November '05 Archive

November '05 Archive

11-30-05 - Palestinian youth shot, injured in Israeli army operation in West Bank The Palestinians say the 14-year-old was hit in the head by live fire.

11-30-05 - 14 arrested, more than 17 injured in the West Bank Eleven residents were injured in the West Bank city of Nablus, among them a 14-year old child who suffered a serious injury in his head.

11-30-05 - Israel and the Occupied Territories: The fence/wall violates human rights Amnesty International believes that the construction by Israel of the fence/wall inside the Occupied Territories violates international law and is contributing to grave human rights violations

11-30-05 - Joint Police, IDF, and Settler Campaign to Remove Human Rights Workers from Tel Rumeida, Hebron Police fail to respond to phone calls for assistance from HRW?s or Palestinians when settlers attack. When police do respond, they often do nothing, refuse to stop settlers from attacking and do not arrest settlers

11-30-05 - Palestinians offer their help to gain freedom for kidnapped CPTers CPT Hebron feels deep gratitude for the efforts of these speakers, and for the organizers who worked so hard on behalf of the CPTers taken hostage in Iraq. As the participants left, one after another stopped to express their sympathy, and their hope that the hostages will soon be free.

11-30-05 - Israeli soldiers stop villagers from plowing, assault An Israeli military commander for the At-Tuwani area arrived, saying although 'the civil administration doesn't have any decision on the [ownership of] the land', the military was declaring it a closed military zone, effectively preventing Palestinian access to the land.

11-30-05 - An Interview with Congressman Jim Gerlach PJV: In a recent interview, Gov. Howard Dean, who visited Israel just last month, said that while Israelis were initially happy to see the U.S. remove Saddam Hussein from power, they're starting to disagree with the assessment you just gave. He said there is growing anxiety among Israelis that the war in Iraq has destabilized the region, increased terrorism and emboldened Iran. Americans being blamed by Israelis for destabilization of the ME. This is rich.

11-30-05 - For Christian hostages, a perilous peace trek Last month, Fox helped lead one of the team's more grueling missions, helping 19 Palestinian refugees who were trying to migrate to Syria because of rising animosity against Palestinians in post-Hussein Iraq. Team members rode with the Palestinians to the Syrian border and camped with them in the desert for a portion of the five weeks it took to get the refugees entry. Fox, who is tall and thin, later joked that the trip had been a great weight-loss program.

11-30-05 - Israel sees Iran nuclear countdown "If, by the end of March, it does not succeed in transferring the issue to the Security Council, it will be possible to say that the diplomatic effort has failed,"

11-30-05 - Israel bothered by Gaza crossing He threatened the Palestinian Authority with the closure of border crossings from Israel. "If there is not a positive Palestinian response, we will close the Erez and Karni crossings until the information is transferred," he said. Here we go..

11-30-05 - AIPAC slams White House on Iran The American Israel Public Affairs Committee criticized the White House for not pushing the U.N. nuclear watchdog to recommend sanctions for Iran.

11-30-05 - Rebuilding the Palestinian police The Gaza Strip is littered with deadly devices, from mines left behind by the Israeli army to explosives planted by militants and even shells dating back to WW1.

11-30-05 - UN launches biggest annual appeal

11-30-05 - Arab MK Ahmad Tibi says Israeli courts can?t try Palestinian legislators

11-30-05 - Peres quits Labour to support Sharon

11-30-05 - Comments from Commissioner Michel during his visit to the Khan Yunis refugee camp and the Rafah Border Crossing "Be sure that Europe does not forget you, we will never let you down. The agreement I just signed is a clear sign that we are and will be supporting Palestinian refugees"

11-30-05 - UN gives up on anti-terrorism treaty by year-end The dispute has centered primarily on how to classify Palestinian suicide bombings and Israeli military actions in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza.

11-30-05 - Hamas Leader Says He Won't Renew Truce "Hamas is not going to renew the truce because Israel did not abide by the conditions of the truce."

11-30-05 - Greens, Calling for Palestinian Rights, Urge Divestment from Israel

11-30-05 - EU told, 'Act Now for Peace in Palestine' Former Dutch Prime Minister, Andreas van Agt and Clare Short MP, former Secretary of State for International Development, will address MEPs in Brussels tomorrow at a reception calling on the EU to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement until Israel?s Occupation of Palestine is ended.

11-30-05 - Profile: Christian Peacemaker Teams Volunteers live among the Palestinians, accompanying children to school and ordinary people through Israeli checkpoints.

11-30-05 - Israeli admits helping militant An Israeli woman facing charges of aiding a wanted Palestinian militant has agreed a plea bargain deal with the authorities, legal officials said.

11-30-05 - Palestinian president to meet Pope The Pope's meeting with Arafat in Bethlehem, during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 2000, was a powerful signal of the Vatican's concern for the rights of Palestinians and the peace process in the Middle East.

11-30-05 - Little town of Bethlehem imprisoned by Apartheid wall Perhaps you simply did not have time to stop by and greet us, the people who would be the other half of any agreement which would allow Israel to live in security and peace. Or perhaps while you had Bethlehem in the background of the publicity photos, you had certain of your constituents in New York in the forefront of your mind.

11-30-05 - Undercover unit exposed in Bethlehem The incident comes at troubled times for the Duvdevan unit which suffered another humiliation last week when an officer and two soldiers in its ranks refused to participate in a key anti-terror operation in Jenin, citing their unwillingness to put their lives on the line.

11-30-05 - Abbas condemns Israeli assault of Palestinian prisoners

11-30-05 - Move to Shrink Palestinian Programmes Spurs Protest A New York newspaper quoted U.S. Ambassador John Bolton as saying that the United States would oppose the adoption of the U.N.'s two-year budget for 2006-2007 until and unless there were wide ranging changes in management, including "the elimination of outdated missions". According to one Arab diplomat, "this is a code word for Palestinian programmes". He said the move to "shrink" the U.N. Division for Palestinian Rights and the proposal to eliminate or downsize the two committees dealing with Palestinian issues are being prompted by two countries: the United States and Israel.

11-30-05 - Palestinian Authority: Amnesty International calls for halt to death penalty as four executed in Gaza

11-30-05 - Israel-Palestine Clash on West Bank

11-30-05 - Jailed Fatah leader to be appointed as Abbas deputy: official A senior Fatah official hinted on Wednesday that Marwan Barghouti, jailed Fatah leader, could be nominated as deputy to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas

11-30-05 - Amid celebrations, Gazans fully aware of reality

11-30-05 - Israel can hand suspected drug kingpin to US: court Israel's Supreme Court gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for the extradition to the United States of an Israeli suspected of running an international ring that smuggled 700,000 Ecstasy pills into New York.

11-30-05 - Tufts students get preview of film on peace activists

11-30-05 - Senators spar over Mideast policy Prud?homme, an independent from Quebec appointed to the upper chamber in 1993, wondered whether Cotler, the Jewish member for the Montreal-area riding, ?is responsible in cabinet for vetting every word, comma and paragraph of anything pertaining to the Middle East.?

11-30-05 - King stresses Bahrain's solidarity with Palestine

11-30-05 - Erdogan Meets Leaders Of Palestine, Lebanon And Israel

11-30-05 - National Guard begins exchange with Israeli forces "We are two nations in a world that is a very, very dangerous place. We are two democracies with a common purpose and common values. There are some things that we can offer to you back in the states, and there are some magnificent opportunities for us over here." Apartheid, as one example, is not an American value, last I checked.

11-30-05 - Taxpayers, Beware: It's Time to Act on Bias! Instead of this board, a Senate version of a bill on the issue leaves it all in the hands of the Secretary of Education. The secretary would have the power to suspend federal funding to universities where bias is rampant. But after 60 days, the funding would be reinstated, no matter whether complaints had been resolved or not. Pro-Israeli groups seek to force, via the withholding of federal monies, their viewpoints down the throats of college students. It will backfire in the end.

11-30-05 - UN senior official says peace process in Middle East hopeful with immense challenges

11-30-05 - Bomb targets house of Syrian resident in Ain al-Hilweh camp bomb targeted the house of a Syrian resident in the Palestinian Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in Sidon on Wednesday. No injuries were reported.

11-30-05 - Do You Know What I Know? And so I am left, disheartened that Ahmed?s uplifting story is buried behind more of the same mind-numbing stories of car bombs and election analyses and how a Supreme Court nominee might vote on a particular issue.

11-30-05 - Holy Land Christians "We are obliged this year to draw attention to the growing difficulties faced by Palestinian Christians who, although they belong to a faith born in that very land, are sometimes viewed with suspicion by their neighbours," Archbishop Migliore said at the United Nations Nov. 1.

11-30-05 - Germany?s new leader backs Israel Angela Merkel stressed her commitment to the Jewish state and said Iran, whose president recently called for Israel?s destruction, must cooperate with International Atomic Energy Agency inspections See this article from yesterday's news.

11-30-05 - O.U.: Hands off Israel elections The Orthodox Union called on U.S. Jews not to intervene in Israel?s electoral process. Passion for Israel "ought not be channeled into inappropriate interventions in the policy decisions of the duly elected Israeli government, Israel?s elections or into lobbying the American government to pressure Israel to make concessions it would not otherwise make,"

11-30-05 - Palestinians demonstrate in support of prisoners

11-30-05 - Prosecutors drop charges in smuggling of fake money Prosecutors in federal court decided to drop all charges yesterday against an Israeli man who had wanted to plead guilty to smuggling $1.5 million in fake U.S. currency into Maryland

11-30-05 - Palestinians demonstrate in support of prisoners

11-30-05 - Jordan Backs UN Resolution Relative to Palestinian Sovereignty on Territories

11-29-05 - Israeli, Palestinian forces clash in Bethlehem

11-29-05 - Three Palestinians murdered in refugee camp

11-29-05 - P.A security, Israeli Special Forces clash in Bethlehem, two residents injued

11-29-05 - Israeli Security officer attacks a Palestinian at Maali Adumim settlement

11-29-05 - UN holds meeting to observe Palestinian Solidarity Day

11-29-05 - Hoyer looks to Israel aid Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said he believes the United States will approve a supplemental aid package for Israel next year. This aid will be used to develop the Negev and Galilee while New Orleans still lays awaste

11-29-05 - European solidarity with the Palestinian people

11-29-05 - Assembly president urges Israel, Palestine to build peace along Road Map In an address marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Eliasson said "it is crucial that Palestinians and Israelis cooperate to the fullest extent possible. "

11-29-05 - Palestinian FM warns that Israeli settlements threaten chance for Palestinian state

11-29-05 - U.S., Israel discuss Iran Iran was a focus of the renewed Israel-U.S. strategic dialogue.

11-29-05 - Abbas condemns Israeli raid on W. Bank city Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned on Tuesday an Israeli raid on the West Bank city of Bethlehem which led to a clash with Palestinian police.

11-29-05 - Fatah vote delayed by gunmen, fraud charges

11-29-05 - Israel begins trial run of new West Bank crossing Israel has said it is building dozens of checkpoints -- from simple gates through which farmers can access their land to massive passenger and cargo terminals -- along its barrier.

11-29-05 - Chief Palestinian negotiator urges US to back upcoming polls "These elections, mark my word, will constitute a turning point in Palestinian political life,"

11-29-05 - EI EXCLUSIVE: Did UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw help sell out Jerusalem? British officials in Tel Aviv were treating Occupied East Jerusalem as if it were a part of sovereign Israel.

11-29-05 - Court nixes petition to connect power for young cancer patient How many Jewish settlements and neighborhoods in both Israel and the Occupied Territories are without power?

11-29-05 - E.U. official blasts Hamas Hamas will remain on the European Union?s list of terrorist organizations until it renounces violence and recognizes the State of Israel, E.U. officials said.

11-29-05 - Ongoing humanitarian commitment: Commissioner Michel visits the Palestinian Territories

11-29-05 - PARC calls for supporting the people of Salem village number of Jewish settlers from "Elon Moreh" settlement near Nablus uprooted at least 300 olive trees owned by the families of Salem from which they make a living

11-29-05 - Mofaz Urges Mushrooming Settlements in Private Palestinian Lands

11-29-05 - Palestinian youths put lives on line with checkpoint arrests "I wanted to go to prison as I am fed up with life. I would prefer to be in prison for I can study inside and my family will be entitled to a monthly allowance,"

11-29-05 - War against Olives Yesh Hok Israeli organization, reported that 15 complaints were filed to the Israeli police since April 2005, after the settlers uprooted and burnet hundreds of olive trees. So far, the police closed five cases without progressing them. The total number of complaints filed since April is 84; the complaints were filed after the settlers attacked and damaged Palestinian properties and orchards.

11-29-05 - Clashes in Ofer detention facility dozens injured Dozens of Palestinian detainees in Ofer Israeli detention facility were injured last night after an Israeli army special force broke into the branches of the facility, sprayed gas at the detainees and fired rubber-coated bullets.

11-29-05 - Palestinian Christians face struggles

11-29-05 - Sabbath Riot by Settlers in Hebron

11-29-05 - Ayalon: ?I killed Arabs more than Hamas killed Jews?

11-29-05 - UAE urges world community to force Israel dismantle wall

11-29-05 - Day in pictures Palestinian children are made to wait at an Israeli roadblock in Hebron after an upsurge in tensions there. Photo number 2.

11-29-05 - Peace team loses narrowly to Barcelona Spanish champions Barcelona beat a joint Israeli-Palestinian soccer team 2-1 on Tuesday in a "match for peace" aimed at promoting reconciliation in the Middle East

11-29-05 - New Book Exposes Pervasive Anti-Semitism in U.S. Higher Education Thus does the propaganda campaign (which is naturally playing the 'anti-Semite' card and equating anti-Israelism to anti-Semitism) to force colleges and Universities to be more pro-Israel continue.

11-29-05 - The Pro-Israel Campus Besides the dearth of Israel scholars and plethora of anti-Israel faculty, the situation on campus was never as bad as it was portrayed. This article contradicts recent ones that claim that criticism of Israel on campus (now deemed anti-Semitism) is out of control in America.

11-29-05 - Jihad denounces Israeli arrest campaigns in W. Bank

11-29-05 - Settlers 'cut off' by W Bank barrier Rabbi Fruman disagrees and has formulated his own peace plan to the Palestinian Authority under which the settlers would be allowed to stay. The BBC is running an awful lot of settler-sympathetic articles these days. Wonder why?

11-29-05 - Canada sets up peace center Canada will establish a center to provide wide-ranging support for peace efforts in the West Bank, Gaza and throughout the Middle East, Canada?s foreign affairs minister announced yesterday.

11-29-05 - Sharon calls for strict control over Egypt border

11-29-05 - Peres prepares to leave Labour to join Sharon Senior Labour figures warned Mr Peres that the prime minister's plan to create a Palestinian state was a "hoax" which would perpetuate the conflict

11-28-05 - Secretary-General, in message to mark Day of Solidarity with Palestinians, reiterates call for renewed action on Road Map obligations

11-28-05 - No evacuation of settlement outposts before the elections

11-28-05 - Police accused after brother and sister are cleared of failing to tell of bombing plan Months before the discovery of the note Israel had asked Britain to be extra vigilant for suicide bombers being recruited in Britain, Israeli sources told the Guardian.

11-28-05 - End of the road for the Bedouin Israeli police and ministry of interior officials arrived to put formal notices on 12 houses slated for demolition in what the villagers believe is the first of a multi-stage operation in which they will be moved off the land they regard as having been theirs since Ottoman times.

11-28-05 - Fatah halts polls amid violence The main Palestinian political group, Fatah, has halted its primary elections in Gaza after militants raided some polling stations and fired in the air.

11-28-05 - Blair accused as summit on anti-terrorism ends in failure A Spanish foreign policy adviser was caught on an open mike yesterday accusing Tony Blair of preparing to "throw the towel in" and blaming the Israelis for being intractable at a summit on countering terrorism which ended in failure.

11-28-05 - Israelis, Palestinians to play for Mideast peace

11-28-05 - New Sharon party seeks demilitarised Palestinian state Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new party Kadima will seek the creation of a demilitarised Palestinian state and keep Israeli control of occupied east Jerusalem, a senior party member said...It also wants to retain the larger Jewish settlement blocs elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, which account for the majority of the 240,000 Jewish settlers there.

11-28-05 - Supreme Court Passes Up PLO Case Clark said U.S. courts "are marching off to the conflicts of the Middle East and elsewhere carrying with them the integrity of the U.S. judiciary and risking the foreign perception that U.S. courts will extend their jurisdiction globally deciding the most sensitive political questions affecting the foreign policies of the U.S. and other nations as they go."

11-28-05 - One of our lions is still missing Sawar hopes that the zoo will have a therapeutic effect on the children of Gaza, many of whom suffer from trauma after the violence of the past five years.

11-28-05 - BBC chief holds peace talks in Jerusalem with Ariel Sharon Understandably, an official BBC spokesman was anxious to downplay talk of an exclusively pro-Israeli charm offensive.

11-28-05 - Palestinians grow frustrated waitingfor the expected economic recovery

11-28-05 - UN applaudes Syria?s Role In Helping Palestine

11-28-05 - Soldiers fire 10 tank shells at the Gaza Strip

11-28-05 - E.U. won't press Israel on Barghouti

11-28-05 - No casualties in bomb attack on Israeli troops

11-28-05 - Israel Carries out Ethnic Cleansing Policy in Hebron City

11-28-05 - Israel alone against joint Euromed declaration: source Israel was not ready to accept a general reference to the Middle East peace process.... The chairman's statement calls for "a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement consistent with the Road Map and principles of the (1991) Madrid Conference including land for peace and based on relevant UNSC (UN Security Council) resolutions, including 242, 338 and 1397."

11-28-05 - China marks International Day of Solidarity with Palestinians The United Nations designated November 29 as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people in a resolution adopted in 1977

11-28-05 - Young guard rises in Palestinian politics

11-28-05 - A History of Violence Dreyfuss also reveals how Israel helped to create and empower the forerunners of Hamas as a bulwark against Palestinian nationalism (as embodied by Yasser Arafat and the PLO). The Likud-Hamas link - with both organizations thriving in unstable, warlike environments - is sure to be one of the book's most controversial points

11-28-05 - PALTEL to be listed on ADSM in landmark agreement

11-28-05 - Finding a future between walls and trees This place honored by Christians for almost 2,000 years as the place where Jesus was born is a city isolated from Israel, isolated from the world, isolated from portions of its own community as the barrier and restricted roads cut through the boundaries of the city.

