February '06 Archive
02-28-06 - Palestinian shot after stabbing
02-28-06 - Medic shot in head, tied to hospital bed in Israeli Hospital
02-28-06 - Hamas officials say Iran to fill funding void
02-28-06 - Mofaz details West Bank settlements Israel plans to retain "When we talk about Israel's permanent or future borders it includes the Jordan Valley, Maale Adumim, Gush Etzion, Ariel, Kedumim-Karnei Shomron and Rehan-Shaked," Mofaz said in a speech late Monday. The area mentioned by Mofaz accounts for around 20 percent of the West Bank.
02-28-06 - Bombers kill more than 30 in Iraq amid sectarian bloodshed The ongoing violence since the Samarra shrine bombing has also left 10 Palestinians dead in Baghdad, the head of the Palestinian mission in Iraq told AFP.
02-28-06 - Israel softens criticism of Russia on Hamas talks Israel backed off its harsh criticism of Russia on Tuesday ahead of Moscow's talks with leaders of Hamas following the Islamist militant group's victory in Palestinian elections.
02-28-06 - UN envoy warns of danger in Palestinian aid cutoff A functioning Palestinian Authority is "an essential building block" of a Palestinian state and could trigger "dangers of many varieties" if allowed to collapse, Alvaro de Soto, the U.N. special envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, told the U.N. Security Council.
02-28-06 - Hamas dismisses report of $250m Iranian donation A senior Hamas official has dismissed a report in the Arab press that Iran would give as much as $250 million to enable the terrorist group to run the Palestinian Authority after the expected halt of European and U.S. aid.
02-28-06 - Refugee chief warns against cutting Palestinian aid
02-28-06 - Palestinians fear poverty if foreign aid lifeline severed "We need that foreign aid."
02-28-06 - Mofaz petitions for hearing on "human shields ban", court rejects Mofaz is attempting to get the High Court to reconsider its previous decision which banned the army from using Palestinian civilians as human shields during the military operations in the occupied territories.
02-28-06 - European Union to Give $143M to Palestinian Authority; EU Politics Today Offers Extended News Coverage of EU-Palestinian Relations Covering a whole range of European topics, EU Politics Today offers its readers extensive news coverage of the European Union's relations with Palestine
02-28-06 - Russia to press Hamas to 'moderate' stand: envoy
02-28-06 - Israel Faces Challenge Stopping Hamas Cash Israel would have a hard time stopping Iran and other Muslim nations from sending large sums of money to a Hamas-led Palestinian government to make up for a threatened cutoff in Western aid.
02-28-06 - Dubai Ports World uses Zim connection in US deal Dubai Ports World, the combined United Emirates (UAE) port management company for the Gulf, has stepped up its challenge to win the operating rights of six major ports in the US, by claiming it has strong business ties with Israeli shipping company Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.. BINGO.
02-28-06 - Oscar-nominated pleas for Mideast peace spark controversy the movie powerfully portrays the frustration and dehumanization experienced by those living under occupation
02-28-06 - Campaign against Bush visit gains momentum They said that under President Bush the United States continued to occupy Iraq and oppress its people. It threatened Syria and targeted Iran on the issue of its nuclear programme. It backed the "naked oppression" of the Palestinian people by Israel and "ceaselessly indulges in a covert war" against Cuba and Venezuela, besides 'threatening' North Korea.
02-28-06 - Court Weighs London Mayor's Suspension Mayor Ken Livingstone, meanwhile, blamed Britain's main Jewish group for initiating his legal troubles because it was unhappy with his attitudes about Israel and the Palestinians.
02-28-06 - IDF: Yordim will return in time of war While the army said it did not see a war on the horizon, plans have been drawn up for the possibility that masses of Israelis would return to Israel to serve in the army if Israel was attacked and at risk.
02-28-06 - Israel to rethink ties with Russia as Hamas heads for Moscow Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will convene a special meeting today on Israel's bilateral relations with Russia.
02-28-06 - Palestinians stand up against expulsion from Jordan Valley
02-28-06 - Gov't school plan struck down as 'racially based' MK Azmi Bishara (Balad) said the ruling proves that Israeli governments act in accordance with nationalist ideological motives that are based on race rather than citizenship.
02-28-06 - Jerusalem to build September 11 memorial The Jerusalem municipality views the memorial as a project of national importance relating to US-Israel ties. I view it as a slap in the face of the victims and their survivors, for the shameless attempt to exploit this tragedy.
02-28-06 - Surely Americans will not put up with this censorship "I think we were more worried that those who had never encountered her writing, never encountered the piece, would be using this as an opportunity to position their arguments." Since when did theatre come to be about those who don't go to see it?
02-28-06 - Rickman slams 'censorship' of play about US Gaza activist A New York theatre company has put off plans to stage a play about an American activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza because of the current "political climate" - a decision the play's British director, Alan Rickman, denounced yesterday as "censorship".
02-28-06 - President Abbas Thanks Solana for EU's Financial Aid
02-28-06 - UAE supports establishment of independent Palestinian state
02-28-06 - Palestinians Divided Over Recognition of Israel
02-28-06 - ELCA Presiding Bishop Calls for Careful Response to Hamas' Victory
02-28-06 - Poll: Palestinians favor cease-fire Ynetnews.com reports the poll of 1,003 Palestinians found 80.4 percent back the cease-fire and 70 percent want peace talks to resume.
02-28-06 - ADL: Dubai's Support for Economic Boycott of Israel Should Torpedo Port Operations Deal The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said that the Government of Dubai's ongoing support of the Arab economic boycott of Israel "should torpedo any deal with the United States on port operations." our security here on the Homeland does not factor in, at least according to the ADL. Israel comes first.
02-28-06 - Israel 'misusing' Holocaust Iranian ex-president Mohammad Khatami termed the Holocaust a "historic fact" but criticised "misuse" of the event by Israel in the Middle East
02-27-06 - Palestinians welcome EU aid deal
02-27-06 - Israeli anger at Europe's aid for Palestinians While acknowledging the need for continuing humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, Ms Livni will also adopt a tough stance in Europe this week over what qualifies as such aid, Israeli officials indicated.
02-27-06 - Abbas still relevant: Israel
02-27-06 - UN: Israel's tightened security exacting heavy humanitarian toll The report also accused Israel of "accelerating its plan to separate Palestinian and Israeli road systems within the West Bank" through a combined use of checkpoints, selective issuing of movement permits, and other road barriers. The UN says the Israel Defense Forces have erected more "physical obstacles" in the territories
02-27-06 - Palestinians face financial collapse: envoy International envoy James Wolfensohn told Middle East mediators the Palestinian Authority faces financial collapse within two weeks because of Israel's decision to cut off tax transfers after Hamas's election win
02-27-06 - EU to release aid to Palestinians despite Hamas
02-27-06 - Israel rocket victims to sue Palestinians for damages The Israeli Knesset, last July, made sure that Palestinians can never seek the same recourse to redress the damages inflicted by the IDF. "The amendments, which will be enacted retroactively from September 2000 when the intifada started, effectively block Palestinians from submitting damage claims against the state of Israel. "
02-27-06 - EU struggles to keep Abbas-led Palestinian government afloat
02-27-06 - Israel warns world don't let Iran play for time on nuclear
02-27-06 - Israeli artillery continues bombarding Gaza
02-27-06 - Israel Won't Hold Peace Talks With Abbas Israel said Monday it will not hold peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas because he is powerless to enforce agreements while the Islamic militant group Hamas controls his government, signaling a hardening of Israel's position and a growing rift with the United States Even before Hamas won the elections, Israel held no peace talks with Abbas. There is always a convenient excuse for Israel to avoid peace talks/summits with Palestinian officials.
02-27-06 - Israeli Government Asks the US Supreme Court to cancel lawsuits Accusing Yaalon and Dichter of Committing War Crimes The Israeli government called on the US Supreme Court to call off the civil lawsuit filed by Palestinian and Lebanese residents against the former head of Shabak Major General Avi Dichter and the former Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon accusing them of committing war crimes in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.
02-27-06 - Occupation Wounds Two Boys at a Checkpoint Trying To Secure a Girl Wore Scarf, Arrest Several in W. Bank eyewitnesses reported that the young men were injured after trying to stop Israeli soldiers from continuing to harass a girl. The Israeli soldiers were trying to force her to remove her clothes. Israeli soldiers shot the boys, one critically in the stomach.
02-27-06 - ADL: Anti-Semitism at Core of Hamas Charter Philosemitism is at the core of the ADL charter, go figure.
02-27-06 - US welcomes European grant to Palestinian Authority
02-27-06 - Backstory: Extreme vacation Despite limited means, Haj refuses to accept payment for phone calls, food, or lodging. It's a matter of pride to even the poorest Palestinians to welcome even strangers with open arms.
02-27-06 - One town doubts Hamas Hamas electoral victories in the parliament and in dozens of municipalities across the West Bank and Gaza reflect anger over public graft, frustration at being encircled by Israel's separation barrier amid a moribund peace process, and infighting among the ruling Fatah party
02-27-06 - Blast at Israeli weapons centre Early reports suggest it was caused by an accident. Medical sources said none of those injured was seriously hurt.
02-27-06 - Abbas denies staking future on peace Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he does not plan to resign if he is unable to pursue peace with Israel under the new Hamas government
02-27-06 - Curtains for 'Rachel Corrie' The play My Name Is Rachel Corrie, directed in London by actor Alan Rickman anddue to open in New York City in March, has been canceled for fear ofcontroversy
02-27-06 - Berlusconi to explain Russia's Hamas policy to Bush
02-27-06 - Israel tightens arms export controls after US spat Israel is imposing tighter controls on arms exports as part of an accord with the United States, ending a dispute over the sale of advanced Israeli-made weaponry to China, senior security officials said on Monday.
02-27-06 - Berri: Israel banking on our anxiety and chaos Berri also said that "Israel is trying to bank on the state of anxiety and chaos we are witnessing and attempting to destabilize the relations between Lebanon and the other Arab countries."
02-27-06 - PBS airs two grim looks at foreign affairs The CPB's new chairwoman, an Israel-firster, has wasted no time in getting (more) anti-Palestinian programming up and running on PBS.
