February '07 Archive
02-28-07 - Israeli officers kill Islamic Jihad leaders An undercover Israeli unit shot and killed two Islamic Jihad leaders and their driver in the West Bank town of Jenin today, triggering promises of revenge from the militant organisation.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, around 50,000 people in the city of Nablus were put under curfew for the second time this week
02-28-07 - Abbas expects Palestinian unity government on time
02-28-07 - Israeli army continues military offensive in Nablus
02-28-07 - Israeli police ban conference on holy site Israeli police on Wednesday banned a news conference by Muslim and Christian opponents to Israeli excavation work near a disputed holy site
02-28-07 - Soldiers fire at three teenagers who tried to cross the Gaza perimeter fence, killing one and wounding the other two, Jan. 07
02-28-07 - Settlement Planning Council legitimizes Land Theft The illegal settlement neighborhood is being constructed by two companies registered in Canada; Green Park and Green Mount, two other companies known as Ein Ami and Hefziba, are also taking part in the conduction.
02-28-07 - Unity government watch - Hamas tells PNN problems should first be solved, Fateh says form it anyway
02-28-07 - IDF sniper acquitted due to poor investigation The indictment claimed that in the investigation of the incident, the solider admitted to shooting against orders and supposedly said, "One more Arab is dead."
02-28-07 - 17 Palestinians taken prisoner in the West Bank, including a law maker Hatem Qafisha, a Palestinian parliament member was abducted from his home in Hebron city when troops attacked and ransacked it. Qafisha was released from Israeli detention center two months ago after spending two years in administrative detention.
02-28-07 - Israel's Peretz warns of Hamas' threat in Gaza Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz has warned of Hamas' threat in the Gaza Strip, accusing the movement of using a truce agreement between Israel and the Palestinians to continue stockpiling arms, the Ha'aretz daily reported on Wednesday
02-28-07 - Hunger strike expected in Israeli prison, call for medical attention after Palestinian is blinded Palestinians in Israeli prison are expecting to began the latest chapter in their longstanding tradition of nonviolent resistance.
02-28-07 - Missile harmlessly crashes in southern Israel
02-28-07 - Presidency of PLC calls for Israel to abide by international law The Israeli administration announced Wednesday that it is expanding settlements in northeast Jerusalem by building thousands more units near the Qalandia Checkpoint in Ramallah.
02-28-07 - Call for more rights for Arab minority in Israel "Our intention is to define who is a citizen in Israel, not who is a Jew in Israel," he said. "We are at a time when there is much debate about the Jewishness of the state and when there is an increasing discourse about Arabs as a demographic threat. They try to emphasise the ethnicity of the state. This is our time to respond."
02-28-07 - URGENT ACTION: Stop construction of the wall in Bi'lin. Please sign the online petition against the construction of the separation wall
in the Palestinian village of Bi'lin, found at www.petitiononline.com/Bilin/petition.html
02-28-07 - Iran's Very Bad N-Word ** Asked by Siegel to explain why the Israelis have suggested a much shorter timeline for Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, Negroponte stated the obvious with bluntness uncommon for a diplomat. "I think that sometimes what the Israelis will do (is) give you the worst-case assessment."....Seldom have I heard an American senator so openly press the U.S. to mount an attack on a major country simply because it could be perceived as a threat to Israel
02-28-07 - Secretary-General urges committee on Palestinian rights to use creativity, persistence in pursuit of Middle East peace
02-28-07 - Hamas official denies having crisis with Egypt
02-28-07 - UNESCO experts tour controversial Jerusalem dig
02-28-07 - EU increases economic aid for UN's Palestinian relief organization The European Union plans to support the United Nations' relief organization for Palestinian refugees with 264 million euros (349 million dollars) between 2007 and 2010, the EU Commission said Wednesday in Brussels.
02-28-07 - Nablus: Soldier wounded in roadside bombing
02-28-07 - Israeli airport "profiling" to end - Arab lawmaker
02-28-07 - Senior Israeli military officials call for a large offensive in Gaza
02-28-07 - 'Homeless neighbor' policy Scroll down for this part. Israel's use of Palestinian human shields has been given a new name.
02-28-07 - Star-crossed lovers quit West Bank
02-28-07 - Eurovision 'Armageddon' in Israel Push the Button is widely thought to be a response to Iran's nuclear ambitions and the Islamic republic's fiery president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
02-28-07 - 'Racist' forced to withdraw bid for Israeli cabinet post Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the most right-wing party in Israel's governing coalition, was forced last night to cancel his nomination of a colleague condemned as a "true racist" to the Tourism Ministry.
02-28-07 - Edward Said mural The General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS) would like to ask for your support in our project to unveil a Palestinian cultural mural commemorating the late Dr. Edward Said on the Cesar Chavez Student Center building at San Francisco State University. We have been working hard to finalize the mural and have reached a roadblock that we cannot overcome without your help.
02-28-07 - Friends stunned by spy charges instead of being greeted by relatives after landing in Cairo, Attar was met by Egyptian officials and accused of being a gay Zionist who spied for the Israeli secret service.
02-28-07 - Lieut. Colonel reprimanded, denied promotion for hitting Palestinian
02-28-07 - EGYPT: Traditional Influence Begins to Decline
02-28-07 - Hundreds march in funeral procession of longstanding Bethlehem figure The former Mayor of Beit Sahour was buried near the Greek Orthodox Church in the southern Bethlehem District city yesterday after dying of natural causes.
02-28-07 - Kids' prayers aimed against Ahmadinejad the Iranian president has repeatedly called for Israel to be "wiped off the map." Iran's push for nuclear capability has raised fears in Israel that Ahmadinejad may soon be capable of carrying out his threat.
Did Ahmadinejad really call for Israel to be wiped off the map? Would Israel's claim hold up in court, if it came down to it?
02-28-07 - UN relays Israel concerns over Syria-Lebanon arms smuggling
02-28-07 - And then there were two FOR two decades, the U.S. government has been trying to deport two Palestinians living in Southern California ? middle-aged men who have been lawful permanent residents of this country for three decades
02-28-07 - Women and the Palestinian struggle for self-determination focus of library talk
02-28-07 - Japanese FM seeks 'unique role' in Mideast
02-28-07 - DFLP Anniversay demo in Bil?in village this Friday
02-28-07 - Peace Now report: 21 settlements annex land from nature reserves
02-28-07 - Stoere discussed the ME and Afghanistan in Washington Stoere said after the meeting that Norway and the US differ in their view on the agreement reached between the Palestinian groups at their meeting in Mecca. In Norway's opinion, this agreement should lead to a lifting of the economic boycott.
02-28-07 - King Abdullah and Tony Blair discuss Middle East peace
02-28-07 - Indonesia to host meetings on Iraq, Palestine conflicts One meeting will be held between Hamas and high-ranking officials and public figures from Europe and the United States next month.
02-28-07 - Making a difference in Palestine
02-28-07 - US Israel Lobby Targets Lebanon's Jihad al-Bina It is not enough for AIPAC that the recent Congressional elections, which increased the number of Zionist Jews in Congress from 26 to 31, is the largest pro-Israel contingent elected to Congress in American history
02-28-07 - Brownback: Engage Iran on Iraq In remarks Wednesday in New York to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the Kansas Republican conceded that such engagement was unlikely to work with a country that says it is committed to the destruction of Israel.
02-28-07 - Dershowitz Lambastes Former President "Jimmy Carter was warned in advance that this would be misunderstood," Dershowitz said, holding up the book to the crowd packed into the Emerson lecture hall. "He's not at fault for the hate sites that use his writings? Yes he is. You are judged by the company you keep and the company that keeps you." Reaching for straws, as always.
02-28-07 - Wisconsin lawmakers scale back privately funded trips
02-28-07 - Spar over divestment at ASSU The ASSU Undergraduate Senate heard from the Jewish Student Association (JSA) and Students Confronting Apartheid in Israel (SCAI) last night for and against a bill authored by Senator Nabill Idrisi '09 calling for the University to selectively divest from "companies that violate international law and abuse human rights in Israel and Palestine."
02-28-07 - Muslim cleric draws fire from JDL leader Weinstein later found himself on the defensive, fending off questions about the Jewish Defence League?s own violent past. The FBI has labelled the JDL "a right-wing terrorist group," but Weinstein said the Canadian wing is "independent" from the one in the United States. Mmm k.
02-28-07 - Israeli Embassy vs. 'Forgiveness' 'Forgiveness,' which won the support of the noted theorist Slavoj Zizek who also garnered support for the film, tells the story of a young American Israeli who joins the IDF and finds himself admitted to a psychiatric institution, which mainly treats Holocaust survivors. The ghosts of the dead haunt the hospital, which sits on the ruins of the Palestinian village of Dir Yassin whose residents were killed during the War of Independence.
02-27-07 - Palestinians venture out after deadly Israeli incursion
02-27-07 - Hamas chief evokes political 'prospect' in Palestinian-Israeli conflict
02-27-07 - Gazans upset by three suspected 'honor killings' Female activists in the Gaza Strip expressed deep concern over the latest spree of murders and urged the Hamas-led government to take measures against the perpetrators
02-27-07 - Body pulled out of collapsed tunnel on Gaza-Egypt border Palestinian security officials on Tuesday pulled the body of a Palestinian man out of a tunnel along the Egyptian border that collapsed earlier this week.
02-27-07 - Hebron settler spokesman attacks Italian film crew
02-27-07 - Hamas and Fatah agreed to reform PLO: Fatah lawmaker
02-27-07 - Mubarak leaves for Riyadh for talks with King Abdullah on regional developments
02-27-07 - Republican senator urges US to deal with Iran, avoid war Hagel, whose criticisms of American foreign policy in the Middle East have ruffled the Bush administration, also backed greater US involvement on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.
02-27-07 - More factions agree to join Palestinian national unity gov't: Haneya's aide
02-27-07 - Refugee agency criticizes Israeli policy Commissioner-General of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Karen Koning AbuZayd, said Tuesday that ignoring Israel's expansion of settlements and extension of the separation barrier, as well as economic blockades and the "occupation generally," works against the agency's goals.
02-27-07 - Two residents injured, one taken prisoner, during anti-Wall protest in Bethlehem Two Palestinian residents were injured, and one was taken prisoner, during Tuesday clashes between farmers and residents of Um Salmouna village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as the army started bulldozing orchards in preparation for the construction of the Annexation Wall
02-27-07 - Israeli raid 'will not keep TV station off the air' Mrs Braik said the station regularly interviewed Palestinians whose houses had been targeted or occupied during the frequent incursions into the old city. She said the station had not filmed Israeli military operations in progress since a raid in 2002.
02-27-07 - Israeli forces abduct four Palestinian civilians near Hebron
02-27-07 - Russia offers Hamas leader help to lift embargo Russia told Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Tuesday it would try to influence Western powers into lifting an aid embargo on the Palestinian administration but urged the Islamist movement to recognize Israel.... Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman, also in Moscow on a visit, rejected any possibility of lifting the embargo or recognizing the planned new Palestinian government at this stage.
02-27-07 - Armed resistance launches projectiles at Israeli forces in Gaza Strip in response to Nablus invasion Saraya Al Quds claimed responsibility for launching projectiles at the Kissufim military installation in the Gaza Strip
02-27-07 - Israeli war-ship opens fire at Palestinian fishermen in Rafah In a separate incident, Israel army tanks stationed east of Rafah city opened fire at Palestinian farmers working on their lands; no in injuries were reported.
02-27-07 - UNRWA appeals for US$ 26 million to rehabilitate Neirab Refugee Camp in Syria The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has appealed for US$ 26 million to improve the living conditions of some 18,000 Palestine refugees living in Neirab camp near Aleppo, Syria.
02-27-07 - Hezbollah warns U.S. against Iran attack Sheik Naim Kassem suggested his pro-Iranian group would not get involved if the U.S. attacks Iran, but he raised the possibility that Israel might attack Lebanon as part of such an assault ? in which case, he said, Hezbollah would "definitely" respond.
02-27-07 - A fun day for children in Gaza
02-27-07 - Hebron Reflection:Barriers to Peace Some of Israel's barriers are made of concrete, of varying sizes and shapes. In
Hebron, barriers such as these block access to areas that Israeli soldiers tell
us "are for Jews only". Palestinians who live in the Tel Rumeida area must leave
their vehicles at the concrete barriers and make their way on foot to their
homes. Vehicular access to the area is only possible for Israeli settlers.
02-27-07 - Negev desert nomads on the move again to make way for Israel's barrier His tent is small but it affords Mr Hassan a compelling view of the future. Stretched out before him are the hilltops of the West Bank where he and his family, all Bedouin shepherds who fled Israel in 1948, used to live and graze their sheep. Standing there now is Ma'ale Adumim, one of the largest Jewish settlements which is illegal under international law.
02-27-07 - Widespread Demands for Pollard's Release American Jewish organizations have organized a massive nationwide campaign to call the White House every afternoon for the next two months and request/demand freedom for Pollard.....The Zionist Organization of America "welcomes" the recent statements by former CIA director James Woolsey and former top US. Middle East negotiator Dennis Ross in favor of clemency for Pollard, and reiterated its own call for his release.
02-27-07 - From May 2006: George Washington Had It Right He warned against foreign influence, calling it a poison to republican government. While he was no doubt thinking of the French, his advice applies to Israel. No foreign country should be allowed to influence American policy because that country will always seek to influence policy to favor its interests, not ours. If we followed Washington's advice, the only thing we would be sending to the Middle East would be oil tankers and tourists.
02-27-07 - As Jewish groups huddle, quagmire in Iraq undermines resolve on Iran The Boston JCRC proposal called for Jewish and non-Jewish groups to form a "Stop Iran" coalition that would launch political, economic and educational initiatives against the Iranian nuclear threat, including a mass demonstration in Washington and a divestment campaign.....Hagel said Bush's policy of not engaging Iran until it comes clean on its nuclear program was not adequate. "By refusing to engage with Iran, we are perpetuating dangerous geopolitical unpredictabilities," he said. "Our refusal to recognize Iran's influence does not decrease its influence but increases it." He added, "We must be clear that the United States does not seek regime change in Iran." Such talk is in clear contradiction to policies promoted by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the lobbying powerhouse, which backs Bush's tough posture and advocates only the narrowest engagement with Iran.
02-27-07 - Theater empowers Palestinians Dreams, for the children of Jenin, are thin. The camp is subject to Israeli army incursions almost nightly. Poverty, unemployment, and isolation are at high levels. Many children have witnessed violence of one kind or another: homes destroyed by Israeli army bulldozers during the Battle of Jenin, the death of parents or siblings during hostilities. Except for the Freedom Theatre, there is little to do and barely even a place to play.
02-27-07 - Germantown Man Accused of Terror Ties A Palestinian man living with his family in a quiet Germantown cove is in government custody after he's accused of having ties to terrorists
02-27-07 - Palestine Native Sentenced To Seven Years The leader of a small mosque in Rome, Ga., has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after confessing to aiding the Islamic militant group Hamas
02-27-07 - Analysis: EU extends hand to Israel The EU commissioner criticized Israel for failing to implement an agreement on movement and access designed to ease travel and movement of goods and thus help the Palestinian economy
02-27-07 - America's Alliance With bin Laden We can thank Scooter Libby and the vice president of the United States for having blinded American intelligence to Iranian WMD programs ? Valerie Plame was reportedly the CIA's resident expert on Iranian WMD, and her outfit, Brewster-Jennings "consulting," was the U.S. government's regional eyes and ears on nuclear proliferation issues. I guess that's why we have to depend on the Israelis.
02-27-07 - Irish Bishops call for justice in Palestine/Israel "We also intend to raise with Minister Ahern the intolerable situation that is the daily lot of the Palestinians who live in Gaza, a territory just 6 miles wide and 25 miles long and home to 1.3 million Palestinians. As things presently stand Gaza is little more than a large prison. Israel retains control of its land borders, airspace and territorial waters and imposes severe restrictions on the rights of Palestinians in Gaza to either enter or leave the territory. This injustice is exacerbated by the restrictions that are placed on Palestinians engaged in a commercial activity such as fishing a key source of income in a territory such as Gaza with a relatively long coastline."
02-27-07 - UN envoy takes Israel to task over Lebanon overflights "The question of Israeli overflights has been raised forcefully in our meetings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem,"
02-27-07 - Senators Eye Curbs on Cluster Bombs, Widening Matter beyond Israel?s Use "For Jewish-American activists who are active because of their concerns about Israel, they are, generally speaking, not going to want to see additional restrictions placed on Israel's use of U.S. weaponry,".... The director of Human Rights Watch?s arms division, Steve Goose, said the first Feinstein-Leahy push failed "primarily because it was depicted as an anti-Israel amendment." Advocates of the new bill have begun outreach to Jewish-American groups to tamp down any misperceptions that the measure targets Israel, he added.
02-27-07 - Hikind's New/Old Cause Hikind is drawing national attention (CNN is interviewing him Thursday, he says) for his support of a plan by a group called Amana to expand Jewish communities in the West Bank by encouraging Americans to buy yet-unbuilt homes there. This is a New York State legislator offering support for violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention (article 49)
02-27-07 - Journalists condemn attacks on media during ongoing Nablus invasion Journalists are issuing daily condemnations of the attacks they are facing. Tareq Abu Kishek has difficulty broadcasting the news, as Israeli forces throw sound bombs when he tries to broadcast on air.
02-27-07 - UAE reaffirms support for Palestinians
02-27-07 - Business booming in Israel, says diplomat Then they don't need that extra aid that they are looking to get from American taxpayers.
02-27-07 - Coming Home: Palestinian Cinema In 1982, the Israeli army invaded Lebanon and the Palestinian film archives disappeared, along with the rest of the PLO's cultural heritage collections
02-27-07 - Peretz warns Hamas over Gaza weapons Defense minister says IDF may have to act against terror groups in Gaza; also sends warning to Hizbullah
02-27-07 - Palestinian terror suspect offers insight into years spent in CIA custody
02-27-07 - Arab League chief blasts Iran policy The 22-member nation group's Secretary-General Amr Mousa Tuesday blasted what he called "double standards" in the West's dealing with Iran's nuclear program, even if it was not military, while "there is definitely an Israeli nuclear military program."
02-27-07 - Criticizing Israel is not an act of bigotry This is the latest attempt to conflate anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism in order to silence or marginalize criticism of Israel. This approach is widely used in Canada. Upon becoming CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Bernie Farber declared that one of his goals was to "educate Canadians about the links between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism."
02-27-07 - Unjustified Lawsuit Threatens Free Speech Maniaci is a former chairman of the JDL, basically a terrorist organization which an FBI official called ?violent? and ?extremist? in 2004 congressional testimony. Maniaci also tried to get THE HOYA to run an offensive, racist ad just before the conference.
02-27-07 - Where the Israeli Baseball League Can Find the Best Pitchers
02-27-07 - Israel & The West tighten grip on occupied Palestine
02-27-07 - Italy irked at mafia comment Italy took umbrage after an Israeli watchdog warned that his country was going the way of Sicily.
02-27-07 - Re: Feb. 8 article "West Bank outposts thriving." the average reader probably infers that the 200 major settlements must be "legal." All 300 settlements housing more than 400,000 Israelis in the West Bank are illegal, as is the 40-year occupation according to the United Nations Charter and many U.N. resolutions.
02-27-07 - Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon Authorities have confiscated 31 sets of highly sophisticated explosive devices near a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, police said Tuesday.
02-27-07 - Students form Israel Caucus Students at Harvard University?s John F. Kennedy School of Government have formed a group that aims to show the many positive facets of the Jewish state
02-27-07 - Be fair to Palestinians
02-26-07 - One shot dead in West Bank raid Associated Press television filmed a group of soldiers forcing a Palestinian youth to lead them into one building being searched.
02-26-07 - Israeli troops kill father, wound his son in Nablus The eyewitnesses in the city said that a 50-years-old Palestinian was shot dead by an Israel bullet to the neck, while he was walking down a street with his son. The son was wounded in his leg from the gunfire.
02-26-07 - 2nd round of Palestinian coalition gov't talks to begin
02-26-07 - Unknown gunmen kill a Palestinian man in Iraq
02-26-07 - Abbas condemns Israeli army operation in Nablus
02-26-07 - Nablus man critical after denial of medical treatment When the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC) tried to evacuate Ashraf they found him in shock and tried to escort him down the stairs. Their path was blocked by soldiers, who beat up one UPMRC volunteeer.
02-26-07 - Hamas leader hails Russian efforts over aid embargo
02-26-07 - The little girl trapped by a quirk of war "I'm not asking the Israeli government for compensation for my late wife," her father said. "I'm only asking that they take care of Marya as I won't be around for ever." The Israeli defence ministry, however, has refused to meet the cost of a lifetime's care which has been estimated at £10,000 a month - millions in all.
02-26-07 - Japan plans 4-way Middle East meeting Japan has planned to help build an agro-industrial park on the West Bank in a joint project under the framework and has pledged to seek cooperation from private-sector companies.
02-26-07 - Israel arrests two Palestinians suspected of killing settler (Extra) They reportedly told interrogators they killed Levanon out of 'nationalist' motives, but not on behalf of any militant organization.
02-26-07 - ROUNDUP: Jordan, Saudi Arabia blast Israeli incursion into Nablus
02-26-07 - Israeli army attack Nablus hospitals
02-26-07 - Israeli army abducts ten Palestinian civilians near Jenin
02-26-07 - Abbas arrives in UAE for talks
02-26-07 - Obama to address AIPAC
02-26-07 - AIPAC Demands "Action" on Iran **
02-26-07 - A Debate on the Israel Lobby
02-26-07 - Israel to hold nationwide nuclear attack drill Israel suspects is Iran is aiming to develop an atomic bomb, but Tehran insists its programme is for civilian energy purposes
02-26-07 - Virtually at war
02-26-07 - Preemption option: a must for Israel Why the CSM has saw fit to publish and feature prominently on its front page not one but two pieces of propaganda that fall in line with the 'attack Iran' camp is a mystery to me.
02-26-07 - Palestinian Diplomat Official Speaks at Lehigh University
02-26-07 - Watchdog slams doves for defending P.A. Palestinian Media Watch slammed a dovish Jewish group for defending Palestinian Authority textbooks. PMW, a 'watchdog'? Sounds more like a Hasbara outfit.
02-26-07 - Cultural festival on land annexed for Wall This Friday villagers from South Bethlehem will hold a cultural festival on their land which is being confiscated for the annexation barrier.
02-26-07 - Diamond in the rough: Israel launching a pro baseball league infusing a deep-seated part of Americana could be a public relations boon for Israel. Fittingly, the league's first commissioner is Daniel Kurtzer, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel. The opportunity to show Israel not only as a country at war but as a country involved in sports - quintessentially American sports at that - could help Americans bond with Israel....exposing new audiences to Israel is an important part of this initiative.
Always an agenda, seems.
02-26-07 - Jews should embrace evangelicals despite their differences, group told if the evangelical community perceives that the United States is forcing concessions on Israel against its government's will, "they come down on the White House like a ton of bricks," he said.
02-26-07 - Musical comedy on West Bank wins Oscar for best live action short film
02-26-07 - U.S. Vows To Force-feed Inmate On Strike Former Professor Sami al-Arian, 49, began his strike Jan. 21 and has had only water since to protest demands he testify about Virginia Muslim charities allegedly financing terrorist organizations.
02-26-07 - Brandeis U. under 'friendly fire' Despite the fact that American politics are primarily democratic, throughout the years it has aligned itself with the hawkish parties in Israel. In time, this stance was adopted by organizations such as AIPAC, the United Jewish Appeal, the Presidents' Conference and Zionists of America. Anyone questioning this stance found himself ousted.
02-26-07 - GOP drops candidate over Jewish remarks "I personally see Israel going into Iran and Syria in the next couple of months... It's mainly because of the Jewish faction inside the Democratic Party. Most Jewish people are Democrats, and they bring that wealth. My opinion is, if Israel would go into Iran, Democrats will follow that cause."
02-26-07 - Knesset members seek trial of blood libel author Committee Chairman Michael Melchior said Toaff has caused "damage to the Jewish people and to the nation of Israel," The Jerusalem Post reported.
02-26-07 - From July 2005: The American hand in Iran On February 11, a promoter of the IFF, Worldnetdaily.com, announced that Corsi had helped Republican Senator Paul Santorum write the Iran Freedom and Support Act of 2005 Corsi is a neocon.
02-26-07 - Hizbullah builds new line of defense
02-26-07 - In e-mail age, some still swear by pigeons The most common users of the 3,000-year-old method of communication are Palestinian refugees
02-25-07 - Israeli ban hurting Gaza fishermen: rights group An Israeli human rights group slammed the country's military on Sunday for devastating the Gaza Strip's lucrative fishing industry by harassing, humiliating, and even shooting Palestinian fishermen.
02-25-07 - Israeli police find body
02-25-07 - Palestinian woman dies of wounds sustained two weeks ago in Al Aqsa Mosque The woman, Yosra Ahmad Al Rajabi, aged 60, from Beit Hanina neighborhood in Jerusalem, was seriously injured as she was attempting to bar the soldiers from abducting a Palestinian youth who was protesting against the excavations.
02-25-07 - Blue-ribbon panel heads for US to negotiate 'responsible' new aid package Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer will head a high-level Israeli delegation to Washington this week for talks on the future of American aid, with his presence aimed at sending a message of "fiscal responsibility," government officials said Sunday. The team left Sunday night and will discuss terms of a new multiyear US aid package that is expected - in addition to the annual military assistance - to also include loan guarantee requests for development of the Negev and Galilee.
02-25-07 - Israeli troops raid West Bank city Soldiers then moved from house to house in search of suspects. At one point, a small group forced a Palestinian youth to lead them into a home. Still using human shields, I see.
02-25-07 - Palestinian "executive force" member wounded in Khan Younis Palestinian medical sources said the militants opened fire on 23-year-old Hassan Saleem Sharrab, wounding him in both legs. The youth was taken to hospital for treatment.
02-25-07 - Islamic Jihad says willing to join PLO
02-25-07 - Abbas urges Haneya to accelerate formation of coalition A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement urged designated Prime Minister Ismail Haneya of Hamas on Sunday to accelerate formation of national unity government.
02-25-07 - Jihad denies reports on planned attacks against Israeli targets abroad
02-25-07 - Hamas lawmaker slams Jordanian king's remarks on recognizing Israel A senior Hamas lawmaker on Sunday slammed Jordan's King Abdullah II for asking forthcoming Palestinian national unity government to recognize Israel.
02-25-07 - In pictures - Israeli forces stage major incursion in West Bank town
02-25-07 - At-Tuwani Update: February 1-17, 2007
02-25-07 - Abbas arrives in Cairo for talks on Palestinian issue Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived here on Sunday for talks on forming a Palestinian national unity government, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.
02-25-07 - Abdullah to address Congress Jordan?s King Abdullah II will speak to the U.S. Congress and appeal for an increased U.S. role in brokering Middle East peace.
02-25-07 - Report: 3 Gulf states agree to IAF overflights en route to Iran ** According to the report, a diplomat from one of the gulf states visiting Washington on Saturday said the three states, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, have told the United States that they would not object to Israel using their airspace, despite their fear of an Iranian response. Coincidentally, Cheney is in Oman today.
02-25-07 - Israeli companies suspected of funding Palestinian groups: report
02-25-07 - Meqdad; We Do Not Expect A Swift Unlock Of Aid Embargo Maher Meqdad, spokesperson of Fateh expected that the road will not be paved before the Palestinian unity government in the aftermath of the international stance, insisted to meet up Quartet's triple conditions.
02-25-07 - Rampaging settlers given immunity by Hebron Police on Sabbath The teenage settler girl and several young settler boys then proceeded to kick and punch the tourist, injuring him in the groin and legs. The tourist continued to appeal to the nearby soldiers for help, but the soldiers did not respond. Start making more videos of these incidents, upload them to You Tube. Seems the only way to draw any real international attention to matters such as these.
