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"The Unbearable Stench Of Death” - Jenin
Thursday, 18 April 2002, 11:15 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Red Cross workers and independent journalists tonight speak of the horrific destruction of Jenin refugee camp: the unbearable stench of death, continuous sounds of explosions and lack of food and water – this is the result of Israel’s tour of duty: Operation ... More >>
Planets Align – Doomsday Or Astronomy Delight?
Thursday, 18 April 2002, 12:22 am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Uranus, Neptune are all lining up from east to west in a celestial curve in our daytime sky – unfortunately for New Zealanders they all except for Jupiter sneak over the western horizon as night falls. The celestial ... More >>
Israel Says No War Crimes - UN Issues 3 Demands
Wednesday, 17 April 2002, 10:08 am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
The UN has issued three demands of Israel after UN relief workers entered Jenin refugee camp this morning with two truckloads of food and water. It was able to start distribution, but was prevented from completing it by the Israeli Defense Forces. More >>
East Timor To Become Millennium's First New Nation
Wednesday, 17 April 2002, 12:16 am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Peaceful Elections Favour Gusmao - East Timor is set to become the first country to come into existence in the new millennium when the UN's transitional authority hands over power on 20 May to a democratically elected government. With virtually ... More >>
Journalists View Slaughter - Withdrawal In A Week
Tuesday, 16 April 2002, 11:04 am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared this morning that he will withdraw troops from “some” Palestinian towns over the next few weeks. Meanwhile reports of mass killings, of war crime proportions, are filtering out of refugee camps as journalists ... More >>
Arafat Says Palestinians Will Not Be Defenceless
Monday, 15 April 2002, 9:47 am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Yasser Arafat has made it clear – Palestinian people will not sit defenceless while an Israeli offensive continues against people in the West Bank and Gaza areas. He delivered his position to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell during a ... More >>
Powell Arafat Meeting Set For Monday
Sunday, 14 April 2002, 11:40 am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
A meeting is back on between Arafat and Powell – as the US claws back purpose to its peacemaking mission in the Middle East. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is to be given a clear message on Monday from US Secretary of State Colin Powell – the ... More >>
Summary Execution Used As West Bank Solution
Saturday, 13 April 2002, 11:40 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Summary execution is being used on unarmed men suspected of being Palestinian resistance fighters in Jenin. Reports have emerged today that Israeli soldiers have “completely demolished” one entire section of the Jenin refugee camp, and then continued a “sweep” ... More >>
Multinational Peacemaking Force In MiddleEast - UN
Saturday, 13 April 2002, 11:37 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
United Nations Secretary General Koffi Annan has called for a multinational peacemaking force to be sent to the Middle East. The call came hours after United States moves to level a ceasefire from Israeli and Palestinian leaders failed. More >>
17 Year-old Suicide Bomber Strikes Six Dead
Saturday, 13 April 2002, 11:34 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Six Israeli people were killed and 86 wounded when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up at a bus stop on Jaffa road near Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. The Al Aqsa Martyrs ... More >>
International Heavyweights Give Israel Ultimatum
Thursday, 11 April 2002, 12:21 am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Russia, the European Union, United Nations and the United States of America have jointly issued Israel an ultimatum – demanding an immediate, meaningful ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian cities, including Ramallah. More >>
Bethlehem Burns - Israel Ups its Spin
Monday, 8 April 2002, 11:02 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Israel’s defence force is upping its public relations spin, a word façade, designed to appease the international contingent led by US secretary of state Colin Powell. Clearly, the situation is beyond words. This is state sanctioned terrorism. If these ... More >>
It's a Massacre - IDF Buries People Alive in Jenin
Sunday, 7 April 2002, 11:56 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Eyewitnesses in the Palestinian settlement Jenin say the Israeli army is systematically bombarding and attacking houses by air in the refugee camp, then sending in bulldozers to demolish homes while people are still inside. More >>
Russian Federation to Provide UN Troops
Saturday, 6 April 2002, 3:04 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Hours after an announcement that a "quartet" of envoys from USA, the UN, European Union and Russia would be sent to Israel to insist on a ceasefire, Russia signed an agreement with the United Nations to provide troops for future peacekeeping operations. More >>
Hundreds of Israeli Soldiers Refuse To Fight
Friday, 5 April 2002, 8:09 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Hundreds of reserve combat officers and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces are refusing to fight in the occupied Palestinian territories - saying that to do so is morally indefensible. More >>
Bush Relents – Sends Powell To Israel
Friday, 5 April 2002, 4:00 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
United States Secretary of State Colin Powell, accompanied by a "quartet" of envoys representing the US, Russia, the European Union and UN is heading to the Middle East. The contingent has the responsibility of encouraging Israel to withdraw troops from ... More >>
Scoop Feedback - Israel Gets Away With It...
Thursday, 4 April 2002, 11:03 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
I reckon the ONLY Country in the World, apart from the USA , who can get away with State Sponsored Terrorism is Israel, eg, when Iraq "invaded" Kuwait bak in 1989 they were bombed "back to the stoneage" More >>
Oppressed to Oppressor - the atrocities unfold
Thursday, 4 April 2002, 12:14 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Palestinian Territories: The Italian Catholic Priest Father Jack of the Latin Church was shot and killed by an Israeli sniper while the Father was inside the Church of St. Maria. Six other nuns were reported injured. Oppressed to Oppressor - the atrocities ... More >>
Scoop Feedback - Birzeit University, Ramallah
Thursday, 4 April 2002, 10:19 am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Thank you for your support. The situation has escalated so quickly. I am sure you have received reports on the forced entries into homes, the killing of individuals in their homes, the destruction of roads, buildings and stores, the mass arrests, ... More >>
Scoop Feedback - Israel's Illegal Occupation
Tuesday, 2 April 2002, 9:04 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Selwyn Manning, you've got your facts wrong when you write in your Sunday, 31 March 2002 article that Israel is "continuing an illegal occupation of Palestinian territory." More >>