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| Protesters Hang Themselves on The Wall At 9:30 AM Friday morning Palestinians and Israelis hung themselves from the annexation barrier being constructed illegally on Bil'in's land. The protestors wrapped themselves in shrouds symbolizing the death sentence that the barrier is to the Palestinian state, and to Palestinian Agriculture. Other protestors chained their arms into metal tubes and attached themselves to the wall. Israeli soldiers beat the chained demonstrators with batons and rifle butts http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/03/03/protetors-hang-themselves-on-the-wall/ Sewerage of Ariel (ILLEGAL) settlement pumped into Palestinian farmlands Residents of the northern West Bank villages near Salfit reported that settlers of the nearby Ariel Settlement Bloc continued to pump the sewage water into Palestinian farmlands in the area. http://www.imemc.org/content/view/17086/1/ Over 200 Palestinian children arrested in two months Israeli occupation forces are arresting scores of Palestinian children each week, bringing the number of juveniles currently held in appalling conditions in Israeli detention centres and prisons to new record levels. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6MJ3XE?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=ACOS-635PFR Palestinian boy killed in Al Ain camp Fifteen year old Amer Basuny was killed in Al Ain camp by Israeli Occupation Forces while on his roof. The Israeli troops invaded Al Ain camp, on the western side of Nablus city, with approximately 30 jeeps in the early morning hours on Friday. http://www.imemc.org/content/view/17080/1/ (ILLEGAL) Settlers attack, abuse two residents near Tubas The agency stated that the settlers violently attacked, hit the two residents, and tied them with ropes. The settlers kept the two residents tied and left the area, and Israeli patrol passing by the area noticed the two residents and untied them but did not provide them with any first aid. http://www.imemc.org/content/view/17087/1/ Riots after extremist Jews throws firecrackers in Nazareth church The three hid firecrackers and small gas canisters in a baby stroller and detonated the firecrackers inside the church during a special prayer for the opening of Lent. The Jewish man and the two women entered the basilica compound disguised as Christian pilgrims. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/689946.html Not greening, but weeding the Negev Just prior to Tu Bishvat, 2,500 dunams of Bedouin fields were destroyed by the Israel Land Authority's (ILA) "Green Patrol." On Tu Bishvat itself, a small group of politicians aced a smattering of saplings in holes dug by the Jewish National Fund ?(JNF?), in the Negev. The candidates, planting for PR purposes, had permits; the Bedouin villagers, engaged in self-subsistence, did not. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/689851.html Moscow: Hamas agrees to year-long ceasefire with Israel "Hamas confirmed its willingness not to withdraw from the March 2005 inter-Palestinian agreement on a cease-fire on the understanding that Israel will also refrain from use of force," a Foreign Ministry statement said. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/689464.html Putin, Mubarak discuss Mideast as Hamas visits Putin and Mubarak talked on the phone about Middle East issues "in light of the working contact with the leadership of the Hamas movement beginning today in Moscow," the Kremlin said in a statement that offered no further details. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060303/wl_mideast_afp/mideastrussiahamas_060303120551 Israeli air strike misses Gaza car, teen killed in West Bank An Israeli warplane fired on and missed a car in the Gaza Strip carrying suspected Palestinian militants after a Palestinian teenager was killed during an army incursion in the West Bank. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060303/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrest_060303162748 Hamas to set up technocrat cabinet- spokesman On Feb. 21, Abbas formally appointed Gaza-based Hamas leader Ismail Haneya as new prime minister and tasked him with forming the next Palestinian government, which is expected to come within up to five weeks according to the law. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/03/content_4250484.htm Russia to continue contacts with Hamas - minister "We have agreed to continue contacts with the Hamas leadership, including after it has established the new lineup of the parliament and ... government," Lavrov said after the talks with a Hamas delegation. http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060303/43901524.html On landmark visit, Hamas says no peace until Israel pulls out Hamas will not reach peace with Israel until the Jewish state withdraws from Palestinian territory it occupied in 1967, the radical movement's leader said after landmark first talks with a world power. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060303/wl_afp/mideastrussiahamas_060303180218 Hamas leader: non-recognition of Israel 'is decided' The exiled Hamas leader, Khaled Mashaal, hit hopes that the Moscow talks could persuade Hamas to soften its stance when he said non-recognition was a "decided issue". However, the acting Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, today said the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, had promised to limit contact with the organisation in future. http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1722966,00.html Abbas pressed not to transfer police control to Hamas The sources told the Palestinian news agency Sama that Washington and Europe were trying to convince Abbas to withdraw his decision to put all Palestinian security apparatuses under the control of a Hamas-led government. