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'My liberty is when the occupation ends' 
Barghouthi: The intifada will triumph...
Posted: Sun, Jun 6, 2004 11:06am PDT
Barghouti handed five life terms 
A court in Israel has sentenced a leader of the Palestinian uprising, Marwan Barghouti, to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of four Israelis and a Greek monk.
Barghouti, who was the head of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement in the West Bank, received a life sentence for each of the killings.
Barghouti has denied orchestrating attacks on Israelis....
Posted: Sun, Jun 6, 2004 11:02am PDT
Jewish communities planned to 'block Bedouin expansion' The Housing Ministry is not waiting for the planned solutions for the Bedouin community in the Negev to be completed. It is advancing the establishment of Jewish settlements near the Bedouin communities to "block" their "expansion."...
Posted: Sat, Jun 5, 2004 11:58pm PDT
Thousands protest for Gaza withdrawal Thousands of people have gathered outside Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's residence in a mass demonstration calling for an immediate Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, Israel army radio has reported....
Posted: Sat, Jun 5, 2004 11:27pm PDT
Israeli PM fires National Union ministers in bid to pass plan Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fired National Union ministers Avigdor Lieberman and Benny Elon on Friday morning in a bid to win a cabinet majority on the revised disengagement plan which will be presented to the cabinet for a vote on Sunday....
Posted: Fri, Jun 4, 2004 9:49am PDT
Sharon sacks ministers over Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has dismissed two extreme-right members in an effort to pave the way for his unilateral withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip....
Posted: Fri, Jun 4, 2004 9:46am PDT
Turkish PM: Israel treating Palestinians as Jews were treated 500 years ago ANKARA - Israel is not contributing to the peace process, it is killing women and children indiscriminately and destroying Palestinian houses, and there is no way to describe such actions except as "state terrorism" says Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an exclusive interview with Haaretz....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:16am PDT
Palestinians sources: IDF destroys 18 homes in Rafah At least 18 houses were demolished in the latest Israel Defense Forces raid in Rafah, Palestinian security officials said Thursday....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:14am PDT
Israeli Arab rights center calls to forbid talk of transfer Thousands of Israeli Arab citizens are suffering from increasing racism, xenophobia, incitement and violence, according to the annual "Racism in Israel 2004" report released on Tuesday by the Mossawa Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens in Israel....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 8:12am PDT
UNRWA: Rafah residents need $16 m The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has launched an appeal for $15.84 million from the international community for Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 8:07am PDT
TRAVEL TO PALESTINE~ Int'l. Solidarity Mvmt. Training June 12,13, 16 A training for those wishing to participate in nonviolent solidarity work in Palestine will be held June 12, 13 and 16. The training is offered by the Northern California Support Group of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and will be held in San Francisco....
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 4:03pm PDT
Gaza House Razing Renewed An IDF helicopter attack yesterday in Gaza City killed three Hamas militants, and injured seven civilians, Palestinian sources reported. They said the three men were standing by a motorcycle in Gaza City's Zeitoun district....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 8:21pm PDT
Palestine coverage on ECR (as heard on KALX's Amandla!) (audio/mpeg 5.6MB) Last week, ECR was set to broadcast coverage of the raid on the Rafah refugee camp. It was postponed until tonight, at 5:30pm on KALX's "Amandla!" on 90.7FM....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 3:41pm PDT
US frees Palestinian envoys in Iraq Two Palestinian diplomats have been released from a year in US custody in Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:30pm PDT
Sharon government shaky Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened to fire Cabinet members who oppose his revised Gaza pullback plan. "I have every intention of seeing this plan passed, even if I have to change the makeup of the government. That is my duty to the public," Sharon was quoted as telling ministers during a seven-hour Cabinet debate on Sunday....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:22pm PDT
Israeli torture at Shatah prison. Israel continues attacks on Rafah The Palestinian Political Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Association, “Hussam”, released a statement yesterday detailing the torture of Palestinian prisoners by their Israeli guards at Shatah prison....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:17pm PDT
Israel'sTransportation Minister Presents Plan To Expel "Disloyal" Israeli Arabs Transportation Minister Avigdor Lieberman has presented Russian officials with his plan to separate Jews from Arabs, which involves exiling Israeli Arabs deemed disloyal to the state....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:13pm PDT
Vanunu 'wanted to avert holocaust' The former technician jailed for 18 years for leaking Israel's nuclear secrets has said he was trying to prevent a nuclear holocaust....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 11:38am PDT
Gaza withdrawal debate expected to be postponed JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gambled yesterday on a risky showdown with opponents of a Gaza withdrawal, asking his cabinet to approve the entire plan after failing to win over skeptical ministers with last-minute compromise proposals. But with a majority of ministers still unconvinced, a top Sharon aide said a vote on the pullout could be postponed. The cabinet is due to debate the proposal tomorrow but Sharon is unlikely to call a vote unless sure of a majority....
Posted: Sat, May 29, 2004 12:02am PDT
Full text of Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's four-stage disengagement plan for Gaza May 28, 2004...
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 11:56pm PDT
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