Prosecuting Israel for war crimes

Prosecuting Israel for war crimes:

"Deputy Prosecutor of Int'l Criminal Court discusses the Palestinian Authority appeal to join the court"



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President Abbas Karzai refuses to give passports to Palestinians

Gazans feel trapped as PA refuses to send blank passports:

An Israeli siege, an Egyptian siege, and a Palestinian Authority siege on Gaza.

"Press Tv Gaza"



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Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip continue - 28 Dec 08

Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip continue - 28 Dec 08:

Note: Abbas Wears the Wrong Flag (and I'm not talking about Egypt's flag)

"For a second day, Israeli aircraft have pounded what they say are Hamas targets in Gaza. The death toll has risen to at least 280, among them women and children.

Hamas has vowed not to cave in, but Israel's operation could soon escalate. Tanks have massed at the Gazan border, and Ehud Olmert's office says military reservists are being mobilised.

The UN Security Council has demanded an immediate end to the violence, and Egypt is trying to broker a ceasefire. But the airs raids are continuing, as Clayton Swisher reports."



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MIR: Palestine-Israel, Waiting for Obama

MIR: Palestine-Israel, Waiting for Obama:

"The truce between Israel and Hamas has ended. The UN Security Council passes a new resolution on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Will the Annapolis peace process survive? And what is Abbas doing in Washington?"



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Abbas: general elections in spring?

Abbas: general elections in spring?:

"IN THE PAPERS: Jerusalem Post 'Abbas planning to extend his own term',
The Guardian 'Besieged and stressed Gazans fall victim to black market',
Lib?ration (France) 'Les brigades de la pudeur',
China Daily (Chine) 'New dawn descends over strait',
Bangkok Post (Tha?lande) 'Taiwan China open new transport links'."



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Mosaic News - Settlers Escalate Attacks, Mass Arrests by Abbas Forces, Palestinian Inner Fighting Affects Pilgrims, West Bank Stories -12/05/08

Mosaic News - 12/05/08: World News from the Middle East:

"Indian Interior Minister Admits Security Lapses in Mumbai - Al Jazeera TV, Qatar 00:00
Settlers Escalate Attacks in West Bank - Palestine TV, Ramallah 02:55
Mass Arrests by Abbas Forces - Al Aqsa, Gaza 07:45
Palestinian Inner Fighting Affects Pilgrims to Mecca - Abu Dhabi TV, UAE 10:35
England Works on a Security Pact with Iraq - Dubai TV, UAE 14:10
S. Korean Troops Withdraw from Irbil - Al-Iraqiya TV, Iraq 16:30
West Bank Stories 21:15

Produced for Link TV by Jamal Dajani"



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MIR: The Ramallah Banana Republic

MIR: The Ramallah Banana Republic:

"Palestinian Authority President appeals to Israelis in peace ads. He also blocks a Palestinian website accusing his cabinet of corruption. Is this true? And will the peace negotiations continue once the Bush Administration 'terms' out?

Answers to these questions and more on Link TV's Mosaic Intelligence Report.Presented by Jamal Dajani."



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Mosaic News - Israel Rejects Arab League's Participation in Mediteranean Union, Hospital Shut Down in Hebron -11/3/08

Mosaic News - 11/3/08: World News from the Middle East:

Obamamania Everywhere - Al Jazeera TV, Qatar @ 00:00
Is Obama Better for Israel? - IBA TV, Israel @ 04:00
Qadafi Visits Russia - Dubai TV, UAE @ 07:10
Israel Rejects Arab League's Participation in Mediteranean Union - Al Arabiya TV, UAE @ 09:40
Iraq: The Ball is in Washington's Court - Al Jazeera English, Qatar @ 13:10
The Train Returns to Iraq - Al-Iraqiya TV, Iraq @ 16:35
Salafis in Lebanon - New TV, Lebanon @ 19:15
Hospital Shut Down in Hebron - Palestine TV, Ramallah @ 25:35

"Produced for Link TV by Jamal Dajani"



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PA arrests in the West Bank

People being arrested by Palestinian security .:

"Several Palestinian men had been arrested by Palestinian security in the West Bank villages of Yata and Samua."

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Israel Allowed PA Security Plan to Finish what it Failed to Do
Source: PIC

DAMASCUS, (PIC)-- Dr. Moussa Abu Marzouk, the deputy head of the Hamas political bureau, said Tuesday that there is a plan implemented carefully in the West Bank aimed at securing the control of PA security forces over different West Bank areas and enabling them to complete what the IOF troops failed to do there.

In an exclusive statement to the PIC, Dr. Abu Marzouk underlined that the campaign which PA chief Mahmoud Abbas's security forces waged in Al-Khalil city two days ago is part of previous security plans carried out in other West Bank areas.

The Hamas leader pointed out that the PA security forces in their various deployment areas in the West Bank are not allowed to interfere when there are Israeli military moves to assassinate or arrest Palestinian citizens.

He castigated these Israeli-supported PA security forces for standing on the sidelines of the assaults committed by Israeli settlers against Palestinian citizens.

"Had these apparatuses been for the protection of Palestinian citizens, they would have repulsed the herds of settlers as they were attacking the Palestinian people and their property," the Hamas leader underscored.

Abu Marzouk warned that these PA campaigns would adversely affect the atmosphere of the forthcoming dialog in Cairo.

He concluded his statement to the PIC by saying that such means would not succeed in subduing Hamas or forcing it to change its principled positions towards the Palestinian rights and constants, pointing out that his Movement might make concessions on something it has, but it would never waive anything belonging to the Palestinian people and their future.

PLC urges Abbas to step aside on Jan.8th 2009

PLC urges Abbas to step aside on Jan.8th 2009
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:09:47
Yousef Al-Helou, Press TV, Gaza

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PLC holds session to discuss legal dimensions of end of Abba's tenure

GAZA, (PLC)-- The PLC held Monday a session to discuss the legal dimensions of specifying term of office of current PA chief Mahmoud Abbas.

MP Faraj Al-Ghoul, the head of the PLC legal committee, had said that the committee would table during the session a report on the legal dimensions of specifying the duration of the PA chief's mandate.

Fierce controversy has erupted recently on the expiration of Abbas's term of office, where the Fatah faction insists on extending his mandate while Hamas and the PLC consider this extension illegal because the PA chief was only elected for four years and according to that he will not be the head of Palestinian authority in January 2009.

PLC members approved the report of the legal committee and unanimously voted in favour of its recommendations that the term of office of the President should not be extended beyond 8 January 2009.

MP Faraj al-Ghoul called on Abbas to call for presidential elections before the end of his tenure pointing out that Abbas could run for another four-year term stressing that the Palestinian Basic Law did not state that the presidential elections and the legislative elections should be held at the same time.

"If Abbas's term ends and no presidential elections were held, then the post of president remains vacant and the PLC leader takes over for sixty days [during which presidential elections should be held]" said MP al-Ghoul.

PA raid on Beit Ummar orphanage

PA raid on Beit Ummar orphanage:

"Less than six months after the Israeli military raided orphanages and schools in Hebron, the Palestinian Authority followed suit in nearby villages. Christian Peacemaker Teams(CPT) visited the orphanage in Beit Ummar a few days after the PA raided it in August 2008."