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Aboud Challenges the Occupation Forces that Imprison them Behind the Wall!
StopTheWall.org 12/30/2005
200 villagers from Aboud have resisted for hours today the Occupation forces’ brutality and stopped the works for the Apartheid Wall that will imprison the village. Land destruction in Aboud is now concurrently ongoing in four different areas. Almost surrounding......more..
A Glossary of Dispossession
By Paul de Rooij, Arabic Media Internet Network 12/25/2005
During 2005 the Israelis and most main media trumpeted the "disengagement" from Gaza, and claimed that bold steps had been taken to resolve the conflict.Despite these claims, the reality is that more Palestinian land has been stolen, many have been......more..
Bil''in and Aboud Protest Theft of their Lands
WAFA 12/30/2005
RAMALLAH, December 30, 2005 (WAFA) -International pacifists, villagers, Palestinian and Israeli Parliament members and Rachel Corrie''s Parents protested Friday in Bil''in village west of Ramallah, against the construction of the Apartheid Wall.International Solidarity Movement (ISM) said that Palestinian villagers in......more..
Today! Bil’in and Aboud to protest theft of their lands
International Solidarity Movement 12/30/2005
Palestinian and Israeli Parliament members and Rachel Corries Parents to join the protest -- Bil’in: Starting at 8 AM on Dec. 30, Palestinian villagers in Bil’in, accompanied by Israeli and international activists, are working their agricultural lands isolated behind Israel’s annexation......more..
West Bil’in Outpost exposes truth behind the Wall-Press conference Tomorrow
International Solidarity Movement 12/28/2005
The Palestinian outpost of “West Bil’in”, deemed illegal by Israeli authorities, has dramatically highlighted the true nature of the Wall as a means to expand illegal outposts and allow settlement expansion confirming the findings of a report to be released......more..
Flemish Palestine Solidarity Committee Steps up Israeli Goods Boycott Campaign
WAFA 12/30/2005
BRUSSELS, December 30, 2005 (WAFA) - Flemish Palestine Solidarity Committee has stepped up its boycott campaign of Israeli goods in Flanders, Belgium.In the frame of Worldwide Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, the Committee said in a press release them at the beginning of......more..
The struggle against the Wall in the eyes of Palestinian children
StopTheWall.org 12/29/2005
i>Includes many drawings and writings about the Wall by Palestinian children ]The images and words below show the beliefs and experiences of Palestinian children facing the Apartheid Wall and Israeli Occupation. The statements of the children of Nazlet......more..
Judaizing Jerusalem - the Ethnic Cleansing of the Palestinian Capital
StopTheWall.org 12/27/2005
Includes excellent map of the rtoute of the wall in and around Jerusalem] The Apartheid Wall is almost completed in Jerusalem, snaking around Palestinian communities and shutting them out of the city. Settlements expand and new colonies emerge on the......more..
Court halts fence building near Arab village
YNetNews 12/28/2005
Following petition filed by Azaria residents, who claimed village will be imprisoned by separation fence, court issues interim order partially halting construction works -- The High Court of Justice on Wednesday issued an interim order partially halting the building of the......more..
Israel air raids target Palestinians in Lebanon, Gaza
Middle East Online 12/28/2005
Israeli warplanes on Wednesday bombed Palestinian militant targets near Beirut and in the Gaza Strip in response to a series of rocket attacks in the north and south of the Jewish state.At least two members of the PFLP-GC, a radical......more..
Villages in South Hebron isolated between the Apartheid Wall and fortified Jewish-only road
StopTheWall.org 12/29/2005
This week, Occupation Forces have confiscated 53 dunums of land from the villages of Yatta, Dhahriya and Sammu to continue the isolation of these villages in the southern Hebron district.The aim of the Occupation in this area is to fortify......more..
Legal Palestinian "Outpost" Removed
International Womens'' Peace Service 12/29/2005
December 22, 2005 - see ISM pictures -- Just after 7:15 PM on Thursday evening, 150 Israeli soldiers violently evacuated the Palestinian "outpost" established Wednesday by the village......more..
Demonstration Against the Illegal Wall in Rantis
International Womens'' Peace Service 12/29/2005
Today, December 22, At 14:00, a demonstration will take place in the village of Rantis on the West Bank. Villagers supported by Israeli and international activists will protest the devastating effects of the illegal Israeli apartheid wall, that has......more..
Christmas Solidarity: Activists, Media and Churches Unite with Palestinian People and Boycott Apartheid Israel
StopTheWall.org 12/28/2005
Christmas celebrations around the world were this year used by solidarity activists to remind the public of the dramatic and ongoing ghettoization of Bethlehem and the rest of Palestine. Journalists wrote countless features describing the imprisonment of Palestinians in Bethlehem......more..
It''s not all in the details
By Amira Hass, Ha''aretz 12/28/2005
Each detail described here, every shred of reality, is liable to be considered as a whole, which would dim its severity. Detail: Hundreds of people gather each morning at three narrow steel revolving doors, and the gates do not turn......more..
