the road to Baghdad, they said, runs through Jerusalem. In other words, the insurgency can't be defeated-and America's image in the region can't be repaired-until the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is addressed. Baker is telling Bush that the critics are right-the road runs both ways <br><br> <a href="http://www.cathnews.com/news/412/21.php">12-2 - Caritas expresses solidarity with Palestinian people </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.eni.ch/articles/display.shtml?04-0783">12-2 - Palestinians begin Advent on an optimistic note in Holy Land </a> The countdown to Christmas has begun on a rare optimistic note in Bethlehem as Christians celebrate Advent<br><br> <a href="http://www2.townonline.com/somerville/opinion/view.bg?articleid=137284">12-2 - Letter: Don't support rights violations</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www2.townonline.com/somerville/opinion/view.bg?articleid=137286">12-2 - Letter: Don't lend support to Israel</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/today/article504827.html">12-2 - Summers Revives Divestment Debate</a> Several Jewish professors said they saw their support for the divestment petition as consistent with their religion. <br><br> <a href="http://www2.townonline.com/somerville/opinion/view.bg?articleid=137283">12-2 - Letter: We fund attacks on children</a> <br><br> <hr> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4059889.stm">12-1 - Barghouti joins Palestinian race </a> <br><br> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=267dcea7a3667c57">12-1 - Israeli jails hold 312 Palestinian youth </a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-1-3.htm">12-1 - Abbas says ready to negotiate final peace deal with Israel</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-1-4.htm">12-1 - Israel rebuffs Syrian offer to resume peace talks</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1364304,00.html">12-1 - Middle East upheaval as Sharon provokes crisis</a> Jailed Palestinian reverses decision not to challenge for Arafat succession <br><br> <a href="http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_news&Number=293151809#Post293151809">12-1 - 'Anonymous' Agent Blasts Israel Lobby </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041201/MIDEAST01/TPNational/?query=ottawa+assails">12-1 - Ottawa assails Israel's UN foes</a> confirming a shift in Canada's approach to the Middle East<br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-1-2.htm">12-1 - EU urged to help Palestinians see 'light at end of tunnel'</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1363581,00.html">12-1 - Soldiers 'did not force violinist to play' </a> group of Israeli peace activists who captured the incident on video rejected the military's claim that they backed the soldiers' version of events. <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-1.htm">12-1 - FBI subpoenas four AIPAC staffers </a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4058619.stm">12-1 - Israel 'determined to complete Gaza plan' </a> Israel is determined to go ahead with its unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip - regardless of the death of Yasser Arafat and even if settlers resist - a top Israeli general who helped design the plan says. <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4057671.stm">12-1 - Israel 'backs Egypt border force' </a> <br><br> <a href="http://counterpunch.org/barghouti11292004.html">12-1 - "The Pianist" of Palestine</a> <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-1-6.htm">12-1 - Lod official calls for evacuation of Jews from Arab district </a> "According to the complaints, I understand that it is impossible to live there. A young Arab can come along and make friends with a young Jewish woman, and her mother won't say a word. She won't complain. She won't talk. She'll just be afraid." <br><br> <a href="2004/12/12-1-5.htm">12-1 - Hebron as seen through the lens of young Palestinians and Israelis </a> <b>Hebron is under curfew by the Israelis much of the time, which is why the photos by Palestinians were taken indoors</b><br><br> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=c9e25d62335e64cf">12-1 - Official: Special unit to fight chaos </a> A 750-member special security unit will be formed to help establish order and the rule of law in the Palestinian territories, a PA official says<br><br> <a href="http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=54ec25613d00fe32">12-1 - Israel claims Iran impedes peace process</a> <b>So we know what follows that </b><br><br> <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/01/content_2283485.htm">12-1 - Militants temporarily seize Palestinian radio station</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_ID=5900">12-1 - Hamas to boycott Palestinian presidential elections</a> <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4059991.stm">12-1 - Israeli PM sacks coalition allies </a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/opinion/10299842.htm">12-1 - Palestinians deserve justice</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/world/10315513.htm">12-1 - Brother of Yasser Arafat Dies in Egypt</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.tristate-media.com/articles/2004/12/01/warricknews/editorial/01zunes.txt">12-1 - Arafat's passing will most likely not improve prospects for peace</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/10312807.htm">12-1 - Saying no to Israel is not anti-Semitism</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.wrmea.com/archives/November_2004/0411025.html">12-1 - Action in Legal Case Against AIPAC</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.eveningsun.com/Stories/0,1413,140~9956~2567478,00.html">12-1 - Queen Noor of Jordan to speak at York's Strand-Capitol</a> Queen Noor knows of the Junior League's interests. She will speak on her choice of topics, Benedict said. And that's what worries Barry Morrison, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League in Philadelphia. <br><br> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002104275_movers30m.html">12-1 - Ex-workers detail tactics of movers </a> <br><br> <br><Br><br> <a href="archivelist.htm">Palestine News Archive</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="palestine.htm">Main page for Palestine</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="contents.htm">Site Map</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="mailto:harrietcalahan@yahoo.com">Contact</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<A href="index.html">Main Index</a> <br><br> <font size=1>Copyright 2005 - astandforjustice.org</font> <br> </body> </html>