02-25-07 - Palestinian Antiquities Minister: UNESCO must be let in to assess damage at Al Aqsa The Palestinian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities says that the Israeli government has disregarded Palestinian, Islamic and international requests to stop the destruction of Muslim holy sites in occupied Jerusalem
02-25-07 - Egypt rejects conditions on Palestinian government
02-25-07 - Israel welcomes European demand that Palestinian government recognize Israel
02-25-07 - Palestinian GDP shrinks by over 11%
02-25-07 - INTERVIEW-EU dangles prospects of new aid to Palestinians The European Union's external relations commissioner will seek in a four-day trip to the Middle East to encourage the formation of an internationally acceptable Palestinian government with the prospect of new aid.
02-25-07 - Arab League refutes Israeli reports on using Arab airspace against Iran **
02-25-07 - BADIL Center: "Israel is practicing ethnic cleansing" Joseph Schechla, coordinator of the Habitat International Coalition's Housing and Land Rights Network, characterized Israel?s Basic Laws and parastatal institutions such as the World Zionist Organization/Jewish Agency, and the Jewish National Fund as "principal agents in carrying out Israel's material discrimination against non-Jewish citizens and long-expelled refugees who inhabited the country before the creation of the state of Israel."
02-25-07 - HEBRON REFLECTION: "I'm Ok" After being shot with a grenade by Israeli forces, I am grateful that I am ok. I
limped home from the demonstration on my own two feet, unlike the four others I
watched carried away on stretchers.
02-25-07 - Jordan queen urges Muslims to reject extremism Jordan's Queen Rania on Sunday said Muslims must recognise that much of the terror in recent years has been committed in the name of Islam if they want to be taken seriously by the West.
02-25-07 - Edwards: Israel not a threat to world peace Columnist Peter Bart reports that Edwards told a Hollywood fundraiser last month that the possibility that Israel would bomb Iran's nuclear facilities is perhaps the greatest short-term threat to world peace.
02-25-07 - JCPA, Hillel plenum draws 800 Delegates will close the session on Tuesday with lobbying on Capitol Hill. Among the policies they will advocate are sanctions against Iran and Sudan
02-25-07 - Shorbagi to be sentenced The charge came from donations Shorbagi made to the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), an Islamic charity shut down by federal authorities in 2001.
02-25-07 - Transcripts lack key quotes in terrorism case In recent court filings, defense lawyers disclosed striking discrepancies between an official summary and the verbatim transcripts of an FBI wiretapped conversation in 1996 involving Holy Land officials.
02-25-07 - Film?s View of Islam Stirs Anger on Campuses When a Middle East discussion group organized a showing at New York University recently, it found that the distributors of ?Obsession? were requiring those in attendance to register at IsraelActivism.com, and that digital pictures of the events be sent to Hasbara Fellowships, a group set up to counter anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses.
02-25-07 - ?West Skirting Israeli Nuke Issue? ?The Middle East should be free of all weapons of mass destruction. There is unwillingness on the part of America and its European allies to discuss Israel?s weapons. As you have seen just now Gen. Clark and others will go first to Iran, then other countries, and then to Israel,?
02-25-07 - Hezbollah construction firm -- charity or terror group? "Is it terrorism to help people rebuild their homes, destroyed by American-made Israeli bombs in the course of a war sponsored by the United States?"
02-25-07 - The European path for Israel?
02-25-07 - Israeli government pressured UNRWA into forcing resignation of director of West Bank operations Fange's criticism of the Israeli occupation and his support of Palestinian refugees led to his forced resignation two years before his five year term was completed, say the UNRWA sources.
02-25-07 - Man without a country is stuck in prison His birthplace, Saudi Arabia, won't recognize him as a citizen because of his Palestinian ancestry; other countries, including Jordan, won't take him either.
02-25-07 - Israel and Turkey Have a Plan Turkey and Israel are acknowledging that that are once again discussing the possibility of constructing underwater pipelines from the Turkish port of Ceyhan to the Israeli port of Ashkelon.
02-25-07 - Lenten Message from Patriarch of Jerusalem
02-25-07 - PBS and students to discuss Islamic and American relations The meeting will coincide with a six-part PBS film series produced by WETA ?TV, the PBS affiliate in Washington, D.C. The series is titled, ?America at a Crossroads,? and explores the American experience in the War on Terror in Iraq. One of the film clips which will be shown at the meeting is called, ?The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom? and will discuss the reasons and objectives of an aggressive foreign policy in Iraq. Perle is featured extensively in this segment.
02-24-07 - Four killed in new Gaza clashes At least four Palestinians have been killed and nearly 20 hurt in the Gaza Strip in fresh violence between backers of the rival Hamas and Fatah factions.
02-24-07 - Council approves illegal W. Bank building plan The project calls for the construction of 42 buildings containing approximately 1,500 apartments. The buildings, already in various stages of construction, are in the neighborhood of Matityahu East, which is located in the large ultra-Orthodox settlement of Modi'in Ilit.
02-24-07 - No change on sanctions after Abbas trip Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ended his European tour Saturday without persuading any country to end crippling economic sanctions based on his power-sharing deal with the rival Islamic militant Hamas.
02-24-07 - PPS Appeals for Saving Life of a Female Palestinian Prisoner
02-24-07 - Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories
02-24-07 - OIC chair Malaysia says Muslim nations to sever ties with Israel Malaysia, the chair of the 57-member Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), has said Saturday the grouping had agreed to sever ties with Israel over its works at the Al-Aqsa mosque.
02-24-07 - Chirac vows to support coalition Palestinian gov't
02-24-07 - Negotiations on abducted Israeli soldier significantly advanced: report Israel has confirmed "significant" progress in negotiations for the release of abducted soldier Gilad Shalit, the Jerusalem Post reported on its website Saturday evening.
02-24-07 - Palestinian organization activities relieve some psychological stress on children under siege
02-24-07 - Abbas: "We must continue to hold talks with Israel"
02-24-07 - Amid turmoil, a Hamas mayor builds and builds "Simply, we don't want occupation," Shatat said. "Leave us alone and let us administer our institutions by our own hands."
02-24-07 - Israel denies seeking US go-ahead for Iran strike **
02-24-07 - "Israeli settlement sale in Teaneck discriminatory, may violate international law and the roadmap"
02-24-07 - Report: Pakistan's Musharraf calls Palestinian president to discuss Mideast peace bid
02-24-07 - Israeli army abducts eight Palestinians from Hebron
02-24-07 - Five year old girl terrified to death after Israeli forces arrest her father
02-24-07 - Israeli forces uproot trees to make way for Settlers road Qassem Al Najar, the owner of the trees stated that the Israeli army is planning to expand a Settlers road that connects the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Brikha to Israeli.
02-24-07 - Palestinians under Arab pressure to meet demands
02-24-07 - Senior Israeli official denies report of progress in talks on Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap
02-24-07 - Sen. Sununu speaks on Iraq; Bush policy on war; upcoming election Sununu did not dispute corruption exists in both Israeli and Palestinian governments, but made clear: "Corruption is horrible, but that doesn't mean that two parties can't come to an agreement on things like borders and security and have that agreement hold."
02-24-07 - Yemen and US work on their relationship The unjust foreign policies of the Americans, especially towards Palestine, triggered hatred among many youth, said al-Hitar
02-24-07 - Coverage of controversial Carter book slow, reactionary In my view, AJC opinion page editors should have sought out Palestinians for their reactions. Even more important, the AJC and other media outlets should have spent more time focusing on the book's contents so that readers might have a better understanding of the complexities facing the region.
02-24-07 - Sudan's Beshir urges lifting of boycott on Palestinians
02-24-07 - US rejects ban on cluster bombs
02-24-07 - Sale brings controversy from West Bank to N.J. However, a New Jersey official said state and federal authorities have no jurisdiction on overseas property.
.....About a dozen complaints about the event have been sent to the state Division on Civil Rights, spokesman Lee Moore said Friday.However, the agency determined that it does not have jurisdiction over such sales, and that the sales also fall outside the federal Fair Housing Act, Moore said.
Locked out again. I wonder if the shoe were on the other foot, would this event be taking place in the US? Congress would pass emergency legislation blocking such sales, no doubt.
02-23-07 - Palestinian killed, one abducted by unknown gunmen in Gaza
02-23-07 - Israel seeks all clear for Iran air strike ** Israel is negotiating with the United States for permission to fly over Iraq as part of a plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.....A senior Israeli defence official said negotiations were now underway between the two countries for the US-led coalition in Iraq to provide an "air corridor" in the event of the Israeli government deciding on unilateral military action to prevent Teheran developing nuclear weapons.
02-23-07 - IDF prohibits fishing off Gaza coast and abuse fishermen
02-23-07 - Israelis and Palestinians unite in protest at barrier And, as happens every week, there was pushing and shoving, then a volley of stones thrown by boys some distance away from the demonstrators. The Israeli military fired stun grenades and dozens of rounds of tear gas, before eventually bringing out a water cannon to disperse the crowd. Sixteen people were injured, four of whom were taken to hospital.
02-23-07 - Israeli court backs settlement fence Israel?s High Court of Justice ruled that security fences around two West Bank settlements may be built on land owned by Palestinians.
02-23-07 - House of P.A security official attacked with explosives, bullets
02-23-07 - Palestinian member of Knesset: Israeli government displacing 35,000 Palestinians from East Jerusalem The latest reports indicate that after expelling tens of thousands of Palestinians, the Israeli government intends to displace another 35,000 from East Jerusalem for expansion of the Ma'ale Adumim Settlement.
02-23-07 - EU not yet ready to lift boycott on Hamas-led government, says Solana
02-23-07 - European states will send money to new gov't: Hamas
02-23-07 - Israel breaks up West Bank barrier protest Israeli, foreign and Palestinian protestors had gathered in the village of Bilin, near Ramallah, to mark a two-year-old campaign against the Israeli barrier built in this area of the occupied Palestinian territory
02-23-07 - Rice Faces Formidable White House Foe Abrams' personal influence over Bush could not possibly match Rice's, but his bureaucratic skills and political connections -- notably to the so-called "Israel Lobby" of pro-Likud Jewish organisations and the Christian Right -- give him considerable clout. According to various sources, Abrams has been working systematically to undermine any prospect for serious negotiations designed to give substance to Rice's hopes -- and increasingly impatient demands by Saudi King Abdullah -- of offering the Palestinians a "political horizon" for a final settlement.....Abrams was an early protégé of Richard Perle, whom he first met, along with other prominent pro-Likud hard-liners, such as Feith, former U.N. Amb. Jeane Kirpatrick, and Weekly Standard editor William Kristol, while working in the offices of Washington State Sen. Henry "Scoop" Jackson....Badly damaged by his felony conviction for lying to Congress about his role in the Iran-Contra affair, Abrams, like many neo-cons, left government service under the decidedly "realist" administration of President George H.W. Bush
'felony conviction for lying to Congress'? Why is this man back in the US government? Because he's a darling of the neocons/AIPACers. Read the entire article.
02-23-07 - Jerusalem prayers pass off peacefully Only Muslim men aged over 45 with Israeli identity cards, together with Muslim women, were admitted to the compound to pray as 2,000 Israeli police fanned out around occupied east Jerusalem.
02-23-07 - Merkel urges Israel recognition German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stressed the European Union's insistence that any new Palestinian government must recognise Israel.
02-23-07 - Egypt seizes explosives near Gaza Security forces in Egypt say they have found one tonne of explosives near the border with the Gaza Strip
02-23-07 - Hamas chief to woo Russian support for end to boycott Israel continues to insist that the international community not deviate from demands for the government to recognise the Jewish state, renounce violence and abide by past peace agreements before relaxing the embargo.
02-23-07 - UN body slams plight of Arabs in Israel, occupied territories
02-23-07 - Indonesia says plans Hamas meeting in March Most populous Muslim country invites Hamas to talks with Western representatives in Jakarta aimed at persuading group to moderate its positions
02-23-07 - In a Meeting with Hamas?s Mashal, Egyptian Foreign Minister Hopes End of Embargo in Sight
02-23-07 - Jordanian Muslims march in protest of Israeli dig at Islamic holy site About 2,000 Muslim worshippers marched Friday following noon prayers in eastern Amman, in protest of the Israeli archaeological dig around an Islamic holy site in Jerusalem.
02-23-07 - UNESCO to inspect dig near Temple Mount World body to send four experts to Jerusalem to assess impact of construction works on the Temple Mount
02-23-07 - Israeli Army abducts two civilians from Bethlehem
02-23-07 - Israeli settlers demonstrate for new bypass road through Bethlehem This road, like many others, would naturally be for Jews only.
02-23-07 - 2nd anniversary of weekly non-violent Bilin demonstration against illegal wall: 1500 attend
02-23-07 - MCC funds million dollar Palestinian water recycling project A $1.16 million Cdn/$1 million U.S. grant from Mennonite Central Committee makes it possible for ARIJ's water and environment research unit to install on-site waste water treatment systems for 180 homes, providing direct benefits to about 1,800 people. The project gets underway this year and will be completed in 2010.
02-23-07 - Attorney: Guilford College dragging feet
02-23-07 - Jewish toddler missing in Hebron found A two-and-a-half-year-old child from the Jewish neighborhood of the West Bank town of Hebron was found by Palestinian policemen Friday evening while wandering alone in one of the city's Arab neighborhoods.
02-23-07 - "All Candidates are pro-Israel"
02-23-07 - Israeli minister in vision gaffe Dahh..
02-23-07 - Dems complain about RJC at Rice briefing Six Jewish Democrats in the U.S. Congress asked Condoleezza Rice to explain why she invited a Republican Jewish group to a briefing on the Middle East.
02-23-07 - Analysis: U.S. nixes Israel-Syria talks It is laughable the notion that the US directs Israeli policy and not the other way around.
02-23-07 - Dems call on GOP to drop Indianapolis pol ..."My opinion is, if Israel would go into Iran, Democrats will follow that cause. I really do believe that."
02-23-07 - Muslim nations to hold Mideast talks in Pakistan
02-23-07 - Abdullah tells Israel TV: This could be last chance for Mideast peace
02-23-07 - The British government must take this new opportunity to end its shameful opposition to a ban on cluster bombs According to the police report, Kamaleddine Mohammad was gathering wood near the Rashidiyeh Palestinian refugee camp outside Tyre in Lebanon last month when he stepped on an unexploded submunition from a cluster bomb. Mohammad was yet another victim of Israel's cluster bombing campaign at the end of last summer's war between Israel and Hizbollah. He is one of the tens of thousands of civilians killed or injured by cluster munitions in war zones throughout the world in recent decades.
02-23-07 - 46 nations push for cluster bomb treaty Some key arms makers - including the U.S., Russia, Israel and China - snubbed the conference
02-23-07 - British U-turn brings global ban on deadly cluster bombs a step closer
02-23-07 - Carter Addresses Book Critics in Town Hall Carter said the public would be hard-pressed to find officials in the U.S. government willing to criticize Israel. "It would be political suicide for them to do so," he said......He also said one of his top priorities besides his family is to "bring peace to Israel and justice to Palestine."
He received three standing ovations from the audience
02-23-07 - Report issued by PLC deputy Issa Qaraqa': Israeli school curriculum promotes racism
02-23-07 - Hizbullah rep says no talks on hostage swap There are currently no negotiations for prisoner exchange between Israel and Hizbullah, Lebanese Hizbullah parliamentarian Hasan Haballah says. Haballah warns group may launch civil revolt in Lebanon if ?doors closed in our face?
02-23-07 - Teaneck synagogue seeks to aid West Bank Congregation B'nai Yeshurun will host a real estate fair aimed at persuading American Jews to buy property in the disputed territories of the West Bank. To send financial support to a cause that is in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which all Israeli settlements built on occupied Palestinian land are, is to support war crimes. Why is this being allowed?
02-23-07 - Watching the Checkpoints Contrary to the impression of most observers, the great majority of the checkpoints are not even near the Green Line, Israel's internationally recognised border until it occupied the West Bank and Gaza in 1967. Some are so deep inside Palestinian territory that the army refuses to allow Machsom Watch to visit them. There, the women say, no one knows what abuses are being perpetrated unseen on Palestinians. Machsom Watch - a brave group of women.
02-23-07 - UN envoy to visit Lebanon to assess August truce A UN envoy is to visit Lebanon next week to assess compliance with an August truce resolution that ended last summer's war between Israel and Shiite militant group Hezbollah.
02-23-07 - Clinton raised $100 million for Bonds Former President Clinton reportedly helped raise more than $100 million for Israel Bonds in a single sitting.
02-23-07 - Old Europe and the Mullahs by Philip Giraldi ** AIPAC's formulation that the option of force "must remain on the table" when dealing with Iran has been repeated like a mantra by numerous politicians and government officials, not too surprisingly as AIPAC writes the briefings and position papers that many Congressmen unfortunately rely on
02-23-07 - What else can Israel ask of President Bush? On Friday, when Rice was en route to the region, Olmert and Bush spoke on the phone. It is not clear who called whom, and what exactly was said, but Olmert announced after the conversation that Bush is in line with him about insisting on "the Quartet's conditions" for the Palestinian government: recognize Israel, renounce terror and honor previous Palestinian-Israeli agreements........Some believe that since Bush is the best thing to ever happen to Israel, it is important to exploit the remainder of his term to upgrade relations. GFY. The first thing that comes to mind after having read this article. America has done quite enough, thanks.
02-23-07 - Kurds deny deal to allow Palestinians safe haven
02-23-07 - Islamophobia at Urban Outfiters
02-23-07 - Chances of another Middle East war in 2007 low: Israeli report
02-23-07 - Holy row after Glasgow twins with Bethlehem
02-23-07 - Viet Nam welcomes Palestine's peace deal A Foreign Ministry spokesperson has affirmed that Viet Nam welcome a deal signed by Fatah and Hamas to form a national solidarity Government in Palestine.
02-23-07 - U.N. marks Zionism = racism repeal
02-23-07 - Three out of four Israelis would like to be part of EU Seventy-six per cent of Israelis cited foreign policy as a priority, which suggests that the widespread perception of Tony Blair as a friend of Israel may have influenced Britain's 80 per cent approval as the Israelis' favourite European country And that would be because under Blair, Britain has gone along with the Bush administration's neocon-driven foreign policies.
02-23-07 - US Jews mull Sudan boycott The resolution has gained much support, but also faces criticism, as some Jewish organizations "fear that an economic boycott of any country could be used against Israel, itself the target of divestment efforts," the Jewish Week said.
02-23-07 - War drills occupy French sailors amid Lebanon lull Amid the drills, Israeli warplanes continue to overfly UN peacekeeping ships, a practice French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie criticised last October as "dangerous".
02-23-07 - ACLU asks NY federal court to strike down US terrorism policy It said an entry in the State Department's Foreign Affairs Manual says that the provision is directed at those who have voiced "irresponsible expressions of opinion."
02-22-07 - Palestinian police kills a Palestinian man by mistake in Ramallah
02-22-07 - One Palestinian man injured by Israeli army fire east of Gaza
02-22-07 - Occupied Gaza like apartheid South Africa, says UN report "Can it seriously be denied that the purpose of such action is to establish and maintain domination by one racial group (Jews) over another racial group (Palestinians) and systematically oppressing them? Israel denies that this is its intention or purpose. But such an intention or purpose may be inferred from the actions described in this report."
02-22-07 - Eight Palestinians wounded in clashes with local forces Eight Palestinians were wounded Wednesday night when a fight broke out between a Gaza family and members of the Palestinian Interior Ministry's "executive force",
02-22-07 - Call centre plan for Palestinians The charity wanted to devise a scheme that would not be affected the frequent closures imposed on Palestinian areas by the Israeli military. Great idea.
02-22-07 - UN alarm at Palestinian poverty
02-22-07 - Injured resident dies after soldiers obstructed ambulance transferring him to hospital
02-22-07 - Palestinians 45-year old or less barred from entering Al Aqsa Mosque on Friday
02-22-07 - Washington planning UN arms embargo against Iran In recent weeks, Israel has carried out a diplomatic campaign against the transfer of weapons to terrorist organizations, in an effort to establish this concept as part of a new international norm. Imagine.
02-22-07 - PSIS Report: 5050 Palestinians Killed, 49760 Wounded, 10,400 Detained since 2000 The Palestinian National Information Center of the Palestinian Authority?s International Press center reported that since the outbreak of the Palestinian Intifada in September 2000, up until late January 2007, the Israeli army has killed 5050 Palestinian men, women and children, wounded 49760 others and detained 10,400 people.
02-22-07 - Family Seeking Freedom Held In Detention Center The Palestinian family has been awaiting deportation since November 2. They fled the war-torn Middle East in 2001 seeking political asylum in the U.S. The family was denied and was ordered back to Palestinian territory.
02-22-07 - FM: Hamas political leader to visit Russia
02-22-07 - Settlers release boars in Palestinian farmlands
02-22-07 - Israeli Army Reinforces Presence on Southeastern Gaza Border Line Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes have been hovering over different parts of the Gaza Strip since the early morning.
02-22-07 - Anti-wall protests hit second anniversary Villagers of Bil'in say they are cut off from 200 hectares of farmland by the barrier - here a steel fence with stretches of barbed wire and patrol roads. Though the land is on the Palestinian side of the 1967 boundary dividing Israel from the West Bank, Israeli authorities claim it as "state land" and are extending Jewish settlements nearby, particularly Modi'in Illit.
02-22-07 - Carter says majority in U.S. support views in book The book's main points were that Israel should stop persecuting and abusing Palestinians, withdraw to internationally-recognized borders and conduct intense negotiations with its neighbors to bring peace, Carter said.
02-22-07 - Arabs say Israel is not just for Jews Avigdor Lieberman, who joined the Cabinet last year as head of the Israel Is Our Home Party, warns repeatedly that Israel's Jewish character faces a long-term "demographic threat" from Arab population growth. He favors a proposal to strip more than 150,000 Arabs of their Israeli citizenship by redrawing Israel's eastern boundary to put them in the Palestinian-controlled West Bank. In a recent speech, he appeared to validate the manifesto's claim that Israel's Jewish and democratic values are inherently contradictory.
02-22-07 - Israeli authorities destroy crops of Bedouin citizens
02-22-07 - 'Israel's actions akin to Taliban's' The secretary-general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), an international grouping comprising 57 Muslim countries, has blasted Israel's excavations at Jerusalem's Mughrabi Gate, saying they are akin to the actions of the ousted Taliban government in Afghanistan.
02-22-07 - Quartet has no plans to boycott to Palestinian government - Lavrov
02-22-07 - Palestinian situation to deteriorate if new gov't fails to end sanctions The situation in the Palestinian territories will definitely deteriorate if a long-awaited national unity government fails to gain recognition of the West and end sanctions led by the United States, analysts said on Thursday.
02-22-07 - Hamas denies Israeli reports of smuggling Sagger missiles into Gaza
02-22-07 - Israel gripped by Syria war fears A reported Syrian troop build-up near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has fuelled speculation in Israel about a future conflict, more than three decades after the two enemies last went to war.
02-22-07 - Israeli army abducts three civilians from Hebron
02-22-07 - Hamas urges US to back Palestinian unity efforts
02-22-07 - OPT: Gaza power supply under pressure The Gaza Strip in the Occupied Palestinian Territories continues to suffer daily power cuts eight months after Israel bombed its only power station, leaving health services relying on expensive generators and residents without regular electricity or water.
02-22-07 - Abbas optimistic that sanctions will be lifted
02-22-07 - Report: Most Jerusalem kids Arab by 2020 A majority of the children in Jerusalem will be Arab by the year 2020, a new study found. Oh the horror!
02-22-07 - Raed Salah to be investigated Head of the Islamic Movement in Israel to be investigated for incitement in speeches regarding Temple Mount works. 'Justice is on my side,' he says Israel is inciting 1 billion Muslims when it continues its illegal excavations under the Al Aqsa mosque compound.
02-22-07 - Al Qassam brigades: "Truce with the occupation practically dead" Abu Obeida, media spokesperson of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said on Wednesday that the truce with the Israeli occupation is practically dead, since "the occupation violated it and assassinated the leaders of the military wing of the Islamic Jihad in Jenin.
02-22-07 - Israeli Army invades several parts of the West Bank and abducts two civilians On Thursday at dawn the Israeli army invaded several cities, refugee camps and villages in the northern part of the West Bank, searched houses and abducted two civilians.
02-22-07 - Regional Council of Unrecognized Villages: Israel undeterred in cleansing Negev The Israeli military destroyed 3,500 dunams of Palestinian crops in the Negev Desert yesterday, leaving the ground black and barren. Several families in Arara Village watched from a distance as Israeli tractors sprayed poisonous chemicals under the pretext that the land belongs to the Israeli state.
02-22-07 - Capitol rally for captives Families of three captive Israeli soldiers will join Congress members and Jewish community leaders in a Washington rally.
02-22-07 - Birzeit University close after tuition crisis escalate Dr. Nabil Qassis, President of Birzeit University, the second largest Palestinian University, decided on Thursday to close the campus and suspend all classes for further notice after the tuition crisis between the students and the administration escalated.
02-22-07 - Sharp rise in U.K. anti-Semitism? Numbers don't add up for everyone The Jewish Chronicle, the U.K.'s national weekly newspaper, reported last week that the Community Security Trust "rebuked" Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni for "grossly" underestimating the level of anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom. A letter sent to Livni said the Israeli figures "were wrong" and the reported fall is "a grossly inaccurate portrayal of the situation in the U.K."....If British media and other institutions, such as universities, were more balanced in their coverage of Israel, it would help reduce the number of attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions, Gross said The last sentence there is the real issue; the British press needs to become more 'balanced' (like the American press is).
02-22-07 - Danby slams Democrats on Israel Allison, who visited the Middle East following last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah, warned that international sanctions on Palestine could lead to more "disease, malnutrition and violence" in Gaza.
02-22-07 - Iraq is 'worst disaster' for US policy The current administration mistakenly believes it can bring peace by unilateral action, she said.
It has also failed to engage sufficiently in a search for peace between Palestinians and Israel and failed to adequately support Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, she said.
02-22-07 - US poll: Israel alone named 'vital friend' "The broad support of the American people to Israel is of the utmost strategic importance to Israel and it must be nurtured and maintained," Israeli ambassador to the United States Salai Meridor told Ynet in response to the poll's findings This 'support' is understandable given the pro-Israeli bias in just about every major mainstream news medium in the US.
02-22-07 - In Utah, former Israeli leader warns of spread of nuclear weapons More students in America get Hasbara-ized.
02-22-07 - Don?t compare Arabs to settlers Attempts to compare unauthorized outposts to illegal Arab construction hypocritical
02-22-07 - Albright says next president must 'restore goodness of American power' Carter and Albright appeared on The Carter Center stage together for what the former president had indicated would be a debate on his controversial book "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid."
02-22-07 - Israelis favor U.S. The United States tops the list of Israelis? favorite foreign countries, a poll found. Small wonder.
02-22-07 - Is Washington Being Sidelined on the Middle East? In a way, the change demonstrates an erosion of U.S. influence in the Middle East, which is a direct result of the implementation of the neoconservative agenda that has led to the disastrous political and military situation in Iraq.
02-22-07 - Iranian students torch flags at nuclear rally The students also condemned construction work by Israel near Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound which sparked violent Palestinian protests and angered Muslims across the world.
02-22-07 - Hutto family facility criticized
02-22-07 - Taking the Rap "Traditionally, Palestinian songs are all about love," says one member, Mohammed al Farra, whose rap handle is D.R., the Dynamic Rapper, "but our reality in Gaza is about suffering. Gaza is like a big prison, and we get our message across with rap music."
