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Pro-Israel Rep. asks Bush to stop wall around Jerusalem
Chicago Sun-Times 4/30/2004
Nationally syndicated columnist Robert Novak reveals an important letter by Rep. Henry Hyde to Secretary of State Colin Powell. Hyde's letter is a plea to deflect Ariel Sharon's wall around the Holy Land from its planned position blocking the Scriptural......more
Three Palestinians arrested in Biddu
International Solidarity Movement 4/29/2004
Biddu, NW Jerusalem] At around noon, about 60 Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals set off from the town council towards their fields bulldozed by the Israeli Government to build the Apartheid Wall. Biddu along with 14 other villages will be completely......more
Wall Gates, Gate Incidents & Permits in Azzun Atma, Habla and Mas'ha
International Womens Peace Service 4/5/2004
The wall is creating unbearable pressure for Palestinian people. Lack of freedom of movement, already caused by the checkpoints and roadblocks of the Israeli Military Occupation, has now been notched up one more level on a torturous scale. The wall......more
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 22 - 28 April 2004
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 4/29/2004
18 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 5 children, were killed by Israeli forces / 10 of the victims were killed in 4 extra-judicial assassinations / Israeli forces conducted a series of incursions into Palestinian areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip / 27......more
Bantustan plan for an apartheid Israel
By Meron Benvenisti, The Guardian 4/26/2004
Sharon's separation scheme is doomed to fail once it becomes clear what it means -- When George Bush referred to Ariel Sharon's unilateral separation plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip as a historic event, he wasn't exaggerating - even if......more
Anarchy in the soul - journal from Biddu
By Gila Svirsky, International Solidarity Movement 4/25/2004
Friends, I just spoke to Molly Malekar on her way to Sha’arei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem, and here is what she reported: "We were about 60 women, only women: roughly 1/3 Israeli, 1/3 Palestinian, and 1/3 internationals......more
Women’s Demonstration Against the Apartheid Wall
International Solidarity Movement 4/25/2004
Jerusalem ISM Biddu 25 Apr 04 -- [Biddu, NW Jerusalem] This morning a group of about 25 Palestinian women met at the city council in Biddu to have a peaceful women’s demonstration against the Apartheid Wall. They were joined by 30......more
Despised in their own country
By Gideon Levy, Ha'aretz 4/25/2004
How is it that Mordechai Vanunu is regarded as an admired hero in Western Europe, and in Israel he is slandered, cursed and despised by all? And if some public debate has risen around him - even though no significant part......more
What kind of state deserves to exist?
By Tanya Reinhart, Electronic Intifada 4/23/2004
Amidst the political storm in Israel regarding the "Gaza disengagement" plan, only one really meaningful fact emerges: Sharon received Bush's approval to proceed with his plan for the Wall in the West Bank. With regard to the Gaza Strip, the......more
IOF Resumes the Mass Killing: Six Citizens Killed in Less Than 24 Hours
International Press Center 4/23/2004
QALQILYA, Palestine, April 23, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) continued committing massacres against the Palestinian people, as in less than 24 hours, six citizens including two children were killed by IOF gunfire throughout the occupied Palestinian territories......more
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 15 - 21 April 2004
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 4/22/2004
22 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 5 child and a mentally handicapped man, were killed by Israeli forces / 13 of the victims were killed during a major Israeli military incursion into the northern Gaza Strip / The leader of Hamas in the......more
IOF Embarks on Demolition Campaign Throughout oPt
International Press Center 4/21/2004
EAST JERUSALEM, Palestine, April 21, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) embarked from the early morning on a campaign of demolition and arrest of citizens throughout the occupied Palestinian territories. In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli bulldozers tore down......more
Netanyahu and Livnat will support disengagement plan
Globes 4/19/2004
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the cabinet today that the separation fence would include the major settlement blocs. -- What initially seemed to a hopeless campaign is turning out to be a sweeping political victory for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Two......more
Israeli troops confront non-violent demonstrators with live ammunition
Palestine Monitor 4/19/2004
A 24 year-old Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in Biddu yesterday as demonstrations against the construction of the Separation Wall outside the village continued. Dia Abed Al Karim Abu Eid, was shot and killed instantly by a......more
