Israeli forces rolled into southeast Gaza Strip on Tuesday and bulldozers started to flatten farmlands, witnesses and security sources said. The residents of al-Fukhari neighborhood, to the east of Khan Younis town, said nine tanks and two bulldozers suddenly entered the area and destroyed greenhouses and potato fields.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/
Israeli military invades Jenin, erects a checkpoint in another area
Israeli military invaded on Tuesday the West Bank city of Jenin and erected a checkpoint on the entrance of the Yamoun town.
http://www.imemc.org/article/
Jews desecrate cemetery, IOA flattens Palestinian house in occupied Jerusalem
The Israeli occupation authority on Monday demolished the home of Mohammed Mizro in Alezariye, east of occupied Jerusalem, at the usual pretext of lack of construction permit.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Israeli army storm Hebron college and arrests eight students
On 30 October 2008, at 10:15am, the Israeli army stormed the faculty of the Palestine Technical College in Arroub refugee camp, Hebron and arrested students from some of the classrooms. The students were blindfolded, shackled, and then repeatedly beaten, slapped, and punched all over the body. They were then taken to Gush Etzion military detention center. None of the boys are older than 16.
http://electronicintifada.net/
Israeli forces detain four civilians in the West Bank
Israeli forces detained four civilians across the West Bank at dawn on Tuesday. Israeli sources claimed that the four are from the list of "wanted" resistance fighters in Bethlehem, Hebron and Qalqilia, and confirmed that they have been been taken in for interrogation.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Israel postpones trial of a Palestinian leader
An Israeli military court postponed on Tuesday trial of the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Ahmad Sa'adat, who has been jailed by Israel for the past two years.
http://www.imemc.org/article/
PFLP holds rallies in support of jailed leader Sa'dat
Palestinians across the West Bank and Gaza rallied in support of Ahmad Sa'dat, the jailed leader of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Sa'dat's deputy, Abd-Ar-Rahim Mallouh addressed a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah, saying that prisoners in Israeli jails should be viewed as freedom fighters. He said Israel's maltreatment of prisoners amounts to "state terrorism."
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Gaza crossing resealed by Israel
Aid officials said Monday's deliveries would have little impact. Israel has resealed a border crossing with the Gaza Strip that it had temporarily opened to allow in a limited amount of food and fuel.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
Gaza's power plant will shut down in 30 hours if Israeli blockade not eased
The Gaza Strip's sole power plant will shut down within 30 hours if regular fuel shipments are not allowed to resume, a Palestinian energy official said on Tuesday. Mahmoud Al-Khizindar, the deputy chief of the federation of fuel companies in Gaza, said that a shipment of fuel allowed by Israel into the besieged Strip would not last more than 30 hours.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Gaza: Siege report for the past 20 days
Popular Committee Against Siege PCAS issues a comprehensives report on the latest of siege outcomes which hit all life aspects. The crisis came up strongly as Israel completely closed crossings, banned food stuff, fuel shipments and all products into Gaza Strip.
http://palestinethinktank.com/
Fuel allowed in Gaza generates electricity for 30 hours only
Palestinian petroleum officials in Gaza announced on Tuesday that the quantities of fuel, Israel allowed in yesterday, can generate electricity for 30 hours only.
http://www.imemc.org/article/
Gaza power plant shuts down
AFP-Gaza's sole power plant has shut down because Israel will not allow the importation of replacement parts needed for urgent repairs, an official in the impoverished Palestinian territory's energy authority said on Tuesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
Israel eases Gaza blockade temporarily
Tthe UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said the deliveries were insufficient for long-term needs.
