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General Assembly debates question of Palestine (1/2)
Electronic Intifada 11/30/2004
Report, UNGA/DPI -- As tributes once more rang out in the General Assembly this afternoon in memory of the late Yasser Arafat, acknowledging his leadership in the struggle to give his people their right to self-determination, almost all speakers reaffirmed......more
Ethnic Cleansing and the Art of Camouflage
By Paul, International Solidarity Movement 11/16/2004
If you want to fully understand the wall that Israel has built, I advise you to start at the beginning, where its first sections were erected nearly two years ago on land belonging to the villages of Pharaon and Irtah......more
Disengagement: A Comprehensive Plan
By Hani Al Masri, Dar Al-Hayat 11/27/2004
Some of the Palestinian and Arab hopes pinned on the American administration throughout Bush's second term in office are vanishing rapidly. Despite the compliments to the new Palestinian leadership, Bush found nothing to offer other than his approval on holding......more
IDF to discipline troops over shooting of fence protester
Ha'aretz 11/29/2004
Chief Military Prosecutor Brigadier General Avi Mandelblit has ordered an IDF company commander, his deputy, and four soldiers brought up on disciplinary charges over an incident last year in which troops seriously wounded Israeli demonstrator Gil Na'amati during a demonstration......more
News Briefs, November 29, 2004
International Middle East Media Center 11/29/2004
Resident killed in Rafah / One arrested in Hebron / Bodrus raided, several homes searched / Gaza tunnel collapses, trapping soldiers/ Residential building leveled in Jerusalem/ Bethlehem resident sentenced to seven executive years / Poraz: In 48 Hours I Won't Be a Minister/ Three......more
New separation fence route to annex less West Bank land
Ha'aretz 11/29/2004
The new route of the separation fence proposed by the defense establishment will annex 400,000 dunams (100,000 acres) of West Bank land as opposed to the 900,000 dunams (225,000 acres) that were to have been annexed according to the previous......more
Review: The Shouting Fence
Electronic Intifada 11/29/2004
The Culture Park Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam provided a natural setting for an unique performance of The Shouting Fence. This musical expression of emotions about the Separation Wall built in the occupied Palestinian territories was performed by at least 1,500 voices......more
"The Pianist" of Palestine
By Omar Barghouti, CounterPunch 11/29/2004
When I watched Oscar-winning film The Pianist I had three distinct, uneasy reactions. I was not particularly impressed by the film, from a purely artistic angle; I was horrified by the film's depiction of the dehumanization of Polish Jews and......more
Court to cancel charges against anarchist fence protesters
Ha'aretz 11/26/2004
The Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court is considering canceling an indictment against 11 members of Anarchists Against the Fence, yesterday's hearing on the case indicated.At a previous hearing, on October 18, Judge Shmuel Landman suggested that the state consider withdrawing the......more
Katsav: We will stop building the wall if cease-fire is reached
International Middle East Media Center 11/26/2004
In a statement he gave to the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv, the Israeli President Moshe Katsav, said, he suggests stopping building the West Bank wall if a permanent cease-fire agreement is reached with the Palestinians. Apparently International pressure is mounting on......more
Palestinians Harvest Olives Despite Wall, Bullets
Islam Online 11/23/2004
NABLUS , November 23 (IslamOnline.net) - Despite the increasing Israeli aggressions and a separation wall that runs deep into their fertile lands, Palestinian farmers are keen on harvesting olive groves, which they see as a living symbol of their uphill struggle against......more
Spreading color and hope in refugee camps
Daily Star 11/24/2004
Palestinian cultural club paints non-violent imagery - Politically independent group argues: 'Our way to fight is not only through weapons.' -- BEIRUT: Color, creativity and craft are what a group of young Palestinian refugees left on the walls of the Sabra and......more
Documentary film review: "Mur" (Wall)
By Arjan El Fassed, Electronic Intifada 11/21/2004
Winner at festivals in Marseille and Jerusalem, Simone Bitton's Franco-Israeli "Mur" (Wall), is about Israel's Apartheid Wall. I saw this documentary during the seventeenth international documentary filmfestival in Amsterdam (Netherlands) which opened on 18 November...The documentary starts with the......more
20 Civilians Wounded During Anti-Apartheid Wall Demonstration in Hebron
International Press Center 11/22/2004
HEBRON, Palestine, November 21, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - About 20 civilians from the village of Beit Ola, northwest of Hebron, were wounded today as Israeli forces attacked a peaceful rally against the construction of the Apartheid Wall on the village's lands......more
British-Palestinian artist wins prestigious Swiss prize
Daily Star 11/19/2004
BEIRUT: The British-Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum received the most valuable art prize in Europe at a ceremony in Zurich last night. The 120,000 Swiss Frank prize (just over $100,000) is awarded by the Swiss Roswitha Haftmann Foundation every one to......more
