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Cabinet To See New Fence Route After PA Vote
Miftah 12/31/2004
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will bring the revised route of the separation fence around Gush Etzion and the South Hebron Hills to the cabinet for approval next month, following the January 9 election for a new Palestinian Authority chairman. The......more
Revised Wall in Hebron Region Penetrates Deeply in WB
International Middle East Media Center 12/30/2004
The revised route of the West Bank separation wall in the Gush Etzion settlement block region in the Hebron region will penetrate deeply into the West Bank. It would encompass 10 Israeli settlements with some 50,000 residents, and four Palestinian......more
Hundreds Join Anti-Wall Protest in Jayyous
International Middle East Media Center 12/31/2004
The residents of Jayyous village near Qalqilia north of the West Bank organized an anti wall protest in cooperation with Israeli and International peace activists on Friday. Over three hundred protestors marched after the Friday noon prayer towards the wall......more
We're all suckers for playing that game
By Michael Bavli, Ha'aretz 12/29/2004
One of the curses we have brought on ourselves, and which may in the end destroy the fabric of our lives here, is the intrusion into language, mentality, behavior and public and private legitimacy of the expression "I am no......more
Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals to Replant Bulldozed Olive Trees in Jayyous Friday
International Solidarity Movement 12/28/2004
On Friday December 31 at 11:00 AM, farmers from Jayyous, along with Israeli and international human rights activists will replant olive trees bulldozed over the last two weeks to expand the illegal Israeli settlement of Zufim. Israeli contractors have......more
Sa Nur settlers attempt to block pullout officials
Ha'aretz 12/29/2004
Disengagement Authority officials were forced to cut through the security fence of the Sa Nur settlement in the northern West Bank in order to carry out an evaluation of the property for future compensation to the settlers tapped for evacuation......more
Abbas: Tear down this wall
AlJazeera 12/29/2004
Taking his campaign to succeed Yasir Arafat to the foot of Israel's West Bank separation wall, interim Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has said there will be no peace until Israel tears it down. Abbas, demonstrating a new knack for popular......more
A smile behind bars, hope under siege
International Middle East Media Center 12/29/2004
Despite the loneliness of detention, detainees in several Israeli prisons and detention camp have overcome the high walls and barbed wires with a smile, a smile that, in their dire situation, has become an act of defiance. In the Negev......more
The Writing on the Wall: Hania Batar
By Toine van Teeffelen, Electronic Intifada 12/29/2004
Writing from Jerusalem, occupied Palestine -- Hania Bitar is director-general of the Palestinian youth association Pyalara (Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation).Hania Bitar: "We try to challenge what cannot be challenged."When the whole story of the Wall......more
Elections without Democracy
By Sam Bahour and Todd, Electronic Intifada 12/28/2004
During the 1970's, the apartheid government of South Africa sought to bolster its claims to legitimacy by allowing elections in the Bantustans - the equivalent to today's walled in Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The thought......more
ACT Appeal Palestinian Territories: Emergency Assistance to Civilians
ReliefWeb 12/23/2004
Action by Churches Together International -- The protracted emergency crisis in the Palestinian territories has severely weakened coping mechanisms of Palestinian families. The virtual lock-up of the Gaza Strip and the construction of the Separation Wall in the West Bank have......more
Israelis briefly arrest Mustafa Barghouti
Daily Star 12/28/2004
Jewish state frees almost 160 prisoners as 'goodwill gesture' to Mubarak -- Israeli police on Monday briefly arrested a Palestinian presidential candidate as he campaigned in Jerusalem, hours after Israel released almost 160 Palestinian prisoners as an apparent act of goodwill......more
Abbas Promises Changing Methods, Not Demands
International Middle East Media Center 12/26/2004
New PLO head Mahmoud Abbas began his public bid for presidential elections at a rally Saturday in the West Bank city of Al-Bireh, near Ramallah, affirming commitment to Palestinian national, historic and civil rights. "The Palestinian Authority would adhere to......more
Israel Plans Turning Separation Wall into De Facto Borders
International Middle East Media Center 12/26/2004
The Israeli security establishment revealed plans to hand crossings between Palestinian Territories and Israel, as marked by the separation wall, to civil authorities; a strategic move that creates de facto borders along the separation wall. In the West bank, the......more
Soldiers club three children near Qalqilia
International Middle East Media Center 12/26/2004
