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Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Canadians protest Sharon
Dozens of people protested Ariel Sharon outside the United Jewish Communities’ annual meeting in Toronto.
The pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied Monday night outside the Toronto convention center, where thousands of delegates to the North American Jewish federation system’s annual General Assembly were gathered. Sharon was not at the meeting, but delivered a videotaped message to the delegates from Jerusalem.
Sharon urged the federation system to encourage more immigration to Israel and expressed support for Operation Promise, a $160 million effort to help elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union and bring the remaining Falash Mura from Ethiopia to Israel.
NATO generals in Israel
NATO air force chiefs held a security conference with Israel.
The annual event was held in Tel Aviv this week as part of the organization’s Partnership for Peace and Mediterranean Dialogue, and focused on the use of air power in national security. According to Israeli sources, the NATO officers were especially interested in Israel’s advanced command and control systems. Israel has been in talks with NATO about developing closer relations.
Ward replaced as Mideast coordinator
The United States announced the appointment of a new Army general to oversee Israeli-Palestinian security coordination.
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.
No immediate date was given for the handover. Dayton previously served as director of the Iraq Survey Group, which searched for alleged weapons of mass-destruction developed by Saddam Hussein.
Police, Bedouin clash in Negev
At least two people were hurt in a confrontation between Israeli police and Bedouins.
Tuesday’s violence erupted when police arrived at El Massas, a Bedouin village in the Negev, to serve eviction notices to residents of illegally built homes. Some locals threw stones and Molotov cocktails at the police, who reportedly responded with gunfire. Israel’s Bedouin complain of neglect by the state, saying it does not do enough to recognize their encampments and communities.
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