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 11 - 17 November 2004
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 11/18/2004
President Arafat Passes Away, Israeli Troops Continue Attacks in the OPT -- 7 Palestinians, 5 of whom were civilians, including a woman, were killed by Israeli troops. / An Egyptian citizen was killed by Israeli troops. / Israeli troops conducted a series of......more
Hebron: The Street
Arabic Media Internet Network 11/17/2004
A few months ago walking along Al-Shuhada street in Hebron on a Saturday morning, it was the Mizrahi Jew among us who was asked to stand against the wall and be patted down by security forces. It didn’t take long......more
After his death, still the occupation
By Amira Hass, Ha'aretz 11/17/2004
On the day that Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat died, five Palestinians were killed by Israel Defense Forces gunfire. Four of them were killed in the Gaza Strip: three in a dawn raid by tanks and helicopters on a section......more
Down in the dumps
By Amira Hass, Ha'aretz 11/16/2004
In a garbage dump in a Jewish city in the center of Israel, a group of illegal Palestinian workers has made its home. They live in constant fear of the police and long for the days before the separation fence......more
Sharon's Gaza Pullout: Not Gonna Happen!
By Tanya Reinhart, Electronic Intifada 11/16/2004
We gather here at difficult times, when it seems that the Palestinian cause has been almost eliminated from the international agenda. The Western world is hailing the new "peace vision" of Sharon's disengagement plan. The day this plan passed in......more
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 04 - 10 November 2004
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 11/13/2004
7 Palestinians, 6 of whom were civilians, including a child, were killed by Israeli troops / 4 of the victims were extra-judicially killed by Israeli troops in Jenin / Israeli troops conducted a series of incursions into Palestinian areas in the West......more
Peace can't happen in secret
By David Ignatius, Daily Star 11/13/2004
One of the more improbable chapters in the life of Yasser Arafat was his wink-and-nod understanding with the CIA. In secret, Arafat for the past 30 years allowed his top intelligence officers to maintain regular contact with the agency - even......more
Four Palestinian militants killed in Gaza
Ha'aretz 11/11/2004
Israel Defense Forces soldiers shot dead three armed Palestinians who attempted to infiltrate the central Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim on Thursday morning. Nine other Palestinians were wounded in the incident. None of the Golani Brigade and Shimson battalion troops......more
Two Palestinian children said killed by IDF tank fire in Gaza
Ha'aretz 11/5/2004
Palestinians reported on Friday morning that two children, aged 8 and 10, were killed by a tank shell fired at their house in the Al-Qarara area, east of the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The Israel Defense......more
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 28 October- 03 November 2004
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 11/4/2004
12 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 4 children, were killed by Israeli troops / 5 of the victims were extra-judicially killed by Israeli troops in Nablus and Qalqilya / Israeli troops conducted a series of incursions into Palestinian areas in the West Bank......more
Israel Digs Extra Tank Foxholes Along S. Lebanon
An Nahar 11/2/2004
Engineering corps units are buttressing the forward lines of the Israeli army along south Lebanon's borders, sparking a state of alert by Hizbullah fighters coupled with air and ground patrols by the U.N. peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL, the Beirut......more
Court annuls administrative detention of anti-fence activist
Ha'aretz 11/2/2004
A military judge annulled Tuesday an order for the administrative detention of a Palestinian resident of the village of Budrus near Ramallah, saying that the order was instated as a result of the man's record of anti-separation fence activities. The......more
Residents of Budrus March to Resist the Wall
International Solidarity Movement 10/31/2004
Residents of Budrus and Villagers from Surrounding Area will Challenge the Illegal Construction of the Wall - Israelis and other Internationals will Join the March -- At 1:00PM, residents of Budrus and surrounding villages, supported by internationals, including Israelis, will gather......more
In Qaffin: The Apartheid Gates and the Policy of “Permits”
StopTheWall.org 10/30/2004
Occupation Forces continue to refuse to issue its so-called “permits” for the citizens of Qaffin village, located in the northern Tulkarm District. Only 650 people from Qaffin have “permits”, while the number of people that have requested to access their......more
The International Court and the Wall: An Alternative Road Map
By Elie Hourani, Electronic Intifada 10/30/2004
Israel’s construction of the separation wall in the occupied Palestinian territories and its associated regime are contrary to international law. In a non-binding advisory opinion delivered on 9 July 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ......more
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