http://www.nasdaq.com/
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Cash crunch leaves Gazans using tattered notes
Desperate Gazans crowded into banks on Monday, jostling to get to the front of lines as they raced to withdraw money from accounts that have become largely inaccessible due to Israeli sanctions.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
Thanksgiving Reflections on the Meaning of Concentration Camp Gaza
We're about ready to head for our annual Thanksgiving Day feast like many Americans this week. We'll enjoy our favorite foods and the comfort of family and give thanks for our good fortune. In Palestine, though, millions of people face a bleak prospect of hunger, dirty water, no medicines to sustain life and lack of fuel for electric generation. The Irish Sun reports: In what the UN has described as collective punishment, the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip continues. Notwithstanding 56% of the 1.5 million Gazan population consists of children, Israel has shut down access to the region refusing to allow desperately needed food trucks to reach their destination. UN food agencies in Gaza that have had their food supply cut by the Israeli blockade say they are facing a "humanitarian catastrophe."
http://www.opednews.com/
Photo Essay: Gaza's (Literal) Underground Economy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/
Photo essay: A dark night in Gaza
On Saturday, 22 November, I toured Gaza City and authenticated the bleak reality of people through my camera. The dark streets further demonstrating the physical and spiritual fatigue experienced by Palestinians, now enduring the 18th month of Israel's siege while the world remains indifferent to their suffering. Sameh Habeeb's photographs tell a story of Gazans living without power.
http://electronicintifada.net/
URGENT STATEMENT BY ANTI-ZIONIST ORTHODOX JEWS WORLDWIDE
How long will Jewish and non-Jewish leaders who claim the mantle of civilization and morality remain silent in the face of the ongoing state terrorism practiced by the Zionist state against the Palestinian People. PDF
http://www.
UNRWA: Words of sympathy not enough, Gaza needs practical steps to lift siege
John Ging, the director of UNRWA operations in the Gaza Strip, has said that the people of Gaza are in not in need of words of sympathy but rather need tangible action.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
oPt: On the anniversary of the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, the suffering of Gaza women doubles due to the siege and its repercussions
Today, 25 November, 2008, women worldwide celebrate the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, that had been officially adopted by the UN in 1999, as part of the effort exerted to eliminate violence against women, and to urge countries to take actions necessary to ensure women's enjoyment of necessary protection.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
PLO Official calls on Israel to end Gaza Blockade
An official in Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Sunday called on Israel to end the complete blockade on the narrow enclave of the Gaza Strip that has been for 18 days.
http://www.imemc.org/article/
Journalists make news over Gaza
Once again access to the Gaza Strip is in the news. This time, perhaps a little self-servingly, because foreign journalists are being denied access to Gaza by Israeli authorities. The Foreign Press Association, which represents the collective interests of the international media covering the news in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, has filed a law suit with the Supreme Court demanding Israel lifts its ban on journalists entering Gaza. It has been in force for nearly three weeks, since violence flared with Israeli army raids and air strikes and Palestinian "Kassam" rocket fire from the coastal enclave.
http://blogs.reuters.com/
Lebanon Condemns Gaza Blockade as Terrorism
While the Israeli blockade on Gaza was ongoing amid a real humanitarian "catastrophe," the international community was, as usual, preoccupied with "more important" issues, forgetting, or better, pretending to forget its duties in the Palestinian occupied territories, allowing the Zionist criminal to go further in its spiteful conduct. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri denounced on Tuesday the Israeli continuous assaults against the Palestinian people through the policies of siege, constraint, closure, aggression, until putting all the Gaza strip at the edge of a real humanitarian catastrophe.
http://almanar.com.lb/
Fireworks Light Up Dubai as Gaza Sleeps in Darkness
But before you start wondering whether you've wandered onto the wrong site or are reading an article from The Insider, rest assured-this descriptive introduction does have a point! I don't believe I was the only person to read about the party and its copious expense without thinking that the timing of the whole event was in very poor taste. As I read a description of the elaborate fireworks display, I couldn't help but consider the 1.5 million Palestinians living in darkness in Gaza, courtesy of an Israeli blockade on food, fuel and medical supplies-20 days and counting so far. Meanwhile, the world is sinking deeper into a global financial crisis which Dubai seems to be in denial of; millions of people have and will lose their jobs; and military and humanitarian crises are still ongoing in places like Darfur, Iraq, DR Congo and Zimbabwe. Not to mention the 2,000 or so flights to Dubai for the A-list celebrities that probably chipped off a little more from our melting polar icecaps. Still, there was no evidence of concern as tycoons and celebrities streamed into Dubai for what was reportedly the world's most expensive private party. In true capitalist style, the rich have once again found a way to 'party as the world burns'.
