March '04 Archive

3-31 - Jews Move Into Crowded Arab District of Jerusalem Armed Israelis taking property/land from Arabs by force, who would've guessed it?

3-31 - Palestinians riot as Israeli settlers gain new foothold A similar group of armed activists broke into and took over the home of a sleeping Palestinian family in nearby King David's City last month. Settlers and /or soldiers occupy the homes of Palestinians - it's a common occurrence. So is the outright expulsion of Palestinians.

3-31 - Settlers move into east Jerusalem Awad Rajbi said he was the owner of the house - which appeared to have been sold to the settlers as well. "They took my home away by force, I bought this with my money," he told AP.

3-31 - Palestinian prime minister urges end to suicide attacks "These bombings are used by the Israeli government as an excuse to continue its aggression and collective punishment against the Palestinian people," Qorei said.

3-31 - Ministers Pressed on Conditions in Gaza "Two weeks ago I was in Gaza. I saw farmers whose orchards had been ploughed up by Israeli tanks and fishermen who had been deprived of their fishing rights and a whole population trapped in the equivalent of a prison lock down."

3-31 - Two Palestinians killed as they approached IDF post in Gaza

3-31 - Dutch FM speaks out against targeted killings on visit to Israel: report

3-31 - By the Numbers: Shrinking Demographics May Play Role in Israel's Future Meanwhile, a growing number of Israelis believe the Jewishness of the state is now threatened by the large Palestinian population in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. And they are convinced that the solution is to pull out of the territories.

3-31 - Palestinian PM pushes for peace

3-31 - Unseen faces of war Meanwhile, non-terrorists trying to go to work or the grocery store get themselves blown up in air strikes and fail to make the papers, except perhaps as a number.

3-31 - LIP: We're all hurt by ignorance Not every Palestinian agrees with suicide bombing, and many just want to live their lives.

3-31 - Israeli checkpoints disrupt Palestinian Catholic parish life

3-31 - 'No conclusive evidence EU money funded terror'

3-31 - Reporters Without Borders urges investigation after journalist student killed

3-31 - Jewish Settlement Removal a 'Big Lie' "In fact, we are talking about the removal of a tent and two second-hand mobile homes from a hilltop south of Kiryat Arba. In any case, the settlers will move them back onto the same site tomorrow or after tomorrow after the whole world got the impression that that a settlement had been dismantled."

3-31 - Palestinians celebrate going top after 1-1 draw with Iraq "Despite our 'Nakba' (catastrophe), the death of our leaders and young men, we are still playing football and winning and we want to show the world that we are people of peace and not terrorism, the way some think of us," said Nael al-Omari.

3-31 - Analysis: US Policy in The Middle East Obviously, the Palestines need to protect themselves against the abuse of Israel. There have been abuse for 50 years now by Israel. So that couldn't work. Secondly, I don't believe that the Bush administration has any real interest in bringing peace in the Middle East. They are interested in catering to the Zionists.."

3-31 - Pro-Palestine group erects fence, checkpoints "Unless we're tax resisters, we, U.S. taxpayers, are all accessories to this ... death and destruction."

3-30 - UN forced to halt food aid to Gaza The United Nations (news - web sites) said it will have to halt food deliveries to the Gaza Strip (news - web sites) this week because of restrictions imposed by Israel on the movement of staff and supplies

3-30 - Land Day demonstrations in the West Bank. See also Reuters video from Yahoo News

3-30 - For Palestinian moms, some painful choices "It's almost impossible to be a good mother under the circumstances we live in. We have no control over anything,"

3-30 - PHIC Report: 31 Palestinians Killed Since Assassination of Sheikh Yassin

3-30 - Brother slams Palestinian militants for luring teenager into suicide mission He said he did not rule out the possibility that "collaborators with Israel using this strategy so as to tarnish the image of the resistance."

3-30 - Arab Israelis hold mass protests as ministers urge Sharon to shelve US trip The event commemorates six Israeli Arabs killed in 1976 during protests against land confiscation.

3-30 - Generals: Israeli Wall Will Harm Security The 388,000 Palestinians who will be placed on the Israeli side of the barrier will pose an additional security hazard, as well as a demographic problem, the officers wrote.

3-30 - McKinney, seen as a foe of Israel,to run for her old seat in Congress Jewish fund-raisers are looking for ways to prevent former Rep. Cynthia McKinney from returning to Congress.

3-30 - The voices of human pain Sixty percent of Palestinian children go hungry each day. Seventy-five percent lack the minimum of vitamin A they need, though it would take just one unattainable glass of milk to get it.

3-30 - Palestinian militants threaten U.S. diplomats but later back down

3-30 - Likud backs poll on Gaza pull-out

3-30 - More Palestinians Seem Ready to Accept Israel

3-30 - Hate Mail Over an Assassination Most of these folks seem to be humane thinkers, yet blind when it comes to Israel.

3-30 - Who Benefits from Yassin Assassination The three-and-a-half year-old Palestinian uprising, known as the Intifada, began changing its character about two months ago: from a struggle based on violent resistance led by relatively small groups of militants to a massive non-violent grassroots movem

3-30 - Canadian Official: Qalqilia Would Have Been "Beverly Hills" if Not for the Apartheid Wall

3-30 - From 1995: EVIDENCE OF ISRAELI ATROCITIES DURING THE 1967 WAR WITH EGYPT THREATENS THE COUNTRIES' FRAGILE TIES

3-30 - Israeli visa policy straining relations with the Vatican

3-30 - Iraq War Was about Israel, Bush Insider Suggests

3-29 - IOF Wounds a Palestinian Child, Breaks Into Hospital The witnesses added that the soldiers fired tear gas canisters and live ammunition at the citizens of Deir Mash'al, who had nothing to fight back with except stones. See also this Reuter's video from Yahoo News.

