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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
Rewarding aggression in Palestine News that a billionaire businessman from the United Arab Emirates has offered to pay $56 million for evacuated Israeli settlements in the occupied Gaza Strip is deeply disturbing. The BBC, quoting Israeli media sources, reported that the businessman, Mohammad al-Abbar, chairman of the Dubai-based, Emaar development company met with Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, to discuss the plan....
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 10:01pm PST
Brian Avery challenges Israeli military impunity Press Release, International Solidarity Movement, 23 February 2005...
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 10:00pm PST
Palestinian lawmakers oppose prime minister's Cabinet list The Palestinian prime minister had trouble Wednesday securing a parliamentary majority for his proposed Cabinet, despite promises that he would replace corruption-tainted politicians with professional appointees. The prime minister, Ahmed Qorei, would have to step down if he fails to get his Cabinet approved. A vote was set for later Wednesday, but could be delayed by a day or two....
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 9:59pm PST
Video from First Wall Resistance in Bela'in online 
Introducing a powerful video of Israeli army violence against peaceful Palestinian, Israeli and international protesters in the West Bank village of Bela'in, at the beginning of Apartheid Wall construction there in December (12 minutes)...
Posted: Tue, Feb 22, 2005 3:54pm PST
Palestine:
The calm before the storm The impression one gets from the goings-on among the Palestinian public and leadership is that the question isn't whether the bloody clashes will start up again - but when. In other words, when will the relative calm end and the routine of terror attacks and violence return?...
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 8:21am PST
500 Released Palestinian prisoners return home The first of 500 Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel on Monday have been reunited with their families....
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 8:10am PST
Vandals foul Palestinian village's water supply The Madama village's spring was deliberately contaminated and its water supply system was sabotaged 10 days ago, village council head Ayed Kamal said Sunday....
Posted: Sun, Feb 20, 2005 7:44pm PST
How Israel Is Once Again Redefining the Terms of Peace The recent and supposedly 'successful' Sharm el-Sheikh summit in Egypt on February 8 was anything but a triumph, as far as Palestinians, the occupied party, and genuine peace-seeking Israelis are concerned....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 11:28pm PST
Palestine: How long does it take to demolish a house? At the end of last week, the defense minister and the army realized they had made a small mistake: It turns out that demolishing homes in the territories is not a deterrent, and might even do harm....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 11:17pm PST
The War of the Roads - Palestinians protests strangulation of their village On Saturday the 19th of February at 9-00 AM residents of Kefar Kadum will be joined by Internationals and Israelis* on a march to the
locked Israeli Gate at the entrance of their village.
Kefar Kadum and its four thousand residents are surrounded by the settlement of Kedumim and the Kedumim military Base....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 10:58pm PST
Abbas Rejects Use of Force to Disarm Palestinian Groups RAMALLAH, 20 February 2005 — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he opposes any use of force to disarm Palestinian groups....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 10:41pm PST
Hamas warns Israel over al Aqsa Mosque, demands release of all prisoners Hamas on Saturday warned of any harm done to the holy Aqsa Mosque in the light of the repeated Jewish fanatic threats to blast it. Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas spokesman, said that his Movement held Israel responsible for any such harm and urged Muslims to shoulder their responsibility vis-a-vis such threats....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 10:34pm PST
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