11-28-05 - Train track from Jerusalem to Ramallah

11-28-05 - Israel-U.S. dialogue resumed The United States suspended the dialogue in recent years because of Israeli arms sales to China

11-27-05 - Israeli settlers destroy Palestinian olive trees

11-27-05 - Extremist Jews attack eight Arab residents in Shfa-Amr, eight injured

11-27-05 - Armed robbers snatch lion cub from Palestinian zoo

11-27-05 - Palestinian police crack down on Gaza chaos

11-27-05 - Russian analyst: Israel had motivation in the Hariri crime Bogdanov underlined that Israel intends to destabilize Lebanon, replace it with a financial center in the Middle East. It also aims at weakening the positions of Syria and Iran who are two regional states that have big influence in the region.

11-27-05 - Theofilos III decries Israeli attitude toward Greek patriarchate Theofilos says the Israeli government is exercising a type of "blackmail" in making its recognition of him conditional upon validation of real estate deals conducted by Irenios, in which church-owned property was leased for hundreds of years to companies owned by Jews living in East Jerusalem

11-27-05 - Israeli troops attack a voting station Bethlehem

11-27-05 - Fatah set to play Barghuti trump-card to counter Hamas

11-27-05 - Pact may aid Israeli Red Cross bid Officials from Israel's Magen David Adom (Red Star of David) said the deal, to be signed in Geneva, would guarantee speedier passage for Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances through Israeli military checkpoints in the occupied West Bank

11-27-05 - WHEN SHARON SAYS JUMP BUSH SAYS HOW HIGH?

11-27-05 - US Report Calls on Israel to Begin Nuclear Disarmament This is the correct URL for that PDF file

11-27-05 - Army closes the Erez Crossing

11-27-05 - Shopkeeper Shot, Daughter Killed In Robbery Fakri Elayyan, a Palestinian immigrant, had run the shop for 18 years, but family members said he was planning to sell it because the neighborhood had become so dangerous.

11-27-05 - Security court sentences a Palestinian lawmaker to 7 years in prison

11-27-05 - Israel urges citizens to refrain from entering Gaza

11-27-05 - Israeli Occupation Tightens Grip on Old City of Hebron As Settlers Flock to Ibraheem Mosque

11-27-05 - After several surgeries, Palestinian goes home

11-27-05 - Arab leaders' absence dims summit But while nearly all 25 EU leaders attended, only two of the 10 Mediterranean partners -- Turkey and the Palestinian Authority -- sent their top leaders to the two-day conference.

11-27-05 - Caritas Backs Day of Solidarity With Palestinians

11-27-05 - Arab Christians are nationalists, not 'fifth-columnists'

11-27-05 - Israel says it uncovered an organization that finances Hamas? military activities

11-27-05 - Israel Hinders Use of Palestinian International Dialing Code

11-27-05 - EU reaffirms support for "two-state" solution in Middle East

11-26-05 - Landmark day on Gaza-Egypt border Among the first to cross was wheelchair-bound mother Naimeh Bayah, travelling from Jabaliya refugee camp to Egypt for surgery. "I am so tired, but happy, because I made the crossing as a human being for the first time,"

11-26-05 - Settler Mobs Attack Palestinians and Besiege Internationals In Hebron Other quotes from settlers throughout the day: "death to the Arabs", "we hate all the Arabs", "Palestinians are animals who should be in cages", "they shouldn?t be caged just in Hebron but everywhere", "I hope that God burns all the Arabs in hell? they are not men but dogs".

11-26-05 - Smooth Debut for Palestinian-Run Border

11-26-05 - Palestinians assert control of frontier Travellers exchanged embraces and some flashed V-for victory signs, happy to be freer to travel and to be processed by Palestinian police rather than Israeli soldiers who occupied the Gaza Strip for 38 years before they withdrew in September

11-26-05 - Christian leader signs secret document The man enthroned last week as Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem signed a secret document obliging him to nullify the recent sale to Jewish groups of land comprising much of a key entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, WND = pro-Israeli mouthpiece, if you couldn't already tell.

11-26-05 - Pre-Emptive Selling of Ariel Sharon as a Dove Ariel Sharon has dedicated his career to destroying any sort of peace negotiations, and to denying the Palestinians a viable state. Far from representing a Damascene conversion, his statements reveal the underlying continuity of his plans.

11-26-05 - Kibbutzniks help Palestinians restore destroyed olive groves Ten volunteers from the Kibbutz Movement's assignment division, headed by Yoel Marshak, arrived Saturday at the olives grove of the West Bank village of Salem, in order to help its Palestinian residents restore the olive groves that were destroyed by settlers from Elon Moreh a month ago.

11-26-05 - Future of West Bank at stake in Israel polls: president Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has set himself the target of finalising Israel's borders while retaining the main Jewish settlement blocs in the West Bank.

11-26-05 - Jailed intifada leader heads list for Palestinian polls

11-26-05 - In pictures: Rafah re-opens

11-26-05 - Attacks getting more personal

11-26-05 - The New Israel Lobby in Action (David Noble) After its first year of operation, the CIJA boasted of its "success stories." These included "new initiatives initially sponsored by Israel Emergency Cabinet," like symposia, conferences and seminars designed to promote pro-Israel "education." They more than doubled the number of visits, dubbed "missions," to Israel arranged for Canada?s politicians and "opinion makers"

11-26-05 - Prime minister plans to draw 'the final shape of Israel' "Either the borders are those from 1967, or there is a swap of land that is equal in quality and quantity," said Ghassan Khatib, the Palestinian Authority labour minister. "Palestinians will not settle for less." Israel- the only nation in the world that gets to draw up its own borders at will, at the expense of another people, AND with the full backing of the United States.

11-26-05 - Holy Land Christians: An Endangered Species Israel today seems to welcome only those pilgrims known as Christian Zionists, who stand with Israel?s political and religious right. Mostly American, these groups routinely refuse to meet with indigenous Christians, who are considered theologically and politically "incorrect."

11-26-05 - UNRWA plans to construct 600 new homes for refugees Neocon John Bolton wants to abolish UNRWA

11-26-05 - Female detainees in Telmond complain of bad conditions

11-26-05 - Bethlehem passport launched to protect city from wall

11-26-05 - Soldiers close the Ibrihimi Mosque for Jewish feasts

11-26-05 - From 2001: Israel: Sharon Investigation Urged A criminal investigation into Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon�s role in the massacre of civilians in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatilla should be launched, Human Rights Watch urged today. The Israeli leader will meet on Tuesday at the White House with President Bush.

11-26-05 - ?Arab Talk With Jess and Jamal? Debuts in San Francisco

11-26-05 - Philanthropists Vow to Keep Seeking a Just Peace on Both Sides of Apartheid Wall

11-26-05 - Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and The Abuse of History

11-26-05 - Spielberg set for an Oscar-winning row Clinton has read the screenplay and encouraged several of his former aides to help Spielberg prepare for the political fall-out

11-26-05 - Total Embrace of Israel Threatening Judaism?s Ethical and Humane Tradition

11-26-05 - Dr. Margaret Kay (Maggie) Grater (1942-2005) She traveled throughout the Middle East and provided training to teachers and administrators throughout the occupied territories.

11-26-05 - Time to send a letter opposing $1.2 billion more for Israel

11-26-05 - Anti-Semitism on the rise on college campuses "We would argue that anti-Semitism in the form of anti-Israelism " Anti-Israelism has now become 'anti-Semitism'. The definition is drawn up at will just like Israel's borders.

11-26-05 - UN Amb. John Bolton And Jerusalem Post's Caroline Glick The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is pleased to announce that U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton will be the Keynote Speaker at the annual ZOA Louis Brandeis Award Dinner. He will also receive ZOA?s Defender of Israel award Defender of Israel award? Why would that be? Because John Bolton is ISRAEL'S new ambassador to the U.N., that's why.

11-26-05 - Walker's World: The Mideast's new map

11-26-05 - Palestinian-Americans Offer Coloring Books to Palestinian Refugees

11-25-05 - Soldiers attack a peaceful procession against the Wall in Aboud, eight injured

11-25-05 - Palestinians Assume Control of Crossing "From this moment, we feel that we are free," said Fathia Najar, 55, one of a group of Palestinian travelers waiting to cross the border when the terminal starts operations Saturday. "Before this, we lived in a jail."

11-25-05 - P.A security foils infiltration of Bethlehem by Special Forces A bloody clash was prevented when the Palestinian Police and security officer fist-fought with the soldiers in order to bar them from opening fire in an area which was filled with civilians, children and vehicles.

11-25-05 - Jailed man leads in early Fatah vote count Jailed Palestinian Marwan Barghouthi was emerging as one of the most popular candidates in a vote called to choose people to run for Fatah in Palestinian elections in January, an official said on Friday.

11-25-05 - EU accuses Israel over Jerusalem

11-25-05 - Foreign Office 'unrelentingly pro-Palestinian' says Israel It's worth noting, the British were once the victims of the terrorism of the Irgun and Stern gangs.

11-25-05 - B?Tselem calls for compensation for demolished home They said the soldiers did not bother to tell the people inside, including small children, to get out of the house. Instead the residents were awoken after their home went up in flames while they were still inside.

11-25-05 - Israel to build 310 lots to Maleeh Adumim Settlement

11-25-05 - State officially admits politics are preventing evacuation of illegal outposts The State of Israel announced on Wednesday for the first time - in an official document - that political considerations such as the upcoming general elections are preventing the evacuation of illegal outposts, including those that have been established on private land taken from Palestinians.

11-25-05 - EU mulls renewing ties with Palestinians in East J'lem After a terrorist attack in 2001, Israel shut down Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem, and they have not been reopened since. Former Shin Bet security force head Avi Dichter considered the move one of the most important Israeli achievements during the intifada.

11-25-05 - Aoun: no Palestinian refugees Speaking Tuesday at the National Press Club in Washington, Aoun said he favored repatriating the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees to their original homes, a solution Israel flatly rejects and that Palestinian officials have backed away from in recent years.

11-25-05 - "Honor killings" in Israeli Arab sector Most recently, 23-year-old Samar Hasan was allegedly killed by her Christian father and uncles because she was living with a Muslim man

11-25-05 - Palestinians open Gaza gateway to the world "We want the roadmap to be implemented. We are asking for nothing more but we will accept nothing less,"

11-25-05 - EU downplays leaked memo on east Jerusalem

11-25-05 - Army taught a lesson in Bil?in

11-25-05 - Palestinians Oppose Armed Attacks from Gaza Many Palestinian adults believe the "Disengagement Plan" should not become an excuse for violence, according to a poll by An-Najah National University. 58.7 per cent of respondents reject launching armed resistance operations against Israel from the liberated areas in the Gaza Strip

11-25-05 - Call for sanctions on Israel as West Bank and Gaza suffer at their hands "There is an appaling level of poverty and child malnutrition throughout the West Bank and Gaza as a result of land confiscation, and restriction on movement and trade in the area. Due to Israel's persistent flouting of international agreements and human rights conventions, the European parliament has voted for a suspension of the preferential trade agreement and this has only been blocked by a lack of a majority among the Council of Ministers."

11-25-05 - Agreement on neutral 'red crystal' Magen David Adom and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society have reached agreement on the adoption of a new neutral symbol.

11-25-05 - Putting a face on the Arab world

11-25-05 - Egypt's ties with Israel bolster Islamist campaign In Egypt's textile heartland, popular support for the opposition Muslim Brotherhood in the parliamentary election has also fed off anti-Israeli sentiment since the government developed a trade agreement with the Jewish state.

11-25-05 - Arafat report 'broke BBC rules'

11-25-05 - Presbyterians meet with Hezbollah MEMRI said that a delegation of families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks also met with Hezbollah officials. MEMRI=an Israeli-run outfit.

11-25-05 - Speakout: For Palestinians, situation not so rosy

11-25-05 - U.S.: Elections shouldn?t hinder progress Forthcoming elections in Israel and the Palestinian areas should not hinder Palestinian-Israeli cooperation, the U.S. State Department said

11-25-05 - Israeli held as Hezbollah spy

11-25-05 - Koizumi plans Middle East visit

11-25-05 - The Reality in "Paradise Now"

11-25-05 - Abramoff used DeLay to fund anti-intifada militia It is hard to stomach the irony. If there is any group in the US that can empathize with the occupation of the Palestinian people -- it's the Native Americans. But here Abramoff's clients were, unknowingly donating tens of thousands of dollars so that Israeli settlers in the West Bank could continue to occupy defenseless Palestinians. You can bet that DeLay and Abramoff snickered all the way to the (West) bank.

11-25-05 - Hizbollah says has duty to abduct Israeli troops

11-25-05 - Israel trip brings Bible to life for local woman She recalled a visit to the city of Hebron, where she was baffled about the cage-like sheets of wire that overhang the streets. When she asked her tour guide about it, she was told the wire exists to protect Palestinians in the streets below from the rocks and garbage thrown from the windows of apartments above by Jewish settlers. Van Riesen said she wouldn?t have believed the claim, had her tour group not been showered with rocks shortly thereafter. Christian Peacekeeper Teams, who are stationed in Hebron, are there to protect the Palestinians (children, in particular) from soldier and settler violence. Their blogs are here

11-25-05 - Bulldozer rolls on To keep its national identity, Israel must consolidate its shrinking Jewish majority over a smaller territory. This means keeping Jerusalem and the adjacent settlement blocks, where most settlers live, in Israeli hands behind the security barrier. This will leave about 10% of West Bank territory under Israeli control and gradually free the rest from occupation

11-24-05 - Secret EU report launches scathing attack on Israel The confidential report, prepared by top diplomats representing the 25 EU governments in the city, warns that the chances of a two-state solution are being eroded by Israel's "deliberate policy" - in breach of international of law - of "completing the annexation of East Jerusalem". Who leaked the report, and why? To abort the opening of the Rafah crossing?

11-24-05 - Secret British document accuses Israel It adds: "Israeli activities in Jerusalem are in violation of both its Roadmap (peace plan) obligations and international law."....The Foreign Office also concludes that the vast concrete barrier, which Israel asserts is a security measure, is being used to expropriate Arab land in and around the city. "This de facto annexation of Palestinian land will be irreversible without very large-scale forced evacuations of settlers and the re-routing of the barrier."

11-24-05 - In pictures: Palestinian student protest Palestinians objected to having their bags searched and being made to lift their shirts before being allowed to pass.

11-24-05 - Olive trees uprooted in Palestinian village The residents of the West Bank village of Bil'in were amazed to discover several weeks ago that dozens of olive trees had been uprooted from the village's orchards, tearing down the livelihood of dozens of families

11-24-05 - PNIC: Three Killed, Eight Wounded in 41st Week of Ceasefire

11-24-05 - On hatred the Israeli ex-Londoner was not finished. 'Have you got cancer yet? I hope so,' he said to me. 'Please don't say that. My husband died of cancer six years ago,' I replied. 'I am happy about that,' he said.

11-24-05 - Hebron Update: 1 to 7 November 2005 The committee's assumption is that Israel will try to connect the new wall segment with an existing segment by confiscating more land. This would complete a wall looping around the Israeli settlement of Eshkalot, locating 3,200 dunams (800 acres) of Palestinian land on the Israeli side of the Wall. Some fifty Palestinian families would be affected by this larger confiscation in an area where many families have already lost their land.

11-24-05 - At-Tuwani Update 1-11 November 2005 the Israeli military DCO arrived and told the villagers that the Palestinians needed to leave the valley by 3:30 PM, because the settlers wanted to come down and pray in the area. The Israeli police then said that they would not protect the Palestinian land unless the Palestinian owners showed documents proving ownership. A Palestinian man said that it was their land and that they stay as long as they needed to finish the harvest (which ended up being 3:30 PM). No settlers appeared in the area to pray at any time during the afternoon.

11-24-05 - Hundreds of Israeli spies in Lebanon: Syria press charges "You have to recognize the danger of having more than 400 men from Israel's Mossad in Lebanon who are working with the other (Lebanese) agents who once supported the Zionist enemy and its militias,"

11-24-05 - Lebanon fighting shows UN-Beirut rift over Hezbollah Highlighting the differences in perspective, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salukh complained that "the aggressor (Israel) is being treated as if it were the victim" by international organisations such as the United Nations

11-24-05 - EU prepares for Gaza-Egypt border opening

11-24-05 - Hamas: No plan to renew truce

11-24-05 - US resigned to waiting with Mideast agenda till spring

11-24-05 - THE MISERABLE OCCUPATION ON A MISERABLE MORNING Yesterday, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolition (ICAHD) received information that the Israeli government was planning on demolishing houses in Anata, Beit Hanina and Silwan. Although the demolition of Palestinian homes was supposed to end with the first phase of the Road Map, Israel insists disingenuously that we are only in a "pre-Road Map" phase ? even though the Road Map was initiated in mid-2003.

11-24-05 - Top West Bank militant surrenders

11-24-05 - Court gives Mofaz 10 days for plans to demolish illegal outpost

11-24-05 - Death in French Park Were the high school students Mohammed, Ala, Ramzi and Ahmed members of a dangerous terrorist band, or an innocent group of hikers?

11-24-05 - Teachers, students hold classes near a military checkpoint in Hebron

11-24-05 - Israel concerned about EU report slamming J'lem policy On the same day Israel officially invited the European Union to be the third party monitors at the Rafah border crossing, Israeli officials were bracing for a "problematic" report on Jerusalem the EU is expected to release next month It's such a coincidence that the reported was leaked TONIGHT the eve of the opening of the Gaza-Egypt border crossing which is being helped along by the EU, no?

11-24-05 - Human Rights Observer to be Deported from Palestine by Israel. He had just finished escorting Palestinian children to school and was walking home on Shuhaddah street when he was stopped by an armed Border Police unit in a targeted arrest.

11-24-05 - Inside Iran Part III: The Jewish Question

11-24-05 - Sharon names his party 'Forward'

11-24-05 - Israel agrees to return Hezbollah remains

11-24-05 - Appearance in Toronto causes headaches back home for Hardball host

11-24-05 - Tense situation in Lebanon's south sparks fear The fear among the southern villagers was sparked by the latest clashes that took place on Monday between militants of the Shiite group Hezbollah and Israeli troops

11-24-05 - Pro-Israeli media 'watchdog' outfit tells the CBC how they are to report

11-24-05 - Israel close to foreign currency financing independence Who is buying up these bonds? Many US cities, towns, states - "In addition to attracting Israeli business to Georgia, the trip was a nod to the local Jewish constituents. According to Israel's Consul General in Atlanta, Shmuel Ben-Shmuel, Georgia's Jewish community is 100,000-strong. The recent repeal of a state law against investing in foreign national bonds, which will clear the way for the purchase of $5 million in Israel Bonds, will also help to strengthen ties between Georgia and Israel."