3-29 - Kingdom Blasts Israeli Practices Prince Abdullah called upon the world community to force Israel to comply with international resolutions.

3-29 - Kawaguchi tells Israel Yassin's assassination unjustifiable

3-29 - Retaliatory violence can't conjure up peace US Ambassador to the UN John Negroponte explained that his country opposed the resolution because it was "silent about the terrorist atrocities committed by Hamas" and "because it will not further the goals of peace and security in the region." What he said was apparently not in conformity with the facts.

3-29 - Patriarch: Holy Land Needs New Leaders His Easter message, he said, is aimed at helping Palestinian Christians realize a spiritual dimension to the hardships they face.

3-29 - Parish helps refugees appeal for sanctuary A local Catholic congregation is pushing for permanent resident status for three Palestinian refugees who have taken refuge in its west-end church basement since Jan. 30.

3-29 - Bush administration resists Israel on accepting withdrawal plan

3-29 - Hizbullah chief: "No killing for political purposes" "If Israeli soldiers enter our land illegally, do you expect us to offer them coffee?"

3-29 - It's hard to find a balance in all the Mideast spin The Canada Israel Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group, has said on its own website that the poll numbers suggest that the more Canadians become familiar with the conflict, the more they tend to sympathize with the Palestinians' situation.

3-29 - Politics and religion collide Pickets offend members of Beth Israel congregation Herskovitz said he began the group after going to the West Bank in December 2002 and working in a refugee camp, seeing Palestinian hardship first-hand. He said he tried to share his stories with the city's synagogues but was rebuffed.

3-29 - Hordes flocking to 'miracle' lamb

3-29 - Poll: 75% of Palestinians welcome planned withdrawal

3-28 - The Man Who Knew Too Much Why can't the United States apply the same standards to Israel as it does to the Arabs? Or why, for that matter, can't Israel apply the same standards to itself that it demands of its Arab enemies? This is the debate that the Israeli and the American governments wish to stifle.

3-28 - Israeli troops kill Palestinian

3-28 - Bush under Fire over Sharon Invitation The invitation amounted to a "presidential seal of approval" for Sharon's Likud Government, which was responsible for "indiscriminate" killings of Palestinians, said Mr Kaufman. He called for economic sanctions against Israel to bring Likud to the negotiating table.

3-28 - Israel in crisis as prosecutor says Sharon should face bribery trial

3-28 - Palestine Report: 3,045 Palestinians Killed and 38,000 Others Wounded by IOF in 42 Months the said death toll included 557 children, 220 women and 344 others of the Palestinian police forces

3-28 - Road map is forgotten at dead end for negotiation No Arab leader can be expected even to talk about peace with Israel, given its callous disregard for both Muslim sensitivities and international legality.

3-28 - In a war without heroes, this boy was no martyr Israeli soldiers have shown no hesitation in killing demonstrators as young as eight. I have seen children shot in the head, neck and testicles.

3-28 - Summit Delay Irks Arabs, Pleases Israel: Report

3-28 - Jews who fled Arab lands now press their cause On Monday, Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., is scheduled to introduce a resolution that would instruct U.S. envoys to raise the Jewish refugee issue every time the Palestinian refugee issue is raised as "an integral part of any comprehensive peace."

3-28 - Hamas chief attacks 'enemy Bush'

3-28 - Jordanian King Abdullah: Israelis don't want peace Abdullah also criticized the timing of the liquidation, four days after a secret meeting between himself and Sharon

3-28 - Smart Bombs vs: Intelligent Bombs The media has persuaded many Americans that if Palestinians kill Israeli civilians, that's Terrorism which must be fiercely punished. But when Israelis kill Palestinian civilians, often children, that's "collateral damage."

3-27 - ISM volunteers witness killing of seven-year-old boy Saturday morning an Israeli soldier firing from inside a military jeep shot dead seven year old Khaled Maher Walweel. ISM statement

3-27 - Palestinian boy killed in West Bank clashes "I was 50 metres (yards) from the jeep when the soldiers opened fire without any provocation," said ISM photographer Omar Tibi.

3-27 - Sharon sees Hamas as too weak now to threaten plan

3-27 - Middle East: 'A child who lives in hell will die for a chance of paradise' "I think a collaborator with Israel made him [Husam] do this. After the killing of Sheikh Yassin they wanted to tell the world 'Palestinians are terrorists'. Here is the evidence."

3-27 - The Evangelical-Israeli Connection On the other hand, Jews accept financial and political support from evangelicals because evangelicals are about the only friends Israel has left, he and other leaders said. But many Protestants have parted ways with Jews on Israeli policies, pressing for

3-27 - A sudden concern for the Palestinian child

3-27 - Israeli PM to meet President Bush Reports in the Israeli media have suggested that President Bush is not willing to give Israel what it demands.

3-27 - "I Have Very Serious Doubts about the Whole Story": Israeli MP on Would-be Child Bomber

3-27 - Government delays woman's deportation Does our government spend this much time and energy on deporting the illegals that are NOT Arab/Palestinian, I wonder?

