Monday, November 12

Today in Palestine November 12, 2007

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Six Killed at Fatah Rally in Gaza
Gunfire killed at least six people on Monday at a Fatah memorial rally for Yasser Arafat that drew hundreds of thousands of supporters of the defeated faction in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, a medic and witnesses said.

Military bulldozers uproot lands west of Bethlehem
Israeli military bulldozers uprooted on Sunday afternoon large areas of Palestinian orchards which belong to residents of Al Ma'sar village, south of Bethlehem; dozens of trees were uprooted.

At least 15 Palestinians kidnapped in Tulkarem district
The Israeli military army kidnapped at least 15 people from the Tulkarem district in the early hours of Monday morning.

Physicians for Human Rights-Israel Gaza Update 10 Nov 2007
High Court of Justice Hearing scheduled for Monday, 12.11.07, at 11.30 regarding eleven patients in life-threatening condition who are refused exit from Gaza.

More beatings and arrests in Azzoun
On Friday 9th November, Oday Abdel Odeh was arrested whilst attending his uncle's wedding in the village of Azzoun, near Qalqilya. Oday, sixteen years old and from the nearby village of Kafr Thulth, was standing with a group of friends at the celebration when Israeli soldiers approached, beat the youth and arrested him, witnesses report. He is currently being held in custody in Hawara camp, although it is unclear as to whether any charges have been laid against him as his family are unable to contact him, and he has not been granted access to a lawyer.

Detainees in Huwwara facing abuse
One of the lawyers of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported on Sunday that Palestinian detainees in Huwwara Israeli prison are facing abuse and ongoing insults by the Israeli soldiers manning the prison.

Barak: Israel to proceed with power cut
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday stated that the Israeli government will proceed with plans to limit the supply of electricity to the Gaza Strip, despite the Attorney-General's ruling concerning the illegality of the move.

Fateh spokesperson: Israel is proving its not interested in the Annapolis Summit, peace process
Fateh spokesperson, Fahmi Za'areer, stated on Sunday that by barring the head of the Palestinian Negotiations team from entering Jerusalem on Sunday, Israel is proving that it is not interested in any peace talks with the Palestinians and the Annapolis peace summit.

PA negotiators forced to call off talks after blocked at checkpoint
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' negotiators called off talks on Sunday ahead of a U.S.-sponsored peace conference, saying they were stopped at West Bank checkpoint.

Diplomatic Memo: U.S. and Israel Play Down Hopes for Peace Talks

Officials have been so busy dampening expectations that they are not even calling the this month's planned peace talks a conference anymore, instead referring to it merely as a "meeting."


Hamas police confiscates Fatah rally materials
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement in the Hamas-ruled Gaza on Sunday night accused rival Hamas movement's police forces of confiscating materials that Fatah plans to use in a rally in Gaza on Monday. A Fatah spokesman in Gaza said in a statement that Hamas police stormed the movement's headquarters in Gaza City and confiscated the bonnet, Fatah Kofeyyas (scarf) and posters for late leader Yasser Arafat that would be used in a rally.

Hamas police accused of attacking Arafat memorial ceremony
The Gaza-based Hamas-affiliated police force was on Sunday accused of attacking a memorial ceremony for the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in the Nusayrat refugee camp, located in the central Gaza Strip.

Abbas brands Hamas a "dark force" during Arafat commemoration
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday described the Hamas movement as a "dark force," insisting that he would refuse to re-establish dialogue with the organization until it relinquished the gains made in its "black coup."

Israeli MI Chief: Hamas may attempt to sour Annapolis
Major-General Amos Yadlin, the head of Israel's Military Intelligence division, on Sunday indicated that the Hamas movement may attempt to derail the Annapolis conference should it appear that either gains or further losses are being made at the summit.

Nablus is key to success of upcoming Middle East peace talks
NABLUS, West Bank — Beefy, burly and full of bravado, Alaa Taha Yassin rested his hands on the butt of his new machine gun and tried to sound like a tough talking, modern day Palestinian Joe Friday as he looked out on passing cars.

Israel to release up to 400 Palestinian prisoners
Israel will release up to 400 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to strengthen Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas ahead of an expected peace conference, Haaretz reported on Monday.

Good news from Gaza
The group of reservist paratroopers returned all astir: Hamas fought like an army. The comrades of Sergeant-Major (Res.) Ehud Efrati, who fell in a battle in Gaza about two weeks ago, told Amos Harel that "in all parameters, we are facing an army, not gangs." The soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces were impressed by their enemy's night vision equipment, the tactical space they kept between one another - and their pants even had elastic bands to make them fit snugly around their boots. This is good news from Gaza.

Palestinian, Israeli scholars to advance one-state solution in London
Leading Palestinian and Israeli scholars and activists will be among the speakers at an unprecedented conference to explore a one-state solution, at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London on 17-18 November. Organized by the London One State Group and the SOAS Palestine Society, the conference, "Challenging the Boundaries: A Single State in Israel/Palestine," will explore new models for a just peace including binationalism, secular democracy, a 'state of all its citizens' and federalism.

Abed the martyr: Abed Shinawi has died. In the words of the Palestinians, among others, he was martyred
The notion of martyrdom, in the context of anything Arab-related, is a loaded word in many Westerners' understanding: it often has a negative connotation, or insinuation of an extreme ideology or lack of love for life, and often of suicide bombings. However, a martyr is one who has died as a result of not renouncing their beliefs or principles, religious or otherwise. "Martyr" in Palestine refers to anyone who has died as a result of the Israeli occupation, as with the 38-year-old handicapped, wheelchair-bound man killed in an Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) invasion in Nablus' al-Ain refugee camp a month and a half ago. Or it refers to the elderly man shot five times in the chest after he opened his door to IOF assurances of his safety during the same 16 October Israeli invasion that eventually claimed Abed's life.

E. J'lem (Palestinian) family gives homeless Jewish family shelter after authorities fail to help


Israeli police seek evidence against PM
JERUSALEM - Police raided more than 20 government buildings and private offices Sunday morning, seeking evidence in a series of criminal investigations of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, potentially weakening his position ahead of a crucial Mideast peace conference in the United States.

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