11-24-05 - Financial Boost For Aliyah? Nefesh B?Nefesh, an organization promoting North American immigration, is poised to score government resources ? but only if an Israeli cabinet decision is actually implemented.

11-23-05 - Palestinian killed by Israelis during Jenin incursion Saleh Fuqahaa, 24, died after being shot by Israeli soldiers who opened fire to disperse Palestinian stone throwers

11-23-05 - Six Palestinians wounded as Israeli army enters Jenin The six youngsters were wounded when Israeli soldiers opened fire towards schoolchildren throwing stones in defiance of a curfew imposed after troops rolled into the flashpoint town

11-23-05 - Israel's message to Lebanon from above only adds insult to injury Imagine if the Lebanese flew combat aircraft deep into Israeli airspace and littered messages for the people of Tel Aviv, Haifa and northern Israel. How would the citizens of Israel and the international community react to such a blatant intrusion?

11-23-05 - Israel drops anti-Hizbollah leaflets over Beirut Reda Nemeh, a 41-year-old security guard who saw the leaflets on his way to work in downtown Beirut, slammed them as an Israeli attempt to terrorize Lebanese citizens

11-23-05 - Israel shelves 'drastic steps' to halt building of illegal settlements

11-23-05 - Israeli-Hezbollah Clashes Erupt Again Israeli soldiers clashed with Hezbollah guerrillas Wednesday to cover the escape of an Israeli hang glider who had inadvertently floated into Lebanon and landed across the border

11-23-05 - Israeli Army Knocks Down Suspected Hideout

11-23-05 - Sharon Saying Little About Peace Plans In the absence of a peace partner, Israel will go on building its West Bank separation barrier and expanding Jewish settlement blocs Israel wants to keep under a final deal, said Lior Horev, a Sharon political adviser.

11-23-05 - Abramoff and the Israel Connection That an Israeli firm should be given such a contract through a selection process that was described as "deeply flawed and unfair" is inexplicable, particularly as there were American suppliers of the same equipment, and it suggests that the private conversations of some of our congressmen might not be so private after all

11-23-05 - Palestinians to build 10 industrial zones: minister Sanakrot said among the 10 zones, one will be built near the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun with a 3 million US dollar donation by the United States.

11-23-05 - Jenin: Officers injured from friendly fire

11-23-05 - Gaza to reopen window to outside world Hailing the reopening of the terminal as an "extremely important step" for Gaza residents, telecommunications minister Sabri Saydam said a functioning border would help to revive a moribund economy overly dependent on Israel.

11-23-05 - Israeli parachutist falls inside Lebanon There was also dispute over the parachutist's identity, with the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah telling AFP he was a soldier and Israeli military sources insisting that he was a civilian.

11-23-05 - Six Palestinian ministers to resign for election bid

11-23-05 - Dahlan Heads for Cairo to Discuss Rafah Terminal as Reopening Preparations Draw Near

11-23-05 - Palestinian kids hold classes at checkpoint Palestinian schoolteachers taught pupils in the road outside an Israel Defense Forces checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday to protest what they consider to be unnecessarily intrusive searches of the children on their way to school.

11-23-05 - Syria wants Israel expelled from UN over its "terrorist" policy "The international community, with the United States at its leader, should apply Chapter Seven of the UN Charter to Israel and if necessary expel it to force it to renounce its terrorist policy and preserve global security."

11-23-05 - Israel sets date for early poll

11-23-05 - Campuses team up against terror Israeli and American universities plan to cooperate on national-security issues.

11-23-05 - Israeli right: purists vs. pragmatists

11-23-05 - AIPAC seeks Iran sanctions ?It will be very disappointing if the IAEA fails this week to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council,? the American Israel Public Affairs Committee said in a statement Wednesday.

11-23-05 - Sharons seen as corrupt Israelis consider Ariel Sharon and his son to be among the most corrupt elected officials in the country, a poll found.

11-23-05 - Rabbis: Take back Gaza Strip Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon must immediately take back the Gaza Strip and cease any future land transfers to the Palestinians, a group of prominent rabbis told WorldNetDaily

11-23-05 - Reform Head Blasts Right For 'Bigotry,' 'Blasphemy' It comes just two weeks after the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, Abraham Foxman, delivered a November 3 speech in which he warned of a growing campaign to "Christianize America" and called on Jewish organizations to join him in coordinating a communal strategy for confronting religious conservative groups.....Jewish organizations, including ADL, have shown a much-discussed tendency to ally themselves with pro-Israel evangelical Christians on foreign policy issues, while downplaying or even overlooking their deep disagreements on domestic issues.

11-23-05 - Calls To Monitor Pro-Arab Bias Rejected The main proposal, which Jewish groups have been lobbying Congress to write into law, would be the establishment of an "advisory board" to monitor Middle Eastern studies departments and report to the Department of Education on whether these departments are balanced in their teaching of regional affairs. The advisory board would include political appointees.

11-23-05 - The French flow rightward Although he was put out to pasture against his will, Lionel Josepin foresaw what the suburban uprising would do to the French soul. Last week, as a dinner guest of the French ambassador to Israel, the former socialist premier predicted strong erosion toward the right and even the extreme right

11-23-05 - Hamas rejects amending Palestinian elections law

11-23-05 - Signs of hope Because they did not visit the West Bank, which includes Bethlehem, Hillary and husband Bill, who joined her on the trip, missed an opportunity to see firsthand the hardships that the wall has imposed on Palestinians

11-23-05 - President Decorates Former Swedish FM "Bethlehem 2000"

11-23-05 - The Times smears Robert Fisk Bronner also takes Fisk to task for calling the Israeli occupation of Palestinian areas as the ?last colonial war.?

11-23-05 - OPT: Palestinian children's right to quality education

11-23-05 - Protest for Pollard The rally was called to mark 20 years since Pollard, a U.S. Navy analyst, was arrested for spying on behalf of Israel.

11-22-05 - Lawmakers want U.N. Palestinian bodies nixed The Bush administration has proposed abolishing the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Division of Palestinian Rights. The congress members, all senior members of the U.S. House of Representatives? International Relations Committee, also proposed doing away with the Special Committee to investigate Israeli human rights practices affecting the Palestinian people More legislation for Israel.

11-22-05 - Harsh UN resolution condemning Israel removed from agenda The resolution on the state of Palestinian children and humanitarian aid they receive contains very negative references to Israel. Among other things it expresses serious concern for the fact Palestinian children are still denied basic rights anchored in the Convention on the Rights of Children. Israel managed to garner sufficient support for its initiative to remove the proposal from the agenda of the current assembly and prevent a second vote. Israel's main support came from EU country members. The rejected proposal will be replaced by an old resolution on a Palestinian issue, but it will be devoid of any negative mentions of Israel.

11-22-05 - EU stays mum on East Jerusalem as ties with Israel improve EU foreign ministers discussed the Middle East in a meeting Monday and decided to express "deep concern" over Israel's activities in East Jerusalem and its environs, including establishing settlements, constructing the West Bank separation fence and demolishing homes.

11-22-05 - Lebanon celebrates Independence Day amid border bloodshed Siniora blamed the Jewish state for the latest clashes, saying that Israeli aircraft "have never stopped violating Lebanese airspace in the past weeks", fuelling tension at the frontier

11-22-05 - Palestinians closely follow Israeli political upheaval "I don't see Sharon's new party as a centrist party. It's a party that represents a unilateral approach," said independent MP Hanan Ashrawi. "He wants to annex most of the West Bank and impose a unilateral solution on the Palestinians," she added.

11-22-05 - East Jerusalem residents fume over lack of mail delivery Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says Jerusalem is the "undivided" capital of Israel. But many Israeli Arabs and Palestinians in East Jerusalem say there is a big divide between the two sides when it comes to the quality of government services.

11-22-05 - Sharon rejects land for peace approach, says aide Arad fails to mention that during Oslo, Israel DOUBLED the number of settlers in the Occupied Territories. Pres. Bush I, to his credit, threatened to withhold aid to Israel if it did not stop building the settlments. He was cowed by the Israeli lobby and backed off in the end, but he gets credit for trying.

11-22-05 - Palestinians doubt Israel's political regrouping will help their cause

11-22-05 - Lawmakers want Hamas out Six lawmakers introduced a resolution calling on the Palestinian Authority to prevent Hamas participation in upcoming elections. More legislation for Israel.

11-22-05 - Peretz criticized over housing plan Amir Peretz allowed the Israeli housing minister, Isaac Herzog of Labor, to allow for the construction of 350 apartments in Ma'aleh Adumim this week, despite a clause in the U.S.-led "road map" peace plan calling for a freeze on settlement expansion

11-22-05 - Canadian Arab Federation takes Martin to task for pro-Israeli remark "Canada does not share common values with some countries - like Israel - who break international law and whose human-rights record is clearly questionable."

11-22-05 - Israeli Warplanes Hit Targets in Lebanon

11-22-05 - Abbas to discuss re-opening Gaza crossing

11-22-05 - PA security detains IDF undercover troops spotted operating in Bethlehem The IDF refused to respond to the Palestinian report of the incident

11-22-05 - Annan: barrier, settlements and security challenge two-State Israeli-Palestinian

11-22-05 - SYRIA: Palestinians from Iraq seek shelter in Syria

11-22-05 - Catholic villagers join protest against Israeli separation barrier "We are the Catholic Church here. There are few Christians here, and if they take our land what should we do? We live from our olives and if they take them, how can we live?"

11-22-05 - Children, troops scuffle in West Bank Here are some photos from Yahoo of this event. See this one in particular.

11-22-05 - PNA: EU Monitors Can Contact Hamas Members

11-22-05 - EU sends police to monitor operations of Rafah

11-22-05 - Thankfulness blooms at Palestinian dinner

11-22-05 - Erekat welcomes EU decision to send 70 monitors to Gaza crossing

11-22-05 - New Jerusalem patriarch sworn in

11-22-05 - Are Israel's values Canada's values?

11-22-05 - Israel sets March election

11-22-05 - Israel maintains its strategic advantage, says Jaffee Center The Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University has determined that the strategic balance in the Middle East clearly favors Israel No kidding? Who would've guessed it?

11-22-05 - Israel talks tough after border clash Israel blamed Syria and Iran for a fierce clash with Hezbollah militiamen on its northern border.

11-22-05 - Trudeau?s documentary about Mideast draws criticism Trudeau equated the Palestinian cause with the plight of the Canadian aboriginal people. "It's like asking (Canadian aboriginals) why haven't they developed and progressed despite their conditions? There is a slow process of restoring dignity,"

11-22-05 - Sharon?s Game of Ping Pong Wastes US Taxpayer Money; Imperato Speaks Out "I stand up for the American people to say that it?s about time that we truly evaluate our stance and financial input behind the Israeli policy and the country of Israel. I believe the United States has been in a ping pong match and is the ball being pinged and ponged. It is time that the United States stands up, and stops the game of ping pong that is continuing to milk billions of dollars from the American people paying taxes."

11-22-05 - Bribe plea cites Israeli deal A guilty plea in a congressional bribery scandal included allegations that an Israeli high-tech firm played a role.

11-22-05 - Poll: Elites more likely to blame Israel

11-22-05 - Whom Do We Really Fear? GOP and Dems take aim at Jewish vote with calls to arms against different foes The affair was yet another demonstration of the wall-to-wall support for the pro-Israel agenda of AIPAC among both officeholders and activists

11-22-05 - Discovery of Ancient Church Highlights Lure of Christian Tourism there's a catch: Christian pilgrims, especially Catholic, don't consider the tour complete without a visit to Bethlehem See this article Bethlehem gets a wall for Christmas

11-22-05 - Hossan Villagers Protest Land Seizure Policies

11-22-05 - Annan condemns Lebanon-Israel border clash

11-22-05 - Quakers, Jews and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

11-21-05 - Lebanon marks independence day amid tension with Syria In an independence day address, under-fire pro-Damascus President Emile Lahoud defended Hezbollah against UN demands for its disarmament, which he dismissed as a foreign plot against its "resistance" to Israel.

11-21-05 - Three Hezbollah men killed in cross-border fighting The violence erupted when the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah launched an intense bombardment of Israeli positions in a disputed border area, firing as many as 300 shells in an hour and triggering retaliatory Israeli air strikes.

11-21-05 - Images of the West Bank divide Photographer Elisheva Smith, 73, the Israeli and Holocaust survivor who took the pictures, has an opinion some might not expect. "I am against it," said Smith

11-21-05 - For first time, Arab citizen appointed to panel that vets senior civil service nominees

11-21-05 - Internationally Acclaimed El-Funoun Palestinian Dance Troupe to Perform in Dearborn, Michigan on Saturday, December 3, 2005

11-21-05 - EU to send observers for Palestinian polls "Free and fair elections are essential steps on the way to a viable Palestinian state"

11-21-05 - Early Israeli vote could freeze peace process -UN Israel would never want to stall the peace process, would they? What year is it again?....

11-21-05 - Sharon alters political landscape by leaving Likud Israel and Sharon in particular, know that they must allow for the creation of a Palestinian state. Sharon wants to grab as much of the West Bank as possible for Israel in the perhaps final setting of its borders. To leave it to a more dovish PM is out of the question for a hardliner like Sharon - it might mean less land for Israel in the end.

11-21-05 - State to fund private immigration groups The retroactive grants, starting with immigration for 2005, would benefit organizations that offer immigrants financial assistance upon their move to Israel. Meanwhile, Israel has refused to implement U.N. resolution 194 for 57 years:

Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible

11-21-05 - Israel's new middle way

11-21-05 - Erez crossing partially reopens with strict restrictions: official

11-21-05 - Risking all for a place in history He made his decision encouraged by polls showing that many Likud voters will follow him, driving the ruling party to the margins as representative only of an ideological hard core opposed to concessions to the Palestinians.

11-21-05 - 'This is good for the peace process'

11-21-05 - The clash of civilizations that today defines our world His book is not simply about 9/11 and its repercussions. It's an account that takes readers from the breakup of the Ottoman Empire through the relentless terrorism and wars that have plagued the region ever since.

11-21-05 - UN Council fails to agree on Hizbollah-Israel clash The United States wanted the reference to Israel deleted

11-21-05 - Israel threatens to leave EuroMed parliament However Mahmud Alkharabsheh, an independent Jordanian EuroMed deputy, criticised Israel for "occupying Palestinian lands and depriving the Palestinians of their nation".

11-21-05 - Norwegian PM notes passing of "leading Palestinian symbol"

11-20-05 - At-Tuwani: Palestinian landowner forbidden to cultivate his land The Palestinian restated that his family owns the land and that he does have documents proving ownership, including a recent Israeli High Court decision differentiating his land from Israeli State Land. The police responded by ordering him not to return to his land. The man insisted he would return, as it is his family's land.

11-20-05 - Bethlehem gets a wall for Christmas on the ground Bethlehem?s 30,000 Palestinians are walled off from Jerusalem, two of the most popular destinations for visitors to the Holy Land. ?Bethlehem has become a big prison for its citizens,? Victor Batarseh, its Mayor, said

11-20-05 - Sharon to quit Likud and form centrist party Mr Sharon wants to take advantage of what he perceives as the weakness of the Palestinians and a favourable international climate to create new borders for Israel out of the West Bank territory it conquered in 1967.

11-20-05 - Soldiers Expelled from IDF for Placing Anti-Disengagement 'Bomb'

11-20-05 - Jordan denies Jerusalem's Old City in danger of collapse

11-20-05 - Fayad resignation to deliver blow to Palestinian reform drive

11-20-05 - Israel accused of damaging mosque Shaikh Ikrama Sabri said the walls marking the boundaries of al-Haram al-Sharif (The Noble Sanctuary) around al-Aqsa mosque and those around the old city had been weakened by Israeli excavations.

11-20-05 - Israel: Syria will 'likely' give up terror Mofaz told the weekly meeting of the Israeli cabinet that the broad international pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad, following allegations that officials of his government were implicated in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, was beginning to bear fruit

11-20-05 - Suspect's family: Shin Bet harassing

11-20-05 - US Federal Court Rejects PA Arabs' Suits Against Israeli Top Brass The suit sought to charge the officials with genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and other atrocities supposedly committed by Israeli security forces in PA-controlled areas since the start of the Oslo War ? particularly during the anti-terror Defensive Shield operation.

11-20-05 - EU set to launch Gaza police mission

11-20-05 - World Bank pessimistic about Palestinian economy

11-20-05 - Tubas Area Residents to Hold Anti-Checkpoint Demonstration on Tuesday

11-20-05 - PNA calls for int'l conference on Palestinian-Israel issues

11-20-05 - IDF confirms soldier was passing guns to Palestinian

11-20-05 - Erez crossing partially reopens with strict restrictions: official

11-20-05 - Israeli Arab MK backs Arafat conspiracy theories

11-20-05 - Flashback 2002: Secret Israeli-Iranian Ties Resurface Over Ship Seizure Germany's impounding of Israeli military equipment headed for Iran points once again to the shadowy relations some Israeli companies have with the Islamic republic, a country the Jewish state has often branded its worst enemy.

11-20-05 - America still hasn't learned to know enemies instead of hating them: Matthews When asked what caused the U.S. to invade Iraq, he said it was a combination of factors......"Our friendship with Israel (is part of it) and 9-11 created a kind of crazy zeitgeist in the country.."

11-20-05 - Fake kosher food caught in Gaza

11-20-05 - Remarks By President Bush to The Troops If they're not stopped, the terrorists will be able to advance their agenda to develop weapons of mass destruction, to destroy Israel, to intimidate Europe, and to break our will and blackmail our government into isolation. I'm going to make you this commitment: This is not going to happen on my watch

11-20-05 - American Christian Fundamentalist Leader Calls For Global War For Evans, and numerous other rabid Christian fundamentalist preachers of hate like him, one of the most crucial purposes of America's invasion of Iraq is the 'defence' of Israel, which he regards as a solemn Christian duty.

11-20-05 - Palestinians make slow progress transforming former Gaza settlements

11-20-05 - Report: Europe allows anti-Semitic TV European nations allow the broadcasting of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic messages over Arab satellite television stations, a report released by a Jewish group concluded.

11-20-05 - Rabbi appeals for Pollard In a letter he sent Bush ahead of the 20th anniversary this week of Pollard?s arrest for spying for Israel, Rabbi Mordechai Eliahu referred to the former U.S. Navy analyst as ?an honorable man with noble sentiments that should be taken into consideration.?

