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Iran: US pressure on Syria in order to serve Israel interests Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmad Azizi said on Wednesday that Washington has put pressure on Syria and other regional states in a bid to settle the Middle East issue in favor of Israel. According to Irna, he made the remark during a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad....
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 3:49am PST
Mass resignations in Fatah Some 250 Fatah members in Gaza City have quit in protest against the "internal chaos" within the Palestinian resistance group....
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 5:40pm PST
Jericho pullback talks break down A planned Israeli army pullback from cities in the occupied West Bank has stalled, with talks to turn over Jericho to Palestinian control breaking down, Aljazeera reported....
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 5:40pm PST
Sharon criticised over settlements Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, could face a criminal investigation after an inquiry today found government funds had secretly been used to set up illegal West Bank settlements....
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 5:33pm PST
Hamas ties truce to Israel's conduct Armed Palestinian group Hamas has ruled out any formal halt to resistance operations, putting the onus on Israel....
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 6:26am PST
Abbas slams Israel of undermining peace efforts ahead of meeting with Defense minister Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Tuesday of undermining peace efforts by dragging its feet over promises to free prisoners and pull back from West Bank cities....
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 8:02pm PST
Israeli Settler Outposts Grow With Govt Aid GAZA, 9 March 2005 — Jewish settler outposts have spread in the West Bank with state funding despite Israel’s pledge to remove them under a US-backed peace plan....
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 5:54pm PST
Reining In Damascus on Behalf of Israel President Bush’s stern warning urging Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon once again highlights the moral duplicity practiced by the US administration in its dealings with Middle East affairs....
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 5:53pm PST
Finding strength and struggling for basic rights. 1. How do we get our strength? (Mansour)
2. Lives on Hold - The right of birth and the right of return (Aaron)
3. Demand the Return of Gaza Students to Birzeit University...
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 1:23pm PST
Jewish Settlers Plan to Storm Al-Aqsa NABLUS, March8 , 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – Extremist Jewish settlers are planning to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest place, by next April, Al-according to Al-Aqsa Institution for Reconstruction of Islamic Sanctities....
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 6:49am PST
Bad News from Beit Surik 1. Flo's report
2. Beit Surik Update
3. Hebron update
4. Bil'in marches again
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Posted: Mon, Mar 7, 2005 3:48pm PST
Palestinians plight main cause of U.S. anger in Islamic world An Asian scholar's latest book has generated widespread debates on why Muslims hate America.
Kishore Mahbubani states that U.S. policy towards the Middle East has unwittingly made Osama bin Laden somewhat of a popular figure in the region.
Singapore's former two-term chief diplomat to the UN warns that the level of anger in the Islamic world will become even stronger if the U.S. does not act swiftly to enhance its image amongst Muslims....
Posted: Mon, Mar 7, 2005 12:04pm PST
Debut US tour of "Made in Palestine" exhibition 
Made In Palestine, makes its first national tour stop in San Francisco, after opening in Houston. This unique exhibit is on view from April 7 through April 21, 2005 at SomArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street in San Francisco and will include an event series....
Posted: Mon, Mar 7, 2005 9:39am PST
Report: Leaders of Hamas, Islamic Jihad leave Damascus Syria has ordered the leaders of two Palestinian groups to leave the country, the Telegraph reported Sunday. Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, and Ramadan Shallah, the head of the Islamic Jihad, which was behind a recent suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, have been "forced" to move from Syria to other Arab countries....
Posted: Sun, Mar 6, 2005 10:11am PST
Sharon’s Visit to Spark Uprising: Tunisian Opposition PARIS, March5 , 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – A Tunisian opposition leader warned the government on Saturday, March5 , of a “public uprising” if it did not retract an invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to attend an IT summit in November....
Posted: Sat, Mar 5, 2005 10:08pm PST
Jewish American peace activist jailed upon entry into Israel K. Flo Razowsky, a Minneapolis, Minnesota resident and long-time peace
activist, was jailed and denied entry into Israel upon arrival of her
flight today at Ben Gurion airport. Israeli authorities have said they
will deport Ms. Razowsky on a 5:00 AM flight on Saturday. She plans to
non-violently resist her deportation....
Posted: Sat, Mar 5, 2005 1:40pm PST
Isreal:
Let the adults do our work for us srael's behavior toward the nations of the world has always been somewhat pseudo-childish and riddled with complexes, particularly when the country was expected to elevate itself to the political plane. In such cases, it has demanded a special, forgiving attitude, because of the traumas of the past and the fears of the future; Israel has always presented preconditions, and demanded consideration of its neurotic situation, its shaky health, its historical rights. And, like some of Jane Austen'...
Posted: Sat, Mar 5, 2005 8:52am PST
London meeting presses Palestinian Authority for further concessions The “London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority,” held March 1, was initially conceived by British Prime Minister Tony Blair as a major initiative to propel negotiations on a final settlement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). What took place, however, was a meeting whose agenda was drawn up by the Israeli and US governments. None of the issues underlying the conflict in Palestine were discussed. Instead, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was issued yet another l...
Posted: Fri, Mar 4, 2005 11:03pm PST
Sharon is war criminal says London Mayor Ken Livingstone Ken Livingstone has reignited his dispute with Britain's Jewish leaders by launching a provocative attack on the "war criminal" Ariel Sharon.
In a riposte to criticism from the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the London mayor accused Israel of "ethnic cleansing" and said its prime minister should be imprisoned. He also accused Israel of demonising Muslims.
Writing in the Guardian, he again rejected accusations of anti-semitism arising from his confrontation two we...
Posted: Fri, Mar 4, 2005 6:39am PST
Ethnic Cleansing 101: The Case of Lifta Village 
On the morning of Friday, February 25, 2005 a group of approximately 300 Israelis, Palestinian refugees and international activists gathered near the highway leading out of Jerusalem towards Tel Aviv. In the valley below lay the ruins of the ancient Palestinian village of Lifta. The event was part tour, part protest, and part homecoming. It had different meanings for each of the groups involved....
Posted: Fri, Mar 4, 2005 6:36am PST
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