02-27-06 - Support freedom for Palestinians
02-27-06 - Lawsuits PR opportunity for Israel Sunday, Israel radio reported that Danny Ayalon, Israel's ambassador to Washington, has asked the U.S. state department to dismiss lawsuits against IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon and former Shin Bent director Avi Dichter...During the fight against growing terrorism, the IDF has consistently tried to minimize Palestinian civilian casualties, occasionally sacrificing the lives of IDF soldiers in order to protect innocent Palestinians That last statement is hilarious, and a bold-faced lie. Reading further into the article, notice how the author wants Israel to rely extensively on 'Palestinian Media Watch' to exonerate Israel of its crimes. PMW is mentioned in the Hamas website video scam of today's news.
02-27-06 - Arab member of Israeli parliament refuses police investigation and accuses Israel of war crimes Barakeh had documentation that he was attacked during the nonviolent demonstration in question as he was burned on his leg after an Israeli soldier detonated a sound grenade near him, Israeli sources reported.
02-27-06 - Israeli Wiesenthal Museum Building Halted
02-27-06 - Hamas visit to Russia confirmed
02-27-06 - Travelers share tales from Rafah
02-27-06 - Columbia inaugurates Israel institute The establishment of the institute comes after a controversy that centered around claims that some professors made anti-Israel statements in their classrooms, creating an anti-Israel environment on campus. Witchhunts really DO work!
02-27-06 - Israel differs with U.S., EU on aide to PA
02-27-06 - Karen Hughes Press Roundtable United Arab Emirates The Palestinian people clearly want change. They want an end to corruption and we certainly understand that. And the Palestinian people voted for change; they voted for an end to corruption and as I said, we are concerned about the Palestinian people
02-27-06 - At Gaza crossings, Palestinians face death - or a very long delay On the night of Feb. 21, shortly before Karni was to close, a mysterious explosion rocked the area near the crossing. No one was hurt, but Israel closed the crossing, without saying when it would reopen. It was still closed Monday
02-27-06 - World must condemn Israeli statements against Abbas: Erekat During a meeting on Sunday with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs David Welch, Olmert said Israel saw no separation between Abbas and the government led by Hamas.
02-27-06 - Embracing a Lethal Tar Baby As U.S. history shows, we are seeking to impose on Israel's foe unachievable conditions that we have never sought to impose on our own enemies. Insistence on these unattainable conditions ? along with demands based on the other two myths ? will only serve to prolong the conflict and involve America ever more deeply Michael Scheuer is a 22-year CIA veteran. He served as the Chief of the bin Laden Unit at the Counterterrorist Center from 1996 to 1999. He resigned from the CIA in 2004.
02-27-06 - European Union and Jewish Officials Remain at Odds Over Hamas and Iran "We expect the E.U. not to move one single inch. Until Hamas recognizes Israel and renounces violence, no talking. I have lots of relatives in Israel and if the E.U. betrays Israel, the Israelis will implement something extreme.
02-27-06 - Globe & Mail 'Hamas video' hoax: where is the journalistic integrity? A lengthy search for the Hamas link mentioned in the editorial, and a series of email exchanges with the writer of the editorial, Mr. Marcus Gee, revealed that the writer never saw the video on the Hamas website as he claimed in his editorial, but rather relied solely on a report he received via email from an Israeli extremist site that goes by the name of Palestinian Media Watch....the editorial surfaced at a time when the Canadian government was deliberating on a decision regarding the new Palestinian government. Having not substantiated its argument, one is lead to believe that the Globe & Mail have attempted to influence the Canadian government's decision by unethical means through the use of unreliable sources
02-27-06 - Christian aid agency attacked over disinvestment The threat of the almighty slur of anti-Semitism really does work in getting organizations to back down from their criticism of Israel, as evidenced by the intense and successful efforts of pro-Israeli lobbies on churches in the US that have sought to divest from Israel.
02-26-06 - Two children shot by Israeli soldiers at Anata checkpoint after protesting strip-search of a girl Two Palestinian boys were shot, one critically, by Israeli soldiers Sunday evening when they protested the strip-search of a Palestinian girl by Israeli soldiers at Anata Checkpoint, northeast of Jerusalem. Israeli soldiers shot Wael Sami Al Sirisi from Qalandiya Refugee Camp in Ramallah and Hatem Mohamed Al Krshan from the town of Anata, according to eyewitnesses.
02-26-06 - Financial squeeze affects basic human services for Palestinians Israel sees the financial crunch as essential to put pressure on Hamas to moderate its views and accept the Jewish nation's right to live alongside a new Palestinian state...Palestinian leaders are warning that the tactic could end up creating widespread resentment among average Palestinians if their government implodes, their schools close and their health-care system crumbles.
02-26-06 - Israel says "irrelevant" Abbas to be Hamas "fig leaf" Israel branded Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas "irrelevant" on Sunday, calling Hamas the real governing power and urging the international community not to weaken its pressure on the militant group to seek peace.
02-26-06 - What aid cutoff to Hamas would mean there could be more malnutrition. A UN report two years ago said malnutrition among Palestinians was widespread at the height of the intifada when movement and commerce were strictly regimented by Israel in an effort to restrain the violence.
02-26-06 - Cash crisis 'risks Palestinian collapse' Although donor countries say they will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, UN sources told the BBC it is not always possible to separate humanitarian aid from assistance for the government
02-26-06 - Incoming Hamas chief wants political truce
02-26-06 - S. Hebron Hills residents fear being trapped by second fence A group of high-ranking reserve officers who reject the plan for the lower fence toured the area yesterday. "It has no security significance," said Colonel (res.) Shaul Arieli, who added that "the real intent is to separate the populations and gradually take control of the area, and to annex them in the future to Israel. This is nothing but a land grab."
02-26-06 - Haneya urged Abbas to stay on as PNA president
02-26-06 - Two peaceful protesters wounded, one seriously, at anti-Wall protest Sunday Sunday's injuries come after an Israeli was critically injured in an anti-Wall protest Friday by a rubber-coated bullet in the eye.
02-26-06 - IDF officer cancels UK trip for fear of arrest IDF Gaza division commander, Brigadier-General Aviv Kochavi, has cancelled a leave to study in England, fearing he would be arrested and tried for alleged war crimes in the territories.
02-26-06 - Injured anti-fence 'anarchist' speaks out We said: 'Don't shoot, we are not threatening you and we are not endangering you,' but they opened fire, and also directed it to the head, violating all of their rules of engagement. I felt the impact in the eye, and with the remainder of my strength, I managed to run from them. My entire hand and head were filled with blood,"
02-26-06 - Israel minister vows bigger response to Palestinian rockets
02-26-06 - Hamas denies suggesting it may recognize Israel
02-26-06 - Israeli Arabs Mark Solidarity Day with Negev Arab Citizens
02-26-06 - It could be done in one night Many commentators argue that a preemptive air attack against Iran's nuclear installations is unfeasible.
02-26-06 - Israel's stricken Sharon turns 78 Mr Sharon has been in a coma since he suffered a massive stroke on 4 January.
02-26-06 - Israeli company stops petroleum supplies to Palestinian lands
02-26-06 - Double concerns face EU ministers They will discuss the prospect of Hamas forming the next Palestinian government and whether future EU funding should depend on Hamas renouncing violence.
02-26-06 - Jewish group to address Iran, Hamas
02-26-06 - Hillary Clinton blasts Hamas, Iran Speaker after speaker at the event, including Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and several members of New York?s congressional delegation, also spoke about the need to contain Hamas and Iran.
02-26-06 - The Church and politics The argument that boycotts harm most those they are intended to support is also simply not supported by the facts. The economic and sporting boycott of South African apartheid proved to be a crucial nail in its coffin. It is a Christian duty to stand up for the dispossessed. At the general assembly some will argue that positive investment is preferable to punitive boycotts. Whatever the outcome, this is certainly a proper subject for debate
02-26-06 - Israeli military arrests Palestinian militant in rare raid on Jericho
02-26-06 - Hamas accuses US media of misinterpreting Haneya's statements
02-26-06 - Reacting to latest Middle East violence, Annan urges protection of civilians
02-26-06 - Egypt, Bahrain urges cessation of "unjustified" Israeli escalation
02-26-06 - Communists' anti-Zionist comments draw Jewish protests Meanwhile, Diliberto brought an action for libel against Yasha Reibman, spokespersons of the Jewish community in Milan, who had declared to the national daily La Repubblica that "Diliberto policy's foments ant-Semitism".
02-26-06 - Arab Countries Coordinate Stands By UNRWA
02-26-06 - Middle East tensions hang over Palestinian nominee for an Oscar Yediyot Achronot, Israel's largest daily paper, is equally out front with its reporting on efforts of "influential Israelis and Jews in Hollywood" to make sure that the film's surprise win at the Golden Globes is not repeated on March 5. "Members of the academy," it assures its readers in Hebrew, "have been under heavy pressure not to vote for the film."
02-26-06 - Kirk in boycott plea to back Palestinians The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland will be asked to back moves to boycott all goods produced by Israelis in the occupied territories in an effort to show solidarity with the Palestinian people.
02-25-06 - Palestinian dies of wounds inflicted earlier by Israeli army
02-25-06 - Israeli forces bomb roads in northern Gaza
02-25-06 - American smuggles arms into Israel
02-25-06 - Iranian advisor: We'll strike Dimona in response to U.S. attack If the United States launches an attack on Iran, the Islamic republic will retaliate with a military strike on Israel's main nuclear facility, an advisor to Iran's Revolutionary Guard said.The advisor, Dr. Abasi, said Tehran would respond to an American attack with strikes on the Dimona nuclear reactor and other strategic Israeli sites such as the port city of Haifa and the Zakhariya area.
