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BAGHDAD, Iraq- A suicide bomber drove his pickup truck into a crowded gas station in central Iraq on Saturday and detonated it, killing six people, while a car bomb targeting a convoy of foreigners in the capital killed four people, police said. The U.S. military also said it had received information confirming the death of a top aide to the leader of Al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Bilal Mahmud Awad Shebah, also known as Abu Ubaydah, was killed in an Oct. 14 raid in Ramadi, an insurgent stronghold 112 kilometres west of Baghdad, the U.S. command said in a statement. The confirmation came from "a close family member as well as coalition sources....Read the full article. This link will take you to the second website of the Agency.

Dahlan: Rafah Terminal Protocol a Serious Step to End Our People's SufferingRAMALLAH, (IPC + Agencies) -[Official PA website] - Civil Affairs Minister Mohammed Dahlan asserted that what has been agreed upon between Palestinians and Israelis under US mediation concerning Rafah border terminal was not an agreement, but an executive protocol to reopen Palestinian border crossings...Read the full article. This link will take you to the second website of the Agency.

Chaye Sarah in Hebron Yesterday Hebron celebrated the purchase of Ma'arat HaMachpela, bought almost 4,000 years ago by the Patriarch Abraham, to bury his wife, Sarah. Annually, as this Torah portion is read, thousands of people arrive in Hebron for Shabbat to hear these verses recited at the very site Abraham purchased. This Shabbat, over 25,000 people from Israel and around the world, arrived in Hebron to participate in this special event. Hundreds traveled from the United States especially for this Shabbat, via Hebron's New York office, the Hebron Fund, and through AFSI. In addition, thousands of Israeli couples and youth were hosted by Hebron and Kiryat Arba families....Read the full article. This link will take you to the second website of the Agency.

Sharon's Kadima Party To Draw Campaign Funds Otherwise Earmarked For Likud/LaborThe Spokesperson's Office of the Knesset explained to IMRA today that under Israel's campaign finance rules, each party running in the Knesset elections can borrow campaign funds against the future stream of regular periodic payments that each party that has representatives in the Knesset receives....Read the full article. This link will take you to the second website of the Agency.

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership - Israel's Perspective Israel's Perspective on the Barcelona Process.Silvan Shalom, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. A decade ago, the Barcelona Declaration stated that members of the process are "convinced that the general objective of turning the Mediterranean basin into an area of dialogue, exchange and cooperation guaranteeing peace, stability and prosperity requires a strengthening of democracy and respect for human rights, sustainable and balanced economic and social development, measures to combat poverty and promotion of greater understanding between cultures, which are all essential aspects of partnership". Peace, stability and prosperity for the Mediterranean basin are the declaration's main goals....Read the full article. This link will take you to the second website of the Agency.

Confusion and uncertainty surround resumption of Saddam trial

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein's trial resumes Monday after a five-week break, with the defense planning to seek a lengthy adjournment in a proceeding threatened by Iraq's ongoing turmoil and tarnished by the assassination of two defense lawyers since the opening session last month. The first prosecution witnesses are expected to testify before the five-judge panel, offering accounts of the deaths of more than 140 Shiite villagers following an assassination attempt against Saddam in the town of Dujail in 1982. If convicted Saddam and his seven co-defendants could be sentenced to death by hanging. However, considerable uncertainty surrounds most details of the trial....Read the full article. This link will take you to the second website of the Agency.

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What does Likud Central Committee Vote Mean?

There is no question that many relatives of Likud Central Committee members breathed a sigh of relief knowing that their direct line to the teats of the Israeli budget, patronage jobs etc. would not be cut short by early primaries. But the vote was also certainly affected by its transformation into a Netanyahu-Sharon issue in many people's eyes, something problematic when Mr. Netanyahu's flip-flop over retreat (the Arutz 7 internet radio station news magazine features also voice clip of Netanyahu, only months ago, proclaiming his support for it) served to cloud the meaning of the vote. Thus with world leaders pitching in with their voting recommendations - and a full court press by the Israeli media to label anyone who does not embrace Sharon's retreat and postponement of the Likud primaries as a wacko whose views don't deserve consideration (and possibly worse since the "extremist" label was liberally used - and there is no telling what the future may hold for "extremists") with the added well-timed mysterious silenced mike incident it is a surprise that the vote was so close.

