America and Isreal are punshing the palestinaiens for there vote for Hamas. (31) Thirty one Palestinaen  Civilianes where  killed  this month  due to the  Isreali  attacks and  bombings on villigaes and towns. The only thing done to provoke these attacks was the demoncatice process of voteing. 

The US goverment also is cuting the riduclisslley small amouts of finacle support through the UN to Palseitne. All because the Palestinan people voted for Hamas. A group that was democraticly put in power. Just because thier politics are un- favorable to the US and Isreal. More lies are being spun through the corparte media and infeltraters.

The United States of America is, vetoing all charges and proclamtions in the U.N against the inhumane treatment of the Palestinanes and the displacement of millions and  murder of thousands.

below is a report from the Frontlines of Occupied Palestine.

1 Balata refugee camp is being invaded- Two youth killed and over
thirty injured
2 The Joint Struggle Against the Occupation- The Conference
3.Post Publishes Three Letters in Defense of Georgetown Conference
4.Update on Mohammad Mansour's Day in Court
5.First Anti Wall protest in Beit Sira
6.Resistance Collecting Momentum
7.Parents Continue Daughter's Cause
8.The Anger at Racist Cartoons Continues
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1.Balata refugee camp is being invaded- Two youth killed and over
thirty injured
February 19th, 2006
For immediate Release
Balata Refugee camp was invaded early this morning. A resident of the
camp, Muhammad Al Qaisy, leader of Al Aqsa was arrested the house he
was found in belonging to the Hamami family was blown up from the
inside and it's garden bulldozed.
The military set up a military base in the UNRWA girl school bringing
in tents, generators and water tanks and have taken over twenty houses
locking the families in a room of their own homes.
Youth that confronted the soldiers with stones were shot at with live
ammunition. Ibrahim Issa Hader and Muhamad Ahmad Natur were killed.
Over thirty have been injured among them, Salih Abu Aifa and Mahmnud
Raje, were shot in the legs and then detained from red Crescent
ambulance before being evacuated to hospital Another youth who was shot
in the shoulder was detained by the military for half an hour before
being evacuated to the hospital by the UPMRC (united Palestinians
Medical Relief Committees). The UPMRC are have set up a
field clinic to treat the wounded on the site.
For more information:
Clara : 0599756222
Mohammed : 0546218759 or 0522223374

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2. The Joint Struggle Against the Occupation- The Conference
An international conference in Bil'n:
The conference will be held over two days at the public school in the
village of Bil'n. It will consist of a few opening presentations
followed by workshops focusing on the non-violent struggles taking
place in different locations. The workshops are the main part of the
conference and are where activists will share their experiences and
new ideas will be discussed. The focus of the discussion will be
practical and the workshops aim to lead to a joint non-violent action
being initiated by the participants in the conference and carried out a
few weeks later.
Day 1: Monday February 20th
9:00-10:30, Opening session: Overview
1. Welcome message.
2.The history of the Palestinian popular struggle: Kadura Faris.
3. The history of Joint Israeli Palestinian struggle: Uri Avnery.
4. Israel's Apartheid wall: Dr. Mustafa Bargouti.
5. The political situation after the Palestinian elections
6.World media and the popular struggle in
Palestine:Kasem El Hatib.
10:30-11:00 Break.
11:00-12:15 Presentations session: Representatives of struggles at
different areas of Palestine and the rest of the world will give short
5-10 minute introductions to the struggle in their area. The areas that
will present are North, Central and South Palestine as well as the
world outside Palestine. The introductions will list the
different struggle locations in their regions (see the complete list of
workshops) and participants will choose the workshop they wish to join
based on the presentations.
1.North Palestine: Nawaf Asuf.
2.Bil'in: Muhamad El Hatib.
3.Central Palestine (Ramalla region).
4.Southern Palestine: Hani Abu Haikal.
5 Outside Palestine: Neta Golan.
12:15-12:45 Break and choosing workshops: Participants can choose one
of the workshops from the list and go to the room in the school where
it will be held. The workshop facilitators will organize translation as
needed to fit the people who want to participate in the workshops.
12:45-14:00 First workshop session: The pros and cons of joint
struggle. What constitutes a joint struggle, what advantages it has and
what disadvantage? What problems are encountered in the course of joint
struggle and how they can be dealt with? The list of workshops is:
Salfit, Hares, Tulkarem, Nablus, Mas'ha, Qalqilya, Budrus, Bil'in,
Beit Likya, Jerusalem, Hebron, Inside Israel, The world outside
Palestine and Israel.
14:00-15:30 Lunch break
15:30-16:45 Second Workshop session: The practice of non violent
resistance in the struggles and brainstorming for new ideas and
methods, a discussion of tactics which have been tried and how
successful they were.
16:45-17:15 Break.
17:15-18:30 Conclusions session: Representatives from each workshop
will present the results of the discussions to the whole assembly.
18:30-19:30 Dinner.
19:30-21:00 A presentation of a movie by Bil'in photographer Imad
Burnat.
Day 2 Tues February 21st
9:00-11:00
1.Presentation of findings Beir Zeit university researchers about
weapons used against demonstrators in Bil'in.
2.A discussion by the whole assembly of a joint action to be taken a
few weeks after the conference at different locations by the
participants.
3.Conclusion statement.
11:00-14:00
The conference will be concluded by the planting of olive trees, the
establishment of a new playground and a football tournament.
For more information: Muhammad Khatib 054-5851893 Abdulla Abu Rahme
0547-258210
After the conference the occupation will reach an end and world peace
will be established- Don't miss this Historical event! Come and bring
friends!