Israel to Invest in West Bank Investments
The Guardian 4/19/2004
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel will increase investment in some West Bank settlements even as it pulls out of the Gaza Strip, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, giving a boost to the ``disengagement'' plan ahead of a crucial vote by members......more
Israeli Troops Use a Child and a Peace Activist as Human Shields
International Press Center 4/17/2004
BIDDUE, April 17, 2004 (IPC+Agencies)-- Most gravely, the Israeli occupying soldiers pummeled a 12-year-old Palestinian boy from Biddu, northwest of occupied Jerusalem-that is facing a wide scale of land expropriation for building the apartheid wall- and afterwards, the......more
U.N. Condemns Israeli Settlements
Palestine Monitor/BBC 4/15/2004
The United Nations human rights body has called on Israel to end settlement activity on Palestinian land and stop work on its barrier in the West Bank. Israeli ambassador Yaakov Levy called the resolution "disconnected from reality" as it ignored......more
Protecting the land from destruction in Biddu
International Solidarity Movement 4/13/2004
Emilie -- On Tuesday 13 April 2004, the residents of the cluster of villages located around Biddu, Northwest Jerusalem expected the work on the Apartheid wall to start again after the break during Passover holidays in Israel for last week. In......more
Kerry Indicates He Would Continue Bush's Pro-Sharon Policy
By Ira Glunts, Electronic Intifada 4/6/2004
Lately, Senator John Kerry has been reassuring voters that he will be as pro-Israel as President Bush. He has expressed his support for Sharon's policy of unilateral disengagement, building of the so-called security barrier and the political isolation of Yasser......more
U.S. Students Simulate Israeli Practices
Islam Online 4/14/2004
LOS ANGELES, April 14 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – As part of the Palestinian Awareness Week, students in the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) simulated the Palestinians’ sufferings at Israel’s countless security checkpoints as well as the controversial Separation Wall in......more
A Masked Reality
By Amira Hass, Miftah 4/8/2004
Media interest in the separation fence is dying down, although construction is continuing. The disengagement from Gaza is still making headlines, but does not go further than words at this stage. Between the rising and ebbing waves of interest, two......more
Sharon leaves for Washington talks on pullout plan
Ha'aretz 4/13/2004
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon departed for Washington early Tuesday morning, where he will discuss his disengagement plan with U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday and with U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday. Hours before leaving the country......more
Barrier threatens Bethlehem's future
Al-Jazeera 4/12/2004
With Israel's controversial separation barrier expanding south, Bethlehem is next
and the mayor says he fears for the future of the town. The barrier will eventually
ring Bethlehem on three sides and slice off about 2000 hectares of farmland, Mayor......more
"The
separation fence"
Ha'aretz
Ha'aretz page of news stories and articles on the wall......more
President
Arafat Calls to Israeli Withdrawal from Palestinian Territories and Halt of Apartheid
Wall
International Press Center 12/30/2003
RAMALLAH, Palestine, December 30, 2003 (IPC + WAFA) - - The Palestinian President
Yasser Arafat called to the withdrawal of the Israeli occupying forces from the
Palestinian territories an immediate cease of the construction of the Apartheid
wall and colonial Jewish settlement activities......more
Something's
afoot along the fence
By Ze'ev Schiff, Ha'aretz 12/30/2003
Along the route of the fence being built to separate Israel from the occupied
territories important changes are afoot. These will reroute the fence in certain
sensitive places after senior political and Israel Defense Forces leaders reached
an understanding. On......more
An
immoral army
By Roman Bronfman, Ha'aretz 12/30/2003
Shaul Mofaz is by all means worthy of admiration for the series of positions he
held during his long period of military service. In his last position in uniform,
Mofaz will be remembered mainly for the immense efforts he invested......more
Fence
route is moved, scrapping 2 enclaves
Ha'aretz 12/30/2003
The government is to modify the route of the separation fence after discussions
between senior IDF officers and politicians. There will be two major changes in
plans for the fence. One is in the area of Baka al-Garbiyeh on the......more
Police
question Israeli shot by IDF troops during fence protest
Ha'aretz 12/29/2003
The police questioned wounded fence protester Gil Na'amati under warning on Sunday,
while the Israel Defense Forces were conducting two separate investigations into
the shooting of Na'amati by Israeli troops on Friday during a protest by unarmed
demonstrators against the......more
Mossa
Urges to Compile Documented Proof Ahead of ICJ Hearing over the Apartheid Wall
International Press Center 12/29/2003
GAZA, Palestine, December 29, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)-- The Secretary General of
