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Mazuz: JNF land now available to anyone
All land managed by the Israel Lands Administration, including land owned by the Jewish National Fund, will be marketed without discrimination or limits including to non-Jews, Attorney General Menachem Mazuz decided Wednesday....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 9:52pm PST
Israel, Palestinians renew political ties
JERUSALEM: Israel and the Palestinians resumed political contacts on Wednesday and finalized a deal to deploy thousands of Palestinian security forces to curb attacks in southern and central Gaza....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 9:50pm PST
Examiner ad demonizes Palestinian children, shows young girl with gun
Such anti-Palestinian stereotypes obscure the reality that over the past four years Palestinian children have been the principal victims of violence and other human rights abuses in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
625 Palestinian children were killed by the Israeli army and settlers in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip between 29 September 2000 and 31 December 2004 according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society. Over 100 Israeli children have been killed by Palestinians during the same...
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 2:58pm PST
Qurie raps new work on barrier
RAMALLAH: Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie last night accused Israel of frustrating Palestinian efforts to revive peacemaking by resuming construction of its West Bank barrier deep in occupied land....
Posted: Tue, Jan 25, 2005 8:15pm PST
Palestinians: Ceasefire in Israeli hands
A ceasefire between Palestinians and Israelis will materialise if Tel Aviv works in accordance to the road map, a senior Palestinian official has said....
Posted: Tue, Jan 25, 2005 10:10am PST
Israeli Tanks Invade Tulkarem
TULKAREM, Palestine, January 25, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli occupation forces invaded the province of Tulkarem and launched a wide arrest campaign in other provinces in the West Bank....
Posted: Tue, Jan 25, 2005 9:32am PST
Israel Resumes Building Wall
JERUSALEM, 25 January 2005 — In a move Palestinians said clouded new President Mahmoud Abbas’ efforts to revive peacemaking, Israel yesterday resumed building one of the most controversial parts of its West Bank wall, deep in occupied land. Israel’s attorney-general approved construction of the4 -km (2. 5mile) segment along a new route near the large Jewish settlement of Ariel after residents of the adjacent Palestinian village of Salfit petitioned a court against land expropriation. “How we ...
Posted: Tue, Jan 25, 2005 9:22am PST
Abul-Gheit:Abu Mazen to visit Cairo soon for continuing dialogue with Palestinian factions
Amidst positive indications that Mahmoud Abbas, the chairman of the Palestinian Authority has managed to contract differences with the Palestinian factions for concluding a conditional truce that could open the door before settlement process, the Palestinian Authority called on the Israeli government to return back to negotiations table to coordinate a joint declaration on mutual halt of violence between the two sides, in conformity with the roadmap peace plan....
Posted: Tue, Jan 25, 2005 9:21am PST
Palestinian factions fuel cease-fire optimism
Israel divided over response to Abbas...
Posted: Tue, Jan 25, 2005 12:11am PST
Don't call Abu Mazen a collaborator
The attempt to present Abu Mazen's actions as an achievement resulting from Israeli pressure has negative, possibly destructive implications for the entire process. Abu Mazen is not an Israeli collaborator, and should not be seen as such....
Posted: Mon, Jan 24, 2005 7:36pm PST
IDF reviving psychological warfare unit
The Israel Defense Forces is reestablishing its psychological warfare unit, after a lengthy period in which the unit was dormant. It operates mostly in the Palestinian arena....
Posted: Mon, Jan 24, 2005 7:33pm PST
The Writing on the Wall: Maha Abu Dayyeh
Toine van Teeffelen writing from Jerusalem, occupied Palestine, Live from Palestine, 24 January 2005...
Posted: Mon, Jan 24, 2005 7:30pm PST
'Land grab' fears for Jerusalem
Israel has reportedly begun seizing tracts of east Jerusalem land owned by Palestinians in the West Bank under a law not used for decades....
Posted: Mon, Jan 24, 2005 7:23pm PST
Biddu Wall Protest, and Daily Life in Jenin, Nablus and Hebron
A) Press Release: Village of Biddu to Plant Olive Seedlings in
Wall's Path on Monday
B) Assassinations in Jenin
C) What Changes ?: Balata, Nablus 17th January
D) Detaining Hebron's Shoppers on the Eve of the Eid Holiday
E) Resisting deportation – An Account of Kate's court hearing 16
January 2005...
Posted: Sat, Jan 22, 2005 8:47am PST
Al Ahram: Graceless in Gaza
Less than a week into his presidency Mahmoud Abbas is facing his first political crisis, writes Graham Usher in Jerusalem...
Posted: Fri, Jan 21, 2005 10:26am PST
Palestine: Coordination is not negotiation
The Geneva Initiative group, of which I am a part, should not have made the short journey to the Muqata compound in Ramallah earlier this week and become the first Israeli delegation to meet with the newly elected Palestinian leader. Not because it was the wrong thing to do. Quite the opposite: It was precisely the right thing to do, but it should have been the Israeli government that made the journey....
Posted: Fri, Jan 21, 2005 9:31am PST
Palestinian forces deploy on border
Palestinian security forces have taken up positions across Gaza to curb resistance attacks against Israel, while the Rafah border crossing reopens....
Posted: Fri, Jan 21, 2005 9:17am PST
What "Peace" Really Means to Israelis
Two months ago I returned from a two-week family visit to Israel. Although I am an activist for Palestinian rights, I decided that this visit would be entirely private. Living for two weeks with my brother, his wife and their two little girls in their tiny apartment in a North Tel-Aviv suburb, gave me an opportunity to observe and see what daily life is like for Israelis at the moment....
Posted: Fri, Jan 21, 2005 8:27am PST
BTL:New Palestinian Leader Confronts Familiar Obstacles in...
...Restarting Peace Talks ~ Interview with Ali Abunimah, writer and activist, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Thu, Jan 20, 2005 7:11am PST
Israeli Military Assaults in Nablus, Idhna and Al Walaja
A) Israeli Military in Nablus: 18th January
B) Idhna house occupation, Jan 14 2005
C) Israeli Military destroys Twelve Structures in Al Walaja
D) Tearing Down Al Walaja...
Posted: Thu, Jan 20, 2005 12:15am PST