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Monday, December 25, 2006


News for 12-24-06

Merry Christmas all!


12-24-06 - Gaza middle class struggling through Western aid freeze


12-24-06 - Palestinian girls dressed as Santa Claus watch the traditional Christmas procession outside the Church of the Nativity


12-24-06 - Palestinian children dressed as Santa Claus ring bells as they ride on a car during Christmas celebrations


12-24-06 - Palestinian Christians pray in the Deir Al Latin Catholic Church during the Christmas Mass in Gaza City


12-24-06 - Palestinian alter boys and men line Manger Square in front of the Nativity Church in the Biblical West Bank town of Bethlehem


12-24-06 - A Palestinian man on stilts, dressed as Santa Claus, greets a young boy during the annual Christmas procession in the West Bank town of Bethlehem


12-24-06 - A priest prays in the Grotto at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ


12-24-06 - Announcements of Israeli Change of Policy Unfounded in Reality


12-24-06 - Israeli Army Tightens Military Measures Ahead of Holidays in Palestine The Israeli army tightened military measures on Sunday in different areas of the West Bank, ahead of the Muslim holiday Aladha Eid and the Christian holiday Christmas.


12-24-06 - Palestinian bagpipers march past the Church of the Nativity


12-24-06 - Muted Christmas for Gaza Christians amidst violence Several hundred people usually participate in the annual Gaza parade. Muslim clerics and government representatives have taken part in previous years. The tree is traditionally decorated with multi-coloured lights.




12-24-06 - Roundup: Israeli officials' responses differ on Olmert-Abbas summit The Israeli cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved the release of part of withheld Palestinian funds, but various views were voiced during the cabinet meeting regarding Saturday's Olmert-Abbas summit.


12-24-06 - Egypt promises continued contacts for Israeli-Palestinian truce Egypt promised Sunday its continued contacts with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to cement the recent ceasefire between the two sides, the official MENA news agency reported.


12-24-06 - Olmert says Israel may release some Palestinian prisoners next week


12-24-06 - FEATURE - Anti-Israel "rabbis" face fallout from Jewish world Neturei Karta, Aramaic for "guardians of the city", was formed in Jerusalem in the 1930s as a bulwark against the growing Zionist movement in what was then British Mandate Palestine.


12-24-06 - Abbas in festive Bethlehem visit


12-24-06 - Bethlehem on Christmas Eve: Where are all the Christians? both Palestinian Christians and Muslims celebrated the day together, and the recent civilian violence in Gaza did not seem to affect the festivities, local sources added.



12-24-06 - Palestinian Organization for the Right of Return opens Beirut headquarters The Palestinian Organization for the Right of Return, or FIRM, its Arabic acronym, opened its headquarters in Leb-anon on Friday in the presence of former Premier Salim Hoss who was the guest speaker.


12-24-06 - Supreme Court compels finance ministry to explain exclusion of Arab villages


12-24-06 - Diskin: "Fateh chances of winning new elections, close to zero" Head of the Israeli Security Agency, Shabak, Yuval Diskin, said during a cabinet session on Sunday that if Palestinian general elections are to be held today, the chances of Fateh movement in winning them are close to zero, and that Hamas movement will achieve a bigger victory that than the recent elections the movement overwhelmingly won.



12-24-06 - Israel praises U.N. Security Council decision to impose sanctions on Iran Israel's Defense Ministry said the international community "will need to continue to show determination to reach the goal of blocking Iran's nuclear plan."


12-24-06 - Teen's death prompts commander's dismissal An Israeli platoon leader was dismissed Sunday, five days after a soldier from his unit killed a 14-year-old Palestinian girl in West Bank, officials said.


12-24-06 - UAE to transfer $30 mln to Palestinian Authority "The President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan has ordered the transfer of $30 million to the Palestinian Authority as support from the United Arab Emirates to the brotherly Palestinian people and to help reduce their suffering,"


12-24-06 - Bethlehem tries to stem exodus of Christians Over the weekend, dozens of Bethlehem's poorest children will receive the gifts they requested from the man in the white beard and red suit. But few people know the real identity of the Secret Santa of Bethlehem.


12-24-06 - Bethlehem hears calls for peace In an address, the Roman Catholic Church's leader in the Holy Land, Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah, called for an end to fighting between Palestinian factions and for the revival of long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.




12-24-06 - World must not ignore Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Anglican leader The world should not ignore the problems facing Israelis and Palestinians who fear being forgotten, the leader of the world's Anglicans will say in his Christmas Day sermon, according to excerpts of the speech.


12-24-06 - Israeli delegation visits Oman in Persian Gulf This time, the Omani organizers of the conference purposely did not invite any representatives from the Palestinian Foreign Ministry, which is controlled by Hamas, in order to allow the participation of both Israeli and American representatives.


12-24-06 - Born in Shepherd's Field Israel's desire to acquire maximum geography with minimum Palestinian demography is the root of the suffering afflicting the Holy Land. Amnesty International has observed that the peace processes failed because Israel has ignored human rights, including the right of native Palestinians to return to their homes and lands.


12-24-06 - Iran sanctions ?very good for israel?


12-24-06 - Hindsight is 20/20 - how israel duped US into fighting their wars


12-24-06 - Egyptian woman dies of bird flu She is the eighth person to die of bird flu in Egypt. The positive tests raise to 17 the total number of human cases.


12-24-06 - Christmas trees become political symbols in Beirut "The opposition has succeeded in creating a brotherhood between Shiites from the south and Christians so that together they can demand an end to Western tutelage,"


12-24-06 - The Muslim prophet born in Bethlehem For centuries Muslims cherished the figure of Jesus, who is honoured in the Qur'an as one of the greatest of the prophets and, in the formative years of Islam, became a constituent part of the emergent Muslim identity.


12-24-06 - Fresh from the horse's ass Another ridiculous article by Aaron Klein of WND (owned by Christian Zionist Joseph Farah).

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