Reclaiming Palestine: peaceful resistance and Israeli aggression in Bilin
Palestine Monitor 12/26/2005
This time we’re here to stay. We’ve built a small house made out of bricks and metal sheets next to the caravan and we’re moving in.” said Eyad Bornot, head of Bil’in’s Popular Committee to Resist Wall and Settlements.”On......more..
Report: Israel building Arab ghettos
YNetNews 12/27/2005
Arab Association for Human Rights reveals that increasing number of fences and ramparts built to separate Arabs from Jews in Israel -- A trend of building separation fences to cut off Jewish and Arab neighborhoods in mixed Israeli towns is on......more..
IOF Arrests a Disabled Person in Bethlehem
WAFA 12/27/2005
BETHLEHEM, December 27, 2005 (WAFA)-Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Tuesday a disabled citizen in the West Bank (WB) city of Bethlehem, sources said.WAFA correspondent revealed that Emad al-Hathoa 46, disabled person, was arrested when he protested against the Israeli......more..
Army confiscates 231 Dunams in Hebron Area
International Middle East Media Center 12/27/2005
Israeli army issued three military orders to confiscate 231 Dunams from the West Bank cities and villages of Al Thahiriyya, Al -Sammou'' and Yatta, south and south west of Hebron on Monday. Abdul-Hadi Hantash Palestinian, an expert of maps and......more..
Bil’in Turns the Tables on the Occupation
International Solidarity Movement 12/27/2005
The people of Bil’in are using the symbols and language employed by Israel for the theft of Palestinian land in a bid to hold onto village land that Israel is attempting to annex for the Wall and settlements. Last week......more..
The Writing on the Wall: Claire Anastas
By Toine van Teeffelen, Electronic Intifada 12/23/2005
CLAIRE ANASTAS: "WE ARE IMPRISONED, BURIED ALIVE IN A TOMB"[includes video] am a mother of two children, two girls and two boys. We live in this building, surrounded on three sides by a nine-meter Wall, with fourteen persons including......more..
Activists rebuild the center for joint struggle for peace outpost in occupied lands
A-Infos 12/26/2005
The first outpost which was established last Wdnesday morning was destroyed Thursday evening. See (en) Palestine-Israel, Media, Haaretz, Bil''in residents set up ''outpost'' west of separation fence - http://ainfos.ca/05/dec/ainfos00279.html and: (en) Palestine-Israel, Bil''in, the joint struggle......more..
Strangling Bethlehem: Foreclosing Peace
By PLO - Negotiations Affairs Department, Palestine Monitor 12/23/2005
The damage visited upon Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and the Two-State Solution could potentially be reversed if appropriate action is taken now.It is unconscionable that Bethlehem should be allowed to die slowly from strangulation. - Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 2005Bethlehem has historically been a......more..
In praise of ... Bethlehem
Editorial, The Guardian 12/24/2005
The world''s most famous little town has not known much stillness recently. Only the other day, as fairy lights twinkled over Manger Square, masked Palestinian security men stormed the municipality demanding their unpaid wages. This evening, as pilgrims celebrate Midnight......more..
BBC: Jesus'' parents would get stuck in roadblock
YNetNews 12/25/2005
British TV channel broadcast this week claims Jesus'' parents'' historical trip from Nazareth to Bethlehem would have been rendered impossible today, due to IDF restrictions. Israel Foreign Ministry outraged -- Had Jesus'' parents Joseph and Mary tried to travel from Nazareth......more..
Southerners still without fence
YNetNews 12/25/2005
Residents upset over failure to complete security fence; State abandoned us, official says -- Southern Israel residents say they feel abandoned by the government, which has thus far failed to construct the promised West Bank security fence in their region. The......more..
Police allegedly beat detained protesters at Bil''in
By Meron Rapoport, Ha''aretz 12/25/2005
Members of a special police unit arrested four people protesting the separation fence near the West Bank village of Bil''in on Friday. According to demonstrators, one Israeli and one Palestinian protester were beaten while in restraints and the Palestinian was......more..
Trailer Evacuated and removed But Bil’in outpost remains
International Solidarity Movement 12/25/2005
Class to take place in new structure today. -- At 11:00 AM the Israeli military forcefully broke into, evacuated and removed by crane a trailer placed by the villages of Bil’in on their land cut off from their village by......more..
Bil''in, the joint struggle against the separation fence intensify towards the highest court decision at 1st February
A-Infos 12/24/2005
The outpost which was built on the lands of Bil''in on the west side of the separation fence - adjacent to the illegal building site of the settlement town Modi''in Elit, on the robbed lands of Bil''in, existed a day and......more..
Media do not let the joint struggle to be ignored: Bil''in demonstrators return to outpost
A-Infos 12/26/2005
A group of 22 Israeli and Palestinian demonstrators lit Hannuka candles Sunday night at an illegal caravan erected for a second time near the West Bank settlement of Modi''in Elite. The lighting of the first candle at this spot, said......more..
PCWF Contributes 1000 Olive & Fruit Trees to Villages in WB
WAFA 12/26/2005
RAMALLAH, December 26, 2005 (WAFA)- The Palestine Children''s Welfare Fund (PCWF) has contributed 500 olive trees and 500 fruit trees to the villages of Atoof and Tammoun in the West Bank (WB).In a press release, PCWF said that Atoof......more..