What happens now?

Given that the Sharon team is genuinely clueless as to what they are actually going to do in the face of post retreat challenges and instead is engaged in a series of shots from the hip and lips (while Mr. Peres works busily in the background on arrangements for Palestinian ports etc.) it is hard to project what will happen. Hard to project - yes. Project, unfortunately, just how bad it can get. What with all this going on to the ultimate detriment of the Likud it is extremely unfortunate that the National Union appears determined to avoid making a substantial electoral gain from the situation. In order to accommodate such questionable vote getters as Effie Eitam, the top secular MK in the Party, Arieh Eldad, has been pushed down - rather than advanced - in the list of Knesset candidates. One may ridicule the Likud Central Committee members for putting self interest ahead of that of the nation. But, unfortunately, the ranking in the National Union list reflects just as poorly on National Union.

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US does not torture, Bush insists

President George W Bush has defended his government's treatment of detainees after a media allegation that the CIA ran secret jails in eastern Europe. "We do not torture," Mr Bush told reporters during a visit to Panama. He said enemies were plotting to hurt the US and his government would pursue them, but would do so "under the law". Meanwhile, the US Supreme Court has allowed a legal challenge to the Bush administration's use of military tribunals for foreign detainees. The court will decide whether a former driver for Osama Bin Laden, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, can be tried for war crimes before military officers in Guantanamo Bay. Correspondents say the case will be a major test of the US government's wartime powers...Full story

First U.S. casualties reported in offensive near Iraq-Syria border

U.S. and Iraqi troops battled insurgents house-to-house on Monday, the third day of a major offensive against al-Qaida insurgents in a town near the Syrian border, and the U.S. command reported the first American death in the operation...Full story

Son of Pete Rose pleads guilty to distributing drugs to teammates

NASHVILLE, Tennessee- Pete Rose Jr., the son of baseball's all-time hits leader, pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he distributed GBL, a drug sometimes sold as a steroid alternative, to his minor league teammates. The 35-year-old Rose wore a suit and tie when he appeared before a federal judge in Nashville, saying nothing but "yes, sir" when asked if he understood the charges and his plea... Full story

U.S. raises key interest rate by quarter-point, highest level in four years

WASHINGTON, DC- The U.S. Federal Reserve, still concerned about inflation, raised a key interest rate Tuesday to the highest level in more than four years and signalled more increases are likely....Full story

CIA officer at centre of the leak case fills her life with twins and a desk job

WASHINGTON, DC- Joe Wilson says it was mutual love at first sight when he and Valerie Plame spotted each other at a crowded diplomatic reception eight years ago. Well, yes and no. For Plame, the stars in her eyes that night were quickly followed by a LexisNexis computer search the next day to make sure the guy with all the fantastic stories about his life as a globe-trotting diplomat was really legit. It is classic Valerie Plame....Full story

Reid says Rove should resign, Bush and Cheney should apologize for leak

WASHINGTON, DC- The Senate Democratic leader said Sunday that presidential adviser Karl Rove should resign because of his role in exposing an undercover CIA officer, and a veteran Republican senator said President George W. Bush needs "new blood" in his White House. Rove has not been charged, but he continues to be investigated in the CIA leaks case that brought the indictment and resignation Friday of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, an adviser to Bush and the top aide to Vice-President Dick Cheney...Full story

U.S. forces report killing 20 insurgents sheltering foreign militants near Syrian border

BAGHDAD, Iraq- U.S. soldiers and warplanes killed 20 insurgents and destroyed five "safe houses" Saturday during an operation against militants who shelter foreign fighters for Al-Qaida in Iraq near the Syrian border, the military said. Meanwhile, defence lawyers in Saddam Hussein's trial rejected protection offered by the Iraqi Interior Ministry after the kidnap-slaying of a colleague....Full story

Black Muslim leader says delayed help for New Orleans was 'criminal neglect?

