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Anunci :: criminalització i repressió : guerra |
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Today in the MidEast 17Th of april
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per MrParadise
Correu-e: MrParadise_lb@hotmail.com (no verificat!) |
18 abr 2004
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Israel repress nonviolent resistance
The cluster of villages in the Northwest Jerusalem area, including Biddu and Beit Surik, have consistently attempted to nonviolently resist the construction of the Apartheid wall throughout their lands over the last two months. The Israeli army has consistently repressed any form of protest with excessive violence in this region
http://www.palsolidarity.org/reports/writings/17Apr04_04_38_03JerusalemN
Hamas chief assassinated by Israel
He had long depicted himself as a Hamas politician with no links to the military wing. But Israel had refused to accept the distinction, accusing him of being a top decision-maker on attacks and of using his media role to incite violence.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F6718419-88F8-48D0-A3F1-2E4A4F281
INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON IMPACT OF WALL BUILT BY ISRAEL IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY concludes two-day session
A final document issued by the meeting said participants expressed deep concern over the dangerous current and potential humanitarian consequences of the construction of the wall, noting that it would bring further dispossession for a significant number of Palestinians.
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/gapal953.doc.htm
One Article, Three Questions
All the contracting parties of the Geneva Convention, including Israel, must ensure the application of International Humanitarian Law. Since the Wall is illegal, all states that have signed the Geneva Convention have the legal responsibility to take part and stop the Wall's construction and its impact on the civilian population.
http://stopthewall.org/analysisandfeatures/472.shtml
Child used as human shield after beating
After local Palestinians and Israeli activists saw a young boy being beaten by Israeli border police, the boy’s mother sent a Palestinian man to try and help him and Rabbi Ascherman also approached the police. Both were arrested, along with a Swedish ISM activist.
http://www.palsolidarity.org/reports/writings/16Apr04_17_56_50JerusalemR
Child hit by Israeli gunfire
A FIVE-year-old Palestinian girl was shot and seriously wounded as Israeli troops fired at a car in the West Bank town of Tulkarem, Palestinian security officials said today.
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9317035%255E1702,00.html
Hamas' Rantissi lived on borrowed time
Born near what is now Israel's coastal city of Ashkelon, Rantissi was taken as an infant to the Gaza Strip by his family, one of thousands of Arabs displaced during the war that led to the creation of the Jewish state in 1948. He grew up in the Khan Younis refugee camp and received his medical training in Egypt. Returning to Gaza, he helped found Hamas in 1987.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17243038.htm
Suicide bomber kills border guard, wounds three at Erez Crossing
Hamas and Fatah claimed joint responsibility for the attack. The bomber was identified as Fadi el-Amudi, 22, from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, an operative of the Fatah’s el-Aqsa Brigades.
http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=6072
Hamas vows revenge; Qureia blames U.S. 'encouragement, bias'
"This blood will not be wasted. It is our fate in Hamas and it is our fate as Palestinians to die as martyrs. The battle will not weaken our determination or break our will," Ismail Haniya told reporters.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/416387.html
Palestinian PM says assassination result of US
"The Palestinian cabinet considers this terrorist Israeli campaign is a direct result of American encouragement and the complete bias of the American administration towards the Israeli government," he said in his reaction.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17303833.htm
Palestinians campaign for prisoners' release
The protests came on the annual day of solidarity with the prisoners, thousands of whom are in Israeli jails. In Gaza City, parents carried pictures of their imprisoned sons and daughters.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1089569.htm
Palestinians mark day of solidarity with prisoners in Israel
"Your people will never forget you," Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat said of the prisoners. "You are the ones that held up the banner of struggle for the sake of Palestine, for the sake of establishing a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/416314.html
Tibi calls on PA to consider declaring independent state
the new rules call for such a declaration that would create a new political reality in accordance with the UN resolutions in the matter. On Thursday, Tibi termed the Bush statement as a “fatal blow to peace efforts and slap in the face to the Arab world�, adding, “This is the first time the Americans officially approve settlements and the taking over of land by means of force�.
http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=6076
Arab League Members Reject New Mideast U.S. Policy
"The council...affirmed unanimously that it rejects the new American position, which is likely to wreck the peace process in the Middle East," an official statement said. "This position encourages Israel to persist in its aggression against the Palestinian people and its threats to security and stability in the region," it added.