11-20-05 - PM Qureia Meets with Foreign Officials

11-20-05 - Bush aide says Iraq withdrawal bad for Israel In remarks prepared for delivery to the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) summit, Stephen Hadley said building democracy where Saddam Hussein's regime once stood would help that staunch US ally.

11-19-05 - Gaza youth killed over land dispute The 17-year-old boy, a bystander, was shot on Friday in a gunbattle outside a police station in the southern town of Khan Younis where members of a prominent Gaza family had gathered to demand the release of two relatives held in a land dispute.

11-19-05 - VIDEO: Protests in Bil'in "So why are you here with guns forcing me out of my land?". One of the Israeli soldiers then stepped towards the questioning Palestinian in an attacking motion threatening to hurt him for questioning the soldiers, reminding the Palestinian of his formidable power. Palestinians must be extremely careful at such protests as they are frequently beaten and arrested by Israeli soldiers without charge.

11-19-05 - Walls of Jerusalem's Old City in danger of collapse

11-19-05 - The compromise of the U.S. government by Israeli interests

11-19-05 - West Bank Road Vs. Peace

11-19-05 - Palestinian firm offers high-speed surfing via electric cables in Gaza

11-19-05 - Christy?s flaming passions CHRISTY Moore?s latest album is dedicated to Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American peace activist killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003 while trying to defend Palestinian homes against demolition

11-19-05 - Dozens Injured in Weekly Anti-wall Demonstration in Bil'in

11-19-05 - Divestment Martin Luther King Jr.'s protest actions led him to a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama. There he received a letter from local religious leaders telling him that his actions were "unwise and untimely" because they harmed relations between blacks and whites. King's response, in his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail," was that he had already done a lot of talking. Now it was time to act.

11-19-05 - Making their voices heard The recording will make Fara the first rap artist in Gaza to have his work on CD.

11-19-05 - Sharon crackdown to win votes feared ORDERS to Israeli troops to take a tougher line against Palestinian militants have prompted fears that Ariel Sharon, the prime minister, is planning a crackdown to help him hold on to power in general elections expected in March He who treats the Palestinians the harshest, wins in Israeli politics. Lovely.

11-19-05 - 'I went to see Palestinian ghettos' On his arrival to the court Vanunu said that all he wants is to leave Israel. He told reporters that he traveled to the West Bank village of al-Ram in order to see "Palestinian ghettos."

11-19-05 - PA police confiscate stolen cars in Nablus in effort to impose order The police informed Palestinian militant groups - which oversee theft rings and possess illegal weapons - that they also intend to start collecting unlicensed guns, police said.

11-19-05 - J?lem: Stabbing attack thwarted Later the woman told interrogators she arrived at the checkpoint with the intent of stabbing a police officer

11-19-05 - UNRWA cuts, a dangerous implication says PPP activist

11-19-05 - Finance Minister submits resignation Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayyad, who has battled parliament to force it to carry out fiscal belt tightening measures, has submitted his resignation ahead of legislative elections due in January.

11-19-05 - Soldier hands arms to terrorists Exclusive: Ynet reports that IDF soldier handed three rifles to terror groups following threats against him and his family if he fails to do so; Soldier of Druze origins arrested few days ago, his remand extended by ten days

11-19-05 - Poll: 25% of settlers east of fence prepared to leave homes

11-19-05 - Shalom shook hands with Lebanese president Lebanon's pro-Syrian president shook hands with Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom earlier this week in Tunis where both men were attending a technology conference, Israel's foreign ministry said on Saturday

11-19-05 - Israel releases whistleblower Vanunu on bail

11-19-05 - Pete McCloskey interviewed, speaks about AIPAC Highly recommended.

11-19-05 - Reports: Germany to sell Israel submarines at discount price

11-19-05 - Viewpoint / James Baker remembers Yitzhak Rabin

11-19-05 - The Palestinians and the Party Line The real problem with Halper's view is that he believes it is America that is victimizing Israel in its quest for Middle East hegemony. But the fact is, is that it was Israel and her neocon cohorts in and around our government who have imposed this view on us in the first place via their 'Clean Break' strategy.

11-18-05 - IDF kills Palestinian in Hebron area Earlier, IDF troops shot at a 17-year-old Palestinian in a village north of Ramallah after the boy appeared to shoot in the air using a handgun. Later it turned out the teen was using a toy gun.

11-18-05 - Israel invites tenders for new settler homes Israel has invited tenders for the construction of new homes and infrastructure in two of the largest Jewish settlements in the West Bank It has been made abundantly clear: the only peace Israel wants is the peace with which it can continue to seize and 'settle' Palestinian land - and drive the Palestinians off of it.

11-18-05 - Arab football star may join Israel's most racist club

11-18-05 - Index ranks Middle East freedom Lebanon is free in a very particular sense: it is no longer under military occupation. Most Palestinians do not enjoy that freedom, and yet they have just had local elections and are preparing for parliamentary ones in January, our correspondent says

11-18-05 - House votes to cut $700 mln in food stamps Aid to Israel will flow uninterrupted though: "Pro-Israeli sources were encouraged by the fact that legislators have not asked for across-the-board cuts in foreign aid to help finance recovery efforts in New Orleans and elsewhere" US, Israel resume talks on $1.2b special aid package

11-18-05 - Palestinians Postpone Planned Primaries

11-18-05 - Zarqawi: Jordan bombings targeted Israelis The terrorists who struck Amman?s Radisson Hotel last week were targeting Israeli intelligence officials, terrorist mastermind Abu Musab Zarqawi said. Which is why those bombs killed many Palestinians including a PALESTINIAN intelligence official, as well as three other Palestinian Authority officials?

11-18-05 - Syria sees Peretz selection as positive: Arab Israeli MP

11-18-05 - A week after Issawiya clashes, Jerusalem hospital firebombed An autopsy on 36-year-old Samir Ribhi Dari at the Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine revealed he had been shot in the back, which contradicted claims by Border Police officers that Dari had been shot after trying to run over an officer.

11-18-05 - Vanunu held after West Bank visit Israel insists Mr Vanunu - who has converted to Christianity - still poses a security threat.

11-18-05 - Palestinians Retiring Entrenched Diplomats

11-18-05 - Pope to receive Palestinian, Polish presidents in December

11-18-05 - Heated debate on Palestinian disarmament at AUB

11-18-05 - Israel violates peace roadmap; construction on in West Bank

11-18-05 - Al-Zarqawi Tape Threatens Jordan's King He said he was targeting Jordan because it is serving as a "protector" for Israel, helps the U.S. military in Iraq and has become a "swamp of obscenity," with alcohol and prostitution in its tourist sites

11-18-05 - China to invest in Israel complex

11-18-05 - New Pew Poll Reveals Growing Isolationist Trend and View that U.S. Support for Israel Contributes to a Decline of Global Image Just 39% of the public believes that U.S. support for Israel is a major factor that causes the nation's global image to suffer. 52% of the public cited the issue as only a minor factor. A testament to the pro-Israel lobby's success in making sure that there is little if any negative coverage of Israel in our mainstream media.

11-18-05 - RAND Presents Plan for Palestinian State at Middle East Institute Conference the RAND plan hinges on their full withdrawal from occupied Palestinian territories

11-18-05 - Regents hear from divestment group close to 100 people came to speak in support of divestment from Israel and re-investment in socially responsible companies

11-18-05 - Off-key in a chorus Turner stuck to his position yesterday. He repeatedly came back to the idea that the United States, as Israel's benefactor, has a duty to speak out about the treatment of Palestinians.

11-18-05 - Jews must stand by Jews ? including the marginalized JDL The JDL is listed as a 'proscribed terrorist group' by the FBI. Two of its members plotted to bomb mosques and the office of a Congressman, among other things.

11-18-05 - Russia's Putin sees second Black Sea gas pipeline "Blue Stream gives us an opportunity for shipping gas to other third countries... There is the opportunity for building new oil and gas transport systems delivering to southern Italy, to the south of Europe as a whole and to Israel," Putin said.

11-18-05 - Commission looks at campus anti-Semitism A federal commission resisted Jewish groups? call for governmental oversight of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic activity on college campuses...commissioners acknowledged the problem and said they would consider an investigation. Pro-Palestinian activism will fall under the definition of 'anti-Semitism', I'm guessing. That's what this is all about; too many college kids are getting the truth, and the pro-Israelis do not like it.

11-18-05 - Gunners use football for peace

11-18-05 - Embassy blasts Palestinian week The Israeli Embassy in Ireland complained to Trinity College in Dublin about a ?Palestinian Awareness Week? on campus

11-18-05 - Committee: Treat Israel fairly A powerful congressional committee passed a resolution calling on the United Nations to treat Israel more fairly. More legislation for Israel.

11-18-05 - AGREEMENT OPENS BORDERS IN GAZA STRIP An agreement on Tuesday between Israel and the Palestinian Authority gave Palestinians control over border crossings in the Gaza Strip. Paul Wolfensohn, the U.N. special envoy, explains the deal.

11-18-05 - Dear Hillary Clinton: Yes, It Takes a Global Village, But Minus Physical and Mental Walls

11-18-05 - Two newspapers try to make difference in post 9-11 world

11-18-05 - Time to take Palestinian opinion seriously As Amira Hass noted in Ha?aretz, the Israeli daily, an IDF soldier at a remote checkpoint has more to say about critical issues affecting Palestinians than does Mr Abbas.

11-18-05 - Border agreement is just a small step

11-18-05 - Politics & Policies:Jerusalem's other wall

11-18-05 - U.S.: Iran threat a disqualifier Iran?s threat to destroy Israel disqualifies it from achieving nuclear-weapons capability, a senior U.S. official said.

11-17-05 - Two P.A officers moderate injured by gunmen Two Palestinian policemen where shot and injured, on Thursday night, after exchanging fire with fighter of Al Aqsa martyrs Brigades,

11-17-05 - Palestinians 'shot by Israelis' They were attacked by members of an undercover Israeli unit, who had been waiting in a car, witnesses said.

11-17-05 - CNI Public Hearing on 'Investment or Divestment: Citizens, Financial Choice, and the Future of Israel/Palestine'

11-17-05 - Peace on hold as Israel calls election The Middle East peace process was put on hold yesterday as Israel called a snap election after a falling out between the two main parties in the ruling coalition.

11-17-05 - Russia to donate military equipment to Palestinians A senior Palestinian official said on Thursday that Russia will donate military equipment including two helicopters to the Palestinian National Authority ( PNA).

11-17-05 - Fatah members rally in Gaza, calling for probe of Arafat's death

11-17-05 - N.Y. Jewish leaders lobby Rice on Gaza Strip border deal Abraham Foxman, director of the Anti-Defamation League, said it was not uncommon for Jewish organizations to lobby the administration to exert pressure on Israel. Foxman himself opposes such activity,

11-17-05 - Europeans release funds for Palestinians European Commission official Benita Ferrero-Waldner promised to unblock $29.2 million, which she earmarked for a new cargo terminal at Gaza Airport

11-17-05 - EU calls for Palestine police shake-up The European Union Thursday urged the Palestinian Authority to trim the number of police on its books.

11-17-05 - PNA condemns killing of two militants in W. Bank

11-17-05 - NIC: "6 killed, 18 injured, and 89 arrested in one week"

11-17-05 - Palestinian self-determination, human rights in Democratic People's Republic of Korea addressed in texts approved by Third Committee A text on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination -- approved by a vote of 162 in favour to 4 against, with 3 abstentions -- reaffirmed the Palestinians? right to their independent State of Palestine, and urged all States and United Nations agencies and organizations to continue to support realization of that goal

11-17-05 - PPS: "40 residents arrested in Hebron since the beginning of November"

11-17-05 - Israel wants US to pull out from Iraq Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak today called upon the United States to reduce its forces in Iraq, saying Washington had ''made mistakes'' and its continued presence in that country would complicate the problem with fallout in the entire West Asia

11-17-05 - City councilor not sorry for anti-Israel sentiment This week, Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner refused to apologize for calling Palestinians "prisoners of war" at a civil rights march last month, despite an agreement that no speakers would veer from the day's agenda.

11-17-05 - Palestinian gunmen urge reform ahead of Fatah vote

11-17-05 - Palestinian UN refugee agency appeals for cash

11-17-05 - Arafat's widow wants his death probed

11-17-05 - Fatah members call for probe of Arafat's death

11-17-05 - Rice's gift from Gaza helped clinch border deal

11-17-05 - Israel finds an ally in American evangelicals With evangelicals in the White House and in the Republican leadership of Congress, pragmatic Israelis and American Jews value the powerful political influence available to evangelicals.

11-17-05 - Abbas: Al-Qaida Not in Gaza, West Bank He said Hamas members seeking office should not be a concern of the United States or Israel. "I don't think Hamas is running for election in Israel or America,"

11-17-05 - Palestinians reject UNRWA decision to bar families from treatment in agency's clinics

11-17-05 - Israeli Says Rockets Shipped to Hezbollah Iran has supplied Hezbollah with more than 10,000 short-range rockets, most of which are deployed in southern Lebanon within reach of Israel, an Israeli diplomat said Thursday. Syria also provided some of the weapons, which have a range of up to 68 miles, said Jeremy Issacharoff, the new deputy Israeli ambassador to Washington. Israel - still trying to build the case for (US) war on its enemies.

11-17-05 - Israeli police to investigate fatal ship collision in Japan

11-17-05 - Al-Qaida, Hamas hurting for funds ?Anecdotally, what we?re seeing is that we are having a real impact on Al-Qaida and Hamas, both in terms of putting pressure on them financially but also in terms of creating deterrents both for donors to give money to them and how they?re able to move money,? Stuart Levey, Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a speech Wednesday in Washington.

11-17-05 - Travel insurance bill passes House committee Rep. Debra Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), who has advocated the legislation since she was denied life insurance because she intended to travel to Israel

11-17-05 - India has important role in peace process: Palestine

11-17-05 - Nicaragua reassessingties to Mideast Following the death of its longtime "ambassador" to Nicaragua, Palestinian diplomacy in Central America faces a murky future

11-17-05 - Ambassador praises U.S. for standing by Israel "The Palestinian refugee issue is misrepresented," he charged. "And Israel refuses to take responsibility. It was the Arab leaders who were responsible for their problems. "The Palestinians were not a people until the Zionist movement got its homeland." The rot goes all the way to the top. Israel forces Palestinians to recognize it and its right to exist, but Israel refuses to dot he same for the Palestinian people.

11-17-05 - Rice Trip Raises Concern Over U.S. Pressure on Israel Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, disagreed. Focusing on a border agreement, which grants the Palestinians a degree of sovereignty, was akin to "giving your children dessert before they eat their vegetables," Klein said

11-17-05 - Pope presses for pact during meeting with Israel leader

11-17-05 - Understanding grows during Israel seminar Bradbury spent eight days in Israel in mid-September with eight other state government officials from five other U.S. states.

11-17-05 - UNRWA can't end activities in Palestinian refugee camps: PNA FM Oddly, John Bolton has sought to do just that. Why would this issue be of any concern to him anyway? The Israelis and their neocon cohorts in America are beginnning a campaign to dissuade Palestinians to give up their right of return once and for all, is the sense that I'm getting lately. "Imagine if Canada took a role in trying to convince Palestinians not to want to return,"

11-17-05 - Palestinian kids undergo heart surgery in Israel

11-17-05 - Troupe dances for peace Through traditional dance, song and theatrical choreography, the 20 girls and boys of the Ibdaa Dance Troupe portrayed Palestinian refugees? heritage and dreams to an audience of Stanford students and community members

11-17-05 - PSNI officer to head Palistinian security mission "It is a privilege to have been asked to help with the development of policing in Palestine at this exciting and dynamic period of history in the Middle East."

11-17-05 - Child abuse not illegal in Israel As long as the child is Palestinian (and moves) and you?re a member of the Israeli Defence Force you can do what you want and not be held to account

11-17-05 - Map time Palestinian-American lawyer Gregory Khalil discussed the implications of Palestinian law and spoke against the construction of the barrier that will separate Israeli and Palestinian territory

11-17-05 - Israelis smear Condi for brokering border deal It is widely assumed that President George Bush appointed Rice as US Secretary of State because of her longtime association with the oil industry

11-16-05 - Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign Begins in Gaza

11-16-05 - Settlers disrupt Palestinian olive harvest "The soldiers saw everything, but didn?t do a thing. The Civil Administration commander promised to handle the matter, but the girls continued to go wild. There were more than 10 soldiers and only 10 girls, but they didn?t prevent them from doing anything,"

11-16-05 - Settler girls attack Palestinian farmers in the West Bank Six settler girls from Benjamin, a settlement Northwest of the West Bank city of Ramallah, attacked Palestinian farmers while they were working in olive orchards in the nearby village of Sinjil.

11-16-05 - EU to Send Monitors to Gaza Border Soon Israel can object to letting someone cross, but the Palestinians will have ultimate authority over who passes. The Europeans, through a joint situation room that will include the Israelis and the Palestinians, will presumably referee any disputes.

11-16-05 - Rafah accord shows need for more assertive action: analysts

11-16-05 - Iran Now Says Satellite Can Spy on Israel

11-16-05 - Nixon Papers Show Worry Over Israel Nukes I went back to Yahoo and did a title search to see if they released this to Yahoo America. This version released to the American Yahoo News site is noticeably different than the version on the Asian Yahoo News site, which is the one I posted here.

11-16-05 - Abbas meets Israeli FM at summit Elsewhere, international envoy James Wolfensohn said he was contemplating quitting his role. He said he was frustrated at his inability to persuade Israelis and Palestinians to work together.

11-16-05 - Arafat poison rumor lingers An aide to the late Yasser Arafat claims the Palestinian leader died from a slow-acting poison.

11-16-05 - Hillary: 'I Had A Lot To Prove' Clinton said her campaign next year would highlight her role in building stronger ties between the United States and Israel, seeking tougher sanctions against Syria and her opposition to the International Court of Justice?s ruling on Israel?s security barrier, as well as her role in the fight to help Magen David Adom, Israel?s emergency medical service, gain admission to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

11-16-05 - Explosive belt found with Pal. Youth is fake Four hours after the Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian youth, and claimed that he was carrying an explosive belt, an Israeli military source admitted that the belt was fake and carried no explosive materials.