3-27 - Give peace a break

3-27 - Susan Ives: Assassinate, kill, whatever: Expect more death

3-27 - I fear that the Zionist dream is doomed A structure built on human callousness will inevitably collapse.

3-27 - Israel Pushes White House to Accept Its Withdrawal Plan

3-27 - CU Releases List of Said Chair Donors A witchhunt led by Daniel Pipes.

3-27 - Arafat endorses peace document sent to him by Arab foreign ministers

3-27 - US Complicity in Israel's Misdeeds We are guilty by proxy of murder, land theft, destruction of property and all the other human misery that Israel has caused in the region.

3-27 - Understanding the Need to Return If the Jews could return to the place they called home after hundreds of years abroad, why can't the Palestinians return after a few decades.

3-26 - Palestinian groups condemn use of children in terror attacks "All organizations admit that using children is forbidden, and condemn it. We are against the use of children, even if the Israeli occupation robs them of their childhood, and even if they were raised to sacrifice so as to achieve Palestinian national goa

3-26 - EU criticises killing of Yassin European Union leaders have condemned Israel's assassination of Palestinian militant cleric Sheikh Ahmed Yassin as a violation of international law.

3-26 - BBC Photo journal: Life in Rafah, Gaza

3-26 - Mom: 'Someone pressured' son, 16, to carry bomb A Palestinian family voiced furor yesterday at militants who sent its 16-year-old son on a suicide bombing mission, saying the extremists exploited a naive boy.

3-26 - EU warns Israel over land-grabs

3-26 - EU sticks to Yassin condemnation after US veto

3-26 - As Israel waited to assassinate man marked for death, US did nothing

3-26 - ?Israeli settlers attack Palestinian school, cars in the West Bank

3-26 - Israel 'fabricated' child-bomber story

3-26 - Angry uncle leads uproar on the hesitant boy bomber If he found out who sent his nephew out as a suicide bomber, said Khalil Abdo, he'd gladly kill the dispatcher himself.

3-26 - Assassination Fallout Bodes Ill for US

3-26 - Japan on Hamas' side: Israel envoy Israeli Ambassador to Japan Eli Cohen lodged a protest Friday with the Foreign Ministry over Japan's condemnation of Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin. "It means you are supporting the leader of Hamas," Cohen told a news conference befo

3-26 - Fallout from assassination of Hamas founder deters visitors, rattles Israeli economy

3-26 - To support Israel, pressure Sharon History has taught that occupiers can't outlast the occupied. Ask the British, who once colonized what was then known as Palestine.

3-26 - West Bank Journal: Death and Birth in the Occupied Territories

3-26 - Palestinian killed by Israeli troops in Bethlehem

3-26 - Fury builds over Yassin killing, thousands denounce Israel, US

3-26 - Palestinians protest U.S. "licence to kill" Hmm. Oh, that's right, we are hated for our "freedom". I forgot. < / sarcasm >

3-26 - Teenage bomber footage boosts Israel's media campaign The fact that the boy was cynically manipulated by Palestinian terrorists in the first place, and then further exploited by the Israeli propaganda machine is a disgrace.

3-26 - Israeli troops kill Palestinian frogmen

3-26 - Sharon aide comes back empty-handed from US talks on "disengagement plan"

3-26 - Israel's -' 14 yr old bomber stunt' - backfires

3-26 - From 2001: Did Israel deliberately allow 241 American Marines to die?

3-26 - Increase in Palestinians 'a time-bomb' If Israel failed to deliver independence to the Palestinians in a viable state of their own alongside Israel, they are now warning it might have to accept them as equal citizens in a single state that included present-day Israel and the occupied West Bank

3-25 - Elderly among 6 Palestinians Shot Dead by IOF in 48 Hours

3-25 - US sinks UN resolution on Yassin A majority of council members voted for the resolution, but the US employed the veto reserved for permanent members

3-25 - US vetoes Israel murder resolution

3-25 - Jordanian prince in WWIII warning "It is such a hotch-potch at the present time that I'm afraid the making of a third world war are actually taking place in front of our very eyes "

3-25 - Family rages over use of teen bomber

3-25 - EU won't recognize changes in Israel's 1967 border

3-25 - IDF accused of using boy bomber for propaganda purposes Relatives of youngster charge army deliberately misrepresented boy's age.

3-25 - Israel must respect international law, human rights: Russia

3-25 - Is no one able to stop Israel, asks Ateek

3-25 - Child bomber wanted to meet 72 virgins in paradise after being mocked at school

3-25 - Why Israel killed Yassin One government figure told me it was "sickening" to speak of international law - it asks one side to play by the rules, leaving the other free to kill. But they don't mind acting like terrorists, seems.

3-25 - Palestinian charity sues British Jewry over terror slur

3-25 - What about slain bystanders?

3-25 - Yassin murder sparks S.F. protest

3-25 - U.S. set to veto UN Yassin vote The measure also condemns "all attacks against any civilians as well as all acts of violence and destruction" in an effort to get European votes.

3-25 - Sharon proposes to evacuate six West Bank settlements In exchange, the radio said Sharon wants the United States to formally approve Israel`s maintenance of settlement blocs in the West Bank where most of the 230,000 settlers live.

He is also looking for a declaration that Palestinian refugees can have no "right to return" to Israel after the creation of their own state.