http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=85
Amman wants pledge U.S. committed to land-for-peace plan
Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher said Saturday that Amman wants assurances that Washington is still committed to an Arab-Israeli settlement based on exchanging land-for-peace and creating a Palestinian state in line with the road map.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=416349&contrassID=
Turkey rejects Minister Olmert's request to visit
Turkish officials on Friday rejected a request by Minister of Industry and Trade Ehud Olmert to visit Ankara... Following Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan strongly criticized Israel and called the killing "a terrorist act."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=416362&contrassID=
Omri Sharon: If Gaza plan fails, PM might resign
The resignation, Omri Sharon added, would lead to the party's loss of its hefty share of 40 Knesset seats, since the public would seek a political alternative in the next national elections.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=416094&contrassID=
Anger at restrictions on Vanunu
Vanunu, who will have served 18 years for revealing details of Israel's nuclear arsenal, is to be forbidden to have contact with foreigners either in person or by correspondence. He will not be allowed to leave Israel or move from his home town without reporting to police.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1193735,00.html
Israel threatens to destroy settler homes
Israel is threatening to demolish its settler homes in the Gaza Strip during its planned withdrawal of the territory unless it wins assurances that they will not be turned over to the families of Palestinian militants. It is also negotiating with the World Bank for compensation for its "real estate assets" in 18 settlements in Gaza.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1193818,00.html
Profile: Dr Abd al-Aziz al-Rantisi
In 2003, al-Rantisi survived an Israeli assassination attempt. Suffering leg, arm and chest wounds, the spokesman escaped a US-made Apache helicopter gunship attack. The helicopter fired seven missiles on his car, and killed two passers-by - a mother and her five year-old daughter.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A8D13FD0-8BFB-4B8E-AE45-8451E0D4E
Report: progess in stage II of Israel-Hezbollah prisoner swap
An Egyptian newspaper Saturday cited European sources as saying that significant progress in the second stage of the prisoner exchange between Israel and Hezbollah is likely in the coming weeks, under which Israel would receive "decisive information" on the fate of missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/416354.html
Earth and stones
writer who dwells not on politics but on the less familiar aspects of the Palestinian predicament. Mourid Barghouti is a prominent Palestinian poet who writes with great sensitivity and insight about his own experience of exile. But while writing in an autobiographical vein, he throws a great deal of light on the condition of his people.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1193393,00.html
Report: Two suspected Mossad agents arrested in New Zealand
Two Mossad agents were arrested in New Zealand last month, the New Zealand Herald reported on Saturday. The two, Uri Kalman, 30, and Eli Kra, 50, were detained after attempting to obtain a fake New Zealand passport. Another suspect in the affair, the report added, Ze’ev Barkan, 37, had left the country.
http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=6082
Firing Up New Weapon in Fallouja: The Bulldozer
As U.S. aircraft mounted heavy fire against Iraqi snipers Wednesday, Marines began building an earthen barrier around this Sunni Triangle city, suggesting that the U.S. does not anticipate an immediate resolution of the standoff.
http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news1/latimes124.html
US holding 200 Iraqi 'mutineers'
"They told us to attack the city and we were astonished. How could an Iraqi fight an Iraqi like this? This meant that nothing had changed from the Saddam Hussein days. We refused en masse," said Ali al-Shamari.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/17/1082140098949.html
3 U.S. soldiers are killed in Iraq attack
Iraqi gunmen reportedly fired rocket propelled grenades at a U.S. patrol in a Baghdad suburb Saturday, killing three soldiers and wounding three others. There was no comment from the coalition authority.
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040417-082900-7059r.htm
Two More Japanese Hostages Freed in Iraq
Watanabe told Japanese public broadcaster NHK they were treated well and that their kidnappers told them they were released to avoid hurting Iraq's relations with Japan. They were also told to tell the Japanese government to withdraw its military from Iraq, NHK said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=540&e=15&u=/ap/
Blair refused offer of get-out clause on Iraq
In the book, Plan of Attack, Mr Woodward writes that Mr Bush offered Mr Blair the option of keeping British troops out of the war because he was so concerned that the government might fall. Mr Blair rejected the offer.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1193887,00.html |
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