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Wednesday, November 23, 2005


News for 11-22-05

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

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