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Conflict..
Israeli soldier kills Palestinian boy
The Guardian 2003-07-25
An Israeli soldier shot dead a four-year-old Palestinian boy and injured two other children today, when he fired a tank-mounted machine gun at a northern West Bank roadblock. A soldier in the village of Barta accidentally discharged a burst of fire from a machine gun, striking a jeep and killing the boy, an Israeli military official told Reuters....The mayor claimed the shooting was unprovoked. He said the jeep was riddled with bullets, and he did not believe the shooting was an accident.
IDF arrests 10 wanted Palestinians in West Bank
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
The Israel Defense Forces arrested 10 wanted Palestinians overnight, Israel Radio reported. Four of the men were arrested in Hebron, and three of those were Hamas activists.
Dozens of Bedouin hurl rocks at police shooting victim funeral
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
Dozens of Bedouin threw stones at passing cars after the Friday morning funeral of a Bedouin man killed Thursday by Border Police at the Shoket junction in the Negev. Police were out in large numbers Friday in anticipation of possible violence, but have not intervened, Army Radio reported. Other Beouin are trying to calm down the stone-throwers.
Checkpoint horror story false
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
Beaten Palestinian says it was PA security forces, not IDF -- A Palestinian who claimed that he was held and beaten for 30 hours at an Israel Defense Forces checkpoint now admits that it was actually the Palestinian security services who held him and beat him.
IOF Kills Child, Violate Freedom of Worship in Jerusalem
International Press Center 2003-07-25
JENIN, Palestine, July 25, 2003 (IPC + Agencies) - - Israeli occupying forces (IOF) opened heavy and unwarranted gunfire at a Palestinian family, killing a 4-year old child and wounding his two sisters....News photographers who arrived to the scene confirmed that the car had 17 bullet holes in it....Meanwhile, the occupying forces escalated its offensive in the holy city of Jerusalem, as hundreds of Israeli police blocked the entrances to Jerusalem's Old City and prevented young Palestinians from reaching Al Aqsa Mosque for the Friday prayer.
Intelligence reports predicting riots Friday on Temple Mount
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
The security establishment is expecting Arab riots on the Temple Mount Friday, based on intelligence estimates in the wake of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's decision to convene the Fatah leadership Thursday evening to discuss Israel's recent resumption of visits by Jews to the disputed holy site in Jerusalem's Old City.
Friday prayers on Temple Mount end peacefully
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
Friday afternoon prayers in Jerusalem's Temple Mount ended peacefully. The prayers were attended by approximately 11,000 worshippers. Entry to the complex was restricted to males under the age of 40. Security forces and the intelligence community had anticipated possible riots, in the wake of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's decision to convene the Fatah leadership Thursday evening to discuss Israel's recent resumption of visits by Jews to the disputed holy site.
Lebanon denounces Israeli violations of its sovereignty, stresses Larsen's report lacks realism
Arabic News 2003-07-25
Lebanon has denounced the Israeli air, land and sea violations of the Lebanese sovereignty. Practices which have recently escalated. In a statement issued yesterday, read by the minister of information Michael Smaha, the Lebanese cabinet stressed that the anti Lebanese aircraft fire in south Lebanon is always linked directly to the Israeli air violations.
AL-Kafriat Israeli checkpoint: a Spot of Humiliation for Palestinians
International Press Center 2003-07-18
TULKAREM, Palestine, July 18, 2003(IPC+WAFA)--Al-Kafriat Israeli military checkpoint which has been set by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on a bypass road, to the south of Tulakarem city has been turned into a place where local Palestinian passersby are being humiliated by the Israeli soldiers, manning the such a roadblock.
Canadian Palestinian Solidarity Activist jailed
Palestine Monitor 2003-07-24
On July 9, 2003, Tarek Loubani of London, Ontario was arrested and jailed by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) for his involvement as part of a peace camp in the Palestinian village of Arrabony, near Jenin. The peace camp, organized by village inhabitants with the support of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), was built to protest the construction of the Israeli army's "security fence" on Palestinian land.
IDF arrests Islamic Jihad and Tanzim militants in W. Bank
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
Israel Defense Forces troops arrested an Islamic Jihad militant in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, wanted for involvement in terror attacks against Israelis. He was identified as Ahmed Shibani of the village of Arabe, a regional leader of the militant group. Another top Islamic Jihad member warned on Thursday that should Israel persevere with its policy of arrests, the Islamic Jihad would not remain committed to the cease-fire.
