November '04 Archive

11-30 - Senior Fatah Official Shot Dead in Nablus

11-30 - MOH: Israeli Troops Kill 53 Palestinians and Wound 314 others in a Month

11-30 - Ex-Norwegian PM wants east Jerusalem as Palestinian capital

11-30 - Donor countries won't fund Israeli-planned separate roads for Palestinians

11-30 - Kidnapped Gaza boy released after 20 days

11-30 - Palestinian violinist slams claim troops didn't force him to play

11-30 - Israeli Military Denies Roadblock Report

11-30 - Swiss reiterate support for Palestinians

11-30 - Teen arrested in W. Bank had Sharon death threat on phone One of two teenage girls arrested in the West Bank while stealing olives from a Palestinian orchard

11-30 - U.S. Court throws out discrimination suit by Jewish soldier An Army engineer from Michigan who said he was investigated for spying for Israel because he is Jewish won't get his religious discrimination claim heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

11-30 - 'Spy' crisis souring Israel-NZ relations

11-30 - Budget row endangers Sharon's coalition Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's shaky coalition faces collapse in a row over the 2005 Budget, raising the prospect of early elections that would endanger his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.

11-30 - Message of Congratulations by Premier Wen Jiabao To the Special Commemorative Meeting for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

11-30 - U.S. Aid to Help Palestinians Pay Utility Bills The State Department had initially planned to give the money to the Palestinian Authority to support the election...But key U.S. congressional leaders raised objections

11-30 - Halt to Palestinians' deportations urged

11-30 - Neo-Cons Hop On Extreme Right's Anti-UN Drive

11-30 - Five days in jail for Israeli flag thefts A UC Davis student has been ordered to serve a year of probation and five days in jail for stealing two Israeli flags from Hillel House, incidents that Davis police labeled hate crimes.

11-30 - The Palestinians in Israel: Citizens without Citizenship

11-30 - U.S. support of Israel should be conditional Israel is an important U.S. ally, but a costly one

11-30 - Israeli hands in Fallujah? Moreover, and because Israel is becoming increasingly convinced that the U.S. forces are incapable of imposing security and stability in Iraq, Israelis developed their own channels with the local powers beginning at the fulcrum point in the north and adva

11-30 - Israel offers help for Palestinian presidential poll


11-29 - Israeli troops kill two militants Meanwhile, a four-year-old Rafah girl is in hospital after being struck by an Israeli bullet on Saturday

11-29 - Israeli soldiers kill three Palestinians in Gaza Medics said that an 18-year-old Palestinian was found dead in the southern Gaza town of Rafah under the rubble of a destroyed house, who was shot by Israeli soldiers on Sunday night

11-29 - Israel blocks Palestinian elections registration in east Jerusalem

11-29 - Arafat's successor tells media to lay off Israel

11-29 - Bulldozers bite into Israel's promise over settlements

11-29 - Hamas Leader Indicates Attacks on Hold

11-29 - Israeli barrier to cut through less West Bank land Palestinians say that tens of thousands of villagers caught on the Israeli side of the barrier would be cut off from relatives, farmland, hospitals and schools.

11-29 - Israeli, Palestinian ministers meet as EU pushes Mideast peace

11-29 - Palestinian leaders plan landmark Syria visit ahead of election

11-29 - Conductor brings harmony to Arabs Daniel Barenboim, the acclaimed Israeli conductor, yesterday unveiled his latest initiative to help the Middle East peace process - a music kindergarten for Palestinian refugee children

11-29 - Checkpoints Take Toll on Palestinians, Israeli Army

11-29 - Reform candidate enters PA race This is a historic moment in the life of the Palestinians, to prove to the world that we deserve our status as an independent Palestinian people and a free people in our independent state

11-29 - Palestinian Given 48 Life Terms for Bombings

11-29 - Push for rule of law in West Bank

11-29 - UN marks day of solidarity with Palestinian people

11-29 - EU urges Israel, Palestine to grasp "window of opportunity"

11-29 - Geneva initiative authors hail opportunity for renewed peace talks

11-29 - Democracy activist launches bid for Palestinian presidency

11-29 - China reinforces solidarity with Palestinians

11-29 - Barenboim pitches into Blair over handling of Middle East peace deals

11-29 - US thwarted over Iran After the experience of Iraq and the very public failure to find evidence of WMDs, the US is low on credibility credit

11-29 - US building army base near Iran border

11-29 - Sharon: European deal won't stop Iran's nuclear plans Estimated at 126 billion barrels, Iran's proven oil reserves are the second largest in the world, trailing only those of Saudi Arabia

11-29 - An American Visit to Bethlehem

11-29 - 49% believe there is no Palestinian partner even after Arafat?s passing

11-29 - Palestinian trade fair in London A trade fair is to open in London this week in bid to support the Palestinian economy, a Palestinian source said

11-29 - Palestinian to be deported, brother stays

11-29 - Is Syria serious about peace with Israel?


11-28 - Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians in Gaza -Medics One of the dead was a doctor who was walking by his home near the Gaza-Egypt border when he was hit by Israeli gunfire

11-28 - Palestinian child wounded by Israelis Also on Sunday, a Palestinian boy died of wounds he sustained when an Israeli explosive device exploded near his home in Rafah at the southern tip of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported

11-28 - Two Palestinian refugees shot dead

11-28 - Al-Aqsa backs Abbas candidacy

11-28 - Only Palestinian security forces should carry arms: Abbas

11-28 - Female journalist to run for Palestinian presidency

11-28 - Sharon: Israel Ready for Gaza Withdrawal Palestinians said in addition, a doctor was killed and another man was hurt in a salvo of 12 Israeli tank shells in the camp. They said the two were playing cards next to a fire when they were hit by shrapnel.

11-28 - Israeli army blasts prisoner's house in West Bank Meanwhile, medical sources said a 14-year old Palestinian boy was wounded by several bullets in the abdomen, hand and leg and wasin serious conditions when Israeli troops stormed Aseera alShamaleya town Saturday evening.

11-28 - Leaders say they are willing to meet after election

11-28 - US to sell 50 medium-range missiles to Jordan The Pentagon is to sell 50 US-made air-to-air missiles to Jordan, along with supporting equipment, in a deal worth about 39 million dollars, despite objections from Israel

11-28 - Scandal-shocked Israelis ask if the army has lost its way

11-28 - Israel shocked by image of soldiers forcing violinist to play at roadblock the only troops who were swiftly punished for violating regulations last week were some who posed naked in the snow for a photograph. They were dismissed from their unit

11-28 - Israel presses France to change Arafat's death certificate

11-28 - Revisiting the gritty symbol of Palestinian survival - Shatila

11-28 - Palestinians to hold legislative polls in May: Abbas

11-28 - Palestinian leaders arrived in Jordan for visit

11-28 - Fatah condemns assassination of university lecturer in Gaza

11-28 - Profile: Mahmoud Abbas

11-28 - Neocons join the lynch mob for ?arrogant? Rumsfeld Unlike Powell, Rumsfeld lacks an obvious replacement. Robert Novak, the right-wing pundit, believes Paul Wolfowitz, the neoconservative deputy defence secretary, is a "good possibility"

11-28 - Why Israel Really Fears Iranian Nukes Tel Aviv's concern about an Iranian bomb is more likely political rather than military

11-28 - Jerusalem bishop says Israel will miss Arafat


11-27 - Lecturer killed in mystery Gaza blast A Palestinian lecturer was killed yesterday in a mystery explosion at his university office in Gaza City, as five children were wounded by Israeli fire, Palestinian sources said.