02-22-07 - Be leaven to 'true resistance' to end occupation's evil, Holy Land patriarch calls Catholics
02-22-07 - 'There will be another war in the summer' Many in the south suspect Israel is trying to create a buffer zone along the border on Lebanese land allegedly captured during the summer war and the UN is assisting them. That suspicion has furthered the popular perception that the UN forces are in south Lebanon to protect Israel from Hizbullah.
02-22-07 - Public awareness important in terrorism fight, official says Nadav Morag, formerly Israel's senior director for domestic policy, had a nontraditional tip on Wednesday for representatives of public and corporate security agencies concerned about possible terrorism. "Tell the public what you're doing," said Morag, now a faculty member at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Monterey, Calif.
Read that again.
02-22-07 - Escalating Threats of U.S. Attacks Against Iran ** Israeli rhetoric against Iran is largely paralleling U.S. claims; unlike the run-up to the Iraq War, Israel and the pro-Israeli lobbies in the U.S. are pressing hard for an attack on Iran, and any Israeli involvement would significantly undercut Congressional opposition.....The U.S. is more isolated now than at any time since the beginning of the 2003 Iraq War; no U.S. allies except Israel are supporting calls for a U.S. attack on Iran.
That's because US allies know this time around who is behind this second cry of 'wolf!'. They are not amused.
02-22-07 - Washington notes: Iran embargo, Quartet statement, AIPAC trial Last week, a Foreign Ministry delegation headed by the deputy director for strategic affairs, Miriam Ziv, presented data on the arms transfers to Hezbollah to senior officials in the German Foreign Ministry. The Germans expressed some reservations about the validity of the data.
02-22-07 - A Palestinian director with a mission "There is no artistic infrastructure in Palestine and for a lot of reasons," he says. "Some of it is the occupation, some of it is other things which are completely legitimate ? hunger beats art, that's the reality."
02-22-07 - Polls show anti-American feelings at all time high in Muslim countries "Muslims cannot accept the US policy of supporting Israel and its occupation of Arab and Muslim territories," he said, adding that Arabs could also not understand Washington's opposition to Iran's nuclear program while Israel's was ignored.
02-22-07 - Israel's eye in the sky watches for dig protests The airship, or blimp, carries cameras and will hover over the Old City, monitoring the al-Aqsa mosque during Friday prayers
02-22-07 - Defense in ex-AIPAC staffers' case can cite U.S.-Israel ties, judge rules Ellis adds: "U.S. State Department and other U.S. government officials likely are able to testify as to whether the governments of the United States and Israel routinely used AIPAC as a diplomatic 'back channel.' " .....Of the two other U.S. government officials cited in the indictment as sharing information with Rosen and Weissman, David Satterfield has since been promoted to the post of top State Department adviser on Iraq issues, and Ken Pollack, formerly a national security councillor, is now research director at the Saban Center think tank. Apparently there are no plans to charge Satterfield or Pollack.....Ellis also ruled that defense lawyers may present exculpatory evidence of the close Israel-U.S. relationship, and of AIPAC's role in nurturing that relationship. He said he would allow, even encourage, testimony showing that the AIPAC-U.S.-Israel triangle benefits all three parties. ....Ellis' latest ruling means that defense lawyers can "put on evidence that AIPAC serves as a back channel" between the United States and Israel, a source close to the defense said. "Evidence of the policy cooperation between the United States and Israel is relevant." Thank you judge, you have just proved my case for me :) AIPAC, you see, drives American foreign policy in the region (to our detriment).
02-22-07 - Hebron Reflection: "This is Our Life"
02-22-07 - The final punch Evidently, Israel is a prime cheerleader for war, and most likely Israeli agents are working overtime to provide the needed case for war; at least we know, through news reports that Israeli agents are actively involved in Iraq and there is a possibility that they have penetrated the Iranian domain as well, through the northern Kurdish areas
02-22-07 - 'Solve it or quit' Lebanese campaigners tell politicians
02-22-07 - Israel echoes South Africa's apartheid nightmare
02-22-07 - Professor, author to speak on Israeli-Palestinian relations Finkelstein is currently a professor of political science at DePaul University in Chicago, Ill. He is the author of five books, all of which pertain to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and anti-Semitism.
02-22-07 - Israeli artist is a voice of dissent "Chad Gadya," the song was called in Hebrew, or "One Goat." Listeners correctly perceived it as criticism for the often brutal way in which Israeli soldiers were treating women and children in the occupied territories. Israeli radio stations banned the song. Parliamentarians denounced it.
02-22-07 - US congressional leaders remember Jewish refugees A group of eight US congressional leaders this week introduced resolutions in both the Senate and House of Representatives calling for recognition that hundreds of thousands of Jews were made refugees by their Arab host nations at the time of Israel's rebirth. This would appear to be another example of Congress solidifing in legislation the supremacy of Jewish victimhood over all others (including that of the Palestinians).
02-22-07 - Former professor discusses peace in the Middle East Zmora said the organization envisions a four-campus college situated on the border of Israel and Palestine that will cater to about 60 students and cost approximately $10 million.
02-21-07 - Militant dies in Israeli ambush Mahmoud Abu Obeid was driving through Jenin when undercover agents sprayed his car with bullets, witnesses said.
02-21-07 - Half of Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza malnourished The unpublished draft report, the first of its kind since the boycott was imposed when the Hamas government took office last March, says bluntly that the problem "is primarily a function of restricted economic access to food resulting from ongoing political conditions".
02-21-07 - Resident of Gaza Killed in Mysterious Explosion A mysterious explosion ripped through the Wad Alselqa village, south of Gaza Wednesday, killing a 33 year-old Palestinian resident, medical sources reported.
02-21-07 - Russia, U.S. at odds on Palestinians before meeting Russia called on Wednesday for an easing of pressure on the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority but the United States said an aid embargo must remain in place until the Palestinians meet conditions set out by western powers.
02-21-07 - Fatah to join coalition with Hamas despite international apathy
02-21-07 - Palestinian unity government must stick to roadmap: Blair Meanwhile, Israel is still building/expanding the settlements...
02-21-07 - Hebron Update 11-17 February 2007
02-21-07 - Olmert calls for tougher Iran sanctions
02-21-07 - US wants tougher Iran sanctions Hey, where did I just hear that?...
02-21-07 - Quartet warning to Palestinians
02-21-07 - Talk is cheap: Bush is pushing the Palestinians toward civil war This part of the world is intimately familiar with Washington's habit of seeking to impose double standards, and no one has been on the wrong end of such attempts more regularly than the Palestinians, but the Bush administration is breaking new ground in terms of duplicity and inconsistency
02-21-07 - Olmert told Abbas 'you cheated me,' senior PA official says Palestinian official who attended Jerusalem summit hosted by Rice says Israeli premier told Palestinian leader, 'you cheated me by reaching unity deal with Hamas'; Abbas responded by saying, 'you gave me nothing and didn?t keep your promises,? official adds.
02-21-07 - Germany urges tamer Mideast expectations
02-21-07 - Suicide bomber has a change of heart as soon as Israeli interrogators had acquired a name for the mastermind of the failed attack, they sent a squad of undercover special forces deep into the West Bank yesterday where they tracked down and killed him.
02-21-07 - Gaza woman gives birth to quintuplets
02-21-07 - Israel keeps building in West Bank settlement blocs: report Israel is currently building more than 3,000 new apartments in existing Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, with construction of 1,000 of them started in 2006, a report published Wednesday by Peace Now said.
02-21-07 - South Bethlehem village marked out for the Wall
02-21-07 - Quartet under pressure to recognise Palestinian government
02-21-07 - Hamas' Syria-exiled leader in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials on Mecca deal
02-21-07 - Israeli army closes Palestinian shops in Hebron The soldiers claimed that Palestinian youth hurl stones at them from the top of the shops, and that is why they closed them.
02-21-07 - Palestinian Authority deficit reaches 655m dollar in 2006
02-21-07 - U.S. favorite accepts key Palestinian ministry post A U.S.-educated economist with close ties to the Bush administration agreed on Wednesday to serve as finance minister in a Palestinian unity government, despite the threat of a boycott by the United States and Israel.
02-21-07 - Sinai bomb plotter held A Palestinian man wearing a suicide belt who planned to attack Israeli tourists has been caught after entering Egypt through a tunnel on the Gaza border, Egyptian police sources said yesterday.
02-21-07 - Lebanese army fire at Israeli planes The Israeli planes had "violated Lebanese sovereignty, posing a challenge to U.N. Resolution 1701," the spokesman said, referring to the Security Council resolution that ended Israel's 34-day war with Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon last August. What do you suppose Israel would do if the Lebanese (or any other nation in the region), routinely and in defiance of international law, flew over the country?
02-21-07 - Doves blast watchdog group to Clinton Brit Tzedek suggests that PMW?s alleged agenda colored its conclusions.
02-21-07 - As Democrats flex their muscles, groups array against Bush agenda Another area promising tension with the Bush administration is its drive to revive the Israel-Palestinian peace process. Pro-Israel and Jewish Democrats, backed by the pro-Israel lobby, often drive congressional Middle East policy, and they already have made clear their skepticism about Rice?s efforts. Note the source.
02-21-07 - Great rebuttal by CNN anchor against a Israel Spokeswomen Israel cares not for the lives of Arabs - be they civilian or otherwise. Never has. Recall that AFTER the incident in question of the video clip, that Israel fired 1 million cluster bomblets into Lebanese civilian areas knowing that a ceasefire was to be implemented in 3 days. The same Israeli spokeswoman can be seen during the last few minutes in this clip on this British news website trying to spin Israel's attack on Beit Hanoun which killed many civilians including children. It's pitiful.
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02-21-07 - In pictures: Jerusalem's Temple Mount or Haram al-Sharif
02-21-07 - Reinforcing the Occupation: Israel's High Court
02-21-07 - Director of Israeli support group to speak The Christian Friends group does not evangelize but does encourage churches and other organizations to support Israeli settlements through financial or material means, according to the organization?s web site. Israeli settlements are a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Sending money to support them is sending money to support war crimes.
02-21-07 - Olmert: ?Realignment plan postponed due to current circumstances?
02-21-07 - UNRWA opens Japanese funded computer lab and multi-purpose room at Jerusalem/Yazour school in Yarmouk, Syria These facilities will provide hundreds of Palestinian refugee students and the community at large with access to computer technology and learning material
02-21-07 - Palestinian farmers and Israeli supporters plant trees near Hebron
02-21-07 - 'Israeli Apartheid Week' spreads to more campuses "I've spoken to a couple people already who have called me frustrated because the administration won?t take action,"
02-21-07 - Jimmy Carter confronts fallacies of pro-Israel lobby
02-21-07 - Charade in Jerusalem Israel could have reinforced Mr. Abbas?s position and increased the chances for progress with a series of low-risk steps: committing to serious negotiations, freezing the expansion of settlements and easing restrictions on civilians? movements in the West Bank. Those steps would have given new hope to Palestinian moderates and thereby increased the political pressure on Hamas to abandon terrorism.
02-21-07 - Hezbollah slams assets freeze A Hezbollah statement faxed to The Associated Press said the measure against Jihad al-Bina came because the company is "rebuilding areas destroyed by the brutal Zionist aggression last summer which occurred with a clear political, military and financial American support."
02-21-07 - Egyptian cop refuses Israeli Embassy duties
02-20-07 - Three US women briefly kidnapped in West Bank Three American women were briefly kidnapped by a lone Palestinian man in the northern West Bank who was demanding a job, Palestinian security sources said.
02-20-07 - Palestinians want Arabs to cut Israel ties over dig
02-20-07 - Palestinians seek to restore order in Hebron "We appeal to Hebron families to show solidarity and to help us to bring back stability to Palestinian society,"
02-20-07 - Haniya Criticizes U.S Stance towards his Coalition Government
02-20-07 - One Palestinian teen injured during clashes with Israeli army near Hebron One Palestinian teen was injured by Israeli army gunfire during clashes that erupted at the entrance of Al Arub refugee camp north of Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank on Tuesday morning.
02-20-07 - 'Israeli democracy built on 1948 transfer' "Israel is implementing apartheid policies in Palestine by building the apartheid separation wall, bypass roads for Jews only in the West Bank, restrictions on movement of Palestinians, hundreds of checkpoints, in addition to the siege and daily violation of basic human rights of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza,?
02-20-07 - The United Nations and Palestinian refugees For the past 55 years, UNRWA and UNHCR have been cooperating, each within its mandate, and in close coordination with the host states, to support and protect Palestinian refugees. In recent years, the partnership between the two agencies has become closer, resulting in increased cooperation in a variety of areas, including in the exchange of information and joint efforts to resolve problems faced by Palestinian refugees.
02-20-07 - Quartet to discuss recognition of Palestinian unity gov't
02-20-07 - Abbas in an Arab and European tour to explain the Palestinian stance
02-20-07 - Israel threatens to ignore Abbas Israel said Tuesday it would stop dealing with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if he goes ahead with plans to join Hamas in a new government
02-20-07 - Jordanian king urges Israel to revive peace track with Palestinians the king also urged Israel to stop excavation work near the al-Aqsa Mosque.
02-20-07 - Two inspectors of Be?er Sheva municipality arrested for assaulting a Palestinian
02-20-07 - PDF file: Palestinian Christians in the Middle East - Study From the Presbyterians.
02-20-07 - PFLP will not participate in the coming government, DFLP and PPP to weigh their participation
02-20-07 - Hebron Reflection: Living Resistance For Palestinians the simple act of every day living often becomes an act of
non-violent resistance against the cruel, illegal Israeli occupation and
confiscation of their land. These are but a few of the daily acts of resistance
I have witnessed.
02-20-07 - Rice heads to Berlin after inconclusive Mideast mission Rice's initiative has been undermined by the power-sharing deal brokered by Saudi Arabia earlier this month which caught the US administration by surprise, according to a senior US official.
02-20-07 - Olive tree campaign helps keep hope alive in Palestine The campaign, Keep Hope Alive, makes it possible for individuals, churches and organizations from other countries to help Palestinian farmers maintain their land and source of income, said Mennonite Central Committee peace development worker Timothy Seidel.
02-20-07 - 'Palestinian National TV' car stolen in Gaza
02-20-07 - Japan''s envoy for Middle East to visit Egypt, Palestine Japan is the third-largest donor to Palestinians after the US and the European Union (EU), according to the ministry. (end) mk.
02-20-07 - Two Palestinian men abducted by Israeli army near Ramallah
02-20-07 - Israeli forces attack Palestinian vehicles and confiscate keys Palestinian sources reported that Israeli army troops attacked Palestinian civilian cars and confiscated keys at the southern entrance of Jenin city, in the northern part of the West Bank on Tuesday midday.
02-20-07 - Army detains a number of Palestinian shepherds east of Tubass city Israeli forces detained on Tuesday midday a number of Palestinian shepherds who were herding their sheep in farm lands east of Tubass city, in the northern part of the West Bank.
02-20-07 - Mohammad Dahalan Says Israel?s Pretexts Unjustified
02-20-07 - Israeli checkpoint between Hebron and Bethlehem removed Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that the Israeli army has decided to remove one of the many Israeli military checkpoints between the southern West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Hebron.
02-20-07 - Israeli army abducts thirteen Palestinian civilians from several parts of the West Bank The Israeli army invaded several parts of the West Bank on Tuesday morning, attacked Palestinian houses and abducted thirteen Palestinian civilians.
02-20-07 - Robert Fisk: Lebanon will be first victim of Iran crisis **
02-20-07 - Israel tries to increase immigration Immigration is at an 18-year-low, and members of Israel's Arab minority are having children at a faster rate than Jews. Some lawmakers are keen to protect Israel's identity as a predominantly Jewish state.
02-20-07 - New English-language station seeks to air peace through radio waves
02-20-07 - Need for a Balanced Lobby Group on Middle East
02-20-07 - Caritas asks: Why do Gaza's children buy toy guns? Through our Caritas Gaza Medical Center, we are providing a room available for children to play with educational toys and more age appropriate games to help them escape the daily violent atmosphere. Through equipping our center in this way, we are making a safe place where children in Gaza can come and play. We are also making time available for children with psychological problems to come and speak with a trained psychologist
02-20-07 - Who's Afraid of Jimmy Carter? the rhetorical device used by the 11 Emory professors of referring to Carter's book in one sentence as "moronic," "strange," "cynical," "a distortion," etc. - politely separated by the names of major newspapers - is worthy of middle school, at best. Events are always staged, but that doesn't mean they're phony. Carter doesn't have "biases," he has opinions, reinforced by his profound experiences and stature.
02-20-07 - Barak visits; speaks on geopolitics "Forming strategic partnerships with Syria and Iran would be a serious mistake, because I believe that would mean partnering with the enemy."
02-20-07 - Graduate Student fights for peace Eddy spent most of his six weeks living and volunteering with Palestinians living in or near Israeli settlements. He said his duties often included simply walking Palestinian children to and from school so they would not be harassed. He also participated in non-violent protests, dismantled roadblocks and faced rubber bullets and tear gas from Israeli soldiers
02-20-07 - Inaugural meeting of Congressional, Knesset allied caucuses The meeting was co-hosted by Congressmen Dave Weldon of Florida and Eliot Engel of New York; the two are also the founders of the CIAC, a bipartisan group of legislators dedicated to defending Israel's right to exist in peace and promoting Judeo-Christian values.
02-20-07 - Dems' Disdain For Palestine For years these witnesses have obstructed Palestinian national aspirations, and they were at it again on February 14. In well over two hours of testimony the threesome said not one word about Israel?s expanding settlements, the devastating economic circumstances gripping Palestinians in Gaza or the illegal barrier steadily being erected inside the West Bank. When challenged after the hearing on the lack of diverse voices, staffers erupted in a fury rooted in hubris. They have the power. Those concerned with Palestinian rights do not, so back off.
02-20-07 - AS I SEE IT: Israel wages a policy of deliberate destruction Settlers have poisoned sheep, forced the closure of native markets and attacked children trying to get to school. Peacemaker Team internationals, pledged to nonviolence, accompany the children. They, too, are attacked. While there, we saw a young American led to a doctor appointment because of a settler attack, her leg in a brace, her arm in a cast. Her co-worker was in the hospital with a collapsed lung and broken ribs. They?d been leading small children to school.
02-20-07 - Spanish peacekeepers have another scuffle in South Lebanese youths threw stones at Spanish troops from the UN peacekeeping forces during an evening patrol in the village of Debbine over the weekend, while Hizbullah unveiled a monument along the Southern border of an armored personnel carrier with two fake rockets pointed toward Israel.
02-20-07 - 'Emory 11' Editorial Misguided
02-20-07 - Petition Circulates Against Carter Talk
02-20-07 - Three Steps Emory Can Take to End Israel's 'Occupation' of the Palestinian People
02-20-07 - What Secretary Rice's Agenda Should Be
02-20-07 - A Legacy in the Balance The more opinions that students are exposed to, the more of an opportunity they have to be educated on the subject, and education should always be the goal of this university. These students, if they read their newspapers and watch the local and national news here in America, have been getting one side's view for their entire lives. It's about time to give someone else the floor for a change.
02-20-07 - Treasury puts freeze on Lebanese firm The Treasury Department acted Tuesday to freeze all U.S. assets owned by Jihad al-Bina, a Lebanese construction company it said is owned and operated by Hezbollah.
02-19-07 - Hamas spokesman says not to count on U.S. A Hamas spokesman said on Monday that his movement did not count on the U.S. administration "which is biased for Zionist entity."
02-19-07 - Palestinian worker dies after being run over by a car while standing at a checkpoint Palestinian media sources reported that a Palestinian worker died on Monday midday when he was run over by car. The incident occured while standing at an Israeli military checkpoint near the northern West Bank of Bethlehem.
02-19-07 - Hamas spokesman says new gov't likely to be announced in two weeks
02-19-07 - Muslim & Christian officials unite as Israeli court tries Sheikh for praying without a permit
02-19-07 - Rice leaves summit with no sign of progress she showed little sign of having extracted - particularly from Israel - any commitment to outlining a final deal that might be reached at the conclusion of peace negotiations. Such talks could mean eventual discussion of the most sensitive issues, Jerusalem, borders and refugees.
02-19-07 - 'Iran center of US-Israeli talks' In the past, the joint Knesset-Congress-Senate committee helped make hundreds of millions of dollars available for Israel's missile defense shield, Arrow, which is produced in cooperation Boeing in the US.
In addition, according to Steinitz, the committee has in the past prevented arms sales to Arab states that would have threatened Israel's unique edge in the region; it also initiated the Iran nuclear sanctions law, which makes it illegal for governments to provide arms or aid Iran's nuclear program, the Knesset member said. Where is Washington when you need him? More from Steinitz here. And here.
02-19-07 - Rare summit yields slim pickings There is another important issue to mention - the pressure is on the Palestinians at the moment, not Israel. 'Continued colonisation'
And yet Israel is constantly breaking international law. Just drive through the occupied West Bank, and you will see Israel's settlements growing daily.
02-19-07 - Burns: US, Israel agree on Iran policy he told the Post the US administration was having "very good discussions" with Israel right now over a confluence of interests regarding Iran. Whose war?
02-19-07 - IDF officer shown threatening activists An IDF officer fired in the air and aimed his unlocked weapon at Palestinians and Israeli activists during a heated confrontation with the civilian group, Channel 10 reported on Monday night.
02-19-07 - Egypt students protest Jerusalem holy site dig
02-19-07 - Israel denies report of five-way summit
02-19-07 - Policemen scuffle with Hebron settlers The spokesman said the security forces checked if Hebron settlers had illegally moved into property abandoned by Palestinians. In two instances, they found settlers living in such properties. Security forces took note of the settlers' presence but took no steps to evict them at this time, the spokesman said.
02-19-07 - Death of Israeli in West Bank is apparent work accident The death of an Israeli tow-truck driver yesterday near Ramallah was almost certainly the result of a work accident, rather than a terror incident, as initially suspected.
02-19-07 - The big question: Is the new round of diplomacy likely to bring Middle East Peace any closer? What's Condi up to? Good question. Whatever you think about the underlying strategic goals of a battered US administration - from fomenting a multi-national Sunni coalition against a perceived Shia threat, to extricating itself from Iraq without national humiliation - it is obviously trying to shore up support from the friendlier Arab regimes. And to do that Dr Rice needs to show some sign of trying for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
She's trying to appease Europe to get them on board for future action against Iran, my guess.
02-19-07 - Be'er Sheva inspectors arrested for beating Palestinian vendor
02-19-07 - Palestinians hail security plan despite arrests
02-19-07 - Press relieves Palestinian family in Hebron
02-19-07 - Bethlehem Public Nurses go on strike The strike started on Saturday, after the Palestinian government failed to meet the conditions of the agreement that ended the six month strike at the binging of this year. The agreement was to pay the nurses their overdue salaries and pay the new salaries regularly and without delay.
02-19-07 - Muslim concerns about Jerusalem dig justified: Rice She called on the Israeli authorities to consult all concerned parties before going forward with the building work to a ramp leading to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site.
02-19-07 - Israeli settlers attack mosque in Hebron Palestinian news sources reported that dozens of Israeli settlers broke into Al Aqbat mosque in the southern west bank city of Hebron on Monday morning.
02-19-07 - Israeli soldiers attack a Palestinian civilian east of Tubass
02-19-07 - Israeli army abducts four Palestinian civilians from Hebron, including an official
02-19-07 - Israeli forces invade the West Bank city of Nablus, abduct three civilians
02-19-07 - Encircled by Wall and controlled by gates, Qaliqila residents are locked in without a key
02-19-07 - Siraj Center launches "Palestine Summer Celebration Program"
02-19-07 - Israeli Settlers attempt to demolish Palestinian shops in Hebron
02-19-07 - Norway conference aims for 2008 cluster bomb ban The advocacy group for those maimed by weapons calculates 184 civilian casualties, a third of them children, were caused by cluster bombs after Israel's attacks on Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon last year
02-19-07 - UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General visits Syria The OD plan is an UNRWA initiative targeting internal Agency reform which will ultimately improve the services provided by UNRWA to the Palestine refugee community
02-19-07 - Activist sentenced for anti-wall protest tells judge: Please jail me Jonathan Pollack, a central activist in the Anarchists Against the Fence movement, was convicted of participating in an illegal protest against the separation fence held in 2004 outside of the government compound in Tel Aviv.
02-19-07 - Spreading democracy is no quick fix, but it's our noble duty Blessed with freedom, Americans ought to give voice to the voiceless, stand in solidarity with freedom fighters everywhere, and help provide the tools for others to build open societies with accountable governments. As Ronald Reagan said, "Freedom is not just for the lucky few, but the right of all mankind." BS. It is not 'our duty' to spread democracy. If people of the nations of this world want it, then they have every right to fight for it like we did. To impose it at the barrel of a gun defeats the purpose. Ask the Palestinians about our notion of 'freedom' (that Israel imposes on them on our watch).
02-19-07 - 3 protesters arrested at Rice's hotel Police arrested Monday three apparent supporters of imprisoned spy Jonathan Pollard after they managed to enter the floor of the Jerusalem hotel where Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is staying, authorities said.
02-19-07 - A CNN host who loves Israel Pro-Israel critics of the media, and particularly of CNN, should check out "The Glenn Beck Program" to give their high blood pressure a respite..... Beck, an admitted former alcoholic and drug addict, is now a devout Christian who believes in an Armageddon in which millions will die Strange, because I was just thinking the other day - we really don't have enough pro-Israeli commentators in the media. Ahhm.
02-19-07 - Egyptian Charged With Spying for Israel in Turkey; Israel Denies It
02-19-07 - Guilford College holds teach-in after student confrontation
02-19-07 - Web's ability to spark bigotry rattles ADL chief Foxman also criticized former President Jimmy Carter, whose current bestseller, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, has offended many Jews and other supporters of Israel.
02-19-07 - Local actor stars in Oscar-nominated 'West Bank Story'
02-19-07 - Hezbollah seen expanding arsenal Hezbollah aims to stockpile more weapons than it had before last year?s war with Israel, a top Israeli intelligence analyst said.
02-18-07 - Israeli Army Wounds a Palestinian Resident in Gaza Israeli army wounded a Palestinian resident in northern Gaza, as the Israeli naval boats opened fire at fishermen.
02-18-07 - Old Israeli find fuels Muslim ire at Jerusalem dig Antiquities Authority archaeologist Yuval Baruch described in an undated article now posted on the Authority's Web site how a snowstorm eroded a ramp leading to two major mosques in Jerusalem's Old City in 2004, exposing a "domed vestibule" that could be from an ancient Muslim school..... In his article Baruch outlined the history of Israeli digs at the site but did not say what became of the vestibule.
02-18-07 - Israeli Army Invades Jenin City Meanwhile, the Israeli settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron, attacked today morning a Palestinian resident from the Kherbat Sewaisa neighborhood, east of the city. Eyewitnesses said that a group of gunmen settlers from a nearby Israeli settler outpost, beaten resident Khalil Alnawaj?a,55, severely, in front of the Israeli soldiers.
02-18-07 - Jerusalem site may contain prayer room Activists for Palestinian rights in Jerusalem said the delayed publication of the archaeological find proved the Antiquities Authority has not been truthful. "This coincides with the way they act," said Amos Gil of Ir Amim, an Israeli group that promotes coexistence in Jerusalem. "They don't want to find all the ruins, just the Jewish ones."
