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Tuesday, January 17, 2006


News for 01-16-06

01-16-06 - 'Paradise Now' wins foreign language Golden Globe Director Hany Abu-Assad told the Beverly Hilton audience that he saw the award not only as recognition of the film, its cast and crew, "but also as a recognition that the Palestinians deserve their liberty and equality unconditionally."


01-16-06 - Palestinian: Settlers almost lynched me "My house was raided by some 200 people. Luckily for me, peace activists have intervened, and fell victim to the settlers themselves. They were stomped over and beaten until they bled," Dnadish recalled.


01-16-06 - Witherspoon, Clooney Earn Golden Globes The Palestinian film "Paradise Now," a dark tale of two Arab friends tapped to carry out a suicide bombing in Israel, won the prize for foreign-language film.


01-16-06 - Israeli, PA officials meet in bid to increase joint anti-drug efforts Police and Anti-drug Authority officials met Monday with their Palestinian counterparts at the Erez crossing on the Israel-Gaza border to discuss heightened cooperation in fighting the war on drugs.


01-16-06 - Hamas election success could hurt Palestinian statehood: US


01-16-06 - Israel will not agree to Iran nuclear capability: president


01-16-06 - Jerusalem man does not have bird flu The 50-year-old man from Sur Baher village in east Jerusalem had been admitted to hospital for tests late Sunday after a number of chickens he was keeping died


01-16-06 - Iran nuclear bid 'fault of West' Saudi Arabia has said the West is partly to blame for the current nuclear stand-off with Iran because it allowed Israel to develop nuclear weapons.


01-16-06 - Palestinian association asks to host matches in Gaza The Palestinian Football Association has asked to host matches on home soil for the first time since Palestinians gained control of the Gaza Strip, according to PFA president Ahmed Al-Afifi


01-16-06 - Settlers annex 150 Dunams of Palestinian land in Doura village


01-16-06 - UN urges bird flu vigilance in Middle East


01-16-06 - Israel sends troops to quell 'Jewish intifada' The defence ministry has ordered an investigation to assess the cost of the damage incurred by Palestinian shopkeepers in Hebron during acts of vandalism carried out by Jewish settlers with a view to compensating them.


01-16-06 - Dismantling of outposts served with evacuation orders delayed The dismantling of three outposts in the northern West Bank, which have been served with evacuation orders, has been delayed, a senior security source said Monday.


01-16-06 - Israeli bulldozers demolish Palestinian house in Jerusalem Israeli bulldozers demolished on Monday morning a Palestinian housing building at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, near Rachel's Tomb.



01-16-06 - Despite Injunction from Israeli Supreme Court ? Illegal Construction in Metityahu Mizrah Continues


01-16-06 - Abbas Concerned as Israel Escalates Arrests


01-16-06 - Court acquits 'Hilltop youth' leader accused of assault Avri Ran, who is thought to be the leader of the 'hilltop youth' settlers, was acquitted on Monday of charges of attacking Palestinians and of causing serious damage, despite the fact that he confessed to the crimes Disgraceful.


01-16-06 - How to buy friends and influence politics "Now here's the thing," commented Iraq expert Juan Cole. "If a Palestinian-American had diverted $140,000 from a Muslim charity to ?security equipment' and ?sniper lessons' for Palestinians on the West Bank, that individual would be in Gitmo so fast that the sonic boom would rattle your windows...


01-16-06 - Israel raids Palestinian party Israeli police Monday raided the Jerusalem offices of the Fidah Party and arrested five people.


01-16-06 - Anger helps Hamas rise in politics


01-16-06 - Civilians man border crossings Part of an IDF plan to curtail contact between IDF soldiers and the Palestinian populace on border crossings in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, a new unit of civilian guards has been set up and private security companies have been contracted to operate main checkpoints.


01-16-06 - Dozens of Palestinians arrested in W. Bank


01-16-06 - Court rejects Jonathan Pollard's bid to become Prisoner of Zion The High Court of Justice on Monday rejected a petition by Jonathan Pollard, an American Jewish citizen convicted and jailed in the U.S. for spying for Israel, to be granted Prisoner of Zion status, which would have required the government to do all it could to secure his release.



01-16-06 - Abbas urges Rice to press Israel to lift restrictions on candidates


01-16-06 - AIPAC Sponsored Trips Should be Made Illegal The overreaching of lobby groups such as AIPAC and the power it exerts on US foreign policy prompts a need for regulation and transparency. The Council for the National Interest is promoting a Foreign Lobby Registration Act, and those interested in signing the act may read it on CNI?s website.



01-16-06 - Palestinians concerned with unemployment, says visiting U.S. bishop Of some 400 families in Holy Family Parish in Ramallah, West Bank, 125 are facing a daily struggle because of unemployment, Bishop Skylstad said after visiting the parish Jan. 15.



01-16-06 - Several detainees infected with scabies without receiving treatment


01-16-06 - Hamas win to force Palestinian ties rethink: Spanish FM


01-16-06 - Palestinian youth frustrated by Arafat's old guard


01-16-06 - Open Letter to the candidates to the Palestinian legislative elections: Amnesty International is calling on all parliamentary candidates to put human rights at the top of their agenda, by making concrete proposals for putting an end to inter-factional violence and impunity and for delivering justice to the Palestinian people.


01-16-06 - Israel releases 8 of 10 Hamas candidates arrested in East Jerusalem


01-16-06 - Doctors play down claims that Sharon opened eyes


01-16-06 - Middle East rapporteur regrets Israeli decision to ban Hamas from campaigning in East Jerusalem


01-16-06 - Mother of Missing Palestinian Still Adamant Son is Innocent in Hariri Murder The mother of Ahmad Abu Adas, the Palestinian who claimed responsibility for the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri in a videotaped message shown on al Jazeera in February last year, was surprised to discover her son?s name was mentioned in relation to a suspected terrorist cell.


01-16-06 - Sharon planed four options for West Bank settlements


01-16-06 - Human rights demo at Powell address The event, staged by pro-Palestinian activists, was heavily policed with almost as many officers as protesters at the scene

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