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Brian Avery interview on eve of hearing
1. Interview with Brian Avery
2. Report from Rafat demonstration...
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 11:53am PST
Did you say the Israelis are withdrawing?
Y. Khellef writing from Bethlehem, occupied Palestine, Live from Palestine, 27 February 2005...
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 11:33am PST
Israel freezes handover to Palestinians
Israel has frozen plans to hand over security control of the West Bank to Palestinians....
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 11:27am PST
Syria Refutes Israeli Charges, Supports Peace Efforts
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, February27 , 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Syria refuted Sunday, February26 , Israeli allegations of being implicated in a Tel Aviv bombing attack, reaffirming support to Palestinian efforts to reach peace with Israel....
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 11:25am PST
Our hands are clean: Palestine President
Abbas says suicide attack on nightclub was bid to sabotage peace process...
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 11:22am PST
Powell 'pushed out' by Bush for seeking to rein in Israel
Colin Powell, the outgoing US secretary of state, was given his marching orders after telling President George W Bush that he wanted greater power to confront Israel over the stalled Middle East peace process....
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 11:17pm PST
Cave dwellers evicted by settlers return to their homes
Two-and-a-half years after they were evicted by settlers, the Palestinian cave dwellers of the village of Gawish in the south-Hebron hills on Saturday returned to their homes....
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 1:27pm PST
Suicide bomber: My target was the PA, which serves American interests
In a videotape made prior to the Friday suicide bombing that killed four people in Tel Aviv, bomber Abdullah Badran declared that the attack was intended to do harm to the Palestinian Authority, which he said served the interests of the United States....
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 1:25pm PST
Syria Out of Lebanon and Israel Out of Syria
This is a moment of truth for all belligerent parties in the Middle East. Hariri’s assassination has once again focused the world’s attention on the need to get some major Levantine matters resolved and soon. The quickest solution to these “complex problems” is to shed all complexity and keep it simple. Get Syrian forces -- including intelligence operatives -- out of Lebanon. And compel the Israelis to remove all settlements and end the occupation of the Golan Heights....
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 11:58am PST
Israel blames Syria for bombing
Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz has accused Syria of involvement in Friday's Tel Aviv suicide bombing in which four people were killed....
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 11:56am PST
islamic Jihad claims Tel Aviv bombing
An official from the Syria-based leadership of the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility Saturday for the suicide bombing that killed late Friday night four Israelis in Tel Aviv. The official contradicted a denial issued by the Movement in the Palestinian territories shortly after the suicide attack. An anonymous caller claiming affiliation with the Quds Brigades, military wing of Islamic Jihad, took the credit for the attack in a phone call with a news agency minutes after the blast....
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 10:27am PST
Seven held over Tel Aviv bombing
Israeli troops and Palestinian police have arrested seven people in connection with Friday's suicide bombing outside a Tel Aviv nightclub.
Israeli soldiers detained five people near the West Bank town of Tulkarem, including two brothers of the man identified as the suicide bomber....
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 10:14am PST
More Settler Homes Planned
GAZA, 26 February 2005 — Israel plans to build over6 , 000more settler homes in West Bank this year in a move that is likely to affect the Middle East peace process....
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 5:12pm PST
U.S. Peace Activist Brian Avery Returns to Israel Two Years After Being Shot in the Face
We go to Israel to speak with U.S. peace activist Brian Avery. In April 2003, he was shot in the face - he says - by Israeli forces. His face was shattered, with his tongue split in two, forcing him to undergo a series of facial reconstruction surgeries....
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 5:07pm PST
Explosion in Tel Aviv; three dead, up to 30 injured
An explosion took place on the Herbert Samuel street promenade at around 11:30 p.m. near the Sage night club in Tel Aviv, Israel Radio reported....
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 2:50pm PST
New Palestinian cabinet approved by legislators
The Palestinian parliament on Thursday approved a 24 -member Cabinet dominated by professional appointees, including nearly half with doctoral degrees....
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 7:10am PST
Is peace in Palestine about to break out?
Are Israelis and Palestinians finally on the road to peace? A cursory glance at commentary in the US press would seem to suggest so. Since Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, and Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced a truce in early February at the Sharm al-Sheikh summit, many observers see a "window of opportunity" they are encouraging both sides to leap through.....Behind the photo opportunities and historic handshakes, however, the evidence on the ground is tha...
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 6:38am PST
Gaza for the West Bank
Israelis and Palestinians agreed: Israel's latest Cabinet decisions were historic. But the reasons were entirely different, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem...
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 6:36pm PST
Abbas Pleads With Legislators to OK Cabinet
RAMALLAH, 24 February 2005 — Wielding unexpected political clout, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas stepped in yesterday to quell a legislative rebellion that has held up the appointment of a new Cabinet and threatened to bring down his prime minister....
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 9:43am PST
Israeli War Crimes (audio/mpeg 5.4MB)
This is a summary of israeli war crimes committed in Palestine for the week ending 23 Feb 2005. 5mins (eng)...
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 8:26am PST