02-18-07 - Italian FM says Europeans acknowledge new Palestinian goverment
02-18-07 - Turkish FM in Saudi to discuss Mideast peace efforts
02-18-07 - Israeli Settlers Stone Human Rights Workers in Hebron
02-18-07 - Rice: World response to Iran not the same as Nazi appeasement Rice detailed the steps that Washington has taken to contain Iran
02-18-07 - Merchants in Old City able to reach shops, Jordan to spare no effort to stop Israeli excavations Merchants within the Old City and those outside its walls in East Jerusalem expressed gratitude to a Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset today. Sheikh Abbas Zcor intervened and pressured Israeli authorities to lift some of the latest restrictions on Palestinian movement
02-18-07 - Israeli Rightist Warns That Bush's Iraq Policy Could Hurt Effort To Combat Iran ** Despite tepid public support in America for another military venture in the Middle East, Eitam asserted that he sensed strong bipartisan support in Washington for using all available means to stop Iran?s nuclear program. Eitam noted that while American intelligence disagreed a year ago with Israel?s assessment that Iran was three to four years away from reaching a critical point, Washington now endorses Jerusalem?s estimates.....Eitam said that even if Israel were to carry out strikes on its own, it would need American support for refueling, as well as authorization to fly over Iraq and intelligence cooperation. "This is why I tell the Americans that they will be seen as being part of it anyway, which is why they should prepare accordingly,"
02-18-07 - Sheikh Ra'ed Salah among demonstrators who reached Al Aqsa Mosque despite Israeli aggression several Zionist groups say they have the consent of Israeli police to conduct a sit-in this evening in support of the destruction and excavation at the Muslim holy site, claiming the existence of a temple that has never been found. Among them are Jewish members of the Israeli Knesset.
02-18-07 - The Unwanted Refugees Of The Iraq War "I think the scale of the violence and the attacks on the Palestinian community make it absolutely unacceptable for them to return," sayd UNHCR's representative in Jordan, Robert Breen. No other Arab country has offered to take them in.
02-18-07 - Israeli gunboats shell a Palestinian fishing boat Eyewitnesses reported that the Navy gunboats and navy vessels fired several shells and opened machine gunfire at Palestinian fishing boats at the Tal Al Sultan Beach, west of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
02-18-07 - Rice to host Olmert-Abbas talks
02-18-07 - Palestinians bemoan bilking at Karni Palestinian shippers claim they often have to pay up to 10 times more to transport goods through the Karni crossing than do Israeli shippers with "connections" who take advantage of the poor functioning of the crossing.
02-18-07 - Hebron colonists occupy Palestinian hilltop home
02-18-07 - More than 100 young people arrested in East Jerusalem since beginning of Moroccans Gate protests
02-18-07 - Detainees sign affidavits that they were tortured
02-18-07 - UN anti-racism panel to examine Israel Israel expects the UN's top anti-racism committee in Geneva to take it to task this week for denying residency rights to Palestinians married to Israelis, and for failing to indict those responsible for the deaths of 13 Israeli Arabs in the October 2000 riots.
02-18-07 - University attacks reveal divisions "The most prominent achievement of the Palestinian people in the last 40 years has been the establishment of universities in Gaza and the West Bank," Shaath said. "In fact, they are the cornerstone for the whole society, and to have someone attack this university - or any university - I think it is shooting his own heart. The heart of Palestinian society."
02-18-07 - Family says inmate's hunger strike not near end A former University of South Florida computer engineering professor, al-Arian wants to be released so he can leave the United States, his wife said in a telephone interview Friday.
02-18-07 - Israel's chief of police resigns He is also said to have ignored links between senior officers and leading figures within criminal circles.
02-18-07 - From April 2006: America must take action against Iran: Israeli official
02-18-07 - American senators to visit Israel "We think that it is important that the members of the delegation feel the connection and understand Israel better. They are mostly non-Jewish and we want them to feel some obligation to the country," Obligation to the country? Which country were they elected to serve? is the question that should be asked here.
02-18-07 - Following US Win, Terror Victim Seeks to Set Precedent in Israel The Sapersteins say that the real battle is for a verdict in Israel?s courts that would then open the door for all of Israel?s thousands of terror victims? families to sue terrorist groups. Israel also has the ability to retain customs taxes collected for the PA in order to pay the authority?s debts to its victims.
02-18-07 - FEATURE-Clan law rules in anarchic Palestinian town
02-18-07 - Worrying About Anti-Semitism in America The pressure brought on Congress to support one-sided policies promoted by lobbyists is causing great anger on the Hill (including among those who yield to the pressure) and, I believe, in the country as well. I don't worry about the legislators but I do worry about public opinion in the heartland.
02-18-07 - Reporter captures fabric of Middle East in novel The first of a planned seven books, "The Collaborator of Bethlehem," has just been published in the United States, portraying the grim and depressing life of a Palestinian refugee camp teacher-turned-detective named Omar Yussef.
02-18-07 - Middle Eastern Reality Show Explores America
02-17-07 - Palestinian official calls on U.S. to change its stance
02-17-07 - Interim Hamas government condemns shooting at minister's house The Hamas-led interim Palestinian government on Saturday slammed unknown gunmen's shooting at the house of its Planning Minister Samir Abu Eisha in the West Bank.
02-17-07 - Olmert, Bush may shun Palestinian govt: Israel President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have agreed to shun a Palestinian unity government unless it meets international conditions, an official in Olmert's office said on Saturday It's over before it even began.
02-17-07 - Abbas tells U.S. he's done his best The world will have to deal with a new Hamas- Fatah coalition even if its platform falls short of international demands such as recognition of Israel, Mahmoud Abbas told a U.S. envoy Saturday, according to an aide to the Palestinian president.
02-17-07 - Israelis Are Gone, but Gaza Rebuilding Is Slow
02-17-07 - Israel's Bomb, Iran's Pursuit of the Bomb and U.S. War Preparations (Part Three) Israel's role in attempting to prod the U.S. to attack Iran has been considerable and is a major theme of Ritter's book.
02-17-07 - Does America Want a Real Peace Process The Administration and even many members of Congress seem aware that the problem that Israel poses to the reputation of the United States throughout the world demands some immediate attention. Will it get that attention? The subcommittee hearing indicates otherwise.
02-17-07 - Hebron Update 5-10 February 2007 Martens, Ozanne and Baldwin observed a clash between Israeli border police and
Palestinian youth in Bab iZaweyya. Palestinian youths started throwing stones
around noon, and soldiers responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. Shortly
after 1:00p.m., soldiers hit and shoved children close to where the CPTers were
standing. Ozanne intervened between a soldier and a boy, but the soldier
threatened her saying, "if you don't shut up, I will kill you all!"
02-17-07 - Rice prepares for Mid-East summit Ms Rice said it was an important time to advance the vision of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
02-17-07 - Unity Govt not good enough, Israel says "Unfortunately, before the formation of the future Palestinian government, the understandings do not meet the requirements of the international community," Ms Livni said after a meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
02-17-07 - Israel and U.S. to coordinate stance on PA unity government 'Israel and US coordinate stance' defined: Rice was given her orders.
02-17-07 - Making Enemies - How Israel helped to create Hamas Indeed, according to former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Charles Freeman, Shin Bet?the Israeli counter-intelligence and internal security service?knowingly created Hamas: "Israel started Hamas. It was a project of Shin Bet, which had a feeling that they could use it to hem in the PLO."
02-17-07 - Court orders settlers to leave building in East Jerusalem
02-17-07 - Palestinian Christians offer seldom-heard perspective
02-17-07 - Palestinian member of Israeli Knesset says Israel responsible for resuming negotiations with PLO
02-17-07 - Fundraising gala to aid Palestinian Children
02-17-07 - IOF occupies Palestinian house in Tel Rumeida - ?We can do whatever we want?
02-17-07 - Palestinian prisoners at Etzion military detention camp go on hunger strike
02-17-07 - Poll: Majority of Palestinians Back Makkah Deal, %62 others Support Feb.19 Summit
02-17-07 - Lords of the underworld
02-17-07 - Chief Palestinian Justice being tried by Israeli government for protesting destruction at Al Aqsa
02-17-07 - 'Made in Iran' isn't proof of complicity just as Bush is demanding that Iran stop providing weapons to Iraq, human rights groups are demanding that the United States cut off sales of cluster bombs to Israel. The reason: Since Israel's war with Hezbollah last summer, more than 30 Lebanese have been killed by previously unexploded "bomblets" that were dropped by Israel but manufactured in the United States.
02-17-07 - Egyptian-Canadian 'admitted to helping Mossad' - report
02-17-07 - Uncensored look at censorship One of the issues to be examined by the CBC is the controversy surrounding Simcoe, Ont., author Deborah Ellis's book Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak. Last year, several Ontario school boards blocked access to Ellis's book after complaints by the Canadian Jewish Congress about its appropriateness for children aged 8 to 11
02-17-07 - How the high street stole the show The boys, who have some form on embracing clothes with vaguely renegade military associations, wore skinny black jeans with skinny black T-shirts, and wrapped keffiyehs (the black-and-white checked scarf, primarily associated with Yasser Arafat and pro-Palestinian activism) around their necks. Is the keffiyeh about to hit the mainstream?
02-17-07 - The hate that (used to) dare not speak its name This past week the Democrats started to exercise their newly acquired power with a hearing of the Middle East Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the ?next steps in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process.? Do you think they invited Jimmy Carter? Bishop Tutu? Nelson Mandela? An neutral expert on the Middle East? A Palestinian? Nope. The three invitees ? the only three invitees ? were (drum roll, please):
02-17-07 - Saudis are not the solution, experts say Saudi leaders fear losing public legitimacy more than they fear Iran, said Schueftan. Therefore, even though solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would help them in their fight against Islamic extremism and Iran, they were unlikely to take the lead in bringing the Israelis and the Palestinians together, he said
02-17-07 - James Brooks: Palestinians and the Diplomatic Horizon In the summit's final act, US and Israeli leaders will probably unite to dismiss the Palestinian position as "unrealistic", even "provocative", no matter how closely it resembles international law, UN Security Council resolutions, and the right to armed resistance to illegal military occupation. The Bush gang may even use the failure as an excuse to escalate its war on Hamas.
02-17-07 - Speaking tour: Eyewitness in Palestine Christina Gibb, a Quaker from Dunedin, who has spent 10 months over the last three years in Hebron, Palestine, with Christian Peacemaker Teams will be speaking at public meetings in Opotiki, Gisborne, Wellington, Upper Hutt and Masterton from 20 to 26 February (see details below).
02-17-07 - Palestinian mural in San Francisco at center of battle In his written correspondence and meetings with students, the President claimed the mural is "conflict centered," represents a "culture of violence," and shows "hatred towards Jews." He believes the mural's portrayal of Naji al-Ali's iconic barefoot refugee child, Handala, and the Palestinian house key with 'Al-Awda' (the return) written in Arabic calligraphy, are hateful symbols
02-17-07 - Explosion on Lebanese side of northern border No injuries reported, IDF estimates blast caused by old explosive device triggered by an animal
02-16-07 - Palestinian PM designate begins work on new unity cabinet
02-16-07 - Palestinians clash with Israeli police in Jerusalem Israeli police clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians in Arab East Jerusalem after prayers on Friday as hundreds protested against excavations and planned construction work near Islam's third holiest site.
02-16-07 - Palestinian officer wounded on border Mustafa Saad Jbour came under machine-gun fire from masked militants in a speeding car a few hundred yards from the Rafah checkpoint, said Capt. Mohammed Badr of the Egyptian Sinai security service. He sustained several bullet wounds to the leg, and was hospitalized in the Egyptian town of El-Arish.
02-16-07 - Jerusalem on high alert over disputed mosque site Israel is shaking the hornet's nest so that when/if they react, they can tell Rice: "See? Look at these terrorists. How can we be expected to negotiate with them?". Or so it would seem.
02-16-07 - We Palestinians Will Honor Our Word
02-16-07 - IDF soldier, three Israelis lightly hurt at Bil'in anti-fence protest According to the demonstrators, one of them suffered head injuries after he was beaten with a rifle by a member of the security forces.
02-16-07 - Video Israel Doesn't Want You to See This one's a few years old, for those who have not yet seen it.
02-16-07 - Egyptian woman dies of bird flu A 37-seven-year-old Egyptian woman has died of bird flu, bringing the number of confirmed deaths from the virus in Egypt to 13.
02-16-07 - Palestinians desperate for deal to work
02-16-07 - Catalogue of provocations On 11 April 1982, a Jewish American terrorist, who was also an Israeli soldier, entered the Dome of the Rock and started firing randomly at Muslim worshipers. Dozens of people were killed and injured. The Israeli government subsequently pardoned Allen Goodman, a member of the Jewish Defence League, after he spent but a few years in jail.
02-16-07 - U.S. warned Abbas on unity government
02-16-07 - Russia to support Palestinian national unity government
02-16-07 - Protester beaten on head with rifle butt in Bil?in
02-16-07 - Palestinian home declared Closed Military Zone in Hebron The CPTers will likely have a report on this incident as well.
02-16-07 - Bush talks with Saudi, Israeli heads on Mideast He spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert about "recent developments in Palestinian political affairs" and Iran, White House National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.
02-16-07 - Srinagar shuts down against Israel New Delhi: Srinagar wore a deserted look on Friday following a general strike called by several religious and separatist organisations to protest excavations near Al-Aqsa mosque in Israel.
02-16-07 - Prisoner collapses during hunger strike Sami Al-Arian, who is being held beyond his sentence for aiding associates of a terrorist group in non-violent ways because he refused to testify before a grand jury, collapsed on his 23rd day of consuming only water, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported Friday.
02-16-07 - Sen. Obama: U.S. must support Israel's right to self defense
02-16-07 - Israel Is Spying In And On The U.S.? Part 1 Fox News has learned some U.S. investigators believe that there are Israelis again very much engaged in spying in and on the U.S., who may have known things they didn't tell us before September 11. Fox News correspondent Carl Cameron has details in the first of a four-part series.
02-16-07 - Defendants Are Dealt a Blow In Aipac Case Defense lawyers said Israeli officials, who refused to appear as witnesses at the trial, could confirm that Messrs. Rosen and Weissman were not paid or unpaid Israeli agents, explain Israel's relationship with Aipac, and aver that the pair actually advanced American interests through any disclosures of classified information.
02-16-07 - The High-Fivers - More proof the Israelis were shadowing the 9/11 hijackers IMO, they knew what was going to happen, and they let it happen. Bibi offers up the reason why:
"Asked tonight what the attack meant for relations between the United States and Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, the former prime minister, replied, "It's very good." Then he edited himself: "Well, not very good, but it will generate immediate sympathy."." - "Spilled Blood Is Seen as Bond That Draws 2 Nations Closer", James Bennet, Sept.11, 2001 NYT.
02-16-07 - Limit Muslim migration, Australia warned Professor Israeli told the Herald that was a misunderstanding. But he said: "When the Muslim population gets to a critical mass you have problems. That is a general rule, so if it applies everywhere it applies in Australia." Professor Israeli, an expert on Islamic history from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, has been brought to Australia by the Shalom Institute of the University of NSW. The Australia-Israel Jewish Affairs Council is co-hosting many of his activities.
02-16-07 - OP-ED: Sapere Aude! (Dare to think for yourself) In 2005 I published a scholarly study, Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History (University of California Press), copiously documenting that Dershowitz had plagiarized large swaths of his book The Case for Israel from an earlier academic hoax and-what's worse yet-that he had grossly falsified Israel's human rights record.
02-16-07 - Arab law student denied entry to Sharon Mall Four law students at the Netanya College were refused entry at the city's Sharon Mall on Tuesday because the security guards identified them as being non-Jewish.
02-16-07 - Carter right on Jimmy Carter has performed a public service if his comments lead to an objective and reasoned review of U.S. policies and support for Israel.
02-16-07 - Hezbollah will not forgive Lebanon arms seizure "We are ready to provide the army with all the weapons that it requires ... but we will not forgive anyone who confiscates a bullet,"
02-16-07 - Middle East Consul talks about Iranian issues Freshman Katrina McKinley said she wanted to become informed about issues in the Middle East after attending a speech given by Consulate General of Israel Barukh Binah on Thursday.
Ball State students get Hasbara-ized.
02-16-07 - Obama will soon make the case that he'll be as strong on Israel as anyone I asked about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention in March and was told that he will speak there too, but wants to have another speech sooner. Any candidate that grovels to the Israeli lobby will not get my vote. Israel is NOT America. In fact, the effects of the influence of the Israeli lobby on American foreign policy run counter to the American national interest.
02-16-07 - When you're in a hole ... Israel's work near the al-Aqsa compound may be innocent, but it is easy to understand the hostile reaction.
02-16-07 - Do you want Iran to be defenseless? How about the anti-aircraft missiles sold to Iran? Those are air defense missiles. The Israelis ask why we supply those missiles, and I ask you my question, do you want Iran to be defenseless? Well, yes, actually.
What for, are you going to attack them?
02-16-07 - Why Her Family Must Be Freed "You have to understand, this is not your standard strip search," explains Reza. "What they do makes her extremely uncomfortable."
02-16-07 - 2007 New York Arab & South Asian Film Festival, 23 February - 4 March
02-16-07 - Feinstein reintroduces cluster bomb bill Sen. Dianne Feinstein cited Israeli cluster bombs left behind in Lebanon in introducing legislation to restrict the sale of the devices.
02-15-07 - Officials: U.S. will boycott new Palestinian unity government a senior Palestinian official said: "The Americans have informed us that they will be boycotting the new government headed by Hamas. The Fatah and independent ministers will be treated the same way that Hamas ministers are treated."
02-15-07 - Palestinian unity deal under way Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya has resigned his post and has been asked by President Mahmoud Abbas to form a new national unity government.
02-15-07 - Palestinian Authority: New unity government must put civilian protection above politics
02-15-07 - Mosque works: Israel extends ban for Muslim leader A Jerusalem court has extended a ban prohibiting the head of Israel's Islamic Movement from approaching Jerusalem's Old City for two months, amid Muslim protests near the holy sites.
02-15-07 - Israel agrees to Turkish inspection of holy site repairs
02-15-07 - Palestinian unity deal runs into US hitch The US delegation told the moderate president that Washington would not recognise the incoming unity government, a Palestinian official said, in a blow to the Palestinians' hopes of ending a crippling Western aid freeze.
02-15-07 - Rice denies US refusing to deal with Palestinian unity government The top US diplomat rejected a report that a US official gave Abbas a letter indicating Washington would not recognize the new Palestinian government that includes the Islamist militant group Hamas as it did not meet key conditions.
02-15-07 - Olmert Urges Economic Sanctions for Iran "I believe that Turkey and many other countries will need to change their ties with Iran," he said in an interview with Turkey's Milliyet newspaper. Turkey buys natural gas from Iran.
02-15-07 - Jerusalem?s apartheid tramway This goes against the Fourth Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949, ratified on several occasions since by the United Nations Security Council. Resolution 465 of 1 March 1980 stipulates: "All measures taken by Israel to alter the physical character, the demographic composition, the institutional structure or status of the Palestinian territories including Jerusalem, have no legal validity." That, by the way, applies to Israel's recent work at the Al Aqsa mosque compound.
02-15-07 - Israel's inflammatory dig That they chose to carry out their excavations on the same day as the first day of Palestinian factional talks in Makkah carries a strong message: We will take advantage of every opportunity and carry out our unilateral policies even if it is harmful to the peace talks or if it causes widespread protests.
02-15-07 - Congress mood shifts against Abbas At least one Jewish group, the Israel Policy Forum, expressed dismay about the hold, placed by Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), chairwoman of the foreign operations subcommittee.
02-15-07 - Settlers occupy a Palestinian house in Hebron The sources stated that a group of twenty armed settlers occupied the house and remained there while the army arrived to the area and provided them with protection instead of evacuating them
02-15-07 - Hopes are restrained for peace initiative Because Israel isn't prepared to immediately address the most complicated issues, some expect the talks to falter quickly.
02-15-07 - U.S. urges new Palestinian gov't to recognize Israel Which Israel?
02-15-07 - PCHR Weekly report on Israeli violations in the Palestinian territories
02-15-07 - Israeli Police in Jerusalem on high alert Friday Israeli Ynetnews reported on Thursday at night that Israeli Police Commissioner, Moshe Karadi, said during a security assessment that some 3,000 police and Border Police forces will be deployed ON Friday around the Al Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem, and around several Arab towns near the city. The timing of this 'dig' at the Al Aqsa mosque is highly suspicious given that there are high-level peace talks in the very near future with Rice expected in the area this weekend. But far be it from Israel to provoke these people.
02-15-07 - Israel to film holy site digging They say live footage will be shown to reassure people that the mosque is not being damaged during the digging
02-15-07 - Adalah center issues report on Israel's treatment of Arab minority One of the report's claims is that Israel enacts laws and enters into agreements with institutions such as the Jewish Agency and the Jewish National Fund (JNF) that exclusively allocate land to Jews.....The report also claims the people responsible for the deaths of 13 Arabs from Israel Police fire during the events of October 2000 were not put on trial.
02-15-07 - Israeli settlers put pictures in West Bank including of ethnic cleansing proponent Rabbi Meir Kahane
02-15-07 - South Africa: Lift Palestinian Sanctions I'm sure that it's a mere oversight on the part of Yahoo that this article appears over in the Finance section (and not where it usually puts these articles). Mm k.
02-15-07 - IOF target Hebron youth using photos from photographer-collaborator
02-15-07 - Israeli forces arrest five in northern West Bank, included father of the "wanted"
02-15-07 - Jordan MPs Say Israel "violated" Peace Pact, Urge Recall Of Envoy At least 25 Jordanian lawmakers have signed a petition urging the government to officially declare that Israel had "violated" the peace treaty concluded between the two countries in 1994 by going ahead with excavations near Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, parliamentary sources said Thursday.
02-15-07 - Six Hundred French Tourists Visit Bethlehem Upon arrival the groups met with Bethlehem city officials and the mayors of Bethlehem, Beit Sahour and Beit Jala, as well as some local tourism industry representatives. According to local sources the groups were originally invited by the Israeli tourism ministry to encourage Christian pilgrimage to Israel.
02-15-07 - Islamic authority in Austria slams on Israeli excavation of Aqsa Mosque
02-15-07 - 'Outposts,' stepchildren of Israel's settlement drive, are thriving in the West Bank With the international community focusing its disapproval mainly on the traditional settlements, Israel has managed to quietly plant a slew of the outposts across the West Bank, say Palestinians, Israeli critics and even the settlers themselves.
02-15-07 - Army invades Nablus, attacks houses and abducts five Palestinian men
02-15-07 - Diss a 'gay'? Go to jail! As much as I loathe WND, this article gives more information on that hate speech bill for which pro-Israeli organizations (like the ADL) are fiercely lobbying.
02-15-07 - From 2002: The Bushes and the Jews - Explaining the president's philo-Semitism. The source of the alleged Baker comment was Ed Koch - a staunch Israel-supporter.
02-15-07 - Are critics of Israel muzzled?
02-15-07 - Jewish group to investigate alleged anti-Semitic incidents at UC Irvine Muslim Student Union spokeswoman Marya Bangee said the latest investigation "is an intimidation tactic to try to stop us from exercising our right to criticize Israel."
And they are probably right.
02-15-07 - Senators introduce bill to restrict use of cluster munitions
02-15-07 - Tracing Abraham's path to Mideast peace
02-15-07 - Settlers call on US Jews to buy West Bank homes Following the US visit, the Amana organization set out to participate in a housing fair in New Jersey, where they will try to market homes in settlements. All of the settlements built on occupied Palestinian territory are illegal under international law (article 49).
02-15-07 - Hillel director apologizes for attack there has been speculation in the past over whether Neuwirth called Seidler-Feller a "capo" before or after the confrontation. Neuwirth writes for neocon rags like FrontPageMag, among others.
02-15-07 - In pictures: Views from Beirut's southern suburbs Residents from the southern suburbs of Beirut give their views on the Lebanese government a day after the mass rally that marked the second anniversary of the killing of ex-PM Rafik Hariri
02-15-07 - Olmert: Israel wants peace with Syria Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told reporters here Thursday that he is "happy" to make peace with Syria, but Damascus must stop supporting what he called "terrorism".
02-15-07 - Saudi prince eyes Tel Aviv A Saudi prince reportedly is interested in building a Tel Aviv beachfront hotel.
02-15-07 - Emory professors protest Carter visit Along with Lipstadt and Konner, the letter, which will run in "The Emory Wheel," was signed by Alan Abramowitz, Alben W. Barkley professor of political science; David R. Blumenthal, Jay and Leslie Cohen professor of Judaic studies; Sander Gilman, distinguished professor of the arts and sciences; Harvey Klehr, Andrew W. Mellon professor of politics and history; Andre J. Nahmias, Richard W. Blumberg emeritus professor of pediatrics; Raymond F. Schinazi, professor of pediatrics and chemistry, director of the laboratory of biochemical pharmacology; and Donald G. Stein, Asa G. Candler professor of psychology, emergency medicine and neurology
02-15-07 - Hagel's insights inform government class Speaking to a false perception that there exists a religious basis for terrorism, Hagel said, "There is very little difference between a Palestinian Muslim family, an Israeli Jewish family and an American Christian family. We have more in common than we have in difference."...."A world that is peaceful, secure, stable and tolerant-If I had that kind of world, I'd take it," Hagel said. He cautioned, however, that he would "fight like hell" against attempts to take away civil liberties in the name of security. "History suggests that once you take them away, you don't get them back," he said.
Chuck Hagel for President.
02-15-07 - The Road Map to Despotism Over the six-month trial a parade of 80 witnesses, including 21 from Israel, attempted to brand the Florida professor as a terrorist.....The 94 charges against Al-Arian and his co-defendants resulted in no convictions. Hmm. Another failed trial that featured testimony by Israel agents.
02-15-07 - Syria lashes out at Lebanese leaders Syrian state media has accused leaders of Lebanon's anti-Damascus parliament majority of being involved in a deadly bus bombing in a Christian village in which three people were killed.
02-15-07 - US anti-Iran documents on Iraq forged - Zarif Rose: I mean what is your own judgment? Does Tehran think the US is preparing for an attack against Iran? Unfortunately, I was only able to catch the last two minutes of that program.
02-15-07 - Great Issues didn't bring hate speech to campus The truth is 'hate speech' to those who seek to cover it up.
02-15-07 - HELP: Palestine Mural Under Threat
02-15-07 - Shutting Jewish Mouths Back then, at the height of the first intifada, the Jewish establishment charged that Jews who spoke out publicly against the "Iron Fist" policies of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin were aiding the enemies of Israel.
02-15-07 - Govt unlikely to recover Lebanese evacuation expenses The Federal Government spent more than $30 million evacuating Australians from Lebanon during the conflict with Israel last year, but says it is unlikely to get much of the money back
02-15-07 - MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY RECEIVES FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP TO HOST ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN SCHOLARS
02-15-07 - Neo-Nazi rally was organized by FBI informant An interesting story coming from a credible news outfit. What else do they do, mm? (Pay particular attention to what outfit applauded this action).
02-14-07 - Unknown gunmen attack Palestinian officer in Rafah Palestinian sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen attacked the car of a Palestinian officer while he was traveling to work via the Dier Al Balah ? Rafah road in the southern Gaza strip on Wednesday morning.
02-14-07 - Israeli military demolishes seven Palestinian homes in south Hebron district At Imneizil several young children were in their home eating
when the Israeli military arrived; the soldiers gave the family time to get
out, but did not give them time to remove their personal belongings. The
animal pen was demolished with a few animals inside; two lambs were injured.
02-14-07 - Security forces demolish seven houses in Mt. Hebron villages Harizat said the forces demolished a house belonging to a family with eight children Happy Valentine's Day, from Israel.
02-14-07 - Abbas delays power-share speech Palestinian officials said Hamas had presented new conditions before it would resign the government that it leads - an essential step for the power-sharing deal to start.
02-14-07 - Officials call on Israel to be tougher with Abbas Some in the Israeli administration are calling on its leaders to be tougher on Abbas because he ?signed a deal with the devil? in Mecca
02-14-07 - Egyptian MP: Nothing will work with Israel except nuclear bomb Israeli excavations near the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem sparked angry reactions on Monday from Egyptian parliament members, including one who said only a nuclear bomb could stop Israel.
