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Hamas downplays release of POWs, regrets return of Jordan, Egypt enovys to Tel Aviv
Hamas Movement considered on Thursday the Israeli plan to free500 Palestinian POW's a "deceptive maneuver aiming at improving the Israeli image"....
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2005 7:39pm PST
Mahmoud Abbas and the degeneration of the Palestinian national movement (Part Two)
By Jean Shaoul and Chris Marsden
17 February 2005...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 10:13pm PST
Sharon Recruits US Mercenaries Against Syria
Even before the "victory" in Iraq had been declared, Administration officials began leveling accusations at Syria that sounded strangely familiar, something like a regurgitation of the lies that had propelled our forces into the "war that wasn't." Predictably, that series of accusations was followed by Sharon's demands of its mercenary forces, the US military, that they undertake five goals desired by Israel. These demands represent the next step in Israel's fulfillment of...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 10:09pm PST
Al Aqsa in vow to violate ceasefire
RAMALLAH: A cell of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a Palestinian militant group loosely affiliated to the mainstream Fatah, said yesterday it would no longer observe a truce with Israel after troops killed two of its fighters....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 6:03pm PST
Mahmoud Abbas and the degeneration of the Palestinian national movement (part 1)
The following is the first of a two-part series. The concluding part will be posted tomorrow, February 17....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 5:59pm PST
Robert Fisk on the Beirut Bombing, U.S.-Syrian Relations and the Iraqi Elections
Longtime foreign correspondent Robert Fisk joins us from his home in Beirut. He is the author of "Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon." He arrived at the scene of the assassination of former Prime Minister on Monday just moments after the explosion and describes what happened....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 9:22am PST
Iran to aid Syria against threats
Iran has vowed to back Syria against "challenges and threats" as both countries face strong US pressure....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 9:04am PST
Who benefits from al-Hariri's death?
Brutal assassinations continue to be the signposts of Lebanon's political history despite the passage of 15-odd years since the end of the civil war....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 9:02am PST
Israel and/or America Implicated in Killing of Rafik Harriri
"This is the work of an intelligence service, not a small group," said Rime Allaf, Middle East analyst at London's Royal Institute of International Affairs....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 10:49pm PST
A West Bank Story: New Year's in a Garden on the Moon
Pamela Olson writing from Jericho, occupied Palestine, Live from Palestine, 15 February 2005...
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 10:38pm PST
Israeli facist nazis Troops Kill 2 Armed Palestinians
JERUSALEM -- Israeli troops shot and killed two armed Palestinians seen approaching a West Bank settlement after dark Tuesday, the Israeli military said...
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 7:33pm PST
Torture In Israel: Come pray, and tell us about your 'military' connections
"I had been in the hotel for six days. The Be'er Sheva prison hotel. I had a shower every day, good food, snacks, TV, fruit, regular clothes," relates D., a young Palestinian from Ramallah who was detained and interrogated for 40 days from mid-November 2004, following the six days he spent in Be'er Sheva jail....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 5:19pm PST
How Israel Is Once Again Redefining the Terms of Peace
The Sharm El-Sheikh summit held in Egypt on Feb. 8 was anything but a success, as far as Palestinians, the occupied party, and peace-seeking Israelis are concerned....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 4:59pm PST
Hebron Action report+ Pat Deported
1. Non violence in Hebron. By May
2. Pat O'Conner deported today.
3. The War of the Roads.
4. Behind the fence....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 2:29pm PST
Israel Plans New W.Bank Settlement After Gaza Exit
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has plans to build a new settlement in the West Bank that could take in settlers uprooted from Gaza, officials said Tuesday, drawing protest from Palestinians who fear losing land for a state they seek....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 7:38am PST
Israel reneges on Jericho pullout
Israel has refused to remove its roadblocks in the Palestinian city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank and to handover the adjacent al-Awja village....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 7:12am PST
More from Pat plus Basketball against apartheid
1. Israel is failing the moral test by Pat O'Connor
2 Basketball against Apartheid by ISM Spain
3. Settlers Chase Palestinian Shepherds from Their Fields by
Operation Dove
4. War of Attrition in the West Bank by Renee Bowyer, International
Women's Peace Service (IWPS)
5. Hebron demonstration...
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 11:08pm PST
Gaza Crowd Welcomes Militants' Bodies
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Crowds of Palestinians greeted a convoy of ambulances bringing home the bodies Monday of 15 militants killed in clashes with Israelis -- an Israeli gesture understood by Gazans as the first concrete benefit of a new truce....
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 8:20pm PST
Palestinian Cops Can't Stop Militants
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip -- Palestinian policemen, who have been given the task of restraining militants, say they can't or won't do the job. Interviewed at their front-line positions, some say they feel sympathy for the gunmen, while others fear getting shot at by Israeli troops....
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 8:17pm PST
Israel Installing Northern West Bank Fence
JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military plans to put an electronic fence in the northern West Bank after this summer's planned evacuation of four settlements there, an army publication reported...
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 10:56am PST