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IDF finds reasons to stay in Beit Hanun Ha'aretz 7/30/2004 The IDF Southern Command was on the verge of proposing, yesterday morning, that military activity in the Beit Hanun area be wrapped up when... Video: "One of the most tense areas on the Gaza Strip" BBC 7/29/2004 The BBC's Alan Johnston -- "One of the most tense areas on the Gaza Strip... Air strike kills Gaza militants BBC 7/29/2004 Two Palestinian militants have been killed in an Israeli missile strike on a car in the southern Gaza Strip. One of the dead was... Four shock victims in Sderot Kassam hits Maariv 7/30/2004 Three Kassam rockets landed on roads in Sderot. The victims were treated by ambulance teams. -- Three Kassam rockets were launched at the southern town... Palestinians: IAF hits Gaza City target; boy killed by IDF Ha'aretz 7/31/2004 Palestinian officials said it was a small factory that produced car batteries. -- An Israel Air Force helicopter fired a missile at a metal workshop... Israel attacks Gaza City workshop BBC 7/30/2004 An Israeli helicopter missile strike has destroyed a Palestinian-owned metal workshop in Gaza City. Palestinian medics said two bystanders were injured when at least... Three 'foreigners' siezed in Nablus Al-Jazeera 7/30/2004 Three foreigners have been seized by a group of armed men in Nablus, Aljazeera's correspondent in Palestine reports. It was still unknown why the... News Briefs: July 29-30, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 7/30/2004 Seven residents wounded in Khan Younis, including two children / Army wounds three women in Dir Al-Balah / Army besieges a village south of Jenin / Army... Army invades South Khan Younis, Levels Four Homes International Middle East Media Center 7/28/2004 Several armored vehicles and military bulldozers invaded the area of Qezan Al-Najjar, south of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip and... Hanini: "The soldiers lied, they assaulted me" International Middle East Media Center 7/29/2004 Israeli news site in Arabic, ArabYnet published an interview with Mahmoud Hanini, who has been assaulted by the Israeli soldiers on Beit Furik checkpoint... German doctors amputate leg of Palestinian legislator Ha'aretz 7/29/2004 German surgeons have amputated the leg of Palestinian legislator Nabil Amr, who was shot by masked gunmen on the night of July 20th in... 22 life sentences for Hamas man who recruited T.A. bomber Ha'aretz 7/29/2004 A military court in Salem on Thursday sentenced Hamas militant Ra'ad Huteri to 22 life sentences for recruiting the terrorist who carried out the... Troops Wound Six in Beit Foureek, Demolish Four Houses In Khan Younis International Press Center 7/28/2004 BEIT FOUREEK, Palestine, July 28, 2004 (IPC + Agencies)-- Israeli occupation forces made incursions into several towns in the West Bank, arresting a number of... Besieged Beit Hanoun Regrets Apathy Islam Online 7/28/2004 GAZA CITY, July 28 (IslamOnline.net) – Besieged by Israeli occupation forces for over a month now, the 30,000 inhabitants of Beit Hanoun have much to... Israel Grabs More West Bank Land: Report Islam Online 7/27/2004 CAIRO , July 27 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – While Israeli Prime Minister is propagating his dramatic plan to evacuate Gaza settlements next year, his government is... Beit Hanoon Crisis Worsens as Troops Run Amok International Press Center 7/29/2004 BEIT HANOON, July 29, 2004 (IPC + Agencies)--Israeli troops, running rampage through Beit Hanoon overnight, exacerbated an already critical situation in the town, opening... Al Aqsa Threats: Condemnation and Skepticism International Press Center 7/29/2004 GAZA, July 29, 2004 (IPC + Agencies)-- Local and Arab groups have continued to seek a satisfactory response from authorities following threats to attack the... 3 Killed, Homes Demolished in OPT International Press Center 7/29/2004 KHAN YOUNIS, Palestine, July 29, 2004 (IPC + Agencies)-- Israeli occupation forces killed three citizens in different parts of the Gaza Strip and West Bank... Islamic Jihad Operative Killed in Tulkarem International Middle East Media Center 7/29/2004 Tulkarem resident, Zaher Issa Al-Ashqar, aged 27 from Seida village near Jenin was killed in an exchange of fire during an incursion by Israeli... Army Wounds 17 Residents and International Peace Activistsnear Jenin International Middle East Media Center 7/29/2004 Soldiers wounded seventeen Palestinian and foreign peace activists Wednesday evening in the village of Ya'bod, south of Jenin and in the north of the... Analysis / A new Security Zone Ha'aretz 7/28/2004 The Israel Defense Forces' Southern Command does not refer to the army's extended presence in Beit Hanoun as an "operation," but rather as a... An Outcry to Salvage a Minor Prisoner and Other Wounded International Press Center 7/27/2004 GAZA, July 27,2004 (IPC+Agencies)-- The citizen Samya Subuh, the mother of the minor female prisoner, Aseel Mossa Al Hindi, 14 aged, denied vehemently... Two Citizens Killed and Four Wounded During Israeli Invasion in Eastern Gaza International Press Center 7/27/2004 GAZA, Palestine, July 27, 2004 (IPC + WAFA)-- The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) shot and killed two citizens and wounded four others east of Gaza... ILA to sell 1,815 lots in West Bank by end of year Ha'aretz 7/27/2004 The Israel Lands Administration plans to market 1,815 construction lots in the West Bank by the end of the year. The sale includes 200... Palestinian sting rips off Hezbollah Ha'aretz 7/28/2004 Activists from Fatah's armed wing have found a novel way of earning an easy living - they make false claims to Hezbollah paymasters in Lebanon... Israeli Threats to Harm Al-Aqsa Mosque Arouse Concern International Press Center 7/27/2004 GAZA, July 27, 2004 (IPC + Agencies)-- Various parties at the domestic and international levels have shown great deal of concern over the latest Israeli... IOF and Settlers Continues Rampage and Vandalism International Press Center 7/27/2004 GAZA, July 27, 2004 (IPC + Agencies) - - The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) razed today the wall of the secondary school and arable land belong to... News Briefs: July 27, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 7/27/2004 One female soldier stabbed wounded in the Negev / Soldiers impose curfew over a village near Nablus / Army bulldozes agricultural fields in Beit Hanoun / Army... Army invades south Khan Younis, levels four homes International Middle East Media Center 7/27/2004 Soldiers supported by several armored vehicles and military bulldozers, invaded Tuesday night the area of Qezan Al-Najjar, south of Khan Younis, south of the... If Gaza exit equals Holocaust, is Jewish terror next? Ha'aretz 7/27/2004 It has been argued, and persuasively, that the movement to settle and hold land captured in 1967, in particular the West Bank and Gaza... Fatah Vows Revenge After Army Killed 6 of Its Operatives in Tulkarm International Middle East Media Center 7/26/2004 A statement signed by Fatah movement vowed to revenge the Sunday night killing of six people in the West Bank city of Tulkarm. Saying... Palestinian Awkaf calls for urgent OIC summit to discuss Zionist threats to the Aqsa Mosque Palestinian Information Center 7/26/2004 Gaza - The Jewish extremists’ attempts to trespass on and defile the holy Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem would invite disastrous consequences, cautioned Sheikh Yousef... Palestinian Health Ministry Condemns Shooting of One of its Employees International Press Center 7/25/2004 GAZA, Palestine, July 25, 2004 (IPC)-- The Palestinian Health Ministry denounced the Israeli hideous crime perpetrated today morning against a ministry employee, Abdel Salam... Israeli Security Minister Warns of Jewish Terrorist Attack on Al-Aqsa Palestine Chronicle 7/25/2004 The Shin Bet security service and the police are preparing for a number of possible terror attack scenarios at the sacred Old City site... Zionist settlers uproot 30 olive trees in Al-Khalil district Palestinian Information Center 7/26/2004 Al-Khalil - Zionist terrorist settlers of the Athna’il settlement to the east of Yatta town in Al-Khalil district have uprooted 30 fruitful olive trees in... PNIC Report Masses Israeli Violations against the Palestinian People within 43 Months of Al Aqsa Intifada International Press Center 7/25/2004 GAZA, July 25, 2004 (IPC)-- The death toll of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) who have been killed by the... IDF soldier assaults Palestinian at West Bank roadblock Ha'aretz 7/26/2004 An Israel Defense Forces soldier allegedly abused and shot at a Palestinian student at a roadblock north of Nablus on Sunday, inflicting moderate injuries... IOF Missiles Destroy a House in Gaza, Wounds Several Including Five Children and an Elderly International Press Center 7/26/2004 GAZA, July 26, 2004 (IPC + Agencies)-- The Israeli F-16 warplane raided Sunday evening a house in Gaza City and reduced it into a... Palestinian girl, 13, said killed by IDF fire in Gaza Ha'aretz 7/26/2004 A 13-year-old Palestinian girl was reportedly killed on Monday as she played soccer near her home in southern Gaza, Palestinians claimed. The Israel... Bloody Day in the oPt: Seven Citizens Killed, Six of Them Executed International Press Center 7/26/2004 TULKAREM, Palestine, July 26, 2004 (IPC + WAFA)-- During a bloody day in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt), seven citizens, including an elderly woman, were... Israeli Forces Kill A Child, Wound a Citizen in Gaza Strip International Press Center 7/26/2004 KHAN YOUNIS, Palestine, July 26, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) -- The Israeli forces peaked its bloody day in the occupied Palestinian territories, when they killed a... 'Peeping Tom' sparks Muslim-Christian riot near Bethlehem Come And See 7/20/2004 A "Peeping Tom" who photographed a woman in the changing room of a Bethlehem area clothes shop sparked a night of rioting between Palestinian... Gaza rocket strike hurts children BBC 7/25/2004 Six children have been hurt by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants at a Jewish settlement in Gaza. The missile hit a building in... Gunmen shoot Arafat foe Ha'aretz 7/21/2004 Nabil Amr, a former Palestinian information minister who is a well-known critic of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat was shot and wounded by unknown... Palestinians claim IDF jets attack Lebanese targets Maariv 7/20/2004 Sources state that Israeli planes hit PFLP targets; IDF confirms flights above Beirut, but says no attack took place. Reports follow death of two... Two Israeli Soldiers, Hizbullah Fighter Killed In Clashes Islam Online 7/20/2004 EITA AL-SHAAB, Lebanon, July 20 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - A day after accusing Israel of killing one of its senior members, Hizbullah said it killed... Israeli army warns of strike against Syria Al-Jazeera 7/20/2004 As the conflict on the Israel-Lebanon border escalates, the Israeli military has issued a blunt warning that it may launch a direct attack against... More Palestinians made homeless Al-Jazeera 7/20/2004 The Israeli army has embarked on a flurry of house demolitions at a northern West Bank village in an activity apparently related to the... Israeli Warplanes Renew Rocketing a House in Gaza International Press Center 7/20/2004 GAZA, Palestine, July 20, 2004 (IPC + Agencies)-- For the second time in less than 24 hours, the Israeli warplanes rocketed early on Sunday dawn... Citizen Dies of IOF Disruptions as Scores Arrested in West Bank International Press Center 7/20/2004 JENIN, July 20, 2004 (IPC + WAFA)-- The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) caused the death of a citizen today as scores were arrested during a... Israeli jets buzz Beirut after deadly border clash Daily Star 7/21/2004 Government complains to UN, hizbullah warns of 'costly' response -- Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier Tuesday evening, drawing Lebanese and Syrian army anti-aircraft artillery... IOF Demolishes 18 Stores, Arrests 12, Wounds 20 in Jenin, Mob of Settlers Molest Hebron’s Residents International Press Center 7/20/2004 JENIN, July 20,2004 (IPC+Agencies)---The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) tore down today 18 stores , rounded up 12 youngsters , wounded 20 citizens differently during... Gaza: Buried alive Rafah Today 7/16/2004 The ambulance drivers found it very difficult to get that body from under the rubble of the demolished building. 