3-25 - Arab world turns up pressure on US over Israel The US veto would come with Muslim rage at high pitch over the killing and could further complicate US plans in Iraq.

3-25 - Israel Dismisses World Outcry on Yassin Killing Palestinian and Arab ambassadors, backed by Russia, want the Security Council to censure Israel for killing the wheelchair-bound Muslim cleric. A vote was set for late on Thursday.

3-25 - Palestinian Intellectuals Urge Restraint

3-24 - Arafat Opposes Attacks on Israeli Civilians

3-24 - Hamas War Cries May Not Stir All Gaza Palestinians

3-24 - Arabs see no "real partner" for peace in Israel: Egyptian FM

3-24 - U.S. Blocks UN Rebuke of Israel Assassination

3-24 - Hamas Says It Will Target Sharon, Not U.S.

3-24 - Why did Sharon do it?

3-24 - Physicians: Israel Stop Poisoning Bedouin Crops

3-24 - Israels Mossad Still Leading Suspect In Assassination of Swedens Anna Lindh

3-24 - My Palestinian Wife by Charley Reese

3-24 - Yassin killing bestial: Jewish leader

3-24 - ISM Update: Shot twice today, but Im ok

3-24 - UN rights watchdog votes overwhelmingly to condemn Israel for Yassin killing

3-24 - Flo busted in Palestine

3-24 - Appalled India talks to Israel

3-24 - Russia censures Sheikh Yassins murder

3-24 - Gaza children fear death from the sky

3-24 - Israeli, U.S. officials meet on terms of Gaza withdrawal

3-24 - Hamas has no plans to attack US

3-24 - With election close, Bush will not risk putting pressure on Sharon

3-24 - Israels Arabs protest at Yassin assassination

3-24 - UK freezes Hamas leaders assets

3-24 - Israeli army arrests boy bomber

3-23 - Rantissi succeeds Yassin as Hamas chief, Israel braced for reprisals

3-23 - Israeli tanks roll into Palestinian refugee camp Some 60 families living in the row of dilapidated structures fled as Israeli forces laid down covering fire.

3-23 - Witnesses: Israeli Gunboats Fire at Gaza Palestinians said the Israeli gunboats were firing at Palestinian fishing vessels and piers.

3-23 - Israel's killing of Yassin puts U.S. in line of fire

3-23 - U.S., Algeria at Odds on Hamas Statement

3-23 - 'He'll kill more in death than he did alive'

3-23 - Army Chief: Arafat in Israel Crosshairs

3-23 - U.S. Blocks U.N. Rebuke of Israel for Assassination But Washington is expected to veto the resolution -- as it has done on several previous occasions -- in order to protect Israel from U.N. censure.

''And what could be the legal justification for executing a disabled cleric without trial? Again, what is the U.S. responsibility in this Israeli action, given that the United States arms and supports Israel?'' he asked.

3-23 - Israel strikes at Gaza, Lebanon: reports

3-23 - Official: Yassin Offered Israel a Truce

3-23 - Church leaders say killing of Hamas leader will spur extremists Yassin often came to celebrate Christian feasts at the church, he said.

3-23 - Bush: US taking Hamas threats seriously

3-23 - Isolated but defiant, Israel promises to assassinate the entire Hamas leadership But the sharpest threats were reserved for Hamas leaders who, Mr Hanegbi said, included "those who appear on television".

3-23 - Australia opposes UN vote condemning Yassin's killing

3-23 - Activist's family launch legal bid The soldier himself is apparently now claiming that he was following orders from above when he fired his gun.

3-23 - Israelis promulgate extrajudicial murder and the U.S. looks on

3-23 - Jerusalem braced for attacks

3-23 - Japan criticizes Israel over 'reckless' Yassin assassination

3-23 - Libya ready to compensate Jewish emigrants: Kadhafi's son That's great but when will the Palestinians be compensated for their lost property seized by Israel?

3-23 - On Mideast, US response conflicted

3-23 - All militant leaders marked for death: Israel

3-23 - Russia urges U.N. statement

3-23 - El Salvadoran Jews breathe sigh of relief Worries that El Salvador would immediately move its embassy in Israel to Tel Aviv from Jerusalem appear to be unfounded following the defeat of a former leftist rebel in Sunday's presidential election.

3-23 - Australia holds off Israeli condemnation

3-22 - Palestinian boy killed during rally: doctors Medics named the boy as Musaab al-Khalban and said he had been fatally hit in the head when troops opened fire from a watchtower in the nearby settlement of Ganei Tal.

3-22 - UK condemns 'unlawful' Yassin killing The foreign secretary added that he did not believe that Israel would benefit from the killing of an old man in a wheelchair.

3-22 - The cry of vengeance

3-22 - A blow that may only strengthen Hamas

3-22 - The chilling implications of this state killing

3-22 - China 'greatly worried' about impact of Yassin's death

3-22 - Canada Condemns Israel's Killing of Sheikh Yassin

3-22 - Hezbollah fires on Israeli troops

3-22 - World fears after Yassin killing

3-22 - In Yassin slaying, Arabs see US hand "..the US cannot afford to make other countries' terrorist threats our terrorist threat."