Israeli Soldier Kills Palestinian Boy, Injures Sisters
Islam Online 2003-07-25
BARTAA, West Bank, July 25 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – While Palestinian Premier Mahmoud Abbas was in Washington to discuss peace with U.S. President George Bush, an Israeli soldier gunned down Friday, July 25, a 4-year-old Palestinian and injured his two sisters when he fired 16 bullets at a car they were boarding near the West Bank village of Bartaa, in an the Israeli army described as an "accident."
Palestinian boy shot dead
BBC 2003-07-25
An Israeli soldier has killed a five-year-old Palestinian boy and wounded his two sisters after opening fire on a Palestinian car at a checkpoint in the West Bank. An Israeli army spokesman quoted by Reuters said a soldier had fired at the car "due to an operational mistake" at the checkpoint in the northern West Bank village of Barta - just southwest of Jenin.
3 Palestinians questioned on explosion at PA prison
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
Palestinian police have arrested three Palestinians for questioning on the firing a rocket-propelled grenade Thursday night at the office of Gaza Military Intelligence Colonel Moussa Arafat, Yasser Arafat's nephew, Israel Radio reported Friday. The huge explosion - which missed its target and hit the prison, wounding 10 Palestinian prisoners in Gaza City - marked a failed assassination attempt, Moussa Arafat's office told Israel Radio.
IDF replaces Haredi soldiers over preserving the Sabbath
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
The Israel Defense Forces recently found a temporary solution to complaints of Haredi soldiers that operating an electric gate on the Sabbath is in violation of religious law. The soldiers were replaced with another unit of mostly secular soldiers and the Haredi troops were deployed elsewhere. The issue, first raised in the Gaza Strip, was also brought up in the Jordan Valley, where the army found a different solution.
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Diplomacy..
Bush meets Abbas, calls separation fence 'a problem'
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
U.S. President George W. Bush said Friday after meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in the White House that the West Bank separation fence "is a problem" and that he would discuss the matter with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon when the two meet next week. "I think the wall is a problem and I've discussed that with (Prime Minister) Ariel Sharon," Bush said in response to a reporter's question during a joint press conference with Abbas after their meeting. "It is very difficult to develop confidence between the Palestinians and Israel with a wall snaking through the West Bank."
Israel says ready to hand over two more W. Bank cities to PA
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
Israel announced Friday that it was prepared to soon withdraw the Israel Defense Forces from two more Palestinian cities in the West Bank and transfer security control for them to the Palestinian Authority. The Prime Minister's Office also announced that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz will meet with Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan early next week to discuss which cities will be transferred and when it will take place.
PM Abbas Meets Bush, US Administration Pledges to Aid Palestinians
International Press Center 2003-07-25
WASHINGTON, July 25, 2003 (IPC + Agencies) - - Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said that Israel must halt its construction of a separation wall and stop all settlement activities for there to be peace between the Israeli and Palestinian sides, after holding talks with the US President George Bush in Washington today.
Bush Rebuffs Abbas' Appeal On Prisoners
Islam Online 2003-07-25
WASHINGTON, July 25 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Much to the frustration of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, U.S. President George W. Bush ruled out asking Israel to release all of the estimated 6,000 Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails – a key demand of the visiting official. "We ought to look at the prisoner issue on a case by case basis. Surely, nobody wants to let a cold-blooded killer out of prison that would help derail the process," Bush said.
Bush Praises Progress on Mideast Road Map
Palestine Chronicle 2003-07-25
"Bush said an Israeli security fence through the West Bank is a problem that he will discuss with Prime Minister Sharon when they meet in Washington Tuesday .." -- WASHINGTON (VOA) - US President Bush welcomed Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to the White House Friday, praising him as a visionary leader committed to Middle East peace. Abbas wants Bush to pressure Israeli leaders to release more Palestinian prisoners and stop construction of a wall dividing Israeli and Palestinian areas.
Israel unveils measures to boost roadmap
Middle East Online 2003-07-25
Israel unveiled a series of measure Friday intended to revive the ailing peace process as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon prepared to follow his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas to Washington. Sharon's office said the government was changing guidelines which would lead to the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails while two cities in the West Bank would soon be transferred to Palestinian control.