ISM: Another Strike Trailer on Bil''in Land
WAFA 12/26/2005
RAMALLAH, December 26, 2005 (WAFA)- International Solidarity Movement (ISM) said Sunday that the citizens of Bil''in have placed another trailer on their land across from the illegal Israeli Metityahu Mizrah outpost.In a press release, ISM revealed that the trailer that......more..
Pilgrims bring Christmas hope to walled Bethlehem
Palestine Monitor 12/24/2005
Hopes of a rush of pilgrims lifted the mood a little in Bethlehem on Saturday as the town where Christians believe Jesus was born prepared to mark its first Christmas walled from Jerusalem.Christmas celebrations have been muted since a Palestinian......more..
Anti-immigration bill pits Jewish Republicans against House hard-liners
By E.J. Kessler, Ha''aretz 12/27/2005
With the passage this week by the House of Representatives of tough new anti-immigration legislation, political observers are warning of a growing rift on the issue between moderate Republicans allied to the White House and party hard-liners in the House......more..
IDF raids headquarters of anti-fence organization
By Amira Hass, Ha''aretz 12/23/2005
Israel Defense Force soldiers confiscated documents belonging to the Committee for the Popular Struggle against the Separation Fence during a nighttime raid on the northern West Bank village of Qafin, a committee activist said yesterday. Apparently, the soldiers located the......more..
Construction Begins on First of Five Ghetto “Terminals” Imprisoning Hebron!
StopTheWall.org 12/22/2005
This week the occupation bulldozers started uprooting lands in the South of Jaba`. The village is situated north of what will become the border between the Bethlehem ghetto and the Hebron ghetto, which will be isolated from one another by......more..
Legal Palestinian “Outpost” Removed Immediately, Hundreds of Illegal Israeli Settlements Remain
International Solidarity Movement 12/22/2005
Bil’in, Occupied Palestine - Just after 7:15 PM on Thursday evening, 150 Israeli soldiers violently evacuated the Palestinian “outpost” established Wednesday by the village of Bil’in on the village’s land isolated west of Israel’s Annexation Wall, and detained a number......more..
Arab rep for civil rights group refused entry to gov''t compound
Ha''aretz 12/23/2005
A researcher for the Association of Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) was refused entry to the Defense Ministry''s Kirya compound in Tel Aviv Thursday because she was an Arab.Kholod Badawi, an ACRI researcher and ACRI lawyers were scheduled to meet......more..
Demonstration Against the Illegal Wall in Rantis
International Solidarity Movement 12/22/2005
Today, December 22, At 14:00, a demonstration will take place in the village of Rantis on the West Bank. Villagers supported by Israeli and international activists will protest the devastating effects of the illegal Israeli apartheid wall, that has......more..
Bethlehem: Christmas Behind A Wall
By Joshua Mitnick, Palestine Chronicle 12/21/2005
i>Creeping gradually southward through the West Bank, Israel has completed about half of the 411-mile matrix of concrete wall, electric fence, and patrol roads. BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK (CSM) - The meticulously followed Christmas ritual dates back to Ottoman......more..
Bil''in residents set up ''outpost'' west of separation fence
Ha''aretz 12/21/2005
Settlers aren''t the only ones building outposts in the West Bank: Palestinians from the village of Bil''in, near Ramallah, on Wednesday set up a caravan on land isolated from the village by the separation fence.Israel Defense Forces troops are gearing......more..
Bil’in Villagers ‘resettle’ confiscated land
International Solidarity Movement 12/21/2005
Villagers from Bi’lin have moved onto a part of their land that will be taken by the construction of the apartheid wall around the village. The action is an attempt to reclaim the land which is being used for the......more..
The joint struggle in Bi''in continues
A-Infos 12/21/2005
The joint struggle of the Bil''in village commity against the separation fence and the Anarchists Against The Wall initiative continue... and escalate towards the Israeli highest court of "justice" that supposed to give a verdict at February 1st, 2006. Today......more..
Residents, activists in Bil’in protest against settlement outposts
International Middle East Media Center 12/21/2005
Several residents and international peace activists placed caravans, on Wednesday morning, in Palestinian orchards near Bil’in village, in Ramallah area, and raised Palestinian flags, in a move which resembles their rejection to illegal settlement outpost installed by the settlers on......more..
Patriarch Sabbah Calls for Changing Ways of Taking Decisions to Reach Justice and Peace
WAFA 12/21/2005
JERUSALEM, December 21, 2005 (WAFA) - Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabbah said Wednesday it is time to change ways and to take once for all the good decision to reach justice and peace.In his Christmas Message, Patriarch Sabbah said any......more..
Photostory: Bethlehem prepares for Christmas
Electronic Intifada 12/21/2005
A Palestinian man decorates the Christmas tree in front of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem December 14, 2005....Palestinian children from the Open Window School in Bethlehem staging a theater play about opening the wall, under the watchful eyes......more..
Marisol''s Blog: Women resisting and surviving violence
International Womens'' Peace Service 12/17/2005
A few weeks ago, we went to support a demonstration in the village of Aboud, outside of Ramallah. When we approached the demo, we noticed a small group of women and girls standing off to the side. We asked them......more..