02-25-06 - US to maintain vital aid to Palestinians: envoy "The United States has long been a supporter of the Palestinian people, through a substantial contribution of our foreign assistance funds... we continue to be devoted to the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people and it shall remain so," Welch said. "It is our belief that it is important for the people in the Palestinian territories ... to have a good life in safety and security with economic wellbeing,"
02-25-06 - 'We don't want to throw them into the sea' Has Israel respected agreements? Israel has bypassed practically all agreements. We say: Let Israel recognize the legitimate rights of the Palestinians first and then we will have a position regarding this. Which Israel should we recognize? The Israel of 1917; the Israel of 1936; the Israel of 1948; the Israel of 1956; or the Israel of 1967? Which borders and which Israel? Israel has to recognize first the Palestinian state and its borders and then we will know what we are talking about."
02-25-06 - Hamas leader lists terms for recognizing Israel "We do not have any feelings of animosity toward Jews. We do not wish to throw them into the sea. All we seek is to be given our land back, not to harm anybody,"
02-25-06 - Abbas says may resign if peace not pursued
02-25-06 - Israel should mull Hamas armstice: former security chief
02-25-06 - The Trail of Violence and Destruction: Large scale demolition in East Qalqiliya
02-25-06 - Hamas willing to negotiate with U.S., but not with Israel
02-25-06 - Palestinian Farmers from Hebron access their lands for the first time in four years Local farmers, foreign and Israeli peace activists marched together to challenge the Israeli army restrictions that are preventing the local farmers from entering their lands.
02-25-06 - Residents of two southern Palestinian West Bank towns conduct a peaceful protest Dozens of Palestinian landowners from the southern West Bank villages of Beit Omar and Halhul organized a protest on Saturday, to protest illegal Israeli confiscations of their land.
02-25-06 - Lebanon admits it okayed arms transfer to Hezbollah Watch how quickly this becomes our problem.
02-25-06 - Suicide bomb film set to shake Oscars Pressure is rising for Hollywood to disqualify a controversial movie about Palestinian jihadists ....The nomination probably won't be rescinded, but with 70 being the median academy voter age, and Judaism the predominant religion, it is something of a surprise, even to insiders, that the film has been nominated at all, let alone that it is a strong prospect to win.
02-25-06 - Activists plan New Jersey conference to address left-wing anti-Semitism But, Kaplan said, she was more troubled by "an emboldened and empowered Christian Right that wants to make this into a Christian nation," creating "an important moment for Jews in this country.".."There is something going on in there where the welfare of Jews is being neglected."
Preposterous.
02-25-06 - INTERVIEW-Effect of pressure on Hamas in doubt-US official The United States cannot be certain an international campaign to pressure Palestinian election winner Hamas to renounce violence and recognise Israel will work, a senior U.S. counter-terrorism official said Friday.
02-25-06 - Web site lists nuke researchers' names The names, ID numbers and home addresses of Israeli nuclear researchers appeared on the Internet briefly Thursday, the news site Ynet reported.
02-25-06 - All aboard! Big cities to get six hourly trains every way by 2020 What happened to the plan pushed by our government for travel for Palestinians between Gaza and the West Bank? It disappeared right quick (due to objections by Israel).
02-25-06 - The Samson Option President John F. Kennedy leaned hard on Ben-Gurion and his successor, Levi Eshkol, not to build the bomb, even sending U.S. inspectors into Israel's Dimona reactor starting in 1961. But Israeli nuclear leaders outfoxed the inspectors, and Washington's resolve faded with Kennedy's death
02-25-06 - Hamas: No truce as long as Israel continues military offensive
02-25-06 - Reacting to latest Middle East violence, Annan urges protection of civilians "The Secretary-General is gravely concerned about the escalation of Israeli Defence Forces military operations in the past days, especially in Nablus and Gaza, which have resulted in a number of Palestinian deaths," a spokesman for Mr. Annan said in a statement late Friday, noting that civilians are reportedly among the casualties.
02-25-06 - Birth control for Israeli giraffe Don't give them any ideas.
02-25-06 - Green Jews campaign against party's Israel divestment resolution Much of the debate's focus is on how the resolution singles out Israel, while ignoring human rights abuses in a number of other countries, including many in the Middle East.."I am concerned by the anti-Semitic undertones of the proposal," It's best to ignore Israel's human rights abuses and violations of international law, and focus on the crimes committed by other crimes. Then the anti-Semite label comes off...
02-25-06 - Palestinian demographics challenged Bennett Zimmerman, Roberta Seid and Michael Wise presented their thesis at a meeting at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington think tank That's a NEOconservative thinktank. Imagine if there were studies being done in the US by white groups of black demographics, the uproar? Yet pro-Israeli groups both here and in Israel continue to do such studies of Arab demographics without so much as a peep from any mainstream organization or media, least of all the Anti-Defamation League. Why is this not a surprise?
02-25-06 - Greek Catholic church appoints first Arab Israeli bishop However, no representatives of the Israeli government were present.
02-25-06 - Turkey's Initiative Brings HAMAS Crack in Washington to Light Several representatives of the Realist and Arabist school would agree as well. However, pro-Israelis, the Jewish community and most Neo-cons are offended and angered by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in Turkey.
02-25-06 - British officials prevented from crossing at Nablus checkpoint after Israeli soldiers
02-25-06 - Handicapping Hamas Israel initially welcomed Hamas; it believed it could manipulate its leadership against Arafat. "Hamas is a creature of Israel," affirmed Arafat, "which at the time of Prime Minister (Yitzhak) Shamir gave it money and more than 700 institutions among them schools, universities, and mosques."
02-25-06 - An Extraordinary Conference Three traits distinguish the struggle of Bil'in, three characteristics that complement each other and together make Bil'in as extraordinary as it is
02-25-06 - Palestine: Iran to face no technical problem in transferring aids "If Iran finds it difficult to transfer money to the PNA in dollars, the other solution is to use another international currency, which would be the Euro,"
02-24-06 - Israeli troops kill Palestinian worker, militant in Gaza Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian militant and an illegal work-seeker trying to slip into Israel from the southern Gaza Strip overnight
02-24-06 - Israel completes plans for separate West Bank road network The Israeli army has completed plans to build a new road system across the occupied West Bank so that Jewish settlers will have their own highways, the Maariv daily reported.
02-24-06 - Palestine Observer to UN: Israel Must be Held Responsible for War Crimes, State Terrorism
02-24-06 - Europeans Suggest Directing Aid to Abbas
02-24-06 - Abbas pushes for UN meeting on Mideast violence
02-24-06 - Four rockets fired by Palestinian militants land in Israel
02-24-06 - Abbas threatens to resign if he fails to reach Hamas deal Mr Abbas said, in an interview for ITV1's Jonathan Dimbleby programme, that Hamas must go "very clearly" in the direction of renouncing violence and recognising Israel.
02-24-06 - Militants vow revenge after Israeli killings
02-24-06 - U.S. official: NATO not ready for Israel "I think if this issue were to be put on the table formally within NATO, I think we?d find it immediately very controversial with a large number of countries saying not ready, not now,"
02-24-06 - Support Palestinian Democracy, Oppose Anti-Palestinian Legislation, H.R. 4681
02-24-06 - Under the Guise of Security: Routing the Separation Barrier to Enable Israeli Settlement Expansion in the West Bank
02-24-06 - Hamas' Moscow Trip Angers Israel Oh dear.
02-24-06 - UN agency aiding Palestinians says Israeli forces left behind damage in schools The main United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees reported today that Israeli forces left significant damage behind after occupying two schools in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank town of Nablus earlier this week.
02-24-06 - Please Support "Paradise Now"
02-24-06 - Oscar's foreign films make strange bedfellows For the first time in Oscar history, a Palestinian film, "Paradise Now," is in contention, raising delicate political questions and sometimes mean-spirited debate, like an e-mail sent to film professionals in which an Israeli critic calls it a Nazi movie replete with anti-Semitic stereotypes....The Academy has many Jewish voters, and some have said they will not vote for a Palestinian film at a time when a declared enemy of Israel is taking power in the West Bank and Gaza. One would think that this film would be judged by its merits and not by the current political climate.
02-24-06 - 2 Israelis detained in Turkish Cyprus Two Israelis, a 19-year-old soldier on leave and a 20-year-old, were arrested in Turkish Cyprus after entering a restricted military zone,
02-24-06 - Orthodox Jews Protest the Honoring of the Mayor of Jerusalem
02-24-06 - Bush urges stepped-up world pressure on Hamas
02-24-06 - Mashaal: Ze?evi killers to be released Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz has warned against their release
02-24-06 - Tory MPs say Anglicans are 'politically motivated' over Israel It's strange how threats of boycott 'hurt' but Israel's apartheid-like policies don't get so much as a bat of the eye from the same folks.
02-24-06 - Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 draws 191 nominations Jeff Halper, an Israeli Jew, and Ghassan Andoni, a Palestinian Christian from the occupied Palestinian territories, were nominated by the American Friends Service Committee.
02-24-06 - Bereaved Israelis Meet with Hamas to Discuss Peace
02-24-06 - ABC documentary series wins TV award the ABC documentary series Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace has won a highly-prestigious award.
02-24-06 - Photostory: Freedom Theatre in Jenin aims to plant seeds of dignity
02-24-06 - Dichter: Bombings scarier than rockets In interview to Ynet, former Shin Bet head says rockets not as big a threat to Israel as suicide bombings, adds Palestinian terror not a strategic threat; next disengagement will be civilian, not military, Dichter adds
02-24-06 - UN lobbies for Palestinian aid The United Nations is urging donors to provide funds to keep the Palestinian Authority running after Israel starts withholding tax revenues next week, rebuffing Israel's appeal for a suspension of aid, diplomats said on
Friday.
02-24-06 - Physicians without borders denounces Israeli attacks against medical teams
02-24-06 - Dispatches from The Hot Zone
02-24-06 - Sanctions and the peace process
02-24-06 - Watching the Dissolution of Palestine
02-23-06 - Five Palestinians shot dead in Israeli incursion Naim Abu Saris, 22, was fatally shot while on the roof of his house, while 19-year-old Ibrahim Saidi died from bullets in the abdomen as troops targeted a group of strong-throwing youths....Six other Palestinians were wounded, including one seriously. A US peace activist was also shot in her hand, medical sources said. Witnesses said that troops had opened fire on Palestinian rescue workers and towards foreign peace activists, wounding an ambulance driver and a nurse.