Prisoner release list swells to almost 600
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
The list of Palestinian prisoners whom the security services deem candidates for release now stands at almost 600, and many of the new names are guilty of far more serious offenses than those on the original list, according to sources who have seen the revised list. The sources said that several dozen of the almost 250 names that have been added over the last several days are members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Abbas Seeks U.S. Pressure on Prisoners, Settlements, Wall
Islam Online 2003-07-25
WASHINGTON, July 25 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Reiterating his government's commitment to combat "terrorism," Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas called on Washington Thursday, July 24, to press Israel to freeze settlement activities, stop the construction of the separation wall and release Palestinian prisoners.
Israel Makes Peace Pledges Before Abbas Meets Bush
New York Times 2003-07-25
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel pledged on Friday to pull back from two West Bank cities and remove several main roadblocks in the area in an apparent bid to blunt the impact of a White House visit by Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. But the killing of a five-year-old Palestinian boy and wounding of his six- and seven-year-old sisters in what the army called a mishap embarrassed Israel hours before Abbas was to lobby for swifter Israeli steps along a ``road map'' to peace.
Jewish leaders laud Abbas as moderate, a ‘breath of fresh air’
JTA 2003-07-25
NEW YORK, July 25 (JTA) — Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas is trying to convince American Jewish leaders and Bush administration officials that he’s no Yasser Arafat. In a White House meeting on Friday and in a meeting with Jewish leaders the day before, Abbas presented himself as a moderate and a supporter of a peaceful, two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....Abbas “is a breath of fresh air,” said Michael Bohnen, chairman of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the umbrella group for Jewish community relations councils and national organizations.
Israel to Transfer 2 West Bank Cities
Sarasota Herald Tribune 2003-07-25
JERUSALEM -- Israel announced on Friday it would transfer two more West Bank cities to Palestinian control and shut down three roadblocks, moving ahead cautiously with a U.S.-backed peace plan as the Palestinian premier met with President George W. Bush in Washington. The statement by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's office said decisions on which cities would be handed over and the timing of the transfers would be taken next week in a meeting between the Israeli defense minister the Palestinian security chief.
Abu Ala: Abbas-Bush talks to focus on prisoner release, settlement freeze
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
Prisoner release will be one of four major topics that Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas' meeting will raise with U.S. President George W. Bush during their meeting in Washington on Friday, Palestinian Legislative Council speaker Ahmed Qureia (Abu Ala) said in an interview to the Al-Ayyam newspaper that was published Friday. The other topics are demands that Israel transfer more cities to Palestinian security control, freeze settlements and allow greater freedom of movement to Palestinians, including the removal of roadblocks, Israel Radio quoted Qureia as saying.
Bush Welcomes Palestinian Prime Minister
The Guardian 2003-07-25
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is registering his faith in Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas with a red-carpet welcome to the White House, a sharp contrast to Bush's shunning of Yasser Arafat for 2 years....Speaking in Arabic through an interpreter, Abbas said Palestinians want the Bush administration to ``push the Israeli government to fulfill its commitments. And I do not object to have the administration use the same thing with us if we did not fulfill those commitments on our end.''
U.S. PRESSURES ISRAEL TO STOP SECURITY FENCE
Middle East Newsline 2003-07-25
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States is said to be pressuring Israel to suspend construction of a security fence to protect the Jewish state from Palestinian insurgents in the West Bank. Israeli and U.S. officials said the Bush administration has relayed a series of messages to the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that called for a suspension of any decision to complete the 370-kilometer security fence.
US Urged to Prod Israel as Abbas Begins Trip
Arab News 2003-07-25
GAZA CITY, 25 July 2003 — Palestinians called for the United States to use its influence to persuade Israel to release more of their prisoners as Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas began a landmark trip to Washington yesterday. The prisoners issue was likely to be a main topic at talks between Abbas and US President George W. Bush at the White House today, with the Israelis and Palestinians still poles apart over the numbers that should be freed.
Israel to lift roadblocks
BBC 2003-07-25
The Israeli Government has announced that it will lift several roadblocks in Palestinian areas as Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas prepares to meet President George W Bush in Washington. Israel has been under pressure to introduce confidence-building measures in connection with the US-backed peace plan known as the roadmap.
