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The lethal tit for tat continues TOI-Billboard Jan. 15, 2005 --Assessment of the situation Assessment of the situation In the Gaza Strip, the lethal skirmishing didn't stop for the Palestinian elections nor for the Labor party entering the Sharon government. While the Palestinian militants continued launching mortars and suicide bombers, the Israeli army continued to arrest and assassinate and shooting to kill, and make plans for another round of massive destruction of homes in Rafah (3000 according to one plan, a "mere" 200 according to another). "We can't continue to occupy another people" Sharon has said at one occasion. One wonders why then is it needed to prolong any further the mutual killing spray. If there is any true intention to "unilaterally disengage" from Gaza why continue the lethal tit for tat with the Palestinian militants, and breaking up relations with the newly-elected Palestinian president before he had a chance to bring about a cease-fire? As for Abu Mazen - in a meeting with Palestinian and Israeli legislators he expressed to be "upset with Israel for holding him responsible for attacks before he has even been sworn in" and called upon Israel to cease "assassinations, closures, confiscation of lands, and the building of the separation fence."
This weeks activity With the contradicting messages coming from the
Sharon government, Peace Now finds it not so easy to create a momentum in the
street in support of the government plan of disengagement, and against the
settlers who now totally dominate the "voice from below" - http://www.peacenow.org.il/site/en/peace.asp?pi=182 With Gush Shalom we were involved in publishing our "steps to be taken for there to be any chance for progress towards peace", and their order - http://www.gush-shalom.org/pr/pr13-1-2005eng.html This Saturday, as on the previous one, peace
activists are planting trees as protest against house demolitions in
unrecognized Arab villages in the Negev - http://dukium.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=110 Meanwhile Reut-Sadaka holds this weekend an Arab-Jewish Youth Seminar at Chavat HaTzofim ("farm of the scouts" - near Haifa) - http://www.israelpages.co.il/reut/
Tali Fahima's
trial
This week, Tali Fahima got a remarkable letter
from Jenin while her lawyers asked to annul all charges against her - as they
were based on evidence which earlier had been declared by the prosecution itself
to be insufficient.
Help Abbas Succeed By Yossi Beilin - Friday, Jan. 14, 2005; WASHINGTON POST If President Bush makes do with implementing the "road map" without updating it and setting realistic deadlines, without sending an envoy to the region to supervise and monitor events (...) If the Europeans do not provide assistance in financing economic plans, in rehabilitating the infrastructure (...) if the targeted assassinations continue, if the number of checkpoints is not reduced, if the parties do not return to the negotiating table (...) Then we will have missed this opportunity, too. And we are so very good at missing opportunities. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8096-2005Jan13.html?sub=new
The Ball is in Israel's Court A tale of two elections - by Gila Svirsky There seemed to have been two elections in Palestine on Sunday: the one conducted in the West Bank and Gaza, and the one in Jerusalem. full text:
Bush' chance to win hearts of Palestinians Jewish Voice for Peace press release "The attitude the US takes toward Abbas will determine whether or not there can be any progress toward a resolution of the fiery Israeli-Palestinian conflict." http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/press/releases/release011005.html
Scoring a point in struggle against wall High Court freezes building of separation fence
near J'lem The High Court issued a temporary injunction ordering the state "to refrain from all uprooting of trees or orchards and digging, paving, leveling, construction or other preparations for the erecting of the separation fence in the area around the villages of Biddu, Beit Sourik, Beit Iksa, Beit Aanan, Likiya, Katana, Khirbet Abu Lehem, Al-Kubeiba and Nebi Samuel." Full text English Hebrew/ ???????©?? N.B.: Map of the route of the wall in this
area (blue line former route, red line present route):
UN takes steps to collect separation fence damage claims By The Associated Press - HA'ARETZ Jan. 12, 2005 UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Kofi Annan took the first step Tuesday to create a register for damage claims stemming from the construction of the West Bank separation fence. A UN General Assembly resolution in July demanding that Israel demolish the fence, as the International Court of Justice ordered, also asked Annan to establish a register of damage caused by its construction for possible future claims and legal action. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/525937.html Rabbis and imams unite against religious extremism By Daniel Ben-Simon By Wednesday, they were praising each other's faith.
"We are all the children of one father - Abraham the Patriarch," said Rabbi
Eliyahu Bakshi Doron. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/524476.html
The Trip Marylene Schultz writes from the West Bank village Bethany near Jerusalem "Palestinians have gotten used to not asking the reasons for these refusals. The "all-powerful authorities" do not have to give explanations, neither for refusing nor for making us wait until the eve of our departure." Full story
More interesting links Mordechai Vanunu through the eyes of Nick Watson http://www.zmag.org/cartoons/by_artist.cfm?artist=15 the
cartoon of 04/20/04 # The January Palestine-Israel Journal E-newsletter contains a digest of the articles from the latest issue "The International Community and the Conflict," plus some thoughts by Co-Editor Ziad Abu-Ziyyad on the passing of Arafat and its aftermath. http://www.pij.org/newsletter/newsletter2.pdf Table of contents: http://www.pij.org/ # "Eight Reasons to Go to Palestine this Summer." Billboard for Israeli peace activist speakers abroad --you would like to make a speaking tour? Send your ad and find the right contacts
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