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Tuesday, December 12, 2006


News for 12-11-06

12-11-06 - Outrage over killing of Gaza boys So far, no-one has admitted carrying out the drive-by shooting.


12-11-06 - 'They were targeting the children': Gaza factions hit new level of horror


12-11-06 - Abbas slams the Gaza attack that led to the death of four children ?We strongly denounce this crime, those criminals must be arrested?, Abbas stated, ?I asked the Minister of Interior to follow this case, those assailants must be brought to justice?.


12-11-06 - U.N. mission canceled Israeli officials confirmed the decision not to cooperate with the Tutu mission, saying it was not necessary and criticizing the United Nations for not coming out more forcefully against the persistent rocket fire from Gaza. Unreal.


12-11-06 - Israel 'blocks Tutu Gaza mission' Mr Tutu's team was supposed to report its findings to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council by Friday.


12-11-06 - Palestinian factions to offer plan to settle Hamas-Fatah differences


12-11-06 - EU to renew Palestinian aid, urges dialogue in Lebanon EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said she was suggesting a three-month extension of a multi-million euro aid blueprint for Palestinians which bypasses the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority.


12-11-06 - Israeli soldier moderately injured in Jenin


12-11-06 - Israeli Army bulldozes Palestinian vinyards south of Bethlehem Salah Shahin, the owner of the land, said that the bulldozers have so far destroyed 85 grapevines - used to produce grapes that are sold in local markets. Shahin added that the army often attacks his land in order to force him to leave, so that his land could then be annexed to the nearby illegal Israeli settlement known as 'Kfar Atzion'.


12-11-06 - Iran pledges 250 mln dlrs to Palestinian govt: Haniya Iran has also "adopted" 100,000 Palestinian workers, who will receive 100 dollars a month each for the next six months, a total of 60 million dollars.


12-11-06 - THE SHOOTING OF MIRAS At approximately 12:10 in the after noon the Israeli Soldier(s) opened fire toward the kids without warning or apparent provocation from anyone. Miras got shot in the stomach, the bullet hit him from the back and went through his intestines and got out from the other side while he was trying to push his little brother inside the house away from the shooting


12-11-06 - Fatah operative involved in killing of 3 soldiers nabbed


12-11-06 - Tough times in birthplace of Jesus as Christmas nears Israel's separation barrier which snakes deep inside the West Bank has taken a particular toll on this city of some 40,000, cutting off access to farm land and isolating laborers from jobs in Jerusalem just minutes to the north.


12-11-06 - Ending Arab-Israeli war would help in Iraq -Annan


12-11-06 - Olmert, in Europe, hints Israel has nuclear arms Olmert's spokeswoman, Miri Eisin, said he did not mean to say that Israel had or aspired to acquire atomic weapons.


12-11-06 - MCCAIN WARNS OF IRAN IN CITY VISIT ** Sen. John McCain swept onto the turf of potential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudy Giuliani last night, vowing a strong defense of Israel and saying military action may be needed to prevent Iran from building nukes.


12-11-06 - Carter: Israeli apartheid 'worse' In South Africa, blacks were not prevented from "using or even crossing" roads, as in the West Bank, he said.


12-11-06 - Wataniya, Palestine mobiles Wataniya International is partnering with Palestine Investment Fund to set up a mobile operator in Palestine


12-11-06 - Tutu distressed over block on mission "We find the lack of cooperation by the Israeli government very distressing,"


12-11-06 - Saudi Arabia refuses to host Palestinian Prime Minister


12-11-06 - Labor's Paz-Pines praises Baker-Hamilton report ** "The report was good for Israel because as long as the US is in Iraq, America is impotent," he said. "As long as America is in Iraq, they cannot act on Iran, so Israel has an interest in helping America escape the Iraq fiasco. Really now. So Israel should seek to get us out of one war to send us into another (which again primarily benefits them, not us)? Isn't that nice of them.


12-11-06 - Carter says criticism has led to more attention Israeli policy Former President Jimmy Carter says the criticism aimed at his latest book is a sign that its take on Israeli policy is generating more interest in the plight of the Palestinians...."All they really read or hear is really one-sided, where the Israeli point of view is put forward," he said. "Very rarely do you see any expression or concern of the horrible plight of the Palestinians in their own land."


12-11-06 - Israel, Palestine, peace and apartheid by Jimmy Carter For the past 30 years, I have witnessed and experienced the severe restraints on any free and balanced discussion of the facts. This reluctance to criticise policies of the Israeli government is due to the extraordinary lobbying efforts of the American-Israel Political Action Committee and the absence of any significant contrary voices.


12-11-06 - Refugees Are The Key


12-11-06 - Bethlehem mayor appeals the world not to forget the Birthplace of Jesus Christ Batarsa addressed the world saying that in spite of all of the Israeli procedures and illegal practices, the Palestinian people have hope in a better future, and are capable of sending a message of tolerance, a message of Christmas to the whole world.