70 year old Mahmoud Khalfallah... Rafah: Demonstration against Musa Arafat appointment Rafah Today 7/19/2004 It is nearly 8:20 in the evening and getting darker. A demonstration is just strating after militant groups sparked a serious internal PA... Two soldiers killed by Hezbollah; no large-scale retaliation expected Ha'aretz 7/21/2004 Two soldiers repairing an antenna on the roof of a fort on the Lebanese border were killed Tuesday by a Hezbollah sharpshooter. The attack... News Briefs: July 19, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 7/19/2004 Tel Aviv District Court Judge assassinated, motive unclear / Soldiers kills youth in Nablus / Army shells a refugee camp west of Gaza , wounds three / Israeli... Population Growth rises in settlements Slated for Evacuation International Middle East Media Center 7/19/2004 Documents of the Israeli Ministry of Interior show that a rapid population growth in the past six months since the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel... Israeli Troops Kill and Wound Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza International Press Center 7/18/2004 PALESTINE, July 18, 2004 (IPC + WAFA)-- The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) killed and wounded yesterday Palestinian inhabitants in both West Bank and Gaza Strip... Wall Rerouting Almost Finished, Construction to Resume Soon Miftah/IMEMC 7/19/2004 Israeli defense ministry teams will finalize plans to reroute the separation wall in few days. The new plan include, moving the wall westwards in... Settlers Militia Terrorize Hebron International Press Center 7/19/2004 HEBRON, Palestine, July 19, 2004 (IPC)-- The armed Israeli settler militia in the illegitimate Israeli settlement of "Kiryat Arba'a" in the city of Hebron... Three Citizens, Including a Child, Killed by IOF as Aggression on oPt Escalates International Press Center 7/19/2004 RAFAH, Palestine, July 19, 2004 (IPC + WAFA)-- The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) continued its ongoing military aggression on the Gaza Strip and West Bank... Three Citizens Killed in West Bank as IOF Bombs a House in Gaza International Press Center 7/19/2004 TULKAREM, Palestine, July 19, 2004 (IPC + Agencies) - - The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) killed two citizens in the Tulkarem province and a child in Nablus... Jordanians kill three on Israeli border Al-Jazeera 7/19/2004 Jordanian border troops have shot dead three people and captured a fourth in a gunbattle as the suspects tried to cross the border into... Dozens wounded in inter-Palestinian fighting Al-Jazeera 7/19/2004 At least 18 Palestinians have been shot and wounded, three of them seriously, during inter-Palestinian clashes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Aljazeera... Rafah Today: Slowly killing us Rafah Today 7/15/2004 A 16 year old girl has been killed by Israeli bullets in Rafah during the daily shelling in Rafah. Right before dawn we heard... Suicide no.1 cause of death in IDF Maariv 7/15/2004 43 soldiers committed suicide in 2003, a 30% increase. In comparison, 30 soldiers were killed during military operations. -- The greatest fear of a family... News Briefs: July 16, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 7/16/2004 Two French women released, three men remain in captivity / Al-Hindi and Abu Shbak Resign / Soldiers shell east of Beit Hanoun / Armed group abducts five... IDF kills senior Hamas operative Maariv 7/16/2004 Palestinians say Malek Nasser al-Din, whose house was encircled for hours, was killed in clash with army troops. -- A senior Hamas operative, Malek Nasser... Israeli Troops Blow up a House in Jenin, Wounds a Girl in Rafah International Press Center 7/15/2004 PALESTINE, July15,2004 (IPC+WAFA)-- Israeli occupying forces (IOF) blew up earlier on Thursday a Palestinian-owned house in the West Bank City of Jenin and... IOF Wounds Seven, Arrests 13 and Tears Down a House in oPt International Press Center 7/15/2004 TULKAREM, Palestine, July 15, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) attacked and wounded seven citizens, arrested 13 others and tore down a... “Peeping Tom” and Christian Moslem Relations in Bethlehem International Middle East Media Center 7/16/2004 A Reuter report published by Haaretz on Thursday presented a family based conflict in the city of Beit Sahour near Bethlehem as a Christian-Moslem... Bait Hanun's living nightmare Al-Jazeera 7/15/2004 Rawhiya Basyouni and her nine children dare not move from the centre of their home. They are among the 30000 residents of Bait Hanun... Report: Captors release French nationals kidnapped in Gaza Ha'aretz 7/17/2004 Palestinian gunmen released two kidnapped French women late Friday, but continued to hold three Frenchmen hostage to press demands for reform in the Palestinian... Palestinians Say French Citizens Released The Guardian 7/16/2004 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian gunmen released five French citizens late Friday in the Gaza Strip, after kidnapping them while they drank coffee... IDF soldier killed, 33 wounded in TA terror attack Ha'aretz 7/12/2004 Sergeant Ma'ayan Na'im, 19, of Bat Yam was killed and 33 other people were injured when a bomb exploded yesterday morning at a bus... Israel Buries Handicapped Palestinian Alive Islam Online 7/12/2004 GAZA, July 12 (IslamOnline.net) - The Israeli occupation forces raided early Monday, July 12, a refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, demolishing dozens of... IOF Severely Wounds Citizens, Sentences Crippled Prisoner to Eight Years International Press Center 7/12/2004 The mayor of the village of Biddu said that Israeli soldiers from the so-called "Border Guard" launched an unprecedented campaign against the citizens of... Israeli Troops Blow up Houses and Arrest Civilians in the West Bank International Press Center 7/12/2004 WEST BANK, Palestine, July12, 2004 (IPC+ Agencies)--Israeli occupying forces (IOF) demolished early on Monday morning two Palestinian-owned houses in the West Banktown of... Israeli Troops Invade Hebron, Attack Other Towns International Press Center 7/13/2004 HEBRON, Palestine, July 13, 2004 (IPC + Agencies)-- Israeli occupying forces (IOF) invaded yesterday night the West Bank City of Hebron, storming its various neighborhoods... 13 Killed, 82 Wounded During the Unleashing IOF Attack on Beit Hanoon International Press Center 7/13/2004 GAZA, July 13, 2004 (IPC) --- Dr. Mahmoud Al Assali,director of "martyr Kamal Edwan hospital of Beit Lahai city, north of Gaza Strip stated... Israel assassinates Palestinian leader Al-Jazeera 7/13/2004 An alleged local leader of the Islamic Jihad resistance movement has been assassinated by Israeli troops in the northern West Bank town of Jenin... IDF kills eight in Beit Hanun clashes Ha'aretz 7/9/2004 A Palestinian woman and seven gunmen were killed and more than 20 others were wounded by the Israel Defense Forces during fierce fighting in... Two Palestinians killed by IDF fire in West Bank Ha'aretz 7/9/2004 Two Palestinians were killed by Israel Defense Forces troops in the West Bank before dawn Friday, Israel Radio reported. IDF troops shot and killed... News Briefs: July 9, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 7/9/2004 Procession in Bethlehem against the Wall / Army arrests a resident in Beit Hanoun / Israeli Judge: “The Policeman used the violence he is entitled to... Israel kills activist, destroys home Al-Jazeera 7/9/2004 A suspected Palestinian resistance fighter has been shot dead in the southern West Bank city of Hebron by Israeli soldiers. The activist from Palestinian... Gaza: Shelling and missile strikes Rafah Today 7/6/2004 Gaza Strip is being shelled by apaches warplanes, and as usual the targeted areas are metal shops and civilians buildings, where more people are... Israel Kills 8 Palestinians In Gaza Incursions Islam Online 7/8/2004 GAZA CITY , July 8 (IslamOnline.net) – Israeli occupation troops backed by helicopters and armored bulldozers killed at least 8 Palestinians, including the local commander of... Video: More suffering ahead for Beit Hanoun BBC 7/8/2004 Video: The BBC's Richard Slee -- "For the people of Beit Hanoun there may be more suffering ahead... Nine Palestinians killed in Gaza raid Al-Jazeera 7/8/2004 Fierce clashes in the northern Gaza town of Bait Hanun following fresh Israeli incursions have left nine Palestinians dead, including a woman. The dead... Day of fierce fighting for Gaza BBC 7/8/2004 Fierce fighting in the Gaza Strip has left at least eight Palestinians dead and five Israeli soldiers wounded. Most casualties occurred when clashes broke... Israeli forces kills seven Palestinians and destroys 40 homes in Gaza Electronic Intifada/PCHR 7/8/2004 On Thursday morning, 8 July 2004, Israeli occupying forces, continuing a wide scale offensive on the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun which... Three hurt in failed IDF assassination attempt in Gaza Ha'aretz 7/7/2004 Three Palestinians, including a child, were lightly wounded when Israel Air Force helicopters fired missiles Wednesday at a car carrying Hamas operatives in the... Gaza car blast wounds three including child Al-Jazeera 7/7/2004 A car blast has injured three people including a four-year-old boy in a neighbourhood of Gaza City. The cause of Wednesday's blast in the... IOF Kills Two Palestinians in Nablus, Continue Bulldozing Lands North Jerusalem International Press Center 7/7/2004 NABLUS, July 7,2004 (IPC+WAFA)----For the second day on row the Israeli occupying forces stepped up its rampage on Nablus city of the... Analysis / The navy's convinced it belongs in the territories Ha'aretz 7/7/2004 Capt. Moran Vardi, the naval commando officer killed yesterday in a battle with gunmen from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was... Army Sergeant Filmed Abusing Palestinians at Check Post International Middle East Media Center 7/5/2004 In a rare move, Israeli Military Police last week arrested a sergeant in the paratroopers Brigade on suspicion that he abused Palestinians when he... IOF Kills a Citizen in Jenin, Demolishes Houses in Hebron International Press Center 7/5/2004 JENIN, Palestine, July 5, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) - - The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) killed one citizen and wounded several others during an invasion of the... IDF kills three in Gaza Strip Ha'aretz 7/7/2004 Three Palestinians were killed in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip yesterday. Two armed Palestinians were killed and two Israel Defense Forces soldiers... Naval commando killed during raid on Nablus PFLP leaders Ha'aretz 7/7/2004 An Israel Defense Forces officer in the elite Navy Seals commando unit Shayetet 13 was killed and three other soldiers were wounded early yesterday... Israeli Troops Kill Three Citizens Including a Child International Press Center 7/6/2004 JENIN, Palestine, July 6, 2004 (IPC) - - Three citizens were shot and killed on Monday and two other were arrested in Jenin City of the... Massive IOF Invasion of Nablus Leaves Four Citizens Killed and Trail of Havoc International Press Center 7/6/2004 NABLUS, Palestine, July 6, 2004 (IPC) - - The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) killed four citizens early this morning in the city of Nablus, including a... Pictures: Four Palestinians Killed in Nablus Islam Online 7/6/2004 Four Palestinians and an Israeli occupation army officer were killed overnight in Nablus, the West Bank, Tuesday, July 6, 2004. Khaled Salah, a Palestinian... Israelis kill professor and son, 16, in Nablus battle The Independent 7/7/2004 A University professor educated in the United States and his teenage son were shot dead by Israel soldiers as they tried to leave their... 8 Palestinians killed in IDF raids in Gaza Ha'aretz 7/2/2004 Online update: Conflicting reports emerged Friday as to the number of Palestinians killed Thursday in Gaza. While the army reported five Palestinian gunmen killed... News Briefs: News from the oPt, July 2, 2004 International Middle East Media Center 7/2/2004 Army shells Tel Al-Za’tar north of Gaza / A resistance group fires three shells at Sderot settlement / Israeli prisoner pours boiling oil on three Palestinian... Report: 17 Palestinian Civilians Killed in One Week International Middle East Media Center 7/2/2004 A report by Palestine News Network details some of the events of the past week, in which Israeli soldiers killed 17 Palestinians; 16 of... Israeli lightly hurt in Qassam rocket attack on Sderot Ha'aretz 7/2/2004 Palestinian militants on Friday fired three Qassam rockets from Gaza towards the Negev town of Sderot, lightly injuring one person. One of the three... Hamas Denies Army Claims to Have Killed 5 Resistance Operatives in Gaza International Middle East Media Center 7/2/2004 Army claimed to have killed eight Palestinians and wounded 21 in two military operations in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday. According to an... Israel kills three Palestinians in Gaza Al-Jazeera 7/2/2004 Israeli occupation troops have shot dead three Palestinians in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip. One of the Palestinian fatalities, a 25-year-old man... Zionist forces mutilate bodies of martyrs Palestinian Information Center 6/29/2004 Nablus - An independent Palestinian authority catering for citizens’ rights has urged the international community to send an investigative team to scrutinize Palestinian accusations against... Israel Kills 9 Militants in Nablus Los Angeles Times 6/27/2004 Three wanted senior operatives are among seven are slain in one raid, the army says. Near Jerusalem, hundreds protest barrier plans -- JERUSALEM — Israeli troops... Israeli forces kill militant leaders in Nablus raid The Independent 6/28/2004 Israeli forces pulled out of Nablus yesterday at the end of a three-day search and destroy operation in which they killed eight Palestinian gunmen... Israel Troops Kill 7 Palestinians in Raid Free Republic 6/26/2004 AP ^ | Jun 26, 6:55 PM (ET) | ALI DARAGHMEH --NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - Acting on a tip, Israeli troops ambushed Palestinian militants holed up... Palestinian resistance leaders killed Al-Jazeera 6/29/2004 Seven Palestinian resistance fighters, among them three senior leaders, have been killed in the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses said.The Israeli occupation force... Eyewitness Tells the Story of the Killing of Brigade Leaders in Nablus International Middle East Media Center 7/1/2004 Medical sources in Nablus reported that the 7 who were killed inside the hideout died as a result of annihilating an unidentified kind of... Two Homes Demolished in Jericho International Middle East Media Center 7/1/2004 Army invades Jericho, arrests twenty Palestinians -- Israeli army demolished Thursday two homes in Jericho and destroyed a wall which encircles a mosque in the... Israeli Occupation Kills a Citizen, Vows to Remain Months in Beit Hanoon International Press Center 7/1/2004 BEIT HANOON, July 1, 2004 (IPC) - - For the third day in a row the Israeli occupying forces (IOF) ran amok in Beit Hanoon Town... IOF Raid Jericho and Nablus, Shoot Dead 9-Year Old in Rafah Palestine Media Center 7/1/2004 Israel ‘Creates’ 5-km ‘Security Zone’ in Northern Gaza Strip -- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed into Jericho and Nablus early Thursday, sealed off and... Israeli invasions wreak death and havoc Al-Jazeera 7/1/2004 A nine-year-old Palestinian boy has been shot dead by Israeli troops during a military invasion into the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. Umar... IOF Reinvades Nablus, Detains Dozens in Jericho International Press Center 7/1/2004 NABLUS, Palestine, July 1, 2004 (IPC + Agencies) - - The Israeli occupying forces (IOF) stepped up their military aggressions on several cities in the West Bank... IOF Kills a Child in Rafah, Demolishes Two Houses in Jericho International Press Center 7/1/2004 RAFAH, July 1, 2004 (IPC) --- Israeli occupyingForces (IOF) killed a Palestinian child in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafahon Thursday, Palestinian medical source... Israel launches air strike in Gaza town of Beit Hanun Ha'aretz 7/1/2004 An Israel Defense Force ambush on Thursday killed five armed Palestinians who were approaching the Netzarim Junction, south of the city of Gaza in... Israeli Warplanes Attack Gaza Neighborhoods and Beit Hanun International Press Center 7/1/2004 GAZA, Palestine, July 1, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) -- Israeli combat helicopters opened heavy gunfire at citizens' homes in a Gaza City neighborhood and in the... Israeli troops 'surrounded' in Gaza Al-Jazeera 7/1/2004 The resistance movement Hamas has claimed that fighters from its military wing have surrounded a special Israeli occupation army unit inside a residential building...