02-14-07 - Discovery of mosaic halts work at Jerusalem walkway
02-14-07 - Israeli PM gets violent welcome in Ankara Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived on Wednesday in Turkey, Israel?s closest Muslim ally, for two days of talks on the Middle East amid violent protests over the Jewish state?s controversial construction work near al-Quds?s Al-Aqsa mosque.
02-14-07 - Sabri: "Digging near the Al Aqsa Mosque aims at controlling it" The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, slammed the Israeli digging near the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and considered it as part of an Israeli plan to control the mosque and its surrounding areas.
02-14-07 - Settler attack and occupation of Abu Heikel garden in Tel Rumeida
02-14-07 - Despite loss of his child, Palestinian ex-fighter remains dedicated to peace Two days after Abir's death, Shapira met with a Palestinian father from Bilin whose son had been shot in the stomach, allegedly by an Israeli soldier. Just weeks before, 12-year-old Miras Alazza was shot in the back while playing on his bedroom balcony, close to Israel's security wall near Bethlehem.
02-14-07 - Residents of Nablus hold a peaceful protest against checkpoints, occupation "No Occupation, No Barriers", the protesters chanted as they marched through the streets of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank.
02-14-07 - Israeli army abducts six Palestinian men from several parts of the West Bank
02-14-07 - Israel moots peace talks possibility
02-14-07 - Army abducts five Palestinian men from Hebron
02-14-07 - 'Reality' of Holocaust can't justify oppression of Palestinians: Iranian diplomat A high-ranking Iranian official acknowledged Wednesday the "reality" of the Holocaust, unlike President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but said it should not be used to justify the repression of the Palestinians.
02-14-07 - Israeli soldiers walk past an elderly Palestinian man after the Israeli army destroyed sheep pens in the West Bank village of Mreiha Happy Valentine's Day, from Israel.
02-14-07 - Analysis: Palestine texts falsely accused According to Afif Safieh, representative of the Palestinian Liberation Organization Mission to the United States, the European Union performed a thorough investigation of the Palestinian curriculum several years ago and found no problems.
"The allegation is totally untrue," said Safieh, who was also quick to cite prominent Israeli journalists, including Akiva Eldar, have reported that current Palestinian curriculum favorably to Israeli textbooks.
02-14-07 - Palestinians find time for love amid hardships
02-14-07 - PM visit to Turkey to focus on reining in Iran nukes program
02-14-07 - Iran envoy Larijani visits Saudi for nuclear talks Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted sources in Saudi Arabia as saying the aim of the visit was "to exchange views over Iran's nuclear issue and the recent changes in the region."
02-14-07 - An Israeli-Palestinian peace ... by inches
02-14-07 - Jewish groups back bias crimes U.S. Jewish groups are backing a proposed bill that would expand prosecution of hate crimes. There is some controversy over this bill as it relates to freedom of speech and how it will relate to criticism of Israel.
02-14-07 - Media fall for pro-Israel hate group's "Terror Free Oil" It takes only moments to discover that TFO spokesman Joe Kaufman is founder of a group called "Americans Against Hate," whose main agenda appears to be support for the Israeli extremist right
02-14-07 - Subcommittee hosts anti-Palestinian threesome
02-14-07 - Israeli prof rebukes Irish on academic boycott An Israeli professor visiting Ireland rebuked a group of Irish scholars for advocating an academic boycott of Israel.
02-14-07 - The Covert War and Elevated Risks Israel is far from a passive victim of Iranian skullduggery, of course. It has been involved in these types of intelligence wars since the founding of the state -- and, if one counts the Jewish insurgent and terrorist attacks against British forces and Muslims in the 1930s and 1940s, even before
02-14-07 - Obama Set For Big Jewish Push That includes the recruitment of top Jewish donors and advisers, and an expected major speech on Israel and the Middle East that a Democratic insider said "will set the baseline and establish Sen. Obama as a reliable, strong supporter of Israel."
Pucker up, Obama, the pro-Israeli heiney is quivering with anticipation.
02-14-07 - Brandeis Donors Exact Revenge For Carter Visit Major donors to Brandeis University have informed the school they will no longer give it money in retaliation for its decision last month to host former President Jimmy Carter, a strong critic of Israel. Institutions, both public and private, ought to think twice about relying too heavily on private donations for this reason. When these donors seek to color the politics of said institutions by withholding much-needed funding, then you are treading in dangerous waters. It happens all of the time all across America, I'm sure.
02-14-07 - Israel, Turkey have to do some deep thinking It is clear that Israel feels deep interest in the Iraqi Kurdish region but does not even attempt to forge direct links not to offend Turkey.
02-14-07 - Chirac leans toward Iran to protect French UN troops According to reports, Chirac proposed sending a special envoy to Tehran to reach understandings that would protect the French soldiers serving in in the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
02-14-07 - Thousands rally in Lebanon in memory of Hariri
02-14-07 - Carter's book is fair-minded
02-14-07 - Trio held over Valentine's Day flowers protest
02-14-07 - Palestinian zoo endures despite star giraffe's loss
02-14-07 - Israel has ?true friend? in Canada, says Avi Dichter
02-14-07 - Harper cheered at CIJA event The leaders of the Canadian political establishment expressed their strong support for Israel last week in addressing the parliamentary dinner that concluded the biennial, two-day conference of the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy It's hard to watch Canada go the way the US has (fall heavily under Israeli influence by way of its lobby).
02-14-07 - 46% of the Israel?s Jewish population supports renewing talks with P.A unity government
02-14-07 - A pair of honest politicians who deserve praise
02-13-07 - Israeli forces kill 22 year old in northern Gaza Strip Early Tuesday 22 year old Mohammed Shaker Al Hosni of the Al Aqsa Brigades died in the northern Gaza Strip
02-13-07 - Israel denies Jerusalem holy site work halted, protests continue Israel has denied a report that archaeological excavations and building work near Jerusalem's most contested holy site had been abandoned, as angry Muslims continued to slam the project.
02-13-07 - Violent arrest campaign against demonstrators in Jerusalem Israeli forces launched a major arrest campaign in the Old City of Jerusalem and its environs Tuesday, targeting Palestinians who have participated in demonstrations against the destruction at Al Aqsa Mosque
02-13-07 - U.S. says all issues on table in Olmert-Abbas talks The Monday meeting with Rice was initially expected to explore the contours of a Palestinian state but some officials in Jerusalem said the focus would be on American and Israeli concerns about the unity government deal, negotiated by Hamas and Abbas' Fatah faction in Saudi Arabia last week.
02-13-07 - Qaeda urges Palestinians leave Fatah, embrace Islam The SITE Institute is a private U.S. organisation that tracks militant activities and often publishes militants' statements. It carried an English transcript of the Zawahri statement which it said appeared as a recording on the Internet. That explains a lot. Next we'll learn that it's run by a bunch of neocons (like MEMRI is).
02-13-07 - Kuwait calls on UNSC to immediately stop Israel from judiazing Al-Qods
02-13-07 - EU warns Palestinians over terror The EU will not recognize any changes to the 1967 borders except those approved by both sides, Matussek declared, referring to Israel's borders before the Six-day War during which the Jewish state captured the West Bank.
02-13-07 - More than a walkway If Israeli officials felt that the protest against work near Al-Aqsa mosque was a local problem that would soon go away, they were not watching Lebanese television.
02-13-07 - Attacks against Palestinian refugees in Iraq continues; three abducted on Tuesday
02-13-07 - Steinitz: US must stop Iran from arming ** "At this moment, Iran thinks that Israel is weak politically, so it would be better if the United States were to issue the threats," said Steinitz. Israel = the monkey on America's back. The same man was making the same calls in Sept. 2005. And then there's this from December.
02-13-07 - Hamas official accuses the U.S and Israel of planning to collapse unity government
02-13-07 - N.Y. Lawmaker Freezes $86M Meant for Abbas The original push for delaying the funding for security training came from Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, the ranking minority member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who first asked Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the Democratic chairman of the committee, to place a hold on the $86 million Ros-Lehtinen AGAIN.
02-13-07 - No one can prevent nuclear Iran, top defense official says ** Lubrani said the US "does not understand the threat and has not done enough," adding that the Americans and Europeans "must be shaken awake."
02-13-07 - MK asks El Al why it refused to fly body of Israeli Arab woman The deceased, Acre-born Lamis Jerrar, worked as a lecturer at Howard University in Washington D.C. and held dual Israeli and American citizenship. After she passed away, her family tried to bring her to burial in her hometown
02-13-07 - Islamic Jihad threatens US attacks if chief captured The 48-year-old married father of four has been on a US terrorist list since 1995 and was indicted on 53 charges by a US court in 2003 The response the Zions were hoping for.
02-13-07 - Israeli troops abduct 50 Palestinians in Jerusalem
02-13-07 - Israeli wall creates "island" villages in W. Bank
02-13-07 - Israeli soldiers abducts six Palestinian civilians from Jerusalem
02-13-07 - Israeli Pundit; Excavations Are to Convert Al Buraq Mosque Into a Synagogue
02-13-07 - Angry demonstrators in Syrian capital protest Israeli dig near Muslim holy site Hundreds of thousands of Syrians marched through Damascus' main thoroughfares on Tuesday in protest of the Israeli construction work near the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the official SANA news agency said.
02-13-07 - Gas station explosion prompts Ministry of Labor in Bethlehem to launch safety & inspection campaign After last month's explosion at a Ramallah gas station, the Palestinian Ministry of Labor in Bethlehem is undertaking a widespread campaign to inspect gas stations.
02-13-07 - Military bulldozers destroy farm land in Hebron On Tuesday Israeli army bulldozers started to destroy farmlands that are privately owned by Palestinian farmers from the village of Beit Omer near Hebron in the southern West Bank. The purpose of this attack is to make way for a new 'Jewish settler only' road.
02-13-07 - Palestinians ethnically cleansed from the road In recent months Occupation authorities have escalated their policy of issuing fines to Palestinian drivers at certain checkpoints without reason.
02-13-07 - Pro-Israel PACs Not Invincible in U.S. Mid-Term Elections; Complications Ensue Emanuel is a noted Israel-firster whose father was a member of the terrorist Irgun, and who himself flew to help defend Israel during the first Gulf war.
02-13-07 - Members of Congress, Knesset to Address Iranian Threat, Incitement By Palestinian Media U.S. Reps. Dave Weldon,
M.D. (R-FL) and Eliot Engel (D-NY) will host a joint press conference with
members of the Israeli Knesset following a meeting to, among other things,
address the growing regional threat posed by Iran's pursuit of nuclear
weapons and extremists' use of Palestinian media to incite violence against
Israelis and Americans.
Our legislators evidently have nothing better to do than all of this work on behalf of a foreign nation.
02-13-07 - Fragile Lebanon needs urgent remedy
02-13-07 - Tension high for Hariri protest The opposition, including Hezbollah supporters, are to stage more protests aimed at bringing down the government.
02-13-07 - Bombs tear through Lebanon buses The casualties were travelling on two buses near Bikfaya, a mainly Christian town in the hills north of Beirut. Somebody wants to split the Christians (who have come together with some other noted Lebanese groups for these protests in a rare show of unity) from the rest of the protest movement. Or so it would seem.
02-13-07 - 'Twelve killed' in Lebanon explosions Former president Amin Gemayel, a Christian, told the same radio station that "alien hands," were behind the explosions on being the explosions. "Lebanese do not kill Lebanese."
02-13-07 - What is Left? What is Right? Does it Matter?
02-13-07 - 'Israel slander corrupts human rights' ISRAEL corrupts human rights - ask any number of mainstream human rights organizations. This is yet another attempt by an Israel-defender to conflate criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism.
02-13-07 - From Feb. 2006: 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.
02-13-07 - From June 2005: Mossad Chief: U.S. to Be Mired in Middle East in Perpetuity Israelis who are trying to promote a role for NATO in the region, in one form or another, are actually promoting a generation-long American presence
02-13-07 - Putin takes Mideast peace offensive to Jordan Putin also took a new swipe at the United States, accusing it of stirring up Russia as a "threat" in Congress to secure funds for its military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, five days after a blistering attack on US foreign policy
02-13-07 - Israeli town has Kahane Street
02-13-07 - Fishing for Freedom: The Anglers of Gaza?s Internet Cafés To the youth of Palestine, Scandinavian countries represent justice and gentle tranquility in a world often seen as gone mad and bent on conflict. The United States, with its Israel-centric foreign policy, seems increasingly hostile.
02-13-07 - Breaking the Silence in DC Shaul went on to describe the actions he and his fellow soldiers took while serving in Hebron?actions that now make him look back in shame.
02-13-07 - PCRF Provides Medical Care to Maimed Palestinian and Other Arab Children SINCE IT WAS founded in 1991, the Palestine Children?s Relief Fund has provided medical treatment to 4,000 seriously ill and wounded children in the Middle East and has brought 700 youngsters to the U.S. for surgery
02-13-07 - From July 2005: Jewish extremists put ancient death curse on Sharon Strange that one hour ambulance ride to the hospital was..
02-13-07 - Three's a Crowd: Israel, Iran, and the Bush Administration Israel's power after 1947 was based on its military supremacy over its weaker neighbors. It is in the process of losing it ? if it has not already. Lesser problems, mainly demographic, will only be aggravated if tension persists
02-13-07 - Iranian students demand Nestle boycott "Boycott Nestle, save our Al-Aqsa," read the placards carried by the university students, angered by Israeli building work near the east Jerusalem mosque compound, which was the focus of violent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians.
02-13-07 - Obama on Israel on 60 Minutes At this stage, in this interview, Obama says some key things that friends of Israel will appreciate
02-13-07 - Our Opinion: Just Jimmy The University's good relations with Carter should trump the desire to hear the same counter-arguments rehashed for the second or 10th or 50th time. A controversial subject does not require a rebuttal when that rebuttal has already been heard. Former President Carter is one of Emory's greatest resources, and as such, he deserves to have the final say on the controversy. Amen.
02-13-07 - 3. PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID, by Jimmy Carter Number 3!
02-13-07 - Guilford students charge administration with cover-up
02-13-07 - Robert Fisk's February Talk at Ithaca College is Rescheduled for March 1
02-13-07 - UN says Israel and Lebanon violated cease-fire The incident took place at the same location where the IDF had shot at and destroyed four improvised explosive devices on the Lebanese side of the Blue Line two days earlier.
02-13-07 - An Israeli soldier fires a tear gas canister at Palestinian demonstrators in the West Bank city of Hebron
02-13-07 - Commentary: U.S. financial aid to Israel supports apartheid, threatens world peace Total U.S. aid to Israel equals approximately one-third of our foreign aid budget, yet Israel compromises .001 percent of the world's population and has one of the world's higher per capita incomes.
02-13-07 - Lebanese, Palestinian Baptists ask for prayer amid continuing strife Open Doors, a United States-based group that tracks persecution of Christians around the globe, reported Feb. 13 that Palestinian Authority police officers had relinquished control of the six-story Gaza Baptist Church building, which they had seized Feb. 2.
02-13-07 - Mandela: Israeli Authorities Exile a Female Palestinian Prisoner
02-13-07 - Survey results could presage test for Germany's special ties to Israel While about 80 percent of Israelis and almost 75 percent of American Jews would consider a military strike against Iran justifiable if Iran gets the bomb, 61 percent of Germans would oppose such a move.
02-13-07 - Israelis urged to shun Iraq The advisory appeared to be in response to reports that a growing number of Israelis are traveling to Iraq, usually on foreign passports, for business purposes. Israeli security experts are said to be in especially high demand in the relatively stable Kurdish areas of northern Iraq.
02-13-07 - Israeli Arabs: 'Who are we and what do we want?'
02-13-07 - U.S. marks Islamic Jihad leader The State Department offered a separate bounty for Mohammed Ali Hamadei, a Lebanese Hezbollah member suspected of involvement in the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847 that resulted in the murder of a U.S. sailor.
But the wholesale murder of THESE US sailors goes unpunished by this same government. An outrage.
02-13-07 - Keeping talks kosher The Bush-Sharon understanding meant that the United States endorsed not just "one or two settlements, but several vast settlement blocs, including in particular those that choke off East Jerusalem from its West Bank hinterland," which would reduce the remaining Palestinian territory to a "patch work of open-air prison camps," according to Khalidi.
02-13-07 - 'Times' Is Behind the Times With Keffiyeh Trend
02-13-07 - HARIRI ANNIVERSARY: PALESTINIAN REFUGEES ESCHEW LEBANON'S INTERNAL CRISIS
02-13-07 - Speech Sparks Discourse Between Religious Groups Walid Shoebat?s controversial lecture last Wednesday continues to have a ripple effect on campus, including positive dialogue between Jewish and Muslim student groups aimed at developing unity. Shoebat, the 'former Palestinian terrorist', is trotted around the country by the Israeli lobby to do the 'Hasbara'.
02-13-07 - Reporter creates fictional detective to tell Palestinian story
02-13-07 - Mahathir's war crimes tribunal under fire Mahathir last week launched a war crimes tribunal which he said will focus on victims of abuse in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, saying the existing International Criminal Court in The Hague was biased.
02-12-07 - Israel to halt holy site repairs but excavations go on
02-12-07 - Israeli army destroy Palestinian Farm Land to make way for military post near Hebron Israeli army bulldozers destroyed a large amount of private Palestinian owned land in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Monday in order to make way for a military post.
02-12-07 - Unknown gunmen abduct a former Palestinian official and blow up a restaurant in southern Gaza strip
02-12-07 - Palestinian PM urges boycott end
02-12-07 - PM's lines in sand for summit: J'lem, refugees, '67 lines Olmert is refusing to discuss three major elements of any final-status agreement - Palestinian refugees, the status of Jerusalem and an Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 armistice lines - because he believes that raising any of these issues would doom the talks to failure
02-12-07 - Undercover Israeli force abducts a Palestinian child from Bethlehem
02-12-07 - Israeli army injures one Palestinian man and abducts 13 others from several northern West Bank areas
02-12-07 - Olive tree planting in western Ramallah on lands now blocked by the Wall The olive groves need attention but are now on the other side of the Wall. Yesterday's resistance was part of a campaign to replant olive trees on bulldozed land.
02-12-07 - Human rights organization connects Sharon's provocation at Al Aqsa in 2000 to current agressions
02-12-07 - Families refuse to leave their homes at Moroccan Gate despite destruction Israeli-controlled Municipality bulldozers resumed the demolitions adjacent to the Western Wall and the Gate of the Moroccans
02-12-07 - Dispute between Olmert and Abbas over trilateral summit agenda
02-12-07 - Israeli Army invades Al Thahria village near Hebron, attacks Palestinian shops Eyewitnesses stated that five army jeeps stormed the village, soldiers started to smash front doors of local stores and blew up others, creating a state of panic among local children.
02-12-07 - Ousted Republican senator criticizes Bush on Israel Rhode Island: Ousted Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee criticized President George W. Bush's handling of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, saying the president was bowing to a faction of evangelical Christians who oppose a Palestinian state
02-12-07 - Our unity can now pave the way for peace and justice The Mecca agreement gives the west the chance to break with its policy of blackmail and recognise Palestinian rights
02-12-07 - Washington sources: Israel in race for more aid Israeli sources and US supporters of Israel agree that the time to act is now. Bush is the most pro-Israeli president ever to occupy the White House. The Bush administration is knowledgeable about aid negotiations with Israel. Everyone running for president, Democrats and Republicans alike, are considered strong supporters of Israel. None of them will challenge Bush for increasing aid to Israel during their election campaigns, where the Jewish vote is important Why us? Why not Germany? The US is the sole superpower in the world (for now), that's why. Israel = the monkey on America's back.
02-12-07 - Israel mulls suspending ties over Abbas-Hamas deal
02-12-07 - EU not ready to resume aid to Palestinian government The European Union is not yet ready to resume aid to the Palestinian government despite the unity accord signed last week in Mecca, EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner has said.
02-12-07 - Raed Salah to face incitement probe; cabinet okays continuation of Mugrabi construction Police chief Moshe Karadi yesterday ordered a probe into Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Ra'ad Salah on suspicions of incitement and sedition. This comes due to his recent comments against Israeli rule, security forces and the police, due to excavations under the Mugrabi bridge that began last week.
02-12-07 - IRAQ: Palestinians say gov?t cannot protect them Syria has been the most welcoming country to them and already hosts 432,000 Palestinian refugees. In addition, it hosts up to a million Iraqi refugees.
02-12-07 - Looking Back to Look Forward: A Call for International Commemoration of Nakba 60 The coming anniversary is particularly poignant, as it is probably the last decade anniversary when 1948 eyewitnesses are alive to give testimony
02-12-07 - King visits Al Baqaa Camp Palestinian refugees in the Baqaa Camp appreciated King Abdullah?s stance that supporting Palestinian people to regain their legitimate rights by finding a just and lasting solution for the Palestinian cause deemed to be a core of conflict in the region
02-12-07 - In Gaza, Circles of Hell
02-12-07 - Palestinian Christians voice support for Hamas-Fatah pact
02-12-07 - YIKES - Warmonger Daniel Pipes Testifying to Congress - Do They Learn NOTHING? the real inspiration apparently came from Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) (Cuba sanctions, Palestinian sanctions, regime-change warrior?etc). What a surprise. Ros-Lehtinen's record on Capitol Hill should be thoroughly scrutinized to determine exactly how much time she spends on all matters Israel. For she would appear to be ISRAEL's representative therein, not ours.
02-12-07 - Israel: apartheid or democracy?
02-12-07 - Upcoming Carter and Albright Discussion on Middle East Peace Prospects To be Webcast Live Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will speak on the prospects for lasting peace in the Palestinian territories to a sold-out audience at The Carter Center on Feb. 22, 2007, from 7-8:30 p.m. The event will also be webcast live on The Carter Center?s Web site at www.cartercenter.org .
02-12-07 - Free Speech Under Attack When It Comes To Discussing the Middle East
02-12-07 - Rise of Extremist Avigdor Lieberman Makes U.S.-Israel Alliance More Dangerous
02-12-07 - US offers $5m to catch militants Mohammed Ali Hamadei, allegedly a member of Hezbollah, is accused of murder and involvement in hijacking. Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah is the head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, blamed for bombings in Israel.
02-12-07 - Human Rights Advocacy Flourishing in Palestine
02-12-07 - Norman Finkelstein Discusses "Prospect for Peace" at Rutgers Finkelstein is a brave soul (and cute to boot).
02-12-07 - Saudi Arabia reaches out to Israel in effort to counter Iran's regional sway
02-12-07 - Pulling the Iranian danger out of the shadows The Bush administration sincerely believes that Iran is now its main enemy in the world ............If US President George W. Bush actually plans to bomb Iran's nuclear installations before the end of his term, as many politicians in Europe believe, and in Israel hope, Somehow Israel's 'main enemies' become OURS. Recall that prior to the invasion of Iraq, Saddam was Israel's 'main enemy'.
02-12-07 - PM: Ceding entire Golan is price of peace with Syria "The whole world knows that in any future negotiations, if they are renewed, we will have to give up on the entire Golan Heights," Olmert said during a heated exchange with oppposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud).....Olmert also told the committee that it was during Netanyahu who had given life to Hamas during his tenure as prime minister.
02-12-07 - Another side to Israeli-Palestinian conflict the claim that Israel is not bound by U.N. resolutions to repatriate Palestinian refugees is factually dubious. Instead of abiding by international resolutions pertaining to refugees' return, Israel made it impossible for them to return by destroying the Arab villages in which these displaced Palestinians had resided for generations.
02-12-07 - India's ties with Israel benefits us in some cases: Palestine
02-12-07 - With a bang, not a whimper A final summing-up on the Independent Jewish Voices debate from one of the signatories.
02-12-07 - Revisiting Bint Jbail Residents of a southern Lebanese town destroyed during the ground war between Israel and Hezbollah say life is returning to normal. But the remnants of war continue to endanger lives.
02-12-07 - Hamas says does not answer to foreign power Unfortunately, America does.
02-12-07 - "Israel May Have to Act Alone" Lieberman: I am sensing on the part of the Americans an understanding for the Iranian problem, but currently I do not see in Washington enough political energy and determination for an independent step against Iran
02-12-07 - CAIR: Congress Asked to Hear Both Sides of Mideast Conflict One of the speakers, Daniel Pipes, is best known for his position that
the only goal of the Israelis should be "getting the Palestinians to give
up." He also says Israel must convince the Palestinians "that their quest
for an independent homeland is futile."
02-12-07 - Israeli activist speaks about Middle East "Israel is condemned as the grossest violator of human rights in the world. I'm telling you - I have the chutzpah to tell you - that Israel is actually the most progressive protector of human rights." Hahahahahaha.
02-12-07 - Carter book about Palestinians is long overdue
02-11-07 - Israeli police close Palestinian schools in Jerusalem, fearing protests Israeli police have closed the childrens' schools as part of the newly-imposed 'security measures' that were enforced during the excavation. The police say they fear that if the students go to school, they will protest against the digging.
02-11-07 - Palestinians call on Israel to accept national unity deal
02-11-07 - Hamas-led Government to resign within 48 Hours
02-11-07 - HEBRON URGENT ACTION: The Israeli military has issued stop building orders to five Palestinian
families living in the Khirbtkasah area of Hebron district. In the past such
orders have often been followed by demolition orders.
02-11-07 - Forming unity government within week difficult: official
02-11-07 - At-Tuwani Update 15-31 January 2007 A soldier asked
what CPT and OD are doing here. Gish said, "We are human rights observers and
are concerned with settler attacks on Palestinians." The soldier responded,
"Settlers never attack Palestinians. All the attacks here have come from
Palestinians against settlers." (To the best of our knowledge the last
Palestinian attack on Israelis in this area was about eight years ago.)
02-11-07 - Israeli missile test 'successful' One of the missiles was fired at night and destroyed what Israeli media said was a target similar to Iran's long-range Shahab-3 missile.
02-11-07 - Israel urges international rejection of Palestinian unity deal THE Israeli Government is lobbying the world not to lift the financial and diplomatic blockade of the occupied territories following last week's unity deal between the two main Palestinians faction.
02-11-07 - Nonviolent protest against Israeli destruction of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem
02-11-07 - NEF Collaboration with World Food Program Makes Leap in West Bank This six month pilot project will feed 10,000 Palestinian children in over 130 kindergartens in poor districts of Jenin, Tubas, and Nablus in the West Bank.
02-11-07 - US churches appeal for halt to excavations on Jerusalem's Temple Mount On Friday, Churches for Middle East Peace appealed to Assistant Secretary David Welch to convince Israel to halt excavations near the Temple Mount/Haram al- Sharif in the Old City of Jerusalem
02-11-07 - Norway wants to lift boycott of Hamas
02-11-07 - Olmert demands Palestinians meet Quartet conditions Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned that a new Palestinian unity government including both Fatah and Hamas must abide by the demands of the international community on the peace process.
02-11-07 - EU foreign ministers to assess Palestinian power-sharing pact
02-11-07 - Turkey warns Israel on mosque excavation
02-11-07 - Olmert non-committal over Palestinian unity deal Naturally.
02-11-07 - Israeli cabinet approves Jerusalem excavations The Arab League condemned the dig at a meeting in Cairo on Saturday and demanded Western nations force Israel "to stop this aggression immediately."
02-11-07 - Egypt dismisses Israeli arms smuggling claims Egypt has dismissed Israeli accusations that it was not doing enough to halt weapons-smuggling to the Palestinians across the Gaza border.
02-11-07 - Envoy: Iran poses no threat to Israel Iran's nuclear program is not a threat to Israel and the country is prepared to settle all outstanding issues with the International Atomic Energy Agency within three weeks, its top nuclear negotiator said Sunday.
02-11-07 - Bulldozers doomed for failure Controversial Mugrabi Gate works won't boost Israeli hold over east Jerusalem
02-11-07 - Papandreou welcomes Palestinian agreement
02-11-07 - A Greater Israel After al-Qaeda?s terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Bush spotted a political opportunity to implement a long-held neoconservative strategy for eliminating anti-Israeli governments in the Middle East, whether or not they represented security threats to the United States.