Palestinian PM takes case to US
BBC 2003-07-25
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas has held talks with senior members of the United States Congress, at the start of his first visit to Washington since he came to office. On Friday he is due to meet US President George W Bush. Mr Abbas - also known as Abu Mazen - told reporters that the US administration should urge the Israelis to release all Palestinian prisoners.
Prisoner release tests Mideast 'map'
Christian Science Monitor 2003-07-25
BEIT JALA, WEST BANK – Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas meets Friday in Washington with President Bush, the first White House visit by a Palestinian leader in three years. The meeting, along with one slated for next week with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, is meant to convey US support for the road-map peace plan and act as a US vote of confidence in Mr. Abbas.
U.S.-Israel Showdown Seen on Security Fence As Sharon Meets Bush
Forward 2003-07-25
Darker Cloud Ahead: Premier May Face Charges on Campaign Finance -- JERUSALEM — Officials here are concerned that growing American-Israeli disagreements over the so-called "separation fence" between Israel and the West Bank may mar next week's planned meeting in Washington between Prime Minister Sharon and President Bush....According to well-placed judicial sources, Israeli police investigators believe they have collected enough evidence to prosecute Sharon on charges stemming from campaign finance violations during his 1999 leadership bid and a questionable loan he received from a South African businessman to pay the resulting fine.
Lobbyists Quiet Before White House Visits
Forward 2003-07-25
WASHINGTON — On the eve of back-to-back White House visits by the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers, and with pressure mounting for Israeli gestures to strengthen the Palestinian leader, Washington lobbyists for Israel were keeping an uncharacteristically low profile this week. With a handful of exceptions on the right and left, lobbyists for Israel were not speaking out either publicly or privately to preempt the pressure or to strengthen Prime Minister Sharon's hand in his negotiations with President Bush and his senior aides.
ZOA Blasts State Dept. Advisers as Anti-Israel
Forward 2003-07-25
WASHINGTON — The Zionist Organization of America is blasting the State Department for naming what it called "hostile critics of Israel" to the new Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim World. The panel was assembled at the request of Congress to study the efficacy of the State Department's public outreach to the Arab and Muslim world and to recommend policy initiatives, according to a statement issued by the department.
Abbas to lunch with Bush
Jerusalem Post 2003-07-25
Mahmoud Abbas, during his first trip to Washington as Palestinian prime minister, on Thursday pledged allegiance to PA Chairman Yasser Arafat despite Washington's and Israel's insistence that Arafat is a hindrance to progress in peace negotiations....Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Florida), who asked Abbas about his pledges to continue working with Arafat, told The Jerusalem Post she found Abbas's comments "very disturbing."
DeLay Is to Carry Dissenting Message on a Mideast Tour
New York Times 2003-07-25
WASHINGTON, July 24 — Tom DeLay, the House majority leader, never tires of reminding people that he is just a former pest exterminator from Sugar Land, Tex. But beginning this weekend, he will travel to the world's most complex and troubled region, meet with prime ministers, speak to a foreign parliament and, by his presence, remind the Bush administration to pay heed to its right flank as it seeks to make peace.
Mideast Plan Still Up in Air Despite Truce
New York Times 2003-07-25
JERUSALEM, July 24 — As the Palestinian and Israeli prime ministers head to the White House for separate visits, they can point to a significant drop in violence over the last month but only halting steps in carrying out the peace plan backed by the Bush administration. The relative calm — interrupted today by the shooting of an Israeli Arab at a checkpoint and a grenade attack on a Palestinian prison in Gaza — has raised the prospect of ending nearly 34 months of fighting.
Abbas brings maps to Bush on Palestinian issues
Middle East Online 2003-07-25
WASHINGTON - Palestinian prime minister Mahmud Abbas told CNN he had brought maps to Washington so US President George Bush can clearly see the issues confronting the Palestinian people. "These things have to be concrete in front of the eyes of the president. We don't want to talk about these things in the void," Abbas told CNN on the eve of his meeting with Bush on Friday.
Bush criticises Israel 'fence'
BBC 2003-07-25
US President George W Bush has called Israel's West Bank security fence "a problem" in a joint appearance with Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. He also said the US would take new measures to improve the Palestinian economy.
Statement by Ministry of Security Affairs
Miftah/Palestinian Authority 2003-07-25
Palestinian National Authority state minister for security affairs and commissioner of the interior ministry Mohammad Dahlan warned that Israel’s failure to implement its part of the roadmap plan would not help pushing the peace process forward and is very likely to cause an eruption of a new confrontation.