3-22 - Killing of Yassin a turning point

3-22 - Israel Moves Into Gaza Strip

3-22 - Hamas Founder Killed in Israeli Airstrike

3-22 - World condemns Israel's 'unlawful' killing of Hamas spiritual leader

3-22 - Yassin Killing Provokes Muslim Fury, U.S. Disavowal

3-22 - White House Troubled by Yassin Killing

3-22 - U.S. Says Israel Has Right to Self Defense

3-22 - Al-Qaeda vows revenge on US and allies

3-22 - Zionism & the Politics of Assassination On Extrajudicial Executions

3-22 - Palestinian Leader Worries He's Next

3-21 - Eight Palestinians killed in Gaza

3-21 - Israeli troops kill five Palestinians in Gaza gunfight

3-21 - Five killed in Israeli raid as Sharon lobbies support for Gaza pullout

3-21 - Arab-Israeli family numbed into silence after son shot dead "by mistake"

3-21 - Israel, U.S. Probe Alleged Arms Deal

3-21 - Netanyahu presents his conditions for supporting pullout plan "..he would support his disengagement plan if the U.S. Administration announces that it rejects Palestinian demands for the right of refugees to return to Israel "

3-21 - Agents Probe Where Madrid Bombs Were Made Zapatero also said ``the focal points that produce fanaticism and violence'' must be addressed, and ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was ``absolutely necessary.''

3-21 - Israel reopens checkpoint after port attack

3-21 - On The Mother’s Day: 80 Palestinian Female Prisoners Alone Facing Their Catastrophe

3-21 - The spy - and the man she busted Among the few visitors allowed are Nick and Mary Eoloff, antinuclear activists from Minnesota who adopted Vanunu after his father renounced him because of his conversion to Christianity.

After the St. Petersburg Times began looking into Hanin's background, state records were changed to show her license is inactive, with no reference to CFI. Officials could not say who requested the change: CFI says it did not

3-21 - Palestinian refugee children join preparations for Israeli raids

3-21 - The Almanac In 2000, Pope John Paul II visited a Palestinian refugee camp and declared the conditions there to be "degrading."

3-21 - Jailed Palestinian Woman Bomber Longs for 'Martrydom'

3-20 - Israeli killed in east Jerusalem was Arab Christian

3-20 - Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian in W.Bank

3-20 - Palestinian Girl Dies of Wounds in Rafah, IOF Arrests Citizens in West Bank see also http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=406744

3-20 - Arafat aid compares The Passion of the Christ to current Palestinian suffering Jesus Christ, ultimate Palestinian martyr? ..

3-20 - Yasser Arafat Says Gibson Film Not Anti-Semitic

3-20 - `WE WERE RIGHT AND IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN IF WE DON'T DITCH TONY' We must stop treating Palestinian victims of occupation as terrorists.

3-20 - Learn how to attack Gaza as the Israelis do … from the army itself “It doesn’t surprise me that Israel propagates criminal acts. What surprises me is that countries are buying this and participating.”

3-19 - THE UNMENTIONABLE SOURCE OF TERRORISM

3-19 - Israeli offensive goes on

3-19 - Rights Groups Slam Israel’s Use of Boy in Propaganda

3-19 - Gunmen evict family at dawn from home in King David's city

3-19 - Explosion flips Israeli tank in Gaza

3-19 - King Abdullah visits Sharon in Israel for secret desert talks

3-19 - Jerusalem man shot dead from passing car

3-19 - Net aid for Palestinian students The gateway will allow students to access course materials and teachers online, as well as registering for courses. Excellent, and yet sad. They are prisoners in their own land.

3-19 - Brazil to open office in Ramallah

3-19 - Salvadoran Candidates Gear Up for Race "It's unusual that there is one Palestinian candidate for president," said John E. Nasser, an activist in the Arab-Salvadoran community. "It's much, much more unusual that there are two."

3-19 - Japan offers assistance to Palestinian reform

3-18 - One Palestinian Dies of Wounds, Israeli Settlers Raze Agricultural Lands

3-18 - By any means necessary It is not simply Israel's current hardline government that is to blame for the subjugation of Palestinians, but Zionism itself

3-18 - Gaza pullout plan: A case of history repeating itself? The perception of defeat is exactly what Israel fears.

3-18 - Hamas says it could stop attacks against Israel after Gaza pullout

3-18 - French minister visits Gaza for talks on bilateral cooperation

3-18 - Qurie urges Gaza pull-out

3-18 - ''All ye politicians pucker up -- yon Israeli derriere is awaiting''

3-17 - Israel launches more deadly air strikes on second day of Gaza onslaught Two 15-year-old boys were among four Palestinians killed in two strikes in the Rafah refugee camp

3-17 - UN hopes for international presence in Gaza

3-17 - Israel approves increased murder of militants Four tanks entered Gaza’s Rafah refugee camp, and soldiers fired from tank-mounted machine guns, hitting a 21-year-old woman in the chest, witnesses and hospital officials said.

3-17 - MPs criticise Israel over treatment of Palestinians

3-17 - Palestinians killed in air strikes on Gaza

3-17 - The British are here, with Arafat's approval

3-17 - Anti-Semitism And Anti-Zionism -- There's a Difference

3-17 - BOMB BOY: SOLDIERS ARE LIARS

3-17 - Israel Loses A Friend In Spain “The U.S. influence on their policy will decrease, and the European influence will increase,” he said. “That is bad for us.”

3-17 - Al Aqsa University Lost $600 Thousand Due to Israeli Offensive

3-17 - Terrorists - and Freedom Fighters?

