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Explosion at Gaza army outpost wounds several Israelis, settlers say
JERUSALEM (AP) - A large explosion rocked an army outpost in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, wounding several people, settlers said.
Rescue workers said the explosion occurred near the Kissufim border crossing in southern Gaza....
Posted: Tue, Jan 18, 2005 9:49am PST
President of EU Council of Ministers: The Arafat excuse has disappeared
"With Arafat gone, the problem of the peace process' dead end disappears," Luxembourg foreign minister and current president of the European Union Council of Ministers, Jean Asselborn, told Haaretz last night....
Posted: Tue, Jan 18, 2005 9:39am PST
Israeli Bullets Steal `Eid Joy
GAZA, January 17 (IslamOnline.net) – A few days before Muslims across the world celebrate `Eid Al-Adha, Israeli bullet stole the feast joy from yet another Palestinian family....
Posted: Mon, Jan 17, 2005 1:59pm PST
Rafah crossing closure takes tragic toll
At least seven Palestinian refugees stranded at the Egypt-Rafah border crossing closed by Israel for the past six weeks have succumbed to various illnesses....
Posted: Mon, Jan 17, 2005 1:54pm PST
Abbas wants resistance group co-opted
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has given orders for members of resistance group al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades to be incorporated into the security services, a senior security official says....
Posted: Mon, Jan 17, 2005 11:55am PST
Abbas orders militant clampdown
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has ordered his security forces to try to prevent militant attacks on Israelis, a Palestinian cabinet minister has said....
Posted: Mon, Jan 17, 2005 11:46am PST
635 Israeli Soldiers REFUSE To Oppress And Kill Palestinian People
We, combat officers and soldiers who have served the State of Israel for long weeks every year, in spite of the dear cost to our personal lives, have been on reserve duty in the Occupied Territories, and were issued commands and directives that had nothing to do with the security of our country, and that had the sole purpose of perpetuating our control over the Palestinian people.
We, whose eyes have seen the bloody toll this Occupation exacts from both sides,
We, who sensed how the...
Posted: Mon, Jan 17, 2005 11:38am PST
Arabs Brokering Unilateral Palestinian Ceasefire
GAZA CITY, January 16 (IslamOnline.net) – While Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon gave his army a free rein in Gaza Strip, Arab countries, particularly Syria and Lebanon, were holding intensive talks with Palestinian resistance groups to broker a unilateral ceasefire....
Posted: Sun, Jan 16, 2005 9:56pm PST
IDF to investigate house demolitions in Gaza
Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Moshe Ya'alon has appointed Major General (res.) Ze'ev Livneh to head an inquiry into the Israel Defense Forces' destruction of houses in Khan Yunis last summer, done without proper authorization....
Posted: Sun, Jan 16, 2005 9:54pm PST
Israel holds off on Gaza operation
Israel is refraining from carrying out a widespread military operation in the Gaza Strip, despite having threatened to do so over the weekend in reaction to last Thursday's terror attack at the Karni crossing....
Posted: Sun, Jan 16, 2005 9:53pm PST
Kate Raphael's Hearing, Dheisheh, Izbit Al Tabib and Nablus
A) In Catch 22 Ruling, Israeli Judge Silences Jewish American
Activist
B) Ibda'a is the Intifada
C) Israeli Military Fails to Intimidate Izbit Al Tabib
D) Nablus After the Elections...
Posted: Sun, Jan 16, 2005 11:18am PST
PLO calls for halt to resistance attacks
The Palestine Liberation Organisation has called on armed resistance groups to stop carrying out attacks which it said were giving Israel an excuse to block progress in the Middle East peace process....
Posted: Sun, Jan 16, 2005 11:06am PST
Egypt urges Israel to negotiate
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has called on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to resume contacts with the new Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas....
Posted: Sun, Jan 16, 2005 10:17am PST
Sharon: Unlimited operations in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has given orders for troops to carry out unlimited operations against Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip....
Posted: Sun, Jan 16, 2005 10:14am PST
Haaretz- Time for a joint plan of action
Ariel Sharon's display of anger at Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) after the suicide bombing at the Karni crossing shows that Israel has chosen to return to the relationship model that was unsuccessfully tried with Yasser Arafat, instead of taking a different path....
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 6:04pm PST
Israeli forces kill 5 Palestinians in Gaza attack
Report, PCHR, 15 January 2005...
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 11:55am PST
Abbas sworn in as Palestinian leader
During his inauguration ceremony, incoming Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinians are ready to begin carrying out their obligations as spelled out in the road map and that they will not accept partial diplomatic solutions in the future....
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 11:30am PST
Palestinian Elections: Voting for hope
Fewer than expected Palestinians voted in the Palestinian presidential elections -- and those that did may be disappointed, writes Graham Usher in Ramallah...
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 11:23am PST
Palestinian resistance defies Abbas
A Palestinian official has called for a mutual ceasefire on a day when Palestinians marched in the streets in defiance of President-elect Mahmud Abbas' call for non-violence in the region....
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2005 8:39am PST
Several die in Gaza crossing attack
At least five Israelis and three Palestinians have been killed in an explosion set off by Palestinian resistance fighters at a vital Gaza crossing, the Israeli military says....
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 6:21pm PST