"Spirit the penniless population across the frontier by denying it employment... Both the process of expropriation and the removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly and circumspectly." Theodore Herzl, founder of the World Zionist Organization, speaking of the Arabs of Palestine,Complete Diaries, June 12, 1895 entry.
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Day-to-day FrictionIsrael and Palestine
Violence grabs the headlines but what is day-to-day life like in Palestine? My understanding was dramatically changed by an article describing how it takes hours to go 15 miles through 5 or more checkpoints? Is this the extent of the issue ... or is ongoing humiliation the routine as claimed by the Palestinians? How many articles like these ever appear in your newspaper?
Monday, December 29, 2003
Rafah: Israeli armed forces destroyed 140 buildings, 20 shops, damage moscque, kinergarten, pharmacy: 642 left homeless
Arab Monitor - Sito di informazione dal mondo arabo: "Year: 2003 | Israeli armed forces destroyed 140 buildings in Rafah
Gaza, 25 December - The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza quantifies the damage willfully inflicted by the Israeli armed forces on the refugee camp of Rafah and stated that yesterday besides the nine Palestinians killed and the 39 wounded, scores of civilian houses have been destroyed preventing the owners at gunpoint from recovering any belongings from them. According to Al Mezan, the demolished houses in Rafah numbered 105, while the 642 persons that had inhabited them were rendered completely homeless and destitute. The Center declared that in additiion to that, 20 shops have been destroyed and a mosque, a kindergarten and a pharmacy were severely damaged. The Israeli armed forces also demolished 35 houses in Wadi Al-Salaka, to the southeast of the Rafah district, and damaged cultivated lands. The Al Mezan Center asked the international community, especially signatories to the Geneva Convention, to protect the civilian population and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories. "
Arab Monitor - Sito di informazione dal mondo arabo: "Year: 2003 | Israeli armed forces destroyed 140 buildings in Rafah
Gaza, 25 December - The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza quantifies the damage willfully inflicted by the Israeli armed forces on the refugee camp of Rafah and stated that yesterday besides the nine Palestinians killed and the 39 wounded, scores of civilian houses have been destroyed preventing the owners at gunpoint from recovering any belongings from them. According to Al Mezan, the demolished houses in Rafah numbered 105, while the 642 persons that had inhabited them were rendered completely homeless and destitute. The Center declared that in additiion to that, 20 shops have been destroyed and a mosque, a kindergarten and a pharmacy were severely damaged. The Israeli armed forces also demolished 35 houses in Wadi Al-Salaka, to the southeast of the Rafah district, and damaged cultivated lands. The Al Mezan Center asked the international community, especially signatories to the Geneva Convention, to protect the civilian population and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories. "
Thursday, December 25, 2003
A Quiet Christmas In Bethlehem
CBS 2: A Quiet Christmas In Bethlehem: "Serious Problems In Town Believed To Be Jesus' Birthplace | Dec 24, 2003 11:06 am US/Eastern
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) There is no Christmas tree in Aida Ghaneim's Bethlehem home this year. No festive lights hang from the ceiling, and the 48-year-old mother of four has no plans to cook her usual feast.
It is not that Ghaneim is abandoning Christmas. On the contrary, she said, 'It abandoned us.'
A shriveling economy, continuing Israeli restrictions and other hardships caused by three years of Mideast violence have left Christians living in the traditional birthplace of Jesus with little desire to celebrate.
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The Rev. Mitri Raheb, pastor of Bethlehem's Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, complained that while Christians around the world prepare to sing Christmas carols harking to this town, few appear concerned with the plight of the place where Jesus was born.
"The majority of Christians really don't know what is going on in the little town of Bethlehem," he said.
CBS 2: A Quiet Christmas In Bethlehem: "Serious Problems In Town Believed To Be Jesus' Birthplace | Dec 24, 2003 11:06 am US/Eastern
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) There is no Christmas tree in Aida Ghaneim's Bethlehem home this year. No festive lights hang from the ceiling, and the 48-year-old mother of four has no plans to cook her usual feast.
It is not that Ghaneim is abandoning Christmas. On the contrary, she said, 'It abandoned us.'
A shriveling economy, continuing Israeli restrictions and other hardships caused by three years of Mideast violence have left Christians living in the traditional birthplace of Jesus with little desire to celebrate.
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The Rev. Mitri Raheb, pastor of Bethlehem's Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, complained that while Christians around the world prepare to sing Christmas carols harking to this town, few appear concerned with the plight of the place where Jesus was born.
"The majority of Christians really don't know what is going on in the little town of Bethlehem," he said.
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Khan Younis, Gaza: 10 houses raised by Israelis
Yahoo! News - Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians in Gaza: "
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The incident occurred as Israeli soldiers backed by tanks and bulldozers demolished 10 houses during a predawn raid into southern Gaza's Khan Younis refugee camp, Palestinian witnesses said.
The Israeli military said Palestinian militants detonated explosives wounding two soldiers and that the troops also came under "massive" anti-tank and automatic gunfire during the raid.
Yahoo! News - Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians in Gaza: "
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The incident occurred as Israeli soldiers backed by tanks and bulldozers demolished 10 houses during a predawn raid into southern Gaza's Khan Younis refugee camp, Palestinian witnesses said.
The Israeli military said Palestinian militants detonated explosives wounding two soldiers and that the troops also came under "massive" anti-tank and automatic gunfire during the raid.
