[AL-AWDA-News] Today in Palestine! ~ Headlines Sep 07, 2005 ~ (fwd)

[Clement Henry <cmhenry@mail.la.utexas.edu>]

This is mainly a test but also tells you the latest news from the West
Bank from a Palestinian perspective --CH

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Bil'in demonstrations continue in defiance of army orders
Bil'in villagers and their supporters plan to send a strong message to the Israeli military that attempts to wall in the village and steal its land will not be tolerated. Last Friday, as people started preparing for Bil'in's weekly peaceful march to the area of confiscated land, the military launched an attack on civilian protesters, firing rubber bullets, tear gas, sound grenades and on at least one verified occasion, live ammunition.
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/palmedialert/message/520


Anti- Apartheid Wall Protest in Jerusalem
Coordinator of the Anti-Wall Public Committee, Khader Al-Dibs, told WAFA reporter that the memorandum includes a call on the US administration to intervene for ending the Israeli practices may lead to "destructive results." It also rejects the Israeli attempts to isolate the Palestinian citizens from their city by the Apartheid Wall.
http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?id=3949


IDF chief to probe Tul Karm raid that killed five Palestinians
The official IDF announcement described the late-night undercover operation as follows: "Five terrorists from the terror network responsible for the attacks at the Stage club and [Hasharon mall] in Netanya were killed in Tul Karm."

However the material collected by Haaretz and B'Tselem reveals that the three teenage boys killed - Abu Zeina, Mohammed Othman, 17, and Mahmoud Ahadib, 17 - are not known members of any terrorist organization. The two adults killed were low-ranking operatives who did not behave like wanted militants and were unarmed at the time. They were shot by the soldiers at short range
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/621916.html


Gaza gunmen kill top Palestinian military aide
His killers fled, taking hostage his son, Manhal. The Palestinian leader vowed that the killing "will not hinder efforts to impose order and the rule of law". Mussa Arafat had been demoted by Abbas earlier this year to the role of advisor, as the Palestinian Authority president sought to make a clean break from his predecessor who died in November.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050907/ts_afp/mideast_050907164215


Palestinian interior minister urged to resign
A Palestinian intelligence officer Wednesday held interior ministe r Naser Yousef responsible for the assassination of former security chief Musa Arafat and urged him to resign.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/07/content_3458574.htm


Parts of northern West Bank settlements to be handed to the P.A
The area which contains the evacuated settlements of Ganim, Kadim, Homesh and Sa-Nur, north of the West Bank used to be called Area C – under full Israeli control – is reportedly to be used by Israel as a bargaining chip in future negotiations.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13743&Itemid=1


Soldiers force residents to undress at military roadblock near Jenin
Israeli soldiers forced several residents, on Tuesday evening, to undress after stopping them at a military checkpoint installed near Doutan military camp, east of Arraba village, near the West Bank city of Jenin. The residents were forced to take all of their clothes off, the WAFA news agency reported.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13727&Itemid=1


Curfew imposed over Kafer Qaddoum village
Troops broke into dozens of homes in the village and searched them. Also, soldiers attacked and severely clubbed Bassam Jom’a and Omar Zamari, causing several fractions and bruises, and confiscated their cars, eyewitnesses reported
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13739&Itemid=1


Israel holding secret talks with Hamas, Arab states over Gaza synagogues
are holding talks with the Bush administration in an attempt to secure guarantees under which a portion of the U.S. aid to the PA will be conditioned on an undertaking by the Palestinians that the synagogues will not be harmed or desecrated.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/622274.html


Israel will not accept Hamas in Palestinian vote
"We will continue to work so that it does not run in the elections," Shalom insisted, branding Hamas a "terrorist organisation" that poses an "existential danger not only to Israel but to Abu Mazen (Abbas) and his regime". ( You;re either with democracy, or you are against democracy! Occupier using word Terror!?? )
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050907/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinianvoteisraelhamas_050907151025


Hamas tells Israel to stop interfering after vote call
Hamas warned Israel Wednesday not to meddle in Palestinian affairs after Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said the Jewish state would not tolerate the Islamist movement's participation in legislative elections. "The elections are internal Palestinian issue and the occupiers have no right to interfere," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-6FZJA9?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR


Hamas rejects assassination policy
The Islamic Resistance Movement(Hamas) Wednesday denounced the killing of General Mousa Arafat, a retired high-ranking security official, earlier in the day at his home in Gaza City, saying the movement rejects the policy of assassination.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/07/content_3458218.htm


Israel leaning toward Egyptian proposal on Gaza border
Under the terms of the proposal, Egypt will announce the closure of the current border crossing at Rafah for renovations that will last between six and nine months. Once the renovations are completed, the Rafah border crossing will reopen solely for the passage of people, and will be monitored by European border inspectors.Surveillance cameras will also be installed ... allowing Israel to keep track..
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/621825.html