11-27 - Three Palestinian children injured Three Palestinian children were wounded Saturday by Israeli gunfire in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources said.

11-27 - Palestinian Security Unit to Be Disbanded a 4-year-old girl, was in serious condition after being shot in the mouth by Israeli soldiers as she stood in front of her home...Israeli troops shot and seriously wounded a 15-year-old boy during stone-throwing clash

11-27 - Palestinian activist to run for president Mustafa al-Barghuthi, a physician educated in Russia and the US, will challenge frontrunner Mahmud Abbas

11-27 - Arafat family stirs pot of death conspiracies "We know Arafat had contracted DIC but we didn't manage to establish what caused it, even though we carried out all the tests France could offer - toxicological, biological, chemical," the doctor said

11-27 - Boston suburb may become first US city to divest from Israel

11-27 - Arabs: Israel does not want peace

11-27 - Corridors of Power / Up in arms over civilian deaths

11-27 - Syria And Iran In Bush/Israel Cross-Hairs In fact, I consider this scenario to be the prime candidate for a trigger event to start WWIII

11-27 - U.S. MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL DEEMED UNUSUAL

11-27 - Sharon undeterred by death threats over Gaza pullout "As one who defended Jews all his life, I now have to be secured against Jews,"

11-27 - Rabbi protesting destruction of Palestinian homes to speak in Durham "We want members of the community to know from a rabbi's mouth what's happening in the West Bank,"

11-27 - Pentagon Panel: US Invasions Unite Extremists The overwhelming majority voice their objections to what they see as one-sided support in favor of Israel and against Palestinian rights

11-27 - Ariel Sharon's plans for Gaza, The burden of peace

11-27 - Who's to blame An Australian journalist recently was accused of anti-Semitism for complaining about the influence of Christian and Zionist fundamentalists on Mideast politics


11-26 - Barghouti pulls out of Fatah race

11-26 - Barghouti Backs Abbas in Palestinian Race

11-26 - Israeli rights group demands army chief-of-staff's resignation

11-26 - U.S. reminds Americans of terror threat in Mideast

11-26 - Sharon's son to meet Palestinians in British retreat

11-26 - Environment Too Encounters a Barrier Israeli ecologist Ron Frumkin says the damage to the environment is "much worse" than that caused by a road

11-26 - Israeli ambassador criticises France over Arafat's death certificate The Israeli ambassador has criticised the French government for issuing a death certificate for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat stating his place of birth as Jerusalem.

11-26 - Palestinians' rights cannot be ignored: India:

11-26 - PAPANDREOU VISITS ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

11-26 - Columbia president vows swift action on anti-Israel professors

11-26 - A warning signal from the churches The Israeli assumption is that the threats of divestment are only of marginal practical importance, and that the American Jewish community can use its influence to moderate the harsh decisions

11-26 - Iran's nukes 'not the only target' Ex-Mossad intel chief says U.S., Israel could strike other areas

11-26 - Iraq political party seeks relations with Israel

11-26 - Israel faces Russian brain drain "I do not know why the government encouraged us to emigrate in the first place,"

11-26 - Rival rappers reflect Mid-East conflict

11-26 - What the Arab World Should Expect of Rice

11-26 - Blair's gutsy candor serves the cause of Mideast peace

11-26 - Our man in the US: Israel uses TV show to find its best spin doctor Candidates must strive to spin Israel's story most effectively and need not pay much attention to reality or the Palestinian point of view.


11-25 - Israelis kill three Palestinians

11-25 - Five School Children Wounded and Citizens Arrested by Israeli Troops

11-25 - Abbas pledge to end violence

11-25 - Turmoil takes its toll on children in the Mideast

11-25 - Israeli army destroys 5 houses in Rafah The Israeli army bulldozers destroyed on Thursday five Palestinian-owned houses in the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, leaving 50 residents homeless, Palestiniansecurity sources and residents said

11-25 - Nude Israeli commandos face sack Killing children ok though

11-25 - Israeli president proposes barrier halt Israel's president has strayed from the government line by proposing a halt to construction of a controversial West Bank barrier if a durable ceasefire is reached with the Palestinians

11-25 - Jailed former Fatah leader to run for Palestinian president

11-25 - US renews Israel oil deal US officials say they have renewed an agreement to supply Israel with oil in the case of a blockade.

11-25 - Solana denies holding secret talks with Hamas

11-25 - Palestinian group endorses Abbas

11-25 - Christian declares candidacy for Arafat's job -

11-25 - Report: West Bank Students Humiliated at Israeli Checkpoints

11-25 - PM nixes Russian proposal that Israel make goodwill gestures

11-25 - Palestinian Forced to Fiddle at Roadblock

11-25 - Qurei doubts US would change position toward Israel

11-25 - EU, Jordan call for relaunch of Middle East peace process

11-25 - Israeli rejection of talks kills peace process: Syrian radio

11-25 - British MP's blast Blair's ME policy British opposition lawmakers criticized Prime Minister Tony Blair's lenient policy toward Israel, which they charged defied international law.

11-25 - UN calls upon Israel not to exploit natural resources in occupied territory

11-25 - Christian and Palestinian: Arab immigrant to lecture on Middle East conflict in Encinitas

11-25 - Guest speaker Abunimah gives Arab view on Israel/Palestine conflict

11-25 - Murder Of Rafael 'Raful' Eitan Proven

11-25 - Muslim and Christian leaders call for protection of Holy Land sites

11-25 - US Jewish Groups Press Mideast Peace


11-24 - Israeli soldier shot wounded in central Gaza

11-24 - Israeli army under fire after killing girl "Disregard for human life and being trigger-happy is not exceptional at all," says Nimrod Amzalak, a staffer at B'tselem, an Israeli human rights organization. "The exceptional part here is that it was documented."

11-24 - Islamic Jihad wing launches rocket attack on southern Gaza Saraya al Quds, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad (Holy War), said Wednesday that it fired homemade rockets at southern Gaza in retaliation for Israel's shelling on the area.

11-24 - Israel bars Palestinians from using Ben-Gurion airport

11-24 - Israel's top court rejects Palestinian appeal on West Bank barrier

11-24 - World Bank urges Israeli action to rescue Palestinian economy

11-24 - Israel rebuffs Straw's road map pleas

11-24 - Straw welcomes Israeli poll pledge The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, today welcomed Israel's announcement that it would allow international observers to monitor forthcoming Palestinian presidential elections

11-24 - An Israeli Hawk Accepts the President's Invitation

11-24 - Arafat Death Eliminates Mideast Excuses -Mubarak

11-24 - Most Palestinians sure Arafat was poisoned

11-24 - ISRAEL SHOCKED BY ARMY VIDEO
BBC Video Broadcast about Israeli shooting of Palestinian schoolgirl. Requires Real Media player.

