Just like WARSAW, circa 1943 -- or so I've been told!
Everybody knows the "peace conference" was a WAR MEETING!
Israel to build in disputed area of Jerusalem
"Israel said Tuesday it is seeking bids to build more than 300 new homes in a disputed east Jerusalem neighborhood, drawing Palestinian condemnations that the move is undermining the newly revived peace talks held last week in Annapolis, Md.
Israel's defense minister said Tuesday it is time to "kill those who carry out attacks" against Israelis, but said he was holding off on a widescale invasion of the Gaza Strip for now.
In a rare interview, Defense Minister Ehud Barak also rejected calls from some members of his Labor Party to talk to Gaza's Islamic Hamas rulers, telling Army Radio that Israeli troops had killed 27 Gaza militants in the past 10 days and would continue to aggressively chase down those operating under Hamas' watch.
"I do not agree with the assessment that the time has come to talk to the Hamas. Now is the time to kill those who carry out attacks and those firing Qassams (rockets) and mortars," Barak said.
Early Tuesday, an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas police post in central Gaza killed three militants and wounded a fourth, Hamas and Palestinian medical officials said. The army confirmed the attack.
Barak, a former military chief, has repeatedly hinted that Israel was on the verge of invading Gaza."
And something I've been yelling about for months!
I PREEMPTIVELY CONDEMN the WAR CRIMINAL ZIONIST REGIME!!!
Israei army tortures teenager over false allegatio...
"During the Israeli army’s latest crackdown on the residents of Azzoun village, undercover police abducted a youth of 16 years for extended interrogation interspersed with beating.
The Azzoun teenager, Mahmoud Radouan, was riding in a friend’s donkey cart on road 55 just outside Izbat at Tabib, en route to the friend’s agricultural land in nearby An Nabi Elyas, when undercover police dressed in Palestinian civilian clothes and driving what appeared to be a Palestinian taxi stopped the two youths, pointing a handgun at them and forcing them to sit on the road beside the guardrail. After 30 minutes, Mahmoud’s friend was released but he was kept, the police reportedly telling him: “we have something on you; we know you make problems.”
The subsequent interrogation, in the police taxi and at the Ariel police station where he was then taken, revolved around accusations of stone-throwing at cars on highway 55 as well as at police and military jeeps when they invade Azzoun. Mahmoud was threatened repeatedly, interrogators telling him he must confess to throwing stones if he wanted to return home or else he’d be taken to court and fined. He was repeatedly threatened that the Israeli police would “make problems” for him and his family. He was further repeatedly cursed, profanities used against him and female family members.
Interrogators pulled Mahmoud’s jacket over his head, winding the sleeves around his neck and tightening them to choke the detained youth. He was then punched repeatedly in the abdomen, side, and head, as well as struck on his leg with the butt of an M16. He was interrogated thus for 2 hours, beaten each time he denied the allegations. Despite the beating which accompanied his interrogation, Mahmoud continued to proclaim his innocence, denying the allegations and declaring that he had not taken part in stone throwing.
The teen’s interrogators continued in their efforts to coerce Mahmoud into confessing by threatening him with solitary confinement and further threatening that he would be bound and hung from the ceiling and further tortured by 4 men.
Eventually, having failed to coerce a confession, Mahmoud was taken to a corridor where he was made to sit, one leg bound to the metal bench, for another approximately 4 hours. Around 10 pm, Mahmoud was led to a military vehicle and dropped off near the village of Harris, far from his own village of Azzoun. After an hour of waiting on the road near Harris, locals lent the youth a phone on which to call his family. Another 10 minutes later, Mahmoud was able to flag down a taxi heading to Azzoun, finally arriving near midnight. The ordeal, led on baseless accusations, lasted nearly 10 hours and exemplifies what many young Palestinian men undergo as a result of Israel’s policy of targeting youths without cause and evidence.
This is not the first time Mahmoud has been unjustly subjected to beatings and interrogation. Just one year prior, in winter, Mahmoud, then 15, was arrested in his home at 1 am. Israeli forces knocked on his family door, initially asking for his brother, Mohammed, but returning 15 minutes later to seize Mahmoud instead, taking him to Ma’ale Shamron settlement police station for interrogation. Two other youths, aged 14, from Azzoun were also taken for questioning at the same time. At Ma’ale Shamron, police began a file on the youths, then taking them to the Ariel settlement police station. During the nearly hour-long ride, soldiers beat Mahmoud with batons on his head and all over his body, cursing his family and making accusations of stone-throwing, the pretext for the detention.