02-23-06 - IDF opens fire on medical team wounding many A twenty two year old American student was wounded by shrapnel in the hand a twenty nine year old Dutch volunteer was wounded by shrapnel in the thigh and shoulder, Jirar Candola an ambulance driver with the UPMRC was shot in the arm and leg and Ihab Mansour, a medical volunteer working with the Palestinian scientific society, was shot in the head and taken away by the Israeli soldiers.
02-23-06 - Israeli Army Kills Top Militant Since the Balata sweep began Sunday, eight Palestinians have been killed by army fire, including the five shot dead Thursday. More than 50 Palestinians have been injured by live rounds and rubber-coated steel pellets
02-23-06 - Security services deny Israeli claims of 'bomb factory' in Nablus
02-23-06 - Thousands peacefully protest Israeli strikes Hamas told its followers to take to the streets of Gaza City on Thursday after the Israeli military reportedly killed six people during military strikes in the West Bank. Thousands of Palestinians peacefully heeded the call.
02-23-06 - Deal sought in Israel burial row
02-23-06 - Report: Palestinians overcounted The American-Israeli Demographic Research Group, presenting its findings at the American Enterprise Institute on Thursday, said the 3.8 million figure for 2004, published by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, was off by 1.3 million. So desperate are pro-Israelis to prove that Israel must keep all of the land it has seized, that they've taken to forming groups devoted to the demographics of Palestinians - read, racism. And the AEI is a neocon 'thinktank' (one of many).
02-23-06 - Israel plans West Bank roads just for Palestinians "This is an apartheid system," said top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. "We urge the international community to help us in order to cancel such policies and end Israeli occupation."
02-23-06 - Israeli settlers set ?sights? on Palestinian home near Qalqilya
02-23-06 - Evangelical pro-Israel group to lobby A new evangelical group is planning a pro-Israel lobbying bid in Washington on July 18-19.
American Christian Zionists (End Times Fundamentalists) believe that in order for the Second Coming of Christ, Jews must settle all of the land of biblical Israel. Tom Delay is a prominent Christian Zionist.
02-23-06 - Dichter: Haniyeh is in crosshairs Former Shin Bet chief Avi Dichter says Hamas top man Haniyeh is legitimate assassination target
02-23-06 - Ten anti-separation fence protesters hurt in clash with IDF
02-23-06 - Permanent Observer of Palestine to UN: Israel's Decision to Freeze Transfer of Revenues Will Have Devastating Effects on the Region
02-23-06 - Palestine Wants To Enjoy Better Relations With Turkey, Halil
02-23-06 - Weekly Review
02-23-06 - Forbidden to Go Home Together Separate and Unequal
02-23-06 - Kirk plea for trade boycott to help Palestine The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland will be asked to back moves to boycott all goods produced by Israelis in the occupied territories in an effort to show solidarity with the Palestinian people
02-23-06 - China Will Continue to Provide Aid to Palestine China calls for the international society not to cut aid for the newly-elected Palestinian parliament dominated by Hamas, and says it will continue to provide economic assitance for Palestinian people if necessary.
02-23-06 - China hopes new Palestinian gov't goes on promoting Mideast peace process China advises the international community not to take any measures that might worsen the living situation of Palestinian people at this current stage, said the spokesman.
02-23-06 - Abu Daoud: No Regrets for Munich Olympics
02-23-06 - US congressman sends protest note to Erdogan over Hamas visit The head of the Jewish lobby in the US Congress, Tom Lantos, has sent a letter of protest to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan concerning the visit last week of a senior official of the Palestinian group Hamas to Ankara.
02-23-06 - Palestinian Voices: Missing from Op-Ed Pages Earlier this month, just before he left the Chicago Tribune, Public Editor Don Wycliff came out of the closet on the issue of media bias against Palestinian views. As he said, "on probably the most enduring and insistent foreign policy issue of our time, we routinely do not hear from one side."
02-23-06 - Mashal urges Israelis to elect moderate government, end occupation
02-23-06 - Writer fears ban for opera on bomber Commentators including Channel 4 news and BBC Radio 4's Today programmed have alluded to a possible prosecution because of the opera's controversial content.
02-23-06 - Israeli general in Jordan apology
02-23-06 - Israeli Defense Minister Declares Palestine ?Axis of Evil?
02-23-06 - National Press Club's Newsmakers Series Press Breakfast on Israel and Palestine to Be Held Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 10 a.m.
02-22-06 - Israeli army destroys US-funded public park in West Bank The Israeli army, using a bulldozer, destroyed a US-funded public park, including a children's playground and swimming pool, in a West Bank village
02-22-06 - Gaza boy, aged four, wounded in Israeli shelling A four-year-old Palestinian boy was seriously wounded when he was hit in the face by fragments of an Israeli shell in the Gaza Strip
02-22-06 - Fatah agrees 'in principle' to join Palestinian coalition Fatah tentatively accepted an offer from its old rival Hamas to become the junior partner in a coalition government after its crushing defeat in last month's Palestinian election.
02-22-06 - Prisoners in Jericho protest by setting their clothes on fire, seven suffer smoke inhalation
02-22-06 - Israel's 'punishment' of Palestine begins: 31 Palestinians killed since election
02-22-06 - Dead Sea - Declared Threatened Lake of the Year 2006
02-22-06 - Olmert: Hamas Not a Strategic Threat Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that Hamas is not a strategic threat to the Jewish state, signaling that he has no plans to take military action against the violent group
02-22-06 - Cheney to address AIPAC Also speaking at the policy conference are Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), the new majority leader, and John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
02-22-06 - Hamas leader says ceasefire likely
02-22-06 - B'Tselem: "Israel constructs the Wall to enable settlement expansion"
02-22-06 - Palestinian AIDS patient needs guards for treatment in Israel Following treatment with the HIV "cocktail" his condition improved dramatically. However, when Hadassah called him in for an appointment, the authorities said his security status prevented his coming to Israel
02-22-06 - Iran leader faces Holocaust case An Israeli lawyer, Ervin Shahar, says he has asked Germany to charge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with denying the Holocaust.
02-22-06 - Israel Warns Iran Against Palestinian Aid "The United States proved that it would not support democracy after it cut its aid to the Palestinian government after Hamas won the elections. We will certainly help the Palestinians,"
02-22-06 - Palestinians denounce roadblocks outside Jericho
02-22-06 - Hundreds Protest Israel's Isolation of Jordan Valley in Tubas
02-22-06 - Israeli military beats Hebron teenager nearly to death 14:18 2/20
02-22-06 - Gunmen break into the governor's office in Gaza
02-22-06 - Saudis Reject U.S. Plan to Isolate Hamas Others wanted to know why the United States is focused only on Iran's nuclear ambitions instead of on the nuclear weapons held by Israel, and whether the Bush administration might bomb Iran.
02-22-06 - Israel disavows general's prediction on Jordan rule The Israeli government launched a probe on Wednesday into a top army general who was quoted as suggesting that Jordan's ruling Hashemites could be at threat from the Palestinian majority in their kingdom.
02-22-06 - Arab democracy is exposing the blind spot of US policy
02-22-06 - Israel Cancels Palestinian MPs VIP Status
02-22-06 - Olmert: Ahmadinejad?s an anti-Semite "The president of Iran, with all of his statements, is a heinous anti-Semitic phenomenon. He is an Israel-hater,"
02-22-06 - Italian mayor pressed after rally Italian Jewish leaders and politicians called for the resignation of a mayor who took part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration.
02-22-06 - Comatose Sharon has stomach drained
02-22-06 - Expensive treatment means life for Palestinian children
02-22-06 - China beat Palestine 2-0 in soccer Asian Cup qualifying
02-22-06 - Israel, PNA join hands in warding off bird flu
02-22-06 - Israel seeks to monitor PA funds
02-22-06 - U.K. donates $356,000 to UNRWA project to aid refugees Palestinians will have a chance to be self-employed or find employment in Lebanon or abroad due to a project funded by the British Embassy in Lebanon
02-22-06 - Despite sanctions, IDF coordinating security with PA
02-21-06 - Three Palestinians wounded by Israeli gunfire One of the Palestinians, shot in the chest and stomach, was hospitalised after he and the two others were fired on as they threw stones at soldiers.
02-21-06 - Peace deal not impossible despite Hamas rise: Olmert
02-21-06 - Poll: 66% of Palestinians say gov't must honor agreements Among Hamas voters, only 12 percent said they chose Hamas for its political agenda, while 43 percent said they were fed up with Fatah's corruption. The rest said they were hoping for a better life or voted for religious reasons
02-21-06 - Karni crossing closed following blast
02-21-06 - Palestinians are being robbed by Israel These are tax revenues that are due to the people in the territories where the goods are headed, and the Israelis have no right to hold them up.
02-21-06 - US backs Israeli right to withhold Palestinian funds Our government demonstrates once again its subservience to Israel.
02-21-06 - Arab nations say they will offset funds withheld by Israel But despite statements of support for the Palestinian Authority, Arab League leaders fail to reach an agreement on a funding plan.
02-21-06 - Hamas invited to form government
02-21-06 - Israeli nationalist party vows to oppose new pullouts Lawmakers from Israel's newly merged ultra-nationalist party unveiled their election campaign, stressing they would never support the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank.
02-21-06 - Jordan Valley Farmers March for Their Lives Jordan Valley Farmers will march Wednesday to the Bardala checkpoint in Tubas to protest their lands annexation to Israel
02-21-06 - Jewish leaders want Ahmadinejad banned in Europe The European Jewish Congress, meeting at the weekend in Vienna, agreed to make a formal request soon to the European Parliament asking European Union member states to declare him "persona non grata," the group said in a statement on Tuesday.
02-21-06 - Business chiefs warn Israeli sanctions could backfire Yoram Blizowky warned that economic sanctions "are going to hit Israeli textile enterprises which sub-contract out work to Palestinian workshops" where labour is much cheaper than in Israel.
02-21-06 - Palestinian brewery to launch 'Hamas' near beer
02-21-06 - Bush: Hamas not be funded until Israel recognized The United States and the European Union have threatened to freeze all but humanitarian aid
02-21-06 - Egypt rebuffs Rice on denying Hamas aid Egypt rebuffed U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's appeal on Tuesday for Arab states to deny direct aid to Hamas when it forms a government.