02-11-07 - The danger of a 'chosen' nation At the heart of the problem, of course, lies the dispute between Israel and the Palestinians who were displaced in the 1940s to make room for the new Jewish state. Although some land was reserved for the Palestinians, Israel seized most of that during the Six-Day War of 1967. Although most of Gaza has been returned, the majority of the West Bank is still under Israeli administration.
02-11-07 - Two days of action against Israeli company exporting Valentine's Day flowers to UK Thirteen Palestine solidarity protesters from London and Brighton blockaded the UK base of Israeli agricultural export company Agrexco(UK) Ltd. this morning while on Saturday over 100 protesters stood in front of the gates of the depot and deliveries had to be rescheduled
02-11-07 - Foreign spies should stay out For at least three decades, Israel's spy agencies have had an unhealthy predilection for forging or stealing Canadian passports.
02-11-07 - Muslims face hatred, curiosity in U.S. heartland
02-11-07 - Israel?s provocation Indeed, the latest Israeli action promises to be so dangerous that the United States has advised Israel to take people?s ?sensitivities? into consideration with regard to the alleged repairs, which will go on for months if they are not discontinued. And the timing is suspect, as always.
02-10-07 - Resident injured east of Qalqilia invasion
02-10-07 - PA officials rally for international support to new government
02-10-07 - Israeli police abducts Palestinian school students in Jerusalem Israeli police has abducted a number of Palestinian high school students and injured some others in the old city of Jerusalem on Saturday morning.
02-10-07 - Eight injured and three abducted by Israeli army in Hebron During the clashes eight civilians were injured among them three internationals working for the Christian Peace Makers Teems in Hebron city. Medical sources stated that the eight injures were admitted in the local public hospital due to tier gas inhalation.
02-10-07 - Demonstrations continue against Israeli threat to Al Aqsa Mosque as do closures
02-10-07 - Jerusalem mayor fears for city over dig
02-10-07 - IDF has no plans to evict settler families from Hebron IDF camp after 10 years
02-10-07 - Hebron Update 29 January - 4 February 2007 Palestinians from Tel Rumeida held an action on the H1 side of the Duboyya
checkpoint in the afternoon. Children from the area were invited to participate
in T-shirt painting, on the theme of Martin Luther King Jnr and the civil rights
movement in the US Watch video clip of Feb. 2nd news.
02-10-07 - HEBRON: Locked in the Ghetto Media and international
attention has focused recently on the settler problem in Hebron, specifically an
instance of a settler woman harassing her Palestinian neighbors (see "HEBRON
LETTERS: Commentary on recent video showing Hebron settler woman harassing Abu
Aisha family"). It seems the Israeli army's main response to the violence is to
lock up the Palestinians tighter.
02-10-07 - Arab League blasts Temple Mount dig for 'altering features' of Jerusalem Why did Israel pick NOW to start this work at the Al Aqsa mosque compound? Clearly, there are recent moves toward peace agreements and with high-level US involvement. Israel knows exactly the danger of its actions given that the 2000 intifada was sparked by Ariel Sharon's visit to this mosque.
02-10-07 - Judge: Troops at fence protest were more violent than protesters After watching a videotape of the rally, the judge wrote that the troops showed an "ugly face" to people holding a democratic demonstration.
02-10-07 - State demands Jaffa Gate hotels stay in hands of 'Israeli lesses' The document delivered by Eitan to Theophilos' attorneys shows that a central issue occupying the committee is how to ensure that Greek Orthodox church assets will be sold to Jewish bodies or to the state.
02-10-07 - Earthquake Hits Palestinian Territory An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale hit overnight most of the Palestinian Territory, particularly in areas of the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
02-10-07 - ANALYSIS-Saudi seen worried over Iran, not U.S., in Mecca deal "Most of it is about Iran," said London-based Saudi analyst Mai Yamani. "Iran has been financing Hamas, while the Saudis in the last few months even refused to meet (Hamas Prime Minister Ismail) Haniyeh. They realised that if there is more chaos in the Palestinian territories Iran will have more influence
02-10-07 - Israeli Forces seize a public bus in Bethlehem and abduct 8 Palestinian men
02-10-07 - Merkel says Iran must meet all demands over nuclear programme Merkel said the international community "cannot accept the statements from the Iranian president" about Israel, in a reference to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats to wipe Israel off the map.
02-10-07 - Lebanon, Again? The Israelis want another go ** Those who fear war with Iran had best look to Lebanon, where the first shots are being fired
02-10-07 - Let us coexist Until the Zionist project of creating an exclusively Jewish state in Palestine began in earnest in the latter part of the 19th century, Jews lived in many parts of the Muslim world and enjoyed living conditions not available to their fellow European Jews until recently.
02-10-07 - Lebanon hit by black market weapons boom On February 4, Syrian officials said they had impounded an Iraqi truck transporting guns to Lebanon, and on Thursday a lorry loaded with weapons destined for Hezbollah was intercepted by security forces in east Beirut.
02-10-07 - Expanding his mission Josh Hough of Corvallis is willing to take that risk and is planning to move temporarily to Tuwani, a Palestinian village about 30 miles south of Jerusalem, by the end of summer. He will be working with Christian Peacemaker Teams, a Chicago-based organization that focuses on reducing violence and protecting human rights around the world
02-10-07 - The new Jewish question Americans have long been in the grip of a cultural taboo that is characterised by Judt as follows: 'All Jews are silenced by the requirement to be supportive of Israel, and all non-Jews are silenced by the fear of being thought anti-Semitic, and there is no conversation on the subject.'
02-10-07 - Clark raps Harper government on Mideast Former prime minister Joe Clark pointedly criticized Prime Minister Stephen Harper?s stance on the Israeli-Arab conflict, saying the current Conservative government has put Canada?s ?balanced and careful? Middle East foreign policy in jeopardy.
02-10-07 - 9/11 ? What Did the Israelis Know?
02-10-07 - Federal officials defend immigrant facility The center, just northeast of Austin, has been home to three North Texas Palestinian families in recent months, including members of the Ibrahim family, whose controversial detention sparked a new round of criticism last week Because Texas doesn't have a serious immigration problem at its borders, the immigration facility was home to not one, but three, Palestinian families. Who has made it a government priority to seize and detain immigration violators that are PALESTINIAN, me wonders?
02-10-07 - Israel no promised land, claim some Russian Jews many of the immigrants from Russia were not religiously observant Jews.
In fact, as many as 400,000 of them only have distant Jewish roots since Israel's liberal Law of Return grants citizenship to anyone with one Jewish grandparent and their spouses, whether or not they have any other Jewish connections.
02-09-07 - Hamas deals swift blow to peace deal hopes The Mecca agreement should make it harder for Israel to resist pressure to end the sanctions. Israel is calling the shots with regards to the sanctions. It is literally withholding the tax customs that it collects on behalf of the Palestinians - and it has done so for nearly a year now.
02-09-07 - Palestinian official asks Iraq to protect refugees
02-09-07 - Palestinian Man Released From Controversial Taylor Facility
02-09-07 - In pictures: Palestinian views on unity agreement
02-09-07 - Unity government - Gaza reaction This agreement came at the right time: to unite Palestinians against the destruction in al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and against the annexation of more land in the West Bank.
02-09-07 - Muted response to Mecca agreement Israel and the United States have reacted with caution to an agreement by Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to form a national unity government
02-09-07 - Digging up more hostility Israel will not begin repairing the damage and building a new walkway leading to al-Aqsa before they have completed a "salvage excavation". This ulterior motive to recover artefacts that may or may not exist in the area is doing nothing to stem Palestinian suspicion and could lead to the eruption of a third intifada.
02-09-07 - We are being suffocated No political initiative can compensate the suppression of an entire people's potential to develop in freedom
02-09-07 - High Commissioner winds up visit to Middle East region, new arrivals of Palestinians at Iraq-Syria border Meanwhile in a related development, the number of Palestinian refugees stranded at Al Waleed on the Iraq-Syria border has now reached more than 750 after the arrival over the last two days of 73 refugees fleeing the violence, harassment and killings in Baghdad.
02-09-07 - Non Violence workshop in At Tuwani The day began with an address by Nomfundo Walaza*, from South Africa, who spoke
about the importance of non-violence in the struggle for justice in her own
country. She spoke of some similarities between her own experiences and those of
Palestinians, struggling for peace and justice.
02-09-07 - Palestinian Refugees in Iraq
02-09-07 - PM to U.K.: Enact law prohibiting IDF officers' arrest in Britain Prime Minister Ehud Olmert asked British Foreign Minister Margaret Becket on Wednesday to enact a law preventing the arrest of Israel Defense Forces officers in British territory, during their meeting in Jerusalem.
02-09-07 - Shocking footage of abusive Hebron settlers sets off debate in Israel "There are reports and still nothing is done ... Whenever a Palestinian has attacked or killed an Israeli there were harsh measures but when an Israeli attacks a Palestinian, Palestinians are placed under curfew. It has created a ghost town."
02-09-07 - Abbas' top advisers call on UN chief after meeting Rice Top advisers to Mahmud Abbas said they had "fruitful" talks with UN chief Ban Ki-moon on the Palestinian president's power-sharing agreement with the radical Islamist movement Hamas in Mecca.
02-09-07 - Hamas wants West to end blockade Hamas urged the West on Friday to accept a new Palestinian unity government but leading officials from the Islamist group said they would never recognize Israel nor abide by existing peace accords.
02-09-07 - France urges world to back Palestinian accord
02-09-07 - US urges Israeli caution at contested Jerusalem holy site McCormack also described Israel's reaction to Friday's protests, in which police fired stun grenades and tear gas at stone-throwing Palestinian youths near Al-Aqsa as an "appropriate response". Who's in charge here?
02-09-07 - Indonesia urges Israel to stop mosque dig Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, urged Israel on Friday to stop excavations near Jerusalem's most important holy Islamic site, saying the move could worsen the Middle East conflict.
02-09-07 - Arab group appeals to U.N. Council on mosque dig The group "denounced the Israeli occupation authority's escalation of its aggression on Islamic endowments in occupied East Jerusalem by starting to destroy a historic route," the statement said.
02-09-07 - Palestinian sources: Deal for Shalit release closer than ever
02-09-07 - Gaza: hospitals and population face up to high human cost of violence ICRC monitors hospital stocks and delivers what is needed
02-09-07 - Chris Hedges: The Christian Right?s War on America I try not to focus on it. I?ve had to deal with the Israeli lobby for so long that I really try and shut it out and try not to read it, because a lot of it is just completely untrue and unfair, and I don?t want to burn up a lot of energy. I?d rather just put the blinders on and keep going and say what I have to say. I don?t like it, obviously, and I especially don?t like it when it devolves?as it usually does?into character assassination. We saw that with the response to Jimmy Carter?s book
02-09-07 - Netanyahu: Try Iranian on genocide charge genocide def - the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group . Who has driven nearly 3/4 million people from their homes, who has wiped Palestine off the map, who continues to squeeze a people into smaller and smaller areas of land by unlawful land confiscation (this includes by way of the wall)? Is it the Palestinians? And what of Avigdor Lieberman's comments calling on Israel to transfer the Arabs out of that country, hmm? He was just put in a very powerful position in the Israeli government. Can you say HYPOCRISY.
02-09-07 - Gatekeepers Bury Dancing Israeli Movers And Bogus Art Students On DN! They were released because they had no foreknowledge but they were celebrating because why? Why were they the only people in New York who seemed to realize that the first impact was a terrorist attack and not an accident? Because they lacked foreknowledge? I would bet all of my money on the fact that they knew what was coming, and that's why they came to Liberty Park to watch the incident, and that's precisely why they were seen cheering after the FIRST plane went into the WTC - when it had not yet been established that this was a terrorist attack. "Cui bono- Who benefits? - is a question that must ever be asked about Middle Eastern terror" - Pat Buchanan. Do your own research - who has benefited the most from the subsequent 'war on terror' and the political situation as well. You will get a few different answers: Israel, Cheney, and the neocons. Whose war is this?. I've got that Fox News video that has since disappeared without a trace from the internet at Fox's insistance. somewhere. Though I am not sure that I have all four parts of that series. For your perusal: the Bergen County Record article about the incident retrieved from the Internet Archiver.
02-09-07 - Syria waging war against us, says Netanyahu Opposition leader: Golan must remain part of Israel in any peace agreement land grabbers
02-09-07 - Jordan's Queen says Islam does not demand veil
02-09-07 - Searching for peace in Mideast the effort is an attempt at "bringing the human factor into this conflict," said Bashar Masri, a Palestinian-American Muslim from Louisville and a native of Nablus. "It's always been missing. If we don't humanize the conflict and make both people feel real about each other, it will be very hard to accomplish any real peace."
02-09-07 - Lebanon to use seized Hezbollah arms to fight Israel The Lebanese army will use weapons seized from the Shiite group Hezbollah to fight Israel in case of any future violation of Lebanese sovereignty, Defence Minister Elias Murr said.
02-09-07 - UK Boycott Campaigners to picket Israeli Company The aim is to draw attention to this company's sale of flowers from occupied Palestinian land on Valentines day
02-09-07 - Hillary Clinton Blasts 'Hate-Filled' Palestinian Textbooks Clinton, a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, called the conference to release a report by Palestinian Media Watch, a Jerusalem-based group that monitors Palestinian media for anti-Israel bias Now there's an impartial outfit if I've ever heard one. Hilary Clinton is an AIPAC stooge.
02-09-07 - U.N.'s Ban Veers From Standard Line on Israel Lebanese military commanders said that before the shooting began on Wednesday, Israeli bulldozers crossed the border, moving 22 yards into Lebanon's territory near the village of Maroun el-Rass. But the Israeli press, quoting IDF sources, said the bulldozers came under fire from the Lebanese side after crossing a "technical fence" within Israel's territory, several yards from the international border, known as the "blue line."
The NY Sun is a staunchly pro-Israel rag, in case you hadn't yet noticed.
02-09-07 - Palestine: where Camden is a sign of hope and love A JEWISH woman organised a concert in Hampstead to raise awareness about issues in a Palestinian town
02-09-07 - In budget request, Jewish groups find reason for praise, and regret The exception is $40 million that the Jewish state continues to receive for refugee resettlement, originally slated to help hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the former Soviet Union. The money now is used mostly for Jews arriving from Ethiopia.....It?s not often publicized that the pro-Israel community lobbies not just for assistance to Israel but also for the entire foreign-assistance package, partly as a way of building alliances with other ethnic communities and the foreign-aid lobby. American taxpayers are being totally soaked.
02-09-07 - BBC propaganda THE notion that peace is within the grasp of the Palestinians (Ending conflict, February 3) shows just how successful is the BBC's propaganda campaign on behalf of the state of Israel and their paymasters at the White House. Israel has breached more than 50 UN resolutions. Were it not for the complicity of the US, another 50 resolutions would have condemned the brutality of the most sectarian state on Earth.
02-09-07 - Pair eager to leave their legal limbo "I came here for a way of life," he says. "I'd lived all my life under Israeli occupation, and I wanted to be free." Unfortunately, you will find that Israel occupies America as well - and you will be treated virtually the same here as there, seems.
02-09-07 - Helping Israel Die ** this is the inevitable consequence of the planned air and missile attack on Iran
02-09-07 - Arabs Less Worried About Iran The face-to-face survey of a total of 3,850 respondents in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates found that close to 80 percent of Arabs consider Israel and the United States the two biggest external threats to their security. Only six percent cited Iran.
02-09-07 - The 'Independent' cuddles up to Israeli sources
02-09-07 - Rice focuses on endgame, but says conditions for Hamas remain in place At least a few of the 17 Jewish leaders arrived at the State Department armed with hard questions about Rice?s planned Feb. 19 summit with Olmert and Abbas.....They walked away reassured......Rice also forcefully addressed the U.S. determination to continue isolating Iran until it agrees to transparency about its nuclear program. She saw no point in otherwise dealing with the Iranian government.
02-09-07 - Shoebat Paints Unflattering Portrait of World?s Muslims And that's precisely why this 'former Palestinian terrorist' is allowed to traipse around this country in the first place - the Hasbara(propaganda).
02-09-07 - JINSA Bestows Distinguished Service Award Upon Senator John McCain If JINSA likes him, then he in fact must be bad for America. JINSA = "Israel first!"
02-09-07 - Why do they hate us? No. 1 reason: Israel
02-08-07 - At least seven killed and scores injured in an explosion in Ramallah Palestinian sources reported that at least seven Palestinians were killed and scores were injured when an explosion took place in a gas station in the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday afternoon.
02-08-07 - Palestinian rivals in unity deal Following the signing, Israeli government spokeswoman Miri Eisin said the criteria to end the freeze had not changed.
02-08-07 - Israeli Army abducts senior Hamas official in Ramallah
02-08-07 - Twelve residents injured in clashes in Hebron Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the west Bank, reported that twelve residents were shot and injured by Israeli military fire during an invasion to the city.
02-08-07 - Abbas asks Haneya to form new gov't, respect all past deals
02-08-07 - Palestinians rejoice at news of unity govt deal Thousands poured into the streets and gunmen fired in the air to welcome an agreement between the groups that Palestinians hope will persuade the West to lift crippling sanctions and bring an end to weeks of factional violence.
02-08-07 - Egypt summons Israeli envoy over Temple Mount excavation The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement it told the Israeli ambassador, Shalom Cohen, that the excavations could hurt efforts to revive the long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Bingo. What started the 2000 intifada, mewonders?....UPDATE 02/09 - article no longer appears on the page (see my disclaimer for this unprofessional and routine behavior by Haaretz).
02-08-07 - Young Palestinian woman injured by Israeli army at a military checkpoint near Nablus Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers opened fire at scores of Palestinian civilians who had been stranded at the checkpoint since the morning leading up to the injury of the woman.
02-08-07 - Palestinians celebrate in Gaza
02-08-07 - Hamas and Fateh organize a march welcoming the unity agreement
02-08-07 - Palestinians protest over Jerusalem mosque works Remember now folks, it isn't the MUSLIMS that seek to excavate around the JEWISH holy sites. If it were, we'd see the latter raising a stink as well. Israel just wants to provoke these people to no end (recall what sparked the 2000 intifada).
02-08-07 - Child dies from Palestinian fighting An eight-year-old Palestinian boy who was wounded during Palestinian fighting in the Gaza Strip this month has died of his injuries, medical sources have said.
02-08-07 - Israeli PM backs holy site dig Amir Peretz urged Mr Olmert to stop the digging near the al-Aqsa mosque for fear it will antagonise the Arab world.
02-08-07 - Worldwide events mark ?Israeli Apartheid Week?
02-08-07 - APN to Rice: "Stop Jerusalem Excavations, Construction Plan"
02-08-07 - Rice wants to discuss ´destination? Rice insisted that the United States would not impose a deal. ?There will be no surprises for Israel when we walk into the room,? Rice said.
02-08-07 - Hebron Release: Israeli soldiers detain Palestinian boys and CPTers
02-08-07 - Israeli Defense Minister Calls for Reconsidering Digging around Al-Aqsa Mosque Listen, the Tom Selleck mustache look went out with the 80s. Try this one instead.
02-08-07 - Detained Palestinian dad may be freed
02-08-07 - Arab Israelis protest at Temple Mount Hundreds of Arab Israelis marched at the Mugrabi Gate at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Thursday, protesting excavations taking place nearby.
02-08-07 - Dozens of Bedouin left homeless after six houses destroyed in Negev The residents are in the midst of negotiations over the completion of their homes, but meanwhile, have nowhere to live. Question: how many homes that belonged to Israeli JEWS has Israel demolished?
02-08-07 - Muslim anger spreads at Israeli work at shrine
02-08-07 - Israeli army abducts seven Palestinian men for several parts of the West Bank
02-08-07 - Supreme Judge calls for 'day of outrage' at Al-Aqsa excavations throughout Muslim world on Friday
02-08-07 - Hezbollah slams Israel for construction work near Jerusalem mosque
02-08-07 - Arab Israelis call for a 'consensual democracy' A group of prominent Arab Israelis has called on Israel to stop defining itself as a Jewish state and become a "consensual democracy for both Arabs and Jews," prompting consternation and debate across the country.
02-08-07 - Palestinian deal troubles U.S. The Bush administration said little in public about the agreement, but officials were troubled at the prospect of a unified Palestinian government that will not renounce violence or recognize Israel. Recognize which Israel? The Israel in the pre-1967 borders, or the Israel that includes all of the illegal settlements built on Palestinian land? Israel often insists that others recognize "Israel as the Jewish state" - their attempt to make sure that Israel remains a Jewish majority, thereby nullifying the Palestinian right to return.
02-08-07 - In Gaza, UN resumes full aid operations interrupted by factional fighting
02-08-07 - Blood shortages in Gaza highlights need for regular donations Hospitals in Gaza City faced severe shortages of blood as they struggled to cope with a sudden influx of trauma injuries during the recent fighting, the British medical aid agency Merlin said today.
02-08-07 - Britain to boost Palestinian aid contribution
02-08-07 - Iran says 100 spies working for US, Israel identified "One hundred people who were directly working for the US and Israeli intelligence ... who were intending to collect political and military information were identified and are now in our intelligence net,"
02-08-07 - Lantos proposes nuclear fuel bank Lantos, who is Jewish and a Holocaust survivor, is close to Israel and the pro-Israel community in Washington.
02-08-07 - Dialogue groups to lobby An alliance of Palestinian-Israeli dialogue groups will lobby Congress for funding.
02-08-07 - Friedman?s kids expelled from Jewish school A Jewish school in Vienna expelled the children of a fervently Orthodox Jew who attended a Holocaust denial conference in Iran.
02-08-07 - Ackerman backs Iran outreach A senior Jewish U.S. congressman slammed the Bush administration for refusing to engage with Iran.
02-08-07 - U.S./Israel: The dual-loyalty question is being mainstreamed
02-08-07 - Israel intensifies flights over Lebanon border Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora also ordered his army to respond to any new violation of Lebanese sovereignty. "Siniora was in contact with the army command... and gave clear orders for the confrontation of any Israeli violation of Lebanese sovereignty," the Lebanese National News Agency reported.
02-08-07 - Israeli, Lebanese troops clash at border Contrary to earlier reports, UNIFIL's assessment team, and the Lebanese Army, said the devices were just north of the Blue Line so Israeli fire had to cross the Blue Line in order to detonate the devices, which constitutes an Israeli violation of the cease-fire that ended the war.
02-08-07 - Resisting the Israel lobby Israel is invariably portrayed as the victim, despite its record of killings, assassinations and destruction in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, and its relentless land grabs over decades in the occupied territories, exhaustively documented by human rights organisations.
02-08-07 - Hezbollah demands back seized munitions Hezbollah demanded the return of a truck carrying munitions seized by Lebanese authorities on Thursday and said the supplies were heading to its fighters in south Lebanon.
02-08-07 - UN boosts border presence after Israeli-Lebanese clash
02-08-07 - U.S. fire chiefs to Israel AIPAC?s American Israel Education Foundation partnered with the International Association of Fire Chiefs for the trip.
02-08-07 - Poll shows Arabs dislike Bush A new poll on Thursday underscored deep Arab unhappiness with the United States but said the negative image could be repaired if Washington brokered a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace agreement.
02-08-07 - Michael Desch: Critics of Israel deserve a debate, not demonisation Why are members of the Israel lobby unwilling to simply rest their case on its merits? Why do they feel compelled to attack their opponents ad hominem?
The obvious answer is that they lack confidence in the strength of the case for Israel and feel obliged to play dirty pool to compensate. The author goes on to excuse this behavior by way of the Holocaust card. Not cool.
02-08-07 - Israel and the rule of law
02-08-07 - Paired on a gallery wall, portraits and landscapes capture separation
02-08-07 - Israel still top recipient of US foreign aid
02-08-07 - How Neocon Shi'ite Strategy Led to Sectarian War The U.S. policy decisions that led to the sectarian war can be traced back to the conviction of a group of right-wing zealots with close ties to Israel's Likud Party that overthrowing the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq would not destabilize the region, because Iraqi Shi'ites would be allies of the United States and Israel against Iran.
02-08-07 - NCSU forum will focus on hate crimes
02-08-07 - U.N. tanks at Lebanon-Israel border Lebanese President Emile Lahoud lauded the army's action in opening fire at the Israelis, while Prime Minister Fuad Saniora told U.N. envoy Geir Pedersen the bulldozer's incursion compounded the daily violations of Lebanese sovereignty by Israeli aircraft flying over the country.
02-08-07 - Wife, daughter of deported Palestinian wait for him at home
02-08-07 - Still a special relationship? According to a public opinion poll, half of the German population compares Israel's attitude towards the Palestinians to Germany's attitude towards the Jews.
02-08-07 - For French politicians, Israel visit offers more nuanced view of region American Jewish organizations commonly use fact-finding missions to promote pro-Israel sentiment among U.S. politicians, but it's not a familiar practice for French legislators....Many of the senators expressed surprise that Ramallah appeared to be a modern, functioning city rather than a teeming refugee camp of the kind shown in TV news reports about the Palestinians. You will often see that Ramallah is the destination of choice for pro-Israel lobbies(including those from America) to bring foreign government officials when it comes time to visit the Palestinian side, thus appearing to be 'balanced'. But as noted above, Ramallah is hardly an accurate representation of the situation in the Palestinian Territories.
02-08-07 - Complete hogwash The scary thing about a pre-emptive strike policy is that it can go both ways. Following our example, another nation could presumably feel justified in attacking the U.S. to keep their populations safe from our own mad leader.
02-07-07 - Jordan's opposition calls for cutting ties with Israel over excavation
02-07-07 - Hamas: Israel barred 2 ministers from traveling to Mecca talks Israel blocked two West Bank-based Hamas cabinet
ministers from traveling to Amman on Monday, from where they had planned to fly to Hamas-Fatah talks in Mecca, Hamas officials said.
02-07-07 - Arrest in Jerusalem site protest Israeli police have arrested the head of the country's Islamic movement, as he tried to protest against excavations near al-Aqsa mosque in east Jerusalem.
02-07-07 - Work near Jerusalem holy sites triggers spiralling protest "If the Zionist enemy and the settlers continue the Al-Aqsa work, we will target synagogues and other sites in the Jewish faith," announced the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, which take its name from the Jerusalem compound.
02-07-07 - Saudi Arabia informed US Unity Government will not recognize Israel if siege not lifted In a message addressed to the U.S President George Bush, and Vice President Dick Cheney, the Saudi king, Abdullah Ben Abdul-Aziz, said that Saudi Arabia will initiate transfer of fund to the Palestinian Authority and its institutions if the United States refrains from lifting the siege.
02-07-07 - Abbas and Mashaal: We won't leave Mecca without agreement Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Islamic Resistance Movement's (Hamas) chief Khaled Mashaal announced on Wednesday from the holy Saudi City of Mecca that they wouldn't leave before they reach an agreement.
02-07-07 - U.S. wants Jerusalem dig clarified The United States wants clarification from Israel on its construction work near Jerusalem?s Temple Mount.
02-07-07 - Israeli forces prevent students and teachers from reaching schools near Al Aqsa Mosque
02-07-07 - Islamic Jihad calls for separating Palestinian internal affairs The Islamic Jihad (Holy War) movement called Wednesday for separating the Palestinian internal issue from current talks between the United States and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).
02-07-07 - Israel calls for sanctions on Iran that bypass UN Security Council
02-07-07 - Six settler families live in Hebron IDF camp for a decade Dror Etkes, who heads the Peace Now monitoring of the spread of settlement activity, said the fact that the families reside in an army camp is a reflection of the "growing distortion in the relations between the IDF and settlers. The IDF stays in the territories because of the settlements, and they depend on the army for their existence. As usual, the tragic and continuous cost of this unhealthy coupling is borne by those who have no part in it."