11-24 - Undeterred by Failure in Iraq, Neocons Push for U.S. Attack on Iran

11-24 - UK's Straw Gets Israeli Pledge on Palestinian Vote But signaling deep mistrust after four years of bloodshed, Shalom rebuked presidential frontrunner Mahmoud Abbas for vowing that Palestinians would never give up Arafat's bedrock demand that Israel recognize a "right of return" of refugees

11-24 - MPs demand swift report on Arafat's death

11-24 - Chinese Middle East envoy meets Palestinian leaders

11-24 - Soldiers force Palestinian to play violin at W. Bank checkpoint

11-24 - Swedish FM calls on Israel to pave way for Palestinian State

11-24 - Israel rejects Syria's offer to resume peace talks

11-24 - Palestinian-Canadian convicted of planning attacks in North America

11-24 - The Mirage of Mideast Peace by Pat Buchanan

11-24 - New Spy Investigation Suppressed at Crucial Juncture Israel sees Iran as the single biggest threat to its existence, and as a result closely monitors Washington?s Iranian policy?especially as the Bush administration presses Tehran to disclose more about the state of its nuclear program.

11-24 - Diplomats probe post-Arafat world

11-24 - US 'alienating' world's Muslims The overwhelming majority voice their objections to what they see as one-sided support in favour of Israel and against Palestinian rights

11-24 - Repressive MEMRI

11-24 - If You?ve Got It, Flaunt It (or Maybe Not): An AIPAC Primer

11-24 - Photostory: Hebrew University to displace Palestinian families

11-24 - Schools urged to link with Palestine pupils

11-24 - URGENT!!! TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE DEPORTATION OF AHMAD NAFAA!!!

11-24 - Letter: Stop my taxes from going to Israel


11-23 - Father and Son Wounded in Khan Younis, Several Civilians Arrested in West Bank

11-23 - Israeli officer: I was right to shoot 13-year-old child An Israeli army officer who repeatedly shot a 13-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza dismissed a warning from another soldier that she was a child by saying he would have killed her even if she was three years old.

11-23 - Wounded Palestinian barred from hospitalization out of the Gaza Strip

11-23 - Rights Group Calls on Caterpillar to Halt Bulldozer Sales to Israel

11-23 - Quartet: Israel Must Ease Restrictions for Elections

11-23 - Abbas Vows No Retreat from Arafat Refugee Demand

11-23 - Israel's Deliberate Attack on the U.S.S. Liberty

11-23 - Palestinian economy in decline

11-23 - Abbas pledges to follow in Arafat's footsteps

11-23 - Annan Voices Hope For Israeli-Palestinian Movement

11-23 - Russian FM meets with top Israeli, Palestinian officials

11-23 - Blair may visit Israel to revive peace process Downing St irritated as Shalom announces plans

11-23 - The Arabs of Israel: Citizens without Citizenship

11-23 - Former Israeli army chief Rafael Eitan drowns

11-23 - Israel bars Italian woman from joining family in West Bank

11-23 - Israel Excludes Nonviolent Internationals Seeking to Protect Palestinians

11-23 - Day mum on Arafat memo Stockwell Day is pointing to a published report that includes the suggestion that Yasser Arafat had AIDS in explaining why he didn't send condolences on the death of the PLO leader.

11-23 - US Policy Harms Prospects for Middle East Peace


11-22 - Powell wins poll assurance from Sharon "We asked for a clear end to settlement building," the chief Palestinian peace negotiator, Saeb Erekat, said. "All we received was a very strong commitment from America to ensure free and fair elections."

11-22 - Yasser Arafat Death Mystery Continues

11-22 - Israeli Officer Charged in Death of Palestinian Girl

11-22 - No known poison found on Arafat but diagnosis unclear: nephew

11-22 - US approves new financial aid package to Israel It also includes an additional $50 million in refugee resettlement assistance, which is meant to help Israel settle new immigrants

11-22 - Sharon promises to help Palestinians with their election But the general was unable to give Palestinian leaders grounds for hope that President George Bush's self-proclaimed new focus on the conflict has meant that the goal in the internationally agreed "road-map", of a Palestinian state was achievable by the end of 2005

11-22 - Palestinian group to pick Abbas

11-22 - Powell hails Mid-East opportunity

11-22 - Israel's Abu Ghraib?

11-22 - Palestinian man gets life sentence for killing Israeli soldier

11-22 - Palestinian vote does not tackle Jerusalem sovereignty

11-22 - Locust swarms push Israelis and Palestinians to common battle

11-22 - Israel's Battle in Fallujah It has become clear that Israel played a major role in the battle for Fallujah, despite the American concern to conceal this fact

11-22 - Fatah head says sure Arafat was poisoned

11-22 - World Bank: Palestinians Live in Poverty

11-22 - Israel to collect weapons from settlers ahead of Gaza withdrawal

11-22 - MSNBC Meet the Press Transcript for Nov. 21 MR. SCHEUER: I think we need to take a position with Israel that suits American interests.

11-22 - Is a Bush Neocon Clash Ahead? Prediction: Early in the second term, the neocons are going to be thrown into a cold shower by George W. Bush, or we are headed for wars without end, until bankruptcy beckons

11-22 - Fifteen Thousand in Rome against the Apartheid Wall and for Sanctions on Israel!


11-21 - Israeli forces kill three Palestinian militants in Ramallah

11-21 - Violence as Israel constructs barrier near Hebron

11-21 - Israeli troops wound three Rafah residents Among the injured, a 14-year-old boy was critically wounded when he was sitting in his classroom at the al Barazil neighborhood near the borders

11-21 - PLO to press Powell on road map

11-21 - U.S. Envoy Pressures Israel on Elections

11-21 - Israel to give Powell pledge on West Bank troop cuts

11-21 - Thousand protest Israeli shooting of Egyptian

11-21 - U.S. will aid Palestinian elections for Arafat's successor, Powell says

11-21 - UNRWA needs urgent aid of 186 million US dollars: official

11-21 - Official: PA needs $1.5B in aid

11-21 - Palestinians: Arafat poisoned More than 80% of Palestinians believe that veteran leader Yasser Arafat died as a result of poisoning and not from natural causes

11-21 - Oleiros removes anti-Sharon signs

11-21 - UN envoy proposes forming international team working for Mideast peace

11-21 - Nuclear whistleblower accuses Israel of apartheid

11-21 - Qadoumi claims Arafat dies of poisoning: paper "I realized this when I visited him and there are results that we have not received yet,"

11-21 - Powell 'pushed out' by Bush for seeking to rein in Israel

11-21 - Jordan revokes plans for Palestinians

11-21 - For sake of democracy include diaspora in Palestinian vote

11-21 - Palestinians, Jews and the Art of Getting Bent Out of Shape

11-21 - Memo stirs controversy at York U. Noble handed out a memo last week listing the names of the directors of the York University Foundation, the school's fundraising arm, and their links to pro-Israel organizations

11-21 - December, 2003 Palestinians Save Jewish Family

11-21 - Farmers worry as plague of locusts swarm southern Israel and head north

11-21 - Syria reasserts support to Palestinians

11-21 - Jerusalem's Catholic Hospital Wins Papal Praise


11-20 - Palestinian teenagers shot dead Other violence in the southern Gaza town of Rafah left four Palestinians wounded by Israeli army fire according to Palestinian medical sources. A man in his 60s and two children were among the injured

11-20 - Teenagers killed in Nablus clash

11-20 - Israeli tank tears apart the body of Palestinian officer

11-20 - Israel and the Occupied Territories and the Palestinian Authority by Amnesty International Amnesty International delegates have themselves witnessed unprovoked, random and reckless shooting and shelling by the Israeli army into Palestinian residential and crowed areas

11-20 - Palestinians Urging Powell for Help

11-20 - Arafat Family Bickers Over Medical Data

11-20 - Palestinians Say They Want Democracy

11-20 - Palestinians embark on post-Arafat diplomacy with US, Russian visits

11-20 - Powell push to revive Middle East roadmap Israeli officials have made no secret of their delight at his replacement by Condoleezza Rice, on whom they have lavished praise as a true "friend of Israel".