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3. Post Publishes Three Letters in Defense of Georgetown Conference

Letters were printed on Friday, February 17, 2006, in the Washington
Post:

Regarding the Feb. 12 Close to Home commentary by Eric Adler and Jack
Langer ["Why Is Georgetown Providing a Platform for This Dangerous
Group?"] about the student conference being held on the Georgetown
University campus this weekend:

First, Georgetown prizes its commitment to free speech and expression.
Georgetown student groups and faculty have the right to invite speakers
and conferences to campus in accordance with the university's speech
and expression policy. This does not mean that the university endorses
any speakers or their views.

Second, federal law enforcement authorities assured the university that
allegations that the conference host, the Palestine Solidarity
Movement, is connected to terrorism are false.

Third, Georgetown faculty and administrators will monitor the
conference to ensure that both conferees and protesters comply with the
university's policy on speech and expression.

Mr. Alder and Mr. Langer also said that Georgetown refused to host a
conference for America's Truth Forum. In fact, Georgetown had no role
in that decision. Decisions about that conference were made by Marriott
Corp., which operates an independent hotel and conference center on
campus.

Erik Smulson
Assistant Vice President for Communications
Georgetown University
Washington

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Eric Adler and Jack Langer disparaged the International Solidarity
Movement (ISM), a movement that I co-founded in the spring of 2001 in
the occupied territories of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East
Jerusalem to help draw attention to the human rights abuses suffered by
Palestinians as a result of Israel's occupation. The ISM also is a
resource for Palestinian nonviolent resistance to the occupation. The
ISM believes that average civilians can bring about change, and it
tries to unite Palestinians, Israelis and other people in nonviolent
resistance to Israel's occupation policies.

When I "acknowledged" that the ISM "cooperates with Hamas, the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine," I was offering concrete examples of the ways in which these
groups were engaging in nonviolent resistance.

Both the ISM and the Palestine Solidarity Movement advocate nonviolent
resistance to Israel's human rights abuses -- the ISM through organized
action in the occupied territories and the PSM by promoting
international divestment from companies that profit from occupation.

Huwaida Arraf
Washington

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The piece about the Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) conference that
starts today at Georgetown University was misleading. PSM's organizers
are people of all faiths and backgrounds. Many are Jews.

The PSM's Web site condemns racism and discrimination. Its FAQ page
says, "The PSM does not support or endorse terrorism." The FBI does not
consider the PSM to be a terrorist organization; nor does any other
government agency.

The Close to Home commentary was nothing more than an attempt to stop
Americans from hearing our message.

Fadi Kiblawi
The writer is an organizer of the PSM conference at Georgetown
University
Arlington

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4. Update on Mohammad Mansour's Day in Court

When Mohammed Mansour arrived at the courthouse today a half an hour
before his scheduled court appointment, the trial was already over.