the League of Arab States, Amre Mossa, urged the member states to set forth documented
proof to clear the image over the adverse impacts of the Apartheid Wall, built......more
Israel
Hampers Local and International Figures Protesting Apartheid Wall
International Press Center 12/29/2003
WEST BANK, Palestine, December 28, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)-- The Israeli occupying
forces (IOF) opened fire and threw tear gas canisters Saturday towards participants
in a peace rally organized by the National Campaign to Resist the Apartheid Wall,
which Israel is......more
Debate
Over Israel's Barrier Heats Up
The Guardian 12/29/2003
JERUSALEM (AP) - The army's shooting of an American and an Israeli peace protester
has angered Israelis and sparked renewed debate over a controversial West Bank
barrier and the army's rules of engagement. Israel says the barrier - made up
of concrete......more
Sharon
criticizes use of live ammo against Israeli protesters
Ha'aretz 12/29/2003
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday criticized the behavior of Israel Defense
Forces soldiers on Friday during a demonstration against the security fence in
the West Bank during which an Israeli protester was seriously wounded when soldiers
used live fire to......more
ACRI
petitions Supreme Court: open access points in separation barrier
Association for Civil Rights in Israel 12/29/2003
The gates are almost continually closed leaving the local population imprisoned
in isolated enclaves. -- ACRI submitted a petition yesterday to the Supreme Court
against the Israel Defense Forces, calling for the opening of the access points
of the separation barrier......more
High
Court petitioned against fence
Ha'aretz 12/29/2003
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) yesterday filed a petition to
the High Court of Justice against the Israel Defense Forces on behalf of five
West Bank village residents who have been cut off from their lands due......more
A
child is born in Bethlehem
Ha'aretz 12/29/2003
Palestinian spokesmen have been warning that the atmosphere of hostility toward
Israel will increase once the separation fence is completed, because it will make
life in a considerable part of the territories completely impossible. This is
pretty much a sure......more
Israel
troops fire on peace rally
BBC 12/27/2003
Israeli soldiers have opened fire on a demonstration in the West Bank, injuring
two peace activists. The incident took place when about 100 protesters demonstrated
near the Palestinian village of Mahase against the barrier Israel is constructing.
One Israeli man......more
Soldiers
Used Live Ammunition against Peace Activists
International Middle East Media Center 12/27/2003
Soldiers used live ammunition against peace activists close to the Palestinian
village of Masha . Gil Na'amati , an Israeli citizen from Kibbutz Nimri, sustained
serious wounds and a foreign peace activist was lightly wounded. Few hundred protesters,
members of Anarchist Movement......more
Hundreds
protest in Tel Aviv against IDF use of live ammunition
Ha'aretz 12/27/2003
Some 300 people protested late Saturday opposite the Defense Ministry building
in Tel Aviv, to protest the Israel Defense Forces' use of live ammunition to disperse
a demonstration against the separation fence near the West Bank village of Meskhah.
An......more
IOF
Wounds Two Internationals near Apartheid Wall in Mas'ha
International Press Center 12/27/2003
SALFIT, Palestine, December 27, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)-- The Israeli occupying
forces (IOF) shot and wounded two international peace activists while demonstrating
against the construction of the Apartheid wall in the village of Mas'ha, Salfit
district. Sources at the International Solidarity......more
Israeli,
U.S. Pacifists Injured In Anti-Wall Demo
Islam Online 12/27/2003
Qalqiliya, December 27 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Two Israeli and American
pacifists protesting Israel's erection of a separation barrier on the West Bank
were wounded by Israeli gunfire Friday, December 26, one day ahead of a mass rally
in this northern......more
Israel
Hastens Building of Apartheid Wall to Create De Facto Facts Ahead of ICJ Hearing
International Press Center 12/25/2003
GAZA, Palestine, December 25, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)-- The Israeli government started
racing against time by greatly accelerating the construction of the Apartheid
wall (also widely known as the separation barrier), ahead of the hearing session
of the International Court of......more
Israel's
"Security" Wall: Another Land Grab - Acrobat format
Arabic Media Internet Network December 2003
Includes updated map, charts -- Israel's goal in building the "security" wall
is twofold: (1) to confiscate Palestinian land in order to facilitate further
colony expansion and unilaterally redraw geopolitical borders and (2) to encourage
an exodus of Palestinians by denying......more
Israel
Kills 4 Palestinians, Ends Separation Wall By 2005
Islam Online 12/18/2003
GAZA CITY, December 18 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Four Palestinians were
