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Why they love Mahmoud Abbas
"Israel's goal is not to achieve calm for the purpose of negotiating a total, orderly withdrawal from the occupied territories in the context of a peace deal. Israel wants to end Palestinian resistance in order to remove any obstacle to implementing its expansionist programme in all of Palestine. This would certainly thrill Israel, but it will not lead to peace and security, nor will it gain the Palestinians anything."...
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 9:31pm PST
New splits among Palestinians and Israelis deal blow to peace hopes
Tentative hopes for a revived peace process in the Israel-Palestinian conflict were plunged into disarray last night by the collapse of Ariel Sharon's parliamentary majority and the prospect of a divisive contest for the Palestinian presidency....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 9:14pm PST
Barghouti Changes Mind, Enters Race for President
RAMALLAH, 2 December 2004 — In a remarkable development, jailed Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti yesterday entered the race for president, associates said, reversing an earlier decision and throwing Palestinian politics into disarray....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 4:37pm PST
Hamas calls supporters to boycott Palestinian presidential elections
Hamas on Wednesday called on its followers not to vote in Palestinian presidential elections set for Jan.9 ....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 10:18am PST
Lawlessness Breeding Ground for Gaza Social Woes
GAZA STRIP, December 1 (IslamOnline.net) – Lawlessness and instability in the Gaza Strip are the main culprit for the unprecedented crimes and social woes, though isolated, that plagued the Gaza Strip recently, a Palestinian human rights activist has said....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 10:14am PST
Al-Barguthi to run for Palestine president
Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan al-Barghuthi has decided to run for Palestinian president, reversing his earlier decision to stay out of the race....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 10:06am PST
Palestinian woman to run for president
A Jerusalem-based journalist has become the first woman to announce her intention to run for the post of Palestinian Authority president in the wake of Yasir Arafat's death....
Posted: Sun, Nov 28, 2004 9:57am PST
Barghouti withdrawal leaves Abbas with clear path to succeed Arafat
Marwan Barghouti, the jailed West Bank militia commander, said last night that he would not run to succeed Yasser Arafat as the Palestinian president....
Posted: Sat, Nov 27, 2004 11:18am PST
Israel faces Russian brain drain
One million Russians have arrived in Israel since 1990, making them the country's largest group of immigrants, but poor employment prospects and the fear of terrorism has led to many deciding to return home....
Posted: Fri, Nov 26, 2004 4:30pm PST
Barghouti opts out of election
Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti will not run in the Palestinian presidential election, an official says....
Posted: Fri, Nov 26, 2004 12:00pm PST
Al-Barghuthi 'told' to drop candidacy
Imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan al-Barghuthi has come under pressure from his Fatah faction to drop potentially divisive plans to run for Palestinian president from his Israeli jail cell....
Posted: Fri, Nov 26, 2004 10:04am PST
Jailed Barghouti mulls leader bid
There are indications that jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti may be considering running in the upcoming presidential elections.
There is no confirmation, but officials in the Fatah movement have been quoted saying that he wants to stand....
Posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2004 11:48am PST
Palestine: 'We are at war'
There are some -- including in his Fatah movement -- who see Yasser Arafat's death as an opportunity for change. Not so Zakaria Zubeidi, leader of the Al-Aqsa Brigades in the northern West Bank. Graham Usher spoke with him in Jenin...
Posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2004 11:45am PST
Palestine: Uncertain times
There is little doubt that Palestinians now face huge challenges after the passing of President Yasser Arafat who held important and sensitive positions in both the resistance and the contemporary Palestinian political system. Most importantly, he has been a revolutionary icon and symbol of the Palestinian national struggle for the past 40 years....
Posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2004 11:41am PST
Israel to Allow International Observers for Jan. 9 Election
JERUSALEM, 25 November 2004 — Israel will allow international observers for the Jan. 9 election to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestinian Authority, Israel’s foreign minister said yesterday, another indication of easing of tensions since Arafat’s death.
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom made the commitment — which can be seen as a concession — before meeting visiting British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who also offered assistance to the Palestinians....
Posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2004 11:36am PST
Code Pink Hayward Speaker Event Invaded
Code Pink Hayward hosted Barbara Lubin from Middle East Children's Alliance on Friday Nov 19th 2004. the event was invaded and disrupted by the Zionist hate Group, Dafka and Protest Warrior....
Posted: Thu, Nov 25, 2004 9:52am PST
Crowded field for Palestinian election
After days of internal haggling, Fatah has decided unanimously to nominate Mahmud Abbas as its candidate for the forthcoming Palestinian Authority presidential election scheduled for 9 January....
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2004 1:00pm PST
Why the BBC ducks the Palestinian Story
In South Africa, the BBC made it clear that the platform from which it was reporting was one of abhorrence of the state crime of apartheid. No Afrikaaner was ritually rushed into a studio to explain a storming of a township. There is no such platform of the BBC's in Israel/Palestine, where the situation is as bad - apartheid, discrimination, racism, ethnic cleansing as rife as ever it was in the Cape or the Orange Free State
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Despite all this, the sheer imagery of the crisis - tank a...
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2004 12:16pm PST
UN envoy: Syria ready to resume peace talks with Israel ''without conditions''
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he is ready to restart negotiations with Israel "without conditions," UN Middle East envoy Terje Roed-Larsen said Wednesday. "President Assad had reiterated to me today that he has an outstretched hand to his Israeli counterpart, that he is willing to go to the table without conditions," Roed-Larsen said Wednesday after talks with the Syrian leader....
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2004 9:19am PST
Hamas Likely to Run in Presidential Elections
NABLUS , November 24 (IslamOnline.net) – The Islamic resistance movement Hamas is likely to run in the upcoming Palestinian presidential elections by nominating a candidate or supporting a certain runner if it serves best the interests of the Palestinian people, a Hamas politburo member said Tuesday, November23 ....
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2004 9:17am PST