11-20 - Olive oil harvest continues to face challenges for Palestinian farmers

11-20 - Protest Biased Media Coverage of Palestine and Palestinians

11-20 - Presbyterians Establish ?Criteria? for Divestment

11-20 - U.S. churches take stand against Israeli occupation

11-20 - PNA to implement late Arafat's speech on reforms

11-20 - Fifteen years after the adoption of the CRC, Palestinian children are still denied their basic rights By: Defence for Children International/Palestine Section

11-20 - 'The Mountain Cannot be Shaken by the Wind'

11-20 - Olive Oil for Peace


11-19 - Palestinian security officer killed in Gaza Strip; PA rejects Sharon comments on ''incitement''

11-19 - Arafat widow given medical file Her lawyers said she was studying it before deciding whether to make its details public or not.

11-19 - Egyptians Outraged at Killing of Guards Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit was to travel to Israel next week to discuss Sharon's plan to withdrawn from the Gaza Strip.

11-19 - UN agency appeals for humanitarian aid for Palestinians in 2005

11-19 - Israeli soldiers accused of tampering with corpses

11-19 - Watch this video clip Imus anchor on Palestinians: "Stinking animals. They ought to drop the bomb right there, kill 'em all right now"

11-19 - Sharon 'eases' talks conditions Mr Sharon said the Palestinian leadership no longer had to tackle militant groups ahead of the resumption of negotiations

11-19 - Britain's Foreign Office Censures Israel

11-19 - Turkish security report reveals Israel's policy in Iraq Israel has been adopting an active policy since the summer of 2003 through purchasing land and buildings in Iraq

11-19 - MI6 agents drafted in to improve Gaza security

11-19 - Palestinians Urge U.S. to Keep Deadline The Palestinian prime minister urged the United States on Friday to stick to its original 2005 deadline for Palestinian statehood

11-19 - Abbas calls for resumption of talks with Israel

11-19 - Palestinian Americans Mourn Arafat's Death

11-19 - Powell's information on Iran unverified: report

11-19 - A cultural protest against the wall

11-19 - Letter: What is the money doing there, anyway?


11-18 - Israeli soldiers kill three Egyptian policemen

11-18 - Egypt protest over Israel killing

11-18 - 3 smugglers killed as tunnel collapsed

11-18 - Paris set to release Arafat file

11-18 - Israeli military wants to exhume body of Palestinian girl

11-18 - Palestinians to Host Western Diplomats

11-18 - Palestinians Called 'Filthy Animals' on MSNBC's 'Imus'; CAIR Calls For Apology, Says Unchallenged Remarks Promote Hate

11-18 - Gaza's blocked arteries After a certain point, every feature of landscape has been erased - bulldozed out of existence by the Israeli army

11-18 - Platoon commander suspected of verifying death of girl fails polygraph

11-18 - British cameraman's family to sue Israeli government The family of James Miller, the award-winning cameraman killed in a Gaza refugee camp last year, is to sue the Israeli government over the incident

11-18 - Palestinians urge international election monitors; peacemakers head to region

11-18 - Israel releases top Hamas leader from jail Hamas?s top leader in the West Bank was released from an Israeli prison on Thursday after completing a two-year sentence, potentially bolstering the militant Palestinian group?s standing in the area

11-18 - Palestinian PM called for end to "armed chaos"

11-18 - PM: PA must end anti-Israel incitement immediately

11-18 - Death, Delusion and Democracy by Robert Fisk

11-18 - Image-Wary Israel Seeks 'Ambassador' on Reality TV

11-18 - The Sweetheart Contract With Sharon by Patrick J. Buchanan As the Palestinians attempt to surmount each hurdle, new ones will be raised, for the unacknowledged elephant in the room is that Sharon does not want negotiations

11-18 - Worm Poses as Arafat Burial Pic

11-18 - Israel apologizes for not killing Palestinians In light of that example, it's interesting to revisit some Gaza killings the Israelis weren't sorry about, like British cameraman James Miller who was shot by an IDF sniper, American peace activist Rachel Corrie who was crushed by an IDF armored D9 milita

11-18 - County Legislators Condemn Palestinian Art Fundraiser County Legislators Jim Maisano (R-New Rochelle) and George Oros (R-Cortlandt) are urging the County Executive to bar an art fundraiser from Westchester County Center

11-18 - Inbox: Media 'sharks' have racist feeding frenzy


11-17 - Palestinians to probe Arafat's death

11-17 - Palestinian militants launch attacks on Jewish settlements

11-17 - Losses to Palestinian agriculture sector hit more than $1 billion Such losses have been sustained because the Israelis uprooted thousands upon thousands of olive trees, almond trees, storage facilities and others

11-17 - Settlers Burn Palestinian Olive Groves

11-17 - West Bank olive harvest clashes The settlers threw stones at the Palestinians and defied 200 Israeli soldiers protecting the olive pickers

11-17 - Arafat died of clotting disorder -- Le Monde

11-17 - Tamir cleared of negligence in Jenin deaths The company commander, who had been authorized to fire "deterrence fire," whose purpose is to frighten residents into clearing out of the street, used shells and machine gun fire instead, causing the death of a 53-year old civilian Hilal Shata and three children

11-17 - If the US can't fix it, it's the wrong kind of democracy The Palestinian problem is instead primarily one of colonisation and occupation - and the denial of self-determination and refugee rights. Those are the issues, rather than democracy, that the US and its allies have to address

11-17 - Officer reprimanded after anti-Palestinian statement by soldier

11-17 - Israel probes soldiers' misconduct

11-17 - NATO offers closer ties with Israeli army

11-17 - French media: Israelis aided Ivory Coast military in attacks

11-17 - Bush plans to give aid to Palestinians-sources key lawmakers are already raising objections that could force the White House to reconsider

11-17 - 'No more pressing political challenge' than Middle East: Blair

11-17 - Reaping a dangerous harvest in the West Bank's olive groves

11-17 - In "Solidarity" The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation presented its "Living Stones Solidarity Award" on behalf of Arab Palestinian Christians to St. Andrew Church

11-17 - After Arafat's Death, Still the Occupation

11-17 - How crafts can help the people of the Middle East The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem is helping Palestinians market traditional handicrafts internationally to help jump-start a tourist economy hurt badly by three years of violence