At Ariel, Mahmoud was taken to the roof where 2 Israeli interrogators put a plastic bag put over his head, pushed him to the ground, arms handcuffed behind his back and feet bound, and subsequently kicked and punched him all over his body for approximately 20 minutes. All the while, the two men continued to accuse Mahmoud of stone-throwing and to curse his mother and family.
The youth was finally taken inside to a bench where he was made to sit, still handcuffed and feet bound, from 3 am until 6 am. Passing police would hit him as he sat, slapping him awake when he dozed.
When Israeli intelligence officers arrived after 6 am they began to interrogate all 3 youths separately. Mahmoud was 3 times taken for interrogation, lasting 30 minutes each time. During these periods of questioning, his interrogators would ask the same questions, lob the same accusations, and would repeatedly try to coerce Mahmoud into confessing to stone-throwing. “You throw stones. Where is your gun? Your friend said you throw stones.” These statements and accusations were likewise put to the other two youths, in attempts to trick them into confessing into actions they deny having committed.
At around 4 am, Mahmoud was taken to Qedumim settlement for another 20 minutes before finally being released near the village of Jinsafut, approximately 8 km east of Azzoun.
These two personal incidents are not isolated but rather illustrate on-going and systematic policies and practices which serve to vilify and terrorize Palestinian youths. Residents suspect that along with the ongoing imposition of curfews and roadblocks on Azzoun, interrogation attacks like these are another element of the long-term strategy to fabricate a history of violence in the village in order to justify the construction of a separation barrier blocking the main entrance to Azzoun and cutting off access to road 55.”
As fuel cutoff takes effect in Gaza, traffic stops...
"Israel’s controversial decision to cut off fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip has come into effect, with the Palestinian population in Gaza unable to travel by car between locations in Gaza. The population is already prevented from traveling anywhere outside of Gaza, as Israeli forces have completely sealed the borders.....
Palestinian doctors in Gaza have pointed out that the cutoff will also affect the operation of hospitals in Gaza, which could result in the further loss of life of patients. At least five Palestinians have died due to being denied exit from Gaza for medical treatment.
Khaled Radi, the head of the Health Ministry in Gaza:
"The Israeli decision is a death penalty. Our reserve of fuel is almost zero and maybe it will run out by the end of today.” He noted that two clinics have already had to scale back treatment as a result of the fuel cut-off."
NAZIONIST WAR CRIME!!!!!!
Here's a huge wrap-up, gfully-posted because it has to be!!
Israeli soldiers kill unarmed Palestinian man
"Israeli soldiers kill unarmed Palestinian man in At-Tira, near Ramallah
Qasqas's brother-in-law Jamil said that they were out for an evening walk when Israeli forces attacked them: "Firas visited me to congratulate me on the new house. After we had dinner, we went out for a walk in the fields not far away from my residence. My little brother joined us. All of a sudden, seven Israeli soldiers surprised us shooting randomly at us."
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26611
Weekly digest: Reports from checkpoints 25.11.07 – 1.12.07
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=23775
Associated Press summary of Monday developments
http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565133364739573900
Palestinian kidnapped as Israeli forces invade Jenin and surrounding areas
Israeli military forces executed a pre-dawn raid on Monday on the northern West Bank city of Jenin as well as refugee camps and the nearby areas of Qabatiya, Tayaseer, Raba and Al Yamoun. Some residents reported that the army expelled them from their homes and detained them for several hours as their houses were used as military posts by the soldiers. Troops also ransacked houses with the aid of police dogs and confiscated property.
