[WCUSP] Middle East News from Various Sources
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Middle East News from Various Sources
_13 Shops Destroyed in Northern Jordan Valley_
(http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1156.shtml)
The continual harassment of the Palestinian population in the Jordan Valley
has escalated with the destruction of 13 sheds used as shops by Palestinian
farmers to sell their products. Israeli Occupation Forces attacked the people,
took away their goods and demolished the shops. On May 14th at 9 a.m.,
military bulldozers arrived to demolish the sheds between Bardala and 'Ein
al-Beida along Road 90. ( Quartet kept silent! )
_http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1156.shtml_
(http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1156.shtml)
_Palestinian families split up_
(http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,19133948%5E663,00.html)
Israel's high court has narrowly upheld a controversial law that bars
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank from living with spouses and children who
are Arab citizens of Israel. Critics of the law have slammed it as racist and
discriminatory. Amnesty International called on Israel to repeal it.
_http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,19133948%255E663,00
.html_
(http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,19133948%5E663,00.html)
_Justice Minister: Israel must set its entrance rules in Basic Law_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715715.html)
Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon said on Sunday in response to the High
Court decision upholding the ban on Palestinians living in Israel with their
Arab Israeli spouses that before the legal lifespan of the current statute
ends he would work to anchor the rules of entering Israel in the Basic Law,
which would set a uniform law for the entire population.
_http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715715.html_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715715.html)
_MK Barakeh: High Court ruling supplies an 'alibi for racism'_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715720.html)
"The fact that the ruling was opposed by several of the judges is a ray of
light that does not illuminate the darkness of the court's decision and the
Knesset's legislation," said Barakeh, who is also chairman of the Hadash party.
"Israel's book of laws is becoming, with the High Court's approval, a guide
for all post-World War II racist legislation."
_http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715720.html_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715720.html)
_Israel's Policy of Displacement: PA Interviews Jeff Halper_
(http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/3428/1/32/)
Israel's policy of demolishing Palestinian homes is part of this plan of
displacement. Between 1948 (after the fighting subsided) and the mid-1960s,
Israel systematically demolished more than 400 entire Palestinian villages –
two-thirds of the villages in Palestine. This was done both to "transfer" the
Palestinians out of the country and to prevent the return of the refugees. Even
today some 150,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel remain trapped in more than
100 "unrecognized villages," living since 1948 in sub-human conditions
_http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/3428/1/32/_
(http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/3428/1/32/)
_Palestinian political prisoners in Israel to donate monthly allowances to
cash-strapped P.A._ (http://www.imemc.org/content/view/18634/1/)
Hundreds of Palestinian captives in Israeli jails announced Saturday that
they are about to declare an initiative to donate their monthly allowance to
support their elected government, the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) and their
people.
_http://www.imemc.org/content/view/18634/1/_
(http://www.imemc.org/content/view/18634/1/)
_Israeli troops kill five Palestinians in West Bank_
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060514/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_060514164601)
Four of the victims died in the village of Qabitiya, south of the flashpoint
town of Jenin where a member of the intelligence service was also killed in
exchanges outside his office Sunday.
_http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060514/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_060514164601_
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060514/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_060514164601)
_Jihad commander escapes assassination_
(http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/14/content_4545102.htm)
Islamic Jihad vowed to retaliate for the Israeli murder. Unlike all other
factions, the Islamic Jihad refused to take part in January's Palestinian
legislative elections, and declared an end to a one-year ceasefire with Israel
reached in early 2005.
_http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/14/content_4545102.htm_
(http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/14/content_4545102.htm)
_Palestinian bodyguard shot in new Gaza violence_
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060514/ts_nm/mideast_palestinians_violence_dc_1)
Masked gunmen on Sunday shot and wounded a Palestinian bodyguard for an
intelligence chief reporting to President Mahmoud Abbas, security officials said.
