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WORLD MUST TAKE FIRM STAND ON FREE ELECTIONS IN PALESTINE Adri Nieuwhof and Jeff Handmaker The Electronic Intifada, 18 November 2004 "After the death of Yasser Arafat, it was impossible not to note the grief and sadness of Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories and in the Diaspora, an emotion echoed by leaders of other liberation struggles, including Nelson Mandela. Most of the Jewish voices inside Israel were conveyed a different perspective, one that ignored the fact that Israel is also the home of many Palestinians. A free election to choose a new leader must ensure the participation of all Palestinians, including prisoners and refugees." Adri Nieuwhof and Jeff Handmaker comment from The Netherlands. http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article3334.shtml Multimedia EI SPEAKS ABOUT ARAFAT ON COUNTERSPIN Audio, CounterSpin, 19 November 2004 The death of Yasser Arafat was seen by many in the media as a new opportunity for peace in the Middle East. But many outlets took the news as a chance to recycle some very old and discredited charges. What else was notable about the coverage of Arafat's death? CounterSpin spoke to Ali Abunimah of the website Electronic Intifada. CounterSpin is FAIR's weekly radio show, hosted by Janine Jackson, Steve Rendall and Peter Hart. It's heard on more than 125 noncommercial stations across the United States and Canada. MP3 format. http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article3350.shtml Human Rights WEEKLY REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS Report, PCHR, 18 November 2004 This week Israeli forces killed 7 Palestinians, including a woman. Israeli forces killed also an Egyptian citizen. Israeli forces conducted a number of incursions into Palestinian areas and razed at least 370 dunams of agricultural land in the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces raided homes and arrested dozens of Palestinians in the West Bank. Israel continued shelling of residential areas and the construction of the Apartheid Wall. Israeli forces have continued to impose a total siege on the occupied Palestinian territories. Israel imposed a comprehensive closure on the West Bank and arrested a number of Palestinians at various military checkpoints. http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article3341.shtml Human Rights THE CASE OF ARIEL SHARON AND THE FATE OF UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION Press Release, PIIRS, 18 November 2004 In June 2001 a criminal complaint on behalf of twenty-eight survivors of the 1982 massacre at the the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut was brought before a Belgian court. For their roles in the massacre, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel, Army Major General Amos Yaron, and several members of the the Lebanese Christian militia were charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The entire proceeding immediately became known as the "case of Ariel Sharon." This book is a series of essays about the case of Ariel Sharon, its meaning and consequences for the fate of universal jurisdiction. http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article3345.shtml Art, Music & Culture A CULTURAL PROTEST AGAINST THE WALL Press Release, International Center of Bethlehem 19 November 2004 The wall Israel is building on Palestinian land is not only violating Palestinians' right to freedom of movement and obstructing them from their source of income, but it is also blocking their view of natural sunrise and sunset. It is blocking the hope of a bright future and a just peace. History shows that building walls rarely solves conflicts or guarantees security. As a creative and non-violent protest against the Segregation Wall, the International Center of Bethlehem organized for three muralists from Mexico to join with locals to deface the wall. The three artists, Alberto Aragon Reyes, Gustavo Chavez Pavon and Erasto Molina Urbina arrived in Palestine Oct. 19 to begin work and stayed in Bethlehem. http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article3346.shtml Diaries FLAGS IN PALESTINE Toine van Teeffelen, Live from Palestine, 19 November 2004 "I suddenly remember that some twenty years ago, in the 1980s, the Israelis forbade the Palestinians to even color the Palestinian flag, let alone to hoist it in the streets. The flag was considered a danger to public order. During the first Intifada Israeli soldiers forced Palestinian citizens to paint over Palestinian flags that covered the walls of the streets. Mary still remembers those days very well. Painters sometimes circumvented the prohibition by showing a Palestinian salad containing the colors of the flag: black and green in the olives, red in the tomatoes, and white in the cheese. Or women's embroidery containing those colors." Toine van Teeffelen reports from Bethlehem. http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article3348.shtml BNN ARAFAT'S FACE APPEARS ON GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH Moshe Kohn, BNN Food Correspondent, BNN, 18 November 2004 A local man in Louisville, Kentucky, was surprised, after making a grilled cheese sandwich and taking a bite out of it, to see the face of Yasser Arafat staring at him. "I made the sandwich just before sitting down to watch Fox News on November 10th," Ben Larper told BNN. "After I took the first bite, the news about Arafat's death came on. I stopped eating and put the sandwich down to watch the report. When I reached down for the sandwich, there it was, the same face as on the television!" http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article3343.shtml –

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