11-16-05 - Annan Calls For More Palestinian Refugee Aid

11-16-05 - Hamas, Jihad reject Palestinian-Israeli deal on Gaza crossings Jihad echoed Hamas' criticism, saying the Israeli-Palestinian joint monitoring of the Rafah crossing indicated that the Gaza Strip was still under the Israeli control

11-16-05 - Mofaz: "Construction of the Wall will continue, reinforce settlement blocs" "Settlements should be reinforced in the West Bank, especially the settlements blocks of Bietar Elite, Gush Etzion, Maali Adumim, Biet Arieh, Ariel and Jordan Valley settlements

11-16-05 - Palestinian ambulance held for three hours by the army

11-16-05 - Israeli forces fire heavy artillery at targets in northern Gaza

11-16-05 - Israel officials at two-day U.S. security session Americans have not experienced terrorism to such a degree that they are willing to have shopping malls and other public areas protected by metal detectors and armed security patrols, an Israeli security expert said Tuesday. "You're not ready yet," The continuation of the Israelization of the United States.

11-16-05 - Scathing mailings political, not a bias crime Agudosi said the mailings were akin to the leafleting campaigns conducted by the National Alliance, a white supremacist organization.

11-16-05 - Palestinian group offers views with wall replica

11-16-05 - Bomb trigger Besides killing the Palestinians, the bomb was intended to send a message to the Chinese that they shouldn't be dealing with the Palestinians (I'll leave it up to you to guess the identity of the only country in the world that might want to send that kind of message).

11-16-05 - Saudi Arabia annuls embargo on Israel

11-16-05 - US, Israel resume talks on $1.2b special aid package "Patience apparently pays," said a knowledgeable source. However, intensive lobbying by the American-Israel Political Action Committee (AIPAC) seems to have been the main factor behind this development....Pro-Israeli sources were encouraged by the fact that legislators have not asked for across-the-board cuts in foreign aid to help finance recovery efforts in New Orleans and elsewhere

11-16-05 - Saudi Arabia Silent on Trade With Israel

11-16-05 - Canada urged to help resolve Palestinian refugee debate "Imagine if Canada took a role in trying to convince Palestinians not to want to return," ??

11-16-05 - Clash of cultures takes back seat to boy?s suffering The boy, Hamza Jneidy, traveled to the United States without his parents to receive the surgery on his left hand, which is partially paralyzed. He was injured after being shot while walking home from school last December

11-16-05 - Planned Christian Center Stirring Unease Rabbi Lifshitz said the park "will bring thousands of Jews in daily contact with missionaries, either at the park itself or in nearby hotels, restaurants and so on." While he acknowledged that hundreds of thousands of Evangelical Christians already visit Israel every year, "the amount of interaction between them and Jews is limited compared to this proposed park."

11-16-05 - Did Israel have Prior Knowledge of the Amman 11/9 Terror Attacks?

11-16-05 - Nevzlin: Putin won't free tycoon Russia has asked Israel to extradite Nevzlin to face charges that include contract murder, charges he called "bogus."

11-16-05 - Israel, E.U. to talk trade Israel and the European Union opened negotiations on the free trade of fish and produce.

11-16-05 - Arafat?s face removed from terror exhibit following complaints from the public

11-16-05 - Syria Opposes U.N. Bid for Beirut Queries "All files of internal security, communications and intelligence have been opened under the pretext of investigation," Raad said in an interview with the TV channel New Television. He said the files "have now come into the hands of the Mossad."

11-16-05 - Korean Official Representative Office to Palestine opened

11-16-05 - British government attacked over funding said Gerald Steinberg, editor of NGO Monitor

11-16-05 - Vatican set for "historic" visit by israeli president

11-16-05 - 500,000 bullets on way to Gaza

11-16-05 - Ken Livingstone interview You look back and it?s quite clear now that Israeli intelligence services did everything to encourage the growth of Hamas in order to undermine Arafat. If you go back to the assassination policy in the 80s, there?s a disproportionate number of Palestinian moderates being bumped off by Mossad, and you get the opinion that the more fanatical the leadership of Palestinians the more we isolate them.

11-16-05 - CAMERA: Ha'aretz Stonewalls In Attempt to Escape From Correcting Errors Even Israeli-based Haaretz can't stand CAMERA an AMERICAN pro-Israel mouthpiece 'watchdog' organization that is trying to force Haaretz to tout its version of events.

11-15-05 - Israel lifts 'siege of Gaza' in landmark deal According to the deal signed yesterday, Israel will also allow buses and trucks to travel between the West Bank and Gaza and the construction of a port in Gaza, but it did not address freedom of movement in the West Bank

11-15-05 - Israel finally agrees to give Palestinians control of border While the agreement envisages work starting on a new seaport and "continuing discussions" on a new airport, Israeli officials said they had still not changed their view that these developments, particularly an airport, should not take effect in the imminent future.

11-15-05 - Twelve injured near Jenin The army is using the Palestinian residents as human shield despite that the procedure was barred by the Israeli High Court of justice

11-15-05 - Not guilty. The Israeli captain who put 17 bullets into a Palestinian schoolgirl Captain R "I and another soldier ... are going in a little nearer, forward, to confirm the kill ... Receive a situation report. We fired and killed her ... I also confirmed the kill. Over."

11-15-05 - Israel-supporter gloats over deaths of innocents in Jordan and these are the ones that claim to be more 'civil' than the other. Mm k.

11-15-05 - Abbas: Israel pushing Palestinians to civil war "(Israel) is seeking to impose a very dangerous option, and that is a long-term solution based on setting up a state with provisional borders controlled by the Israelis, divided by settlements into isolated cantons,"

11-15-05 - Palestinians hail Gaza border deal "I am happy and I hope that the terminal will be reopened for good so that we can come and see our family in Gaza without any hassles,"

11-15-05 - Deal opens Gaza borders the group of 10 students has been prohibited from ever actually attending class on campus

11-15-05 - Six arrested in Hebron, one home occupied

11-15-05 - Diplomats hail Gaza border deal

11-15-05 - Feature: Crossing deal stirs up mixed feelings among Palestinians "But I fear the agreement would never be translated into reality,"

11-15-05 - Settlers burn Olive trees near Nablus The Maan News Agency reported that the armed settlers burnt the trees in Al Dhabia area, in Awarta, after attacking the areas and firing rounds of live ammunition

11-15-05 - Jewish settler attacks Tsufim checkpoint "After the incident the soldiers were extremely agitated. But instead of punishing the settler, they punished the farmers who were waiting for permission to enter their lands, isolated behind the wall."

11-15-05 - Israeli comander cleared over slain Palestinian schoolgirl What a surprise.

11-15-05 - Palestinian state inevitable: Abbas Abbas said an independent state would be established on Palestinian and not Israeli terms. ... Abbas accused Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of trying to unilaterally impose "an extremely dangerous, alternative" state which would be subject to constant Israeli surveillance and divided up "into cantons by the ( West Bank Jewish) settlements."

11-15-05 - Gaza deal unlikely to foster trust

11-15-05 - Do Palestinians have an Independence Day?

11-15-05 - ICRC activities in Israel, the Occupied and Autonomous Territories: October 2005

11-15-05 - Settler who attempted to murder Pal. Youth released

11-15-05 - 'We are Samah's parents too' Fairouz Gaboua, whose 5-year-old son Mohammad received one of Ahmed?s kidneys, came to thank the Khatibs. Tovah Levinson of Jerusalem, the mother of 3-year-old Menouha who received Ahmed?s second kidney, was also there to meet the family.

11-15-05 - Father: Court legitimized killing children

11-15-05 - Police, Bedouin clash in Negev

11-15-05 - Sharon's son faces jail in corruption case

11-15-05 - 'Free at last, free at last'

11-15-05 - The Palestinians of Lebanon?and the lost dream

11-15-05 - Some Israelis Praise Suicide-Bomber Film Beware - the pro-Israel mouthpiece THE ASSOCIATED PRESS gives away the ending of the movie at the end of the article.

11-15-05 - Australian Anti-Terror Laws Target Muslims, Media & Intellectuals it is permitted for Australian Jews to serve in the Israeli army in the illegally-occupied West Bank or to give donations (small to huge) to support illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian lands

11-15-05 - International Solidarity Day Background

11-15-05 - Zarqawi Flubs and Kills Israel?s Enemies not only did the dead al-Zarqawi kill innocent Jordanians and important Palestinians, he also managed to kill a few Chinese. It is common knowledge the Chinese government is nurturing a relationship with the Palestinians and no doubt the Likudites hate this idea

11-15-05 - Hillary in the Holy Land The senator's comments seem as if they were taken word-for-word from an AIPAC position paper. They may well have been. Just last May, Sen. Clinton spoke at an AIPAC conference where she praised the bonds between Israel and the United States:

11-15-05 - PNN listens to people's viewpoints on Independence Day

11-15-05 - Rice in Israel: Isolate Syria He praised the American government and said the United States "plays a key role in the significant transformations the Middle East underwent in recent years. The U.S. is leading an essential international move to turn the Middle East into a more moderate, democratic and stable region," the PM said

11-15-05 - UK: Amnesty launches its annual 'Message of Hope' greetings card campaign The Bashirs, a Palestinian family from Gaza, who had been living for several years with their house occupied by Israeli soldiers, received more than 15,000 cards and letters last year.

11-15-05 - Eight residents arrested in the West Bank

11-15-05 - Shin Bet 'harassment' of Arab journalists protested by rights groups Abu Hussein was the second Arab journalist in a month to be interrogated by the Shin Bet, after Hasan Mawasi was also summoned for questioning some three weeks ago.

11-15-05 - Israel?s aid request for next fiscal year nears final passage in Congress Legislators of both political parties have long supported aid to Israel as a means to ensure the security of the only democracy in the Middle East The 'only democracy in the Middle East'? Not anymore. They're going to have to come up with a new mantra.

11-15-05 - Canadians protest Sharon The pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied Monday night outside the Toronto convention center

11-15-05 - NATO generals in Israel NATO air force chiefs held a security conference with Israel.

11-15-05 - Ward replaced as Mideast coordinator Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday that Lt. Gen. William Ward, appointed in February to help pave the way for Israel?s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, would be replaced by Maj. Gen. Keith Dayton

11-15-05 - Sacked Palestinian official slams dismissal as illegal

11-15-05 - Visiting Israeli doctor is Greek Orthodox Arab He also finds Americans to be quieter and more patient, while Israelis might be more likely to be angry and shouting. He's obviously never been to New York..

11-15-05 - Hopeless in Gaza

11-15-05 - Political Zionists Clinton and McCain Proud Supporters of Israel

11-15-05 - Netanyahu blasts cabinet for Gaza access links agreement

11-15-05 - A U.S. funded program offers greater opportunities for the Palestinian youth

11-14-05 - Resident killed in Gaza, two injured

11-14-05 - Hamas militant leader killed in West Bank

11-14-05 - Concluding session, Fourth Committee takes action on situation of Palestinians, Israeli practices in Occupied Territories The Committee approveda draft on assistance to Palestinian refugees by a recorded vote of 151 in favour to 1 against (Israel) Israel votes against assistance to the refugees that it created in the first place and who live in ghettoes.

11-14-05 - 1,500 housing units to be built in Tsufim settlement

11-14-05 - Report: 14,500 East Jerusalem children not in school due to lack of classrooms

11-14-05 - Rice delays departure to win Gaza-Egypt border deal

11-14-05 - Arafat the obstacle has been exposed as a myth

11-14-05 - Rice presses Sharon on opening of Gaza crossing

11-14-05 - Bush signs foreign aid bill The American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbied hard for the package, including tough congressional oversight on the $150 million for the Palestinians

11-14-05 - Rice, Saudi spar on Israel Rice said the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should be resolved on its own terms and not because of any relation to terrorism. "It ought to be resolved because Palestinians deserve a better life and Israelis deserve a better life,"

11-14-05 - OPT: Weekly Press Release 5 - 11 Nov 2005 During this reporting period, the Israeli Army has continued to violate International Humanitarian Law and Fundamental Human Rights, by restricting freedom of movement to Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances and its medical teams. Delays, denial of access and arbitrary searches had a negative impact on wounded and sick in Jenin & Nablus.

11-14-05 - Baffled by triple hotel blasts, Jordanians harden views against al-Zarqawi Most of those killed in the triple hotel bombings were Arabs and Muslims ? and the targets included a Jordanian-Palestinian wedding reception.

11-14-05 - Congress Approves Israel Aid Package The bill also includes $40 million in refugee resettlement assistance to Israel and important new provisions that waive certain operating expenses associated with military training and financing provided to Israel, saving Israel an estimated $50-$75 million annually.

11-14-05 - Palestinian polls in Hebron delayed Hebron is controlled by the Israeli occupation army

11-14-05 - Al MezanCenter condemns the aggression against the Central Elections Commission office in Rafah and the Governorate of Khan Younis

11-14-05 - Settlers attack residents in Hebron, child injured

11-14-05 - Verdict in 'confirmed kill' affair pending Israeli officer: I was right to shoot 13-year-old child

11-14-05 - Sharon terms allowing Hamas in legislative election "grave error"

11-14-05 - Palestinians condemn arrest of militia leaders "We never and will never trust the UN and its Security Council as long as the implementation of international resolutions are subject to double standards and are fabricated to serve the U.S. and Zionist interests," he said.

11-14-05 - Two residents arrested near Bethlehem

11-14-05 - Rice seeks Gaza border deal Rice also said Washington wanted Israel to fulfil its road map requirement to stop expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Sharon has moved to strengthen Israel's hold on major settlement blocs he says the Jewish state will never relinquish

11-14-05 - Working Together on a Social Justice Project Strengthened Our Marriage The Palestinians should be allowed back to their homes. People are already living there. At the very least they should be compensated. Like the Jews from the Holocaust? So because it happened to Jews, it is ok to do it to someone else? A very odd sense of logic.

11-14-05 - Israel to launch spy satellite from India If all goes according to plan Israel will have the advantage of being able to monitor enemy countries like Iran and Syria.

11-14-05 - Disneys launch $125 million fund to invest in Israel

11-14-05 - Rice visits Jordan to show solidarity Rice had no condolences for the 27 Palestinians killed in those bombings?...

11-14-05 - Israel, Denmark sign regional agricultural pact Minister Shalom noted that this is a very important agreement that points the way to be followed in the future for full cooperation among Israel, Denmark, Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, and the countries of the region.

11-14-05 - Israeli police question ambassador Mr Gusinsky fell foul of Vladimir Putin and lives in exile in Tel Aviv and Connecticut.

11-14-05 - Peace Takes Spotlight at Local Speech In his speech, Jerry Levin compared the Israeli treatment of the Palestinian people to the treatment of South African blacks under the segregationist apartheid government.

11-14-05 - Clinton stresses U.S.-Israel coalition But those words of support contrasted sharply with her virtual silence on Palestinian issues. Clinton spent no time in Gaza or the West Bank, drawing the ire of Palestinian leaders who felt slighted on what was the senator's second visit to Israel since taking office She's not getting my vote.

11-14-05 - Preaching For Mideast Peace Palestinian Catholic Priest Sermonizes In Old Lyme Church

11-14-05 - Canadian: We stand with Israel "Israel's values are Canada?s values," Canada?s prime minister told some 4,000 Jews in Toronto for the United Jewish Communities' annual conference. Canada's version of AIPAC is about as influential as ours by now. Poor Canadians.

11-14-05 - Groom to Remember a Wedding Day of Carnage

11-14-05 - Peretz: Settlers should evacuate Under Knesset legislation submitted Monday by Amir Peretz, West Bank settlers who voluntarily move to Israel proper can expect the same government compensation given to settlers evacuated from the Gaza Strip in August and September.

11-14-05 - Jews Help Bloomberg's Re-election Some cited Bloomberg's anti-terrorism innovations, including stationing police detectives overseas as a source of counterterrorism intelligence for the city, and the mayor's support for Israel, as appealing to the Jewish voters in this year's election See this related article

11-14-05 - Who Needs Syria? No One Does Real, effective pressure on Assad would also benefit Israel because it would surely take the Golan Heights out of play as a bargaining chip in any road map negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

11-13-05 - Resident killed in Khan Younis A Palestinian security source reported that soldiers based near the Sofa Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza strip, fired at dozens of homes in the area, killing Bilal and moderately injuring Mohammad

11-13-05 - Veteran's Day 2005 On this Veteran's Day, 2005, take time to remember and honor the veterans who served and gave their lives to defend our nation, its constitution and our freedoms; and please take a moment to reflect on the struggle for a full and fair investigation of the USS Liberty attack by the survivors and families of those killed in the attack.

11-13-05 - Two Palestinians shot dead by Israelis

11-13-05 - IDF bombards northern Gaza

11-13-05 - Israel's top law officer okays sonic booms over Gaza

11-13-05 - Palestinians foiled 48 anti-Israeli attacks last month: Qorei

11-13-05 - No peace without end to settlements: Palestinian FM Israel must stop its settlement activity and construction of the barrier in the West Bank and Jerusalem, Qidwa said, adding: "These procedures are against international law."

11-13-05 - Restrictions on Palestinians eased Israel's Defense Ministry announced Sunday that new permits to work in Israel would be issued to 8,000 Palestinians from the West Bank and 2,000 from the Gaza Strip

11-13-05 - Envoy Presses for Deal on Gaza Crossings Meanwhile, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., said Sunday in Jerusalem that she supports the 425-mile separation barrier Israel is building along the edges of the West Bank, and that the onus is on the Palestinian Authority to fight terrorism.

11-13-05 - PLO Calls for UN Probe Into Arafat's Death

11-13-05 - Clinton urges Israel to resume peace talks The former US president Bill Clinton has urged Israel to return to negotiations with the Palestinians and not to rely on unilateral measures to try to impose a solution to their conflict....Meanwhile Israel's most celebrated architect Moshe Safdie, designer of the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, called for a similar project in the city to remember the suffering of Palestinians during the formation of the Jewish state

11-13-05 - Gaza in danger of turning into a 'giant prison', says Mideast envoy Mr Wolfensohn's resort to the metaphor reflects frustration at the lack of progress in talks between the two sides, particularly on the Karni crossing between Gaza and Israel

11-13-05 - FEATURE-Palestinian groups source of new Lebanon tension "Who will guarantee us the massacres won't happen again?"

11-13-05 - Sharon blasts Syria-Iran 'axis of evil' Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has lumped Syria and Iran in his own "axis of evil" and urged stepped-up international efforts to contain the two regimes. Sharon = Bush's puppeteer.

11-13-05 - 29 New Palestinian Ambassadors Sworn in

11-13-05 - Israel 'suffocating' Gaza economy: Dahlan "Gaza was one big prison and is still is, without Israel having any serious security concerns," Dahlan said.