02-21-06 - THE NEW AMERICAN POLICE STATE The neoconservatives are using the war to achieve their agenda of Israeli hegemony in the Middle East. Police agencies are using the war to make themselves less accountable
02-21-06 - Arabs sue Ramle building contractor for denying right to buy apt.
02-21-06 - Reaction to Hamas victory is gift to Iran's leaders Ms Rice warned regional countries, including Iran, to think twice before trying to thwart Washington
02-21-06 - Doubts over Palestinian aid schemes The Palestinian Authority faces cuts in international aid if Hamas does not renounce violence. The BBC's Matthew Price visits an EU-funded police training facility in the West bank
02-21-06 - Activist files complaint after Palestinian forum A Jewish Defense League activist filed a police complaint against Georgetown University after campus police ejected him from a Palestine Solidarity Movement conference.
02-21-06 - U.S. experts discuss boycott with Saudis The United States sent experts to Saudi Arabia to review its boycott of Israel.
02-21-06 - European consistency on Holocaust denial wanted The European Jewish Congress will lobby European governments to synchronize their laws on anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.
02-21-06 - Book: Israeli Arabs poor More than have of Israeli Arabs live in poverty, concludes a new book.
02-21-06 - Four charged over guerrilla T-shirts Danish police have charged four people selling T-shirts bearing the logos of Colombian and Palestinian guerrillas with supporting banned terrorist groups.
02-21-06 - Solana: EU will Continiue to Help PNA, Palestinian People
02-21-06 - "Rabbis for Human Rights" to Receive 23rd Niwano Peace Prize
02-20-06 - Child, woman injured near Hebron
02-20-06 - Islamic Jihad leader killed in Nablus He is the fifth Palestinian to die in Israeli raids in less than 24 hours.
02-20-06 - Iran leader urges Muslims to fund Palestinians
02-20-06 - Unknown gunman attacks ex-Minster and PLC Member
02-20-06 - Hamas opens talks with militants on coalition government Islamic Jihad, whose West Bank commander was killed overnight by Israeli troops, was expected to turn down Hamas's offer to join the government.
02-20-06 - Israeli security chief heads to Washington for Hamas talks: report According to the Maariv daily, Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin will hold talks with senior US officials about the possibility of destabilizing the Palestinian government, which Hamas is expected to form in the coming weeks. Both our govt and that of Israel denied the NY Times report that they were seeking to do just that. Watch what they do, not what they say.
02-20-06 - Israel's Hamas policy could boost Iran, deepen Palestinian woes
02-20-06 - Isolation of Hamas, Iran focuses of AIPAC's upcoming conference The final day of the conference is reserved for lobbying on Capitol Hill, and organizers tell JTA that lobbying for the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act will top the agenda....Iran will still play a major role at the conference. The opening plenary, featuring former nuclear inspector David Kay and John Bolton...Last week, AIPAC distributed talking points to Congress members promoting legislation initiated by Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) AIPAC designates the agenda at Capitol Hill, a fact that goes against the very ideals upon which this country was built. Despite all of the ballyhoo about the AIPAC scandal, NOTHING has changed with regard to their power and their overwhelming influence over our government.
02-20-06 - Israeli army stepping up harassment in Hebron.
02-20-06 - Intel to Open Technology Center in Gaza The Intel Information Technology Center of Excellence is intended to provide IT training to Palestinians and stimulate development of high-tech industry in an area where half the labor force is unemployed.
02-20-06 - US mum on Israeli move to withhold Palestinian payments In contrast to sharp remarks from the United Nations and European Union, Washington remained low-key about Israel's decision to deprive the Palestinian Authority of a third of its budget even before Hamas took office.
02-20-06 - Change stance or lose funding, Canada tells Hamas
02-20-06 - Iran denies wanting to "wipe Israel off the map" "We believe that those people who make efforts to free their countries should not be regarded as terrorists,"
02-20-06 - UN faults Israel for halt in funds to Palestinians "These are monies that belong to the Palestinians and should not be withheld,"
02-20-06 - Sweden gives millions more in Palestinian aid "The humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip has worsened," the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) said in a statement on Monday, adding that it would provide 50 million kronor (5.3 million euros, 6.4 million dollars) to the United Nations' aid programs there.
02-20-06 - Carter: Don't punish Palestinians He also indirectly criticises Israel for avoiding peace talks not just with Hamas, but with past leaders who did recognise Israel's right to exist.
02-20-06 - Israeli op. hinders UN agency aid work, Palestine The main United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees reported today that an Israeli operation in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank town of Nablus has been hampering its work since early yesterday.
02-20-06 - Backlash at jailing of historian who denied Holocaust The verdict came amid a furious debate in Europe over freedom of expression, with many defending the media?s right to publish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad What happened to Europe's so-called freedom of speech that was touted in response to the outcry over the publishing of the cartoons?
02-20-06 - Pilotless IDF Aircraft Crashes in Shechem A pilotless IDF aircraft crashed into the home of an Arab journalist
02-20-06 - Avian flu scare in Gaza; 600 birds dead The Palestinian Health Ministry declared a state of emergency in Gaza on Monday following the deaths of approximately 600 chickens in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. It was feared the deadly bird flu virus was responsible for the deaths.
02-20-06 - Israel demands UN employees leave W. Bank refugee Israeli army demanded on Monday an immediate evacuation of all foreign employees with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from a West Bank refugee camp
02-20-06 - Hebron Reflection: Sharing Stories
02-20-06 - Senior Palestinian official condemns Israeli army operations
02-20-06 - Hamas remains 'existential threat': Shin Beth chief Diskin said that Israel should not adhere to any truce which Hamas might offer in the future, saying that "even if it would provide a temporary calm...
02-20-06 - First Museum-quality Exhibition of Contemporary Palestinian Art to Open in New York City on March 14th, 2006 Made in Palestine is the first museum quality exhibition devoted to the contemporary art of Palestine to be held in the United States
02-20-06 - PA imports held at port The containers were filled with goods worth hundreds of thousands of dollars imported by the Fayez Abu Amar Company of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip.
02-20-06 - Rice consults with Quartet on Palestinians
02-20-06 - Egypt to tell Rice to give Hamas time - agency
02-20-06 - Israel moves to cut off Hamas' air supply The US-Israeli campaign to choke off the radical movement's air supply also involves a diplomatic offensive aimed at dissuading any of their allies from forging ties with a Hamas government Israeli policy has once again become our policy, by no coincidence.
02-20-06 - Dalai Lama visit to Bethlehem canceled to avoid China clash
02-20-06 - Hamas dismisses Israeli sanctions
02-20-06 - Putin Features in Israeli Campaign Ad An Israeli campaign ad featuring President Vladimir Putin's image has sparked outrage from the Russian government, leading to an official complaint from the Foreign Ministry and an apology from former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
02-20-06 - US dilemma: dealing with Hamas The US should think back to the 1950s - and the impact of its undermining of one Iranian regime in favor of installing the shah - before taking any action designed to deliver a preferred Palestinian government such as a return of Fatah
02-20-06 - The Unholy Alliance Strikes Back The following morning, the Palestinians woke up to a new reality. Instead of uprooting the trees as they had done in the past, the settlers had stolen them, surrounding each tree with a fence and a small mark stating that the trees belonged to the settlement?s nursery
02-20-06 - Bern regrets Palestinian funding cut The Swiss foreign ministry fears Israel's decision to stop transferring vital funds to the Palestinian Authority (PA) will adversely affect civilians.
02-20-06 - Israeli Defense Minister Warns PNA over Prisoners "The release of Subaki and Zeevi's murderers will entail severe Israeli reaction,"
02-20-06 - Carter Warns Against Palestinian Sanctions This is the AP version of the story released to the United States mainstream media. Here is the original story from the Washington Post, detailing what Carter said. Notice the important points that the AP leaves out. The AP = a mouthpiece for Israel, once again.
02-20-06 - Hamas' Choice for PM Seen As Pragmatist
02-20-06 - Tales of a hurt that does not heal One Palestinian tells tales to another - even as he wonders if stories are all that is left to them.
02-20-06 - WCC Reflects on Decade of Overcoming Violence "We cannot stand still in silence," said Alfred Rock, a Palestinian from Bethlehem
02-20-06 - Al-Arian reflects on past three years
02-20-06 - A Good Year for ?Aliyah? Aliyah is a pillar of Zionism and is especially important now, as Israel is losing the demographic race against both Palestinians and Israeli Arabs who have a much higher birthrate
02-20-06 - Pro-Palestinian activists face smear campaign
02-19-06 - Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinian stone-throwers
02-19-06 - Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Troops in W. Bank some 13 Palestinian youths were also wounded by Israeli gunfire
02-19-06 - Two Palestinian teens shot dead in Nablus camp raid The two youngsters, identified as Ibrahim al-Sheikh Ali and Mohammed Natour, both of them aged 17, died after being hit in the neck by live bullets,....A spokeswoman for the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement (ISM) they had seen troops taking over a United Nations girls' school inside the camp.
02-19-06 - Two Palestinian militants killed in Gaza air strike
02-19-06 - Arabs Seek to Secure Palestinian Funding "The maximum that Arab countries have paid is $100 million of the $600 million they agreed to give,"
02-19-06 - Abbas warns of financial crisis
02-19-06 - Israeli cabinet approves sanctions on Palestinians
02-19-06 - Arab League mulls payment to PA despite U.S. objections
02-19-06 - Rice back to Middle East to campaign for democracy, against Iran Along the way, Rice will again make appeals against giving money to Hamas, and also for regional leaders to be tougher with Iran A non-stop trip shilling for Israel, is basically what she has embarked upon. How do the interests of America fit in here?
02-19-06 - Don't Punish the Palestinians During this time of fluidity in the formation of the new government, it is important that Israel and the United States play positive roles. Any tacit or formal collusion between the two powers to disrupt the process by punishing the Palestinian people could be counterproductive and have devastating consequences. Jimmy Carter is legend.