Israel''s Arab Schoolchildren Get First Booklet Explaining Palestinian History
By Ilam Media Center for Arab, Palestine Chronicle 12/20/2005
i>Israel has been producing school books that simply ignore the fact that Palestinians live hereA booklet explaining key terms in Palestinian history from 1948 onwards is being distributed among Arab schoolchildren in Israel for the first time......more..
Muhammad Khaled from Beit Surik: "The Wall steals all our land to transform the village into a refugee camp."
By Muhammad Khaled, StopTheWall.org 12/20/2005
My name is Muhamed Khaled Abdallah Tari Qandeel from Beit Surik. I’m 42 years old and my family comprises 14 people, the eldest of my children being 22 years old and the youngest 5 years.I used to be the mayor......more..
The Wall in a Week – The Occupation attempt to Annihilate Palestinian Past, Present and Future
StopTheWall.org 12/20/2005
The Occupation nears closer to complete ghettoization of Palestinians. This week, land confiscation and house demolitions have continued to destroy Palestinian homes and livelihoods while expansion of the settlements has increased to swallow and colonize Palestinian lands. Judaization of Palestine......more..
Breaking Down the Wall
By Noura Khouri, Electronic Intifada 12/20/2005
It is estimated that Israel''s Annexation Wall will be completed in the early part of 2006. When it is finished it will annex 47% of the West Bank, and hand it over to the settler population. At least 15% of......more..
Troops arrest two Palestinians carrying bombs near Jerusalem
Ha''aretz 12/19/2005
Security forces on Monday morning chased down two Palestinians near Jerusalem who had apparently intended to carry out a terror attack in the capital city, Army Radio reported.The two youths, who threw firebombs at security forces during the chase, were......more..
Israeli Army invades a number of areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and arrests eight
International Middle East Media Center 12/19/2005
Local sources and eyewitnesses reported that soldiers of an Israeli undercover unit invaded a number of neighborhoods in both West Bank cities of Beit Sahour and Bethlehem Monday morning, mainly in Al-karkafa and Al-eskan, after arresting two residents near the......more..
GCC: No Peace without Independent State of Palestine
International Press Center 12/20/2005
GAZA, December 20, 2005, (IPC + WAFA) - - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) confirmed yesterday that a just and comprehensive peace would not be accomplished without an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem is its capital.GCC reaffirmed that the Israeli Occupation should withdraw from......more..
Kifl Hares Youth Act Against the Occupation and Apartheid Wall
StopTheWall.org 12/18/2005
High school students of Kifl Hares, in the Salfit district, have formed a youth group within their villages to strengthen popular resistance against the Apartheid Wall and the ghettoization of the Palestinian people.On Wednesday, December 14th, the 14- to 16......more..
Christmas Tent in Oslo
WAFA 12/20/2005
OSLO, December 20, 2005, (WAFA)-United Norwegian Churches Organization (UNCO) installed a Christmas tent in solidarity with Bethlehem city and the Palestinian people.The tent which symbolizes the place where Jesus Christ was born, installed in front of the central railways......more..
Spanish attorney Injured in Bil’in
International Solidarity Movement 12/17/2005
Attorney Anna Maria, 61, a Spanish peace activist, was injured during the December 16th protest against the Separation Wall and settlements in Bil’in village, near Ramallah. She was pushed off a ridge she had been standing on by an Israeli......more..
Disassembling Likud and Gaza
By Graham Usher, Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 12/15/2005
In Israel today there is one-man rule and it was created because the public is tired of democracy," says former Knesset Speaker and Likud stalwart, Reuven Rivlin.What this augurs for Israel is a "presidential regime without a constitution", he warns......more..
IOF Assaults Anti-Wall Demo in Bil''in, Wounds 5 Internationals
WAFA 12/16/2005
RAMALLAH, December 16, 2005 (WAFA) - Israeli occupation Forces assaulted Friday an anti-wall peaceful demonstration in Bil''in village of Ramallah, wounding 8 Palestinian and international protestors.Witnesses said that about 60 Israeli soldiers attacked protesters who protested the seizure of the village''s......more..
Bil’in’s Non-Violent Struggle Endures in the Face of Israeli Violence
International Solidarity Movement 12/16/2005
Today in the village of Bili’n, the villagers were accompanied by dozens of international and Israeli supporters as they confronted the illegal theft of their land at the construction site of the apartheid barrier that will confiscate 60% of their......more..
Eight injured, four arrested in Bil’in
International Middle East Media Center 12/16/2005
Dozens of Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists protested against the Separation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in village, near Ramallah. The peaceful protest was met with military violence; eight were injured, for arrested. Abdullah Abu Rahma, coordinator of the Popular......more..
Bil''in: Joint struggle against the robbery of lands using the separation fence
A-Infos 12/16/2005
The armed forces of the state of Israel tried on Thursday evening to prevent the meeting of the Anarchists Against The Wall activists with the village activists of the comity for nonviolent struggle against the separation fence... but in vain......more..