Diplomacy..

France `satisfied' with PM's remarks on anti-Semitism Ha'aretz 7/30/2004 PARIS - Trying to defuse a diplomatic row, the French government in Paris yesterday said it had noted "with satisfaction" Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's... Peres: Qorei is serious partner for Israel Middle East Online 7/30/2004 Labour opposition chief says Israel might involve Palestinian PM in discussions about Gaza Strip pullout plan. -- JERUSALEM - Israel's Labour opposition chief Shimon Peres said... Jordanian FM calls fence a `grave national security threat' Ha'aretz 7/30/2004 AMMAN - The current route of the separation fence constitutes a "grave national security threat" to Jordan, Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muashar warned yesterday. In... U.S. Fears Israeli Strike Against Iran Forward 7/30/2004 WASHINGTON — With Iran warning that it will "overthrow the entire Zionist entity" if Israel strikes its nuclear facilities, American officials are seeking assurances that... Ariel views The Guardian 7/29/2004 Israel's new ambassador to Britain is a highly controversial choice. Opponents say he is an inexperienced Sharon crony who barely speaks English. So how... Erekat: Peace impossible without EU Jerusalem Times 7/29/2004 Minister of Negotiations Affairs, Saeb Erekat, said last week the European Union's role in promoting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process was essential after Israel said... Shaath Urges Powell to Make Israel Honor Promises to US Palestine Media Center 7/29/2004 Girl, Woman among 8 Palestinians Killed by IOF Since Monday -- The Palestine National Authority (PNA) rejected on Thursday the US questioning of Palestinian credibility... Powell Seeks Sidelining Arafat, Troops To Iraq : Sources Islam Online 7/27/2004 CAIRO, July 27 (IslamOnline.net) – The forthcoming visit of US Secretary of State Colin Powell to the Middle East is primarily aimed at alienating his... Hezbollah warns Israel against harming the Aqsa Mosque International Middle East Media Center 7/29/2004 Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, secretary General of Hezbollah warned Israel that there would be direct consequences if Jewish extremists were to in any way harm... Top Shi'ite cleric: Talk of threat to Al Aqsa a distraction Ha'aretz 7/29/2004 Lebanese ayatollah says Israel is trying to draw attention from "wall, settlements, and withdrawal from Gaza" -- BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon's most senior Shi'ite Muslim cleric... Chirac: Sharon Wants Rid of Palestine; Israel Welcomes 200 French Jews International Press Center 7/29/2004 GAZA, July 29, 2004 (IPC + Al Bayan)-- 200 Jews arrived in Israel from France, Wednesday, greeted by an official ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport... Democrats call on Sharon to improve relations with Kerry Ha'aretz 7/29/2004 BOSTON - There is a growing dissatisfaction in the U.S. Democratic Party and in John Kerry's campaign headquarters with the Israeli government's attitude toward them... Israel firm on its 'deterrent capability' Daily Star 7/30/2004 Sharon will only discuss ridding region of nuclear arms as part of broader peace plan -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday Israel would only... Israel has trouble swallowing UK reasons for UN fence vote Ha'aretz 7/27/2004 LONDON - Israel has asked the United Kingdom for explanations as to why it changed its position and voted in favor of the UN resolution... EU Commissioner: Sharon’s Disengagement Plan Distracts World’s Attention from Israel’s Military Actions in oPt International Press Center 7/25/2004 GAZA, Palestine, July 25, 2004 (IPC)-- The Representative of the European Commission in the Palestinian territories, Jacque Philippe, said that the Israeli Prime Minister’s... PNA and High Ranking Muslim Clerks Say Threats Against Al Aqsa Mosque Are Serious International Press Center 7/26/2004 GAZA, July 26, 2004 (IPC + Agencies)-- A Palestinian National Authority (PNA) official warned Sunday over the threats by some radical Israeli terrorist groups to... EU and Israel clash over support for UN resolution The Guardian 7/23/2004 The European Union and Israel were yesterday involved in a head-to-head clash as disagreements continued over a UN resolution condemning the separation wall in... Iran warns Israel of retaliation if attacked Al-Jazeera 7/26/2004 Iran responds to regional and Israeli threats of attack by vowing to wipe Israel "off the face of the earth" if it attacks the... Solana: PM's call to French Jews was offensive Ha'aretz 7/21/2004 EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said yesterday that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's call to French Jews to leave their country and emigrate to... Egypt going ahead with Palestinian talks Ha'aretz 7/21/2004 Egypt will host talks in September with representatives of Palestinian factions, Jibril Rajoub, the Palestinian Authority's national security adviser, said yesterday at the end... UN overwhelmingly adopts draft condemning W. Bank fence Ha'aretz 7/21/2004 NEW YORK - The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted on Tuesday a resolution condemning Israel's West Bank separation fence, with 150 nations voting in... Sharon Not Welcome In Paris: Chirac Islam Online 7/20/2004 PARIS, July 20 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – French President Jacques Chirac reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon he is unwelcome in France, in the... EU: Situation in Gaza proves PA must streamline authority Ha'aretz 7/21/2004 CAIRO - The European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, said Tuesday that the deteriorating government and security situation in the Gaza Strip should serve... U.S. official: Arafat blocks probe of U.S. Gaza deaths Ha'aretz 7/21/2004 WASHINGTON - Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat is blocking an investigation to find the killers of three American security guards attacked in the Gaza Strip... UN General Assembly discussing resolution on West Bank fence Ha'aretz 7/21/2004 NEW YORK - A last-minute compromise struck by European Union nations and the Palestinian sponsors of a resolution condemning Israel's West Bank separation fence will... Malaysian Leader, Bush Discuss Middle East The Guardian 7/19/2004 WASHINGTON (AP) - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, meeting Monday with President Bush, played down differences over U.S. policies toward Iraq and Israel and... MI official: Iran may provide Hezbollah with chemical weapons Ha'aretz 7/19/2004 Israel must take into consideration the possibility that Iran might provide chemical weapons to Hezbollah, Military Intelligence research chief Brigadier-General Yossi Kuperwasser said Monday... New Zealand still waiting for apology from Israel Ha'aretz 7/18/2004 New Zealand Foreign Minister Phil Goff told Haaretz on Friday that he suspects the passports that Mossad agents tried to obtain illegally might have... UN vote on fence postponed Ha'aretz 7/19/2004 Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom's office said Monday he was seeking European Union support in fighting a Palestinian attempt to secure United Nations sanctions if... New Zealand-Israeli row deepens BBC 7/16/2004 New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says she is not satisfied with Israel's response to a diplomatic row between the two countries. Two Israeli... Sharon urges French Jews to move to Israel Al-Jazeera 7/18/2004 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called on all Jews living in France to leave and move to Israel "immediately" after a rise in... France bars Sharon, cancels visit Al-Jazeera 7/19/2004 French President Jacques Chirac has informed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon "he is not welcome" in Paris after he urged all French Jews to... Lahoud blames Israel for assassination Daily Star 7/20/2004 Beirut Mp insinuates US embassy knew about blast that killed hizbullah man -- BEIRUT: Israel was blamed on Monday for a car bomb that claimed... No Palestinian Decision to Ban Entry of Larsen, Says Al-Kidwa Palestine Media Center 7/15/2004 Annan Supports Mideast Envoy as ‘Angry’ PNA Reactions Continue -- The Palestinian UN Observer Nasser Al-Kidwa said Wednesday that statements by Palestine Nation Authority (PNA... Cam Kerry promises support for Israel, on his brother's behalf Ha'aretz 7/16/2004 During his visit to Israel, Cameron Kerry, brother and political adviser to Democratic senator and presidential nominee, John Kerry, said he is mostly "learning... Aussie PM Howard mulling mediation between Israel and NZ Maariv 7/16/2004 Tells a radio interviewer: we need to take a long term perspective. -- In a radio interview Friday morning, Prime Minister John Howard of Australia... UN debates barrier today Maariv 7/15/2004 NRG Maariv obtains draft in which Palestinians demand Israel dismantle barrier and pay compensation. Also implies need to impose sanctions. -- Israel must dismantle the... U.S. administration revokes plan to monitor settlement freeze Ha'aretz 7/16/2004 The American administration has revoked its plan to set up a team of experts to monitor the construction freeze in the West Bank and... Mossad may get legislated after NZ fiasco Al-Jazeera 7/16/2004 A diplomatic row with New Zealand following the jailing of two Israeli spies has prompted calls for legislation to oversee the country's Mossad overseas... New Zealand FM: Israel must admit role in passport affair Ha'aretz 7/16/2004 New Zealand Foreign Minister Phil Goff on Friday laid out his country's requirements for improved relations with Israel, including an admission of responsibility for... General Assembly debates implementing ICJ ruling Ha'aretz 7/16/2004 The United Nations General Assembly held an emergency session Friday to discuss a draft resolution demanding that Israel comply with last week's International Court... EU warns Israel aid depends on political dialogue Ha'aretz 7/13/2004 BRUSSELS - EU aid to Israel will depend on better cooperation from the Jewish state, the bloc's Dutch presidency said on Monday, but he failed... Sharon links TA bombing to ICJ ruling Ha'aretz 7/12/2004 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared that the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv yesterday that took the life of a woman soldier and wounded dozens... U.S. team to set limits on settlement construction Ha'aretz 7/12/2004 The U.S. administration is establishing a team of experts that will conduct negotiations with Israel concerning demarcation of the boundaries of construction in the... Palestinians Welcome ICJ'S Ruling, Seek UN Action Islam Online 7/11/2004 NABLUS, July 11 (IslamOnline.net) - Palestinian citizens and resistance factions welcomed the "historic" ruling by the International Court of Justice on the illegality of Israel's... Israel reroutes barrier closer to borders; UN: PA in danger of collapse Daily Star 7/14/2004 UN says PA in danger of colLapse -- The United Nations said on Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority was in danger of collapse, blasting Palestinian... Larsen launches attack on Arafat, PA's failure to reform Ha'aretz 7/13/2004 NEW YORK - The United Nation's Middle East envoy Terje Larsen launched a rare attack on Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and the failure of... Israel to alter wall route Al-Jazeera 7/13/2004 Israel is redrawing the route of its West Bank wall in line with an Israeli High Court order. An Israeli security source on Tuesday... UN to hold session on separation fence on Friday Ha'aretz 7/14/2004 United Nations spokesmen in New York indicated on Tuesday that the UN will hold an emergency session on Friday to discuss last week's International... Sacred right to fight terror overrides court, says Sharon The Guardian 7/12/2004 Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon, said yesterday that the world court's ruling against his country's vast barrier through the West Bank encouraged terrorists, shortly... U.S. envoys meet PM amid bid to re-settle outposts Ha'aretz 7/13/2004 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Tuesday told visiting U.S. envoys that Israel intends to dismantle illegal outposts in the West Bank as soon as... US: No Palestinian state likely by 2005 Al-Jazeera 7/13/2004 It is "increasingly unlikely" that a Palestinian state will be created by 2005 as envisaged by a US-backed peace plan, the US State Department... Annan, PNA and Arabs Take ICJ Ruling to UN General Assembly Palestine Media Center 7/10/2004 US Veto on Court Decision Will Embarrass Washington, Say Palestinians -- While preparing to diplomatically build on the ‘Advisory Opinion’ ruling by the International Court... UN General Assembly to Meet Friday on ICJ Ruling Palestine Media Center 7/13/2004 Arab nations finalized on Monday a draft UN resolution that the General Assembly of the United Nations will debate in an emergency session on... Preparations under way to move West Bank barrier route The Guardian 7/13/2004 Cartographers have begun work to move the planned route of the controversial barrier between the West Bank and Israel, in line with an Israeli... ElBaradei says Israel willing to enter nuclear disarmament dialogue Maariv 7/9/2004 But only in second stage of Road Map. During meeting with Sharon, IAEA chief says Israel should open nuclear facilities to inspection. -- Israel is... NY Senators Clinton and Schumer denounce ICJ ruling Ha'aretz 7/9/2004 NEW YORK - New York's two senators, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer, joined Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Gillerman, in front of... White House brushes aside ruling on separation fence Ha'aretz 7/9/2004 The White House on Friday brushed aside a ruling by the International Court of Justice on the West Bank separation fence, saying it didn't... Israel: ICJ fence ruling fails to address Palestinian terror Ha'aretz 7/9/2004 In a response to the ruling of the International Court of Justice on the West Bank separation fence, Israel said Friday that the court... Sharon tells UN he wants a Middle East free of nuclear arms The Guardian 7/9/2004 Israel and the UN's nuclear watchdog reached a public understanding yesterday with Ariel Sharon committing himself to the vision of a Middle East free... Olmert heads for Ankara in effort to mend strained relations Ha'aretz 7/9/2004 Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is slated to visit Turkey next week and meet with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in what will... International Court of Justice: 'Fence' must be dismantled, not necessary to attain security aims Ha'aretz 7/9/2004 The International Court of Justice will rule on Friday that the separation fence contravenes international law, that it must be dismantled, and that compensation... Palestinian PM: No Peace At All With Israel’s Apartheid Wall Palestine Media Center 7/8/2004 Egypt Suspends Gaza Initiative, Israel Refuses to Meet Quartet -- The Palestine National Authority (PNA) denied on Wednesday receiving any warnings from the Quartet of... Video: 'Others in region see Israel as a real threat' BBC 7/8/2004 Video: The BBC's Barbara Plett -- "Other countries in the region actually see Israel as a real threat... 