Keep out
Globes 2003-07-16
Israelis are stunned that their old friend, the US, is suddenly simply not issuing visas, costing them time and business opportunities while they wait months for the necessary documents. -- Here are some of the war stories told by Israeli businesspeople and ordinary citizens as they battle the fortress of the consular office at the US Embassy in Tel Aviv in an effort to obtain one of the most sought-after and hard-to-obtain documents in Israel today - a US visa.
Analysis / A fence on the defensive
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
From the moment the "settlement virus" infected the separation fence between Israel and the Palestinian areas of the West Bank, the fence has been seen by many Americans more as a "political fence" than as a security fence - and that is what has created the dispute with Washington.
Americans to tell PA, Israel: Both sides must take real action
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
The United States is expecting both Israel and the Palestinians to take real action to further its road map peace plan, senior administration officials said in advance of President George Bush's upcoming meetings with prime ministers Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas. Bush will meet Abbas today and Sharon next Tuesday.
Quiet grows from Lebanon withdrawal
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
It has been three years since the withdrawal from southern Lebanon, in the spring of 2000, and even the Israel Defense Forces is willing to admit, half-heartedly, that the decision of then prime minister Ehud Barak had some logic in it after all. Brigadier General Meir Caliphi, who yesterday completed a posting as commander of the Galilee Division, says that "the real answer to the withdrawal question will be provided by time. In the meantime, northern Israel is witnessing one of its more peaceful periods in years.
Palestinian PM's leadership at stake when he pleads with Bush to help free detainees
The Guardian 2003-07-25
The Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, will urge President George Bush today to rescue the US-led "road map" to peace by pressuring Israel to release thousands of political prisoners and halt the expropriation of Palestinian land to build a security fence.
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Government..
Wadi Qelt squatter works as preserve's inspector
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
Woman who flouts law is paid by Parks Authority and guarded by IDF -- An electronic fence surrounds the house of Yael Yisrael, her husband and baby son, in the West Bank. Spotlights are fixed on the roof and guards are constantly in the vicinity. A special installation near the house directs the sewage to the nearby settlement, and a sign at the entrance to the access path prohibits vehicles from entering.
Peres posts a victory over rival Ben-Eliezer
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
Labor's temporary chairman, MK Shimon Peres, yesterday scored a small victory over rival Benjamin Ben-Eliezer when the party's executive committee rejected a proposal to immediately begin preparing elections for a permanent chairman. The proposal, presented by Ben-Eliezer confidant MK Eli Ben-Menahem, called for establishing a committee that would immediately begin preparing the elections, scheduled for next June.
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Human
Rights..
Frightening rumours leak out about sons held in cells
The Guardian 2003-07-25
Israel's security system sucked 15-year-old Mohammed Najaar behind the barbed wire of its labyrinth of detention camps nine months ago. For weeks the boy's desperate father heard only disturbing fragments about his son. A former prisoner told Hassan Najaar that his child had been held in solitary confinement for more than a month; another claimed the boy had been hung upside down and interrogated.
Twilight Zone / How they spent their summer vacation
Ha'aretz Friday Magazine 2003-07-25
The Yatta garbage dump. The lowest place in the occupied territories. The place where the human food chain has reached the point where one man's garbage is another man's treasure. This is the summer camp of Issa Rabai and his friends. -- About a hundred kids are spending their summer vacation at the Yatta garbage dump. Day and night, they rummage for pieces of junk and eat the remnants that fall from the trucks. They're especially fond of the trash left by the soldiers and the army.
Detainee group says US, Israel blocked UN decision
Daily Star 2003-07-25
The Follow-Up Committee for the Support of Lebanese Detainees in Israeli Prisons (FCLD) said Thursday that a recent decision adopted by the UN Commission on Human Rights, at its 59th session, calling for the release of Lebanese detainees in Israeli prisons had been blocked by the United States and Israel. The US and Israeli rejection was expressed during the UN socioeconomic council’s meeting in Geneva on Wednesday. The US delegate described Israel as a democratic state that respected freedom and the Israeli delegate accused a Lebanese armed group of holding Israeli detainees.