IOF Assaults Anti-Wall Demo in Bil''in, Wounds 5 Internationals
WAFA 12/16/2005
RAMALLAH, December 16, 2005 (WAFA) - Israeli occupation Forces assaulted Friday an anti-wall peaceful demonstration in Bil''in village of Ramallah, wounding 8 Palestinian and international protestors.Witnesses said that about 60 Israeli soldiers attacked protesters who protested the seizure of the village''s......more..
Caracas Declaration Condemns Continuing Construction of the Wall, Expansion of Colonies in OPT
WAFA 12/17/2005
CARACAS, December 16, 2005 (WAFA) - A UN meeting in Caracas, strongly condemned the continuing construction of the Apartheid Wall and the expansion of colonies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem.....The Meeting called on Israel to stop......more..
Resistance Continues Against the Illegal Apartheid Wall in Bili’n and Aboud
International Solidarity Movement 12/15/2005
On Friday the 16th of December, at 12:00, the two Palestinian villages Aboud and Bili’n will hold simultaneous demonstrations against the illegal apartheid wall which is claiming much of their agricultural lands. The demonstrators will attempt to gain access......more..
IDF blows up car bomb after tip off from PA security forces
Ha''aretz 12/15/2005
The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday said a car bomb was found on a tunnel road leading from Jerusalem to the West Bank, and that sappers neutralized the explosives during early evening.Palestinian security officials tipped the Israelis off to the......more..
Israeli Occupation Forces Arrest 13 Residents in OPT
International Press Center 12/14/2005
GAZA, Palestine, December 14, 2005, (IPC+Agencies) - - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested today dawn two residents in Gaza Strip and eleven others in the West Bank.Local sources reported that IOF detained two residents from Gaza Strip and led them to......more..
Forest hampers fence construction
YNetNews 12/15/2005
Gush Etzion residents petition High Court, say fence route would destroy forest The construction of the security fence has been hampered yet again by legal procedures, as work on the barrier scheduled for Thursday morning was delayed by the High......more..
Latin American and Caribbean meeting concludes with Caracas Declaration
ReliefWeb/United Nations 12/15/2005
CARACAS, 14 December - The Caracas Declaration, issued at the conclusion of the two-day United Nations Latin and Caribbean Meeting on the Question of Palestine in Caracas this afternoon, strongly condemned the continuing construction of the wall and the expansion of......more..
Report: Separation fence making patients, hospitals suffer
Ha''aretz 12/15/2005
The section of the West Bank separation fence surrounding Jerusalem seriously impinges on the accessibility and quality of medical services received by tens of thousands of Palestinian East Jerusalem, West Bank, and Gaza residents, according to a report released Wednesday......more..
New Report on East Jerusalem and the Wall
Physicians for Human Rights - Israel 12/14/2005
In a new report, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel details the current situation in Jerusalem on three major levels: the political, economic and medical. Special attention is given to the separation wall being built in and around Jerusalem and its affect......more..
State turns blind eye to illegal construction at ultra-Orthodox West Bank settlement on Bil''in lands
A-Infos 12/14/2005
Because of international and internal conciderations, Israel state colonial settler projects are often done "unofficially" and often in an "illagal means" - by state officials of all levels. Most of these steps are usually out of the focus of the media......more..
State turns blind eye to illegal building at Haredi settlement
By Akiva Eldar, Palestine Monitor/Haaretz 12/14/2005
Construction of hundreds of apartments in the new neighborhood at the ultra-Orthodox settlement of Upper Modi''in is largely illegal, and the Civil Administration and State Prosecution''s Office are ignoring the building violations.Some of the apartments are being built outside of......more..
Letters to God delivered to Western Wall in Jerusalem
Ha''aretz 12/14/2005
God''s got mail.Postal workers on Wednesday dropped off hundreds of letters addressed to God at the Western Wall, Judaism''s holiest site."This place is the holiest place for the Jews, and it is the first gate for prayers. That''s why......more..
Demonstration in Aboud
Palestine Monitor 12/12/2005
On Sunday morning (11 Dec), there was the fourth demonstration against the construction of the Defense Wall, organized by the Popular Committee, composed of Palestinian civil society and political parties. Despite many journalists being illegally delayed for about 40 minutes......more..
The Power of Aboud
By Mansour, International Solidarity Movement 12/10/2005
The villagers of Aboud have taken up a campaign of nonviolent resistance against the Israeli Aphartied wall which will steal agricultural land, olive trees and water resources. On the second demonstration there, we touched the core of Palestinian popular resistance......more..
''Court delay of fence endangering lives''
YNetNews 12/13/2005
Deputy Defense Minister Zeev Boim accuses High Court of endangering lives of Israelis with injunctions ordering halt of construction on security fence -- The High Court is impeding construction of the security fence and therefore endangering the lives of Israeli citizens......more..
Palestinians: Death of man in Gaza factory was work accident
Ha''aretz 12/13/2005
A Palestinian man who died in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday was killed in an accidental explosion, a Palestinian investigator said.Palestinian hospital officials and relatives of the man said earlier Tuesday that the man was killed by Israel Defense Forces......more..
