Alternative View 2006 - for john schou

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06.02.2006 Guardian 15 The Palestinian attorney general said he had uncovered the theft or misuse
of $700m of public funds, and suspects much more has gone missing ... his
office has ordered 25 arrests to date and issued 10 international warrants ...
in December, Abbas .. asked him to delay a public announcement about the
investigation until after the election
06.02.2006 Haaretz 15 No new West Bank settlement outposts were established but the overall
number of settlers did increase in 2005 ... 52 of the 102 [illegal] outposts were
establ. since March 2001 ... 12,000 new residents moved into West Bank
settlements in 2005
06.02.2006 Guardian 15 Israelis have always been horrified at the idea of parallels between their country ... and the
racist system that ruled the old South Africa. Yet even within Israel itself, accusations persist
that the web of controls affecting every aspect of Palestinian life bears a disturbing resemblance
to apartheid
07.02.2006 Haaretz 15 a new movement has formed in the Arab sector with an aim to organize an
election boycott {making it more easy for Likudniks to control Knesset}
07.02.2006 BAZ 15 Israelische Soldaten haben am Dienstag in Nablus im nördlichen Westjordanland
einen örtlichen Anführer der radikalen Palästinenserorganisation
Islamischer Jihad getötet
07.02.2006 BAZ 15 In den vergangenen Tagen hat die israelische Luftwaffe ihre gezielten
Angriffe auf palästinensiche Extremisten verstärkt. Dabei wurden mindestens
zehn Menschen getötet [heute nochmals 3]
08.02.2006 Aljazeera 15 Olmert listed 4 areas in the West Bank which Israel would keep under his
vision: Maaleh Adumim; Gush Etzion; Ariel; and the Jordan River valley. ¾ of
the Jewish settlers live in these areas ... Israel would retain a "united
Jerusalem"
08.02.2006 Guardian 15 That would mean removing about 60,000 settlers ... Shaul Mofaz said the
government was considering unilaterally imposing the borders of a
Palestinian state
08.02.2006 Haaretz 15 Anglican Church Synod [UK] to divest from companies whose products are
used by Israel in the territories
09.02.2006 Haaretz 15 The two men attacked the Erez crossing, throwing hand grenades and firing
on the soldiers. Both men were shot dead
10.02.2006 Independant 15 A group including some of Britain's most prominent architects is considering
calling for a boycott of Israel's construction industry in protest at the building
of Israeli settlements and the separation barrier in the Occupied Territories
12.02.2006 Aljazeera 15 The acting premier appeared to dismiss the possibility of a negotiated
settlement. "We are going toward separation from the Palestinians, toward
establishing a permanent border for Israel"
12.02.2006 X 15 Uri Avnery .. says that the secret of Kadima's success is its formula for peace - not peace with
the Arabs, but "peace without Arabs". That is, a "unilateral peace" built on the annexation of
58% of the West Bank and leaving to the Palestinians 11% of pre-1948 Palestine, "chopped up
into isolated enclaves, cut off from the world"
13.02.2006 Haaretz 15 [During] the disengagement from the Gaza Strip last summer, Israel
completed another cut-off process, which went unnoticed: Israel completed
cutting off the eastern sector of the West Bank from the remainder ...
~2,000,000 Palestinians .. are prohibited from entering ~1/3 of the West Bank
.. includes the Jordan Valley, the area of the Dead Sea shoreline and the
eastern slopes of the West Bank mountains
13.02.2006 Haaretz 15 50% of the Israeli public opposes a further withdrawal in the West Bank ... 41
[% favoured it]
13.02.2006 X 15 The existence of settlers, the settlements, and the confiscation of resources
are all illegal under international law, namely the 4th Geneva Convention and
UN resolutions ... during the 1990s Israel violated 29 of the 30 Articles of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in its treatment of Palestinians under
Israeli occupation
14.02.2006 Haaretz 15 Compulsory military service for men will be gradually shortened from 3 years
to 2 years over a period of 4 years
14.02.2006 Haaretz 15 Justice Mishael Cheshin said Israeli citizens who marry Palestinians should go live in
Jenin. "The Palestinian Authority is an enemy government, a government that wants
to destroy the state and is not prepared to recognize Israel" ... Supre-me Court
President Aharon Barak raised the possibility of alternate options that would infringe
less on human rights ... Palestinians who marry Israelis could remain in Israel but
would be granted identity cards visually diff.