Haaretz
October 18, 2006 The commanders of the French contingent in UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) have warned that if Israeli warplanes continue their overflights in Lebanon, they may have to open fire on them, Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee yesterday.
Peretz told members of the committee that despite the warnings, Israel would continue to patrol the skies of Lebanon as such operations were critical for the country's security. Over the past few days, Peretz said, Israel had gathered clear evidence that Syria was transfering arms and ammunition to Lebanon, meaning that the embargo imposed by UN Resolution 1701 was not being completely enforced. |
IMEMC
19/10/2006 Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported on Thursday at dawn that two Palestinian youth were injured during clashed that erupted in the city after Israeli soldiers invaded it. Soldiers broke into homes, forced the residents out and interrogated them.
Local sources said that at least twenty armored military vehicles and jeeps invaded the city and conducted house-to-house searches after forcing dozens of families out of their homes and interrogating the men and youth. The sources added that dozens of residents were forced against the walls for several hours, and were forced to undress. Most of the attacks were carried out in the Eastern neighborhood, Al Marah area, Al Seebat, and Wad Iz Ed Deen. Also, soldiers surrounded a residential building that belongs to Abu Jomhour family, and occupied it after forcing the residents out. Meanwhile, dozens of youth hurled stones at the soldiers near the Grand Mosque of Jenin, soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets and gas bombs, two youth were injured. The two were identified as Dhrigham Kamal Al Sa'ady, 16, and Bakir Atef Nabhan, 14. Al Sa'ady was injured by a round of live ammunition is his foot, while Nabhan was hit by a rubber-coated bullet in his upper body. |
Richard Norton-Taylor and Ewen MacAskill
Thursday October 19, 2006 The Guardian Britain has joined the US, China and Russia to block a proposed ban on cluster bombs in the wake of extensive use of the weapons during the war in Lebanon.
A group of countries, led by Sweden, is urging a worldwide ban on cluster bombs at arms talks in Geneva. Each bomb contains hundreds of small "bomblets", many of which fail to explode until picked up by inquisitive children or stepped on by civilians. |
By Linda Heard
Palestine Chronicle 17/10/2006 Palestinian suffering rarely hits the headlines in a world preoccupied with North Korean nukes, British politicians pontificating about the rights or wrongs of veil wearing and Madonna's new baby. It's doubtful that many in the West are even aware of Israel's "Operation Summer Rain" targeting Gaza that has robbed the lives of 290 Palestinians - almost half of them children - or that Israel is considering re-occupying this overpopulated open-air prison.
I've just finished reading an excellent book by the American-Palestinian author Ramzy Baroud "The Second Intifada: a Chronicle of a People's Struggle", which takes the reader on an excruciating journey from the failed Oslo Accords until the present day. It's a catalogue of pain that doesn't make easy reading for anyone with a conscience. But it's also a fine salute to the courageous and tenacity of the Palestinian people, who refuse to conveniently fade away. |
Created: 18.10.2006 15:11 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 15:11 MSK
MosNews Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet President Vladimir Putin for talks focusing on Israeli concerns over Iran's Russian-backed nuclear program and Russian weapons sales in the Middle East, the AFP news agency reports.
Olmert's trip marks 15 years of diplomatic ties with Russia, but behind the pageantry and ceremonious welcome late Tuesday serious tensions exist over Moscow's ties with Iran and Syria. |
IMEMC
19 October 2006, The Israeli army reoccupied, the Rafah Border crossing in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday at midnight, for the first time since the implementation of the disengagement plan in 2005.
The Rafah border crossing connects Gaza with Egypt and is the only access in and out of Gaza. According to local sources tanks and bulldozers surrounded the crossing, taking control of it and the surrounding areas. Since the operation began on Wednesday four civilians have been killed by the Israeli army. Noah Maeer, an Israeli army spokes person stated that the army operation would continue for as long as it takes to stop the resistance from smuggling rifles, explosives and anti-shield missiles into Gaza. The Israeli Prime Minister stated, from Moscow, that those operations which he referred to as 'the rain man', will be limited, and not on a wide scale. He clarified that the impetus behind them is to avert stability in the Gaza strip. Comment: First the re-occupation of the crossing then the re-occupation of Gaza, making last year's pullout a publicity stunt and utter sham.
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IMEMC & Agencies
19 October 2006 The Israeli army shot and injured three children while attempting to enter the Ibrahimi Mosque (Tomb of the Patriarchs) in Hebron, in the South of the West Bank late Wednesday night.
The injured were identified as Amar Abu Sinanah, 15 years old, who was shot by a rubber bullet in his hand, Hussam Abu Hussain, 13, who took a rubber coated bullet in the leg, and Shadi Ishtaih, 16, who sustained head injuries due to a sound bomb. All were moved to the public hospital in the city, medical sources reported. Eye witnesses said that the three were injured as they attmepte to enter the Ibrahimi mosque for Lailat al Kader (Night of Destiny), the night Muslims believe God revealed the Koran to the prophet Mohammed. Others attempting to enter the mosque were searched by soldiers, and sometimes turned away with the use of tear gas, rubber coated bullets and sound bombs, for no clear reason, eyewitnesses added. Comment: The reason for this attack is indeed clear; it is the same reason that Israeli soliders attack and kill any Palestinians: Hatred and Racism.
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IMEMC
19 October 2006 The Palestinian Center For Human Rights published on Thursday its weekly report and revealed that Israeli soldiers shot and killed 28 Palestinians, 17 of whom including two children and a woman are civilians. Six of the killed residents were extra-judicially executed.
The Center reported that the army escalated its attacks in on Palestinian civilian and their property in the occupied Palestinians territories. The center reported that 28 Palestinians were killed, 17 of whom, including two children and a woman, are civilians. 24 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip. The center added that the two children together with their fathers, and that the assassinations of the six residents were carried in three separate attacks. 44 Palestinians, including 14 children and 4 women, were injured. This increase in the number of casualties in the Gaza Strip followed orders by the Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz to his army to expand military operations in the Gaza Strip allegedly to stop the armament of Palestinian organizations, the center reported. |
IMEMC & Agencies
19 October 2006 Under the pretext of "illegal constructions", the Israeli army plans to level ten Palestinian homes in Faroun village, near Tulkarem, in the norther part of the West Bank. The residents were handed military orders and were given three days to appeal against the decision.
Local sources reported that soldiers invaded the village and photographed the constructions before handing their inhabitants military orders informing them of the decision to level the buildings. The residents were given three days to contact the so-called Civil Administration Office controlled by the Israeli army. Although the army claims that these houses were constructed without obtaining construction permits, the fact remains that these houses are close to the Annexation Wall is built on orchards that belong to the residents. Local sources in the village reported that these houses were constructed dozens of years ago, and that Israel issued a similar military order in 2004 but the order was frozen after the residents, and the village council, appealed against it to the Israeli High Court of Justice. |
Last Updated: Thursday, October 19, 2006 | 9:36 AM ET
CBC News Canada will not remain neutral when Israel is involved in a fight to defend itself against extremists, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a speech to the Jewish community on Wednesday.
Speaking at a B'nai Brith dinner in Toronto, Harper made no apologies for the stance of his government on Israel, saying the Jewish state can expect the full support and friendship of Canada. |
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