11-17 - British journalist, ISM activist deported

11-17 - Hotel owners hope Bethlehem initiative drums up Christmas business

11-17 - Palestinian aviation: Realizing tourism's potential

11-17 - PM offers monitors for Palestinian elections Prime Minister Paul Martin has offered monitors and support to help the Palestinian Authority run upcoming elections

11-17 - Under Siege With Arafat

11-17 - The ties that bind Local parishes and schools discover that the plight of the Palestinian people has reason to weigh upon us all

11-17 - Triumph of the Neocons With the ascension of Bolton, Pletka, and their pals, we may be closer to Armageddon than anyone thinks


11-16 - Palestinian leader seeks militant truce

11-16 - Arafat had cirrhosis of liver, but not from alcohol: French satirical weekly

11-16 - Palestinians want more 'balance' from Powell's successor

11-16 - Gaza Strip settlers may go to West Bank

11-16 - Israeli PM Sharon weighed military coup in 1967

11-16 - Arafat TV tribute angers Kuwaitis

11-16 - Family to see Arafat's medical records

11-16 - Hamas seeks unified leadership The groups want to be part of a joint leadership until presidential elections scheduled for early January 2005

11-16 - Sell-by date of war crimes about to expire in Sommerville, MA?

11-16 - Hamas refuse to stop armed attacks on Israel "First the aggressor(Israel) must stop its aggression on our people, and then the movement would study its next step."

11-16 - Ex-Arafat aide: Israel poisoned him

11-16 - Palestinians clamp down on militias

11-16 - Arafat Death Certificate Has Jerusalem Birthplace

11-16 - Israel's test for Palestinian leadership: rein in militants But left-wing critics and Palestinian analysts say Israel does not want a viable Palestinian partner - so that it can avoid negotiations that would entail concessions on occupied territory in the West Bank.

11-16 - ARAFAT'S DEATH BRIDGES NO GAPS IN POLARIZED PERSPECTIVES

11-16 - Rice Seen Holding Steady on U.S. Mideast Policy


11-15 - Israel rights group condemns army B'Tselem estimates that, on average, twelve innocent Palestinians are made homeless every time a suspected militant's home is destroyed.

11-15 - UN envoy eyes Palestinian state by 2008

11-15 - Palestinians want report on Arafat's death

11-15 - Israel's Mossad rocked by internal crisis: report

11-15 - Mystery submarine in Israeli waters was foreign spy boat: radio

11-15 - Powell to visit West Bank amid fears of increasing lawlessness Officials in London meanwhile also announced that British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was to visit the region as soon as possible.

11-15 - Arafat heir beats off Fatah 'old guard'

11-15 - Israel army pulls back from Jenin

11-15 - Israel says it would be willing to co-ordinate Gaza withdrawal

11-15 - PLO chief pleads with Fatah factions to end in-fighting

11-15 - Young Palestinians, after rule of Arafat, hope for rule of law

11-15 - Bills in Congress boost Israel, treat Arafat as terrorist The American pro-Israel lobby is mounting a new offensive to equate the U.S.-led war on terrorism with Israel's own battle against terror

11-15 - Neo-cons: Around the world in seven steps Fifth, Washington must keep "faith with Israel

11-15 - Steps for the Palestinians Given the U.S.' historic role and influence on Israel, a special burden falls on Mr. Bush

11-15 - Westchester Exec Backs Off Palestine Exhibit Karben, who is from neighboring Rockland County, said Monday he was "profoundly disappointed" by Spano's decision to allow the show to go on.

11-15 - Arafat: A Man Of His People U.S. Needs To Deal Fairly With Palestine

11-15 - 'Israeli' jazz star praises Yasir Arafat "Palestine belongs to the Palestinian people"

11-15 - Sacked for Reporting Arafat's Death


11-14 - Two guards die as Palestinian leader is caught in gun battle Ghassan Hatib, the Palestinian Minister of Labour, told The Independent that they were setting three conditions for holding the election.

11-14 - Abbas, clear favourite to succeed Arafat, escapes from Gaza shooting

11-14 - Shooting protest as Palestinians set poll date the Oslo accords require the government to permit the 230,000 Arabs in east Jerusalem to vote for the Palestinian government, as when Mr Arafat was elected in 1996.

11-14 - Israelis to Ban Weapons for Palestinians

11-14 - Palestinian election date named

11-14 - Hussam: Israel uses hundred torture methods

11-14 - East Jerusalem residents should not vote in post-Arafat election: Israel FM

11-14 - Neutrality on Mideast favoured, polls find Private polls conducted for Canadian Jewish groups show that many Canadians have a negative view of Israel and an overwhelming majority want the federal government to remain neutral in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians

11-14 - Blair to Urge End to Trans-Atlantic Rift

11-14 - Long walk to freedom Mordechai Vanunu served 18 years in an Israeli prison for blowing the whistle on the country's nuclear weapons programme. Last week he was arrested again - but not before he had given Duncan Campbell the following exclusive interview

11-14 - Lebanon's Palestinians mourn in feast

11-14 - Conspiracy rumours abound following Arafat's death However, he stressed he had not seen the dossier itself either in his capacity as a doctor or a minister

11-14 - Ya'alon fears new wave of terror to derail PA moderates

11-14 - U.S., Allies Drawing Up Plans to Aid Palestinians

11-14 - The Truer Palestinian Face

11-14 - A recollection of time spent with Arafat At age 15 I was a Jewish terrorist. I did things I'm ashamed to think about now. When people are driven to extremes, they do awful thing

11-14 - Israel may encourage moderate Palestinians

11-14 - Palestinian teen enjoys U.S. visit but feels duty to home

11-14 - Arafat's death is not a solution to Middle East stalemate

11-14 - Arafat a great friend and hero of Chinese

11-14 - 9/11 terror used to sell cigarettes in Israeli papers

11-14 - Support for Middle East elections Let's not forgot Israel was created out of terrorism


11-13 - Senior Palestinian renews poisoning suspicion in Arafat death: Turkish paper

11-13 - U.S.: Israel should let E. J'lem residents vote in PA election

11-13 - Thousands protest in Europe against Israeli barrier, support Palestinians

11-13 - Jailed leader may stand for president The Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is planning to stand for election for the presidency from his Israeli prison cell, according to his supporters

11-13 - Powell likely to meet Palestinian leaders

11-13 - Presbyterian Church receives arson threat over Middle East policies A church spokesman says the letter threatened to set churches on fire while people were inside in retaliation for "anti-Israel and anti-Jewish attitudes."

11-13 - Palestinian State Not On White House Fast Track

11-13 - Bush envisages Palestinian state only by 2009 Bush did not endorse Blair's proposals to speed up the process

11-13 - Palestine asks for US help with elections

11-13 - Palestinian Minister to Israel: We Want Peace

11-13 - Arafat's Closest Aides Say Goodbye Overcome by emotion, they quickly lost control, hugging, crying and firing wildly in the air in a tribute to the man they had followed through wars, uprisings and his return from exile.

