Pope: Peace begins with a look of respect that recognizes in another man's face a person - According to eyewitnesses, the three Palestinian victims were executed on the spot.
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Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:03:33 GMT
Pope Benedict XVI in his New Year's Eve Mass in St. Peter's
Basilica called for tolerance and the protection of children
from war and violence.
Pope Benedict XVI on Friday called for a world without
discrimination that looked on to men as brothers, not rivals
or enemies, as he celebrated the start of the new year.
''Peace begins with a look of respect that recognizes in
another man's face a person, regardless of the color of his
skin, nationality, language or religion,'' he said during a
Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.
The pontiff pled for the protection of children from war and
violence, adding that tolerance can be taught at a young
age, the New York Times reported.
''Their faces are a prophecy of the kind of humanity we are
called upon to create: a family of families and peoples.
Despite differences, they cry and laugh the same way, have
the same needs, communicate spontaneously, play together."
The 82 year-old Roman Catholic Church leader also urged for
the protection of the environment noting that the
degradation of man leads to the degradation of the planet.
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Israel: Slain Palestinians were supposed to be arrested
Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:40:23 GMT
Israeli soldiers are seen during an army operation in the
West Bank city of Nablus.
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Israeli officials have acknowledged that they had ordered
soldiers to arrest the three Palestinians who were shot dead
in Nablus last week.
The order for the Duvdevan commando unit clearly stated that
the aim of the attack was to capture Adnan Subuh, Raad
Sarkaji and Ghassan Abu Sheikh, Israeli sources said.
The Israeli forces received the written order several hours
before raiding the occupied West Bank homes of the
Palestinian trio.
According to eyewitnesses, the three Palestinian victims
were executed on the spot.
Meanwhile, the witnesses also believe that Israeli claims
that the victims were involved in the killing of the Rabbi
are baseless fabrications.
The victims were members of the Fatah Movement, led by
acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas.
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Egypt police injure 7 Gaza Freedom Marchers
Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:25:33 GMT
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Seven protestors were injured as Egyptian plainclothes
police turned violent at a Cairo street demonstration
organized by peace activists.
Nearly a thousand Gaza Freedom Marchers, representing 42
different nationalities, brought the Egyptian capital to a
standstill at one point when they sat down on a main road in
Tahir Square, Press TV's Yvonne Ridley reported.
The surprise demonstration took Cairo police by surprise
after they blockaded a hotel nearby where nearly 30 of the
GFM were staying.
Around 700 maintained their sit-in for 20 minutes until
police reinforcements arrived to remove the defiant peace
activists who were chanting: "We want to march to Gaza."
Mick Napier, the chair of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity
Campaign said, "The police used excessive force and at one
stage several female protestors were punched and kicked. A
couple had their hijabs ripped away from their head."
"Many of us were taken aback by the naked aggression of the
police as this was a non-violent protest. Around 1,400 of us
arrived in Cairo a few days ago to go to Gaza but a travel
ban was imposed and we've been stuck in the capital."
The 10am protest moved to a nearby stretch of pavement where
around 400 activists remained throughout the day until dusk
before dispersing. They were surrounded, at all times, by
hundreds of riot squad officers with hundreds more on
standby.
Several days earlier the Gaza Freedom Marchers were publicly
criticized by the Egyptian Foreign Minister who particularly
attacked the European section calling them "hooligans,
conspiracists and anarchists" and labeled them "bad
Europeans."
Ahmed Aboul Gheit's remarks so incensed the campaigners that
100 delegates who had been chosen to go on two buses to Gaza
as a token gesture from the Egyptian Government that they
refused to go.
Hedi Epstein, an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor, who was due
to go to Gaza on Wednesday said, "We decided we either all
go or none of us go and that's exactly what happened. All
the chosen delegates withdrew."
Their seats were taken instead by around 20 Palestinians who
wanted to see their families in Gaza as well as a group of
visiting journalists from South America, the US and Europe.
There was also a small delegation from the American anti-war
group Code Pink and a handful of rabbis from the anti-
Zionist movement Neteuri Carta.
The seven injured yesterday were said to be not in a serious
condition although a couple were being monitored overnight.
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Israel razed over 130 Palestinian homes in 2009
Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:21:28 GMT
The Palestinian Al-Maqdisi Foundation says Zionist
authorities gave the go-ahead for demolition of more than
130 Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem Al-Quds in 2009 as
part of Tel Aviv's Judaization campaign targeting the holy city.
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The year 2009 shows a remarkable upsurge in homes demolished
compared with the previous year, according to the
Palestinian Information Center.
In this year, Israel frequently ordered hundreds of
Palestinians to leave their homes in East Jerusalem Al-Quds,
claiming that they did not have proper documentations for
their houses.
Out of over 130 Palestinian homes demolished in the city,
Israelis forced owners of 23 homes to demolish their own
residences in order to avoid punitive actions. The move led
to the displacement of more than 569 Palestinians from East
Jerusalem Al-Quds, among them 281 children.
The Palestinian residents maintain that Israeli officials
withhold or refuse to issue documents for their houses in an
effort to change the demographic population of the area.
The status of East Jerusalem Al-Quds is a thorny issue in
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Palestinians insist
that their 'promised' future state should include the city
as its capital.
Tel Aviv captured the mostly Arab East Jerusalem Al-Quds in
1967 and later annexed it in a move not recognized by the
international community.
Israel continues to build new homes in the occupied
Palestinian territory despite strong opposition from the
international community.
Muslim states and Palestinians insist that there can be no
peace in the Middle East before Israel quits East Jerusalem
Al-Quds.
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