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Israel to free 500 Palestinians
Israel has approved a list of 500 Palestinian prisoners to be released in coming days, under terms agreed at last week's Middle East summit in Egypt....
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 1:08pm PST
Estee Slaughter Valentine's Day Extravaganza at Macy's San Francisco
Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism brings Estee Slaughter's Killer Products to unsuspecting shoppers at Macy's Union Square in San Francisco....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 11:00pm PST
From Aqaba to Sharm: Fake Peace Festivals
Tanya Reinhart, The Electronic Intifada, 11 February 2005...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 5:07pm PST
'I hope that I can see my son before I die'
Mother of longest-serving Palestinian inmate dreams of reunion...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 9:23am PST
Gaza settlers attempt to commandeer Palestinian vehicles
Police on Friday morning arrested six settlers in the southern Gaza Strip who rioted and tried to block the Gush Katif junction to Palestinian traffic during a protest against Palestinian mortar attacks....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 8:52am PST
Rappers wrap Mid-East pains in new trend
"Trouble began before 1948 , when Zionists founded the Israeli state. Zionism called for a Jewish homeland, but they picked Palestine as a land with no man. One major flaw with all of this: They forgot the indigenous populace!"...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 11:45pm PST
Sharm el-Sheikh: A victory without winners
Israel and the Palestinians have reason to be suspicious of one another, to fear that promises and agreements that were achieved at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit this week will not be carried out, as happened with the two previous summits that took place there. The first international summit took place on March 13, 1996. The second, which was conducted by the host, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and by U.S. president Bill Clinton, was on September 4, 1999. At that summit, detailed agreements ...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 11:17pm PST
Sharon government continues land grab in East Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza
On January 20 Haaretz revealed that the Sharon government was engaged in the mass seizure of Palestinian properties throughout East Jerusalem. The government had secretly invoked its 1950 Absentees’ Property Law to cover the Occupied Territory....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 9:51pm PST
Armed attack on Gaza Central Prison leaves three dead
An attack by a number of armed persons early Thursday morning against Gaza Central Prison, left two prisoners dead and a number of members of the police injured. The attackers also kidnapped a third prisoner to the central Gaza Strip and tortured and killed him....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 8:53pm PST
Instruments of doom: Israel's nukes
Mounzer Sleiman* examines Israel's nuclear history and capabilities and the indispensable US role in developing and sustaining the Israeli nuclear arsenal...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 4:59pm PST
Al-Ahram On Sharm El-Sheikh
In "New era?" Dina Ezzat finds more than enough cause for caution behind the expressions of optimism at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit. In "New dawn all over again" Graham Usher writes that the ceasefire agreed at Sharm El-Sheikh will only endure if there is action on Israel's other policies in the occupied territories. In "Prisoners hold the key" Khaled Amayreh reports that Palestinian factions, the real makers or breakers of the truce declared in Sharm El-Sheikh, a...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 4:53pm PST
PFLP Rejects Zionist Peace Bid
The group rejected what it called U.S.-backed Israeli attempts "to turn the Palestinian cause into a security issue, ignoring the national and political rights of the Palestinian people."...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 4:07pm PST
Israeli War Crimes (audio/mpeg 2.9MB)
This is the summary of israeli war crimes committed in Palestine for the week ending 9 Feb 2005. 3mins, eng...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 8:38am PST
Second Palestinian killed after summit
Two days after a truce was agreed to in the historical Sharm al-Shaikh summit, Israeli troops have killed a seond Palestinian, while fighters in Gaza fired mortars at illegal settlements...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 8:27am PST
Abbas 'sacks Gaza police chiefs'
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has sacked several top security commanders in the Gaza Strip, officials say....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 8:22am PST
Sharon and Abbas Hold Summit, Call For End of Violence
Interviewer: Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, 8 February 2005...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 8:16am PST
A shameful kind of Zionist
There are two conclusions to be drawn from this outbreak of energetic Zionism. First, a private one: if this be Zionism, it is disgraceful to be a Zionist. The second is that a society cannot be based over time on a rotting foundation of theft and deception, and if it does not convert its ideological basis, it is doomed....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 10:00pm PST
Eid Al-Adhar in Nablus: A Night of Terror and Destruction
Editorial Comment: In this story, Anne Gwynne tells us of large extended families whose homes have been destroyed by the Israeli army in Palestine. The destruction has left some without a place to live and without employment or resources for relocating. She invites you to make a donation to help these people. We know Anne Gwynne, a 66 year old grandmother who gives her life to helping the people of Palestine. We can assure you that anything you can contribute will go directly to these fol...
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 9:54pm PST
Abbas gets ready for showdown with militants over cease-fire
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas tried to nail down his pledge to stop attacks against Israel Wednesday, preparing for talks with Gaza-based militants and dispatching a top aide for a showdown with Hizbullah....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 5:40pm PST