http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/
Palestinian meet in Syria highlights refugees' right of return
A gathering of radical Palestinian factions and their supporters has highlighted the Palestinian refugees' right to return to homes in present-day Israel.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Fatah slams Kaddomi for supporting RoR
Fatah faction has slammed Monday its veteran political leader Farouk Al-Kaddomi "Abu Allutuf" for participating in the International Arab conference for the Right of Return.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Hamas: Abbas wants U.S.-controlled security government
The Islamic Hamas movement said on Sunday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants to install a U.S.-controlled government that only works on security issues. "Abbas wants to have a security government achieving the American and Israeli goals," said Mahmoud Zahar, a Hamas leader based in Gaza. His remarks came a day after Abbas called for forming an independent Palestinian government to overcome internal political crisis.
http://english.people.com.cn/
Anger at Abbas appointment
Commentators in the Arab press highlighted the "symbolic" nature of Abbas' appointment to a nominal post last held by Yasser Arafat.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-
Abbas delivers inauguration address as president of the 'State of Palestine'
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivered his inaugural speech on Monday after being elected the second president of the declared state of Palestine by the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). With the Central Council's vote, Abbas assumed the third title previously held by the iconic Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Abbas was already the chairman of the Palestinian Authority and of the PLO.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Abbas wants Palestinian elections in April-aide
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in April despite opposition from Hamas rivals who run the Gaza Strip, a senior aide said on Tuesday. "The call for elections will be early January," said Yasser Abed Rabbo. "The elections will be held three months after."
http://www.alertnet.org/
Zahhar: Abbas cannot call elections without PLC approval
Senior Hamas leader, Mahmoud Zahhar on Monday said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cannot call early parliamentary elections without the approval of the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). At a press conference in his private home in Gaza, Zahhar responded to Abbas' announcement on Sunday that he would call parliamentary and presidential elections in early 2009 if reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah fail.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Hamas leader rejects early elections
Mashaal says calling early parliamentary elections a violation of Palestinian law; PRC: Abbas already a non-factor.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Meshaal Rejects Abbas' Early Elections "Threat"
Hamas Leader Khaled Mashaal called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' call for early parliamentary elections a violation of Palestinian law. Mashaal, dismissed Abbas' threat to hold simultaneous elections for president and parliament early next year, unless Hamas begins reconciliation talks. Hamas and Fatah were supposed to meet in Cairo for a round of Egyptian-mediated talks, but they were canceled after Hamas announced its intention to boycott further talks in protest to Fatah's refusal to release 400 members imprisoned by the PA in the West Bank. Hamas says that the Palestinian President's term expires January 9. The Resistance movement argues that Abbas can call for presidential elections then, but not parliament elections to replace the democratically elected Hamas-dominated legislature.
http://almanar.com.lb/
West Bank alone could go to polls
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas could hold elections in the occupied West Bank alone if Hamas prevents the ballot from taking place in Gaza, an Abbas aide said on Monday.
http://archive.gulfnews.com/
Documents obtained by Haaretz reveal split among Hamas leaders
Internal Hamas correspondence intercepted by the Palestinian Authority and obtained by Haaretz reveals a deep divide between the organization's leadership abroad and its West Bank leadership, on the one hand, and the Gaza leadership on the other. In the documents, the leadership abroad says it does not want "to control Gaza completely while losing the West Bank."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Hamas-Fatah clashes break out at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza
Up to 30 students were wounded in clashes between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah on the campus of Al-Aqsa University in the city of Khan Younis on Tuesday, A Fatah student group said. The Hamas-led government of Gaza denies this account.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Ahmad Hillis, who fled Gaza in August fighting, plans return home
A senior leader in the Fatah movement will return to Gaza on Tuesday after fleeing to the West Bank amid intense fighting with the Hamas government of Gaza. Ahmad Hillis fled Gaza in August 2008 through the Israeli border. Hillis and some 200 other members of his family fled Gaza following a gun battle with Hamas forces. Israeli forces shot him twice, then arrest him upon his arrival in Israel. Hillis was ultimately released to Jericho along with family members who also left Gaza.