02-19-06 - Israel halts funds to Palestinian Authority Hamas is casting around for alternative sources of funding. The head of its political wing, Khaled Mashaal, is expected in Tehran today to meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a move that will further infuriate Israel.
02-19-06 - Israel's policies are feeding the cancer of anti-semitism I began with the recognition that the cancer of anti-semitism has not been cured. Tragically, Israel's policies feed it - and when world Jewry defends Israeli policies right or wrong, then anger turns not only against Israel, but against all Jews.
02-19-06 - US holds secret talks to weaken Hamas
02-19-06 - Robbers posing as Israeli soldiers target Palestinians The governor of the West Bank city of Nablus says there have been at least four home breakins there.
02-19-06 - U.N.: Transfer funds to PA De Soto expressed the U.N.'s objection to Israel's punitive measures during a meeting Sunday evening with government coordinator in the territories, Major General Yosef Mishlav.
02-19-06 - President Abbas Says Israel, Entire World should Respect Palestinians' Democratic Choice
02-19-06 - Charge: Bedouin involved in abduction plot
02-19-06 - Israel Halts Payments to Palestinians
02-19-06 - U.S. Freezes Assets of Group, Cites Hamas
02-19-06 - Arabs to resist Rice isolating Hamas, Iran on trip "Arabs will turn round and point out the United States gives billions of dollars to Israel,"
02-19-06 - Pollard's handler: If elected MK, I'll seek his release Former Mossad official Rafi Eitan, who participated in the capture of Nazi extermination mastermind Adolf Eichmann, and who later recruited Jonathan Pollard to spy for Israel, said that if elected to the Knesset, he would seek Pollard's release.
02-19-06 - Leading Anglican hits back in 'anti-Israel' row
02-19-06 - Russia to negotiate for Quartet Russia's foreign minister said he will negotiate with Hamas based on the positions of the diplomatic Quartet overseeing Mideast peace.
02-19-06 - Our pain is tiny, says founder of Arab museum to Holocaust
02-19-06 - Torture in the name of ... Israeli watchdog group B'tselem says torture inIsrael was not unusual before 1999, when Israel's Supreme Court outlawed it under most circumstances. Before the court ruling, the group said, 85% of Palestinian prisoners were physically abused
02-19-06 - Resurrecting the glory of Bethlehem
02-19-06 - Christian Zionists pledge support for Israel As Christian Zionists, they believe that God gave the land of Israel to the Jews and promised to bless those who bless them and curse those who curse them.
02-19-06 - Hamas nominates Haniyeh as PM Ismail Haniyeh, a prominent Hamas lawmaker in the Gaza Strip seen as a leader of the group's pragmatic wing, was nominated yesterday to be Palestinian prime minister.
02-19-06 - Israel considers Abbas irrelevant, Shin Bet rejects truce with Hamas
02-19-06 - Sabeel Conference Considers Economic Leverage as Tool to Fight Israeli Occupation
02-19-06 - Freedom Summer 2006 ? Building Bridges
02-19-06 - Bismarck company to begin wastewater project in Middle East Construction on the new East Jerusalem facility will begin this fall. When the first phase is completed, in late 2007, it will serve about 150,000 people, with additional phases expanding that number to around 400,000 in the future.
02-19-06 - Canceled Mideast talk splits school One flier featured a picture of a hand holding money and a slogan intended to imply that complaints from donors had shut the session down, students said. Curwen declined to respond to a question about any role donors might have had.
02-19-06 - Court must consider ?Israel? on passport The State Department is defending the case; joining the Zivotofskys in friend-of-the-court briefs are the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and a number of members of Congress led by Rep. Henry Waxman Why is this matter being decided in the United States judicial system?
02-18-06 - Man seriously hurt in stabbing attack He said he doesn?t know who stabbed him. Police arrived earlier
02-18-06 - Hamas takes power vowing no talks After the swearing-in ceremony, Mr Abbas said Hamas would be forming the next government but urged it to respect the Oslo accords signed with Israel.
02-18-06 - Don't punish Palestinians for electing Hamas: Abbas
02-18-06 - Hamas Leader Says Group Misunderstood
02-18-06 - Palestinian Authority will be 'hostile entity': Israel The Palestinian Authority will have defined itself as a "hostile entity" if a Hamas-led government does not recognise Israel's right to exist, a senior Israeli government official said after a new parliament was sworn in.
02-18-06 - Arab League to discuss monthly aid for Palestinians
02-18-06 - Hamas Leader Faults Israeli Sanction Plan
02-18-06 - Armed Palestinians clash with police in Gaza
02-18-06 - Palestine on brink as Hamas takes over
02-18-06 - Hamas to bar Jericho casino reopening
02-18-06 - MSP in row over Hamas comments Pauline McNeill said she would be willing to assist a Hamas trip to Scotland, because they are the "democratically elected government" of Palestine and a "well-organised" political party.
02-18-06 - 27 Israeli broadband cos meet US counterparts in Atlanta 5,000 Israelis live in Atlanta, mostly employed by Israeli companies in the area.
02-18-06 - Church Views on Pro-Palestinian Divestment
02-18-06 - Palestinian Americans Push Religious Pluralism in P.A. "Most Palestinian Americans are secular. Many also happen to be Christian," said James Zogby, president of Washington's Arab American Institute. Experts estimate that a little less than half of Palestinian Americans are Christian.
02-18-06 - Russian anti-terror envoy: Isolating Hamas would be counterproductive President Vladimir Putin's envoy on international terrorism stressed Saturday that Russia believes it would be counterproductive for the world to isolate Hamas following the militant group's victory in the Palestinian elections, the Interfax news agency reported.
02-18-06 - Israel to wait for Hamas response
02-18-06 - Freedom Theatre to open in Jenin refugee camp The Freedom Theatre will be the home of a local theatre group and it will host Palestinian and international theatres and theatre group productions for children, youth, and adults.
02-18-06 - DRS Technologies Teams with Israel's Plasan Sasa to Offer Vehicle Armor Solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense
02-18-06 - Journalist Covers ISM?s Stand Against Racist Cartoons
02-18-06 - Churches Debate Pro-Palestinian Divestment
02-17-06 - Explosive, apparently left by army, claims life of Palestinian youth in Gaza
02-17-06 - US asks Palestinians to return aid The United States has asked the Palestinian Authority to return $50 million in U.S. aid because Washington does not want a Hamas-led government to have the funds, the State Department said on Friday. As mentioned yesterday, this is in line with the policy described by the NY Times to starve the Palestinians in order to oust Hamas from their government. This was categorically denied by the US and Israel. Unfortunately, their actions belie their words.
02-17-06 - Invest in Peace, Not in State of Israel, Says Rabbi; Orthodox Jews to Assemble on Georgetown University Campus, Feb. 19 "Philanthropists and University representatives should be apprised of the reality that supporting Zionism and the State of 'Israel' does not help Jews or Judaism, but on the contrary, only helps to perpetuate the tragic impasse and constant bloodshed in the Middle East."
02-17-06 - Row over Israeli tolerance museum For the last 40 years Mohammed Hamdi Bader has left his tailor's shop in the Old City once a month and taken a short walk to the heart of west Jerusalem where he prayed close to his grandfather's grave. Can you imagine the uproar if the shoe was on the other foot, and it was the Palestinians building any building on the grave of Jews? Total hypocrisy.
02-17-06 - Palestinians to give back US aid
02-17-06 - Israel: Hamas MPs can?t travel to West Bank
02-17-06 - Israel to impose tougher sanctions on Palestinians "What's important is that the Palestinians realize the consequences of their vote," said a senior Israeli source,
02-17-06 - Abbas to ask Hamas to form government, end violence
02-17-06 - Examination reveals failures in probe of Palestinian girl's death in 2004 Twelve-year-old Iman Al Hams was killed in Rafah by Givati infantry brigade soldiers. A Givati commander, "Captain R," stood trial for the death, but was acquitted of all charges. His rank was recently raised to major.
02-17-06 - Palestinians riot after anti-Muslim graffiti defaces mosque Palestinians discovered anti-Muslim graffiti on a West Bank mosque on Friday, for the second time in a week.
02-17-06 - Anti-Wall Protest in Bil'in followed by Israeli Army invasion
02-17-06 - West Bank mosque desecrated again - military source
02-17-06 - Troops obstruct, attack, a peace procession against the Wall in Aboud
02-17-06 - Boeing joins Israeli anti-missile venture Next month, the Israeli military will select an Israeli-U.S. industry team for the risk reduction phase of the SRBMD program. The full-scale development and production phases will be a cooperative effort between the Israeli Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. Israel's security is more important than ours, according to our government's actions.
02-17-06 - Russia to sell Palestinians arms if Israel agrees
02-17-06 - Rice Warns Arab States Not to Fund Hamas
02-17-06 - Human Touch A Palestinian journalist looks for something beyond the guns, despite growing violence.
02-17-06 - Rice sees Palestinian statehood if Hamas renounces violence US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered rapid and redoubled efforts to create a Palestinian state if the militant group Hamas renounces violence and recognizes Israel's right to exist. Palestinians have no reason to take us on our word. For decades, we have helped Israel violate international law and shielded these crimes at the UN Security Council with the (ab)use of our veto.
02-17-06 - Attack on America's Middle East Studies
02-17-06 - Turkey rejects Israeli criticism Israeli spokesman Ranaan Gissin had compared the move to Israel inviting separatist Kurdish rebels for talks and said it could damage bilateral ties Israel is arming and helping the Kurds in northern Iraq and to help Israel build a power base
02-17-06 - Standing for justice - visiting family tells story of conflict
02-17-06 - Palestinian Authority decries Israeli takeover of Jordan Valley
02-17-06 - Abbas wants observers to return
02-17-06 - Munich operation 'mastermind' gives his account In planning the Munich operation, Abu Daoud said that Fatah was against hijacking planes from a humanitarian point of view; it chose the Olympic Games instead as the 'Israeli team is not civilian and each member of the team is an officer in the Israeli army and had committed killings against Palestinians.' Abu Daoud said that the intention of the group that was planning the operation, known as Black September, was to exchange the Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
02-17-06 - EU urges Israel to 'wait and see'
02-17-06 - Elite school nixes Middle East panel Strange how the pro-Israeli groups never mention anything about this need for 'balance' when it's their point of view that is the prevailing one.