killed by Israeli occupation forces in a fresh incursion into the West Bank city
of Nablus in the small hours of Thursday, December 18, as Israeli officials vowed
to complete......more
Fischer
condemns West Bank barrier
Middle East Online 12/17/2003
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer on Wednesday questioned the legitimacy
of the West Bank barrier being built by Israel, which he urged to seize an opportunity
to resume peace talks with the Palestinians. Speaking at a security conference
in the......more
Occupier
allocates extra $160M for apartheid barrier
Islamic Association for Palestine 12/17/2003
HERZLIYA, Israel, Dec 17-- The Israeli government has allocated 160 million dollars
to extend its controversial West Bank security barrier, Finance Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu said Wednesday. "This week, we allocated an additional 700 million shekels
(160 million dollars) to build......more
Palestinian
old man suffering brain hemorrhage as a result of Zionist assault
Palestinian Information Center 12/17/2003
Tulkarm - Medical sources in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm have said
that a 67 years old Palestinian man had suffered brain hemorrhage and was a in
state of coma following Zionist severe beating. The sources said that Zionist......more
Court:
State must explain why fence splits village
Ha'aretz 12/16/2003
The High Court of Justice on Tuesday ordered the state to explain why it is building
the West Bank separation fence along a route that residents of a village east
of Jerusalem say will trap part of the village between......more
Dichter:
Security forces haven't given Israelis security
Ha'aretz 12/16/2003
In a rare public appearance, the chief of the Shin Bet security service Tuesday
called Iran the "No. 1 terror state in the world," and urged Israel to build the
West Bank fence as quickly as possible, calling it "critical......more
Permission
to work?
By Suraya Dadoo, Electronic Intifada 12/16/2003
It is 12:30pm at the Nablus area District Civilian Affairs Office (DCO). It is
over 40 degrees outside, where a long queue of Palestinians had been waiting in
the oppressive heat (some for over three hours) with dust and......more
Fresh
IOF Invasion into Nablus and Troops Seriously Wound an Elderly Palestinian
International Press Center 12/16/2003
NABLUS, Palestine, December 16, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)-- In a serious military
escalation by the Israeli occupying forces (IOF), large forces of the Israeli
occupation invaded the Balata refugee camp and several other surrounding villages,
while an elderly citizen was seriously......more
Mofaz:
Fence has improved security 'hundreds of percent'
Jerusalem Post 12/16/2003
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz called Tuesday for the Palestinians to meet their
Road Map obligations and return to the negotiating table. "I'm calling directly
on Abu Ala to support the Road Map," Mofaz said at the Herzliya Conference, "He
has......more
Secretary-General
urges Israelis, Palestinians to take steps to avoid impairing future negotiations
ReliefWeb/UN 12/16/2003
Creative 'Track Two' Initiatives Can Promote Momentum for Peace, He Tells Meeting
on Palestine Question -- Following is the text of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan's
message to the United Nations Asian Meeting on the Question of Palestine in Beijing,
delivered today by Kim......more
Camp
starts 19th December 2003: Deir Ballut
International Womens' Peace Service 12/15/2003
A group of Palestinian, international, and Israeli activists have chosen the village
of Deir Ballut, in the Salfit Governorate, as the site for the next round of activities
in opposition to Israel's continued building of Phase II of the Apartheid......more
THE
WALL: Security NO, Harassment YES
International Womens' Peace Service 12/14/2003
Today’s events at Mas’ha demonstrate that the supposed security fence does not
ensure security. Mas’ha farmers have wanted to tend their land for the past weeks,
but have been restrained from doing so because Mas’ha is now closed off by......more
Baptist
Pastor to Sharon: "Lift the closure of Bethlehem"
Come And See 12/15/2003
Alex Awad, Dean of Students at Bethlehem Bible college writes an open letter to
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: Mr. Prime Minister, I appeal to you to use
your influence to lift the closure of Bethlehem. It is apparent that......more
Palestinian
Farmers’ Ordeal Worsened by the Apartheid Wall in Qulqelia
International Press Center 12/15/2003
QULQELIA, December 15,2003 (IPC Exclusive)_Finalizing the second phase of construction
the Apartheid Wall (widely- known as the separation barrier) by the Israeli occupation,
in pursuit of seizure of the West Bank and annexing it to the “green line “that......more
Palestinian-Israeli-International
rally at Al Ram: Gush Shalom report
Palestine Monitor/Gush Shalom 12/13/2003
Gush Shalom (Israeli Peace Bloc)" wrote: "The Wall must fall, must fall, must
fall!" [Dec. 13, 2003] -- Once again, the organisers underestimated the number
of people who would come to participate in a protest against the monstrous Wall
which the......more
