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Thursday, December 22, 2005


News for 12-21-05

12-21-05 - Senior Hamas militant shot dead In the nearby city of Nablus, Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian stone throwers during a raid searching for suspected militants. Palestinian security officials said a Palestinian boy was injured when troops fired plastic bullets at the demonstrators.



12-21-05 - Kidnapped teachers released in Gaza City


12-21-05 - Palestinians may delay poll over voting ban


12-21-05 - Israel bans Jerusalem Palestinian vote over Hamas


12-21-05 - Bethlehem walled off by Israel this Christmas


12-21-05 - Half of Israelis favor talks with Hamas: poll


12-21-05 - Syria said mulling plan to cede Shaba Farms to Lebanon If the Shaba Farms are considered Lebanese territory, Israel will be asked to withdraw from the region. Failure to do so will provide Hezbollah with justification to act in South Lebanon and call the Israeli occupation ongoing.


12-21-05 - Senators push to exclude Hamas from elections Seventy U.S. senators on Wednesday called on President George W. Bush to make it clear to Palestinian leaders that Hamas and other groups that the United States wants terrorist organizations to disarm or be banned from upcoming Palestinian elections. Why is this our problem? Who made it so? Do our legislators have so little to do that they feel the need to wile away their time on matters that have little bearing on the American taxpaying public?


12-21-05 - Israel to defend interrogation methods at US trial Deutsch also said Israeli officials asked for "special procedures to protect the agents" when they testify but it was not specified what they were seeking and the judge overseeing the case will determine the guidelines


12-21-05 - Bethlehem becoming a giant prison: Latin Patriarch


12-21-05 - Japan to provide $4.8 million for Palestinian refugee aid


12-21-05 - MI head Ze'evi warns of northern border escalation Making his final appearance before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Ze'evi said the risk of the northern border heating up stems from Iranian-Syrian influence on Hezbollah to initiate action against Israel.


12-21-05 - "Container protest" held against Israel's intrusion


12-21-05 - Residents, activists in Bil?in protest against settlement outposts


12-21-05 - Israel to finance removal of settlement rubble


12-21-05 - US, Israel strengthening Hamas - Pope Pope Benedict's representative in the Holy Land said today that the United States and Israel were helping strengthen Islamic militant group Hamas through policies towards the Palestinians.


12-21-05 - Cleric arrested in Jerusalem while trying to attend prayers at Al-Aksa Mosque


12-21-05 - Bil'in residents set up 'outpost' west of separation fence Mohammed Khateb, a member of Bil'in's Popular Committee Against the Wall, said that the container was placed on land belonging to a village resident and comes with a building permit from Bil'in village council....Dealing with the caravan is liable to be an embarrassment for the IDF and the Civil Administration. The container is adjacent to the Matityahu East neighborhood of Upper Modi'in, where hundreds of illegal housing units have recently been constructed.


12-21-05 - Poll: Most U.S. Jews oppose Iraq war, have never visited Israel This poll is further evidence of a concerted effort by the pro-Israeli groups to back away from their support of the Iraq war in light of the current political climate. This poll may have been valid if they had done it in the run-up to the Iraq war, and not after the fact.


12-21-05 - France beefs up Palestinian aid Paris has doubled 2005 aid to the Palestinian territories to $6.5 million, the French Foreign Affairs Ministry announced Wednesday.


12-21-05 - IDF: Iranian threat on Israel substantial IDF Intelligence Chief says Iran's threat on Israel growing due to U.S.'s deep involvement in Iraq


12-21-05 - Muslim, Israeli officials establish close relations


12-21-05 - Republican Jewish Coalition Thanks Senator Santorum for Iran Resolution which condemned the recent disparaging and destructive statements made toward Israel and all Jewish people by Iran?s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad


12-21-05 - Jerusalem Palestinians inaugurate "Peace Stadium" Palestinians are slowly being closed out of Jerusalem.


12-21-05 - Christmas behind Israel's wall


12-21-05 - Israel boycott decision criticized The Anti-Defamation League condemned a regional Parliament in Norway that launched a boycott of Israeli products.


12-21-05 - Rice: Talk of Israeli strike on Iran ?unhelpful?


12-21-05 - Israeli Capt. Speaks on Mideast Conflict One student asked how many Palestinians have been killed in the five years of conflict. Dallal said 4,000 but that the differentiation between combatants and civilians is harder to establish than for Israelis because women and children are sometimes suicide bombers and, therefore, combatants. That's strange because women and children were also considered 'combatants' by the IDF long before the advent of suicide bombings. Imagine.



12-21-05 - House passes Saudi education resolution JTA recently revealed in a special investigation that Saudi Arabia is also funding teaching materials for American public schools that contain anti-Israel and anti-Western views.


12-21-05 - Unrecognised villages in the Negev expose Israel's apartheid policies


12-21-05 - Israel's special forces at the "highest stage of readiness"


12-21-05 - Republicans fear lobbyist's plea bargain Abramoff was also found to be giving money to extremist Israeli settler groups.


12-21-05 - U.S. Terror Victims' Families Sue Italy The families of three Americans killed in Palestinian suicide bombings have accused the Italian government of siding with Iran in a legal battle to collect damages from the Islamic regime's assets in Italy More legislation in US Congress to be passed in light of these recent events, news at six.

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