http://www.maannews.net/en/
Without unity, Palestinians have no way to fend off Israeli war crimes
No sane person can look at the tragedy unfolding in the Gaza Strip and not mourn the passing of Palestinian unity. At a time when a coherent message demanding statehood might help create public pressure for Western countries to finally stop allowing Israel to break international law, the Palestinian people have been reduced to the point where the United Nations is begging on their behalf for permission to bring food into the besieged enclave. Zero progress has been made on liberating Palestine Hamas' way, which is to fire ineffective rockets that only give the Israelis a pretext to maintain their attacks and starve children. In addition, even Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah has now acknowledged that his way-that of engaging in negotiations with the occupier-has also achieved nothing after a whole year of talks initiated by the Annapolis summit.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Mishaal: Hamas ready to shoulder obligations of national reconciliation
Khaled Mishaal has affirmed Monday that his Movement was keen on restoring the Palestinian national unity, and that it was ready to carry out all the obligations of that unity.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Bush insists vision of Palestinian state lives
Reuters-U.S. President George W. Bush declared in farewell talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday that the vision of a Palestinian state remained alive, despite failure to achieve their goal of a peace deal this year.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/
ANALYSIS /Elections are Gilad Shalit's greatest hope
There has been some behind-the-scenes movement in recent weeks in the negotiations over Gilad Shalit's release, and Israel is now awaiting Hamas' response to its latest proposal. Surprisingly, it seems that the upcoming Knesset elections have provided the main spur for greater flexibility in Israel's stance.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Jordanians on rare family prison visit in Israel
AFP-A group of 37 Jordanians on Tuesday made a rare visit to relatives jailed in Israel.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
Charity convicted in terrorism financing trial
AP-A Muslim charity and five of its former leaders were convicted Monday of funneling millions of dollars to the Palestinian militant group Hamas, finally handing the government a signature victory in its fight against terrorism funding.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
UN: Support Palestinians' rights to self-determination, statehood
'It has been 60 years since some 800,000 Palestinians were driven out of their homes becoming refugees and an uprooted and marginalized people,' General Assembly president says, adding that the fact that Palestinians still have no state represents UN's 'single greatest failure'.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Attacks on Israel expected as UN marks Solidarity with Palestinian People Day
A concerted diplomatic attack against Israel is expected in the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday on the second day of the annual debate marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Organize to stop apartheid dance troupe's North America tour
The Batsheva Dance Company of Tel Aviv is touring the US and Canada in January, February, and March, 2009. A recipient of public financing since the 1990s, the dance troupe is clearly an Israeli apartheid cultural institution. Writing October 26, 2008, in The Independent of London, Jenny Gilbert reports that the dance company is "funded by Israel's government, its performers include none of Arab extraction, and it is 'proud to be considered Israel's leading ambassador.'"
http://electronicintifada.net/
Graduation Ceremony, Exhibition for Palestinian Youth Participants in Art Empowerment Training
Invitation Under the auspices of His Excellency the Governor of Hebron, Ministry of Culture and Hebron Municipality The Alternative Information Center (AIC) Invites you to attend the graduation ceremony in the plastic arts of a group of youth from Hebron Ceremony will include an exhibition of graduating artists under the supervision of Instructor Yosef Katalo Isa'ad al-Tofoula Center.
http://www.alternativenews.