Israeli soldiers severely punched 6-year-old children from the village of Jayyous, near Qalqilia and withheld them in a military jeep for several hours. The WAFA news agency reported that Israeli soldiers attacked Bara' Basem Waked, a 6 years old......more
IDF planning to civilianize West Bank, Gaza crossings
Ha'aretz 12/26/2004
The security establishment plans to upgrade and civilianize the crossings between Israel and the West Bank, to reduce the friction between IDF soldiers and Palestinian residents, and to ease the passage of people and goods. Considered a "significant strategic move......more
Anti-tank missile hits Gaza synagogue – ten suffer shock
Maariv 12/21/2004
About 20 worshipers were in compound at Netzarim when explosion rocked the structure causing debris to scatter all over the site. -- An anti-tank missile hit an exterior wall of a synagogue in the Gaza settlement of Netzarim this (Tuesday) morning......more
Analysis / Embracing civil disobedience
Ha'aretz 12/21/2004
The Yesha Council had to choose between two contrary approaches on Sunday. One option, which the council termed "doing the minimum," was to continue to protest the disengagement within the framework of the law, which effectively meant accepting the evacuation......more
Engineer: Western Wall embankment could collapse
Ha'aretz 12/21/2004
The Jerusalem Municipality is demanding that an embankment leading from beside the Western Wall, via the Mughrabi Gate, to the Temple Mount be demolished immediately, for fear of its collapse. The city engineer, Uri Shitrit, has demanded that the Western......more
Israel’s war on the milieu
By John Collins, Electronic Intifada 12/21/2004
When the Nobel Committee announced its decision to award its 2004 Peace Prize to an environmental activist best known for planting trees, more than a few observers raised their eyebrows. After all, isn't the world's most prestigious peace prize typically......more
Mazuz orders probe into calls for civil disobedience
Ha'aretz 12/21/2004
Attorney General Menachem Mazuz ordered the state prosecutor yesterday to "examine" the leaflet distributed by settler leader Pinhas Wallerstein, in which he called on the public to disobey the disengagement law even at the cost of a prison sentence.Wallerstein, who......more
Karadi: Public opposition could thwart evacuation of Gush Katif
Ha'aretz 12/21/2004
Police Inspector General Moshe Karadi warned yesterday that public opposition could prevent the evacuation of Gush Katif, on the same day that the Yesha Council threw its weight behind a call for a full-scale mass civil disobedience against the disengagement......more
AG orders prosecution to probe calls for civil disobedience
Ha'aretz 12/20/2004
Attorney General Menachem Mazuz ordered the state prosecutor Monday to "examine" the leaflet distributed by settler leader Pinhas Wallerstein, in which he called on the public to disobey the disengagement law even at the cost of a prison sentence. Mazuz......more
Photos: International documents beating of Palestinian is then arrested afterwards
International Solidarity Movement 12/17/2004
Also, Palestinians of Bil'in protest against the Wall, supported by Internationals and Israelis, more photos......more
News Briefs, December 17, 2004
International Middle East Media Center 12/17/2004
Al-Qassam brigades fires shells at Naveh Dkalim / One soldier wounded in Khan Younis / Home made shells fired at three settlements in the Gaza Strip / Tunnel collapses in Rafah, five trapped underground / Resistance shells a military base west of Khan Younis......more
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 09 - 15 Dec. 2004
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 12/16/2004
5 Palestinians, 4 of whom were civilians, including a child and an elderly man, were killed by Israeli troops. / Israeli troops failed to extra-judicially kill an allegedly wanted Palestinian in Rafah, but injured him and his bodyguards. / Israeli troops conducted......more
Documentary film review: "Israeli Wall in Palestinian Lands"
By Maureen Clare Murphy, Electronic Intifada 12/15/2004
The new documentary The Israeli Wall in Palestinian Land is a prime example of how low-cost digital technology has great potential for activists - with a small camcorder, and some decent video editing software, one can make a finished film that......more
Protest Against Israeli Wall Construction in Bil'in Attacked by Israeli Forces
International Solidarity Movement 12/14/2004
Protest Against Israeli Wall Construction in Bil'in Attacked by Israeli Forces - International Peace Activists Beaten and Arrested Israeli Activists Arrested -- At approximately 8:00AM, villagers of Bi'lin and international peace activists, including Israeli activists, gathered in the center of the......more
Four injured, Seven Arrested in a Peaceful Protest Against the Wall
International Middle East Media Center 12/14/2004
Four Palestinians were injured Tuesday as army forcefully moved to disperse protesters near the village Bil'in, northwest of Jerusalem. Seven peace activists were arrested, including 4 Israelis. Dozens of Palestinians, activists belonging to the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and members......more