11-13-05 - Soldiers arrest Hamas media spokesperson in Jenin

11-13-05 - Father of killed Palestinian boy to address Israeli parliament

11-13-05 - Erakat: Jerusalemites have Right to Participate in Forthcoming Legislative Elections He explained that the Israel always places obstacles in the path of the electoral process as different statements issued by Israeli high officials reveal.

11-13-05 - PM Sharon: The US Must Pressure Syria And by coincidence, we are. Imagine that?

11-13-05 - Hamas denies secret contacts with U.S.

11-13-05 - 'Soldiers killed wounded terrorist'

11-13-05 - Peace conference aims to help in resolving Mideast conflict

11-13-05 - Rice in Israel to revive peace process Asked about Israel's policy of targeted killings of Palestinian militant leaders, she said: "With the Israelis we have been clear that the important thing is to understand, and to always be cognisant of, the consequences of whatever they do."

11-13-05 - One Year after Arafat, Peace Remains Elusive According to the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions, there are more than 10,000 outstanding demolition orders against Palestinian structures in East Jerusalem

11-13-05 - Goods purchased by Islamic Jihad seized Security forces and the customs authority confiscated shipping containers with goods worth tens of thousands of dollars at the Port of Ashdod on suspicion they were purchased by the Islamic Jihad terror group.

11-13-05 - China to build 'Jewish neighborhood' China may build a "Jewish neighborhood" in Shanghai, Chinese media reported.

11-13-05 - NJ Muslim Mayor Denounces Terrorist Flier He said the flier probably referred to -- and misrepresented -- comments he made at a pro-Palestinian rally in Paterson last year in which he said American Muslims need to do their part to affect change in the Middle East, either through political activism or economic boycotts.

11-13-05 - Israel mission helps Hillary and Condi to court Jewish vote

11-13-05 - Back to the future this blame game works both ways: why does the US refuse to pressure Israel, even for its own good? Does Israel really expect to be able to maintain its biggest settlements in the West Bank, isolate Jerusalem and reduce a future Palestinian state to unviable and disconnected Bantustans?

11-13-05 - Israel Labour leader threatens PM The Israeli Labour Party has warned that it will bring down the government if Prime Minister Ariel Sharon refuses to meet its new leader immediately.

11-13-05 - A sombre night in Rabin Square

11-13-05 - Musharraf defends country's engagement with Israel

11-13-05 - Arab-American comedians find the funny in time of fear

11-13-05 - Rice says Palestinian state would enhance Israel's security Israel has failed to meet its own road map commitment to freeze Jewish settlement building in the West Bank....Before leaving Saudi Arabia, Rice, said resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was a top priority.

11-12-05 - Palestinian fisherman wounded by Israeli fire A young Palestinian fisherman was seriously wounded by Israeli fire when he was out on his boat in the Mediterranean waters off the Gaza Strip.

11-12-05 - Bil'in demonstrators: 14-year-old hit in the head by rubber bullet

11-12-05 - Feature: Arafat remembered in Palestinians' heart

11-12-05 - Two residents injured, south of Nablus

11-12-05 - 27 Palestinians Killed in Amman Bombings

11-12-05 - Settler groups attack Israeli leftists in Hebron, raid orchards in Qalqilia The leftist group included members of Knesset Yossi Belin and Ran Cohen, in addition to several members of ?Breaking the Silence? movement in Israel

11-12-05 - Soldiers bulldoze orchards to install fence

11-12-05 - Israeli Labor chief supports evacuating settlements Newly-elected Israeli Labor chief Amir Peretz said on Saturday that he supports evacuating West Bank settlements, marking the first such declaration from the leftist leader regarding peace moves with the Palestinians.

11-12-05 - PA officials killed in Jordan to be buried

11-12-05 - New 'outstretched arm' to replace IDF's human shields The new policy is known as the "outstretched arm," and allows the IDF to ask Palestinians to assist in mediating between soldiers and the wanted men - but only in very limited situations. They just don't want to do their job as soldiers, and will continue to coerce civilians to do it for them.

11-12-05 - Life and Hope Flow From Palestinian Boy's Death

11-12-05 - Israel marks Rabin assassination

11-12-05 - Report: Jordanian spy agency replaces Mossad as key CIA ally

11-12-05 - Israel's claim on Jerusalem foils peace process: Qurei

11-12-05 - Palestinian crops blocked from export

11-12-05 - Police officer may face charges in shooting death of East Jerusalem man The officer has said that he shot Samir Rivhi Dari, a 36-year-old man from Isawiyah, when Dari tried to run him over, but the investigation indicates that Dari was not in his car when the officer opened fire. ...An autopsy performed at the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute yesterday shows that the police officer shot Dari in the back

11-12-05 - Special report: "At least 18 residents of Sielet Al-Thaher killed in Amman blasts?"

11-12-05 - Israeli Army Harassment of Birzeit Students on their way to University

11-12-05 - Butler Asks for Mideast Dialogue Butler also questioned people who want to withhold rights from Palestinians to prevent them from outnumbering and overpowering the Jews.

11-12-05 - Week Against Apartheid Wall Kicks-Off Across Globe

11-12-05 - Libya sticks to one state solution

11-12-05 - Israelis sent back to Lanka

11-12-05 - Clintons to attend 'American-Israeli Dialog' conference Sat. night

11-12-05 - Ma'moun Daoud, and a story of continuous Israeli violations "My losses are estimated by a million shekels", Daoud said, "For 26 years, I have been subjected to similar attacks by soldiers and settlers, because I refused to leave my land for them and their settlements".

11-12-05 - London hosts conference "Palestine, Israel and the Law"

11-12-05 - Administrative detention should be banned

11-12-05 - Suicide Bombers Are People, Too

11-12-05 - Church moderator accuses Israel of 'theft' "I was very much in sympathy with why the Israelis built a wall here, and still am to a certain extent," he said. "But when you actually see where it is, you see that it's not for security, it's for making political statements. It's theft of land and I don't know how you can justify it on the grounds of anti-terrorism." Oh dear. He will now be labeled an 'anti-Semite!'.

11-11-05 - Palestinians commemorate Arafat's death

11-11-05 - Arabs oppose 'Judaizing' Galilee Heads of local Arab councils in northern Israel called a conference for Saturday to mobilize against the plan, which they say aims to "Judaize" the Galilee by unfairly distributing land and resources to Jews,

11-11-05 - In pictures: Palestinians mark the anniversary of Yasser Arafat's death

11-11-05 - Palestinians mark Arafat's death

11-11-05 - Palestinians hope to harvest fruit of withdrawal - if Israelis don't let it rot "Everything depends on Karni and the Israelis keeping it out of the political conflict. If the lorries sit there for days as they do now that will be the end of the business. To succeed in exporting agriculture you need to pick it one day and have it on the shelves the next. Time and quality are even more important than price,"

11-11-05 - Al-Kidwa: Arafat's heritage is stronger now than ever

11-11-05 - Al Aqsa Brigades: "Resistance will not disarm"

11-11-05 - New museum to showcase Arafat knick-knacks

11-11-05 - From Berlin to Bil?in, the Wall Will Fall 500 Palestinian protestors, 50 international and 100 Israeli peace activists protested against the Wall in Bil?in village west of Ramallah, and sat on the ground in front of the bulldozers; soldiers attacked the protestors and fired rubber coated bullets, one child suffered a head injury.

11-11-05 - Palestinian official convinced Arafat was poisoned

11-11-05 - Who died, and who didn't, in Jordan

11-11-05 - Israeli Mossad searching for "missing Arafat fortune"

11-11-05 - Abbas pledges to continue in Arafat's footsteps

11-11-05 - Residents of Deir al-Balah demand Hamas to halt Qassam shells

11-11-05 - Al-Kidwa: Israel won't evade Hague Court fence ruling

11-11-05 - Nine Palestinian Non-Violent Activists from Bil'in Sentenced

11-11-05 - 'A regrettable incident'

11-11-05 - Exhange of rocket fire, shelling on Israel-Gaza border

11-11-05 - Recognising Israel to follow birth of Palestinian state, says Musharraf He said this while talking to American Jewish Congress (AJC) Chairman Jack Rosen who called on him on Friday

11-11-05 - Jordan terrorists: Israel next "Al Qaida in Iraq" claimed responsibility in a statement on a Web site. The group said the attack proved that Israel "was within range" and that "it would not be long" before Israel was targeted. Strange, because the victims of the attacks in Amman were Palestinians.

11-11-05 - AP WIRE WHITE WASH OF SCOTLAND YARD/ISRAELI FORKNOWLEDGE Sound familiar?

11-11-05 - 30 years since 'Zionism=Racism' Bolton, who was instrumental in pushing for the measure's repeal. John Bolton - ISRAEL'S new ambassador to the UN.

11-11-05 - Israeli nod let Saudis into WTO Israel's acceptance was key to Saudi Arabia joining the World Trade Organization.

11-11-05 - Can the Palestinian economy be revived?

11-11-05 - Norman Finkelstein Addresses HLS Audience

11-11-05 - Wheels of Justice stop at Basalt High

11-11-05 - Experts debate Mideast policy Daniel Pipes, director of the conservative Middle East Forum, agreed with Gerecht that Islamist groups were gaining popularity in the Middle East, but argued the United States should slow down the democratic process so as to not allow Islamist governments to come to power. Oops, 'democracy' won't make the Middle East any more friendly to Israel, which was the goal of that neocon policy now being reconsidered by neoocon 'experts'.

11-11-05 - Regents urged to divest from Israel

11-11-05 - Stories from Iraq, Israel and Palestine

11-11-05 - Georgia gov pushes Israel trade ties "My faith influences my support and affection towards Israel to a great degree," Separation of Church and State anyone? Where's Abe Foxman now?

11-11-05 - Talented actors draw us into amazing 'Territories'

11-11-05 - Israel's "bypass approach" not Arafat hampered peace

11-11-05 - Abbas: Disarming militants his biggest hurdle

11-10-05 - Haaretz does complete about face on report Israelis were given advanced warning of Amman bombings But the LA Times corroborates their original story

11-10-05 - Four Palestinian Senior Officials Killed in Amman's Bombings General Basheer Nafie, chief of military intelligence in the West Bank, Mr. Jihad Fatouh, the commercial agent in the Palestinian embassy in Egypt, and Abed Elwan, the general director of the Ministry of Interior were killed in the bombing.

11-10-05 - Suicide Attacks Kill at Least 57 at 3 Hotels in Jordan's Capital The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Israelis staying at the Radisson on Wednesday had been evacuated before the attacks and escorted back home "apparently due to a specific security threat."

Amos N. Guiora, a former senior Israeli counter-terrorism official, said in a phone interview with The Times that sources in Israel had also told him about the pre-attack evacuations.

"It means there was excellent intelligence that this thing was going to happen," said Guiora, a former leader of the Israel Defense Forces who now heads the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. "The question that needs to be answered is why weren't the Jordanians working at the hotel similarly removed?" Haaretz has since tried to back out of their original article from yesterday. See my related post on this in today's news. If this LA Times link doesn't work (may require login), try via Google News.

11-10-05 - Israeli troops shoot two Palestinians near Gaza-Israel border, killing one

11-10-05 - Jordan Attacks Claim 17 From One Family In this Palestinian village, the Akhras clan mourned 17 relatives killed by a suicide bomber in Jordan - the first time Palestinians have been a target in a suicide attack.

11-10-05 - 2004: Veteran leader Yasser Arafat is dead

11-10-05 - IDF using phosphorus shells to train, against international law Several weeks ago, four Bedouin goatherders were badly hurt by the detonation of an unexploded phosphorus shell they found near their home in the South Hebron Hills. Fadal Abu Aram, 17, died of his injuries several weeks later; Hani, 12, is still in serious condition at his family's shack in the village of Carmel; Mahmoud, 14, and Yusef, 24, were also injured by the explosion.

11-10-05 - The Wall - an obstacle to educating Palestinian youth children are forced to drop out of school either to help supplement diminishing family incomes or because their parents can no longer afford to send them to school

11-10-05 - Brown discusses Palestinian economy boost

11-10-05 - Scores dead in three Amman hotel bombings; Israelis evacuated before attack A number of Israelis staying yesterday at the Radisson SAS were evacuated before the bombing by Jordanian security forces, apparently due to a specific security alert. They were escorted back to Israel by security personnel. There's the excerpt from the article Haaretz backed off of.

11-10-05 - New Israeli settlement near Hebron

11-10-05 - IDF choppers in service of drug cartel The American government has recently demanded Israel clarify how five U.S.-made helicopters sold to Israel in the mid-70s found their way into the hands of a Columbian drug cartel.

11-10-05 - LEBANON: PALESTINIAN CAMPS ON ALERT AFTER ISRAELI AIR VIOLATIONS "The Israeli aircraft did not just cross the borders but are also using sonic bombs, forcing the population in many locations to leave their homes and spend the night in air raid shelters,"

11-10-05 - Dispute over Separation Wall route in Beit Iksa Israeli security officials said on Tuesday that the shin Bet believes that the 10.000 Palestinians living in Beit Iksa, a few hundred meters away from Ramot neighborhood in Jerusalem, should be isolated from Jerusalem by being outside the Wall area.

11-10-05 - Abbas questions Israel's desire for peace "We would like Israel to end its occupation of territory taken in June 1967. All settlements there are illegal, and we also want to resolve the refugee problem,"

11-10-05 - Former bodyguard says Arab leaders urged Yasser Arafat to accept deal on Jerusalem "Clinton was trying to convince him to agree to a deal on Jerusalem," the bodyguard said. But, he recalled, Arafat asked the translator to tell Clinton that "if he wants me to sign this deal, it means he wants to issue an open invitation to my funeral, because I will die at the hand of my own people."'

11-10-05 - Mofaz adviser quits amid claims he assisted illegal outposts

11-10-05 - Arafat death anniversary ceremonies will be modest

11-10-05 - Soldiers invade several villages near Hebron, four injured Soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at the students; several students suffocated after inhaling gas, and received medical treatment.

11-10-05 - Statement on 30th anniversary of Inalienable Rights Committee notes 'decades of failed efforts to resolve question of Palestine'

11-10-05 - Palestinians to commemorate anniversary of Arafat's death

11-10-05 - Palestinian guards rip corruption, anarchy

11-10-05 - Suspicion: Issawiyeh shooting unjustified autopsy shows bullet entered Palestinian?s back, exited above heart

11-10-05 - Ahmed's gift of life They, like many Israelis, were surprised and impressed by the Khatibs' humanity. The stereotype of Palestinians as Jew-haters, as an explanation for the violent resistance to the humiliations and controls of occupation, is now so dominant in Israel that news of the Khatibs' decision was greeted with astonishment.

11-10-05 - Strengthening Israeli ties "She still wants to be identified as a champion of peace, which is why she's meeting Sharon, but this is an election year and her first priority is to announce allegiance to Israel," he said. "her first priority is to announce allegiance to Israel," Says it all.

11-10-05 - Judge rejects police request to deport four foreign activists

11-10-05 - Rice to press Israel for new peace gestures

11-10-05 - Rice leaves on Mid-East mission

11-10-05 - Justice Rubinstein: U.S. should free convicted spy Pollard

11-10-05 - Rumsfeld: Seems like old times Israel and the United States are on their way back to an ?appropriate? defense relationship, Donald Rumsfeld said. Does Rumsfeld not know about this?

11-10-05 - Israel?s ?bypass diplomacy? cannot bring peace

11-10-05 - Why are a billion people mad at America? In a word - Israel Our government's grossly imbalanced bias favoring Israel?s side on the Palestine issue is matched by neglect and bias in our media

11-09-05 - Blast bloodies wedding reception The head of the Palestinian intelligence services, Bashir Nafeh, was among those killed in the blasts

11-09-05 - Intel invests in the future of Gaza

11-09-05 - One year on, Arafat immutable Palestinian icon One year after his death, Yasser Arafat remains the ultimate symbol of the Palestinian struggle for independence and his absence has done nothing to hasten the advent of their longed-for state

11-09-05 - Loan plan for Palestinian peace

11-09-05 - Hebron settlers wage war against return of Arab shopkeepers Hebron's Jewish Community Council is working to prevent the return of Arab shopkeepers to the "triple market" area near the Avraham Avinu quarter in the city. It is also demanding the state take control of the property in this area,

11-09-05 - A theme park for the Holy Land? Ever since Benjamin Netanyahu - Israel's prime minister from 1996 to 1999 - cultivated ties with US Evangelicals and other Christians during his tenure, Israeli governments have sought to strengthen relations with the sector of the Christian world which, for religious reasons, tends to take a pro-Israeli view of the Arab-Jewish conflict. On Mr. Robertson's website, he says that God gave this land "to the descendants of Israel," not to "so-called Palestinians."

11-09-05 - The IDF tars a road This means another, nearly final, step toward completing the military and settler encirclement of the Ramallah region. In other words, another measure in severing the Ramallah province from the rest of the West Bank's cut off Palestinian enclaves.

11-09-05 - State Dept. broadens Israel critique It said Israel "discriminates against non-Jewish citizens and residents, the vast majority of whom are Arab Muslims and Christians, in the areas of employment, education, and housing." It also described as a "problem" Israel's ?recognition of only Orthodox Jewish religious authorities in personal and some civil-status matters concerning Jews."

11-09-05 - Israeli troops invade students dorm in Tubas

11-09-05 - OPT: Israel vows to continue extra-judicial executions According to PCHR's documentation, since the beginning of the current Palestinian Intifada in September 2000, IOF have extra-judicially executed 490 Palestinians, including 169 civilian bystanders. This figure includes 54 children.

11-09-05 - Israel's 'linchpin' settlement Construction work in Maale Adumim is continuing apace, to meet the demands of what Israel calls "natural growth". These settlements are illegal under international law. And our tax money helps fund them.

11-09-05 - Jewish Settlements Expand in West Bank Anyone that believes that Israel would stop building the settlements if the 'Palestinians dismantle terror'organizations' , doesn't remember what happened during Oslo: Israel DOUBLED the amount of settlers in Occupied Palestinian Territory.

11-09-05 - Help Release Bil'in Children Abducted by IDF

11-09-05 - Israelis evacuated from Amman hotel hours before bombings A number of Israelis staying on Wednesday at the Radisson hotel were evacuated before the bombing by Jordanian security forces, apparently due to a specific security alert. They were escorted back to Israel by security personnel Watch this story disappear/metamorphasize, which is why I archived it.