'Hope' for nuclear-free Mid-East BBC 7/8/2004 The head of UN's nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, has said he has seen a "glimmer of hope" for a nuclear-free Middle East. After meeting... Official: Israel won't alter policy of 'nuclear ambiguity' Ha'aretz 7/8/2004 A senior Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) official said on Thursday that Israel has no plans to alter its policy of nuclear ambiguity. The... Israel snubs European mediators Al-Jazeera 7/8/2004 Israel has refused to meet a European group of mediators that had come to discuss Israel's planned unilateral withdrawal from Gaza. Representatives of the... Nuclear watchdog's selective bite Al-Jazeera 7/7/2004 Does Israel have an unwritten right to possess weapons of mass destruction while neighbouring Arab and Muslim states run the risk of sanctions and... Quartet tells Palestinians to carry out reforms or lose aid Ha'aretz 7/7/2004 Envoys tell PM Qureia they are 'sick and tired' of Palestinian failure to carry out reforms; diplomat says Arafat 'has done nothing.'The quartet... Quartet tells Arafat: Reform or else Al-Jazeera 7/7/2004 The quartet of Middle East mediators has told the Palestinian Authority to carry out long-delayed security reforms or risk losing international support and funding... Settlement Expert Assesses Hazards Resulting from Israeli Withdrawal of Gaza Strip International Press Center 7/6/2004 Dr. Yousef Ibrahim asserted that the issue of Israeli settlements reflected an important and sensitive perspective of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as Israel continues to... Quartet Representatives Meet in Jerusalem Today International Press Center 7/6/2004 GAZA, July 6, 2004 (IPC + Agencies) - - The representatives of the international Quartet Committee for Middle East peace were expected to meet today at the... Israel Set to Defy ICJ Ruling, Asks for US Veto Palestine Media Center 7/3/2004 Ahead of an advisory ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on July 9 on the legality of the Apartheid... PLO Rejects Forming ‘Gaza Administration Authority’ Palestine Media Center 7/6/2004 Quartet in Jerusalem Tuesday, Suleiman Expected Back Late July -- Ahead of a Quartet meeting in Jerusalem on Tuesday and after Egyptian–Israeli talks in... Israel seeks European support against ICJ ruling Ha'aretz 7/6/2004 Israel hopes to bury the International Court of Justice ruling on the separation fence, which is due on Friday, by persuading European countries not... ElBaradei says will not pressure Israel on nuclear issue Ha'aretz 7/6/2004 Dr. Mohammed ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Tuesday at the start of a visit to Israel that he did not... Powell: U.S. disappointed at rate outposts have been removed Ha'aretz 7/7/2004 WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday that the administration was disappointed by the Israeli government's failure to fulfill its promise to... IAEA Boss In 'Zero-Chance Task' On Israeli Nukes Islam Online 7/6/2004 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, July 6 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed El-Baradie, is expected in Israel Tuesday, July 6... FM to meet Rice in U.S. on pullout plan Ha'aretz 7/2/2004 Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom is due to meet U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of State Colin Powell in Washington on Friday... Israel slams mock fence set up at Danish rock festival Ha'aretz 7/2/2004 COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Israeli officials criticized a Danish aid group Thursday for erecting a plywood wall at one of Europe's largest music festivals to protest... Dahlan: Egypt does not want role in Gaza Jerusalem Times 7/1/2004 Former Minister for Interior Affairs, Muhammad Dahlan, told Al-Arabiya Web site on Tuesday that Egypt is not looking for a role in Gaza Strip... El Al to renew flights to Istanbul on Sunday Ha'aretz 7/2/2004 Israel and Turkey reached an agreement on the security arrangements in Istanbul on Friday that will enable El Al to renew its flights to... Washington objects Holding Presidential Election in Palestine International Middle East Media Center 7/2/2004 U.S. official sources said today that the U.S. administration opposes an initiative to hold presidential elections in Palestine suggested for January 2005. Having said... Shalom to U.S.: Israel committed to removing W. Bank outposts Ha'aretz 7/3/2004 Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom on Friday said that Israel was committed to dismantling all illegal West Bank outposts, as demanded by the United States... Anti wall meeting Jerusalem Times 7/1/2004 Qurei convenes Cabinet near Jerusalem -- Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei said Wednesday the Israeli barrier in the West Bankshould be removed altogether, and not only... PM Qurei: Entire Apartheid Wall Should Be Torn down Palestine Media Center 7/1/2004 Israeli Ministers Initiate Legislation to Override Court’s Ruling -- Ahead of an advisory ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on... U.S. Rebukes Israel on West Bank Outposts The Guardian 7/1/2004 JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli list of its unauthorized West Bank outposts drew a public rebuke Thursday from U.S. officials, who said the Jewish state...

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Tulkarem invaded, houses destroyed International Solidarity Movement 7/28/2004 Tulkarem] Wednesday 28th August, Israeli soldiers and Border Police invaded Tulkarem Refugee Camp in large numbers, surrounding homes and firing sound bombs and rubber... UN: Palestinians suffer Israeli occupation Al-Jazeera 7/30/2004 Economic and living conditions are getting worse for Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem as a result of Israeli occupation, a UN... PNA Calls on World Support in Rafah Border Crisis International Press Center 7/29/2004 RAFAH, Palestine, July 29, 2004 (IPC + Agencies)-- The Palestinian National Authority today called on the American administration and the European Union to intervene immediately... Weekly report on human rights violations Electronic Intifada/PCHR 7/29/2004 Israeli occupying forces have perpetrated more violations of human rights against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). This week, 13 Palestinians, mostly... Freedom March from Jenin to Jerusalem International Solidarity Movement 7/29/2004 Friday, July 30 in Zububa: Palestinians, internationals and Israelis will march along the path of the Apartheid Wall, beginning in the Jenin area, through... Report on Yabad Roadblock Removal Action International Solidarity Movement 7/29/2004 Almost immediately the Military fired several canisters into the unarmed crowd. --[Jenin]Today 25 ISM activists from the Nablus and Jenin regions traveled to... US Church Halts Projects in Israel in Protest of the Wall International Middle East Media Center 7/28/2004 The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA issued a statement in which it authorized exploration of a selective divestment of church... Israeli-made fabric wall shield can stop Qassams Ha'aretz 7/29/2004 An Israeli company has developed a wall covering that can prevent Qassam rockets from penetrating a room, says Achidatex of Upper Nazareth, a manufacturer... Tree-planting.. New Means to Grab Palestinian Land for Settlements International Press Center 7/28/2004 GAZA, July 28, 2004 (IPC + Agencies)-- Israel, the Occupying Power, has originated a new racist means to grab and plunder the Palestinian lands, through... Israel Seeks to Whitewash Activist Killing International Press Center 7/29/2004 GAZA, Palestine, July 29, 2004 (IPC)-- An Israeli legal lobby has organized a campaign to defend the Israeli soldier who shot and killed a... Defense Ministry official: Fence won't run along 1967 line Ha'aretz 7/29/2004 The West Bank barrier will not follow the 1967 boundary, despite last month's High Court of Justice ruling that the current route violates Palestinian... Abu Safiya: Israel Carried Out Excavations Works during the 14th day of Closing the Rafah Terminal International Press Center 7/29/2004 The director of the Borders and Border Terminals Security in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Colonel Salim Abu Safiya, said that there were 2,500... Vanunu to be questioned on possible parole violation Ha'aretz 7/29/2004 Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu is to be questioned by police in the coming days, in connection with a possible violation of the terms of... Knesset Extends Family Unification Law for Six Months B'tselem 7/21/2004 On 21 July, 2004, the Knesset extended the Family Unification Law for an additional six months. The law was initially passed last summer as... Jewish groups: Raze mosques, rebuild temple Al-Jazeera 7/29/2004 Al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock mosques have come under several attacks since 1967 as Jewish groups prepared for construction of the Third... Audio interview: ISM's Radhika Sainath, editor of "Peace Under Fire" Electronic Intifada/CKUT Radio Montreal 7/29/2004 Download the file (7.8 MB, MP3 format, 17 mins). -- "Peace Under Fire" is a recently published collection of written accounts, drawn from the web-logs... Ennab Gate; a new crossing point to harm Tulkarem Residents International Middle East Media Center 7/27/2004 Checkpoints, spread all over the Palestinian territories became the daily hardship, among all other military procedures, which is affecting the daily lives of the... On Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails… Violations and Torture: Part 1 International Press Center 7/27/2004 Since the Al Aqsa Intifada broke out on September 28, 2000,the Israeli forces have stepped up theirarrests of the Palestinian citizens, through arbitrary... Palestinian Prisoners to Start Hunger Strike as 800 of Them Remain Untreated Inside Israeli Jails International Press Center 7/27/2004 GAZA, July 27, 2004 (IPC)-- The 7,500 Palestinian prisoners inside the Israeli jails and concentration camps have moved health care to the top of... Beit Hanoun officials: IDF destroyed land Ha'aretz 7/28/2004 Beit Hanoun city hall officials are complaining that every Israel Defense Forces incursion into the Gazan city is causing damage to the infrastructure, and... Children, Artists Paint Mural on Apartheid Wall in Mas'ha International Womens' Peace Service 7/18/2004 Includes photos and video link -- For almost nine months, Maisa, Assia, Ishak, Nidal, and Shaad have looked out their front door to see an... Human Tragedy at Egypt-Gaza Borders International Middle East Media Center 7/27/2004 Egyptian officials said Monday that more than 2000 Palestinians have been gathered at the Egyptian side of the borders of the Gaza Strip for... Israel expands West Bank settlements The Guardian 7/27/2004 Aerial photos reveal extent of land grab, say peace groups -- Months after Ariel Sharon announced his dramatic plan to pull Jewish settlers out of... Costly Fines Against Palestinian Prisoners… Another IOF Scenario to Put Them into Squeeze International Press Center 7/25/2004 GAZA, July 25, 2004 (IPC)-- The policy of imposing high fines on the Palestinian prisoners inside the Israeli occupation jails has become an increasingly... March to Holy Sites in Jeruslaem International Solidarity Movement 7/23/2004 March to Jerusalem Holy Sites]This morning we gathered at around 11 AM. The plan was to meet hundreds of Palestinians from Jenin, Tulkarem... Detailed Report of March to Jerusalem International Solidarity Movement 7/24/2004 On Friday July 23 the ISM, the Campaign to Stop the Wall, the General Union of Palestinian Women and the National and Islamic Forces... Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 15 - 21 July 2004 Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 7/23/2004 6 Palestinians, including 3 civilians, one of whom is a child, were killed by Israeli troops / Israeli troops carried out an assassination attempt in... PCHR Calls upon the International Community to Immediately Intervene to Reopen Rafah Terminal Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 7/25/2004 PCHR calls upon the international community and humanitarian organizations to immediately intervene and pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to reopen Rafah Terminal on the... 6 Palestinians, Including 2 Children, Extra-Judicially Executed by Israeli Troops Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 7/26/2004 In violation of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, on Sunday evening, 25 July 2004, Israeli occupying forces committed another extra-judicial execution... Full Report on Izbat Al Tabib, Qalqilia International Solidarity Movement 7/25/2004 Izbat Al Tabib, Qalqilya]On July 17, 70 internationals and Israelis from ISM, IWPS, GIPP and the Israeli groups Ta’ayush and Anarchists Against the... Six Palestinians Killed in Tulkarem International Solidarity Movement 7/26/2004 This Ha’aretz description bears little resemblance to what happened on the ground. -- Tulkarem]According to Ha’aretz Daily on-line Sunday evening: "Six armed Palestinians were... Press Conference for Detained Activists International Solidarity Movement 7/26/2004 Jerusalem]A press conference was held Monday, July 26, in East Jerusalem to discuss the Israeli government’s efforts to block human rights activists and... Israeli Soldier Wounds Citizen Critically for Calling Him a "Liar" International Press Center 7/26/2004 GAZA, July 26, 2004 (IPC + Arab48) -- Israeli news reports mentioned today that the Israeli military police are investigation an incident on one of Nablus... Court backs Vanunu travel ban The Guardian 7/26/2004 The Israeli supreme court today upheld a travel ban on nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, refusing to let him move abroad on the grounds that... High Court orders halt to demolition in Wadi Ara village Ha'aretz 7/21/2004 The High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction Tuesday afternoon blocking the Israel Defense Forces from demolishing a two-story sewing factory in the... High radioactivity recorded in Israel Al-Jazeera 7/20/2004 Worringly high levels of radioactivity have been discovered in southern Israel's underground water table. According to scientific research published on Wednesday, the soaring radioactivity... AI Protests Ongoing Supply of Bulldozers by Caterpillar to Israel International Press Center 7/20/2004 GAZA, July 20, 2004 (IPC + Agencies)-- The head of the Amnesty International's Jordan branch handed a letter to the dealership of the US giant... Israel Warns Europe Against Growing Muslim Population Ha'aretz 7/21/2004 CAIRO, July 20 (IslamOnline.net) – The growing Muslim population across Europe poses threats to the continent's security and social fabric, claims a "classified" Israeli Foreign... Successful Non violent Action in Balatta Camp International Solidarity Movement 7/19/2004 Nablus, ISM activist - 20 Jul 04 - The Israeli Occupation Army invaded Balata Refugee Camp, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, late Tuesday... IOF Destroys Marketplace in Barta International Solidarity Movement 7/20/2004 Jenin, ISM activist 20 Jul 04 - The army claimed the reason for the demolition of the shops was that they had been built "without... Secret Evidence Does Not Incriminate American Peace Activist International Solidarity Movement 7/18/2004 Tel Aviv District Court Judge Oded Mudrik, in a hearing today regarding American peace activist Ann Petter who has been detained for 26 days... International Medical Volunteer Witnesses the Execution of Unarmed Palestinian International Solidarity Movement 7/17/2004 Balata, Nablus] At approximately 7:20 PM, Israeli soldiers shot and killed Yasser Khalil Tantawi, an unarmed 20 year-old Palestinian man in the streets... Unarmed, Fourteen Year-Old Shot Dead in the Balata Refugee Camp during the Israeli Military’s Nightly Incursion: Military Jeeps Still Present in Balata International Solidarity Movement 7/19/2004 Balata, Nablus] At approximately 8:15 PM this evening, 14 year-old Hussam Abu Zaytuna was shot and killed in the cemetery of the Balata... Palestinians and Internationals Protest the Apartheid Wall’s Division of Barta International Solidarity Movement 7/17/2004 Barta, Jenin] A crowd of over 100 Palestinian and international protesters gathered today outside the checkpoint of Um al Rihan which controls traffic in... Israeli Military Provokes the Unrecognized Village Residents of Izbat Tabib after Today’s Peaceful Protest International Solidarity Movement 7/17/2004 Izbat Tabib, Qalqilia] Israeli border police entered the village of Izbat Tabib and threatened the residents with arrest and home demolitions after a nonviolent... British Peace Trip to the oPt and Western Jews Revolt Against Zionism International Press Center 7/18/2004 GAZA, July 18, 2004 (IPC + Al Bayan)-- A number of British citizens have declared their intention to start a peace trip to the occupied... Palestinian Prisoners at Israeli Hospitals Slowly Die International Press Center 7/18/2004 BETHLEHEM, Palestine, July 18, 2004 (IPC) - - The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed that the Palestinian prisoners being treated in the Israeli prison hospitals suffer... Breaking the Silence: Occupation soldiers give visual and written accounts of their experience in Hebron Electronic Intifada/Shovrim Shtika 7/16/2004 Closing a school, abusing civilians at a check point, following orders, staying in a family's comandeered home, posing for trophy photos with enemy bodies... Israeli High Court Rejects PCHR Appeal Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 7/15/2004 In a session held on 13 July 2004, the Israeli High Court rejected an appeal submitted by PCHR on behalf of a number of... Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 08 - 14 July 2004 Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 7/15/2004 13 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including a child and a woman, were killed by Israeli troops / One of the victims was killed in an extra-judicial... U.S. peace activist's case returned to court Ha'aretz 7/16/2004 The Supreme Court yesterday returned the case of the American peace activist Anne Robinson-Petter, who was refused entry to Israel, to the Tel Aviv... Obstacles Prevent Palestinians From Studying Abroad Islam Online 7/16/2004 GAZA, July 16 (IslamOnline.net) - Following the announcement of the results of the General Secondary School examinations, Palestinian students started thinking about what colleges they... AG Mazuz proposes changes to Citizen Law Ha'aretz 7/16/2004 Attorney General Menachem Mazuz yesterday proposed amending the controversial Citizenship Law that bars Palestinians married to Israelis from obtaining their spouse's citizenship. The temporary... ISM activists use Birthright program to get to Israel Ha'aretz 7/16/2004 Max, a volunteer for the International Solidarity Movement and a student at Bir Zeit University, is hardly a poster child for birthright israel - a... Israeli Soldier Joins Wave of Refusniks International Press Center 7/12/2004 GAZA, July 12, 2004 (IPC + WAFA) -- an Israeli reservist soldier reiterated his refusal to serve among the ranks of the Israeli occupying forces (IOF... Two peace activists refused entry ask court to overturn ban Ha'aretz 7/12/2004 Two human rights activists who have been refused entry into Israel petitioned the Tel Aviv District Court yesterday to overturn the Interior Ministry's decision... Al-Hwani Family Loses Second Son in Two Weeks International Solidarity Movement 7/4/2004 Nablus - Kole 4 Jul 04 -- Last night, the military reentered Balata from the southern entrance of the camp. Two jeeps and a hummer where... Returning to the Land International Solidarity Movement 7/9/2004 Jerusalem - Max 9 Jul 04 -- [Biddu] I have not been here in months. The streets and shops are all the same. Boys riding their... “At Least Our Martyrs are in Heaven, but Our Prisoner’s Still Live in Hell” International Solidarity Movement 7/5/2004 Nablus - Kole 5 Jul 04 -- Report on July 5th Action and Testimonials from Prisoner’s families: The words come from the mother of Bassam Mohamed... Report finds serious flaws in Jerusalem hospital's treatment of Palestinian patient Ha'aretz 7/13/2004 The management, several senior physicians and a nurse at Jerusalem's Sha'are Zedek Medical Center have been subjected to unprecedented criticism in a report presented... Amnesty International - Torn Apart: Families split by discriminatory policies Amnesty International 7/13/2004 A new law passed by the Israeli parliament on 31 July 2003 bars family unification for Israelis who are married to Palestinians from the... UN Envoy Condemns Killing of an Elderly by Israeli Bulldozer International Press Center 7/13/2004 GAZA, Palestine, July 13,2004 (IPC + Agencies)-- United Nations Special Envoy to the Middle East , Terje-Roed Larsen, condemned yesterday night the Israeli killing of an... Action Alert! - Families Being Held Hostage in Nablus International Solidarity Movement 7/8/2004 Possibly Being Used as Human Shields -- [Nablus, West Bank] At approximately 4:00PM this afternoon the Israeli military surrounded the Abu Raed building, near... Judge Upholds Deportation Order of American Peace Activist International Solidarity Movement 7/8/2004 Tel Aviv] Tel Aviv District Court Judge upheld the Ministry of Interior's deportation order of American peace activist Ann Petter. Judge Mudrik accepted the... Women’s Actions Against the Occupation in Various West Bank Cities International Solidarity Movement 7/8/2004 On Saturday July 10, 2004 mass women actions will be held in various cities of the West Bank protesting the oppressive policies of the... In Pictures: ICJ Rules Against Israeli Barrier Islam Online 7/9/2004 The World Court rules on Friday, July 9, 2004, that Israel's West Bank barrier, which has caused hardship for thousands of Palestinians, violates international... Cutting Through Livelihood Islam Online 7/9/2004 Multimedia (Flash) presentation on the apartheid wall... Israel's 'security wall': the findings The Guardian 7/9/2004 According to Reuters, the leaked report from the international court of justice has condemned Israel's barrier. These are its main findings: · The Court, from... Report: Adalah Demands banning army from stripping the detainees International Middle East Media Center 7/9/2004 The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, filed an appeal Wednesday, through its lawyer, Abeer Baker, to the Israeli Prisons department... ICJ: West Bank fence is illegal, Israel must tear it down; urges UN Security Council to consider action to stop fence Ha'aretz 7/9/2004 The International Court of Justice ruled Friday in The Hague that the separation fence being built by Israel in the West Bank was in... Female Prisoners in Al-Ramla Prison facing daily suffering International Middle East Media Center 7/9/2004 Hanan Al-Khatib, a lawyer at the Palestinian Prisoner society, visited a number of female detainees in Al-Ramla detention camp, which includes 45 female detainees... New settler outpost belies Sharon's pledge Al-Jazeera 7/9/2004 Jewish settlers, under the protection of the Israeli army, have erected a new illegal outpost in the West Bank city of Hebron, grabbing an... International court rules against Israel's wall The Guardian 7/9/2004 Palestinian leaders today said they would seek UN sanctions against Israel after the international court of justice ruled that the barrier being built around... Rafah: Misery, blood, tears, suffering, blackness, sorrow and fear Rafah Today 7/6/2004 Photo essay -- The moment that Yassir's father arrived the hospital after he has been told about the killing of his son, as some relatives... Twenty Palestinian Detainees Wounded After Protest In Israeli Jail Palestine Media Center 7/7/2004 Beer Sheba Detainees Go on Hunger strike, MP Barghouthi Denied Visits -- Palestinian Council of Ministers on Tuesday decried the Israeli assault on Palestinians in... Court to Deliver Opinion on Israel Barrier The Guardian 7/8/2004 Associated Press: "About one-fourth has been completed, much of it close to the pre-1967 border, but some dipping into the West Bank." - sic... Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 01 - 07 July 2004 Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 7/8/2004 17 Palestinians, 14 of them are civilians, including 6 children and a man suffering from a cognitive disorder, were killed by Israeli troops / One... Background / The West Bank barrier on trial: A pocket guide Ha'aretz 7/8/2004 On Friday, the International Court of Justice in the Hague is to rule on one of the most closely watched and potentially incendiary questions... Gaza loses farmland to front line BBC 7/5/2004 Ahmad Masri's home is next to his fields and from it, he watched the Israeli army destroy his orchards. The farm, near the town... Inmates in riot at Israeli jail BBC 7/6/2004 Dozens of Palestinians have rioted at an Israeli prison, wounding at least two jailers before being dispersed. Reports said inmates used boiling liquid to... Tel Aviv court orders expulsion of American ISM activist Ha'aretz 7/8/2004 Tel Aviv District Court Judge Oded Modrik on Thursday ruled to expel New Yorker Anne Robinson-Petter, the 44-year-old graphic and video artist who... Vanessa Redgrave makes humanitarian appeal for Gaza and the West Bank Electronic Intifada/UNRWA 7/7/2004 JERUSALEM, JULY 1ST 2004 - The actress and human rights activist Vanessa Redgrave has made an appeal to the international community to increase its emergency... The Men of Biddu International Solidarity Movement 7/4/2004 Jerusalem, Doreen 4 Jul 04 -- Riding into the village of Biddu, I first noticed the well-lit, spacious andmodern settlement in the hills. Below and... U.S. Peace Activist Remains in Detention After Hearing Electronic Intifada/International Solidarity Movement 7/7/2004 STATE OF ISRAEL REFUSES TO ALLOW DEFENSE TO VIEW "SECRET EVIDENCE" -- Tel Aviv, 6 July 2004 -- American peace activist Ann Petter who has been... Twenty Palestinian Detainees Wounded After Protest In Israeli Jail Palestine Media Center 7/7/2004 Beer Sheba Detainees Go on Hunger strike, MP Barghouthi Denied Visits -- Palestinian Council of Ministers on Tuesday decried the Israeli assault on Palestinians in... 200 Palestinians Demonstrate against the Wall in Salfit, others remove road bloacks in Tulkarem  International Middle East Media Center 7/5/2004 More than 200 residents of Az Zawiya village, joined by 10 international supporters, confronted a phalanx of army jeeps and hummers today, as they... Palestinian Prisoners Suffer from violations conducted by Druze Soldiers International Middle East Media Center 7/5/2004 Palestinian detainees in Israel detention camps tell horrible stories of violations and assaults they are subjected to in Israeli detention camps, above all, what... MK Bishara's Hunger Strike Enters its Third Day International Middle East Media Center 7/5/2004 The open ended hunger strike declared by the Arab Member of Knesset Dr. Azmi Bishara enters its third day in the protest tent set... High Court Suspends Wall Section Construction Near Salfit International Middle East Media Center 7/6/2004 The Israeli High Court of Justice issued an interim injunction Tuesday ordering army to halt work on the section of the separation wall near... Solidarity with the Actions Taking Place NOW against the Apartheid Wall in Jerusalem PENGON/Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign 7/5/2004 The Anti Apartheid Wall Campaign is calling on national and international solidarity with the current wave of anti-Wall activities that began with the hunger... Palestinians Advocate for Prisoners’ Rights International Solidarity Movement 7/4/2004 Tulkarem, Max 4 Jul 04 -- [Tulkarem] As part of Palestine’s Freedom Summer Campaign, a large number of Palestinians gathered this morning to remember their... Protesters March on Salem Military Base International Solidarity Movement 7/4/2004 Jenin, Catherine, ISM 4 Jul 04 -- [Salem, JENIN} Today around 100 demonstrators, a relatively even mix of Palestinian families and international and Israeli activists... Vanunu gets foreign experts to testify in his petition to the Court Ha'aretz 7/7/2004 Restrictions imposed by the Defense Ministry have made it impossible for Mordechai Vanunu to hire Israeli experts to submit evidence for his petition to... Judge acquits Palestinian psychologist arrested in Gaza raid Ha'aretz 7/7/2004 The indictment against Dr. Fadel Abu Hin of the Sajaiyeh refugee camp in Gaza reads like hundreds of others submitted against Palestinians in the... Archimandrite Hanna Warns Apartheid Wall Will Jeopardize Christian Holy Sites International Press Center 7/6/2004 GAZA, July 6, 2004 (IPC + Agencies) - - Archimandrite Atallah Hanna, the official spokesman for the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem and the Holy Land, warned yesterday... Analysis / Children of migrant workers will remain ghosts Ha'aretz 7/7/2004 The campaign to "legalize" the status of children of migrant workers, which began with great fanfare, is ending in a whimper. The several hundred... Panel to legalize foreign workers' children Ha'aretz 7/7/2004 The ministerial committee for population registration, headed by Interior Minister Avraham Poraz, is due to convene soon to authorize conferring legal status in Israel... Dimona’s Buried Nuclear Waste Spreads Cancer and Sterility in Southern Hebron and Negev International Press Center 7/6/2004 GAZA, July 6, 2004 (IPC + Agencies) - - Nearly 70 cancer cases and the sterile rate soared to 62% among males and females in the villages... Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 24 - 30 June 2004 Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 7/1/2004 17 Palestinians, including 2 children and a mentally disabled man, were killed by Israeli Occuppying Forces (IOF) / 7 of the victims were killed in... Palestinians Blast Israeli Bid To Block Aqsa Restoration Islam Online 7/2/2004 NABLUS , July 2 (IslamOnline.net) – Palestinians reacted with anger to Israeli army’s attempts to stop restoration works inside Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site. Israeli... Israeli Separation Wall "Fatal Policy": Vanessa Redgrave Islam Online 7/2/2004 GAZA CITY, July2 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Oscar-winning British actress and political activist Vanessa Redgrave has called Israel’s construction of the separation wall in the... 81 British Members of Parliament Expresss Human Rights Concerns With Israel's Citizenship and Family Unification Law Electronic Intifada 7/1/2004 81 British Members of Parliament representing all the major parties have supported an Early Day Motion expressing grave human rights concerns with Israel's possible... The State of the Prisoners Jerusalem Times 7/1/2004 Palestinian mothers foster released prisoners -- Palestinian women are distinguished for having a limitless ability to sacrifice and give to the cause, driven by a... ACRI publishes its annual report on the State of Human Rights Association for Civil Rights in Israel 6/30/2004 Among the main issues covered by the report: The serious violation of workers rights and the rights of those seeking employment; the intensified rights... East Jerusalem residents demand to be annexed to PA Maariv 7/1/2004 Court ruling on barrier prompts Nuaman villagers to file petition demanding to be on Palestinian side, this after 37 years of attempts to receive... ISM Update: Settlers uproot trees, Palestinians under siege International Solidarity Movement 6/30/2004 1) Freedom Summer Campaign Action Update / 2) Israeli Supreme Court Suspends Wall Construction in NW Jerusalem District/ 3) Az-Zawiya and Deir Ballut demonstrations / 4... Round-table Discussions on Indigenous and Minority Rights at the HRA Miftah/Arab Association for Human Rights 7/1/2004 In recent weeks the Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA) has hosted an impromptu series of round-table discussions on indigenous and minority rights that... Gaza Journalists Protest Targeting Media Outlets by Israeli Warplanes International Press Center 7/1/2004 GAZA, Palestine, July1, 2004 (IPC Exclusive)--Scores of local Palestinian journalists in Gaza City gathered on Thursday morning in front of the Al-Shawa and...

Economy..

Teva influenced by Nasdaq's drop Maariv 7/30/2004 Haim Israel of Excellence-Nessuah: “Teva's place in Nasdaq 100 makes it vulnerable to the fluctuations in index”. -- Several possible explanations have recently been offered... UN report: 63 percent of Palestinians below poverty line Ha'aretz 7/30/2004 BEIRUT - Some two million Palestinians were living on less than 2.1 euro a day, a poverty rate of 63 percent, in mid-2003, according... Report, EC: EU development aid to Palestine Electronic Intifada 7/29/2004 BRUSSELS -- This year, assistance to the Palestinians from the European Community Budget is set to amount to around €250 million. This includes a package... Palestinians fight to export their olive oil Alternative Information Center 7/30/2004 Solidarity groups and charities now sell directly to consumers in europe. Up to half of the crop goes to waste. Agriculture in the occupied... Israel stops delivery of Coca Cola into Gaza Jerusalem Times 7/29/2004 The Palestinian National Beverages Company/Coca Cola is facing trouble getting its products into the Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli measures on... PNA and Turkey sign free trade agreement Jerusalem Times 7/29/2004 The Palestinian National Authority and the Turkish government recently signed a free trade agreement in Istanbul. The agreement includes customs pardons and exchange of... Mazuz: Port workers' strike undermines rule of law Ha'aretz 7/27/2004 Attorney General Menachem Mazuz said Tuesday in a letter to Histadrut Chairman Amir Peretz that the port workers' strike undermined the rule of law... Police mull charges against energy baron Ha'aretz 7/20/2004 The police may press charges against energy baron Yossi Maiman for illegally trying to sway the result of the Israel Electric Corporation natural gas... Palestinians Go For Low-priced Chinese Goods Islam Online 7/18/2004 GAZA CITY , July 18 (IslamOnline.net) – Four years of Israeli closure of their towns and watertight restrictions on the movement of workers have forced Palestinian... Court issues injunction against IMI cancellation of Magen sale to General Defense Globes 7/19/2004 The Tel Aviv District Court also forbade Israel Military Industries from foreclosing the $3 million guarantee. -- The Tel Aviv District Court yesterday issued an... IEC: We won't cancel Egypt gas deal Globes 7/19/2004 The negotiations and approval of the EMG deal will continue as planned."-- "Globes" today asked Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) about the future of its... Analysis / The government's attempt to break organized labor Ha'aretz 7/16/2004 Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims that turning the ports into government corporations that will compete with each other will reduce shipping costs and benefit... Port workers strike as reform bill passes Knesset committee Ha'aretz 7/13/2004 Workers at Haifa, Ashdod and Eilat ports took strike action yesterday, just hours after the Knesset Finance Committee passed the government's Ports Bill by... Israel pledges major investment in EU's Galileo project Ha'aretz 7/13/2004 BRUSSELS - Israel declared on Tuesday it would make a major investment in the European Union's Galileo satellite navigation project, a rival to a U.S... Netanyahu says further tax reductions are in store Maariv 7/8/2004 Finance Minister planning to cut VAT by another 1%, says he'll look into introducing negative income tax. -- Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking into... Israeli-Egyptian-Palestinian industrial zone proposed Globes 7/8/2004 The idea was raised at meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs Silvan Shalom and Egypt's intelligence chief General Omar Suleiman. -- Israel and Egypt are... Report: Israel's middle class is shrinking Ha'aretz 7/6/2004 Israel's middle class shrank substantially in the 1990s and now encompasses only a quarter of the nation's households, according to a report published yesterday... Economic Crisis Threatens Generation of Palestinians Jerusalemites/Daily Star 7/1/2004 Youths Face Life of Poverty, Alienation - The following report is the 'World Bank's Summary on the Palestinian Economy and the Settlements'-- The deep economic... Foreign investment in property on the rise Maariv 7/1/2004 Investment from foreign sources doubled in a year. -- Foreigners are beginning to invest more in the property sector and less in shares on the... Milchan closes in on Reshet takeover Ha'aretz 7/2/2004 Israeli expatriate and Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan has agreed in principle to buy Hebrew-language daily Yedioth Ahronoth's share in Channel 2 franchisee Reshet. Sources... Egypt presents Israel with gas deal backup agreement Maariv 7/1/2004 Egyptians reiterate commitment to supply gas to Israel. -- In a sign of improving relations between Israel and Egypt, Egypt transferred a draft agreement to... US wants Israel to halt medication exports to South America Maariv 7/1/2004 Demand raised during discussions about violation of productions rights: Senior official in Teva estimates immediate damage at several million dollars. -- Discussions between Israel and... UNRWA to rebuild 400 homes in Rafah Jerusalem Times 7/1/2004 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has reached agreement with the Palestinian Authority for land to be provided to... Citigroup hails Netanyahu, compares him to Mrs. Thatcher Ha'aretz 7/1/2004 International financial services giant Citigroup has likened Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to such economic heroes as Margaret Thatcher and the late American president Ronald...

People..