_http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060514/ts_nm/mideast_palestinians_violence_dc_1_
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060514/ts_nm/mideast_palestinians_violence_dc_1)
_IDF urges outpost removed after another torching_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715420.html)
Settlers tried to burn down a trailer at a Palestinian quarry near Nablus
Thursday night, while the guard was inside it. Senior army officers told
Haaretz that in the wake of this attack, Defense Minister Amir Peretz ought to
implement the decision of his predecessor, Shaul Mofaz, to remove the nearby
illegal outpost, Bracha B (Ronen Arussi's farm).
_http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715420.html_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715420.html)
_Out of uniform and into the conflict_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715456.html)
"The perilous combination of humanitarian crisis, domestic chaos, massacres
and Qassams will force Israel to go back into the West Bank and maybe also
into Gaza. This means warfare, including the call-up of reservists, loss of
life and an enormous economic cost." According to the Oslo accords, Israel bears
overall responsibility for the territories, he says. "If the Palestinian
Authority collapses, we will not be able simply to stand there and look on.
_http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715456.html_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715456.html)
_IDF has fired more than 5,100 shells at Gaza in six weeks_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715432.html)
Five Palestinian civilians have been killed as a result of IDF artillery in
the past ten weeks, including a young girl and a teenager. The artillery
shelling was initiated by former prime minister Ariel Sharon shortly after the
completion of the IDF's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in September
_http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715432.html_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715432.html)
_Israel, Washington to start talks on convergence plan_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715426.html)
Israel and the United States are beginning discussions of Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert's convergence plan this week. The working assumption among senior
Israeli officials is that the administration supports the plan and views it as
"the only game in town." Two major issues are on the agenda: the timeline for
the plan and the nature of the support to be extended by the U.S. government.
_http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715426.html_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715426.html)
_Hamas welcomes Fatah's readiness to join govt_
(http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/14/content_4545138.htm)
Abu Shamala, a Fatah lawmaker in the Palestinian Legislative Council, told
reporters that Fatah was ready to participate the Hamas-led cabinet, but
stressed at the same time the necessity of drawing "a national accordance program"
that all Palestinian factions agreed upon before any coalition move.
_http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/14/content_4545138.htm_
(http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/14/content_4545138.htm)
_Haniyeh: National accord document deserves study_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715435.html)
"The document was drafted in Hadarim Prison, and the other prisons are not a
party to it and therefore it must be studied further, but it contains worthy
principles to which agreement is possible," Haniyeh said yesterday in a
speech at a two-day conference in Gaza on Palestinian refugees and the right of
return. The conference marked the 58th anniversary of the Nakba, or
"catastrophe," the Palestinian term for what happened to them in 1948.
_http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715435.html_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715435.html)
_Fatah boycotting Hamas mosques_
(http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1163895.php)
The Jerusalem Post reports Fatah claims the preachers are using the prayers
to turn people against them. Fatah spokesman Maher Miqdad said, 'They are
preparing the state for bloodshed.' Miqdad said Fatah is being included in the
sermons` usual calls for attacks on Israel and the United States.
_http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1163895.php_
(http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1163895.php/Fatah_boycotting_Hama
s_mosques)
_Abbas pledges to pay outstanding gasoline bills, ending crisis_
(http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/715751.html)
Palestinian gasoline stations were back in business on Sunday after
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas pledged to pay outstanding bills to the
sole Israeli supplier, ending a brief fuel crisis in the West Bank and Gaza
_http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/715751.html_
(http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/715751.html)
_Hamas will not cave in to economic pressure: PM_
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060514/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinian_060514132208)
"The aim of the siege that has been imposed on us is to force the government
to back down on our demands, to abandon the rights of our people and to
impel us to take reckless decisions," Haniya told a group of Hamas-supporting
health workers outside his offices in Gaza City Sunday. "The siege and pressure
on us will not succeed and will not force the government into political
concessions."
_http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060514/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinian_060514
132208_
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060514/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinian_060514132208)
_Palestinian Aide Appeals to Arab League_
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060514/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinians_arab_league)
The Palestinian health minister on Saturday appealed to the Arab League and
international community for $4.3 million to prevent "a humanitarian and
health disaster."