PNI Upholds Commitment to Non-Violent Resistance
Palestine Monitor 12/12/2005
Initiative maintains presence at peaceful protests against Apartheid Wall -- Ramallah, 12-12-05: A second, peaceful demonstration against construction of the Apartheid Wall was held in Abud yesterday, as part of a series of ongoing non-violent protests that have been......more..
Israel Funds Construction Acts beneath Al Aqsa Mosque at the Cost of NIS 68 Million
International Press Center 12/13/2005
GAZA, Palestine, December 13, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Al-Aqsa Association for the Reconstruction of Holy sites said in a statement that the Israeli government allocated a sum of money works at 68 million INS (around 15 million Dollars) for construction works......more..
Italy Aborts Publishing of EU Report on Occupied Jerusalem
Palestine Chronicle 12/13/2005
Straw avoids getting embroiled in Israeli politics; Solana says report ''One-sided''.." -- RAMALLAH, West Bank - To the disappointment of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), the European Union on Monday decided on Italy’s initiative against publishing a report on the Israeli-occupied east......more..
The Wall in a Week: land theft and ghettoization step up another gear
By Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, StopTheWall.org 12/12/2005
This week has been marked by extensive land confiscation and isolation, from Tamoun in the northern Jordan Valley to Hebron in the South. House demolitions are taking place in the northwestern areas to completely depopulate areas isolated by the Wall......more..
Army plans to evacuate Al Hathaleen tribe near Hebron
International Middle East Media Center 12/12/2005
A Palestinian expert in lands and settlement activities warned on Monday that Israel is preparing a new plan to evacuate Al Hathaleen tribe in the West Bank city of Hebron from their area. Abdul-Hadi Hantash, an expert in settlements and......more..
Pilgrims bump into Israel''s Security Fence
By Ed O''Loughlin, Palestine Monitor/The Age 12/10/2005
WITH Christmas approaching, the West Bank city of Bethlehem fears that new Israeli travel restrictions could stifle the foreign pilgrim trade in the birthplace of Jesus.The opening of a purpose-built "border terminal" built in Israel''s new wall between Bethlehem and......more..
IOF to Transfer Citizens of Al-Hazalein in Hebron
WAFA 12/12/2005
HEBRON, December12, 2005 (WAFA) -An expert in the field of lands and colonization warned Monday of an Israeli plan aiming at transferring citizens of al-Hazalein area in the West Bank city of Hebron.Adviser to State Ministry of Colonization and the......more..
Patriarch Sabbah participates in a procession against the Wall in Aboud
International Middle East Media Center 12/12/2005
Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah joined the residents of Aboud village, near Ramallah, Israeli and international peace activists in a peaceful procession against the Separation Wall in the village, Al Quds daily newspaper reported. Several political figures and Muslim Sheikhs also......more..
Latin Patriarch of J''lem slams West Bank separation fence
Palestine Monitor 12/11/2005
The top Roman Catholic official in the Holy Land planted an olive tree Sunday on the planned route of Israel''s separation barrier in a West Bank village and prayed for the wall''s removal, saying it is serves no purpose. The......more..
ISM Report: Resistance to Israel’s Apartheid Wall Continues in Aboud
Palestine Media Center/International Solidarity Movement 12/12/2005
The villagers of Aboud have taken up a campaign of nonviolent resistance against the Israeli Aphartied wall which will steal agricultural land, olive trees and water resources. On the second demonstration there, we touched the core of Palestinian popular resistance......more..
Three New Olive Trees Successfully Planted in Bil’in; Palestinian Man Hit by Rubber Coated Bullet
International Solidarity Movement 12/9/2005
Villagers from Bil’in, supported by international and Israeli activists, succeeded in planting three new olive trees at the construction site of the illegal apartheid wall, close to their village on the West Bank. Soldiers responded to this practical and symbolic......more..
8 Citizens, 3 Internationals Wounded during Demonstration Anti Wall in Bil''in
WAFA 12/9/2005
RAMALLAH, December 9, 2005 (WAFA)-Eight citizens including three children and three international peace activists were wounded when Israeli soldiers attacked them in Bil''in village in the West Bank. During a peaceful rally to protest the Israeli construction of Apartheid......more..
IOF Attacks UN Official''s Car in Bil''in
WAFA 12/9/2005
RAMALLAH, December 9, 2005 (WAFA) -UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, John Dugard, was attacked Friday by IOF soldiers during his visit to Bil''in village. Eyewitnesses revealed that Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters and rubber......more..
Al Jib Village on the West Bank Holds First Demonstration Against the Apartheid Wall; Aboud and Bil’in Demonstrations Continue
International Solidarity Movement 12/8/2005
Al Jib, a small village on the West Bank between Bir Nabala and Giv’at Ze’ev settlement, will hold it’s first non-violent, anti-wall demonstration tomorrow Friday, December 9th. At 11:00, the villagers and their international and Israeli supporters will gather......more..
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 5 - 6 December 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 12/8/2005
JERUSALEM Closure: The Israeli army continues to intensify its restrictions at checkpoints located at the entrances to the city of Jerusalem and has set up checkpoints in the old city of Jerusalem and around Al Aqsa Mosque compound. Checkpoints: The......more..
