News Highlights: Michel Sabbah, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, says Christmas in Palestine is difficult this year, and criticizes the internal Palestinian clashes; Bethlehem’s mayor also highlights the impact of the separation wall and the economic siege. Israel is building a new settlement in the Jordan Valley to bring in former Gaza settlers. Israeli military step …
December 2006 archive
Dec 19
This week …
News Highlights: Dec. 19th – Israeli troops open fire on two teenage Palestinian girls, murdering one; meanwhile Palestinian groups continue clashes as their leaders call for restraint. Clashes had escalated after Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas called for early presidential and legislative elections. Dec. 19th – Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert to meet soon, …
Dec 12
This week …
News Highlights: Archbishop Desmond Tutu says Israel has prevented a UN fact-finding mission to Beit Hanoun to investigate the killing of 19 Palestinian civilians by an Israeli airstrike. Unidentified gunmen kill three young sons of a top Fateh official, further escalating the factional divisions in the occupied Palestinian territories. Jimmy Carter says Israeli policy in …
Dec 05
This week …
News Highlights: Defence for Children Int’l. says there has been an increase in the number of Palestinian children detained by Israel; there are currently at least 450 child detainees, including three girls. Israel escalates policy of denying visa extensions to Palestinian family members. Palestinian PM says efforts to form unity government must continue. Dec. 4th …