02-17-06 - First AIPAC-sponsored tour for non-Jewish students strengthens tie "These students are America's future leaders, and these missions give them the tools they need to become more effective advocates for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship," AIPAC board member Barry Silverman said. Most of the students previously had attended AIPAC student policy conferences, and most will attend AIPAC's policy conference starting March 5 in Washington, an annual centerpiece of pro-Israel activism and lobbying.
02-17-06 - Education fees cut for needy Palestinian students
02-17-06 - Parents continue daughter?s cause
02-17-06 - CARE: Theatre for Changing Laws and Lives
02-17-06 - Holy Land Christians tell Vatican they fear extinction
02-17-06 - Women MPs vow to change face of Hamas Forced marriage, honour killings, low pay and girls being kept out of school are her priorities for change in the Palestinian parliament
02-16-06 - Hamas leaders invited to Russia The Russian foreign ministry says the meeting - which is opposed by the US - will take place in early March.
02-16-06 - Israel weighs ban on Palestinian workers: report Israel's Defense Ministry has recommended barring all Palestinians from working in Israel and from traveling between Gaza and the West Bank once a Hamas-led parliament is sworn in, Israel Radio said on Thursday....Israel would also freeze plans to build a Gaza seaport and new airport
02-16-06 - Hamas Wants Off Terror List "Hamas is not the only side that wants peace. ...All the Palestinians want peace because they are the only people whose rights have been encroached upon and who have been expelled from their lands,"
02-16-06 - IDF establishes 'Israeli-only' entry points that bar Palestinians Palestinians must enter via one of the 11 crossing points earmarked for them.
02-16-06 - Soldiers arrest woman in Jerusalem, claim she attempted to stab a soldier
02-16-06 - Israel Plans to Isolate Gaza Strip Israel will bar workers and goods from the Gaza Strip and impose other harsh economic sanctions after a Hamas-dominated parliament is sworn in this weekend...The Israeli campaign against Hamas is focused on bringing the perpetually cash-strapped Palestinian Authority to its knees by drying up desperately needed income. This is exactly the same plan reported by the NY Times days ago, and subsequently denied by US and Israeli officials.
02-16-06 - Hamas delegation arrives in Turkey to seek support
02-16-06 - Palestinian ensemble seeks to build musical bridge Al-Khatib plays the oud, a deep-bellied Arabic string instrument, and says he copes with the challenges of travelling as a refugee to ensure that Americans and others see authentic Palestinian culture, not just suicide bombings
02-16-06 - Russia says talks with Hamas set for early March Russia has agreed to hold talks with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas at the beginning of next month, the foreign ministry said on Thursday
02-16-06 - Report: At least twenty Palestinian homes demolished over the last month
02-16-06 - Rep. Gregory W. Meeks Meets with Israel's Consul General, Arye Mekel; Photo Available Consul General Mekel joined Rep. Meeks in the condemnation of the continuing anti-Semitic statements and Holocaust denial of the President of Iran.
02-16-06 - Ethiopian Israelis love their country but not the racism
02-16-06 - Oscars mull change to 'Palestine' movie tag amid outcry Oscar chiefs are mulling whether to recategorise a disputed best foreign film nominee about suicide bombers as they come under intense fire for labelling the film as coming from "Palestine." What other outcome would there be with pro-Israeli lobby groups coming down on them? These folks feel the need to control every aspect of the lives of Palestinians - and they do. That's the bottom line.
02-16-06 - UK Jewish leader attacks Anglicans over Israel vote
02-16-06 - THE HOUR: Knowing What We Don't Know "Israeli intelligence played a hidden role in convincing Wolfowitz that he couldn't trust the CIA... Israeli intelligence officials frequently traveled to Washington to brief top American officials, but CIA analysts were often skeptical of Israeli intelligence reports, knowing that Mossad had very strong - even transparent - biases about the Arab world." Wolfowitz, who "had begun meeting personally with top Israeli intelligence officials," preferred the Mossad's analysis to the CIA's.
02-16-06 - The Cartoons and the Neocon How bad is Pipes? He wants the utter military obliteration of the Palestinians; indeed, from the Muslim world, his racism is about as blatant as that of the Holocaust denying Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
02-16-06 - U.S. sheriffs learn from Israelis The American Israel Education Foundation, a supporting organization of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, sponsored the one-week event, which took place last week in Israel. What they were not told by AIPAC : U.S. policy on Israel key motive for effort, I'm guessing.
02-16-06 - Israeli Hardliners Launch a Petition in the US to Destroy the Iranian Reactor, Announces SamsonBlinded.org
02-16-06 - Israel releases one jailed legislator, extends term of another
02-16-06 - Hamas 'names its prime minister'
02-16-06 - ISM: Non-violent Resistance Organizer's Trial Postponed
02-16-06 - Jumblatt does not need lessons from Israel
02-16-06 - Mission to Ethiopia confounds and commits federation leaders "We can produce out of this group many great Israelis, many great Jews. This does not have to end up a permanent underclass.´´
02-16-06 - Security will be tight Oscar night Playing the terror card to tarnish the Palestine nomination by the Academy Awards, a new low.
02-16-06 - Editorial: Don't punish Palestinians The long and turbulent history of relations between the U.S., Israel and the Palestinians has produced virtually no evidence that starving or otherwise punishing the Palestinians will make them or their leaders more moderate. On the contrary, such tactics generate poverty, despair and hatred, which in turn give birth to terror groups, of which Hamas is only one.
02-16-06 - Feds Mistakenly Turned Over Secret Papers The case against the now-defunct Muslim charity is built in part on wiretaps, informants and information provided by Israel 'Evidence' provided by Israel is admissible in US courts, evidently.
02-15-06 - Palestinian shot dead by Israeli troops A 20-year-old Palestinian with learning difficulties was shot dead by Israeli troops during clashes near the northern West Bank city of Jenin
02-15-06 - Disabled Jenin man shot by troops Local residents said Mujahid al-Simadi had gone up to the troops with a toy gun and shouted that they should leave the village. This report says the mentally disabled man had a toy gun, while another says he was carrying a stick.
02-15-06 - Disabled boy shot dead by Israeli troops Palestinian witnesses denied an army report that gunfire had been exchanged with Palestinian militants before the incident and insisted the shooting had all been from soldiers. One witness who saw the body after the shooting said the boy had been shot three times, twice in the chest and once in the abdomen.
02-15-06 - US House urges halt of direct aid to Palestinians "Until Hamas changes course, dismantles its terrorist organization, and agrees to work toward a peaceful settlement with Israel, no taxpayer money should be provided to support the Palestinian government," said House Majority Leader John Boehner, an Ohio Republican. Thus will Palestinians suffer further for wanting an uncorrupt government - the reason they elected Hamas in the first place. Here is the roll call which includes the lone dissenting vote. This move actually goes along with what the NYT article suggested the other day - the plan to starve Palestinians of much-needed money.
02-15-06 - Britain criminalizes 'glorification' of terrorism the new law could make it illegal for people to speak in support of Palestinian rights
02-15-06 - Hamas lines up key posts, Israel set to cut ties
02-15-06 - Aid to Palestinians depends on recognition of Israel: Canada Canada will only provide aid to the new Palestinian government if the leadership recognizes Israel and renounces all forms of violence, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.
02-15-06 - World Bank approves $60mln financial aid to PNA
02-15-06 - Shots fired inside At-Tuwani, Israeli army claims
02-15-06 - US bungles Middle East policy, lawmakers tell Rice Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee (news, bio, voting record) from Rhode Island took aim at Rice for not doing enough to support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah Party was defeated by Hamas in the January 25 Palestinian election.
02-15-06 - 'We Have to at Least Be Witnesses' Israelis don't want to see the Palestinians; it's like they exist, but we don't want to know anything about them.
02-15-06 - Civil Rights and Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed by Parents of Assaf Deri against Los Angeles and Burbank Police Departments Family Claims Police Targeted Deri Because He Looked Middle Eastern and Tried to Cover up and Justify His Killing with an Illegal Search of His Home
02-15-06 - Secretary Jack Kemp to Lead U.S. Financial Services Delegation to Israel Hosted By Government Leaders "The mission led by Secretary Kemp, who is a Member of the Honorary Board of America-Israel Friendship League, is part of a major effort made by the League to strengthen and enhance the relations between Israel and the U.S. in all areas," said Ambassador Uri Bar-Ner of the America-Israel Friendship League.
02-15-06 - U.S. Decision on Aid Could Pressure Hamas
02-15-06 - Israeli Leader: Iran President 'Obsessed' "It is now clear that the race began again and time is running out," Steinitz told The Associated Press, warning that if Iran is not stopped, it "will obtain a nuclear weapon in approximately two to three years, and this will be a devastating threat not only to Israel and the Middle East but also to Europe and the United States."
02-15-06 - CPT and Operation Dove Report the Impact of a Proposed Security Wall near At-Tuwani
02-15-06 - Military leader: Iran wants to destroy Israel Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin said Tuesday that within six months Iran could have the means to build a nuclear bomb Our intelligence says ten years.
02-15-06 - Germany 'stands with Israel' on Iran Germany?s foreign minister said his country would stand with Israel in dealing with Iran and would not rule out military cooperation.
02-15-06 - Group backs funding cut for P.A. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee favors the measure, but is focusing on another binding bill that is much more far-reaching, with bans on assistance to a government with any Hamas affiliation at all
02-15-06 - Dalai Lama urges Hamas to renounce violence
02-15-06 - Remedial education helps millions of Palestinian children since the Israeli military set up a gate at the bottom of the school hill two years ago, children as young as six years old and most of the two dozen teachers have been either delayed or denied access to the village. Classes have been held up or cancelled, forcing the headmistress to send students home.
