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Saturday, December 31, 2005


News for 12-30-05

12-30-05 - Palestinian boy dies in Gaza clash Fathy Mushtaha was caught in a gunbattle as members of a powerful Gaza family tried to storm the police station.


12-30-05 - British hostages freed in Gaza - officials "They are secure and in good hands," said a senior Palestinian security official.


12-30-05 - Gaza border reopens after protest


12-30-05 - Palestinian Police Storm Gaza-Egypt Border Palestinian policemen angry over the killing of a fellow officer stormed the Gaza-Egypt border crossing Friday, firing shots in the air and forcing European monitors to close the border and flee


12-30-05 - Settlers attack several homes in Hebron A local source in Hebron reported that the settlers came from several illegal settlement outposts, and from Keryat Arba? settlement in Hebron, attacked dozens of homes and pinched dozens of chickens after hurling stones at the homes in the area, and attacking the residents


12-30-05 - There's still a catch for Gaza's boatmen even this harvest is restricted. Pointing to a patrolling Israeli naval vessel on the horizon, one fisherman said: "Even this season when we tried to fish, the Israeli boats came and shot at us."



12-30-05 - Unknown Palestinian group claims kidnap of British hostages, now freed


12-30-05 - Bil?in: Land Grab thanks to the Wall The barrier Israel is building confiscates about half of the lands of the village.



12-30-05 - With no Palestinian state in sight, aid becomes an adjunct to occupation


12-30-05 - A Palestinian house faces settlement The Palestinians maintain the Israelis have taken large tracts of their lands and uprooted trees to further expand the settlement town of Mod'in Illit, one of the biggest and fastest-growing settlements in the West Bank.


12-30-05 - Israel dismantles 3 W.Bank settler outposts - army


12-30-05 - Army shells areas in the northern Gaza Strip


12-30-05 - Jerusalem candidates quit poll Fatah party candidates in east Jerusalem have said that they will boycott parliamentary elections next month.


12-30-05 - Barghouti says future government will include Hamas


12-30-05 - No Buses Roll From Gaza to West Bank, Despite Deal Israel was never very interested in providing a way for Gazans to travel to the West Bank, and agreed to the idea only under strong American pressure. Washington's motivation is to try to help the beleaguered Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, known as Abu Mazen, whose divided Fatah faction faces a tough electoral battle against the militant faction Hamas in legislative elections scheduled for Jan. 25.


12-30-05 - Eight residents arrested in Atteel


12-30-05 - Kidnapped British family freed in Gaza The gunman went on to threaten foreign officials at work in Gaza if the international community did not rein in Israeli military activity...With large numbers of international observers expected to arrive in Gaza in the coming weeks to monitor the Palestinian elections on January 25 So let me get this straight, a previously unknown group is threatening the very people that are coming to help the Palestinians?


12-30-05 - Villages in South Hebron Isolated between Apartheid Wall and Jewish-only Road


12-30-05 - Princeton Panelists Share Cautionary Tales Of Dangers to Academic Freedom Describing The David Project?s mission as political rather than academic?to improve Israel?s image on campus?he said it has succeeded in casting a shadow on the future of Middle East studies You will teach Israel's version or else you will be smeared as an anti-Semite, evidently.


12-30-05 - The Future of Palestine; Turning the Page, Again


12-30-05 - Greek patriarch boycotts Israeli Christmas party The Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Jerusalem boycotted an annual Israeli Christmas party on Thursday because the invitation failed to recognise him as the church's new leader


12-30-05 - Flemish Palestine Solidarity Committee Steps up Israeli Goods Boycott Campaign


12-30-05 - AJC Launches International Campaign to Stop a Nuclear Iran


12-30-05 - Millions of Syrians sign anti-US petition The petition rejected "everything that is mentioned in the two reports" because they lack "objectivity and impartiality in order to serve the United States and Israel's greed, which threatens peace and international security."


12-30-05 - Review of the year: The Middle East


12-30-05 - US warns Israel of escalation THE US has warned Israel it risks a serious escalation in a continuing artillery showdown with Palestinian militants by establishing a no-go zone in the northern Gaza Strip.


12-30-05 - Washington poised for revelations from top lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a Republican activist for 20 years and a generous donor to President George W. Bush's election and reelection campaigns, is accused of fraud in a criminal trial due to begin in Miami, Florida, on January 9.

He was found to have given money to radical settlers in the Occupied Territories.

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