11-13 - Bush's Mideast Involvement Faces Obstacles

11-13 - Former US President Jimmy Carter calls Arafat a "powerful human symbol"

11-13 - Arafat, father of the Palestinian cause

11-13 - Mourning Palestinians pledge vote to replace Arafat

11-13 - Report: Barghouti Release in Exchange for Pollard & Azzam

11-13 - Israeli Arabs march in symbolic Arafat funeral

11-13 - Worldwide search on for missing Palestinian millions

11-13 - Palestinians call for peace talks

11-13 - A chorus of gunfire, chants and wailing ambulances

11-13 - The man they called Mr Palestine

11-13 - Why I fear for the dream of my life If this is the kind of democracy Bush wishes to impose on the Palestinians, we have every reason to be afraid. Very afraid.

11-13 - Arafat: End of a charmed life

11-13 - Qurei, Solana discuss Palestinian elections

11-13 - Palestine promise

11-13 - Israel 'dismayed' at Spain's reaction

11-13 - Arab League holds solemn ceremony to mourn Arafat

11-13 - Rising anti-Arab rhetoric parallels anti-Semitism In Karben's facist world, there is no room for cultural expression, let alone freedom.

11-13 - Arafat was only man who could have delivered peace: ex-Israeli MP


11-12 - "Arafat is back and will never leave us again"

11-12 - Arafat's funeral held in Cairo

11-12 - Leaders pay tribute to Arafat in Cairo

11-12 - A people's burial for Arafat But in death, he returned to his people as a hero

11-12 - Two killed in car bombing near Ramallah

11-12 - Arafat makes final journey home to West Bank

11-12 - Supporters bid emotional farewell to Arafat

11-12 - Bush: Palestinian state possible in four years

11-12 - Mandela: Arafat was 'outstanding freedom fighter'

11-11 - Slideshow: Yasser Arafat Dies at 75

11-12 - Phoenix gone, but glimmer of hope remains

11-12 - Arafat Praised as Supporter of Palestinian Christians

11-12 - Catholic Christians Pray for Arafat, Peace in Holy Land

11-12 - Blair's tribute to Arafat breaks ranks with Bush

11-12 - Arab world mourns 'father of nation'

11-12 - Congress reaffirms support to Palestine :

11-12 - Israel's death festival Such unabashed glee is disrespectful and dangerous

11-12 - In their words Those who knew Yasser Arafat share their memories

11-12 - He pressed my hand to his breast. The Palestinian heart is here! John le Carré met Yasser Arafat in 1982 while researching a novel. Here he describes the encounter

11-12 - Mystery surrounds Arafat's illness

11-12 - Doctor demands autopsy

11-12 - Palestinian family welcomes Yasser, Arafat

11-12 - Christians mourn Arafat's loss to Palestinians; see risk, opportunity Arafat had tried to help Palestinian Christians by attending Christmas services at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and also by taking political measures to assist the stature of the dwindling number of Christians in the Holy Land.

11-12 - Bush Envoy Calls on Israel to Release Jailed Palestinian Leader

11-12 - Hezbollah warns Israel of drone attacks

11-12 - Anglican Primate deplores armed intrusion into Jerusalem cathedral

11-12 - Demonstrators in Dearborn protest U.S., Israeli policies toward Palestinians

11-12 - Lawmaker: Cancel Palestinian Art Exhibit Nevertheless, the county executive is demanding a preview of the exhibit before deciding whether it should be canceled


11-11 - Arafat begins final journey

11-11 - Veteran leader Yasser Arafat dies

11-11 - Slideshow: Yasser Arafat Dies at 75

11-11 - Five Palestinians shot dead in West Bank and Gaza Strip

11-11 - World reaction to Arafat's death

11-11 - In pictures: Yasser Arafat's life

11-11 - Yasser Arafat, 1929-2004

11-11 - Bullets, Tears, Hopes of Peace After Arafat's Death

11-11 - Israel says good riddance to Arafat

11-11 - The man who forged Palestinian identity

11-11 - Arafat leaves a troubled legacy but no doubt that there is a Palestinian people

11-11 - Arafat's illness still a mystery

11-11 - Top legislator named interim Palestinian President

11-11 - Humanitarian agencies appeal for $302 million to maintain their assistance to Palestinians

11-11 - Vatican praises Arafat for Palestinian vision The Pope, who made a historic trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories in 2000, sent a message saying he was particularly close to the Palestinian people "in this hour of sadness".

11-11 - [PCUSANEWS] Criteria set for Israeli divestment targets

11-11 - US Can Pick Up Arafat's Dream

11-11 - Slain cameraman wins Peck award James Miller was shot dead in Gaza last year while making a film about the effect of the Middle East conflict on Israeli and Palestinian children

11-11 - Israel plans posthumous anti-Arafat campaign

11-11 - Palestine Greater Than Arafat

11-11 - Israeli police arrest Vanunu


11-10 11:29 pm EST Palestinian Leader Arafat Dies at 75


11-10 - 'Final hours' for Yasser Arafat Preparations are under way to hold a funeral service in the Egyptian capital Cairo, possibly as early as Friday.

11-10 - Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians

11-10 - Bulldozers prepare burial site for Arafat Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath says the 75-year-old's liver and kidneys have failed and he remains in a deep coma in a Paris hospital.

11-10 - Arafat's life in 'final phase'

11-10 - Burial site prepared as Arafat clings on Bulldozers began clearing a site for Yasser Arafat's burial yesterday inside the Ramallah compound that was effectively his prison for the past two years

11-10 - Arafat's equipment will not be switched off: cleric

11-10 - PNA agrees on Arafat's funeral in Cairo

11-10 - PNA warns against Israeli exploitation of current situation

11-10 - Concern mounts over Arafat's health

11-10 - Bush looks to peace as Arafat nears death

11-10 - Refugees' hopes for return will outlive Arafat

11-10 - In pictures: What comes after Arafat?

11-10 - Experts: Doctors May Have Arafat Diagnosis

11-10 - Israeli Professor Promotes Empathy "people who lived in concentration camps should be able to understand what it is like to live in a refugee camp,"

11-10 - Judge: U.S.-based Islamic charities must pay in lawsuit over teen's shooting in Israel

11-10 - US must be honest broker in Middle East: Arab League leader

11-10 - Another War? For Israel's sake

11-10 - Turner nominee takes on Israel's Wall

11-10 - Groups Fear Canada Tilting to Israel

11-10 - Fox News Series On Israeli Spying In The US Found I plunked down the $250 to get a DVD of the amazing FOX NEWS 4 part series on Israeli spying in the USA


11-9 - Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians in new violence Palestinian witnesses in Nablus said soldiers opened fire to disperse protesters throwing stones in the centre of the West Bank city, killing a 24-year-old man and wounding a second Palestinian in the stomach

11-9 - Arafat 'has brain haemorrhage' Mr Shaath said doctors have ruled out cancer and poisoning. He added that Mr Arafat's long confinement in Ramallah by Israeli forces had contributed to his poor health.

11-9 - 2 unarmed Palestinians killed in northern Gaza

11-9 - Arafat close to death, say officials

11-9 - Israeli Army shoots two Islamic Jihad militants

11-9 - Excerpts: Nabil Shaath on Arafat

11-9 - Israel to allow Arafat to be buried in Ramallah

11-9 - Israel blocks care for Arab-Israeli baby

11-9 - US will work with Arafat's successor: Powell

11-9 - The men who could replace Arafat Failure to push for elections, which Israel in the past has opposed and could potentially thwart, "will put a big question mark on Qureia and Abbas's style of ruling and their legitimacy,"

11-9 - Media glare and melodrama mark Arafat's hospital stay

11-9 - People in the News: Madonna's the new face of Israeli tourism What? No such message for the Palestinian refugee camps? Wonder why ...

