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- 'Peace' with Violence or Transfer - Describing Israel's plan, rehearsed as early as 1996, for a massive military incursion into the occupied territories, in which Israeli tanks and helicopters would attack Palestinian cities, with house-to-house battles.
www.lawsociety.org/Intifada2000/articles/Violence_or_transfer.htm
- Former IDF soldier says army lax on looters - An army veteran describes the widespread looting by Israel's military forces from Palestinian homes and businesses, with the knowledge of their squad leaders and many commanding officers, and the army's lackadaisical response to the thefts.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=201295
- IDF to freeze its withdrawal until after the holidays - Describing Israel plan to stall its limited military withdrawal from certain portions of the occupied territories, with its military expressing concern that complying with the agreement will strengthen Arafat's status.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=201027
- In A Dark Hour: The Use of Civilians During IDF Arrest Operations - Documenting the practice by the Israeli Defense Forces of coercing civilians to assist military personnel and operations, described as a serious violation of international humanitarian law. From Human Rights Watch.
www.hrw.org/reports/2002/israel2/index.htm
- Israeli army set to invade Gaza - Describing an apparent plan by the Israeli army to attack the Gaza strip, in a military operation of unknown scope.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=293536
- Paracetamol for Alzheimer's - Examining the history of Israel's military actions in the occupied territories to suggest that its leaders suffer a condition analogous to Alzheimer's when they routinely promise that such actions will bring about change, or have done so, while doing nothing to end the occupation.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=198647
- Recent Developments In The Middle East And U.S. Foreign Policy - Tracing Ariel Sharon's incursions to their roots in a 1996 plan to invade parts of the occupied territories.
baltimore.indymedia.org/feature/display/724/index.php
- Senior officers question the wisdom of Gaza operation - As Ariel Sharon presses for a military assault on Gaza, Israeli officers question whether such a move is wise, whether its political consequences will be acceptable, and whether it would break the public's support for Sharon's tactics.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=161910
- The Gaza Dilemmas - Describing the confused rationalizations proferred by Israel's government prior to its suspending a proposed action against Gaza, decisions that made reservists feel Israel was putting them at undue risk, and poor discipline of the IDF under Shaul Mofaz.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=162445
- US report urges Arafat to use torture for peace - Describing a report from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, which encouraged Arafat to bypass due process in quieting his population, and described a long-standing Israeli plan to reoccupy 'sensitive areas'.
home.mindspring.com/~fontenelles/fisk11-6-00.htm
- War Process Displaces Peace Process - Describing the Sharon government's disinterest in a viable Palestinian state, and its plan to invade the occupied territories, deport or kill Arafat, and destroy the Palestinian authority, following a suicide bombing of sufficient magnitude to serve as an excuse.
www.dullesnow.org/process.html
- Evil Unleashed - Arguing, based upon quotations of government officials, that Israel is deliberately escalating violence with the goal of deposing Arafat and the Palestinian Authority, and to remove Palestinian independence from the international agenda.
www.mediamonitors.net/tanya11.html
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