http://www.imemc.org/article/51830
Israel blocks delivery of military vehicles to PA forces over arms dispute
Israeli authorities, the source said, want to deliver the tanks [?] without crucial components such as machine guns attached, making them less militarily effective. Donated by Russia, an original shipment of 50 vehicles has been reduced to 25, which are to be delivered to Jericho following final Israeli approval.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26609
PA security arrests 22 from Iqaba village south of Nablus
on Monday on political and security charges, Akram Rajoub, the director of Nablus preventive security service said. Hamas says 15 of its members were arrested in the village. This campaign was the fourth of its kind in villages in the Nablus district and was carried out in coordination with the Israeli authorities because those villages are under Israeli control.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26604
PA security seizes 9 Hamas members in West Bank on Sunday evening
Hamas said that seven of the arrestees are from the Nablus district in the northern West Bank, including journalist, Bassam As-Sayih, and a member of the local council of Zuwata west of Nablus, Aktham Ilaiwi. The statement added that another Hamas member was seized in Surif, north of Hebron in the southern West Bank and one from Marda village, north of Salfit in the northern West Bank.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26599
Officials: Shin Bet use emergency regulations on 17% of Gaza detainees
The Shin Bet said that in 44 cases it delayed bringing a detainee before a judge for 48 hours; in three of those cases the delay was 72 hours, and in one case, 96 hours passed before the detainee was brought before a judge. The Military Advocate General (MAG) sent the committee a document stating its opposition to extending the emergency regulations. In it, MAG argued that the orders "impair basic human rights such as the right to personal liberty, the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney, etc."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/930368.html
700 Gazan pilgrims enter Egypt through Rafah crossing
The Egyptian authorities on Monday allowed the passage of 700 Hajj pilgrims from the Gaza Strip into the Egyptian territories en route to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. This is an unprecedented step following efforts by the deposed Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip to lift the crippling siege on the coastal region. Rafah ground crossing is completely closed and hundreds of Palestinians were stranded on the Egyptian side of the crossing. Now, the Gazan pilgrims will head to Saudi Arabia in tandem with the West Bank pilgrims.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26602
Hamas-affiliated police storm Al-Azhar University in Gaza City
Police officers affiliated to the Hamas-led de facto government stormed the main campus of Al-Azhar University in Gaza City shooting into the air, the university's management said on Monday. This is the second time Hamas forces have raided the campus. They ransacked the central building four months ago, confiscating chemicals used for scientific research.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26615
Fugitive right-wing author to serve 18 months for Holocaust denial
Vienna's highest court on Monday confirmed an 18-month prison term handed down to a right-wing Austrian writer who had fled to Spain after being convicted on Holocaust denial charges 15 years ago. The court ruled that Gerd Honsik, 67, must serve out the sentence, which was handed down in 1992. [Hmm, is there any penalty for Nakba denial? Guess not, or there would be a lot of people in prison]
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1195546793808&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Most Arab MKs boycott special Knesset session commemorating partition
Arab MKs boycotted Monday a special Knesset session commemorating the 60th anniversary of the 1947 United Nations decision to partition British-mandate Palestine into an Arab and a Jewish state. In his address to the plenum, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said, "The choice, both 60 years ago and today, is between a Jewish state on part of the Land of Israel and a binational state on all of the Land of Israel. That is the choice we are faced with today - the existence of two nation-states, Israel and Palestine, in the Land of Israel." Netanyahu and Livni also addressed the session . . .
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/930703.html
Palestinians promise coordination with Syria in Israel peace negotiations
DAMASCUS, Syria : A visiting envoy for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas promised Monday to continue coordination with Syria as the Palestinians work to reach a peace agreement with Israel before the end of next year. Former Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei's comments came after a meeting with Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa and Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem to discuss the recent U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/03/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Palestinians.php
Bush draws skepticism with hands-off approach to Mideast
President Bush last week laid out an American role in the upcoming Mideast peace talks that challenges the accumulated wisdom of former secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and James A. Baker III and Presidents Carter and Clinton. Bush has defied a diplomatic consensus reaching back decades by insisting that the United States would encourage Israelis and Palestinians and would offer ideas if asked, but wouldn't sit continuously at a negotiating table or establish positions of its own.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usmideast2dec02,1,4929352.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Fuses in Gaza
The one option that doesn't seem to be getting serious consideration is perhaps the only one that Hamas itself might accept: a cease-fire with Israel that would end attacks by both sides, open Gaza to normal commerce and allow the peace negotiations to go forward without interference. Such a deal, which is favored by the out-of-power Israeli left, doesn't fit with the Bush administration's vision of a polarized Middle East in which Iran and its allies are irreconcilable. Hamas might indeed be unyielding in its opposition to peace. But if there is no cease-fire, prepare for war.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/02/AR2007120201603.html
How come I never read about so many of those things in my N.Y. Times, readers?
