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Friday, November 18, 2005


News for 11-17-05

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

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