The occupying Israeli Civil Administration in Bethlehem's Beit Jala issued orders to stop construction on four buildings, including the Orthodox Charity Association. The Palestinian town is under increased threat from the Wall, while its lands are the site of the Har Gilo Settlement.
http://english.pnn.ps/index.
No bread in Gaza
The Gaza Strip, home to more than 1.5 million Palestinians, will soon be without its most basic commodity: bread. While families around the world celebrate Christmas, gathering around tables of abundance, Gaza parents like me will not even be able provide bread for their children unless Israel opens the commercial crossings to Gaza from the outside world.
http://electronicintifada.net/
Latin patriarch of Jerusalem rails at occupation
The Latin patriarch in Occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday prayed for an end of "occupation and injustice" in the Holy Land and voiced concern for the future of the Holy City he said is "strangled by settlements." "As Bethlehem waited throughout history for the one who would 'smash the yoke that burdened' the people ... so we are awaiting a manifestation of the savior's grace that will put an end to the occupation," Fuad Twal told Christians in his Christmas message.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Palestinian Detainee Dies Due to Medical Negligence in al-Ramah Israeli Prison
The detainee spent most of his time in the al-Ramla prison hospital, which lacks the basic medical equipment. Currently, there are thirty detainees hospitalized at the al-Ramla prison hospital, and could meet the same fate if they do not receive the needed medical treatment.
http://www.imemc.org/article/
Palestinian prisoners in occupation jails on hunger strike
The prisoners said in a leaked message that they addressed a memo to the Israeli prisons authority holding it responsible for the death of Younis. They asked human rights groups and the Red Cross to investigate the death of Younis and to expose the IPA practices against prisoners especially concerning medical neglect. The prisoners also asked for international protection, and asked for solidarity rallies to support their cause.
http://palestine-info.co.uk/
Report: Egypt won't object to short IDF offensive in Gaza
The paper claimed that Egyptian Intelligence chief, Omar Suleimanm, met last week with Amos Gilad, the head of the Defense Ministry's diplomatic-security department, and rejected Gilad's request that Cairo use its influence to persuade Hamas to extend a truce with Israel that expired last Friday. At the same time, the paper said, Suleiman told Gilad that Egypt would not object to a limited Israeli operation in Gaza aimed at toppling the Hamas government.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Israel Gives Ultimatum to Tunnel Owners in Southern Gaza
Leaflets dropped by Israeli warplanes on the border lines read that all those working on tunnels must leave the place in 24 hours, before the Israeli air crafts destroy the tunnels.
http://www.imemc.org/article/
Gaza residents 'preparing for the worst'
"It is our opinion that Israel was given a period of calm but we received nothing in return. The crossings Israel promised to reopen have remained closed. As long as they are not reopened, we will continue to support the rocket attacks on Israel." Some Gazans, he said, hope the rocket fire will cause the Israeli public to pressure its government into opening the crossings.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Barak warns: Hamas will pay a 'heavy price'
He did not elaborate. But defense officials, speaking on condition on anonymity because they were not permitted to discuss the plans, said the Israeli operation would likely begin with surgical airstrikes against rocket launchers and continue with a land invasion. Harsh weather conditions are hampering visibility and complicating air force missions, so the operation won't be launched until the skies clear, they added.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Olmert urges Gazans to stop Hamas
In interview with al-Arabiya network, prime minister turns to Strip's residents, says 'Hamas is the resident's enemy – not only in Israel but in Gaza too. I think about the tens of thousands of children and innocent people who will be put in danger as a result of Hamas' actions'
http://www.ynetnews.com/
PFLP condemns Israeli verdict of its chief to 30 years imprisonment
Sa'adat, in his mid-50s, told the court before the sentence was announced that "I don't recognize your court, which is an extension to an illegal military occupation that occupied out lands. You laws are worse than the Nazi laws."
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Palestinian security forces redeployed in Nablus after Israeli military operation
Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that Israeli officials informed the Palestinian security services on Thursday morning that Israeli forces were carrying out "security activities" in the city and that Palestinian security personnel should not venture outside during the military operation.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Gazan invents alternative to cooking gas
Farajallah explained that he invented a device using chemical substances available in Gaza, which burn when mixed and brought into contact with oxygen. He added that his concoction can be stored in medium-sized metal containers and used in homes, restaurants and bakeries as an alternative to cooking gas, since Israel has prevented deliveries of cooking gas to Gaza.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Hunger before the storm
If you visit my house you won't find power, while my neighbor is out of gas. Another neighbor seeks potable water as power outages have left him without for four days. A third neighbor desparately looks for milk for his child but does so in vain. Another friend who lives on the corner needs medicine that can't currently be found in Gaza. "We are under an organized Israeli media campaign. We are being starved and victimized by Israel. The world think we are besieging Israel, not the other way around. Israel is playing up the issue of rocket fire to besiege us more and more."