11-09-05 - 60 percent of Palestinian support renewal of Calm

11-09-05 - Palestinian factions to renew calm

11-09-05 - Churches: Wrestling With Divesting Aided by the Jewish community, pro-Israel members of the Presbyterian Church USA - which last year castigated Israel, and endorsed a policy of divestment over the Jewish state's policies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and in August targeted the Caterpillar company for selling equipment to the Israeli Defense Forces used to raze Palestinian property - say they are beginning to see the fruits of their lobbying efforts. Divide and conquer.

11-09-05 - Quartet envoy: Israel's security concerns stall talks on Rafah crossing Lingering Israeli security issues over crossings into the Gaza Strip are making it difficult to broker an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians to open the Rafah border terminal between Egypt and Gaza, Quartet envoy James Wolfensohn said Wednesday.

11-09-05 - 76 Palestinian workers including 3 Jordanians arrested

11-09-05 - Palestinian lawmakers drop plan to hold a no-confidence vote

11-09-05 - Sharon wants to set borders

11-09-05 - Diplomat wants to expand trade between Wyo, Israel "We were willing to do all these steps because we wanted to see a brighter future for us and the Palestinians," Meanwhile, Israel is continuing to confiscate more of the West Bank and building more illegal settlements therein - which is not a move conducive to peace nor does it brighten the future of Palestinians.

11-09-05 - Czech Republic against EU guarding the Gaza-Egypt border

11-09-05 - Report: Israeli may help build security barrier for Russia

11-09-05 - Israel in talks to give troops for UN peacekeepers Israel can't keep the peace in its own backyard, how do they expect to do so somewhere else?

11-09-05 - Israeli Peace Activists To Be Sentenced Tomorrow In April 2001, the two were arrested when they chained themselves to olive trees in the West Bank village of Deir Istiya in an attempt to prevent the destruction of the trees by Israeli bulldozers

11-09-05 - Saudis Urge More U.S. Mideast Diplomacy Saudi Arabia's ambassador prodded the Bush administration Tuesday to step up its Mideast diplomacy, saying the Arab-Israeli conflict was an "open wound" and the biggest cause for the hatred that leads to terrorism.

11-09-05 - Israel Waits for Diplomacy to Work on Iran Nuclear Threat while Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is careful to say Israel is not considering any military option "today," he does not rule out a military strike in the future if diplomacy fails. ..."Israel has good levers for applying pressure on Iran," he says, "for example, by aiding the Kurds and the mujahedin who oppose the regime.''

11-09-05 - Israel halts Indian conversions

11-09-05 - Interfaith group rallies against Iranian pres. American Jews and leaders of other faiths demanded that Iran?s president be held accountable for calling for Israel?s destruction.

11-09-05 - American Middle East Policy: Where do we go from here?

11-09-05 - Georgia, Israel enhance business The governor of Georgia signed business agreements with Israel.

11-09-05 - Israel dismisses Hamas' hints at future negotiations

11-09-05 - Wolfensohn to continue duties as Quartet Gaza envoy

11-09-05 - Israel Used White Phosphorous Lest We Forget

11-09-05 - City of Bethlehem to issue own Passport

11-09-05 - Glad You're Against Torture, So Why'd You Give Israel a Pass?

11-09-05 - Christian activist and Muslim painter from Bethlehem meet the Pope

11-09-05 - Army closes ten charitable societies in Jenin, occupies ten houses in Qabatia

11-09-05 - Plan would increase Ethiopians in Israel Ethiopian and Israeli government officials signed an understanding Wednesday that would double the rate of Ethiopian immigration to Israel.

11-08-05 - Palestinian killed as Israeli army enters Nablus Palestinian medical officials said a 16-year-old boy was killed in the incident, and that a 10-year-old boy who was in a nearby house was moderately wounded in the chest

11-08-05 - Israeli officer injured in armored vehicle explosion

11-08-05 - Several police officers injured in Al Obaidiyya village Several Palestinian police officers were injured on Tuesday morning in Al Obaidiyya village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem during clashes with car thieves

11-08-05 - Aid delay rapped A GROUP of local Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are accusing the US government of delaying financial aid to needy Palestinians.

11-08-05 - Hope, life salvaged from death

11-08-05 - Border clampdown forces Gaza's businesses into fight for survival Palestinian businessmen are having to fight physically to export goods from Gaza in the face of continued security hold-ups that they say have caused the already stricken economy to deteriorate further since Israel's withdrawal in August.

11-08-05 - Palestinians Slam Israeli Call to End UN Mandate in Gaza Senior Palestinian officials on Tuesday slammed an Israeli call to suspend activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip. Bolton was pushing for this not too long ago. Bolton - Israel's new ambassador to the UN.

11-08-05 - Rebuilding Palestinian economy is vital for a peace deal, says Brown The EU is more interested in helping out Israel's economy, evidently.

11-08-05 - World Bank proposes crossing routes between W. Bank, Gaza According to the World Bank report, three routes are needed because of the restrictions Israel imposes on movement within the West Bank....Convoys would be organized by a private Israeli transport company and escorted by a private Israeli security company. The companies would be selected by the Palestinian Authority on a competitive basis from among a list of bidders.

11-08-05 - Gaza revival battles Israeli controls a shadow hangs over his operation. There is no guarantee that the firm will be able to export its produce. ...Although Israel has withdrawn from Gaza, it retains control over all the territory's routes to the outside world.

11-08-05 - Ariel Sharon's upcoming Toronto visit sparks protest

11-08-05 - Israel to continue Jihad killings Mr Haluz said what Israel calls targeted killings was the most effective weapon to fight Palestinian militants. When was the last suicide bombing prior to the one just weeks ago? And what happened just prior to the suicide bombing of just weeks ago? A 'targeted assasination'.

11-08-05 - From 2004: Israeli Envoy Vexed by Role Of U.S. Jews In France

11-08-05 - Legislators introduce Rabin legislation Seven members of Congress introduced a resolution honoring Yitzhak Rabin on the 10th anniversary of his assassination. More legislation for Israel.

11-08-05 - Israel to benefit from new EU rule The Israel textile industry currently out sources much of its work to third countries such as Turkey, Romania and Jordan. Even if simple stitching was currently done in any third country, that company would have had to pay higher tariffs when exporting to Europe. Is Israel being rewarded for returning that which didn't belong to them in the first place (Gaza)?...

11-08-05 - Political Cartoonists Gather Jerusalem

11-08-05 - Israel Welcomes Proposed Red Cross Emblem this was mostly due to American backing, singling out Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., for their support

11-08-05 - Israelis living near Gaza seek aid to relocate after rocket fire

11-08-05 - Syria blasts Israel Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has ruled out peace talks if Syria maintains preconditions such as the return of all of the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau that Israel captured in the 1967 Six Day War.

11-08-05 - House backs Israel?s membership in world group The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution expressing support for Israel?s membership in the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation. More legislation for Israel.

11-08-05 - Mideast activist to Speak In Old Lyme In the late 1940s, at the age of 8, Chacour and his family were evicted from their village in Upper Galilee to make way for Jewish settlers. In his autobiographical ?Blood Brothers,? translated into 28 languages, Chacour writes that his father had told him about the Nazi horror and conditioned all to welcome the Jews as brothers, never suspecting that his own family would be displaced.

11-08-05 - Weissman?s accusations about Palestine are unfounded

11-08-05 - Earl Krugel was a Terrorist Similarly, I imagined the JDL's doors shut forever, particularly after its two highest ranking members were convicted in not one but two separate bombing plots.

11-08-05 - Pressure group targets Middle East intolerance The focus will be on "the need to challenge extremism and frameworks for conflict resolution in the Middle East".

11-08-05 - PA: King Abdullah to visit West Bank

11-08-05 - US Secretary of State to visit Palestinian territories

11-08-05 - Challenges for the IDF after Gaza Israel's plan appears to call for Jenin and its environs to be disconnected from the West Bank, with the entire area isolated to allow for cordon-and-search and grab operations.

11-08-05 - House marks papal document The bill also encourages the United States to take the lead in combating anti-Semitism The State Department's definition of 'anti-Semitism' now includes the 'demonization of Israel'

11-07-05 - Palestinian Proud Late Son's Organs Used The father of a Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers said Monday he believes his son's spirit is alive in "every Israeli" after donating the boy's organs to Israelis waiting for transplants

11-07-05 - Israeli Military Orders to confiscate more land in West Bank Israeli military issued orders to confiscate some 300 Dunams (75 acres) from the village of Kufur Thilith near the West Bank city of Qalqilia, Palestinian sources said on Monday.

11-07-05 - One in five Qassam rockets hit Israeli territory Only one in five makeshift Qassam rockets fired by Palestinian militants in northern Gaza reaches Israeli territory, with the other four exploding inside Palestinian controlled areas

11-07-05 - Despite some positive changes, human rights situation of Palestinians still 'dire', Assembly's Special Political Committee told Other speakers said that the presence and continued construction of illegal settlements and the separation wall were seriously undermining the territorial integrity and contiguity of the Palestinian territory and were thus making the vision of a two-State solution nearly impossible.

11-07-05 - Israel salutes parents of Palestinian child organ donor

11-07-05 - Soldiers attack shepherds east of Tubas

11-07-05 - Blame It on Rocco "I've heard about this investigation for, you know, several months now. And you know it is ? it actually is tied into the forged memo regarding the sale of uranium to Iraq from Niger. What I've been told is that there's a strong belief that the forgery was carried out by Israel in an effort to help build up the evidence to allow the United States to justify going to war. So, this whole thing that started with the outing of Valerie Plame, the CIA officer, started growing and expanding when they saw that there's this forged memo and then people linked to the office of ? in the office of Paul Wolfowitz and Douglas Feith at the Department of Defense were seen as having some very close contacts and sharing information with the Israeli intelligence sources."

11-07-05 - UK Pacifist Donates Kidney for Palestinian Child

11-07-05 - Israeli presence at Rafah crossing rejected

11-07-05 - EU Agrees to Monitor Gaza-Egypt Crossing The ministers also also expressed concern about continued violence in Gaza and the West Bank, calling on the Palestinian Authority "to take full control of law and order in the occupied territories" and urging Israel to stop its settlement program in East Jerusalem and "to cease all discriminatory treatment of Palestinians." ... especially concerning work permits, access to education and health services."

11-07-05 - Troops who abused Palestinians indicted

11-07-05 - Insecurity in P.A areas; 11 residents killed, 74 injured and 9 abducted in October

11-07-05 - Resident dies of wounds sustained September 2005 A Palestinian security source reported that soldiers fired at dozens of residents who were waiting at the checkpoint which was installed close to the Kissufim crossing.

11-07-05 - Israel warns against Hamas role Israel had previously suggested it would not oppose Hamas' participation in the parliamentary election

11-07-05 - Palestinian ministry vows to keep illegal arms off streets

11-07-05 - Raising the status of the Modi'in Illit settlement will intensify the land grab B'Tselem today urged Interior Minister Ophir Pines-Paz not to change the status of the Modi'in Illit settlement from a local council to a municipality

11-07-05 - Israel demolish Palestinians' houses Israel's bulldozers destroyed numerous houses in the Palestinian village of Anata on Monday, to provide space for the Apartheid Fence

11-07-05 - From 2003: Israel trains US assassination squads in Iraq "It is bonkers, insane. Here we are - we're already being compared to Sharon in the Arab world, and we've just confirmed it by bringing in the Israelis and setting up assassination teams."

11-07-05 - Cabinet setback for Ariel Sharon

11-07-05 - FEATURE-Israel strives for image makeover on Arabic media "If he is wearing a military uniform and is justifying, in however nice a tone, settlement expansion and assassinations, I don't see how that will serve Israel's cause,"

11-07-05 - EU 'to train Palestinian police'

11-07-05 - Sharon Says No to Negotiations with Syria Because Israel has no intention of giving back the land.

11-07-05 - Iran to propose Mideast peace solution to UN

11-07-05 - McCain: Israelis don?t torture Sen. John McCain cited Israel as an example of a nation that successfully combats terrorism without resorting to torture. BS alert. Where do you think the term 'Palestinian hanging' came from? And I wonder who taught our boys that?

11-07-05 - Petitioners want to revoke Nobel The petition protests the 2006 Nobel in economics given to Robert Aumann because he ?uses his analysis to justify Israel?s occupation,? according to the document

11-07-05 - McCain says Israel "doesn't torture" ? but is that so? But is this borne out by the facts? Not so, according to the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), which notes that despite improvements following the 1999 decision by the Israeli High Court of Justice to ban torture, because of a clause allowing for so-called "moderate physical pressure" in the case of "ticking bombs," it's still a problem in Israel:

11-07-05 - Protest as Al Gore speaks at Jewish dinner The Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine said the funds raised at the event would be spent supporting the construction of new Jewish settlements in disputed territories

11-07-05 - Video: Robert Fisk describes what happened at Jenin

11-07-05 - Out of the ashes: Amber Chand?s back in business The product, a hurricane wax candle crafted by Israeli women living near Nazareth, which contains an embroidered bag stitched by Palestinian women living in Bethlehem, was launched in November 2004, but within two months Eziba was forced to shut its doors.

11-07-05 - Bar�a to play Israeli-Palestinian team Money raised from the game will be invested in projects that help children from Israel and Palestine

11-07-05 - Christians gather at Downing Street on Berlin Wall anniversary In their letter to Mr Blair, Pax Christi state: "We come today to petition you on behalf of our partners and friends in Palestine. We present you with this letter and these cards, a symbol of the hundreds of cards sent to you by our supporters over the past year.

11-07-05 - Movie Trailer : Spielberg's 'Munich' due out in December Requires Quick Time media player

11-07-05 - Video: Strangers In The House Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian attorney, author and Human Rights Activist, answers question from Americans, including American Jews, about Palestinian life under Israeli occupation

11-07-05 - Soldier jailed for 28 days for attacking press An IDF soldier who threatened a television news crew in the territories with his weapon and attacked a photographer was sentenced by GOC Central Command Yair Naveh to 28 days in jail

11-06-05 - Qassam rocket aimed at Israel misfires, wounds PA policeman

11-06-05 - Grieving parents donate organs of Palestinian boy "I hope we can live a peaceful life without the killing of children. My children and the Palestinian children in the camp are dreaming of a peaceful life of freedom,"

11-06-05 - Palestinians say near Gaza border deal with Israel

11-06-05 - Organs of Palestinian boy transplanted into 6 Israelis

11-06-05 - Israeli army arrests Palestinian girl for stabbing soldier

11-06-05 - Hadera bombing death toll rises to 6 after woman dies of wounds

11-06-05 - Israel Agrees to Let Egypt Supply PNA with Ammunition

11-06-05 - IDF ending program aimed at cooling checkpoint frictions The volunteers joined regular units stationed at roadblocks to relieve the workload of the soldiers, with the hope that placing an older and more experienced person alongside the young soldiers would restrain their behavior toward Palestinian citizens. The program has been considered a success by the IDF.

11-06-05 - Nine Palestinian prisoners launch hunger strike The militants of the armed wing of the Fatah movement, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, are imprisoned in the Jericho detention, guarded by US and British security officers ?

11-06-05 - Sharon apologizes to family of Palestinian child killed by Israeli soldiers: reports

11-06-05 - Conferees approve Israel aid The package, which the American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbied for, includes an additional $40 million in refugee-resettlement assistance for Israel, money that helps absorb Ethiopian Jews,

11-06-05 - Dancing With Perseverance Ibdaa dance troupe's tour schedule

11-06-05 - Palestine goes to the Olympics: Winning the checkpoint-crossing event

11-06-05 - Changed attitude at the world body That's because they've got their new UN ambassador Bolton on the case.

11-06-05 - JDL member imprisoned in bomb plot killed The Jewish Defense League was founded in 1968 by Rabbi Meir Kahane. Kahane advocated the forcible removal of Arabs from Israel. He was assassinated in 1990 in New York. If these guys had been Arabs, their story would've been headline news, and they would've been charged with terrorism.

11-06-05 - From 1998: Israeli nabbed in Pentagon hack In its second move against computer hacking this week, the Justice Department announced the arrest of a trio of Israeli hackers suspected of breaking into computer networks belonging to U.S. and Israeli governments, as well as those of businesses and educational institutions in the United States and abroad.

11-06-05 - Iran Tries Charm to Counter Israel Remarks

11-06-05 - On Movies | Palestinian's film reverberates through him

11-06-05 - Damning report could soon force Israel's U.S. envoy to quit The officials said publication of the report will cause a public outcry, and it will be very difficult for Ayalon to remain in his post afterward

11-06-05 - Whose land is it anyway? - A journey into the heart of the matter Ghada Karmi's family, together with about 750,000 Palestinian refugees, left behind them about 400 villages - including 740,000 acres of agricultural land - 25,000 urban homes, 11 ,000 businesses, shops and workshops as well as many assets, bank deposits, and art treasures which became the property of the State of Israel under, the now defunct, The Custodian of Absentees Property

11-06-05 - Resident arrested in Bethlehem

11-06-05 - You be calm, we'll build You Palestinians will sit quietly, and we Israelis will build settlements and outposts, remove Arabs from Jerusalem and bring Jews instead of them. That's how it has been all these years, even during the Oslo period, and that's how it will continue.

11-06-05 - PNA rejects installing observation cameras at Rafah crossing

11-06-05 - EU to Train PA Para-Military

11-06-05 - Erekat: "Meetings with Rice will discuss several important issues"

11-06-05 - Army to demolish Amona illegal outpost by January 2006

11-06-05 - Holy Land's 'oldest church' found at Armageddon The church might never have been discovered had it not been for the needs of Israel's ever-demanding security apparatus. Megiddo prison is home to about 1,200 "security prisoners" who are held in "administrative detention" without ever being told exactly what it is they are accused of

11-06-05 - Spielberg movie out before Christmas "There aren't many movies like this, which start shooting around July 1 and plan to be in theatres on December 23,"

11-05-05 - Four Palestinian youths wounded in West Bank clashes The youths, aged 13 to 15, were wounded in the legs by Israeli gunfire, NO toy gun excuse this time.

11-05-05 - Palestinian boy shot by Israeli army dies of wounds The boy's father, Ismail al Khateep, told Israeli television before the body was moved that his family had decided to donate Ahmad's organs to Israeli children who needed them

11-05-05 - Three youth, one fighter, arrested near Nablus

11-05-05 - Plans backed to build Jewish neighborhood in Arab East Jerusalem

11-05-05 - Jewish extremists attack a Palestinian girl in Jerusalem

11-05-05 - Resident abducted, abused by P.A policemen

11-05-05 - The Rafah Border Crossing to open for 4 hours on Monday

11-05-05 - They Shoot at Children, Too

11-05-05 - Demons in the skies of the Gaza Strip

11-05-05 - EU places observation cameras at Rafah Crossing: sources

11-05-05 - Rome within Iran missile range: Israeli FM

11-05-05 - Christian leaders warn churches about divestment dangers Four Christian leaders from the United States travelled to Toronto last week to warn Canadian churches of the dangers of divesting in Israel and all its anti-Semitic implications

11-05-05 - Ancient church found underneath Israeli prison

11-05-05 - US lifts ban on Israeli involvement in new jet fighter Backstabs get rewarded again. Business as usual.