12-11-06 - Radio station to support handicapped launched in Gaza The station was launched on December 6 during a ceremony celebrating the International Day for Disabled Persons, the Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) reported


12-11-06 - Palestinian political prisoners taking Israeli government to the International Court of Justice In light of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 11,000 political prisoners in Israeli jails are filing a suit against the Israeli government at the International Court of Justice in the Hague. They are calling for an official investigation into ?abuse and serious violations in Israeli prisons against life and humanity.?



12-11-06 - Under-cover Forces abduct P.A Intelligence Officer in Beit Sahour


12-11-06 - No solutions for newly homeless The Israeli military destroyed 251 homes in Gaza between July and November 15 this year, leaving 1,577 people homeless, according to the Israeli human rights organisation B'tselem.



12-11-06 - Supreme court rejects appeals of Bat Ayin gang members Gamliel, Shlomo Dvir-Zeliger and Yarden Morag. They were found guilty in Jerusalem District Court of planting a bomb in a cart adjacent to an Arab girl's school in the A-Tur neighborhood on the Mount of Olives. The bomb was timed to explode in the morning, when the students were on their way to class.



12-11-06 - Rice warns Syria and Iran over Lebanon protests


12-11-06 - UK home secretary: Israeli-Palestinian conflict spawning terror Reid said the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians was fueling "international terrorism," urging its resolution.


12-11-06 - If Israel Falls, the West Follows More hype and histrionics from the usual suspects.


12-11-06 - Palestinian novelist granted Naguib Mahfouz medal A Palestinian female novelist was awarded here on Monday the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for this year, Egypt's MENA news agency reported.


12-11-06 - Film director: What about civil rights for Arab minority? October?s Cry, a documentary that explores the killing of 13 young Israeli Arabs by Israeli security forces during the 2000 riots and their aftermath, is scheduled to be aired on Channel One this Sunday night.


12-11-06 - Gates testimony / Preserving nuclear ambiguity In particular, they want to know two things: First, whether this statement was a private initiative by Gates, or whether he coordinated it with the top levels of the American administration. And second, whether he was implying that since Israel has nuclear weapons, it can deal with any nuclear threat from Iran on its own.


12-11-06 - Hillary Clinton and Haim Saban at the 2006 Saban Forum in Washington, D.C.


12-11-06 - Syria backs Arab League on Lebanon -envoy


12-11-06 - Record Israeli arms sales irk US "The ability of the Israeli Military Industry annoys certain US administration officials," said a source from within the security industry on Saturday. He claims that these officials are making allegations that Israel has sold technological information to 'problematic' countries like China.


12-11-06 - Assad: Israel doesn?t want peace


12-11-06 - Jimmy Carter's Book Stirs Criticism, Complaint


12-11-06 - Where is the Palestinian Mandela? If Israel is white South Africa and the Palestinians are supposed to be the black population, where is their Mandela? It's positively inane to allege that there is no nonviolent resistance akin to Mandela in occupied Palestine. There is (Bi'lin being the best example - they have a nonviolent protest every Friday). But it makes no difference in the eyes of the international media (which ignores nonviolent demonstrations almost entirely), and most certainly to Israel (whose army has outright killed nonviolent resisters in the past - exhibit A).


12-11-06 - McCain: I?ll Embrace Bush Democracy Agenda Sen. John McCain has indicated that his foreign policy platform for a 2008 presidential campaign will remain faithful to President Bush?s efforts to promote democracy in the Middle East.


12-11-06 - Arab League hopes for Beirut deal


12-11-06 - Burning Books at Harvard Law Did Dershowitz Even Read Carter's Book?:



12-11-06 - Jewish students gagged in U.K. Following a campus-wide referendum last week, student union authorities were instructed to ignore complaints lodged by the Leeds branch of J-Soc, which represents Britain;' largest Jewish student community, "as long as Judaism as a faith is not offended."


12-11-06 - After divestment fight, relations with Presbyterians remain strained Sounds like the Presbys refuse to back down. Good.


12-11-06 - Swimmer and family win fight to stay in city A TALENTED teenage swimmer who faced deportation has won a six-year fight to stay in Glasgow.


12-11-06 - Neturei Karta: Iranians making logical claim Neturei Karta members don't pay taxes and also don't use state services. They have a closed and independent economy. Hirsch doesn't have an Israeli identity card, sees himself as a citizen of Palestine, and waives a black flag at his house, on which is inscribed: "We are mourning 58 years of Israeli tyranny on the Jewish people and the holy Torah."


12-11-06 - Hudna or Not: Palestinian Rights Must Be Preserved


12-11-06 - Former UN adviser slams world policies in Mideast "They amount to harsh collective punishment inflicted on all Palestinians because 'they did not vote right',"


12-11-06 - Silverman: "I do kind of regret saying" that Carter was "talking about Israel as if they were the second coming of Nazi Germany"


12-11-06 - Exasperated MK Calls for End to PA


12-11-06 - Holocaust deniers gather in Iran for 'scientific' conference


12-11-06 - Unheard Voices of the Middle East

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