'Ariel Three' Remain in Custody
Miftah/International Solidarity Movement 2003-07-25
Three ISM Internationals Remain in Israeli Custody; Judge Grants Human Rights Workers Bail Pending Appeal -- Tel Aviv, July 24, 2003 Three international human rights workers with ISM, a nonviolent organization that promotes Palestinian civil liberties, have been granted release on bail, pending an appeal by Israeli prosecutors. The three are Tobias Karlsson of Sweden, Frederik Lind of Denmark, and Tariq Loubani of Canada.
Gimme shelter
Ha'aretz Friday Magazine 2003-07-25
The foreign and justice ministries were dumbfounded to learn last week that Ibrahim Baballah had become the first Israeli citizen to be granted political asylum by the United States, on grounds of economic persecution due to his ethnicity and religion. -- "He said the IDF wanted to kill him. And they really could have killed him that time. If the bullet had passed just a little bit lower, God forbid, what would have happened to my brother?"
Palestinian Child Arrest Figures Top 2,000 in 2nd Intifada
Defence of Chidren International - Palestine 2003-06-26
Torture Experienced by Most -- An estimated 2,000 Palestinian children will have undergone the trauma of arrest by Israeli military forces over the course of the second Intifada from September 2000 to end-June 2003. The high number of arrests reflects the ongoing Israeli crackdown in Palestinian areas which began during the invasions of March-April 2003, and the use of repressive tactics against the civilian population, even minors.
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Economy..
13.7 jobseekers for every vacant position
Globes 2003-07-25
Unemployment is now worse in the central region than in the outlying areas. -- 27% of those applying for income supplements, 29% of jobseekers, and 41% of unemployed higher education graduates live in one of the three large cities: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa. There are 27,182 applicants for income supplements, 60,749 jobseekers, and 6,936 in these three cities.
Budget Crusade Pits Single Mom Versus Netanyahu
Forward 2003-07-25
JERUSALEM — In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to stand up. In 2003, Vicki Knafo refused to lie down. It's too early to say whether Knafo, the single mother from the Negev town of Mitzpe Ramon who marched to Jerusalem this month to protest the government's austerity budget, will have the same impact as Parks. Parks's refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Alabama pitted her against the worst of Southern racism and sparked the civil rights movement.
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People..
One Day Conference: Palestine: What Future?
Palestine Monitor /The Association of the Palestinian Community 2003-07-25
On the 3rd Anniversary of the Second Palestinian Intifada (Uprising - 13 September 2003) The Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK (APC), In association with SOAS Palestine Society, Presents a One Day Conference: Palestine: What Future?
Spotlight: ASHTAR for Theatre Productions and Training
Palestine Monitor 2003-07-25
ASHTAR is a non-profit NGO that was established in 1991 in Jerusalem, to launch the first theatre-training program directed at school students...In 1995, it inaugurated its second base in Ramallah and prepared it for the service of its aims and programs. It has two halls, one set aside for training and the other for performances to an audience of up to 60 persons...
Divine Intervention now available on VHS/DVD for universites and organisations
Electronic Intifada /Avatar Films 2003-07-25
Avatar Films is continuing its release of Divine Intervention, the first Palestinian-made film ever to be widely distributed in the United States. Divine Intervention is available for screenings at universities, organizations and institutions, and is available on 35mm film, DVD, Digital Betacam, and VHS. Divine Intervention will be not released on home video and DVD until well into 2004.
Six of Iraq's last Jews flown to Israel from Baghdad
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
Six elderly Jews from Iraq, from among the last remaining Jews in the country, landed Friday evening in Israel on a direct flight from Baghdad. The Jews were flown to Israel as part of a joint operation of the Jewish Agency and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), a Jewish-American organization that deals with humanitarian aid to Jews throughout the world.
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International..
Romanian president: Holocaust `not unique to Jews'
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
BUCHAREST - "The Holocaust was not unique to the Jewish population in Europe. Many others, including Poles, died in the same way," Romanian President Jon Iliescu says in an interview to Haaretz. According to the president, "in the Romania of the Nazi period, Jews and communists were treated equally. My father was a communist activist and was sent to a camp. He died at the age of 44, less than a year after he returned."
Romanian ambassador summoned over Holocaust remarks
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
The Foreign Ministry has summoned the Romanian ambassador in Israel to find out whether the Romanian president's comments that the Holocaust was not unique to Jews reflect the position of his country's government, Israel Radio reported Friday. Romanian President Jon Iliescu's comments were "insensitive," Justice Minister Yosef (Tommy) Lapid said Friday.
