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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
Israel Violates Ceasefire Israeli unilateral violations of the ceasefire are ignored by the media. Imagine how the media would respond if Palestinians did this......
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 1:17pm PST
The Arab property tycoon, the Israeli settlements and a clever plan to boost Gaza The Arab businessman responsible for one of the world's most ambitious urban construction projects is actively seeking to buy and redevelop land and homes to be evacuated by Gaza's 7,500 Jewish settlers later this year....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 11:21am PST
Hezbollah tells Lebanese to cool anti-Syria line BEIRUT - Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned on Saturday that popular agitation against Syria’s grip on Lebanon after the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri could plunge the country back into civil war....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 10:59am PST
ICAHD Launches Bottom-up E-mail Campaign A new campaign from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions to apply more international pressure to the Israeli government....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 8:59am PST
City life
Life in shadows for invisible workers who fear deportation Conal Urquhart in Tel Aviv
Saturday February 19, 2005...
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 10:58pm PST
News via the ISM 1. Soldiers invade Qarawat Bani Zeid IWPS
2. Palestinian Sheppards Face Down Settler and Army Violence by
Aaron Lakoff
3. Direct action in At-Tuwani tomorrow
4. Some homecoming coverage of Pat O'Conner
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Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 5:22pm PST
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