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Today in Palestine! ~ Headlines Nov 21, 2004

f_shadi@yahoo.com | 23.11.2004 10:08 | Anti-racism | World

Today in Palestine! ~ Headlines Nov 19, 2004

20 injured during West Wall protests
a large Israeli army force backed by tanks and jeeps moved into the area near the village of Beit Oula, west of Hebron, and began to bulldoze an area belonging to Palestinian farmers. Palestinian medics at al Ahli Hospital in Hebron said 20 Palestinians were shot and wounded by Israeli troops' gunfire, adding that many of them were shot in their chests and heads.
 http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041121-103818-7773r.htm

Fifteen Thousand in Rome against the Apartheid Wall and for Sanctions on Israel!
The protest against the Apartheid Wall demanded for its immediate dismantling. The 15 thousand strong demonstration was led by the Palestinian community living in Italy and co-organized by left wing parties and dozens of grassroots groups.
 http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/808.shtml

An 800 Person Strong Demonstration against the Apartheid Wall in the Streets of Geneva!
Calling for the suspension of the Free Trade Agreement between Switzerland and Israel as well as any military collaboration between both governments, the demonstrators reminded the public and the Swiss Government of the decision issued by the International Court of Justice...
 http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/807.shtml

Nuclear whistleblower accuses Israel of apartheid
Vanunu, 50, said in an interview with the daily Eleftherotypia, in further defiance of a government gagging order, that he hoped the EU could "help the Palestinians to possess their own state and Israel to become a true democracy". "At the moment," he added, "There exists a Jewish apartheid. Europe must do something for Israel to become a democracy for everybody."
 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=4&u=/afp/20041121/wl_mideast_afp/israel_nuclear_vanunu_041121201607

Army may order officers to leave illegal outposts
A considerable number of career army officers are living in illegal outposts, including a deputy brigade commander in compulsory service. And while IDF commanders in the West Bank and civil administration officials have been aware of the situation for a long time, nothing has been done about it until now.
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=504221&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

Court: Deputy IDF chief must clarify comment
Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Dan Halutz will submit to the High Court in the next two weeks his response to controversial statements attributed to him when he was serving as Air Force Commander in July 2002, after a one-ton bomb was dropped on the home of Salah Shehadeh, killing 14 people.
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/503576.html

Israeli troops wound three Rafah residents
Among the injured, a 14-year-old boy was critically wounded when he was sitting in his classroom at the al Barazil neighborhood near the borders. Residents said Israeli soldiers arrested three residents of al Qarara in central-southern Gaza and Israeli bulldozers razed wide areas of Palestinian-owned agricultural fields.
 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/21/content_2243549.htm

Israeli Troops Kill a Palestinian Citizen Near Deir Elbalah
Mohammad Khalil Shehada,20, from the Gaza Strip refugee camp of Nusairat, was shot dead by Israeli occupation troops early on Sunday morning to the south of Deir Elbalah City, middle of Gaza Strip.
 http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1072

Troops kill three Fatah militants in West Bank
Sheikh was killed in the ensuing gunbattle, as were two other Palestinian men who were with him. Military sources said they too were Fatah members, though no weapons were found on their bodies.
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=504306&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

UNRWA needs urgent aid of 186 million US dollars: official
In a statement, Hansen said the aid request would cover five programs, including building housing units after the Israeli army destroyed hundreds of Palestinian houses. Hansen met with representatives of several donor countries in east Jerusalem on Saturday
 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/22/content_2244325.htm

Arafat widow contests right of nephew to receive medical file
Without naming Arafat's nephew Nasser al-Qidwa, who arrived in Paris earlier Sunday from Cairo to pick up his uncle's medical records, lawyers Philippe Plantade and Jean-Marie Burguburu said there were no other eligible people to receive the files than Arafat's wife.
 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&ncid=732&e=1&u=/afp/20041121/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_arafat_france

Race to succeed Arafat begins
"There will be no election unless the residents of Jerusalem can take part," he said, urging the "international community, the United States in particular, to use its influence on Israel to allow free elections to be held". Nearly 250,000 Palestinians are believed to live in the territory, which was allowed to cast postal ballots in the 1996 vote.
 http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=34238

Troop pullout may precede Palestinian poll
Sunday's announcement comes on the eve of a visit to the country by outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell. Palestinian election officials publicly urged Israel on Saturday to redeploy troops and curtail military operations for the 9 January... "If there is a formal request we will deal with it," a senior Israeli official said.
 http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4220466F-7B9B-44E2-BF7E-E8D9A477FC1C.htm