From Gaza with love
Israelis are used to rockets being launched from Gaza at southern communities, but Ashkelon residents were in for a surprise Monday, after finding a wholly different "Gaza delivery."
http://www.ynetnews.com/
'There will be war over House of Peace,' vow Hebron settlers
Hebron has largely emptied of the thousands of Jews who arrived over the weekend to commemorate the death of the biblical matriarch, Sarah. But a few hundred very determined right-wing activists have stayed behind to prepare for what they suggest will be a nasty struggle with Israeli security forces.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/
Monday: 31 Iraqis Killed, 25 Wounded
Excerpt: A number of bombings rocked Baghdad today as parliamentarians debated a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. In one bold attack, a woman blew herself up at the entrance to the Green Zone. Across Iraq, at least 31 Iraqis were killed and another 25 were wounded. No Coalition deaths were reported. Meanwhile, Syrian officials rejected U.S. claims that they are aiding terrorists.
http://www.antiwar.com/
Iraqi parliament biggest bloc rallies behind US agreement
Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki said Sunday the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) was fully behind the US-Iraq security agreement, and disclosed that special teams would be formed to convince parliamentary blocs to approve the deal.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/
Influence wanes for followers of Iraq's Sadr
Reuters-Much of the giant square where followers of Moqtada al-Sadr gather in their thousands on Fridays to pray is now taken up by an Iraqi army base, surrounded by concrete blast walls and watchtowers.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/
Iraqi views on Awakening handover
Two Iraqis discuss the recent handover of control of the Sunni Arab Awakening Councils from the US military to Iraq's Shia-led government. The Awakening, or "Sahwa" is made up of around 100,000 Sunni tribesmen and former insurgents who switched sides to fight al-Qaeda with the backing of the US military.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
"Violence against Iraqi women continues unabated", says UN expert
GENEVA – "Iraqi women have seen their rights eroded in all areas of life while the world observes from afar," warns the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Yakin Ertürk, on the International Day on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25 November). "The ongoing conflict, high levels of insecurity, widespread impunity, collapsing economic conditions and rising social conservatism are impacting directly on the daily lives of Iraqi women and placing them under increased vulnerability to all forms of violence within and outside their home", says Ms. Ertürk.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/
Office to encounter abuse of women in Aqra
NINEWA /Aswat al-Iraq: An office to encounter the abuse of women began work in Aqra, eastern Mosul, the office's director said on Monday. "The office started working today in Aqra suburb, 70 km to the east of Mosul," Tahseen Sharo Ahmed told Aswat al-Iraq. "It aims at disseminating social awareness and defending women's rights," he said.
http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=
Release of Iranian raises questions in Iraq
The U.S. said Nader Qorbani, who was detained last week, was an arms smuggler. Iran says he did restoration work at religious sites. Now he has been freed, and answers are hard to come by.
http://www.latimes.com/news/
Bush Admin Revising Iraq War History On White House Website
Before invading Iraq in 2003, the Bush administration mounted a significant diplomatic offensive to rally international support, and officials at the White House, Pentagon and State Department went to great lengths to trumpet those nations that joined what they termed "the coalition of the willing." But historians researching those early alliance-building efforts say they are troubled by what seem to be deletions of and alterations to the early official lists of nations that supported the war effort. The lists were posted on the White House Web site.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Colin Powell for Middle East Envoy--Dennis Ross for US Ambassador to Israel
Recently, Politico issued a roster of top policy and political hands who would be in line for key positions in an Obama government.
At the time, I thought it very odd that Clinton Middle East coordinator Dennis Ross was not on the list. Ross was rumored to be one of the four competing to be national security adviser to Barack Obama--along with James Steinberg, Susan Rice, and Gregory Craig.
Now we know that General Jim Jones will be National Security Adviser. Former Warren Christopher aide Tom Donilon will probably be his deputy. Jim Steinberg will be Deputy at Hillary Clinton's Department of State, and Susan Rice will be the second Ambassador to the United Nations to follow the destructive tenure of the recess-appointed John Bolton.
http://www.thewashingtonnote.
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