3-16 - Israeli Air Strike Kills Two in Gaza

3-16 - Israelis launch new Gaza strike

3-16 - Palestinian Child Conscription Draws Ire

3-16 - Israeli army poised to deliver unmatched retaliation for Ashdod bombings

3-16 - Israel arrests boy 'with bomb'

3-16 - El Al 'planted gun on passenger'

3-16 - Analysis: Film Festival in Israel Focuses Mainly on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

3-16 - Jordan may sue Israel for monies confiscated in Ramallah

3-16 - The slow death of the State of Israel

3-15 - Israeli troops wound 10 people near Ramallah

3-15 - Sharon Rules Out Mideast Peace Talks

3-15 - Palestinian MP on trial in Israel for funding Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades

3-15 - Israel strikes at Gaza City and cancels summit

3-15 - Knesset backs Sharon on Gaza plan

3-15 - Abbas refused burial in West Bank

3-15 - Angelina Jolie gives voice to refugees in Jordan

3-15 - Whither Israel?

3-15 - Law enforcement unravels in Palestinian territories "There can't be two sovereignties in one place, Israeli and Palestinian," he said. "The presence of the occupation prevents the security agencies from functioning. The Israelis have to keep their commitments under the `road map' to withdraw."

3-15 - UNI Europa Finance: Annual Mediterranean meeting Colleagues from UNI's Palestinian affiliate NTBI were again denied their right to leave their country to attend a trade union meeting. A report from NTBI was read to the participants who expressed their solidarity

3-15 - Acting Human Rights Commissioner urges more efforts for rights protection

3-15 - UN summit tackles rights abuses

3-15 - Forum educates locals on Mideast conflict

3-15 - Exposing pro-Israel influence in the US

3-14 - Teenage bombers kill 10 after breaching Gaza fence

3-14 - Israel Retaliates in Gaza

3-14 - Blasts in Gaza After Bombers Hit Israel

3-14 - Israeli forces kill 44 Palestinians since beginning of March Israeli forces have "inflicted a reign of terror upon innocent Palestinians in the course of their assassination of militants in densely populated towns, their destruction of homes, and their random firing in built-up areas - not to mention the methodical intimidation and humiliation of civilians at checkpoints."

3-14 - Victory of brutality The purpose of the operation, it was reported, was "to stimulate the armed individuals to come out and then kill them off." This method, which led to the killing of innocent people, including children, drew no critical reaction.

3-14 - Jaffee Center poll: Jewish majority backs Gaza pullback

3-14 - Suicide blasts kill 10 Israelis A summit between the Palestinian and Israeli leaders has been postponed indefinitely after the attacks.

From yesterday's Fox News article: "Israel will push forward with plans to withdraw from some Palestinian areas and draw its own borders if a summit between Israeli and Palestinian leaders next week doesn't revive a peace plan, an aide to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (search) said Saturday." Source

3-14 - Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinian militants in Gaza

3-14 - Palestinian arrives with non-violence message for all

3-14 - Charges Dropped in U.S. Convoy Bombing Trial in Gaza "They were ordered released because of lack of evidence against them,"

3-14 - Geneva Accord enjoys international support

3-13 - Israel Plans Unilateral Moves If Summit Fails

3-13 - Dictionary Urged to Delete 'False' Definition of Anti-Semitism That dictionary lists, as one of the meanings of anti-Semitism, "opposition to Zionism: sympathy with opponents of the state of Israel."Unbelievable. This version of the definition is not in the online dictionary of Merriam-Webster.

3-12 - Israel Ties Gaza Pullout to U.S. Support on W.Bank The catch in Sharon's plan.

3-12 - Spain Says No Thanks to Israeli Medical Examiners

3-12 - Toys Help Palestinian Kids Prepare for Life of War

3-12 - WOMEN’S COMMISSION APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON PALESTINIAN WOMEN, HOSTAGE-TAKING, AFGHAN WOMEN, INSTRAW The Council would demand that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with the provisions and principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Regulations annexed to The Hague Convention IV and the Geneva Convention, in order to protect the rights of Palestinian women and their families. It would call upon that Power to facilitate the return of all refugees and displaced Palestinian women and children to their homes and properties. Another US veto for Israel

3-12 - Israel ties Gaza pullout to US support

3-12 - IDF inquiry: Palestinian workers prevented attack at Erez

3-12 - Christian peacemaker denied entry to Israel -

3-12 - Weekly report on human rights violations

3-12 - "You Will Not Live on This Land for Long" In Hebrew, as mentioned, this kind of scheme is called "transfer."

3-12 - McConfusion: McDonald's Israel reportedly backs down, while McDonald's HQ stonewalls

3-12 - US scraps Middle East reform initiative

3-11 - UN: Palestinians increasingly unable to get enough food

3-11 - U.S. Conditionally Supports Gaza Pullback

3-11 - A grotesque choice Israel's repression of the Palestinian people is fuelling a resurgence of anti-semitism

3-11 - McDonald's bans Arabic

3-11 - Egypt 'will protect Gaza border'

3-11 - Abbas died of 'natural causes'

3-11 - Palestinian teenagers to arrive today Ten Palestinian teenagers are due to arrive in Galway today for the holiday of a lifetime.