11-05-05 - UNRWA praises Kuwait for its financial, moral contribution

11-05-05 - One day there was a wall...

11-05-05 - Family denounces the release of four settlers who attacked their son

11-05-05 - Video: Counting the Costs Robert Fisk is a reporter for The Independent of London and dean of the Middle East correspondents

11-05-05 - Bereaved family refuses Jihad apology

11-04-05 - Call for probe into beating of Al Jazeera cameraman by Israeli soldiers An Israeli police spokesman confirmed that the cameraman was detained for several hours and claimed that he had attacked a border guard. Al Jazeera screened footage showing that this was not true and that Israeli soldiers surrounded a dozen Palestinian and international demonstrators at the foot of the separation barrier at Bil?in, north of Ramallah

11-04-05 - Israeli artillery shells a town, south of Gaza Several Palestinian homes were damaged during the shelling which was carried out without any prior clashes, the source stated. Dozens of families, and their children, fled their homes fearing additional shelling

11-04-05 - Marooned Bethlehem, a place of Christian pilgrimage for centuries, will soon be encircled by Israel's security barrier. Is the town to become no more than a museum among ancient shrines? John Harris meets the people campaigning to keep it alive ........"Her grandparents on her mother's side live over there," he says, pointing across the valley. "And every time we have tried to visit we have been stopped. Now, we're pretty much prohibited. She last saw her grandmother three months ago."

11-04-05 - Israel weapons firm builds armed speedboat drone

11-04-05 - Water Crisis in Gaza: How Occupation Affects Palestinians Access to Water Since Israel controls the water, they allow Palestinians in the West Bank 114 MCM/yr only ? they have to purchase another 30-40 MCM/yr for the West Bankers and 4 MCM/yr for Gazans from Mekorot, the Israeli water company.

11-04-05 - Al-Jazeera Cameraman Detained in Israel

11-04-05 - Hamas takes credit for killing soldier

11-04-05 - U.S millionaire finances Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem American Jewish millionaire Irwin Moskowitz is behind a plan to establish a new Jewish neighborhood within the Sheikh Jarrah quarter of East Jerusalem.

11-04-05 - Prison fence Jerusalem-area fence will imprison Palestinians, block peace

11-04-05 - Broken bones and broken hopes One thinks of his hands, scarred by soldiers' beatings; another remembers a friend who flitted between life and death in the hospital for 12 days, after he was beaten by soldiers who caught him drawing a slogan on a wall during a curfew. Yet another remembers the Al-Am?ari refugee camp; during the first intifada, all its young men were hopping on crutches or were in casts because they had thrown stones at soldiers, who in turn chased after them and carried out Rabin's order

11-04-05 - Cameraman freed by Israeli police

11-04-05 - Israel marks Rabin assassination

11-04-05 - Resident dies of wounds sustained last week

11-04-05 - Army installs X-ray search machine in Azoun Atma village

11-04-05 - Credit card helps Israel A new Visa credit card sends a portion of the amount spent to Israel-related charities.

11-04-05 - Editorial: Adding Palestine to the map

11-04-05 - Groups protest Bush visit

11-04-05 - The litter of broken hopes Michael Binyon on a multi-stranded tapestry of a novel that attempts to bring alive for a wider world the human stories behind the Palestinian exile

11-04-05 - Hecklers interrupt, vie with speaker Don and his associate loudly and publicly expressed anger at what they felt was Bird's continued presentation of pro-Palestinian ideas despite the CNI's description of itself as a "nonpartisan grass-roots organization."

11-04-05 - War by remote control Fact, Israel is insisting that the donor nations pay for the technology-rich "international passages" that will replace the checkpoints

11-04-05 - Defense Doesn't Rest In AIPAC Case Satterfield and Pollack, neither of whom has been charged in the case, allegedly leaked information related to Iran. If required to testify, they likely would be asked why it was important to get this information to the pro- Israel lobby

11-04-05 - Letter: What ifs in Israeli-Palestinian conflict What if the Bush Administration had played the role of an "honest broker" in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, would there be a need for (President Bush's trusted friend and confidante) Karen Hughes, to go to that region to redeem America's reputation in the Middle East, as reported in the news last month?

11-04-05 - Annan delays Iran trip after row Israel urged the UN to expel Iran from the world body and called on Mr Annan to cancel his trip.

11-04-05 - Israel to resume involvement in prestigious U.S. defense project Mofaz told Israeli reporters in Washington that the crisis between Israel and the U.S. over security issues was over.

11-04-05 - Israel recognizes China's full market economy status Israel is an important partner of China in trade and economic cooperation in Middle East. The bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, science and technology and agriculture developed well and has great potentials.

11-04-05 - Israel steps up surveillance on Lebanese border

11-04-05 - New films ask why suicide bombers kill "Under the occupation, we're already dead .... In this life we are dead anyway .... If we can't live as equals, at least we can die as equals"

11-04-05 - Italians rally against Iran remark Italy?s foreign minister backed out of a rally denouncing the Iranian president?s call for Israel?s destruction.

11-04-05 - RCS distributes Eid ul Adha gifts to Palestinian children

11-04-05 - Bahrain ready to end boycott The American Israel Public Affairs Committee worked closely with Congress to shape the agreement. The U.S. House of Representatives? Ways and Means committee referred the bill to the full House this week with a provision for a yearly assessment of whether Bahrain indeed has ended the boycott.

11-04-05 - Foxman: groups aim to 'Christianize' U.S. To the contrary, Foxman and his ilk have successfully Israelized America.

11-03-05 - Israeli troops wound West Bank teen carrying toy gun "The Israel Defence Forces regret the incident and stress again the danger which Palestinian gunmen and terrorists place the civilian Palestinian population by operating from within it against Israeli targets," Israel blames the fact that they conduct raids in civilian villages - shooting at rockthrowing, toy-wielding kids - on the victim.

11-03-05 - Israeli soldier wounded in shelling The Palestinians shelling occurred in southern Israel near the soldier's base at Nahal Oz

11-03-05 - Intifada toll Sept 2000 - Sept 2005 The five years of the Palestinian intifada have cost more than 4,000 lives. Btselem, an Israeli human rights group, has been tracking casualty figures on both sides

11-03-05 - Hebron: Ongoing Closure, Movement, and Control From an observer's standpoint, one feels conflicted between elation at seeing so much Palestinian activity in the usually desolate Old City, and outrage at the ongoing closures, walling, and restrictions on movement imposed by the Israeli military.

11-03-05 - U.S. praises UNRWA The United States views the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians as a stabilizing force in the region.

11-03-05 - Azmout residents complain of settlers attacks Resident Abdul-Ghani Al Azmouti, said that three Palestinian families were attacked recently while picking their olives

11-03-05 - Israel opens fire in disputed border area Israeli artillery batteries opened fire in a disputed area on the border with Lebanon, causing no casualties

11-03-05 - Palestinians 'terrorised' by sonic boom flights A medical opinion submitted to the court by Dr Eyad el-Sarraj, a prominent Gaza psychiatrist, points out that the flights have often been timed when children are on their way to and from school

11-03-05 - Egypt tries to broker truce extension among Palestinian groups

11-03-05 - U.S. to Israel: Reopen Gaza crossings In a meeting between Wolfensohn and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz in Washington, Mofaz promised to try and complete talks with Palestinian officials next week in a bid to open the Rafah crossing prior to Wolfensohn's return to Israel next week. Mofaz later met with U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney.

11-03-05 - Israel Seeks Action Before Peace Talks Meanwhile, they are still building illegal settlements to link the West Bank to Jerusalem.

11-03-05 - Arab residents of Israel barred from visiting relatives in Gaza

11-03-05 - PLO leader expresses doubts over Israel's sincerity

11-03-05 - Video: An Interview with Riad Hamad Riad Hamad is a non-violent activist in Austin, Texas. He holds multiple Master's degrees and has never been arrested. He is now under surveillance by the FBI because he organized the shipment of books to Palestinian children. He speaks about the impact FBI attacks have had on his family, his freedoms, and his perception of America.

11-03-05 - Solidarity in the Occupied Territories With the olive harvest underway, Israeli peace activists have joined the Palestinian villagers in Bil'in to pick olives in the fields which are being cut off from the village by the fence/wall.

11-03-05 - U.S. designates Egypt-Israel trade zone

11-03-05 - Israeli, Palestinian female youth win peace prize

11-03-05 - Over 80 percent fear new assassination: Israel poll More than 80 percent of Israelis believe the country could be blighted by another political assassination, a poll revealed on the eve of the 10th anniversary of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's murder

11-03-05 - Students protest against racism at Hebrew University sports center However, a Channel 10 TV news footage revealed that Jews who were not affiliated with the university were allowed to obtain memberships while Arabs not affiliated with the university were turned away.

11-03-05 - UN Rebukes Syria, Iran Two of Israel?s two main enemies, Syria and Iran, were rebuked by the United Nations Security Council within four days of each other this past week ? a fact that one former Israeli ambassador said is no coincidence.

11-03-05 - Georgia governor going to Israel ?We expect this mission will generate new economic activity in Georgia and enhance our state?s position as one of Israel?s primary business centers in North America.?

11-03-05 - Hamas asks to relocate offices to Egypt, Jordan

11-03-05 - ?A Military Option Is Not on the Agenda?

11-03-05 - Settlers celebrate tenth anniversary of Rabin murder In the hills of the occupied West Bank, the ultra-religious settlers of Tapuakh celebrate the assassin and voice contempt for Rabin. ?Of course he deserved it,? Koby, a 19-year-old, American-born settler, said. ?He was a traitor.?

11-03-05 - Peace Now presents: Settlement course

11-03-05 - Hillary Clinton to visit Israel, meet with Sharon

11-02-05 - Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian militant in West Bank

11-02-05 - Palestinian gunmen kill Israeli soldier on raid Israel regularly carries out arrests in the West Bank and has killed several militants during operations it says are vital to its security

11-02-05 - Palestinians hit by sonic boom air raids Israel is deploying a terrifying new tactic against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip by letting loose deafening "sound bombs" that cause widespread fear, induce miscarriages and traumatise children.

11-02-05 - Pal. source: ?Palestinian-Israeli meeting fails to reopen the Rafah terminal?

11-02-05 - Lawmakers agree to $20.9 bln in foreign aid The bill also has $150 million in economic aid for the West Bank and Gaza region, doubling current aid and matching Bush's request. The money is only for projects approved by the U.S. Agency for International Development, not for direct budgetary assistance. Israel would get $2.3 billion in military assistance, up $60 million from current levels and matching Bush's request

11-02-05 - Israel postpones signing deal on removing Gaza settlements' remains

11-02-05 - Palestinian youth stabs woman in central Jerusalem park He said he stabbed his employer in the face and then fled to Jerusalem, where he decided to commit a second stabbing so that police would arrest him

11-02-05 - Court releases settlers accused of beating Palestinian boy, 13

11-02-05 - EU sending mission to evaluate role at Gaza's Rafah border crossing

11-02-05 - Plight of Palestinian Christians Lamented The Holy See lamented the difficulties Christians face in the Holy Land, when it addressed the United Nations on international aid to Palestinian refugees. ... Archbishop Migliore said that of "ongoing concern" is "the security wall which cuts access to some Palestinians' lands and water sources, as well as to employment, commerce, education, medical care and freedom of worship."

11-02-05 - Medics demand Israel halts sonic booms over Gaza Israeli and Palestinian medics filed a joint petition to Israel's high court demanding the air force halt its sonic booms over Gaza because they were terrorising the local population

11-02-05 - Hamas vows to end truce at year-end Hamas, the most powerful Islamist movement in Gaza, warned Tuesday that Israel had "started a war" by killing a local leader of its military wing along with an Al-Aqsa commander

11-02-05 - UN Looks To Next Steps In Syria "Further, we are encouraging the Government of Lebanon to set up a mechanism with the different Palestinian groups in order to resolve the issue of disbanding them and disarming them,"

11-02-05 - Cohen suggests a project to annex West Bank settlements to Israel

11-02-05 - AIPAC judge keeps evidence classified The federal judge in the AIPAC classified-information case ruled that prosecutors may withhold evidence from the defense

11-02-05 - U.S. security officials go to Israel

11-02-05 - Israeli PM berates Italy for contacts with Hezbollah

11-02-05 - Palestinians soak up soap opera

11-02-05 - Terror bill rebellion defeated by one vote Quoting Mrs Blair, he said: "In view of the illegal occupation of Palestinian land, I can well understand how decent young Palestinians become terrorists." "I, as a matter of fact, agree with the sentiments she expressed and when she made it I leapt to her defence,"

11-02-05 - Israeli PM adviser urges caution on Hamas But Gold's warning also flies in the face of the policy of rapid democratization throughout the Middle East that has been pushed by leading American neo-conservatives and that has been enthusiastically adopted by President Bush. They want the 'democracy' that they can DICTATE to the Middle Eastern folks - namely, the 'democracy' that's cozy with Israel and all of its policies in the Occupied Territories.

11-02-05 - 'Gaza turned into Islamic terror state' "I think the Palestinian state was already established in Gaza and constitutes an Islamic terror base in our region, not too far from central Israel,"

11-02-05 - Karen Hughes Press Conference Kuala Lampur America's policy is that we support a Palestinian state living side by side in peace with Israel Middle Easterners have heard this talk now for a few years, with no results; no Palestinian State and certainly no justice for them. In other words, they are watching what we DO, not what we SAY.

11-02-05 - Indifference to Israeli aggression makes U.S. policy look imbalanced America's silence on the oppression of Palestinians makes U.S. foreign policy look grossly imbalanced. If Israeli oppression of Palestinians continues to go unchecked, all of America's efforts to promote justice in the Middle East will come to naught.

11-02-05 - Jewish Dems thank Rice

11-01-05 - Two militants killed in Gaza raid, Israelis move into Jenin

11-01-05 - Palestinians killed in air strike The BBC's correspondent in Gaza, Alan Johnston, believes the killing of the Hamas leader may be significant, because the group may now be drawn into a bout of violence it has so far avoided.

11-01-05 - Political situation casts shadow over Eid preparations

11-01-05 - Israel dragging heels over Gaza agreements The Israeli government is de-stabilising Gaza and the Palestinian Authority by closing down its links with the outside world, according to the Palestinian minister in charge of negotiations with them.

11-01-05 - Palestinian Official Assails Sharon Hind Khoury, who joined Mahmoud Abbas' cabinet in February, told reporters that "Gaza disengagement was used as a smoke screen to undermine Jerusalem as a subject for negotiations."

11-01-05 - Israel seizes suspected militants

11-01-05 - Israel willing for EU to monitor Gaza-Egypt border

11-01-05 - Bier Zeit university students suspend all classes

11-01-05 - Palestinian: Troops moved into my home

11-01-05 - Israel approves Egypt-Gaza crossing It would be the first time since Israel captured the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967 that Palestinians would be allowed to enter and leave either territory without passing through Israeli controls

11-01-05 - Sharon Vindicates Mofaz, Knesset Approves Israeli MPs Endorse Expansion of Settlements in Jerusalem, Jordan Valley

11-01-05 - Army invades Bil?in, arrests three residents

11-01-05 - Palestinian aid threatened by wage increases

11-01-05 - UN to designate January 27 as annual Holocaust day The General Assembly has often been accused of anti-Semitism and persistent concentration on the plight of Palestinians Palestinians ARE Semites.

11-01-05 - Israel shells southern Gaza Strip village

11-01-05 - FEATURE-Border closures shut door on Gaza revival hopes "Sometimes we have items sitting at the Israeli port for six months,"

11-01-05 - US says understands Israeli raids

11-01-05 - Israel may bar pullout protesters from army

11-01-05 - "If You Will It, It is No Dream": Embracing the Anti-Apartheid Struggle in Israel/Palestine

11-01-05 - Deadly bird flu virus inevitable in Mideast: expert

11-01-05 - Winston Peters On Wrong Side in the Middle East GPJA is deeply disappointed that the New Zealand government is rushing to re-open diplomatic relations with Israel and allowing it to again establish an Embassy in Wellington while the Palestinian people continue to be brutally oppressed under Israeli military occupation of their country

11-01-05 - Second committee unanimously approves texts on humanitarian aid for Ethiopia ; rehabilitation, economic development of Kazakhstan?s Semipalatinsk region ( Egypt) introduced a draft resolution on permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources (document A/C.2/60/L.11).

11-01-05 - A message of peace Ms Allan said that, as a midwife, she was shocked to find that Palestinian women frequently gave birth at checkpoints due to restrictions on their movement and the searching of ambulances. What was even more horrific, she said, was the number of babies that had died for this reason

11-01-05 - 3rd Annual New York Arab-American Comedy Festival kicks off this month!

11-01-05 - Video: In A Prison Called Palestine Part II FSTV's Mobile-Eyes On Palestine is anchored by this 90 minute travel diary

11-01-05 - Rome Jewish spokesman sparks debate on pro-Israel parade Pacifici told the Israeli daily newspaper Maariv: ?The Italian Jews will check who will participate and those who will not come will be considered not only enemies of Israel but also enemies of the Italian Jews.?

11-01-05 - Tehran subsidizes terrorists' families The B.S.-o-meter just broke.

11-01-05 - Muslims desecrate bibles in Hebron This sounds more like something those Hebron settlers would do.

11-01-05 - Israel and the US - A God-ordained alliance?, Part II Yet another boohoo-fest. America just cannot do enough for Israel, evidently.

11-01-05 - Washington sources say In the scandal that led last week to the indictment of Lewis Libby, U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney's chief of staff, there's a lesson to learn anew for Israel, which is so woven into the Washington experience that once again it is not a foreign body but a faction involved, for good and for bad, in American domestic struggles.

11-01-05 - Esther Pollard: Prison Website Release Story is a Distortion

11-01-05 - Shalom: Rome in Iran missile range Shalom also asked his Italian counterpart to stop the financing of Palestinian municipalities governed by Hamas members, and received a positive reply.

11-01-05 - SPIELBERG RUSHING TO GET HIS MUNICH FILM OUT ON TIME

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