Al-Jib Village to Hold its 1st Anti-Wall Demonstration Tomorrow
WAFA 12/8/2005
JERUSALEM, December 08, 2005 (WAFA) - Al-Jib village of Jerusalem will hold its first non-violent, anti-wall demonstration tomorrow Friday, December 9.International Solidarity Movement (ISM) said the villagers and their international and Israeli supporters will gather in front of the village......more..
GCMHP: Israel''s Policies Leave Palestinians with no Hope in Genuine Peace
WAFA 12/8/2005
GAZA, December 8, 2005 (WAFA)-Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP) said that Israeli policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) left Palestinians with no hope in genuine peace. In a press release issued Thursday on the occasion of the......more..
The Eastern Wall: Closing the circle of our ghettoization
StopTheWall.org 11/28/2005
i>Analysis, The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign -- More than a year has passed since the Occupation Forces declared the first section of the Apartheid Wall - running from Zaboba near Jenin to Masha in the Qalqiliya district - complete. Today......more..
Kaplinksy: Only 35 percent of separation fence is complete
Ha''aretz 12/7/2005
To date, only 35% of the West Bank separation fence has been constructed," Deputy Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Brigadier General Moshe Kaplinsky said at a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on Wednesday. Kaplinksy said that the......more..
Aisha from Budrus: “I am not afraid of them. I’m not leaving my land”
StopTheWall.org 12/7/2005
i>Community Voices, The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign -- Aisha is an old woman in her 70’s. Her sharp face bears out the history of Palestine and Palestinians, from disaster to resistance. When you see her you are......more..
A good word about Sharon
By Yossi Sarid, Ha''aretz 12/8/2005
I should say a good word about Ariel Sharon? It''s hard to believe, but one regrets good words retroactively more than bad words. I''ll certainly yet regret this.No, it''s not for the disengagement from Gaza that I have come to......more..
Israel threatens to deport UK activist
AlJazeera 12/8/2005
Israel has threatened to deport a British peace activist based in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, accusing him of interfering with army activities. Andrew Macdonald, 41, a human rights worker from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), was arrested......more..
No peace with Sharon
By Gerald Kaufman, The Guardian 12/7/2005
i>The Gaza withdrawal has been a veil for continued persecution and ethnic cleansing of PalestiniansI know the attractive Israeli seaside resort of Netanya well, having stayed several times at my niece''s flat there. Not long ago I......more..
WaPSR Delegation Diary 4: Hebron - Kiryat Arba settlement and the struggle for the heart of an ancient city
By Dr. Bill Dienst, Electronic Intifada 12/6/2005
March 8, 2005 in Hebron (Al Khalil in Arabic) -- The main road to Hebron that Palestinians have taken for years is blocked, so we have to take an alternate route. We cross the Israeli military checkpoint that blocks the southern......more..
Palestinian farmers mourn loss of land to barrier
Middle East Online 12/5/2005
Israel''s deeply controversial fence severs Palestinian territory, isolates communities across West Bank. -- Prosperity is a memory in the ramshackle Palestinian village of Jayyus, which has seen most of its valuable fertile land amputated from farmers and suppliers by Israel''s separation......more..
Hand in Hand in Protecting Palestinian Children''s Rights
ReliefWeb/United Nations Children''s Fund 12/6/2005
European Commission Humanitarian Office (ECHO) and UNICEF Realizing Palestinian Children''s Rights -- Qalandia Refugee Camp, West Bank. Voices of children''s laughter filled the two large rooms decorated with colorful streamers, covering the walls of the newly built Qalandia Youth Center. All......more..
NCG Denounces Seizing Lands in Jerusalem
WAFA 12/6/2005
JERUSALEM, December 6, 2005, (WAFA)- The National Christian Gathering (NCG) in Jerusalem condemned Tuesday the seizing of Jerusalemites''lands in Silwan neighbourhood in Jerusalem. The head of NCG Dimitri Diliani told WAFA that the reconstruction of the Apartheid Wall around Jerusalem......more..
Ayalon: Evacuate all settlements beyond the fence by 2010
Ha''aretz 12/7/2005
Former Shin Bet Chief Ami Ayalon, who is vying for a place on the Labor Party''s Knesset list, said Tuesday that if it was up to him, no settlements outside major blocs would remain on the Palestinian side of the......more..
The village
By Gideon Levy, Ha''aretz 12/1/2005
There''s no other place like it in the world: This Syrian village that was conquered by Israel is home to some 2,000 Israeli citizens, sits on land that was partly annexed to Israel and belongs partly to Lebanon. Last week......more..
Beyond Yachimovich''s view
By Gideon Levy, Ha''aretz 12/4/2005
i>As long as we do not resolve the Palestinian problem, we will also not solve the "Jewish problem." Shelly Yachimovich is "sick and tired of hearing about what is happening in the Muqata." She wants to be "where......more..
Netanya attack: Security fence fails, again
YNetNews 12/5/2005
Defense establishment officials estimate suicide bomber came to Netanya directly from northern West Bank; say ''territories cannot be hermetically sealed'' -- The defense establishment has launched an investigation into the Netanya terror attack and is trying to locate the suicide bomber''s......more..
The people in Ramallah district rise up against the Apartheid Wall!
