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Palestine Today 11 17 2010

IMEMC Audio Dept | 17.11.2010 16:22 | Other Press | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, November 17th 2010.

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Today, two settlers were arrested by Israeli police in the Yitzhar settlement, south of Nablus, after finding knives, gloves, masks and other materials in their car. They were on suspicion of trying to attack Palestinians.

Israeli government pardoned 75 Fatah fighters. Israel said that the pardon came as an act of good will as Muslims are marking the Eid al-Adha Muslim feast. All of the pardoned fighters have laid down their arms.

The Pal-Home news website reported, also on Wednesday, that senior Palestinian security sources announced the arrest of a cell, reportedly affiliated with the Hamas movement, and that cell members were planning to assassinate Nablus governor, and to conduct bombings.

In addition, The Israeli government voted for handing control of the northern sector of the village of Ghajar, in the border with Lebanon, to the UN Interim Force deployed along the border with Israel to keep the peace. Once a withdrawal date is set, the cabinet will vote again to grant a final approval for the redeployment of Israeli force.

Also today, an Israeli official presented an offer to Egypt to release a spy detained by Cairo in exchange for releasing a number of Egyptian detainees. The Egyptian Ambassador answered that he will present the proposal to official at the Egyptian government.

In addition Palestinian Legislators, Ayman Daraghma, was released by Israeli Prison Authorities on Tuesday.

On Tuesday at dawn, Islamic Jihad Fighters Clash With Israeli Troops in Gaza while Israeli troops were trying to enter in the strip. After the exchange, Israeli troops were reportedly forced to withdraw to the Kisufim military base.
On Tuesday night, three Palestinians were arrested while they were trying to extinguish a fire caused by settlers in the village of Khibert Safa, in the northwest of Hebron.

Separate reports issued today point to footage contradicting recent arson allegations, broadcast in Israeli media, that international activists and Palestinian farmers set fire to "state land" in Saffa valley, near Beit Ummar, last October 7th.
Agency France-Presse reported that Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barkat, presented on Tuesday morning, a controversial new city planning policy for East Jerusalem, which entails demolishing several homes.

In the US, it was reported that on Sunday, a meeting of the left-wing advocacy group 'Jewish Voice for Peace' in San Francisco was attacked by right-wing Zionists from 'SF Voice for Israel' who, wrapped in an Israeli flag, harassed and intimidated meeting attendees, pepper spraying two attendees at point-blank range causing their skin to be burned.


That sums up our news for today, thank you for joining us from occupied Bethlehem, you have been listening to Palestine Today, from International Middle East Media Center. For more updates, please visit our website at www.imemc.org. This report has been brought to you by Husam Qassis and Ane Irazabal.

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17.11.2010 20:36

Israel strike in Gaza kills two Al Qaeda-linked Army of Islam chiefs

Just two weeks after Mohammed Namnam was killed in a combined Israel-US-Egyptian targeted assassination in Gaza City, an Israeli airborne missile struck again Wednesday, Nov. 17, and killed two more commanders of the Al Qaeda-linked Army of Islam. debkafile's counter-terror sources name them as brothers, Islam Yasin and Muhammad Yasin. They were in the middle for preparations for a new wave of terrorist attacks in Sinai aimed at hitting US military targets and kidnapping Israelis vacationing in Sinai for ransom in Gaza.
Our military sources add that the Israeli missile hit the Subaru car in which they drove in the center of Gaza City. That the preparations continued after Namnam's death is a measure of Al Qaeda's determination to bring its plans forward. The Yasin brothers worked according to the original plan which was due for imminent execution - only adding more targets. They were plotting to abduct Israeli holidaymakers in Sinai and spirit them to the Gaza Strip through Hamas's arms smuggling tunnels. Our sources note that the Army of Islam also took part in Hamas's abduction of Gilead Shalit more four years ago.

Israeli travelers in Sinai are warned they are still in danger and advised to leave.
The plot included an attack on the Multinational Force and Observers North Base base under US command at El Gorah, 37 kilometers southeast of the Sinai port of El Arish.

The plot was revealed during the interrogation of 25 Army of Islam accomplices captured by Egyptian intelligence units at Sheikh Zuwayid in North Sinai. The high number of helpers points to the large scale of attacks the Al Qaeda-linked terrorists were planning.

In another counter-terror operation on the West Bank Wednesday, Palestinian Authority security forces in Nablus rolled up a Hamas terrorist network, whose members were getting ready for a series of suicide attacks.

debkafile's sources report that, contrary to other reports, this network had not targeted Jerusalem but had rigged a suicide bomb-car for the assassination of the Palestinian governor of the city Jibril Baker.

This attack was to have kicked off Hamas' operations against the Palestinian Authority on the West Bank.

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