WASHINGTON, DC- Railing against the delayed relief for victims of hurricane Katrina, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said Saturday the U.S. government should be charged with "criminal neglect of the people of New Orleans." "For five days, the government did not act. Lives were lost," Farrakhan said at the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March... Full story

New York subway terror threat remains uncorroborated, concerns ease

NEW YORK- A reported plot to bomb New York City's subways with remote-controlled explosives has not been corroborated after days of investigation, law-enforcement officials said Sunday amid an easing sense of concern. Interrogations of suspects captured in Iraq last week after an informant's tip about bomb-laden suitcases and baby carriages have yet to yield evidence the plot was real, officials said. "The intelligence community has been able to determine that there are very serious doubts about the credibility of this specific threat," U.S. Homeland Security Department spokesman Russ Knocke said. "This is after ongoing review and analysis."..Full story

U.S. briefs multiple nations on Iran's nuclear warhead program

LONDON - Diplomatic sources said Iran installed an empty nuclear warhead on the Shihab-3 intermediate-range ballistic missile for two tests in mid-2004. The warhead appeared similar to a Soviet-based ICBM that Moscow deployed in the 1960s. The United States has briefed several nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency on an Iranian program to develop a nuclear warhead for the Shihab-3. The sources said the U.S. briefers asserted that from 2001 to 2003 Iran designed and developed a circular warhead that could detonate at an altitude designed to ensure optimal damage....Full story

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NSC Counter-Terrorism HQ Reissues Travel Warning for the Sinai Peninsula
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

The National Security Council Counter-Terrorism HQ would like to reiterate the following regarding travel to the Sinai peninsula: 1. For some time there have been tangible risks to the security of Israeli tourists who are visiting - or staying in - Egypt, including the Sinai. 2. In recent days, there has been an intensification of the threat that Israelis may be kidnapped in the Sinai. The NSC Counter-Terrorism HQ strongly recommends that Israeli citizens refrain from visiting the Sinai and that Israelis already there leave forthwith.

Rumsfeld touts progress in Iraq. Some Democrats renewed calls for Rumsfeld to be removed from his post.

Rumsfeld: "Media focuses too much on negative."

WASHINGTON, DC- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld conceded Monday that the insurgency in Iraq has been stronger than anticipated but also said the news media have focused on the war's growing body count rather than the progress that has been achieved. "To be responsible, one needs to stop defining success in Iraq as the absence of terrorist attacks," Rumsfeld said in remarks at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He added, "It's appropriate to note not only how many Americans have been killed - and may God bless them and their families - but what they died for or, more accurately, what they lived for." Continuing recent U.S. ..Full story. (On the website of our affiliate: The International News Agency. http://www.internationalnewsagency.org ). This link will take you to the second website of the Agency.

Ex-Likud party Chairman Hanegbi: I support Sharon for his personality - not his policy. Ex-Interim Likud party Chairman Tzahi Hanegbi told a noon conference today that he has decided to leave the Likud and join Sharon's Kadima Party because of Sharon's "personality" rather than his "ideology". Hanegbi explained that his support for Sharon is not based on what Sharon does but instead on how he does it, praising Sharon's determination and back-bone.

