ISLAMABAD, Nov 17 (APP) Associated Press of PakistanMinister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani Friday said that Israeli terrorism and aggression against Palestine would come under discussion during emergency OIC executive meeting called at Jeddah. Talking to PTV before leaving for Jeddah to attend the meeting, he said Israeli aggression against Palestine was matter of concern for whole Muslim Ummah especially for Pakistan. The meeting would also discuss in detail Israeli atrocities against innocent Palestinians, he said. The Minister said the meeting has been called to discuss situation emerging after veto of the UN resolution. Muhammad Ali Durrani said during the meeting stance of government of Pakistan, feeling of the people of Pakistan and Muslims would be converted into strategy so that ways and means can be found to solve the issue. The Minister referred to President Pervez Musharraf’s address in UN in which he said, if world wants to control extremism and terrorism then it must address its root causes. He said Palestine issue must be resolved for durable peace in the world.
Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:19 PM GMTBy Luke Baker
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - (click here for full story)An Israeli human rights group has called for an immediate military investigation into the deaths of two wounded and unarmed Palestinians shot during an army raid in the occupied West Bank this month.
B'Tselem, an independent group that monitors Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories, said eyewitnesses had described a sequence of events that contradicted the Israeli military's account of the raid on November 7-8, and that there was evidence Israeli forces had engaged in unlawful killing.
By Akiva Eldar and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents, and The Associated Press - (click here for full story)Spanish Foreign Minsiter Miguel Angel Moratinos said Friday that the new Mideast peace initiative drafted by Spain, France and Italy was not coordinated with Israel for fear that Jerusalem would reject it.In a telephone interview with Haaretz, Moratinos said the plan does not recommend the immediate deployment of a large international force similar to the UNIFIL contingent stationed in Lebanon. Instead, a limited force of inspectors would be deployed to help establish and enforce the cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants.He said that he sought to reassure Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni that there was nothing in the plan "that Israel can reject."
Peace will need more than David Grossman -- or Uri AvneryBy Jonathan Cook in Nazareth11/17/06 "Information Clearing House" - (click here for full story)...Small groups of Israelis, smaller than Gush Shalom, are abandoning Zionism and coalescing around new ideas about how Israeli Jews and Palestinians might live peacefully together, including inside a single state. They include Taayush, Anarchists Against the Wall, Zochrot and elements within the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions and Gush Shalom itself. ...
Saturday 11 November 2006, 22:13 Makka Time, 19:13 GMT - (click here for full story)The US has vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution condemning an Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip that killed 19 Palestinian civilians.
John Bolton, the US ambassador to the UN, described the text as "unbalanced" and "biased against Israel and politically motivated".
He added that it did not provide an "even-handed characterisation" of the Israeli shelling of the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun that killed the 19 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
The text of the resolution, which was sponsored by Arab states, also condemned the firing of rockets by Palestinian fighters into Israel.
Efrat Weiss Published: 11.09.06, 23:00 - (click here for full story)ynetnews.comSupporters of assassinated rabbi Meir Kahane hold ceremony to commemorate killed rabbi, say 'holy canon' fired shells at family in Beit Hanoun in which 18 Palestinians died on Wednesday
Kahane supporters take credit for compromise on gay pride parade: Some 200 right-wing activists gathered in Jerusalem on Thursday evening for a commemoration of rabbi Meir Kahane who was killed 16 years ago.Photo: Extreme right-wing activist Baruch Marzel Photo: Gil Yochanan
The Arab league has called for an immediate ceasefireFriday 10 November 2006, 16:52 Makka Time, 13:52 GMT - (click here for full story)A Palestinian official has accused Israel of state terrorism after an attack in Gaza that killed 18 civilians, and said Israeli apologies for such incidents were insincere and no longer acceptable.
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian UN observer, told an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Thursday: "This is terrorism, this is state terrorism.
"These are war crimes for which the perpetrators must be held accountable under international law."