Today was supposed to be the final hearing, the 14th in two years of
protracted legal struggle.  Having refused repeated deals from the
prosecution (see previous post), today Mohammed expected either that
the charges would be dropped unconditionally, or that he would be
handcuffed and taken to jail.

Instead, Mohammed and his two international friends learned when they
arrived at the bustling courthouse that the trial was postponed -- yet
again.  Relief at another month of freedom mingled with frustration
that the episode remains unfinished. Perhaps the judge hopes that more
time will convince Mohammed to accept the prosecution's latest offer.

The freezing rain had transformed to sunshine when the activists left
the courthouse.  But in Palestine, life is never that easy.  Because
Mohammed does not have a permit that allows him to enter Jerusalem, he
had to sneak through the mountains in order to appear at his trial.  He
had barely left the Jerusalem bus station on the way home to his
village near Ramallah when soldiers stopped his bus and  demanded
I.D.s.  Although Mohammed showed them the papers proving he had to be
in Jerusalem for his trial today, they pulled him off the bus, and the
two international activists followed.

The three waited around for perhaps an hour (the freezing rain had
reappeared) while the soldiers called in Mohammed's I.D. number and
conferred with their superiors over the radio.  Several more soldiers
arrived in a green jeep, and one of the internationals asked, "What's
the problem?  He was required to be in Jerusalem for his trial, and now
he's going home."  The officer replied, "There is no problem.  Only, he
is wanted."  He could not say what Mohammed was wanted for.

In the end, Mohammed was allowed to continue back to his home, but is
required  to go meet with Israeli intelligence in two different
locations in the next week.  Often during these interviews, The
intelligence officer offers bribes of ,money and permission to travel
and work inside Israel, in exchange for information. If Mohammad
doesn't go to the interview, the military are likely to show up to his
home and may arrest a family member in his stead.  If he goes and
doesn't cooperate, they will call him back again and again, keep him on
their wanted list and harassing him at will.  But for Mohammed and many
Palestinians like him, resistance is the only option.

On March 21st, he will return to Jerusalem for the next chapter in his
ongoing struggle, and go through it all again.

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5. First Anti Wall protest in Beit Sira

Three Fridays ago there was only one Anti-Wall demonstrations, last
week there were two Anti-wall demonstrations and this week there were
three. This week on top of the rallies in Bil'in and Abud there was
also a rally in Beit Sira.

We marched from the town as vibrant group. Whilst a few younger kids
ran to the front and were a bit a head the main group, who were
proceeded slowly chanting and singing.
It wasn't long until we bumped into a settlement. Unlike the
settlements at Bil'in that confiscated primarily agricultural land
that was a 15 minute walk from the village, the settlement here was
literally a stones throw away.
There was wire fence that separated the village from the settlement but
the full-on wall project is yet to be in full swing. so far, many of
the villages trees had been cut down where the wall is going to be
built. We moved onto a road and proceeded to Match. The terrain in Beit
Sira helped things in that the whole group stayed together on the flat
cement road, so we weren't dispersed on a hill side A lone jeep drove
through the rally. One of the soldiers stood on the roof and waved his
gun indiscriminately. In this photo you can see after they parked their
car in front of the demonstration the first thing they did was load
their guns with rubber bullets. They were clearly trying to provoke.
Still there was a thin line of them and the rally could have easily
passed the soldiers in a peaceful non violent manner.
But we hesitated. Then another three of jeeps showed up at the back of
the demonstration. They also wanted to drive through the rally. Many of
the young people wanted to block the Jeeps to prevent them from getting
through, but the elders in the village instructed them to let the Jeeps
pass and the young people co-operated. Now the Army had four jeeps in
front of the demo and they had some more soldiers.