02-07-07 - Stop Temple Mount works For several years now, the Elad settler organization has been engaged in digs in the City of David area (Wadi Hilu in the Silwan neighborhood), under the direction of the National Parks Authority (inspired and directed by the settlers), and below the homes of Palestinian residents.
02-07-07 - Thirteen Palestinians abducted from West Bank on Wednesday Thirteen Palestinians were abducted by Israeli forces from various parts of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
02-07-07 - Israeli forces raid Bethlehem towns, take five young Palestinians for interrogation
02-07-07 - Iranian urges action vs. holy site work Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Wednesday called on Islamic nations to retaliate against Israel for its construction work at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, state TV reported.
02-07-07 - US and Iran help rebuild Lebanon's destroyed bridges Send the bill to Israel.
02-07-07 - Carter Accuses Jewish Group of 'Slander' After Questioning Controversial Book The center's online petition called visitors to "act now against President Carter's one-sided bias against Israel." The Wiesenthal Center has about 400,000 members.
Pro-Israelis resort to slander? Say it ain't so...
02-07-07 - Palestinian policy introduced at forum
02-07-07 - Carter enters lions' den By Paul Findley At the age of 82, Jimmy Carter entered the lion's den. With the publication of his latest book, "Palestine: Peace not Apartheid," he did what a patriot would do: rally Americans to vigorous debate of a critical issue that affects our future. He deserves a hero's praise. Instead, he has been attacked and defamed. Great article, great man (Carter too).
02-07-07 - Denounced, but Jewish dissent grows For too long, Jews in many Western nations have shunned and intimidated fellow Jews who speak out against the illegal settlements or the cruelty of the 40-year occupation. However, uncritical allegiance to Israel by its "supporters" is arguably a greater cause of anti-Semitism than the dissent they seek to suppress.
02-07-07 - Israel sounds alarm on Iran's nuclear efforts ** "It might be bad for Israel and bad for American Jews for Israel to be seen as pushing for action on Iran," said Yossi Klein Halevi, a senior fellow at the Shalem Center, a research institute in Jerusalem. "But we don't have the luxury of time anymore."....."I see a syndrome of America acting late," Sami Friedrich, an Israeli management consultant, lectured Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who joined the conference by video hookup from Washington.....Israel lacks the capability for a sustained offensive that might be needed to strike the bulk of Iran's facilities. Because of that, Ben-Israel and other officials say, Israel would prefer to join in an American-led attack on Iran Because, America doesn't have enough on its hands right now. K. If Israel seriously believed that it was in such grave danger - as it is leading us Americans to believe - there would be no talk. The Israeli nukes would've dropped on Iran by now. The fact is, Israel is not in imminent grave danger. That's why it's telling its own people ONE thing, and us quite another.
02-07-07 - Israeli and Lebanese troops clash at border A Reuters correspondent at the scene and Israeli security sources said the clash began after the Lebanese troops shot in the air as an Israeli patrol crossed a security fence to search for explosives planted by Hizbullah. Israeli troops responded with tank and light weapons fire, Israeli security officials said. Notice the difference between the Israeli version and that of the eyewitness.
02-07-07 - Board fails in its duty to British Jews
02-07-07 - U.S.-Israeli agreement on anti-terror due An Israel official said the memorandum would provide for exchanges of information, joint research and ways of coping with conventional and non-conventional terror. We need that like we need a hole in the head.
02-07-07 - Clash on Israel-Lebanese border Lebanese officials said the Israelis were across the border. "An Israeli bulldozer crossed into south Lebanon tonight. Our forces opened fire at it. It pulled back and there was a brief exchange of fire," an army official told Reuters
02-07-07 - Israel weighing force against Hezbollah Israel's defense minister on Wednesday accused Syria of allowing the rearmament of Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon and said Israel has the right to act "forcefully" against the Shiite militia to counter the threat.
02-07-07 - A CNN Host Who Loves Israel Pro-Israel critics of the media, and particularly of CNN, should check out ?The Glenn Beck Program? sometime to give their high blood pressure a respite.
02-07-07 - U.S., Israel face trial in unofficial war tribunal in Malaysia A tribunal initiated by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was launched Wednesday to hear complaints of abuse and torture by victims of war in Iraq and the Palestinian territory.
02-07-07 - Israeli policy of Administrative Detention targets Palestinian intellectuals & journalists
02-07-07 - Syria waging war against us, says Netanyahu Syria is waging an indirect war against Israel , Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday
02-07-07 - Israeli policy assailed in SLU speech "I could understand if Carter had come forward or if I had said, 'Israel has to be thrown into the sea.' It's pretty obvious why you would be indignant. But why is calling for a peaceful settlement in accordance with international law such a source of anger and indignation?" Because peace would mean the end of 'piece' and it would appear that the land grabbers aren't done yet.
02-07-07 - Jewish groups want more Israel scholarship At a daylong summit Tuesday in New York, the 31 members of the Israel on Campus Coalition agreed to make expansion of Israel studies a priority. .....Speakers noted the importance of pro-Israel efforts on campus, their impact on shaping the attitudes of future leaders and the long-term effect of learning about Israel in the classroom as opposed to through advocacy.
02-07-07 - Rice: Israel-Palestinian peace won't help Iraq US Secretary of State says Bush administration disagrees with Baker-Hamilton report, does not believe Israeli-Palestinian peace is key to solving conflicts elsewhere. Emphasizes however that new US diplomatic push is expected at upcoming three-way meeting with Olmert, Abbas
02-07-07 - 12 Consequences of Attacking Iran ** The containment and disbanding of the Israeli lobby, one of the consequences put forth by the author, would actually be good for America. The rest of course, would not.
02-07-07 - Russia, Arab League see talks as only way to solve Mideast conflicts
02-07-07 - Man wins suit against Palestinian groups
02-07-07 - Lebanon boycotts Munich meet because Israel attending Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora will not attend a major security conference in Germany this weekend because Israel's foreign minister will be attending.
02-07-07 - Suddenly, little-noticed essay is focus of debate on Israel criticism An essay that drew scant attention upon its publication is now fueling a growing debate over the contours of Israel advocacy in the United States and a furious backlash against alleged attempts in the Jewish community to stifle criticism of Israel.
02-07-07 - Cardin, Hastings new Helsinki chairs The chairmen, appointed this week by their respective congressional houses, are U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), who is Jewish and has been a leader on pro-Israel causes; and U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), the leading pro-Israel voice in the Congressional Black Caucus, who most recently sponsored a resolution condemning Iran?s Holocaust denial conference.
02-07-07 - British film crew threatened by drunken settler in Hebron Caution on the adult language in the clip.
02-07-07 - Intellectuals must speak out, prof. says A half-hour into Judt's lecture, the audience bombarded him with questions about his writings on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in which he has repeatedly sided against Israel.
02-07-07 - Benton Man Says Rapture Is Near Swell.
02-06-07 - Hamas, Fateh agree to release abducted members In a step which is observed as another chance to enforce the truce, the rival Fateh a Hamas factions agreed to conduct a mutual release of hostages that gunmen of both factions have captured.
02-06-07 - EU's attempt to avoid Hamas costs £2m in bank charges "European states are wasting millions of euros of aid to Palestine through this bureaucratic scheme," said Barbara Stocking, director of Oxfam. "Our aid is being delivered through a complex mechanism that is causing irreparable damage to essential services for Palestinian people."
02-06-07 - Saudis put their status on the line in bid to end Palestinian crisis
02-06-07 - FEATURE-Palestinian farmers fight Israel eviction threat Israel has suggested the shepherds move from al Hadidiya, a village of makeshift sheds and tents in a valley near the West Bank's border with Jordan, to a more established town nearby, a military source said.
The shepherds are reluctant to give in to what Palestinians see as an Israeli land-grab, or risk being penned in by Israeli army checkpoints and cut off from the pastures and farmland they lease......More than 40 percent of the valley zone has effectively been placed off-limits to Palestinians while Jewish settlements there have expanded, Red Cross and Palestinian officials say.
'Piece' or peace. Israel chooses 'piece'.
02-06-07 - Detention Center Blues "They were treated as inmates," said attorney Joshua Bardavid, "rather than a family being held for immigration reasons."
02-06-07 - Iran nuclear ambitions can be stopped without violence: Israel "Israel was never pushing anyone to any extreme action." Mmm k. The backpedaling continues.
02-06-07 - Muslims say Israeli work threatens Jerusalem mosque
02-06-07 - As Mecca talks begin, Gaza counts its victims
02-06-07 - Egypt teenager dies of bird flu
02-06-07 - From the Wonderful Folks Who Brought You Iraq ** By now, the story of how neoconservatives hijacked American foreign policy is a familiar one. With Vice President Dick Cheney and Rumsfeld leading the way, neocons working out of the office of the vice president and the Department of Defense orchestrated a spectacular disinformation operation, asserting that Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction posed a grave and immediate threat to the U.S. Veteran analysts who disagreed were circumvented......Once again, neocon ideologues have been flogging questionable intelligence about W.M.D. Once again, dubious Middle East exile groups are making the rounds in Washington?this time urging regime change in Syria and Iran......Ten years later, "A Clean Break" looks like nothing less than a playbook for U.S.-Israeli foreign policy during the Bush-Cheney era......Adds former C.I.A. officer Philip Giraldi, "I've heard from sources at the Pentagon that their impression is that the White House has made a decision that war is going to happen."
From Vanity Fair, no less. Excellent.
02-06-07 - Qassam rocket lands in Israel, damages building
02-06-07 - Gaza's brothers-in-arms hope leaders make peace
02-06-07 - Shaath holds the U.S and Israel responsible for internal unrest
02-06-07 - Palestinian child health still faces challenges, despite end of strike at clinics To help address the health needs of Palestinian children, UNICEF is providing over 400 health clinics and 17 hospitals with $2.9 million in medical supplies,
02-06-07 - Workshop discusses evolution of Palestinian women's movement and18th century civil society
02-06-07 - Palestinian father and daughter die in Sanaa fire A Palestinian man and his daughter died yesterday after a fire broke out in their house in a residential complex belonging to Palestinian refugees in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.
02-06-07 - A Palestinian man killed in Iraq Palestinian sources in Baghdad reported that one Palestinian man was killed late Monday night during a rocket attack on the restaurant he works in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
02-06-07 - Israeli army abducts two Palestinian men from Surif town near Hebron
02-06-07 - Bethlehem student protest against Israeli demolitions at Al Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem's Old City Israeli soldiers fired concussion grenades and gas bombs at the students who pelted the sniper towers with stones. Several of the young people are suffering from gas inhalation this afternoon after becoming nauseous and fainting
02-06-07 - Israel arrests 10 Palestinians, including Aqsa activist, in Nablus
02-06-07 - Wall altering the face of Jerusalem The barrier's contribution to security is a matter of debate: While there has been a sharp drop in attacks in Jerusalem, the calm has coincided with a decision by Hamas to suspend suicide bombings in Israel as part of a shaky cease-fire. A bomber who struck the southern resort city of Eilat last week, killing three Israelis, was dispatched by Islamic Jihad, which has rejected the truce.
02-06-07 - Israeli army abducts one Palestinian man from a village near Tulkarem On Tuesday morning Israeli forces invaded the village of Al Jarushia near Tulkarem city in the northern part of the West Bank, and abducted one man
02-06-07 - Despite Promises, Israel Continues to Deny Foreign Nationals Entry to the Occupied Palestinian Territories
02-06-07 - Bombs found 'are old' - Hezbollah
02-06-07 - SN opinion of Israel's use of cluster bombs correct
02-06-07 - Turks ask for Jewish help on Armenia Gul and the Jewish leaders also discussed U.S.-Turkish relations, Israeli-Turkish relations, Jewish-Muslim relations and the Turkish Jewish community.
02-06-07 - PDF file on USDOJ website - submitted as evidence in the Libby trial It's Libby's schedule for June 23, 2003. 4:30 pm entry. I'm sure that meeting with Israeli generals is commonplace for White House officials, but I just thought it interesting.
02-06-07 - Canadian government forming pro-Israel lobby The establishment of the new pro-Israel lobby will be officially announced in Ottawa on Tuesday in the presence of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper My condolences to the Canadian people.
02-06-07 - Israel must not interfere in Gaza war, Peres says He added that Israel must maintain a low profile in the conflict.
02-06-07 - Defiant Hezbollah returns to Israel border with flags and bikes
02-06-07 - Story of Israeli spy in Toronto 'nonsense,' Israel says In 1997, Canada temporarily brought its ambassador home from Israel to protest the fact that two Israeli agents used fake Canadian passports in a botched assassination plot against a Palestinian militant.
02-06-07 - Agudah rabbis call for Pollard?s release Agudath Israel says it will join other Jewish organizations in asking its members to phone the White House daily between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. EST until Passover.
02-06-07 - Radio Free Europe wants more Iran The 2008 budget request for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty would increase broadcasts to Iran while cutting them to Eastern Europe. Here's why.
02-06-07 - Stand With Us releases Israel-education booklet Stand With Us prepared "Israel 101" in response to what it says is a "
pressing need" for an easy-to-use resource for students engaged in Israel advocacy on college campuses. Wouldn't need any booklets if you had truth on your side.
02-06-07 - NYC Council Members Experience Rocket Attack The New York delegation arrived Sunday and is scheduled to return home on Thursday. The trip is sponsored by the United Jewish Appeal and other groups.
02-06-07 - Teaching: Churches for Middle East Peace set for May 6-8 conference in Washington, D.C.
02-06-07 - Committees form to deal with controversial issues Their formation comes after the high-profile visits of former President Jimmy Carter and Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz last month and the removal of Palestinian artwork last spring, events that garnered national attention.
02-06-07 - Students seek healing while community takes sides
02-06-07 - Apartheid denial Carter's book remains high on the New York Times best-seller list, thanks in part to his critics' attacks on him. And the conversation on apartheid, which he provoked, continues.
02-06-07 - Cluster bombs: a war's perilous aftermath as UN-organized demining teams toil across olive groves and tobacco farms to destroy what they call an "unprecedented" concentration of the controversial cluster bombs here, the casualties continue to mount.
02-06-07 - Harper paints his opponents as fairweather friends of Israel the wife of a Liberal MP, Irwin Cotler, said she would tear up her party membership card after then-leadership candidate Michael Ignatieff called the Israeli bombing of Qana a war crime
02-05-07 - Hamas official shot, another kidnapped
02-05-07 - Three Palestinian men die of wounds they received last Friday Dr. Mu'awiah Hassanein, director of the emergency and ambulance department in the Ministry of Health in the Gaza strip told IMEMC that Mohammed Hassanein, 21, and Na'el Abu Hamidah, 23, were wounded last Friday when members from the Executive Force of the Ministry of Interior, and operatives of Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas attacked a training site of the Fattah affiliated Presidential Guards in Beit Lahiya town northern Gaza Strip.
02-05-07 - Fatah and Hamas meet in 'last chance' for peace
02-05-07 - Qatar blames Israel for worsening Palestinian living conditions A senior Qatari official said on Monday in Doha that Israel's reluctance to pay its dues is responsible for the worsening living conditions of Palestinians, the official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.
02-05-07 - Israeli lock-down cripples Nablus economy Israeli moves to control movement in and out of the city of Nablus are thwarting humanitarian aid efforts and damaging the local economy, according to aid agencies and local residents.
02-05-07 - Bethlehem: Arsonists attack Hamas-linked buildings On Sunday night anonymous arsonist set fire to a shop and library in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem.
02-05-07 - Awana bus driver killed in Palestinian fighting in Gaza "He's a Muslim man, but he drives the bus for the Awana Club programs at the Gaza Baptist Church. And, he was just walking along the street a few yards behind his father when some fighting broke out and he was killed instantly by a stray bullet. It's really hit the church hard."
02-05-07 - Israeli official urges prisoner release
02-05-07 - Seminar on assistance to the Palestinian people opens in Doha - Secretary-General appeals to donors to increase emergency, other forms of assistance Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in his message to the opening session of the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People, said Israeli restrictions, ongoing settlement activities and barrier construction continued to have a devastating effect on the precarious state of the Palestinian economy and the serious humanitarian emergency in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
02-05-07 - Kidnap plot foiled 'Palestinians bad. Settlers good.'.
02-05-07 - Eitam: Four years for Iran diplomacy** Eitam was in Washington meeting privately with lawmakers and think-tank officials to outline Israeli military reforms in the wake of last summer?s war with Hezbollah.
02-05-07 - Egypt asks Interpol to arrest alleged Israeli spies
02-05-07 - Solution to Palestinian humanitarian problems, lasting security for Israel will come only through political settlement, says Secretary-General to Doha meeting
02-05-07 - City of David tunnel excavation proceeds without proper permit no steps are being taken against the two IAA archaeologists who violated their license; instead, they are being allowed to dig in an area extending another 100 meters, to "explore" the site.
02-05-07 - British Embassy funded study of separation barrier The British Embassy issued the following response: "We recognize Israel's need and right to defend itself, but we believe the route of the separation fence should follow the Green Line. [Our] funding of the research was intended to examine the implications of the current route of the fence on the Palestinian population."
02-05-07 - War Enters the Classrooms "The children hide under their desks when they hear the shooting," she said, adding that bed-wetting has been a consequence of the constant fear and violence that is an unavoidable part of childhood in the Gaza Strip.
02-05-07 - Israeli forces abduct one Palestinian man from Obaiyat village near Bethlehem
02-05-07 - UN opens Syria no-man's land school for Iraq Palestinians The United Nations has opened a tented school for some 90 Palestinian refugee children in the no-man's land between Iraq and Syria.
02-05-07 - Israeli forces invade Jenin district, abduct nine Palestinians
02-05-07 - Israeli troops abduct a Palestinian woman from a village near Jenin Maha Al Ardah, 26, was taken from her house in village after troops attacked and searched her house along with some other nearby houses. She was taken to an unknown detention camp, local sources reported
02-05-07 - Silencing critics not way to Middle East peace Organizations claiming to represent American Jews engage in a systematic campaign of defamation, censorship and hate-mongering to silence criticism of Israeli policies.
02-05-07 - Israelis 'find bombs on border' The Israeli military says it has found four explosive devices near the border with Lebanon which it suspects were planted by Hezbollah militants.
02-05-07 - Czechs stress Israel support The representatives also agreed to help raise the profile on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's repeated calls for the destruction of Israel, which may violate the U.N. convention against genocide, Hoenlein said. From a different article: "America's proposed missile defence sites in Poland and the Czech Republic are designed to counter the potential missile threat from Iran and will not affect Russian security, a senior US defence official said." The lobby is in Czech to gather support for action on Iran.
02-05-07 - Seamless Signs S-XGen Distribution Agreement With Dr. Sound International Ltd. Covering Israel, Palestinian Authority and Jordan
02-05-07 - The pioneers of Palestinian Rap
02-05-07 - No Mideast peace with current US, Israel policies, says Iran Both sides had discussed the 7 billion-dollar-pipeline project with Pakistan and India, which is making slow progress, owing to hostilities between the two countries and US opposition
02-05-07 - Commission To Meet On Guilford College Incident The Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission is responding to the Guilford College assault investigation.
02-05-07 - A time to speak out We are a group of Jews in Britain from diverse backgrounds, occupations and affiliations who have in common a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights.
02-05-07 - Press watchdog criticizes Mideast states In Israel and the Palestinian territories, the committee reported Palestinian journalists' claims of being "targeted" by Israeli forces on several occasions, but it did not give specifics. Reporters also complained of intimidation and harassment by Palestinian authorities, political factions and militia, the report said.
02-05-07 - Rice ripped for avoiding terrorist label on Hamas US secretary of state used 'resistance movement'; Jewish group wants apology, amends to victims Speaketh, o horse's ass (not Rice).
02-05-07 - Proposed Left-Wing Jewish Lobby Worries Some Israeli Analysts Reports of plans to set up a new, left-wing Jewish group seeking to lobby the U.S. government on Mideast policy have worried some in Israel, who fear it could undermine the existing pro-Israel lobby in Washington and harm Israeli security. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the key pro-Israel lobby in the U.S., says its role for more than 50 years has been "to help make Israel more secure by ensuring that American support remains strong."
The existing pro-Israeli lobby should register as a foreign agent.
02-05-07 - Carter to collect honorary Oxford degree Nobel laureate and former US president Jimmy Carter is one of nine figures set to receive an honorary degree from the University of Oxford this year.
02-05-07 - Church rally supports Israel The keynote speaker, Walid Shoebat, a Palestinian native of Jericho Shoebat is the 'former terrorist' that the AIPAC'ers trot around the country because he does their bidding (Hasbara, or PR). Strange that other 'former terrorists' of the Palestinian kind are unceremoniously deported from this country - poste haste.
02-05-07 - Trócaire welcomes Irish government aid to Palestinian refugees We are working to ensure that both Israel and Palestine follow international humanitarian law so the humanitarian crisis facing people, particularly Palestinians, can be dealt with.
02-05-07 - Anti-Semitism monitor gets top radio post A scholar known for his work monitoring anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli activity in Europe was named president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Jeffrey Gedmin starts in March, according to a statement released last Friday by the congressionally funded pro-American radio network.....Its previous president was Tom Dine, formerly an executive director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
In other words, 'Radio Free Europe' funded by the US Congress, is pro-Israel propaganda.
02-04-07 - Gaza fighting threatening aid, says UN Six United Nations agencies have warned that bloody street battles between rival Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip are blocking the delivery of vital humanitarian aid to a vulnerable population.
02-04-07 - Planned talks fail to halt Fatah-Hamas fighting
02-04-07 - Unknown gunmen attack man linked to Hamas - sources Unknown gunmen shot and injured a Palestinian man affiliated to Hamas near the West Bank town of Ramallah Sunday, security sources said.
02-04-07 - Tense calm follows Gaza fighting
02-04-07 - Three Palestinian Resistance Groups Vow to Retaliate to Israeli Actions in Jerusalem The three groups identified as the An-Nasser Salaheldin Brigades, the Al-Aqsa Brigades and the Mujahideen Brigades, vowed they would retaliate to underway Israeli actions beneath the Al-Aqsa mosque, intended at building a synagogue.
02-04-07 - Ar Ras: an entire village barred from its land
02-04-07 - Israel restricts access to Jerusalem mosque compound Israel has imposed restrictions on access to Islam's third holiest site for fear of demonstrations against building work near east Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
02-04-07 - New gunbattles rock Gaza despite ceasefire
02-04-07 - Palestinian Amer Abu Diab, 40, his wife Ezziyeh, 37, and their two children are seen next to their house demolished by Israeli bulldozers
02-04-07 - In Gaza battle, even home is not safe "We were crawling just to get to the bathroom."
02-04-07 - Hamas appears to consolidate hold on Gaza
02-04-07 - Report: Iranian Nuclear Scientist 'Assassinated' ** An intelligence source suggested that Ardeshire Hassanpour, 44, a nuclear physicist, had been assassinated by Mossad, the Israeli security service.
02-04-07 - Palestinians Say Clashes Hurt Their Cause
02-04-07 - British prime minister says developments likely in Middle East peace process British Prime Minister Tony Blair said in a radio interview for broadcast Monday that there likely would be progress in the Middle East peace process over the next few weeks.
02-04-07 - Jordanian Monarch Warns of Israeli Constructions beneath Al-Aqsa Mosque
02-04-07 - Syria refuses to help refugees driven from Iraq Human Rights Watch appealed to the Syrian government to let the refugees in. Sarah Leah Whitson, its Middle East director, said: "It is hard to understand why Syria has provided refuge to nearly a million Iraqi refugees, but is shutting the door on hundreds of Palestinians. The Syrian government's mistreatment of these Palestinian refugees contrasts sharply with its declarations of solidarity with the Palestinian people."
02-04-07 - Egypt finds arms caches near Gaza border Egyptian police have discovered two arms caches in northern Sinai near the border with the Gaza Strip, including hand and rocket-propelled grenades.
02-04-07 - Report: Russian calls U.S. 'difficult' "The Middle East settlement has been suspended because, despite our position and the position of the European Union, Washington has conducted policy based on the principle, 'He who is not with us is against us,'" Lavrov said.
02-04-07 - Palestinians plant olive trees in resistance to Israeli confiscation plans A boy was seriously assaulted and is hospitalized due to injuries from the beating. Israeli settlers joined the soldiers today in attacking demonstrators while soldiers arrested a group of foreigners. The action that illicited such a response was planting 400 olive trees on Palestinian farm land.
02-04-07 - Children protest at Palestinian violence as Gaza tensions remain high Amid Palestinian in-fighting, children in Gaza have set fire to toy weapons, in a symbolic call to adults to lay down their arms. There's also a video clip of this on the page.
02-04-07 - East Jerusalem residents say Israel makes it impossible for them to build "The government's planning policy is not a secret: the goal is to decrease Arab construction in East Jerusalem,"
02-04-07 - Nonviolent demonstration to save Al Aqsa Mosque area from Israeli destruction Among demonstrators were Chief Palestinian Justice Sheikh Taysir Tamimi, the head of the Islamic Waqf Sheikh Abdel A Salhab and dozens more clerics, young men and women. During the sit-in several Islamic scholars spoke directly to the threats against the Mosque and the plans to overtake the area.
02-04-07 - How AIPAC warps US policy - Walt and Mearsheimer in Action This panel discussion is a MUST SEE and a MUST PASS ON.
02-04-07 - H. Brandt Ayers: Jimmy Carter nails it Much controversy has been centered on Carter?s use of ?apartheid? in the title. I?ve spent time in South Africa when that system was in force, and if that Israeli wall isn?t apartheid, I don?t know what to call it.
02-04-07 - US gets Israeli security for Super Bowl BPR is expanding outside the realm of airports and is being adopted by police and security officers collegiate stadiums around the US..... New Age Solutions's success in the homeland security market comes amid a larger movement of Israeli security companies seeking to export to the US market. Last week's US-Israel Homeland Security Technologies Conference in Fairfax County, Virginia, saw 18 companies meet with US contractors and systems integrators. Completely outrageous.
02-04-07 - Prominent Jews call for open debate on Israel A group of prominent British Jews will today declare independence from the country's Jewish establishment, arguing that it puts support for Israel above the human rights of Palestinians.
02-04-07 - Nkwenkwezi Bil?in: The Star of Bil?in
02-04-07 - No one has the right to speak for British Jews on Israel and Zionism The slur of "traitor" or "self-hating Jew" is especially noxious. For, if we feel compelled to protest against injustice to Palestinians, this is partly because of the lessons of our own history: the Jewish experience of marginalisation and persecution.
02-04-07 - French senators get chance to see realities of ME conflict A delegation of French senators arrived here yesterday to take part in a familiarization program aimed at removing misconceptions and prejudices harbored by French politicians, with the hope that this experience will be able to reenergize Franco-Israeli relations.
02-04-07 - Salah's long road to clear name The obstruction charge normally wouldn't carry much prison time, although prosecutors might push to have Salah's 1993 conviction in an Israeli military court on Hamas money-running charges count against him here. ?????
02-04-07 - Possible Retribution Incident at Guilford College
02-04-07 - Ottawa probes Egyptian claim that man with Canadian ties spied for Israel It's also alleged that, while in Canada, he was paid by the Israelis to spy on people of Egyptian or other Arab descent, and that he used his job at an unnamed bank to obtain information about certain accounts.
02-04-07 - Fight against Iran too familiar ** The Bush administration and close ally Israel have sharply intensified their war of words against Iran, claiming, implausibly, it poses a nuclear threat to the entire world.
02-04-07 - New Photographic Look At Palestinians Captivating Audiences Juxtaposing images of Palestinians in their current living situation with those of the places they had to abandon in 1948 is a captivating audiences across the region and will soon be shown in western cities such as London, Belfast and Washington DC.
02-04-07 - US demands Israel improve intellectual property protection The US and Europe claim that Israel does not meet it international obligations regarding intellectual property rights. They claim that Israel places the interests of Teva and other pharmaceutical companies above complying with its international obligations.