Lockheed Martin to Provide Combat System Design and Integration for Egyptian Fast Missile Patrol Craft

VT Halter Marine has awarded Lockheed Martin a $14.3 million contract for the initial phase of the command, control, communication, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) combat system design and integration for three Egyptian Navy Fast Missile Patrol Craft (FMC) vessels. "Lockheed Martin is pleased to team with VT Halter Marine on this exciting endeavor to meet Egypt's requirements with the best technology and capabilities possible," said Chuck Cantello, vice president, Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors, Sensors and Advanced Programs. "We bring to the team a distinguished history in combat systems design and integration and a commitment to total customer satisfaction." The FMC will feature a flexible, state-of-the-art design with the most up- to-date and exportable sensors and weapons deployed on this platform class. The combat system will be multi-role with anti-air, anti-surface, electronic warfare, and active and passive countermeasure capabilities. The first phase of the contract will focus on functional design and is expected to be completed in 12 months. A detail design, construction and delivery contract is expected to follow the functional design phase. VT Halter Marine is the marine operations division of Vision Technologies Systems (VTS). Based in Pascagoula, MS, it is a leader in the design and construction of medium-sized ships in the United States. VT Halter Marine designs, builds and repairs a wide variety of ocean-going vessels such as patrol vessels, oil recovery vessels, oil cargo vessels, ferries, logistic support vessels and survey vessels. Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin employs about 135,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services.

Likud party Chairman Hanegbi: I ran Likud while deciding on Sharon's offer to join Kadima. Interim Likud party Chairman Tzahi Hanegbi told a noon conference today that for the past 17 days he has been running the Likud Party while considering an offer from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to join Sharon's Kadima Party. Hanegbi explained that he already decided this past Sunday that he would join Kadima but decided to announce it only on Wednesday. During the course of the press conference a reporter noted that Hanegbi had taken a strong stand within the Likud against MK Netanyahu's initiative to have 61 MKs support Netanyahu's replacement of Sharon as prime minister - a move that could have seriously damaged the prospects of the Kadima party (the members of the party would have to run as members of the opposition, Sharon would be an MK and there would be enough time to require the Kadima Party to have primaries for their list instead of Sharon unilaterally setting the list - a process that would lead to serious infighting within the new party). Hanegbi replied that he opposed Netanyahu's move and was clear about it.- By Dr. Aaron Lerner.

PALESTINIANS FIRE ENHANCED KASSAM

Palestinian gunners have begun deploying an enhanced Kassam-class short-range missile. Israeli military sources said the missile had a larger diameter and longer range than previous Kassams. They said the enhanced Kassam has expanded the strike range of Palestinian missiles fired from the Gaza Strip. On Sunday, Palestinian gunners from the northern Gaza Strip fired at least six enhanced Kassam missiles toward new targets in Israel. Officials said several of the missiles landed around the southern town of Netivot. Netivot is about eight kilometers from the Gaza Strip. At least one Israeli was injured. Israeli artillery fired toward fields used by Palestinian gunners in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli fighter-jets also circled northern Gaza in search of Palestinian missile squads.

10 U.S. marines killed in Iraq and casualties are mounting. WASHINGTON, DC- Ten Marines on foot patrol were killed and 11 wounded by a roadside bomb near Fallujah in one of the deadliest attack on American troops in Iraq in recent months, the U.S. Marine Corps disclosed Friday. A brief statement said the marines were from Regimental Combat Team 8, of the 2nd Marine Division. They were hit Thursday by a roadside bomb, which the military calls an improvised explosive device, or IED, made from several large artillery shells, the marines said. IEDs are the most common cause of U.S. casualties in Iraq...Full story. (On the website of our affiliate: The International News Agency. http://www.internationalnewsagency.org ). This link will take you to the second website of the Agency.

PA CHIEF ABBAS: TERRORISM AGAINST ARABS IS "CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY," BUT TERRORISM AGAINST JEWS "DAMAGING TO PALESTINIAN INTERESTS"

By Morton Klein, President of the Zionism Organization of America.