02-15-06 - Palestinians prepare for the changing of the guards If Hamas is unable to exert control over the security forces it will result in "significant civil strife,"
02-15-06 - Oxford holds 'Apartheid Israel' week
02-15-06 - Ezra: Israel to share intelligence with four European countries
02-15-06 - Expectations of Middle East Peace Drop Following Hamas Victory Americans believe the United States should not give any financial aid to the Palestinians, and a plurality say the United States should conduct diplomatic relations with the Palestinians only if they recognize Israel as a nation.
02-14-06 - Israeli soldiers shoot student in face Soldiers claim that the boy opened a window, and when they ordered him to close it, he did not. So he was shot in the face by the soldiers at close range
02-14-06 - Settlers storm Beit Furik neighborhood
02-14-06 - Gazans Not Feeling Very Free "Sometimes, I think it would be better to have the settlers here," he said, "because they weren't able to do things like this to them. Sonic booms at 3 a.m. Shelling. It's the worst kind of terrorism, that's all you can call it. What else do you call it but terrorism, when your children are kept awake all night long, terrified?"
02-14-06 - Hamas refuses to name its choice for prime minister
02-14-06 - Hamas Assails U.S., Israeli 'interference'
02-14-06 - US says "no plot" for Hamas ouster In addition, some of the aid the Palestinians receive from the United States and European Union will be stopped or reduced, the officials told The Times. Further travel restrictions might also be imposed, including cutting Gaza off completely from the West Bank, the newspaper reported.
02-14-06 - Groups Call on Administration to Reject Pressure to Suspend USAID Funds to the Palestinians
02-14-06 - Palestinian leadership begs Germany for aid to continue
02-14-06 - Abbas to ask Hamas to share his political vision Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will ask Hamas to accept his vision of peace with Israel when the group assumes control of parliament this weekend, an aide said, setting the stage for crisis.
02-14-06 - Israel pressing for early aid cut-off of Hamas Israel is trying to persuade donor countries to sever support for the Palestinian Authority starting this weekend when a Hamas-led parliament is sworn in
02-14-06 - Israel Seeks To Cancel the Results of Legislative Elections Israeli daily Maariv quoted Israeli army staff sources saying that the president Mahmoud Abbas is able to cancel the elections results and announce conducting new elections within six months.
02-14-06 - Olmert slams Iranian president for 'hatred' towards Israel: report Earlier Tuesday, Israel's new army intelligence chief called Iran the "main threat" to the Jewish state and maintained that Tehran was likely to have the capacity to develop nuclear weapons "by the end of the decade".
02-14-06 - Hebron family traumatized after Shabbat attack
02-14-06 - US and Israel 'trying to destabilise Hamas' administration officials are considering putting pressure on Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states to ensure they do not make up the shortfall in funding.
02-14-06 - Israel arrests 19 in W Bank raids
02-14-06 - Canada Stands Behind Israel?s Position Canada = newest Israeli occupied territory.
02-14-06 - Help Needed in Hebron
02-14-06 - Judge: Israeli citizens who marry Palestinians can go live in Jenin
02-14-06 - Caught in the Middle Q&A: "Paradise Now" Actor Lives Between Two Worlds, But is a Part of Neither
02-14-06 - Harper lays out conditions for further Canadian aid in talks with Abbas
02-14-06 - Oscar organizers deny pressure on Palestinian film The issue of whether to designate the film as coming from Palestine or the Palestinian Authority has vexed Israeli officials and U.S. Jewish groups who maintain that since there is no Palestinian state, the designation of "Palestine" does not exist Pro-Israelis feel the need to control every aspect of all things Palestinian.
02-14-06 - Syria seeks to divert attention with Hezbollah front: Israel
02-14-06 - Jordanian king calls on EU to continue aid to Palestinians
02-14-06 - Russia delays delivering armored personnel carriers to Palestine "It would have been shortsighted to supply armored personnel carriers to Palestine bearing in mind the recent Hamas victory in parliamentary situations and the current state of Middle Eastern affairs, so we will take a break,"
02-14-06 - Pre-trial strategies suggest unwanted exposure of AIPAC's lobbying practices
02-14-06 - Mubarak Thinks Hamas Will Change Ways Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak thinks Hamas militants soon to head the Palestinian government will succumb to international pressure and renounce their violent campaign against Israel, Israel's Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz quoted him Monday as saying.
02-14-06 - Former Official Backs Lobbyists in Leak Case The former head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy helped write a memorandum of law calling for dismissal of Espionage Act charges against two pro-Israel lobbyists
02-14-06 - "Made in Palestine" art exhibition to open in New York City "Made in Palestine," an exhibition of the work of 23 Palestinian artists, in Palestine and in exile, is a beautiful testiment to the resilience, creativity and resistance of the Palestinian people and of Palestinian culture
02-14-06 - Olmert: Israel needs constitution Acting PM says constitution a must; Netanyahu agrees but warns against U.S. model
02-14-06 - Inflammatory Attack on Nonviolent Solidarity Group
02-13-06 - Israel 'has annexed Jordan Valley and shut out Palestinians' A 25-year-old Palestinian woman, Nafia Abu Musaed, died in hospital yesterday after being shot in the chest by Israeli troops near the Gaza border fence. IDF sources said that the soldiers involved had identified "movement of suspicious figures" 50 metres from the fence when the shots were fired. Palestinians sources said the woman was several hundred metres from the barrier.
02-13-06 - U.S. and Israelis Are Said to Talk of Hamas Ouster The intention is to starve the Palestinian Authority of money and international connections to the point where, some months from now, its president, Mahmoud Abbas, is compelled to call a new election. The hope is that Palestinians will be so unhappy with life under Hamas that they will return to office a reformed and chastened Fatah movement. Wow. Just when you thought that they couldn't go any lower... Starving them (some more) for wanting a less corrupt government, and jobs so that they can feed their families.
02-13-06 - Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian woman Nayfa Abu Imsaa'id, 25, and her friend were tending to some goats in an an area just east of the central Gaza town of Dair al-Balah on Monday when she was killed, family members told Aljazeera.net.
02-13-06 - Israel excludes Palestinians from fertile valley Israel has effectively annexed the Jordan Valley - about a third of the occupied West Bank - by barring almost all Palestinians from entering the region, a respected Israeli human rights group said yesterday.
02-13-06 - Israeli Settlers in Palestine attack Children, deface Mosque 10 year old Ahmed al-Haddad was attacked Monday by eight adult Israeli settlers in Hebron who chased him down, hitting him with stones until he fell off a wall.
02-13-06 - Hebron Update: January 30-February 5, 2006 Men
from the four families still living in the area told stories of
settler abuse. Settlers attacked their houses at night, threatened to
shoot the families and poisoned all of the four wells used to water
their flocks of goats.
02-13-06 - Hamas will end armed struggle if Israel quits occupied territories: leader However, Meshaal added in his latest comments that Hamas did not feel bound by the international Middle East roadmap for peace since, in his view, no one else was abiding by it.
02-13-06 - Fixing borders is Israel's top priority: Olmert His latest comments come despite a warning by the United States against any Israeli move to annex parts of the West Bank The last time a nation attempted to 'fix its own borders' was in 1991 when Saddam Hussein invaded Quwait. He was beaten back out of there - rightly so. Land taken by force is inadmissible: international law.
02-13-06 - Palestinian Parliament Strengthens Abbas The Palestinian parliament used its final session Monday to give President Mahmoud Abbas broad new powers, infuriating Hamas days before the Islamic group takes control of a suddenly weakened legislature.
02-13-06 - Army uproots hundreds of Olive trees near Ramallah Sunday night, Israeli Army uprooted hundreds of Olive Trees from lands owned by the Palestinian citizens in the western side of the West Bank village of Seera west of Ramallah.
02-13-06 - Little tolerance evident in museum, critics say
02-13-06 - Palestinians condemn Israeli plans to strike Palestinian power company A Palestinian power company official said Saturday he was extremely anxious about reports on Israel's plans to strike the infrastructure in areas under the Palestinian Authority and to destroy the power generation plant in Gaza.
02-13-06 - Israel cuts Jordan Rift from rest of West Bank Israel completed another cut-off process, which went unnoticed; In 2005, Israel completed a process of sealing off the eastern sector of the West Bank, including the Jordan Rift Valley, from the remainder of the West Bank. Some 2,000,000 Palestinians, residents of the West Bank, are prohibited from entering the area
02-13-06 - Greenhouses looted in economic blow to Gaza The looting began when gunmen from a militia hired to protect the greenhouses abandoned their posts early this month because they had not been paid,
02-13-06 - Family says it was targeted because of Arab descent Federal authorities had charged the brothers and others with conspiring to sell thousands of dollars worth of drugs. Then last month prosecutors unexpectedly asked a judge to drop the charges without explanation and without apology.
02-13-06 - Israel plays up Hamas links to Chechen separatists "It is widely known that Hamas does not intervene in the internal affairs of other sovereign countries," said group spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri. "Attempts by Israel to isolate Hamas internationally, politically and economically have failed." Next, Russia will play up Israel's links to Hamas..
02-13-06 - Hamas rounds up weapons in northern Gaza Strip
02-13-06 - Germany backs Israeli conditions for Hamas talks "Europeans will not negotiate with Hamas right now as it is on the terrorist blacklist. It is just not possible," said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier after meeting with Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.
02-13-06 - Venezuela Would Welcome Hamas Leaders Venezuela's vice president said Monday his country would welcome leaders from Hamas "with pleasure" if they visit the country as part of a South American tour following their victory in Palestinian elections
02-13-06 - Report: 350,000 Israelis live in NY
02-13-06 - Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East to Hold Press Conference in Washington Feb. 17 to warn churches not to embrace the anti-Israel message promoted by the Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM). The PSM is hosting a Divestment Conference at Georgetown University this weekend. (Yet) another pro-Israeli spin campaign is launched. The PSM really scare these folks. Good!
02-13-06 - Norway reopens West Bank office
02-13-06 - Japan meets with Arab women on aid The representatives of women's organizations in Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian territories are on a weeklong visit that will address literacy campaigns, education and vocational training, the foreign ministry said.
02-13-06 - Soldiers, olive trees, and Santa Claus In a large show of force, over twenty Israeli soldiers declared
the whole area a closed military zone, and ordered everyone to leave,
preventing Israelis and Palestinians from planting olive trees together.
Somehow,