02-03-07 - Israel prepares for an extensive operation in Gaza Dr. Muawiya Hassanen, head of the Emergency Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reported that gunmen opened fire at a security patrol parked near the southern gate of a Palestinian security post seriously injuring one member of the security forces identified as Eyad Abu Al Kheir. Abu Al Kheir died of his wounds at the Al Quds International hospital in Tal Al Hawa area, west of Gaza city
02-03-07 - Palestinians 'nearer' power deal
02-03-07 - Haniya urges respect for battered Gaza truce
02-03-07 - New firefights shatter Gaza ceasefire At least 10 people were wounded in gunbattles across the territory, and another 60 were kidnapped at makeshift checkpoints manned by militants from the rival factions.
02-03-07 - Seven points deal reached between Hamas and Fateh
02-03-07 - Hamas government slams Quartet decision on keeping embargo After Quartet meeting in Washington on Friday, the four world powers, namely the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia, have renewed support for international sanctions against the Hamas-led government.
02-03-07 - Calls for Al-Aqsa protest raise alert level at Temple Mount A Saudi-based body of Islamic scholars condemned Israel's construction plans on Saturday, saying it was a "blatant violation" of the shrine's sanctity.
02-03-07 - Arab League chief terms Palestinian infighting as "national tragedy "
02-03-07 - Hamas, Fatah scoff at reports of Iranian military experts in Gaza A top Hamas official in Gaza City challenged the PA to show pictures of the Iranians. "The next thing they will say is that they discovered a secret Iranian nuclear plant inside the university," he said sarcastically. One thing they agree on at this point.
02-03-07 - Mubarak expresses optimism on Palestinian unity government At a joint press conference with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mubarak said that the formation of a Palestinian national unity government is about to be finished unless there are any surprises.
02-03-07 - No Iranians arrested in Gaza, Tehran official says
02-03-07 - Egypt charges 4 with spying for Israel Israeli security sources in Jerusalem responded to the report of this affair, saying they knew nothing of the matter. Same stuff, different country.
02-03-07 - U.S. appoints trade facilitator to ease Palestinian imports since U.S. firms have complained of delays that last for months, the Commerce Department has decided to appoint, as of this month, a permanent trade facilitator in Israel, who will deal solely with these issues.
02-03-07 - Faith of Ibrahim Redeemed: Texas Family Released from Hutto Prison "It's the Declaration of Independence for the Palestinian people," said Isenberg in a giddy mood Friday night.
02-03-07 - West Bank - Living in exile in their own land
02-03-07 - Palestinian Woman, Four Children Released From Tx. Detention Center Hanan Ibrahim, 34, who is five months pregnant, has been incarcerated since then at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center in Taylor, near Austin. Four of her children, Hamzeh Ibrahim, 15; Rodaina, 14; Maryam, 8; and Faten, 5, also were detained at the same center.
02-03-07 - Human chain links around President's Offices and PLC building in protest of internal fighting Although Saturday is quieter in the Gaza Strip compared with the past two days in which more than 20 people were killed, it remains unacceptable to demonstrators that any Palestinians are fighting each other in the streets.
02-03-07 - Mubarak says Israeli-Palestinian peace dependent on release of captured Israeli solider, Palestinian unity
02-03-07 - Gaza Unrest Paralyzes Movement The United Nations Works and Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced it would keep all schools, administered by it, closed starting from February3 until a further notice, pending restore to calm.
02-03-07 - Israeli court approves plan to confiscate more West Bank land The Israelis are citing "security concerns" for the destruction in the eastern West Bank's Jordan Valley, a claim that Hamdan says is spurious at best. He explained that a number of farmers joined to try to stop the confiscation after years of fierce harassment. Hamdan said, "The pretext is fabricated and untrue. Homes are constructed on Palestinian lands and the occupation will not grant permits to build to prevent expansion in the Jordan Valley, despite the stress we suffer as our population has grown but our building capabilities have not." Israel wants 'piece' alright - another piece of Palestine.
02-03-07 - Chief Justice calls on all Palestinians to join in stopping destruction of Al Aqsa Mosque's wall the urgent call is dealing specifically with the wall on the Mosque's west side and Sunday's slated demolition of that and part of the Moroccan Gate area.
02-03-07 - Army invades Jenin district five times in less than 24 hours
02-03-07 - US to support troop boost US assistance has largely been limited until now to around 4,000 members of Abbas's presidential guard. But documents obtained by Reuters on Sunday showed that the US government's US$86.4 million security assistance programme could cover at least 13,500 troops loyal to Abbas
02-03-07 - Furore over Jewish critics' challenge to state of Israel
02-03-07 - UK Jews: Replace BBC Mideast editor "What is new in the last year, and will be one of the big stories in the coming 12 months, is the way that Palestinian society, which used to draw strength from resistance to the occupation, is now fragmenting," the e-mail read. "The reason is the death of hope, caused by a cocktail of Israel's military activities, land expropriation and settlement building - and the financial sanctions imposed on the Hamas-led government which are destroying Palestinian institutions that were anyway flawed and fragile.
Those statements aren't 'contentious', they're fact. Say I wonder, how did those Jewish groups get a hold of that 'leaked memo' in the first place?
02-03-07 - The Israel Factor: Ranking the Political Candidates They rank Hagel last. Hagel it is!
02-03-07 - Groups Fear Public Backlash Over Iran ** While Jewish communal leaders focus most of their current lobbying efforts on pressing the United States to take a tough line against Iran and its nuclear program, some are privately voicing fears that they will be accused of driving America into a war with the regime in Tehran That's exactly what they're doing. Hello? Note to self: don't engage in an activity that I don't want to be accused of later on. Rocket science. (The authors go on to exonerate pro-Israeli groups of their role in the runup to the Iraq war - total baloney). True patriots and lovers of America, speak up now (against the forthcoming war on Iran), or forever hold your peace : "Jewish organizational officials and pro-Israel lobbyists on Capitol Hill downplayed the possibility that Congress might play a significant role in limiting the administration's response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. "It is very premature," one lobbyist said. "The administration has no war plan and Congress has no plan to block such a war." 'they always get what they want'
02-03-07 - Israeli, Palestinian farmers replant 1,200 uprooted trees for Tu Bishvat Israeli and Palestinian farmers yesterday planted approximately 1,200 olive trees near the Palestinian village of Salem, near Nablus, to replace those allegedly uprooted or cut down by settlers.
02-03-07 - Iran plays big role in Lebanon, evoking both gratitude and complaints "The Zionist enemy destroys and Iran's Islamic Republic builds," reads a banner near bombed out buildings in a Shiite suburb of the capital Beirut. Similar banners are seen in southern Shiite villages devastated in the war.
02-03-07 - Israeli peace activists in Tel Aviv protest against the Wall Israeli peace activists, members of the ?Anarchists Against the Wall? movement, protested on Saturday in Tel Aviv and closed a Tel Aviv road using barbed wire taken from a fence soldiers installed in the occupied West Bank.
02-03-07 - Art exhibit at Nablus checkpost
02-03-07 - Main Anti-war Group Plans Rally Against Israeli Policies The event will include a mass rally, a ?teach-in? and lobbying. It will mark the 40th year since Israel?s capture of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem in June 1967.
02-03-07 - Photo exhibition at Huwwara checkpoint
02-03-07 - Scandals tighten noose around Israel government
02-03-07 - St. Charles man was buying weapons for 'war,' FBI says
02-03-07 - Lebanon's Sunni clerics issue fatwa Fearing a slide into civil war, Lebanon's top Sunni Muslim clerics published a religious edict on Friday prohibiting Muslims from killing their fellow countrymen, particularly other Muslims.
02-02-07 - Two Palestinians killed by Israelis in West Bank Khamdan Shoman, 34, and Mohammed Arab, 30, who were both officers in the preventive security service loyal to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, were killed after getting out of a car in Beitunia near Ramallah, the source said Friday.
02-02-07 - Four children among the 17 dead as Gaza fire fights rage Buildings in Gaza's two main universities were set on fire yesterday in a major escalation of infighting which health officials said killed at least 17 Palestinians - including four children - and left more than 200 wounded. Armed men mounted flying checkpoints in otherwise deserted streets amid heavy gunfire which continued across Gaza City and the northern Strip despite an "agreement in principle" to try and implement yet another ceasefire.
02-02-07 - Gaza factions renew their truce But even while the factions were spelling out the new deal, clashes continued and the Fatah delegation to the talks came under fire as it left the meeting, with two bodyguards injured, he says
02-02-07 - Gaza viewpoint I have never seen things like this before in Gaza.
02-02-07 - Gaza Strip : The ICRC Calls for the Respect of Fundamental Rules Applicable in Situation of Violence
02-02-07 - One Palestinian injured at Israeli checkpoint near Jenin
02-02-07 - Immigration panel to reconsider asylum case A federal immigration panel ruled that escalating violence in the Palestinian territories since Hamas came to power was grounds to reconsider the asylum request of a Palestinian family who remain separated in Texas detention centers while awaiting deportation.
02-02-07 - Palestinian children living in detention Just like in Israel.
02-02-07 - Aid embargo hits Palestinian women's rights
02-02-07 - Moscow calls for stopping Palestinian fratricidal strife
02-02-07 - Iraq: A humanitarian operation that will go on for years The Palestinians and the Syrians have to be our main protection concern as they are being targeted by various militias and they are being continually threatened and killed on a weekly basis. There is basically nowhere that we can send them at the moment.
Syrians? Interesting.
02-02-07 - Residents, peace activists protest against the Wall in Bethlehem
02-02-07 - Al Aqsa leader Zacharia Zbaidi: internal conflict in West Bank the work of individuals
02-02-07 - U.S. Backing for Fatah Stirs New Conflict Hamas officials have denounced Washington's involvement in training and financing Fatah security forces. Spokesman Ismayil Radwan said in a public speech that it was Washington's intention to "fuel a civil war in the Palestinian arena."
Divide and conquer.
02-02-07 - German FM says Quartet to meet again in Berlin German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday that the Quartet, or the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia, will meet again soon in Berlin to promote the Middle East peace process.
02-02-07 - Russia, U.S. clash at ?Quartet? meet ?I don?t think you can solve any problem through boycott and isolation,? said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who pledged to continue Russia?s contacts with Hamas,
02-02-07 - US bid to revive peace process falters on Gaza streets Hey I know. Let's deprive everyone of their income for a year - and then send $$ to one side. A real stroke of genius.
02-02-07 - Romney says Sen. Clinton 'timid' on Iran ** Responding to Romney's criticism, Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee said Friday: "Senator Clinton believes that no option should be taken off the table when it comes to preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Given his record of flip flops, the only thing that's timid are Governor Romney's convictions The bipartisan game of 'who can kiss the pro-Israeli ass the best' has shifted into high gear - a game where America always seems to come out the loser. Look no further for the reason why we will be attacking Iran.
02-02-07 - Students demand justice A group of UNC-Chapel Hill students held a solidarity vigil to support three Palestinian students involved in a campus brawl that happened January 20th at Guilford College. Six of the school's football players were charged with assault.
02-02-07 - Palestinians in Iraq say they are targeted by "ethnic cleansing campaign"
02-02-07 - Massive Attack Announce Shows in Support of Palestinian refugees The charity was launched in order to offer support and encouragement to Palestinian children living in refugee camps in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East
02-02-07 - Israeli army attacks Abu Dees village near Jerusalem and abducts three Palestinian youths
02-02-07 - Analysis: Gaza's civil war takes shape President Abbas is due to meet Khaled Meshal, Hamas's most senior leader, next Tuesday in Saudi Arabia. It will be a another effort at ending the bloodshed by forming a unity Palestinian government, but the last attempt was judged an abysmal failure when the two men met in Damascus almost two weeks ago.
02-02-07 - World Bank gives Palestinians $25 million The World Bank signed an agreement on Friday to give $25 million to poor Palestinians hit hard by a Western aid embargo of the Hamas-led government.
02-02-07 - Major powers endorse US initiative on Israeli-Palestinian peace
02-02-07 - A Call for "Dignified Health Care" in Palestine: News From ACT and LWR
02-02-07 - Palestinians demonstrate against Israeli land confiscation and Wall construction in Bethlehem Five hundred Palestinians staged a nonviolent demonstration in the southern Bethlehem District's Umm Salamuna Friday afternoon. Dozens of foreign volunteers joined residents to protest land confiscation. Israeli forces are building the Wall through the village.
02-02-07 - Clinton wants talks with Iran Clinton told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee dinner in New York.
02-02-07 - Blair's foreign policy and the children of Gaza
02-02-07 - Group Combats for Peace Suleiman Al-Hamri, a Palestinian, and Shimon Katz, an Israeli, spoke together and shared their personal stories of nonviolent revelation during a discussion Thursday night at UCLA.
02-02-07 - Robert Fisk: Please spare me the word 'terrorist' the crisis in Lebanon is also about Iran and Syria, especially Iran's determination to damage or destroy any Middle East government which has earned America's friendship. In the growing, overheated drama being played out between Washington and Tehran (and Israel, of course), Lebanon is another board game for the two sides to use. America thus lined up to defend Lebanon's democracy - though it didn't care a damn about it when Israel bombarded the country last summer - while Iran continues to support Hizbollah whose government ministers resigned last year, provoking the current crisis.
02-02-07 - French lawmakers urge terror label for Hezbollah Both the IDF and Hezbollah deliberately targeted civilians during the summer war, according to the relevant HRW reports. What's good for the goose...
02-02-07 - Students accept Carter challenge "I don't think it can be unbiased? but I think the best way to do this is to see the happy and sad stories in Gaza and the West Bank." She added that any delegation "should also do some rebuilding in the North, and see some of the families that had to endure Katyusha rocket attacks into the civilian areas." Furthermore, she suggested a visit to the Holocaust Museum in Yad V?Shem: "I think that represents the entire idea of Zionism that the militants and extremists are fighting against."
02-02-07 - Kurds train for battle with Iran Meir Javedanfar, an Israel-based Iran expert, noted however that Israel has a long-standing relationship with Iraqi Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani and "It would not surprise me to discover that Israel is using the Kurdish areas of Iraq to undermine Iran's influence in Iraq and monitor what's going on along the Iranian border, as well as to undermine the Iranian government itself." Israel is in fact training the Kurds. And again. One more.
02-02-07 - Pipes talk disrupted in California Anti-Israel protesters at a California college disrupted a speech by academic Daniel Pipes
02-02-07 - Israeli media says Syria has tested Scud The Israeli army's Green Pine radar system detected the test at the start of the week, according to security sources cited by the media Friday. Mmm k.
02-02-07 - Suleiman: 'Israel missed its best chance for peace' Suleiman said that Olmert's weakness led the IDF to embark on the Lebanon War instead of using the leverage of the talks to end the crisis peacefully.
02-02-07 - Israel planes still buzzing Lebanon: U.N. commander "They are continuing to do (overflights) on a daily basis ... sometimes five or six a day," Major-General Alain Pellegrini told Europe 1 radio. Asked what was the point of the flights, Pellegrini said: "It's obviously to control the territory, but it could also be to provoke."
Israel = rogue nation.
02-02-07 - Hebron: Defying Definition It was good to meet with Yossi. It was good to see photographs and hear stories
of a time when Jews and Muslims lived together here in Hebron, unlike now, when
Jewish settlers violently harass Palestinians.
02-02-07 - Clinton, Edwards Will Square Off At Aipac Tonight A Democratic political consultant who worked on President Clinton's re-election campaign, Hank Sheinkopf, noted that the Aipac dinner always draws a parade of politicians. "New York is the ATM for American politicians. Large amounts of money come from the Jewish community," he said. "If you're running for president and you want dollars from that group, you need to show that you're interested in the issue that matters most to them."
'Ziagra'. (Say, whatever was that brouhaha regarding Wesley Clark's comments regarding 'NY money people' all about anyway, mewonders?...)
02-02-07 - American Involvement Deepens in Lebanon In recent weeks, Washington has also provided Saniora's government with military supplies, such as Humvee vehicles. After assassinations in 2006 of pro-government politicians opposing Syria, the FBI helped investigate.
Divide and conquer.
02-02-07 - There Is No New Anti-Semitism
02-02-07 - Israeli envoy blasts campus critics ?The willingness of Jewish communities to host these organizations and even sponsor them is unfortunate,? said a report by Los Angeles Consul General Ehud Danoch sent to Israel?s Foreign Ministry and all Israeli envoys in North America.
02-02-07 - Acquittal just latest setback in courts The resulting case against Salah relied largely on a confession obtained by Israeli intelligence agents in 1993. Salah claimed he had been tortured into confessing, a charge denied by the Israeli agents who, in an unprecedented move, testified under pseudonyms in a courtroom closed to the public. The American people are still, by and large, some of the most fair (among other things) people in the world.
02-02-07 - Holy Land Lutheran Bishop Says Past 6 Months 'Disaster' for Middle East Many people ask when the Palestinians "converted" to Christianity, he said. "We have to remind them that we've been here since the first Pentecost when we are mentioned in Acts 2:11," Younan said.
02-02-07 - AJC Disappointed in Mixed Verdict at U.S. Terror Trial The American Jewish Committee expressed its disappointment at a jury's decision to acquit two Palestinians on American federal racketeering laws, but find them guilty on obstruction of justice charges. Disappointed that AMERICAN justice was served? Disappointed that the AMERICAN jury didn't buy the dog and pony act? The heart bleeds.
02-02-07 - The Law of the Jungle
02-02-07 - The Twilight Zone / By the book
02-02-07 - Hillary fails to 'perform' for pro-israel crowd Clinton's remarks at the Marriott Marquis were met with little applause, and after she left the stage, several people said they were put off by the presidential candidate. "This is the wrong crowd to do that with," said one person at the dinner, noting the pro-Israel crowd wanted to hear tougher rhetoric.
As to the title: give her some 'Zio-agra' or 'Ziagra' = more AIPAC $$$.
02-02-07 - Conference of Presidents in Prague The delegation is expected to thank Czech officials for their support of Israel and express concern over issues such as Europe?s relationship with Iran and United Nations votes condemning Israel.
02-02-07 - We don't get full story on Israel
02-02-07 - Finkelstein visit "on hold," not cancelled
02-02-07 - Why I ignored the man from Harvard Why would anybody want to debate this man, when you risk being called an Anti-Semite or a Nazi when you disagree with him?
02-02-07 - Bloomberg tours Sderot New York City?s mayor toured the besieged Israeli town of Sderot on Friday.
02-01-07 - Hamas gunmen ambush Gaza convoy, six killed Hospital officials said 50 people, including two children, were wounded in the clash, the fiercest since Tuesday's truce largely halted five days of gun battles between Hamas and Fatah in which 33 Palestinians were killed.
02-01-07 - Three Palestinians shot in W Bank Hours later, 15-year-old Taha Qalajawi was shot by troops near the controversial barrier Israel is building in and around the West Bank.
02-01-07 - Fatah storms Gaza 'Hamas campus' At least two people were wounded in the heavy gun battle, and part of the building was on fire.
02-01-07 - Palestinian Wounded by Israeli Army Gunfire in Northern Gaza
02-01-07 - Conflicting reports whether US actually offered Fateh-linked security the funds
02-01-07 - Fifty Palestinians killed during internal clashes in January
02-01-07 - PLO official calls for ending of settlement activities in W. Bank In a statement sent to the press, Taysser Khaled urged U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the Quartet on the Middle East to pressurize Israel to stop its settlement activities in the West Bank.
02-01-07 - 13 Palestinians killed in by Israeli military fire in January Israeli soldiers shot and killed thirteen Palestinian residents during the month on January. The number includes two children and three fighters who were extra-judicially assassinated.
02-01-07 - No external pressure on UNRWA to reduce services, but agency not equipped for development The United Nations Relief Works Agency will not reduce its services, says Commissioner General Karen Abu Zeid. However the caveat was added that the agency is not in the business of development, only maintenance.
02-01-07 - Ban Ki-moon looks for more than words from Friday?s high-level Middle East meeting
02-01-07 - Israel - Occupied Palestinian Territories quartet meeting: new approach needed to break deadlock Measures such as the confiscation of Palestinian tax funds by Israel and other economic sanctions, the cut in aid to the PA government from key western donors, the tightening of the blockades on the OPT, and the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements and barriers on occupied Palestinian land lave resulted in increasing economic hardship and despair.
02-01-07 - What 'Israel's right to exist' means to Palestinians To demand that Palestinians recognize "Israel's right to exist" is to demand that a people who have been treated as subhumans unworthy of basic human rights publicly proclaim that they are subhumans. It would imply Palestinians' acceptance that they deserve what has been done and continues to be done to them
02-01-07 - Musharraf lobbies OIC chief on M.East plan Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf lobbied the head of the Islamic world's largest grouping on Thursday to back his idea for Muslim nations to come up with a new Middle East peace initiative.
02-01-07 - Irish government gives ?11.4m in aid for Palestine refugees The Irish government today announced an ?11.4 million ($14.8 million) aid package to support Palestine refugees.
02-01-07 - Bloomberg: No to forcing agreement on Israel In a press conference held immediately following the ceremony Bloomberg stated that no one, including the United States, should force an agreement on Israel. Israel, he said, must reach an agreement with the Palestinians on its own.
02-01-07 - Police Won't File Charges in Racial Fight at Guilford College "We determined that all of the charges that need to be taken out in this case were already taken out at the magistrate's office," police spokesman Lt. Brian James told the News & Record of Greensboro on Wednesday. "We didn't obtain any further evidence that would allow us to pursue additional charges, which is what we were investigating."
02-01-07 - Israeli army abducts five residents from a village near Hebron
02-01-07 - Prosecutor: Troops must step in if Hebron settlers disturb peace Nitzan's statement, which was based on instruction given to military sources in the West Bank, contradicts a claim made a few weeks ago by Defense Minister Amir Peretz, according to which soldiers are not permitted to intervene in cases of settlers disturbing the peace.
02-01-07 - Prosecution: Soldiers must detain settlers harassing Palestinians That this would be a NEW policy for the Israelis is telling. It's similar to the treatment of blacks in the pre-civil rights era in the USA. 'Aww gee. Dems Arabs are humans too.' This newfound policy would not even be given a thought if the video of the settler harassing the Palestinian was not broadcast all over the world; also telling.
02-01-07 - Hamas minister praises report by British parliament that slammed EU isolation policy
02-01-07 - US, Russia hold high-level talks amid rise in bilateral tensions The US and Russia hold high-level talks this week amid a spike in tensions between the former Cold War adversaries over issues ranging from Iran and Iraq to missile defenses and human rights concerns under President Vladimir Putin.
02-01-07 - Israel's Economic Stranglehold a Silent Killer
02-01-07 - United Nations Seminar on Assistance to Palestinian People to take place in Doha, Qatar, 5 - 6 February The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People with the agreement of the Government of Qatar will convene the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People on 5 and 6 February at the Sheraton Hotel in Doha, at the Corniche.
02-01-07 - Muslim community rejoices in Salah verdict Salah was initially arrested in 1993 at a Gaza checkpoint, and much of the evidence used against him at trial in U.S. federal court was gathered by Israeli interrogators. Salah?s attorneys argued the Israelis had pried his confession with torture.
02-01-07 - After 40 years, could the ice be melting on the Golan Heights? the Golan affords Israel total command of the Galilee basin, east as well as west - it "controls" 30 per cent of its fresh water resources
02-01-07 - York guest speakers tackle Middle East politics The York University guest speakers discussed the growth and influence of pro-Israel lobby groups in Canada, especially on university campuses, from both a theoretical perspective and from personal experience....?The campaigns on the campuses began in the United States as far back as the 1970s,? Noble said. ?The American Israeli Political Action Committee undertook to train student activists in how to increase pro-Israel influence on campus by any and all means.?
02-01-07 - Hebron Update 22-28 January 2007
02-01-07 - UNUSUAL PALESTINIAN MUSEUM OPENS IN UK The photograph is of an archive that lists 50,320 buildings in Palestine which date from before 1945. The artist seems to be challenging the viewer to link the lack of exhibits in the museum to the political turmoil in the Middle East before and after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and its effect on the history and culture of the Palestinian people.
02-01-07 - Hebron Reflection: Did they see what I saw?
02-01-07 - Camden friendship group working to ease plight of Palestinians The Committee points out that it is the actions of the Government of Israel that are making life so difficult for people in Palestine, and ultimately suggests that our own government reconsider its acceptance of what Israel does.
02-01-07 - Letter: Against ADL program During the Q&A, a near free-for-all broke out. A woman who tried to quiet hecklers around her reported having obscenities screamed at her, along with death wishes for herself and her husband. Disrupters appear to have been bussed in, with one man thinking he was in Sharon. Finally, the principal ended by shutting the event down. (In contrast, a few days later, the pro-Israel David Project was allowed to present an opposing view, with no reports of disruption.)
That should clue you in as to exactly who is trying to shut down the debate - it isn't the pro-Palestinians.
02-01-07 - Losing hope, Lebanese seek future abroad Jolted by last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah guerillas and the power struggles and Sunni-Shi'ite clashes that have followed, thousands of Lebanese -- many of them young and talented -- are leaving to seek jobs and new lives abroad.
02-01-07 - Clinton wants talks with Iran "We stand with Israel because it's a beacon of democracy in the region."
LOL @ Israeli 'democracy'. We 'stand with Israel' because of the intense efforts of the Israeli lobby.
02-01-07 - Saree Makdisi Presents at the Palestine Center The Palestine Center in Washington, DC recently hosted one of the most promising young Palestinian-American scholars, Dr. Saree Makdisi.
02-01-07 - Pope urges courageous Middle East Christians not to emigrate
02-01-07 - Palestinians won't be dragged into Lebanon conflict: Fatah Palestinians who live in Lebanon will not allow themselves to be dragged into the political row between the Hezbollah-led opposition and the Western-backed government, the local head of Fatah said
02-01-07 - Mideast Lutheran bishop sees hope for peace, with help "I met with a Christian Zionist. I told him I was baptized in water and the Spirit," said the bishop. "Palestinian Christians were new for him," he recalled. The visitor told the bishop we should be supporting your schools and your ministry here and promised to contact him after his return to the U.S. "Three months later he wrote me that no support would be coming," said Bishop Younan. "He told me, 'my people believe more in Israel than they do in Jesus.'
Wow. That explains a lot.
02-01-07 - We ought to rewrite the Mideast script With such a limited range of choices on the table, and with the issue of U.S. support for Israel nowhere near the table, it seems clear that U.S. policy in the Middle East will not change significantly despite the Democratic victory in the 2006 midterm elections.
02-01-07 - Lines of Resistance
02-01-07 - Artist's Statement: Emily Jacir's "ENTRY DENIED"
02-01-07 - Two Palestinians found not guilty in US Hamas financing trial This was the trial where disguised Israeli agents were allowed to give secret testimony. Guess the jury didn't buy it. Another failed witchhunt. Message to the lobby: American juries still require EVIDENCE, not contrived BS (which is customarily offered up in Israel).
02-01-07 - Israel to develop new missile interceptors Israel has decided to produce two new missile systems after it failed to intercept short and medium range rockets during last summer's Lebanon war.
02-01-07 - Journalist gets community service for leading group trip to Syria Visiting Syria without permission endangers Israel's national security and needs to be punished in order to deter others, the prosecution claimed.
02-01-07 - Israel - Annual Report 2007 Reporters Without Borders went to Israel in December however to publicise the lack of openness in the Israeli army?s enquiries into these incidents. A senior military spokesperson said most of them had been investigated but that evidence gathered was "insufficient to bring charges."
02-01-07 - Sympathy for Palestine Is Not Anti-Semitic
02-01-07 - Despicable Attack The anti-semitism charge against former President Carter is ridiculous and an insult against him and our country's legacy when he was our leader and thereafter.
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