First Hebrew Israelite drafted into IDF Ha'aretz 7/30/2004 The first member of the Hebrew Israelite community to enlist in the IDF, Uriahu Butler, 18, was inducted into the army yesterday morning. "This... Intifada doubles enrollment at Palestinian Open University Ha'aretz 7/30/2004 In the West Bank city of Qalqilyah, a town considered by its residents to be a large prison with only one gate, there is... 10-year dig at Qumran claims to overturn Essene connection Ha'aretz 7/30/2004 Located on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, Qumran is famous throughout the world as the place where the Essenes, who have been... In pictures: French Jews in Israel BBC 7/30/2004 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon welcomed some 200 French Jews immigrating to Israel on Wednesday. This came less than two weeks after he sparked... Palestinian woman stuck in Egypt names baby 'Terminal' Middle East Online 7/30/2004 Mother says she named her baby boy 'Maabar' to remind him of misery caused by Israelis at Rafah border crossing. GAZA CITY - A pregnant... In pictures: Beach life in Gaza and Tel Aviv BBC 7/29/2004 Both Israel and the Gaza Strip share a beautiful coastline. By Palestinian standards, the Gaza Strip is a conservative place. Even on the beach... Gaza's deadly great escape BBC 7/29/2004 The beach is the troubled Gaza Strip's only playground and one of the few places where people can go to ease the stresses and... Israeli and Palestinian hoteliers cooperate on marketing Alternative Information Center 7/30/2004 Israeli and Palestinian hotel managers met this week in Jerusalem, under the auspices of the Peres Center for Peace, and agreed on cooperation between... Departing Jews 'not threatened'  The Guardian 7/29/2004 A chartered El Al jet left Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris, yesterday taking 200 French Jews to a new life in Israel, days after... Army veterans, MKs and immigrants form links in protest chain Ha'aretz 7/27/2004 About 130,000 people, according to police estimates - or 200,000, according to the organizers - participated yesterday in the "Israeli chain" in solidarity with the Jewish... Exhibition Reflects Beauty of Islamic Art in Palaces, Mosques Daily Star 7/28/2004 The Muslim Empire once stretched from the Atlantic Ocean, in the west, to India and the borders of China, in the east. Over many... Summer Camps in Nablus: Venting Children's Angst International Press Center 7/26/2004 Palestinian children have suffered from a continuous nightmare that has robbed them their childhood and their right to play and have fun like the... Al Maghtas: New Magazine for Christian Arabs Come And See 7/23/2004 For the first time in decades Christian Arabs in Jordan and Palestine have their own magazine. The first edition of the 40 page glossy... Jewish settlers join 50-mile-long protest at plan to quit Gaza The Guardian 7/26/2004 Tens of thousands of Israelis formed a human chain more than 50 miles long yesterday in protest at the government's plan to withdraw from... Gaza Settlers seeking relocation Maariv 7/20/2004 Ten families from Nissanit set out for Karmiel this morning to check housing options. Their neighbors think it's "shameful". -- More and more settlers in... Palestinian film festival turns lens on the realities of occupation Daily Star 7/21/2004 Impounded projector can't derail Ramallah's celebration of local cineastes -- LONDON: There is something strangely exhilarating about visiting a film festival in a war zone... Ramallah International Film Festival Blows into Town Like Small Tornado Palestine Media Center/San Francisco Chronicle 7/18/2004 Ramallah, West Bank -- The inaugural Ramallah International Film Festival blew into town like a small tornado and then out again on Wednesday. As residents... Palestinian Flag To Flutter In Athens Olympics Islam Online 7/12/2004 GAZA CITY, July 12 (IslamOnline.net) – As the countdown of the Athens Olympics starts, Palestinian athletes are ready to compete in the prestigious event, wishing... Antonyms in Arabic are a strange phenomenon Daily Star 7/13/2004 Antonyms in Arabic are a strange phenomenon. There is a whole category of words that mean one thing as well as its opposite. For... Jazz maestro McLean set to shake things up at Baalbeck Festival Daily Star 7/14/2004 The legend and his quartet will deliver a concert not to be missed -- BEIRUT: So far this summer in Lebanon the buzzwords on all... Muslim Scholars For Promoting Dialogue With The Other Islam Online 7/12/2004 LONDON, July 11 (IslamOnline.net) - An elite of Muslim scholars called Saturday, July 11, for consolidating the principle of dialogue with the other and welcomed... Palestinian Mosques Turn Into Summer Schools Islam Online 7/10/2004 GAZA CITY, July 10 (IslamOnline.net) - As Palestinian students emerge from an exhausting school year, worsened by a grisly Israeli occupation, mosques almost turn into... Pitched battle over Shrek jibe The Guardian 7/13/2004 An Israeli singer whose entry to this year's Eurovision song contest was described as sounding like a strangled cat yesterday won a court order... Despite Perils, Palestinians Volunteer For Red Crescent Islam Online 7/13/2004 GAZA CITY , July 13 (IslamOnline.net) – Despite all perils and driven by a sense of patriotism, Palestinian youths are competing to volunteer for the Palestinian... The last book Al-Ahram Weekly on-line 7/8/2004 Humanism and Democratic Criticism, Edward W Said, New York: Columbia University Press, 2004. pp154 -- Humanism and Democratic Criticism is the last book Edward Said... 'Cirque Eloize,' now entertaining Beiteddine Festival, is not your average circus Daily Star 7/9/2004 Performance tells story of love, human condition -- BEITEDDINE: Wednesday's performance from the Canadian troupe "Cirque Eloize" at the Beiteddine Festival was not your typical... Photographer Fouad Elkoury vows never to take a picture again Daily Star 7/9/2004 After double-barrelled personal and creative crisis, artist finds way forward through film -- BEIRUT: "When you're angry or despaired or depressed art is the only... Barghouthi: 'No normal life under occupation' Daily Star 7/9/2004 BEIRUT: Fadwa Barghouthi, wife of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi who has been in Israeli detention for the past couple of years, said on Thursday... Analysis and Evaluation of the New Palestinian Curriculum Miftah/ IPCRI 7/8/2004 Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information -- REPORT II: Analysis and Evaluation of the New Palestinian Curriculum - Reviewing Palestinian Textbooks and Tolerance Education Program... Poll: 11 percent of right-wingers excuse political violence Ha'aretz 7/8/2004 Eleven percent of Jews who consider themselves right-wing agree with the statement "when there is a national disaster and other forms of protest have... Secular national service group won't help refuseniks Ha'aretz 7/6/2004 Shlomit, the non profit organization that helps arrange national service instead of army service for secular women, has ceased offering its services to those... Poll: Palestinian backing for Sharon's pullout plan sinks to 34% Ha'aretz 7/6/2004 Palestinian support for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan has plummeted since it was first unveiled in February: At that time, 73 percent of... 80% of Palestinians Support Security reforms, 51% Backs Egyptian Presence International Middle East Media Center 7/5/2004 According to a public opinion poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, 80% of Palestinians backed Cairo's demand for merging... Palestinian Women; “They kill the trees but we re-plant them” International Middle East Media Center 7/6/2004 There…in the far north, near the separation line between our land, and our land! Tens of stories tell the story of sweat and... Palestinian, Israeli poets meet for first time during Berlin festival Ha'aretz 7/2/2004 Last Saturday the Israeli poet Agi Mishol and the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish stood on a stage in Berlin and recited verse. Their appearance... Review: "Death in Gaza" By Victor Kattan, Electronic Intifada 7/1/2004 The 77-minute HBO/Channel 4 production Death in Gaza is a story about the last moments of the life of award-winning British cameraman... Two Cultural Events Alternative Information Center 7/1/2004 The public is invited to two cultural events organized in the framework of the fourth BADIL Expert Forum on the Palestinian Refugee Question hosted... Occupying Hebron - soldier testimonies: "Shovrim Shtika - Breaking the Silence" translated to English Alternative Information Center/oznik 7/1/2004 Closing a school, abusing civilians at a check point, following orders, staying in a family's comandeered home, posing for trophy photos with enemy bodies... More than 400,000 people live in Jerusalem governorate, says PCBS Jerusalem Times 7/1/2004 In its sixth volume of the Jerusalem Statistical Yearbook, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said the total number of Palestinians in the... Poll: Israelis want PM to accelerate Gaza pullout Ha'aretz 7/1/2004 An opinion poll taken following the deadly Qassam rocket fire this week on Sderot showed that most Israelis favor an accelerated withdrawal from the... Beirut's icon of modernist architecture set to be revamped within a year Daily Star 7/2/2004 Solidere reverses its decision to demolish and taps into the talent of upstart young architect Bernard Khoury -- BEIRUT: Bernard Khoury is not a tall... Determined to Live! International Press Center 7/1/2004 Let's live our childhood”, a motto printed in Arabic on T-shirts worn by children of the Deir Elbalah refugee camp, Central Gaza Strip, expressed... Translation in Arab world lagging far behind Daily Star 7/2/2004 New group to focus on cultural exchange -- BEIRUT: "No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive," Mahatma Gandhi once said. Exclusiveness can...

International..

Libya 'plot to kill Saudi ruler' BBC 7/30/2004 A leading US Muslim activist has admitted taking part in a Libyan plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's de facto leader Crown Prince Abdullah. Abdurahman... Arab-Americans Info Given To Homeland Security: Report Islam Online 7/30/2004 WASHINGTON, July 30, (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - As a new US survey showed that 60% of Arab Americans say they fear for the future of... Hoenlein Says Muslim Slam Was Misquote Forward 7/30/2004 WASHINGTON — A top Jewish communal official says he was misquoted in a newspaper interview that sparked the country's largest Islamic organization to call for... Campaign Confidential: Religion and Politics Forward 7/30/2004 Political Prayers: The Democratic National Convention discovered the meaning of the children's ditty "God Is Here, God Is There, God Is Everywhere," when about... Muslim Nations Want Fewer Coalition Troops The Guardian 7/30/2004 WASHINGTON (AP) - Muslim countries being sounded out by Saudi Arabia about sending troops to Iraq want a sizable reduction in U.S. and other coalition... 2 Uzbekis killed in attack at Israeli embassy in Tashkent Ha'aretz 7/31/2004 A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Israeli embassy in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent on Friday, killing two local security guards. Explosions... 9/11 Commission Finds Anger at Israel Fueling Islamic Terrorism Wav Forward 7/30/2004 Two newly released blue-ribbon reports — one issued in Washington, the other in Jerusalem — are citing Arab and Muslim anger at Israel as a central... UAE pulls $2.5m donation to Harvard after Jewish complaints Ha'aretz 7/29/2004 DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn a $2.5 million gift to Harvard University which was unused after a row over a UAE research... No Genocide, Mass Rapes In Darfur: WHO Islam Online 7/29/2004 DARFUR, July 29 (IslamOnline.net) - International, western and Arab organizations underlined that the situation in Darfur province, west of Sudan, does not amount to genocide... Cancer Spreads Like Wildfire In Iraq Islam Online 7/28/2004 BAGHDAD, July 28 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Cancer and birth defects have been spreading like wildfire in Iraq since the 1991 US-led Gulf War, prompting... U.S. Lacks Records for Iraq Spending The Guardian 7/29/2004 WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. civilian authorities in Baghdad failed to keep good track of nearly $1 billion in Iraqi money spent for reconstruction projects and... Shift in US arms-sales policy deplored Al-Jazeera 7/28/2004 US arms-control experts are expressing concern that the need for allies has made Washington more willing to sell dangerous weapons to countries previously shunned... EU troika meet with Iran on nuclear program Daily Star 7/30/2004 PARIS: Officials from Britain, France, Germany and Iran met in Paris Thursday for talks on Tehran's nuclear program, amid US accusations that Iran is... Lebanon fails to crack down on rampant piracy Daily Star 7/29/2004 Software, music, movies, books rates top in region - Despite government promises to protect copyright, illegal copies abound -- BEIRUT: Lebanon's piracy rates for any copyrighted... Arab land purchases up 127 percent in Lebanon Daily Star 7/28/2004 Kuwaitis most active buyers in 2003 -- BEIRUT: Arab investors purchased 841,506 square meters of land in Lebanon in 2003 - a 127 percent increase compared... Iraq's 1st steps toward democracy stumble Daily Star 7/28/2004 NAJAF, Iraq: Voters in Iraq's Shiite Muslim heartland who were eligible to elect delegates to an upcoming national conference charged the process was rigged... Attacks on al-Aqsa will spark Muslim outrage Al-Jazeera 7/28/2004 The Shaikh of al-Azhar and the Organisation of Islamic Conference warn Israel against any threat to the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Shaikh Muhammad Sayid Tantawi on... Arab states refuse to slam anti-Semitism Ha'aretz 7/28/2004 NEW YORK - Arab states at the UN are trying to foil a proposal to raise a vote condemning anti-Semitism in the General Assembly this... Iran: US war on terror is "void" after decision Daily Star 7/28/2004 TEHRAN: Iran hit out Tuesday at the US decision to grant protected status to the Iraq-based People's Mujahedeen, the main armed opposition group in... EU, Syria compromise on strength of WMD clause Daily Star 7/28/2004 Damascus seizes chance to claim victory -- BEIRUT: The European Union has "somewhat diluted" a clause calling on Syria to revoke its alleged weapons of... Guantanamo inmates back in France Al-Jazeera 7/27/2004 Four French nationals held without charge in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay for more than two years, arrived back home after they... Muslim charity charged in U.S. with funding Hamas Ha'aretz 7/28/2004 DAMASCUS - Hamas on Tuesday denied taking any money from the Holy Land Foundation, a major American Muslim charity charged