Jewish
Settlers Seize 1,750 Dunums of "Termsaya" Lands
International Press Center 12/13/2003
RAMALLAH, December 13,2003 (IPC+Agencies)- Violent clashes were erupted Friday
between the citizens of Termsaya town, adjacent to Rammallah city and a mob of
Jewish settlers, whom seized vast swaths of the Palestinian lands, east of the
town, the fenced......more
The
Machines Take Over
Editorial, Miftah 12/12/2003
Envisioning the Likud and the other extremist Israeli parties’ ideal plan for
resolving their conflict with the Palestinians is not difficult, but is most certainly
terrifying. In short, lock all the Palestinians up and throw away the key! Imagining
the......more
French,
Israeli FMs disagree over barrier
Al-Jazeera 12/11/2003
French and Israeli Foreign Ministers, Dominique de Villepin and Silvan Shalom
have expressed opposed views over Israel's "security fence" at a gala dinner given
in Paris by the France-Israel Chamber of Commerce. De Villepin questioned on Wednesday
whether the barrier......more
Israel
freezes barrier extension project
Sydney Morning Herald 12/11/2003
Israel has frozen plans to extend its controversial West Bank separation barrier
to the Jordan Valley following a United Nations vote. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon had announced on October 24 that such an extension project was being considered
and......more
Mufti
bars relinquishing right of return
Jerusalem Post 12/11/2003
Two weeks after he issued a fatwa (religious decree) banning Muslims from working
in the construction of the security fence, the Palestinian Authority mufti of
Jerusalem, Ikremah Sabri, announced that it is forbidden to give up the right
of return......more
It’s
not too late
Editorial, Palestine Monitor 12/11/2003
As the International Court of Justice received a UN request to issue an opinion
on Israel’s apartheid wall, Palestinian and Israeli citizen’s fight together on
the ground to stop the wall before it is built. In voting to ask the......more
PA
report: Zionist racist fence to annex 95% of Palestinian western basin
Palestinian Information Center 12/11/2003
Ramallah - A specialized report issued by the Palestinian water authority in Ramallah
today charged that the Zionist segregationist fence in the West Bank was annexing
around 95% of the total water resources consumed by Palestinians from the western
basin that......more
Fourth
Palestinian child killed in confrontations at the apartheid wall
Palestine Monitor 12/10/2003
Confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli armed forces at the site of the
wall dividing the West Bank claimed the life of a fourth Palestinian child yesterday.
16 year old Faris Jimzawi from Qalandiya refugee camp near the West Bank city......more
Israel
Defiant About Barrier
Palestine Monitor/Los Angeles Times 12/10/2003
The government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reacted defiantly Tuesday to a U.N.
General Assembly vote asking the International Court of Justice to rule on the
legality of a barrier that Israel is building around the West Bank. Meanwhile,
domestic......more
East
Jerusalem suburbs expect the worst as separation barrier erected
ReliefWeb 12/10/2003
AL-AZARIYA, West Bank, Dec 10 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of West Bank Palestinians
in eastern Jerusalem suburbs are awaiting disaster, as Israel continues to build
a separation barrier that will cut them off from the Holy City and slice through......more
Frattini
hits out at Israel's security wall at donor conference
ReliefWeb 12/10/2003
ROME, Dec 10 (AFP) - Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini opened a Palestinian
donor conference in Rome on Wednesday with a warning to Israel that its security
fence poses a threat to reaching peace in the Middle East. Frattini told representatives......more
Sharon
vows to defend barrier at The Hague
The Age 12/10/2003
Israel has said it will defend itself in the International Court in The Hague
against accusations that its controversial barrier through the West Bank violates
international law. The Israeli Government said it would participate in the case
after the United......more
Int'l
Court receives UN request to issue opinion on fence
Ha'aretz 12/10/2003
The International Court of Justice has received a request from the UN General
Assembly to consider the legal implications of the wall Israel is building along
the border with and inside the West Bank, the court said Wednesday. A letter......more
Hague
expected to move quickly on fence
Ha'aretz 12/10/2003
LONDON - The International Court of Justice in The Hague is expected to move speedily
to prepare an opinion on the legality of the separation fence between Israel and
the West Bank, since it generally gives high priority to requests for......more
Committee
approves another NIS 380 million for security fence
Ha'aretz 12/10/2003
The joint Knesset committee on the defense budget yesterday approved an additional
NIS 380 million for work on the section of the separation fence between Kafr Salem
and Kibbutz Tirat Zvi. The only opposing vote came from the committee chairman......more
The
Bitter Harvest Of Palestine
By John Ross, Coastal Post December 2003