3-11 - Israel calls on "free world" to unite following Madrid blasts

3-11 - Oscar-winner Fonda to act with Iraqi, Palestinian artists in Jordan

3-10 - Israeli Teen Accused of Destroying Records

3-10 - Teen dies when army opens fire

3-10 - Five Palestinians killed in West Bank raid

3-10 - US slammed over hijacker's death

3-10 - Palestinian and Israeli prime ministers to meet

3-10 - Special visitors Organised by the Irish Palestinian Solidarity movement, six of the children from Beit Jala, near Bethlehem, will be guests at the home of Patricia Sweeney and her family in Ballyhaunis.

3-10 - Abbas: Palestinian throwback

3-10 - The life and unexplained death of an old terrorist Mohamed Aboul Abbas is the most prominent prisoner to die in US custody in Iraq ,and joins a growing list of unexplained deaths among the 15,000 Iraqis and Palestinians held by US military forces. An interesting read.

3-10 - Al-Arian complains tapes of calls with political figures missing Moreno said she believes the conversations are exculpatory and potentially embarrassing to some powerful people who had conversations with Al-Arian about Palestinian rights.

3-10 - McBusted: Mounting evidence supports claim McDonald's Israel fired worker for speaking Arabic

3-10 - Locked out of Gaza - but not lunch with Arafat

3-10 - Deportation keeps mother, 3 kids apart

3-10 - AFP photographer shot in Jenin

3-10 - U.S. funds Israeli conflict

3-10 - Arafat asks de Marco to help Prof. de Marco called for the implementation of the international community resolutions relevant to Palestine, especially United Nations Security Council resolutions 242 and 338.

3-9 - Israel and Jordan 'bridge a rift'

3-9 - Palestinian woman shot dead by Israeli troops in Jenin

3-9 - Palestinian woman shot dead by Israeli troops in Jenin

3-9 - Israel Police Nab Suspected Mob Hit Men

3-9 - Emergency Statement Occupied Palestinian Territories SAVE THE CHILDREN UK EMERGENCY STATEMENT

3-9 - IOF Kills Two Palestinian Citizens, a Child Dies of Settler's Attack

3-9 - Palestinian Child: A Fatal Bullet.. For A Stone

3-9 - Israel is hardly a Robin Hood

3-9 - Terrorism ranks highest as 'critical threat' to U.S. The two issues ranked far higher than the next most critical threats, which the poll found to be the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Islamic fundamentalism and large numbers of immigrants entering the United States, all of which placed between 50 percent and 58 percent.

3-9 - Sacred ground not safe haven anymore Once or twice a day, the Palestinian refugees who sought sanctuary in the basement of an N.D.G church six weeks ago used to venture up the stairs to the front door to have a look at the sky.

3-9 - Vanunu 'is still security risk'

3-9 - MEP urges suspension of EU-Israel pact in trade row

3-9 - EU presidency to meet with promoters of Geneva Middle East initiative

3-9 - National Union introduces bill to annex territories

3-9 - Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli army in Jerusalem

3-9 - Blowback: U.S.- and Israeli-Style

3-9 - The school that leaves politics at the gate

3-8 - Israel army kills Palestinian teenager in Gaza Strip

3-8 - Israel Plans Better West Bank Roadblocks

3-8 - Palestinian PM Came Close to Winning Nobel Prize

3-8 - Israeli Soldiers Kill 2 Palestinians with Same Name

3-8 - US defends Israel's military operations in Gaza Strip

3-8 - Paltel seeking to bypass Israeli telcom Until now, this has made it possible to monitor international calls to and from the Palestinians. Interesting

3-8 - Straw willing to help Gaza peace

3-8 - Arab taxi driver beaten by mob in Jerusalem

3-8 - Women's Day: UN agencies concerned with living conditions of Palestinian women

3-8 - Bomb Britons appear on Hamas tape Odd how this was released as Quriea just arrived in Britain and met with Tony Blair..

3-8 - EU's Solana slams deadly Gaza raids

3-8 - UK: Mideast at 'fork in road'

3-8 - Egypt says no to Gaza peace role

3-8 - The first suicide murderer was Jewish Indeed, the first suicide bombing in Israel took place in Afula on 6.4.94, exactly 40 days after Goldstein's murderous attack in the mosque. "Baruch was not a psychopath. He knew exactly what he was doing. He planned it in order to halt the peace talks. He did it for the Jewish People". Why are some pro-Israelis so averse to the idea of peace? I see this theme repeated in some of the other articles on my site.

3-8 - Intel is top investor in Israel

3-8 - Palestinian PM urges US to help revive Mideast peace process

3-8 - The Wrong Way to Sell Democracy to the Arab World

3-8 - Emirates funding Temple Mount works

3-8 - VIDEO from BBC: Orla Guerin reports on yesterday's Israeli incursion Requires Real Media player.

3-8 - US State Department's 2003 report on Israel and the Palestinian Territories

3-7 - Palestinian Militants Vow to Avenge Raid Among the dead were three boys, ages 8, 12 and 15.

3-7 REUTERS VIDEO: Israeli Forces Raid Gaza Camps

3-7 - Israel Hits Gaza Refugee Camps; 14 Palestinians Dead

3-7 - Violence escalates in Gaza Ali Mohammed, a middle-aged factory worker, said he was in the street when he saw a bullet cut down a young boy out in the street with his friends "It was a killing in cold blood."