with providing millions of dollars... Iraq eyes renewed oil exports via Lebanon after 20-year break Daily Star 7/28/2004 Disused pipeline would be activated - Allawi will travel to the Gulf Tuesday, to visit Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE -- BEIRUT: Iraqi Prime Minister... French minister pledges $2.4 billion to Algeria Daily Star 7/28/2004 Package includes converted debt, loans -- ALGIERS: France plans to provide Algeria with 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) to give a boost to its economy... New US Muslim Campaign Against Misconceptions Islam Online 7/26/2004 CAIRO, July 26 (IslamOnline.net) – As hate crimes against community members continue unabated, US Muslim leaders and organizations have launched a campaign to dispel misconceptions... Morocco gets US free trade deal BBC 7/23/2004 A free trade agreement between Morocco and the United States has come into immediate effect. The US House of Representatives gave its final approval... Doubts over 'honour killing' book BBC 7/26/2004 A controversial book about the "honour killing" of a Jordanian woman has been withdrawn by publishers in Australia after the author was accused of... French Jews Reject Sharon’s Exodus Call Islam Online 7/19/2004 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, July 19 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – French Jews rebuffed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s call to leave and move to Israel "immediately." The... Allawi To Visit Syria, Seal Security Deals Islam Online 7/20/2004 Damascus, July 20 (IslamOnline.net) – Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is expected in Syria on July 23-24, for an official visit that will see... Aljazeera introduces code of ethics Al-Jazeera 7/15/2004 two day conference focusing on how news organisations deal with challenges and pressures facing journalists, concluded with Aljazeera releasing its very own ethics code... Iraqi PM in Jordan to discuss security, debt Daily Star 7/20/2004 Leaders revive idea of building pipeline between 2 countries -- Iraq's premier, making his first regional tour since taking office, won support Monday from Jordan's... Will Mideast gas pipeline spur cooperation? Daily Star 7/20/2004 NICOSIA: At first sight it all seems so simple. Some parts of the Middle East are blessed with large oil reserves, and others are... 'Air taxis' between Lebanon, Syria Daily Star 7/20/2004 BEIRUT: Lebanon and Syria agreed on Monday to set up an "Air Taxi Company" to ferry passengers between the two countries at very competitive... Al-Qaeda 'dismantled' in Iran BBC 7/17/2004 Iran says it has located and dismantled all branches of the al-Qaeda network in the country. Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi said his ministry had... Allawi shot prisoners in cold blood: witnesses Sydney Morning Herald 7/17/2004 Iyad Allawi, the new Prime Minister of Iraq, pulled a pistol and executed as many as six suspected insurgents at a Baghdad police station... U.S. House refuses to trim Egypt military aid Ha'aretz 7/16/2004 WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday defeated a bid to trim military aid to Egypt that opponents said could undermine White House... Zapatero for dialogue with Muslims Al-Jazeera 7/16/2004 The Spanish prime minister has said military intervention was useless in the face of "terrorism" and called for dialogue with Muslim nations. Jose Luis... US developing new bunker-buster bomb Al-Jazeera 7/16/2004 The US military plans to develop an experimental 30,000-pound (13,600 kg) bomb, the biggest in its inventory, aimed at destroying deeply buried targets... NATO offers security umbrella to Mideast Daily Star 7/17/2004 Plan avoids israel-palestine issue -- BEIRUT: In its continuing effort to forge a post-Cold War role, NATO is switching its emphasis from Eastern Europe and... Lebanon to break its Saudi tourist record Daily Star 7/16/2004 BEIRUT: A record number of more than 200,000 Saudis are expected to visit Lebanon this summer, the kingdom's new ambassador in Beirut said Thursday... Assad orders partial amnesty in Syria Daily Star 7/17/2004 BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Assad has ordered a partial amnesty for prisoners in Syria, in a decree issued on the eve of the fourth... US court orders PA, PLO to pay $232 m to family of murdered couple Maariv 7/13/2004 Federal judge holds organizations responsible for 1996 attack on Yaron Ungar and his Israeli wife who were shot dead by terrorists near Beit Shemesh... Arabic BBC channel regarded with skepticism in Middle East Daily Star 7/14/2004 Media expert: Unwelcome parallels will be drawn with Al-Hurra -- BEIRUT: The BBC announced last month that it intends to set up an Arabic television... Toufeili criticizes former backers Iran, Syria Daily Star 7/14/2004 BAALBEK, Lebanon: Speaking from his new residence on the outskirts of Baalbek, one of the key founders of Hizbullah, Sheikh Sobhi Toufeili, roundly criticized... Unexploded 1,000-pound Israeli bomb found in Arab Salim Daily Star 7/14/2004 US-made weapon to be detonated Thursday -- SIDON: An unexploded 1,000-pound bomb recently found in the village of Arab Salim by volunteers of the... Jewish Group Presses Paraguay To Close Mosque Islam Online 7/13/2004 MOSCOW , July 13 (IslamOnline.net) – A Jewish lobby group is pressing Paraguay to close a mosque in the capital Asunción under the pretext of funding... Iran's supreme leader suspects US, Israelis behind Iraq hostage-takings Daily Star 7/13/2004 Khamenei urges stronger trade relations with East -- TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said he suspects that US and Israeli "agents" are... Highest authority The Guardian 7/10/2004 It is rare for the international court of justice (ICJ), situated in a leafy suburb of The Hague, to attract the sort of intense... 'Ghost detainees' at Camp Delta The Guardian 7/10/2004 Pentagon accused of planning to exclude some Guantánamo prisoners from review -- The Pentagon planned to continue the indefinite secret confinement of some prisoners at... Israeli interrogators in Iraq - An exclusive report Jane's Security News 7/7/2004 At least one aspect of the occupation of Iraq was well planned by Washington. The USA needed help conducting mass interrogations of Arabic-speaking detainees... Women's conference looks at gains in Arab world Daily Star 7/9/2004 Societies have taken big steps toward empowerment, but much remains to be done' --BEIRUT: Six female Iraqi ministers, three in Oman, 35 MPs in... Kerry's Jewish brother to visit Israel Ha'aretz 7/9/2004 Cameron Kerry, the younger brother of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in the United States, Senator John Kerry, is expected to visit Israel next week... Iran considers options over demands on nuke program Daily Star 7/9/2004 We might escalate ... if Europe does' -- BEIRUT: Iran will not press charges against European states for allegedly helping Iraq build up chemical weapons used... Cleric may face prosecution for 'martyrdom' comments The Guardian 7/8/2004 The Islamic cleric at the centre of a row over suicide bombings could face prosecution after the Metropolitan police said they had passed on... US vigilantes 'jail' Afghan civilians Al-Jazeera 7/9/2004 Three US citizens were arrested on Monday by Afghan intelligence officers in Kabul's Kart-e-Parwan district for illegally imprisoning eight Afghan civilians. The Americans and... Wtc2PlanePod 911Review/La Vanguardia 7/8/2004 La Vanguardia asked Boeing about these features, who claimed they were unable to respond for reasons of national security.-- In reviewing the tens of... Egyptian Prime Minister, Cabinet Resigns The Guardian 7/9/2004 CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt's prime minister and entire cabinet resigned Friday as President Hosni Mubarak launched a major reshuffle of the government. The resignations... Activist: E-Voting to Be a 'Train Wreck' The Guardian 7/9/2004 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Ambushing registrars and tracking down executives at their homes and offices, a literary publicist has uncovered conflicts of interests and... ‘Come back home’ Nefertiti Middle East Times 7/2/2004 Egypt has staked a fresh claim to the priceless ancient bust of Queen Nefertiti, which has spent the last century in Berlin after its... Torture frequent and widespread in Egypt Middle East Times 7/2/2004 STORY WAS CENSORED FROM THIS WEEK'S PRINTED EDITION -- Egypt’s leading human rights organization released its 2004 annual report last week indicating that torture in... Lawsuit: Jordan clears Arab Bank Al-Jazeera 7/8/2004 The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) has denied any wrong doing by the Arab Bank, facing accusations of bankrolling families of Palestinian human bombers... US Homeland Security Secretary cancels Israel trip Globes 7/8/2004 The reason is rising concern about possible terrorist attacks in the US in the coming months. -- US Secretary for Homeland Security Tom Ridge has... Fired FBI Translator's Charges Classified The Guardian 7/8/2004 WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has completed its investigation of a whistle-blower's allegations that shoddy work and security breaches hampered translation of Sept. 11... Catholic Church equates anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism Ha'aretz 7/9/2004 The Catholic Church condemned anti-Zionism as a cover for anti-Semitism by means of a joint statement issued by a forum of Catholic-Jewish intellectuals this... Pentagon accused of evading Guantánamo ruling The Guardian 7/8/2004 The Pentagon said last night it would create military review panels to weigh the legality of detentions at Guantánamo, in a measure that critics... Israel releases two Iraqi infiltrators from Lebanon Ha'aretz 7/7/2004 Israel released two Iraqis who had infiltrated from Lebanon to U.N. peacekeepers on Wednesday, a security source said. The men, who were unarmed, had... You've Got Mail (and Court Says Others Can Read It) New York Times 7/7/2004 When everything is working right, an e-mail message appears to zip instantaneously from the sender to the recipient's inbox. But in reality, most messages... Syria, Iran…Unified Front To Face Daunting Challenges Islam Online 7/4/2004 DAMASCUS, July 4 (IslamOnline.net) – Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad is due in Iran Sunday, July 4, the first visit by the young head of state since... Iraq's ailing health care sector Al-Jazeera 7/5/2004 As hundreds of Iraqis swarm daily through the dusty, drab corridors of Baghdad's Medical City hospital complex, the peeling paint and cracked furniture testify... Israeli Interrogators Help US In Iraq: US Officer Islam Online 7/4/2004 CAIRO , July 4 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Israeli interrogators are working in tandem with the US-led occupation troops in detention facilities across Iraq , a senior... FBI Raids Islamic Institute In Virginia Islam Online 7/2/2004 CAIRO, July 2 (IslamOnline.net) - US federal agents raided an Islamic institute in Northern Virginia on Thursday, July 1, with no reasons cited, a move... Bush Campaign Refuses To Pull Nazi Web Ad Despite Criticism Forward 7/2/2004 President Bush's re-election campaign is refusing to withdraw an ad containing Nazi imagery from its Web site, despite severe criticism from Jewish organizations and... Kerry supports Israeli retaliation JTA 7/2/2004 Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said he supports Israeli retaliation against Palestinian terrorists and would move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. The presumptive Democratic candidate... Fate of Rare Document Trove Remains Unclear as Iraq Regime Takes Charge Forward 7/2/2004 With political authority in Iraq now formally turned over to a fledgling local government, the fate of a cache of rare and historic Jewish... Top American Charity Embroiled in Debate Over Gaza Forward 7/2/2004 Passions Flare at Jewish Agency As Staff Balks at Disengagement -- America's central network of Jewish charities has become embroiled in the ideological debate over... Soda truck foils dreams of finding seven kings' burial site Daily Star 7/3/2004 SIDON: A man who came to Sidon from Brazil four months ago recently stumbled across an underground passage that he thought would lead him... Iran: US control of Saddam's trial would ensure cover-up Daily Star 7/3/2004 International tribunal could expose former close ties with Iraq -- BEIRUT: Americans want former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to stand trial in a US-controlled Iraq... Franjieh: Syrian meddling can't continue Daily Star 7/3/2004 Term extension for lahoud would prolong era of 'corruption, subservience' -- BEIRUT: Qornet Shehwan Gathering member Samir Franjieh said Friday that developments in Lebanon and... 'Talk of Syria's stance on polls fabricated in Beirut' Daily Star 7/3/2004 A Lebanese politician recently quoted circles close to the decision-making center in the Syrian leadership as saying that everything being said about the Syrian... Iraq 'will likely reject Jordan troops' Al-Jazeera 7/3/2004 Iraq will probably say no to a Jordanian offer of peacekeeping troops because of a general policy barring military units from neighboring countries, an... Kerry Campaign releases Middle East policy seemingly drafted in Tel Aviv Electronic Intifada 7/2/2004 Position Paper, John Kerry Campaign -- The Forward, a Jewish weekly newspaper published in New York, reported on June 25th that: Kerry's campaign is building... Iran faces retaliation over boats The Guardian 7/2/2004 Britain is considering retaliating against Iran unless it "clarifies" the seizure of eight servicemen last week. A government source said that, if the Iranians... Hezbollah denies extorting W. Africa's diamond traders Ha'aretz 7/1/2004 BEIRUT - Hezbollah has denied U.S. claims that it is extorting money from Lebanese emigrants involved in West Africa's lucrative diamond trade. U.S. diplomats claimed... Jewish Heritage museum promotes dialogue with Muslim students Daily Star 7/2/2004 New York: More than 30 students from a private Islamic school in New York toured the Museum of Jewish Heritage last week. Museum and... Turkish FM to visit Lebanon Daily Star 7/2/2004 BEIRUT: Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul starts an official visit to Lebanon on Friday during which he is due to... The US-led CPA is leaving a legacy of muddled accounting Daily Star 7/1/2004 Real sovereignty in Iraq includes holding the CPA accountable for $20 billion in reconstruction contracts. Handing over sovereignty to the new Iraqi interim government... An Absence of Pomp And Circumstance Washington Post 6/28/2004 Ceremonies Start in Secrecy, End Abruptly -- BAGHDAD, June 28 -- When the ceremonies were over, when the U.S. civil administrator had flown away, and the...

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