AWWARTA VALLEY: I dig my thumbnail into the newly-picked olive and the rich oil
spurts into my palm of my hand. I am picking "zitoon" (in Spanish, "aceituna")
in the harvest of the Awwarta valley of Nablus, Palestine, a millennium-old......more
U.S.:
We have no argument with fence, only with route
Ha'aretz 12/9/2003
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer said in remarks broadcast Tuesday that
the Bush administration "has no argument" with the West bank fence as a security
tool, but added that the closer that the route of the barrier follows the......more
World
court to rule on Israeli wall
Al-Jazeera 12/9/2003
The UN General Assembly has backed a resolution asking the International Court
of Justice whether Israel is obliged to tear down its controversial wall. The
vote in New York on Monday was 90 to 8 in favour, with 74 abstentions......more
PNA
Welcomes GA vote to Bring Apartheid Wall to the ICJ
International Press Center 12/9/2003
GAZA, December 9,2003, (IPC + Agencies)-- The Palestinian National Authority commended
the UN General Assembly resolution as a triumph of evenhandedness and the international
law and a message from the international community to Israel to halt the aggressions
on the Palestinians......more
Issue
of West Bank fence to be reviewed by International Court of Justice; Hamas vows
to resume attacks
Al-Bawaba 12/9/2003
The United Nations General Assembly voted 90-8 Monday to refer the issue of the
West Bank separation fence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the
Hague. Seventy-four states abstained. Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and
Foreign Minister......more
PCHR
Welcomes GA Decision to Refer Issue of West Bank Barrier to International Court
of Justice
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 12/9/2003
PCHR welcomes yesterdays decision by the United Nations General Assembly to refer
the issue of the legality of Israel's so-called "Security Fence" to the International
Court of Justice. The resolution, adopted by 90 votes in favour, with 74 abstentions,
asks......more
UN
Takes Israel’s Apartheid Wall to Int’l Court of Justice
Palestine Media Center 12/9/2003
US Objects, EU Abstains, Assembly to Remain Seized of the Matter -- The tenth
emergency special session of the 191-member United Nations General Assembly on
Monday adopted a resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to
issue an advisory......more
Israel's
Barriers a Major Friction Point
Miftah 12/9/2003
Some 200 Palestinian men crowded behind the hip-high, red barrier at the Israeli
checkpoint. When one asked when they would be let through, a young soldier shouted,
``Shut up!'' Every day, tensions run high at roadblocks that have severely restricted......more
Doubts
over W Bank barrier route
BBC 12/9/2003
Israel's justice minister says he will seek to redraw the route of the controversial
West Bank barrier. Yosef Lapid's call came as the UN General Assembly approved
a resolution asking the International Court of Justice to consider its legality.
Israel......more
Israel
Attacks U.N. Over West Bank Barrier Vote
Reuters 12/9/2003
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel accused the United Nations of hypocrisy Tuesday after
the U.N. General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice to rule on
the legality of a barrier Israel is building in the West Bank. But Palestinian
Prime Minister......more
Israel
becoming "leper" state, press warns after UN vote on barrier
Islamic Association for Palestine 12/9/2003
JERUSALEM, Dec 9-- Israeli newspapers voiced alarm Tuesday at the UN General Assembly
vote taking the issue of the controversial West Bank separation barrier to the
world court, warning that the Jewish state was growing more isolated in the international......more
Fischer
blasts Arafat, warns Israel over security fence
Jerusalem Post 12/9/2003
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has warned Israel it could suffer "terrible
consequences" for its security fence, while launching an unprecedented attack
on Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. Speaking to senior politicians,
diplomats, and businessmen at a European-Israeli dialogue in......more
General
Assembly adopts text requesting International Court of Justice to issue advisory
opinion on West Bank separation wall
United Nations 12/8/2003
The tenth emergency special session of the 191-member United Nations General Assembly
this morning adopted a resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
to issue an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's construction
of a separation......more
Israel
will cooperate with Int'l Court on security fence
Ha'aretz 12/8/2003
Israel will cooperate with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague
if the United Nations General Assembly votes Monday to refer the issue of the
West Bank separation fence to the court, and will argue that the decision......more
UN
votes 90-8 to ask Hague court for opinion on fence
Ha'aretz 12/8/2003
The United Nations General Assembly approved on Monday a Palestinian-initiated
resolution asking the International Court of Justice to issue an advisory opinion