11-9 - Bush calls Chirac to inquire about Arafat's health

11-9 - Columbia Profs Smeared as Anti-Semites Moshe Rubin, telling him to, "Go back to Arab land where Jew hating is condoned. Get the hell out of America. You are a disgrace and a pathetic typical Arab liar."

11-9 - Proposal to divest Israeli funds sparks outrage The proposed resolution accuses Israel of ignoring the United Nations, demolishing Palestinian homes, and using excessive force against demonstrators.

11-9 - Mystery Solved Clearly the "gun camera" photo is a fake. Innocent people do not need to doctor evidence.

11-9 - New surge of Americans studying in the Arab world

11-9 - Japan to contribute $4.83 mil to support Palestinian refugees

11-9 - Photostory: Olive harvest in Lower Yanoun

11-9 - Britons insist it's time for U.S. payback So what does Blair want? One thing above all else, analysts say: He wants Bush to get personally involved in restarting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and in helping Israel successfully pull out of Gaza

11-9 - Middle East Christians need contact with other


11-8 - Israeli army arrests 10 Palestinians, wounds child in Gaza

11-8 - Yasser Arafat still in critical condition

11-8 - Top Palestinians arrive in Paris Mr Arafat's condition is said to be very serious but stable. There has been no official announcement of the cause of his illness since the frail 75-year-old was taken to a military hospital in Paris 10 days ago.

11-8 - Arafat's wife locks horns with leadership

11-8 - Arafat's wife emerges as major figure

11-8 - Ailing Arafat deserves fair judgment It is not just the Palestinian leader that is to blame for the failure of the peace process, argues Derek Brown

11-8 - Palestinians await Arafat news with dread

11-8 - Palestinian unrest about Arafat puts Lebanon on alert In Israel, hard questions were asked yesterday about how the drone could reach as far as Nahariya without being spotted and shot down

11-8 - Fourth Committee takes up report on Israeli practices in occupied territories

11-8 - Hezbollah drone over Israel leaves air force red-faced

11-8 - Palestinian youngsters face daily 'Via Dolorosa' on way to school

11-8 - Palestinians united in frustration over scant news of Arafat

11-8 - PCHR Expresses Deep Concern for Situation of Palestinians Stranded in Rafah Terminal more than 3,000 Palestinian passengers have not been allowed to enter Gaza Strip through Rafah border terminal since October

11-8 - Arafat Shrine Grows Outside French Hospital

11-8 - U.S. Funds Development of IT Sector in Palestinian Territories

11-8 - Hunt for missing millions begins

11-8 - Israel hopes to work with 'moderate' Palestinian leadership

11-8 - US expresses hope to move forward Mideast peace


11-7 - Israeli undercover agents reportedly gun down 4 Palestinians in West Bank

11-7 - Arafat said to have liver failure, PM to visit

11-7 - 'Plan agreed' to keep Gaza calm

11-7 - Aide alleges Israel poisoned Arafat

11-7 - Israeli solider killed in friendly fire

11-7 - Palestinian heads to visit Arafat

11-7 - Hezbollah drone flies over Israel

11-7 - U.S. won't press Israel to remove outposts

11-7 - Bush seeks balanced policy in Middle East, says ambassador

11-7 - Palestinians increase West Bank security

11-7 - In Response to Abbas-Qurei Efforts, Israel Might Offer Humanitarian Gestures, But Sticks to Same Security Policies

11-7 - Israel plans for Arafat burial

11-7 - Gaza graveyard might be Arafat's final resting place

11-7 - Doctors puzzle over critical Arafat's illness

11-7 - Arafat doctors 'told to delay' brain death tests

11-7 - Ma'alot mayor bans school visit to '48 bombing victim's home

11-7 - Bush Snr Backs Call for Middle East Peace

11-7 - EDITORIAL: Bush's Mideast policy U.S. leadership should be fair in the eyes of all.

11-7 - Holocaust survivor protests wall by Hedy Epstein


11-6 - Gaza militants die in Israel raid In another incident, two Palestinians were killed in a car bomb explosion in the West Bank town of Qalqilya

11-6 - Two Palestinians killed in Gaza Strip, teen killed in Jenin And a 13-year-old Palestinian boy was killed in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, when Israeli forces opened fire on stone-throwing protestors

11-6 - Gunman killed after Israeli shooting

11-6 - Speculation swirls around state of Arafat's health as Paris withholds news

11-6 - 'Plan agreed' to keep Gaza calm

11-6 - Sources: Arafat might be poisoned

11-6 - Arafat's health "stable, not worrying": Abbas

11-6 - Arafat's death 'could end' peace process

11-6 - Arafat's death could pose problems for U.S.

11-6 - Yasser Arafat A life in pictures

11-6 - Blair, Bush to Meet as Middle East Issues Loom

11-6 - Bush Still Plans to Seek Palestinian State

11-6 - Arafat poisoned?

11-6 - STEALTH ASSASSINATION Killed Like Caesar of Old? With Arafat Gone Israel Prepares to Move Toward End Game

11-6 - Iran wins key backing from China in nuclear stand-off

11-6 - Malaysia to hold talks on Palestine

11-6 - Arafat Passing May Help Mideast Peace Former U.S. envoys say that the passing of Yasser Arafat would open up new opportunities for Mideast peace, especially if new, pragmatic Palestinian leaders emerge

11-6 - Life Without Arafat

11-6 - Neo-Con Agenda: Iran, China, Russia, Latin America... The list's author, Frank Gaffney, the founder and president of the Center for Security Policy (CSP), also warns that Bush should resist any pressure arising from the anticipated demise of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to resume peace talks that could r

11-6 - Paris: French Jewish Stage pro Arafat demo


11-5 - Two Palestinian Children Killed in Gaza Blast

11-5 - Arafat 'between life and death'

11-5 - Arafat condition 'has not deteriorated'

11-5 - Arafat Slowly, Fatally Poisoned: Sources

11-5 - Israel rejects Arafat choice of burial site

11-5 - Iran slams silence on 'Israeli crimes'

11-5 - Israeli Fires Missile at Rafah in Gaza

11-5 - Israel tightens security

11-5 - Palestinians pray for Arafat at Al-Aqsa mosque

11-5 - Hamas backs plea for Palestinian unity in talks with other factions

11-5 - AP: Syria Sees Hope in Bush Re-Election


11-4 - Israeli tank shell kills three in Gaza

11-4 - Arafat clings to life as switch of power begins

11-4 - Israel and Palestinians brace for worst with Arafat brain dead

11-4 - 'We know we must close ranks ... we cannot struggle against each other'

11-4 - Palestinians prepare to grieve for unchallenged symbol of national struggle

11-4 - Palestinian security services on alert

11-4 - Israeli warplanes violate Lebanese airspace

11-4 - Israel's Gaza commander resigns

11-4 - CPTers arrested in Hebron The team had initiated the checkpoint watch recently in an effort to quantify the number of Palestinians who pass by the checkpoint

11-4 - World faces a Mideast minus Arafat Arafat's illness coincides with President Bush's election victory

11-4 - Israel continues to block Arafat Jerusalem burial prospect

11-4 - US attack on Iran 'inconceivable' Mr Straw said: "I don't see any circumstances in which military action would be justified against Iran, full stop."