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/02/content_4249074.htm Bipartisan pressure on Bush administration against dealing with Hamas Often using harsh rhetoric, members of the House International Relations Committee from both parties called Thursday on the Bush administration to stand firm in its decision not to deal with Hamas so long as it refuses to meet U.S. conditions. http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=689568 Gazan Christians have faith in their relations with Hamas Hundreds of Muslims pressed their way down the narrow street that leads to the Greek Orthodox church of Saint Perfilios in Gaza City, as the Islamic world raged over the cartoons of Prophet Mohammad. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=22639 Not greening, but weeding the Negev In the Negev, when it comes to building Jewish settlements and demolishing Bedouin ones, a few "making the desert bloom" references can go a long way. And when it comes to Arabs, when the Israeli government "thinks Green," it is often in the militaristic sense more than the "greening the desert" sense. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/689851.html Israeli settlers mock their image in campaign against West Bank pullouts Activists from two hawkish parties fanned out through pubs in tony Tel Aviv suburbs in recent days passing out postcards of bearded settlers in the skullcaps worn by observant Jewish men, with the caption, "Do you want him to be your neighbor?" http://www.cjp.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=178200 US Takes Back $30 Million in Aid to Palestine US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch reported the Palestinian Authority returned $30 million of $50 million in American aid upon the request of the United States following the Islamic Resistance Movement's (HAMAS) victory in parliamentary elections. The remaining $20 million is also expected to be returned before HAMAS comes to power. http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20060303&hn=30433 Bush administration extends review of aid to Palestinians The question reaches Congress on Thursday. The International Relations Committee of the House of Representatives is hearing political and security testimony from the State Department and development evaluations from the U.S. Agency for International Development. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/689394.html Israel determined on the destruction of the Palestinians Cutting financial aid to the Palestinians will soon lead to wide-ranging reductions in services such as education, health care and a rise in unemployment, four United Nations agencies said recently, warning that the most immediate concern was the Gaza Strip, where Israel has closed the crossing point which had been used for moving goods in and out of Gaza following February 21st explosion in the area. http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=10903 Abbas looks to the PLO to weaken Hamas In his speech at the opening session of the newly elected Palestinian Parliament, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declared: "We are all required to continue activating and strengthening the Palestinian Liberation Organization's role as the sole legitimate representative of our people." http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=22635 Hamas throws a hardball One month ahead of Israeli general elections, Israeli political parties are vying to woo an increasingly jingoistic Jewish public to their respective camps. As may have been expected, their main tool of attracting voters is hateful anti-Palestinian rhetoric. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/784/re3.htm Top brass angered by army's ban on officer's U.K. travel Senior Israel Defense Forces officers are outraged over the army's decision to prevent one of their number from traveling to Britain for fear he might be arrested as a war criminal http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/689766.html Two States or One? All that is needed is some clear, constructive and original thinking on the part of the new Palestinian leadership. Demonized though it may be in the West, Hamas won the recent Palestinian elections not simply because it was perceived as clean but also because it was perceived, justifiably, as competent and coherent. http://counterpunch.com/whitbeck03032006.html Russian experts predict Iranian nuclear bomb in five years Iran will have nuclear weapons within five years at the latest and the world should from now on get used to the idea, according to an experts' report due to be presented to the Russian foreign and defence policy council. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060303/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics_060303152004 Gangs 'kill freely' in Iraq chaos Hundreds of bodies showing signs of torture or execution arrive at the Baghdad mortuary each month, a senior UN official has told the BBC. John Pace, until recently UN human rights chief in Iraq, told the BBC News website that up to 75% of the corpses showed signs of extrajudicial death. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/4765854.stm AP: AC-130 Gunships Returning to Iraq The U.S. Air Force has begun moving heavily armed AC-130 airplanes — the lethal "flying gunships" of the Vietnam War — to a base in Iraq as commanders search for new tools to counter the Iraqi resistance, The Associated Press has learned. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060303/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_gunships Sectarian tension flares in Iraq after Shiite killings In what looked like a sectarian attack, 19 workers from two brick factories in Nahrawan were shot through the head around nightfall Thursday by gunmen who also went on a rampage at a nearby power station. The killings took place in an area where 47 men were shot dead eight days ago. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060303/wl_afp/iraq_060303174524 |
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Comment: We should learn as lot more about Palestine and struggles in that area of the world. Global NEWS impacts on all of us, whether we are conscious of it or not, North East West South! ~~Peta
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