Israel to seal Rafah crossing from Thursday until further notice
The officials said the crossing, the only land link between Gaza and the outside world without passing through Israel, would be shut down on Thursday. Palestinian officials said it was a unilateral Israeli move, and they were informed of the decision on Wednesday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/621913.html


Too early to tell if Abbas can control Gaza: Morantinos
"It's too early to tell if the Palestinian Authority is able or not to keep full control in Gaza," Moratinos told a joint news conference with his Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalom. Moratinos said he had found in the Palestinian leader "a total determination to preserve law and order in Gaza".
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050907/wl_mideast_afp/mideastgazaspain_050907150542


President Meets French FM
President Mahmoud Abbas received on Wednesday the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Philippe Douste-Blazy, in Gaza. Abbas briefed Douste-Blazy on the latest developments of the Palestinian situation in the light of the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the West Bank.
http://english.wafa.ps/cphotonews.asp?num=828


Arab parties could disappear from Knesset unless they unite
Among Arab voters, on the other hand, voter turnout has been declining steadily since 1949. Kiyuf says he thinks that in the next round, it will drop dramatically, to about 50 percent. Kiyuf's data were collected at the beginning of this year, but he is updating them now and will present them at a University of Haifa conference next month.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/621849.html


Mofaz calls for Israel to quicken Gaza pullout
Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz called for Israel to quicken its historic pullout from Gaza Strip by withdrawing all troops as of Monday, following fatal clashes with Palestinian teenagers.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050907/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpulloutgazaisrael_050907163932


Emergency grant aid after Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and parts of the northern West Bank
At a time when there is a positive movement for progress in the Middle East peace process, Japan hopes that the assistance will contribute to improving the living condition of the Palestinian people, who are facing economic hardship, and to furthering the efforts of the Abbas government for the peace process.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SODA-6FZ8ZW?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR


Japan contributes $5.5 million to rehabilitate shelters of the most destitute refugees in Gaza
Today, the Government of Japan announced a generous donation of US$ 5.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agenc y for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in support of its work in the Gaza Strip following Israel's disengagement.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-6FZHE8?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR


Peres: 2006 budget could split gov't
Vice Premier Shimon Peres told Haaretz in an interview yesterday that the government would fall apart if changes weren't made in the 2006 State Budget. "The odds that the government will fall apart over economic and social affairs are greater than the odds of it coming apart for other reasons," he said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/621897.html


Pakistan PM reassures Arab leaders about Israel talks
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has reassured Arab leaders that Pakistan would not recognise Israel until Palestinians get their own independent state, the foreign ministry said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050907/wl_sthasia_afp/mideastpakistanisrael_050907132139


No Aid for Israel's Gaza 'Disengagement'
Israel has completed the first stage of its unilateral “disengagement” from the Palestinian Gaza Strip by evacuating its illegal settlements there. Israeli officials announced in July that they will ask the United States to pay $2.2 billion for this disengagement. Take action to oppose this request.
http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/uscampaign/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1079


Michael D to give update on Palestine situation
Michael D Higgins recently visited Palestine, while Patricia Asilia is a leading campaigner for Palestinian rights. She is also a frequent visitor to the country. Entry to the meeting is free and all are welcome. The meeting begins at 8.00pm in the Radisson SAS Hotel Galway.
http://www.galwayindependent.com/news/4694.html


Bush is also wrong about the Israeli hurricane
In an effort to bolster Sharon in the Likud wars, Washington is now asking Europe to get off his back, not to demand that he carry out more gestures to the Palestinians. This request will be conveyed to the European leaders who are coming to the opening of the United Nations' General Assembly next week.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/621886.html


Killing of Musa Arafat might start civil war in Palestine - expert
Musa Arafat had headed Palestinian military intelligence since it was set up in 1994 on Yasser Arafat's orders. The service was created to exercise control over opposition groups in the PLO and to counter the activities of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which seeks an independent Palestine.
http://en.rian.ru/world/20050907/41325981.html


Saddam confessed to killings, says Iraqi president
"Saddam Hussein is a war criminal and he deserves to be executed 20 times a day for his crimes against humanity," said Talabani, who heads the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party. He added that Saddam had tried to assassinate him at least 20 times.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article310933.ece


4 Britons killed in roadside bomb in Iraq's Basra
"An improvised explosion device detonated at about 9:00 a.m.(0500 GMT) and hit a convoy of sport utility vehicles (SUV), destroying an SUV and killing four civilian Britons on the busy highway of Gzaiyza," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/07/content_3457294.htm


4 US security contractors killed in Basra bombing
Four US security guards were killed Wednesday in a roadside bomb blast near a convoy of foreign contractors in Iraq's southern city of Basra, a US embassy spokesman said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/07/content_3459011.htm


No charge for Scot who shot Iraqi
Private Alexander Johnston, also of the KOSB, was in southern Iraq in September 2003 when he accidentally shot a 13-year-old Iraqi boy in the stomach. The 20-year-old, from Shotts, Lanarkshire, was fined £750 and ordered to pay £2,000 to the boy, who was left paralysed from the waist down.
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=15465&s2=07