11-4 - Arabs Remind Bush of Commitment to Mideast Peace

11-4 - Bush Vows to Seek Mideast Peace, Palestinian State

11-4 - US closes embassy in Syria for security reasons

11-4 - Blair Calls for World to Unite Blair said working toward Israeli-Palestinian peace was "the single most pressing political challenge in our world today."

11-4 - Film documents hardships facing Palestinian team


11-3 - Arafat rushed to intensive care

11-3 - Palestinian killed, four Israeli soldiers wounded in Gaza violence Raafat al-Hams, 26, died after being shot in the head by troops operating in the Rafah refugee camp on the border with Egypt, Palestinian security sources told AFP, saying he was sitting in his car at the time

11-3 - Israeli troops kill taxi driver in Gaza: witnesses

11-3 - Israel troops shoot dead two Palestinians

11-3 - Arafat's health 'suffers setback' Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's health has deteriorated, Palestinian officials say.

11-3 - Palestinian dies of wounds as Israel imposes closure in Nablus

11-3 - Israel does not expect greater US pressure after election

11-3 - Israel preparing for Arafat's death, foreign minister says

11-3 - Arafat congratulates Bush on second term

11-3 - Bush victory stirs mixed reactions, caution in troubled Mideast

11-3 - Knesset backs Gaza payments The Israeli Knesset has given initial approval to a bill to compensate settlers leaving Gaza under Prime Minister Sharon's withdrawal plan.

11-3 - Rafah crossing closure enters 4th day The closure on the crossing, the only passage in and out of Gaza, has stranded thousands of Palestinians who wanted to travel to Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.

11-3 - A divided world reacts to US election The leaked Israeli report had implied that Mr Bush would moderate his support for Israel and press for a resumption of the peace process - partly to restore the US's image in the Arab world

11-3 - B'nai Brith official quits after terrorism remark An official with B'nai Brith Canada resigned after statements he made on The Michael Coren Show that Israel's use of state-sponsored terrorism is justified to protect its citizens.

11-3 - Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Progressive Arab leader and friend of Palestine and the west

11-3 - Blair pins hopes for Middle East on Gaza withdrawal

11-3 - Neo-conservatives determined to pull strings for four more years Iran is destined to be the neo-conservatives' initial focus if Mr Bush returns to office

11-3 - Kerry wins 78% of Jewish vote; Bush wins 22% "the vast majority of the Jewish community disapproves of the Republicans' positions and views."

11-3 - Denmark expects a re-elected Bush to solve Israeli-Palestinian conflict

11-3 - CCSU to host discussion on Zionism, antisemitism The question of whether criticism of Israel as a Zionist state and of certain Israeli policies constitutes antisemitism will be the focus of an open discussion in Central Connecticut State University?s Torp Theater

11-3 - Illuminocity Fine Art Unveils its Most Controversial Art Piece to Help Palestinian Refugees Through the United Nations.

11-3 - Joseph Massad responds to the intimidation of Columbia University


11-2 - Three killed by Palestinian teenager in suicide-bomb attack at Tel Aviv market "Because many of our Arab cousins work here I couldn't believe it was a bombing. I thought it must be a gas explosion or something like that."

11-2 - UN agency for Palestinian refugees face major obstacles in maintaining services

11-2 - Arafat Doctors Rule Out Leukemia, Cite Improvement

11-2 - Israel razes teen bomber's home Meanwhile, Israel has not yet responded to Monday's criticism from European parliamentarians for what they called collective punishment on Palestinians in the occupied territories

11-2 - Arafat 'faces weeks in hospital'

11-2 - Palestinian Authority: Stop Use of Children in Suicide Bombings "Palestinian armed groups must clearly and publicly condemn all use of children under the age of 18 for military activities, and make sure these policies are carried out."

11-2 - Palestinians stage mass demonstrations for Arafat

11-2 - UAE's Sheikh Zayed dies A steadfast champion of the Palestinian cause, Sheikh Zayed did not shy away from criticising US policy in the Middle East, chiding Washington for its perceived lack of even-handedness in dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict

11-2 - Four Years Later The pastoral work of the Church in Israel and the Palestinian territories relies heavily on foreign missionaries. In light of Israel's reluctance to renew visas, that work is now seriously jeopardized

11-2 - EU Tries to Keep Mideast 'Roadmap' Alive

11-2 - Why we are still backing Arafat

11-2 - Arafat's brother hospitalised in Cairo with terminal cancer The 67-year-old, whose cancer was diagnosed several years ago, is a trained doctor and was one of the founders of the Palestinian Red Crescent in 1968

11-2 - Veteran Gulf ruler Zayed dies The veteran ruler of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, has died

11-2 - Kahane followers mark his passing Referring to recent polls indicating that a third of Israelis believe Kahane was right when calling for the deportation of Arabs, activists took a hard line at the memorial service

11-2 - Hard times befall Iraqi Palestinians The homeless know they are homeless. The stateless know it too

11-2 - Prisoner Stories: Majdi Hasan Mousa

11-2 - PA: ready to renew ties with U.S.

11-2 - Welsh campaigner detained in Israel He was reportedly threatened with deportation for his charitable work for Palestinian and Israeli peace organisations

11-2 - Holy See Addresses U.N. on Peace in Holy Land


11-1 - Suicide bomber kills three in Tel Aviv, Israeli PM says nothing changed

11-1 - Israeli forces kill three in West Bank

11-1 - Bomber's family condemn militants

11-1 - One child shot dead, two others wounded, in Askar refugee camp   * Photo

11-1 - Arafat condemns Tel Aviv blast from hospital in France

11-1 - Settlers' assaults bar Palestinians from attending school

11-1 - Aides Say Arafat Improving But Still Exhausted

11-1 - Annan condemns killing of children United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan called on Israel Monday to investigate the killing of two Palestinian children during IDF military actions on Thursday and Saturday

11-1 - Palestinians Killed by Israelis at 2˝-Year High

11-1 - U.N. Official Accuses Israel of Smear

11-1 - Arafat's potential successors take control

11-1 - U.N. still waiting for Israeli 'rocket' apology The recent incidents were only the latest in dozens of cases in which Israel levelled charges against his agency that ultimately were found to be without foundation

11-1 - 'No al-Qaeda hand' in Egypt bombs

11-1 - Palestine urges Arab countries to offer financial aid

11-1 - American Board of Rabbis blasts France over Arafat The Rabbi said the hosting of Yasser Arafat was an act of terrorism and was in breach of the U.S.'s Global Anti-Semitism Bill

11-1 - Court avoids intervention amid claims IDF not securing Palestinians' harvest

11-1 - S. Florida man develops self-defense technique in honor of father Some soldiers come out of their experience more determined to find peace, and are sensitive to any portrayal of Israelis as violent

11-1 - Timing an issue in Tel Aviv hit Suicide attack was the first since Arafat's hospitalization




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