New York- Palestinian Authority (PA) chief, Mahmoud Abbas, condemned last month's terrorist attack in Amman, Jordan, as a "crime against humanity" but made no similar moral condemnation of yesterday's terrorist attack in Netanya, which killed five Israelis and wounded over 30 more. At the time of the Amman bombings, Abbas expressed "his deep condolences" to Jordan, his "solidarity with the brotherly Jordanian people" and condemned the bombings as "a crime against humanity." However, after yesterday's suicide bombing in Netanya, Abbas simply condemned the attack on tactical grounds as "damaging to Palestinian interests." Earlier examples of Abbas's failure to condemn terrorist attacks against Jews as an abomination: "I don't want my comment on the demilitarization of the uprising to be misunderstood ... All I meant is that we are in a phase that does not necessitate arms because we want to negotiate" (Washington Times, December 15, 2004). I say to them [the terrorists], this is not the time for this kind of attack" (Washington Times, January 3, 2005). A crime against the Palestinian people" (New York Times, July 13, 2005). These attacks threaten our national security and undermine our credibility on the international arena" (Jerusalem Post, July 24, 2005). These events undermine the truce and calm we had respected" (Reuters, October 17, 2005). Meanwhile, senior members of Mahmoud Abbas' own party, Fatah's Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, hailed the Netanya attack as a fully justified response to Israeli "aggression," and vied with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) for the credit for the massacre which PIJ carried out. Abu-Mahmoud, a senior Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades member, said that Israel's anti-terror measures "cannot occur without a response of the Palestinian resistance, at any time and in any place" (Jerusalem Newswire, December 5).

ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said, "Mahmoud Abbas' rote response to the latest act of terrorist mass murder in Israel as being a tactical mistake, not a crime and horror against Jews and Israel, simply confirms what we have said many times - that Mahmoud Abbas treats terrorism as a public relations issue, not as a scourge to be denounced and eliminated. It is clear that for Abbas, there is time and place for terrorism against Israel - thus his repeated failure to condemn it in clear, moral terms, along with the glorification of terrorists in the Palestinian media, mosques, schools, textbooks and youth camps. This state of affairs sends a powerful message to Palestinian Arabs that terrorism is noble and encourages more Palestinians to go out and try and murder Israelis. On the very day of this murder, Abbas approved the budget designed to take care of the families of such terrorists to whom the PA refers in official documents as shahids [martyrs]. Terrorists' families are to receive a monthly stipend of at least $250 from the Abbas' PA. "In addition, further proof of Abbas' promoting and glorifying terrorism is shown by the fact that only this week he named the Rafah border crossing after the terrorist Al-Moayed Bihokmillah Al-Agha, who was killed in December 2004 carrying out a terrorist attack that killed five Israelis. A PA that names a border crossing after a terrorist like Al-Agha is obviously lying when it pretends to be condemning the sort of terrorist attacks Al-Agha carried out."

U.S. House rejects immediate troop-withdrawal from Iraq after fiery debate. WASHINGTON, DC- The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected calls Friday for an immediate troop-withdrawal from Iraq, a vote engineered by the Republicans that was intended to fail. Democrats derided the vote as a political stunt. "Our troops have become the enemy. We need to change direction in Iraq," said U.S. Representative John Murtha of Pennsylvania...Full story. (On the website of our affiliate: The International News Agency. http://www.internationalnewsagency.org ).

Saddam refuses to attend trial. Defense, judges meet over procedural matters. Saddam Hussein's trial was delayed Wednesday after the ousted president refused to attend the session, court officials said. Defense lawyers huddled with the judges in hopes of resolving the latest test of wills in the often-unruly trial. An angry Saddam threatened at the end of Tuesday's session to boycott the next day's proceedings after complaining he and the seven other co-defendants had been mistreated by the "unjust court." Court officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said Saddam stuck by his refusal Wednesday and the judges were trying to decide whether to proceed without him...Full story. (On the website of our affiliate: The International News Agency. http://www.internationalnewsagency.org )