on the legal consequences of Israel's construction of the separation fence. Ninety
nations voted in favor of the......more
Court
to examine Israeli barrier
BBC 12/8/2003
The UN General Assembly has approved a resolution asking the International Court
of Justice to consider the legality of the Israeli barrier. Israel is building
a controversial barrier inside the West Bank, which it says is needed to stop
suicide......more
Rafah
governor: Zionist “death wall” destroyed 1,320 houses
Palestinian Information Center 12/8/2003
Rafah - The governor of Rafah, Majid Al-Agha, has charged that the Zionist segregation
fence currently under construction along the border strip between Palestine and
Egypt to the south of his city had destroyed 1,320 houses so far. He said that......more
Abd
Rabbo: Calls for Palestinian Conference to Adopt ‘Geneva Accord’
PNA Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11/18/2003
Member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Yasser Abed Rabbo called for convening a “Palestinian national conference” with
the aim of adopting the so-called “Geneva Accord” and launching an unarmed popular
resistance campaign against the Israeli......more
Home
of apartheid slams Israeli wall
Al-Jazeera 12/5/2003
The president of the country that gave the world the word apartheid says Israel's
"security fence" through the West Bank is an apartheid barrier that needs to be
torn down. "The wall is there to keep Arab and Jew apart......more
Geneva
Accord Authors Take Campaign to US
Palestine Chronicle 12/5/2003
UNITED NATIONS (VOA) - The authors of the latest unofficial Middle East peace
plan - the so-called Geneva Accord - have taken their campaign for acceptance
to the United States. They will meet Friday with senior policymakers, including
Secretary of State Colin Powell......more
Divide
and destroy
By Alex Klaushofer, Electronic Intifada 12/4/2003
Over the past few months, the barrier that Israel is building to cut itself off
from the occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank has come to symbolise
the divide between the two peoples at the heart of the Middle......more
De
Villepin: EU to Submit Apartheid Wall Issue to International Court
International Press Center 12/4/2003
GAZA, December 4, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)-- The French Foreign Minister, Dominique
de Villepin, revealed yesterday that the European Union is debating the possibility
to submit the issue of the controversial Apartheid Wall being built by Israel
around West Bank cities......more
EU
Warns Israel "Must not Invade" Palestinian Territory
Palestine Media Center 12/4/2003
Abed Rabbo Urges World to Replace Israeli Plan for Apartheid Wall by a Peace Plan
-- The European Union delivered a stern warning to Israel, declaring that the
Apartheid Wall the Jewish state is building on occupied Palestinian land in the......more
Shalom
fights PA plan to bring security fence issue to Internatinal Court of Justice
Ha'aretz 12/4/2003
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom yesterday lobbied hard at the Euro-Mediterranean
Conference in Naples against Palestinian attempts to bring the issue of the separation
fence to the International Court of Justice in the Hague. This proposal to put
the fence on......more
Threat
of Apartheid Wall continues
Jerusalem Times 12/4/2003
Israeli teams have recently started survey works to build the apartheid wall near
Shufat Refugee Camp, north-east of Jerusalem in the are called as "the easter
gate". Residents fo the camp, Dahyat Salaam and Anata village confirmed that Israseli
teams......more
Candidates'
Representatives Discuss Jewish Vote, Middle East
Forward 12/4/2003
Representatives for seven of the nine Democratic presidential candidates squared
off this week on issues of importance to the Jewish community, ranging from health
care and abortion to Israel and the war on terrorism. The "Democratic Presidential
Insider Roundtable," sponsored......more
Impact
of the separation wall on the Qalqiliya, Tulkarm and Jenin districts
Jerusalem Times 12/4/2003
Qalqiliya: The governorate of Qalqiliya comprises 32 villages with approximately
90,000 Palestinians. There are also 19 Israeli settlements with an estimated population
of 50,000. The route of the barrier is such that six settlements will lie to its
west – in......more
Agriculture
sector harmed most by Israeli aggression says minister
Jerusalem Times 12/4/2003
Minister of Agriculture Rafiq Al-Natsheh said that direct and indirect losses
in the agriculture sector since the beginning of the Intifada total $1.22 billion,
adding that the Israeli Government is determined to destroy the Palestinian infrastructure
of all economic sectors......more
Israel’s
Apartheid Wall in Tulkarem Ransacks Palestinian Antiquities
Miftah 12/3/2003
The apartheid wall being constructed by Israel along the West Bank brought far
reaching risks and calamity on life of the Palestinians, as it had expropriated
150,000 dunums of their lands, and impacted their carved antiquities. Dozens of
the archeological......more
Shalom
asks EU not to allow Hague court to discuss fence
Ha'aretz 12/3/2003
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom has asked European Union officials to not to support
