24/12/07

Meanwhile, in the West Bank
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
While all eyes are on Gaza, the impression has been created, under the aegis of a media turning a blind eye, that the West Bank is quiet. …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/937524.html

Israeli PM Says No Cease-Fire Talks With Hamas
Voice of America – USA
At the same time, Israeli settlement construction is casting a shadow over new peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. …
voanews.com/english/2007-12-23-voa21.cfm

Israeli plan ‘jeopardises talks’
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Despite calls for Israel to stop building settlements on confiscated Palestinian land in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, it has been revealed that money …
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4B4B0D
AF-A808-4221-BA7D-65C143C1A325.htm

Gaza’s Christians keeping low profile
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
But many Christians privately said they would use their travel permits to leave Gaza for good, even if that means remaining in the West Bank as illegal …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-gaza
christmas24dec24,0,4077417.story?coll=la-home-center

Aid can’t save Palestinian economy in Israeli grip
Kuwait Times – Kuwait
In practice, that means helping Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who has ruled only the West Bank since Hamas Islamists seized Gaza in battles with his …
www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.
php?newsid=MTI2ODE4Mzg0Mw==

The Region: 2007 – The year that was
Jerusalem Post – Israel
During 2008 we will have to assess whether the Palestinian Authority still ruling the West Bank can meet the Hamas challenge. We already know it won’t meet …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=119684741238
9&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

New Israeli settlements will cloud peace talks: Abbas
CBC Manitoba – Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah party controls the West Bank, said building the apartments will breach Israel’s agreement to halt …
www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/12/23/israel-settlements.html

US plans confidential assessment of Mideast peace moves
Reuters – USA
Despite US and Palestinian pressure on Israel to freeze settlements, its construction ministry said on Sunday 740 new homes would be built on occupied land …
www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSL23351997

President Abbas reaffirms basis of Palestinian-Israeli peace talks
International Middle East Media Center – Beit Sahour,West Bank,Palestinian Territories
Abbas, who met today with Fatah’s local leaders in the West Bank, considered the Palestinian participation in the last month’s Washington-sponsored …
www.imemc.org/article/52071

23/12/07

In Fatah map all of Israel is Palestine
Jerusalem Post – Israel
Founded in 1965, Fatah has celebrated its anniversary over the past 14 years with major rallies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. But it’s not clear at this …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=119684740
6095&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

peace next year in David’s city
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
As Israeli foreign minister Livni has recognised, the security of the people of Israel and the welfare of the Palestinian people are linked. …
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml
?xml=/opinion/2007/12/23/do2306.xml

Israel must call W.Bank building freeze now: Qurei
Reuters – USA
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – The chief Palestinian peace negotiator with Israel said on Friday the Jewish state must call a halt to all settlement …
www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSL2161819820071221

The West Bank: flat-pack gridlock
Guardian Unlimited – UK
According to the Israeli government, the wall was built solely to prevent Palestinians moving at will between Palestine and Israel. Without doubt, driving a …
commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/nicholas_blincoe/
2007/12/the_west_bank_flat-pack_gridlo.html

Girl hit in missile strike fights to stay in Israel
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
“I don’t see how the court can send Maria to Gaza or the West Bank where it’s clear she could not survive. In order to salvage what’s left, …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?
xml=/news/2007/12/23/wgaza123.xml

Between genuine and false threats
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
By Haaretz Editorial Last week, security officials told the government that violence by right-wing activists during future evacuations in the West Bank may …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/937186.html

Two IDF reservists hurt in blast on Gaza border
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
Meanwhile, in the northern West Bank village of Bil’in on Friday afternoon, an IDF soldier was slightly injured by a stone thrown during a protest against …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/937173.html

Israeli army ‘crimes’ unpunished
Tehran Times – Iran
Under international law, the Israeli army is considered an occupying power the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with a duty to protect the civilian population. …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=159691

An unsettling occupation
Globe and Mail – Canada
So today, when Prime Minister Ehud Olmert talks about retreating from most of the West Bank and evacuating numerous settlements, most Israelis don’t blink. …
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC
.20071222.BKISRA22/TPStory/Entertainment

Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud
Ynetnews – Israel
In January 1997, as part of the Oslo accords, Netanyahu signed over the majority of control in the West Bank city of Hebron to the Palestinian Authority; …
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3482383,00.html

Refusing to accept apartheid in Beit Jala
By via the Electronic Intifada(SF Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay))
Saturday, December 22, 2007 :Last night the rains finally arrived in Beit Jala, a small town in the West Bank, one kilometer west of Bethlehem and about eight kilometers south of Jerusalem. Its alluring hills are covered with olive …
www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/22/18468479.php

BOYCOTT ISRAEL CAMPAIGN – Coca-Cola
Electronic Intifada have recently exposed Linda Gradstein for taking payments from zionist organizations whilst claiming to be the impartial Middle-east Correspondent for National Public Radio(NPR). Read the full story: …
blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-D17pLZk4b.hBLAnv.XKf9Q—?cq=1&p=188

22/12/07

Ailing Gaza shut off from the world
The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
In Gaza and the occupied West Bank, politicians and doctors blame the crisis on Israel’s blockade, but the WHO says it is not that simple. …
www.theage.com.au/news/world/ailing-gaza-shut
-off-from-the-world/2007/12/21/1198175339057.html

Israel Looking at Hamas Truce Idea
The Associated Press –
Israel hopes to hold on to some parts of the West Bank, where 270000 settlers live, so it is unclear how many will be forced to leave.
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jD4YS
kDPlclqd9dHvg2f0Ij18zEgD8TLR6382

‘He is very much alive’
Guardian Unlimited – UK
At the same time there were continued rocket attacks from Palestinian militants in Gaza, which Israel tried to suppress with a series of tough military …
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2231481,00.html

Bilateral negotiations between Israel, Palestinians have commenced …
ReliefWeb (press release) – Geneva,Switzerland
Continuing and enhanced security cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian security forces was also essential. Obstacles to movement in the West Bank …
www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db9
00SID/SHES-7A4R5N?OpenDocument

Two Different Worlds
The Conservative Voice – Kernersville,NC,USA
Currently Palestine refers to only the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip When the British gave up the Palestinian territories, …
www.theconservativevoice.com/article/29494.html

Israeli Housing Minister offers Israelis free land to build homes …
International Middle East Media Center – Beit Sahour,West Bank,Palestinian Territories
Israeli forces did not follow suit, and continue to target Palestinian civilians in both the Palestinian territories, the West Bank and Gaza.
www.imemc.org/article/52068