_http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060514/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinians_arab_league_
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060514/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinians_arab_league)
_Game theory - By Gideon Levy_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715444.html)
The problem is that some of the masks have remained, and the foolishness
continues: Israel and the world will not transfer monies "directly" to the Hamas
government, but rather by means of a special "Hamas bypass" mechanism. This
unnecessary mask will also be removed quickly.
_http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715444.html_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715444.html)
_LEGAL ANALYSIS: Ruling favors Jewish state over democratic_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715735.html)
True, the court ruling rests on the security argument that is a part of the
essence of the law as passed by the Knesset. It appears clear, however, that
the ruling also rests on a preference for the Jewishness of the state (the
majority opinion), over the more democratic (the minority opinion).
_http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715735.html_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715735.html)
_14 May 2006: High Court approves racist amendment to Nationality Law_
(http://www.btselem.org/english/special/20060514_HCJ_Approves_Racism_Law.asp)
The High Court of Justice today rejected the petitions filed by _Adalah _
(http://www.adalah.org/eng/index.php) and the _Association for Civil Rights in
Israel _ (http://www.acri.org.il/english-acri/engine/index.asp) opposing the
amendment to the Nationality Law that the Knesset enacted in July 2005. The
amendment restricts the family unification of Israeli citizens and residents
(including residents of East Jerusalem) and Palestinians living in the Occupied
Territories.
_http://www.btselem.org/english/special/20060514_HCJ_Approves_Racism_Law.asp_
(http://www.btselem.org/english/special/20060514_HCJ_Approves_Racism_Law.asp)
_Mideast spotlight on EU for Iran, Palestinian moves_
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/14/AR2006051400160.html)
The United States has -- for now -- taken a back seat on both issues,
entrusting the Europeans with trying to entice Tehran back to talks over its
disputed nuclear program, and to work out a plan to avert a looming Palestinian
economic crisis. Failure on either count would be a blow to the credibility of
the 25-state bloc, whose image in the Middle East was hit by its move last
month to suspend direct aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian government
_http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/14/AR20060514001
60.html_
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/14/AR2006051400160.html)
_IDF jeeps, soldiers escort 15 Palestinian children home from school past
illegal Maon Farm outpost_ (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715421.html)
The convoy sometimes takes a four-kilometer-long compromise route, and on
rare occasions it uses the short route, which passes between the Maon
settlement and the Maon Farm outpost. Settlers have placed a gate here hampering
passage. Another reason the army gives for not using this route regularly is that
"the children gather operational intelligence."
_http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715421.html_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715421.html)
_Jordan's FM says Hamas gov't must 'face up to responsibilities'_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/714992.html)
"They are responsible for the welfare of the Palestinian people," Foreign
Minister Abdul-Ilah al-Khatib told CNN's Late Edition. "So let's hope that they
move in the right direction."
_http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/714992.html_
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/714992.html)
_Iran denies supplying weapons to Hamas_
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060514/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestiranpalestinianjordan_060514093653)
"We do not help the Palestinian government with weapons," foreign ministry
spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters Sunday. "Our cooperation with
Palestine is humanitarian and spiritual support." The Jordanian allegations, he
added, were "baseless and unfounded".
_http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060514/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestiranpalestin
ianjordan_060514093653_
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060514/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestiranpalestinianjordan_060514093653)
_Shiites, Sunnis Threaten Gov't Formation_
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060514/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_politics)
Efforts to create a national unity government in Iraq stumbled Sunday as a
member of an influential Shiite alliance bloc threatened to form a new
government unilaterally if rival groups did not scale back their demands. Sunnis
said they may withdraw from the process entirely.
_http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060514/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_politics_
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060514/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_politics)
_Iraq's 'ragtag' army units start fighting among themselves_
(http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article447806.ece)
A gun battle between two units of the Iraqi army has left one soldier and a
civilian dead, underlining how ethnic and sectarian divisions are crippling
the US-trained force.
_http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article447806.ece_
(http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article447806.ece)
_2 British soldiers killed, 1 injured in roadside bomb north of Basra_
(http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article484007.ece)
Two British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb as they patrolled in
their armored vehicle near the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Saturday night,
the Ministry of Defense said. A third soldier was injured.
_http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article484007.ece_
(http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article484007.ece)
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