Sharon to seek final peace deal with Palestinians if re-elected: minister. JERUSALEM- A deal was emerging Tuesday for elder statesman Shimon Peres to leave the Labor party, his political home for 60 years, and join Ariel Sharon's government if the prime minister is re-elected in March. A Sharon associate and newspaper reports said Peres likely would be charged with developing the outlying Galilee and the Negev regions if Sharon retains power....Read full article. (On the website of our affiliate : The International News Agency. http://www.internationalnewsagency.org )

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COMMENTARIES OF THE WEEK BY DR. AARON LERNER

Framing Israel's Elections As Retreat Referendum Could Defeat Sharon

While Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plans to carry out a major retreat in Judea and Samaria after the elections certainly appeal to the elements in the Left now supporting his "Kadima" Party, the Israeli public overwhelmingly rejects his scheme. Turn the upcoming Knesset elections into a referendum on unilateral withdrawal instead of a personality contest and Kadima will plummet. That's the challenge facing the national camp. And it remains to be seen if the personalities running the campaigns of the national camp parties will realize that the retreat issue is their only solid hope to whittle down the support this essentially one-man party enjoys to what should be its natural size.

Play the corruption card? Polls show the public knows full well that Sharon is corrupt but they don't care. Highlight commitment to social-welfare policy? Make this the defining issue of the campaign and you are just another "me too". Remind voters about the lefties in Kadima? It may convince some voters to "come home" but Sharon is running as the man on the horse who does what he wants, when he wants to, and could give a damn what anyone else says (or for that matter what he himself may have said before), so the composition of his party is of secondary importance. Israel loves this ultimate man on the horse. But Israel doesn't want the retreat Sharon is planning. A poll of a representative sample of 500 adult Israeli Jews carried out by Smith Research & Consulting on 29-30 November and sponsored by ZOA - The Zionist Organization of America - finds that 67% oppose carrying out a significant unilateral withdrawal from Judea and Samaria if it is not possible to advance in negotiations with the Palestinians on the basis of
the Road Map after the elections because the PA fails to fight terror. Among those who indicated that they plan to vote for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Kadima Party, 54% oppose and 37% support carrying out a significant unilateral withdrawal under those circumstances.

And the public sees retreat as a defining issue. A follow up question found that of those who oppose unilateral withdrawal under those circumstances, 75% responded that they would not vote for a party that would support such a move. Hammer the message home that a vote for Sharon is a vote for retreat and there is nothing he can say that will convince voters that this isn't the case. Ironically, the very thing that appeals to Israelis: that he does what he wants, when he wants to, and could give a damn what anyone else says or what he himself may have said before - would then be his Achilles heel.