Sharon delays fence approval in effort to include Gush Etzion
Ha'aretz 12/14/2004
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wants the cabinet to approve the changes to the route of the separation fence as "a single package," and is delaying approval of the already amended and completed plan for the Hebron Hills area until the......more
Israelis hasten land grab in shadow of wall
The Guardian 12/14/2004
Bulldozers go in as expansion of settlements continues -- Sharif Omar has been waiting two years for the bulldozers, ever since Israel's steel and barbed wire "security fence" carved its way between his village and its land. Last week the excavators......more
Four Reasons Why Israel Should Disengage from East Jerusalem
By Akiva Eldar, Miftah 12/8/2004
On the Friday when the late Palestinian Authority chairman, Yasser Arafat, was buried in the courtyard of the Muqataa in Ramallah, the media reported that because of the fear of riots, the Israeli government had decided to close the Temple......more
Palestinians call for opening embassy in Beirut on landmark visit
Daily Star 12/8/2004
Palestinian leaders called here Wednesday for opening an embassy in Beirut where they announced an "excellent start" for future ties with Lebanon, following a similar fence-mending trip to neighboring Syria. "We are interested ... to have an embassy here," Palestinian Prime......more
41 anti-fence demonstrators are arrested
Ha'aretz 12/8/2004
Security forces arrested 41 Israeli left-wing activists who were participating in a demonstration against the separation fence yesterday near the West Bank village of Budrus. Most were held in custody for several hours and then released. The protesters, who were......more
Fallujah refugees wait in dire settings to finally go home
Daily Star 12/8/2004
We've got somewhere to stay, but it's just walls and a ceiling' - As Coalition forces comb the city for weapons, exiled families are growing increasingly desperate - and fed up -- Thousands of Fallujah families who fled to Baghdad prior to November's......more
Execution of an Unarmed and Wounded Palestinian Leads to an Investigation in the Israeli Army
Editorial, Miftah 12/7/2004
After B’Tselem’s scandalous report revealing the details of the Israeli troop’s brutal murder of an unarmed and wounded Palestinian man, in the village of Arraba near Jenin in the northern West Bank, Israeli army chief of staff Moshe Yaalon called......more
In Irtah and Far’un: Demolitions, Ghettoization, Settlement Industrial Zones and Environmental Devastation
StopTheWall.org 12/5/2004
In the two villages of Irtah and Far’un, south of the city of Tulkarem, the Occupation Forces have continued their ongoing confiscation and demolition policies. In these villages, the most recent implementation of these policies show the Occupation plans for......more
At least 40 Israelis arrested in Anti-Wall Protest
International Middle East Media Center 12/7/2004
At least 40 Israelis were arrested and seven others were injured, in an anti-wall protest in the village of Budrus west of Ramallah on Tuesday afternoon. Hundreds of Palestinian, Israeli and International peace activists from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM......more
Budrus Residents, Internationals to March Against the Wall
International Solidarity Movement 12/6/2004
Non-Violent Demonstration to Stop Illegal Construction -- Residents of Budrus village, Israeli peace activists, international human rights activists and members of the International Solidarity Movement, will demonstrate against the illegal Israeli wall that is cutting through the Budrus area. The aim......more
Palestinian expectations tempered by reality
By Khalid Amayreh, Electronic Intifada 12/4/2004
For many in the Middle East and beyond, the death of Yasir Arafat on 11 November and the re-election of President Bush a week earlier gave rise to new hopes for peace in the Middle East.But to hear many Palestinians......more
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 25 Nov. - 01 Dec. 2004
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 12/2/2004
7 Palestinians, including a mentally handicapped man and a physician, were killed by Israeli troops / Israeli troops conducted a series of incursions into Palestinian areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip / 8 houses were destroyed in Rafah / 35 donums......more
Lives torn apart in Ramallah
By Charles Stratford, Electronic Intifada 12/2/2004
My son was shot by them on a day like today," says Georgette, "the bullet passed straight through his chest but he's alright now, thank God." She leans frailly on the fence that separates our gardens in Ramallah. "Best you......more
What Will Come Next After the Apartheid Wall Is Completed?
StopTheWall.org 12/1/2004
PENGON/Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign -- In Tulkarem: A Buffer Zone for the Wall on the Eastern Side 300 Meters Wide, New Confiscations, and New Demolitions -- During November 2004, four new military orders were issued to the people living in the villages......more
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