Israel threatens to sever relations with PA if Palestinian unity talks succeed
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - "If Abbas decided to return to a unity government with Hamas, Israel would not carry out negotiations with him and would stop the talks on the permanent status", said an unnamed source from the Israeli government, on Israeli army radio Monday. [ From the premise that Olmert engages in negotiations only as long as they don`t stand a chance, the threat makes all the sense of the world. ed ]
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 Defense sources: Hamas wants Gaza lull to go on
Amos Harel and Yuval Azoulay - Haaretz - Security sources told Haaretz that the lull should not be viewed as an agreement between Israel and Hamas. They say Egypt was motivated to reach understandings with Hamas for interests of its own and out of fear the violence would spill over into its territory. Israel merely "hitched a ride on an arrangement already reached between Hamas and Cairo," the sources said. However, senior military commanders indicated this week that the lull is expected to be temporary, because Egypt will have a hard time securing an overall agreement due to the massive distance between the sides. 
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 Activists decry IDF presence in schools
Abe Selig - Jerusalem Post - Raz, who did not serve in the army for "ideological" reasons, told The Jerusalem Post that the issue was not about enlistment, but about the army putting pressure on students to enlist. "The army is something that they need to think about," he said. "It shouldn`t be an automatic decision. But the army coming in and exploiting their position of power is brainwashing." 
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 Shattering a `national mythology`
Ofri Ilani - Haaretz - In his book "Matai ve`ech humtza ha`am hayehudi?" ("When and How the Jewish People Was Invented") Prof. Shlomo Sand [states that] the Jewish people is a colorful mix of groups that at various stages in history adopted the Jewish religion. The description of the Jews as a wandering and self-isolating nation of exiles, "who wandered across seas and continents, reached the ends of the earth and finally, with the advent of Zionism, made a U-turn and returned en masse to their orphaned homeland," is nothing but "national mythology" [not unlike the mythologies of] other national movements in Europe.
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 5 Palestinians died awaiting treatment - many more don`t even try
[[1]] Dan Izenberg - Jerusalem Post - (...) the army refused to allow the baby`s parents to accompany her, on security grounds. As a result, the baby lost her appointment. The family then arranged another appointment in which she was to have been accompanied by other family members. However, she died three days prior to the appointment. [[2]] PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - Many patients in Gaza, knowing the current situation at the crossings, prefer to forego the hopeless process, and die at home, their stories untold and their voices unheard. 
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 Jenin I: Arab-American University under siege
PNN - Israeli forces have besieged the Arab – American University near Jenin City. At least 30 students have been arrested. All roads in the area are closed. Israeli forces “set up barriers and aircraft began flying low and soldiers were jumping out. Journalists were unable to get close, while one photographer was severely beaten. All were threatened with arrest and beatings if they did not leave, including from Reuters and Al Jazeera.
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 Jenin II: Barak okays deployment of 600 PA officers in Jenin
Roni Sofer - Ynet - The IDF will maintain military control of Jenin, while the PA officers will be in charge of enforcing law and order in town [sic!].
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 Hamas and Fatah agree to hold talks
Eric Silver - The Independent - "The rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah yesterday signed up to a Yemeni-brokered deal to negotiate a reconciliation, but hours after the signing an apparent dispute broke out over just what was included in the agreement"
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 Towards a viable academic boycott campaign
Laith Marouf - EI - "...the campaigns within the academic unions were not coordinated with and tied to a parallel campaign of student mobilization. We cannot know if greater student participation would have made a decisive difference, but generally student activism is less susceptible to financial and institutional pressure"
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