They were trying to provoke the demonstration including this soldier
(left) who didn't think twice about where he held his gun or the fact
he had a tear gas canister in his outstretched arm. This tear gas
canister threat seemed particularly silly given that he couldn't use
it while we were that close. Even though there were four jeeps, a jeep
is hardly a people mover and they wouldn't of had more then 24
soldiers against the 200 demonstrators
The young people (the majority of the demonstration) wanted to march
but the 'popular committee' of the village instructed people to
turn back. It was very clear that people were frustrated and wanted to
proceed with the march regardless of the soldier presence. Whilst the
popular committee were able to stop people moving forward they
weren't able to convince people to move back.
So we milled around in front of the soldiers, the crowd slowly
diminishing. The youth felt defeated with all there energy and
frustration remaining. So the usual stone throwing, tear gas dynamic
played itself out. This was the first demonstration in Beit Sira,
hopefully demonstrations will continue and will feel more empowering in
the future.
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6. Resistance Collecting Momentum


The struggle of Palestinian villagers against the separation wall and
settlements is collecting momentum. In addition to the ongoing direct
action of manning the two Palestinian "out posts" that Bil'in
villagers have built on their land to be stolen by the annexation wall,
three demonstrations were held this Friday. As usual, the Israeli
military attempted to block the way of the Israeli activists to
Bil'in and detained two of them who were not fast enough to evade the
few soldiers allocated to the mission.
In Bil'in, about 20 internationals who came to participate in the
Bil'in international conference due 20th-21st February joined the 70
Palestinians and the 20 Israelis in what has become the traditional
Friday demo.
The demonstration began at noon with a march towards the land cut off
from the village by the route of the barrier. Protesters first
attempted to pass through the olive orchard towards the part of fence
not yet finished but , the soldiers were ready to stop them among the
olive trees... so they diverted back to the road leading to the open
gate in the fence - now "blessed" by the highest court of justice
as opened always for passage, though the armed forces make an
exception, and block it every Friday during the demonstration.
The march was blocked by a border police unit about 20 meters from the
passage. During the usual confrontation the protestors advanced about 2
meters - something the commander of the unit took personally. A few
shock grenades and physical pushing gained the Israeli military the
last two meters. After a while, people tried to get down from the road
to the olive orchard in order to go around the blocking border police
and get nearer to the fence. A large group of demonstraters did reach
the fence route and started to bang with stones on the low fence
bordering it. A small unit of soldiers who rushed there tried
unsuccessfully to disperse the people with tear gas grenades.
After the nonviolent demonstration was declared over, many of the
protestors stayed near by observing the usual confrontation between the
stone throwing youngsters and the military, shooting tear gas grenades
at them.
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7. Parents Continue Daughter's Cause
By Jennifer Moody
Originally published in the Albany Democrat-Herald
Cindy Corrie used to think the conflict between Israelis and
Palestinians had no beginning, no end and no solution - if she
thought about it at all.
That was before her daughter Rachel was crushed to death by an Israeli
bulldozer as she stood in protest in front of a Palestinian home about
to be razed.
Rachel Corrie was a writer who went to the Gaza Strip as a peace
activist with the International Solidarity Movement. She died March 16,
2003, about three weeks shy of her 24th birthday.
Since then, her parents, Craig and Cindy of Olympia, Wash., have been
accepting invitations to talk about their daughter and the conflict
that led to her death.
They spoke Wednesday at Linn-Benton Community College in a talk
sponsored by the Institute for Peace and Justice at LBCC, the Albany
Peace Seekers, and a student group, Linn-Benton Peace Studies.
Since her death, Rachel has inspired sharply conflicting opinions. Her
critics describe her as a misguided defender of Palestinian terrorists
and say the house she was protecting may have been used to smuggle arms
to Gaza from Egypt.
The parents' goal, her mother said, is to remind people in the United
States to "really pay attention to what's happening in the
Israeli-Palestinian situation, and to learn more about our role in it,
and to find ways to actively try and take personal action on it ... not
to tune out on all of this."
People are beginning to understand, Cindy added, but she thinks more
people would take notice if they understood that the need to find a
solution to the conflict directly affects this country.
"What the world sees is a very strong U.S. bias in support of the
Israeli government. That's viewed as being unjust," she said.
"That's very damaging to us, in terms of world opinion."
About 20 people attended the two-hour presentation, which centered on
Rachel's life and death and on the experiences her parents have had
in the region on subsequent visits.
Rachel was in the area for about 10 weeks. She lived in Rafah, a city
of about 140,000.
She wrote her parents often about the destruction she witnessed: homes
bulldozed to clear the way for roads or walls, wells for drinking water
destroyed by the Israeli military, an economy devastated by division
and isolation. On one of her first calls home, as Israeli forces fired
shells into the night, she held up the telephone and let her parents
listen.
The Corries stressed they are horrified by suicide bombs and other
Palestinian atrocities and in no way mean to defend them.
At the same time, however, they said they don't believe such bombs
are a threat to the very existence of the Israeli people in the same
way that Israel is capable of threatening Palestinian existence.
They also question the solutions Israel has said it needs for security,
such as putting walls and checkpoint terminals on Palestinian - not
Israeli - property, and demolishing homes to make way for those
efforts. American tax dollars, they said, are used to purchase some of
the equipment for that work and may have paid for the very bulldozer
that killed their daughter.
"We are motivated by Rachel to do what we can to work for a just
resolution that will support all the people of this region, and I think
before the whole world as well," Cindy said.
Added her father: "We can't do anything about Rachel, but we can do
something about these children."
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8. The Anger at Racist Cartoons Continues

