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Friday, February 24, 2006


News for 02-23-06

02-23-06 - Five Palestinians shot dead in Israeli incursion Naim Abu Saris, 22, was fatally shot while on the roof of his house, while 19-year-old Ibrahim Saidi died from bullets in the abdomen as troops targeted a group of strong-throwing youths....Six other Palestinians were wounded, including one seriously. A US peace activist was also shot in her hand, medical sources said. Witnesses said that troops had opened fire on Palestinian rescue workers and towards foreign peace activists, wounding an ambulance driver and a nurse.


02-23-06 - IDF opens fire on medical team wounding many A twenty two year old American student was wounded by shrapnel in the hand a twenty nine year old Dutch volunteer was wounded by shrapnel in the thigh and shoulder, Jirar Candola an ambulance driver with the UPMRC was shot in the arm and leg and Ihab Mansour, a medical volunteer working with the Palestinian scientific society, was shot in the head and taken away by the Israeli soldiers.



02-23-06 - Israeli Army Kills Top Militant Since the Balata sweep began Sunday, eight Palestinians have been killed by army fire, including the five shot dead Thursday. More than 50 Palestinians have been injured by live rounds and rubber-coated steel pellets


02-23-06 - Security services deny Israeli claims of 'bomb factory' in Nablus


02-23-06 - Thousands peacefully protest Israeli strikes Hamas told its followers to take to the streets of Gaza City on Thursday after the Israeli military reportedly killed six people during military strikes in the West Bank. Thousands of Palestinians peacefully heeded the call.



02-23-06 - Deal sought in Israel burial row


02-23-06 - Report: Palestinians overcounted The American-Israeli Demographic Research Group, presenting its findings at the American Enterprise Institute on Thursday, said the 3.8 million figure for 2004, published by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, was off by 1.3 million. So desperate are pro-Israelis to prove that Israel must keep all of the land it has seized, that they've taken to forming groups devoted to the demographics of Palestinians - read, racism. And the AEI, is a neocon 'thinktank' (one of many).


02-23-06 - Israel plans West Bank roads just for Palestinians "This is an apartheid system," said top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. "We urge the international community to help us in order to cancel such policies and end Israeli occupation."


02-23-06 - Israeli settlers set ?sights? on Palestinian home near Qalqilya


02-23-06 - Evangelical pro-Israel group to lobby A new evangelical group is planning a pro-Israel lobbying bid in Washington on July 18-19.
American Christian Zionists (End Times Fundamentalists) believe that in order for the Second Coming of Christ, Jews must settle all of the land of biblical Israel. Tom Delay is a prominent Christian Zionist.


02-23-06 - Dichter: Haniyeh is in crosshairs Former Shin Bet chief Avi Dichter says Hamas top man Haniyeh is legitimate assassination target


02-23-06 - Ten anti-separation fence protesters hurt in clash with IDF


02-23-06 - Permanent Observer of Palestine to UN: Israel's Decision to Freeze Transfer of Revenues Will Have Devastating Effects on the Region


02-23-06 - Palestine Wants To Enjoy Better Relations With Turkey, Halil


02-23-06 - Weekly Review


02-23-06 - Forbidden to Go Home Together Separate and Unequal


02-23-06 - Kirk plea for trade boycott to help Palestine The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland will be asked to back moves to boycott all goods produced by Israelis in the occupied territories in an effort to show solidarity with the Palestinian people


02-23-06 - China Will Continue to Provide Aid to Palestine China calls for the international society not to cut aid for the newly-elected Palestinian parliament dominated by Hamas, and says it will continue to provide economic assitance for Palestinian people if necessary.



02-23-06 - China hopes new Palestinian gov't goes on promoting Mideast peace process China advises the international community not to take any measures that might worsen the living situation of Palestinian people at this current stage, said the spokesman.


02-23-06 - Abu Daoud: No Regrets for Munich Olympics


02-23-06 - US congressman sends protest note to Erdogan over Hamas visit The head of the Jewish lobby in the US Congress, Tom Lantos, has sent a letter of protest to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan concerning the visit last week of a senior official of the Palestinian group Hamas to Ankara.


02-23-06 - Palestinian Voices: Missing from Op-Ed Pages Earlier this month, just before he left the Chicago Tribune, Public Editor Don Wycliff came out of the closet on the issue of media bias against Palestinian views. As he said, "on probably the most enduring and insistent foreign policy issue of our time, we routinely do not hear from one side."


02-23-06 - Mashal urges Israelis to elect moderate government, end occupation


02-23-06 - Writer fears ban for opera on bomber Commentators including Channel 4 news and BBC Radio 4's Today programmed have alluded to a possible prosecution because of the opera's controversial content.


02-23-06 - Israeli general in Jordan apology


02-23-06 - Israeli Defense Minister Declares Palestine ?Axis of Evil?


02-23-06 - National Press Club's Newsmakers Series Press Breakfast on Israel and Palestine to Be Held Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 10 a.m.

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