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Tuesday, March 15, 2005


News for 03-15-05

3-15 - U.S.: Israel broke promise to set settlement boundaries Israel has still not kept a promise that it made the United States last April to demarcate the built-up areas of every West Bank settlement, for the purpose of setting limits on the settlements' growth. As a result, the U.S. has halted the work of the Israeli-American task force that was supposed to deal with this issue.



3-15 - Rachel Corrie's family sues Israel, IDF The family of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist killed by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer in Rafah two years ago, yesterday filed a lawsuit in the Haifa District Court against the State of Israel and the IDF


3-15 - PA: Right of return paramount The Palestinian Authority has denied Israeli press reports citing concessions from President Mahmud Abbas on the issue of Palestinian refugees' right of return.


3-15 - Israeli Official: Killing of Palestinian Lecturer Was Due to "Identification Mistake"


3-15 - Family of Slain Protester Sues Caterpillar


3-15 - Army blames dog for killing of innocent Palestinian


3-15 - Abbas says he expects full ceasefire by armed groups Palestinian leader calls for talks to start on statehood


3-15 - Palestinians discuss ceasefire


3-15 - Talks secure Israeli army handover of Jericho Israeli troops will pull back from the West Bank city Jericho on Wednesday


3-15 - Because of Israel, the Palest. economy lost $15b


3-15 - Palestinians turn against suicide bombers


3-15 - We Won't Forget Rachel


3-15 - US Mideast security coordinator meets Palestinian interior minister


3-15 - Israeli settler protest condemned Dozens of Jewish settlers and their supporters blocked a main highway at the entrance to Tel Aviv at nightfall Monday, causing a huge traffic jam


3-15 - Knesset resolution demands Pollard's release


3-15 - White House clarifies Bush comments on Israel "The role of the United States will be to continue to urge both parties to make the sacrifices necessary, sacrifice meaning that Israel must withdraw from the settlements, there must be contiguous territory for a Palestinian state, into which a Palestinian state can grow,"


3-15 - Visiting US Jews slam Gaza pullout Dozens of American Jews toured Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday to protest against the government's plan to evacuate the occupied Palestinian territory this year.


3-15 - PM focuses on Hizbullah with EU leaders Diplomatic officials in Jerusalem said this should not be interpreted as signaling a seismic shift in American policy, and that when Bush said that Israel must withdraw from the settlements, he was referring to the unauthorized settlement outposts. "This has long been US policy, and there is no change,"


3-15 - New Zealand blocks visit by senior Israeli officer amid diplomatic standoff


3-15 - Israelis fear Syria's Lebanon exit is no panacea


3-15 - No state means no protection Sakallah, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan, remembers what it means when you are stateless


3-15 - Jihad criticizes Annan for weak stance on Israeli barrier


3-15 - Soldier escapes murder charge


3-15 - Bishop suggests occupied Palestinian territory could become part of Third World "The pressure currently being exerted by the Americans on Syria needs equally to be exerted upon Israel to enable a withdrawal of Israeli troops and settlers."


3-15 - Hamas refuses to participate in the Palestinian govt


3-15 - A senior United Nations official has hailed the UAE for its $27 billion contribution for building the Jenin camp in Palestine


3-15 - Palestinian Plan to Free Militant Sparks Row


3-15 - Israeli President Warns of Anti-Semitism


3-15 - Jewish community lines up to blunt message of anti-Zionist author It was part of a carefully planned effort by the United Jewish Federation to minimize the impact of Finkelstein's appearance by quietly filling the seats of the lecture hall with Jews already inured to his "ridiculous and vile distortions,"


3-15 - Israel surprised at banning


3-15 - Rap finds new voice in occupied Gaza Far away from its roots in the Bronx of New York, rap is finding a new voice as a group of young Palestinians sing about the frustrations of life under occupation in the Gaza Strip.


3-15 - Israeli spy fights life sentence in US jail The New Yorker magazine said Pollard gave away a 10-volume surveillance manual, described by one ex-intelligence officer as "the Bible," which contained detailed information on how US intelligence collects signals anywhere in the world


3-15 - U.S. judges tell Pollard his case is 'not unique' "The problem with Mr. Pollard" is that he "he thinks he is unique," Sentelle said. "This is not unique."


3-15 - Israel's ranking in "Euromoney" Country Risk Index almost unchanged Israel gets full points only in three categories: Access to foreign banks (5 points); repayment of loans repayment of loans? Ok, where's our tax money then?

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