Israel's Election Choice If all goes well and the survival instincts of the post-Sharon Likud bring them to the realization that their only possible chance to beat Sharon is by "product differentiation" then the Israeli electorate may very well have a genuine opportunity to set the Jewish State's path at the ballot box. Labor, Sharon and Likud can offer the public distinctly different paths, each with its own distinct logic. The Labor Party, headed by Amir Peretz, is genuinely convinced that withdrawal to the '67 lines will bring peace. Period. The heavy investment they plan to make in quick final status talks is not because they think such paperwork is really needed for peace but instead in order to come up with wording that will satisfy enough Israelis who don't share their faith to join in supporting the final status withdrawals . And since, according to this faith, Arab violence will end the moment the last Israeli leaves the West Bank (and possibly the Golan), Palestinian security noncompliance before the actual withdrawal is irrelevant. The Sharon "Kadima" Party, or rather Ariel Sharon (the rest of the ticket is profoundly irrelevant) is genuinely convinced that Israel can unilaterally impose final status arrangements if it unilaterally withdraws to ostensibly final status borders. The United States and even the European Union will give Sharon carte blanche, the argument goes, as long as he bulldozes enough Jewish communities in the West Bank. The Likud is genuinely convinced that Israel is better off managing the stalemate that insisting on Palestinian compliance before final status talks can be expected to entail. By the same token, should conditions warrant Israel's engagement in final status talks Israel will enter those talks confident that the Jewish State's interests would be better served if the talks stalemate over final status terms rather than compromise on what it sees as vital Israeli interests and requirements. National Union and NRP also fit into this line of thought but with a more demanding perception of what are vital Israeli interests and requirements. In many respects, the Labor-Peretz approach, being faith-based, has both the advantage and disadvantage of simplicity. Accept the premise that withdrawal to the '67 lines will bring peace as axiomatic and the rest falls into place. Reject that article of faith and the logic falls apart. The debate between the Sharon and Likud approaches is considerably more complicated as it requires not only deliberating Israel's vital interests but also assessing the limits Israel faces as it endeavors to pursue these interests under the two scenarios. Both camps can be expected to try to bolster their position by referring to the Gaza experience: Supporters of the Sharon approach can point to the praise Israel earned for withdrawing while advocates of the Likud approach can point out that the Gaza model was based on 100% withdrawal and that that foreign praise did not translate into support for Israel's stand on security interests. The security fiasco known as "Agreement on Movement and Access" and "Agreed Principles For Rafah Crossing" that Israel was pressured by the Bush team to accept to fill the vacuum created by the retreat from Gaza serves as a stark reminder of just how fleeting the rewards are for retreating. On the other hand, with elections coming up in just a few months, retreat advocates can hope that the security consequences of the Gaza retreat won't play out before the votes are cast. It is hard to predict how the vote will ultimately be split between the three views. But at least this election may offer the opportunity for the public to consider and choose between them.- By Dr. Aaron Lerner ______________________________________________________________________

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Photo: American Nick Berg beheaded by Al Zarqawi Terrorist group.

THE ARAB/PALESTINIAN/ISLAMIC POINT OF VIEW. THE ISRAELI/JEWISH POINT OF VIEW. PUBLISHED UNEDITED "AS IS". By World Jewish News Agency Team.

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Iran's president says Bush administration should be tried for war crimes

TEHRAN, Iran- Iran's hardline president said Saturday the Bush administration should be tried on war crimes charges, and he denounced the West for pressuring Iran to curb its controversial nuclear program. "You, who have used nuclear weapons against innocent people, who have used uranium ordnance in Iraq, should be tried as war criminals in courts," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an apparent reference to the United States. Ahmadinejad did not elaborate, but he apparently was referring to the U.S. military's reported use of artillery shells packed with depleted uranium, which is far less radioactive than natural uranium and is left over from the process of enriching uranium for use as nuclear fuel. Since the Iraq war started in 2003, American forces have fired at least 120 tonnes...Read the full article

Nazi war criminal dies in Britain

Photo: Sawoniuk moved to the UK in 1946.

THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCY reported that the only man to have been convicted in Britain of Nazi war crimes has died in Norwich prison. Anthony Sawoniuk, 84, was serving two life sentences after being found guilty of murdering 18 Jews in the UK's first war crimes trial. The former British Rail ticket collector was found guilty in 1999 of crimes committed in his home town of Domachevo, Belarus. He lost an appeal against his conviction in 2000. Police said Sawoniuk was believed to have died of natural causes and his death was not being treated as suspicious. Genocide role: He was tried at the Old Bailey, London, and jailed for his role in the Nazi genocide in eastern Europe after more than 50 years at liberty. Sawoniuk, who moved to the UK after the war, sealed his own fate with a letter written in the early 1950s to his half-brother Mikolai in Poland. At the time, all mail from the West was vetted by the KGB...Full story at the site of the International News Agency http://www.internationalnewsagency.org

U.S. forces report killing 20 insurgents sheltering foreign militants near Syrian border

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ON THE 2nd SITE OF THE AGENCY: 1-Likud votes on Sharon's leadership 2-Israel launches fresh Gaza attacks 3-Israel raid kills Hamas militants 4-Hamas warns of continued resistance

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Navah Barda, the daughter of an Israeli settler, looks at her house for the last time (AP Photo / Oded Balilty)

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#1. VIDEO: GAZA PULLOUT. #2. Israel expels Gaza Strip settlers. #3. Palestinians watch as pull-out begins . #4. Settler eviction take its toll on army . #5. Settler attacks Sharon over Gaza pullout. #6. Nearly all' Gaza settlements cleared. #7. Israelis final farewell to their homes. #8. "Demolition of Jewish communities. Army pushes into Gaza settlements. " #9. Israelis settlers move into new homes.