3-7 - Angry Palestinians bury raid dead

3-7 - Israeli incursion leaves 14 dead

3-7 - Picking one home over another "It's a shame the people are sitting and counting how many [Jewish] people are born and my daughter and her son are an 'explosion,'" said Hashem Mahameed, a former Umm al-Fahm mayor and member of Israel's parliament. "You have lots of blacks in Washington. Imagine if someone said, "Let's whiten Washington. What would the world say? What would Israel say?"

3-7 - Ugandan Jews' prayers ignored But Israel continues to ignore the Abayudaya. The right of return to Israel is premised on ethnicity, not belief.

3-7 - Queen Noor tries to find a proper role for herself

3-7 - Sonol Israel said supplying refined fuel to U.S. forces in Iraq Sonol Israel, one of the country's largest oil companies, and Morgantown International of the United States, were awarded the fuel supply contract by Halliburton

3-7 - US Embassy accuses J’Post of publishing ''hateful incitement''

3-6 - Deadly assault on Gaza crossing

3-6 - Israeli army shoots dead policeman

3-6 - Pitching in for health on the West Bank

3-6 - UK offers to send military advisers to monitor Gaza

3-6 - Israeli troops besiege Arafat's HQ

3-5 - Photo Journal: Israeli doctor in the West Bank Excellent

3-5 - Sources: PM drops option of moving Gaza settlers to W. Bank

3-5 - High Court delays recognition of Greek Patriarch

3-5 - Another stonethrowing boy shot in head

3-5 - Boy that died in missile strike is buried

3-5 - Teenager killed in Gaza raid

3-5 - Palestinian Runner Training for Olympics   Photos

3-5 - No Gaza Withdrawal Before U.S. Elections

3-5 - B’nai Brith-preposterous purveyor of propaganda

3-5 - McDonald's Confirms 'no-Arabic' policy at its restaurants in Israel

3-5 - France puts Mideast peace at heart of reform plan

3-5 - Israeli army conducts simulation game of what happens after Arafat's death

3-5 - Britain offers Gaza security advisers

3-4 - Soldier arrested in Jewish terror case The NII stated that even if police prove the attack was an act of terror, she would not be eligible for compensation, because the law does not recognize attacks carried out by Jews as hostile terrorist activity.

3-4 - Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Teenager in Raid

3-4 - Israel Holds Jew for Bombing Campaign Against Arabs

3-4 - Boy Killed During Israeli Raid of Gaza

3-4 - Palestinian schoolboy killed by Israeli army in southern Gaza

3-4 - Schoolboy killed by troops

3-4 - Sharon denies link to hostage freed in Hizbullah swap

3-4 - As life looks bleaker, suicide bombers get younger Iyad's 14-year-old brother, Amjad, was shot by Israeli soldiers in the courtyard near their house Jan. 3, during an Israeli raid in Nablus. At the funeral, Mr. Masri says, one of their cousins was also shot and killed while carrying Amjad's body to his grave.

3-4 - Identity Crisis: Israel and Its Arab Citizens

3-4 - INTERNATIONAL POLL FINDS MOST PEOPLE FEAR TERRORISM The poll also finds general agreement that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is increasing the threat of terrorism.

3-4 - Why Terry is no fence-sitter

3-3 - CPT Nonviolent Demonstration to Work Palestinian Land

3-3 - A FOURTH VICTIM OF THE ISRAELI ARMY IN BIDDU Mohamed Saleh Bedwan who was shot in the head by the Israeli Army last week during the demonstration against the Apartheid Wall in Biddu passed away this morning.
See also - West Bank barrier protester dies .The Israelis use rubber-coated STEEL bullets that are often deadly. Children have died from being shot (sometimes in the head) by the IDF using these bullets.

3-3 - Israel Air Strike Kills Three Militants in Gaza

3-3 - Refugees feature: Palestinian refugees - a legacy of shame The lack of adequate assistance is only one of the failures of the international community towards Palestinian refugees living in UNRWA's area of operation. Unlike other refugees, they are not protected by the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Both the 1951 Convention and the Statute of UNHCR exclude Palestinian refugees from international protection

3-2 - Palestinian boy lies crippled by an Israeli bullet but father's plea for harmony lives on

3-2 - Arafat Accepts Key Reform for Foreign Aid

3-2 - Israel to step up anti-terror operations in Palestinian territories: army It is safe to assume that we can expect more "collateral damage".

3-2 - Murder of 'Arafat's spy' raises fears of descent into anarchy

3-2 - Hamas seeks primacy in Gaza

3-2 - Palestinians lament Arafat absence at opening of parliament building

3-2 - My son the suicide bomber "Suicide bombs against civilians or soldiers are wrong - killing on either side is not good."

3-2 - Minister in Clash over Suicide Bombers “Criticising the government of Ariel Sharon is not being anti-Semitic, any more than criticising George Bush is anti-American or criticism of own Prime Minister is anti-British.”

3-2 - Japan donates $4 million to UNRWA

3-2 - Britain plans Mideast international force

3-2 - Palestinian Costumes Vanish at Los Angeles Airport

3-1 - Arafat adviser murdered

3-1 - Palestinians Fleeing Battle Zone Hardship

3-1 - Europeans Reaffirm Support for Arafat

3-1 - Israel still mulling Gaza pullout

3-1 - PA against resettling refugees

3-1 - Gaza chaos feared after rare rape-murder

3-1 - Terror victims' family obtains garnishee order on seized Palestinian funds What happened to "donating the confiscated money to Palestinian humanitarian relief projects" ?


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