a Palestinian attempt to take the matter of the West Bank security fence to the
International Court of Justice at the Hague. Shalom, who met with the......more
PNA
to Take Apartheid Wall Issue to International Court as Israeli Plans of Transferring
100,000 Palestinians from Jerusalem Unveiled
International Press Center 12/3/2003
GAZA, December 3, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)-- The Palestinian National Authority (PNA)
has decided to resort to the International Court of Justice to resolve the issue
of the controversial Apartheid wall, as a Palestinian organization in occupied
East Jerusalem warned that......more
Jerusalem's
borders are being redrawn
Ha'aretz 12/3/2003
People here have lost all interest in what's happening around them. Nobody explains
to anyone what is going to happen and what the situation will be like tomorrow,"
said Jihad Abu Znaid, a Fatah field leader in the Shuafat refugee......more
UN
to meet again on separation fence
Ha'aretz 12/3/2003
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations General Assembly will meet in emergency session
next Monday to discuss putting more pressure on Israel after it rejected a demand
to stop building a separation fence that extends deep into the West Bank. The......more
Israel
Approves Construction Of More Homes At Settlements
Washington Post 12/3/2003
JERUSALEM -- The government of Israel has approved the construction of more than
1,720 new houses in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip this year,
according to critics of the settlements who say they undercut a U.S.-backed......more
EU
warns Israel against "invading" Palestinian territory with barrier
ReliefWeb 12/3/2003
NAPLES, Italy, Dec 3 (AFP) - The EU delivered a stern warning to Israel on Wednesday,
declaring that its security barrier "must not invade" Palestinian territory, as
a two-day EU-Mediterranean summit ended here. While Israel's "fundamental" security
needs were obvious, "the......more
Israel’s
unholy wall
By Tom Wallace, Palestine Media Center/Boston Globe 12/3/2003
IN REALITY, the Holy Land doesn't need walls, but bridges," said Pope John Paul
II. Kofi Annan has strongly criticized Israel's separation barrier. The UN General
Assembly voted to condemn it 144-4. The Security Council would have but for......more
Segregating
Rantis village lands
The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem 12/2/2003
On the 23 June 2003, the Israeli government endorsed a plan to build the so-called
‘Security wall’ running into the full length of the west bank, and is expected
to be completed by year 2005. Based on ARIJ satellite images......more
Unyielding
Israeli PM deadlocks new peace initiative
Sydney Morning Herald 12/2/2003
Israel's Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, has rejected calls for a halt to Israeli
settlement and fence-building in the West Bank as a precondition for a first meeting
with his new Palestinian counterpart, Ahmed Qurie. The deadlock in efforts to
revive......more
UN
to hold special session on Israeli security barrier
ReliefWeb 12/2/2003
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 2 (AFP) - The United Nations General Assembly will hold a
special session next week to discuss Israel's construction of a controversial
West Bank security barrier, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. The half-day session was
scheduled at the request......more
Halt
to barrier not a pre-condition of Qorei-Sharon summit: Erakat
Middle East Peace 12/2/2003
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said that
demands for Israel to halt its construction of a West Bank barrier did not constitute
a pre-condition for talks between prime minister Ahmed Qorei and his Israeli counterpart
Ariel......more
Arafat
says fence threatens to end chances for peace
Ha'aretz 12/2/2003
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has told the United Nations on Monday
that Israel was threatening to end chances for a Middle East peace by insisting
on building a barrier cutting deep into West Bank land. The present barrier route......more
New
Knesset bill would mandate fence built along Green Line
Ha'aretz 12/2/2003
A group of Labor and Yi'ud (Meretz) lawmakers have submitted a Knesset bill to
mandate the construction of a fence along the route of the Green Line, Israel's
pre-1967 war border with the West Bank, Labor MK Danny Yatom......more
Palestinian
PM says security fence a bar to meeting Sharon
The Guardian 12/1/2003
The Palestinian prime minister, Ahmed Qureia, has said he will not meet Ariel
Sharon as long as Israel continues construction of its "security" fence and wall
through the West Bank. "If the Israeli government says it will continue building
the......more
Israel
Rules Out Halting Apartheid Wall
Miftah/Al Jazeera 12/1/2003
Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has rejected his Palestinian counterpart's
demand that Israel stop building a controversial wall through the West Bank as
a condition for talks. "I hereby notify you that no condition shall be accepted
... regarding the cessation......more
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