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas (second row on right) at Friday prayers in Gaza City #1.Palestinians return to Gaza settlements #2.Abbas joins Palestinian rally #3.Abbas voices joy at Gaza pullout

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Nazi 'Dr. Death' located in Spain, the world's second most wanted Nazi war criminal.

Photo: Aribert Heim. The world's second most wanted Nazi war criminal.

A Nazi war criminal notorious for sadistic experiments that killed hundreds of prisoners during the Second World War has been tracked to Spain, news reports said Saturday. Spanish police said they had not yet found the man. The German weekly magazine Der Spiegel said Spanish investigators believe the 91-year-old suspect, Aribert Heim, has been in Spain recently. During the war, Heim earned the nickname "Dr. Death" for experimenting...Read the full article at http://www.worldjewishnewsagency.com

Poll of Labor Party members: 67% stay in Government, 85% focus on Budget for social/welfare
By Dr. Aaron Lerner

Dahaf for Yediot Ahronot. 498 people registered members of the Labor Party week of 14 October 2005. Survey error +/- 4.4 percentage points. Should the Labor Party remain in the Government? Yes 67% No 29% No reply 4%. If primaries were held today in the Labor Party who would you vote for? Peres 40% Peretz 23% Vilnay 16% Ben Eliezer 11% Undecided 10%. What should the Labor Party's primary efforts be focused on? Budget for social/welfare 85% Disengagement from Judea and Samaria 13% No reply 2%. Read the full article

Poll: Nat'l Union & Yisrael Beiteinu 14 seats, 68% oppose more evacuations before final agreement...Read the full article

Al-Qaida says letter from its No.2 leader to al-Zarqawi is a U.S. fake

CAIRO, Egypt- A posting on an Islamic website Thursday accused the United States of fabricating a letter in which al-Qaida's No. 2 leader asked for money and laid out the terrorist group's plans for expanding the insurgency in the Middle East. "We in al-Qaida declare that there is no truth to these claims, and they are baseless, except in the imagination of the politicians of the Black (White) House," according to the statement on a website known as a clearing house for al-Qaida material. The statement was signed Abu Maysara, who claims to be spokesman for al-Qaida in Iraq...Read the full article

Putin rethinks rocket sales to Syria despite pledge to Sharon

LONDON- Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to re-examine a Syrian request for the Iskander-E rocket, also known as the SS-26. Western diplomatic sources said Putin would review an earlier decision that rejected the export of the Iskander-E to Syria. In May 2005, Putin promised Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that Moscow would not sell the advanced medium-range Iskander-E to Damascus...Read the full article

US Internet Hosting Company Stops Hosting PLO Office's Website

GAZA, (WAFA - PLO News Agency)- The National Office to Defend the Land and Resist the Colonization, a PLO body, said its website stopped working on the internet because of intervention from the hosting American Company. Taysser Khaled, PLO Executive Committee Member and Head of the National Office, said the website will remain closed unless the Office reaches a settlement with the hosting company. Khaled revealed that the American company subjected to Israeli pressures to stop hosting the Website after those Israeli organizations failed to hack it.

The son of a Jewish dressmaker, Harold Pinter wins Nobel literature prize

Photo: Harold Pinter.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- British playwright Harold Pinter, known for his distinctive juxtaposition of the brutal and the banal in such works as The Caretaker and The Room, won the 2005 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday.. Read the full article at our second site http://www.worldjewishnewsagency.com

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