http://electronicintifada.net/
Soldier indicted for firing in Hebron squabble
An IDF soldier residing in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, Ben-Yaakov was wearing civilian clothes at the time of the incident, which took place during a clash between Palestinians and settlers in Hebron last month.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Hamas 'may extend' truce if Israel ends siege, stops attacks
A tense calm reigned over Gaza on Tuesday, as Hamas confirmed that it might consider agreeing to a new truce with Israel if it lifted its crushing siege of the impoverished territory. Hamas declared the end of a 24-hour lull, but deposed Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahhar, a senior party leader, told AFP the Islamist movement could consider renewing it and agreeing to a new long-term truce.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Hamas, Fatah welcome renewed Egyptian efforts to end their feud
Though confirming it did not officially receive invitation for pre-dialogue talks, Hamas said it "welcomes all the efforts that aim at ending the internal Palestinian crisis." "The dialogue is the only way to reach a Palestinian reconciliation empowering the internal Palestinian front," said Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas' spokesman.
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Abbas urges Hamas to resume reconciliation talks
Abbas recently said that if Hamas did not return to reconciliation talks by the end of the year, he would call snap parliamentary and presidential elections. Hamas has warned that it would no longer recognise Abbas if he remained in power after his term expired on January 8 and would not allow the holding of new parliamentary polls before they are due in January 2010.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
Hamas political bureau official: PA spying for the West
According to Nazzal PA intelligence took clandestine information from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Egypt, Qatar, Sudan, Djibouti and Somalia. The Hamas official’s information is coming from documents handed over to the party. Yesterday on Al Jazeera Nazzal said that millions of documents were found establishing connections inside and outside Palestine.
http://english.pnn.ps/index.
Abbas to deliver "important" speech on peace talks, internal split
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is to deliver a historic speech on Jan. 1 on the occasion of celebrating the 43rd anniversary of the establishment of Fatah movement, a Palestinian source said Thursday.
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Checkpoint Bethlehem
It is 4:30 a.m. when I arrive at the Bethlehem checkpoint. It’s a gateway, known as “Checkpoint 300,” that thousands of Palestinians are made to pass through every day in order to get to their jobs in Jerusalem. The people come early, and on foot, because Israel does not allow cars with Palestinian license plates into Jerusalem. Set up and operated by the Israeli military, checkpoints are one of the many ways the state of Israel enforces its occupation, now in its 42nd year, of the Palestinian West Bank.
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Jewish parents deny Arab girl place in Jezreel Valley daycare
The opposition of a group of parents has caused a daycare in Moshav Merhavia to reject the registration of a young Arab toddler from a nearby village.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Tourists flock to Bethlehem as city basks in Christmas spotlight
Bethlehem marked Christmas on Thursday with crowds of tourists joining local Palestinian Christians in Jesus' traditional birthplace, as the West Bank town basked in its once-a-year appearance in the world spotlight. Bethlehem remains surrounded on three sides by a barrier of towering concrete slabs and electronic fences that Israel has erected.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Gazan humor in Ramallah
"You get massacred, while we are having a party." "You" are the Gazans. "We" are the Ramallahns, and the speaker is Manal Awad, an actress in a groundbreaking satirical show staged last week in Ramallah, entitled "Gaza-Ramallah." "Drink two beers and the third is a donation for the Gazans. Has anything reached you?" she asks Imad Farajin, an actor and the playwright.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Lebanon army: 7 missiles ready to be fired at Israel found in south Lebanon
Lebanese authorities discovered seven missiles aimed at Israel in southern Lebanon, an official Lebanese news agency reported Thursday. The missiles are currently under inspection to determine whether they were enabled for launch, and they will subsequently be dismantled, the news agency reported.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Shortage of men marks Christian Christmas in Baghdad
As worshippers quietly listened to the sermon and received communion in a two-hour service, a quick count of the congregation of around 200 showed that about 75 percent of them were women. The lopsided gender ratio is a grim reminder of the violence Iraq's beleaguered minority Christian community has endured since the 2003 US-led invasion sparked vicious sectarianism in this multi-faith nation.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
Iraq: The Necessary Withdrawal
Bush's costly and illegal war has been a drain on the economy to the tune of a trillion dollars if hidden costs are included, a sum likely to triple in coming decades as the public pays for the care of injured veterans. The war has left tens of thousands of military personnel wounded, suffering from brain trauma or dead. The toll on Iraqis has been monumental.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/
Iraq appreciates Syria for hosting refugees
He underlined the importance of communication between the two governments to provide better living conditions for the refugees until they return to their home country. The Syrian government says there are about 1.2 million Iraqi refugees in Syria now, down from a number of 1.5 million two years ago.
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