StopTheWall.org 12/3/2005
Hundreds of people demonstrated yesterday in 3 Ramallah district villages on their land, which is being uprooted by Israeli bulldozers. The people continued their struggle against the Apartheid Wall which threatens their land and their very existence. In Bil’in (West......more..
Bil''in and Abud - the Friday demonstrations against the separation fence and the ocupation of 2-12-05
A-Infos 12/2/2005
As usual in Bil''in for the last 10 months and Abud the last weeks, we did the parallel Friday demonstrations against the separation fence used to rob the lands of the villages and against the occupation. As usual, the efforts......more..
Artists push against Israeli wall
AlJazeera 12/5/2005
Believing that art has the possibility to unite different cultures, more than 56 Palestinian, Israeli and American artists have combined pen, paint brush and camera, to protest against Israel''s separation barrier. Eric Laursen, one of the organisers, says the Three......more..
Spielberg hopes to use film to connect Israelis and Palestinians
The Guardian 12/6/2005
The Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg has broken his silence over his controversial new film about Israel''s response to the massacre of its athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics and at the same time revealed a personal project to promote understanding......more..
IDF troops kill Palestinian near Gaza border, medics say
Ha''aretz 12/3/2005
Israel Defense Forces soldiers shot dead a Palestinian near the Gaza border on Friday after he and two others tried to cross illegally into Israel, Palestinian medics said. An IDF army spokeswoman said troops at an army post near the......more..
UN slams Israeli settlements, E. Jerusalem separation fence
Ha''aretz 12/3/2005
U.S. Ambassador John Bolton called [the resolutions] "meaningless," "not productive," and "purely symbolic." -- UNITED NATIONS - Over U.S. and Israeli objections, the UN General Assembly in an annual ritual approved six resolutions criticizing Israeli policies and calling for stepped-up international effort......more..
Non-Violent Demonstration in Bil’in Attacked by Israeli Military Once Again
International Solidarity Movement 12/2/2005
Today the villagers of Bil’in confronted the theft of their land in yet another creative action against the annexation barrier. The villagers carried plastic and styrofoam models of settlement houses which bore the names of various settlements, and took them......more..
Scores Wounded, Israeli Activists Arrested in Aboud Peaceful Protest
WAFA 12/2/2005
RAMALLAH, December 2, 2005 (WAFA) - A number of Palestinian citizens and international peace activists were injured on Friday and two Israelis were arrested while participating in a demonstration to protest the construction of Apartheid Wall in Aboud village, east of......more..
Sharon ''sees wall as Israel''s new border''
The Independent 12/2/2005
A senior ally of Ariel Sharon has given the most explicit indication yet that the Israeli Prime Minister envisages the 425-mile separation barrier as the border between Israel and a future Palestinian state. Government spokesmen frequently claim that the......more..
Al-Quds: Apartheid Wall Destroys Palestinian Sites in Northern Jerusalem
WAFA 12/1/2005
RAMALLAH, December 1, 2005 (WAFA)- In its editorial, "The Apartheid Wall Destroys the Palestinian Sites in Northern Jerusalem," Al-Quds daily said that the reports about ongoing constructing of the Wall, between ar-Ram juncture and Dhahiqt al-Barid suburb, brings to mind......more..
Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Situation Report, 28 - 29 November 2005 (PDF)
Palestine Media Center 12/1/2005
SALFIT: Closure of Main Roads: (i) The Israeli army continues to close the main north-western entrance to the city of Salfit with dirt barricades. The road has been closed since the beginning of the current Intifada (Uprising). (ii) The Israeli......more..
Peaceful Demonstration against the Wall in Aboud
WAFA 12/1/2005
RAMALLAH, December 1, 2005 (WAFA) - Operation Dove peace group said Thursday that the villagers of Aboud, in Ramallah, will walk Friday toward the construction place of the Apartheid Wall and will pray on it. The group sent an open invitation......more..
Israeli Internal Security discuses an appeal to close Al Damoun prison
International Middle East Media Center 12/1/2005
Israeli Internal Security Minister, Gideon Ezra, replied to a petition filed the Arab member of Knesset Dr. Azmi Bishara, regarding closing Al Damoun detention facility as a result of its bad conditions. Izra stated that he “will personally follow this......more..
Bethlehem passport launched to protect city from wal
International Middle East Media Center 11/27/2005
Carol Sansour, office director of Open Bethlehem, which launched the Bethlehem passport project says this document is an honorary document that will be granted to friends of Bethlehem and friends of the Palestinian cause from all over the world. She......more..
UN Envoy: Middle East Faces Immense Challenges
WAFA 12/1/2005
NEW YORK, December 1, 2005 (WAFA) - United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Ibrahim Gambari, said Wednesday that he returned from a Middle East visit with a "renewed appreciation for the immense challenges it faces". Briefing the Security Council about his......more..
European Activists support Palestinian call to "Tear Down This Wall" during week of Action
StopTheWall.org 12/1/2005
Barcelona protests Sharon visit as Spanish activists urge solidarity with the Palestinian people! Activists took to the streets across Spain during the week against the Apartheid Wall and as War Criminal Sharon visited Barcelona. A number of awareness raising events......more..
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