Pro-Israel Groups Focus on Christians Under P.A. Rule
Forward 2003-07-25
CHICAGO — With the Palestinian Authority retaking control of Bethlehem earlier this month, several pro-Israel organizations are hoping to focus greater attention on the plight of Christians living in the territories. Several groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Congress and National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, have been attempting to convince American church leaders and legislators that Christians are being mistreated in territories controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
Jewish, Muslim Groups Find Common Ground in Toronto
Forward 2003-07-25
TORONTO — In an effort to improve relations between Muslims and Jews, Canada's Pakistani community has created a journalism scholarship in memory of Daniel Pearl, the Jewish reporter for The Wall Street Journal who was murdered by Muslim extremists in Pakistan last year. It is the latest in a series of moves by Muslim and Jewish groups intended to improve understanding of each other's religious traditions and promote a common political agenda on certain domestic issues.
Arab Ministers at UN-backed Meeting Identify Priority Trade Issues
Palestine Chronicle 2003-07-25
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Arab ministers are gathered in Beirut for a United Nations-backed meeting that seeks to clarify the position of the region’s countries on various trade issues in order for them to speak with a concerted voice during the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference to be held later in the year.
Arab trade ministers discuss globalization ahead of 2005 WTO conference
Daily Star 2003-07-25
Deputy PM urges ‘radical policy changes’ necessary for accession to world trade body and for economic revival -- Trade ministers from across the Arab world Wednesday held a series of potentially critical discussions ahead of the 2005 ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Deputy Prime minister Issam Fares opened the two-day event by urging Arab states to adopt “radical policy changes” that would be necessary, he said, for accession to the WTO and the revival of regional economies.
Saudi Arabia denies terror links
BBC 2003-07-25
Saudi Arabia has responded angrily to allegations in a United States congressional report about its role in the 11 September attacks. The 900-page report on the intelligence failings in the run up to the event accuses Riyadh of providing assistance to the hijackers and failing to co-operate with the US intelligence agencies.
Khatami Accuses Washington Of Working Against Iranian Regime
Al-Hayat 2003-07-25
President Mohamad Khatami accused Washington yesterday of working on toppling the Iranian regime, asking it not to give any pretexts for doing so. According to reports, he cancelled his scheduled visit to Belgium to protest the latest European threat to reconsider the relations with Tehran if the latter didn't fulfill several demands, mainly concerning the nuclear file.
Man accused of heading Palestinian militant group's North American operation fires attorneys
New Jersey.com 2003-07-25
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- A former professor indicted on terrorism charges fired his attorneys Friday and will represent himself, despite a judge's warning that he was making a foolish and potentially disastrous move. Sami Al-Arian is still hoping to raise enough money to hire Washington attorney William Moffitt, but if he fails, he will have to go it alone when his case goes to trial in about 18 months.
Democratic Council Moves On Web Site's Mideast Bulletin
Forward 2003-07-25
A Jewish Democratic group is seeking to remove what it considers "unbalanced" material from the Web site of a group it is calling "an important and influential progressive organization." The National Jewish Democratic Council is asking its members to contact MoveOn.org, a grassroots left-liberal organization that uses the Internet to build electronic advocacy groups, about material it has posted about the Middle East "road map."
House majority leader Tom DeLay to visit; opposes 'road map'
Jerusalem Post 2003-07-25
Tom DeLay, the House majority leader and an evangelical Christian, is to visit Israel, Jordan and Iraq next week, bringing his message of grave doubt that the Middle East is ready for a Palestinian state, The New York Times reported Thursday. "I'm sure there are some in the administration who are smarter than me, but I can't imagine in the very near future that a Palestinian state could ever happen," he said in an interview Thursday.
600,000 tons natural gas to be exported through Arish-Aqaba pipeline
Arabic News 2003-07-25
President Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah II of Jordan will open on Sunday the Arab gas pipeline which links the Egyptian city of AL Arish to the Jordanian city of AL Aqaba. The regional project is worth dlrs 1 billion. During the coming phases of the project, the pipeline will be stretched from Jordan to Syria and Lebanon by 2005, Cyprus by 2006 and later to Turkey and Europe.
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