>From Socialist Worker, www.socialistworker.co.uk

>From London's Trafalgar Square to Ramallah in Palestine, from Lebanon
to Austria, the caricatures of the prophet Mohammed, first printed in a
Danish paper, have sparked rage

Some 20,000 protesters filled Trafalgar Square in London on Saturday of
last week for a rally against Islamophobia and incitement. The event
was called at short notice by the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB)
and others in the wake of the cartoons row.

The protest was also supported by the Stop the War Coalition and CND.
Lindsey German, convenor of Stop the War, was warmly received by the
crowd when she spoke at the rally.

She noted that it wasn't only Muslims who find the cartoons
offensive: "They offend me because they offend my politics - they
are racist provocations from a racist newspaper."

MAB spokesperson Dr Azzam Tamimi also drew cheers and applause for a
fiery and uncompromising speech. "They say Muslims don't understand
that governments can't control the media. Who are they
bullshitting?" he said.

Kate Hudson, chair of CND, said she was proud to be "standing here in
solidarity with the Muslim community". She was one of many speakers
to note how anti-Muslim racism is being used to cover up for the
occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Respect MP George Galloway backed up this message of solidarity, noting
that the anti-war movement today stood in a proud tradition of working
people mobilising against racism and fascism.

Yvonne Ridley, political editor of the Islam Channel, attacked the
mainstream media's stereotypes about Muslims and double standards
over "freedom of speech".

She and others drew a direct parallel between contemporary anti-Muslim
caricatures and the anti-Semitic caricatures of the 1930s that helped
lay the groundwork for the Nazi Holocaust.

Throughout the rally, the speakers who made political connections
between the cartoons row, racism and the "war on terror" were
cheered and applauded.

In contrast, those who spoke more defensively about the need for
"moderation" were received less well.

The same anger felt on the demonstration in London echoes through the
streets of Ramallah, on the Palestinian West Bank, 1,500 miles away.

The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Palestine has joined the
international chorus of criticism of the cartoons.

The movement, which brings together activists from around the world to
stage non-violent direct action in support of Palestinians, released a
statement denouncing the cartoons.

Israeli-Canadian peace activist and ISM founder Neta Golan spoke to
Socialist Worker from Ramallah.

She said, "The Danish cartoons have sparked deep anger among the
Palestinian people. Many feel that it is part of the discrimination,
racism and disrespect that they have been suffering under occupation.

"By labelling the prophet Mohammed as a terrorist, they are labelling
all Arabs and Muslims as terrorists.

"This disrespect reinforces the feeling that the life of a
Palestinian is worth less than that of a Westerner, that Palestinians
and Muslims are to be looked down on."

The ISM has called on the newspapers that published the cartoons to
apologise and is demanding Western governments condemn Islamophobia.
Neta says these cartoons are a part of the demonisation of Arabs and
Muslims:

"Racism against people in the Middle East, and towards their own
Muslim citizens, has a long history in the West and underlies much of
the current policies in the Middle East - whether in Afghanistan,
Iraq or Palestine.

"Most Western media are ignoring these facts while discussing the
issue of free speech. They are reinforcing stereotypes that the Muslim
world rejects Western liberties."
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