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Friday, December 30, 2005


News for 12-29-05

12-29-05 - Suicide bomber kills Israeli soldier, Palestinian civilians


12-29-05 - Two killed in Gaza clash


12-29-05 - Let's Stop a US/Israeli War on Iran* The peace movements of the entire world should be in crisis mode right now, working non-stop to prevent the U.S. and Israel from starting a war against Iran.


12-29-05 - Israel's Sonic Booms Terrifying Gaza Children Targeting innocent civilians violates the Geneva Conventions. Both Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups have asked Israeli High Court to stop the air force from this practice.


12-29-05 - Palestinian Envoy Brings New Strategy to Washington Asked if it was prudent to make such a remark during his first meeting with American Jews, Safieh was unapologetic. "In situations of belligerency, there are fighters on each side," he told the Forward, "and I don't accept the Israeli-Jewish approach that there is no moral equivalence and that Jewish blood is more precious than Palestinian blood."


12-29-05 - Israel army chief rules out early strike on Iran Halutz however said he did not believe Iran would actually complete manufacturing a bomb "before the start of the next decade."


12-29-05 - Palestinians Negotiate for Return of Brits Palestinian security forces were negotiating Thursday with gunmen who kidnapped a British human rights worker and her parents, a security official said


12-29-05 - Group Claims Rocket Strike on Israel Al-Qaida in Iraq said Thursday that it fired a barrage of rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel this week, in a rare claim by the group of a direct attack against the Jewish state. The statement, on an Islamic Web forum where al-Qaida in Iraq often posts statement, could not be independently verified.



12-29-05 - Frantic search for aid worker and parents as gang fails to make contact Unlike previous kidnappings of westerners in Gaza, usually resolved within hours, the kidnappers made no contact with the authorities to make demands or arrange for the release of Kate Burton, 25, and her parents Hugh and Helen. They were snatched by seven armed men in Rafah, a deprived town in a very poor area.




12-29-05 - ?Kate is a warm, loving person trying to help?


12-29-05 - N. American Jews Arrive to Set up Life in the West Bank About 250 North American Jews landed on Wednesday in Israel hoping to build their new homes in the West Bank settlements


12-29-05 - Creation of "Death Zone" in northern Gaza Strip is illegal An o rder to open fire at any person present in a particular area in the northern Gaza Strip, if indeed given, is a flagrant breach of International Humanitarian Law....Furthermore, attacks directed at civilians, and attacks that are carried out with the knowledge they will cause disproportionate injury to the civilian population, are defined as war crimes


12-29-05 - Olmert: "No limitations in attacks against Gaza"


12-29-05 - Arab League says it will not stand idle to Israeli measures against Palestinians


12-29-05 - Palestinians attack kidnap of Briton devoted to their cause


12-29-05 - Israel to probe settlers attacks on Palestinian groves Mofaz said that "if it turned out that the settlers were involved in these attacks, the victims might receive compensation". Wow.


12-29-05 - Palestinians in Iraq Pay the Cost of Being 'Saddam's People' Hussein made world headlines by promising a house and $25,000 to each Palestinian family in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that had a member killed while attacking Israel


12-29-05 - No end in sight to Gaza 'no-go zone' Israel vowed to keep areas of the Gaza Strip off-limits to Palestinians until cross-border rocket attacks cease.


12-29-05 - Bulgaria pressed on Holocaust compensation The property was confiscated in 1943, and an administrative court ruled in 1992 that the Jewish community was entitled to just under 50 percent of it.
U.S. Representatives do not, however, demand the same of those who have unlawfully seized the property of the Palestinians.


12-29-05 - Suspects' body language can blow their cover Careful observation and questions of escalating intensity can unmask possible terrorists, who typically become anxious and deceptive around authorities, says Rafi Ron, former security chief at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport. Ron founded New Age Security Solutions in Virginia in October 2001 to teach police how to detect "indicators" of a possible terrorist.


12-29-05 - Hamas slams Quartet statement


12-29-05 - Arab MK: Syria will hasten Palestinian J'lem


12-29-05 - The Two Faces of Hezbollah "Hezbollah is Hezbollah," he says, "there's no change in its definition. It's a political, religious party created as a reaction to Israel's invasion [of Lebanon] in 1982. Politically it's represented in both cabinet and parliament, and considered by all to be a legitimate party. But if you're against Israel, the U.S. administration labels you as they want."


12-29-05 - Palestinians seek $7 billion in investments


12-29-05 - Farkash: "Hezbollah is using weapons Syria purchased from Russia"


12-29-05 - Workshop on Media and Nonviolence in Bethlehem


12-29-05 - Holocaust survivors 'in poverty' A Holocaust survivor's support group has said 40% of survivors in Israel are living below the poverty line, Israel Radio has reported What has Israel done with all of the money recouped on behalf of the Holocaust victims?

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