Powell Arrives for Middle East Talks
Powell, who landed in Tel Aviv, was to meet Israeli leaders in Jerusalem and top Palestinians in the West Bank on Monday for talks on a Palestinian presidential election scheduled for Jan. 9 and a stalled peace plan known as the "road map." (Note: Road Map says nothing about Apartheid Wall)
 http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=953252&tw=wn_wire_story

Powell to press Israel, Palestinians to facilitate PA vote
Arriving in Israel on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said he would encourage both Israeli and Palestinian leaders to take steps that will facilitate the January 9 Palestinian elections for a successor to Yasser Arafat.
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/503936.html

UN envoy proposes forming international team working for Mideast peace
"This program should be based on forming a group of international representatives including Israel, the Palestinians,Arab countries and the international community to push the peace process forward," said Larsen.
 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/21/content_2244126.htm

Fatah to announce nomination of Abbas for PA head Sunday
Abbas' nomination seems assured because of a concern among Fatah members that presenting additional candidates will split the movement, but as election activity moves into high gear in the territories, opposition to Abbas' candidacy is surfacing.
 http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/503935.html

Legislative elections to be held by June, 2005: Palestinian FM
Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said on Saturday that the Palestinian Legislative Council elections would be held maximum by next June.
 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/21/content_2241646.htm

former PLC member refuses to run for presidential elections
Abdul Shafi gave a final answer Saturday night and refused to run in the elections for health reasons, said Rabah Mhana, politburo member of Popular Front for Liberating Palestine (PFLP).
 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/21/content_2243350.htm

Likud election pits PM against anti-pullout plan 'rebels'
By Sunday evening, over 80 percent of registered Likud voters had cast their ballot. The high turn-out is expected to mean a victory for Sharon's candidates for the senior posts.
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/504220.html

Syria reasserts support to Palestinians
Syria reasserted Sunday its support to the Palestinians to restore their legitimate rights and establish an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital, the official SANA news agency reported.
 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/22/content_2244295.htm

Powell on new US peace push in Middle East
"(I want) to make sure that everybody I speak to clearly understands that President (George W.) Bush is determined to move forward now that this opportunity has presented itself," he told reporters on board his plane.
 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=1&u=/afp/20041121/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_041121193340

Beilin: U.S. Considering Sending Back Road Map Monitors
The U.S. administration believes Israel is meeting its obligations at this point and is waiting for progress in the disengagement process, according to Beilen. Beilin expressed willingness to extend Sharon a safety net to allow him to implement disengagement.
 http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/November/week3/112104/Beilin%20us%20considering.htm

Al-Kidwa in France for Arafat's Medical Dossier
Nasser al-Kidwa, who is also a nephew to Arafat, kept silent over when he would collect the dossier. Palestinian Cabinet Minister Saeb Erekat said Sunday that al-Kidwa was in Paris "on behalf of the Palestinian leadership to collect the medical files of President Arafat."
 http://www.imemc.org/headlines/2004/November/week3/112104/alkidwa%20in%20paris.htm

Who's Next? - By Uri Avnery
For four years, the mantra in Washington has been: Fighting International Terrorism. That suited Sharon fine, since he was riding on the “fight terrorism” horse anyhow. For the next four years, the new mantra in Washington may well be: Democracy for the Middle East. That will suit Abu-Mazen, who is riding the democracy horse.
 http://www.amin.org/eng/uri_avnery/2004/nov20.html

No longer their pets
Feiglin and Karpel see the land of Israel as first and foremost a land of destiny - and only after that a land of refuge. In territorial disengagement, they see only a symptom of a much more serious disease: disengagement from values, faith, Jewish identity and justice.
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/503972.html

Egyptian students protest against Israel's killing of policemen
Thousands of students rallied across Egypt Sunday in the third straight day of protests over Israel's accidental killing of three Egyptian policemen on the Gaza border.
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/504249.html

Falluja troops told to shoot on sight
On the eve of the assault on Falluja, the US military ordered troops to shoot any male on the street between the ages of 15 and 50 if they were seen as a security threat, regardless of whether they had a weapon. "You are killers, not murderers. You are warriors not war criminals. Don't cross that line."
 http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=7462&s2=21

Militant groups control 60 percent of Fallujah: witnesses
Residents of Fallujah said the southern part of Fallujah, whichis still under control of the militant groups, constitutes the larger part of the city, and US troops only control the north andsmall eastern spots in the city.
 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/22/content_2244288.htm

Children Pay Cost of Iraq's Chaos
Acute malnutrition among young children in Iraq has nearly doubled since the United States led an invasion of the country 20 months ago, according to surveys by the United Nations, aid agencies and the interim Iraqi government. The new figure translates to roughly 400,000 Iraqi children suffering from "wasting,"
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A809-2004Nov20?language=printer

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